THE LAYERS IN THIS ONE ARE 🔥! First Time Hearing Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Reaction!

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🎤 About Chris Rea:
Chris Rea is renowned for his distinctive, husky voice and mastery of guitar work, often blending rock, blues, and pop elements in his music. "The Road to Hell" is one of his most famous tracks, known for its haunting lyrics and compelling melody that captures the essence of his deep and introspective songwriting.
Join us as we listen to "The Road to Hell" by Chris Rea for the first time! This song is celebrated for its rich lyrical content and sophisticated musical arrangement, making it a standout track in the genre of blues-rock. Watch our reaction to discover the intricate layers of this powerful song and why it remains a significant piece in Chris Rea’s discography.
🎵 What to Expect in This Video:
First Impressions: Our immediate reactions to the song’s gripping intro and Chris Rea's soulful vocals.
Musical Analysis: A breakdown of the instrumental layers, including the iconic guitar riffs and atmospheric synthesisers.
Lyric Interpretation: Exploring the themes of societal issues and personal reflection woven throughout the song.
Song’s Impact: Discussing how "The Road to Hell" resonates with listeners and its relevance in contemporary music discussions.
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@PaintingandExercise Месяц назад

This song is a masterpiece. It talks about The Road to Hell which is getting yourself into debt making you a prisoner to corporations. His breakout song in the USA was, "Fool if You Think it's Over" which was a song to his teenaged sister who was broken hearted over being dumped by a boy.

@classiccars1994 Месяц назад

Chris Rea is quite simply top notch. A great guitarist and songsmith

@jivebunny3765 Месяц назад

Needs to be watched with the original video. Absolute masterpiece.

@user-fj4lt9wl9g Месяц назад

Chris Rea. Absolute Master of the Slide Guitar!

@raymondhira2723 Месяц назад

Chris Rea loves driving but he hates traffic. Finding himself stuck in traffic made him realize that he had made some wrong turns that put him on a bad road: the one everyone else takes. Imagining the ghost of his mother (who died in 1983) approaching the vehicle to warn him that he is on "the road to hell. Great song! Haunting and true

@metalmark1214 Месяц назад

Chris Rea was stuck in traffic on the M4 motorway in England when he got the idea for this song, where he imagines the ghost of his mother approaching the vehicle to warn him that he is on "the road to hell." His mother died in 1983 Source:Songfacts

@RushfanUK Месяц назад

M4 and M25

@virtualal Месяц назад

Which is always a ball ache

@robk5159 Месяц назад

Curious!...He was driving from London to his home in Newcastle.....why would he be on the M4?

@virtualal Месяц назад

@@robk5159 by this stage he was a major success and like others had moved to a big pile in the Home Counties and started his major collection of classic and racing Ferraris

@SISU889 29 дней назад

@@robk5159 He lived in Middlesbrough !

@graemey Месяц назад

Chris Rea forecasting the 2007/8 credit crunch 18 years before it happened, when everyone was living beyond their means, loading up with credit with many of them having no way of paying it off: "And all the roads jam up with credit, and there's nothing you can do, it's all just bits of paper, flying away from you. Oh, look out world take a good look what comes down here... this ain't no upwardly mobile freeway... this is the road to Hell".

@merylpelosi1704 Месяц назад

Sure, Jan...

@stevenewcomer8837 Месяц назад

Yep! But instead of letting the banks fail for poor management, our CORRUPT GOVERNMENT bailed them out with TRILLION$!

@chrisglazer5478 Месяц назад

Chris Rea is criminally underrated rated as an artist and guitar player. He has so many incredible songs. Every song on the Road to Hell album is a must listen. His follow up album, Auberge, also has a lot of fantastic songs. If you get a chance, some of his other songs I would HIGHLY recommend include: Auberge, Looking For the Summer, On the Beach (1988 Version), Working On It, You Must Be Evil, Daytona, and Texas.

@robmartin525 Месяц назад

Idk how you didn't mention Let's Dance and Driving Home for Christmas

@chrisglazer5478 Месяц назад

Yes, Let's Dance completely slipped my mind. Regarding Driving Home for Christmas, I thought it was a given since that is traditionally played a lot on the radio during the holidays lol but I realize that perhaps not everyone is familiar with the song or realize it is Chris who sings it. I would most certainly recommend that song as well :)

@davidbenge1938 Месяц назад

So true..

@Pellevinen Месяц назад

"Looking for the summer" is another great Chis Rea song!

@vincenthewlett4329 Месяц назад

" Texas "..........is brilliant try it by chris rea

@ChrissyRaeofsunshine Месяц назад

Whole album is fire but love Texas too! 😊

@gershman23 Месяц назад

@@ChrissyRaeofsunshine This album and the two that follows ("Auberge", and "God's great banana skin") comprise the winning trio of masterpieces, in Chris Rea's quite illustrious career.

@ChrissyRaeofsunshine Месяц назад

Chris Rea is so underated, I love his tone & his way with lyrics, music wants you to groove.

@Dumbledork_Prime 9 дней назад

I love Chris Rea. I went to one of his concerts and it was great. Some of my favorite songs are "Julia", "Auberge", "Que Sera", "Driving Home for Christmas", and "On the Beach". Julia is one of my favorite songs of all times; it's just so beautiful.

@mathcoolen7924 Месяц назад

Great song...top. He wrote one of the best Chrismast song "" driving home for Chrismast...

@charlesbrackett749 27 дней назад

The first time I heard Chris was on the radio was in the early 70 in San Diego "Fool (if you think its over)" from the Whatever happened to Bennie Santini album. I found him again when VH-1 played "On the Beach" which allowed me to buy New Light Through Old Windows album. My daughter Josephine heard that song when I used to give her a bath as a toddler.

@toru2997 8 дней назад

私は50過ぎの日本人です。昔からクリスレアの大ファンです。この曲はもちろん、Josephine.I'm ready、fool if you think its overなど大好きな曲が多数で、今でも毎週のようにspotify で彼の曲を好んでよく聴いています。

@bline5891 Месяц назад

Chris Rea has a very impressive catalog, one if the finest songwriters and slide guitarists around

@paulrt3 Месяц назад

Definitely need to hear his hit "Fool if You think it's Over". Big hit for him back in 1978.

@gershman23 Месяц назад

Better listen to the 88 version...

@oskarobit Месяц назад

'The Road To Hell', IMO, is human progress poisoning nature, selling yourself for success at any price, is about running forward, towards the cliff, with a stupid smirk on the face. I loved this Part 1 &2 since the first listening. And there's another song I love by Rea: 'On The Beach', the opening track of the 1986 album of the same title.

@keithosmond5730 Месяц назад

A lot of other great Chris Rea songs listed; I'm surprised no one mentioned Working On It. Great rocker.

@necessaryevil3428 Месяц назад

Hard to believe he followed it up with a christmas hit 😁

@paulauvray1962 Месяц назад

I saw Chris Rea in Paris two times it was very very good is a good singer and a superb lead guitar too love him !!! 😍😍😄

@terrykemp1876 Месяц назад

Chris is the real deal. All quality stuff. No nonsense. Class.

@arrow5599 Месяц назад

his song TEXAS is pretty sweet too

@figueiredra Месяц назад

Recommend On the beach and Driving home for Christmas.

@Murdo2112 Месяц назад

Sam was pretty spot on with her interpretation about selling your soul (figuratively) for superficial financial gain. There's always been a North-South economic divide in Britain, but it was particularly pronounced in the '80s, when Thatcher's policies was closing down much of the heavy industry, coal and iron mining etc, in the north. Chris Rea is from the north east of England, and here he's reflecting on the movement of people, breaking up northern communities, moving south for work, subjugating themselves to the rat race of the south east (the "valley of the rich" mentioned in the intro, is the Thames Valley, full of towns, including London, focused on service and financial industries, as opposed to "proper, honest work"). Sitting in stationary traffic, on the M25 (the motorway that surrounds London), he reflects on what his mother would say, if she were alive to see what he had become, and the choices he'd had to make to provide for his family, in the recession-plagued '80s, and if he wasn't losing something more important.

@JohnDavis-ed5sg 3 дня назад

Telling about the dangers of Hollywood, pollution and financial corruption. So great.

@vinniedixon1140 Месяц назад

Chris Rea, from my town of Middlesbrough, England. Legend

@sharonwelsh8102 28 дней назад

Can you remember they had an ice cream parlour opposite Albert Park?

@KopCole 20 дней назад

Is inspired when Chris Rea’s wife came to pick him up from Heathrow Airport after being away for sometime as a journey from Heathrow Airport meant that they had to travel onto the M25 motorway which is the London orbital motorway in order to head back up to Middlesbrough, but because of the heavy traffic Which is a daily occurrence on the motorway Chris was inspired to write the song about it

@desichambers7556 Месяц назад

I seen him twice in concert in Belfast and he was awesome. This song live was unbelievable and his guitar playing was crazy good. One of the best slide guitatists on the planet. Stainsby girls is another of his great songs.

@davidcochrane9883 Месяц назад

He did a fantastic version of Looking for a Rainbow he night be played the Kings Hall on the Road to Hell tour.

@colinjackson3662 Месяц назад

Thank you. First came across Chris on his Deltics album. He's a great composer, player (especially), producer and all round nice guy, who has battled serious health problems but keeps on fighting . So great to see you shining a little light on him ❤

@Tearneboy 5 дней назад

Hi. This song is based around the M1 motorway in England which he describes very well. Everything he says about the road is true. It sounds so meaningful, but it's just about a horrible motorway. He had to do the journey quite often, from north to south and back again. Fantastic though. Love the reactions.

@markharris1125 28 дней назад

Curse Of the Traveller (my favourite) On the Beach Looking For the Summer Somewhere Between the Stars . . . and then in December Driving Home For Christmas! I listen to a Chris Rea song every day: he's phenomenal.

@soulsuitesteve 27 дней назад

The song is about the London Ring Road, the M25 Motorway, a badly concieved and badly designed relief road which simply cannot handle the amount of traffic, or the roadworks to keep it functioning. Bumper to Bumper stationary traffic causes mood swings, road rage and many many accidents. Simply the definition of 'The Road To Hell'.......The song is that simple.....

@markstephens5118 Месяц назад

The basic measure of this song is the same as " the Eagles Hotel California," and that is " be careful what you wish for you just might get it." Brilliant song.

@martinarscott3524 Месяц назад

Loads of great Chris Rea songs - Looking For The Summer, Stainsby Girls, there's a nice duet with Elton John called 'If You Were Me' which really shows how laid back Chris' voice is in comparison...it gives me images of Chris chilled out in a big armchair while Elton's stood up at the mic putting far more effort in

@arnodobler1096 Месяц назад

Chris also raced cars. He was once a guest driver in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM), the highest class in Germany (Austria and the Netherlands) after Formula 1. Great musician and shaken by illness.

@4orrific Месяц назад

YES! Down the Chris Rea rabbit hole! One of the greatest guitar players of all time and yet a shame not many people have heard of him.He's been around since the late 1970's!

@terrykemp1876 Месяц назад

My absolute favourite. Has been for 40 years.

@kevinmaslen9393 Месяц назад

It's about the M25, the London ring road.

@nickcohoon820 Месяц назад

The whole Road To Hell album is brilliant 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@normmcinnis4102 Месяц назад

A great voice And a great guitarist!

@raybarbuti2011 Месяц назад

Why has nobody as far as I can see, yet suggested Tell me there's a heaven by Chris . It's not a light hearted song but one which is certainly heartfelt .

@pairofpints Месяц назад

Always kind of liked Chris and then found out he'd done some old classics that I loved too, like Fool if you think it's over & I can hear your heartbeat. You've probably heard his Christmas classic Driving home for Christmas.

@gavinparry5426 Месяц назад

One of the all time classics just like 'Sultans of Swing' Chris is a brilliant artist guys with many UK hits. Check out 'On the Beach'

@gregyaklin5980 Месяц назад

Wow! What a song!

@ubertron_x4094 Месяц назад

Chris Rea has a huge catalogue, so it really depends on the mood of the song you want to listen to. Rockish: 'Auberge', Summerish: 'On the Beach', Winterish: 'Driving home for Christmas', Family man Chris: 'Julia' or 'Josephine' (he wrote songs for each of his daughters), laid back: 'Blue Cafe', or of course his breakout song "Fool if You Think it's Over'.

@vinnywarren2144 Месяц назад

Brilliant jordie Newcastle accent coming through,reminds me of Eric Burton and the Animals another brilliant northern England group .

@Derry_Aire Месяц назад

Wow.

@kramalbion Месяц назад

That’s not a geordie or Newcastle accent he’s from Middlesbrough

@vinnywarren2144 Месяц назад

Sounds like it to me! But then again as mark would sing , I come from way on down south London town😎👍

@steddie4514 Месяц назад

Burdon

@vinnywarren2144 Месяц назад

😂it worked.

@leboeuf05 Месяц назад

chris has a an excellent back catalogue. very underrated slide guitarist, and "nothing to fear" showcases this

@paulauvray1962 Месяц назад

they is a lots of very good songs from him !!!!

@stephenbedworth3404 20 дней назад

The whole album is a banger

@garybennett7835 Месяц назад

Time to go down Chris Rea’s road. The guy is brilliant !

@Rassskle Месяц назад

A very different but still brilliant song from Chris. Chris and Billy Joel have a very similar history. They both tried anything and everything to become famous and make a lot of money quickly.......including Boxing. Both settled on music and became clever song writers and professional performers. Chris was a good looking rooster who aged very quickly, seeming to go from movie star / model looks to homeless street person looks almost over night. To me he wrote the best light rock and pop rock you will ever hear, he sung it well and his guitar is as good as anyone from the light rock genre, he had it all. You will know some of his early work.....used in movies, adds and easy listening radio, but still high quality rock / pop.

@jonpar00 27 дней назад

Chris was stuck on the M25 (biggest car park in Europe) on his way to Heathrow to catch a flight when he came up with the idea of this song. The M25 is the motorway that circles London and the home counties

@michaelgrillo4333 Месяц назад

Chris Rea is a monster musician including writing 8 disc of Blues Music and the story book of the blues history. However he crosses many Genre so check this musician out. Try his album Auberge - any song off of it rates top marks. I like "You're Not A Number" and "Every Second Counts" . The song "The Mention Of Your Name" might grab a little at your heart but he has many uplifting songs as well. Probably a couple 100 hits.

@happilyeggs4627 27 дней назад

"Nothing To Fear" and "God's Great Banana Skin" are another couple of good entry points for Chris Rea. The first song is a great guitar track, desert blues. The desert in question would be Arabian/N. African.. The second song is just a good fun cautionary tale.

@BennoWitter Месяц назад

If want a more light hearted sound by Chris Rea "Looking for the Summer" is perfekt, if you are into a more chill Chris "Nothing to Fear" is your song or if you like Road to Hell, a more upbeat rock-bluesy sound you can listen to "Auberge". or all three of those, since they are all great.

@busher69 Месяц назад

Chris Rea has done some insanely good music for years. Excellent singer and great guitarist. God this guy is good. Road to Hell is a perfect representation of his sound and style. All of his stuff as this good. Check out "Goin' To Texas"

@michaelstamper5604 Месяц назад

One if my favourite musicians. So many tracks to choose from, but one of my favourites is Chisel Hill from his Shamrock Diaries album.

@roberthughes5279 Месяц назад

You guys really need to go down the Chris Rea rabbit hole start with fool if you think it’s over,Josephine, looking for the summer, on the beach just to name a few

@ericksoderquist8612 Месяц назад

Been on that highway, miracle I got off.

@Bill123058 Месяц назад

the whole album is great

@lessaint Месяц назад

The official video is very good

@tommarin3468 Месяц назад

Glad you played both pt 1 and pt 2. One leads to the next and helps explain everything.

@irishboy0001 29 дней назад

A favorite. Love finger picking this one on the guitar.

@mickem4322 Месяц назад

Without knowing anything about Chris Rea when this song was released, it hit a place in time when people started caring for pollutions and Climate-effects.. I believe that , according to the official video being played a lot on MTV, added a lot of symbolism and meaning to the lyrics.. A Great and Dark song ! , so ofcourse I love it !! :D

@oxfamshop Месяц назад

I love this song . You should also see Chris Rea , you must be evil . it is from the same album

@kevinhennessy1615 Месяц назад

Love This Song Chris Rea Has Some Good Songs Auberge, Go Your Own Way, Driving Home For Christmas, Stainsbury Girls.

@sharonwelsh8102 28 дней назад

I have to correct you there its Stainsby Girls ..my old school in Middlesbrough

@kevinhennessy1615 28 дней назад

@@sharonwelsh8102 I Stand Corrected 👍

@Rackelhane Месяц назад

This was fire then...and it`s fire now. Crazy good song.👍👍👍

@andersgranstrom7128 Месяц назад

Ahh, so much good stuff here!! Mr. Rea is unique. Please check out more of his songs (Christmas time you must have heard "Driving home for Christmas). 🙂This song has a deep feel, but most of his other songs are not like this one... Check out "Josephine" or "Fool if you think it´s over". Cheers guys - you are awesome!!

@direnova6284 Месяц назад

Chris Rea didn't pick up a guitar until he was in his twenties, I didn't start until I was 30 (not comparing myself to CR) just saying it's never too late if you're really into it.

@nightcitypunk8517 Месяц назад

He has a song called Daytona off the same album absolutely a must hear.

@clintchilders8672 Месяц назад

Very haunting

@stevefoulston Месяц назад

Christopher Anton Rea born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer and guitarist from Middlesbrough. Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five solo albums Over the course of his long career, Rea's work has at times been informed by his struggles with serious health issues. His many hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "Josephine", "On the Beach", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Working on It", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge" and "Julia". He also recorded a duet with Elton John, "If You Were Me". Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Peace out.

@mohammadhashim01 Месяц назад

Legend zzzyyynnn

@36814 Месяц назад

There is a great video that goes with this song .

@VonBlade Месяц назад

Try "You Must Be Evil" or "Texas" off the same album. Monster tunes.

@Laniefj Месяц назад

I've never heard this one, and it's great.

@bline5891 Месяц назад

All of his work is brilliant but his love songs are next level. Sing a song of love to me, Ace of hearts, I can hear your heartbeat, Josephine, Your warm and tender love, You my love, and the list goes on!

@jenesisjones6706 24 дня назад

The words are way more important than the music.

@davidahart2113 Месяц назад

Check out his big hit in the US, "Fool If You Think It's Over." I remember liking it when it was being played on the radio here in the states, back in the day.

@ericmorgan204 Месяц назад

Great you’ve gotten to CR, he has some other great tunes. One, in the same vein as this, is Curse of the traveller, a more upbeat song is “Let’s Dance”.

@TheNotedHero Месяц назад

Chris Rea is so damned smooth. Great guitarist and that gritty voice is so good. The music video for his song "On The Beach" is seared into me, so many late nights of watching music videos and it would come on often, a great song to chill out to. It just blew my mind when I realised it's over 30 years ago now. Damn, time flies. Add to that his "Looking For The Summer" song and I'll hit maximum nostalgia! Great lyrics.

@no2all Месяц назад

Recommend you listen to "On the Beach" by Chris Rea off of his 1998 "The Blue Cafe" album (Japanese version). A slower but impeccable song that puts you on the beach with him. Chris wrote the song about his wife and him becoming a married couple on the Spanish island of Formentera. To me, it is the ultimate beach song.

@Pugwash. 18 дней назад

A great choice. I bought the 12" single of this on release.

@Ingleborough111 Месяц назад

He did a song called 'Driving home for Christmas' which apparently he wrote after having been rejected by a record company in London, and driving back 'up North'. The record is played at Christmas and has earned him a lot of money.

@carokat1111 29 дней назад

On the road theme, please check out Chris Rea's 'Driving home for Christmas' when Christmas comes around. It's my favourite non-carol Christmas song.

@paulwalker9421 Месяц назад

Great singer, musician' song writer .suggest" Fool If You Think It's Over" hit song for Chris.

@DeidreThompson-cu9nc 28 дней назад

😅many thanks for playing Pat Benatar Promises in the Dark and recommend other hits We Belong and All Fired Up, plus Shadows of the Night and You Better Run. Pat is a great rock performer, plus dance song Love is a Battlefield was also number 1 in the 80's. Thanks again. Deidre😊

@Gr8Buccaneer Месяц назад

the fact that he is still allive ,is just amazing..he has gone through so many things.he has 2 daughters named Josephine and Julia which also are 2 songs of him :)