That's crazy because there are _multiple portions of the song_ that are themselves classic sounds. Like, the string/synth part that becomes more prominent at the end playing under the horns...
I don't know if you've done Steely Dan, but there's another intersection of jazz and funk, and even some sampling. They have so many songs in different styles but the first song that comes to mind like this one is Black Cow. Edit: "Peg" would be another good place to start.
The term you seek to describe it is FUSION. Late 70s / Early 80s jazz fusion. Kind of the next step after 70s Acid Jazz. You're talking about the anchor for half of hip-hop right there. And I know that matters to you. Check out "Remind Me" by PATRICE RUSHEN.
Funny how we listened to so many genres in the 60's, 70's, and 80's (although I didn't like disco back then). But young people today only seem to listen to rap/hip hop, pop, or country. Why is that?
I don't disagree with the first part of your comment. I have point of contention with the second part. I'm 23 years old and grew up with genre's from different era's and from my own and I know for a fact I'm not the only one either.
I’m a 65-year old white woman. I had been listening to Bobby Caldwell for years. Hubby surprised me with tickets to a show; when he walked out on stage I said, “He’s white?” He was even better live than in recordings. The record company was trying to keep people from finding out that he was white so they kept him off album covers. It fooled lots of us.
I requested this on your Boz Scaggs reaction! The look on your face!! I was sure that you heard this song. People that didn't know who sang this song always thought it was a black man. Reactions are priceless!
Always a good vibe. As for sampling, I still stand on the premise that if you sample a song you should have to give credit to those writers or singers also when the song is labeled
White Irishman here. Love your reactions. Also love all of the other Black reactors that are surprised Bobby Caldwell is White. Bobby coming out of the dark shadow in the songs beginning is the surprise factor. Think the video is as great as the song. Good Job! Rob from Florida
@@LibraAllWoman LOL! In my house, this is categorized as a Yacht Rock favorite and always will be. What you do in your house is all your business... and I couldn't care less.
Keep in mind this song was produced in September of 1978. Not sure what year the video was actually made, but videos were being made by at least 1980 or before back then. So there was no MTV or BET yet or place to really play videos other than maybe Soul Train, and I don't recall them playing that many either. I think these videos were more promotional than anything. Bobby's record label really hid that we was actually white for a while. The silhouette look was more to surprise everyone at the time I believe. And it's surprised you and pretty much every reviewer that have seen it. I know it surprised the hell out of me too
People thought Bobby was a soulful black singer. See how color doesn’t matter at all. If God made flowers one color it would be boring. So he created us all different colors. No two alike
Omg, BP's face when he walks out. That opening shot recreated his album cover he did on purpose knowing otherwise R&B radio stations wouldn't play him. Some fans of color on tour had no idea till he walked on stage in concert.
📣 Pegasus: Do you want to hear one of THE MOST FAMOUS Rap samples of all time???? React to Herb Alpert’s “RISE”; it’s a smooth jazz classic and I need to know if you pass the who sampled it test! 🔥
Never saw the video until like 5 years ago though I was young when this came out. Shocked he was white too! Wasn’t shocked with BeeGees because I grew up watching them. Simply Red guy I was also shocked when I saw him the first time. And then there’s Rick Astley! Hahahaha. Music don’t care what color you are.
OH. MY. DAYS. I'm 55 y/o and I grew up hearing this song on the radio and stuff but until today, I thought it was a black soul brother singing it. 🤯🤯 Thanks for showing me the error of my thinking 😂 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
Bro this was banging back in the fall of 1978, all of us teens back in high school at that time thought it was a black person singing this. We had no way of knowing because all we had back then was the radio..but we found out as the song became popular and they started showing him on certain TV shows.😊❤
This is my favourite version below. He's singing on the BET awards show in his latter years... and you can just feel the love and admiration in the audience. I never tire of watching this. Bobby C. is the man. Blue-eyed soul. And the swagger... when he walked on stage! lol Love it. ruclips.net/video/6jLy0bVuRyg/видео.html
believe it or not there was a time when it might have been months before we learned what a band/singer looked like... kinda allowed us to focus on the sounds
As an oldie we grew up years before even FM so had no clue to the singers and what they looked like . Many studios didn’t put them on the album covers so it didn’t hurt sales .
You can almost be 100% certain if there is actually a great piece of musicality or instrumentation in a rap song, it is absolutely sampled. It makes me sad that younger people think another artist wrote these masterpieces and know nothing of the contributions the artists of yesterday made to the performers of today.
To be fair basically everyone I know that listens to rap knows what a sample is and generally assumed that it came from somewhere else even if we didn't know who
Bobby Caldwell “Come Rain or Come Shine” 🔥🔥👍 Sinatra-esque That album was a favorite of mine and my husband’s for many years. Come home from a long day/week at the office, pour some gin and sparkling water and squeeze some lime, put on Bobby Caldwell, make a salad and cook up some shrimp… 😊😊😊🎉🎉
Please react to Linda Ronstadt’s live performance of “Down So Low” from Germany in 1976. It will take your breath away. You know you love her. 💐🌸✌️ I must admit I have heard this song by Bobby Caldwell many many times and I thought this was a black man singing 🤷🏻♀️ Hats off to blue eyed soul. 😁
I am a 60 year old white woman and had no clue he was white. All these years I have loved this song. I just realized this a few months ago. I was and still am in shock.😳 He was amazing!!💙
They put him in the dark to enhance the shock value when he emerges. He plays all the main instruments and he wrote that damn song! That poor video was made in the 70’s, btw.
Depending on how well you know your 80's/90's/00's hip-hop and/or pop, these song might have some fun Easter Eggs for you: "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins "I Got The..." Labi Siffre "Rise" Herb Alpert "Why You Treat Me So Bad" Club Nouveau "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool & the Gang "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" Leon Haywood "West Coast Poplock" Ronnie Hudson & The Street People "Atomic Dog" George Clinton "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic "Straight to Hell" by The Clash "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen "Footsteps in the Dark" by The Isley Brothers "Hippy, Skippy, Moon Strut" by The Moon People
Opening the video with him in the shadows was done purposely. The purpose was because most did not know what he looked like. When he moves into the light, it was an element of surprise. Oh my! (My response from that era)
Robert Hunter "Bobby" Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He released several albums in the styles of rhythm and blues, soul, and jazz, with his soulful voice being a trademark. In January 2017, Bobby was given an antibiotic. After taking the medication for several days, he suffered bilateral Achilles tendon ruptures and developed peripheral neuropathy. Despite these injuries, Bobby was able to continue performing with the help of a wheelchair, a cane, and his assistants. He lived to the age of 71 and passed away on March 14, 2023. An official cause of death was not announced; his wife said he died of fluoroquinolone poisoning after an antibiotic prescribed to him in 2017 "ravaged" his body.
Many rappers showed respect to Bobby when he passed away. Many rappers sampled his music: Biggie; Tupac, Common, Chance The Rapper, Lil Nas X, Kendrick Lamar, Kool G Rap......
I'm honestly commenting before I watch this because I know what everyone says the first time seeing this. YEP I WAS RIGHT!! 100% agree with you about the video and the song but it adds humor to the surprise of the Easter egg as you gradually see his face in the video. AGR otraves amigo! 🤙😎
This is about the 100th song on this channel that was sampled by hip hop. Hip hop and rap are SO derivative. It makes you wonder if any of their big hits are actually 100% original.
For the longest time I thought this was a tune by Earth Wind and Fire, the background sounds and additional vocals sounded like them, so it was quite a surprise for me too,lol. Loved your surprise face trying to register who you were looking at, and not understanding how the voice doesn’t match, and I agree. Thanks B.P.👍❤
This reminded me of a song called The things we do for love by a British Band called 10cc. Released in 1976, it's a great song. You should react to it.
One of my top 20 songs of all time! R&B Gold ⭐️ Your reaction is just starting, so I don’t know if you know the song or not; if you do, then you WILL be surprised! Let’s see….
Blue-eyed Soul right there ❤
Him and Boz Skaggs have that jazzy soulful funk thing working 🤗❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
*Obi-Wan voice* Boz Scaggs. Now that is a name that I've not heard in a long time. ❤
OHH YESS!
Rumor is that he put down all of the tracks for this song. Bass, drums, organ, guitar, trumpet, trombone and the percussion.
That's crazy because there are _multiple portions of the song_ that are themselves classic sounds. Like, the string/synth part that becomes more prominent at the end playing under the horns...
Not a rumor at all.
Not to mention he produced it and mastered it
@@Sabbathguy holy hell. What a musician!
Didn’t know that! Love all you people out here that know even more than all my music trivia! ❤
Bobby Caldwell 1951-2023 ❤
RIP Bobby 🙏🏼❤️💐
Yes, this is one of the love songs that keeps being rediscovered by every new generation because it speaks to the heart. Peace 💚
🙏🏼 🕯️
May he rest in peace
This song is on every playlist for every cookout and local summer in the park concerts.😊
I loved this song, I really believe the 70s and 80s had the best of every genre
Ya but this waz them 70s
Agree 💯
The best reaction to this song was Leo / Mr. VIdeo. He actually called his mom on speakerphone to ask her if Bobby was really white. It was hilarious.
Hella Funny✊🏼
I remember that! Love Leo , I miss his music reactions
@@estills4768 there is plenty to watch✊🏻
I remember that! 🤣
Ha! I remember that.
This is the best kept secret in the black community for the last 45 years
Bobby was fairly well known in Canada
@@billmonaghan5439 what I meant was the secret was that he was white.
3:14 we all know why we came here 😂😂😂
I don't know if you've done Steely Dan, but there's another intersection of jazz and funk, and even some sampling. They have so many songs in different styles but the first song that comes to mind like this one is Black Cow.
Edit: "Peg" would be another good place to start.
I love this song. Bobby Caldwell had a very soulful sound. RIP Bobby!!🙏🙏💜💜
The term you seek to describe it is FUSION. Late 70s / Early 80s jazz fusion. Kind of the next step after 70s Acid Jazz. You're talking about the anchor for half of hip-hop right there. And I know that matters to you. Check out "Remind Me" by PATRICE RUSHEN.
It's the white Al Green!
Sampling is the foundation of Hip-Hop music. The younger generation is clueless about its origins because they don't listen to other genres of music.
My sentiments, exactly.
Say it again louder for the generations in the back🎉😂
Funny how we listened to so many genres in the 60's, 70's, and 80's (although I didn't like disco back then). But young people today only seem to listen to rap/hip hop, pop, or country. Why is that?
I don't disagree with the first part of your comment. I have point of contention with the second part. I'm 23 years old and grew up with genre's from different era's and from my own and I know for a fact I'm not the only one either.
@@Matthew_Rosenbergerfor sure. Im 27 and me and all my friends grew up listening to different stuff but played the 80s stuff ourselves heavily
I’m a 65-year old white woman. I had been listening to Bobby Caldwell for years. Hubby surprised me with tickets to a show; when he walked out on stage I said, “He’s white?” He was even better live than in recordings. The record company was trying to keep people from finding out that he was white so they kept him off album covers. It fooled lots of us.
Bobby laid it down as smooth as any soul singing brother ive heard
I requested this on your Boz Scaggs reaction! The look on your face!! I was sure that you heard this song. People that didn't know who sang this song always thought it was a black man. Reactions are priceless!
I thought it was Earth Wind and Fire for the longest time…go figure!
Always a good vibe. As for sampling, I still stand on the premise that if you sample a song you should have to give credit to those writers or singers also when the song is labeled
White Irishman here. Love your reactions. Also love all of the other Black reactors that are surprised Bobby Caldwell is White. Bobby coming out of the dark shadow in the songs beginning is the surprise factor. Think the video is as great as the song. Good Job! Rob from Florida
A lil Blue Eyed soul. I love this song. Yes, it's been sampled. 😊
Soul brother of another mother. Peace out.
If you have black aunties, they definitely know this song.
I'm a white boy that grew up in the projects. I had lots of black aunties 😊
2 more Bobby Caldwell songs with hip hop easter eggs: "my flame", "open your eyes"
The look on your face says it all...When this song 🎵 came out,we all thought the same thing ❤
Smooooth...... Yacht Rock. Love it!!! That video was probably produced pre-MTV when nobody really knew much or cared about music videos.
With all due respect, this is NOT "Yacht Rock." This is "Blue-eyed Soul."
@@LibraAllWoman LOL! In my house, this is categorized as a Yacht Rock favorite and always will be. What you do in your house is all your business... and I couldn't care less.
@@jkmarshall3553Totally get it. Makes me long to be in my 20’s on the lake. ☮️🎶✝️
I couldn't wait to see your face when he stood up in the light, you did not disappoint!! 😂
Keep in mind this song was produced in September of 1978. Not sure what year the video was actually made, but videos were being made by at least 1980 or before back then. So there was no MTV or BET yet or place to really play videos other than maybe Soul Train, and I don't recall them playing that many either. I think these videos were more promotional than anything. Bobby's record label really hid that we was actually white for a while. The silhouette look was more to surprise everyone at the time I believe. And it's surprised you and pretty much every reviewer that have seen it. I know it surprised the hell out of me too
Now you’ve got to listen to “Open Your Eyes” , you’ll definitely trip on the Easter egg in that one!
Smooth as smooth can be. Fantastic vocals!
This has been on my smooth late night list for the last 45 years. One of my all-time favorites.
People thought Bobby was a soulful black singer. See how color doesn’t matter at all. If God made flowers one color it would be boring. So he created us all different colors. No two alike
That's beautiful ❤️
Amen! 👏🏽👏🏽
Love this
God had absolutely nothing to with it.
Except identical twins
This might be THE best reaction I've EVER seen to the "Bobby Caldwell is white" reveal. The face is just priceless
Omg, BP's face when he walks out. That opening shot recreated his album cover he did on purpose knowing otherwise R&B radio stations wouldn't play him. Some fans of color on tour had no idea till he walked on stage in concert.
I love the horns in this. So fire.
Welcome to them 70dz B,P,i LOVE YOUR REACTIONS FROM THE 70s THE MOST
One of the very, very, very, very best songs of 1970 and there was a whole lot in that decade❤❤❤‼️
another reactor said it best. he's the blackesr white guy he ever heard! 😅
📣 Pegasus: Do you want to hear one of THE MOST FAMOUS Rap samples of all time???? React to Herb Alpert’s “RISE”; it’s a smooth jazz classic and I need to know if you pass the who sampled it test! 🔥
Never saw the video until like 5 years ago though I was young when this came out. Shocked he was white too! Wasn’t shocked with BeeGees because I grew up watching them. Simply Red guy I was also shocked when I saw him the first time. And then there’s Rick Astley! Hahahaha. Music don’t care what color you are.
Always loved this song ❤
Now, I'm dead. You're on fire today. Bobby Caldwell shocked everybody.
Soul brothers are universal.
OH. MY. DAYS. I'm 55 y/o and I grew up hearing this song on the radio and stuff but until today, I thought it was a black soul brother singing it. 🤯🤯 Thanks for showing me the error of my thinking 😂 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
Was anticipating that look....and you did not disappoint. 🤣
Bro this was banging back in the fall of 1978, all of us teens back in high school at that time thought it was a black person singing this. We had no way of knowing because all we had back then was the radio..but we found out as the song became popular and they started showing him on certain TV shows.😊❤
This is my favourite version below. He's singing on the BET awards show in his latter years... and you can just feel the love and admiration in the audience. I never tire of watching this. Bobby C. is the man. Blue-eyed soul. And the swagger... when he walked on stage! lol Love it.
ruclips.net/video/6jLy0bVuRyg/видео.html
I love this song. So much soul❤
Love Bobby Caldwell. You should listen to his songs Down for the Third Time and My Flame next.
This song was sampled so many times by so many artists. Bobby was the shhh! 🔥 Common sampled his song, "Open Your Eyes" for his "The Light".
It was 1978 no internet back then,lmao
You should check out his song Open Your Eyes ( a jam sampled by Common (The Light).
This vinyl record was gold in color! It was a great song with an outstanding groove.
Go West did a fantastic cover of this back a few decades ago. It really did this song justice. Bobby Caldwell's voice is crazy good.
The lead vocalist in Go West had a really great voice too. Peter something. Cox maybe? I don't know.
I knew you would catch the Pac in the song !!! I love Pac and this song !!
Ahhh been on the playlist since the 70’s! This song makes you want to slow dance with your baby LOL 😊. Love it❤
believe it or not there was a time when it might have been months before we learned what a band/singer looked like... kinda allowed us to focus on the sounds
Me and Tony at the roller skating rink, couples only, senior year, YAAAZZZZZ! ❤
Our boy Bobby!!!!
Another fave of my teenage years!!
How about Stealy Dan also from the 7dz
We really didn't care about music videos back then. We were happy to see the singer and hear the song. Bobby Caldwell was hell of a singer.
As an oldie we grew up years before even FM so had no clue to the singers and what they looked like . Many studios didn’t put them on the album covers so it didn’t hurt sales .
You can almost be 100% certain if there is actually a great piece of musicality or instrumentation in a rap song, it is absolutely sampled. It makes me sad that younger people think another artist wrote these masterpieces and know nothing of the contributions the artists of yesterday made to the performers of today.
To be fair basically everyone I know that listens to rap knows what a sample is and generally assumed that it came from somewhere else even if we didn't know who
First time hearing this. It is a very awesome song. Love your reaction!
Bobby Caldwell “Come Rain or Come Shine” 🔥🔥👍
Sinatra-esque
That album was a favorite of mine and my husband’s for many years. Come home from a long day/week at the office, pour some gin and sparkling water and squeeze some lime, put on Bobby Caldwell, make a salad and cook up some shrimp… 😊😊😊🎉🎉
This is one of those perfect songs.❤❤❤
Granda voz 🗣️ ponto final❤
Please react to Linda Ronstadt’s live performance of “Down So Low” from Germany in 1976. It will take your breath away. You know you love her. 💐🌸✌️
I must admit I have heard this song by Bobby Caldwell many many times and I thought this was a black man singing 🤷🏻♀️ Hats off to blue eyed soul. 😁
Yacht Rock (& Blue Eyed Soul) at its best. Dying to hit the lake or head on down to the coast. Uber Cool. Keep on Rocking! ☮️🎶✝️
the horns are so tight on this.... and that bass line HOT
It's time that you had a look at Humble Pie 'black coffee' Now that will be worth your reaction to 'that dude doesn't look like his voice' for sure.
LOVE THAT SONG❤
I am a 60 year old white woman and had no clue he was white. All these years I have loved this song. I just realized this a few months ago. I was and still am in shock.😳
He was amazing!!💙
I love your reaction. Your first reaction was mine. I've always loved this song.
my buddy made such a dope beat w a sample from this track, this is a classic track so good
They put him in the dark to enhance the shock value when he emerges.
He plays all the main instruments and he wrote that damn song!
That poor video was made in the 70’s, btw.
bUT i also have seen some very good ones az well
Depending on how well you know your 80's/90's/00's hip-hop and/or pop, these song might have some fun Easter Eggs for you:
"Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
"I Got The..." Labi Siffre
"Rise" Herb Alpert
"Why You Treat Me So Bad" Club Nouveau
"Hollywood Swinging" by Kool & the Gang
"I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" Leon Haywood
"West Coast Poplock" Ronnie Hudson & The Street People
"Atomic Dog" George Clinton
"(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic
"Straight to Hell" by The Clash
"Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen
"Footsteps in the Dark" by The Isley Brothers
"Hippy, Skippy, Moon Strut" by The Moon People
Opening the video with him in the shadows was done purposely. The purpose was because most did not know what he looked like. When he moves into the light, it was an element of surprise. Oh my! (My response from that era)
Bobby's first big break came when he performed with Little Richard. He's one smooth dude.
Bobby Caldwell was a part of the Blue Eyed Soul genre along with Boz Skaggs and others.
Amazing artist and song. He and Vanessa Williams did a fantastic cover of Baby It's Cold Outside! The best version ever made IMO.
Robert Hunter "Bobby" Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He released several albums in the styles of rhythm and blues, soul, and jazz, with his soulful voice being a trademark. In January 2017, Bobby was given an antibiotic. After taking the medication for several days, he suffered bilateral Achilles tendon ruptures and developed peripheral neuropathy. Despite these injuries, Bobby was able to continue performing with the help of a wheelchair, a cane, and his assistants. He lived to the age of 71 and passed away on March 14, 2023. An official cause of death was not announced; his wife said he died of fluoroquinolone poisoning after an antibiotic prescribed to him in 2017 "ravaged" his body.
☹ RIP
Best recognition face/moment ever!
Many rappers showed respect to Bobby when he passed away. Many rappers sampled his music: Biggie; Tupac, Common, Chance The Rapper, Lil Nas X, Kendrick Lamar, Kool G Rap......
❤❤❤
This was the radio edit. The full version goes on for about another minute and it's all about the music.
Music is music❤
I love this!
I'm honestly commenting before I watch this because I know what everyone says the first time seeing this.
YEP I WAS RIGHT!!
100% agree with you about the video and the song but it adds humor to the surprise of the Easter egg as you gradually see his face in the video. AGR otraves amigo! 🤙😎
man i thought you did this already? super pumped for the reaction
Another forgotten gem. Thanks for the memories.
This is about the 100th song on this channel that was sampled by hip hop. Hip hop and rap are SO derivative. It makes you wonder if any of their big hits are actually 100% original.
Etta James. At last 🔥🔥🔥🔥
We gotcha!!
❤❤❤❤❤ sure do miss his music😢
Priceless reaction, love it
So much amazing music from the past…so little time
Take Me Back, a song on that album is a great song
For the longest time I thought this was a tune by Earth Wind and Fire, the background sounds and additional vocals sounded like them, so it was quite a surprise for me too,lol. Loved your surprise face trying to register who you were looking at, and not understanding how the voice doesn’t match, and I agree. Thanks B.P.👍❤
This reminded me of a song called The things we do for love by a British Band called 10cc. Released in 1976, it's a great song. You should react to it.
Rip Bobby 😢😢😢😢😢
One of my top 20 songs of all time! R&B Gold ⭐️ Your reaction is just starting, so I don’t know if you know the song or not; if you do, then you WILL be surprised! Let’s see….