This reaction is in my top tier of music reactions. One I will revisit every few weeks, if not more frequently than that. It has it all -- a fantastic song, a cool music video, and a fun-tabulous reaction from two amazing people.
Indeed. Sadly, 30 years later it was used for selling Swiffer mops. *sighs* The good news is that good music carries on and most people still are listening to this, discovering it, and digging it.
We were the lucky generation, after auto tune was invented, music went to shit. That and digitization ruined music. There is a young artist poised to bring back good music, Angelina Jordan, 17 and makes this old man sad I won’t see how big of a legend she will become!
Another shining example of how songs were performed in 70s and 80s. You had to know how to sing and play your instrument. Period! No autotune, etc. Just very talented people.
Auto tune was the worst thing that could have ever happened to music..that and computer apps/programs that spit out “music/songs” with a few keystrokes, no musical talent necessary. That’s why live concerts these days are mostly older bands like journey, Fleetwood Mac, the eagles etc because these younger “musicians” that can’t sing or play a lick can’t tour..they aren’t musicians…music these days is mostly a joke compared to back then.
As I watch more and more young reactors listening to 70s songs, it confirms again and again what I've been saying for years: 70s were the best. We were spoiled because the radio was full of songs like this. Song after song, after song after song. I guess we just took it for granted, but we didn't know. Now we do. Great stuff.
We made & gave each other themed mixed tapes. Which we created by sitting by the radio with the cassette player paused on record--so as soon as the DJ stopped talking we could un-pause & record the song we wanted to add to the mix. It could take weeks to fill the cassette tape especially if your local DJs were super talkative & ruined the intro.
You are so right in every way. I worked hard to save up for a kick ass stacked console - turntable, receiver, tuner, equalizer, dual cassette deck, 4’-5’ speakers (later a CD player)- all bought separately of course. Who could afford the whole set at one time?!!! And, yes, every Sunday night there I was in my bedroom, blank cassettes at the ready, set to record “The Seventh Day” on KLOS-FM where Uncle Joe Benson would play 7 complete classic rock albums back-to-back, sometimes double-albums, and he would only talk or go to commercials between sides, giving you time to flip the tape and get ready for Side 2! While listening to each track I would write down the album playlist in the blank paper insert and draw out the band logos and album name on the cassette stickers for each side. Eventually, I had a huge library of albums on tape AND I could record to other cassettes and give them to my friends, all for friggin’ free! Wish I still had my tape collection but, hell, we played the sh*t out of ‘em. Miss those days! 🤙🔥
@@caseymoe816 Oh, you had the first class set up! I had 1 of those cheapo all-in-one systems with the receiver, dual-cassette deck & turntable (it might have even had 8-track--although I never owned any 8-tracks). And yes the cassette stickers & case insert creations/artwork were a huge part of creating the perfect mixed tape. Fun times.
Love your channel 🖤. This African American grandma (and the culture) love some Player "Baby come back" . This song spent time on the R&B/Soul charts "in the day". YAAAAAS. One of my all time favorite songs. "You can blame it all on me, I was wrong, and I just can't live without you". Smooth. 🖤🖤🖤❤❤❤
AMEN!!! Another African American grandma here. I jammed to Player and Chicago just like I jammed to Parliament Funkadelics and Daz Band. The music was GOOD! All of it. No matter who played it.
WE GRANDMA' S THAT ARE OUR SIXTIES AND UP HAD SOME OF THE BEST LOVE OF MUSIC. AND THE EMOTIONS WERE EXPRESSED IN THOSE TIMES . ON RADIO, ON THE JUKE BOX, DANCE FLOOR. MUSIC IS A WAY OF EXPRESSING AND IF YOU SING OR ACT ON IT IN THE TRUE WAY ITS AUTHENTIC.. THERE WERE SOME DAMM GOOD TIMES... NOW ITS NOT RESERVED AND DELIVERED NOT WITH VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND MORALS...XOXOXO REMEMBER THAT??? ⚘️⚘️⚘️
On Friday's and Saturday night all of the local radio stations took requests and dedications. If you really wanted a girl to take notice or make-up after a break up there wasn't anything better than to request something like this or a smooth love song. She would hear it and so would everyone within that radio station's reach.
Songs like this are why 70's music will live forever. Real musicians playing their own instruments, writing songs that tell a story from the heart. I'm so glad I grew up listening to artists like this.
"I must have been thru a thousand girls; I'd love 'em and I'd leave 'em alone. I didn't care how much they cried; no, sir. Their tears left me cold as a stone... but then I fooled around and fell in love." --- those lyrics are from "Fooled Around & Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop. Please give it a listen.
Yes, some guys did. I was a teenager to a young adult in the 70s and I experience an array of music as a young black woman -- soul, disco ,soft rock. Music made our world. Such a happy time. I love the 70s.
Yaaaaaas one of my favs!!!!!! I grew up listening to this. I love this genre, it goes by many names like yacht rock, soft rock and my favorite blue eyed soul!!!! There were so many amazing groups in that genre like The Bee Gees, Steely Dan, Bread, Boz Scaggs, Hall and Oates, America, Ambrosia, Michael Mcdonald, The average white band etc........ So many for you guys to check out. If you haven't already.
One of the great groups and songs of the 70s. Wore out the record playing it so much. They had a few other hits such as This Time I’m In It For Love. Player reminded me a lot of Ambrosia. Similar sound. Thanks to you both for reacting to Player. Love your channel. 👏👏😊🇨🇦
70's were awesome. Every car had a 8 track ,cassette or FM radio. We would drive around and see other cars with our friends going by listening to the same song singing and shaking our heads to the music. Great times
Girl, you are on to something with your analysis. In the 60s and 70s there was an explosion of talented people that wanted to be musicians who grew up listening to the black artists from previous decades, the Motown artist and black sole artists. Eventually years later that surge of artists were given a label, they called it "Blue Eyed Soul" groups like Hall & Oats, you could instantly hear the influence that black American artists had on their sound.
Great reaction to this classic T&T! Here's the thing. The trick is to take your girl for a ride and have this playing on the tape deck so low it acts as a subliminal message for your apology! PsyOps 101! Here's another great one from the 70's - Smoke From A Distant Fire by The Sanford-Townsend Band on the Midnight Special!
The 70s were absolutely incredible. Great musicianship and vocals. Lyrics packed with emotion and meaning. Music that would get in your head and you would find yourself humming it in the shower.
Hilarious. Right question? ? Group is called player. The group scope. The group is called the player player and let's. Baby come back that is a group player?😅😅😅 I could not imagine.😅😅😅 What the player? What did the player do? A dirty player dirty dirty dirty😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I mean let's break this down from the very get go. Apply your. The player is singing a sad song about baby come back Hey. I'm just cutting theimagine what the heck did the player do?😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
This was written by the British lead singer Peter Beckett about his Australian London-based model wife, Lynette, after they split up in LA. `guess what? He never did get her back.
I was a teenager during the 70s (class of '78) and I was inspired to learn to play guitar in 1974 from the influences of James Taylor, John Denver, Cat Stevens, etc. A friend of mine and I had a duet thing going, doing Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young and so on. Since it was a small town/school, we played at the Homecoming Coronation and our band played at our graduation. But I NEVER took my guitar and serenaded a girl from outside her home!😅
You two are GREAT! I love seeing people really enjoying good music. And you two DEFINITELY were enjoying this song. I grew up in this decade and we had the BEST music. You can't convince me otherwise. And YES, guys really would do the "boombox" thing begging women to take them back or just give them a chance. It wasn't something made up by the movies, it used to actually happen. You have gained a subscriber here with your honest reactions!👍👍
I was a young teenager in the ‘70’s, listening to this kind of music, skating at the roller rink, not a care in the world, except getting home before the street lights came on!
How many 'young' people today knows what false bravado means? Back in the day songs were poetry set to music. there was bittersweet and sugar romance. none of that in today's music which is kind of vulgar and violent and very boring. I love to see younger generations watching and hearing the music that told stories of hope, dreams, faith and love.
... and there's a lot more where this came from ... namely, THE 70'S !!! This is one of my all-time favorite reactions -- 1 --- because of the beauty of the song, and 2 --- because of the beauty of the reactors -- the inner beauty. Two sweet, real people. And yeah -- you're both beautiful outside as well. 😊 How this song affected you guys was moving. I thought I had watched the reactions for this song from all of my subscribed-to RVCs. As soon as I saw this video in my queue, I clicked on it. Glad y'all decided to react to it. How did she find this one? Google, she said. A little surprised y'all are just now finding this song. It's a popular one on RVCs. I am looking forward to watching your "Soft rock/Yacht rock" video. Tons of great songs in that category from the greatest decade in modern music -- the 70's . Keep on with y'all's bad selves. Oh yeah -- I lived at "that time." We DID this.
September 15, 2024…@…3:20 am… 62 years old today…Wilfred Wheeler…September 15, 1977…(50 years ago)… 15 years old then…and…Born&raised… River Rouge, Michigan…387 Palmerston
The 1970s definitely had the best music. The singer songwriters were very creative and talented. I'm so glad I was a teenager back then. Another group you would like is Ambrosia, they had a lot of great songs including "How much I feel", "Biggest part of Me" and ""You're the only woman."
Yes people really did that stuff, alot. If your best girl was mad at you you could call the radio station and request a song like this dedicated to her.
You used to be able to call in to the radio stations and request a song for your girl or guy either asking forgiveness or to say your sorry, or if you liked a girl you could dedicate a song to her on the radio, etc. I used to call in requests for certain songs at our local radio station. Fun times!❤
The groups in the 70's that always released a killer ballad on every album. The Stylistics, The Dramatics, New Birth, Earth Wind and Fire, The Isley Brothers, The Commodores, Ohio Players, Cameo, Bootsy's Rubberband, 4 Tops, The Temptations, The Jackson 5 ( Got to Be There, Darling Dear, Never Can Say Goodbye, I'll Be There, ) Just the male groups I related too that made it Ok for a teenage high school jock to right poetry for a girl and not be ashamed when she read it to her friends in class. LOL.
You guys are right. Awesome reaction. Your smiles, laughs, the body language...totally awesome. The song: The vocals and instrumentals and the synergy of the rhythm, its message...quite a sensation.
U R right, T. …not sure/don’t know how many (several, for sure) ‘mix tapes’ I made for girls/ girl listening back in the ‘80’s. Might still have a couple. 😑 Always enjoy y’all’s take music. Peace!
i turned 13 in 1980 and all this 70s rock was still lingering around on the radio. We only had 4 channels on tv and one was a PBS channel you could only pick up on clear days lol. I never had a tv in my room as a teen. I had a stereo with 8 track, cassette, radio, and a turn table. Music was our lives as 70s and 80s teens.
Pure passion, big talent and uplifting... That's what I remember of music growing up in the 70s and 80s and there were so many great songs like this on the radio.
I so agree with you both….. the 70s produced some of the best music ever recorded. This is one of my favs of the era…..Baby Come Back is a timeless gemstone
Man ohhh man !!! Those were the days ……. Some of the best music ever written, performed, and produced …….. This was my era…. My children would listen when I played a lot of these oldies, I’d start dancing, and they followed along ….. Dogs ….. those were the days, keep playing these GREAT songs, it will make more memories flood back!!!!😘😘
Just found your channel and you're reacting to one of my favorite songs!!!......this brings back so many memories. Dont know if you've already reacted to the group Ambrosia or not, but they have some AWESOME songs as well that are kinda like this one so check them out. three of the songs by Ambrosia are 1-) You're the Biggest Part of Me, 2-) How Much I Feel, 3-) You're the Only Woman.
There was a song with the same title (Baby Come Back) released in 1968. It was a completely different song done in a reggae/rock style by a group called The Equals which was led by Eddy Grant, later famous for his hit "Electric Avenue". No similarity whatsoever to this song but adventurous music lovers may want to give it a try.
Dear T (girl), T (dude) is right. I personally did this (pull up in a car and play this for my girl). Yep, I had the coolest wheels too! While my friends cruised in on their Big Wheels, I cruised in on my 'Mean Green Machine'. OK, so I was born in the early 70's and didn’t have a car or radio or girlfriend, but if I was older then I would have. ; ) I enjoy your videos, keep em coming!
Great Song! There is a Classic episode of The Simpsons in which Homer was supposed to be looking after their Baby Maggie and when she goes missing,, Homer calls the Missing Children Hotline and this song comes on while he waits for an Operator to talk to...Baby Come Back! and Homer crumbles into tears!
It did and does happen to this day. Like Latino music they would take full horn sections and guitars and sing outside the on they love To express their feelings
About the same time and genere there was this band “Pilot” try Magic or January. Have been watching your reactions for some years now, you’ll like this.
Inteteresting factoid about Player: Ron Moss, the dark headed one on guitar and vocals (the guy in red) left Player to get into acting and wound up originating the role of the popular character "Ridge" on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Hey, new subscriber here--you all are fun to watch, and I love the younger generations discovering the music I grew up listening to. I'm sure you hear that a lot.
