Goosebumps! - PETER GABRIEL KATE BUSH DON'T GIVE UP REACTION(First time hearing) 

Kate Bush is such a magical creature.

This song completely undoes the myth of male privilege. The pressure on men every day is enormous, to be the provider, the defender and the strong one...probably why most suicides are men. Once life has robbed you of dignity and the ability to provide food and shelter for your family, the shame is overwhelming...very hard not to feel like a failure. This song is a tender response to lessen the shame to a manageable level. Beautiful.

I agree. This is a deeply emotional song. I think it's a hymn to perseverance and humanity powered by love and support.

This song got me through years of depression. It’s sad and uplifting at the same time. Gabriel sang how I was feeling and Bush lifted me up.

One of the best duets ever.

In an interview on the making of the video, Gabriel said "There are worse ways to make a living" when asked what it was like to have to hug Kate Bush for the duration of the song. ;)

this song is all about the lyrics and that hug. Is all about supporting each other. Her voice is angelical. His voice is amazing. I was lucky to get all his CDs :) and listen the songs on a loop

Two icons of music = pure bliss. Peter & Kate are just such tremendous artists & this song is a pinnacle of their collaborations. They also did another song together a few years earlier with not as much of Kate called "Games Without Frontiers."

A friend of mine from New Zealand turned me on to this great song. At the time, I knew of Peter Gabriel, but wasn't familiar with Kate Bush. I've had times in my life when I wanted to give up, but my son needs his mom. Very emotional. Thanks Harri !

I shed a year every time I hear this song.Take care of each other.

Two brilliant Artists.

There was absolutely no way this song was going to be anything but a classic

One of my favourite tracks of all time... a perfect duo.

The very talented and beautiful Kate bush .So many past memories through her haughtily stunning voice .

This song helped me get through college and my early 20s. I felt like Peter Gabriel’s character and Kate Bush was my support. I had no one and her plaintive cries of “please don’t give up” mean’t so much to me. The eclipse of the sun and it’s return was simple, yet strong imagery.

This song is one of those that probably saved my life. You call it correctly.

no way this guy has never heard this before. impossible to live through the 80s in the uk and not know this

Dude, you actually REACT with some SUBSTANCE. So many reactors don't say anything really. Subscribed 👍

while the message is positive and its hard not to love it but try to imagine the problems that people have who are less privileged than Peter and Kate ? And how many have access to the (pictured) support of the magnificent Kate's Bush who brings such a maternal warmth very few unrealistic

When he says " stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down below. That river flows" He's thinking about jumping.

The video is such a bold choice. It takes a lot of conviction and and faith in your idea to just have two people giving each other a comforting hug throughout the entire song. But it adds so much emotion. I loved this song for years before I ever saw the video -- then found myself falling in love with it again after I did.

Absolutely beautiful my favorite song ever.

The pressures on a Man to provide for his Family in Hard Times.

what a love song! (sad, but hopeful)

That southern black gospel piano is sooo good, just dropped in. So gorgeous.

Great take. As you noted, we've all been in this spot. It's when we need our partners' love and support the most. These are two supremely talented artists.

Brings tears every time I listen

If you have ever been in love and life has kicked you down , you get this song.

💖💖💖💖 Beautiful Song and Please ... don't ever forget, Times maybe Bad/Sad but there is Always Music to lift you up or Voices that makes you Warm and Happy.

Best of the best. Period. And yeah that looooong hug, makes a difference!

Neat response Harry - on that last thought, yeah, this was an important tune, but so was Biko - literally changed the world, helped end Apartheid, listen to it if you haven't yet!

Meravigliosi!!! 🤍🤍

Watch the backround as the goes dark then he feels better and the sun shines again.

Notice that the sun in the background undergoes an eclipse signifying his darkest days and hopefully his exit from that darkness.

Perfection

I love this song. So much meaning to it. I love the outro too......

Have always adored Peter Gabriel. Fine duet. Thanks Harri.

I generally don't appreciate the commentary, but you my brother are spot on, thank you

Undeniably gorgeous song 🎶!✌🏻

two super talents, especially kate

Del Palmer on fretless bass- he was with Kate for many years as a couple. I believe he’s now sadly passed on. Great musicians on all of her songs. KB and PG have done a lot of work together over the years.

This song has saved many, many lives.

This song was made back in the 1980's but it resonates with the hard times and need for love & family that has overshadowed all our lives these past few years. The eclipse of the sun is so prominent and all your can see is the fiery "corona" in the time of coronavirus. Wonderful reaction, I haven't seen this video for many years.

GREAT reaction 👏😁!!! Apparently Peter Gabriel wrote this song because some of his ancestors went through "the depression" and was so touched by the way people got through it + he wanted a woman to sing with him to appreciate how women stepped in at the time to help!! STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL ❤️🔥😍!!!

Beautiful.

To give you the context of this song you'd have to go back to the late seventies, when Margaret Thatcher became PM of the UK. One of the first thing her government did was to close off all the coal mines because they were losing revenue and it was much cheaper to import coal. But the result of that was that millions of people were all of a sudden out of a job. Take in mind that this was a passed down from father to son job, many generations grew up in the coal mines and that was all they knew. Many took to the streets in protest, many others took to the bottle and drugs and many more took their own lives since they figured there was no use anymore. Peter Gabriel isn't from a working class background, in fact, it's quite the opposite, he's from higher class. But he DOES know how much effort you have to put in to make your life work out and sympathized with the miners. He found a picture of men waiting in line at a job office during the great depression of the 1920's when pretty much the same thing happened, it inspired him to write this song. He initially wanted Dolly Parton to sing the female part but she couldn't be booked, so Kate Bush was brought in and she knocked it out of the park.

Shot in one take. They are standing on a revolving stand, which turns as each is about to sing.

A duet of two musical geniuses. Gabriel was inspired to write the song after seeing pictures of 1930's depression era dust bowl families who were destitute. He first asked Dolly Parton to do the duet with him, but she declined. Peter then asked his good friend Kate Bush (who had sang backing vocals on a previous album, and the hit single "Games Without Frontiers" where Kate sings the chorus in French). Famous producer Daniel Lanois said that the whole studio crew were in awe and felt like they were in the presence of an angel when Kate performed. Another interesting trivia fact is that bassist extraordinaire Tony Levin wanted a muted bass sound for this song, but couldn't get it quite right. He happened to have his baby daughter's diaper bag with him in the studio and he stuffed a diaper under his bass strings and got that iconic bass sound on this song. This song has been credited by many people with changing their minds about suicide or harming themselves (including Elton John, who said it prevented him from overdosing on drugs).

Gorgeous. Emotional. Dark. Depression. With a glimmer of hope.

Elegant simplicity. It came out at a time when videos were becoming increasingly complex. It was at first seen as too simple, but then became extremely popular.

No one is great without someone to love you...

Thank you for reacting to this song; you made my day. Much love brother.

Sheer beauty

Thanks for reacting mate.

very honest reaction - thanks

I’ve listen to many songs in my life time, this is truly and amazing deep song wow.

A wonderful song delivered by two people who are stars in their own right. I've been both those people with my other half and recognise the power of that support. But I have to add that now I'm old and most of the people in my life have gone, I'm glad that I learned the value of being that person for myself so I was here when I needed me. It helps that at least once a week I remind myself of who I am and reflect on times in my life when I've felt hopeless and needed to be strong. I think of where I came from and where I am now and how I got here and how much of a part I played in getting here and how unlikely it was that I ever would. It's an important message to never give up. Even when you can't see a way out or forward, there is one. You just have to hang on and keep your eyes open so you can recognise it when you see it and grab it when you do. My most important mantra is "This too shall pass". It means enjoy the good times because they can disappear in a moment but if they do, remember that is also temporary and things will be good again. Life is a cycle and you just have to learn how to ride it.

When you start at 14 years and your own women doing write and sing 🎤 great music and live profrom

As a serial viewer of reaction videos on YT, I can say this is one of the best I've seen. Excellent Harri. The unobtrusive instrumentation amplifies the impact of the very serious lyrics and the simple video accentuates the message even more. Superb.

One point about the video: While Kate and Peter were hugging each other very closely, there was a solar eclipse behind them. In medieval times such an eclipse of the sun made people believe that something very bad was going to happen. So this stands for hard times, and these two friends have gone through that together symbolically. So don‘t give up, you still have us.

Thank you Harri. Great reaction 😊🎯

Look behind Kate & Peter...first the sun..then an eclipse...and finally the sun again giving us all HOPE and inviting us to don´t ever give up...fantastic!!!!

Remember when this song came out. The story(rumor) was that Peter wrote this about or during a time of contemplating suicide

Beautiful voices singing about a very tuff subject. Great analysis Harri

This is such a favorite, by a favorite artist. If you like this song, I would suggest, just for your own enjoyment and pleasure, you watch a fantastic concert video… the secret world. After watching it repeatedly, I finally bought the dvd…. The only concert recording, other than Woodstock, that I bought to watch over and over again

This video is way better than the first one that had them both jumping up and down on trampolines the whole time.

You should listen to another great duet from Gabriel and O'conner. "blood of eden'.

A gospel narration they called it

This was a great reaction, with deep heartfelt analysis. Thank you for it, Harri.

Such a thoughtful emotionally honest reaction to one of the songs that breaks me down to the ground every time I hear it. Thank you.

Outstabding

When 911 happened I took solace in this song -- It fit so well with what that terrible time-- The fire fighters and rescue people alone running into disaster instead of away - even after suffering unbelievable losses still not giving up

Simply stunning. Thanks Harri.

Love this. Fabulous! ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

This was quite intriguing. I wasn’t impressed at first and became a fan by the end of the song. 🌺✌️

Masterpiece.

A very similar song to this is the Beatles' "Nowhere man" which John Lennon wrote about himself as he was driven insane by the long tours the Beatles were doing where he went all over the world but at the same time all he saw from those countries were the hotel rooms and the Concert halls the band played. He was going everywhere but going nowhere at the same time. He describes the alienation, the fact that he couldn't find solace with his wife since she couldn't identify with it, heck apart from the other Beatles, NOBODY could. But the song also has a hopeful message "things will get better eventually"

Very powerful mate

Please watch Peter Gabriel “In Your Eyes” live!! EPIC!!

Genial sing

crazy how something as random as Tony Levin cramming a diaper under the bass guitar strings created such an iconic sound that set the mood. Having been through so much this song holds up and always brings a tear when I hear it

Kate also sung on Peter's Games Without Frontiers. And how lucky was Peter in making this video? Who wouldn't want to cuddle Kate for the duration of this song???

Love this subtle video with the eclipse echoing the lyrics! What a great video. When the song is in such despair, the sun is like a halo over them. It so makes me tear up, every time. Yet hopeful. (your comment about drowning is wonderful. when viewed in the light of being gay, it is very, very powerful. this song is universal) +40 million views!

love your honest reactions. Good man. Gave me goose bumps

I love the video, of the eclipse turning everything dark when the mood is especially dark, but then the light emerging again with the powerful words of the song.

This video is so simple yet so powerful. I absolutely love it. Reminds me of James Blunt "Monsters".

I don’t know if this is true but I saw somebody comment elsewhere that Peter Gabriel had wanted Dolly Parton to sing the female vocal on this but that DP hadn’t heard of PG?

Like your comment that this song is more than this scenario, but it is about getting through any loss. Powerful. When I first heard it, I thought of those who are gay but feel impossibly alone. Don't give up.

20 years ago next month, I blithely went to a urologist, recommended by my primary care doctor, to get a vasectomy. I'm pretty sure the doc saved the lidocaine injection for himself because whatever he injected as a local in me had no anesthetic effect whatsoever. As soon as he started cutting I started hollering, but his only response was to yell at the attending nurse to "Hold him down, Goddammit!" Long story short, the pain of that vasectomy from hell NEVER RESOLVED, and I was left with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, a chronically painful disorder of my Sympathetic Nerve System. On the McGill Pain Scale, RSD sets the bar. It's worse than childbirth sans epidural, worse than end-stage cancer pain, worse than anything, and it's 24/7. Needless to say, it spelled the end of any sort of conjugal relations with my high-school-sweetheart wife. Over time, every other part of my body subject to prior trauma has become involved, to the point where I can hardly stand to be touched ANYWHERE. All of which is to say that "Don't Give Up" might as well be my theme song, but the video is nearly impossible for me to watch. How I wish my wife and I could just share a loving hug that wouldn't be excruciating, but if I were to dwell on that thought I think I would go insane.

i assume u like red :)

Personally I prefer the live Secret World version with Paula Cole. Check it out

Absolutely beautiful my favorite song ever.