Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is! Oh Wow (reloaded)
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Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is! Oh Wow
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The 80's WAS the greatest decade of music...in my opinion. That is why is is sampled so often
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.
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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.
“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 😢
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!
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
AND a great basketball player!
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 )
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.
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 🤦🏼♂️
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.
"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 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.
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.
70's and 80's music was the BEST.
Amen!
If MTV never stopped playing videos… you would’ve heard this sooner
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!
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.
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
Bruce is a master on piano
I saw him in concert, he was so good! I am also 65 like the last comment. Had the best music!💜
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.
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's cousin, David Hornsby, writes for and plays "Rickety Cricket" on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Very talented family.
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.
We used to have meaningful messaging in our music. And artistry.
Glad you are finding it!
One of the best songs of the 20th century in my opinion. Real instruments, no auto tune … Hornsby is a fantastic piano player.
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.
His lyrics are great, but his piano-playing is out of this world❤️❤️👏👏
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm not sure if I should call you Black or Mr. Pegasus. 73 year old white chick here. Thank you for loving my music. You are the only reaction show I have subscribed to. I love your reaction to the music that has been a wonderful part of my life. Loved your reaction to Santana at Woodstock (the year I graduated from high school) and this one with with Bruce Hornsby. I suggest "Why Can't We Live Together" with both of them performing. I watch you everyday. You brighten my life and remind me of all the good, and bad, times. I think I missed your birthday. You are the same age as my son. I wish you many years, my friend.
Didn’t appreciate this as a young person.. now, it’s simply beautiful music
Bruce Hornsby... probably my favorite concert ever
Yeah look! Real musicians!!!
This song gives me a warm nostalgic yet sad feeling
Bruce Hornsby.....Played on a Bunch of Albums. His Key Work is Very Recognizeable. No One else, Hits the Keys like he does.
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.
Here's a collaboration with Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley which they co-wrote and co-produced. Henley sings and Hornsby plays piano.
Don Henley The End of Innocence (Official Video)
ua-cam.com/video/3QIqLQngJ_E/v-deo.html
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.
You need to check out "The living years" by Mike and the Mechanics. That one will hit in the feels.
Absolutely!💯😃
I'm older Gen X and this song and madolin rain came out when I was in high school. Both are beautiful songs. We are the world was the 80's , 1985 to be exact. :)
Exactly 1986. The song was released as a single in September 1986 and hit #1 in December 1986. The Album "The Way It Is" was released on April 1, 1986.
Mandolin Rain was released in December 1986 and hit #4 in March 1987.
When I bought a copy of the CD in 1986, I couldn't stop playing it. My roommate in the service in Germany got tired of it, and kept trying to put Pink Floyd and Metal Church on...
The company my sister worked for managed rock bands and she managed Bruce for years. He’s actually a better person than artist. I met him once and went to shake his hand and he fist bumped me and said “you look pretty strong, gotta protect the hands!” LoL!
When our dad died, my sis and I both got a beautiful, hand written condolence letter from him and his wife. 🙏
I played this song on the radio in California in the 80s. Im 64 yo. I Was a disc jockey working middays 10 - 3 . Feels good to hear it.
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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.
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.
His fingers move so effortlessly, it's beautiful to see and hear❤
So happy you found this and shared your reaction! Learning and growing is so worthy an activity for each one of us and so much of the goodness of our days. Thanks.
It is not at all the same style, but if you are looking for deep cuts that popped up in some old-school hip-hop, if you don't know it, check out the German band Kraftwerk's tune "Numbers" from 1981. ua-cam.com/video/ZOcf9Uq6EjQ/v-deo.htmlsi=olwuduYH09ZPfgfV
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.
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 ❤
He's just as good live . His writing is brilliant, I have lots of him on my playlist
Bro, dont worry about not knowing this or any songs inspirational basis. Its when we find out more we grow to understand one another better. Isnt that what its all about. This gives us all ground to understand and accept others for who they are. THATS THE WAY IT IS my man.
This is a clasic of all times!!❤
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! 😁
It has been a pleasure watching you react to older music influenced so much
Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby and the Range is a great song. You should check it out.
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.
There's a lovely version of Bruce playing this a few months ago with a small backing orchestra on UA-cam - it's titled 'Bruce Hornsby - The way it is (Radio 2 Piano Room)". Good to see he's still delivering the message all these years later!
This song gets me emotional every time I hear it and I get more emotional to see your reaction to this song Pegasus! You need to check out more of Bruce Hornsby if you haven't already done so! Great reaction to the song!
Bruce Hornsby also wrote a lot of songs that others made famous.
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 really like Bruce's style of piano playing. I always have and am not exactly sure why? It just hits me in some way that strikes a chord. pun intended
all time classic song! Great lyrics too! ♥
Ok, now you need to trust me and check out "Keep Forgettin" by Michael MacDonald! You're in for another surprise 😊
Keep it up young man God is with you
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.
And with Tupac sitting in the background watching you react makes it a great reaction
There are so many classics from the 80s.
Awe bless you, you're not ignorant at all. If you don't know, you don't know and to be honest, there's probably millions of people who didn't know either. I love watching you discovering music from my childhood and the older stuff my mom raised me and my siblings on 😊
PS: Congratulations and good luck for when your new bundle of joy arrives xxx
Tupac and I were born the same year. (71) We were 15 when this song came out. It was a great song. He made it better.
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 ❤
What makes Tupac's Changes and this song such good combo is Tupac's song is not just a sampling it is a response, Hornsby's song (1986) while it laments the past deeds of Jim Crow it provides a ray of hope, Tupac's response is that now given time (about 6 years later, written in 1992) that not enough change has happened, together they tell a story of hope, yet also disappointment. But at the same time Tupac tells a tale that the change does not and cannot be dependant on govt laws and actions, that people must make the change needed happen by changing their circumstances and behavior. He highlights issues of police misconduct but also argues that racism and hate flows both ways. They truely are songs that tackle historical and current issues head on, this is what social activst art should be.
It’s just the way it is Somethings will never change
Pausing at 5:22 with your pause to say.. wait till you get to the solo. That piano is just.. no words. It seems like it must be like what flying feels like. Thank you for your reactions.. really feels like hanging out with a friend and listening to tunes. God bless you.
It's a gift between brothers and between the creator you already know the answers to questions that you asked? Now there's no question mark You're on it bro! So happy about it
Yes Pegasus, this is really beautiful! I'm so happy that you get to finally here the original!😊
The 80s was full of cool music, and all around good vibes. Fun time to be a teenager!
80’s was the best decade I’m so lucky to have been a teen then it’s no wonder musicians sample and are doing remakes of our generation ❤❤
This was a beautiful reaction! Tears w you man.
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.
One of my favorite reactions.
love the piano
it made me want to listen to another piano jam
so I listened to Jackson Browns "The Load Out and Stay"
Live BBC 1978
I've not heard this in at least two decades. Id forgotten how nuch it agrees with me
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 ❤
Thank-you for this. You’re right, this is just amazing and
incredible. Bruce on the piano? Stunning. Nothing but Love
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.
Can’t wait to see you react to Michael McDonald’s “I keep forgetting”… 🤣
Have always loved this song, great music and msg!
Dear brother, Greetings from Malaysia your 65 yrs old fan.
Thank you for your wonderful reactín. I am now your new faithful fan.
Do react to another great Singer from Brazil Gabriel Henrique.
Gavriel is the current Best Male Vocalist Of the new generation. His voice is so powerful .. flawless and melt your heart stole your soul.
Gavriel is the King of Whistle of Brazil. The most stunning abd amazing is GABRIEL doesn't speak English but he sang Perfectly in English with so much emotion that you will move by his performance.
Please continue reacting to Gabriel, the great singer in the making. Absolutely legendary.
Don't miss Gabriel greatest performance in
- Earth Song
- Something Beautiful (live performance with choir)
- You're Still the One
- Never Enough
- Hurts
- You See the Fire in the Rain
- I Believe
- Stand Up
- The Moment in Time
- I have Nothing
- O Holy Night
- Am Telling You I'm not Going
- Greatest Love of All
- Lead the Way
- One Moment in Time
- My Heart Will Go On
Expect the Unexpected.
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A lot of people ignore the difference that people were trying to make in the past. Bruce was trying to make a statement like many awesome artists decades ago.
Watch Bruce with Bonnie Raite "I can't make you love me" ❤. Great song choice and great reaction! Thank you for posting
and....George Michael does this live and is crazy good...another artist showing killer talent
Open the mind. Once enlightened, can never be darkened again. Ur welcome brother, from yesterday.
the boys are back in town! love it! "thin lizzy"? glad you are liking bruce hornsby and the range.....they are fabulous! bruce just rocks that piano! one of my all time faves! i hear that piano intro....and time stops for me....
Been watching your vids for a while, but your reaction to this made me a subscriber. Hornsby is legit. He is such an accomplished songwriter and pianist.
I really enjoy watching the younget generation discovering the music that made the 70' and 80's so memorable. I would love to see you react to KISS, I still love you live MTV unplugged 1995. I really think rockers wrote the most beautiful songs.