I am also 70 years old and back in the sixties, long blonde hair. I went to Mississippi to help with voter registration and got snuck out in 3 car trunks, 3 of my friend were murdered doing the same. I marched with Dr King in Washington. The change comes from within for each and every one of us. I really love you dude. Keep the faith and MAKE A DIFFERANCE.
Sorry for you losing your friends, thank you for your risk, to help and to change the world, even if you just registered one person, you changed the world, there is still much to do, thank God you lived to tell the tale, God keep you always and for the rest of your journey. Peace✌
Bless you, brother. I'm a middle age white woman from MS, grew up in the 70's and 80's in little country schools. I knew from a very early age that racism was BS and I caught hell for it. I was called all kinds of names and had a bad reputation, all because I refused to back down on my convictions. I raised my children to look at the person within, no matter who it was. Change has come, but there's still more we can do to love and lift each other. Thanks for sharing with us, and tell Grandma thanks too. 🙂
I feel you... Growing up in rural South Carolina in the 80s and 90s was kind of rough for a kid with poor parents... Rougher still for a white kid who was hanging out with "those colored boys." I don't think any of the older white folks in the community that looked down on us ever understood that it was the black kids who never made fun of me. They never intentionally or unintentionally made me feel like less of a person. Not for being poor... Not for being fat... not for speaking my mind or for not letting anyone dictate who my friends were going to be. God bless parents like mine... And like yourself, for raising your children the right way even when it's not popular.
Beautiful song, and so true. Hearing what you are saying about hate, just breaks my heart. I am 70 years old, and white. I have NEVER been racist in my life and don't intend to start now. Many hugs to you, young man.
You have an opened mind!! You are a precious human being!! I’m so glad that I happened to come across your reaction video! I never knew that anything like this existed. I’ve enjoyed you seeing my all time favorite Elvis Presley.
So much in his voice, all the pain. It's so dumb that ppl fight each other just cos they look different or love different things. Everyone wants to be loved and have a good life because people who hate, they fear things🙏 If we'd grow up all together and just talk to each other, no hate would be there✌🏼 And you're a great person my bruh and you always have family and friends to get you through hard times🙏The world is too fast these days I think, too much to take at once
Julian Everything is changing so fast and furious!! It's just not normal. I thought things were changing fairly fast in the sixty's. But those things didn't hold a candle to what's happening now!!! Wish we could go back in time!!
I really want to give you a big hug and get a big hug from you. Your love and kindness jump right through the screen. You’re a very special person, and anyone who knows you should be honored that he or she does. I’m so pleased I stumbled across your videos, and rest assured I will keep tuning in to delight in the light you shine. Also, I’m fairly jealous to see you experiencing these masterpieces for the first time-what I wouldn’t give to be able to hear them for the first time again! God bless you!
Sam Cooke only sang this song live once and never again. And he was killed 2 weeks before the song was released by the record company. He was only 33 years old. So sad and imagine what he could've done if he had more time...💚🦅🏈
Remember King Curtis and Ben E King? Did you know that there are no TRUE recordings available on the internet? They're all watered down covers and only those who grew up knowing every note and inflection can tell the difference. Its a concerted effort to take away the splendour. Save this song outside of the internet before its dumbed down or irretrievable
drenda Henson Do u mean he wasn't suppose to sing about certain subjects? Can u enlighten us about this anymore? We'd like to know more. Sam was a good man and such a soulful singer. Loved his songs. ( I'm from this era) My son REALLY likes his songs also!!
@@drendahenson5287 ... He was murdered ... gunshot to the chest in a hotel by a woman claiming self defense. The courts said it was justifiable homicide because she said he tried to rape her ... Everyone that knew him was highly suspicious of her claim ...
@@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052 No worries friend. All is cool. And I completely agree with you. This is one of the most important songs ever written. It speaks to the soul and it absolutely inspires personal change.
@@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052 And when I say change... I mean change is something unique within. Like he says. It is all unique to each individual. And that is what it takes.
Your tears brought tears to my eyes too. I'm an old white christian girl married to a beautiful arab muslim man and living in Egypt and I connected with your emotions. We are worlds apart but our souls can touch each other. Have faith.
I lived through the 60's and all the decades since. The change did come and they've been coming ever since. Sam Cooke sang a masterpiece for all time! To anyone who has ever felt hopeless, degraded, judged or profiled....A Change gonna Come! Great Reaction!
@@woolrie2134 Sam Cooke was born 10 years before Dylan. He had been successful doing gospel songs, and pop songs like "Having a Party", "Twistin' the Night Away", etc. But like Frank Rios said, after hearing "Blowin' in the Wind" he decided to take it up a notch - and did his greatest song IMO. Who knows what he could have done had he not been killed so young.
Actually, I heard that Sam Cooke wrote this song because he was turned down from staying at a hotel in Louisville (I think that was the location) even though he had enough money to stay there but they turned him away because he was black. He was so upset about it all that he wrote this song in response to it
Sam Cooke was huge in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. He and Ray Charles ushered in a new era of R&B called Soul, more direct emotional expression that spoke to black life but also to the universal condition of love and pain. When Sam heard Blowin’ In The Wind, he was impressed but thought, really, a black person should be singing this type of song. Because Dylan’s is abstract. So Sam wrote this song, drawing from his lived experiences and true emotions. Much better than Blowin’ In The Wind, if you ask me! Musically most of all.
Sam Cooke was the first black artist to own the publishing rights to his songs. Every soul/pop singer after him copied something from his singing. When you hear some of Chris Stapleton's runs you hear Sam. The most important black popular artist. And yes, we understand.
I'm a while woman in my 70's. I protested during my college years when George Wallace came here to Texas. I lived in Arkansas when I was a child and saw the national guard protecting the integration of Little Rock High School. I asked my mother why they didn't want her. I truly didn't understand, and I still don't, never will. I've heard this song so many times and never fall to get teary-eyed. Love you. God bless you.
I grew up on the oldies. I’m 37 and that’s what my grandparents listened to so i was exposed to the 50-60-70’s classics. Sam Cooke is a legend. This is my favorite by him. I also love You send me by sam. I’m a white dude from Texas. Grew up poor in a small town and still live there. It ain’t a race thing here, the only color we care about is green.
I'm a white child of the 60s from the Philadelphia area...I still get chills and depending on my mood glassy eyed when I hear Sam testifying.. Keep up the good work of bringing this music to our younger folks.... I was a career police officer now retired... keep believing in change !
I love everything that you said. I pray that all of the negativity & ugly in this world would just Stop. I love Sam Cook. I've got many songs of his on my phone play list.
Hate makes no sense to me either, brother. There was no hate during my school days. I was happy I missed all that hatred...but it came around again. And that's so sad.
Thank you for your heartfelt reaction. I'm the administrator of the Sam Cooke Fan Club page on Facebook and I'm going to share a link to your video there because I know so many of our members would really appreciate your reaction. The saddest part about this song is that it is still so very relevant today. Think about life in 1963 and 1964 when Sam wrote this song. What he lived and experienced then is no different that what you are experiencing now. Life is cyclical. Sometimes we make progress and then other times we regress. The title of one of Sam's last songs comes to mind here - "Keep Movin' On."
love the way you're bringing these timeless masterpieces forward - little known fact; this song was the B- side to the big hit Shake - time tells the truth - OMG what voice! what a song!! may this bring healing to your heavy heart.
Quoting JBL "this song is relevant to what is going on now". Yes friend it is you hit it on the head. Keep your head up there are more of us than them.
I enjoy watching you and your reactions. I was raised in Virginia and grew up hearing all kinds of music mostly gospel and Motown!_Living along side many different races. My family raised me to have manners be honest, respectful to my elders and others. Something else that they taught me was to know evil is always in the world and is in people from all walks of life and color, it is a problem within that person and their dissatisfaction with themselves. Most people do not even know why they hate someone or something. Sadly evil views, thoughts, deeds and people will be with us always: but if we all continue to expose ourselves to other people, cultures and be open to embrace differences we can do better and be greater in number than the evil people. Not allow ourselves to be swayed by the media, music and manners of some , realizing one person does not ever represent the many. Many blessings to you and keep on with your honest reactions!
Whoever made that video did a great job. I'm sorry for what you've been put through. I'm 54 and gay and take some hope in the fact that the people fighting for justice and equality are coming together like I've never seen before. Every group fighting together for each other. It's a beautiful thing. Thanks for being willing to be vulnerable in public like this, and thanks again to your grandma. Love to you both.
OMG, I am so glad I discovered your video reactions, because you play the songs oh I love like Sam Cooke Otis Redding Gladys Knight man I remember being in Greece in 1987 singing Under the Boardwalk at 3 in the morning with a bunch of people around us me and my three friends it was awesome play music was music then and you definitely are an old soul love what you do and thank you
It hurts my heart to see you upset no person deserves to be treated different we are all the same I am from the south and I know how I was raised but I made sure my children were raised differently. I pray before I leave this world that there is change God Bless You and stay strong!
This was Steve Perry's favorite singer. You can really hear it in the tone and vowel placement. Steve has a lot higher range but you can definitely hear the similarities.
I’m at your first pause in this song and I already have tears in my eyes. Listening to you speak warms my heart and makes me sad that bigotry racism and hate still exists. ✌️❤️🎶
It makes me so sad to hear the way you have been treated just because of your age and color. I have always believed that either you are a good person or you aren't. Doesn't make any difference about color or anything else.
I'm a white, seventy-one-year old, retired English teacher and was so moved by your reaction, I cried along with you. Men like you will make the world better. God bless you.
I love your grandmother. She is steering you to the good stuff, the music that gives you something. There is heart and love in this music. That's what we need, more heart and love. I suppose that's naive in this day and age, but I long for it.
It's good to see young folks like yourself gravitating to songs like this,I was 10 years old in 1964,it was a total different world back then,I remember brother Malcolm being gun down, watching my father crying he was part of the nation of Islam, the song just takes me back there
This is one of the most powerful, important and moving songs of my generation or any generation following, sung by the great Sam Cooke. It never fails to both inspire me and make me cry. But your heartfelt reaction to it was as moving too - you are a credit to your generation, and you reassured me that with people like you around, the future of mankind has hope. Stay loving, kind, peaceful and positive 🙏🏽❤️
I was born in 63 when this came out,,listening today it still makes me cry and gives me goosebumps still this song hits every nerve ...what a struggle black people had to endure back in the day...all lives matter an people should be allowed to do what u want when u want an love everyone no matter ur race or color...the change still hasn't happened we still live amongst idiot people..peace an love from scotland...🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
This song is timeless. I keep praying for the change to come. I despise prejudice and call it out when I see it. No one should be denigrated for any reason.
So touching to see the emotion on his face. The more things change, the more they stay the same. What an exceptional talent Sam Cooke was, and this song still resonates today. People during the Civil Rights Era were brave to take on change during this tumultuous time of hate.
standing right beside you we are gonna make this place better for future generations together you got a community of people here who love you we might not always know what to do to change it all for the better for everybody in one go but workin' on it we workin' on it love and support, from brussels, belgium
"...try and not get emotional..." IMPOSSIBLE. This is one of the most beautiful, most heart felt, song ever...regardless of genre. I cry every time I hear it.
Always loved this one. It's more than a song, it's an anthem, and a prayer. And we're still looking for that change. My dad was racist, but my sister and I rejected that. We were both musicians, and once when the black drummer from our band stayed over at our house, Dad dropped in while he was there and threatened to disown us. We didn't back down. He finally decided not to disown us, but he wasn't happy about it. Years later, he became friends with a black family that lived nearby, and finally admitted he'd been wrong. It only took him about 60 years to see it. Music is a wonderful thing to help people come together regardless of color or other differences. I know that things are getting better, but it's so slow. I feel like we should be beyond racism by now. It tears my heart every time I hear if another shooting or other violent incident, including unjustified arrests and harassment. I have great hopes for the next generation, the millennials don't seem to have nearly as much racial bias as previous generations. That's my hope, anyway.
I'm 38, and just this year, I've listened to this song in its entirety....you held it in much better than I did😅 much HAS changed but the changes we need most, not nearly enough. We can only push forward and influence betterment in the ways that we can. Each one, teach one✊🏾
Sam Cooke was one serious talent back in the day.Suggestions "Wonderful World", 'Cupid", "Chain Gang". You really can't go wrong with this kind of music.
I really enjoy your reactions. I hope you keep doing them. You go deeper than others who react to music, and your choices are almost always songs that reach into a person's soul in an effort to enlighten them somehow. Keep on listening.
Hey man, I'm a white 63year old and I'm tearing up. Grew up in south Minneapolis listening to rhythm and blues, soul music. The change is way overdue. Pass on your wisdom every chance you get. Take care brother.
First off i want to say, tell your mom and grandma, thank you for raising such a fine young man, as long as we have young men/ women like you, change will come. I've been enjoying all of your reactions and I'm also a subscriber. It's nice to see a young man react to music my mom raised me on and music i raised my daughter on. Keep up the good work and there's is many more songs you will enjoy through out your journey. God Bless :-)
More Sam Cooke PLEASE! He was one of a kind. Please take the time to research and see all the great things he did---including writing this beautiful song.
As you can see, I’m white and I was crying right along with you. I spent the first 10 yrs of my life growing up in a neighborhood called Signal Hill in Long Beach, Ca. This was 1950-1960. My dad was a “Roughneck” who worked in the oil fields & had to be close to work because we didn’t own a car until I was 4 I think. I can remember, when I was 3, that I was the ONLY white kid on our street. At 5 I was allowed to “run” with the other kids even though they were 7-10 yrs old. I was still the only White kid. There were 11 of us. Big Bobby was a Black 10 ur old & MY protector. NO one messed with me. Little Bobby was 7 & Filipino. Stretch was 9 but TALL & also Black. I’m 68 so those are the only names I can remember. After school or during Summer we were always doing something together. No one locked their doors then so when we got tired we’d stop at the nearest kid’s house for something to eat. EVERY mom was OUR mom. We had NO idea how LUCKY we were. I’m not sure but I think all the dads on the street worked the same oils fields as my dad. I can remember we had STREET barbecues in the Summer. ALL the dads would bring whatever they had to cook. Big Bobby’s dad had a barbecue grill & 2 Filipino families also had grills. Man could they cook up some FOOD! I can taste it like it was yesterday! When I was 10 my dad’s foot was crushed in an accident at work & then we lost our car. Repoed. With no Disability Ins, Unemployment or Worker’s Comp Ins, things got bad. Then my uncle found a job for my dad selling used cars about 20 mi away. So we had to move. When I was 15 an older friend drove me back to the old neighborhood. The oil fields had shut down and they had all moved away. Never knew any of their last names so I’ll never be able to find any of them. They were my best friends EVER. God Bless you and we can keep PRAYING for a better tomorrow. Keep up your Reaction videos. VERY cool. Oh. Almost forgot. At 8 I found out I had a half-brother 9 yrs older than me so I grew up on Elvis and Rock & Roll. When he was in high school his best friend was a guy named Larry Hall. Larry had a pretty good voice. Uncle gave us an expensive reel to reel tape recorder the Summer of 1959 and the guys would sing and make up joke skits on the tape recorder. In 1960 Larry Hall recorded a song called Sandy with Strand Records. He was even on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. SO cool to see him on TV! His song is on RUclips.
I have loved Sam Cooke since I was a little girl because my Dad loved him and played his records! Sam Cooke is definitely the GOAT and a part of the soundtrack of my life! I love all his music, including the Gospel music he made as a member of the Soul Stirrers when he was starting out as a young man. My Dad was also in a Gospel group which is why he identified with Sam Cooke so much! Sam Cooke influenced a lot of great musicians that came after him, such as Rod Stewart, who always praised him. Sam Cooke was a great singer/songwriter as well as a civil rights activists who was famously friends with Malcom X. He wrote this song about the Civil Rights movement of the 60s after hearing Bob Dylan's song, "Blowing In The Wind"! Jim Crow laws were very big in the South and the lyrics tell the story so heartbreakingly. His murder is still controversial because many people believe he was set up because he chose to be vocal about civil rights!! He was taken way too soon! RIP! This song always makes me cry because his voice is magical!!
just been watching reaction to this by you and others, I'm in the uk and hope you can all go and vote that monster out, thanks for your time . It is so sad how we treat each other when has america been great ,
I am also 70 years old and back in the sixties, long blonde hair. I went to Mississippi to help with voter registration and got snuck out in 3 car trunks, 3 of my friend were murdered doing the same. I marched with Dr King in Washington. The change comes from within for each and every one of us. I really love you dude. Keep the faith and MAKE A DIFFERANCE.
Sorry about your friends....R.I.P
Sorry for you losing your friends, thank you for your risk, to help and to change the world, even if you just registered one person, you changed the world, there is still much to do, thank God you lived to tell the tale, God keep you always and for the rest of your journey. Peace✌
I remember that. Brave people.
Respect and love, brother!
I was 17 and a female
I love the songs you are choosing and the fact that you are not afraid to show your sensitiveness. Keep the good work. Peace!
Bless you, brother. I'm a middle age white woman from MS, grew up in the 70's and 80's in little country schools. I knew from a very early age that racism was BS and I caught hell for it. I was called all kinds of names and had a bad reputation, all because I refused to back down on my convictions. I raised my children to look at the person within, no matter who it was. Change has come, but there's still more we can do to love and lift each other. Thanks for sharing with us, and tell Grandma thanks too. 🙂
I feel you...
Growing up in rural South Carolina in the 80s and 90s was kind of rough for a kid with poor parents... Rougher still for a white kid who was hanging out with "those colored boys." I don't think any of the older white folks in the community that looked down on us ever understood that it was the black kids who never made fun of me. They never intentionally or unintentionally made me feel like less of a person. Not for being poor... Not for being fat... not for speaking my mind or for not letting anyone dictate who my friends were going to be. God bless parents like mine... And like yourself, for raising your children the right way even when it's not popular.
bless you darlin and lets hope in our lifetime the people of this world come together.
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One of the greatest songs of all time!
Todd Minter agree 1000%
more than just a song! it's our life!!
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This song gives me goosebumps and a lump in my throat from the first note. Every. Single. Time.
Beautiful song, and so true. Hearing what you are saying about hate, just breaks my heart. I am 70 years old, and white. I have NEVER been racist in my life and don't intend to start now. Many hugs to you, young man.
Ditto. 💖😘
linZy AZ remember racism but don't wear it. It looks like a cheap suit and is always uncomfortable.
@@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052 I don't think you meany to respond to me? I mean all I said was "Ditto?" What are you talking about?
I love you kid. Your the deepest, most sincere and versatile reaction utuber ever. Many, many blessings to you @jblethaltv XOXO
Amen.
You have an opened mind!! You are a precious human being!! I’m so glad that I happened to come across your reaction video! I never knew that anything like this existed. I’ve enjoyed you seeing my all time favorite Elvis Presley.
It wasn't a nerve that was hit, it was your heart and soul and I felt it watching your reaction. Thank you for sharing this with us.
So much in his voice, all the pain. It's so dumb that ppl fight each other just cos they look different or love different things. Everyone wants to be loved and have a good life because people who hate, they fear things🙏 If we'd grow up all together and just talk to each other, no hate would be there✌🏼 And you're a great person my bruh and you always have family and friends to get you through hard times🙏The world is too fast these days I think, too much to take at once
Julian Everything is changing so fast and furious!! It's just not normal. I thought things were changing fairly fast in the sixty's. But those things didn't hold a candle to what's happening now!!! Wish we could go back in time!!
I really want to give you a big hug and get a big hug from you. Your love and kindness jump right through the screen. You’re a very special person, and anyone who knows you should be honored that he or she does. I’m so pleased I stumbled across your videos, and rest assured I will keep tuning in to delight in the light you shine.
Also, I’m fairly jealous to see you experiencing these masterpieces for the first time-what I wouldn’t give to be able to hear them for the first time again!
God bless you!
Sam Cooke only sang this song live once and never again. And he was killed 2 weeks before the song was released by the record company. He was only 33 years old. So sad and imagine what he could've done if he had more time...💚🦅🏈
He was,killed by his own record company cause he wouldn't, toe. The line.
Remember King Curtis and Ben E King? Did you know that there are no TRUE recordings available on the internet? They're all watered down covers and only those who grew up knowing every note and inflection can tell the difference. Its a concerted effort to take away the splendour. Save this song outside of the internet before its dumbed down or irretrievable
drenda Henson Do u mean he wasn't suppose to sing about certain subjects? Can u enlighten us about this anymore? We'd like to know more. Sam was a good man and such a soulful singer. Loved his songs. ( I'm from this era) My son REALLY likes his songs also!!
@@drendahenson5287 ... He was murdered ... gunshot to the chest in a hotel by a woman claiming self defense. The courts said it was justifiable homicide because she said he tried to rape her ... Everyone that knew him was highly suspicious of her claim ...
I know, and I've been tryna FIND that live version, bt... ain't had no luck
One of the greatest songs ever written!!
Beautiful!!!🌷🙏✌🏼
linZy AZ So sorry , accidentally sent to you but comment was about " Times gonna change " reaction song 2 months ago , again Sorry.
@@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052 No worries friend. All is cool. And I completely agree with you. This is one of the most important songs ever written. It speaks to the soul and it absolutely inspires personal change.
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And when I say change... I mean change is something unique within. Like he says. It is all unique to each individual. And that is what it takes.
Your tears brought tears to my eyes too. I'm an old white christian girl married to a beautiful arab muslim man and living in Egypt and I connected with your emotions. We are worlds apart but our souls can touch each other. Have faith.
I lived through the 60's and all the decades since. The change did come and they've been coming ever since. Sam Cooke sang a masterpiece for all time! To anyone who has ever felt hopeless, degraded, judged or profiled....A Change gonna Come! Great Reaction!
Sam heard Bob Dylan's Blowing In The Wind & it really hit him hard. He knew he had to write something relevant & hard hitting. Not bad at all.
Same Cooke is decades older than Bib Dylan
@@woolrie2134 Sam Cooke was born 10 years before Dylan. He had been successful doing gospel songs, and pop songs like "Having a Party", "Twistin' the Night Away", etc. But like Frank Rios said, after hearing "Blowin' in the Wind" he decided to take it up a notch - and did his greatest song IMO. Who knows what he could have done had he not been killed so young.
Actually, I heard that Sam Cooke wrote this song because he was turned down from staying at a hotel in Louisville (I think that was the location) even though he had enough money to stay there but they turned him away because he was black. He was so upset about it all that he wrote this song in response to it
Sam Cooke was huge in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. He and Ray Charles ushered in a new era of R&B called Soul, more direct emotional expression that spoke to black life but also to the universal condition of love and pain. When Sam heard Blowin’ In The Wind, he was impressed but thought, really, a black person should be singing this type of song. Because Dylan’s is abstract. So Sam wrote this song, drawing from his lived experiences and true emotions. Much better than Blowin’ In The Wind, if you ask me! Musically most of all.
Omg I love Sam Cooke! So glad you did this! Dang that man can sing!
Sam Cooke was the first black artist to own the publishing rights to his songs. Every soul/pop singer after him copied something from his singing. When you hear some of Chris Stapleton's runs you hear Sam. The most important black popular artist. And yes, we understand.
MJ was another brotha that owned his stuff too!!! That's what only he and Sam had in common
I'm a while woman in my 70's. I protested during my college years when George Wallace came here to Texas. I lived in Arkansas when I was a child and saw the national guard protecting the integration of Little Rock High School. I asked my mother why they didn't want her. I truly didn't understand, and I still don't, never will. I've heard this song so many times and never fall to get teary-eyed. Love you. God bless you.
This is a beautiful song and so is his voice
I grew up on the oldies. I’m 37 and that’s what my grandparents listened to so i was exposed to the 50-60-70’s classics. Sam Cooke is a legend. This is my favorite by him. I also love You send me by sam. I’m a white dude from Texas. Grew up poor in a small town and still live there. It ain’t a race thing here, the only color we care about is green.
Cody Daniels my favorite is So Long by Sam Cooke, if you have a time take a listen. He was a great storyteller!
In the 60s, this was one of our anthems. A powerful song and a man with a golden voice.
That song hits all our nerves........The great Sam Cooke....Wonderful reaction!
I'm a white child of the 60s from the Philadelphia area...I still get chills and depending on my mood glassy eyed when I hear Sam testifying.. Keep up the good work of bringing this music to our younger folks.... I was a career police officer now retired... keep believing in change !
I love everything that you said. I pray that all of the negativity & ugly in this world would just Stop.
I love Sam Cook. I've got many songs of his on my phone play list.
Your grandmother has good taste in music. I am happy my grandmother introduced me to a lot of old music.
No soul ,no singer period comes close to
To the original ,the real day Sam Cooke period
Hate makes no sense to me either, brother. There was no hate during my school days. I was happy I missed all that hatred...but it came around again. And that's so sad.
I really feel you brother I’m Native America and I know the feeling 😔✌🏽
How have you not done more Sam Cooke since this? He is a legend! He enfluenced so many including Chris Stapleton. More Sam Cooke please!
Thank you for your heartfelt reaction. I'm the administrator of the Sam Cooke Fan Club page on Facebook and I'm going to share a link to your video there because I know so many of our members would really appreciate your reaction. The saddest part about this song is that it is still so very relevant today. Think about life in 1963 and 1964 when Sam wrote this song. What he lived and experienced then is no different that what you are experiencing now. Life is cyclical. Sometimes we make progress and then other times we regress. The title of one of Sam's last songs comes to mind here - "Keep Movin' On."
J'ai rarement entendu plus belle chanson. Grâce à ce genre de réaction Sam Cooke n'est pas mort en vain. Je te souhaite tout le bonheur du monde.
Covered in goosebumps Sam Cook I consider to be one of the best soul singers that lived.
Sam Cooke’s voice is smooth like butter. He gives me chills.
Thank you for sharing your heart and this video. You're helping me.
love the way you're bringing these timeless masterpieces forward - little known fact; this song was the B- side to the big hit Shake - time tells the truth - OMG what voice! what a song!! may this bring healing to your heavy heart.
Quoting JBL "this song is relevant to what is going on now". Yes friend it is you hit it on the head. Keep your head up there are more of us than them.
I enjoy watching you and your reactions. I was raised in Virginia and grew up hearing all kinds of music mostly gospel and Motown!_Living along side many different races. My family raised me to have manners be honest, respectful to my elders and others. Something else that they taught me was to know evil is always in the world and is in people from all walks of life and color, it is a problem within that person and their dissatisfaction with themselves. Most people do not even know why they hate someone or something. Sadly evil views, thoughts, deeds and people will be with us always: but if we all continue to expose ourselves to other people, cultures and be open to embrace differences we can do better and be greater in number than the evil people. Not allow ourselves to be swayed by the media, music and manners of some , realizing one person does not ever represent the many. Many blessings to you and keep on with your honest reactions!
Whoever made that video did a great job. I'm sorry for what you've been put through. I'm 54 and gay and take some hope in the fact that the people fighting for justice and equality are coming together like I've never seen before. Every group fighting together for each other. It's a beautiful thing. Thanks for being willing to be vulnerable in public like this, and thanks again to your grandma. Love to you both.
OMG, I am so glad I discovered your video reactions, because you play the songs oh I love like Sam Cooke Otis Redding Gladys Knight man I remember being in Greece in 1987 singing Under the Boardwalk at 3 in the morning with a bunch of people around us me and my three friends it was awesome play music was music then and you definitely are an old soul love what you do and thank you
I love Sam Cooke. Please do a video with some Otis Redding music.
That has always been a beautuful,soulful song, thanks for playing it.
Mr. Sam Cooke. That voice. My great uncle sang with him back in the day.
You are absolutely right. Stay you. Don’t let anyone change you.
It hurts my heart to see you upset no person deserves to be treated different we are all the same I am from the south and I know how I was raised but I made sure my children were raised differently. I pray before I leave this world that there is change God Bless You and stay strong!
This was Steve Perry's favorite singer. You can really hear it in the tone and vowel placement. Steve has a lot higher range but you can definitely hear the similarities.
Yepp, I knew it... I could tell from tracks like... "Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin"!!! 👍 LOVE that song
I’m at your first pause in this song and I already have tears in my eyes. Listening to you speak warms my heart and makes me sad that bigotry racism and hate still exists. ✌️❤️🎶
Keep an coming James...loving your choice of song . Real reactions. Thanks mate 👌
Perfect description of how I feel about this world: “I HATE hate.” Hope you also know that LOVE has overcome all of this!
James Marshall Hendrix (Jimi to his friends and fans) said when the power of love overcomes the love of power then the world will know peace.
It makes me so sad to hear the way you have been treated just because of your age and color. I have always believed that either you are a good person or you aren't. Doesn't make any difference about color or anything else.
I'm a white, seventy-one-year old, retired English teacher and was so moved by your reaction, I cried along with you. Men like you will make the world better. God bless you.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Many singers on The Voice and other shows try to sing this song in their auditions
Beautiful song by the legendary Sam Cooke. Change is gonna come. Thanks, JB.
I love your grandmother. She is steering you to the good stuff, the music that gives you something. There is heart and love in this music. That's what we need, more heart and love. I suppose that's naive in this day and age, but I long for it.
It's good to see young folks like yourself gravitating to songs like this,I was 10 years old in 1964,it was a total different world back then,I remember brother Malcolm being gun down, watching my father crying he was part of the nation of Islam, the song just takes me back there
Sam Cooke's voice sends chills down your spine
Great reaction. Sam Cooke was so amazing. It is a very emotional song.
I'm a 68 yr old whiye man who grew up on the 50 and 60s .. this song gives me goose bumps everytime. I get it!
Your Grandma has great taste in music. this song is fantastic. Brings tears to your eyes.
Love your reactions, brother. Keep it up! Love will always triumph over hate.
The Impressions~'Choice of Colors' speaks to the same point. An uplifting song. Thank you much for your thoughtful reactions.
I can never listen to this song and not cry. Sam's music still resonates to this day.
This is one of the most powerful, important and moving songs of my generation or any generation following, sung by the great Sam Cooke. It never fails to both inspire me and make me cry. But your heartfelt reaction to it was as moving too - you are a credit to your generation, and you reassured me that with people like you around, the future of mankind has hope. Stay loving, kind, peaceful and positive 🙏🏽❤️
Love this song! Love your reaction.
I was born in 63 when this came out,,listening today it still makes me cry and gives me goosebumps still this song hits every nerve ...what a struggle black people had to endure back in the day...all lives matter an people should be allowed to do what u want when u want an love everyone no matter ur race or color...the change still hasn't happened we still live amongst idiot people..peace an love from scotland...🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
This song is timeless. I keep praying for the change to come. I despise prejudice and call it out when I see it. No one should be denigrated for any reason.
Damn, this song is so moving and the voice - Legendary artist !!
Almost 60yrs later... this song is still Powerful and relevant..Wow
So much pain in his voice, yet so much hope.
So touching to see the emotion on his face. The more things change, the more they stay the same. What an exceptional talent Sam Cooke was, and this song still resonates today. People during the Civil Rights Era were brave to take on change during this tumultuous time of hate.
Love this song!! A CHANGE IS GONNA COME"
standing right beside you
we are gonna make this place better for future generations together
you got a community of people here who love you
we might not always know what to do to change it all for the better for everybody in one go
but workin' on it
we workin' on it
love and support, from brussels, belgium
This Young Generation have to stand up and start making a change
Much respect bruh. That song speaks to the soul. Keep doing you. You’re truly an inspiration.
I love your reactions! I love this song. Sam Cooke was an awesome artist!
GOD BLESS YOU
"...try and not get emotional..." IMPOSSIBLE. This is one of the most beautiful, most heart felt, song ever...regardless of genre. I cry every time I hear it.
Always loved this one. It's more than a song, it's an anthem, and a prayer. And we're still looking for that change.
My dad was racist, but my sister and I rejected that. We were both musicians, and once when the black drummer from our band stayed over at our house, Dad dropped in while he was there and threatened to disown us. We didn't back down. He finally decided not to disown us, but he wasn't happy about it.
Years later, he became friends with a black family that lived nearby, and finally admitted he'd been wrong. It only took him about 60 years to see it.
Music is a wonderful thing to help people come together regardless of color or other differences.
I know that things are getting better, but it's so slow. I feel like we should be beyond racism by now. It tears my heart every time I hear if another shooting or other violent incident, including unjustified arrests and harassment.
I have great hopes for the next generation, the millennials don't seem to have nearly as much racial bias as previous generations. That's my hope, anyway.
Listen & feel it sweetie... thank you
I'm 38, and just this year, I've listened to this song in its entirety....you held it in much better than I did😅 much HAS changed but the changes we need most, not nearly enough. We can only push forward and influence betterment in the ways that we can. Each one, teach one✊🏾
Sam Cooke is one of my favorites. One the greatest singers in Rock'n'Roll.
Very awesome song! You can feel the emotion through his soul
beautiful reaction to a beautiful song. always appreciate you and your willingness to be candid when you're feeling it.
Sam Cooke was one serious talent back in the day.Suggestions "Wonderful World", 'Cupid", "Chain Gang". You really can't go wrong with this kind of music.
Beautiful. So glad that you found this classic, perfect song. You're absolutely right.
Favorite singer ever. ♥️
Bless your heart. Don’t be pressured to BE anything. You’re young and you don’t realize just how far you’ve come on your own. Be yourself always.
I really enjoy your reactions. I hope you keep doing them. You go deeper than others who react to music, and your choices are almost always songs that reach into a person's soul in an effort to enlighten them somehow. Keep on listening.
This song will never not be relevant. The struggle for respect and justice is everlasting and global.
You have to get emotional! Your soul has to react to this because it is so soulfully true.
Hey man, I'm a white 63year old and I'm tearing up. Grew up in south Minneapolis listening to rhythm and blues, soul music. The change is way overdue. Pass on your wisdom every chance you get. Take care brother.
The Masterpiece excellent👏👏👏🙏😷
First off i want to say, tell your mom and grandma, thank you for raising such a fine young man, as long as we have young men/ women like you, change will come. I've been enjoying all of your reactions and I'm also a subscriber. It's nice to see a young man react to music my mom raised me on and music i raised my daughter on. Keep up the good work and there's is many more songs you will enjoy through out your journey. God Bless :-)
More Sam Cooke PLEASE! He was one of a kind. Please take the time to research and see all the great things he did---including writing this beautiful song.
I hear you. I hear you, sir. Things haven't changed enough. ❤
As you can see, I’m white and I was crying right along with you. I spent the first 10 yrs of my life growing up in a neighborhood called Signal Hill in Long Beach, Ca. This was 1950-1960. My dad was a “Roughneck” who worked in the oil fields & had to be close to work because we didn’t own a car until I was 4 I think. I can remember, when I was 3, that I was the ONLY white kid on our street. At 5 I was allowed to “run” with the other kids even though they were 7-10 yrs old. I was still the only White kid. There were 11 of us. Big Bobby was a Black 10 ur old & MY protector. NO one messed with me. Little Bobby was 7 & Filipino. Stretch was 9 but TALL & also Black. I’m 68 so those are the only names I can remember. After school or during Summer we were always doing something together. No one locked their doors then so when we got tired we’d stop at the nearest kid’s house for something to eat. EVERY mom was OUR mom. We had NO idea how LUCKY we were. I’m not sure but I think all the dads on the street worked the same oils fields as my dad. I can remember we had STREET barbecues in the Summer. ALL the dads would bring whatever they had to cook. Big Bobby’s dad had a barbecue grill & 2 Filipino families also had grills. Man could they cook up some FOOD! I can taste it like it was yesterday! When I was 10 my dad’s foot was crushed in an accident at work & then we lost our car. Repoed. With no Disability Ins, Unemployment or Worker’s Comp Ins, things got bad. Then my uncle found a job for my dad selling used cars about 20 mi away. So we had to move. When I was 15 an older friend drove me back to the old neighborhood. The oil fields had shut down and they had all moved away. Never knew any of their last names so I’ll never be able to find any of them. They were my best friends EVER. God Bless you and we can keep PRAYING for a better tomorrow. Keep up your Reaction videos. VERY cool. Oh. Almost forgot. At 8 I found out I had a half-brother 9 yrs older than me so I grew up on Elvis and Rock & Roll. When he was in high school his best friend was a guy named Larry Hall. Larry had a pretty good voice. Uncle gave us an expensive reel to reel tape recorder the Summer of 1959 and the guys would sing and make up joke skits on the tape recorder. In 1960 Larry Hall recorded a song called Sandy with Strand Records. He was even on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. SO cool to see him on TV! His song is on RUclips.
The fact that that this song is still so relevant and so needed today is heartbreaking. We keep tripping over history and never learning.
You said it, hate is a curse. Thank you for being part of the change.
That was during my days. Loved Sam Cooke
Love, Love, Love this song. There is hope. Now, more so than ever.
Sam Cooke! Love ! Love! A change is coming! I feel it! We are better than the news! We are all equal! Everyone of us, black, white whatever!
I have loved Sam Cooke since I was a little girl because my Dad loved him and played his records! Sam Cooke is definitely the GOAT and a part of the soundtrack of my life! I love all his music, including the Gospel music he made as a member of the Soul Stirrers when he was starting out as a young man. My Dad was also in a Gospel group which is why he identified with Sam Cooke so much! Sam Cooke influenced a lot of great musicians that came after him, such as Rod Stewart, who always praised him. Sam Cooke was a great singer/songwriter as well as a civil rights activists who was famously friends with Malcom X. He wrote this song about the Civil Rights movement of the 60s after hearing Bob Dylan's song, "Blowing In The Wind"! Jim Crow laws were very big in the South and the lyrics tell the story so heartbreakingly. His murder is still controversial because many people believe he was set up because he chose to be vocal about civil rights!! He was taken way too soon! RIP! This song always makes me cry because his voice is magical!!
just been watching reaction to this by you and others, I'm in the uk and hope you can all go and vote that monster out, thanks for your time . It is so sad how we treat each other when has america been great ,