FIRST TIME HEARING Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle REACTION
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FIRST TIME HEARING Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle REACTION
This is a reaction video used to educated and give my feedback on the song and Artists
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Go ahead, you can cry! I was gone so much as a Marine when my son was growing up. He’s given me 3 wonderful grandsons, I try to make it up with them, now retired. My boy is almost 40 and an awesome young man. I have the Camp Lejeune leukemia, I just want to live long enough to see my precious grandsons grow up, and continue to see my son and his wife continue to flourish
The thing that gets me about this, is that he loved his son and thought he was doing right by working so much to get the money to get him everything he needs, but in reality, what he needed most was time with his dad. The kid in this story isn't angry or resentful, he still loves his dad all the way through the years, so much so that he grows up repeating that same mentality, he now hasn't time for anything but work. So sad, and big reality check. ❤
A hard working man is a blessing,but MAKE TIME to spend with your children because you can NEVER get it back! Kids need their daddy!👨👧👦
Yes that sums if up. Life is a constant tug of war between , how much, how many, when , if , how , just get through your day, be kind to yourself and others..
A daughter needs a Dad just like a Son does! Always remember that
Harry was killed on the Long Island Expressway. It was the summer of 1981. He'd been driving a small Volkswagen car.
When the word came out we were all devastated.
I enjoyed your reaction. This was my parenting song that helped remind me to pay attention when my son was growing up. I still screwed up, but not as much as I might have. Thanks for sharing about your Dad. I'm sure you will be a great Dad when it's your turn.
Cats in the cradle is a story. Little boy blue and the man in the moon is a childs story. Then all hell breaks through. Although the dad thought he was doing the right thing and working his butt off. But sometimes your time is much more important to a child.
Actually, he didn’t write this song. It was brought to him by his wife and he put it aside and said he wasn’t interested. Sometime past and his wife had a child soon after that, he went ahead and took it out and put the lyrics to music so he did write the music part of it. He died in a car crash in his 30s, his son looks just like him they look like they could be twins. You could say his son is just like him.
I cry every time I hear this song...
You got it bro. Kids aren’t born wanting expensive gifts or posh holidays. What they want and need is their parents love and affection and their time
This song is so relavent today as it was when it was recorded. His wife wrote the words for it.
Even more relevant with today's rate of children growing up without fathers.
Perhaps but I think that fathers are much more encouraged to spend valuable time with their kids. I know my own dad heard this song as a young man, realized that was his relationship with his dad, and decided to do better.
Bout to be married soon I got a son on the way and I'm joining the army to make sure my family is taken care of. This song hits hard for me knowing how much I'm gonna miss with my unborn son when he's on this earth
You get what you give to your children. Nothing is more important and it goes by too fast!
Powerful song…this is just life
I loved this as a kid. It’s amazing how his son became just like him. There aren’t any redos in life. Unfortunately
I feel you, brother. So much love all around.
Cats in the cradle is a nursery rhyme ...he incorporated into the song ...
It was also a game, usually played by little girls, with string around their fingers who used to make different patterns with it and it was transferred from one kid's hand to another. I was crap at it.
This reminds me of my life.
My father was gone a lot when we (my brothers and I) were growing up.
I cannot say that we had the strongest relationship but we loved each other.
He died at nearly 94 years old on June 01, 2023.
We love him and will have a ceremony in his honor soon in Florida.
Great reaction! Harry Chapin and Jim Croce (Two phenomenal story tellers) left us way too early.
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❤️ to you my American brother. I've seen you talk about your well non relationship with your dad quite a few times. And every time I see the loss in your eyes. So love from Australia mate
Whoa...song cuts hard
"In The Living Years" by Mike and the Mechanics. Another excellent song about fathers and sons. Thank you for the great song and your reaction.
Yes! A must!
Definitely a must!
Almost to 100K. Keep it up, bro
edit: My father was around when I was growing up. He was an alcoholic who was physically and mentally abusive to everyone around him. I prayed my entire childhood that my parents would get divorced and I planned his murder many times but never went through with it. He died of a heart attack at age 58 and it was a relief to us all.
I'm sure it was hard growing up without a dad but, sometimes, it's a blessing.
So sorry to hear for you. Please do not repeat this cycle. He had his own demons to fight. You know better.
So sorry,it sounds like nobody showed him how to be a dad.You can change that legacy with your kids! You are loved!
Thank you for your reaction. Like you I had an abusive alcoholic dad, begged our mom to divorce him. At 12 I was rummaging through the bathroom cabinet to see if there was something I could put in his wine to poison him. My mother refused to divorce because "What would people think." and "I don't wanna be alone". It didn't matter to her that her children were suffering. At 19 I finally arranged the divorce for her. It took me 44 years to realize my mother was just as abusive to us as my father. My dad being the overt narcissist, my mother being the covert narcissist with a martyr complex. Glad I cut her out of my life too. Many lessons learned. Trying my very best not to make the same mistakes. Much blessings to you.
I bet a lot, if not most fathers feel the same way. Being a 'babyboomer' we were programmed to work and provide for the family. We were of the mindset of being a great provider, but definitely dropped the ball on spending time with the kids. Being a single dad didn't help either. I love my kids and thankfully we've got a close, loving relationship.
Harry's wife wrote the words to this about the amount of time Harry had to spend on the road.
This song terrified me when I had kids.
Another great singer songwriter & storyteller. I had his "Greatest Stories Live" double album. "Cat's In The Cradle" is his most famous piece. "Taxi" was another big hit for Harry Chapin. Ten years later he followed it up with "Sequel" showing what happened to the 2 people in the story. He had so many great songs such as "W·O·L·D", "Mr. Tanner", "Mail Order Annie", "They Call Her Easy", "I Wanna Learn A Love Song", "30,000 Pounds Of Bananas", "Shooting Star", "Halfway To Heaven", "Six String Orchestra", "Dreams Go By", "Remember When The Music", "Story Of A Life". We lost him too young in a car accident in 1981 at the age of 38. He left a great legacy of music.
Don’t forget about “Flowers Are Red”, which is a commentary about an educational system that has everybody marching to the beat of the same drum instead of being creative or seeing things with an open mind.
I didn't know he died. Wow that's even sadder.
Correct he didn't spend enough time with his son and then his son didn't have time to spend with him when he grew up because he had a life and problems of his own!
I didn't know my dad, I had Uncles though that made time for me and they were an important part of my life while I was growing up, I miss them very much!
As long as you make time for your own children when you have them this won't happen to you. Reading to them was an important part of the life I had with my children when they were little and still is a part of our lives to this day, we are always doing something that involves reading!
This song speaks volumes then...and now
Yes James...its about how time flys and we dont take time for the ones we love
You're going to be a great dad.
Its about priorities, children grow so fast, spend time with them. Stuff bought does not take the place of you with them.
His father didn't have enough time for him and as son got older he didn't have time for his father
This got to me when I was a kid (with the separation of my parents) It hits more now that all of my sons are grown and have children of their own.
FWIW I was in the US Navy and deployed often. I didn't have a choice.
We lost him way too soon.😇😭
The good die young. Harry was also a big humanitarian who devoted efforts to relieve world hunger.
This is a song about 2 people, father and son, who love each other very much, but miss out constantly. Cat's in the Cradle refers to an old wife's tale that said a cat would get into an infants crib and suffocate the child because they had milky breath.
I have three girls, 27, 21, and 9. They grow up so fast! I worked a lot, still do, but I still tried to spend as much time as possible with my girls. I still missed so much, and it hurts me that I missed one second of their lives. I still have so much time with them, and I am 47 now, so I am blessed that my wife and I were young parents, because we can still enjoy time with them, and Grand kids. Thanks!!!
The tough part is that they probably really did want to see each other and spend time with each other but other stuff just always got in the way and they never made the effort to make it happen. That's easy to do whether it's with family or friends that maybe don't live right around the corner. I have a couple friends and we often will say "It's been so long. We need to hang out some time." But the last time we actually hung out was years ago at this point.
Master storyteller along with Jim Croce
What I always got out of this song is how we always put things off because we're busy and then one day you wake up and you wonder where the time went... He worked and worked to give his son a better life but never really had time to play catch with him. Then his son grew up and was repeating the same cycle. Make time for people. They may not be here tomorrow 🙏
I had a great love-hate relationship with my father (there really wasn't any hate but there was some misunderstanding). By the time he passed, we were best friends (and I miss him sorely). He's still my best friend. There is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding between generations, and it would do us all well if we could come to terms with that. Peace, Love!!
Really really good one here cannot wait to watch love your reactions love you
Most people who have not had provider fathers misunderstand this song. The father was caught up in the rat race to provide for his son and never got to spend the quality time he wanted. In the end his son turned out to be quality man that made the father proud, on the same treadmill of life trying to take care of his family. The song is about how the forces of life which require most men to support families, forces them to choose between spending quality time with children and work. In the end, both the father and son deeply loved and admired each other, but missed out on time with each other. Hence, the words "I'm going to be just like you dad" and "It been sure nice talking to you dad." The son turned out fine in the sense that he was educated and a hard working family man. I have lived that same scenario with my father. I almost moved away after college to work, but the forces of fate placed us in the same city. I got to spend a few hours each week with my father in the last six years before his death. Most people have no idea the love and admiration which develops between a father and son when you realize how much that man has proven his love to you through sacrifice. I live to carry on my father's name with honor, dignity and sacrifice.
Yeah, well, even before he died, this song makes most men choke up. The Dad/Son relationship is often a difficult one, but that's because it's so very important. Lessons about tending to things that are really important, because we all get so caught up in the little stupid things along the way.
"The cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon, little boy blue, and the man in the moon..." is referencing four children's nursery rhymes and children's stories.
Been listening to him and I never knew that 😢
Neither the dad or son are bad people, they are just working class people and as so, you have to work...but if you can change things...but sometimes you can't as feeding and clothing your kids is more important that being there sometimes. But if you can feed and clothe your kids....opt to look spend time with them, especially male kids who will go down the same path as you have.
Yes. I’m sorry you have had to experience this song. It has always made me sad.
Man, what a heart breaking song, always makes me tear up, so relevant to so many people and it's timeless in it's message. You started by saying how much time flies, then this song is saying the same thing, if we can really take the song's message on board we won't have those same regrets when it's just too late. The 'cat's in the cradle' was an expression for trouble brewing, originally an ancient belief that a cat would suck the life out of a baby if left unattended. The song is based on a poem Chapin's wife had written about the poor relationship her first husband had with his own father.
BTW just a couple of technical things, sounds with that chirp sound you have a smoke alarm or something that needs a new battery, don't ignore that, it could save your life. The other is, I know you've had headphone issues so you're listening on speakers at the moment, but sounds like the video is a direct audio feed but it's also picking up the music through your microphone, it then adds a tiny delay to all the sound making it slightly weird to listen to, like a narrow echo sound. Maybe monitor the music quieter through your speakers and run your mic through a noise gate.
A lesson for all parents
Cats in the cradle Or Sins of the Father
And his son being just like him
It’s a sad song but you should do tributes to songs that touch you. I looked into Harry, because of you. He was a notorious lead foot. He had a history of speeding tickets in 5 counties. He cut in front of a rig in a 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit, on the expressway. Can you imagine? His gas tank was pierced and the car exploded. You should be telling me, I shouldn’t be telling you.
This is a tough, tough song for many of us, but beautiful, nonetheless. Peace, Love!!
Love this song! Thanks for picking this one.
Be the Dad you wished you had growing up.
You have a son or a dad and you will cry if you listen to this song
I just love this song so much.Really makes a person think
ABSOLUTELY....This song is referring to Father's and son's. And, in my platform, it's father to daughter. I love my dad. And we laid him to rest last year.
Listen to taxi and fix that smoke alarm
Great song! My parents used to to play it and I heard it on the radio when I was a little kid very little
And it's Harry CHAY-pin
And many blessings
I can relate to this song too but I have yet to make contact or speak to my dad at all since birth
I never had a mom even though she was there all the time. She had MS and gave up!
The lyrics to this were written by Harry chapins wife in a letter as a warning to Harry, "You are missing this". He was one of Americas greatest song writers. May I suggest you give his song "Mr. Tanner" a listen.
This is also my own story. Raised by a single dad which was very rare for the 1960's. Saw him mostly on weekends and was cared for by a live in nanny. Pretty much raised myself.
Now I'm 60. Learned long ago to stop chasing the dime and to stop working for others, and making their pockets fat while I just get by, plus stuck working THEIR schedule and hardly getting to watch my young ones growing up. Now I control my schedule and still make enough to do alright. Believe it or not, it all got better once we left California
Another good song is All my life’s a circle
I have been fortunate to work a job for many years that allows me a great amount of flexibility in scheduling, and I used that to spend as much time as possible with my wife and our children while they were growing up. They are now in their mid-20's and are, in many ways, our best friends. Looking back, I had many opportunities to work more or 'do my own thing', but I have zero regrets. I hope fatherhood finds you, if you wish it; it is the most rewarding thing you will ever experience.
Cats and the cradle is a nursery rhyme. You can Google it.
And what usually happens is parents don't have time for their kids, or the only time they give them is in some rage fit. This programs the kid to become time bombs in the future. Now think about the world as you see it today. All of this violence didn't come from nowhere.
You need to use earbuds or headphones. You are only getting 50% of the experience created by the Producers and mixers. You will appreciate the difference.
Most dads are like this. They have to work themselves, to death, to provide for their families so they grow up fed, housed and clothed.
I don't remember my dad much growing up, he was at work. It was always super special whenever we got to play catch or do something with him. But he was always at work. And, I said like the boy in thr song does, I'm gonna be like my dad. Turned out true. Come full circle. It's poignant how songs and music can be such an accurate representation of someone else's life.
Now, I am at work, I don't get to visit my dad much. He does his stuff. He is at work but now for less time than when I was growing up and I am at work now more. He's gonna be moving and I have this urge inside to be around him but I have a resistance in me. That resistance in me stems from my childhood, my dad instilling in me the importance of being at work.
I question now, how I was raised. I saw my dad with another woman after my mom died, odd relationship. I went to give the young child a zippo to play with cause they were making noise. That lady looked at me funny, more like irritated. I said "what? Lighters ain't bad for kids to play with. He gave us bullets, wrenches and lighters to play with. Making fires in the garage with sticks and shit." But I guess that's not a good way to be raised, yet that's how I was raised and how I think you ought to be raised. Now I question why did he rise me this way if he's gonna change it all up on me. There is a slight resentment and frustration.
I like this song because it stings, for me in more ways than one. It teaches me th value of spending time with someone, how important it is and how easy it is to lose the opportunity. It stings in that manner because I know it will end some day, stings because I will regret not spending time with him now. It stings because I am frustrated and don't know what to say now and know I will hurt when he passes away. It stings because all my life I will always try to be like him. And that hurts, I love my dad but it just hurts. Feeling like you were raised wrong seeing him with another woman and child being completely different than with me. Wtf was wrong with me, your own blood? Why do I have to look a fool, offering a lighter to a kid, thinking it's okay and everyone stares at you as if you're a lunatic? What is wrong with how I was raised to be at work? And he dedicates his time to this kid and woman? But he was at work and not with my mom and me and my brother? What was wrong? I love the man but I'm hurt
If you read to here, thanks for taking the time. I needed to vent, this one bought out a lot of emotions.
Lots of great songs from Harry Chapin to explore. Would have been much more if he hadn't died so young. He's a great storyteller, and best experienced live where his personality really shines through in his performance.
Beautiful, sad song. Harry was such a fine writer.
Hope the rest of the year is good for you too. This year has been one of the toughest for myself. I’m praying it gets better, I do have much to be grateful for❤️❤️
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Anyone a father out there can feel the pain in this song. Thinking back - yup...been there and regret it. Should have dropped work and took care of the kid.
I've found with my two boys that it works both ways.
One had selfless devotion when little, but we're apart all the time due to previous relationship issues with little communication by his choosing. The youngest sees me every day, but we have a strained relationship that can be good.
I hope things improve over time, and that we can have more positive father son relationships.
Only you can break the cycle! I'm 46 and my dad decided he wants nothing to do with me and I met him at 14 years old for the first time. Love and prayers and hope to you and your family
Stephanie, I really don’t know what to say, can’t imagine the pain, just want to say that your message touched me and my heart goes out to you 💜
This song/lyrics are timeless... and paints a real life picture of time lost, and irretrievable, once in a lifetime moments. What a sad realization for the Father who didn't MAKE the time to atleast sit and talk to his son.. a son who didn't ask for material things from a father who was more dedicated to a job, than to his son. I can't imagine a worst place to sleep on every night than a bed of regrets... Tomorrow is never promised; a hug, an "I love you Son", cost nothing, but are precious and priceless. If one can't find an hour to go share some burgers, listen to your kid's favorite music blasting on your car's radio, then you got what you deserve... If your marriage, your children don't have first priority... All the fame or $$ in the world will NEVER fill the void... Ask Tom Brady... PEACE & 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love this song. Check out "Taxi" by Harry. It's tough growing up without a father, but you're doing a great job. Peace 🤙
Deep
The most important lesson here: Replace the battery in your smoke detector…
Chay-pin dear.
He was working so hard and so much, that he never spent enough time with his family.
J,give a listen to The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics,and also listen to Put it There by Paul McCartney! Both songs are about the parent/ child relationship.Also Father and Son by Cat Steven's! P.S You are loved by God !💞✝️
I suggest you listen to Bridge by Queensryche. The general theme about fathers not being there.
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Hey James here is the Bee Gees first number one hit. ua-cam.com/video/DjTjVpt6Mlw/v-deo.html
It’s an incredible live performance from Australian TV during the early 60’s.
They look so young.
Thanks brother. I hope you are well. Best wishes from Belfast, NI. ✌️
Parents do have to work hard to make ends meet. Good news, God sends grandparents.
You need to get some Tragically Hip reactions in. You'll love them. Congrats on almost 100k.
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He had a heart attack while driving on long island freeway.that cause the accident
Hello hope you much success I Love Luther Vandross music his voice. Do more of his songs live videos. Luther has a display at the museum in Washington DC I not seen it yet but I will be going to see I heard it was great 👍💯 Have you become a member of the FANDROSS FAN CLUB.I have
I'm new to this channel, so if it's an inside joke, please let me know. If not, 2:52. You need to change the batteries in your smoke alarm.
Please react to Taxi.
A great storyteller, gone far too soon. His final concert, as it happens, was in my hometown of Hamilton, Canada; it was videotaped and used to be available on VHS. Harry's Greatest Stories Live album contains a short ballad called The Shortest Story, which may be the saddest song I have ever heard, and which makes Cat's In The Cradle sound joyous...
The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics is another song along these lines. Another, with a "happier ending", is Leader Of The Band by Dan Fogelberg, which became a hit while Dan's father (a former bandleader) was still alive and turned Fogelberg senior briefly into a celebrity...
If you don’t pay attention to them now, then they won’t return the favor when you are old.
Please listen to Aurora.
Werd to all of that
why you keep lookin' outcha winda? Ya spectin' ya soup?
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A song about a man who was focused on money and material success who had no time to be a dad to his son.. Later on when His son is older the man wants to have a closer relationship with His son but by that time it is way too late to establish that relationship.. The grown up son by this time has no desire to establish a close connection with his dad.. The son only has time for his work and his kids.. He is polite to his dad but there is no warmth there.. Nothing real.. Nothing deep.. The time to establish a close relationship with your kids is when they are little kids.. Don't try establishing a relationship when they have reached college age... You will have missed the boat..
This song will always be relevant..but for real, go put a new battery in your smoke detector
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