BOY THIS HITS HARD, 2001 DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN TUMOR THEY TOLD ME WAS INOPERABLE, I HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR 22 YEARS. DID HAVE 11.5 HR BRAIN SURGERY AND SINCE THEN 3 STROKES, SO I THANK GOD FOR EVERY BLESSING!
This hits even harder now that Tim McGraw did this song recently as a tribute the Toby Keith🥹😢💔❤️ Toby literally lived his life this way! Unapologetically bad ass Toby! I’m still crying over Toby’s passing
I'm a geezer and my memory isn't what it used to be. But I swear there used to be a bull on the PBR circuit called Fu Manchu, way before this song came out.
My Mom spent 4 years battling ovarian cancer. She never stopped living and spent every day she could with her kids and grandkids. She died at 72 yrs old and 3 months before she died, she was at the beach with family and playing soccer with the kids. Laugh and love while they are here. Save to grief for after they are gone.
His dad wasn't just a Major League Baseball player. He was Tug (F'ing) McGraw. Two time World Series Champion. He got the last batter out in the 1980 Series. He was on the Amazing Mets of 1969. He threw every pitch like it was the most important pitch ever. He pumped his glove on his thigh when he was walking off the field, after another successful inning. He had his issues, but when he was on the mound, he wore his heart on his sleeve.
To this day, I think of Tim as Tugger's kid. Which is ridiculous after so many years, so much success from Tim, and how little involvement Tug had in his life, but I was such a huge Phillies fan in 1980 that I can probably still recognize all the players. (I guarantee that every good Philly Cheesesteak restaurant across the US has a picture of the winning team. And Pete should be in the Hall. Fight me.)
Tug died at Tim and Faith’ house in Tenn.. Tim’s mom was a high school student when she got pregnant by the divorced Tug and her parents sent her to Louisiana to have the baby so Tug had no input on his raising. Tug married again so he has another son, a daughter, a step son and step daughter yet chose to live with Tim in the end.
Little Timmy Smith was 11yrs old living in a small town Delhi, Louisiana snooping through his mother's papers, finding out his father was World Series Winning Pitcher Tug McGraw.
This song was popular when my brother was dying of cancer. It reminds me of one of the last conversations I had with him before he passed. We should all live like we are dying.
It came out in 2004 & my sister called to ask if I'd heard. I hadn't but looked it up. I'd just been diagnosed with breast cancer, was going through chemo. I was lucky. I'm so sorry about your brother 💔
I was (mis)diagnosed with terminal bone cancer the same week Tim sang this song Live on the CMA's... I watched Tim sing it, I heard Tim's voice, but it was God, speaking directly to me, to my Soul... This was like 2000/2001... I am still alive today, August 2024, able to celebrate my son's 36th birthday and look forward to my 60th on Sept 19th... In that time I've been diagnosed with Lyme Disease, ME, and in August 2009 my heart stopped beating, twice in that same day, and God said He was NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET, so I now have a pacemaker/defibrillator keeping my heart beating and I'm doing absolutely fantastic!! Every single day my eyes open and I'm still here, well, I'm living it as if it were my very last, eagerly awaiting the day's coming adventure. 😊 Much Love! 💖
I saw Tim in concert before he became famous when he was opening for Joe Diffey. He was so nice and gave me a big hug. A few months later Indian Outlaw hit the charts and everyone knew who he was.
When my husband was given,, 4 months to live he forgave Chemo because it would have hurried his death with his heart disease. The Dr told him to do whatever he felt like doing and live his life! He had an excellent life enjoying our normal family gatherings with all our children, grandchildren and a couple of great grandchildren. That's what he loved and we'd been doing every weekend for a couple of decades! Our house was always full and full of love and laughter. After he needed oxygen, we just took it with us and visited extended family. His family was his greatest love! The last 3 months were harder as you could see it progressing faster. I had a hospice nurse in2 times a week, but I did all the caretaking and made sure he was in minimal pain. He died in my arms at home. His last words were hold me. I crawled up into the hospital bed and held him and told him I loved him and it was ok to go and not worry, I would take care of the family. He struggled with breathing but last words were I love you, then he was gone. But it's beautiful that our children and grand got to tell him they loved him before he passed.
"McGraw did not acknowledge Tim as his son until Tim was 17 years old. Tim McGraw, in an April 19, 2022, interview on NPR's Fresh Air, stated that he met McGraw only twice as a child, both times at baseball games in Houston."
This song kills me whenever I hear it. It is very reflective of my situation. I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at 43 so it hits VERY close to home with me. I had several friends and family members break down over this song during that time. It’s unfortunate that so many people do wait until something goes horribly wrong before they truly look at their lives and how they live it.
Great song! This song won Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 2005 Grammy Awards. Please Remember Me and Where the Green Grass Grows are my other favorite Tim McGraw songs! Thanks for the reaction.
I've loved "Please Remember Me" since it was first released by Rodney Crowell, who also wrote the song... Tim's version changed it up a bit, but still just as good...
The song was written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman. The duo had a friend who received a medical misdiagnosis regarding a form of lung cancer. Wiseman and Nichols began discussing family members and friends who learned of illnesses, and how they often had a new perspective on life upon learning that they had limited time remaining. They decided to write a song based on the concept, hoping that it might inspire someone in such a situation.[2] After they came up with the title, they began writing the first verse and chorus.[3] They found themselves attached to the song, and continued to write it late into the night over the phone.[4] "I remember going in my totally dark living room, laying on the floor, and we wrote the second verse on the phone," Wiseman recalled. The inclusion of the lyric about riding a bull was intended as a sort of "palette cleanse," as they felt the chorus was growing too sentimental. The duo judged its creation as a "really spiritual thing, because it came strong. Me and Tim's instincts and intuitions just kept leading us."[2]
I just lost my 38 year old son to cancer, and when he found out, he didn’t start dying, he started living, he didn’t count the days but he made his days count. He passed away this year on March 11, I’m heartbroken and devastated. His first child will be graduating tomorrow night and I’m so sad that he can’t be there, she is 17, he also had a 13 year old daughter, 7 year old daughter and a 4 year old little boy, I found your page and I’ve watched your reactions all day and it’s kept my mind off of things today. Thank you 🙏🏻
I had stage 3c cancer (diagnosed in December 2014 and went through treatment in 2015. On one hand, it was a devastating diagnosis but it changes how you look at life and it puts everything into perspective. It was my opportunity to think about am I living the life that I want to present the Lord when I meet Him face to face? I definitely find it easier to let go of things that don’t matter in the long run or won’t matter in eternity and make sure that my friends and family know exactly how I feel about them every chance I get. This December will be 10 years since I was diagnosed with cancer and 9 years cancer free. ❤ Every day has been a blessing.
My husband just passed away a few months ago, he wa only 60. I’m trying to figure what’s next for me and how to live like I was dying. Great reaction to a very beautiful song!
About 23 years ago, my best friend was diagnosed with cancer shortly after his 40th birthday. He had never been a country music fan. When he heard this song, it became his anthem. I'd show up at his house and he'd be dancing around singing at the top of his voice. He lived this song to the end which took 10 long years to fight. I recently was given my own diagnoses and I'm going to try my best to live this song. Thanks for reacting.
His Mom married a man who adopted and raised him as his own. He says his “Dad” was a great Dad but when he found out he wasn’t biological dad he still wanted to meet his biological dad, then he found out he was a mlb player. They ended up having a very sweet relationship and Tim and Faith were with him during his cancer, treatment and end of life. 🙏🏻 if I’m not mistaken?? Tug McGraw didn’t know that he had a son for years and years later
I got to see one of Tug McGraw last games. My family and I went to a San Francisco Giants home game with the Philadelphia Phillies. This memory means so much because I grew up listening and watching baseball with my dad. I was dad's girl. My father never got to hear this amazing song. He pasted in 1996 of a massive heart attack, at the age of 48. I know what it's like, only getting a short time with your dad. However I know that both of our father's are watching from heaven. We'll see them again❤
This song came out the year my husband was diagnosed with cancer. We did live for 2 years like he was dying. Lost him in 2006, still remember everyday we had. Last week would have been our 45th anniversary. Thanks for this one.❤
This song came on when I was going to an ex-girlfriends funeral. I had moved on with life & was happily married, but I had to pull over & cry because the girl whose funeral I was headed to ABSOLUTELY lived her life like she was dying. She absolutely loved every moment. So this song makes me think of her every time I hear it.
Such a joyful song. But this time brought me to tears. My mom didn't skydive or have adventures, but she gave EVERY day. She was so selfless and so wonderful and so incredible and never saw it. She thought she was ordinary but she was anything but. And I miss her so much
Not only losing 3 internal organs in my life (appendix at age 7, spleen at age 28 - where according to my medical records at Arlington Memorial Hospital on Saturday, January 8th, 2000 around 3am for approx. 20 minutes I was pronounced dead & gall bladder at age 45), being diagnosed with HIV on Saturday, March 22nd, 2003 and then being not only being diagnosed with bone cancer (have been in stage 4 for the just more than 3 years and when I officially went to stage 4 in September 2000, I was given only a 2% chance of making it to my 50th birthday - I turn 52 this past June 26th), but on that very day finding out that my father, with whom I had been estranged with since coming back home to Baltimore after my HIV diagnosis and thought he didn't love me had passed away exactly 9 months prior on July 30th, 2018 and no one told me BUT here's why I still try to be positive every day ... 1. It re-affirmed my personal motto of "You will never get yesterday back and tomorrow is never guaranteed. All you have is today and right now, so live every day as if it's your last day on Earth because for all of us the sad truth is that one day will be our last day, He just doesn't let us know what day that will be. 2. After trying out for my favorite game show, starting when the first "Teen Week" was done in 1984 and going through/and attending 27 contestant searches and after not only getting the cancer diagnosis, but finally being properly diagnosed with autism, on Friday, November 8th, 2019, at around 4pm, we taped the episode of "Wheel Of Fortune" that would air on Thursday, December 19th, 2019 (if you type Wheel Of Fortune December 19th, 2019 here on youtube, you can see how i did!) 3. After being diagnosed with cancer and my appearance on wheel of fortune (plus what my final puzzle was), I had no idea that the worst year for almost all of us (2020), turned out to be the best year of my life. During a video call with my younger brother Shane (he lives in Wasilla, Alaska) on September 5th, we talked about how many times we saw our dad cry. When he told me that night after I came home thinking I was going to die that weekend and what my father did that he didn't want to do, I found out that my dad DID love me.
This song hit hard when I heard it for the first time when I was a kid. It hit even harder when my mom got cancer two years ago. She's fine now but I'm watching her go through this process of learning you can't live in fear every day of what might happen. Powerful song, powerful message. So glad Tim McGraw got this one out there for people to resonate with ❤
Listen to him sing If You're Reading This. Bring tissues. Also, may I suggest Martina Mcbride Where Would You Be . She sings it live at the CMT music awards. You won't be disappointed
A little late but a few weeks ago one of Tug's fans brought Tim a bunch of memorabilia. Tim talked about some of the pieces, and you can see the pride.
I’m from Utah too. I have a 48 year old son who is dying of ALS . This song hits so hard but my sone made a bucket list of things he wanted to do. He’s gonesnowboarding with his son one last time he went to see the pyramids, went to visit a child hood friend and went to a peril jam one last time. The two of them went to their first PJ concert as teenagers. He’s living like he’s dying. I love him so much.
I was pleased to see you are in Utah. Hello from a fellow Utahn! Love your channel. . . keep the reviews coming. We share many of the same thoughts and observations as I watch you reviews.
Anyone who reads this.. call your dad. One minute my dad was sitting at my kitchen table drinking coffee. He went to CVS... literally 20 minutes later, he had a stroke, and i never spoke to him again. Call those you love, even when you are lazy. I'd give anything.
I take the perspective on that conversation, maybe in large part to being someone who struggles financially as well as physically, that life doesn't have to mean grand gestures of existence. Living like you are dying could be as simple as just seeing the things in life that are beautiful. Having great friends if you can, reading books, listening to music, drawing pictures, petting animals, etc. I can't do activities with a physical cost but thankfully I can walk my dog and smell the air. I can't afford... well, much of anything, but I try to keep special small treats on hand - especially things I know my mother likes.
Bro, this is why country music is considered to be old people's music. You just don't realize when you're young and you think it's lame. You're too busy rocking out and living life hard and fast and feeling invincible. You get a little older, you get a little bit wiser, you start seeing life through a different lens, especially when you have a family of your own. It's a rite of passage that is denied to many. I was also one who hated country music until I got old enough to appreciate it. Welcome to the country club brother. 🤚 There's No Going Back
Tug McGraw was a very famous Baseball Player. Tim never knew who is father was so he turned his attention to his favorite Baseball Player and had poster all over his room of this man. As he grew older he realized he looked a lot like his favorite player and told his mom that he wished he was his father. His mom realized it was time to tell him that his favorite player Tug McGraw was his father. TRUE STORY! Tug lived in Tampa Florida and went to Moffitt Cancer Center (best in the USA) for his treatments. Unfortunately he lost his fight. Tim said he only had his dad in his for a little while but he actually had be in life well before he met him. GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS!
There is a time and place for great rockin' songs and jammin' tunes... but country music is music for the heart. I love watching you fall in love with music of the heart. Great reaction, dude!
Love this song so much! I always get a little teary eyed listening to this song, because life gets so busy that we sometimes forget this! Tomorrow is never guaranteed! Do you want to be remembered for being a good person and for someone who lived life? Ive tried to live that way!
Philly loved The Tugger. The next to last pitch he threw went deep but foul. Tug patted his chest like he was trying to restart his heart. The next pitch went swing and miss. And my Phillies won their first World Series!
Thanks for posting this song because it gives us hope and love and perhaps makes people realize if we take SELF OUT AND DO FOR OTHERS ....I FEEL IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE YOUR LUFE AS IT SHOULD MATTER
Seb, unlike other Genre’s, Country Artists have longevity. Unfortunately, they struggle with playlist for tours because, they have so many hits, Fans own all the CD’s so to Fans, all the songs are wanted. When Tim was working on his last tour’s Playlist (with Faith), he was thinking about dropping this song. Faith told him she would divorce him if he did. Every single word of this song is true and special. Tim continues with this song.
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
Tug Mcgraw survived 9 months after the unsuccessful operation to remove a brain tumor (they failed to remove it all). It returned in an inoperative form. Tim McGraw was 11 years old before he found out who his dad was, he found his birth certificate with his dad's name on it. Tim scattered part of his dad's ashes on the Phillies' Mound four years after his dad's death. I like to believe they came to terms with each other before his father's passing.
Tim Mcgraw has so many great songs there's too many to count. One of the best in the bussiness. One of my personal favorites is Can't Be Really Gone, such a beautiful but sad song.
So I already loved this song due to its message... but the meaning became so much more real in 2017 when I was diagnosed with cancer myself. My original prognosis was about 6 months to live, but here I am 6 years later and surviving the fight as I continue.
One of the writers on this song was Craig Wiseman who is the owner and head of "Big Loud" records in Nashville, the label to Hardy, Morgan and many others.
Written by Craig Wiseman, a Nashville songwriting legend. Craig is the founder/owner of Big Loud Records which is the record label of Hardy and Morgan Wallen, among many other great ones now. He writes at times with both Hardy and Morgan, one of my favorites being Chasin’ You by Morgan. Morgan started it before moving to Nashville but never finished it. He got together with with Craig after signing with them and he tells about how they wrote all night one night only stopping early in the morning because he had to catch a flight! They say Craig is a songwriting genius. The most down to earth guy you’d ever want to meet too. ♥️
A number of years ago, I went through a cancer scare. All I could think of was leaving my wife and kids without me to care for them. Fortunately, I was clean. This song got me through.
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
I've met Tim McGraw and his Beautiful Wife Faith Hill on their Soul 2 Soul Tour in Memphis TN & Tim McGraw did meet his Dad when he was 16 years old he met him 2 times as Tug asked Tims Momma to come to Houston Texas & Tug spent the whole day with Tim & he realized Tim was his Son.Tim & Faith got Tug McGraw all the Medical Help possible for his Cancer & he loved his Dad.Tim & Faith have Beautiful Duets together Let's Make Love is one Great Song.
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
BAREFOOT! I can top that: I was barefoot, wearing white pants (rolled up), and a pink dress shirt! The photo's were so good that the photographer asked for our permission to use them on his promotional material!
Such a gladsome thing that you are enjoying country story songs. You don't have to love all country songs but some are so worth it. They weave deep into us. So here's a few more: Almost Home - Craig Morgan San Francisco Mabel Joy - Mickey Newbury (a bit long but so good) *****Cornelia Clark - Mickey Newbury (this one is a must) A man who's eyes tear up at story songs - Contrary to mansplain/manworry nonsense - your testosterone is not in danger. In fact, you are protecting it.
This song makes me cry. This came out after my dad was diagnosed with cancer. One of the few conversations that he and I had that really was deep was about how he felt about this song. He said that it spoke to him. It made my dad cry, this was only the second time in my whole life that I saw Daddy cry. I lost him a few years later but this song makes me cry and smile because I get to have the memory of our conversation. I miss him so!
This song still makes me cry every single time I hear it bc I lost my mom on November 16, 2001. My daughter had just turned 5 on October 1st and I was 19 weeks pregnant with my son. Also, she had the same brain cancer/tumor that Tug McGraw had. And fyi: Whoever said that this song was written about Tug, Tim’s biological father, is wrong. It was written about a man both of the writers knew who was misdiagnosed with cancer. Tim McGraw included footage and pics of Tug McGraw bc he was dying when the song was released.
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
This song first came out when my dad was fighting cancer the first time and i was a kid. I remember singing it at the top of our lungs in the car through thick tears. Still does it today.
I always think when you are barefoot, you are more naturally authentic and honest. If you have an open heart, as you should. Loved this song from the first time I listened. ❤
I wish you could do at least 3 videos a day but I know you have a family and probably busy. Family first but I do enjoy your reaction videos. Always looking forward to the next one. There's a song called daddy's hands by Holly Dunn. If you haven't heard it yet, I'd really think you'd love it. I have no job because I'm taking a break staying at my parents to help them otherwise I would donate for a request but I can't.
Absolutely love Tim. Amazing voice, great songs, easy on the eyes (lol, sorry). This is a fantastic song, I always smile listening to it. I saw that you've done one song by The Hu. But I'm hoping to convince you to listen to their song "Wolf Totem". The official music video (it's stunning)...but you need the one with the English lyrics cause the words...man, they can word.
I love Tim so much,I can remember exactly where I was at when I heard it the first time,I was getting off work in New Orleans, I was driving across the at 3am and just found out that day I was gonna have to have brain surgery, that was the 1st one I'm 60 now and I've had another since, But buy the Grace of God, I give him all Glory,Thank You Sir 🙏 for great memories, sending love from Lafayette Georgia 🙏 🍑
BOY THIS HITS HARD, 2001 DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN TUMOR THEY TOLD ME WAS INOPERABLE, I HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR 22 YEARS. DID HAVE 11.5 HR BRAIN SURGERY AND SINCE THEN 3 STROKES, SO I THANK GOD FOR EVERY BLESSING!
This hits even harder now that Tim McGraw did this song recently as a tribute the Toby Keith🥹😢💔❤️ Toby literally lived his life this way! Unapologetically bad ass Toby! I’m still crying over Toby’s passing
I'm a geezer and my memory isn't what it used to be. But I swear there used to be a bull on the PBR circuit called Fu Manchu, way before this song came out.
You are correct!
Yes there was.....
There was
Yes sir👍🏻
Yes, there definitely was!
My Mom spent 4 years battling ovarian cancer. She never stopped living and spent every day she could with her kids and grandkids. She died at 72 yrs old and 3 months before she died, she was at the beach with family and playing soccer with the kids. Laugh and love while they are here. Save to grief for after they are gone.
His dad wasn't just a Major League Baseball player. He was Tug (F'ing) McGraw. Two time World Series Champion. He got the last batter out in the 1980 Series. He was on the Amazing Mets of 1969. He threw every pitch like it was the most important pitch ever. He pumped his glove on his thigh when he was walking off the field, after another successful inning. He had his issues, but when he was on the mound, he wore his heart on his sleeve.
And wasn't in his son's life, a pos
@@Cissy777 maybe
To this day, I think of Tim as Tugger's kid. Which is ridiculous after so many years, so much success from Tim, and how little involvement Tug had in his life, but I was such a huge Phillies fan in 1980 that I can probably still recognize all the players. (I guarantee that every good Philly Cheesesteak restaurant across the US has a picture of the winning team. And Pete should be in the Hall. Fight me.)
Tug died at Tim and Faith’ house in Tenn.. Tim’s mom was a high school student when she got pregnant by the divorced Tug and her parents sent her to Louisiana to have the baby so Tug had no input on his raising. Tug married again so he has another son, a daughter, a step son and step daughter yet chose to live with Tim in the end.
Little Timmy Smith was 11yrs old living in a small town Delhi, Louisiana snooping through his mother's papers, finding out his father was World Series Winning Pitcher Tug McGraw.
This song was popular when my brother was dying of cancer. It reminds me of one of the last conversations I had with him before he passed. We should all live like we are dying.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
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So very sorry. The words of songs seem to find us when we need them most.
It came out in 2004 & my sister called to ask if I'd heard. I hadn't but looked it up. I'd just been diagnosed with breast cancer, was going through chemo. I was lucky. I'm so sorry about your brother 💔
I was (mis)diagnosed with terminal bone cancer the same week Tim sang this song Live on the CMA's... I watched Tim sing it, I heard Tim's voice, but it was God, speaking directly to me, to my Soul... This was like 2000/2001... I am still alive today, August 2024, able to celebrate my son's 36th birthday and look forward to my 60th on Sept 19th... In that time I've been diagnosed with Lyme Disease, ME, and in August 2009 my heart stopped beating, twice in that same day, and God said He was NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET, so I now have a pacemaker/defibrillator keeping my heart beating and I'm doing absolutely fantastic!! Every single day my eyes open and I'm still here, well, I'm living it as if it were my very last, eagerly awaiting the day's coming adventure. 😊 Much Love! 💖
"I gave forgiveness I'd been denying" is an incredibly powerful statement. ❤ this song!
I saw Tim in concert before he became famous when he was opening for Joe Diffey. He was so nice and gave me a big hug. A few months later Indian Outlaw hit the charts and everyone knew who he was.
That's badass. I have seen him a couple times. So awesome.
When my husband was given,, 4 months to live he forgave Chemo because it would have hurried his death with his heart disease. The Dr told him to do whatever he felt like doing and live his life! He had an excellent life enjoying our normal family gatherings with all our children, grandchildren and a couple of great grandchildren. That's what he loved and we'd been doing every weekend for a couple of decades! Our house was always full and full of love and laughter. After he needed oxygen, we just took it with us and visited extended family. His family was his greatest love! The last 3 months were harder as you could see it progressing faster. I had a hospice nurse in2 times a week, but I did all the caretaking and made sure he was in minimal pain. He died in my arms at home. His last words were hold me. I crawled up into the hospital bed and held him and told him I loved him and it was ok to go and not worry, I would take care of the family. He struggled with breathing but last words were I love you, then he was gone. But it's beautiful that our children and grand got to tell him they loved him before he passed.
That is beautiful. I've been thinking that I'd want to die in the arms of someone I love. I'm glad you obliged.
My dad was struggling, fighting to stay alive wasn't until my mom told him the kids and I will be okay then he started to say I want to go home
you cant go wrong with Tim he has so many songs "green grass goes" "Everywhere" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" "Just to See You Smile"
Yeah all of these are really good and hard to disagree with.
everywhere is my favorite of his
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"McGraw did not acknowledge Tim as his son until Tim was 17 years old. Tim McGraw, in an April 19, 2022, interview on NPR's Fresh Air, stated that he met McGraw only twice as a child, both times at baseball games in Houston."
“Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” -Benjamin Franklin
Tim McGraw humble and kind is the most uplifting and you would love it
This song kills me whenever I hear it. It is very reflective of my situation. I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at 43 so it hits VERY close to home with me. I had several friends and family members break down over this song during that time. It’s unfortunate that so many people do wait until something goes horribly wrong before they truly look at their lives and how they live it.
You got this👍💜
Great song! This song won Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 2005 Grammy Awards.
Please Remember Me and Where the Green Grass Grows are my other favorite Tim McGraw songs! Thanks for the reaction.
I've loved "Please Remember Me" since it was first released by Rodney Crowell, who also wrote the song... Tim's version changed it up a bit, but still just as good...
Yes, I didn't know it was Rodney Crowell's song until I heard Tim's version of it. Both great songs indeed.
I believe every word in this song is true ❤
Mr. Sebs continues to add to the world by being the good man that he is here on RUclips.... offering these great vids!
The song was written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman. The duo had a friend who received a medical misdiagnosis regarding a form of lung cancer. Wiseman and Nichols began discussing family members and friends who learned of illnesses, and how they often had a new perspective on life upon learning that they had limited time remaining. They decided to write a song based on the concept, hoping that it might inspire someone in such a situation.[2] After they came up with the title, they began writing the first verse and chorus.[3] They found themselves attached to the song, and continued to write it late into the night over the phone.[4] "I remember going in my totally dark living room, laying on the floor, and we wrote the second verse on the phone," Wiseman recalled. The inclusion of the lyric about riding a bull was intended as a sort of "palette cleanse," as they felt the chorus was growing too sentimental. The duo judged its creation as a "really spiritual thing, because it came strong. Me and Tim's instincts and intuitions just kept leading us."[2]
I just lost my 38 year old son to cancer, and when he found out, he didn’t start dying, he started living, he didn’t count the days but he made his days count. He passed away this year on March 11, I’m heartbroken and devastated. His first child will be graduating tomorrow night and I’m so sad that he can’t be there, she is 17, he also had a 13 year old daughter, 7 year old daughter and a 4 year old little boy, I found your page and I’ve watched your reactions all day and it’s kept my mind off of things today. Thank you 🙏🏻
I had stage 3c cancer (diagnosed in December 2014 and went through treatment in 2015. On one hand, it was a devastating diagnosis but it changes how you look at life and it puts everything into perspective. It was my opportunity to think about am I living the life that I want to present the Lord when I meet Him face to face? I definitely find it easier to let go of things that don’t matter in the long run or won’t matter in eternity and make sure that my friends and family know exactly how I feel about them every chance I get. This December will be 10 years since I was diagnosed with cancer and 9 years cancer free. ❤ Every day has been a blessing.
My husband just passed away a few months ago, he wa only 60. I’m trying to figure what’s next for me and how to live like I was dying. Great reaction to a very beautiful song!
I'm so sorry for your loss!
He and his wife, Faith Hill ( country artist herself ), are a country power couple! ❤
I know this is one that will move you and the song hasn’t even started yet 👌
About 23 years ago, my best friend was diagnosed with cancer shortly after his 40th birthday. He had never been a country music fan. When he heard this song, it became his anthem. I'd show up at his house and he'd be dancing around singing at the top of his voice. He lived this song to the end which took 10 long years to fight. I recently was given my own diagnoses and I'm going to try my best to live this song. Thanks for reacting.
Your memory lives on as long as the last person remembers you.
That's perfect❤❤❤
His Mom married a man who adopted and raised him as his own. He says his “Dad” was a great Dad but when he found out he wasn’t biological dad he still wanted to meet his biological dad, then he found out he was a mlb player. They ended up having a very sweet relationship and Tim and Faith were with him during his cancer, treatment and end of life. 🙏🏻 if I’m not mistaken?? Tug McGraw didn’t know that he had a son for years and years later
One of my favorite country songs. Seen him live once. This is one of my favorite of his songs. 😊
I got to see one of Tug McGraw last games. My family and I went to a San Francisco Giants home game with the Philadelphia Phillies. This memory means so much because I grew up listening and watching baseball with my dad. I was dad's girl. My father never got to hear this amazing song. He pasted in 1996 of a massive heart attack, at the age of 48. I know what it's like, only getting a short time with your dad. However I know that both of our father's are watching from heaven. We'll see them again❤
This song came out the year my husband was diagnosed with cancer. We did live for 2 years like he was dying. Lost him in 2006, still remember everyday we had. Last week would have been our 45th anniversary. Thanks for this one.❤
I have loved Tim since he started his career back in the early 90's. He has a great voice, love his music, he also looks pretty damn good too!! :)
A Cancer diagnosis in my early 40s did change me for the better!!! 3 year battle… and now going strong!
Heartland is one that is gonna get ya in the feels buddy. It was one of the first songs I thought of for you in that regard.
This song came on when I was going to an ex-girlfriends funeral. I had moved on with life & was happily married, but I had to pull over & cry because the girl whose funeral I was headed to ABSOLUTELY lived her life like she was dying. She absolutely loved every moment. So this song makes me think of her every time I hear it.
Such a joyful song. But this time brought me to tears. My mom didn't skydive or have adventures, but she gave EVERY day. She was so selfless and so wonderful and so incredible and never saw it. She thought she was ordinary but she was anything but. And I miss her so much
Not only losing 3 internal organs in my life (appendix at age 7, spleen at age 28 - where according to my medical records at Arlington Memorial Hospital on Saturday, January 8th, 2000 around 3am for approx. 20 minutes I was pronounced dead & gall bladder at age 45), being diagnosed with HIV on Saturday, March 22nd, 2003 and then being not only being diagnosed with bone cancer (have been in stage 4 for the just more than 3 years and when I officially went to stage 4 in September 2000, I was given only a 2% chance of making it to my 50th birthday - I turn 52 this past June 26th), but on that very day finding out that my father, with whom I had been estranged with since coming back home to Baltimore after my HIV diagnosis and thought he didn't love me had passed away exactly 9 months prior on July 30th, 2018 and no one told me BUT here's why I still try to be positive every day ...
1. It re-affirmed my personal motto of "You will never get yesterday back and tomorrow is never guaranteed. All you have is today and right now, so live every day as if it's your last day on Earth because for all of us the sad truth is that one day will be our last day, He just doesn't let us know what day that will be.
2. After trying out for my favorite game show, starting when the first "Teen Week" was done in 1984 and going through/and attending 27 contestant searches and after not only getting the cancer diagnosis, but finally being properly diagnosed with autism, on Friday, November 8th, 2019, at around 4pm, we taped the episode of "Wheel Of Fortune" that would air on Thursday, December 19th, 2019 (if you type Wheel Of Fortune December 19th, 2019 here on youtube, you can see how i did!)
3. After being diagnosed with cancer and my appearance on wheel of fortune (plus what my final puzzle was), I had no idea that the worst year for almost all of us (2020), turned out to be the best year of my life. During a video call with my younger brother Shane (he lives in Wasilla, Alaska) on September 5th, we talked about how many times we saw our dad cry. When he told me that night after I came home thinking I was going to die that weekend and what my father did that he didn't want to do, I found out that my dad DID love me.
I love me some Tim McGraw 🎶love this song yes live like your living your last day ! 🎶music is life 🎶
This song hit hard when I heard it for the first time when I was a kid. It hit even harder when my mom got cancer two years ago. She's fine now but I'm watching her go through this process of learning you can't live in fear every day of what might happen. Powerful song, powerful message. So glad Tim McGraw got this one out there for people to resonate with ❤
Listen to him sing If You're Reading This. Bring tissues. Also, may I suggest Martina Mcbride Where Would You Be . She sings it live at the CMT music awards. You won't be disappointed
Thank You for being HUMAN!
peace
A little late but a few weeks ago one of Tug's fans brought Tim a bunch of memorabilia. Tim talked about some of the pieces, and you can see the pride.
One of my FAVORITE heart wrenching songs OF ALL TIME.
Tim McGraw is from my home state of Louisiana. And we are so proud of him.
Enjoy so much how you hear and interpret the words and stories
One of these days by Tim McGraw is an absolute must.❤️❤️
Songs like this is why country music is the best
One of my favorites of Tim’s❤ thank you for sharing
One of the BEST songs ever, thanks so much for reacting to it! I ❤ your channel!
I’m from Utah too. I have a 48 year old son who is dying of ALS . This song hits so hard but my sone made a bucket list of things he wanted to do. He’s gonesnowboarding with his son one last time he went to see the pyramids, went to visit a child hood friend and went to a peril jam one last time. The two of them went to their first PJ concert as teenagers. He’s living like he’s dying. I love him so much.
I was pleased to see you are in Utah. Hello from a fellow Utahn! Love your channel. . . keep the reviews coming. We share many of the same thoughts and observations as I watch you reviews.
Anyone who reads this.. call your dad. One minute my dad was sitting at my kitchen table drinking coffee. He went to CVS... literally 20 minutes later, he had a stroke, and i never spoke to him again. Call those you love, even when you are lazy. I'd give anything.
A great great song!!! 🎶🎶 I Hope you Dance is so beautiful!
Tim McGraw is a phenomenal artist! If you haven’t done HUMBLE AND KIND. PLEASE Do!!!!
I take the perspective on that conversation, maybe in large part to being someone who struggles financially as well as physically, that life doesn't have to mean grand gestures of existence. Living like you are dying could be as simple as just seeing the things in life that are beautiful. Having great friends if you can, reading books, listening to music, drawing pictures, petting animals, etc. I can't do activities with a physical cost but thankfully I can walk my dog and smell the air. I can't afford... well, much of anything, but I try to keep special small treats on hand - especially things I know my mother likes.
Tim is also actor. He was in The Blind Side and some others.
Bro, this is why country music is considered to be old people's music. You just don't realize when you're young and you think it's lame. You're too busy rocking out and living life hard and fast and feeling invincible. You get a little older, you get a little bit wiser, you start seeing life through a different lens, especially when you have a family of your own. It's a rite of passage that is denied to many. I was also one who hated country music until I got old enough to appreciate it. Welcome to the country club brother. 🤚 There's No Going Back
Tim McGraw also played in the movie The Blind Side. He was the dad of the family that adopted Michael Orr in the movie.
Tug McGraw was a very famous Baseball Player. Tim never knew who is father was so he turned his attention to his favorite Baseball Player and had poster all over his room of this man. As he grew older he realized he looked a lot like his favorite player and told his mom that he wished he was his father. His mom realized it was time to tell him that his favorite player Tug McGraw was his father. TRUE STORY! Tug lived in Tampa Florida and went to Moffitt Cancer Center (best in the USA) for his treatments. Unfortunately he lost his fight. Tim said he only had his dad in his for a little while but he actually had be in life well before he met him. GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS!
This has always been my favorite by Tim
There is a time and place for great rockin' songs and jammin' tunes... but country music is music for the heart. I love watching you fall in love with music of the heart. Great reaction, dude!
Love this song so much! I always get a little teary eyed listening to this song, because life gets so busy that we sometimes forget this! Tomorrow is never guaranteed! Do you want to be remembered for being a good person and for someone who lived life? Ive tried to live that way!
I love this song! Reminds you of how precious life is. Makes me cry.
Tim Mcgraw - Back When is also a great one!
Philly loved The Tugger. The next to last pitch he threw went deep but foul. Tug patted his chest like he was trying to restart his heart. The next pitch went swing and miss. And my Phillies won their first World Series!
I seen Tim in concert in the 90's in Dubuque Iowa, excellent concert
Thanks for posting this song because it gives us hope and love and perhaps makes people realize if we take SELF OUT AND DO FOR OTHERS ....I FEEL IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE YOUR LUFE AS IT SHOULD MATTER
Seb, unlike other Genre’s, Country Artists have longevity. Unfortunately, they struggle with playlist for tours because, they have so many hits, Fans own all the CD’s so to Fans, all the songs are wanted.
When Tim was working on his last tour’s Playlist (with Faith), he was thinking about dropping this song. Faith told him she would divorce him if he did. Every single word of this song is true and special. Tim continues with this song.
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
Tug Mcgraw survived 9 months after the unsuccessful operation to remove a brain tumor (they failed to remove it all). It returned in an inoperative form.
Tim McGraw was 11 years old before he found out who his dad was, he found his birth certificate with his dad's name on it. Tim scattered part of his dad's ashes on the Phillies' Mound four years after his dad's death. I like to believe they came to terms with each other before his father's passing.
Tim Mcgraw has so many great songs there's too many to count. One of the best in the bussiness. One of my personal favorites is Can't Be Really Gone, such a beautiful but sad song.
So I already loved this song due to its message... but the meaning became so much more real in 2017 when I was diagnosed with cancer myself. My original prognosis was about 6 months to live, but here I am 6 years later and surviving the fight as I continue.
One of the writers on this song was Craig Wiseman who is the owner and head of "Big Loud" records in Nashville, the label to Hardy, Morgan and many others.
Written by Craig Wiseman, a Nashville songwriting legend. Craig is the founder/owner of Big Loud Records which is the record label of Hardy and Morgan Wallen, among many other great ones now. He writes at times with both Hardy and Morgan, one of my favorites being Chasin’ You by Morgan. Morgan started it before moving to Nashville but never finished it. He got together with with Craig after signing with them and he tells about how they wrote all night one night only stopping early in the morning because he had to catch a flight! They say Craig is a songwriting genius. The most down to earth guy you’d ever want to meet too. ♥️
Tim McGraw was talking about his father. They loved fishing together.
I’m not crying 😢😢 you are!
Great reaction. Tim is a true legend in country music.
A number of years ago, I went through a cancer scare. All I could think of was leaving my wife and kids without me to care for them. Fortunately, I was clean. This song got me through.
His dad was Tug McGraw that played for the New York Mets. You gotta believe
One of my favorites by him. I like it, I love it is another great song by him
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
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I've met Tim McGraw and his Beautiful Wife Faith Hill on their Soul 2 Soul Tour in Memphis TN & Tim McGraw did meet his Dad when he was 16 years old he met him 2 times as Tug asked Tims Momma to come to Houston Texas & Tug spent the whole day with Tim & he realized Tim was his Son.Tim & Faith got Tug McGraw all the Medical Help possible for his Cancer & he loved his Dad.Tim & Faith have Beautiful Duets together Let's Make Love is one Great Song.
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I just love your reactions to the beautiful country music.
BAREFOOT! I can top that: I was barefoot, wearing white pants (rolled up), and a pink dress shirt! The photo's were so good that the photographer asked for our permission to use them on his promotional material!
i tear up every time i hear this now. my nephew passed 3 weeks ago at 48 years old of cancer.
Such a gladsome thing that you are enjoying country story songs. You don't have to love all country songs but some are so worth it. They weave deep into us. So here's a few more:
Almost Home - Craig Morgan
San Francisco Mabel Joy - Mickey Newbury (a bit long but so good)
*****Cornelia Clark - Mickey Newbury (this one is a must)
A man who's eyes tear up at story songs - Contrary to mansplain/manworry nonsense - your testosterone is not in danger. In fact, you are protecting it.
This song makes me cry. This came out after my dad was diagnosed with cancer. One of the few conversations that he and I had that really was deep was about how he felt about this song. He said that it spoke to him. It made my dad cry, this was only the second time in my whole life that I saw Daddy cry. I lost him a few years later but this song makes me cry and smile because I get to have the memory of our conversation. I miss him so!
We all have a "bucket list". We get so caught up in what we think is life. We should do our bucket list NOW. This song reminds us of this.
This song still makes me cry every single time I hear it bc I lost my mom on November 16, 2001. My daughter had just turned 5 on October 1st and I was 19 weeks pregnant with my son. Also, she had the same brain cancer/tumor that Tug McGraw had.
And fyi: Whoever said that this song was written about Tug, Tim’s biological father, is wrong. It was written about a man both of the writers knew who was misdiagnosed with cancer. Tim McGraw included footage and pics of Tug McGraw bc he was dying when the song was released.
I really appreciate this thanks,I do this once in a while thanks for your love and support it really means a lot to me and how long have you been my my fans I we like to hear from you.
This song first came out when my dad was fighting cancer the first time and i was a kid. I remember singing it at the top of our lungs in the car through thick tears.
Still does it today.
I just saw one of your videos about an hour ago because after the first one I just binged more and more!! You're amazing
Red Ragtop by Tim is also Great!!!
Tim McGraw and his wife Faith Hill, who’s also a great singer, are both actors as well. They were incredible in the Yellowstone prequel “1883”.
I always think when you are barefoot, you are more naturally authentic and honest. If you have an open heart, as you should.
Loved this song from the first time I listened. ❤
Tim’s dad was TUG McGraw who played for the New York Mets 7:44
This is a deep deep,rabbit hole bro. Tim has a huge catalog
I wish you could do at least 3 videos a day but I know you have a family and probably busy. Family first but I do enjoy your reaction videos. Always looking forward to the next one. There's a song called daddy's hands by Holly Dunn. If you haven't heard it yet, I'd really think you'd love it. I have no job because I'm taking a break staying at my parents to help them otherwise I would donate for a request but I can't.
But we are all dying...why can't we all live this way now!!
His dad was a famous baseball player Tug McGraw. He lost him to brain cancer so this song was about him. He played for the New York Mets.
His dad was Tug McGraw the famous Mets Pitcher in the 70s - 80s who passed of brain cancer.
My husband has just been diagnosed with Lung cancer. Gonna take everything one day at a time.
Absolutely love Tim. Amazing voice, great songs, easy on the eyes (lol, sorry). This is a fantastic song, I always smile listening to it.
I saw that you've done one song by The Hu. But I'm hoping to convince you to listen to their song "Wolf Totem". The official music video (it's stunning)...but you need the one with the English lyrics cause the words...man, they can word.
I love Tim so much,I can remember exactly where I was at when I heard it the first time,I was getting off work in New Orleans, I was driving across the at 3am and just found out that day I was gonna have to have brain surgery, that was the 1st one I'm 60 now and I've had another since, But buy the Grace of God, I give him all Glory,Thank You Sir 🙏 for great memories, sending love from Lafayette Georgia 🙏 🍑