As others have said, Bonnie is a blues guitar legend, who is also the daughter of Broadway legend John Raitt. This is easily one of my favorite ballads of hers, but you should also react to Angel From Montgomery as well. She has recorded it both solo, and with John Prine, and you can't go wrong with either one. She was someone who's career seemed to be over by the mid 80s, having pretty much thrown it away on booze and cocaine. She cleaned up her act, and made a HUGE comeback in 1989, not unlike Tina Turner, with her album Nick Of Time, which won multiple Grammys, and cemented her legacy as one of the greats. Enjoy the Bonnie Raitt journey!
Bonnie has played with just about everyone. What people don't know is how Prince helped when she was in between labels. They knew each other for years even before Prince was Prince through her brother who was a fixture in the Minneapolis music scene. {Still miss you Steve}
I was going to mention that she was the daughter of John Raitt. He was a huge broadway star, appearing in Oklahoma, Carousel, etc. Here he is singing If I Loved You: ua-cam.com/video/TjMhFhxdXK0/v-deo.html and, later, they performed together with the Boston Pops: ua-cam.com/video/Uhe4zEQ_JMs/v-deo.html and on Letterman: ua-cam.com/video/kbf0nEUoWE8/v-deo.html You can see where she got her talent.
This is my favorite song by Bonnie, I used to walk to work everyday, and I learned this bittersweet tune and fell in love with it because it's true. The pianist is Bruce Hornsby (absolutely incredible), and he has some tunes that will blow you two away. Some of Bruce's tunes are Mandolin Rain, The Show Goes On, The Way It Is, Down The Road Tonight, The Old Playground, The River Runs Low, I will Walk With You, The Wild Frontier, and so many others. Thanks Jordan and Amber, see you soon!
The very first time I heard this song, I was a very happily married mother of three, but it touched me so deeply that I memorized every word and could sing it immediately. This is just one of those songs. Beautiful and haunting. Nothing but love for Bonnie and this song. AND...this song opened me to the rest of her catalog. Respect!
I saw her at Red Rocks, near Denver. She was heading to SRV's funeral after. It's still one of my favorite concerts; the circumstances made it even more precious.
This is an incredibly powerful song, and Bonnie delivers. "ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY" is my all time favorite song she does. You should watch her performance with John Prine who wrote the song.
This is one of the most realistic songs about a breakup that cannot be healed. It is so, so sad to me, as I have been there, as have many of you I'm sure. Thank you for featuring Bonnie, she is an incredible talent.
I've been listening to Bonnie since the 70s. She was a hero to women then and now. One of the finest steel guitar players, a magnificent vocalist and a woman succeeding in a man's world for 50 years.
I’ve probably seen Bonnie play about 20 times. Her best shows were in little venues. This is a good example of her voice, but your missing the whole Bonnie experience if she’s not playing guitar. She is a great slide guitar player.
A phenomenal performer - and she would always have someone who had been overlooked as an opening act. She is so giving. It's worth hearing her Grammy speech when she won Record of the Year - always thinking of others.
I saw her one night at KU in a blizzard. Almost no one showed up. She just called us all down from the cheap seats and let everybody just sit around on floor and the stage. We'd just ask her to play songs and she would. She had just put out an album with lots of horns on it and someone kept asking her to play some of those songs. It was just Bonnie, Freebo, and a drummer. The first couple of times Bonnie just reminded them that she had no horns and couldn't do those songs. After the third request she fumed "Do you know my music or just read the album liners, I got no fucking horns!" It was my most memorable concert.
I first heard Angel From Montgomery when Addison Agen sang it so beautifully on The Voice. Thought that was the best it could be sung, … until I heard Bonnie.
@@marthalowe1556 I thought Linda had done it first too but looked it up and Bonnie released hers in ‘72 and Linda’s was in ‘73. Don’t Cry Now, the entire album of Linda’s, is so great. No bad songs.❤️
"I Can't Make You Love Me" is one of the most emotional, out-of-love/breakup songs ever. Bonnie Raitt's singing and Bruce Hornsby's piano playing are perfectly mournful. Other master ballads in this genre are "Un- Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton", "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John, "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" by Deborah Cox, "Even Now" by Barry Manilow, "Somebody Like You" by Adele, and "A House Is Not A Home" by Luther Vandross.
@@markriggs4024 I didn't either until yesterday, and I've liked Hornsby since he released "The Way it Is." I've always loved the piano on "Can't Make You Love Me," but I never made the connection.
This lady has to be in her 70s and her voice is still just as golden as when she first began. A powerhouse on her own, she sings duets with Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, and a host of other 60s/70s artists… man, she makes my ears happy.
This is quite the departure from Bonnie's catalog. She is one of the best female blues artist ever. She cut her teeth touring with some of the greats. I think you'll be surprised when you dig into her body of work. A soulful voice and slide guitar chops that set her apart from any other. A suggestion for female Friday, (Susan Tedeschi) if you haven't already . Maybe start with her early stuff like "Hurt So Bad", "Little By Little", "Rock Me Right" or "Just Won't Burn" from her first album. You'll love her and then follow her career with Derick Trucks her husband. I always enjoy your reactions to music that I love as well. Happy trails guys!
Yeah, it get’s to me too how this seems to be the only song of Bonnie’s that reactors play and yet it’s so unrepresentative of her body of work. They’re really missing out on her best songs.
Love this song of hers and there's definately no mistaking Bruce Hornsby's signature piano playing on this track. If you haven't already reacted to Bruce Hornsby you need to listen to Mandolin Rain and The Way it Is...both open up with his killer piano playing.
Something To Talk About next from Bonnie. Bruce Hornsby on piano. "She just wanted to do it one time and go into the truth, and she knew that would diminish with each subsequent take. Aside from Raitt's vocal performance, the most celebrated and iconic element of the song is Bruce Hornsby's piano part. Raitt called Hornsby and asked him to play on it, to which he immediately agreed."
For Raitt, the song was notoriously difficult to sing, due to its required vocal range, difficult phrasing and breathing, and the emotional content involved. At the televised Grammy Awards of 1992 Raitt performed it in an even more austere setting than on record, with just her and Hornsby highlighted. As she negotiated the final vocal line, she let out a big audible and visible sigh of relief that she had successfully gotten through it. Her live performance of the song was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III. Raitt has continued to sing the song in all her concert tours: I mean, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is no picnic. I love that song, so does the audience. So it's almost a sacred moment when you share that, that depth of pain with your audience. Because they get really quiet, and I have to summon ... some other place in order to honor that space. - Raitt, 2002 NPR interview
I used to play this on piano and sing it, and yeah, it's a toughie. The word "make" is awkward that high and held out. It makes me feel better to know it was tough for her, too. 🙂 ... I couldn't possibly do it today, too out of shape.
Amber, your ability to empathize with others even though you don't relate directly to what they're going through is a special gift. It's part of what makes you such a beautiful soul; please don't feel like you have to apologize for it. Bonnie Raitt is also a beautiful soul, and her gift is connecting emotionally to the music to make it easier to empathize with her.
Bonnie’s guitar cred is seriously undervalued. She’s an amazing blues guitar player. “Something to Talk About” is her biggest hit. You guys will like it.
I had the fortune to be at Bonnie's KU concert right after someone had stolen her bottle neck slide the night before in Hayes, Kansas. She was pissed. Then six months later I was at her concert in KC and she had just had her stolen slide returned to her. She was so happy (and pretty drunk) that she played some SERIOUS slide that night.
Song was written by Mike Reid, who was a star linebacker at Penn State in the late '60s and then for the Cincinnati Bengals and played in two Pro Bowls in 1972-'73. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame. After he retired from pro football he had a pretty good career as a songwriter and country music artist.
I lived in Branson for a few years twenty years ago. The day before she performed, I played mini golf with some friends behind her and her group. It was surreal. We went to her concert the next night and she blew us away. No opening act. No costume changes. Nothing. She was fun watching her play. She was marching in place several times just to keep time. After the show, her and the band signed autographs for at least an hour. An angel.
Nice to know there's a Bruce Hornsby fan here. The guy's one of the finest pianists and songwriters ever. Go as far as to say this song would be diminshed in anyone else's hands. :)
Bonnie can rip your heart out (musically) she can also be very playful. Try "Something to Talk about" or from her very young days; "Blue Bird 🐦" . She also plays a mean slide guitar "The roads my middle name"
Bonnie's cover of "Runaway" is my favorite. It's a rock'n song, not slow! Bonnie is a killer guitar player. Fender has a signature edition Bonnie Raitt Stratocaster.
I love your reaction. When I saw you close your eyes, I thought “ they’re all in “. For me, the word “authentic “ comes to mind when describing the depth of her performance. And that comes across in her live performances too.
No doubt Bonnie has given us one of the great voices in pop music.. but her superb guitar playing is why she is counted among the all-time greats. She learned from (and performed with) many of the great early blues guitarists of the mid 60s and early 70s. My favorite is her live performance of "Love Me Like A Man".
FINALLY - BONNIE! You're going to get a ton of suggestions - all good - but if you want the full artistry revealed, go for these two: (1) If you want to bawl your eyes out, you MUST hear the studio version of "Love Has No Pride". It is astonishingly raw and heartbreaking. (2) If you want the blues vixen, go with "Love Me Like A Man". I challenge you not to blush :-) And so many others, Bonnie is worthy of a deep dive like you can't believe: "You've Been In Love Too Long", Guilty", Real Man", Angel From Montgomery", "Been Too Long At The Fair", "Thing Called Love", and on and on. Enjoy!
These are terrific suggestions! I was going to mention most of them, but you beat me to it! Been To Long At the Fair is gorgeous. Love Me Like A Man is a great bluesy one.
this is one of the saddest songs ever...no stronger feeling than unrequited love. its beautiful and emotional and cuts to the bone...a masterpiece from Bonnie
Love Bonnie Raitt. She is a great live performer. I know a lot of people will recommend songs from Nick of Time but I also love her earlier work, particularly the Sweet Forgiveness album. Every track is great but I will still repeatedly play "About to Make Leave Home", "Runaway", "My Opening Farewell" and "Louise".
I’m right there with you ! Her singing on those early albums keeps me checking back on them. The way she sang straight from the heart never fails to warm mine up, especially when I hear her sweet younger voice.
Bonnie has a lot of great songs. Angel From Montgomery is my favorite besides this song. If you want to hear something a little more upbeat, check out Thing Called Love or Something To Talk About. Love you guys♥️✌️
I've always loved her cool raspy voice. This song actually has a wild background. The idea for the song came to to the writer while reading an article about a man arrested for getting drunk and shooting at his girlfriend's car. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't."] Raitt recorded the vocal in just one take in the studio, later saying that it was so sad a song that she could not recapture the emotion: "We'd try to do it again and I just said, 'You know, this ain't going to happen.'" So cool.
You finally found Bonnie!! She's been around since the sixties and is a highly regarded blues guitarist. Since I Fell For You is one of her earliest songs if you want to hear her younger voice.
All at Once and The Ones We Couldn’t Be are some of Bonnie’s saddest songs imo. My dad played her Luck of the Draw album on repeat whenever we were in the car together. Our favorite was Not the Only One ❤
Bonnie earned her Grammy with this one. Perfect message, mood, and words…so deep you want to float away in the …sigh…sad feeling..but it feels good to get a little misty eyed as you said. This is a song we hear a lot during late night love dedications on the radio, when someone is finally giving up or about ready to give up and say goodbye.
I'm so happy you got to Bonnie Raitt. This song is one of my favorites -- Bruce Hornsby is on the piano. If you get a chance, check the "Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Hornsby" live version. Don't worry Jordan; Bonnie can speed things up for you! She's one of the best bottleneck slide guitarists around. Try "Love Me Like a Man" or "Something To Talk About".
It’s Bruce Hornsby playing the piano in this song. It’s a great song. I saw Bruce Hornsby in concert back in 2004 and he started playing this song but then Bonnie Raitt herself came out from backstage and sang the song. Of course, the whole audience went wild from the surprise and it was a wonderful performance.
Her song, “Nick of Time”, is one of the most moving songs lyrically that I’ve ever heard. It’s perhaps my most favorite song of all time. It came out in 1989. If you listen to it, you must pay special attention to the words. They are so meaningful. It’s a song about aging and being scared of running out of time. My favorite line from the song is, “Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste”. It is a must hear!
This is one magnificent song. 💙💙💙 Also…….. The Bonnie Raitt Strat Bonnie Raitt's signature Fender Artist model guitar features an Alder body, Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, Texas special singe-coil pickups, large late 60's style headstock, vintage style bridge & tuners, white pickguard and backplate. Raitt's signature is also featured on the headstock. Available in Desert Sunburst (Blueburst) finish or 3-Tone Sunburst. At the time of Fender's 50th anniversary, Bonnie Raitt was the first woman to be honored with a Stratocaster signature model.
Love reading comments -- learn so much I never knew (I'm older and didn't grow up with computer to instantly fact check). This my all-time favorite song. More Bonnie, please, please, please!
I really like you two. This is a heartbreaking song. My wife is a big Bonnie Raitt fan and we got to see her a couple years back and she is phenomenal in concert.
Two of her songs a must - Give it up or let me go (live version from 1989 in Oakland, CA) and Let's give 'em something to talk about. Love, love Bonnie. And she plays a mean, badass slide.
You'd enjoy Bonnie's hits "Something to Talk About" and "Nick of Time" and "Angel From Montgomery" and "Not the Only One." That's Bruce Hornsby backing Bonnie on the piano on this song. For more of his great piano playing, you should check out Bruce's No. 1 hit "(That's Just) The Way It Is" and his No. 4 hit "Mandolin Rain."
i love watching you two discover the beauty, soul, wonder and emotions that great music can evoke. if you've been lucky enough to have never experienced what this song so lyrically, melodically and painfully expresses, you are indeed blessed.
Love your reactions and song choices. Bonnie Raitt's mother was a pianist and her father, John Raitt, was a leading man and classical singer on Broadway. She also was trained in the classics. She won many awards, including multiple Grammys. Bonnie Raitt was listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Times and number 89 in their list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Times. She plays multiple instruments. I really enjoyed hearing this song again. Thank you for sharing it with us.
My ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG!!!! Everyone around needs to zip their lips when this some comes on cuz me and Bonnie are having a moment. And NO ONE sings it like her...(swoon)
When you listen to the guitar in bonnie songs it is Bonnie playing the guitar. She’s recognized as one of the best slide guitarists in the business! Everyone has been in this relationship at some time in their life.
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As others have said, Bonnie is a blues guitar legend, who is also the daughter of Broadway legend John Raitt. This is easily one of my favorite ballads of hers, but you should also react to Angel From Montgomery as well. She has recorded it both solo, and with John Prine, and you can't go wrong with either one. She was someone who's career seemed to be over by the mid 80s, having pretty much thrown it away on booze and cocaine. She cleaned up her act, and made a HUGE comeback in 1989, not unlike Tina Turner, with her album Nick Of Time, which won multiple Grammys, and cemented her legacy as one of the greats. Enjoy the Bonnie Raitt journey!
Angel from Montgomery is my favorite Bonnie song.
When she got clean she was afraid her music wouldn't be good.. well we see how wrong she was. She is a legend!!
Bonnie has played with just about everyone. What people don't know is how Prince helped when she was in between labels. They knew each other for years even before Prince was Prince through her brother who was a fixture in the Minneapolis music scene. {Still miss you Steve}
I was going to mention that she was the daughter of John Raitt. He was a huge broadway star, appearing in Oklahoma, Carousel, etc. Here he is singing If I Loved You: ua-cam.com/video/TjMhFhxdXK0/v-deo.html and, later, they performed together with the Boston Pops: ua-cam.com/video/Uhe4zEQ_JMs/v-deo.html and on Letterman: ua-cam.com/video/kbf0nEUoWE8/v-deo.html You can see where she got her talent.
Nick of Time and Lucky of the Draw are both full of amazing songs!
She is one of the best blues guitarist you’ve ever heard. She’s been playing for 50 years. Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About.
@bmmeup1, I agree, if Jay & Amber hear that it'll cement their Bonnie Raitt fandom!
*"Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico)"* is good too
S.W.
@@steveweller3899 100% great choice.
This is my favorite song by Bonnie, I used to walk to work everyday, and I learned this bittersweet tune and fell in love with it because it's true. The pianist is Bruce Hornsby (absolutely incredible), and he has some tunes that will blow you two away. Some of Bruce's tunes are Mandolin Rain, The Show Goes On, The Way It Is, Down The Road Tonight, The Old Playground, The River Runs Low, I will Walk With You, The Wild Frontier, and so many others. Thanks Jordan and Amber, see you soon!
I've always liked his song, "End of Innocence".
@@joiedevivre2005 And don't forget Don Henley. Henley co-wrote and co-produced the song with Bruce Hornsby.
@@joiedevivre2005 Yes! I was trying to remember the name of that tune, so Thanks for reminding me.
Mandolin Rain is such an incredible song!
"On The Western Skyline" is a great song of his.
The most heartbreaking line in music “I close my eyes, then I won’t see … the love you don’t feel, when you’re holding me”.
The very first time I heard this song, I was a very happily married mother of three, but it touched me so deeply that I memorized every word and could sing it immediately. This is just one of those songs. Beautiful and haunting. Nothing but love for Bonnie and this song. AND...this song opened me to the rest of her catalog. Respect!
Bonnie sang at SRV’s funeral. She plays a mean guitar with the slide. She sings awesome blues too!
Yes! One of the best slide guitarists ever!
All true. Every word of it.
I saw her at Red Rocks, near Denver. She was heading to SRV's funeral after. It's still one of my favorite concerts; the circumstances made it even more precious.
I never heard this before….just makes me love them both more.
I would love to hear that!
This is an incredibly powerful song, and Bonnie delivers. "ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY" is my all time favorite song she does. You should watch her performance with John Prine who wrote the song.
My absolute fave
Yeeeeees!
Yes, and I love John Prine!! Sad we lost him last year, but there are lots of songs and albums to listen to.
Susan Tedeschi does an excellent version of Angel from Montgomery also.
@@terryroper5860 would love to see them do a lot more John Prine.
This is one of the most realistic songs about a breakup that cannot be healed. It is so, so sad to me, as I have been there, as have many of you I'm sure. Thank you for featuring Bonnie, she is an incredible talent.
I read somewhere - may even be true - that she won't perform this song live, because it makes her cry.
It's point of view is so raw, sweet and mature. It's one of the most "real" emotional outpourings I've ever heard.
I've been listening to Bonnie since the 70s. She was a hero to women then and now. One of the finest steel guitar players, a magnificent vocalist and a woman succeeding in a man's world for 50 years.
One of the most honest love songs ever.
I’ve probably seen Bonnie play about 20 times. Her best shows were in little venues. This is a good example of her voice, but your missing the whole Bonnie experience if she’s not playing guitar. She is a great slide guitar player.
A phenomenal performer - and she would always have someone who had been overlooked as an opening act. She is so giving. It's worth hearing her Grammy speech when she won Record of the Year - always thinking of others.
I saw her one night at KU in a blizzard. Almost no one showed up. She just called us all down from the cheap seats and let everybody just sit around on floor and the stage. We'd just ask her to play songs and she would. She had just put out an album with lots of horns on it and someone kept asking her to play some of those songs. It was just Bonnie, Freebo, and a drummer. The first couple of times Bonnie just reminded them that she had no horns and couldn't do those songs. After the third request she fumed "Do you know my music or just read the album liners, I got no fucking horns!" It was my most memorable concert.
Bonnie has been a blues/slide guitar playing legend for close to 50 years. Her catalog is immense.
“Love Has No Pride” is so beautiful. And her cover of “Angel From Montgomery” is also a must.
I had that Bonnie album with LOVE HAS NO PRIDE on it and loved it but I love Linda Ronstadt’s version even more. You should check it out😉❤️
I first heard Angel From Montgomery when Addison Agen sang it so beautifully on The Voice. Thought that was the best it could be sung, … until I heard Bonnie.
LINDA Ronstadt does Love Has No Pride beautifully....And she did it first.
@@marthalowe1556 I thought Linda had done it first too but looked it up and Bonnie released hers in ‘72 and Linda’s was in ‘73.
Don’t Cry Now, the entire album of Linda’s, is so great. No bad songs.❤️
"I Can't Make You Love Me" is one of the most emotional, out-of-love/breakup songs ever. Bonnie Raitt's singing and Bruce Hornsby's piano playing are perfectly mournful. Other master ballads in this genre are "Un- Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton", "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John, "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" by Deborah Cox, "Even Now" by Barry Manilow, "Somebody Like You" by Adele, and "A House Is Not A Home" by Luther Vandross.
Well, dang I didn't know that was my Bruce Hornsby on piano, I mean, I loved my Bonnie raitt already but I can't make her love me
Wow! Great info and insight! I love all the songs you mentioned too!
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You rock Roger!
@@jgilmer Thanks! 😃
She sings this song in a purely honest way. That's what makes it so compelling.
what was making Amber sad was her ability to feel EMPATHY. This is a tough song to listen to if you have ever had a tough break up.
Also, Bruce Hornsby plays piano on this song. Amazing.
Bonnie has the same natural way of singing as the late, wonderful Eva Cassidy. Beautiful.
The great Bruce Hornsby on piano- he's worth taking a listen to as well!
Truth. He's amazing!
I did not know Bruce Hornsby was on the piano!!!
@@markriggs4024 I didn't either until yesterday, and I've liked Hornsby since he released "The Way it Is." I've always loved the piano on "Can't Make You Love Me," but I never made the connection.
Great distinctive piano style that you can identify just after a few bars.
It's rare that you can hear a piano player and automatically know who it is. Bruce Hornsby is one of those truly gifted musicians.
This lady has to be in her 70s and her voice is still just as golden as when she first began. A powerhouse on her own, she sings duets with Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, and a host of other 60s/70s artists… man, she makes my ears happy.
72 this November.
Her, Stevie Wonder and Jackson Brown sang Amazing Grace at SRV' funeral. Along with the crowd. Their perfect voices cracking with tears.
Yeah, I bet that was powerful
This just kills me...I can only imagine what that had to be like
Bonnie sings with pure intimacy . . . . she makes you feel as if you are overhearing something that is private and between two broken souls.
Bonnie Raitt puts a live, beating heart on the table and sings out its pain, longing, and resignation. Masterful singing!
This is quite the departure from Bonnie's catalog. She is one of the best female blues artist ever. She cut her teeth touring with some of the greats. I think you'll be surprised when you dig into her body of work. A soulful voice and slide guitar chops that set her apart from any other. A suggestion for female Friday, (Susan Tedeschi) if you haven't already . Maybe start with her early stuff like "Hurt So Bad", "Little By Little", "Rock Me Right" or "Just Won't Burn" from her first album.
You'll love her and then follow her career with Derick Trucks her husband. I always enjoy your reactions to music that I love as well. Happy trails guys!
So glad you mention Susan Tedeshi! She will be great for Female Friday. She also has an amazing cover of Angel From Montgomery!
Yeah, it get’s to me too how this seems to be the only song of Bonnie’s that reactors play and yet it’s so unrepresentative of her body of work. They’re really missing out on her best songs.
I saw Susan Tedeschi back in the early 2000's with Buddy Guy, and BB King. What a concert.
Yes, Yes, Yes, Susan Tedeschi
@@ButterflyDance444 Yes she does. Her rendition of Bob Dylan's "Don't think Twice" is great too. Susan could sing Christmas carols and make you cry!
Love this song of hers and there's definately no mistaking Bruce Hornsby's signature piano playing on this track. If you haven't already reacted to Bruce Hornsby you need to listen to Mandolin Rain and The Way it Is...both open up with his killer piano playing.
Yesss thank you!
Great mention on Bruce!!
I love the live version of her and Bruce. 🔥❤️
Bruce Hornsby is such a talent. Such. A. Talent!
Something To Talk About next from Bonnie.
Bruce Hornsby on piano.
"She just wanted to do it one time and go into the truth, and she knew that would diminish with each subsequent take. Aside from Raitt's vocal performance, the most celebrated and iconic element of the song is Bruce Hornsby's piano part. Raitt called Hornsby and asked him to play on it, to which he immediately agreed."
The perfect definition of.... heartache and heartbreak... everyone gets it .
Bonnie makes you feel the pain she is singing about. That is a great artist.
For Raitt, the song was notoriously difficult to sing, due to its required vocal range, difficult phrasing and breathing, and the emotional content involved. At the televised Grammy Awards of 1992 Raitt performed it in an even more austere setting than on record, with just her and Hornsby highlighted. As she negotiated the final vocal line, she let out a big audible and visible sigh of relief that she had successfully gotten through it. Her live performance of the song was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III. Raitt has continued to sing the song in all her concert tours:
I mean, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is no picnic. I love that song, so does the audience. So it's almost a sacred moment when you share that, that depth of pain with your audience. Because they get really quiet, and I have to summon ... some other place in order to honor that space.
- Raitt, 2002 NPR interview
Thanks for the tip, here’s the link to that performance:
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@@Koolaukoa Hey, thanks for finding that! 👍
Wow😭
I used to play this on piano and sing it, and yeah, it's a toughie. The word "make" is awkward that high and held out. It makes me feel better to know it was tough for her, too. 🙂 ... I couldn't possibly do it today, too out of shape.
May have already been said, but her slide guitar playing specifically is considered one of the top in music.
Bonnie is one of the most authentic singers. Her father was a legendary Broadway star, John Riatt.
Amber, your ability to empathize with others even though you don't relate directly to what they're going through is a special gift. It's part of what makes you such a beautiful soul; please don't feel like you have to apologize for it. Bonnie Raitt is also a beautiful soul, and her gift is connecting emotionally to the music to make it easier to empathize with her.
She’s feeling the lyrics… he’s feeling the music…. Love it
You hit the nail right on the head. The lyrics go right over his head.
Another excellent one by her is ‘Something To Talk About’. It’s faster and much more upbeat. Won a Grammy too!
Bonnie’s guitar cred is seriously undervalued. She’s an amazing blues guitar player. “Something to Talk About” is her biggest hit. You guys will like it.
This song makes you melt.
Bonnie is a tremendous guitar player
This is one of the most beautifully sad songs, ever. Bonnie’s voice is perfection.
She's the greatest bottleneck slide guitar player in my humble opinion
You, John Lee Hooker and BB King :-)
Amen to that
Indeed. BB King agrees.
@Peter Thompson. I love Bonnie, and she is an excellent slide player, but nobody comes close to Duane Allman.
I had the fortune to be at Bonnie's KU concert right after someone had stolen her bottle neck slide the night before in Hayes, Kansas. She was pissed. Then six months later I was at her concert in KC and she had just had her stolen slide returned to her. She was so happy (and pretty drunk) that she played some SERIOUS slide that night.
She’s also a great guitar player
Song was written by Mike Reid, who was a star linebacker at Penn State in the late '60s and then for the Cincinnati Bengals and played in two Pro Bowls in 1972-'73. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame. After he retired from pro football he had a pretty good career as a songwriter and country music artist.
Defensive tackle, not linebacker.
I lived in Branson for a few years twenty years ago. The day before she performed, I played mini golf with some friends behind her and her group. It was surreal.
We went to her concert the next night and she blew us away. No opening act. No costume changes. Nothing. She was fun watching her play. She was marching in place several times just to keep time.
After the show, her and the band signed autographs for at least an hour.
An angel.
Bonnie Raitt - Something to talk about, is also very good. Bonnie has a lot of great songs
I love the way she and Dennis Quaid flirt in that music video.
The Thing Called Love is the one with DQ. Man, had a brain blip there!
@@KC-WoF that's one of my favorites as well
She got the great pipes from her Opera star father, John Raitte. Super talent.
Another great song from Bonnie, my favourite, "Love me Like a Man"
That’s how you know a song/record is great, when it makes you feel the emotion behind it, wether you can relate to it or not.
Her voice is so beautiful, but she also ROCKS and plays a mean slide guitar.
Try “Angel From Montgomery.” It’s a tearjerker, too.
That "If you don't" just hits you right in the gut everytime. Especially if you've been there before.
What a perfect song. Her version of John Prine's "angel from Montgomery" is amazing
My favorite
Oh yeah that's my favorite also.❤❤❤
That was a great one.
Great suggestion yes!
I just saw her in concert a few weeks ago and she obviously played this one. Just amazing.
Need to acknowledge the great Bruce Hornsby on the piano. An achingly beautiful song❤️
I agree. I don't think the video ever showed his face? But, you know it's him as soon as he starts playing.
Nice to know there's a Bruce Hornsby fan here. The guy's one of the finest pianists and songwriters ever. Go as far as to say this song would be diminshed in anyone else's hands. :)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range is a definite suggestion for reactions-so many great songs.
@@grumpy4ever122 I’m a big Bruce Hornsby fan, too. Absolutely love his music
Bonnie can rip your heart out (musically) she can also be very playful. Try "Something to Talk about" or from her very young days; "Blue Bird 🐦" . She also plays a mean slide guitar
"The roads my middle name"
Bonnie's cover of "Runaway" is my favorite. It's a rock'n song, not slow! Bonnie is a killer guitar player. Fender has a signature edition Bonnie Raitt Stratocaster.
That’s a gem. Her covers usually eclipse the originals.
She has ALWAYS been very underrated as a performer and in my opinion one of the best. Don't know why because she is an icon
I love your reaction. When I saw you close your eyes, I thought “ they’re all in “. For me, the word “authentic “ comes to mind when describing the depth of her performance. And that comes across in her live performances too.
Bonnie is such a phenomenally gifted singer/songwriter. This song is bittersweet for me.....
No doubt Bonnie has given us one of the great voices in pop music.. but her superb guitar playing is why she is counted among the all-time greats. She learned from (and performed with) many of the great early blues guitarists of the mid 60s and early 70s. My favorite is her live performance of "Love Me Like A Man".
Nobody can sing this like Bonnie Raitt.
FINALLY - BONNIE! You're going to get a ton of suggestions - all good - but if you want the full artistry revealed, go for these two: (1) If you want to bawl your eyes out, you MUST hear the studio version of "Love Has No Pride". It is astonishingly raw and heartbreaking. (2) If you want the blues vixen, go with "Love Me Like A Man". I challenge you not to blush :-) And so many others, Bonnie is worthy of a deep dive like you can't believe: "You've Been In Love Too Long", Guilty", Real Man", Angel From Montgomery", "Been Too Long At The Fair", "Thing Called Love", and on and on. Enjoy!
These are terrific suggestions! I was going to mention most of them, but you beat me to it! Been To Long At the Fair is gorgeous. Love Me Like A Man is a great bluesy one.
Love Has No Pride ! Yes!
this is one of the saddest songs ever...no stronger feeling than unrequited love. its beautiful and emotional and cuts to the bone...a masterpiece from Bonnie
Love Bonnie Raitt. She is a great live performer. I know a lot of people will recommend songs from Nick of Time but I also love her earlier work, particularly the Sweet Forgiveness album. Every track is great but I will still repeatedly play "About to Make Leave Home", "Runaway", "My Opening Farewell" and "Louise".
I’m right there with you ! Her singing on those early albums keeps me checking back on them. The way she sang straight from the heart never fails to warm mine up, especially when I hear her sweet younger voice.
This song always slays me. I am always shook by the devastation she embodies in singing this song. Dead, dead, I die.
She just won another Grammy with her very emotional song “Just Like that”. A masterpiece.
Bonnie Raitt is so underrated!!!
Check out some of her earlier works. Very bluesy and her slide guitar playing is so gorgeous!
A deeply touching and heartbreaking song. I see in your face, Amber, that you get it.
perfection! that's all I can say about this vocal performance from Bonnie Raitt!
the ultimate song of unrequited love beautiful and bitter sweet for me 😢❤
Bonnie has a lot of great songs. Angel From Montgomery is my favorite besides this song. If you want to hear something a little more upbeat, check out Thing Called Love or Something To Talk About. Love you guys♥️✌️
Angel from Montgomery is a great John Prine song.
@@bryonsmith7352 yes it is
A one-sided love is so painful - so perplexing - so hard to forget.
I've always loved her cool raspy voice. This song actually has a wild background. The idea for the song came to to the writer while reading an article about a man arrested for getting drunk and shooting at his girlfriend's car. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't."] Raitt recorded the vocal in just one take in the studio, later saying that it was so sad a song that she could not recapture the emotion: "We'd try to do it again and I just said, 'You know, this ain't going to happen.'" So cool.
You finally found Bonnie!! She's been around since the sixties and is a highly regarded blues guitarist. Since I Fell For You is one of her earliest songs if you want to hear her younger voice.
All at Once and The Ones We Couldn’t Be are some of Bonnie’s saddest songs imo. My dad played her Luck of the Draw album on repeat whenever we were in the car together. Our favorite was Not the Only One ❤
This song was truly meaningful to me, in a time of my life when my marriage was struggling and ultimately ended.
Bonnie earned her Grammy with this one. Perfect message, mood, and words…so deep you want to float away in the …sigh…sad feeling..but it feels good to get a little misty eyed as you said. This is a song we hear a lot during late night love dedications on the radio, when someone is finally giving up or about ready to give up and say goodbye.
I'm so happy you got to Bonnie Raitt. This song is one of my favorites -- Bruce Hornsby is on the piano. If you get a chance, check the "Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Hornsby" live version. Don't worry Jordan; Bonnie can speed things up for you! She's one of the best bottleneck slide guitarists around. Try "Love Me Like a Man" or "Something To Talk About".
It’s Bruce Hornsby playing the piano in this song. It’s a great song. I saw Bruce Hornsby in concert back in 2004 and he started playing this song but then Bonnie Raitt herself came out from backstage and sang the song. Of course, the whole audience went wild from the surprise and it was a wonderful performance.
Her song, “Nick of Time”, is one of the most moving songs lyrically that I’ve ever heard. It’s perhaps my most favorite song of all time. It came out in 1989. If you listen to it, you must pay special attention to the words. They are so meaningful. It’s a song about aging and being scared of running out of time. My favorite line from the song is, “Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste”. It is a must hear!
This is one magnificent song. 💙💙💙
Also……..
The Bonnie Raitt Strat
Bonnie Raitt's signature Fender Artist model guitar features an Alder body, Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, Texas special singe-coil pickups, large late 60's style headstock, vintage style bridge & tuners, white pickguard and backplate. Raitt's signature is also featured on the headstock. Available in Desert Sunburst (Blueburst) finish or 3-Tone Sunburst. At the time of Fender's 50th anniversary, Bonnie Raitt was the first woman to be honored with a Stratocaster signature model.
She said her guitar sounds like bacon smells. Lol
Rolling Stone honored her with inclusion on their “Top 100 Guitarists” list. I believe they ranked her #54.
Love reading comments -- learn so much I never knew (I'm older and didn't grow up with computer to instantly fact check). This my all-time favorite song.
More Bonnie, please, please, please!
Very cool info!
This song takes me to a place, every time. A lot of people have remade this song, but none of them can touch this version.
I really like you two. This is a heartbreaking song. My wife is a big Bonnie Raitt fan and we got to see her a couple years back and she is phenomenal in concert.
Angelic voice
Another great Bonnie Raitt song is “Something To Talk About”.
I finally got to see her live a few years ago. She's a powerhouse.
So beautiful, haunting, so real
Not the only one is another great song from Bonnie Raitt.
Two of her songs a must - Give it up or let me go (live version from 1989 in Oakland, CA) and Let's give 'em something to talk about. Love, love Bonnie. And she plays a mean, badass slide.
You'd enjoy Bonnie's hits "Something to Talk About" and "Nick of Time" and "Angel From Montgomery" and "Not the Only One." That's Bruce Hornsby backing Bonnie on the piano on this song. For more of his great piano playing, you should check out Bruce's No. 1 hit "(That's Just) The Way It Is" and his No. 4 hit "Mandolin Rain."
Nick of Time is awesome and makes a good answer to this very sad, tenderly sung ballad.
Respect, talent, skill, Bonnie is a legend 💐💐
Bonnie Raitt is so awesome, love all her music.♥️✌️😎
I listened 10 seconds and was like thats my man Bruce Hornsby on the piano ?? WHAT?????
Yay! Good choice! Do “Thing Called Love” next, it’s a two-fer: Bonnie Raitt on vocals and guitar, John Hiatt on creation!
Just a beautiful, sad song. Many have covered this song but no one touches my soul like Bonnie's original. The great Bruce Hornsby on piano.
i love watching you two discover the beauty, soul, wonder and emotions that great music can evoke. if you've been lucky enough to have never experienced what this song so lyrically, melodically and painfully expresses, you are indeed blessed.
Such a beautiful song sung by an amazing singer! My favorite song by her.
This is a beautiful song that highlights Bonnie's voice. But, she can also belt out some gritty blues and she plays absolutely amazing slide guitar.
Good choice! This is a song to drink at the bar slowly. Still holding out for Carole King “It’s Too Late”. Love female Friday!
So, so emotional. I've been there and this song brings it all back. It's a beautifully sad song...
Love your reactions and song choices. Bonnie Raitt's mother was a pianist and her father, John Raitt, was a leading man and classical singer on Broadway. She also was trained in the classics. She won many awards, including multiple Grammys. Bonnie Raitt was listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Times and number 89 in their list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Times. She plays multiple instruments. I really enjoyed hearing this song again. Thank you for sharing it with us.
You have Empathy, Amber and that's a beautiful thing♡
Another great Bonnie Raitt is her cover of Angel from Montgomery
GODDESS! Miss Bonnie, l love you!
This song perfectly sums up a heartbreak. Bonnie is a f*cking legend. They sure don't make music like they used to.
My ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG!!!! Everyone around needs to zip their lips when this some comes on cuz me and Bonnie are having a moment.
And NO ONE sings it like her...(swoon)
When you listen to the guitar in bonnie songs it is Bonnie playing the guitar.
She’s recognized as one of the best slide guitarists in the business!
Everyone has been in this relationship at some time in their life.
Yes, U got the pain..this is a real Blues!
That last bit at the end like it was from the other side of the table omg I felt that
Ain’t no use of you trying to make me baaabyyy…..