“But don’t you believe them” is probably the most important part of the song, as short as it is. Each verse is a short story about things we are conditioned to accept in society. Whether it’s racism, poverty, or classism, these things CAN be changed in spite of what people who benefit from them would have you believe.
Humanity will find our way out to free air,or we will die. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t think we matter all that much, and cause more trouble than we are worth. Folks have to realize, we arent killing the planet. She will go on, with or without us. If we want to stay, we have to love, nothing else will save us. “Hey old man, how can you stand to think that way?’ Is a warning. And we better listen to it.
I am almost 72 years old and I want to enlighten you on a couple of points. The first band I was in back in the late 60’s,was called “Proud Flesh”. Three white guys and a black lead singer. We played Grand Funk Railroad, James Brown, Beatles and Jackson Bros, etc. we played dances and people of every colour, shape and size showed up and we “all” had a ball. If you actually look back on real clips from the 70’s to mid 80’s there were very few race problems. Shows like American Bandstand was on every week with a completely mixed crowd and guest artists from every genre and style of music. Many groups were mixed race and many tv shows were multi racial…….but, around 1981 I found faith in God and walked away from the bar bands and secular music for the next 45 years. (With no regrets) but….Recently I started watching some videos and see that the music industry and society to a large extent got “high jacked” back in the mid to late 1980’s and race and music got separated into factions that had previously disappeared back in my days. It makes me very sad to see that society has gone backwards from where we had been in the 1970’s. I don’t blame it on the people, I blame it on the governments and the media companies that make money off of keeping us separated. W have all been lied to and manipulated to hate and fear each other…..because “some” are making money off of our manufactured dislike for each other. But like this song says…..”they say, some things will never change..BUT….don’t you believe them” !!!!
I LOVE watching you react to older music. I'm 65 years old, and I feel blessed to have had 50 years of music, all genres, in my life. This song played on the radio over and over again because it's so good. That's just the way it is........✌️❤️
I’ll be 65 in a few months. Music was always playing in my house as far back as I can remember. From Dean Martin to Ozzy!!! Always goes back to talent, musicianship and songwriting. Music is not born in an electronic device, it’s soulful. It’s creating art from the heart, about love, community and good times. Younger generations have lost out listening only to one genre. We had it ALL. We are the luckiest generation in music. ❤❤❤
@@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv Did Bruce Hornsby's label ever sue? I'm not that fussed about it because every single person around at the time of Tupac's original release knew where the samples came from.
There will NEVER be another decade like the 80's for music. We saw the explosion of hair metal, break dancing and rap exploded, and pop music in general greatly evolved in that decade. Blessed to be alive and witness it.
i remember how impressed you were the other day when you reacted to bonnie raitt's "i can't make you love me" because of the piano. it was bruce hornsby playing for her. kinda makes sense now huh? thought you'd like to know.
@@jenw5056yes it’s interesting how he really has his own style. I heard a song the other day and knew it had to be him playing. Looked it up to be sure and it was!
Garcia loved having him in the band. He pushed them to be better. They played "Valley Road". Saw them in '92 in Auburn Hills, MI. He forced them to encore with "Gloria"..first time they played since 11/2/85. Awesome!
@@orangeandblackattack I dunno if this applies, but I remember TGD as extremely mediocre at best, then saw them on a PBS special and the musicianship was absolutely immense.
This one 'hit' you. You can see when you watch your eyes in this video. I could see the emotion play out on your face. Thank you for that. This song is so powerful in many ways--powerful chords, powerful lyrics, powerful message. Thanks for the reminder.
Brother, there's no shame in not knowing. Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge. When you know better, you can do better. Enjoyed your reaction. Keep on discovering. Peace!
he won a Grammy in 1987 as best new artist... I was at his concert in Houston a week after taking home that Grammy. Crowded House opened for him. Crowded House opened for him. Amazing concert. Amazing artist.
I’m a 63 year old white man. There are many like me who feel deeply about the message of this song. I just wanted to let you know that. We’re all the same. Too many don’t see it. I DO! Blessings
Bruce Hornsby is a virtuoso pianist, singer, and songwriter. Another exquisitely beautiful song written and performed by him is 'Mandolin Rain'. He also wrote the melody to Don Henly's hit, 'the End of the Innocence'. I love Bruce's voice best on his version. And, Bruce is still performing his treasury of hits today in his late sixties. I am amazed at the speed of his fingers on the piano-he is very underrated.
Never apologize for not being aware of something, just rejoice in knowing you do now! This was a HUGE radio hit. And as far as sampling, Steely Dan have to be the most sampled band ever. It's wonderful when we can make something old new again.
Imagine: it's 1987, this song has been out Three months, and you're SICK of this song... This beautiful, profound and melodical poetry, and you're gonna PUKE if you here it One👏More👏Time!! I envy your discovery. Good old Spider Fingers.
I felt the same way about Stairway To Heaven and Do You Feel Like We Do back in the 70's. Great, classic rock songs that got overplayed on the radio to a such a ridiculous extent, you could pretty much count on rehearing them every half-hour on the dot. And that was at a time when our only alternatives to the radio were vinyl records and 8-track tapes.
I'm with you on that one. In 1987, I was 17 or 18 years old, and the last thing I wanted to hear was some socially conscious piano ballad on the radio. WHERE ARE THE PARTY TUNES?!? LOL. When you get older, it hits differently. Now, it's one of those that you turn up instead of turning off.
@@timpwhit Black Pagasus is feeling exactly how I felt when I discovered Led Zepplin in 2020, I was in my 50's when I first heard Kasmir, When the Levee Breaks and so many other songs by them. I was so baffled. I am a child of the 70's, I've heard of all the greats, even if I didn't know their names at the time, I've heard of them. What is worse I knew who Robert Plant was because I loved Sea of Love as a teenager in the 80's. I thought he was a one hit wonder; I had no clue he was a rock legend. I didn't discover Led Zepplin until I started watching reactors reacting of oldies I grow up on. One day they reacted to Sea of Love after I had recently become aware of Led Zepplin, that's when I put two and two together! I felt Dazed and confused! LOL! I can only guess that the radio stations my parents listened to didn't play Led for some reason? Maybe played them at night? I don't know. It is a weird feeling to have missed out on something that you shouldn't have. It's like where was I and what was I going to miss out on something so huge?
@@dreamweaver1603 I agree. As soon as I didn't have to hear it constantly on the radio, I fell back in love with it. Do You Feel Like We Do is awesome, but I just heard it too many times back then.
Bruce Hornsby is an AMAZING artist and performer. His songs always seem to convey a deep message. And his piano skills are just off the charts! He and his group (The Range) were huge in the 80s.
Thank you for resurfacing this song. Bruce Hornsby & The Range playing The Way It Is! is one of my all time favorites. The lyrics hit home and the melody is beautiful and unique. Always love your honest and enthusiastic reactions.
Isn’t it beautiful?!? This song is incredible. Bruce needs to be in the Hall of Fame. Tupac was an artistic poet and he really appreciated great artists. This, Don McLean’s Vincent, Kate Bush, Prince… I just think that is so cool. I would love to see Bruce live. Incredible.
Bruce is an incredible lyricist, vocalist, producer and incredible pianist, he takes my soul to levels I can't explain. Thank you for appreciating him, he's a master musician and a compassionate human being!
I just saw Bruce in Sarasota at the Van Wezel with my dad.....insanely talented and one of the best and most intimate venues. We saw Travis Tritt at the same venue a couple years prior. It is so humbling to see legends of music play with nothing other than their voice and one instrument. Brilliant.
Tupac is my age and we were kids when this was a hit. So imagine him hearing this and connecting to the message so much that when he had his own platform in the music industry he thought of this song. It really speaks volumes the respect he must’ve had for Bruce Hornsby and this song.
Yes way! I was knocked over when this first came out when I was an undergraduate in college in 1986. My dear inspirational jazz-pianist mother had been killed by a drunk driver in 1980, and I so wished she had been around to hear this. She so would have loved it, and I love it to this day. Thanks mom for the musical awareness and conscirousness.
The 70’s, 80’s 90’s and 2000’s music was filled with talented TRUE ARTISTS, songwriters and musicians. There’s a reason why so many rappers and others sample this amazing music. Love Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
I was 25 years old and stationed in Germany, when this hit the radio stations and you couldn't go anywhere that was not playing this.. That was 1985. At 65 now and it still brings the memories.
Bruce Hornsby is civil right movement brother one of the first artist who stood up for black folks he is legend the man have beautiful soul inside out am glad you found him btw my favorite song of him is mondlin rain the greatest song ever made it reminds of my dead wife who died with my twins in her stomach my God let them rest in peace mandolin rain is the best song ever
"One of the first...? The Beatles refused to play their concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida unless the rule about the seating being segregated was changed - and that was way back in 1964
@@aBeatleFan4everand there were other artists as well. Bruce may have been one of the first to explicitly call out racism instead of just alluding to it, and the fact that he did so with a song that became a huge hit is noteworthy.
Bruce Hornsby.....One of the best Pianists ever! Yea that Line but don't you believe them is overlooked and very Important! Thanks Bruce and the Range for putting it out there!
Honestly if you look back to the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s we loved everyone. Our music was magically inclusive. Spread across generations and genre. I wish we could go back. Your discovery and dialogue gives me great hope. Live and let live Love it or leave it Peace Were the bummer stickers I remember seeing everywhere.
Bruce Hornsby is so inspiring and so talented; he is the reason I learned to play piano. He always has a message.He is still touring and has done back-up piano for Bonnie Raitt hits, such as her "I Can't Make You Love Me". They are good friends. Check out Bruce's other hits: "Mandolin Rain" and "Every Little Kiss".
I am 58 years old and have been listening to this song for years, but today is the first time I ever really heard what this song says!! Thank you for enlightening me!!
There is a lot of profound music made over the years. This is a brilliant song. Lots of musicians know the history and have championed black artists from The Beatles saying no to playing in front of segregated audiences in the USA in the sixties to David Bowie. The interview he did with MTV in the eighties where he called out their racism for not playing black artists is extraordinary and changed the game.
man the look on your face when he sings "hey little boy you can't go where the others go, coz you don't look like you do", is the same I get listening to this, as a 43 yr old white male. his tune is amazing and he has been an absolute advocate for equal rights. it's such a powerful tune and Bruce is a really good human man. He tried his best, this was a top tune, he put it out there and unfortunately only fairly recently did people really see what he was trying to do. God bless man.
Bruce played with the band Ambrosia and you can see him in the video under their so g “how Can You Love Me). He is a very tall man with very long arms and he plays piano and organ at the same time. Love Ambrosia with David Pack as band lead singer. Check it out.
I’m just seeing your review of this now, and it does my heart good to see younger people enjoying this. We definitely lived through some trying times in this country and for some, things will never change. That’s the ignorant ones. I grew up in Detroit and I never once had any problems with anyone because I always treated everyone equally. That’s how it should be. MLK Jr. was and is one of my heroes and role models. The race riots in the late 60’s were horrible, and I never understood as a young man how people could not treat others like they wanted to be treated themselves. The golden rule. This song had me in tears the first time I heard it.
A couple of months ago this song came on the radio while my son who is in his 20's while we were driving in my car and I mentioned to him to listen to the words of "The Way It is." It was about the recession of the 1980's (and before) and what is happening today. He really likes the song and agrees it rings true today.
Bruce grew up in Williamsburg Va., and writes about real world everyday life. I grew up listening to him. I love seeing other people fall in love with his music.
You and I are in a similar situation. A youtube reactor was reacting to this song and said the same thing.....this is Tupac, "Changes". As an old white fart, who doesn't listen to rap, I listened to "Changes" and was stunned. Tupac took the meaning behind this song and made it his own. Both great songs, Bruce's, more melodic, Tupac's more modern. Both with a deep meaning
@@Bertie22222 Have you heard Disturbed cover Simon and Garfunkels, "Sound of Silence?" It's a great cover, but I see it the same as Tupac covering "That's just the Way it Is". Expain the differences of artists covering someone else's song and Tupac covering this song
@@rubroken There's a huge difference between covering somebody elses material and crediting them with it and pinching other people's music and not crediting them. Rap artists are infamous for this kind of thievery.
I wore this cassette OUT when it was new learning to play this song. It's been a ton of years since I've sat at a piano, but this is probably the song I'd take a crack at first. It's a very fun song to play and it's just beautifully simple. Bruce is still killing it today.
One of my favorite songs of all time! So sad you only know this wonderful music now… Was at the mall, skate rink, school bus this was playing new THAN GOD I was a kid in the 80s!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
It’s funny cause I’ve always been like - yuck 80s music. But in reference to cock rock. I realize now how many timeless songs came out of the 80s. It was very diverse musically.
Bruce is a phenmoicanl musician and piano player and I have been fortunate to see him live numerous times. Again, glad to see you discovering older music.
What a great reveal, to witness. I fell in love with Bruce Hornsby and the Range when this album came out. I attended their concert, in Seattle, at the height of there popularity. What an amazing album. Check out Mandolin Rain, On the Western Skyline, Every Little Kiss...their all great to listen to. That piano, the lyrics, the hooks. Check 'em all out.
The 80s was our time of trying to protest against the insane policy of mutually assured destruction of the arms race. We didn't think we would make it to the year 2000. We found our voices through music and so many iconic hits were written around issues of nuclear war (everybody want to rule the world), party like it's 1999, we are the world, etc ❤
I looooove and appreciate your reactions, as you understand its entirety...the music, lyrics, and the message in general. Bruce is a very talented artist. Thanks again for your reaction to the music of my generation ❤
I was living in Virginia and attending high school, when Bruce first hit the airwaves. Since he's a Virginia native, the local pop and top 40 stations put his music on heavy rotation. Even heard this song on a country station, a few times.
Mainly on piano, sometimes on accordion. Please watch some of the videos and enjoy the different expressions on his face as he's amazed by being on stage with the Dead and the crowd to when he's in his element and is just having fun and a part of musical conversation.
@@mmmpotstickers8684 I've watched most if not all, I've seen him in concert (post dead) but I was at shows when his band opened for the dead and he'd come out & play. (accordion) and then the next yr you'd be a a GD show Usually In DC or Charlotte and a grand piano would be next to Brent...we'd know Bruce was there. btw imo he was what held it all together for the band/fans when Brent died. ~ forever grateful.
Seeing your response to Bruce Hornsby and the Range playing his song brings me to tears. Great music, well performed, with an insightful and true message. This song came out in 1986, it moved me then and it moves me now. Thank you for finding it.
I was listening to this in the back of my mom and dads car on the way to Kmart 1986... Knowing my parents were on welfare and we lived in a trailer park...but I always knew that I could do well in life because we lived in America. I never thought for a second that I couldn't become whoever I wanted to be.
YAY!!!!! 🫶 Do Forever Young by Alphaville next just cuz u already know the rap song, then I'll send u more Original songs and I'll let u try to guess the rap song! 😁
Pac was a lyrical genius and he was inspired by genius , Pac said he was a , " Ghetto Reporter " he just broke it down . So much love to you Pac and " So Many Tears " at your passing !! I still miss you and miss what you would have become !!!! Still you are a legend even though you only lived 25 short years , you did a lot with them !!!
I grew up in the 80s, and other than the Beastie Boys, really wasn't listening to any kind of rap or hip hop, probably until the 90s, but it was the 2010s or later before I started getting more into real "rap" with the Epic Rap Battles of History. It wasn't until reaction videos like these in the last 2-3 years, that I really heard about Tupac's "Changes", and how it was sampled from this song. I went to check it out, and really liked it a lot. Totally had a similar vibe and meaning to this original.
Your reaction to this is a classic, the gathering between 2pac and hornsby was something that will go down in music history. Loved to see how emotional you were to the music damn dude you are the greatest.....................................great voice also......
“But don’t you believe them” is probably the most important part of the song, as short as it is. Each verse is a short story about things we are conditioned to accept in society. Whether it’s racism, poverty, or classism, these things CAN be changed in spite of what people who benefit from them would have you believe.
Absolutely 💯. And Tupac left that part out 😢
Humanity will find our way out to free air,or we will die. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t think we matter all that much, and cause more trouble than we are worth. Folks have to realize, we arent killing the planet. She will go on, with or without us. If we want to stay, we have to love, nothing else will save us. “Hey old man, how can you stand to think that way?’ Is a warning. And we better listen to it.
Open the mind. Once enlightened, can never be darkened again. Ur welcome brother, from yesterday.
I am almost 72 years old and I want to enlighten you on a couple of points. The first band I was in back in the late 60’s,was called “Proud Flesh”. Three white guys and a black lead singer. We played Grand Funk Railroad, James Brown, Beatles and Jackson Bros, etc. we played dances and people of every colour, shape and size showed up and we “all” had a ball. If you actually look back on real clips from the 70’s to mid 80’s there were very few race problems. Shows like American Bandstand was on every week with a completely mixed crowd and guest artists from every genre and style of music. Many groups were mixed race and many tv shows were multi racial…….but, around 1981 I found faith in God and walked away from the bar bands and secular music for the next 45 years. (With no regrets) but….Recently I started watching some videos and see that the music industry and society to a large extent got “high jacked” back in the mid to late 1980’s and race and music got separated into factions that had previously disappeared back in my days. It makes me very sad to see that society has gone backwards from where we had been in the 1970’s. I don’t blame it on the people, I blame it on the governments and the media companies that make money off of keeping us separated. W have all been lied to and manipulated to hate and fear each other…..because “some” are making money off of our manufactured dislike for each other. But like this song says…..”they say, some things will never change..BUT….don’t you believe them” !!!!
I LOVE watching you react to older music. I'm 65 years old, and I feel blessed to have had 50 years of music, all genres, in my life. This song played on the radio over and over again because it's so good. That's just the way it is........✌️❤️
Ditto, and I’m 77. My folks introduced me to jazz and swing in the early 50’s - what a ride it’s been!
I’ll be 65 in a few months. Music was always playing in my house as far back as I can remember. From Dean Martin to Ozzy!!! Always goes back to talent, musicianship and songwriting. Music is not born in an electronic device, it’s soulful. It’s creating art from the heart, about love, community and good times. Younger generations have lost out listening only to one genre. We had it ALL. We are the luckiest generation in music.
❤❤❤
Same here, 65 and greatfull for all the amazing music of all kind I was able to hear and love.
56 years old here, and I agree! And this is what the internet was invented for. Sharing for the betterment of us all.🙏💛💯🤘🔥🤘😃
Me too and I'm his age
Hip Hop wouldn't be the same without all the sampling from old music.
robbing, especially Tupac.
appropriation? lol
@@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv Did Bruce Hornsby's label ever sue? I'm not that fussed about it because every single person around at the time of Tupac's original release knew where the samples came from.
@@dreamweaver1603no because he got paid.
@@TheDivayenta I figure he must have because that song was definitely more than just sampled. It was like a remake of the song with his own spin.
Bruce Hornsby is a brilliant song writer and musician who has a great and respected history in the music industry.
Lets get him in the Hall of Fame...it's almost a snub he's not there yet.
Not to mention he took over for the Dead after Brett died.
When Elton John calls him the best piano player..... THAT says something
@@bigmike2464 Elton John's "Madman Across the Water" - Bruce Hornsby 1991
The line “But don’t you believe them” after the hook is perfect for the message.
Most reactions miss that!!! It's the most important line and message of the song!
@@zoeslovely7096 YES!
40 years on and Hornsby is still touring and sharing amazing music. I was blown away by your honest and insightful reaction young man...
There will NEVER be another decade like the 80's for music. We saw the explosion of hair metal, break dancing and rap exploded, and pop music in general greatly evolved in that decade. Blessed to be alive and witness it.
Youre young - 60's, 70's, 80's ( & 90's for Country )
i remember how impressed you were the other day when you reacted to bonnie raitt's "i can't make you love me" because of the piano. it was bruce hornsby playing for her. kinda makes sense now huh? thought you'd like to know.
That's one of my all time favourites
I just learned that last year I think and I’ve been listening to that song for over 20 years. Can definitely hear Mr. Hornsby’s style in the piano.
@@jenw5056yes it’s interesting how he really has his own style. I heard a song the other day and knew it had to be him playing. Looked it up to be sure and it was!
Heart-wrenching song. Thanks for more info about it. It was the song that made me love Bonnie and buy several of her albums.
What a wonderful pianist Bruce Hornsby is.
This song was everywhere in the late '80s. Hornsby played with the Grateful Dead from 1990 -92, also...
Garcia loved having him in the band. He pushed them to be better. They played "Valley Road". Saw them in '92 in Auburn Hills, MI. He forced them to encore with "Gloria"..first time they played since 11/2/85. Awesome!
@@orangeandblackattack I dunno if this applies, but I remember TGD as extremely mediocre at best, then saw them on a PBS special and the musicianship was absolutely immense.
This one 'hit' you. You can see when you watch your eyes in this video. I could see the emotion play out on your face. Thank you for that. This song is so powerful in many ways--powerful chords, powerful lyrics, powerful message. Thanks for the reminder.
You bought that? Lol 🤦🏼♂️
Brother, there's no shame in not knowing. Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge. When you know better, you can do better. Enjoyed your reaction. Keep on discovering. Peace!
Nonsense. You should know - hip hop doesn’t have the talent to create their own music! Be serious - Tupac was over rated
Tupac stole this song. Get a better idol. Tupac was gangsta and now he's dead.
"Ah, but don't you believe it" - such an important part of this song.
And too often missed by the reactors….. but you are 100% correct!
@@SotonCueManI literally just typed the same thing!!!!
he won a Grammy in 1987 as best new artist... I was at his concert in Houston a week after taking home that Grammy. Crowded House opened for him. Crowded House opened for him. Amazing concert. Amazing artist.
Wow Crowded House and Bruce Hornsby! Amazing
Crowded house are great
Oh man, so jealous. Live this song.
I’m a 63 year old white man.
There are many like me who feel deeply about the message of this song.
I just wanted to let you know that.
We’re all the same. Too many don’t see it.
I DO!
Blessings
This song gives me a warm nostalgic yet sad feeling
70 year old white lady here-I first heard Tupac's version a couple of years ago. I swear my reaction was nearly identical to yours!
His lyrics are great, but his piano-playing is out of this world❤️❤️👏👏
I think that Bruce hornsby is one dang gooood piano player.
Bruce Hornsby is a virtuoso pianist, singer, and songwriter. Another exquisitely beautiful song written and performed by him is 'Mandolin Rain'. He also wrote the melody to Don Henly's hit, 'the End of the Innocence'. I love Bruce's voice best on his version. And, Bruce is still performing his treasury of hits today in his late sixties. I am amazed at the speed of his fingers on the piano-he is very underrated.
That piano is simply sublime.
I love The End of the Innocence, didn't know that, thanks.
STOPBEATING YOURSELF UP BOP!!! WHen you said "this is beautiful" I teared up...
Never apologize for not being aware of something, just rejoice in knowing you do now! This was a HUGE radio hit. And as far as sampling, Steely Dan have to be the most sampled band ever. It's wonderful when we can make something old new again.
Bruce is a master on piano
70's and 80's music was the BEST.
Amen!
The 80's WAS the greatest decade of music...in my opinion. That is why is is sampled so often
Imagine: it's 1987, this song has been out Three months, and you're SICK of this song... This beautiful, profound and melodical poetry, and you're gonna PUKE if you here it One👏More👏Time!!
I envy your discovery.
Good old Spider Fingers.
I felt the same way about Stairway To Heaven and Do You Feel Like We Do back in the 70's. Great, classic rock songs that got overplayed on the radio to a such a ridiculous extent, you could pretty much count on rehearing them every half-hour on the dot. And that was at a time when our only alternatives to the radio were vinyl records and 8-track tapes.
I'm with you on that one. In 1987, I was 17 or 18 years old, and the last thing I wanted to hear was some socially conscious piano ballad on the radio. WHERE ARE THE PARTY TUNES?!? LOL. When you get older, it hits differently. Now, it's one of those that you turn up instead of turning off.
@@timpwhityeah, but Stairway to Heaven never gets old to me. No Led Zeppelin song ever gets old to me.
@@timpwhit Black Pagasus is feeling exactly how I felt when I discovered Led Zepplin in 2020, I was in my 50's when I first heard Kasmir, When the Levee Breaks and so many other songs by them. I was so baffled. I am a child of the 70's, I've heard of all the greats, even if I didn't know their names at the time, I've heard of them. What is worse I knew who Robert Plant was because I loved Sea of Love as a teenager in the 80's. I thought he was a one hit wonder; I had no clue he was a rock legend. I didn't discover Led Zepplin until I started watching reactors reacting of oldies I grow up on. One day they reacted to Sea of Love after I had recently become aware of Led Zepplin, that's when I put two and two together! I felt Dazed and confused! LOL! I can only guess that the radio stations my parents listened to didn't play Led for some reason? Maybe played them at night? I don't know. It is a weird feeling to have missed out on something that you shouldn't have. It's like where was I and what was I going to miss out on something so huge?
@@dreamweaver1603 I agree. As soon as I didn't have to hear it constantly on the radio, I fell back in love with it. Do You Feel Like We Do is awesome, but I just heard it too many times back then.
Bruce Hornsby is an AMAZING artist and performer. His songs always seem to convey a deep message. And his piano skills are just off the charts! He and his group (The Range) were huge in the 80s.
Thank you for resurfacing this song. Bruce Hornsby & The Range playing The Way It Is! is one of my all time favorites. The lyrics hit home and the melody is beautiful and unique. Always love your honest and enthusiastic reactions.
7:12 they should've brought out the fire Extinguisher for Bruce's fingers and those piano keys.
Isn’t it beautiful?!? This song is incredible. Bruce needs to be in the Hall of Fame. Tupac was an artistic poet and he really appreciated great artists. This, Don McLean’s Vincent, Kate Bush, Prince… I just think that is so cool.
I would love to see Bruce live. Incredible.
We used to have meaningful messaging in our music. And artistry.
Glad you are finding it!
Bruce is an incredible lyricist, vocalist, producer and incredible pianist, he takes my soul to levels I can't explain. Thank you for appreciating him, he's a master musician and a compassionate human being!
I just saw Bruce in Sarasota at the Van Wezel with my dad.....insanely talented and one of the best and most intimate venues. We saw Travis Tritt at the same venue a couple years prior. It is so humbling to see legends of music play with nothing other than their voice and one instrument. Brilliant.
Sounds like an awesome night, wish I could have been there.❤️👍
I'm so glad I was young in the day of this music. It's in my hart forever
Tupac is my age and we were kids when this was a hit. So imagine him hearing this and connecting to the message so much that when he had his own platform in the music industry he thought of this song. It really speaks volumes the respect he must’ve had for Bruce Hornsby and this song.
That moment on the intro where your mind got BLOWN...... PRICELESS!! GREAT reaction fam! Thanks!
Lol , I can’t believe you fell for the idk .. it was worn out years ago
I'm born 1964.The 80s were the best time of my live and this song was,by far,their best song!!
If MTV never stopped playing videos… you would’ve heard this sooner
One of the best songs of the 20th century in my opinion. Real instruments, no auto tune … Hornsby is a fantastic piano player.
Bruce Hornsby's cousin, David Hornsby, writes for and plays "Rickety Cricket" on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Very talented family.
I saw him in concert, he was so good! I am also 65 like the last comment. Had the best music!💜
Yes way! I was knocked over when this first came out when I was an undergraduate in college in 1986. My dear inspirational jazz-pianist mother had been killed by a drunk driver in 1980, and I so wished she had been around to hear this. She so would have loved it, and I love it to this day. Thanks mom for the musical awareness and conscirousness.
What a beautiful memory of your mother. I've listened to this song and Hornsby's musicianship so many times that it is ingrained in my memory.
Thanks!
The 70’s, 80’s 90’s and 2000’s music was filled with talented TRUE ARTISTS, songwriters and musicians. There’s a reason why so many rappers and others sample this amazing music. Love Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
SO WERE THE 60s!
Two things I learned about Bruce Hornsby when I saw him at St Johns back in the day-he’s incredibly tall and he takes requests.
I was 25 years old and stationed in Germany, when this hit the radio stations and you couldn't go anywhere that was not playing this.. That was 1985. At 65 now and it still brings the memories.
I’m 57, been a fan on Bruce since the eighties. Love seeing younger generations hearing this great music for the first time. Music changes people
Bruce Hornsby... probably my favorite concert ever
I am in my 60's. I just enjoy SO MUCH you guys, enjoying our music. Keep it alive. We love you and appreciate it
Bruce Hornsby is civil right movement brother one of the first artist who stood up for black folks he is legend the man have beautiful soul inside out am glad you found him btw my favorite song of him is mondlin rain the greatest song ever made it reminds of my dead wife who died with my twins in her stomach my God let them rest in peace mandolin rain is the best song ever
"One of the first...? The Beatles refused to play their concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida unless the rule about the seating being segregated was changed - and that was way back in 1964
@@aBeatleFan4everand there were other artists as well. Bruce may have been one of the first to explicitly call out racism instead of just alluding to it, and the fact that he did so with a song that became a huge hit is noteworthy.
Bruce Hornsby.....One of the best Pianists ever! Yea that Line but don't you believe them is overlooked and very Important! Thanks Bruce and the Range for putting it out there!
63 years here. Back then, there was no rap and computers. I definitely enjoy your reaction 🎉
Honestly if you look back to the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s we loved everyone. Our music was magically inclusive. Spread across generations and genre. I wish we could go back. Your discovery and dialogue gives me great hope.
Live and let live
Love it or leave it
Peace
Were the bummer stickers I remember seeing everywhere.
KC & The Sunshine Band. Half black, half white, and 100% badass and funky - and if they couldn't make you dance, you had to be dead.
Bruce Hornsby is so inspiring and so talented; he is the reason I learned to play piano. He always has a message.He is still touring and has done back-up piano for Bonnie Raitt hits, such as her "I Can't Make You Love Me". They are good friends. Check out Bruce's other hits: "Mandolin Rain" and "Every Little Kiss".
The BADEST PIANO SOLO EVER!! BOOM THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS LOL
What a pianist!! SUPERB!!! 'The Way it is' came out in 1986. Love it!!!
Bruce Hornsby.....Played on a Bunch of Albums. His Key Work is Very Recognizeable. No One else, Hits the Keys like he does.
I am 58 years old and have been listening to this song for years, but today is the first time I ever really heard what this song says!! Thank you for enlightening me!!
Yeah look! Real musicians!!!
There is a lot of profound music made over the years. This is a brilliant song. Lots of musicians know the history and have championed black artists from The Beatles saying no to playing in front of segregated audiences in the USA in the sixties to David Bowie. The interview he did with MTV in the eighties where he called out their racism for not playing black artists is extraordinary and changed the game.
man the look on your face when he sings "hey little boy you can't go where the others go, coz you don't look like you do", is the same I get listening to this, as a 43 yr old white male. his tune is amazing and he has been an absolute advocate for equal rights. it's such a powerful tune and Bruce is a really good human man. He tried his best, this was a top tune, he put it out there and unfortunately only fairly recently did people really see what he was trying to do. God bless man.
Didn’t appreciate this as a young person.. now, it’s simply beautiful music
Bruce played with the band Ambrosia and you can see him in the video under their so g “how Can You Love Me). He is a very tall man with very long arms and he plays piano and organ at the same time. Love Ambrosia with David Pack as band lead singer. Check it out.
Being a teen in the 80's, I feel like I was spoiled back then with such wonderful music always playing on the radio.
His fingers move so effortlessly, it's beautiful to see and hear❤
I’m just seeing your review of this now, and it does my heart good to see younger people enjoying this. We definitely lived through some trying times in this country and for some, things will never change. That’s the ignorant ones. I grew up in Detroit and I never once had any problems with anyone because I always treated everyone equally. That’s how it should be. MLK Jr. was and is one of my heroes and role models. The race riots in the late 60’s were horrible, and I never understood as a young man how people could not treat others like they wanted to be treated themselves. The golden rule. This song had me in tears the first time I heard it.
A couple of months ago this song came on the radio while my son who is in his 20's while we were driving in my car and I mentioned to him to listen to the words of "The Way It is." It was about the recession of the 1980's (and before) and what is happening today. He really likes the song and agrees it rings true today.
Bruce grew up in Williamsburg Va., and writes about real world everyday life. I grew up listening to him. I love seeing other people fall in love with his music.
You and I are in a similar situation. A youtube reactor was reacting to this song and said the same thing.....this is Tupac, "Changes". As an old white fart, who doesn't listen to rap, I listened to "Changes" and was stunned. Tupac took the meaning behind this song and made it his own. Both great songs, Bruce's, more melodic, Tupac's more modern. Both with a deep meaning
In conclusion he borrowed somebody else’s song and made a few changes
@@Bertie22222 That's done all the time by famous artists throughout time
@@rubroken no it’s not.
@@Bertie22222 Have you heard Disturbed cover Simon and Garfunkels, "Sound of Silence?" It's a great cover, but I see it the same as Tupac covering "That's just the Way it Is". Expain the differences of artists covering someone else's song and Tupac covering this song
@@rubroken There's a huge difference between covering somebody elses material and crediting them with it and pinching other people's music and not crediting them. Rap artists are infamous for this kind of thievery.
This generation of songs will keep you crying, I love watching you listen to this wonderful song...
Tupac knew what is a good music.
This immediately takes me back to when this came out. I was 30 and I'm now 67. One of my personal favorites even today.
I wore this cassette OUT when it was new learning to play this song. It's been a ton of years since I've sat at a piano, but this is probably the song I'd take a crack at first. It's a very fun song to play and it's just beautifully simple. Bruce is still killing it today.
One of my favorite songs of all time!
So sad you only know this wonderful music now… Was at the mall, skate rink, school bus this was playing new
THAN GOD I was a kid in the 80s!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
80s was the best decade for music in all genres
70"s was great music.
I'd take the 50's, 60's, and 70's any day over the 80's.
@@rick139208 80s the best
It’s funny cause I’ve always been like - yuck 80s music. But in reference to cock rock. I realize now how many timeless songs came out of the 80s. It was very diverse musically.
Bruce is a phenmoicanl musician and piano player and I have been fortunate to see him live numerous times. Again, glad to see you discovering older music.
What a great reveal, to witness. I fell in love with Bruce Hornsby and the Range when this album came out. I attended their concert, in Seattle, at the height of there popularity. What an amazing album. Check out Mandolin Rain, On the Western Skyline, Every Little Kiss...their all great to listen to. That piano, the lyrics, the hooks. Check 'em all out.
Bruce Hornsby is legend for those that love piano❤ totally underrated in my opinion but I loved it and still do! Your reaction is amazing ❤
The 80s was our time of trying to protest against the insane policy of mutually assured destruction of the arms race. We didn't think we would make it to the year 2000. We found our voices through music and so many iconic hits were written around issues of nuclear war (everybody want to rule the world), party like it's 1999, we are the world, etc ❤
I looooove and appreciate your reactions, as you understand its entirety...the music, lyrics, and the message in general. Bruce is a very talented artist. Thanks again for your reaction to the music of my generation ❤
This is a clasic of all times!!❤
We need more good music and love in the world.. thx for reacting to this one 🎹🎤🎶💜
I was living in Virginia and attending high school, when Bruce first hit the airwaves. Since he's a Virginia native, the local pop and top 40 stations put his music on heavy rotation. Even heard this song on a country station, a few times.
This was a beautiful reaction! Tears w you man.
You need to check out "The living years" by Mike and the Mechanics. That one will hit in the feels.
Absolutely!💯😃
Bruce toured with the Grateful Dead too. Amazing talent.
Bruce Hornsby played in the Grateful Dead back in the eighties.
Fall of 90, after Brent Mydland died. He used to sit in w the dead over several years before that.
Mainly on piano, sometimes on accordion. Please watch some of the videos and enjoy the different expressions on his face as he's amazed by being on stage with the Dead and the crowd to when he's in his element and is just having fun and a part of musical conversation.
@@mmmpotstickers8684 I've watched most if not all, I've seen him in concert (post dead) but I was at shows when his band opened for the dead and he'd come out & play. (accordion) and then the next yr you'd be a a GD show Usually In DC or Charlotte and a grand piano would be next to Brent...we'd know Bruce was there. btw imo he was what held it all together for the band/fans when Brent died. ~ forever grateful.
Seeing your response to Bruce Hornsby and the Range playing his song brings me to tears. Great music, well performed, with an insightful and true message. This song came out in 1986, it moved me then and it moves me now. Thank you for finding it.
And with Tupac sitting in the background watching you react makes it a great reaction
I was listening to this in the back of my mom and dads car on the way to Kmart 1986... Knowing my parents were on welfare and we lived in a trailer park...but I always knew that I could do well in life because we lived in America. I never thought for a second that I couldn't become whoever I wanted to be.
all time classic song! Great lyrics too! ♥
Solid reaction to one of the goats.
He has so many credits to his career. You’d have no idea but you’ve probably heard so much of his influence.
YAY!!!!! 🫶 Do Forever Young by Alphaville next just cuz u already know the rap song, then I'll send u more Original songs and I'll let u try to guess the rap song! 😁
A classic song and timeless. Good on you for admitting that you never knew about it.
Pac was a lyrical genius and he was inspired by genius , Pac said he was a , " Ghetto Reporter " he just broke it down . So much love to you Pac and " So Many Tears " at your passing !! I still miss you and miss what you would have become !!!! Still you are a legend even though you only lived 25 short years , you did a lot with them !!!
This is a song that didn't need a video to make it a success. Love your channel.
I grew up in the 80s, and other than the Beastie Boys, really wasn't listening to any kind of rap or hip hop, probably until the 90s, but it was the 2010s or later before I started getting more into real "rap" with the Epic Rap Battles of History.
It wasn't until reaction videos like these in the last 2-3 years, that I really heard about Tupac's "Changes", and how it was sampled from this song. I went to check it out, and really liked it a lot. Totally had a similar vibe and meaning to this original.
Your reaction to this is a classic, the gathering between 2pac and hornsby was something that will go down in music history. Loved to see how emotional you were to the music damn dude you are the greatest.....................................great voice also......
I'm 61 now and remember when this song came out. To this day, I still have such a strong emotional connection to this song.