EPIC!| FIRST TIME HEARING Donnie Iris - Ah Leah REACTION
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- EPIC!| FIRST TIME HEARING Donnie Iris - Ah Leah REACTION
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I don't always listen to Donnie Iris, but when I do, so do the neighbors!
😂🤣😆👍🏼💯🤙🏼
@@rpc2112 Hahahaha! Awesome!
Donnie Iris played my prom. His daughter was a senior. He was at the height of his fame. Incredible.
80 years old... fighting cancer.. and up to rock again... a living legend, Donnie iris!!!!
My mom fell in love with the song Leah by Roy Orbison when she was growing up in 1964. Then she fell in love with this song in 1980. I was born 2 years later, and yup, I’m a Leah ☺️
This made me smile haha thank you for sharing :)
This was the kind of classic rock that made the 80s so special.
Reminds me of Loverboy too, now that I hear this again
YES!!!!!! You finally got to this song!!! I've requested you guys react to this one several times!!! Really glad you enjoyed it, I knew you would!!!!! Love Is Like A Rock should be the next one from him!!! Thank you!!!
Dragon, I've suggested this multiple times too! This is the only song from him that I've heard. I thought they would really like it. They did two suggestions today!
@@scottvanhille5688 Give a listen to Love Is Like A Rock.
You’ll be blown away!
Wow blast from the past - Love is like a Rock is a banger for sure- it will get your toes tapping’
LOVE IS LIKE A ROCK is a must!!!!!!!
You guys really need to expand your music interest’s because this absolutely brutal.
Being from Pittsburgh, I've seen Donnie a number of times. He's 80 years old and still performing. "Ah! Leah!" is his most well known song, but he has a lot of good ones.
Love is Like a Rock immediately comes to mind & is such a fantastic tune!
Thank you Daniel for the info!
He is a Great Dude!
Tough World
I saw him at Nick's Fat City when he recorded that live album in '98. He killed it.
My Girl
Do You Compute?
Agnes
Love Is Like A Rock
Sweet Merilee
I'm from the Pittsburgh area too. Canonsburg.
Donnie comes out there looking like some kind of uber-nerd, just rocks the song away, and then shows off the pipes at the end. The man can wail! Love this song so much.
More like an 80’s version of Buddy Holly.
At the end. This is the BEST SCREAM in rock and roll!!!
It's up there !
I’ve got Roger Daltry on line 1 for you.
And Sebastian Bach on line 2…
I've always loved this song. It's fire! 🔥
Donnie Iris’s best song. This one flat out ROCKS!!
Once you hear this song you will always remember it.
Wow, excellent choice!!! Another banger!!! The song stalled at #29 in 1981, but plays more than a lot of #1 hits in today's world.
I'm psyched you guys are listening to Donnie! He's a proud Pittsburgh guy! You're going to love him!!
I forgot to recommend listening to "Love is Like A Rock" by Donnie next. Or "Agnes". Both are fantastic!
Righto, Lori. Steel City icon for sure.
@@markdraine3571 absolutely! Now I want to suggest a Clark's song! 😁
He sang "The Wrapper" by the Jaggers I think
He's from my hometown, Ellwood City, PA, Lori! Read my comment below.
God I miss the 80s. No better time to be in high school, listening to music like this.
High in high school
"Love is Like a Rock" by Donnie Iris is another SMOKIN rocker! Thanks Jay and Amber!
One of my all time favorites. Very underrated song.
He's 80yrs old and still performs. This guy's endurance is incredible!
And he can still sing like he does at the end!
Here's him last year at 79 still hitting the notes.
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You're still talkin 'bout music, right? 🙂
@@robscott9414 Um, yeah...sure.
I love love LOVE this song! I’ve seen Donny in concert a few times and I was able to meet him once and he was just the nicest guy. I’ve always loved this song. I’m so happy y’all are listening to this gem!
Did he do much music?
Another fun song by Donny is "Love is Like a Rock."
I’ve been following you for a couple of days and my husband (retired drummer from England) and I are already big fans of yours. Another great choice! Thank you! Memories!! 🎶🎶🎶
They love the ‘70s & 80’. They’re pretty awesome.
I never remember this song off the top of my head, but every time I hear it, I remember how just excellent it is.
80's staple. Like that it has a little harder edge. Really hoping for Don Felder's "Heavy Metal".
One of my ALL-TIME favorite songs! It rocks from start to finish. They don't make them like this ANYMORE!!
this song is a timeless deep cut. it's SO GOOD. i have never gotten tired of this one.
This is an amazing song! It kind of encapsulates the era of the early 80s.
Life was good and the music shows it. 🔥
Jay & Amber, Donnie wrote the #2 hit, "The Rapper", when he was a singer/guitarist with the Jaggerz (1970). Try his "Love Is Like a Rock" next.
They will love The Rapper.
I still have "The Rapper" on a 45 from when I was a kid
Thanks for reminding me of that song! Haven't heard it in ages. I believe Jay and Amber WOULD love it!!!
I remember "The Rapper." Haven't heard it forever, but that's what UA-cam is for.
Wow. I thought I knew music trivia, but had no idea this guy aas in the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry. What an eclectic mix of music styles. This song I dug back in the day, but remember it was "in" and then out in a very short amount of time.
DONNIE IRIS ~ "LOVE IS LIKE A ROCK" 😎
This has become SUCH a 80s cult classic!! Everybody loved this song back in the day--no idea why it didn't do better on the charts. I was a junior/senior in HS then and the timing was perfect for a song like this. And you are right on, Amber--he was of the Elvis Costello-Ric Ocasek (Cars)-David Byrne (Talking Heads) type. So glad you liked this one! ❤
Donnie Iris, born Ierace (same pronunciation), is from Ellwood City, a small West PA town where I also grew up. He's my sister-in-laws cousin and one of the nicest guys I ever met. He played in a band called the Jagggerz in the 70's and they had a #2 hit with The Rapper, which you would love, and he was also part of Wild Cherry, which you mentioned, The album that this from and the song put him on the national map again. You should really react to Agnes from this album also, another banger. Saw him in concert in 1980 and it was one of the best I've seen. Earlier this year he did one for his 80th birthday celebration. A great guy and an amazing singer, so glad you did this!
Great post! If you live anywhere near here you just gotta love him!
I'm from New Castle - never met him but have seen him a few times
Oh man, that is coolness, thank you!!
This is one of the greatest rock n roll songs ever made - glad you finally got to this. The layering in this recording was groundbreaking.
And he’s performing this Saturday still at 81 in Pittsburgh!
Finally - I love ‘Ah Leah’
💕💕💕 “Love is Like a Rock” - another fun Donnie Iris song 🙂
Love love love love love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely love this song!! Thanks for this one!!🤘🔥
One of the VERY BEST SONGS of its era!!!
Had to name my daughter, Lia - back in '84 - after hearing the beautiful chorus/harmony of Donnie I. on this tight little rocker, Thx for putting it up J&A. Love your vibe.
Absolutely love this track. Always have.
Donnie was born in my hometown of New Castle, PA. He was raised in Ellwood City, PA which is only a stones throw away. Amazing talent and hell of a guy.
Hey, so was I! And while attending college as a commuter student from NC to CCBC in Monaca every day from '79 to '81, this played on WDVE and other stations and so I had to get the 45. During the time of this single Donnie got profiled on channel 2 Evening Magazine tv show, and besides music, was an autobody shop owner in New Brighton, IIRC. A girl I worked with at one time graduated high school with him and said she remembered that in high school he was always playing guitar in bands.
Always loved this song and still have a 45rpm single on vinyl! Donnis Iris is what I would imagine actor Eugene Levy would look like if he'd been a rock musician.
My first thought "that's Eugene Levey's illegitimate son.
I'm SO glad that you did this song by Donnie! He's an old friend that I used to do a lot of recording with and I'll tell him that you reacted to his song! He'll be thrilled! Donnie's most famous early band was The Jaggerz with their hit "The Rapper." It's a must listen. Classic track! Donnie has had about 11 or 12 albums and ep's put out as a solo artist, so there is much to pick from if you want to continue reacting to him. My next suggestion for you is the hit "Love Is Like A Rock."
Love is like a Rock was Donnie's other big hit. Killer bass,drums, and vocals.
Just flat out a GREAT song !
Cruising Royalty!!
So I'm told... 🙂😃😄
F*cking aye right!! This was the jam!!!
Love Donnie! ❤He’s royalty around Pittsburgh! 👑 He just turned 80 & still rocks da haus! Super nice guy too!
Another Donnie Iris tune is "Love is Like a Rock"
Very awesome song. Grew up with it and still love it today. Glad y’all reviewed it. ❤️
For the chorus, they stacked Donnie’s vocals 60 some times. If you listen really closely to the harmony part of the chorus, there is an undertone that sounds like a Gregorian chant. Keep Donnie in your prayers, as he is battling cancer. I saw his 80th birthday show, and the guy still has it. Can still scream with the best of them!
Never knew the connection between Wild Cherry and Donnie Iris. See, you get educated on this site too. Thanks guys.
Donnie Iris is a true classic. He is still playing live! As with all of us, he is getting older, but he still sounds incredible. I'd recommend anyone who likes this song to also check out some of his live videos. He can still hit the notes.
He's 80!
The man is 80 and still jamming?! Mad props to him!
Donnie Iris opened for Michael Stanley like s gazillion times.
Speaking of Michael Stanley how about In The Heartland from the Michael Stanley Band.
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Why Should Love Be This Way
Broken Radio
In Between The Lines
One Good Reason
Take The Time
Ladies Choice
Liars Moon
Rosewood Bitters
Coming Up For Air
Lover
Home Tonight
Another New Year’s Eve
Spanish Nights
Working Again
Somewhere In The Night
Complicated
Send Away Underwear
Misery Loves Company
This song kicks ass!
Every voice is him even the background vocals
Yea!!!! It was so much fun watching you react to this. As a native and life-long resident of Western PA Donnie is an absolute ICON here. Ah! Leah! is perhaps the greatest singalong rocker of all time (though few can actually hit those notes at the end, lol). I'm old enough that I go all the way back to his time with The Jaggerz and their hit The Rapper. Please do Love Is Like A Rock next.
Love is like a rock - even better! Keep up the good work! 🔥🔥🔥
Great song. I love "Do You Compute?" too.
Donnie wasn't in "Wild Cherry" when they did "Play that Funky Music" he joined later on. He has been around in a lot of different things finally having a few hits on his own, this probably his most famous one, hit #29 billboard in 1980
I love this guy. This was my college years. The man is a Pittsburgh legend. Agnes, from the same album is under appreciated.
Love this song and the arrangment...perfect 80s song
One of my all-time fave songs! Donnie is 80 yrs. old, & STILL rockin'! Thanks for your reaction.
Thank you for reminding me how FREAKIN AMAZING this song is. Loved it since my teen years, but never knew it was by the lead singer of Wild Cherry 🍒 ❤
Donnie Iris joined Wild Cherry after Play That Funky Music. He wasn’t on that song
One of the songs that makes me grateful I grew up on this music.
One of the songs that I never get tired of listening to❤
Need more Donnie !!!!!
I've heard this song probably dozens of times as sort of background noise in different places and never payed much attention to it. Now, in my daily Rob Squad therapy, I've listened to it for the first time. Wow! Fabulous song! Thanks so much for the eye opener. You two are the best!
An absolute banger!! Enough said!
Just saw Donnie at the Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio on 4/6/24. Still rocking at 81 years of age. Excellent show. Lots of energy although he had to sit about every other song. His pipes are still amazing. He hit all those tough notes on "Ah Leah", "Sweet Merilee" and "That's the way love oughta be". I also saw him back in the day in the early 80's. Enjoyable today as he was 40+ years ago.
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Always loved this song!!! Took me years to find out who sang it... 😊👍 Total Jam!!!
One of my earliest memories of childhood was this song. What a banger. 👏🏼
He just turned 80 and is still rockin'
I remember this on the radio, never knew who it was.
This is a great tune! I think she would love the funky music too!
She definitely has to hear that white boy play that funky music. LOLzzz.
This is one of those songs that I will NEVER tire of!
"You're such a sight - You're lookin' better than a body has a right to" is such an excellent lyric!
Fun fact - many years ago, back in the day, Donnie performed in concert at Fargo, ND , and opened up the night with "Hello, South Dakota", which started everyone booing (hey it was NORTH Dakota, not South) - concert was good tho. Also back in the day, our band played his other hit "Love Is Like A Rock".
He is fantastic. What a performer 😊
Man I forgot how great this song is.
Love this song ! Used to crank it up back n the day
If you ever been attracted to someone you knew was bad for you, this song hits hard. This is always in my playlists.
Donny Iris has a fine body of solo work. " Love Is Like A Rock" "Agnes" " I Can't Hear You" " Joking" "Back On The Streets" " Sweet Merilee" "My Girl" " King Cool" ' Tough World" "The High And The The Mighty" " Do You Compute"
I really love Sweet Merilee and Love is like a Rock. Great tunes, for sure!
One of the Greatest songs of all time !
LOL! Not even considered a HIT by definition. Didn't chart in UK Singles top 75, part of the requirement of being a HIT.
Donnie always kicked butt...so under rated. Memories you guys! ❤❤❤
"Ah! Leah!" is one of the most underrated hits of the 1980s. Though it was a Top 40 hit, it was not a Top 10 hit, peaking only at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 28, 1981. In spite of that, the song endures, with just under 400,000 Shazams at the time I'm typing this, which is pretty good for a more obscure artist. Donnie Iris also has his name on "The Rapper" by The Jaggerz, which was a #2 hit in 1970 for the band he was part of at the time. He can probably live comfortably off the royalties from "Ah! Leah!" and "The Rapper" alone. It should be noted, however, that Donnie Iris became a member of Wild Cherry after "Play That Funky Music" became a hit, so he's not credited for that song.
Musicians like Donnie Iris, David Byrne, Ric Ocasek and the like are what I call "nerd rock," not pejoratively, but affectionately. Rivers Cuomo of Weezer can fit into this subgenre too. Musically, they're the descendants of Buddy Holly. They don't have blatant sex appeal, and they're kind of quirky too, but nonetheless, their rock-and-roll cred is indisputable.
So many great choices lately Rob Squad!! Love watching you two go wild on the screams----reminds me to have Rob Squad check out Prince with the song "Kiss". The 80's was stacked with great music. Seemingly never ending.
*Donnie Iris* - _'Love Is Like A Rock'_
I forget how good that song is,,,,, thanks for reminding me,, I'm 56 and Old school 80s
The 80s was all about the videos, and making them as unique as possible, MTV music videos, but also lots of great music with so much variety....
Love this song so much. It's been on every device and/or playlist since the first time I heard it.
He’s got a ton of great tunes. Nice reaction!
100% BANGER!! As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I was like, "Hell, YES!!!" So happy you got around to this one, and loved it!
You know a song's good when it makes you giggle like that. 😋
Yes, been waiting for this one !!!
Another cool song that i never knew the name or artist Thanks ya'll 😊 This is the cool side of the " New Wave era before it went mainstream another cool song from this era is " Precious to me" by Phil Seymour
Great recommendation, I have the 45 record of that song, thought I was the only one who remembered it. It's a really cool song 🎵
"Precious To Me" is brilliant .. One of the best pieces of new wave / pop music ever .. I love the whole album it came on, but it is definitely the standout track ..
I LOVE this song! It rocks and groves at the same time!
In the Pittsburgh area, Donnie Iris had achieved, at least when I lived there, superstar status. He was known simply as "The Don". "Love is Like a Rock" was another one of his more famous hits.
From Donnie Iris' first solo album "Back on the Street" - Ah, Leah brought some well deserved attention his way. The whole album is solid. Try the title track "Back on the Streets". Also try " Love Is Like A Rock" from his second album "King Cool".
LOVE the LYRICS of this song - and, his VOCALS at the end, in particular, are AMAZING!!! Thanks for listening to this one! ❤❤❤❤❤
Eugene Levy can ROCK!! Donnie Iris his rocker name!!
When talking about one hit wonders of the 80s, this belongs in the Top Ten. FINALLY!
Killer song! Loved it back in the day and still do 🤘
Donnie Iris is 80 years old and still preforming...
O M Goodness! I always pictured this dude as a hunk with that voice. Crazy to see him in this video. Still bangin' voice, guitar, musicality.
This song was HUGE in the Summer of 81....