I don't think the black women were reacting that way because they were white, they were reacting as women, women impressed with 2 guys pouring their hearts out to a woman in a song
When I first heard it, I never considered what color the singers were, it was a great song, beautiful lyrics and that Phil Spector's Wall of Sound!!! I loved his treatment, that insane genius.
@afr malatesta I saw dozens of Reacts (mostly darker skin, 20-40 year olds) of some fave '60s, '70s "white" artists for 3 reasons: 1. to know songs are for the hearts of those they touch 2. see how timeless & still relevant great songs are 3. to get a feel for our struggles, sacrifices, pain & death as we fought for our freedoms & others' (in OUR words not revised history or Google), Civil Rights, Equal Pay, 18 year olds to Vote (they couldn't vote but had to fight), more. Our exhausted, shell-shocked soldiers came home from Vietnam to MORE chaos, violence, riots, shootings, and treated as disgusting scum after losing limbs, friends, relationships, and even their own minds in a confusing war that served no purpose (until the dust settled decades later; we're still learning). (c) 4.3.20
I love hearing a man speak his mind....and speak with intellect....not worrying about what someone else might say....because you are speaking from the heart. God bless you my brother.
“Two white dudes!” I giggled so hard. (I’m white and that was nothing but endearing to me.) I love how we all just recognize and enjoy good music. Watching people discover new music is so enjoyable. Great video!
Stay honest and sincere always MRM...I know a few will react negatively to my saying so...but most WHITES really don't care about race/skin color and such...and frankly Blacks do. Which is fine...but I think it is pretty true that Whites are less "racial" [forget "racist"]. Rev. King was assassinated 2 days after I was born...and I think he would be thrilled that most whites and most people don't fixate on race. Some would say - "well that's easy enough for white folks...you don't have to deal with being a minority". Frankly it is BS...as Morgan Freeman often says..."you stop referring to me or thinking of me as a Black man....and I stop thinking of or referring to you as being White". That is how real racism ends. Just always be genuine and fair to others...and good people will always respect and appreciate you and others for it. Those who don't/won't? They aren't worth your time or though... Keep on keeping' on, sir!
There have been several black country singers that I thought were really good but never made it big. I met Charlie Pride's grandson in a navy barbershop back in the 80s.
Don't ever worry about being honest about race. Especially when it relates to your own personal experiences. I am white, and I just hear you be honest. I have seen other reactors that looked like the same things have crossed their minds, but they are afraid to say it. Love the reactions. Keep up the good HONEST work.
I could never understand why black people were surprised that whites could sing soul. Thank you for explaining that! I did not understand how insular the black community was re music but now I understand why there are so many black reactors are now finding the music we have taken for granted. It is also interesting that this did not happen in the non-black communities. It was not the audience that didn’t want to hear racial artists, it was the radio owners. The audience demanded it and eventually broke that wall down. So I thought everyone was listening to everything. Wow.
I agree, I didn't understand it either, I'm from the UK and we just listened to all sorts of music by all sorts of musicians, we just had mainly the BBC radio channels and one music chart
I get it. As a child, you listen to what's around you. My family played R&B and Gospel at home. I saw mostly Pop and Rock on TV. Variety (Comedy skits and Music) shows were all the rage and how the public saw artists and bands before music videos. Radio played a wider range of music. America's Top 40 radio show played the hits of multiple types that sold best weekly. This is how I learned about Rock artists and Easy Listening Artists like Barry Manilow, KISS, Kansas, Styx, Queen, Eagles etc. Commercials selling music collections by K-Tel and Time Life exposed me to song samples as well. As you stated, station owners and programmers, and now sponsors dictate what is played. Plain brown wrapped music is commonly sent to get stations to play music that could cross genres. Bee Gees did it to get play on Black radio when their style changed. White artists like Queen (Another One Bites The Dust), Toto (Georgie Porgy, 99), Boz Skaggs (The Lowdown), Wild Cherry (Funky Music), Dr. Hook (Sharing the Night) just to name a few. Tom Jones, Righteous Brothers, Hall and Oates, George Michael, KC and the Sunshine Band were others. On the other side Dobie Gray, Ray Charles, and Charlie Pride were Black artists who thrived in Country music which like R&B was predominantly one race. These are examples of the effects of culture, programming, and unfortunately biases people innately have. Looks can be deceiving! My ears take in all sounds and a 10,000 CD collection is proof. Great music is simply, great music.
Sean Swinton It does go both ways, like when my Dad and I both found a bunch of Funkadelic records and it blew our minds how great those guys were playing Rock!
ParanormalStories True. Chuck Berry rocked, Little Richard rocked, course Prince and Jimi Hendrix rocked. I got into KISS as a kid because I kinda saw them as a rock version of Parliament/Funkadelic.
@@seanswinton6242 EXACT-A-MUNDO when my mother was in her late 50s she told me about her crush on James Brown...I freaked at first but she was a true fan of his for life. She cared not ethnicity and she taught me that.
Hi. Most of these reactors are milennials so they don't know what older style music was like. Most of the women were into a song were a man said that he would get down on his knees for the love of their woman. These days they don't talk love it's all about sex.
Dont forget The Righteous Brothers sung a full range of different songs. Some of them were without question solely about sex. The lyrics were pretty obvious.
God bless you. Break as many barriers as you can. Music is universal and makes no difference who is making it. If it surprises us....so what! Love it for what it is.
I've seen every one of those vids (many twice). I love seeing people's reactions when they realize "Holy crap! Is that for real?" I love seeing when we "ALL" get it on any topic and this is a good one. We all love good music because we are all human. Testify!!
I remember first hearing this back when I was in high school. Has always been a favorite of mine. Most thought they were black. Didn't matter the girls swooned to them anyway. Don't feel too embarrassed - at least you didn't fan yourself.
Regardless of color, this song makes women melt....the sincerity they put into it, as well as the lyrics is what does it for me. I think the kicker is that 'I'll get down on my knees for you' I'm a white woman and have heard this song so many times in my life (age 56 now) but it just never grows old. I also got a kick out of you seeing your own reaction....lol...that was awesome.
It's AWESOME!!! This video popped into my feed and I shared it with 2 of my black female friends and 3 white female friends. When I saw this video I flipped out because that's the kind of music that I grew up with! And to watch all of these young black people discovering this incredible Duo made me subscribe two other people including yourself because I found a new wave of something really incredible! I'm now watching numerous black people waking up to a whole different world of music for their ears. It's just wonderful! I am enjoying it so much watching all of these channels. So thank you guys 4 turning me on to this new phenomena. I'll be watching and listening.
Music has no boundaries. Talent is talent! As a retired teacher, one can see that you are truly a Renaissance man. Your channel is so entertaining. It is such a pleasure to watch your reactions to timeless genres of music. My son is a musician who has now come to appreciate his grandfather's musical talent from the Big Band era. God bless you!
You rarely hear a love song anymore. I'm older, but grew up listening to music from the 1920's and forward. I inherited a 1923 Victrola and a stack of records dating back to at least 1918. I also have 78's, 33's, 45's, cassettes and discs. My parents had music from both black and white artists and once a month they would literally roll up the rug and we would dance. It taught us to appreciate all genres of music, and even though there were some genres for which we didn't care, we were able to appreciate the talent and hard work each artist put in to their creation.
You pretty much have to go into country and really more independent country to find love and story songs. Texas/Red Dirt has a wide variety of song themes.
Charley Pride, Ray Charles (who did a fair amount of Country), Darius Rucker are black folk that have embraced "white" genres of music. Thanks, MRM, and India Reacts, and TOO SUSHI for building the bridges. We have far more in common than we have differences (race-wise). I don't know exactly why I watch at least an hour of this type of reaction video every night, but I always feel good afterward.
I never understood why it took so long for another black singer to go country,,,,,,,,,, last year I saw Charley Pride and there were only a hand full of Blacks there, even though the opening act was a Black girl who won a local talent show,
I was a teen back then. This song packed major heat!! It would be so cool if a bunch of reactors did what you suggest and react to a particular song on one day.
I agree and hope you organize something like this. Jamel Aka Jamal did a good and honest reaction to this RB's. He is very open to all genres of music.
In the UK we had just one music chart consisting of all genre's of music, folk, country, motown, pop, rock and roll, r & b, soul, reggae, you name it we had it, a great big mish mash. Thanks for explaining why you weren't aware of other types of music, it makes more sense now.
I love anyone reacting to any music outside their norm. I think it's beautiful, and wonderful. It's one of the most truly human things, that desire to explore and find new things to love outside their sphere of influence. I love what you and others like you do. I love seeing (from anyone) reactions to the music I grew up with, the music my parents grew up with. Also, I LOVE @India Reacts. She's awesome!
Wonderful dialogue. My world opened up in Vietnam. My old man was Country & Western and then the Brothers in the platoon introduced me to Soul and R&B. Lucky me!
Your explanation of seeing white guys sounding like black musicians was spot on(I'm white btw, although that isn't really important). I'm from the UK and as a child in the 70s I heard this great tune called "play that funky music" and figured that it had to be a black band just by the sound, imagine my surprise when I saw it on our weekly music show called top of the pops.
I enjoy all of your videos. I especially like reaction videos to the music of the 60s,70s and 80s from you and others. I get a big kick out of watching young people being introduced to the music I grew up with and still love. Enjoy all the music kids!
I love watching reaction videos, and most of them are black reactors. Because of the things you mentioned about the music you grew up with, many of these reactors are giving honest reactions. I love that you, and almost all I watch really like the music I grew up with. I grew up listening to R&B, Soul, Motown, as well as rock in many forms, old time country, a very wide range of music. With the advent of RAP, there began a much greater divide in how I listened. I found the new music had lyrics that brought me down, denigrated both the artist and the audience. At almost the same time I met Jesus, and discovered a whole new world of music that was very uplifting. (Having said that I still know more RAP than most of my kids). I have followed or watched every one of the people in this video. Check out fish out of water (very analytical), the Mathews family, jbleathel, (young guy on a musical journey, you can watch him grow before your eyes), Jamel_AKA_Jamel, He is a very enjoyable man, you can see his personality in the first 10 sec. Loves good music too. I would love to talk to you sometime, There is a world of good music going back further than you have gone, I would like to see you hear. Yours in Jesus, Richard
I have to agree. And in regards to reactor vids...Jamel is great...Sushie is also. I've seen all the others in this vid...and have particularly liked watching them react to the Righteous Brothers, Tom Jones and Bee Gees...jaws drop...eyes close and heads/bodies sway...or eyes go wide! I never actually thought I would enjoy "reaction" videos. But especially now with all the divisive bullshit being front and center...and I do consider it bullshit, because with George Floyd for example...has ANYONE not been appalled and condemned it?? Nope...so what is going on other than an excuse to rage, loot, burn, etc. There is nothing to "protest" when everyone agrees! Watching these reactions reaffirms that great music and talent is colorless...and it is cool to see people exposed to various types/genres they really haven't been. I can't tell you how much I like watching some of the kids see this "old stuff"...almost universally you hear "wow/damn...so smooth...so much talent...the words tell a story, that's cool...etc...our music now doesn't usually mean or say much...this old school stuff was better...and no gimmicks/auto tune...they actually could sing!." I love it :)
LOL I've seen every one of these reactions and I LOVED ALL of them!!!!! Even you MRM loved your reaction to reactions. And I agree with you.In the 1970's we had Motown and Rock, Metal and Country and people weren't put in a box like now, IF you are this race or color you HAVE to listen to this or that or think like I do. Shame really.....
This is why you are my favorite reacter. I love how you explain things and i feel you're open to seeing things from all sides. I'm 62 and I found out inn my later years that singers back in those days of this song whether they be black or white met together and learned from each other their way of singing and put it inn with their music. That's why you had alot of what I call cross singing back then. I felt like you when I was younger and after hearing songs that i loved on the radio and then saw them on the tv I was shocked they were black singers because to me they sounded white. So you see it's on both slides but thank God under Him we are not a color but souls joined together through Him. Keep up the good work.
I love Sushi and India ...I watch both ..not sure who the others were...I grew up listening to 60s and 70s music there was no difference to us what color people were we just loved music..your right people spend to much time worrying about color
Candice Donaldson amen... love them both... And Ty; like India and Sushi ..their reactions are sincere.. if not they’re missing their calling as actors/actresses
Sushi gave the best reaction ever ! When she reacted to Bobby Hatfield singing "Unchained Melody",she was speechless ! But her and India are both brilliant
What makes this SO cool is watching people seeing a rarely practiced art anymore for the very first time. What a joy it must have been to hear two of the greatest singers of my generation for the first time. You all made my day.
As far as music, the 1960's broke quite a few barriers. We young'ins didn't care what color the singer was. I was blessedm starting with gospel music as my family were gospel singers. Even in the late '50's as a child we congregated no matter the color and sang gospel in each others Churches. We kids didn't know what segregation was as we all went to school together, visited each others homes, lived near each other and parents worked together. Can you imagine the shock that a child would endure when they moved to another area and encountered racism? I never understood it. Then came the 60's and Motown was one of the best things to happen to music as we were all exposed to black artists and groups.
I absolutely love your reactions - even your "reaction to reactions"! Love you to pieces - this one was fun! Thanks for all you share with us - especially your knowledge and appreciation.
I just discovered your channel, love your reactions! I truly enjoy that you are experiencing different genres of music outside of what you know. I had never thought of the Righteous Brothers sounding like black artists, probably because I grew up listening to the music of my parents and grandparents, and it was a mash up of a bit of everything. Yet when I listen to the qualities of the voices, the emotion the way they sang, I absolutely get it. What I love about music is it is unifies people. When you react to a song like this one, and your eyes light up, it makes me smile because I feel the same way when I hear it! Thank you for your videos...I will definitely be checking out more!
MRM, you were the reaction originator, you inspired all these others to do what you do "Its a White Dude (Head Scratch), man come on, 2 White dudes" has to be the most classic, honest reactions ever... Black, White, ETC, we all children of God. Stay up, God Bless.
I very much enjoyed your singing along, and your comments at the end. I agree - it's black and white. I get so tired of people trying to be PC with the Caucasian label. I'm not from the Cacuasus anymore than you are from Africa.
First lady is IndiaReacts, mrm 2nd obvs, 3rd B & Trice TV, 4th Sincerely KSO, 5th is Too Sushi, 6th I'm sorry I forget her name (my first thought was Can Do Perkins but I think she only reacts to tv shows). Now go subscribe to all these lovely people!
We all are products of our environment to one extent or another. It's what we are familiar with and comfortable with and it's not limited to one group, it's universal. We sometimes, without malice, assume these things are exclusive to our group and are surprised when find out otherwise!
To an extent, yes, but mostly a product of our genetic makeup. Peoples musical preferences and tastes correlates with their inherent personalities, pretty closely.
I was raised on Country. My dad's car radio never moved from the country station. It was years before i knew charlie Pride was black. All I heard was a talented man singing a song that I related to. You are right, until you get older and broaden your experiences you get locked into a specific train of thought. By the time I found out the Charlie was a black man, I was surprised, but pleasantly so. It reinforced what my broaden experience had taught me about the real world. People are people who may bring different experiences, but we still share things, for example the love of music.
I have watched all of these reactors here on UA-cam, and I like all of their reactions. They are honest and genuine, and they keep me coming back for more. I have read in the threads here that some people know who the reactors are. I will be checking back to fine out if we have learned who they all are. I recognize yourself, India, Too Sushi, and Sincerely K.S.O, (I think that she is Canadian).
There is a channel called Playing For Change where they get musicians from all cultures, ethnicities, skin tones, and backgrounds to play the same song and mix it so it all flows together; We may look slightly different, but we're all the same on the inside, we're all cousins if you go back far enough, and equal in the eyes of our creator.
I’ll never see anything like Too Sushi reacting to Brad Paisley’s - She’s Everything. “Men really talk to women like this”. It was classic! And now, she has fallin’ in love with Country music.
Blue Eyed Soul artists/songs, such as George Michael (Amazing), Pete Wingfield (Eighteen With A Bullet), Dr. John (Right Place, Wrong Time), The Style Council (My Ever Changing Moods) and Ricki Lee Jones (Chuck E's In Love), give your reaction to some of those jams. Thanks.
DENVEROUTDOORMAN, he is? I guess that’s why Clive Davis asked him to sing with Aretha Franklin which won them a Grammy. And I guess he’s so much of a wimp that he won American music award’s top honor as R&B singer of the year. I don’t think Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson Ray Charles, would have asked him to perform duets if he was such a wimp. Interesting! George Michael is the definition of blue eyed soul.
Leaving how much I respect your reactions and stances behind, I really appreciate your straightforward approach to saying things that they wish they had the guts to say. Keep it up, and be blessed while you are blessing many.
Growing up 60 miles from Detroit in Canada we listen to CKLW. Mix of black and white music. Never thought anything about it. I heard this song on radio in the morning before going to school. Never knew how great the song was back then. Now that I am 65 that song is so good and a classic. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for it to sink In. Now I appreciate it.
I think you were one of my first subscriptions on here. After which I started checking out other reactors and came across India Reacts and TOO SUSHI and have since subscribed to their pages too. I get what you're saying about growing up with distinctly different music genres with different communities and different expectations when hearing it. I know of the Black gentleman, who sang country, that you mentioned. I thought he did okay and I am only going by his singing, not color. I enjoyed watching you watch yourself. Your reaction to yourself was funny. I personally hate hearing myself on a recording. I don't sound anything like I sound to myself, as when others hear me. Loved this video. Stay Safe. Stay healthy.
I was sort of feeling down, so I pulled up some Righteous Brothers, immediately felt better, then ran across your channel which really put me in a good mood. Thank you, and God bless you.
It's that rasp and beautiful tone combined on "Baby" that floors everybody - and so it should. I think I've gotten pretty good at predicting the head scratches Ty, and I've never been more sure one was coming than for that. Not only reacting to reactions, but reacting to your own reaction too. If you want to make reactions to reactions a 'thing', you should definitely try India reacting to Chris Stapleton's Tennessee Whiskey. She's quite keen (let's say) on his voice, and as somebody said in the comments "When a Black woman starts that church rocking.. you GOT her!!!" :-D
I always appreciate your straight talk, MRM. It's amazing to me how insular our different communities have gotten. I'm a Gen Xer who grew up in a musical home and I remember there were no boundaries in regard to skin hue or genre, good music was good music. I grew up listening to everything, and I mean everything. Muddy Waters, Charley Pride, Flatt & Scruggs, Carole King, Elvis, Blood Sweat & Tears, Broadway show tunes, BB King, the Righteous Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk, Earth Wind & Fire, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Glenn Miller, Three Dog Night, all sorts of artists from Motown, Stax, Muscle Shoals, and Chess, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, you name it. I remember when I was a kid my daddy got one of those old cylinder record players from an aunt who passed on and left it to him, with a ton of the old cylinder records, and I heard ragtime, folk songs, ancient jazz, some amazing stuff from the turn of the 20th century. My friends in school, black and white, loved all kinds of music, just as I did. It really saddens me that so many people choose their music these days according to color or country. I'm 53 now, and am still listening to everything, well, except music that makes me feel bad or is soulless, which is a lot. Here in the last few years I have found Bradio, a Japanese funk band, The Warning, a 3 piece family (3 sisters) metal band from Mexico, old favorites like Darius Rucker (formerly of Hootie & the Blowfish) who now is an established country singer, and The Interrupters, a wonderful punk/ska band whose singer sounds like Joan Jett.
lol, I (not black person) have those same reactions when I hear these artists, as you correctly pointed out. "Blue eyed soul" The Righteous Brothers were where the term came from and not remotely surprising as it was a black sailor in 1962 gave them the name Righteous Brothers. Obviously as evidenced by the age of the song chosen, Blue eyed soul has been around a long time. Music execs have intentionally kept it under wraps for fear black listeners wouldn't buy the records if they knew they weren't black singers. For example Teena Marie had to sue to get her face on the cover of her 2nd album. Sadly, sometimes it's just white people with R&B beats and manufactured harmonies, but for some artists (and it shows) the soul comes from inside, not outside. I fell hard for R&B after hearing Walk away from love for the first time at 10, and I became the wrong kind of popular because of it. Blue eyed soul artists made me feel less alone and made me feel like I wasn't as odd growing up. Thankfully the world eventually caught up.
This was wild I seen al those reactions and and thought it was really cool to see black people react to the Righteous Brothers for the first time, it kind of like watching white people reacting to someone like Marvin Gay for the first time or Sam Cook or Jackie Wilson they are blowed away!!! You are so right when you say soul has no color!!! Like when a black person hears Elvis sings If I can Dream for the first time, they know he singing that from his gut !!! I was never a big flollower of Elvis,but I love that song!!! If you want to hear a really soulful singer check out Timi Youro Make the world go away, her voice is unreal, you would never know that was a white woman, she never had the fame she deserved!!
I love to watch other reactors reacting to others. What I’ve noticed is that everybody has a different chill bump spot lol mine goes down the back of my legs
I gotcha, man. I got out of the army in 1972 and got a job working on the Ohio River on a small tow boat. I lived in W.Virginia out in the country and hung out in a nice quiet bar on top of one of those hills. Nice folks there. And all white, like me, They all loved to listen to Country Charlie Pride on the juke box. They found it hard to believe me when I told them that he was black. His picture wasn't on the cover of his first album and they didn't know. He had such a great voice and sang such good songs that they got over it, but they still found it hard to believe that a black man could sing such good country songs. He broke a lot of barriers.
You know who else is a good reactor, JBLethal (James.) A really kind and open-minded soul. ( Also black ) You want a good chuckle, watch SUSHI's reaction to Elvis Presley's "Trying to Get to You" or "Suspicious Minds." Her reaction to his looks and sexuality are priceless.
JBLethal is so humble and so very kind. Absolutely loved his original meatloaf reaction when the woman came into the song and gave a look like oh no it didn't just get even better lol. But his story in his In the air tonight reaction was just heartbreaking. About his family never believing in him. And always Telling him he was never going to accomplish anything. I instantly saw red and was ready to throw hands lol
PC has weakened this nation, unfortunately, there are many individuals that have an inability to take the truth without offense. It's sad to see this. You sir, however are a breath of fresh air. God bless
Im glad you say it as it is...we should all be proud of our colour. If I was black I would be proud just like I am being white. We are all cool people.
The Righteous Brothers were so, so good. One of the greatest acts of my youth putting out music that sounds as fresh to me in 2020 as it did originally. Individually, either could hold our attention, as well. Such a shame that we see nothing comparable in today's mess of a world. Almost makes aging desirable. If you now what In saying. Try Little Latin Lupe Lu for a head bopping ride.
Ty, I love your channel and I have to say you really have outdone yourself here. Watching you listening and watching other people's reactions to a video you obviously love is something I want see more of. I can see how much you're loving this and so to is everyone else watching, I'm darn sure. Please don't let this be the only time you do this, it's great. God bless.
I TOTALLY enjoyed your watching this video and mouthing the words to the song. Obviously you have listened to it a few more times, you can't stop, can you. Welcome to the beautiful music from my generation.
I've actually watched all the reactors, except for one, react to the same song. Being caucasian myself, it is interesting to observe these reactions. Although I'm familiar with this particular song from when I was a kid, I assumed everyone else in my age group and older was as well; via radio, TV, movies, etc. So it's more of an observation of a younger generation being exposed to what I'd call timeless classics.
I really enjoy watching and listening to you, you've got a great presence, but I think what I enjoy even more is how you work to promote unity and respect in so many videos. I really like that, there's not enough of it right now and I'm grateful. So thank you man.
I've watched loads of these reaction vids, including yours. Love them. So funny and adorable watching you react to yourself, as you had exactly the same reaction to the rasp in the voices of the '2 white dudes' as everyone else. Keep up the great vids
l'm 72 and l saw the Righteous Brothers live at the L.A. Colosseum along with the Temptations and the Four Tops (l'm white; l went to USC.). We white folks were also stunned to learn the Righteous Brothers were white! We assumed from their (wonderful) sound that they were black. They were given their name (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield) when they sang at a club in Long Beach frequented by l think Navy people who were largely black. The term for cool by whites at that time was "bitchin"....and for blacks it was "righteous. Of course blacks who liked you would call you brother or sister...So when they sang, the guys said, "That's RIGHTEOUS, BROTHERS!" And the rest is history
I don't think the black women were reacting that way because they were white, they were reacting as women, women impressed with 2 guys pouring their hearts out to a woman in a song
When I first heard it, I never considered what color the singers were, it was a great song, beautiful lyrics and that Phil Spector's Wall of Sound!!! I loved his treatment, that insane genius.
Exactly!
@@candicescott7176 Don't forget the songwriters Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, along with Phil Spector, deserve much credit for this great song.
@afr malatesta I saw dozens of Reacts (mostly darker skin, 20-40 year olds) of some fave '60s, '70s "white" artists for 3 reasons: 1. to know songs are for the hearts of those they touch 2. see how timeless & still relevant great songs are 3. to get a feel for our struggles, sacrifices, pain & death as we fought for our freedoms & others' (in OUR words not revised history or Google), Civil Rights, Equal Pay, 18 year olds to Vote (they couldn't vote but had to fight), more. Our exhausted, shell-shocked soldiers came home from Vietnam to MORE chaos, violence, riots, shootings, and treated as disgusting scum after losing limbs, friends, relationships, and even their own minds in a confusing war that served no purpose (until the dust settled decades later; we're still learning). (c) 4.3.20
It's also just very familiar because of the Dirty Dancing song.
I love hearing a man speak his mind....and speak with intellect....not worrying about what someone else might say....because you are speaking from the heart. God bless you my brother.
All ages, all colors, all backgrounds have fallen in love with either Brother, though mostly Bobby.
Watch Bobby singing Summertine.
“Two white dudes!” I giggled so hard. (I’m white and that was nothing but endearing to me.) I love how we all just recognize and enjoy good music. Watching people discover new music is so enjoyable. Great video!
We don’t watch for your camera quality...we watch because you’re a classy great individual!!!!
Stay honest and sincere always MRM...I know a few will react negatively to my saying so...but most WHITES really don't care about race/skin color and such...and frankly Blacks do. Which is fine...but I think it is pretty true that Whites are less "racial" [forget "racist"].
Rev. King was assassinated 2 days after I was born...and I think he would be thrilled that most whites and most people don't fixate on race. Some would say - "well that's easy enough for white folks...you don't have to deal with being a minority". Frankly it is BS...as Morgan Freeman often says..."you stop referring to me or thinking of me as a Black man....and I stop thinking of or referring to you as being White". That is how real racism ends.
Just always be genuine and fair to others...and good people will always respect and appreciate you and others for it. Those who don't/won't? They aren't worth your time or though...
Keep on keeping' on, sir!
Truth
My dad may he rest in peace would not believe that Charlie Pride was a black man, I can still remember the look of shock when he found out. 😳
There have been several black country singers that I thought were really good but never made it big. I met Charlie Pride's grandson in a navy barbershop back in the 80s.
My sister-in-law said I was lying. Lol.
...and there are still too few in Country Music. Neal McCoy, Darius Rucker and just a handful of others.
I didn't know Johnny Mathis was black for the longest time - years.
My daddy too....may he rest in peace too.❣🙏❣
Don't ever worry about being honest about race. Especially when it relates to your own personal experiences. I am white, and I just hear you be honest. I have seen other reactors that looked like the same things have crossed their minds, but they are afraid to say it. Love the reactions. Keep up the good HONEST work.
I agree with this reply.
I love India. She really seems to have honest reactions. She had been known to get emotional
TooSushi is a great reactor too.
Yes!!!
Em Marz yes!!
I could never understand why black people were surprised that whites could sing soul. Thank you for explaining that! I did not understand how insular the black community was re music but now I understand why there are so many black reactors are now finding the music we have taken for granted. It is also interesting that this did not happen in the non-black communities. It was not the audience that didn’t want to hear racial artists, it was the radio owners. The audience demanded it and eventually broke that wall down. So I thought everyone was listening to everything. Wow.
I agree, I didn't understand it either, I'm from the UK and we just listened to all sorts of music by all sorts of musicians, we just had mainly the BBC radio channels and one music chart
I get it. As a child, you listen to what's around you. My family played R&B and Gospel at home. I saw mostly Pop and Rock on TV. Variety (Comedy skits and Music) shows were all the rage and how the public saw artists and bands before music videos. Radio played a wider range of music. America's Top 40 radio show played the hits of multiple types that sold best weekly. This is how I learned about Rock artists and Easy Listening Artists like Barry Manilow, KISS, Kansas, Styx, Queen, Eagles etc. Commercials selling music collections by K-Tel and Time Life exposed me to song samples as well. As you stated, station owners and programmers, and now sponsors dictate what is played. Plain brown wrapped music is commonly sent to get stations to play music that could cross genres. Bee Gees did it to get play on Black radio when their style changed. White artists like Queen (Another One Bites The Dust), Toto (Georgie Porgy, 99), Boz Skaggs (The Lowdown), Wild Cherry (Funky Music), Dr. Hook (Sharing the Night) just to name a few. Tom Jones, Righteous Brothers, Hall and Oates, George Michael, KC and the Sunshine Band were others. On the other side Dobie Gray, Ray Charles, and Charlie Pride were Black artists who thrived in Country music which like R&B was predominantly one race. These are examples of the effects of culture, programming, and unfortunately biases people innately have. Looks can be deceiving! My ears take in all sounds and a 10,000 CD collection is proof. Great music is simply, great music.
Sean Swinton It does go both ways, like when my Dad and I both found a bunch of Funkadelic records and it blew our minds how great those guys were playing Rock!
ParanormalStories True. Chuck Berry rocked, Little Richard rocked, course Prince and Jimi Hendrix rocked. I got into KISS as a kid because I kinda saw them as a rock version of Parliament/Funkadelic.
@@seanswinton6242 EXACT-A-MUNDO when my mother was in her late 50s she told me about her crush on James Brown...I freaked at first but she was a true fan of his for life. She cared not ethnicity and she taught me that.
Hi. Most of these reactors are milennials so they don't know what older style music was like. Most of the women were into a song were a man said that he would get down on his knees for the love of their woman. These days they don't talk love it's all about sex.
Dont forget The Righteous Brothers sung a full range of different songs. Some of them were without question solely about sex. The lyrics were pretty obvious.
@@theghost6412, for a long time, the sex had style and love included. now, all you get is the sex. and it's just boring!
Truth
Lovely response
God bless you. Break as many barriers as you can. Music is universal and makes no difference who is making it. If it surprises us....so what! Love it for what it is.
I've seen every one of those vids (many twice). I love seeing people's reactions when they realize "Holy crap! Is that for real?" I love seeing when we "ALL" get it on any topic and this is a good one. We all love good music because we are all human. Testify!!
I remember first hearing this back when I was in high school. Has always been a favorite of mine. Most thought they were black. Didn't matter the girls swooned to them anyway. Don't feel too embarrassed - at least you didn't fan yourself.
Regardless of color, this song makes women melt....the sincerity they put into it, as well as the lyrics is what does it for me. I think the kicker is that 'I'll get down on my knees for you' I'm a white woman and have heard this song so many times in my life (age 56 now) but it just never grows old. I also got a kick out of you seeing your own reaction....lol...that was awesome.
It's AWESOME!!! This video popped into my feed and I shared it with 2 of my black female friends and 3 white female friends. When I saw this video I flipped out because that's the kind of music that I grew up with! And to watch all of these young black people discovering this incredible Duo made me subscribe two other people including yourself because I found a new wave of something really incredible! I'm now watching numerous black people waking up to a whole different world of music for their ears. It's just wonderful! I am enjoying it so much watching all of these channels. So thank you guys 4 turning me on to this new phenomena. I'll be watching and listening.
Music has no boundaries. Talent is talent! As a retired teacher, one can see that you are truly a Renaissance man. Your channel is so entertaining. It is such a pleasure to watch your reactions to timeless genres of music.
My son is a musician who has now come to appreciate his grandfather's musical talent from the Big Band era. God bless you!
You rarely hear a love song anymore. I'm older, but grew up listening to music from the 1920's and forward. I inherited a 1923 Victrola and a stack of records dating back to at least 1918. I also have 78's, 33's, 45's, cassettes and discs. My parents had music from both black and white artists and once a month they would literally roll up the rug and we would dance. It taught us to appreciate all genres of music, and even though there were some genres for which we didn't care, we were able to appreciate the talent and hard work each artist put in to their creation.
You pretty much have to go into country and really more independent country to find love and story songs. Texas/Red Dirt has a wide variety of song themes.
Charley Pride, Ray Charles (who did a fair amount of Country), Darius Rucker are black folk that have embraced "white" genres of music. Thanks, MRM, and India Reacts, and TOO SUSHI for building the bridges. We have far more in common than we have differences (race-wise). I don't know exactly why I watch at least an hour of this type of reaction video every night, but I always feel good afterward.
Thats awesome. More then anything these reactions have drawn us closer to each other.
I never understood why it took so long for another black singer to go country,,,,,,,,,, last year I saw Charley Pride and there were only a hand full of Blacks there, even though the opening act was a Black girl who won a local talent show,
Lee Hanson like Darius... hes just a down home dude
The greatest artists have no musical boundaries!
Billy Medley (with the deeper voice) was also the male singer in Dirty Dancing's "I've had the time of my life".
Yep, I saw the black guy singing country on the talent show. He was really good too 👏🏻🎤🌟🥰‼️
I was a teen back then. This song packed major heat!! It would be so cool if a bunch of reactors did what you suggest and react to a particular song on one day.
I agree and hope you organize something like this. Jamel Aka Jamal did a good and honest reaction to this RB's. He is very open to all genres of music.
In the UK we had just one music chart consisting of all genre's of music, folk, country, motown, pop, rock and roll, r & b, soul, reggae, you name it we had it, a great big mish mash. Thanks for explaining why you weren't aware of other types of music, it makes more sense now.
I love anyone reacting to any music outside their norm. I think it's beautiful, and wonderful. It's one of the most truly human things, that desire to explore and find new things to love outside their sphere of influence. I love what you and others like you do. I love seeing (from anyone) reactions to the music I grew up with, the music my parents grew up with. Also, I LOVE @India Reacts. She's awesome!
Wonderful dialogue. My world opened up in Vietnam. My old man was Country & Western and then the Brothers in the platoon introduced me to Soul and R&B. Lucky me!
Your explanation of seeing white guys sounding like black musicians was spot on(I'm white btw, although that isn't really important). I'm from the UK and as a child in the 70s I heard this great tune called "play that funky music" and figured that it had to be a black band just by the sound, imagine my surprise when I saw it on our weekly music show called top of the pops.
I enjoy all of your videos. I especially like reaction videos to the music of the 60s,70s and 80s from you and others. I get a big kick out of watching young people being introduced to the music I grew up with and still love. Enjoy all the music kids!
I love watching reaction videos, and most of them are black reactors. Because of the things you mentioned about the music you grew up with, many of these reactors are giving honest reactions. I love that you, and almost all I watch really like the music I grew up with. I grew up listening to R&B, Soul, Motown, as well as rock in many forms, old time country, a very wide range of music. With the advent of RAP, there began a much greater divide in how I listened. I found the new music had lyrics that brought me down, denigrated both the artist and the audience. At almost the same time I met Jesus, and discovered a whole new world of music that was very uplifting. (Having said that I still know more RAP than most of my kids). I have followed or watched every one of the people in this video. Check out fish out of water (very analytical), the Mathews family, jbleathel, (young guy on a musical journey, you can watch him grow before your eyes), Jamel_AKA_Jamel, He is a very enjoyable man, you can see his personality in the first 10 sec. Loves good music too. I would love to talk to you sometime, There is a world of good music going back further than you have gone, I would like to see you hear. Yours in Jesus, Richard
Rap is crap not music
Well said Richard !
I have to agree. And in regards to reactor vids...Jamel is great...Sushie is also. I've seen all the others in this vid...and have particularly liked watching them react to the Righteous Brothers, Tom Jones and Bee Gees...jaws drop...eyes close and heads/bodies sway...or eyes go wide! I never actually thought I would enjoy "reaction" videos. But especially now with all the divisive bullshit being front and center...and I do consider it bullshit, because with George Floyd for example...has ANYONE not been appalled and condemned it?? Nope...so what is going on other than an excuse to rage, loot, burn, etc.
There is nothing to "protest" when everyone agrees!
Watching these reactions reaffirms that great music and talent is colorless...and it is cool to see people exposed to various types/genres they really haven't been.
I can't tell you how much I like watching some of the kids see this "old stuff"...almost universally you hear "wow/damn...so smooth...so much talent...the words tell a story, that's cool...etc...our music now doesn't usually mean or say much...this old school stuff was better...and no gimmicks/auto tune...they actually could sing!."
I love it :)
The big question is why is my new hobby watching black people react to music lol.
Lol me too.
I love it ModRenMan, you are so right. People don't act like that in the real world. I wish more people would think about that.
I am a 67 year old musician and I love your reactions to the music I have listened to and played since my childhood.
I loved your reaction when you saw yourself. It brought a big smile to my face.
LOL I've seen every one of these reactions and I LOVED ALL of them!!!!! Even you MRM loved your reaction to reactions. And I agree with you.In the 1970's we had Motown and Rock, Metal and Country and people weren't put in a box like now, IF you are this race or color you HAVE to listen to this or that or think like I do. Shame really.....
Loved that black guy that sang that country song👍. He was FANTASTIC.
This is why you are my favorite reacter. I love how you explain things and i feel you're open to seeing things from all sides. I'm 62 and I found out inn my later years that singers back in those days of this song whether they be black or white met together and learned from each other their way of singing and put it inn with their music. That's why you had alot of what I call cross singing back then. I felt like you when I was younger and after hearing songs that i loved on the radio and then saw them on the tv I was shocked they were black singers because to me they sounded white. So you see it's on both slides but thank God under Him we are not a color but souls joined together through Him. Keep up the good work.
..thank you ..Ive watched everyone of these reactions before..bringing them together..freaking awesome...cheers..!!
I love Sushi and India ...I watch both ..not sure who the others were...I grew up listening to 60s and 70s music there was no difference to us what color people were we just loved music..your right people spend to much time worrying about color
often we didn't know,, most 45's came in plain wrappers, there was no picture of the singer or anything, never gave it a thought
I watch India's channel too.
Candice Donaldson amen... love them both... And Ty; like India and Sushi ..their reactions are sincere.. if not they’re missing their calling as actors/actresses
Sushi gave the best reaction ever ! When she reacted to Bobby Hatfield singing "Unchained Melody",she was speechless ! But her and India are both brilliant
What makes this SO cool is watching people seeing a rarely practiced art anymore for the very first time. What a joy it must have been to hear two of the greatest singers of my generation for the first time. You all made my day.
You bring smiles to our faces during a time in which we can all use a smile, my friend. God bless you. Stay safe.
Thank you
Righteous brothers could steal any of them girls , had em swooning lol
As far as music, the 1960's broke quite a few barriers. We young'ins didn't care what color the singer was. I was blessedm starting with gospel music as my family were gospel singers. Even in the late '50's as a child we congregated no matter the color and sang gospel in each others Churches. We kids didn't know what segregation was as we all went to school together, visited each others homes, lived near each other and parents worked together. Can you imagine the shock that a child would endure when they moved to another area and encountered racism? I never understood it. Then came the 60's and Motown was one of the best things to happen to music as we were all exposed to black artists and groups.
I am glad at how you react. Music is so great. It doesnt know color. Im an old Newark,nj. white man. And I love music.
Blue-Eyed Soul, is also known as Northern Soul.
The guy in AGT was incredible, he had an incredible voice.
I absolutely love your reactions - even your "reaction to reactions"! Love you to pieces - this one was fun! Thanks for all you share with us - especially your knowledge and appreciation.
That was hilarious! I’m a 70 year old white woman and I had the same reaction when I first heard that song as a girl in the early 60s!
I just discovered your channel, love your reactions! I truly enjoy that you are experiencing different genres of music outside of what you know. I had never thought of the Righteous Brothers sounding like black artists, probably because I grew up listening to the music of my parents and grandparents, and it was a mash up of a bit of everything. Yet when I listen to the qualities of the voices, the emotion the way they sang, I absolutely get it. What I love about music is it is unifies people. When you react to a song like this one, and your eyes light up, it makes me smile because I feel the same way when I hear it! Thank you for your videos...I will definitely be checking out more!
MRM, you were the reaction originator, you inspired all these others to do what you do "Its a White Dude (Head Scratch), man come on, 2 White dudes" has to be the most classic, honest reactions ever... Black, White, ETC, we all children of God. Stay up, God Bless.
I love watch younger black people react to music I grew up on. They're always shocked that it's so good. We had it back in the day, snap lol
fantastic!! i was blessed to see them perform at "old Westbury music fare" on long Island in the late 80's.
Loved all the reactions. Some showed surprise but everyone showed appreciation for the music!
I very much enjoyed your singing along, and your comments at the end. I agree - it's black and white. I get so tired of people trying to be PC with the Caucasian label. I'm not from the Cacuasus anymore than you are from Africa.
First lady is IndiaReacts, mrm 2nd obvs, 3rd B & Trice TV, 4th Sincerely KSO, 5th is Too Sushi, 6th I'm sorry I forget her name (my first thought was Can Do Perkins but I think she only reacts to tv shows). Now go subscribe to all these lovely people!
We all are products of our environment to one extent or another. It's what we are familiar with and comfortable with and it's not limited to one group, it's universal. We sometimes, without malice, assume these things are exclusive to our group and are surprised when find out otherwise!
To an extent, yes, but mostly a product of our genetic makeup. Peoples musical preferences and tastes correlates with their inherent personalities, pretty closely.
All my favorite reactors. This was adorable.
I know and watch every one of those reactors. I watch you and so many others. I truly enjoy watching all of you watch music from my time.
About black people and soul and white people with soul you said it beautifully
Love how you react to blue eyed singers, same for me in 1970 when I,discovered Motown blew my mind
I was raised on Country. My dad's car radio never moved from the country station. It was years before i knew charlie Pride was black. All I heard was a talented man singing a song that I related to. You are right, until you get older and broaden your experiences you get locked into a specific train of thought. By the time I found out the Charlie was a black man, I was surprised, but pleasantly so. It reinforced what my broaden experience had taught me about the real world. People are people who may bring different experiences, but we still share things, for example the love of music.
I have watched all of these reactors here on UA-cam, and I like all of their reactions. They are honest and genuine, and they keep me coming back for more. I have read in the threads here that some people know who the reactors are. I will be checking back to fine out if we have learned who they all are. I recognize yourself, India, Too Sushi, and Sincerely K.S.O, (I think that she is Canadian).
India turned into a 14 year old girl falling in love for the first time.She is so precious.I subscribe to every one of the reactors.
There is a channel called Playing For Change where they get musicians from all cultures, ethnicities, skin tones, and backgrounds to play the same song and mix it so it all flows together; We may look slightly different, but we're all the same on the inside, we're all cousins if you go back far enough, and equal in the eyes of our creator.
Jypzii at the Crossroads
My fave song they do is “My Own Two Hands” by Ben Harper
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I enjoy that too
I’ll never see anything like Too Sushi reacting to Brad Paisley’s - She’s Everything. “Men really talk to women like this”. It was classic! And now, she has fallin’ in love with Country music.
That was a great reaction
Being a 15 year old in 1965 I loved slow dancing to their music was great. Man o Man
You are in my top 3 reactors. And I love the way you say black and white without trying to be so PC. You are doing a GREAT JOB!!!!
I understand where ur coming from
Music can bring u together
Todays music has no soul
Blue Eyed Soul artists/songs, such as George Michael (Amazing), Pete Wingfield (Eighteen With A Bullet), Dr. John (Right Place, Wrong Time), The Style Council (My Ever Changing Moods) and Ricki Lee Jones (Chuck E's In Love), give your reaction to some of those jams. Thanks.
George Micheal is a wimp
DENVEROUTDOORMAN, he is? I guess that’s why Clive Davis asked him to sing with Aretha Franklin which won them a Grammy. And I guess he’s so much of a wimp that he won American music award’s top honor as R&B singer of the year. I don’t think Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson Ray Charles, would have asked him to perform duets if he was such a wimp. Interesting! George Michael is the definition of blue eyed soul.
I'd love to see you react to Jay Black's 'Cara Mia', he was from the same era as the Righteous Brothers.
Leaving how much I respect your reactions and stances behind, I really appreciate your straightforward approach to saying things that they wish they had the guts to say. Keep it up, and be blessed while you are blessing many.
Growing up 60 miles from Detroit in Canada we listen to CKLW. Mix of black and white music. Never thought anything about it. I heard this song on radio in the morning before going to school. Never knew how great the song was back then. Now that I am 65 that song is so good and a classic. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for it to sink In. Now I appreciate it.
Thanks for explaining "that was not normal in our world".
You have explained it perfectly. I am a white dude from Newark, N.J. and I understand you perfectly!!!!!
I think you were one of my first subscriptions on here. After which I started checking out other reactors and came across India Reacts and TOO SUSHI and have since subscribed to their pages too. I get what you're saying about growing up with distinctly different music genres with different communities and different expectations when hearing it. I know of the Black gentleman, who sang country, that you mentioned. I thought he did okay and I am only going by his singing, not color. I enjoyed watching you watch yourself. Your reaction to yourself was funny. I personally hate hearing myself on a recording. I don't sound anything like I sound to myself, as when others hear me. Loved this video. Stay Safe. Stay healthy.
Good perspective and true to reality. Your explanation is clarity. Thanks.
I've watched all of these reactors react to this ( yes, this includes you) and I love it.
These men could sing.
I was sort of feeling down, so I pulled up some Righteous Brothers, immediately felt better, then ran across your channel which really put me in a good mood. Thank you, and God bless you.
Welcome aboard!
It's that rasp and beautiful tone combined on "Baby" that floors everybody - and so it should. I think I've gotten pretty good at predicting the head scratches Ty, and I've never been more sure one was coming than for that.
Not only reacting to reactions, but reacting to your own reaction too. If you want to make reactions to reactions a 'thing', you should definitely try India reacting to Chris Stapleton's Tennessee Whiskey. She's quite keen (let's say) on his voice, and as somebody said in the comments "When a Black woman starts that church rocking.. you GOT her!!!" :-D
I always appreciate your straight talk, MRM. It's amazing to me how insular our different communities have gotten. I'm a Gen Xer who grew up in a musical home and I remember there were no boundaries in regard to skin hue or genre, good music was good music. I grew up listening to everything, and I mean everything. Muddy Waters, Charley Pride, Flatt & Scruggs, Carole King, Elvis, Blood Sweat & Tears, Broadway show tunes, BB King, the Righteous Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk, Earth Wind & Fire, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Glenn Miller, Three Dog Night, all sorts of artists from Motown, Stax, Muscle Shoals, and Chess, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, you name it. I remember when I was a kid my daddy got one of those old cylinder record players from an aunt who passed on and left it to him, with a ton of the old cylinder records, and I heard ragtime, folk songs, ancient jazz, some amazing stuff from the turn of the 20th century. My friends in school, black and white, loved all kinds of music, just as I did. It really saddens me that so many people choose their music these days according to color or country. I'm 53 now, and am still listening to everything, well, except music that makes me feel bad or is soulless, which is a lot. Here in the last few years I have found Bradio, a Japanese funk band, The Warning, a 3 piece family (3 sisters) metal band from Mexico, old favorites like Darius Rucker (formerly of Hootie & the Blowfish) who now is an established country singer, and The Interrupters, a wonderful punk/ska band whose singer sounds like Joan Jett.
lol, I (not black person) have those same reactions when I hear these artists, as you correctly pointed out. "Blue eyed soul" The Righteous Brothers were where the term came from and not remotely surprising as it was a black sailor in 1962 gave them the name Righteous Brothers. Obviously as evidenced by the age of the song chosen, Blue eyed soul has been around a long time. Music execs have intentionally kept it under wraps for fear black listeners wouldn't buy the records if they knew they weren't black singers. For example Teena Marie had to sue to get her face on the cover of her 2nd album. Sadly, sometimes it's just white people with R&B beats and manufactured harmonies, but for some artists (and it shows) the soul comes from inside, not outside. I fell hard for R&B after hearing Walk away from love for the first time at 10, and I became the wrong kind of popular because of it. Blue eyed soul artists made me feel less alone and made me feel like I wasn't as odd growing up. Thankfully the world eventually caught up.
This was wild I seen al those reactions and and thought it was really cool to see black people react to the Righteous Brothers for the first time, it kind of like watching white people reacting to someone like Marvin Gay for the first time or Sam Cook or Jackie Wilson they are blowed away!!! You are so right when you say soul has no color!!! Like when a black person hears Elvis sings If I can Dream for the first time, they know he singing that from his gut !!! I was never a big flollower of Elvis,but I love that song!!! If you want to hear a really soulful singer check out Timi Youro Make the world go away, her voice is unreal, you would never know that was a white woman, she never had the fame she deserved!!
I love to watch other reactors reacting to others. What I’ve noticed is that everybody has a different chill bump spot lol mine goes down the back of my legs
Work's both ways.......big soul and R&B fan especially 60' 70's😎👍
I gotcha, man. I got out of the army in 1972 and got a job working on the Ohio River on a small tow boat. I lived in W.Virginia out in the country and hung out in a nice quiet bar on top of one of those hills. Nice folks there. And all white, like me, They all loved to listen to Country Charlie Pride on the juke box. They found it hard to believe me when I told them that he was black. His picture wasn't on the cover of his first album and they didn't know. He had such a great voice and sang such good songs that they got over it, but they still found it hard to believe that a black man could sing such good country songs. He broke a lot of barriers.
You know who else is a good reactor, JBLethal (James.) A really kind and open-minded soul. ( Also black ) You want a good chuckle, watch SUSHI's reaction to Elvis Presley's "Trying to Get to You" or "Suspicious Minds." Her reaction to his looks and sexuality are priceless.
JB is such a calm, sweet presence.
His reaction to Everybody Hurts made me cry.
JBLethal is so humble and so very kind. Absolutely loved his original meatloaf reaction when the woman came into the song and gave a look like oh no it didn't just get even better lol. But his story in his In the air tonight reaction was just heartbreaking. About his family never believing in him. And always Telling him he was never going to accomplish anything. I instantly saw red and was ready to throw hands lol
I do remember that young african american singer singing country. Loved it, it was awesome!
PC has weakened this nation, unfortunately, there are many individuals that have an inability to take the truth without offense. It's sad to see this. You sir, however are a breath of fresh air. God bless
You def had the best reaction!! "A WHITE DUDE!!! TWO WHITE DUDES!" I have shown your reaction to others over and over!! Thanks for always being real!
Im glad you say it as it is...we should all be proud of our colour. If I was black I would be proud just like I am being white. We are all cool people.
I love watching people react to music from another culture.
I love your candor, it only helps us to better understand one another.
The Righteous Brothers were so, so good. One of the greatest acts of my youth putting out music that sounds as fresh to me in 2020 as it did originally. Individually, either could hold our attention, as well. Such a shame that we see nothing comparable in today's mess of a world. Almost makes aging desirable. If you now what In saying. Try Little Latin Lupe Lu for a head bopping ride.
Ty, I love your channel and I have to say you really have outdone yourself here. Watching you listening and watching other people's reactions to a video you obviously love is something I want see more of. I can see how much you're loving this and so to is everyone else watching, I'm darn sure. Please don't let this be the only time you do this, it's great. God bless.
I appreciate it
This is a great way of bringing people of all races together. I wish it would always, and in all situations be like this
I TOTALLY enjoyed your watching this video and mouthing the words to the song. Obviously you have listened to it a few more times, you can't stop, can you. Welcome to the beautiful music from my generation.
BTW, screw race, just sing, race has NOTHING to do with it. You might think it does, but that makes you racist.
I've actually watched all the reactors, except for one, react to the same song.
Being caucasian myself, it is interesting to observe these reactions. Although I'm familiar with this particular song from when I was a kid, I assumed everyone else in my age group and older was as well; via radio, TV, movies, etc. So it's more of an observation of a younger generation being exposed to what I'd call timeless classics.
I was lucky and got to see them live for free at the national orange show. South california. In the 80's
I really enjoy watching and listening to you, you've got a great presence, but I think what I enjoy even more is how you work to promote unity and respect in so many videos. I really like that, there's not enough of it right now and I'm grateful. So thank you man.
I appreciate that!
Black or white when you feel the music you have soul! The Righteous Brothers have been around for a long time!
Love your channel/vibe dude....black,white, whatever the color we're all human. Keep doing what you're doing brother, world needs more of it💪
Dude, that was perfect the way you "reenacted" your reaction it totally synced up lol
The name of one of the reactors is Too Sushi.
Oh! I kept seeing that Sushi thing going back and forth and I was totally lost. Thank you very much for explaining👍
@@suziewong2181 She's a good reactor.
Yes I watch Sushi too love her reactions too...
I watch Too Sushi's reactions. She does a good job.
Check out Too Sushi, she did this reaction and knows you.
I've watched loads of these reaction vids, including yours. Love them. So funny and adorable watching you react to yourself, as you had exactly the same reaction to the rasp in the voices of the '2 white dudes' as everyone else. Keep up the great vids
l'm 72 and l saw the Righteous Brothers live at the L.A. Colosseum along with the Temptations and the Four Tops (l'm white; l went to USC.). We white folks were also stunned to learn the Righteous Brothers were white! We assumed from their (wonderful) sound that they were black. They were given their name (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield) when they sang at a club in Long Beach frequented by l think Navy people who were largely black. The term for cool by whites at that time was "bitchin"....and for blacks it was "righteous. Of course blacks who liked you would call you brother or sister...So when they sang, the guys said, "That's RIGHTEOUS, BROTHERS!" And the rest is history