You may have noticed that the older gentleman with the clarinet is never actually playing and you can’t really hear a clarinet in the song. That’s actually Bruce Hornsby’s dad. He was on the set that day and they decided to put him in the video. It’s a nice touch!
I agree! You can instantly tell it's him. Even in other people's songs. Like Bonnie Raitt "I Can't Make You Love Me" or Don Henley's "The End Of The Innocence"
His own records are borderless, genre-less, def jazz influenced, but he really goes out there...I hear bluegrass, hip-hop, jazz, jamband (he played in the Dead for a bit), rock, catchy pop, everything...and his newest work is even more adventurous...
💯 his piano playing is distinct. You know it’s him. I love that. He has a way of catching a note by a split-split-split second on the offbeat. His use of dissonance is also so recognizable. ❤️✌️
I put him among the best. Elton John, Billy Preston, Joe Jackson, Billy Joel, David Paich, and Greg Phillinganes. The equation changes when you add keyboard players like Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman etc.
“ gone to her sisters “ is old euphemism for leaving town to have a baby . Why she came back like nothing happened because the family wanted to keep it a secret even though everyone new what they were taking about. “ visiting aunts “ is another one for wealthy families it was gone to school in Europe.
And he talked about “he showed her what they do down the long valley road” and also he was “good enough to hire, not good enough to marry.” Definitely a hush-hush old-time pregnancy song.
I have been a fan of Bruce Hornsby & the Range since "The Way It Is" dropped in 1986. It went all the way to the top of the charts, and as the ultimate compliment to Bruce himself, he received a personal call from Sir Elton John about the song, saying "It's great to hear the piano on the radio again." The next one you need to check out is "On the Western Skyline."
@@childcrone I heard a lot of these reactors complain about him and many say he has a team searching looking for them so most reactors stay away from him to avoid any trouble with UA-cam. I think it's stupid because any time you get people introduced to your music is a good thing.
@@ken12603Yeah, Henley is pretty much an a-hole in every facet of life. He’s a great songwriter; but a pretty horrible person. He’s very litigious, as well.
If you listen to his songs you hear his deep dive into social constructs. This is about love affair between a rich plantation owner's teenage daughter and a blue-collar country boy -possibly a hired hand on her father's farm (teen pregnancy etc.,). The Way it is: Per Bruce's brother: "the song is mainly about compassion, about understanding racial and social types, and beliefs and practices that are different from your own" - Got to see Bruce & Range in 80's and again about 5 years ago at an outdoor theatre. Both were amazing concerts!
It's kind of a fun, bright little video, but not honest to the social message of the song. Most of his songs social messages would not translate to a fun video anyhow. At least The Way It Is doesn't have images beyond the performance that it doesn't distract you from the lyrics.
Timeless. And way ahead of its time. Hornsby is one of the most in-demand session musicians in the business. If you listen carefully, you'll hear Bruce's piano on many, many tracks by as many artists.
Man, I gotta say, I love watching people find new music like this. It just bring a smile to my face seeing young people enjoy music from my generation. One think I feel bad for you about though, is you'll never know the feeling of deciding you like a song, and then going down to the music store to buy the CD and taking it home and soaking up the entire album. Ah, the good old days.
I love CDs still but I love a record album more. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent in New and used record stores. I love the size, the art, the tactile feel, and the warmer sound.
I have to be honest when I was a teen I didn’t care for Bruce Hornsby and The Range. When I hit my 40’s I found a new appreciation for this band. And like Amber mandolin rain is my favorite from them!!
Superb……One of my favourite songs of all time is The End of the Innocence…. It was written by Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley of The Eagles…. It was a major hit for Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby also recorded it….. I have a Bruce Hornsby greatest hits album with a live version of the song…. I encourage you to check out either version of that great song
Bruce is still going strong. I've seen him live twice in the past 10 years. You know he's great when in the 80's I was a metal head and still swung over to enjoy Bruce/Range and even buying his albums. Back then, that only happened with a few mainstream artists for me. Nowadays, I enjoy a much bigger swath of the 80's.
I heard Bruce back in the late 80's through a friend who couldn't believe I hadn't heard of him, needless to say it was love at first listen,lol, been a fan ever since.
I grew up with these folks. The setting was Blow Gym at the College of William and Mary. There was a mixture of friends of Bruce as well as college students. This song always brings a smile to my face. ❤
Williamsburg, Virginia is rightfully proud of their hometown son, Bruce Hornsby. This video features Williamsburg and its people in such a fun and beautiful way.
"EVERY LITTLE KISS." From Hornsby's debut album in 1986. What a wonderful tune, so upbeat... and the piano. OMG. One of my top 10 ever. Will have you two up and dancing together instead of sitting. Guaranteed. And later, asking yourself, "Where can we go to learn how to play the piano?!" --- Love your channel. Peace.
Check out "Every Little Kiss", another banger from Bruce. This Video was shot in his home town of Williamsburg, VA beautiful and very historic, a neighbor of my home town.
The most amazing blues/jazz guitar artist Bonnie Raitt described Bruce Hornsby as "Bill Evans meets gospel". Such an accurate and appropriate description. Look up Bill Evans and prepare to be schoooled.0 I started learning about music in the early 60' from my amateur/semi-professional jazz pianist/vocalist mother who picked up extra money playing Friday and Saturday night gigs (plus birthdays, retirements, weddings, Elk's Club meetings, etc.). She left me such a gift.
Great Singer! You will love Benny Mardones (Into the Night). Incredible singer and the song charted twice in different years in the 80s (1980 and 1989). Timeless Song!
I’ve always loved that song since my awesome high school days. I can see 16 year old me driving to high school and listening to Mardones’ sing on the way.
The video has scenes from the Williamsburg, Virginia, area (Colonial Williamsburg/Jamestown Ferry/James River). The band is playing in a building ("Blowe Hall") on the campus of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. The old guy with the clarinet is Bruce's Dad, Robert Hornsby, who was a musician, then lawyer, and real estate developer. His mother Lois Hornsby, was a piano player and teacher, there is a middle school in the area named after her. Bruce graduated one year after my mother from the same high school (James Blair HS). Bruce was quoted in an interview with the Chicago Tribune saying that the song (Valley Road) was inspired by observations he made growing up in Virginia. "Every year, some rich girl would get involved with some country guy, and they would act irresponsibly and have to deal with the ramifications." When asked why many of his band's songs dealt with socio-political issues, Hornsby replied that "there are some issues that we feel are important, so we write about them... we also like to tell a story, like in 'The Valley Road', or paint a picture." Next, react to Bruce's songs "Set Me In Motion" and "The Show Goes On" which were both in the "Backdraft" (1991) movies soundtrack (directed by Ron Howard & starring Ken Russell, Billy Balwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland). "The Show Goes On" was also featured in the first episode of the "Baywatch" TV show.
"The Valley Road" was co-written with his brother, John Hornsby who he wrote many songs with. The song is included on Bruce Hornsby and the Range's 1988 album, 'Scenes from the Southside'. Released as the lead single from the album, "The Valley Road" reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1988, peaking at number 5 the week of July 2. It also spent a week at number 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in mid-June. This was the group's third song to reach number 1 on the adult contemporary chart, following "The Way It Is" from 1986 and "Mandolin Rain" from 1987. The single stayed three weeks at the top of the Billboard mainstream rock chart, becoming the first of the group's two chart-toppers on that list. In 1989, Hornsby re-recorded "The Valley Road" with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which was included on the Dirt Band album Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two. Hornsby and the Dirt Band won a Grammy Award for this recording in 1990 in the category Best Bluegrass Recording. This version of the song was more in the country-bluegrass style of recording, inspired by Leon Russell and his collaborations with the New Grass Revival. Responding to some of the backlash he received from the bluegrass community on his Grammy win, Hornsby stated: "I won the bluegrass Grammy. It pissed off all the purists. And I understand their feeling about this. Here's this pop guy, and he's making this quasi-bluegrass. I totally understood the purists' protest."
Another great piano player is Marc Cohn. One song you would enjoy because you have children is The Things We've Handed Down. Love love love Bruce Hornsby. This song is dope!
Bruce Hornsby's Music is Unique and Fantastic! I have no good explanation why I've never bought one of his CDs. I'll have to correct that. One of his Top Hits! Thx You Guys! :)
You see a lot Williamsburg, Virginia in this video. My hometown and Hornsby's too. The band was playing in The College of William & Mary's old basketball gym.
I'm not the first to say it, but given your new(ish) love for Bruce Hornsby, and an earlier video I saw where you’re lovers of bluegrass (Earl Scruggs & Friends “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”), You must find the bluegrass version of “The Valley Road” that Bruce did with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The breakneck pace and joyous energy (shouts and applause by the musicians performing it after the fade-out) of that performance will kill you!! An absolute MUST-HEAR moment of musical history for you to relish!
The song merely is about the effect it sings about. Whispering. Quietly wondering what happened. Being completely baffled by life’s unexpected turns. The lyrics are as intricately moving as the notes and rhythm itself.
I love all the Virginia references in the song and the video. Bruce grew up in Williamsburg (note the ferry across the James River). The Valley Road is the road that runs down the Great Valley of Virginia (Winchester to Bristol) aka U.S. 11. I've always figured the song was about some dad sending his daughter from a Tidewater plantation over the Blue Ridge to keep her out of Bruce's reach, but in the end she came back to him.
Not quite. The daughter’s dad sent a hired hand down that road after he gets his daughter pregnant (“good enough to hire, not good enough to marry”). She goes off to have the baby and “comes back around like nothing really happened.”
There's no mistaking a Bruce Hornsby song. His key work is so distinct. And some of the best driving synths of the 80's. After All by Peter Cetera and Cher is a gem you would love!
Tori Amos is another phenomenal pianist. You guy's heard her song "Crucify," but her first big hit was "Corn Flake Girl" & of course there are plenty more which really show her talent. She will sometimes play 2 pianos simultaneously, one with each hand!
I was gonna say, if they like piano then they NEED to get back to Tori Amos. Cornflake Girl is a must (with the album version being better than the video version).
I live in the Historic Triangle ( Yorktown/Williamsburg/Jamestown) and worked at the College of William and Mary where a lot of this was filmed. Always makes me tear up to see this video in my stomping grounds. Great song!
Do you know how lucky you are? Most people your age will never know the wonder and the beauty of the music my generation actually wrote and played and had the pleasure of listening to. I love the wonder and amazement you feel when you hear something that most of people your age and younger will never experience and feel. You've been blessed with something I know nobody is ever going to be able to take away from you now. You now know why man was put on this earth, why the power of love is so much more than the love of power, and that music is the language of love and the universal language!
Its great to see you have the original video clip for the song, it dissapeared off youtube around 7 years ago and I cant find it anywhere. It was a great clip but I only recently found out it was about girl who gets pregnant and goes for an illegal termination, at that period. A brilliant song with a jovial clip with an unsettling subject matter when you read the lyrics. I saw Bruce solo at the McAninch Arts centre in Glen Ellyn Illinois in '16, travelled from Australia for study and wasnt leaving till I saw him live! Mindblowing performance!
Can’t be certain that it was for an illegal termination. Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon - with a scandalous pregnancy - Four the woman to go somewhere else until the pregnancy was over hence going to her sisters and then giving the baby up for an option. Not saying that’s what happened but it is another possibility.
Hi guys... I love Bruce Hornsby also... so glad you got to hear him. Got two suggestions for you, Lucy Thomas' version of Hallelujah, and Celine Dion and Andre Bottecelli's The Prayer. I think you might like them. love you both, Be Blessed!!
That video is a compilation of all things local, the Jamestown ferry (those are real crew), the docks, the Capitol at Williamsburg. Bruce is a very deep dude, so much messaging and imagery....
If you hadn't figured it out "Old Valley Road" is a reference to the Lord's Prayer "ye though I walk through the valley of death" which we are never alone to walk on.
Look out any window has to next ,it is an environmental song and Levon Helms is the farmer in the video, he is drummer/singer from the band The Band ,it is an amazing song
Did y'all catch that it was about a couple in love, the guy worked for the girls father. He got girl pregnant, girl went to visit relatives, then came back like nothing happened...in other words, she left to secretly have the baby and adopt it out. 'good enough to hire, not good enough to marry. When it all happened, nobody wins. Walk on."
Just a few months later, he did a completely different mix of this with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It's on UA-cam - just type "nitty gritty dirt band valley road"
You may have noticed that the older gentleman with the clarinet is never actually playing and you can’t really hear a clarinet in the song. That’s actually Bruce Hornsby’s dad. He was on the set that day and they decided to put him in the video. It’s a nice touch!
That’s an interesting tidbit, thanks🙋🏻♀️
His father "playing" the clarinet and then sitting watching him with delight is the sweetest thing!!
Neat. Thx.
Thanks for this!!
A nice touch indeed, thanks for sharing ✌️
Bruce Hornsby is one of those very rare pianists who you can recognize instantly by his style of playing. Absolutely brilliant ✌️
I agree! You can instantly tell it's him. Even in other people's songs. Like Bonnie Raitt "I Can't Make You Love Me" or Don Henley's "The End Of The Innocence"
His own records are borderless, genre-less, def jazz influenced, but he really goes out there...I hear bluegrass, hip-hop, jazz, jamband (he played in the Dead for a bit), rock, catchy pop, everything...and his newest work is even more adventurous...
💯 his piano playing is distinct. You know it’s him. I love that. He has a way of catching a note by a split-split-split second on the offbeat. His use of dissonance is also so recognizable. ❤️✌️
Increadable piano playing. Cool that you two are so into Bruce.
Bruce and The Range’s first album is incredible! His piano playing rivals some of the best!
I put him among the best. Elton John, Billy Preston, Joe Jackson, Billy Joel, David Paich, and Greg Phillinganes. The equation changes when you add keyboard players like Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman etc.
The first 5 albums with the Range are good. The Range disbanded after #5, and Bruce put together the Noisemakers.
I'll listen to it at work today. This song put a little pep in my step this morning.
@@seanswinton6242 I am a huge progressive rock fan so I understand what you are referring to!
“ gone to her sisters “ is old euphemism for leaving town to have a baby . Why she came back like nothing happened because the family wanted to keep it a secret even though everyone new what they were taking about. “ visiting aunts “ is another one for wealthy families it was gone to school in Europe.
I’m glad you said this. It’s a phrase I have not heard in a long time.
And he talked about “he showed her what they do down the long valley road” and also he was “good enough to hire, not good enough to marry.” Definitely a hush-hush old-time pregnancy song.
@@tammycosby4495 absolutely!
I have been a fan of Bruce Hornsby & the Range since "The Way It Is" dropped in 1986. It went all the way to the top of the charts, and as the ultimate compliment to Bruce himself, he received a personal call from Sir Elton John about the song, saying "It's great to hear the piano on the radio again."
The next one you need to check out is "On the Western Skyline."
The way it is.. another great song
You should do “The End of the Innocence” by Don Henley. It features Bruce Hornsby on piano. It’s an amazing song.
Oo, yes! I second this.
@@childcrone Don Henley blocks all his songs from being reviewed.
@@ken12603 Ah, didn't know that. If so, it's unfortunate, and he must have his reasons.
@@childcrone I heard a lot of these reactors complain about him and many say he has a team searching looking for them so most reactors stay away from him to avoid any trouble with UA-cam. I think it's stupid because any time you get people introduced to your music is a good thing.
@@ken12603Yeah, Henley is pretty much an a-hole in every facet of life. He’s a great songwriter; but a pretty horrible person. He’s very litigious, as well.
I've been waiting for you guys to get to this one! Bruce Hornsby is an absolute beast on the piano here.
Me too! Glad they loved it.. 😁❤
If you listen to his songs you hear his deep dive into social constructs. This is about love affair between a rich plantation owner's teenage daughter and a blue-collar country boy -possibly a hired hand on her father's farm (teen pregnancy etc.,). The Way it is: Per Bruce's brother: "the song is mainly about compassion, about understanding racial and social types, and beliefs and practices that are different from your own" - Got to see Bruce & Range in 80's and again about 5 years ago at an outdoor theatre. Both were amazing concerts!
It's kind of a fun, bright little video, but not honest to the social message of the song. Most of his songs social messages would not translate to a fun video anyhow. At least The Way It Is doesn't have images beyond the performance that it doesn't distract you from the lyrics.
Timeless. And way ahead of its time. Hornsby is one of the most in-demand session musicians in the business. If you listen carefully, you'll hear Bruce's piano on many, many tracks by as many artists.
Man, I gotta say, I love watching people find new music like this. It just bring a smile to my face seeing young people enjoy music from my generation. One think I feel bad for you about though, is you'll never know the feeling of deciding you like a song, and then going down to the music store to buy the CD and taking it home and soaking up the entire album. Ah, the good old days.
I love CDs still but I love a record album more. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent in New and used record stores. I love the size, the art, the tactile feel, and the warmer sound.
Another great song of his is, Look Out Any Window.
They really need to react to this one!🙂
Great suggestion 🤞🏼
I have to be honest when I was a teen I didn’t care for Bruce Hornsby and The Range. When I hit my 40’s I found a new appreciation for this band. And like Amber mandolin rain is my favorite from them!!
Huey lewis and the news "Jacobs ladder" is written by Bruce as well.
Superb……One of my favourite songs of all
time is The End of the Innocence…. It was written by Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley of The Eagles…. It was a major hit for Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby also recorded it….. I have a Bruce Hornsby greatest hits album with a live version of the song…. I encourage you to check out either version of that great song
This song is one of his best. It’s an absolute banger. Reminds me of my college days.
Every Little Kiss is another great song.
Bruce is still going strong. I've seen him live twice in the past 10 years. You know he's great when in the 80's I was a metal head and still swung over to enjoy Bruce/Range and even buying his albums. Back then, that only happened with a few mainstream artists for me. Nowadays, I enjoy a much bigger swath of the 80's.
I heard Bruce back in the late 80's through a friend who couldn't believe I hadn't heard of him, needless to say it was love at first listen,lol, been a fan ever since.
Absolutely one of my favorites
Oh Bruce Hornsby. Your music=my heart. Beautiful ❤
I grew up with these folks. The setting was Blow Gym at the College of William and Mary. There was a mixture of friends of Bruce as well as college students. This song always brings a smile to my face. ❤
Williamsburg, Virginia is rightfully proud of their hometown son, Bruce Hornsby. This video features Williamsburg and its people in such a fun and beautiful way.
Saw him at W&M Hall in spring 1990!
"EVERY LITTLE KISS." From Hornsby's debut album in 1986. What a wonderful tune, so upbeat... and the piano. OMG. One of my top 10 ever. Will have you two up and dancing together instead of sitting. Guaranteed. And later, asking yourself, "Where can we go to learn how to play the piano?!" --- Love your channel. Peace.
Check out "Every Little Kiss", another banger from Bruce. This Video was shot in his home town of Williamsburg, VA beautiful and very historic, a neighbor of my home town.
“On The Western Skyline” and “Across The River” are both amazing Bruce Hornsby songs!
I was fortunate enough to see Bruce several times live and he is FANTASTIC!!! A true piano master!!!
The most amazing blues/jazz guitar artist Bonnie Raitt described Bruce Hornsby as "Bill Evans meets gospel". Such an accurate and appropriate description. Look up Bill Evans and prepare to be schoooled.0 I started learning about music in the early 60' from my amateur/semi-professional jazz pianist/vocalist mother who picked up extra money playing Friday and Saturday night gigs (plus birthdays, retirements, weddings, Elk's Club meetings, etc.). She left me such a gift.
Every Little Kiss
"Every little kiss" is next.
End of Innocence live with Don Henley from the Eagles is a Great Song, Every Little Kiss should be your next song from Bruce.
"Spider Fingers" is amazing and really show,cases his piano playing.
Yup. One heck of a piano player. We just walkin'. Nice reaction! Thanks!
Look Out Any Window. It's a very prescient song made almost 35 years ago that fits today like a glove.
Great Singer! You will love Benny Mardones (Into the Night). Incredible singer and the song charted twice in different years in the 80s (1980 and 1989). Timeless Song!
I’ve always loved that song since my awesome high school days. I can see 16 year old me driving to high school and listening to Mardones’ sing on the way.
Love Bruce Hornsby from looooooong ago!
Yes and next every little kiss
I love his piano playing sooo much! As others have mentioned, his playing is easily identifiable, his unique style just shines.
When I saw Huey Lewis and the News in London in the mid 1980s, Bruce Hornsby and the Range were the support band.
The video has scenes from the Williamsburg, Virginia, area (Colonial Williamsburg/Jamestown Ferry/James River). The band is playing in a building ("Blowe Hall") on the campus of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. The old guy with the clarinet is Bruce's Dad, Robert Hornsby, who was a musician, then lawyer, and real estate developer. His mother Lois Hornsby, was a piano player and teacher, there is a middle school in the area named after her. Bruce graduated one year after my mother from the same high school (James Blair HS). Bruce was quoted in an interview with the Chicago Tribune saying that the song (Valley Road) was inspired by observations he made growing up in Virginia. "Every year, some rich girl would get involved with some country guy, and they would act irresponsibly and have to deal with the ramifications." When asked why many of his band's songs dealt with socio-political issues, Hornsby replied that "there are some issues that we feel are important, so we write about them... we also like to tell a story, like in 'The Valley Road', or paint a picture." Next, react to Bruce's songs "Set Me In Motion" and "The Show Goes On" which were both in the "Backdraft" (1991) movies soundtrack (directed by Ron Howard & starring Ken Russell, Billy Balwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland). "The Show Goes On" was also featured in the first episode of the "Baywatch" TV show.
"The Valley Road" was co-written with his brother, John Hornsby who he wrote many songs with. The song is included on Bruce Hornsby and the Range's 1988 album, 'Scenes from the Southside'. Released as the lead single from the album, "The Valley Road" reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1988, peaking at number 5 the week of July 2. It also spent a week at number 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in mid-June. This was the group's third song to reach number 1 on the adult contemporary chart, following "The Way It Is" from 1986 and "Mandolin Rain" from 1987. The single stayed three weeks at the top of the Billboard mainstream rock chart, becoming the first of the group's two chart-toppers on that list.
In 1989, Hornsby re-recorded "The Valley Road" with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which was included on the Dirt Band album Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two. Hornsby and the Dirt Band won a Grammy Award for this recording in 1990 in the category Best Bluegrass Recording. This version of the song was more in the country-bluegrass style of recording, inspired by Leon Russell and his collaborations with the New Grass Revival. Responding to some of the backlash he received from the bluegrass community on his Grammy win, Hornsby stated: "I won the bluegrass Grammy. It pissed off all the purists. And I understand their feeling about this. Here's this pop guy, and he's making this quasi-bluegrass. I totally understood the purists' protest."
A lovely song by an underrated band.
Another great piano player is Marc Cohn. One song you would enjoy because you have children is The Things We've Handed Down. Love love love Bruce Hornsby. This song is dope!
Absolutely love this song. Bruce Hornsby came at and breathed some fresh new perspectives on music making at the time in the 80's.
You know I love me some Bruce Hornsby yes❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Every Little Kiss
EVERY LITTLE KISS
Bruce Hornsby's Music is Unique and Fantastic! I have no good explanation why I've never bought one of his CDs. I'll have to correct that. One of his Top Hits! Thx You Guys! :)
Across The River is a great song. In my daily Playlist.
I love this to bits and could listen to this it makes me so happy.
You see a lot Williamsburg, Virginia in this video. My hometown and Hornsby's too. The band was playing in The College of William & Mary's old basketball gym.
Top 5 hit from Summer 1988, the 78th biggest selling single of 1988. I FLIPPIN LOVE THE PIANO OUTRO!!!!
I'm not the first to say it, but given your new(ish) love for Bruce Hornsby, and an earlier video I saw where you’re lovers of bluegrass (Earl Scruggs & Friends “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”), You must find the bluegrass version of “The Valley Road” that Bruce did with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The breakneck pace and joyous energy (shouts and applause by the musicians performing it after the fade-out) of that performance will kill you!! An absolute MUST-HEAR moment of musical history for you to relish!
The song merely is about the effect it sings about. Whispering. Quietly wondering what happened. Being completely baffled by life’s unexpected turns. The lyrics are as intricately moving as the notes and rhythm itself.
I love all the Virginia references in the song and the video. Bruce grew up in Williamsburg (note the ferry across the James River). The Valley Road is the road that runs down the Great Valley of Virginia (Winchester to Bristol) aka U.S. 11. I've always figured the song was about some dad sending his daughter from a Tidewater plantation over the Blue Ridge to keep her out of Bruce's reach, but in the end she came back to him.
That’s awesome! Thanks for the backstory about Virginia
Not quite. The daughter’s dad sent a hired hand down that road after he gets his daughter pregnant (“good enough to hire, not good enough to marry”). She goes off to have the baby and “comes back around like nothing really happened.”
That's some country/jazz fusion right there.
There's no mistaking a Bruce Hornsby song. His key work is so distinct. And some of the best driving synths of the 80's. After All by Peter Cetera and Cher is a gem you would love!
Joshua Kadison plays piano, he had a few songs in the early 90s. "Beautiful in my eyes", "Jessie" , "Picture postcards from L.A.".
Tori Amos is another phenomenal pianist. You guy's heard her song "Crucify," but her first big hit was "Corn Flake Girl" & of course there are plenty more which really show her talent. She will sometimes play 2 pianos simultaneously, one with each hand!
I was gonna say, if they like piano then they NEED to get back to Tori Amos. Cornflake Girl is a must (with the album version being better than the video version).
His music makes me sad that I didn't stick with piano lessons. I now have my parent's piano that I grew up with. I would love to play like Bruce.
I've had this LP since it came out 😎
Great track.
Great reactions!!! Love Bruce and his highly talented band!!! I have two album by him.
Bruce said he ad lib'd the piano riff
I live in the Historic Triangle ( Yorktown/Williamsburg/Jamestown) and worked at the College of William and Mary where a lot of this was filmed. Always makes me tear up to see this video in my stomping grounds. Great song!
I’m originally from Hampton with lots of family in Yorktown. These songs take me back to when I lived in Virginia as a kid
@@acoronado2728 I grew up in Hampton!
@@kellymoneymaker3922 awesome!!! I miss the area. I still visit family there sometimes though
Such a great song, been asking for this one for a while! Thanks for picking it
One of my all time favourites, thanks for doing it.
The Piano 😊oh my!
Ob la de. Ob la da. Beatles. A great song that makes me happy
J/A, his "Across the River" was another top 20 songs!
he lives nearby, and he's always been a cool low key guy, and used to perform at local festivals.
Love this song and band
Do you know how lucky you are? Most people your age will never know the wonder and the beauty of the music my generation actually wrote and played and had the pleasure of listening to. I love the wonder and amazement you feel when you hear something that most of people your age and younger will never experience and feel. You've been blessed with something I know nobody is ever going to be able to take away from you now. You now know why man was put on this earth, why the power of love is so much more than the love of power, and that music is the language of love and the universal language!
That's just the way it is!
This is one of my favorites. Another great one by Bruce is Across the River. Give it a listen. 😊
Across the River is one of my favorites
The Rand! 😆🤣😆
Its great to see you have the original video clip for the song, it dissapeared off youtube around 7 years ago and I cant find it anywhere. It was a great clip but I only recently found out it was about girl who gets pregnant and goes for an illegal termination, at that period. A brilliant song with a jovial clip with an unsettling subject matter when you read the lyrics. I saw Bruce solo at the McAninch Arts centre in Glen Ellyn Illinois in '16, travelled from Australia for study and wasnt leaving till I saw him live! Mindblowing performance!
Can’t be certain that it was for an illegal termination. Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon - with a scandalous pregnancy - Four the woman to go somewhere else until the pregnancy was over hence going to her sisters and then giving the baby up for an option. Not saying that’s what happened but it is another possibility.
Right pedal releases the cotton string dampers to let the piano strings ring out like a bell.
Base player Joe Puerta was a founding member of Ambrosia and The Range.
I love this song.
Every time I see these old Bruce Hornsby videos, I can’t help but notice the drummer… He always gives me, Jack Nicholson vibes…😂
“Fields of Gray” my favorite Bruce Hornsby song. Don’t see many reactions to it.
I love Bruce Hornsby and this is a great one!
Hi guys... I love Bruce Hornsby also... so glad you got to hear him. Got two suggestions for you, Lucy Thomas' version of Hallelujah, and Celine Dion and Andre Bottecelli's The Prayer. I think you might like them. love you both, Be Blessed!!
Bruce Sat in several concerts with The Grateful Dead , by invitation.
Yes! Been waiting for this reaction to happen. So pleased you liked this one! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁❤
Yeah oh yeah oh bro's in the band sounds good that's for sure for sure
Simply read, simply read now that brother could sing a song too. Now I always thought there's a shame he didn't have more than one great big hip
Eric clapton's crossroads festival, those are on video
Real music!!!
His piano playing style is easy to recognize before you actually hear him sing. It's great, love all his songs.
That video is a compilation of all things local, the Jamestown ferry (those are real crew), the docks, the Capitol at Williamsburg. Bruce is a very deep dude, so much messaging and imagery....
If you hadn't figured it out "Old Valley Road" is a reference to the Lord's Prayer "ye though I walk through the valley of death" which we are never alone to walk on.
Joe Jackson is a fine piano player.
Look out any window has to next ,it is an environmental song and Levon Helms is the farmer in the video, he is drummer/singer from the band The Band ,it is an amazing song
Look out any window is also a great song by Bruce Hornsby.
This was wonderful. I'd not heard this before. Thanks for sharing it.
Everything by Bruce is amazing, blues country fussion. Bruce's style is stand alone!
I was in high school in Virginia, when he first hit it big. Since he's a Virginia native, he got really heavy airplay, there.
This was his encore when I saw him open for the Grateful Dead 7/7/89
Did y'all catch that it was about a couple in love, the guy worked for the girls father. He got girl pregnant, girl went to visit relatives, then came back like nothing happened...in other words, she left to secretly have the baby and adopt it out. 'good enough to hire, not good enough to marry. When it all happened, nobody wins. Walk on."
I forgot about Bruce! He was great
He also played with the Greatful Dead for quite a few years.
Just a few months later, he did a completely different mix of this with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It's on UA-cam - just type "nitty gritty dirt band valley road"
One of my favorite songs!
Edit: And videos!