OUR FIRST TIME HEARING THIS GROUP!!! MIKE AND THE MECHANICS - THE LIVING YEARS (REACTION)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @angelagoodwin5758
    @angelagoodwin5758 Год назад +229

    Songs like this need to be heard by everyone everywhere.

    • @kennethohnemus3192
      @kennethohnemus3192 Год назад +17

      Indeed, and in every language

    • @scottfarnsworth9727
      @scottfarnsworth9727 Год назад +14

      You are absolutely right!!

    • @FUBAR1986
      @FUBAR1986 Год назад +13

      The older I get the harder this song hits

    • @angelagoodwin5758
      @angelagoodwin5758 Год назад +6

      @@FUBAR1986 Me too.

    • @carlawahl4612
      @carlawahl4612 Год назад +7

      The message of this song needs to reach every pair of ears that can hear. Such a powerful message. It’s always been one of my favorites.

  • @lisamayerwille8752
    @lisamayerwille8752 Год назад +7

    This song sends a powerful message!

  • @kenherron5363
    @kenherron5363 Год назад +30

    The message of this song brings me to tears because this was me and my father.

    • @MarkJones-w9d
      @MarkJones-w9d 8 месяцев назад +3

      He loved you , even if he never told you

  • @crystalsmith4919
    @crystalsmith4919 Год назад +205

    This song came on the radio on the way to my grandpa's funeral... It still makes me cry over 20 years later!! 😢

    • @garyarnett1220
      @garyarnett1220 Год назад +13

      Dust In The Wind I heard for the first time on the way to my dad's. Yup, get it totally.

    • @Palindrome78
      @Palindrome78 Год назад +11

      This was the first song I heard AFTER my grandfather's funeral...to this day, I still put my hand on my shoulder when I hear it (last time I saw him alive, he put his hand on it)...22 years later.

    • @theccpisaparasite8813
      @theccpisaparasite8813 Год назад +5

      I bet it does brother. I immediately think of my dad everytime I hear it.

    • @davemeers37
      @davemeers37 11 месяцев назад +1

      The year this song was released my best friend passed away I was 21 he was 24 that was 35 years ago even now I can’t get thru this song without crying 😢
      Thank you Chris

    • @Cobalt_Dragon0716
      @Cobalt_Dragon0716 8 месяцев назад +2

  • @temperedprobe
    @temperedprobe Год назад +59

    My dad passed in Nov 95 and my daughter was born Nov 96 and this line always gets me emotional.
    "… I think I caught his spirit
    Later that same year
    I'm sure I heard his echo
    In my baby's new born tears"

  • @bartellender6782
    @bartellender6782 Год назад +22

    I'm a grown man, 50, and I get teary-eyed every time I hear this song, and I'm not a crier for most things.

  • @helenloughton2418
    @helenloughton2418 Год назад +12

    Mike rutherford genius this songs lyrics hit it on ghe head miss you dad

  • @brianb1655
    @brianb1655 Год назад +13

    This song has some of the best lyrics ever written!

  • @pamelahunter987
    @pamelahunter987 Год назад +98

    Paul Carrack is an amazing singer. Love this song, though it does bring tears to my eyes. Great reaction, guys!

    • @clannad99germany70
      @clannad99germany70 Год назад +1

      This is not Paul Carrack, the band got 2 lead singer, it is the late Paul Young ! I loved this Michael Rutherford project.

    • @reginaldhornswoggle8106
      @reginaldhornswoggle8106 Год назад +7

      ​@@clannad99germany70 it is Paul Carrick!

    • @clannad99germany70
      @clannad99germany70 Год назад +3

      @@reginaldhornswoggle8106 Oh, I am sorry, you are absolutely right, I have the present Paul in my "picture", then he was younger and looked different, recently watched only present stuff of him, being older, so I apologize, bc I actually knew it, also this unique voice, I even saw him playing live, when I was 14 and he was so young, playing in "Warm Dust", his first band, joined that concert then.

    • @todd8688
      @todd8688 Год назад +2

      Paul carrick is the best pop singer no one has heard of

    • @thomaswheatley94
      @thomaswheatley94 6 месяцев назад

      Great English rock band.

  • @waltw4537
    @waltw4537 Год назад +60

    Made my mother cry... Viet Nam war differences of opinion in the house. Well, luckily Dad and I did grow past that, in the living years. And guess what, Dad was right! Dad's last words to me were "A Dios". Not adios, but A Dios. "With God". Your reaction is simply fire. And so thoughtful. Thanks.

  • @korimiller379
    @korimiller379 Год назад +64

    As a kid, I loved the sounds of the song. As I grew older, I actually listened to the lyrics. A beautiful gut punch.

  • @tracy8508
    @tracy8508 Год назад +18

    One of THE most meaningful songs of all time!

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator Год назад +7

    These lyrics are pure poetry.

  • @Sober2003
    @Sober2003 Год назад +8

    This one always puts a lump in my throat and a tear on my cheek!😢❤

  • @patrickallen5781
    @patrickallen5781 Год назад +57

    I loved this song when it was first released, and it is one of those songs that really make you think about life.

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life Год назад +45

    Can’t believe you haven’t heard this one yet. I thought you had. Just beautiful and sooo thought provoking. My mom passed Sunday and I’m glad there was nothing left unsaid. 💔🎶

    • @roniboyd613
      @roniboyd613 Год назад +6

      So sorry for your loss❤

    • @cjturner370
      @cjturner370 Год назад +3

      Sorry for your loss

    • @helenmalina799
      @helenmalina799 Год назад +4

      So sorry for your loss...prayers and condolences to you all 🙏❤️🙏❤️

  • @MisterWondrous
    @MisterWondrous Год назад +15

    When this timeless classic came out, I had both parents, and now I have neither, but I made damn sure that I was there for them 100% in their waning years, seeing to it that their ending was a beautiful ending, and their life had few if any regrets. Beautiful reaction and share, as always.

  • @325diane
    @325diane Год назад +12

    One-of-a-kind song, sung by one of the greatest voices around, Paul Carrack.

  • @woodchucknation
    @woodchucknation Год назад +6

    This song makes almost everyone think of their father. 😢

  • @darla896
    @darla896 Год назад +9

    This is my favorite song

  • @cathyortiz1280
    @cathyortiz1280 Год назад +25

    Love this song. It was up for a Grammy for best song of the year. Sadly, it didn't win (Wind beneath my Wings won) - but it was my fav of that year & one of my all-time favorites!!

  • @umpire3446
    @umpire3446 Год назад +26

    This song came on in the car a week after my Grandfather died, I was a little kid driving with my mom and she started crying 😢.

  • @charlesellis3784
    @charlesellis3784 Год назад +6

    you do notice of the three choruses, one of the previous generation, and one of the future generation, with Mike & the Mechanics in the present....a forever message

  • @johnflynn5044
    @johnflynn5044 Год назад +8

    I think I caught his spirit Later that same year I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's new born tears STILL A KILLER LINE

    • @lynettesmith1893
      @lynettesmith1893 7 месяцев назад +1

      "I think I heard his echo in my baby's new born EAR"

    • @neilwilliams4684
      @neilwilliams4684 4 месяца назад

      @@lynettesmith1893 I always thought it was Tears. I just checked the lyrics. It is Tears.

  • @ursulaturner7980
    @ursulaturner7980 Год назад +13

    This song always makes me tear up. I am blessed that I was there to take care of my dad & my momma.❤ I'm so happy for that. I lost them both way too young. My dad was only 50 and my mom was only 62 and she should still be with us ( but that's another story)

  • @TheGenXTeacher
    @TheGenXTeacher 11 месяцев назад +5

    My dad passed in Jan of 1987. This came out one year later. It still hits me hard. This song is like going to church for me! The story telling in this song is superb.

  • @karenj3611
    @karenj3611 Год назад +10

    I lost my dad to Covid in 2020, we left nothing unsaid, miss him every day ❤

  • @deltabravo287
    @deltabravo287 Год назад +18

    Paul Carrack one of the very greatest voices in music - ever. Just phenomenal

    • @MsAlexisPiazza
      @MsAlexisPiazza Год назад +3

      Also the lead singer on Ace’s “How Long” and Squeeze’s “Tempted”

  • @victormolina3601
    @victormolina3601 Год назад +5

    When it hits your soul, YOU ALWAYS show it! Keep them strong emotional reactions coming folks! Love y'all man!

  • @jamiegriffin9866
    @jamiegriffin9866 Год назад +8

    I cry everytime I hear this song!!❤❤❤

  • @robertofraser101
    @robertofraser101 Год назад +3

    Very powerful song glad you played it thanks

  • @qdog568
    @qdog568 Год назад +1

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

  • @deelindastimac7359
    @deelindastimac7359 Год назад +11

    This song always gets me in my feelings 😭 it's so true

  • @koketsotshwana1533
    @koketsotshwana1533 Год назад +3

    This song always brings tears and made me to appreciate my parents while they are still alive

  • @rach5137
    @rach5137 Год назад +2

    I’ve met Mike and his band back stage after a gig in my town and he is a sweet guy, and is awesome live!

  • @elizabethfyffe5377
    @elizabethfyffe5377 Год назад +2

    So beautiful my mom Loved this song too!

  • @deegomez2089
    @deegomez2089 Год назад +3

    Almost everyone can identify with this song, in their own way 🎶🎵💚

  • @UncleCharlie111x2
    @UncleCharlie111x2 Год назад +3

    It makes me cry almost every time I hear it.

  • @tonykichenside8443
    @tonykichenside8443 Год назад +4

    Very powerful lyrics and how true a statement.

  • @grandmarshal7539
    @grandmarshal7539 Год назад +10

    Wonderful song for these times!! How far we've fallen

  • @sassyt1545
    @sassyt1545 Год назад +2

    Never fails to make me cry.

  • @alandhopewell
    @alandhopewell Год назад +39

    My wife passed away about ten months ago, and even though we had a wonderful marriage, there were still things left unsaid.
    This song always hits me in the feels.

  • @franktaylor2401
    @franktaylor2401 Год назад +1

    I wish I could have told my Dad that I understand....but I never realized that I understood until he was gone. I love you Daddy!!!

  • @joshuamontgomery3011
    @joshuamontgomery3011 Год назад +15

    This song is just so awesome- One of my all-time favorites since it came out!

  • @waynevarrelman9363
    @waynevarrelman9363 Год назад +3

    One of the GREATEST songs ever written

  • @pamelafisher4178
    @pamelafisher4178 Год назад +5

    Beautiful song brings tears

  • @tomdimartino7361
    @tomdimartino7361 Год назад +2

    We are all on this Journey together Sooner we all realize this in our country here The sooner we can all start healing!

  • @ginaeaton6680
    @ginaeaton6680 Год назад +3

    I was there that morning when my dad passed away. I was the last person he ever spoke to. That was 1987. This song can relate to more than just our dna fam. The great divide between black and white Americans. I'm deep south, small community. Not even "small town". We were all raised the same. We raised the same gardens, ate the same foods, rode the same bus, went to the same school and had all the same friends. At 5 years old, in headstart, my best friend was a black boy. I wanted him to spend the night. My grandmother never told me he couldn't stay over because he was black. She told me that little girls couldn't bring home little boys. :) After 49 years, that grown black man and this grown white woman are still friends. Hate is taught, not inherent! What you two are doing is helping to bridge that gap! Love to you both!!! ❤❤

  • @l.cerrito.thompson
    @l.cerrito.thompson 7 месяцев назад +2

    I just lost my husband. This song was all about the relationship that he had with his dad. Your beautiful reaction said it all. Thank you kids. You got the message. God bless you

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 Год назад +2

    This is a very touching , timeless tune.

  • @jhas727
    @jhas727 Год назад +7

    Heavy song yet needed to be said. A lot of healing came from this piece.

  • @jeromepascual3497
    @jeromepascual3497 Год назад +6

    When music was made be actual musicians. You know it’s a brilliant song when it affects you long after hearing it.

    • @davidhuggan6315
      @davidhuggan6315 7 месяцев назад

      All the brand new songs I listen to are real instruments and voices

  • @lindazee
    @lindazee Год назад +2

    What a beautiful, heartfelt song. Everything about it is perfect. The lead vocalist was spectacular. The choir, the lyrics, the message. Very moving!

  • @theresamacintyre1391
    @theresamacintyre1391 7 месяцев назад +2

    I heard this song for the first time on the way home from the hospital after my Dad died. I still cry

  • @JudgeBluey
    @JudgeBluey 10 месяцев назад +1

    Everyone who can, should go give their Father a huge hug right NOW....!!!

  • @garyarnett1220
    @garyarnett1220 Год назад +5

    Another great song by Genesis Mike Rutherford, probably his very best.

  • @feferosette
    @feferosette Год назад +5

    I love their song "Silent Running". It's my favorite by them.

  • @lauragreen5622
    @lauragreen5622 Год назад +2

    Such a beautiful song

  • @amyfrost9293
    @amyfrost9293 Год назад +2

    This song to me is about loved ones but humanity as a whole. ❤ I wish we could all come together and love just love❤

  • @paulcwalina7910
    @paulcwalina7910 Год назад +5

    This song speaks for many fathers and sons. Brilliant Loved your reaction to it.

  • @miltonslocum8957
    @miltonslocum8957 Год назад +16

    I absolutely love this song! It has a beautiful and heartfelt message. Hadn't heard it in awhile.

  • @1719456
    @1719456 Год назад +1

    The lead singer, Paul Carrack, is a voice for the ages. His vocals lend even more credence to the message.

  • @bostonwhofan
    @bostonwhofan Год назад +27

    Even the video for this song is amazing. They show the children's choir first. Then they show the adult choir later on. Those children have no idea how quickly life goes by and they will someday replace the adults in the adult choir after they've passed away. And the circle of life continues the way it always has. To me, this is the most emotional song of all time. The only song that comes close is "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton, a song he wrote in memory of his 4 year old son Conor who passed away after an accident that is absolutely brutal to even read about.

    • @Keithbarber
      @Keithbarber Год назад +2

      It's also been noted that the choirs join together to sing the backing on the choruses together to make the messages even stronger

  • @rethalockhart5452
    @rethalockhart5452 Год назад

    Have loved this since the first time I heard it on the way to school one morning. !

  • @TripletDad3
    @TripletDad3 Год назад +3

    A perfect song that expresses so much in a matter of minutes.

  • @garyfallows1123
    @garyfallows1123 Год назад +3

    This is one of the greatest songs ever written, it was written by Mike Rutherford (the guitarist) and B.A.Robertson about Mike's relationship with his father, sung by Paul carrack a brilliant singer/songwriter in his own right, so many great MATM songs for you to react too
    Another Cup Of Coffee
    Nobody's Perfect
    Silent Running
    All I Need Is A Miracle
    Over My Shoulder
    and the fantastic Beggar On A Beach Of Gold

  • @valnauffts9965
    @valnauffts9965 Год назад +3

    Great reaction guys ,to a powerful song , my Dad is long gone but never forgotten ,this song still brings tears to my eyes .

  • @ZitaZone
    @ZitaZone Год назад +2

    This song makes you think! Love your reaction

  • @AR-by5hw
    @AR-by5hw 2 месяца назад

    I want to thank you two for being you two. Sometimes I get so worried about the world and my kids. Music and watching you two always brings me back up. Thank you. Andrew

  • @barbannco
    @barbannco 6 месяцев назад +1

    a very special song...love it...one of my all time favourites

  • @chab1rd155
    @chab1rd155 Год назад +2

    Love your hair today Mel!!! ❤

  • @lunchboxradio5890
    @lunchboxradio5890 Год назад +2

    Been loving this song since it hit the airwaves. So blessed that my Dad is still alive. I tell him I love him every day.

  • @jackndan6603
    @jackndan6603 Год назад +7

    Mike is the lead guitar player and writer for Gennesis. Thanks guy's!!!😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @JFinSD2
    @JFinSD2 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have probably heard this song a couple of hundred times. And I cry every time.

  • @JackW467
    @JackW467 Год назад +2

    Beautiful i love it 🥺

  • @timfrazier7589
    @timfrazier7589 7 месяцев назад +1

    My dad died when I was 6years old 😢and now I'm 68 😢the song was released in 1989 and my girl was 4 it still brings back tears 😭 😢❤❤

  • @kimberlinibambini1988
    @kimberlinibambini1988 Год назад +2

    Very meaningful song, most definitely- really makes you think..💝💙

  • @nightfangs2910
    @nightfangs2910 Год назад +1

    They just don't make music like this anymore, heart filled messages and so needed in today's society

  • @timr5490
    @timr5490 Год назад +1

    This song inspired me to draw closer to my dad when I was 30 and he was in his 50's. Now i'm 62 and dad has been gone for 10 years. But we spent those remaining years closer than ever.

  • @angelbulldog4934
    @angelbulldog4934 4 месяца назад

    This touches such a tender nerve for all of us, but in a way that we want to examine ourselves and ask for forgiveness while there's time. I'm so grateful my dad and I were always on good terms. No arguments, no issues, no resentment. God gave me the best daddy ever.
    Guess I'm the typical southern daughter. We're hell to get along with cuz nobody treats us as good as daddy did. My heart aches that not every girl can say that. This song reminds me how blessed I was.

  • @francesmarinapatarangawhik4702
    @francesmarinapatarangawhik4702 Год назад +1

    😔😌🙂☝️☝️🎇🤓wonderful memories, great request...PEACE Y'ALL.

  • @heliooliveira5046
    @heliooliveira5046 Год назад

    The fact the you guys listened to this song and let it get into your soul makes me a lot happy. This song touches my heart and it’s so good to find people who shares if the same feelings ❤️

  • @rhondav4204
    @rhondav4204 Год назад +1

    This was and is a great song.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @beeepizzle
    @beeepizzle Год назад +1

    3:54 exactly!

  • @michaelwood6353
    @michaelwood6353 Год назад

    I will never listen to this song ever the same way!!! I never realized what you miss when you are young that you see when you’re older!!!! Absolutely love it!!!

  • @joshgrant824
    @joshgrant824 Год назад +1

    Yea I choked up when he first said in th lm the living years

  • @carolbrown605
    @carolbrown605 Год назад +1

    I don't know why I thought you reacted to this already. The message is timeless. If this song doesn't touch you, then you have no soul.

  • @yvie914
    @yvie914 6 месяцев назад

    i love your reaction! Yes, this song is powerful and relevant yesterday, today and forever!

  • @michaelmaguire9119
    @michaelmaguire9119 Год назад +1

    Real Talk !!!! The Living Years !!!! Is all we have !!!!!

  • @davidpalahinjak8954
    @davidpalahinjak8954 Год назад +1

    Talk about getting hit in the feels! ♥️

  • @greenendhouse
    @greenendhouse 2 месяца назад

    Love this song and love these two.

  • @BAR-ct7ti
    @BAR-ct7ti Год назад

    I appreciate the fact that you guys played the song all the way through without really stopping the video, and then given your commentary afterwards. I feel like we both get more out of these reaction videos that way. Subscribed.

  • @franklopez2803
    @franklopez2803 Год назад

    Every Father’s Day I listen to this song. Thank you.

  • @andrewharvey8638
    @andrewharvey8638 Год назад +2

    This song was in the charts when my father died I always cry every time I hear it, the lyrics are spot on

  • @sandyr-w6906
    @sandyr-w6906 Год назад

    Very powerful words. Got a lot of people talking out their diffeŕences other than just sweeping them under the rug.

  • @brendabarker524
    @brendabarker524 Год назад

    Play their music in the car every journey ❤❤❤

  • @NoCanDu
    @NoCanDu Год назад +1

    This song is incredible and their biggest hit, but don’t sleep on them! They have other excellent tunes that were popular! All I Need Is Miracle, Taken In, Silent Running, Over Your Shoulder… ❤

  • @donstuard2546
    @donstuard2546 Год назад

    Thr Mike in this band is Mime Rutherford. He is tbe guitar/bassist for Genesis. This is a great song. Iost my dad 5 years ago. Him and my mom went to Florida for the winter. His faing health caught up to him while there. I talked to him the day before. It still hurts because I was not there. I was working here at home in Tennessee. I wish I could see him now but, I will in Heaven with the Lord. Cherish the time you have today!

  • @dianewillson1289
    @dianewillson1289 Год назад +1

    This is one powerful song. Always makes me cry. Glad you listened to it.

  • @jeffstevens4262
    @jeffstevens4262 Год назад +2

    I always think it was a lovely touch for the band to use a backing choir of people from the generation the song was referring to. Paul Carrack's voice was perfect for this song.