The "railway" lyric survived the first two-or-three drafts of the song, but was eventually scrapped (Bryan thought it sounded too much like something Bruce Springteen would write).
He earned $110 - a huge number back then - and he spent the entire amount on a wrist-watch. he unloaded 2x4's from box-cars at the Vanderhoof railway yard. When we were writing "Summer Of '69" I suggested the lyric "I got a job at the railway yard", because that's what my band-mate Chuck had done, as a two-week temporary job one summer. Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard I couldn't believe it - we actually got paid for playing music! We each earned $2.50 for the evening. The photo was taken at the Vanderhoof Community Centre. Back row, left to right - Dave Snell, Gordon Keith. Front row, left to right - Bob Roberson, Wayne Deorksen, myself. In fact, we originally planned on calling the song "Best Days Of My Life". It wasn't the title, it was just another line in the song. It's interesting to note: in our first draft of the song, the lyric "summer of '69" appears only once, never to be repeated. quite casually, as line #4 of the first verse. This is where the phrase "summer of '69" appears for the first time. I remember my dad coming downtairs about one o'clock in the morning, saying "Go to sleep!", because I was keeping everybody awake. I played my new guitar all Christmas day 1965, and half that night. Your browser does not support the audio element.Īnyone who's ever played a guitar knows the strings can be brutal on your fingers when you're first learning. radio airplayġ986 - Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplayĢ000 - Socan Classics Award for more than 100,000 Canadian radio performances
#42 - UK Charts / August 1985 (7 weeks on the chart)ġ985 - BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Citation of Achievement for U.S. #40 - Billboard Top Rock Tracks Chart / 1984 (8 weeks on the chart) #12 - The Record (Canada) / Octo(17 weeks on the chart) #5 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / August 1985 (17 weeks on the chart)
Reckless - 30th Anniversary Edition (November 2014) Bryan Adams Unplugged (A&M Records, 1997)
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