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I LOVE watching you react to older music. I'm 65 years old, and I feel blessed to have had 50 years of music, all genres, in my life. This song played on the radio over and over again because it's so good. That's just the way it is........✌️❤️
I’ll be 65 in a few months. Music was always playing in my house as far back as I can remember. From Dean Martin to Ozzy!!! Always goes back to talent, musicianship and songwriting. Music is not born in an electronic device, it’s soulful. It’s creating art from the heart, about love, community and good times. Younger generations have lost out listening only to one genre. We had it ALL. We are the luckiest generation in music. ❤❤❤
“But don’t you believe them” is probably the most important part of the song, as short as it is. Each verse is a short story about things we are conditioned to accept in society. Whether it’s racism, poverty, or classism, these things CAN be changed in spite of what people who benefit from them would have you believe.
Humanity will find our way out to free air,or we will die. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t think we matter all that much, and cause more trouble than we are worth. Folks have to realize, we arent killing the planet. She will go on, with or without us. If we want to stay, we have to love, nothing else will save us. “Hey old man, how can you stand to think that way?’ Is a warning. And we better listen to it.
Never apologize for not being aware of something, just rejoice in knowing you do now! This was a HUGE radio hit. And as far as sampling, Steely Dan have to be the most sampled band ever. It's wonderful when we can make something old new again.
@@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv Did Bruce Hornsby's label ever sue? I'm not that fussed about it because every single person around at the time of Tupac's original release knew where the samples came from.
Garcia loved having him in the band. He pushed them to be better. They played "Valley Road". Saw them in '92 in Auburn Hills, MI. He forced them to encore with "Gloria"..first time they played since 11/2/85. Awesome!
@@orangeandblackattack I dunno if this applies, but I remember TGD as extremely mediocre at best, then saw them on a PBS special and the musicianship was absolutely immense.
i remember how impressed you were the other day when you reacted to bonnie raitt's "i can't make you love me" because of the piano. it was bruce hornsby playing for her. kinda makes sense now huh? thought you'd like to know.
@@jenw5056yes it’s interesting how he really has his own style. I heard a song the other day and knew it had to be him playing. Looked it up to be sure and it was!
This one 'hit' you. You can see when you watch your eyes in this video. I could see the emotion play out on your face. Thank you for that. This song is so powerful in many ways--powerful chords, powerful lyrics, powerful message. Thanks for the reminder.
Brother, there's no shame in not knowing. Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge. When you know better, you can do better. Enjoyed your reaction. Keep on discovering. Peace!
There will NEVER be another decade like the 80's for music. We saw the explosion of hair metal, break dancing and rap exploded, and pop music in general greatly evolved in that decade. Blessed to be alive and witness it.
he won a Grammy in 1987 as best new artist... I was at his concert in Houston a week after taking home that Grammy. Crowded House opened for him. Crowded House opened for him. Amazing concert. Amazing artist.
Yes way! I was knocked over when this first came out when I was an undergraduate in college in 1986. My dear inspirational jazz-pianist mother had been killed by a drunk driver in 1980, and I so wished she had been around to hear this. She so would have loved it, and I love it to this day. Thanks mom for the musical awareness and conscirousness.
Imagine: it's 1987, this song has been out Three months, and you're SICK of this song... This beautiful, profound and melodical poetry, and you're gonna PUKE if you here it One👏More👏Time!! I envy your discovery. Good old Spider Fingers.
I felt the same way about Stairway To Heaven and Do You Feel Like We Do back in the 70's. Great, classic rock songs that got overplayed on the radio to a such a ridiculous extent, you could pretty much count on rehearing them every half-hour on the dot. And that was at a time when our only alternatives to the radio were vinyl records and 8-track tapes.
I'm with you on that one. In 1987, I was 17 or 18 years old, and the last thing I wanted to hear was some socially conscious piano ballad on the radio. WHERE ARE THE PARTY TUNES?!? LOL. When you get older, it hits differently. Now, it's one of those that you turn up instead of turning off.
@@timpwhit Black Pagasus is feeling exactly how I felt when I discovered Led Zepplin in 2020, I was in my 50's when I first heard Kasmir, When the Levee Breaks and so many other songs by them. I was so baffled. I am a child of the 70's, I've heard of all the greats, even if I didn't know their names at the time, I've heard of them. What is worse I knew who Robert Plant was because I loved Sea of Love as a teenager in the 80's. I thought he was a one hit wonder; I had no clue he was a rock legend. I didn't discover Led Zepplin until I started watching reactors reacting of oldies I grow up on. One day they reacted to Sea of Love after I had recently become aware of Led Zepplin, that's when I put two and two together! I felt Dazed and confused! LOL! I can only guess that the radio stations my parents listened to didn't play Led for some reason? Maybe played them at night? I don't know. It is a weird feeling to have missed out on something that you shouldn't have. It's like where was I and what was I going to miss out on something so huge?
@@dreamweaver1603 I agree. As soon as I didn't have to hear it constantly on the radio, I fell back in love with it. Do You Feel Like We Do is awesome, but I just heard it too many times back then.
Bruce Hornsby is an AMAZING artist and performer. His songs always seem to convey a deep message. And his piano skills are just off the charts! He and his group (The Range) were huge in the 80s.
I am 58 years old and have been listening to this song for years, but today is the first time I ever really heard what this song says!! Thank you for enlightening me!!
Bruce Hornsby is a virtuoso pianist, singer, and songwriter. Another exquisitely beautiful song written and performed by him is 'Mandolin Rain'. He also wrote the melody to Don Henly's hit, 'the End of the Innocence'. I love Bruce's voice best on his version. And, Bruce is still performing his treasury of hits today in his late sixties. I am amazed at the speed of his fingers on the piano-he is very underrated.
Bruce Hornsby is civil right movement brother one of the first artist who stood up for black folks he is legend the man have beautiful soul inside out am glad you found him btw my favorite song of him is mondlin rain the greatest song ever made it reminds of my dead wife who died with my twins in her stomach my God let them rest in peace mandolin rain is the best song ever
Thank you for resurfacing this song. Bruce Hornsby & The Range playing The Way It Is! is one of my all time favorites. The lyrics hit home and the melody is beautiful and unique. Always love your honest and enthusiastic reactions.
Bruce grew up in Williamsburg Va., and writes about real world everyday life. I grew up listening to him. I love seeing other people fall in love with his music.
I was 25 years old and stationed in Germany, when this hit the radio stations and you couldn't go anywhere that was not playing this.. That was 1985. At 65 now and it still brings the memories.
The 80s was our time of trying to protest against the insane policy of mutually assured destruction of the arms race. We didn't think we would make it to the year 2000. We found our voices through music and so many iconic hits were written around issues of nuclear war (everybody want to rule the world), party like it's 1999, we are the world, etc ❤
Seeing your response to Bruce Hornsby and the Range playing his song brings me to tears. Great music, well performed, with an insightful and true message. This song came out in 1986, it moved me then and it moves me now. Thank you for finding it.
Bruce has had many fantastic songs over the years. Saw him the 80s, the 90s, and recently this past October at The Paramount Theater in Austin! A magnificent performance. He is a masterpiece on the piano!! If you want to see an amazing piano performance by him, check out "King of the Hill"!! It wasn't a radio hit, but you see him play that and ask yourself "how does he do that"????
He is AMAZING! I fell in love him the second this came out and i still do! He actually still tours! Most of his songs revolve around this same message. I used to watch him late at night when he would do random jams with the band and it was televised. The last one i saw, i noticed him putting a bag of ice on his right wrist after every song. That piano is unreal!! I’m glad you got the chance to see it! Theres plenty more where that came from! Try “Mandolin Rain” and The Valley Road is a fun song!! Thanks for the memories😊
Honestly if you look back to the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s we loved everyone. Our music was magically inclusive. Spread across generations and genre. I wish we could go back. Your discovery and dialogue gives me great hope. Live and let live Love it or leave it Peace Were the bummer stickers I remember seeing everywhere.
Bruce played with the band Ambrosia and you can see him in the video under their so g “how Can You Love Me). He is a very tall man with very long arms and he plays piano and organ at the same time. Love Ambrosia with David Pack as band lead singer. Check it out.
man the look on your face when he sings "hey little boy you can't go where the others go, coz you don't look like you do", is the same I get listening to this, as a 43 yr old white male. his tune is amazing and he has been an absolute advocate for equal rights. it's such a powerful tune and Bruce is a really good human man. He tried his best, this was a top tune, he put it out there and unfortunately only fairly recently did people really see what he was trying to do. God bless man.
There is a lot of profound music made over the years. This is a brilliant song. Lots of musicians know the history and have championed black artists from The Beatles saying no to playing in front of segregated audiences in the USA in the sixties to David Bowie. The interview he did with MTV in the eighties where he called out their racism for not playing black artists is extraordinary and changed the game.
Bruce is an incredible lyricist, vocalist, producer and incredible pianist, he takes my soul to levels I can't explain. Thank you for appreciating him, he's a master musician and a compassionate human being!
I just saw Bruce in Sarasota at the Van Wezel with my dad.....insanely talented and one of the best and most intimate venues. We saw Travis Tritt at the same venue a couple years prior. It is so humbling to see legends of music play with nothing other than their voice and one instrument. Brilliant.
Isn’t it beautiful?!? This song is incredible. Bruce needs to be in the Hall of Fame. Tupac was an artistic poet and he really appreciated great artists. This, Don McLean’s Vincent, Kate Bush, Prince… I just think that is so cool. I would love to see Bruce live. Incredible.
That song was my favorite in 1986 and still one of my Best discovery... I understand and love your réaction listening to That song. I fact, i watched maybe 25 or more vidéos of People reacting to that song "for the first time" and you are the only one to feel sorry or sad 😢 because you realy love the song. God bless you Bro 🙏💓
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You and I are in a similar situation. A youtube reactor was reacting to this song and said the same thing.....this is Tupac, "Changes". As an old white fart, who doesn't listen to rap, I listened to "Changes" and was stunned. Tupac took the meaning behind this song and made it his own. Both great songs, Bruce's, more melodic, Tupac's more modern. Both with a deep meaning
@@Bertie22222 Have you heard Disturbed cover Simon and Garfunkels, "Sound of Silence?" It's a great cover, but I see it the same as Tupac covering "That's just the Way it Is". Expain the differences of artists covering someone else's song and Tupac covering this song
@@rubroken There's a huge difference between covering somebody elses material and crediting them with it and pinching other people's music and not crediting them. Rap artists are infamous for this kind of thievery.
Polo, I listen to you all the time. I just subscribed. You don't realize how lucky you are. I am 61 yrs old and grew up with this music. It was coming to me from all angles. I never had the time to break down each song and realize how great they were. You are doing that for me and I want to thank you for that. I have a million songs in my head that would probably blow your mind. Your wife is a lucky woman, God bless you and never stop looking..
My son just played Tupac's Version and I told him about the original ... then I found your video. We are the world - was 1984. Good Musical, blessed memories. Thank you for your respect and love for this beautiful piece of music.
I'm older Gen X and this song and madolin rain came out when I was in high school. Both are beautiful songs. We are the world was the 80's , 1985 to be exact. :)
Exactly 1986. The song was released as a single in September 1986 and hit #1 in December 1986. The Album "The Way It Is" was released on April 1, 1986. Mandolin Rain was released in December 1986 and hit #4 in March 1987. When I bought a copy of the CD in 1986, I couldn't stop playing it. My roommate in the service in Germany got tired of it, and kept trying to put Pink Floyd and Metal Church on...
It’s funny cause I’ve always been like - yuck 80s music. But in reference to cock rock. I realize now how many timeless songs came out of the 80s. It was very diverse musically.
I love this song. I am a retired concert pianist, formerly of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. This is one of my all-time favorite pieces to play. I also play my Hammon B-3 Organ and LOVE playing "Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Herum. There are those pieces of music that simply more the soul.
The 70’s, 80’s 90’s and 2000’s music was filled with talented TRUE ARTISTS, songwriters and musicians. There’s a reason why so many rappers and others sample this amazing music. Love Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
Pausing at 5:22 with your pause to say.. wait till you get to the solo. That piano is just.. no words. It seems like it must be like what flying feels like. Thank you for your reactions.. really feels like hanging out with a friend and listening to tunes. God bless you.
the boys are back in town! love it! "thin lizzy"? glad you are liking bruce hornsby and the range.....they are fabulous! bruce just rocks that piano! one of my all time faves! i hear that piano intro....and time stops for me....
There's a lovely version of Bruce playing this a few months ago with a small backing orchestra on RU-vid - it's titled 'Bruce Hornsby - The way it is (Radio 2 Piano Room)". Good to see he's still delivering the message all these years later!
A couple of months ago this song came on the radio while my son who is in his 20's while we were driving in my car and I mentioned to him to listen to the words of "The Way It is." It was about the recession of the 1980's (and before) and what is happening today. He really likes the song and agrees it rings true today.
I looooove and appreciate your reactions, as you understand its entirety...the music, lyrics, and the message in general. Bruce is a very talented artist. Thanks again for your reaction to the music of my generation ❤
I was living in Virginia and attending high school, when Bruce first hit the airwaves. Since he's a Virginia native, the local pop and top 40 stations put his music on heavy rotation. Even heard this song on a country station, a few times.
I wore this cassette OUT when it was new learning to play this song. It's been a ton of years since I've sat at a piano, but this is probably the song I'd take a crack at first. It's a very fun song to play and it's just beautifully simple. Bruce is still killing it today.
This song gets me emotional every time I hear it and I get more emotional to see your reaction to this song Pegasus! You need to check out more of Bruce Hornsby if you haven't already done so! Great reaction to the song!
Bro, I had an emotional ride with you. I find this to be one of the greatest songs. And you asked what may be the most important question: why aren't we highlighting this type of art? They do it on purpose, obviously. Peace and Love to everybody out there. God bless.
I'm not sure if I should call you Black or Mr. Pegasus. 73 year old white chick here. Thank you for loving my music. You are the only reaction show I have subscribed to. I love your reaction to the music that has been a wonderful part of my life. Loved your reaction to Santana at Woodstock (the year I graduated from high school) and this one with with Bruce Hornsby. I suggest "Why Can't We Live Together" with both of them performing. I watch you everyday. You brighten my life and remind me of all the good, and bad, times. I think I missed your birthday. You are the same age as my son. I wish you many years, my friend.
38 yrs ago I heard this song , some things do change , us , we can only change or control ourselves . Check his other song Look Out Any Window . You will love that as well .
It's a gift between brothers and between the creator you already know the answers to questions that you asked? Now there's no question mark You're on it bro! So happy about it
Thank-you for this. You’re right, this is just amazing and incredible. Bruce on the piano? Stunning. Nothing but Love Of course Tupac would sample this…probably hit him the same way.
But Don’t you believe it!!! Thanks for your réaction!! I heard and this song in thé 80’s!! From Argentina !! Love all the peopleee!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️
