The song is about a dilemma between settling down. It's a beautiful, bittersweet song about the golden days we all experience in our lives. The song features a former high school baseball star and a woman who could turn all the lads’ heads back in school. Jimmy was apparently an early drummer who Bryan played with, while Jordy was his soundman and tour manager Jody Perpik, who got married in real life when they were writing the song.Īnd just for fun, it's actually Jordy and his real-life wife who appear in the video, driving off with that "Just Married" sign. Those were the best days of my life Aint no use in complainin When you got a job to do Spent my evenins down at the drive-in And thats when I met you Standin on your mamas porch You told me that youd wait forever Oh and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Back in the summer of 69 Man we were. I guess nothin can last forever, forever, no yeah And now the times are changin. Summer of 69 is a song recorded by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams from his fourth album, Reckless. Glory Days is a song about hooking up with old pals and reminiscing about your glory days. Were Jimmy and Jody just handy names to fit the rhythm of a song, like so many Johnnys and Tommys before them?Īctually, they were originally going to be Woody and Gordy, named for Jim's real-life teen bandmates Gordy Keith and Alan 'Woody' Whitmore, but Bryan liked the sound of Jimmy and Jordy better. So take your pick! Who were Jimmy and Jody who got married in 'Summer of '69'? Difficulties are opportunities to better things they are stepping-stones to greater experienceWhen one door closes, another always opens as a natural law it has to, to balance. My recollections just happen to be different than his." Please forgive me, I can’t stop loving you.
He's entitled to his recollections as to what inspired the song 'Summer Of '69'. "Bryan Adams is a great writer, a great singer, and a great friend. The song celebrates what Adams calls the best days of his life, when he played in a band with some friends and fell in love with a young lass he met at the drive-in.
Every time it comes on the radio, cranking up the volume is a requirement. but I was thinking about that amazing summer when I turned 17. One of my favorite songs is Bryan Adams’ Summer of ’69. Maybe he was thinking about something completely different. He added: "Let me qualify this by saying I don't pretend to speak for Bryan. "We had a laugh about it at the time, and Bryan decided to keep it when he did the final recording a month or two later." "When we recorded the demo in my basement, towards the end of the song Bryan sang a little naughty bit, 'me and my baby in a '69'. "At no time do I recall discussing sexual innuendo with Bryan except for one little thing," Jim said.
He doesn't mention any of that sex stuff in his lyrical breakdown of the song, and he even jumped into a thread over at Songfacts to share his truth. Co-writer Jim Vallance has said that the song was "very much a 50-50 collaboration" and he remembers things somewhat differently.
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