Beautiful song. He wrote this about his father passing away. The beauty of music is that it can be applied to whatever in your life that you are going through
I'm crying right now thinking about how my Dad raised me by himself, taught me everything & how he loved me but suddenly passed when I was 18. I'm 67 now & still wish I could have held his hand & told him one more time "I love you" & "thank you".
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT Thank you for the kind words. My mom's passing was regretful since she moved out on us when I was 10, so she was kind of gone but it did hurt some but not like his. I knew this song was about his dad so I guess that's why it always breaks me up. I'm so sorry about your losses. I know we were lucky to have to have these people who loved us so much. But it always hurts. Thanks again.
I was 15 when my dad passed suddenly (he was 47 & I am 59 now). Right or wrong I've carried that heavy loss since that day. The line "nobody else could ever know, the part of me that can't let go..." just destroys me with its simple truth. Here's to our fathers...
My husband passed away suddenly last weekend. This song brought fresh tears. I would give anything and everything I had to have him back. The last part of this song is so true.
Bread was one of the best 70's soft rock bands. Lead singer David Gates was a first rate songwriter. "" If", "Sweet Surrender", " Baby, I'm A Want You", Diary", "Guitar Man", " Aubrey", "It Don't Matter To Me", and " Lost Without Your Love" are among their best hits.
Am not a huge Bread fan as it was a bit before my time, but the 70s singer/songwriter era produced TONS of gems. The music really mattered then. About everyone thinks their era produced the BEST music, but I would have been happy to have been born 10 years earlier and been a child of the early 70s .... for sure!! Tons of great music through the years, but the 70s are truly golden.
I'm a guy in my 50s, that listens to Slayer, Pantera, DRI...if it's hard, heavy and dirty, I love it. But, I have a huge soft spot for Bread; I love their songs! My wife shakes her head at the disparity of my musical tastes.
There is an album cut "Our Lady Of Sorrow", sung and co-written by Bread's other singer James Griffin. It's the story of a woman fighting addiction and it's absolutely haunting. IMO it's the best track that Bread ever did.
Lex with your recent announcement of your pregnancy, this song reminded me of when my wife was pregnant with our first child. She had a favorite song she played a few times everyday. Eventually she came to realize that every time she played it the baby would stop kicking as if he was listening too. After he was born, if he was fussy, just playing the song would soothe him.
@@brettkenschaft4239 Glen Campbell's 'Honey Come Back'. If you aren't familiar with it give it a listen. I think you'll see how it can be a calming lullaby.
@@brettkenschaft4239 Not what I like to listen to either. Our son (now in his 20's) grew up to be a calm, kind, person so maybe it was good their song wasn't Judas Priest 'Breaking the Law'. 😁
@@rossmacintosh5652 Haha!! Yeah, could've turned out like Beavis and Butthead. That's one of their favorite songs. Funny in a cartoon, but not in real life!
I used to think this song was beautiful; I still do, but the message never “hit” me until I lost my Father in 2014; now it is beautiful and every word rings true.
But he done in way it ment different things to different people it took him 5 years to write and it always reminds me of my dad I Iost to cancer 7 years ago
Incredibly beautiful song by Bread! “It Don’t Matter To Me”, “If”, and “Make It With You” are all top notch songs, among MANY others. A great rabbit hole to fall down! 😎🎶❤
Yes, it was about his father. After his Dad passed away. "You gave my life to me, set me free..." But, everyone can relate to it. It`s a song about losing someone close and wishing you can see them again. Everyone can relate. Beautiful song. Listen again (its a fast song) and imagine him talking about his Dad...perfect words.
Nailed it at the end. It was about a specific person for him but he wrote it so that anyone could insert anyone they love and it would hit home. Brilliant writing, and truly one of the all-time great ballads.
I have literally never heard a "bad" song from Bread. They are that good of a group. If, Baby I'mma want you, The Diary... oh so many great tunes. This is a very deep rabbit hole to dive in. I honestly think you will be amazed by them the further you explore
David Gates, a Tulsa OK native, has one of the most beautiful voices of all time, when he was in High School he was in a band with Claude Russel Bridges (aka Leon Russell)
Such a wonderful song, written about his dad who had passed away. This song always reminds me of my lovely mum, who passed away in 2008. She loved Bread, and this song. She was a very gentle person, and showed us how to live by example, like the words of this song. I tear up every time I listen to it. Thanks so much for reacting to it, and for your always thoughtful and honest interpretations!💗🥰
Ahhhh...when Brad said he felt like the song could be about a dog, I literally started crying! My fur-baby, Murphy (7-y/o mini dachshund) was diagnosed with terminal cancer 4 mos ago. The vet gave him 3-6 mos, but fortunately he's been doing really well on medication (which won't cure him, but could slow the spread of the cancer). Murphy is my husband & my baby, as we were never able to have kids, so knowing what's coming soon has been really hard for us. Thank you Brad for providing your unique take on this song, as I'll always now consider it Murphy's song!🐕🐾♥
David Gates is THE voice of 1970s soft-rock. It wasn't so great to have virtually anything harder segregated to FM radio (at a time when we were very radio-dependent and most cars didn't have FM in them), but for what he's doing, Gates was the best.
I lost my mom a few years ago and there are times I would do almost anything to just hug her one more time. This song is a great reminder to not take our loved ones for granted.
When I was younger I just thought it was a break up song. But I heard this when my Mom died and I knew. It's the loss of your parent. Gave me a reason to sob again 💔
I first heard this song shortly after my dad passed and I don't know if it was a good thing or bad thing but I played it endlessly and cried every time I was 18 and he was 45, and it was 37 years ago. I still tear up when I hear this song. I think about him every day. Treasure your parents, never take them for granted.
You guys should react to more Bread… "Make It with You", "Diary", "Baby I'm-a Want You", "It Don't Matter to Me", "If", "Mother Freedom", "Down on My Knees", "Too Much Love", "Aubrey", "Sweet Surrender" 🎸🤘
Brad hit it. I think about my dog I got from the humane society when I hear these words. Sadly, he's gone now but I would give anything to see him run into my arms again. The best dog I've ever had. I'm crying now.
One of Bread’s finest songs - and it’s true, it is about anyone that’s been “lost” - but then Brad mentioned a pet and now all I can think of is that it’s a song about a dead hamster - lol.
Wow my suggestion made it I would never steer you wrong! Lex ❤️ next from bread would be IF!! Trust me! My mother passed I heard that song on the radio a few days later I fell apart!!
Glad you finally got around to listening to Bread again & won't go into this song as others have explained it already, but you still have so many more groups to go from this genre you haven't heard from the 70's : England Dan & John Ford Coley, Brewer and Shipley, Pablo Cruise, Captain & Tennille, Orleans, Firefall, Poco, Climax Blues Band, Air Supply & some others too.. Nice reaction to a wonderful song..
Lost my dad 2 years ago and this song has become very special to me. I've always loved this song, but the meaning has changed for me. Lex's smile during this song is everything.
For me, this applies to my wife. She gave me 38 wonderful years and all these lyrics are true. She made a home where, with her I felt warm, sheltered, safe. She taught me what love really was. She was my everything and a part of every fiber of my existence. The one thing I cold not be without. The only thing I could not lose, but still I lost her.
I am so glad you guys did this song. I've always found it amazing that I really don't like very many songs from bread, although I do like a couple. But this song has always meant so much to me and I love it. I agree that it's probably written to apply to a lot of different things and it's a lot more about the feeling and the emotion of it. And also I'm not taking someone for granted. For me this song was on the radio all the time right around the time one of my two great-grandmothers died that I was lucky enough to know. The other one had already died. But this one lived not far away and when I was very young my environment was sometimes fairly chaotic and I would end up spending a few days or a weekend or sometimes even a week with her, I'm not sure why exactly. But I grew to love that time and I could tell she did too. She never said too much but still she showed the way. There was a certain spring smell about her place. She would hug me or put her hand on my shoulder in a way that wasn't threatening to me and it just felt so relaxing. I truly felt loved. And so when she died, I played this song over and over. It's still kind of makes my allergies Act up.
My dad just passed this year in Jan I cried listening to this I miss my dad so much he was a great father to me and my siblings ...he was very logical and emotions were not his forte never seen him cry but he was always there for me growing up and well into adult hood I am 57 he was 86 when he passed away I feel lucky and grateful to have had him for my dad
I'm old and have been listening to this song for longer than you've been alive, and I just realized it IS an empty nester song. He's thanking his parents for giving him life and everything that goes with it.IMO
Bread, Smokie and Dr Hook wrote the soundtrack to my childhood. My mother seemed to be constantly playing records when I was growing up. I can still hear the sound of the needle making contact with the record and the slightly crackly vinyl as the record started to play. I still listen to those songs today (Digital now and I miss the crackle) and when I do, I’m transported back to those long hot summers and a time when everyone had long hair and faded denim was the uniform of the day.
I always loved this song. About a month after my father died I was cleaning my house when it came on a playlist. And I cried and grieved the hardest I ever grieved for him (and I had already cried and grieved a lot). It's not a bad thing. Now I cry everytime I hear this song, but it is full of so much love I wouldn't have it any other way.
Lex: beautiful sentiment about the love of a parent to a child which is almost spot on to the true meaning of the song Brad: it’s about a dog LMAOOOOOO i legit laughed so hard omg
I was born in 70, but, from what I can remember, Bread, The Carpenters, and John Denver were a huge part of the "70s sound" in the first half of the decade.
I think the song that sounds like this but is about a pet is called "Shannon". Paul McCartney did a happier variant on the idea on the Beatles White Album with "Martha My Dear".
@@dggydddy59 when Brad said that he thought the song was about a dog, I immediately thought of 'Shannon'. A horse is a horse, of course, of course.... lol.
My big sister died 2 years ago and when I was a kid she said something to me that I will never forget and it set me free from feelings of guilt and she taught how to love she had such heart of mercy for people .Right after she died I heard this song and the song abrey now all I can do is think of her when I hear them.
Yes, this was about his father passing. Bread has about 8-10 beautiful ballad hits. They were very popular in the '70's and radio gave them a lot of air play. Bread's Greatest Hits is a great album if you just want to wallow in being sad for an afternoon and there was once a joke about exactly that on an episode of "Will and Grace".
If you want to hear one of the best songs from the 70's about the loss of a dog, listen to Shannon by Henry Gross. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1976. It's a song about the death of an Irish Setter named Shannon. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R5Wpn3dFrEs.html
Happy Father’s Day to all the great Dads out there! Everything I Own - Bread. David Gates of Bread crafted this song as a moving eulogy to his father, who was his guiding light. In an interview, Gates revealed that his father's passing inspired him to write 'Everything I Own,' which captures the essence of his feelings toward his father. The song's lyrics, including 'You sheltered me from harm, kept me warm, gave my life to me, set me free,' convey a sense of appreciation and loss.
The romantic in me always made these songs love songs - or love lost songs. Obviously, there are other interpretations. One benefit of reaction channels, is that all these years later (thanks in large part to the internet), you might learn what the songwriter's inspiration or intent was.
He was heart broken that his dad died before he saw how popular David became. He was just wishing him back again to see how he survived the hard times and his dad supported David in his dream to succeed in the music field
For my Mom. For my Dad. For my sister. For both of my brothers. And yes, for my sweet little Heidi Bear. I would give absolutely everything I have, for just one more day.
