A young woman in a white crop top and red lace-trimmed skirt stands barefoot on steps as a man in a leather jacket kneels ...
A warm, golden-hour romantic scene set in a nostalgic small-town street with vintage cars and an American flag. A barefoot woman stands on stone steps while a man kneels below, reaching toward her as leaves swirl around, creating a dreamy, cinematic mood with rich amber tones.

paulie on BudgetPixel

@paulie · 3/12/2026

After the resounding success of his first solo album, the road to Eric Carmen's 2nd studio album proved to be a nightmare journey, littered with great songs in its wreckage that were never fully recognized. His "concept" led off with this song chroniclinge the powerful dynamic of that first desperate love would lead though the ups and downs of life and relationship struggle and culminate with the epic title track, Boats Against The Current! Part of the issue was a usually-genius level record executive who forced too many of his own ideas into someone else's story... and in the end forced a reshuffling of an album that told a wonderfully cohesive story into a mishmash of songs, with this as the end rather than beginning... Run Away - Eric Carmen - 1977 (From the album "Boats Against The Current") https://youtu.be/OuyfTGR1KfA?si=SDrhepZmSleGQgxM

A young woman in a white crop top and red lace-trimmed skirt stands barefoot on steps as a man in a leather jacket kneels ...
A warm, golden-hour romantic scene set in a nostalgic small-town street with vintage cars and an American flag. A barefoot woman stands on stone steps while a man kneels below, reaching toward her as leaves swirl around, creating a dreamy, cinematic mood with rich amber tones.

Tags: autumn, fall, romance, vintage, goldenhour, nostalgic, romantic scene, couple, leaves, falling leaves, retro car, small-town, street photography, warm-toned, Americana

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Comments

CaylaCatz

I love his lyrics. He's a wonderful poet, masterfully shooting out words. He's as fun to read as he is to listen to. It's too bad about what happened to his second album. I'm not sure what you meant by the end rather than the beginning. Didn't Clapton make a lot of solo albums? Or was the 2nd album supposed to be a concept album and became a collection of songs? (FYI, I'm not doing a song blog challenge this round. I'm doing a fairytale/folktale blog challenge if you want to join. Doesn't have to be traditional versions and can be based on a song about a tale as songs are your thing.)

gman

Cool

panos

A pretty image

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Like it

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Nice colours

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me w her

DavidP

Gorgeous. Love the composition and colouring