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Make It with You

Make It with You

Song by Bread and David GatesWikipedia

Search complete. 14 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Make It with You".

Sep 16, 2026

MossHOST
2:07
That song that we just played was Queens of the Stone Age.
MossHOST
2:10
It was Make It With You, which is a fun track.
MossHOST
2:13
What you got for the show today, Bubs?
BugHOST
2:15
I want to talk about pooping, and I don't want to talk about standard operating procedure or HACCP, but my notes on the food manager's thing are open.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:25
wondering what this all is leading to,
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:33
I want to make it with you I really think that we
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:38
could make it good No, you
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:47
don't know me well And every little thing only time will tell If you believe the things that I do Life can be short or long Love can be right or wrong And if I
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
20:21
chose the one I'd like to help me through I'd like to make it with you And if I chose the one I'd like to help me through I'd like to make it with you Lost and all alone
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
21:54
I
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
21:54
always thought that I could make it on my own But since you left I hardly make it through the day My tears get in the way And I need you back to stay That I'm lost without your love Life without you isn't
PepeHOST
24:37
How about that? Bread to great, great, great songs right there.
RyanHOST
0:00
this is ryan and welcome back to the angel scrolls reverse song podcast episode 34. in this episode i'm featuring a special collection the best of bread song reversals that i've recently transcribed some of you may have already heard because i posted a few of these on youtube recently but i honestly don't think they received the recognition they deserved these reversals are among the clearest most meaningful and most spiritually significant ones i've done so far so today i'm going to review them in detail The songs I chose for this episode are Baby, I Want You, Everything I Own, If, Make It With You, and Take Me Now.
RyanHOST
0:35
Bread was an American soft rock band formed in 1968 in Los Angeles, known for their melodic ballads, gentle pop arrangements, and harmonious vocals that helped define early 1970s soft rock.
RyanHOST
0:46
Their music blended pop, folk, and adult contemporary influences, creating a smooth, emotional sound centered around David Gates' songwriting and vocals.

25 MINS LATER

RyanHOST
25:52
It's guidance on how to recognize angelic intervention.
RyanHOST
25:56
how to respond to spiritual sickness, and how to rely on the gifts that heaven offers when the world feels unstable.
RyanHOST
26:02
Let's step into the reversal of Make It With You and hear the angels speak again.
RyanHOST
26:11
Make
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
26:14
It With You Thank you.
Andrew HickeyHOST
30:48
But while it sounds like something that must have been in their repertoire since the beginning, according to the producer, they didn't know the song at all before he suggested it.
Andrew HickeyHOST
30:56
Surprising enough in itself, but what's more surprising in retrospect is that the producer who suggested they record that hard R&B song was David Gates, who is now best known for being the leader of the '70s soft rock band Bread, writing, producing, singing, and playing all the instruments except drums on the group's number one hit, Make It with You, among other hits.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
31:17
Dreams, they're for those who sleep.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
31:23
Life is for us to keep.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
31:29
And if you're wondering what this song is leading to.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
31:37
I wanna make it with you.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
31:43
I really think that we could make it.
Andrew HickeyHOST
31:46
Reports differ on how much Gates contributed to the Magic Band's initial sessions, other than playing keyboards on Diddy Wa Diddy.
Ed BiggsHOST
43:27
It's the second single from Let Loose, his second and final album called Rollercoaster.
Ed BiggsHOST
43:32
It follows that awful bread cover, Make It With You, that somehow reached number seven earlier this year.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
43:38
Yes.
Ed BiggsHOST
43:39
And like you say, it's their final Top 40 appearance.
Ben VaughnHOST
40:27
And to thank you, we're going to play Claudine Longet covering David Gates and Bread.
Ben VaughnHOST
40:33
And here we go, from 1976, Make It With You by Claudine Longet.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
40:40
[singing] Hey, have you ever tried Really reaching out for the other side? You may be climbing on rainbows But baby, here goes Dreams, they're for those who sleep Love is for us to keep If you're wondering what this all is leading to I'd like to make it with you I really think that we could make it No, you don't know me well Every little thing, only time will tell But you believe the things that I do And we'll see it through Life can be short or long Love can be wide or wrong But if I chose the one I'd like to help me through I'd like to make it with you I really think that we could make it [instrumental music][singing] love is for us to keep.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
42:59
If I chose the one I'd like to help me through, I'd like to make it with you.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
43:11
Baby.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
43:11
I really think that we could make it.

5 MINS LATER

Ben VaughnHOST
48:15
And you can write me and debate that all you want, but I'm certain that I'm correct.
Ben VaughnHOST
48:20
[laughs] That was, uh, Nina Rota with the theme from Amarcord.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
9:49
On This Day in Music, well, we start off in 1970 there, Pat.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
9:53
David Gates and Bread were number one with Make It With You in the US and we made it to number seven in Australia in and 1981, yes, Duran Duran had their first top ten hit in the UK.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
10:09
Didn't make it far past top ten in Australia, Girls on Film.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
10:14
But in 1987, Madonna went to number one in the US with Who's That Girl? And in 2003, an Elvis Presley impersonator called Kel Bjornstad...

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