SO DARN SWEET!| FIRST TIME HEARING Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song REACTION

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  • SO DARN SWEET!| FIRST TIME HEARING Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song REACTION
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  • @janiceduke1205
    @janiceduke1205 Рік тому +521

    Croce's wife Ingrid has an autobiographical cookbook, Thyme In A Bottle, in which she writes interesting anecdotes about Jim. Here's what she wrote about this: "One weekend, after being on the road for many months, Jim got a chance to come home to relax with his family. We settled in to enjoy our time alone together. Though Jim was expecting company the next day, avoiding confrontation he never told me that we were to be joined by an entire film crew! The next morning, 15 people from Acorn Productions descended upon our house to record a promotional film of Jim Croce at Home on the Farm. I prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole film crew and after the group left, I questioned Jim about our finances. After a year and a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it. He hated questions as much as he hated confrontation, especially about money. He stormed out of our bedroom and went down to the kitchen table to brood. The next morning he woke me gently by singing his new song. 'Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So I'll have to say I love you, in a song.'"

    • @kellahella5286
      @kellahella5286 Рік тому +32

      I asked you not be cuttin onions when I’m around?🤭😂

    • @sueradak2245
      @sueradak2245 Рік тому +21

      Thank you. How wonderful. I am crying.

    • @BretSnyder
      @BretSnyder Рік тому +16

      I will have to find that cookbook.
      We ate at her restaurant years ago and have always said it was one of the best meals we ever tasted.
      I remember hearing about him dying over the radio when I was a teenager. Such a loss. Imagine how much music would be different if he was still around and having an impact. Gone way too soon.

    • @ericdaniel74
      @ericdaniel74 Рік тому +10

      I wish I could have eaten at his widow's restaurant in San Diego. Sadly it's closed.

    • @miketracy1064
      @miketracy1064 Рік тому +7

      I love to hear stories like this....they make him more loveable and memorable.

  • @nycartist3421
    @nycartist3421 Рік тому +72

    Jay and Amber always seem to be in a good mood.
    Such beautiful people!

  • @Sweetish_Jeff_
    @Sweetish_Jeff_ Рік тому +188

    Love this song. The story behind it is that Jim and his wife Ingrid had an argument. They both went to bed angry at each other and Ingrid cried herself to sleep. Alone.
    The next morning, Jim woke her up and said, “I’ve got something I want you to hear” and played her this song he had written just hours before.
    Croce died way too young. He was such a genuine, sweet, quiet soul.

    • @DianaJG8
      @DianaJG8 Рік тому +5

      😪

    • @benntura
      @benntura Рік тому +4

      😭

    • @RyneMurray23
      @RyneMurray23 Рік тому +5

      I love this story and the fact that it is true is amazing.

    • @robertrubey6594
      @robertrubey6594 Рік тому +7

      He never got to play this song live. I think ingrid is the only one who ever heard it live.

    • @nt3833
      @nt3833 Рік тому +3

      I didn’t know he died so young. I just looked up the story - so tragic. How devastating that must have been for his wife and family 💔. Makes me so sad to think about 😢

  • @sharonstark1014
    @sharonstark1014 Рік тому +4

    Jim Croce was a great singer and artist who died way too soon in a plane crash in 1973. Other good songs of his are "Alabama Rain," "Photographs and Memories", "New York's not my home and " "these Dreams" His son A.J. Croce is also a singer.

  • @randyrodriguez1445
    @randyrodriguez1445 Рік тому +4

    Photographs & Memories.

  • @bigolebot
    @bigolebot Рік тому +126

    Us baby boomers were grateful for true geniuses, especially in what I consider the best era for rock/pop/folk/soul/jazz 1964-1974

    • @DianaJG8
      @DianaJG8 Рік тому +6

      1964-1974

    • @deborahwhittington2157
      @deborahwhittington2157 Рік тому +6

      I was born in 1947, 1 year after my Dad got home from the South Pacific in WW2. Truly a baby boomer. We got to experience some of the best musical artists!!

    • @jeffreyflint6286
      @jeffreyflint6286 Рік тому +3

      Right on man!👍👍

    • @Whateva67
      @Whateva67 Рік тому +2

      True,I’m a gen Xer born in ‘67 but totally remember hearing these songs in the early 70s,now they can really bring you back to simpler times when you listen to them 😎

    • @luckylady7542
      @luckylady7542 Рік тому +3

      Truth!!!!

  • @joannevincent2035
    @joannevincent2035 Рік тому +118

    Thanks also to Maury Muehleisen, Jim's musical partner on backup guitar, who was with Jim to the end.

    • @bobduerwald9805
      @bobduerwald9805 Рік тому +19

      A long time ago I found a record album outside the college radio station in a pile of LPs marked discards. The album was Gingerbreadd by Maury Muehleisen. I was quite surprised how good the album was, especially Maury's guitar work. His singing voice was quite high, not everyone's taste, yet his songs were quite catchy. If Jim had not hit it big in the music industry, he told Maury he would play guitar with Maury as the lead singer. You can find the album on UA-cam. Thank you for giving Maury credit for his musical talents.

    • @todmainzer2241
      @todmainzer2241 Рік тому +7

      RIGHT up to the end .... literally. 😰

    • @todmainzer2241
      @todmainzer2241 Рік тому +2

      RIGHT up to the end .... literally. 😰

    • @ericwillison4011
      @ericwillison4011 Рік тому +10

      If you watch the two of them on Sugarman, you can tell how much subtle fullness Maury added to Jim's work. I had heard that Maury was the more established musician when they met, having already released some songs on the radio that got a bit of air play, but the man instantly recognized that he would go further backing up Jim than he would ever go on his own. He is the viola to Jim's violin.

    • @straycatttt2766
      @straycatttt2766 Рік тому +2

      4:33. Agreed. I’m glad Amber finally is pronouncing “Croce” correctly and that Jay is aware of his mispronunciation. Now they need to learn from us that the guitar work was a duo.

  • @joiedevivre2005
    @joiedevivre2005 Рік тому +66

    IMHO- Jim Croce & Cat Stevens were the poets of 70's love songs. They both have voices that lull you into an absolute state of bliss.

    • @SmokeDogg11
      @SmokeDogg11 Рік тому +10

      Cat Stevens is somebody Jay and Amber need to hear.

  • @foreveralone11w
    @foreveralone11w Рік тому +83

    ANY Jim Croce song is an amazing song! The soundtrack of my youth ❤

    • @cindywisneski6791
      @cindywisneski6791 8 місяців тому

      I was born in 59 I grew up on his music ❤❤❤

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 Рік тому +13

    Jim Croce "Photographs & Memories"...Nuff Said.

  • @marybaillie8907
    @marybaillie8907 Рік тому +72

    This was from Jim's I Got A Name album from 1973. It was released after his death. It went to Number 9 posthumously in 1974.
    It was written for his wife after an argument about money. He appeared in the bedroom the next day and sang it to her.
    The back up singers, as well as the string section, masterful guitar playing from Jim make this an amazing love song. Such a loss. 😥😥 Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 Рік тому +2

      That might be the one they missed!

    • @cameronpickard7456
      @cameronpickard7456 Рік тому +1

      drop the ridculous maple syrup line,,i'm from canada by the way

    • @Northerngirl15
      @Northerngirl15 Рік тому

      @@cameronpickard7456 I agree, its cringy

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Рік тому +11

    Jay & Amber you'll love his "Workin At Car Wash Blues"!!!

  • @jonsher7682
    @jonsher7682 Рік тому +29

    Every time you listen to Jim, you also should also cite his musical partner Maury Muehleisen -- it was Maury who did all the intricate plucking on the guitar while Jim played straight-forward rhythm guitar, it was Jim who provided background vocals and delicate harmonies, and it was Jim's musicianship -- he was a classically trained pianist who taught himself to play guitar -- who elevated the music Jim created as a partnership. Before Maury, Jim was playing bars. After, they teamed up, they produced three chart-leading albums. And Maury did all this at an exceptionally young age, about 22 when the two paired up, and only 24 when they died in a plane crash.

    • @caryriggs5719
      @caryriggs5719 Рік тому

      Thanks for not letting us forget Maury.

  • @williambill5172
    @williambill5172 Рік тому +3

    If you guys love this one...try his "Lover's Cross"

  • @jlotoo850
    @jlotoo850 7 місяців тому +8

    This man was not just an outstanding guitar player--this was a poet--a true ministral...

  • @donnaj1964
    @donnaj1964 Рік тому +24

    I absolutely love Jim Croce. Gone way too soon. His son is singing his songs now.
    Would love to hear Photographs & Memories, Working at the car wash blues

  • @efcruzado
    @efcruzado Рік тому +10

    Maury Muehleisen, Jim’s band mate did the accompaniment in studio and in concert. A great guitarist. He also died with Jim in that plane crash.

  • @paulwalker9421
    @paulwalker9421 Рік тому +6

    "I've Got A Name" is one you need to hear from Jim!

  • @scottdebruyn7038
    @scottdebruyn7038 Рік тому +2

    Lobo 'Me and You and a Dog Named Boo' and 'Don't Expect me to be Your Friend'. You said story telling and sweet love songs, right? 😁

  • @mikeortiz6008
    @mikeortiz6008 Рік тому +33

    My dad introduced me to Jim Croce and I always think of my dad every time I hear him. Which is a lot now that my dad has passed. Jim is one of the best storytelling singers ever!

  • @davidabbett7011
    @davidabbett7011 Рік тому +3

    “I’ve Got a Name” . . . My favorite song of his.

  • @collinpillow4066
    @collinpillow4066 Рік тому +12

    A legend who died at such a young age. Who knows what he might have done if given another 30 or more years. Thanks for featuring this one.

  • @TexasRivermedic
    @TexasRivermedic Рік тому +2

    Lovers Cross is also another good one by Jim

  • @gpxo11
    @gpxo11 Рік тому

    Jay's own Top 40 countdown of Love-I wonder what number one is?! LOL

  • @alanbrown3963
    @alanbrown3963 Рік тому +24

    Jim was a genius, artful, soulful and genuine. He had passed before I realized how moving music could be. I was only 8 when he died. Not long after that I started to listen to music any way I could, on late night radio, on my father's turntable, on the radio in the car. Croce was one of my early favorites with Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and You Don't Mess Around with Jim. Songs like this one were imbedded in my brain for later times. He wrote music for everyone, and he did all of it well. 50 yrs ago this fall. RIP JC

  • @rebeccawyse5562
    @rebeccawyse5562 Рік тому

    Ahaha I saw that expression Jay...I am "wordy" too...let her brag on you, it's so sweet.

  • @kensherman4146
    @kensherman4146 Рік тому +15

    Two more fun songs from Jim Croce - “Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" and also “Roller Derby Queen“. Both great songs.

  • @istari0
    @istari0 Рік тому +10

    A beautiful song. Such a tragedy that the world lost him so young.

  • @chrishebert5672
    @chrishebert5672 Рік тому +27

    I was a big fan of Jim Croce in high school in the early 1970s. Some of his other big hits that I'd recommend are "Photographs and Memories", "I got a Name", "Alabama Rain", "Dreamin' Again", and maybe "One Less Set of Footsteps". I was sure sad to see him go when he died in 1973. So much potential.

    • @lesleydavis5229
      @lesleydavis5229 Рік тому +1

      Yes Chris, Photographs and memories….one of his greatest.

  • @stevedem76
    @stevedem76 Рік тому +17

    Jim was a genius. The way the vocals and the melody go together so seamlessly, it's like the song existed for a thousand years. The more times you hear this song, the more you love it.

  • @BrendaNelson-ll4ls
    @BrendaNelson-ll4ls Рік тому

    Jay and Amber, "I got a name" is a great song. I'll have to say I love you in a song. Absolutely lovely.

  • @NYlivinginTN
    @NYlivinginTN Рік тому +18

    I looooove Jim Croce's music!

  • @marvinjudegorospe8181
    @marvinjudegorospe8181 Рік тому +14

    I love most of his songs. Here are some you may had missed
    1. Lover's Cross
    2. You don't Mess around With Jim
    3. I Got A Name
    4. One Less Set of Footsteps
    5. Salon and Saloon
    6. It Doesn't Have to be that way
    7. Photographs and Memories
    "I got a name" is the song his family picked to remember him.

    • @The_Rob_Squad_Reactions..
      @The_Rob_Squad_Reactions.. Рік тому

      Message me 👆👆on telegrame above the name I have something special for you 🎁🎁..........

  • @billofalltrades2633
    @billofalltrades2633 Рік тому +9

    A great song! Great reaction!

  • @bevil4aday
    @bevil4aday Рік тому +17

    One of my favorites by Jim. Lover's Cross is a great song by him.

  • @StarGeezerTim
    @StarGeezerTim Рік тому +10

    Jim Croce and John Denver both play in a finger-style or alternate picking style that gives that distinct plucking character to their playing. And ONLY 40 things?! Seriously J, as an old sentimental guy who used to do this for my honey all the time, keep it up bud! They DO notice! It gets filed away in the female brain, and earns you serious brownie points! Great reaction, and ... JAZZ HANDS!! LOL

  • @CB-gr1uk
    @CB-gr1uk Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite singers ever.

  • @dwainwilder7337
    @dwainwilder7337 Рік тому +30

    This is one of my favorite songs by JC. As I listen and watch your reaction Videos, I realize how quickly you; Amber and Jay are learning and appreciating this great musical history. There is so much more, please continue on this musical journey! I am sure all your fans enjoy it as I do.

  • @jamesanderson5268
    @jamesanderson5268 Рік тому +6

    Such a beautiful lead guitar by Maury. Can you imagine how much music we would have had if all the singers and artists that died young had live until old. Wow, just imagine!

  • @BradReddekopp
    @BradReddekopp Рік тому +8

    I can't even imagine what he would have given us if he'd lived longer. What an amazing talent!

  • @michaelnorman3393
    @michaelnorman3393 Рік тому +11

    Really appreciate the love you show for Jim 💕

  • @firedoc5
    @firedoc5 Рік тому +1

    Jim died on my 8th birthday, Sept. 20, 1973, in Natchitoches, LA He had just finished his last concert of the year at NSU and was finally heading home. His plane clipped a row of pecan trees at the end of the runway. A true poet and wordsmith, his music is still relevant today.

  • @Sweetish_Jeff_
    @Sweetish_Jeff_ Рік тому +10

    FWIW my favorite Jim Croce song is “Lovers Cross”. Such an underrated track.

  • @anthonwest9541
    @anthonwest9541 Рік тому +2

    So many great songs from Croce. Another great one is "I Got a Name".

    • @anthonwest9541
      @anthonwest9541 Рік тому

      Oops. my bad..I see that you already reacted to that one.

  • @jeffniznick9280
    @jeffniznick9280 Рік тому +30

    He wrote this after an argument with his wife. She was in bed mad and he was in his basement. Wrote it in minutes.
    True talent!

  • @davidwoods2327
    @davidwoods2327 Рік тому +2

    He also has a great break-up song in "Lovers Cross" just for another side of Jim.

  • @deborahbranson3712
    @deborahbranson3712 Рік тому +3

    You should never be embarrassed to express your true feelings for each other in private or in public

  • @SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra

    Never forget Maury Muelheisen: Jim's guitarist (responsible for a majority of the solos and countermelody lines.). 🤘🤘

  • @deborahwhittington2157
    @deborahwhittington2157 Рік тому +3

    I love “working at the Car Wash Blues”!!

  • @maryrichardson1318
    @maryrichardson1318 Рік тому +1

    Wow. If I close my eyes, I am transported right back to my old room, lying on the floor, in the dark listening to this on my record player.

  • @odsurban
    @odsurban Рік тому +1

    Photographs and memories next please...thanks

  • @joecanady2345
    @joecanady2345 Рік тому +3

    J- you BETTER be writing notes to that sweetheart of a wife you've got there!!!

  • @RyneMurray23
    @RyneMurray23 Рік тому +4

    He wrote this song in one night for his wife after they had been arguing. He couldn't find the words to say so he wrote this song for her. It is beautiful 👍🏼

  • @kennethgestewitz6322
    @kennethgestewitz6322 Рік тому +6

    Another great love song from the 70's you really need to give a spin is "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg.

  • @scot60
    @scot60 Рік тому

    Finally! My favorite of all songs.

  • @MilesDavis2012
    @MilesDavis2012 Рік тому +7

    Love how the guitar’s like a constellation of notes, it creates such a spaciousness around the melody, almost a Spanish approach rather than a more one- dimensional American guitar style. Makes it romantic + thoughtful at once

  • @tammycosby4495
    @tammycosby4495 Рік тому +5

    Jim Croce wasn’t as high on the list of storytellers as Cash and Waylon and Willie but they lives into their 70-80s. Croce was only 30 when he died in a plane crash. He left one heck of a legacy in his short time here.
    (Also, this video shows exactly what I love about Jay and Amber. Their relationship seems so sweet and playful and pure and respectful. They always make me smile, no matter what kind of mood I was in before watching.)

  • @MegaHello202
    @MegaHello202 Рік тому +1

    I laughed so hard when jay said “don’t be dropping my game on the people!” 😂😂

  • @Shrykespeare
    @Shrykespeare Рік тому +27

    This makes me wistful. This was Jim's last Top 10 song, which was released six months after Jim died in a plane crash in September 1973. It's so sad thinking of the songs he never got to write or share with the world. He had a total of 10 Top 100 hits, six of which made the Top 20 - and you've now done all of those (the one you missed listing was "I Got a Name"). The one you have left before getting into Jim's deep album cuts are "One Less Set Of Footsteps", "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way", "Workin' At the Car Wash Blues", and "Chain Gang Medley". "Lover's Cross" and "Mississippi Lady" are also worth checking out.

  • @haroldmorey1107
    @haroldmorey1107 3 місяці тому +3

    My Wife wrote I LOVE YOU in the Butter almost every morning

  • @blanetalk
    @blanetalk Рік тому +2

    40 things!?! Well done, Jay! That's how you show appreciation for your partner. ❤

  • @peterterry9594
    @peterterry9594 Рік тому +6

    He's got so many like "A good time man like me ain't got no reason singing the blues," "Hard time Losin' Man", "Working at the carwash blues", "Roller Derby Queen." Oh yeah, one more I just remembered is "Box # 10". Just making some suggestions for further reactions to this great man's music. I grew up listening to him so I'm a major fan.

  • @toddserpe8975
    @toddserpe8975 Рік тому +4

    He is phenomenal a lot of heart and his

  • @maryohara1224
    @maryohara1224 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite JC songs is called Lover's Cross. I think you'll like it and it shows a different facet of Jim

  • @YhwhKhaiMostHigh
    @YhwhKhaiMostHigh Рік тому +2

    My favorite song by Croce!

  • @SteveJones79
    @SteveJones79 Рік тому +4

    As others have said, never forget Maury Muehleisen when you talk about the sweet picking and fullness of the guitar sound, he was a big part of Jim's success ❤🎶🎸

  • @lavender_granny
    @lavender_granny Рік тому +2

    for forty years i have made sure i always had his greatest hits in whatever vehicle i was driving

  • @janicetrimmell6897
    @janicetrimmell6897 Рік тому +1

    Jim and Maury - They told us everything with the songs and the outstanding guitars.

  • @ronl7438
    @ronl7438 Рік тому +3

    You're a good man Jay. Never stop those little reminders of your love for your wife.

  • @WilliamCooper-l6f
    @WilliamCooper-l6f Рік тому +3

    Probably, one of the most romantic songs ever. This is pure loveliness.

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life Рік тому +8

    Always has been one of my favs. No one sings and no one ever will sing like Jim Croce. ❤😊

  • @richremaly8418
    @richremaly8418 Рік тому +5

    Jay Jim Croce is,was and always will be a top singer song writer. IMO. He wrote excellent romantic songs as well as lifting up your feelings. Comedy ones too.

  • @cazgerald9471
    @cazgerald9471 Рік тому +1

    Maury Muehleisen was Jim's musical partner, playing lead acoustic guitar and backing vocals. He was also killed in the same plane crash. Jim was 30, Maury was 24.

  • @librarylady13
    @librarylady13 Рік тому +6

    💜💜💜 Jim Croce is wonderful! And this song is a favorite.

  • @dewman0269
    @dewman0269 Рік тому +3

    Another great reaction, guys...could you please react to another song by Jim Croce ?..." Lover's Cross"...you'll love it... Thanks guys...Have a good one...

  • @ahkiv6127
    @ahkiv6127 Рік тому

    You two are so adorable and cute!

  • @CousinWhatIsIt
    @CousinWhatIsIt Рік тому +2

    One of my favorites of his is called "These Dreams"

  • @RitaBowen1
    @RitaBowen1 Рік тому +1

    To me you can say I love all day long but it's when you do little things fix me a cup of coffee or wash the supper dishes bring me a glass of wine while I'm in the tub or reading my book. That's love to me

  • @LOKISlog7
    @LOKISlog7 Рік тому +2

    "Lovers Cross" is must.

  • @karenpatterson8574
    @karenpatterson8574 Рік тому +1

    If you were lucky to see them in concert you were not disappointed. God bless my mom for making sure I saw them twice in Toronto. We drove from buffalo ny. Elvis was close to Mrs Osmond . She reminded him of his mom.

  • @michaelmurphy5916
    @michaelmurphy5916 Рік тому +5

    His story telling skills extended into the comedic. You should really react to "Working at the Carwash Blues" or "Roller derby Queen". I think you will be so pleased.

    • @melissagerber7231
      @melissagerber7231 Рік тому

      I fell in love with a Roller Derby Queen.
      Round and round, oh, round and round.
      Meanest hunka woman that anybody'seever seen.
      Down in the arena!

  • @dakin7612
    @dakin7612 Рік тому +5

    I love this song. He's always been one of my very favorite singers.

  • @derekhudson3523
    @derekhudson3523 Рік тому +3

    I heard Operator 30 years ago and just started playing the guitar. I wanted to sound just like him. This was before the internet and I finally realized I was failing so miserably because it's actually two guitars. Jim on rhythm and Maury doing the lead. So beautiful.

  • @violettompkins206
    @violettompkins206 Рік тому +1

    Oh yes! I love Jim Croce. ✌❤🎶 I just love y'all! 💞

  • @blade3184
    @blade3184 Рік тому +4

    You should check out "Rock and Roll Heaven" by the Righteous Brothers. It is a tribute to some of the greatest artists who are now in heaven. Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison are just some of the greats mentioned.

    • @The_Rob_Squad_Reactions..
      @The_Rob_Squad_Reactions.. Рік тому

      Message me 👆👆on telegrame above the name I have something special for you 🎁🎁.................

  • @lilsuzq32
    @lilsuzq32 Рік тому +1

    His last name is pronounced crow-chee -- usually with the emphasis on CROW

  • @robertpiotrkowski6747
    @robertpiotrkowski6747 Рік тому +6

    Mr Jim was one of the greatest storytellers in song along with Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney etc. BTW, I don’t know if you’ve reacted to Gene Pitney at all but he’s another with a very unique voice and always has a great story, try his ( Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart)
    Jay, Jay, Jay, nothing wrong with your girl wanting to express her appreciation for your way of expressing your love for her, so proud of you guys and how you share your love and joy to everyone, it really make my day.

    • @maryohara1224
      @maryohara1224 Рік тому +1

      Gene Pitney was great, lots of fun songs. I love Bebop a Lula

    • @chipdamutt108
      @chipdamutt108 Рік тому +1

      Town Without Pity is awesome

  • @kdmcallister3537
    @kdmcallister3537 Рік тому +1

    Croce's on stage musical partner, Maurice "Maury" Muehleisen, added great guitar instrumentation to Croce's sounds....2 acoustic guitars brilliantly played.

  • @robotto8858
    @robotto8858 Рік тому +1

    LOL. Jay's game exposed! That's awesome dude! You keep making that girl happy! It's the key to your happiness. Love you two.

  • @justmoose6534
    @justmoose6534 Рік тому +2

    Workin At the Car Wash Blues is another fun one.

  • @Cheryltwin2012
    @Cheryltwin2012 Рік тому +5

    Like a lot of these love songs (take "Annie's Song", for instance), this one was written after an argument with his wife. Of all of Jim Croce's songs, this one is my all-time favorite. The words, the way the guitars play off each other and the strings all combine to make this one of those great love songs. It's short, but sweet.

  • @tonypastor705
    @tonypastor705 9 місяців тому +1

    Had it on the record,my favorite from Jim.😊

  • @johnc1593
    @johnc1593 Рік тому +1

    Jim croce. roller derby queen. Story telling song

  • @jeffreyflint6286
    @jeffreyflint6286 Рік тому +2

    Man I really wish this cat hadn't passed so young. His voice and music are timeless. 👍👍Way Up!!

  • @dianecomly6132
    @dianecomly6132 Рік тому

    This washes nostalgia over me. I was born in 1962, and these early 70s songs remind me of school mornings ... mom fixing breakfast, dad with his coffee and squabbling with my siblings (1961 and 1963).
    The radio was always on. Sundays were Sinatra for hours. Mom loved him. I miss my parents so much.

  • @rjs2005
    @rjs2005 Рік тому

    I can't hear a Jim Croce song without a tear leaking out of my eye, partly because of the beautiful stories he tells, and partly for what might have been had he not stepped on that plane in Nachitoches, LA in September 1973 (one day after my birthday). My nephew attended college at Northwestern State University- the site of his last concert. We visited him and I went to the site of his death at Nachitoches Regional Airport, and a wave of emotion overcame me- bear in mind this was 45 years after his death, but that's how much his voice impacted me. Great song choice!
    Also, I have to say that every day watching your reaction videos brings pure joy to my life. Yes, I enjoy seeing you react to the music of my youth, but it's more about the love you two appear to have for each other that sparks such happiness for me. This is the greatest reaction channel on YT by a mile, and you two are the prime catalyst. Thanks so much for being who you are.

  • @janerubel961
    @janerubel961 Рік тому

    Jay, your game is beautiful - don’t blush! If it’s possible,
    I’m even more crazy about you now! This is what Jim Croce was all about - men being able to share their most tender and vulnerable feelings. Channel your inner Jim, darling Jay!!!

  • @sendoh873
    @sendoh873 Рік тому +2

    Jim Croce's lead guitarist Maury Muehleisen made Jim's great songs sound even better. Jim's guitar playing was good too but his was more setting the foundation and structure for the song while Maury played around it but both guitars blended and fit together beautifully like butter on toast

  • @Rock2005Star
    @Rock2005Star Рік тому +1

    Def try out"A Long Time Ago". A very underrated Jim song! 👌👌👌

  • @magneto7930
    @magneto7930 Рік тому +1

    Just beautiful on so many levels!