Jackson is the conscience of my generation. So prophetic in every word of every song. Dylan and Simon are great wordsmiths but JB provided such deep and psychologically prophetic of the human soul.
This song is magnificent. It covers a topic that i think about so much. And it got me a bit shook to be honest. Had to let it sit for a while after and digest and listen again. So good!
Doctor My Eyes, Late For the Sky, Fountain Of Sorrow, Too Many Angels, Lives in the Balance, Song For Adam, The Fuse, Of Missing Persons, Call It A Loan...then just listen to every song on every one of his albums, he is THAT AMAZING of a lyricist.
I’m new to the channel. I’ve been watching a lot of other reactors listen to this song. But you’re the only one who immediately got what the song is truly about. Great job. I look forward to watching a lot more of your channel.
Saeed, I could probably write pages of text with explications of lyrics and links to favorite RUclips videos, but I’m not sure if this is the best place for it. Can I email it to you even though it’s not “for business?”
You are one of my favorite reactors because you appreciate brilliant writing. I know that you will always put the pieces together and get down to the true intent and meaning of a song.
Sky Blue and Black is so beautiful. Somehow, one of his that I missed until well into my 40's. A great (short) list! I'll add That Girl Could Sing, one of my faves.
I’ve heard this song many hundreds of times at least. It never fails to hit like a sledgehammer. The perfect blend hope and resignation to create melancholy. A lyrical masterpiece with perfect vocal and musical accompaniment.
@@pablozee6359 you're the only other one I've heard experience this song this way, aside from myself. It breaks my heart every listen, because we're ALL the Pretender, in some way shape or form.
We all struggle to earn the money needed to pay the bills.. while trying to find love and family.. often find our childhood hopes and dreams squashed by real life struggles.. and we just go thru the motions.. But we keep hoping..
I’m so happy you’re enjoying the music that me and my husband came of age while listening to all these amazing songs. The 60s and 70s were the greatest organically creative some great music that’s being created, but not in mass production the way we experienced during those 2 or 3 decades. Check out ELO - Mr Blue Sky and Evil Woman Telephone Line
This came out when I was 8 years old. I grew up on Jackson Browne! Before everyone had headphones, I’d play my dad’s record(78), sit with my back against the couch and turn the stereo speakers directly towards me and move them as close as the wires would allow! AND, I just returned from a 2700+ mile road-trip with my daughter and her friend and listened to this album. Brought back memories!! Can’t go wrong with Jackson Browne!
Hi there, Saeed..I must admit, when I was in my 20s, I listened to music, knew the songs by heart, but never took the time to digest the lyrics. As I got older, and more mellowed out, I learned to really delve into the lyrics and man, oh man, a lot of tears were shed as I came to realize the meanings behind them. This song strikes a chord with me, and I still get lost in thought when I listen to it. You have a great insight on lyrics and meanings. Being a writer helps you with this.. or having this insight helps with your writing. Either way you look at it, it makes you really think, and that's an awesome quality you have. Thank you so much for reacting to this one. He has another 1 that he wrote as a young teen called "Doctor My Eyes" that became a huge hit for him. Others have mentioned great songs by him, but this one I haven't seen suggested. Check it out, if only in your spare time. It's worth it. Much love to you and the family❤😊
This is an amazing song. It hit me with a lot of thoughts and emotion. A lot of the things i contemplate. Really enjoy this type of writing and music. Definitely will explore more! Thanks again for this request . Much love ❤️
I love Jackson Browne. I grew up listening to his albums and he did have a lot of popularity and airplay on the radio. I used to have all of his albums and knew all of his songs by heart. He was 16 years old writing his songs and it seems like he is an "old" soul. I love his honesty in his music. He has worked with so many artists over the years as well. I saw him live in concert at a No Nukes concert in Santa Fe, NM back in 1981. He was absolutely phenomenal, and Joe Walsh was a special guest and I couldn't believe it! I'll keep those memories with me forever.
I was a young writer and an English major. Jackson Browne was always one of my favorite songwriters, particularly for his lyrics. I grew up on his music
I absolutely LOVE Jackson Browne , I just clicked off RUclips as I saw this come up and had to come back. This is one of my favourites from him. Thankyou for reacting to this ❤
HEY SAEED! 😊YOU NEED MORE FROM JACKSON? : IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART, TENDER IS THE NIGHT, LIVES IN THE BALANCE 👍 THERE'S A FEW GREATS ANYWAY! ANOTHER SUPER GOOD ROCK LEGEND!
OH HELLLL YOU GOTTA DO THE VIDEO OF : THE LOAD OUT / STAY😊 IT'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT MUSIC CONCERT CLIPS AND A GREAT STORY💯 AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE STAY I'M SURE, YOU MAY JUST NOT KNOW IT BY THE TITLE IS ALL! 👍STAY WELL SAEED!
For storytelling, from the "For Everyman" album: "Ready or Not" From the "late for the Sky" album: "Fountain of Sorrow" and "Before the Deluge" Then again, all his songs are stories.
This is one of my favorite songs ever. In the same vein as "The Pretender" , you might also want to check out Billy Joel's ""The Stranger". They both deal with putting on a sort of mask, or even different masks, depending on the situation.
My daughter is now 45 and for her high school quote under her graduation picture she chose “I’m gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender” my kids grew up on Jackson Browne. Another anthem song of his is Load Out/Stay (an ode to his road crews and fans)
Hey there, you are getting great at this, good reactions! I love that you’re enjoying songs we’ve know by heart for 50+ years. This, my friend, is one great masterpiece. I am teared up, the lyrics get me every time!
Great choice, one his best songs. Jackson’s observations on the ‘rat race’ and how so many of us get caught up in it just to survive are powerful and true but love seems to be one way to give it meaning. You can see not much has changed in 50 years. His songs are full of insightful observations and commentary on the angst and disappointments of modern life but written with a poet’s eye and the ear of a great musician and singer.
I cant type ...this will take me ten minutes to say this one thing.... Sky Blue and Black....One of the best jackson Brown's best song's ...Bye the way David Linely was his long time Faithfull leed Guitarist For many years... As a Man who has been a deep thinker and finally after many years of WTF? I can say that we sorta think alike ..Maybe try that one... I have a few if you want... Gret channel and great insight. Thanks for the work you put into it all
As I said before one of my all time favorites, we all have a Pretender in us, and that is ok. But you are right we all have to live our lives and our dreams. Perfection! Jackson Browne now lives off the grid and lives his life the way he wants but trying to save our planet for the next generation even tho he is still performing he does his part for our world and still bringing us his great music.
I've never been a good Lyrical 'active' listener. That's what's so cool about your channel; helps me to examine songs and Iisten to songs through a more analitical perspective and to extract and understand the author's message or story, it's beautiful how you do that.Gracias 👊
Thank you, Pete. Your comment really made my day :) Sometimes doubt creeps in on how to approach these video's, but i really enjoy doing reactions this way and am so grateful that people watch them. Thanks again!
Saeed I'm really enjoying your channel. It seems that you, (as am I) are a huge fan of well written songs, (you're a writer yes?). Jackson Brown is my favorite male lyricist. In my opinion, there are none better.
Glad to see you've discovered this prophetic bard. The BGVs on the record are David Crosby and Graham Nash. Also, Jackson, by his own admission, tends to write melancholy songs. There are a few positive, upbeat tunes in his library, but most of them are characterized by loss, by longing, and by learning to find a place in this crazy world.
Thanks for the reaction. I needed this today. This song was released just as I got old enough to start making money throwing hay bails for my neighbors and working for my school tutoring fellow students in math and english. I liked this song, mostly because I liked JB, but the words didn't hold any real meaning to me. Life was full of promise back then. Now, as I'm on the verge of turning 60 in a couple of months and just being informed that the once mighty company I work for is cutting jobs, I'm just now contemplating the real meaning of this song. The "what if's" can be haunting, but it's impossible to know where they would have taken me. Not all what if's could have been good.
Thanks for sharing that. A few years of living gives this song more meaning and i would imagine in a few more years that will increase again. The what if game... one i have played too often, but like you said its impossible to know.
"I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring...". Remember this song was written in the wake of the social upheaval of the sixties, so he's writing from the point of view of the young idealistic "hippy" who is now having to settle down and face the responsibilities of life. They are the "boomers" of today.
Thanks for offering me that perspective. I dont know how or why, but this a feeling i have been struggling with all my life. And it all comes together in this amazing song. Incredible!
I think that feeling is not unique to that generation. Young people tend to lose their idealism as they age and it can be a bitter loss. For a generation growing up in the anti-war and civil rights era I think it hits particularly hard in light of the expectation of a "greater awakening". There is a line in the Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" that says "When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse, out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look and it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now, the child is grown, the dream is gone". I identity strongly with the idea that I had a vision and purpose that I lost somewhere along the way.
Another nice thoughtful reaction. I love Jackson Browne. I saw him at Austin Aqua Festival in 1989. This is a beautiful song. Dan Fogelberg is another troubadour in the same vein that I love.
You should listen to Dan Fogelberg's Leader of the Band, which is a tribute to Dan's father. He talks about how much his father loved the song and how it meant so much to them both. I am sure you would appreciate it.
I love Aurora. But I'm old😂, before her Was Browne, Springsteen, and Bob Segar. Plus others in the 60s and 70s. All great story tellers and true artist 😊
Whether it's full on Folk, or just a folk-rock edge...it's just so peaceful. But few make us think like this one does. And in a self-reflecting way. That's just really good for us. ♡
Off subject....but I think John Prine would be something that you're looking for. Songs Sam Stone, Hello in There, Paradise, etc, etc etc. Think you would really enjoy him.
Saeed, i know for a fact... I was the pretender. I'm a woman that around 25 years ago, I would stroll out into the night to get drunk and high.. while pretending to be a productive member of society. I WAS NOT!!! Couldn't hold down a job or apartment.. id just bat my pretty eyes and get what I wanted... Saeed listen to this song again and again, I swear it takes you different places each time you hear it!!!!!!! Next: "THE LOAD/STAY" LIVE 1978 VERSION ❤
Thanks for sharing that. I can relate to parts of it. Will definitely listen to this once in a while. I can imagine my perspective might change a few times.
The great critic Paul Nelson wrote a great essay about this album. In the middle of recording it, Browne's first wife committed suicide. Though most of these songs were written before that happened, they took on new meaning afterward and, as Nelson told it, it became like a movie. This song, with its cynicism and fatalism, is the closing song, but not necessarily the last word. The opening track, The Fuse -- my favorite JB song -- is like a movie that starts at the end, in the present day, before the story gets told. It's the counter to this, showing him coming out of his grief and depression, looking around fresh at the world. Then, there are 3 songs showing the arc of the relationship, starting with troubled souls meeting and ending with the relationship falling apart. Side 2 (of the LP) starts with The Only Child, heartbreaking in the context of the suicide. Browne telling his toddler son to be kind to his mother's memory as he learns what happened. Then Daddy's Tune, trying to mend fences with his father, and finally, before the title song, Sleep's Dark And Silent Gate, a bleeding, grieving song he wrote after his wife's death.
"True love could have been a contender". Back in the 70s, there seemed to be a choice laid before us. Love or the "legal tender". The house in the shade of the freeway represented the acceptance of the death of those dreams. You have a freeway providing your shade. What kind of neighborhood do you live in? And what kind of world were we building? Happy idiots struggle for the legal tender and those ads just keep coming to remind us what we "need". Don Henley, of the Eagles, wrote a song called "Gimme what you got" about stacking up piles and piles of everything but "You don't see no hearses with luggage racks." Profundity was ripe back then! Keep diggin!
Isn’t that a GREAT SONG? The lyrics are so emotionally charged. He was part of the 60’s love child generation who thought they were gonna change things and realized they couldn’t. So sad.
Awesome. My take on the veterans line is they "dream of the fight" because back in society they can't get re-acclimated and are bored "asleep at the traffic light." I got a couple songs in this vein....Dave Matthews "Ants Marching" and Billy Joel "The Stranger" Check them out when you have time. Great job.
Thanks! Just a couple of suggestions with singer songwriters. Jackson Brown's Fountain of Sorrow about his breakup with one of your favs Joni Mitchell. My fav line "When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger." Live performance ruclips.net/video/q5Cz8ppvGXk/видео.html&start_radio=1 So this leads to Joan Baez "Diamonds and Rust" about her relationship with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan. ruclips.net/video/GGMHSbcd_qI/видео.html Live performance. Fav lyric - We both know what memories can bring They bring diamonds and rust Thought you might enjoy knowing who the lyrics were written for. My best to you, your family and friends. Jim White
Hi Jim, Thanks so much! Sound like great songs! Will try to check these out as soon as possible. Have a wonderful day! Much love to you and your family. Cheers, Saeed
I'm a little late to the party, but I have always been a huge JB fan. This song I have a love/hate relationship with. I view it as a coming of age or end of innocence song. In the world we live in, we have long since moved on from an agrarian sustenance life, and there is simply no economy that raises more people out of misery than Capitalism; and as HA Hayek explains, the freedom to decide what we buy is a determination of the freedom that is intrinsic to a governmental system, and the liberty that allows us to live the life we choose and think the thoughts we decide to think, even if they are in reality someone else paint by number thoughts we heard or read somewhere. The point being is there simply is no dicodomy between love and working for a living. The song in my mind is really defined by the lyric I want to know what became of the changes We waited for love to bring Were they only the fitful dreams Of some greater awakening The point being, it turns out life is impossibly difficult, and there simply is nothing pretentious about finding love and living the best life you can. Being a hopeless romantic, my favorite lyric is, I 'm going to find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint-by-number dreams And then we'll put out dark glasses on And we'll make love until our strength is gone And when the morning light comes streaming in We'll get up and do it again The part I really don't understand is how living life on its own terms makes you a Pretender; it's just reality, so perhaps if you are a musical genius and muti millionaire, you see this as pretending.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and i agree with many things. For me it can feel like i am a pretender when i put away my dreams for the sake of working to make ends meet. Or when you have to pretend to care about certain things that really dont interest you. A silly example being small talk, but there are many of these examples. Wearing a mask is exhausting and its taken me a while to find my real self. Up until then i felt like a pretender.
@@SaeedReacts. It's also worth mentioning when JB wrote this song, he was in mourning of the loss of of wife who committed suicide. I imagine he was pretty disillusioned and perhaps searching where he had gone wrong and looking for some renewed meaning in his life. I read a comment from on another reaction video on this song, that with any other song writer, the term Pretender would have been the dominant lyric, but JB is such a great song writer, it's actually one of the lesser lyrics compared to the others contained in the song. Some times I feel he might have been using a certain level of comic relief, where he talks about the church bells and the junk man and children waiting for the ice cream truck; normal life going on all around him, while his dealing with such a tragedy. As far as putting away your dreams, try to remember they were dreams without any life experience ("Take your time, think a lot, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not", Cat Stevens. BTW, I am 69 YO and indeed, while many days seemed long at the time, the years go by in the blink of an eye; the best years by far was the time I took raising my sons. I am reminded of Bob Seger's "Like a Rock", 20 years, where'd they go 20 years I don't know I sit and wonder sometimes, Where they've gone (with me it's 50 years).
I Have Asperger's Autism & IQ of 155 And The "Struggle For Legal Tender" Was too much Because it Robbed Me of Opportunity Of "TRUE LOVE" just Like The Pretender
I love Jackson but I remember when this album came out in 1976 Rolling Stone magazine reviewer called it The Pretentious. Wonder if the reviewer has softened their views
There are a lot of songs I could recommend by him but the list would be far too long! He is a kindred for sure! I had the pleasure of seeing him 3 times over the years, and he still sounds as good now as he did then
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Jackson is the conscience of my generation. So prophetic in every word of every song. Dylan and Simon are great wordsmiths but JB provided such deep and psychologically prophetic of the human soul.
He is about as great as a singer song writer as anyone could hope to be
This song is magnificent. It covers a topic that i think about so much. And it got me a bit shook to be honest. Had to let it sit for a while after and digest and listen again. So good!
@@SaeedReacts. I think it speaks to everone's existential crisis.
Doctor My Eyes, Late For the Sky, Fountain Of Sorrow, Too Many Angels, Lives in the Balance, Song For Adam, The Fuse, Of Missing Persons, Call It A Loan...then just listen to every song on every one of his albums, he is THAT AMAZING of a lyricist.
Thanks for the recommendations. Call it A Loan is fantastic. That was my first reaction to his music.
I’m new to the channel. I’ve been watching a lot of other reactors listen to this song. But you’re the only one who immediately got what the song is truly about. Great job. I look forward to watching a lot more of your channel.
Thanks for being here! This song truly is incredible. Made quite an impact on me to be honest.
Saeed, I could probably write pages of text with explications of lyrics and links to favorite RUclips videos, but I’m not sure if this is the best place for it. Can I email it to you even though it’s not “for business?”
Jackson Browne brings tears to my eyes with his lyrics. Dude's a poet.
"LOADOUT/STAY" 🎶 🎤 🎹
Exceptional song, exceptional performance.
Especially the Live BBC 1978 version.
@@Eowyn187 Load Out/Stay is Jackson Browne! His tours are legendary.
YES!@@kandisnewland6400
I put Jackson and Don McClean in the same boat. Extraordinary musical poets.
"Doctor My Eyes". His debut hit that is still one of his greatest written songs.
You are one of my favorite reactors because you appreciate brilliant writing. I know that you will always put the pieces together and get down to the true intent and meaning of a song.
Thanks so much! I love diving into great lyrics and this song is just top notch!
Henry David Thoreau
“ most men lead lives of quiet desperation”
These great songs are poems in their own right as good as the masters ever wrote
I can't even begin to tell you how he makes me feel. So glad to see you feel it too.
So many emotions hitting me during this song. Incredible!
Thanks for watching.
For a Dancer, In the Shape of a Heart, Running on Empty, Sky Blue and Black, and Your Bright Baby Blues.
Running On Empty, YES!!!
Yes to all all these.
Thanks for the recommendations!
Sky Blue and Black is so beautiful. Somehow, one of his that I missed until well into my 40's.
A great (short) list! I'll add That Girl Could Sing, one of my faves.
I’ve heard this song many hundreds of times at least. It never fails to hit like a sledgehammer. The perfect blend hope and resignation to create melancholy. A lyrical masterpiece with perfect vocal and musical accompaniment.
It definitely hit me hard as well. Great song.
@@pablozee6359 you're the only other one I've heard experience this song this way, aside from myself. It breaks my heart every listen, because we're ALL the Pretender, in some way shape or form.
Saeed, I see that Jackson was speaking your heart. I love the way you get the lyric's better than other reactor's.
What an amazing song! Really made an impact on me. Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! Have a great day!
We all struggle to earn the money needed to pay the bills.. while trying to find love and family.. often find our childhood hopes and dreams squashed by real life struggles.. and we just go thru the motions.. But we keep hoping..
Indeed! ❤️
Yes, Jackson Browne can make you feel.❤
The 70s was the absolutely apex of the singer songwriter. What a time to be alive.
I’m so happy you’re enjoying the music that me and my husband came of age while listening to all these amazing songs. The 60s and 70s were the greatest organically creative some great music that’s being
created, but not in mass production the way we experienced during those 2 or 3 decades. Check out ELO - Mr Blue Sky and Evil Woman
Telephone Line
Incredible music! Thanks for watching and the recommendations.
❤❤Experiencing the beautiful talent of Jackson Browne, live....WOW !😊😊
Incredible artist!
100% truly real and authentic reaction to an equally amazing song.
This came out when I was 8 years old. I grew up on Jackson Browne! Before everyone had headphones, I’d play my dad’s record(78), sit with my back against the couch and turn the stereo speakers directly towards me and move them as close as the wires would allow! AND, I just returned from a 2700+ mile road-trip with my daughter and her friend and listened to this album. Brought back memories!! Can’t go wrong with Jackson Browne!
You have apretty good perspective when dissecting a song! Great reaction!
Thanks so much! Its an amazing song.
Such a great song. Jackson Browne is a great songwriter 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This song is so good! Many feelings and thoughts were hitting me at the same time.
@@SaeedReacts. Definitely a good one 👍🏻
Extremely under rated singer songwriter magic man
Jackson Browne was writing this kind of poetry at 17. He always leaves you in silence to ruminate on what you've heard. 👍❤️
Thats mindblowing!
Grew up with this amazing singer storyteller writer Jackson Browne. You cam just visualize this happening
I saw it flashing before my eyes. So good!
Hi there, Saeed..I must admit, when I was in my 20s, I listened to music, knew the songs by heart, but never took the time to digest the lyrics. As I got older, and more mellowed out, I learned to really delve into the lyrics and man, oh man, a lot of tears were shed as I came to realize the meanings behind them. This song strikes a chord with me, and I still get lost in thought when I listen to it. You have a great insight on lyrics and meanings. Being a writer helps you with this.. or having this insight helps with your writing. Either way you look at it, it makes you really think, and that's an awesome quality you have. Thank you so much for reacting to this one. He has another 1 that he wrote as a young teen called "Doctor My Eyes" that became a huge hit for him. Others have mentioned great songs by him, but this one I haven't seen suggested. Check it out, if only in your spare time. It's worth it. Much love to you and the family❤😊
This is an amazing song. It hit me with a lot of thoughts and emotion. A lot of the things i contemplate. Really enjoy this type of writing and music. Definitely will explore more!
Thanks again for this request . Much love ❤️
🎊 “In The Shape Of A Heart”…paints a vivid picture.
One of the most soul touching and beautiful songs in our musical lexicon. It speaks to the human condition so eloquently.
I like your reactions. This song is is one of the giants.
I love Jackson Browne. I grew up listening to his albums and he did have a lot of popularity and airplay on the radio. I used to have all of his albums and knew all of his songs by heart. He was 16 years old writing his songs and it seems like he is an "old" soul. I love his honesty in his music. He has worked with so many artists over the years as well. I saw him live in concert at a No Nukes concert in Santa Fe, NM back in 1981. He was absolutely phenomenal, and Joe Walsh was a special guest and I couldn't believe it! I'll keep those memories with me forever.
Authenticity in oneself is not an easy commodity to come by these days.
Very true!
You're a lyric man. I know because you react the same way as I to the incredible sentiments rhymed so wonderfully by Jackson.
I love great lyrics and these are just beautiful and so thoughtprovoking. And indeed the rhyming is impeccable. Amazing penmanship.
I was a young writer and an English major. Jackson Browne was always one of my favorite songwriters, particularly for his lyrics. I grew up on his music
Amazing lyrics! Great observer too!
Saeed, 1980 I Saw Jackson Browne Live, great music. Running on Empty & Load Out/Stay. You'll Love it.
Will add those to the list. Thanks, Brenda!
"The Loadout/Stay" is a masterpiece of band life; right up there with Turn A Page and Hell You Call A Dream.
I figured out a guy I was dating wasn't right for me when I gave him this CD and he didn't like it.
🌸 man I haven't heard this in so long and I am reminded how deep and impressive the lyrics are... and sadly, how true.
It hits hard!
I absolutely LOVE Jackson Browne , I just clicked off RUclips as I saw this come up and had to come back. This is one of my favourites from him. Thankyou for reacting to this ❤
Thanks for spending some time with me ❤️
Amazing song.
@@SaeedReacts. you’re welcome, I enjoy your reactions 🥰
One of my favorite JB songs. Thanks for doing this one.
My absolute favorite from him💗
Excellent song! So much to unpack in this one.
HEY SAEED! 😊YOU NEED MORE FROM JACKSON? : IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART, TENDER IS THE NIGHT, LIVES IN THE BALANCE 👍 THERE'S A FEW GREATS ANYWAY! ANOTHER SUPER GOOD ROCK LEGEND!
Definitely will explore more! Thanks for the recommendations, Bob!
Thanks Saeed. I haven’t listened to this song in a very long time. At this stage in my life, this hits hard. ☮️
It hit me hard right now, so it must have more meaning as we age. That is a testament to incredible writing. So good!
Thanks for watching!
OH HELLLL YOU GOTTA DO THE VIDEO OF : THE LOAD OUT / STAY😊 IT'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT MUSIC CONCERT CLIPS AND A GREAT STORY💯 AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE STAY I'M SURE, YOU MAY JUST NOT KNOW IT BY THE TITLE IS ALL! 👍STAY WELL SAEED!
A perfect closing concert song..
I will add that one to my list. Thanks!
You managed to move me. Greetings from Argentina. Jackson is the best
Such an amazing song. Thanks so much for watching. Greetings from Belgium.
For storytelling, from the "For Everyman" album: "Ready or Not"
From the "late for the Sky" album: "Fountain of Sorrow" and "Before the Deluge"
Then again, all his songs are stories.
Thanks for the recommendations!
You should check out Jackson Browne's Load out/ Stay live.
Thanks for the recommendation!
@@SaeedReacts.It's the song he closes his shows with and when you hear it you'll know why.
Watching you react to this song was both joyful and heartbreaking. Those of us who can feel deeply are blessed and cursed.
Thanks so much for watching.
It truly is a gift and a curse at the same time.
With "rent myself a house in the shade of a freeway".
He introduces the main character as already making a compromise.
Thanks for that insight!
He is already succumbing to this type of life.
This is one of my favorite songs ever. In the same vein as "The Pretender" , you might also want to check out Billy Joel's ""The Stranger". They both deal with putting on a sort of mask, or even different masks, depending on the situation.
My daughter is now 45 and for her high school quote under her graduation picture she chose “I’m gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender” my kids grew up on Jackson Browne. Another anthem song of his is Load Out/Stay (an ode to his road crews and fans)
What a great quote to use. 👍😂😂
truer words have never been spoken 🥲
100%
Hey there, you are getting great at this, good reactions! I love that you’re enjoying songs we’ve know by heart for 50+ years.
This, my friend, is one great masterpiece. I am teared up, the lyrics get me every time!
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! I am truly enjoying this journey. Discovering so much great music.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Great choice, one his best songs. Jackson’s observations on the ‘rat race’ and how so many of us get caught up in it just to survive are powerful and true but love seems to be one way to give it meaning. You can see not much has changed in 50 years. His songs are full of insightful observations and commentary on the angst and disappointments of modern life but written with a poet’s eye and the ear of a great musician and singer.
Love music like this. Its what we think about it often and the way he puts these observations into his music is beautiful.
I cant type ...this will take me ten minutes to say this one thing.... Sky Blue and Black....One of the best jackson Brown's best song's ...Bye the way David Linely was his long time Faithfull leed Guitarist For many years... As a Man who has been a deep thinker and finally after many years of WTF? I can say that we sorta think alike ..Maybe try that one... I have a few if you want... Gret channel and great insight. Thanks for the work you put into it all
Thanks so much for the recommendations and sharing that. Its great to connect with like minded people. Take care!
As I said before one of my all time favorites, we all have a Pretender in us, and that is ok. But you are right we all have to live our lives and our dreams. Perfection! Jackson Browne now lives off the grid and lives his life the way he wants but trying to save our planet for the next generation even tho he is still performing he does his part for our world and still bringing us his great music.
Thanks for sharing that. Amazing that he lives that way. Respect!
I've never been a good
Lyrical 'active' listener. That's what's so cool about your channel; helps me to examine songs and Iisten to songs through a more analitical perspective and to extract and understand the author's message or story, it's beautiful how you do that.Gracias 👊
Thank you, Pete. Your comment really made my day :)
Sometimes doubt creeps in on how to approach these video's, but i really enjoy doing reactions this way and am so grateful that people watch them. Thanks again!
"Veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light". Geez!
Saeed I'm really enjoying your channel. It seems that you, (as am I) are a huge fan of well written songs, (you're a writer yes?). Jackson Brown is my favorite male lyricist. In my opinion, there are none better.
Top 5 lyricist in my book
Thoroughly enjoyed this. You really do it all; all genres. TX Saeed. Greetings from South Africa
This song is so good! Really struck a chord with me. Love exploring all these different genres. Thanks for watching. Greetings from Belgium
Glad to see you've discovered this prophetic bard. The BGVs on the record are David Crosby and Graham Nash. Also, Jackson, by his own admission, tends to write melancholy songs. There are a few positive, upbeat tunes in his library, but most of them are characterized by loss, by longing, and by learning to find a place in this crazy world.
Those are the type of songs i usually gravitate towards. Amazing song! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the reaction. I needed this today. This song was released just as I got old enough to start making money throwing hay bails for my neighbors and working for my school tutoring fellow students in math and english. I liked this song, mostly because I liked JB, but the words didn't hold any real meaning to me. Life was full of promise back then. Now, as I'm on the verge of turning 60 in a couple of months and just being informed that the once mighty company I work for is cutting jobs, I'm just now contemplating the real meaning of this song. The "what if's" can be haunting, but it's impossible to know where they would have taken me. Not all what if's could have been good.
Thanks for sharing that. A few years of living gives this song more meaning and i would imagine in a few more years that will increase again.
The what if game... one i have played too often, but like you said its impossible to know.
I've been watching reactions for some years now, and you are one of the best I've seen. Great work!
Thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️
All right.
I'm subscribing!
this song is in my top 10 .. great reaction
Such a great song! Thanks for watching.
Saeed, another great singer songwriter from the 70’s! Since I’m in my 60’s now, damn these lyrics definitely hit hard!
Incredible song. Struck a chord with me!
"I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring...".
Remember this song was written in the wake of the social upheaval of the sixties, so he's writing from the point of view of the young idealistic "hippy" who is now having to settle down and face the responsibilities of life. They are the "boomers" of today.
Thanks for offering me that perspective.
I dont know how or why, but this a feeling i have been struggling with all my life. And it all comes together in this amazing song. Incredible!
I think that feeling is not unique to that generation. Young people tend to lose their idealism as they age and it can be a bitter loss. For a generation growing up in the anti-war and civil rights era I think it hits particularly hard in light of the expectation of a "greater awakening".
There is a line in the Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" that says "When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse, out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look and it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now, the child is grown, the dream is gone".
I identity strongly with the idea that I had a vision and purpose that I lost somewhere along the way.
Love Jackson Browne and love your reactions!
I enjoy many reaction videos. Your reactions are truly relatable. Great job.
Such a great song. This made a big impact on me.
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words ❤️
So glad to see you getting into Jackson Great stuff love you
Great music!
Much love!
I like your reactions!! More thoughtful and authentic then most!! "Running on empty" is another great one!!!
Thanks so much for the kind words! And for the recommendation.
Always gets to me...too much truth in this song. Nice reaction.
A lot of thoughts were hitting me during this song. It's incredible. A lot of truth indeed! Thanks so much for watching.
Another nice thoughtful reaction. I love Jackson Browne. I saw him at Austin Aqua Festival in 1989. This is a beautiful song. Dan Fogelberg is another troubadour in the same vein that I love.
You should listen to Dan Fogelberg's Leader of the Band, which is a tribute to Dan's father. He talks about how much his father loved the song and how it meant so much to them both. I am sure you would appreciate it.
Awesome you saw him live.
Thanks for watching and the recommendation!
I love Aurora. But I'm old😂, before her Was Browne, Springsteen, and Bob Segar. Plus others in the 60s and 70s.
All great story tellers and true artist 😊
Whether it's full on Folk, or just a folk-rock edge...it's just so peaceful. But few make us think like this one does. And in a self-reflecting way. That's just really good for us. ♡
So many thoughts and emotions hit me at the same time listening to this song.
Off subject....but I think John Prine would be something that you're looking for. Songs Sam Stone, Hello in There, Paradise, etc, etc etc. Think you would really enjoy him.
I think his name is on my list. Hope to get to his music eventually.
Great reaction Saeed. ✌️😎
Thank you!
Saeed, i know for a fact... I was the pretender. I'm a woman that around 25 years ago, I would stroll out into the night to get drunk and high.. while pretending to be a productive member of society. I WAS NOT!!! Couldn't hold down a job or apartment.. id just bat my pretty eyes and get what I wanted...
Saeed listen to this song again and again, I swear it takes you different places each time you hear it!!!!!!!
Next: "THE LOAD/STAY" LIVE 1978 VERSION ❤
Thanks for sharing that. I can relate to parts of it. Will definitely listen to this once in a while. I can imagine my perspective might change a few times.
I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
Hello It’s Me
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Arthur’s Theme
Ride Like The Wind
All 70’s stuff
Thanks for the recommendations
🍂 .. Great !!!!!!!! Jackson Browne is great !! ..🍂
Say a prayer for the pretender. .listen to “Salt of the Earth” by The Rolling Stones.
Thanks for that recommendation! Definitely need to explore their music too at some point.
The great critic Paul Nelson wrote a great essay about this album. In the middle of recording it, Browne's first wife committed suicide. Though most of these songs were written before that happened, they took on new meaning afterward and, as Nelson told it, it became like a movie. This song, with its cynicism and fatalism, is the closing song, but not necessarily the last word.
The opening track, The Fuse -- my favorite JB song -- is like a movie that starts at the end, in the present day, before the story gets told. It's the counter to this, showing him coming out of his grief and depression, looking around fresh at the world.
Then, there are 3 songs showing the arc of the relationship, starting with troubled souls meeting and ending with the relationship falling apart.
Side 2 (of the LP) starts with The Only Child, heartbreaking in the context of the suicide. Browne telling his toddler son to be kind to his mother's memory as he learns what happened. Then Daddy's Tune, trying to mend fences with his father, and finally, before the title song, Sleep's Dark And Silent Gate, a bleeding, grieving song he wrote after his wife's death.
Hi Saeed you handsome guy! I really like Pretender! Have a good one Saeed
Such a great song! Thanks for watching!
"True love could have been a contender". Back in the 70s, there seemed to be a choice laid before us. Love or the "legal tender". The house in the shade of the freeway represented the acceptance of the death of those dreams. You have a freeway providing your shade. What kind of neighborhood do you live in? And what kind of world were we building? Happy idiots struggle for the legal tender and those ads just keep coming to remind us what we "need".
Don Henley, of the Eagles, wrote a song called "Gimme what you got" about stacking up piles and piles of everything but "You don't see no hearses with luggage racks." Profundity was ripe back then!
Keep diggin!
Amazing line!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
The hippies of the 1970s became the yuppies (Young Urban Professionals) of the 1980s.
The Pretender landed right in the middle of this.
Isn’t that a GREAT SONG? The lyrics are so emotionally charged. He was part of the 60’s love child generation who thought they were gonna change things and realized they couldn’t. So sad.
Such an amazing song! Definitely hit me hard!
🌸 ( btw.... you look great in that color of shirt! 😁)
Thank you :)
Awesome. My take on the veterans line is they "dream of the fight" because back in society they can't get re-acclimated and are bored "asleep at the traffic light." I got a couple songs in this vein....Dave Matthews "Ants Marching" and Billy Joel "The Stranger" Check them out when you have time. Great job.
Thanks that insight. Yes, it would be hard to adjust to "normal" life coming from such intense situation.
Thanks for the recommendations as well!
Thanks! Just a couple of suggestions with singer songwriters. Jackson Brown's Fountain of Sorrow about his breakup with one of your favs Joni Mitchell. My fav line "When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger." Live performance
ruclips.net/video/q5Cz8ppvGXk/видео.html&start_radio=1
So this leads to Joan Baez "Diamonds and Rust" about her relationship with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan.
ruclips.net/video/GGMHSbcd_qI/видео.html Live performance.
Fav lyric - We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust
Thought you might enjoy knowing who the lyrics were written for. My best to you, your family and friends. Jim White
Hi Jim,
Thanks so much! Sound like great songs! Will try to check these out as soon as possible.
Have a wonderful day!
Much love to you and your family.
Cheers,
Saeed
PLEASE react to Jackson’s live video, of LOAD OUT/STAY,,you will be amazed!
Will add it to my list. Thanks so much for watching and the recommendation!
I'm a little late to the party, but I have always been a huge JB fan. This song I have a love/hate relationship with. I view it as a coming of age or end of innocence song. In the world we live in, we have long since moved on from an agrarian sustenance life, and there is simply no economy that raises more people out of misery than Capitalism; and as HA Hayek explains, the freedom to decide what we buy is a determination of the freedom that is intrinsic to a governmental system, and the liberty that allows us to live the life we choose and think the thoughts we decide to think, even if they are in reality someone else paint by number thoughts we heard or read somewhere. The point being is there simply is no dicodomy between love and working for a living. The song in my mind is really defined by the lyric
I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
The point being, it turns out life is impossibly difficult, and there simply is nothing pretentious about finding love and living the best life you can. Being a hopeless romantic, my favorite lyric is,
I 'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put out dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
The part I really don't understand is how living life on its own terms makes you a Pretender; it's just reality, so perhaps if you are a musical genius and muti millionaire, you see this as pretending.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and i agree with many things.
For me it can feel like i am a pretender when i put away my dreams for the sake of working to make ends meet. Or when you have to pretend to care about certain things that really dont interest you. A silly example being small talk, but there are many of these examples. Wearing a mask is exhausting and its taken me a while to find my real self. Up until then i felt like a pretender.
@@SaeedReacts. It's also worth mentioning when JB wrote this song, he was in mourning of the loss of of wife who committed suicide. I imagine he was pretty disillusioned and perhaps searching where he had gone wrong and looking for some renewed meaning in his life. I read a comment from on another reaction video on this song, that with any other song writer, the term Pretender would have been the dominant lyric, but JB is such a great song writer, it's actually one of the lesser lyrics compared to the others contained in the song. Some times I feel he might have been using a certain level of comic relief, where he talks about the church bells and the junk man and children waiting for the ice cream truck; normal life going on all around him, while his dealing with such a tragedy.
As far as putting away your dreams, try to remember they were dreams without any life experience ("Take your time, think a lot, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not", Cat Stevens. BTW, I am 69 YO and indeed, while many days seemed long at the time, the years go by in the blink of an eye; the best years by far was the time I took raising my sons.
I am reminded of Bob Seger's "Like a Rock",
20 years, where'd they go
20 years I don't know
I sit and wonder sometimes,
Where they've gone
(with me it's 50 years).
This is the reaction in the 70s for those who had belived in the 60s and what it have " promiesed."
Your appreciation of the lyrics is refreshing. Yeah, it's a good song and good music, but the words--!!
Great reaction, my friend.
Incredible lyrics! So well written and performed. Thanks so much for watching.
That's the great Leland "Lee" Sklar on bass. He's played on hundreds of albums and has a great RUclips channel!
A true legend. Many years touring with Phil Collins as wel 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻l
❤Saeed, you mentioned Bob Seger. If you haven't reacted to FAMOUS FINAL SCENE, please consider it. I've sung it at karaoke a few times. ❤
I have only reacted to a few songs, but not that one . Will add it to my list. Thanks.
@@SaeedReacts. Thank you ! 😊
I Have Asperger's Autism & IQ of 155 And The "Struggle For Legal Tender" Was too much Because it Robbed Me of Opportunity Of "TRUE LOVE" just Like The Pretender
I love Jackson but I remember when this album came out in 1976 Rolling Stone magazine reviewer called it The Pretentious. Wonder if the reviewer has softened their views
It must have hit a nerve or something 😅
Amazing song.
There are a lot of songs I could recommend by him but the list would be far too long! He is a kindred for sure! I had the pleasure of seeing him 3 times over the years, and he still sounds as good now as he did then
Awesome you saw him live a few times. Looking forward to explore more of his music
For me song writing doesn't get any better than Jackson Browne.
Before the Deluge is my personal favorite.
We're all the pretender, bro.
We are all pretenders in one way or another.
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