I almost never watch reaction videos, but found this while searching "Song of the South cover." I just had to tell you that you strike me as a very beautiful, intelligent, well spoken and strong spirited woman. Good stuff. I subscribed :)
I remember reading that during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl flour companies found out that mothers were making dresses for their girls out of flour sacks because they couldn’t afford anything else so the companies started making them in floral designs. Fields turned into sand dunes
Yep. They also used the fabric in quilts, and the plain bags for the quilt backing. My dad's underwear and shirts as a boy were made from plain flour sacking.
My Ma and all her sisters grew up with flour sack dresses in West Tennessee. They got electric in the early 50's and indoor plumbing in I guess the mid to late 50's. The year I was born (1968) they bought a wood stove for heat. Before that they heated that big house with a double fireplace. (That's two fireplaces in two rooms across from each other connected to the same chimney)
Rebel9668 Wood stoves are so much better for heating. We have one in our basement and it heats the whole first floor of our house. I live in New England so it gets pretty cold
@@unndunn1 I grew up with them but I'll take gas heat any day. No carrying out ash, no mess, no worries about creosote buildup and chimney fires. Yes we brushed our chimney seasonally, but still...and that's a big mess too. Then there's all the cutting, splitting, seasoning and carrying. I used a maul a sledge and two wedges till I was 16 and we built a hydraulic splitter and powered it with our old John Deere model "A". Always had to run a humidifier in the house cause the heat would dry the air out so much I'd get nosebleeds. Now all I do is set the thermostat and I stay toasty. :)
Amen but as soon as we stop being a god-fearing Nation we will fall they are trying to take God out of everything and it's happened in the past in the Nations have failed when that happens
I love how she actually went into perspective of everyone’s struggle instead of acting like everyone was perfect except for minorities. True American. Knows that the history of America has progressed through everyone’s hard work to become what it is today.
Yeah it was everyone's struggle, but how many black/brown faces did you see in that video? It was the 80's and systemic racism was alive and well. No says the video music producers, the song is aimed at white folk, so no black folk in it please, even though black folks listened to Alabama too. Or most likely they didn't even think about the fact that Black and Brown folk lived there too. It just goes to show how little white folks even thought about others. It's all about us. Don't pretend like what happened didn't happen and still does. :P Nobody claims that minorities are perfect, how about you accept that whites definitely aren't. True Americans accept the past and it's realities are true, not pretend we have all gotten along and worked together for a better America. Ha!
@@yadigjamesgang-xs7jj Okay I'm a tool, you're an asshole. What's your point? Did you disagree with me? Was I incorrect in my history or delivery of the truth? Maybe something other than a shit rhyme would be a little more ,I don't know, conducive to conversation. :P
@@eatmedrinkme9628 no one said whites were perfect so wtf are u talking about😂 and the fact that your complaining there’s no minorities in the video is literally retarted, it’s like complaining there was no white people in “Still D.R.E”s music video😂 it’s stupid
@@projectc.j.j3310 Ok so you completely missed the point of my comment, not surprising. My whole point is "The Song of the South" has to include black people in it, because there would be no south without them, THEY built the South. The very fact that they left black people out of the video narrative in this good song is in itself a snub, a proof of institutional racism. The producers either thought this is aimed at white folks and didn't add any blacks or they didn't even think of black folks from the south. Either way it showed the bias of the time, a bias which is still hanging around. Example: your ignorant comment. You: "no one said whites were perfect so wtf are u talking about" Original commenter, I answered to: "I love how she actually went into perspective of everyone’s struggle instead of acting like everyone was perfect except for minorities." My response: "Nobody claims that minorities are perfect, how about you accept that whites definitely aren't. True Americans accept the past and it's realities are true, not pretend we have all gotten along and worked together for a better America." Instead of reading my comment and actually thinking about it, you jumped on here to argue with me, showing your ignorance and stupidity on the subject. Learn to read and maybe some history before you comment. BTW there are a few white faces in 'Still' D.R.E”s music video, not many but if you look you'll see them. I'm out.
In all my life, I’ve never met more humble people than those in the South. They’ll treat complete strangers like family. I once got yelled at for being too skinny! This was an excellent review. God bless :)
Alabama was a big country group in the 80's. Love in the first Degree, Mountain Music, Old Flame, Why Lady Why, Tennessee River, Dixieland Delight, Take Me Down, Roll On, are just a few to start with. So glad you found Alabama!
They weren't just of the 80's but the early 90's as well. Prior to Alabama the only acknowledgement that groups would receive for their accomplishments during the award shows would be best new singer or group of the year. All other awards were given to single artists. Alabama broke the mode and proved not once but several times that a group or duo were capable of winning Entertainer of the Year award. That's why they were the first ever to receive the Entertainer of the Decade Award.
Poverty is poverty, it makes no difference whether country or city. Those who will survive are those who are willing to work at whatever will support them and their family. Poverty affects all people the same! The color of your skin, your religious background, your perceived status in society make no difference, we all feel it the same! Enjoy your videos and your adventure of exploring various music genre's. God Bless!
The Great Depression there was no work, no food stamps. No food banks. No surplus food. You were lucky if you got handouts and a little work. Watch The Grapes Of Wrath. This affected the great south the most.
The Great Dustbowl in The Great Depression. PBS did a great documentary on it. Dust covered everything in the Midwest. FDR created the TVA, CCC to put men to work and part of their pay was sent back to support their families. He also repealed prohibition.
When they say “somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we were so poor that we couldn’t tell”, I feel that in a personal level. I grew up poor and those things never affected our lives much. We didn’t know any different.
My great grandfather owned several gas stations in southwestern Oklahoma during the depression and dust bowl. He told my Dad that even if you dont have much there's always someone with less. Help each other make it through. He gave gas to farmers to be able to continue planting their fields and feeding their live stock. He took chickens, produce or trade in exchange or just gave lines of credit and never asked to be repaid when times got better.
Thats back when people cared about others and were not obsessed about their own feelings so much. My great grandparents were very fortunate during that time so they paid it forward by feeding as many of the neighbors as possible.
This particular band of their songs always hold a place dear to me. I’m from northwest Alabama and their music epitomizes what people there think. They also remind me of my family roots. From poor cotton farmers up through the military lineage that I carried on. I’m still proud of that area and when people ask I don’t tell the town or county. I simply say I’m from northwest Alabama.
Some people may say the younger people have not seen or had hardship. That may be true but they are not necessarily to blame for growing up sheltered. Perhaps this hardship will teach that life lesson. Fall down ? GET UP. get hurt? Toughen up. Don’t like your life ? Work! And fix it. America is built on resistance and grit. GET SOME YALL
I’m new here and I am from Alabama! Already loving you!! My mom and dad taught three members of the band. The grew up in poverty. Schools would let out at harvest time and the kids picked cotton. You are my new one to watch!!! “Make something out of nothing.... Amen!”
Bill Stokes, my parents do not either. They said it was hot and the first time they felt what cotton feels like before it is processed was brutal! I have felt it... whew, grateful I came along later lol.
@@maribiddle5859 Cotton bolls chew your fingers up, it kills your back, and you wear out your knees. I was about 8 years old at the time. I worked along side my Grandmother. She didn't believe in kids playing around. Sure makes me appreciate a dollar these days. That was back in the 1940's before machines. Glad you missed it.
Alabama was my mom's favorite band. I lost her when I was 12 to cancer but every time I hear an Alabama song I feel better. 💜💜💜 Thanks for the reaction 😁
My grandparents all grew up very, very poor in the Great Depression in West Virginia. My grandfather told me many stories about the times. One of those is his parents could never afford shoes when because he grew so fast (reaching 6'7" and size 15 shoe) so he always was barefoot. One year for Christmas, his dad got him a pair of oversized, used shoes and my grandfather said he was the greatest gift ever. He never had sons but he always made sure his 3 grandsons always had new shoes, so he always insisted that he took us whenever we needed a new pair. It's really hard to imagine those years and I always think about the stories he told me when times get rough.
I agree. It not only celebrities and recognize the working people. It shows every job no matter how small or insignificant one might think it is. Is important and to quote one of the lyrics of the song. Everyone working together like spokes inside a wheel. To keep this country turning. Yes the words are not exact, but the meaning behind them are the same.
I’ll be honest, I came here expecting a much worse reaction, and for that, I am a bit ashamed. When people want to know what us white folk really think and feel here in the south, listen to music like this. We (most of us) are not racist. We are typically just hard working, family oriented folk who would do anything for anyone, as long as the show they are willing to help themselves as well!
Well maybe your white privileged Me I was born a poor black child living on the banks of the Mississippi ., my Mammy used to make scorched potato cakes and told us it was steak. I’m better now but I can’t forget where I came from.
@@AboxofMonsters my Mother is a half breed American Indian/white. I live in the south as did she of course, times were a lot more rough when she was a child 1 of 12 children (9 lived to adulthood), all but one child was born at home and her mammy (grandmother) delivered them. The whole family picked cotton in exchange for a house to live in that had more holes then walls, she said one winter they all lived in a tent and it was the warmest winter ever. No white privilege, but you know what they never screamed about how unfair life was, they were just grateful for all that the Lord provided. At the age of 45 she got her GED and at 50 earned her RN degree (thanks to free college, Pell Grant), she was only able to do it for a short time due to a progressive muscle disease, she died 10 yrs later. I am so tired of hearing about white privilege, life is what you make of it, you can either make yourself a victim and blame others, or you can push yourself and climb as high as you want to go. Nobody owes us anything, I could have achieved more, but I don't blame that on anyone, except the fact that I was too lazy. I've achieved a middle class life, but now that time is no longer on my side I wish that I would have had more confidence and did more with my life, again nobody's fault but mine.
P. J. D. Dont regret anything You are exactly where your supposed to be as long as you dont violate the rights or right of another to thrive you are on your path and you along with anyone in your life you ever met ( planned it ) before coming here before incarnation which was still only a moment ago. Even a glance you exchanged with a stranger on a street. This is what the orions and human spirits say time and time again as contact is what i do. You can see other then my 140 uploads here i have 400 hours on Fb uploaded of transcripts Ive asked them every question and jt matches what Alba Wienman got in 400 sessions. So its reality we dont see from all the veils earth has. That life your mom chose it and you can have that experience at that them years as we can incarnate when in time we want. Or the future. We all get the chance to play the role of christ as one alien says. Which was the response when i asked how come Tom Cruise has the best life and i dont Ive had that experience or next time i can as they say most often You are Us We are You. You will hear that from them most. Its what that means.
P. J. D. Think back you always did what you want we are exactly where you want to be so am i but you can course correct which is what expands and creates alt time lines. Awakening and remembering who you are raises you in dimensions within the 3D we start in. There are 5 available within the one you came in with amnesia.
This is why colour isn't important poor people are more understanding of the difficulty that black People had to suffer but that was a system laid down mainly by the rich to be able to play poor people off of each other as they realised it be easier to keep control if we weren't United in the common struggle for equality for all and if the truth be told we admire blacks and every other race that has had to struggle because of the rich who effectively controls us poor people no room in my life or soul for anyone who is racist as I don't see colours when I look at people I see only people and if they are hardworking class then that is my first common denominator and then personality as in my humble opinion we are the salt of the earth and the true defenders of our land not the politicians or the billionaires ❤️🙏.
First, that was awesome with your kid crashing the party, lol. Great job lil' mama. I was thrilled that you chose an Alabama song. One of my favorite country artists from MY past... they were the beginning of 'new country', or basically modern updated country back then in the 80's. These guys could get anyone off their seat with their music. Thanks! 3:)
Really love the video for this song. I’d never seen it. Visuals are so powerful, phew. This country has always had such spirit, and never has it been greater or less than than each of us has to contribute. Feels pertinent today as ever. Thanks for sharing this xo!
You can never go wrong with Alabama! Seen them live twice and they put on such fun shows! You should react to “Mountain Music,” “Tennessee River,” “Angels Among Us,” and “Old Flame.” Just a few of my favorite songs by them! 🙌❤️
@@bretthibbs6083 I realize it's been a day or two since this video was posted but my wife and I were on a cruise with Alabama and many other country music artists in 2013, it was a great week. All of the artists and band members acted as they knew all of the folks on the ship personally.
This song reminds me of my dad. He died at the very young age of 59. I remember being a kid, and he would listen to this in his truck, or on vinyl at our home. Man. All the feelings. Thank you. It’s good. It hurts but it’s a good hurt. And can I just say that you are an absolute amazing human. I can just feel it in the way you present yourself! Thanks for illuminating a joyous hope! Goodness we need that about now!
Love Alabama! And this is my first 1st comment! Love the spirit of this song. We're Americans and we pull together and we'll get through the hard times!
I’ve lived in the south and northeast. The south is the kindest most loving place on earth. Philly and DC suck your soul. Glad to be back home in the love.
My Grandma would listen to this on vinyl. Her legs crossed, Toe tapping in the air and tell me stories of growing up in Arkansas during the depression.
When I was a kid, me, My parents were front row to an Alabama concert. It was Halloween or around the time, but I won the best costume and they brought me up on stage and gave me a drum stick n guitar pic, good times
GREAT song from Alabama! I was about your age during their 'heyday.' LOVED their music. And yes, this WAS a very hard time in our country's history. Problem is, cause most folks who lived through that are almost all gone now, most people in America today don't realize it CAN happen again. We think we've always been a prosperous nation, and always WILL be. But things can change. Sometimes overnight. I pray we'll never see those hard times again. GREAT reaction, darlin. I'm so glad you understand what this time meant in our country's history. Even though it happened more than 20 years before I was born, it affected the folks who lived through it for the rest of their lives.
My grandparents grew up , married and had children in NW Texas during the depression. They lived very close to the epicenter of the dust-bowl. My grandmother remembered walking outside and seeing a 'black wall' of dust on the horizon. Then a just a few short years later, grandpa served in the European theater during WWII. Truly a great generation.
My dad used to talk about going to bed with the covers over your head because when you get up in the morning there was 1/8 to 1/4 inches of dust on the bed. This was Fowler county Kansas in the dust bowl.
@@jamesharrison6201 I watched a documentary that talked about that sort of thing! Our kin went through so much in only about a 15 yr period - the Great Depression and WWII. I grew up with these folks in charge and it really sort of felt like 'the grown ups were in charge'. When leadership to some degree started to transition to the Baby Boomers (of which I'm one) in the 80's, I remember noticing the change. Alot of our forebears were mature beyond their years... some at a fairly young age.
I loved your reaction and could see that you were touched by this song. I was a kid growing up in Appalachia in what would be considered poverty by most when this song came out. My parents tried their very best to dig and claw their way up for a better life for me than they had. To this day they are still working and trying to make their way. I continue day by day to try to make a better life for my children, too. Life can be tough, but we can persevere.
I was a single Mom for 16 years. Most of the time I worked 2 jobs, sometimes 3. I'd usually pick up a 3rd job around the holidays or the kids birthdays to make sure they didn't go without a good Christmas, or a birthday wish they wanted. It was never easy, but in the end I came through with 2 VERY self reliant children who are both in college now on full scholarships, one for science, one for computer and web design. They are both very proud that they made their on way in. Don't stop India. You are teaching them by example right now. They see it, and they will understand it one day. Never quitting is also a virtue.
Beautiful kiddo! Just like his mama! Love your reactions. My grandparents loved this song having grown up during the depression & I had my great grandmother's story about the depression. Flour sack dresses, struggle meals, and finding ways to raise your kids to be good and happy folks. I can't imagine and proud to have such resiliency in my bloodline.
"Somebody told us wall street fell, we were so poor we couldn't tell." I was in 7th grade English crash on Black Monday in 87. The teacher told us the market crashed, I sang to myself "we're so broke that can't tell." Couldn't either. My Mama knows about red beans, rice and cornbread.
My mom taught me everyone needs to know about beans and cornbread because that is food that feeds a lot with not much money put out. Nothing better than pinto beans and cornbread on a cold day after being out working all day.
@@johnglue1744 truism. It's great protein and carbs on a tiny budget, and it's even better left over the next day. So a poor person's meal that is rich in substance while also having long legs. It's good knowledge for anyone to have in their quiver.
@@lb1984 The best is to take the leftover beans when there is not enough for all and bake them into a cake of cornbread. So good with butter right out of the oven.
80's-90's Alabama was the pinnacle of storytellers in country music. The lyrics are powerful. Other great Alabama stories are "Southern Star", "Down Home", "Roll On Eighteen Wheeler", and countless others.
Oh what a doll he is! (I have pictures of my daddy picking cotton at 3, standing on one toe because he had polio. He did it every day his entire childhood.)
When I was in elementary school they took us to a cotton farm and made us pick it for a hour. It was probably 91 or 92. That's a hard hard way to make a living.. we also got to use a cotton gun. Being young I still could remember thinking how they could do so much.
@@Howyodoinn It's hard, hot and back-breaking work! Picking cotton is easy compared to chopping cotton. One does not make a living on a cotton Farm, one survives.
My mom used to talk about how it would cut your hands, legs and arms. My grandmother used to drag my dad behind her while she picked. Hard, miserable work for practically nothing.
The news clips and video of farmers and such came from when Middle America (the Grain Belt) went through one of the harshest and widespread droughts in the country's history. It literally turned millions of acres of fertile farmland into desolation. On to the song itself, Alabama is a great country group, they really hit it in the 80s. I know you've said Randy Travis is a great storyteller with his music, these guys are up there too (many of the old country singers are). Roll On 18 Wheeler, Angels Among Us, I'm In A Hurry (and don't know why), and If You're Gonna Play In Texas are a few song ideas to look up. ❤️
I've always loved this song. Seeing the video actually brought tears to my eyes. No matter how hard life gets, you have to keep going. Maybe it'll get better if you keep trying, but it'll never change until you do something about it. Better or worse, keep going, keep trying, and never give up hope.
John Cougar Mellencamp did a track called "Rain on the Scarecrow" from the Scarecrow album which refers to similar issues of farmers being foreclosed by the banks in the 80's, sad history such as this illuminated by powerful lyrics, high recommend this one India.
Working Man by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is similar in subject matter. Something gets in my eyes when I listen to it. It's more plaintive while John Mellencamp delivers Rain on the Scarecrow with appropriate anger.. "Callin' it your job Ol Hoss, sure don't make it right. But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight. " Some of my favorite lyrics ever.
How precious! Enjoy all of the interruptions because they grow up so fast and one day, you will miss it. Love Alabama and proud that they are from my home state.
As a teenager I remember sitting at the table with my Dad, uncle and my Dad's friend from the Army. They were Puerto Ricans who came to the U.S. main land, went through the depression, fought in WW II and worked hard labor jobs all their lives. They married, raised families and never complained. I felt honored to be seated with them as they spoke about those "Hard Times." Tom Brokaw described men such as these as "The Greatest Generation."
I am so glad you know about the past, my Dad was born in 1918 and his family moved many times. They eventually lived in a one-room shack in the middle of nowhere South Dakota. From there he went to fight the war in the Pacific.
You got this reaction and perspective spot on kudos to you cause you know just from listening as you said this is history this a story and it affected everyone so deeply thank you for doing this
I've had the privilege of meeting all members of the band except for the drummer. I grew up around Fort Payne, AL, where they live. My mother worked at a hardware store in town when I was younger. The guys would always come in to get things when they were home.
“We all picked cotton, but we never got rich.” My Great grandfather grew up in Tennessee and was convinced to grow tobacco and cotton during the depression. Led him into bankruptcy. Such a good song though
Lady, you're a wonderful mom. Your reaction brought tears....give your good babies a squeeze for me. You're sweet and lovely. Did you see John Mellencamp's "blood on the plow" song about 1980's farmers. It's history like this one.
Cool you get the meanings of songs that you may not be aware of or not heard much !! 👍👍 and its cool that ur kid made a cameo, lol !! 😆😆👍👍 gives a channel a homely feel !! 👍👍
Sister, My Daddy lived through the Great Depression and lost EVERYTHING Him and My Mama lived on biscuits and Gravy, Wasn't no meat to be had unless You shot it Yourself, I was born in 1947 and never saw My Daddy smile.
Awesome video! Have to admit, stole my heart when Bannon (Sp?) came in and you were so loving with him. As a dad, much respect!! For Bannon AND the awesome vid, I am now subscribed!!!!
Combination dust bowl and great depression. You don't know true hardship. Politics and economics go together. This song was written within the lifetime of people who went through it. Politicians used these struggles to get votes. The same thing is happening today. Take care for whom you vote. It really does matter. And Roosevelt didn't save anyone.
It’s ok to to say Demorats have looted American farmers for 125 years. Only one man on earth has the thick skin to withstand their attacks in a govt where 40.000 are corrupt. But there is a remedy 189.000 sealed indictments sitting quietly in the courts when usually we have 900 Average. We will call what’s coming The storm. And nothing can stop it.
Thanks for this. I'm a trucker and I crank this up,whenever it comes on, had no clue who did it tho. A sad time indeed, but I think it shows people started trying to do the right thing by ALL people.
I also praise this woman for understanding the hard times as a person in the depression, thank you.
@@tom051 Thanks bro!
I puked when i saw your profile picture man 😅👍
@@xotic96 bruh what?
@@sheltonlindsey7965 weird mixed flag lol.
@shelton Lindsey I 100% agree with that!!! She feels the songs coz she’s just an everyday person fighting to survive like the rest of us
This was the true country music, not what they play today.
Todays country artist makes The old stars turn in there grave
Alabama is about as pure country music as you can get.
I'll drink to that
Amen that is true and it was the music of my childhood and still is the music i listen to and the music i love.
Like all of the highwaymen there good on there own and then suddenly a group of country singers
I almost never watch reaction videos, but found this while searching "Song of the South cover." I just had to tell you that you strike me as a very beautiful, intelligent, well spoken and strong spirited woman. Good stuff. I subscribed :)
I try . Means a lot to me ....Thank you 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Brown patriot here. Crazy I can go from E-40 to Alabama in a day. Music speaks to me
I remember reading that during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl flour companies found out that mothers were making dresses for their girls out of flour sacks because they couldn’t afford anything else so the companies started making them in floral designs. Fields turned into sand dunes
Yep. They also used the fabric in quilts, and the plain bags for the quilt backing. My dad's underwear and shirts as a boy were made from plain flour sacking.
@Whiterun Guard Manna from heaven to them. Rattlesnake is good eating.
My Ma and all her sisters grew up with flour sack dresses in West Tennessee. They got electric in the early 50's and indoor plumbing in I guess the mid to late 50's. The year I was born (1968) they bought a wood stove for heat. Before that they heated that big house with a double fireplace. (That's two fireplaces in two rooms across from each other connected to the same chimney)
Rebel9668 Wood stoves are so much better for heating. We have one in our basement and it heats the whole first floor of our house. I live in New England so it gets pretty cold
@@unndunn1 I grew up with them but I'll take gas heat any day. No carrying out ash, no mess, no worries about creosote buildup and chimney fires. Yes we brushed our chimney seasonally, but still...and that's a big mess too. Then there's all the cutting, splitting, seasoning and carrying. I used a maul a sledge and two wedges till I was 16 and we built a hydraulic splitter and powered it with our old John Deere model "A". Always had to run a humidifier in the house cause the heat would dry the air out so much I'd get nosebleeds. Now all I do is set the thermostat and I stay toasty. :)
That's why it's called. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Together we will prosper divided we will fall.
Amen brother! God bless America
E Pluribus Unum
Amen but as soon as we stop being a god-fearing Nation we will fall they are trying to take God out of everything and it's happened in the past in the Nations have failed when that happens
I love how she actually went into perspective of everyone’s struggle instead of acting like everyone was perfect except for minorities. True American. Knows that the history of America has progressed through everyone’s hard work to become what it is today.
Yeah it was everyone's struggle, but how many black/brown faces did you see in that video? It was the 80's and systemic racism was alive and well. No says the video music producers, the song is aimed at white folk, so no black folk in it please, even though black folks listened to Alabama too. Or most likely they didn't even think about the fact that Black and Brown folk lived there too. It just goes to show how little white folks even thought about others. It's all about us. Don't pretend like what happened didn't happen and still does. :P Nobody claims that minorities are perfect, how about you accept that whites definitely aren't. True Americans accept the past and it's realities are true, not pretend we have all gotten along and worked together for a better America. Ha!
@@eatmedrinkme9628 You is a Tool and a Fool, do you carry around a bucket of Drool.?
@@yadigjamesgang-xs7jj Okay I'm a tool, you're an asshole. What's your point? Did you disagree with me? Was I incorrect in my history or delivery of the truth? Maybe something other than a shit rhyme would be a little more ,I don't know, conducive to conversation. :P
@@eatmedrinkme9628 no one said whites were perfect so wtf are u talking about😂 and the fact that your complaining there’s no minorities in the video is literally retarted, it’s like complaining there was no white people in “Still D.R.E”s music video😂 it’s stupid
@@projectc.j.j3310 Ok so you completely missed the point of my comment, not surprising. My whole point is "The Song of the South" has to include black people in it, because there would be no south without them, THEY built the South. The very fact that they left black people out of the video narrative in this good song is in itself a snub, a proof of institutional racism. The producers either thought this is aimed at white folks and didn't add any blacks or they didn't even think of black folks from the south. Either way it showed the bias of the time, a bias which is still hanging around. Example: your ignorant comment.
You: "no one said whites were perfect so wtf are u talking about"
Original commenter, I answered to: "I love how she actually went into perspective of everyone’s struggle instead of acting like everyone was perfect except for minorities."
My response: "Nobody claims that minorities are perfect, how about you accept that whites definitely aren't. True Americans accept the past and it's realities are true, not pretend we have all gotten along and worked together for a better America."
Instead of reading my comment and actually thinking about it, you jumped on here to argue with me, showing your ignorance and stupidity on the subject. Learn to read and maybe some history before you comment.
BTW there are a few white faces in 'Still' D.R.E”s music video, not many but if you look you'll see them. I'm out.
In all my life, I’ve never met more humble people than those in the South. They’ll treat complete strangers like family. I once got yelled at for being too skinny!
This was an excellent review. God bless :)
Alabama was a big country group in the 80's. Love in the first Degree, Mountain Music, Old Flame, Why Lady Why, Tennessee River, Dixieland Delight, Take Me Down, Roll On, are just a few to start with. So glad you found Alabama!
All awesome songs!!
They weren't just of the 80's but the early 90's as well. Prior to Alabama the only acknowledgement that groups would receive for their accomplishments during the award shows would be best new singer or group of the year. All other awards were given to single artists. Alabama broke the mode and proved not once but several times that a group or duo were capable of winning Entertainer of the Year award. That's why they were the first ever to receive the Entertainer of the Decade Award.
My favorite was WHEN IT ALL GOES SOUTH
I grew up on those songs!
My fav band ever. I love how you could see the music move you 😊
This song reminds me of my grandparents. What I would not give to talk to them again for fifteen minutes.
i feel that. They died when i was early teens. Now that im an adult and entering my 20s, i have so many questions
Poverty is poverty, it makes no difference whether country or city. Those who will survive are those who are willing to work at whatever will support them and their family. Poverty affects all people the same! The color of your skin, your religious background, your perceived status in society make no difference, we all feel it the same! Enjoy your videos and your adventure of exploring various music genre's. God Bless!
Amen!!
Not exactly
The Great Depression there was no work, no food stamps. No food banks. No surplus food. You were lucky if you got handouts and a little work. Watch The Grapes Of Wrath. This affected the great south the most.
I think you mean "proverty"
The Great Dustbowl in The Great Depression. PBS did a great documentary on it. Dust covered everything in the Midwest. FDR created the TVA, CCC to put men to work and part of their pay was sent back to support their families. He also repealed prohibition.
When they say “somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we were so poor that we couldn’t tell”, I feel that in a personal level. I grew up poor and those things never affected our lives much. We didn’t know any different.
Mountain Music is another good one by Alabama.
They’re all good I can’t even suggest one just pick an Alabama song!
I went to their "Mountain Music" tour concert & got their autographs after the show. Janie Fricke was the opening act.
Oh yes amen
This song would be perfect for today for all that is going on!
“Cotton Eyed Joe!”
This brought tears to my eyes, how have we lost so much along the way.? Makes you wonder about what goes on today.
Democrats Robbing and looting the 98% for 125 years. They are going to prison this year. Only one man has been able to stand against them for us.
My great grandfather owned several gas stations in southwestern Oklahoma during the depression and dust bowl. He told my Dad that even if you dont have much there's always someone with less. Help each other make it through. He gave gas to farmers to be able to continue planting their fields and feeding their live stock. He took chickens, produce or trade in exchange or just gave lines of credit and never asked to be repaid when times got better.
Thats back when people cared about others and were not obsessed about their own feelings so much. My great grandparents were very fortunate during that time so they paid it forward by feeding as many of the neighbors as possible.
Country folks are some of the best people on Earth.
Your Grandfather was a solid gold man.
This particular band of their songs always hold a place dear to me. I’m from northwest Alabama and their music epitomizes what people there think. They also remind me of my family roots. From poor cotton farmers up through the military lineage that I carried on. I’m still proud of that area and when people ask I don’t tell the town or county. I simply say I’m from northwest Alabama.
We got through that, we'll get through this. Don't quit.
Amen
Some people may say the younger people have not seen or had hardship. That may be true but they are not necessarily to blame for growing up sheltered. Perhaps this hardship will teach that life lesson. Fall down ? GET UP. get hurt? Toughen up. Don’t like your life ? Work! And fix it.
America is built on resistance and grit. GET SOME YALL
@@Kapnwill preach now!
Not so sure
I DO NOT THINK SO . I THINK WE ARE DONE FOR . AND NO ONES SEEMS TO CARE .
Great grandmother grew up during the depression and was as tough as nails for it, she is my biggest inspiration to do better for myself.
I’m new here and I am from Alabama! Already loving you!! My mom and dad taught three members of the band. The grew up in poverty. Schools would let out at harvest time and the kids picked cotton. You are my new one to watch!!! “Make something out of nothing.... Amen!”
I picked cotton when I was a kid, 10 hours a day, 3 cents a pound, 95 degrees. Sure don't miss it.
Bill Stokes, my parents do not either. They said it was hot and the first time they felt what cotton feels like before it is processed was brutal! I have felt it... whew, grateful I came along later lol.
@@maribiddle5859 Cotton bolls chew your fingers up, it kills your back, and you wear out your knees. I was about 8 years old at the time. I worked along side my Grandmother. She didn't believe in kids playing around. Sure makes me appreciate a dollar these days. That was back in the 1940's before machines. Glad you missed it.
Alabama the band
I absolutely loved your reaction 💚 I grew up in the deep South & the struggle is real but with that struggle comes pride. You're feeling it bbgrl ♡
Since you're visiting Country, try "Mama Tried", by Merle Haggard.
or Sing Me Back Home.
Holding things together would be a great reaction
That is a good one!
Roots of my raising
Holding things together
Alabama was my mom's favorite band. I lost her when I was 12 to cancer but every time I hear an Alabama song I feel better. 💜💜💜 Thanks for the reaction 😁
OMG Im so sorry for your loss, Alabama is also my favorite country band of all times .
My grandparents all grew up very, very poor in the Great Depression in West Virginia. My grandfather told me many stories about the times. One of those is his parents could never afford shoes when because he grew so fast (reaching 6'7" and size 15 shoe) so he always was barefoot. One year for Christmas, his dad got him a pair of oversized, used shoes and my grandfather said he was the greatest gift ever. He never had sons but he always made sure his 3 grandsons always had new shoes, so he always insisted that he took us whenever we needed a new pair. It's really hard to imagine those years and I always think about the stories he told me when times get rough.
I can tell you come from honest hardworking bloodlines by the way you get emotionally involved with the song. much love from Texas honey. God bless ya
40 Hour Week is one I think you’ll appreciate. But you can’t go wrong sticking with Alabama imo
Terrific recommendation!
@@randall-king Especially NOW.
That's a really good song
I agree. It not only celebrities and recognize the working people. It shows every job no matter how small or insignificant one might think it is. Is important and to quote one of the lyrics of the song. Everyone working together like spokes inside a wheel. To keep this country turning. Yes the words are not exact, but the meaning behind them are the same.
Was a kid in the 80’s my dad played Alabama music all the time! Love Alabama!!
Rhetorically speaking, we all pick cotton and still none of us are getting rich. Listen to Old Flame by Alabama. It was one of there first big hits.
@DARTH MoodYdiaH You are correct, it should be metaphorically. How much does a grammar police on RUclips get paid?
@@sandcastle6452 Nothing. We do it for the glory of the Reich alone.
I’ll be honest, I came here expecting a much worse reaction, and for that, I am a bit ashamed. When people want to know what us white folk really think and feel here in the south, listen to music like this. We (most of us) are not racist. We are typically just hard working, family oriented folk who would do anything for anyone, as long as the show they are willing to help themselves as well!
Well maybe your white privileged Me I was born a poor black child living on the banks of the Mississippi ., my Mammy used to make scorched potato cakes and told us it was steak. I’m better now but I can’t forget where I came from.
@@AboxofMonsters my Mother is a half breed American Indian/white. I live in the south as did she of course, times were a lot more rough when she was a child 1 of 12 children (9 lived to adulthood), all but one child was born at home and her mammy (grandmother) delivered them. The whole family picked cotton in exchange for a house to live in that had more holes then walls, she said one winter they all lived in a tent and it was the warmest winter ever. No white privilege, but you know what they never screamed about how unfair life was, they were just grateful for all that the Lord provided. At the age of 45 she got her GED and at 50 earned her RN degree (thanks to free college, Pell Grant), she was only able to do it for a short time due to a progressive muscle disease, she died 10 yrs later. I am so tired of hearing about white privilege, life is what you make of it, you can either make yourself a victim and blame others, or you can push yourself and climb as high as you want to go. Nobody owes us anything, I could have achieved more, but I don't blame that on anyone, except the fact that I was too lazy. I've achieved a middle class life, but now that time is no longer on my side I wish that I would have had more confidence and did more with my life, again nobody's fault but mine.
P. J. D. Dont regret anything You are exactly where your supposed to be as long as you dont violate the rights or right of another to thrive you are on your path and you along with anyone in your life you ever met ( planned it ) before coming here before incarnation which was still only a moment ago. Even a glance you exchanged with a stranger on a street. This is what the orions and human spirits say time and time again as contact is what i do. You can see other then my 140 uploads here i have 400 hours on Fb uploaded of transcripts Ive asked them every question and jt matches what Alba Wienman got in 400 sessions. So its reality we dont see from all the veils earth has. That life your mom chose it and you can have that experience at that them years as we can incarnate when in time we want. Or the future. We all get the chance to play the role of christ as one alien says. Which was the response when i asked how come Tom Cruise has the best life and i dont Ive had that experience or next time i can as they say most often You are Us We are You. You will hear that from them most. Its what that means.
P. J. D. Think back you always did what you want we are exactly where you want to be so am i but you can course correct which is what expands and creates alt time lines. Awakening and remembering who you are raises you in dimensions within the 3D we start in. There are 5 available within the one you came in with amnesia.
This is why colour isn't important poor people are more understanding of the difficulty that black People had to suffer but that was a system laid down mainly by the rich to be able to play poor people off of each other as they realised it be easier to keep control if we weren't United in the common struggle for equality for all and if the truth be told we admire blacks and every other race that has had to struggle because of the rich who effectively controls us poor people no room in my life or soul for anyone who is racist as I don't see colours when I look at people I see only people and if they are hardworking class then that is my first common denominator and then personality as in my humble opinion we are the salt of the earth and the true defenders of our land not the politicians or the billionaires ❤️🙏.
First, that was awesome with your kid crashing the party, lol. Great job lil' mama. I was thrilled that you chose an Alabama song. One of my favorite country artists from MY past... they were the beginning of 'new country', or basically modern updated country back then in the 80's. These guys could get anyone off their seat with their music. Thanks! 3:)
Really love the video for this song. I’d never seen it. Visuals are so powerful, phew. This country has always had such spirit, and never has it been greater or less than than each of us has to contribute. Feels pertinent today as ever. Thanks for sharing this xo!
You can never go wrong with Alabama! Seen them live twice and they put on such fun shows! You should react to “Mountain Music,” “Tennessee River,” “Angels Among Us,” and “Old Flame.” Just a few of my favorite songs by them! 🙌❤️
that's true I saw them in concert about 20 or 21 years ago at the mn state fair and they were awesome I will never forget it
@@bretthibbs6083
I realize it's been a day or two since this video was posted but my wife and I were on a cruise with Alabama and many other country music artists in 2013, it was a great week. All of the artists and band members acted as they knew all of the folks on the ship personally.
This song reminds me of my dad. He died at the very young age of 59. I remember being a kid, and he would listen to this in his truck, or on vinyl at our home. Man. All the feelings. Thank you. It’s good. It hurts but it’s a good hurt.
And can I just say that you are an absolute amazing human. I can just feel it in the way you present yourself! Thanks for illuminating a joyous hope! Goodness we need that about now!
Love Alabama! And this is my first 1st comment! Love the spirit of this song. We're Americans and we pull together and we'll get through the hard times!
We need some charlie Daniels up in here to!
We older people remember those days..We survived and the youth of today claim they in bad shape..
I’ve lived in the south and northeast. The south is the kindest most loving place on earth. Philly and DC suck your soul. Glad to be back home in the love.
Alabama 40 hour Work week. I think it's called is a great song. They were/are all about the working class.
Could tell this got you very emotionally invested right from the beginning, the depression and dust bowl, hard work. Best reaction I ever saw. 💗
Love Alabama. You won't regret reacting to any of their songs. You should go down that rabbit hole.
My Grandma would listen to this on vinyl. Her legs crossed, Toe tapping in the air and tell me stories of growing up in Arkansas during the depression.
Alabama is a major group from the late 70's-90's. A whole bunch of GREAT songs.
Yes sir👍😜🥰
Please give a listen to Confederate Railroad “Daddy never was the Cadillac kind”!! Love that song!!!
Feed jake... he’s a good dog...
The dust bowl
Queen of Memphis!
When I was a kid, me, My parents were front row to an Alabama concert. It was Halloween or around the time, but I won the best costume and they brought me up on stage and gave me a drum stick n guitar pic, good times
That fiddle sounds echoes in the deepest part of my spirit.
GREAT song from Alabama! I was about your age during their 'heyday.' LOVED their music. And yes, this WAS a very hard time in our country's history. Problem is, cause most folks who lived through that are almost all gone now, most people in America today don't realize it CAN happen again. We think we've always been a prosperous nation, and always WILL be. But things can change. Sometimes overnight. I pray we'll never see those hard times again. GREAT reaction, darlin. I'm so glad you understand what this time meant in our country's history. Even though it happened more than 20 years before I was born, it affected the folks who lived through it for the rest of their lives.
I think we are seeing similar hard times now.
@@jndaley I think you're right, Jill.
My grandparents grew up , married and had children in NW Texas during the depression. They lived very close to the epicenter of the dust-bowl. My grandmother remembered walking outside and seeing a 'black wall' of dust on the horizon. Then a just a few short years later, grandpa served in the European theater during WWII. Truly a great generation.
My dad used to talk about going to bed with the covers over your head because when you get up in the morning there was 1/8 to 1/4 inches of dust on the bed. This was Fowler county Kansas in the dust bowl.
@@jamesharrison6201 I watched a documentary that talked about that sort of thing! Our kin went through so much in only about a 15 yr period - the Great Depression and WWII. I grew up with these folks in charge and it really sort of felt like 'the grown ups were in charge'. When leadership to some degree started to transition to the Baby Boomers (of which I'm one) in the 80's, I remember noticing the change. Alot of our forebears were mature beyond their years... some at a fairly young age.
That was every American back in the day.
I love how you immediately felt that song. Music is universal and unites all of us.
You would love one of their heart warming songs," Angels Among Us"
My favorite song.
Love Alabama one of my favourite bands
Those are precious years with them babies, cherish them, they don’t stay little long 🙂
I loved your reaction and could see that you were touched by this song. I was a kid growing up in Appalachia in what would be considered poverty by most when this song came out. My parents tried their very best to dig and claw their way up for a better life for me than they had. To this day they are still working and trying to make their way. I continue day by day to try to make a better life for my children, too. Life can be tough, but we can persevere.
Alabama, 41 number 1 hits in Country music is LEGENDARY. Try Mountain Music, Feels so Right or My homes in Alabama.
Alabama had so many hits they won Artist of the Decade for the 80’s.
Omg❤❤❤ so cute🥰 beautiful baby🥰 I had to tell u before I even listened to ur reaction.. ok🤗 now back to ur show🤗❤
If only we could all come together as Americans this country would be absolutely perfect and I pray we can and believe we will.
I was a single Mom for 16 years. Most of the time I worked 2 jobs, sometimes 3. I'd usually pick up a 3rd job around the holidays or the kids birthdays to make sure they didn't go without a good Christmas, or a birthday wish they wanted. It was never easy, but in the end I came through with 2 VERY self reliant children who are both in college now on full scholarships, one for science, one for computer and web design. They are both very proud that they made their on way in. Don't stop India. You are teaching them by example right now. They see it, and they will understand it one day. Never quitting is also a virtue.
I'm from Alabama, so it's always nice hearing this band !!
Roll On (18 Wheeler)
This was always my favorite by them!
@@randall-king same here
Yasss
Not an Alabama some but what's the one about the truckers talking to "Teddy Bear"? Chokes me up every time.
My dad was a truck driver in the eighties. I was around 8 song made me cry every time he left.
I LOVE AMERICA and my fellow AMERICANS. United we stand divided we fall. Lies destroy. We must build on truth. We are all AMERICANS!
Never saw this version and thanks for posting it! Great job!
I love this woman ! She's so amazing and caring we need more of u!
I remember when that came out. The whole album is full of stories. If you ain't heard it before. I think you'll enjoy it.
Beautiful kiddo! Just like his mama! Love your reactions. My grandparents loved this song having grown up during the depression & I had my great grandmother's story about the depression. Flour sack dresses, struggle meals, and finding ways to raise your kids to be good and happy folks. I can't imagine and proud to have such resiliency in my bloodline.
"Somebody told us wall street fell, we were so poor we couldn't tell." I was in 7th grade English crash on Black Monday in 87. The teacher told us the market crashed, I sang to myself "we're so broke that can't tell." Couldn't either. My Mama knows about red beans, rice and cornbread.
My mom taught me everyone needs to know about beans and cornbread because that is food that feeds a lot with not much money put out. Nothing better than pinto beans and cornbread on a cold day after being out working all day.
@@johnglue1744 truism. It's great protein and carbs on a tiny budget, and it's even better left over the next day. So a poor person's meal that is rich in substance while also having long legs. It's good knowledge for anyone to have in their quiver.
@@lb1984 The best is to take the leftover beans when there is not enough for all and bake them into a cake of cornbread. So good with butter right out of the oven.
@Living With Myself by Randy you could afford biscuits? Now you're just showing off. I had a biscuit once. It was my birthday. Of course I jest.
@@lb1984 Watchu crying about? I had a biscuit once and had to share it with my 7 brothers and sisters.
80's-90's Alabama was the pinnacle of storytellers in country music. The lyrics are powerful.
Other great Alabama stories are "Southern Star", "Down Home", "Roll On Eighteen Wheeler", and countless others.
Oh what a doll he is!
(I have pictures of my daddy picking cotton at 3, standing on one toe because he had polio. He did it every day his entire childhood.)
When I was in elementary school they took us to a cotton farm and made us pick it for a hour. It was probably 91 or 92. That's a hard hard way to make a living.. we also got to use a cotton gun.
Being young I still could remember thinking how they could do so much.
@@Howyodoinn It's hard, hot and back-breaking work! Picking cotton is easy compared to chopping cotton. One does not make a living on a cotton Farm, one survives.
My mom used to talk about how it would cut your hands, legs and arms. My grandmother used to drag my dad behind her while she picked. Hard, miserable work for practically nothing.
@@nonenone3257 It's brutal.
The news clips and video of farmers and such came from when Middle America (the Grain Belt) went through one of the harshest and widespread droughts in the country's history. It literally turned millions of acres of fertile farmland into desolation.
On to the song itself, Alabama is a great country group, they really hit it in the 80s. I know you've said Randy Travis is a great storyteller with his music, these guys are up there too (many of the old country singers are). Roll On 18 Wheeler, Angels Among Us, I'm In A Hurry (and don't know why), and If You're Gonna Play In Texas are a few song ideas to look up. ❤️
One of my Favorite country music music bands!!
a lot of people call southerners racist until they live here for a while and find out we're some of the friendliest people on the planet.
“Angels Among Us” is a great one by Alabama
Christmas in Dixie
I've always loved this song. Seeing the video actually brought tears to my eyes.
No matter how hard life gets, you have to keep going. Maybe it'll get better if you keep trying, but it'll never change until you do something about it. Better or worse, keep going, keep trying, and never give up hope.
John Cougar Mellencamp did a track called "Rain on the Scarecrow" from the Scarecrow album which refers to similar issues of farmers being foreclosed by the banks in the 80's, sad history such as this illuminated by powerful lyrics, high recommend this one India.
Working Man by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is similar in subject matter.
Something gets in my eyes when I listen to it. It's more plaintive while John Mellencamp delivers Rain on the Scarecrow with appropriate anger..
"Callin' it your job Ol Hoss, sure don't make it right. But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight. "
Some of my favorite lyrics ever.
10/10 for understanding the power of this song. Ur a intelligent young woman and good on you. U almost crying made me cry .
The good times don't last forever, but neither do the bad times.
Just keep on, keeping on
How precious! Enjoy all of the interruptions because they grow up so fast and one day, you will miss it. Love Alabama and proud that they are from my home state.
We Southerners are a proud hardworking family oriented people who love and hate based of character not skin color PLEASE DONT BELIEVE THE STEREOTYPES
Lol
not true for all as a black girl ho has lived in Mississippi my whole life I've had plenty of experience with the racist
Music from the past generation brings us all together. I noticed this with all these reaction videos. Especially country music. It’s real heart.
I love the interruption, cute as heck
As a teenager I remember sitting at the table with my Dad, uncle and my Dad's friend from the Army. They were Puerto Ricans who came to the U.S. main land, went through the depression, fought in WW II and worked hard labor jobs all their lives. They married, raised families and never complained. I felt honored to be seated with them as they spoke about those "Hard Times." Tom Brokaw described men such as these as "The Greatest Generation."
Your son is the freakin cutest!! ❤️
I am so glad you know about the past, my Dad was born in 1918 and his family moved many times. They eventually lived in a one-room shack in the middle of nowhere South Dakota. From there he went to fight the war in the Pacific.
I'd suggest Lynnyrd Skynnyrd' Simple Man. Deepest song full of wisdom I ever heard.
You got this reaction and perspective spot on kudos to you cause you know just from listening as you said this is history this a story and it affected everyone so deeply thank you for doing this
My parents lived through the Depression and told me many stories of how they survived with literally no money hardly at all.
I've had the privilege of meeting all members of the band except for the drummer.
I grew up around Fort Payne, AL, where they live.
My mother worked at a hardware store in town when I was younger.
The guys would always come in to get things when they were home.
Another one “Forty Hour Week “ is a great song.
Not the reaction I was expecting to see. Absolutely respect your words. Thanks for sharing this.
“We all picked cotton, but we never got rich.” My Great grandfather grew up in Tennessee and was convinced to grow tobacco and cotton during the depression. Led him into bankruptcy. Such a good song though
Haha every parent knows that feeling in the first few seconds 😂😂 God bless y’all
Your little one is adorable 🥰‼️
Lady, you're a wonderful mom.
Your reaction brought tears....give your good babies a squeeze for me. You're sweet and lovely.
Did you see John Mellencamp's "blood on the plow" song about 1980's farmers. It's history like this one.
They have a museum in Fort Payne Alabama. They still hang around there
Cool you get the meanings of songs that you may not be aware of or not heard much !! 👍👍 and its cool that ur kid made a cameo, lol !! 😆😆👍👍 gives a channel a homely feel !! 👍👍
The Old Timers would say "You think you got it bad now, let me tell ya how it was...
It's nice to see younger generation understand words that even now has so much meaning.. thank you for this.
Sister, My Daddy lived through the Great Depression and lost EVERYTHING Him and My Mama lived on biscuits and Gravy, Wasn't no meat to be had unless You shot it Yourself, I was born in 1947 and never saw My Daddy smile.
Awesome video! Have to admit, stole my heart when Bannon (Sp?) came in and you were so loving with him. As a dad, much respect!! For Bannon AND the awesome vid, I am now subscribed!!!!
Combination dust bowl and great depression. You don't know true hardship. Politics and economics go together. This song was written within the lifetime of people who went through it. Politicians used these struggles to get votes. The same thing is happening today. Take care for whom you vote. It really does matter. And Roosevelt didn't save anyone.
It’s ok to to say Demorats have looted American farmers for 125 years. Only one man on earth has the thick skin to withstand their attacks in a govt where 40.000 are corrupt. But there is a remedy 189.000 sealed indictments sitting quietly in the courts when usually we have 900 Average. We will call what’s coming The storm. And nothing can stop it.
Thanks for this. I'm a trucker and I crank this up,whenever it comes on, had no clue who did it tho. A sad time indeed, but I think it shows people started trying to do the right thing by ALL people.
Your son is beautiful. You should pick a childhood song and get his opinion on it. Like Barney, etc.
This song gives me chills. Her reaction was awesome what a sweetheart she is