What's heartbreaking is that little Thomas Gibson at the very end was beaten to death by his own father who tried to cover it up. Several of the kids in this video turned up murdered.
Thanks for giving attention to Soul Asylum.The song came first,then the idea for the attempted rescue of runaways,from all walks of life.The Milk carton idea was working from the everyday familiar to the universal caring for the ones we love as stronger than accepting tragedy without a fight.
If I remember correctly the band updated the video a few times with new missing people as the previous ones were found. Love this song. Great reaction!! 😊
True. I discovered them back in the 80s when they where still more (post-)punk. "Hang Time" is probably my favourite album. Was a pretty big surprise when they suddenly appeared on MTV and got real big all of a sudden. But well deserved.
You should know when this video first came out half the people who were featured in this video were found thanks SOUL ASYLUM THERE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE TIME .
I remember reading somewhere that the band was not aware that they would include the missing persons in the video, since the song is about depression and had nothing to do with actual runaways. However i think the video helped find a few of them? I am sure i remember that one of the girls confronted the band after a concert saying they ruined her life since her family life was pretty bad and that's why she escaped.
This song and this video are so much more than skin deep. Those of us that were watching in the 90s will never forget the words and images in this. Never before did an artist use the MTV platform for so much. Thank you for reminding the world we STILL have so many missing people. Mental health issues are not new. Just constantly over looked.
"I run away but it always seems the same". This reminds me of some advice I heard for people moving to Japan. They said "if you're coming here to escape your problems don't. Your problems will follow you here, you have to fix them first"
Amazing Song about fighting Depression with a Video that became a cultural phenomenon helping rescue many of the missing persons in the video and many more. Great Song with an even more powerful video message Saw Soul Asylum in Concert. One of the Loudest concerts I’ve ever heard and they were Phenomenal Live
Soul Asylum, Replacements, Husker Du, Prince, Morris Day and The Time, Lipps Inc, Flamin Ohs, Jayhawks, Semisonic, The Suburbs- all from Minneapolis area, ca. 1980-1995. A once truly great city with a huge music and art scene.
Soul Asylum is from Minnesota, formed in the 80's by Dave Pirner (vocals & guitar) and were part of the American 'alternative rock' scene... which included various indie bands like R.E.M. (from Georgia)... Stone Temple Pilots (from San Diego, California)... Soundgarden (from Seattle, Washington) The band had little commercial success, debuting in 1984, before the alternative rock scene exploded in popularity in the early 90's... Soul Asylum was 1 of a number of alternative rock bands signed to major labels and released the album 'Grave dancers union' in 1992... the single 'Runaway train' was a huge hit by 1993 w/ a video made to focus of runaway kids and child abduction... the album sold 2x platinum in the US w/ the singles - 'Black gold' ... 'Somebody to shove'... Their next album 'Let your dim light shine' was released in 1995 and sold platinum w/ the hit single 'Misery'. However, Soul Asylum's commercial appeal diminished as the 90's closed out... their 1998 album 'Candy from a stranger'... was a commercial disappointment. Soul Asylum returned in 2006 w/ the album 'The silver lining'... They have continued to record and tour consistently.
Sad lyrics...sad message portrayed by the video. Thank you, Inna, for putting this one out there. You are always such an upbeat, fun person. and it is so nice to see your smiling face. Hate to see anything bring you down. Peace and love, Sunbeam. Shoutout from this old, longhaired, rocker in the mountains of East Tennessee. U.S.A. Keep-a-Rocking. LOVE YOU, LOTS. Later.
Before you even watch it.... the song ISNT about missing children, its more about a metaphor for spiralling depression and the loss of control. Yes the video may feature missing kids and that's the message of the video, but not the song
Dave Pirner wrote this about his depression. But to deflect he made it about missing kids. Good thing he did! Some of these kids were found due to the video.
As stated, it's about the singer's depression. But there was also a epidemic of runaway children in the early 90s(I was one of those runaways). The video was made to show parallels between depression and running away. It worked, it helped reunite dozens of families with their missing children
Soul Asylum played the High School prom for schools in Grand Forks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN. A record flood cancelled school for the rest of the year. The band really stepped up to the plate. Another great reaction, Rock on
I concur, it is easier to buy that ticket. I have 30 years of depressions, and 3 suicide attempts behind me. But I'm still feel like I'm on that runaway train.
This is one of my top 10 favourite songs. The juxtaposition between the deep dark lyrics and the happy jangly music, and then both held up against a hugely powerful video. Brilliant. Also as previously noted, some of the missing people were found and reunited with their loved ones. This wasn't always positive though, it's been suggested that some went back to difficult situations. They did update the names periodically, so the names would date the video quite well.
There were different versions of the video for different places it was shown, they had different missing people. Also when some people were found the video changed to add new missing people.
Loved this video and your reaction! Interestingly, there are several variations of this video, with the pictures of real missing children being different depending on location. There were three variations shown in America, one in the UK, two in Australia, and (I think) one in Germany. There’s also an extended version that starts with Dave Pirner, the lead singer of Soul Asylum, showing a rather unsettling drawing made by a young girl who had run away from home 110 times. At the end of the video, Pirner comes back on and says, “if you’ve seen one of these kids, or you are one, please call this number”, and then the video shows the phone number for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The extended version was hardly ever played on TV, though.
Also zufälligerweise, habe ich 1995 mit meiner Mum zusammen ein Interview von der Band im TV gesehen, dort hat der Liedsänger erklärt worum es in dem Lied geht, beziehungsweise wie er auf den Text des Liedes gekommen ist, daraufhin antwortete der Liedsänger, dass er mit dem Song auf etwas Aufmerksam machen wollte, was damals zu dieser Zeit versucht wurde zu verschweigen beziehungsweise es zu vertuschen!!! Damals wie auch Teilweise Heute noch, verschwinden Personen auf unerklärliche weise einfach, Niemand weiß wer Sie entführt und wohin diese Personen gebracht wurden, manche von ihnen tauchten nach Jahren wieder auf und manche bleiben bis Heute Spurlos verschwunden!!! Und damals Kursierte das Gerücht, dass es einen Zug gibt, in dem Die Verschwunden Personen eingeladen werden und irgendwohin gebracht werden, warum und weshalb das weiß keiner daher der Name RunnawayTrain und deshalb auch die Einblendungen im Video, welche Personen damals auf Mysteriöse Weise einfach Spurlos Verschwunden sind!!! Das soll die eigentliche Bedeutung des Songs sein, erklärte die Band damals im TV Interview und zusätzlich kamen dann noch die Depressionen des Liedsängers hinzu, die er wegen dieser Gerüchte hatte, denn eine ihm nahe stehende Person, verschwand damals auch auf unerklärliche weise, dies alles wollte er in diesem Song zum Ausdruck bringen und auf das Problem in Amerika Aufmerksam machen!!! Daraufhin gab es dann noch Verschiedene Versionen aus anderen Ländern, denn dieses Mysterium ereignet sich nicht nur in Amerika sondern Weltweit, verschwinden Personen auf unerklärliche Weise und niemand weis so recht, wer dahinter steckt, einige vermuten die Regierung wieder andere vermuten Aliens, wieder andere vermuten ein Geheimbund usw.
If you want tips on two very good, but at the same time very sad, songs I want to recommend Suzanne Vega's song "Luka" and the song "In the living years" by Mike + The Mechanics. Both are very deep songs and you really have to listen to the lyrics to understand them but they are so worth listening to.
Great song. Great reaction. Give it up to soul asylum. The world didn't necessarily need another music video showcasing the artist song. The world did need that however. It actually resulted in several families reuniting with love ones they thought they had lost.
Before starting the review of this video I wanted to make an observation Inna, I liked your reaction yesterday, I liked it, I didn't like the music and I believe the public didn't like it very much either and what this represents is the low number of views. , but of course I say this based on what I saw yesterday, but it may have changed, you'll know! Now about today's react, it's an excellent song, it's more melodic rock and I really liked the lyrics presented which talk about an increasingly common problem in society: depression! The curious thing is that David took a year to finish the song and only managed to finish it when he himself had a bad time! Now talking about your reaction Inna I have to say the following: Your excitement in the react videos is contagious Inna and those blue eyes of yours highlight even more the beauty that you have as a woman, keep up the work you are doing and if I can recommend a song to you I would recommend the song Hero by the band Skillet, it's a good song and I think you'll like it and that's all, keep up the work you're doing and Brazilian greetings to you, clear eyes! 💚💛💚💛
The band did the music and then handed the song to a video maker who made the video , the band had no idea what the video was about untill they watched it . This video helped launch a world wide missing person charity , USA, Canada,Australia ,UK all have there own missing person video to this track
Some of the kids featured in multiple versions of this video weren't runaways and it turns out were murdered. One girl in the American version #1 was murdered by her mother and buried in her backyard. Two others were killed and not found until 2007 in an abandoned home's backyard. In another situation a girl who was a runaway actually met the band later on and told the guitarist that the video ruined her life. As it turns out it was the only way she could stay out of a bad situation at home. In that time (early 90's) kids were not believed as much as they are now when it came to parental abuse and danger at home.
If you like Soul Asylum, you will REALLY appreciate the band whose sound they stole and turned into soft, commercialised mush. That band is the Replacements, and they are the greatest band no one’s ever reacted to. Songs to check out: “Hold My Life”, “Colour Me Impressed”, ‘“Unsatisfied”, “Alex Chilton”, “If Only You Were Lonely”.
Look guys, I don't know if I was the only one who had this impression but I felt that there was part of the reaction where Inna was almost crying or am I seeing things? Please respond in the comments
@vinniedixon1140 Sorry mate but I have to call BS on that,This song had absolutely NOTHING to do with the band. As much a I love them and their music they were approached by the studion to do this piece written by someone else sorry to burst ya bubble
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What's heartbreaking is that little Thomas Gibson at the very end was beaten to death by his own father who tried to cover it up. Several of the kids in this video turned up murdered.
The song is about the lead singer having depression. As bad as the video might seem but it helped bring 26 missing people back home.
That is a complete misreading of what this song is about.
Thanks for giving attention to Soul Asylum.The song came first,then the idea for the attempted rescue of runaways,from all walks of life.The Milk carton idea was working from the everyday familiar to the universal caring for the ones we love as stronger than accepting tragedy without a fight.
If I remember correctly the band updated the video a few times with new missing people as the previous ones were found. Love this song. Great reaction!! 😊
Really? It’s awesome that they did that!
I also heard that for each country that this song was released in had, had images of the missing children from that country.
This video actually helped find some of the kids that are listed
One of the most underrated bands of the 90's!!! So many GREAT songs and albums... You GOTTA check out more than just this song.
True. I discovered them back in the 80s when they where still more (post-)punk. "Hang Time" is probably my favourite album. Was a pretty big surprise when they suddenly appeared on MTV and got real big all of a sudden. But well deserved.
@@mrtveye6682 agreed. Hang Time,and The Horse They Rode In On are my two favorites.
"Ooh this is going to be sad... but we have upbeat music"
And with that one sentence you have instantly nailed the appeal of 90s alternative rock!
You should know when this video first came out half the people who were featured in this video were found thanks SOUL ASYLUM THERE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE TIME .
I remember reading somewhere that the band was not aware that they would include the missing persons in the video, since the song is about depression and had nothing to do with actual runaways. However i think the video helped find a few of them? I am sure i remember that one of the girls confronted the band after a concert saying they ruined her life since her family life was pretty bad and that's why she escaped.
Every radio station in the 90's.
This song and this video are so much more than skin deep. Those of us that were watching in the 90s will never forget the words and images in this. Never before did an artist use the MTV platform for so much. Thank you for reminding the world we STILL have so many missing people. Mental health issues are not new. Just constantly over looked.
"I run away but it always seems the same".
This reminds me of some advice I heard for people moving to Japan. They said "if you're coming here to escape your problems don't. Your problems will follow you here, you have to fix them first"
"Wherever you go, you always find yourself there waiting for you to arrive."
Amazing Song about fighting Depression with a Video that became a cultural phenomenon helping rescue many of the missing persons in the video and many more. Great Song with an even more powerful video message Saw Soul Asylum in Concert. One of the Loudest concerts I’ve ever heard and they were Phenomenal Live
Soul Asylum, Replacements, Husker Du, Prince, Morris Day and The Time, Lipps Inc, Flamin Ohs, Jayhawks, Semisonic, The Suburbs- all from Minneapolis area, ca. 1980-1995.
A once truly great city with a huge music and art scene.
And Prince, apparently, wrote Funkytown, for Lipps, Inc, their biggest hit song). in the late
1970's, before he became "famous".
Soul Asylum is from Minnesota, formed in the 80's by Dave Pirner (vocals & guitar) and were part of the American 'alternative rock' scene... which included various indie bands like R.E.M. (from Georgia)... Stone Temple Pilots (from San Diego, California)... Soundgarden (from Seattle, Washington)
The band had little commercial success, debuting in 1984, before the alternative rock scene exploded in popularity in the early 90's... Soul Asylum was 1 of a number of alternative rock bands signed to major labels and released the album 'Grave dancers union' in 1992... the single 'Runaway train' was a huge hit by 1993 w/ a video made to focus of runaway kids and child abduction... the album sold 2x platinum in the US w/ the singles - 'Black gold' ... 'Somebody to shove'...
Their next album 'Let your dim light shine' was released in 1995 and sold platinum w/ the hit single 'Misery'.
However, Soul Asylum's commercial appeal diminished as the 90's closed out... their 1998 album 'Candy from a stranger'... was a commercial disappointment.
Soul Asylum returned in 2006 w/ the album 'The silver lining'... They have continued to record and tour consistently.
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song 31 years ago. Great song. Sad then, sadder now! Have a nice day Inna! 😎
Sad lyrics...sad message portrayed by the video. Thank you, Inna, for putting this one out there. You are always such an upbeat, fun person. and it is so nice to see your smiling face. Hate to see anything bring you down. Peace and love, Sunbeam. Shoutout from this old, longhaired, rocker in the mountains of East Tennessee. U.S.A. Keep-a-Rocking. LOVE YOU, LOTS. Later.
Finally somebody reacted to this song, tried to recommend but not bothered. One my favorite. Its such a very deep song and video .
I have this & another of their albums! Very underrated band!
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Before you even watch it.... the song ISNT about missing children, its more about a metaphor for spiralling depression and the loss of control.
Yes the video may feature missing kids and that's the message of the video, but not the song
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Dave Pirner wrote this about his depression. But to deflect he made it about missing kids. Good thing he did! Some of these kids were found due to the video.
As stated, it's about the singer's depression. But there was also a epidemic of runaway children in the early 90s(I was one of those runaways). The video was made to show parallels between depression and running away. It worked, it helped reunite dozens of families with their missing children
Soul Asylum played the High School prom for schools in Grand Forks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN. A record flood cancelled school for the rest of the year. The band really stepped up to the plate. Another great reaction, Rock on
I'm old enough to have watched this song on MTV. I got my millennial wife to watch it for the first time. She still wont forgive me.
❤❤❤. Muy. Buena. Banda. No. Te. Olvides de. Soda stereo. Un. Abrazo. Inna
I concur, it is easier to buy that ticket. I have 30 years of depressions, and 3 suicide attempts behind me. But I'm still feel like I'm on that runaway train.
Hi Inna! Please react to Every Time You Cry by The Outfield ❤
The song was a massive hit back in the day and it gave me goosebumps back then and it still does.
I remember when this came out, very touching song. They used to put missing kids pictures on milk cartons, dont anymore, wish they did.
Sadness is a necesary part of life, as happiness is, and art allows to expierence both
This is one of my top 10 favourite songs. The juxtaposition between the deep dark lyrics and the happy jangly music, and then both held up against a hugely powerful video. Brilliant.
Also as previously noted, some of the missing people were found and reunited with their loved ones. This wasn't always positive though, it's been suggested that some went back to difficult situations. They did update the names periodically, so the names would date the video quite well.
I've heard many people say this song kept them from committing suicide, including a couple I knew personally.
There were different versions of the video for different places it was shown, they had different missing people. Also when some people were found the video changed to add new missing people.
Loved this video and your reaction!
Interestingly, there are several variations of this video, with the pictures of real missing children being different depending on location. There were three variations shown in America, one in the UK, two in Australia, and (I think) one in Germany. There’s also an extended version that starts with Dave Pirner, the lead singer of Soul Asylum, showing a rather unsettling drawing made by a young girl who had run away from home 110 times. At the end of the video, Pirner comes back on and says, “if you’ve seen one of these kids, or you are one, please call this number”, and then the video shows the phone number for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The extended version was hardly ever played on TV, though.
Also zufälligerweise, habe ich 1995 mit meiner Mum zusammen ein Interview von der Band im TV gesehen, dort hat der Liedsänger erklärt worum es in dem Lied geht, beziehungsweise wie er auf den Text des Liedes gekommen ist, daraufhin antwortete der Liedsänger, dass er mit dem Song auf etwas Aufmerksam machen wollte, was damals zu dieser Zeit versucht wurde zu verschweigen beziehungsweise es zu vertuschen!!!
Damals wie auch Teilweise Heute noch, verschwinden Personen auf unerklärliche weise einfach, Niemand weiß wer Sie entführt und wohin diese Personen gebracht wurden, manche von ihnen tauchten nach Jahren wieder auf und manche bleiben bis Heute Spurlos verschwunden!!!
Und damals Kursierte das Gerücht, dass es einen Zug gibt, in dem Die Verschwunden Personen eingeladen werden und irgendwohin gebracht werden, warum und weshalb das weiß keiner daher der Name RunnawayTrain und deshalb auch die Einblendungen im Video, welche Personen damals auf Mysteriöse Weise einfach Spurlos Verschwunden sind!!!
Das soll die eigentliche Bedeutung des Songs sein, erklärte die Band damals im TV Interview und zusätzlich kamen dann noch die Depressionen des Liedsängers hinzu, die er wegen dieser Gerüchte hatte, denn eine ihm nahe stehende Person, verschwand damals auch auf unerklärliche weise, dies alles wollte er in diesem Song zum Ausdruck bringen und auf das Problem in Amerika Aufmerksam machen!!!
Daraufhin gab es dann noch Verschiedene Versionen aus anderen Ländern, denn dieses Mysterium ereignet sich nicht nur in Amerika sondern Weltweit, verschwinden Personen auf unerklärliche Weise und niemand weis so recht, wer dahinter steckt, einige vermuten die Regierung wieder andere vermuten Aliens, wieder andere vermuten ein Geheimbund usw.
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If you want tips on two very good, but at the same time very sad, songs I want to recommend Suzanne Vega's song "Luka" and the song "In the living years" by Mike + The Mechanics. Both are very deep songs and you really have to listen to the lyrics to understand them but they are so worth listening to.
You should do Ren - “Hi Ren”…similar depth to the emotions it gives you
Hi! I have done it a long time ago :)
First Reaction to "Ren - Hi Ren"
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Great song. Great reaction. Give it up to soul asylum. The world didn't necessarily need another music video showcasing the artist song. The world did need that however. It actually resulted in several families reuniting with love ones they thought they had lost.
A truly amazing song, masterpiece I would say! 😍
Before starting the review of this video I wanted to make an observation Inna, I liked your reaction yesterday, I liked it, I didn't like the music and I believe the public didn't like it very much either and what this represents is the low number of views. , but of course I say this based on what I saw yesterday, but it may have changed, you'll know! Now about today's react, it's an excellent song, it's more melodic rock and I really liked the lyrics presented which talk about an increasingly common problem in society: depression! The curious thing is that David took a year to finish the song and only managed to finish it when he himself had a bad time! Now talking about your reaction Inna I have to say the following: Your excitement in the react videos is contagious Inna and those blue eyes of yours highlight even more the beauty that you have as a woman, keep up the work you are doing and if I can recommend a song to you I would recommend the song Hero by the band Skillet, it's a good song and I think you'll like it and that's all, keep up the work you're doing and Brazilian greetings to you, clear eyes! 💚💛💚💛
The band did the music and then handed the song to a video maker who made the video , the band had no idea what the video was about untill they watched it . This video helped launch a world wide missing person charity , USA, Canada,Australia ,UK all have there own missing person video to this track
i know its a serious topic but FAMILY GUY always will be my memory of this song
Some of the kids featured in multiple versions of this video weren't runaways and it turns out were murdered. One girl in the American version #1 was murdered by her mother and buried in her backyard. Two others were killed and not found until 2007 in an abandoned home's backyard. In another situation a girl who was a runaway actually met the band later on and told the guitarist that the video ruined her life. As it turns out it was the only way she could stay out of a bad situation at home. In that time (early 90's) kids were not believed as much as they are now when it came to parental abuse and danger at home.
If you like Soul Asylum, you will REALLY appreciate the band whose sound they stole and turned into soft, commercialised mush. That band is the Replacements, and they are the greatest band no one’s ever reacted to. Songs to check out: “Hold My Life”, “Colour Me Impressed”, ‘“Unsatisfied”, “Alex Chilton”, “If Only You Were Lonely”.
Hello there hey
Missing = no closure
So hard
Look guys, I don't know if I was the only one who had this impression but I felt that there was part of the reaction where Inna was almost crying or am I seeing things? Please respond in the comments
Is gad miss out in Québec and rest of canada
"Hello there" that was very Obi Wan Kenobi
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Soul asylum comes from Minnesota, my home state.the lead singer Dave Pirner had serious issues with depression
Out of the 36 they found 21 due to the song
This video gets me every time. I remember when I was young I used to have vivid dreams about the scenes shown in the video. So very sad. 😔😔
This band had so many great songs but reactors only listen to this one. 😢 It is a great song though.
I think a few of them from this video were found right?
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I think you would like "youth of a nation" by P.O.D. , plz add to your list beautiful
Luka by Suzanne Vega is a good one
suggestion Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side Of Heaven
Kid gad attake serail killer or grnd father
Good song but the clip is sadness
@vinniedixon1140 Sorry mate but I have to call BS on that,This song had absolutely NOTHING to do with the band. As much a I love them and their music they were approached by the studion to do this piece written by someone else sorry to burst ya bubble
This period of music is fascinating to me.