Don just got a Hollywood Star (about darn time too) weird Al and Home Free was there. Weird Al talked about Don and what he meant to him and Home Free sang a portion of this song. It was super cool and they had a blast and was excited to be invited to something like that This one was done during quarantine also. Don, Tim, and Austin was In Nashville ,chance was in California and Adam and Rob were in Minnesota. Tim said that they told Don to perform it however he would like to and they would all go around him. This is talking about when we lost 3 musicians. The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens was killed in a plane crash. This was written by Don. He can still sing and he's in his 70's. I love this song.
Thank you so much for including story. The Star overdue. Many people find this one of the many songs misunderstood. I care about that, nice someone else does also. Nice tribute to the song by Home Free.
Haha there is *NO* original video...this song was released Oct 24th, 1971, so it was a little before MTV came about LOL !!! By the way the Day the Music Died is a real thing. Feb 3rd 1959 a plane carrying 3 of the biggest singing acts crashed killing them all (Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper) and shocking the innocene of the teenage world. Don reached out to Home Free to help him celebrate his generational & iconic song's anniversary. There are so many speculated metaphors in the song...The Quartet in the Park ? The Beatles, The King & Queen ? Elvis & his wife Priscilla, the Jester ? Bob Dylan ?
Such a great song that showcased them all individually and together. They actually won an award for this collaboration. I believe they won 3 for it. And just recently, Don McLean got his star on the walk of fame and he had Home Free there and they sang this live. Theres a video of it out there. I thought that was really cool. This was such a great reaction. Nothing wrong with your intro either, lol. Thanks for making this so much fun!
Their "bass handoff" is dang near flawless. Chance was such a great addition to the group. Able to take on the bass role, but having that velvety baritone was a huge plus.
McClean's manager came to Home Free and wanted to do something for the 50th Anniversary of his song, so they put this together and they each won ( Don and each member of Home Free) 3 telly awards, 1 gold and 2 silver for this and also Home Free was asked by Don to sing a bit of this song at His Hollywood Star reveal on the Walk of Fame that was revealed just recently. Pretty cool!
This is such a great song that you don’t notice it lasts over eight minutes!! Great honor for Don to receive his Star in Hollywood! Congrats to Home Free for remaking this song with Don & being asked by him to sing during the presentation!! First time anyone has sung as award was given!!
I keep listening for Adam to breathe! Wow!! I've heard he nearly passed out twice - and I can believe it! Huge kudos to Adam!!!! They try not to keep the camera on him too long, but there's a couple of longer clips that just blow my mind.
There are a couple of moments on the BTS video where he nearly gets into trouble, and on one occasion his eyes actually do start to roll back. Can't imagine he could ever do this live. I think he would have to change his performance x
@@grievousangel7742 Or find a way to use a looper. I haven't seen the BTS video, but yeah, I believe it! His breath control and determination are incredible!
@@grievousangel7742...I read in another comment section when this was released that they likely won't do this one live because of Adam nearly passing out. Unless they can find a way to make it easier on Adam.
@@chrismorin1318 l can see that. He would have to cut some bits out or as suggested above, loop some parts. Don't think they ever will do it live because Don was such an integral part of the song and they don't have a spare voice to cover that part!
This was released on the 50th anniversary of the song was released back then. 🥰🔥💥‼️ just too awesome! Don’s voice is Incredible for being 75 👍❤️‼️🙃. And, this is the Full 8 1/2 Minutes 🥰🙃‼️. It about did Adam in with that length of Beat Boxing 😳🤪🙃‼️ “I’VE GOT THAT FEELING”…… Fun 😳🙃🥰💥‼️👍
AUSTIN BROWN (high tenor) DANNY BOY! Check it out. Trust me. I had to pause after first line. Launched on his channel yesterday. So so good. Just too short.
About the video itself - it was during quarantine and they wanted to release for the 50th anniversary of the song - so they had to film separately and the video editor did a hell of job piecing it together (to be fair they did a fair chunk of videos during quarantine that their editor did a fantastic job with) the shadow box setting is memory based which is thematic with the song being all memories. Love your reactions :-)
Homefree does "hillbilly bone" cover and also cover "my church" mareen morisett. Another good one they do with the legend Kenny Rogers " children go where I send thee" ft. Home free. Thanks for the awesome reactions. You have a nice sounding voice yourself.
Please, never stop singing and giggling...you're too precious when you react to true talent!!! 🤗❤️ Music is supposed to touch our hearts and souls, make us feel everything, and, yes, dance! Home Free nails it every time!!!
You are quickly becoming this 54 yr old woman from USA's top 5 reactor. Love your enthusiasm and personality is very real. Good luck to you. This Home Fry will be watching.
If you want to really hear Austin go in on a song, go to his solo channel Austin Brown and react to him covering Unchained Melody with just an electric guitar backing him. Home Free has also covered In the Blood by John Mayer - for a. Tim fest, and Helplessly Hoping and How Great thou art will give you gossebumps from the harmonies.
This video is a genius mashup of quarantine and nostalgia, simply awesome. Great reaction. Home Free makes it easy to forget that there are no instruments.
If you want to hear their beautiful voices with no beat boxing listen to How Great Thou Art. The scenery is breathtaking. You could also check out Adam’s “drum solo”. He is wicked awesome. Ohhh just saw your reaction to Adam’s drum solo. He is the bomb. 😊
The age in Don McLean's voice adds even more poignancy to the song - there is so much in this song. Back in the day, a local radio station would send (on request) the lyrics to it and the meaning behind each line of the lyrics. Absolute genius - I'm so glad to hear him reprise his song with Home Free.
I always loved the original...and this one respectfully added to it.....I found it impressive that Don still has a great voice after 50 years. I thought it was very cool that they decided to do this one with Don. They are such a top notch group. I truly like seeing peeps younger than me that know and understand this song...Thank you for your reaction.
This was released last February on the anniversary of "the day the music died" (the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, & the Big Bopper).The quarantine was still in effect so each guy recorded his part separately. That's one of the reasons for the format of the video. Tim & Austin were in the studio when Don recorded his part but they were just watching. The remake of the song was to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the song - it was released in 1971. Don said he wanted to do the song with Home Free because he thought they understood harmonies.
Great reaction! Love this collaboration! Don McLean still has it! And of course Home Free's talent is on full display here! Did you notice the bass guy( Tim) sang low until his solo, then up in octaves! Btw, you did a great job singing along! Nice voice! And great to see your mug make a repeat appearance! Wish it was Christmas! Thank you for brightening my day with this reaction! As for next....... Everybody walking this land!
Fantastic reaction, loved the sing along. The inspiration for American Pie was the plane crash that took the life of Buddy Holly, The Big bopper and Richie Valens. McLean said it broke his heart.
This was filmed during the quarantine, so I think they were trying to make it look like they were all on set together. The photos and films in the background were from around the time the original sound was released. I loved this song growing up, but this version is my absolute favorite version.
Classic song! Big up to Adam Rupp, the Beatboxer - a close 7min perfect performance of instrumentation from his mouth! Have you ever heard of Geoff Castellucci singing 16tons or Saddle Up - bass singer btw! Living your Home Free reactions, keep them coming!!!!
Interesting info: there is a video somewhere of Don getting his star on the Walk Of Fame. Weird AL Yankovic was there. And Home Free was there to sing this for him.
I have been listening to them for years and I still am in awe that it is totally done with vocals, they are so talented. They also do a Cover of "Elvira" with original artist "Ok Ridge Brothers", which is freaking awesome!!
The remake was 50 years from the original. Btw "dancing in the gym" meant something completely different in those days. Gyms were gyms but they were rare other than schools & many things were done in the sporting gym that doubled for a basketball court, gymnastics & school dances.
I have gone back a ton of times to listen to this song again. Also went back to Don singing his original Both are amazing. The guys did Don justice with their part of his song. Thanks for a really good reaction.
Don sounded great for 75! Home Free killed the backup. Yeah no video of the original song but I think Home Free did the black and white films of people back in the day which this song sings about…Buddy Holly and the like back in the 50’s and 60’s. I loved the video. The boxes reminded me of shadow boxes you keep your memories in. Such good harmonies by HF to back Don up. Great reaction Adam!
Not just the performance, but the audio production AND that amazing video production! Contemporary video from the time that Don wrote this. WONDERFUL. I bet Don felt SO validated with the love from these guys! 💝🏆☮🏆💝
OK, now that you're warmed up, you should react to their collab with Peter Hollens (and a few hundred of their closest friends) doing a cover of U2's "(Still) Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
Love that you're enjoying Home Free! They've been one of my favorites since watching them win The Sing-Off. Seeing this song reaction though I have to ask if you've listened to Weird Al at all. He's an incredible parody artist who has been around for decades and did a Star Wars parody to this song. Highly recommend that if you like that kind of thing 😄
Don McLane is my parents age and that man can still belt out a song I LOVE IT.... this song was written in honor of Ritchie valens the big bopper and buddy Holly when they died in a plane crash.
Don McLean wrote and sang the original. This collaboration was in honor of the 50th anniversary of the song. The song is about the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper who died in a plane crash outside of Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959.
Now that you've heard some of the cover songs they do, check out some of their original music. Their album Dive Bar Saints has a lot of originals on it & they're all fantastic.
This was an amazing collaboration. The boys did such a good job. Another great collaboration that Home Free did is Elvira with The Oak Ridge Boys. That is another musical masterpiece. On a side note, I love your Grumpy mug lol.
Thanks for another HF reaction. I have a feeling the video would have been different if it had not been done during Quarantine. They all recorded their parts individually and the videos were also shot in their homes all over the country. The retro pix and videos were used for historical ambiance in a long video. Great studio mixing as always from Darren Rust. A worthy 50th anniversary remake of the song. Cheers!
I just discovered your channel by accident and I’m so glad! I highly recommend “Mayday” by Home Free. Easily my favorite song of theirs, and that’s saying something.
New sub here. Just found you yesterday watching a Home Free video. Huge Home Fry here. Love your videos, been binge watching them, also love your accent I could listen to you talk all day, especially about Home Free. I love your insight into all the nuances of their videos plus how you do it without being long winded....just straight to the point. Just the way all my favorite youtube reactors are. Short, sweet and to the point. Keep up the great work and your amazing humor. Much Love from Winnipeg, MB Canada xoxoxoxoox
* Pretty sure the original song was long before the age of videos. I had the single on 45rpm vinyl. (you had to flip the record at the start of the helter skelter verse to hear the rest of the song) ** filmed during lockdown.. all the videos they did during that span show them all separated. I love that you sing along.
This is by far my favorite collaboration they have done. All of the others were great to but their is something special about this one. Your reaction to this song was great.
You probably aren't familiar with Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper or Richie Valens but they were among the first originators of Rock and Roll. Late '50s. Black and white film on RUclips of all three. Buddy Holly sang "Peggy Sue", Big Bopper sang " Chantilly Lace" and Richie Valens sang "La Bomba". Their careers had just taken off when the plane they chartered to take them to a gig crashed. Rocked the fledgling rock and roll world.
Thanks Adam! Love your reaction to this! Great old music and awesome with a new spin on it. You should watch Home Free's cover of Elvira with the Oakridge Boys!
The collaboration I want to see is Home Free and Shania Twain doing her song "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" where Home Free is in Drag and Heels ("Lets Go Girls...") Honestly I'm almost willing to bet money that Rob would loose it minimum. To the best of my knowledge it doesn't exist but hopefully we can will it into happening. Another song you really want to react to is their cover of "Travelin' Soldier" originally done by the Dixie Chicks (now called "The Chicks"). They spin it on it's head and it gets you right in the feels. They also did a collaboration with Billy Gilman for his Grammy nominated song "One Voice". That one will probably wreck you emotionally too. Great reactions as always. Have a wonderful weekend all.
That was sooo good!! Emotional yet fun! Loved your reaction too...makes me smile. I did notice.. when u sing... there's no accent. LOL speaking of which...what is that? Where u from? School me on accents as I'm from a small town in Saskatchewan Canada and I'm not familiar with most. 😂
I don't think the visuals of this video were inspired by those of Don's original. When he first sang this, it was about an event that happened over a decade before, and this collab was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the song. So using a shadow box visual here was perfect, encasing grandma's memories and knick-knacks for all to see. IMO this collab was much more successful than Pentatonix' _Jolene_ with Dolly Parton. For that, Pentatonix was simply acting as backup singers for Dolly. Whereas Don Maclean and Home Free were actually working together throughout, sharing the spotlight in a wonderful way. I liked _Jolene_ okay, but I love _American Pie._
This is fucking AWESOME! Adam, how old are you??? You don't look old enough to "remember" this song. Good one though, you have made me a Home Free fan. Thank you!
Adam, there is another rabbit hole for you to explore. This band is diametrically opposed to Home Free, and they are my other favorite band. They are called Nightwish. Try "Ghost Love Score" at Wacken 2013 Open Air Concert. Just a thought, and their fans are called the "Nightwish Army" and they are huge. Just a thought. ;-)
Rumor had it that the fbi went to McClean and asked him the meaning of the song. He refused to tell them. They put him on a no fly list. He may still be on it.. odd song but I love it
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Don just got a Hollywood Star (about darn time too) weird Al and Home Free was there. Weird Al talked about Don and what he meant to him and Home Free sang a portion of this song. It was super cool and they had a blast and was excited to be invited to something like that
This one was done during quarantine also. Don, Tim, and Austin was In Nashville ,chance was in California and Adam and Rob were in Minnesota.
Tim said that they told Don to perform it however he would like to and they would all go around him. This is talking about when we lost 3 musicians. The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens was killed in a plane crash. This was written by Don. He can still sing and he's in his 70's. I love this song.
Thank you so much for including story. The Star overdue. Many people find this one of the many songs misunderstood. I care about that, nice someone else does also. Nice tribute to the song by Home Free.
Haha there is *NO* original video...this song was released Oct 24th, 1971, so it was a little before MTV came about LOL !!! By the way the Day the Music Died is a real thing. Feb 3rd 1959 a plane carrying 3 of the biggest singing acts crashed killing them all (Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper) and shocking the innocene of the teenage world. Don reached out to Home Free to help him celebrate his generational & iconic song's anniversary. There are so many speculated metaphors in the song...The Quartet in the Park ? The Beatles, The King & Queen ? Elvis & his wife Priscilla, the Jester ? Bob Dylan ?
The girl who sang the blues - Janis Joplin, The Devil on the stage, Mick Jagger etc etc
Yep 1971. I member having to flip the 45 to the "B" side to play the second half of the song. BTW, I still have the 45.
Adam needs a big shout out. This song is long.....beat boxing all that time. Wow.
Yes he does! He did a great job on this one… like always🐝🤗❤️
Absolutely!
'member his live solo?
Is that still the same bass singer? Idk why but he looks different.
@@Lithos84 same bass singer. Cut his long hair and let the grey grow in instead of coloring his hair. No salon during pandemic.
Respect for that king of beatboxer ,Adam . Give the guy some oxygen as needed, and he's good to go .
Such a great song that showcased them all individually and together. They actually won an award for this collaboration. I believe they won 3 for it. And just recently, Don McLean got his star on the walk of fame and he had Home Free there and they sang this live. Theres a video of it out there. I thought that was really cool. This was such a great reaction. Nothing wrong with your intro either, lol. Thanks for making this so much fun!
do you have a link for those of us that the interwebs are challenging. :(
@@vickyclow6 Ill look back and see if I can find it.
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76 years old and Don McLean is as fantastic as ever.
50 years later that song is as great as ever.
And so am I 🤩
I like how Chance takes over the bass singing when Tim has a solo.
Their "bass handoff" is dang near flawless. Chance was such a great addition to the group. Able to take on the bass role, but having that velvety baritone was a huge plus.
The setup is like an old shadowbox shelf with different memorabilia.
The guys said Adam almost passed out a few times recording the beatboxing.
McClean's manager came to Home Free and wanted to do something for the 50th Anniversary of his song, so they put this together and they each won ( Don and each member of Home Free) 3 telly awards, 1 gold and 2 silver for this and also Home Free was asked by Don to sing a bit of this song at His Hollywood Star reveal on the Walk of Fame that was revealed just recently. Pretty cool!
This is such a great song that you don’t notice it lasts over eight minutes!! Great honor for Don to receive his Star in Hollywood! Congrats to Home Free for remaking this song with Don & being asked by him to sing during the presentation!! First time anyone has sung as award was given!!
I keep listening for Adam to breathe! Wow!! I've heard he nearly passed out twice - and I can believe it! Huge kudos to Adam!!!! They try not to keep the camera on him too long, but there's a couple of longer clips that just blow my mind.
There are a couple of moments on the BTS video where he nearly gets into trouble, and on one occasion his eyes actually do start to roll back. Can't imagine he could ever do this live. I think he would have to change his performance x
@@grievousangel7742 Or find a way to use a looper. I haven't seen the BTS video, but yeah, I believe it! His breath control and determination are incredible!
@@grievousangel7742...I read in another comment section when this was released that they likely won't do this one live because of Adam nearly passing out. Unless they can find a way to make it easier on Adam.
@@chrismorin1318 l can see that. He would have to cut some bits out or as suggested above, loop some parts. Don't think they ever will do it live because Don was such an integral part of the song and they don't have a spare voice to cover that part!
I think you would appreciate The Butts Remix. You've got a good sense of humor.
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More fun thing with Home Free 1 Guilty Pleasures 2 Butt Remix 3 Tim Foust breaks sound systems
also Elvira with the Oakridge Boys
This was released on the 50th anniversary of the song was released back then. 🥰🔥💥‼️ just too awesome! Don’s voice is Incredible for being 75 👍❤️‼️🙃. And, this is the Full 8 1/2 Minutes 🥰🙃‼️. It about did Adam in with that length of Beat Boxing 😳🤪🙃‼️
“I’VE GOT THAT FEELING”…… Fun 😳🙃🥰💥‼️👍
AUSTIN BROWN (high tenor) DANNY BOY! Check it out. Trust me. I had to pause after first line. Launched on his channel yesterday. So so good. Just too short.
Yes, too short! I wish he'd done more verses.
About the video itself - it was during quarantine and they wanted to release for the 50th anniversary of the song - so they had to film separately and the video editor did a hell of job piecing it together (to be fair they did a fair chunk of videos during quarantine that their editor did a fantastic job with) the shadow box setting is memory based which is thematic with the song being all memories. Love your reactions :-)
Excellent comment. Glad someone said it!
This song is an absolute masterpiece with many references to music artists and events that happened in the ‘60s.
The song was written about the death of Buddy Holly.
This song is about the triple death of Buddy Holly and the other 2. But it's also a commentary on the music world after "the music died".
Don't forget that this is an 8 minute song & Adam did an excellent job with the beat boxing
They just were with Don when he got his star on the walk of fame. They made this classic even better!❤️
Homefree does "hillbilly bone" cover and also cover "my church" mareen morisett. Another good one they do with the legend Kenny Rogers " children go where I send thee" ft. Home free. Thanks for the awesome reactions. You have a nice sounding voice yourself.
Please, never stop singing and giggling...you're too precious when you react to true talent!!! 🤗❤️ Music is supposed to touch our hearts and souls, make us feel everything, and, yes, dance! Home Free nails it every time!!!
You are quickly becoming this 54 yr old woman from USA's top 5 reactor. Love your enthusiasm and personality is very real. Good luck to you. This Home Fry will be watching.
If you want to really hear Austin go in on a song, go to his solo channel Austin Brown and react to him covering Unchained Melody with just an electric guitar backing him. Home Free has also covered In the Blood by John Mayer - for a. Tim fest, and Helplessly Hoping and How Great thou art will give you gossebumps from the harmonies.
This video is a genius mashup of quarantine and nostalgia, simply awesome. Great reaction. Home Free makes it easy to forget that there are no instruments.
If you want to hear their beautiful voices with no beat boxing listen to How Great Thou Art. The scenery is breathtaking. You could also check out Adam’s “drum solo”. He is wicked awesome.
Ohhh just saw your reaction to Adam’s drum solo. He is the bomb. 😊
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The age in Don McLean's voice adds even more poignancy to the song - there is so much in this song. Back in the day, a local radio station would send (on request) the lyrics to it and the meaning behind each line of the lyrics. Absolute genius - I'm so glad to hear him reprise his song with Home Free.
I always loved the original...and this one respectfully added to it.....I found it impressive that Don still has a great voice after 50 years. I thought it was very cool that they decided to do this one with Don. They are such a top notch group. I truly like seeing peeps younger than me that know and understand this song...Thank you for your reaction.
The actual guy who wrote and sang the song...and IMO one of three of the best songs ever written.
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This was released last February on the anniversary of "the day the music died" (the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, & the Big Bopper).The quarantine was still in effect so each guy recorded his part separately. That's one of the reasons for the format of the video. Tim & Austin were in the studio when Don recorded his part but they were just watching. The remake of the song was to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the song - it was released in 1971. Don said he wanted to do the song with Home Free because he thought they understood harmonies.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Didn't know Home Free covered it until now :)
Great reaction! Love this collaboration! Don McLean still has it! And of course Home Free's talent is on full display here! Did you notice the bass guy( Tim) sang low until his solo, then up in octaves! Btw, you did a great job singing along! Nice voice! And great to see your mug make a repeat appearance! Wish it was Christmas! Thank you for brightening my day with this reaction! As for next....... Everybody walking this land!
Fantastic reaction, loved the sing along. The inspiration for American Pie was the plane crash that took the life of Buddy Holly, The Big bopper and Richie Valens. McLean said it broke his heart.
There weren’t music videos in the 70s, until Mike Nesmith of the Monkees invented the concept!
This was filmed during the quarantine, so I think they were trying to make it look like they were all on set together. The photos and films in the background were from around the time the original sound was released. I loved this song growing up, but this version is my absolute favorite version.
When I was in jr. High we would play this on our choir record player before class, yes I’m that old! Love this song!
Classic song! Big up to Adam Rupp, the Beatboxer - a close 7min perfect performance of instrumentation from his mouth! Have you ever heard of Geoff Castellucci singing 16tons or Saddle Up - bass singer btw! Living your Home Free reactions, keep them coming!!!!
Interesting info: there is a video somewhere of Don getting his star on the Walk Of Fame. Weird AL Yankovic was there. And Home Free was there to sing this for him.
I have been listening to them for years and I still am in awe that it is totally done with vocals, they are so talented. They also do a Cover of "Elvira" with original artist "Ok Ridge Brothers", which is freaking awesome!!
The guys are having a great time in this video and Adam's beatboxing can not be overlooked.
The remake was 50 years from the original. Btw "dancing in the gym" meant something completely different in those days. Gyms were gyms but they were rare other than schools & many things were done in the sporting gym that doubled for a basketball court, gymnastics & school dances.
I have gone back a ton of times to listen to this song again. Also went back to Don singing his original Both are amazing. The guys did Don justice with their part of his song. Thanks for a really good reaction.
So good as ALWAYS with Home Free
Don sounded great for 75! Home Free killed the backup. Yeah no video of the original song but I think Home Free did the black and white films of people back in the day which this song sings about…Buddy Holly and the like back in the 50’s and 60’s. I loved the video. The boxes reminded me of shadow boxes you keep your memories in. Such good harmonies by HF to back Don up. Great reaction Adam!
Not just the performance, but the audio production AND that amazing video production! Contemporary video from the time that Don wrote this. WONDERFUL. I bet Don felt SO validated with the love from these guys! 💝🏆☮🏆💝
OK, now that you're warmed up, you should react to their collab with Peter Hollens (and a few hundred of their closest friends) doing a cover of U2's "(Still) Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
Love that you're enjoying Home Free! They've been one of my favorites since watching them win The Sing-Off. Seeing this song reaction though I have to ask if you've listened to Weird Al at all. He's an incredible parody artist who has been around for decades and did a Star Wars parody to this song. Highly recommend that if you like that kind of thing 😄
I love they all had a part in which to shine. They were flawless as always and Don McLean is just legend.
BTW: Your voice is lovely.
This song is the American Musical Scrapbook of the Early Rock N' Roll Era. The video is an excellent interpretation of that.
They did this tribute to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of this song. Don Mclean wanted Home Free in on this project. Cool huh? haha.
Don McLane is my parents age and that man can still belt out a song I LOVE IT.... this song was written in honor of Ritchie valens the big bopper and buddy Holly when they died in a plane crash.
Don McLean wrote and sang the original. This collaboration was in honor of the 50th anniversary of the song. The song is about the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper who died in a plane crash outside of Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959.
Now that you've heard some of the cover songs they do, check out some of their original music. Their album Dive Bar Saints has a lot of originals on it & they're all fantastic.
This was an amazing collaboration. The boys did such a good job. Another great collaboration that Home Free did is Elvira with The Oak Ridge Boys. That is another musical masterpiece. On a side note, I love your Grumpy mug lol.
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Thanks for another HF reaction. I have a feeling the video would have been different if it had not been done during Quarantine. They all recorded their parts individually and the videos were also shot in their homes all over the country. The retro pix and videos were used for historical ambiance in a long video. Great studio mixing as always from Darren Rust. A worthy 50th anniversary remake of the song. Cheers!
I love how they incorporate the original singer with their videos which shows respect. They also do Elvira with The Oakridge Boys. Check that out.
I just enjoy watching you enjoy it as much as we do ! Your facial expressions said it all! Another awesome reaction!
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I just discovered your channel by accident and I’m so glad! I highly recommend “Mayday” by Home Free. Easily my favorite song of theirs, and that’s saying something.
New sub here. Just found you yesterday watching a Home Free video. Huge Home Fry here. Love your videos, been binge watching them, also love your accent I could listen to you talk all day, especially about Home Free. I love your insight into all the nuances of their videos plus how you do it without being long winded....just straight to the point. Just the way all my favorite youtube reactors are. Short, sweet and to the point. Keep up the great work and your amazing humor. Much Love from Winnipeg, MB Canada xoxoxoxoox
Don Mclean ASKED them to join him in a remake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the song which is this year because he loves their harmonies.
Great song. They sang it so beautifully! Great reaction, too!
* Pretty sure the original song was long before the age of videos. I had the single on 45rpm vinyl. (you had to flip the record at the start of the helter skelter verse to hear the rest of the song)
** filmed during lockdown.. all the videos they did during that span show them all separated.
I love that you sing along.
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So glad you did this reaction. I loved this song and Don still has a great voice!
This is by far my favorite collaboration they have done. All of the others were great to but their is something special about this one. Your reaction to this song was great.
You definitely need to react to their rendition of their cover of "Elvira" and they performed it with The Oak Ridge Boys!!
You probably aren't familiar with Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper or Richie Valens but they were among the first originators of Rock and Roll. Late '50s. Black and white film on RUclips of all three. Buddy Holly sang "Peggy Sue", Big Bopper sang " Chantilly Lace" and Richie Valens sang "La Bomba". Their careers had just taken off when the plane they chartered to take them to a gig crashed. Rocked the fledgling rock and roll world.
I have just found your channel and absolutely love what you got goin!!! Your honest and just fun thanks!!!
You always make me smile, Adam, thanks. And I like your cup. I collect Grumpy stuff, too.
One of my all time favorites.
Hi Adam, could you please try "In the Blood" by Home Free? Thanks!
Thanks Adam! Love your reaction to this! Great old music and awesome with a new spin on it. You should watch Home Free's cover of Elvira with the Oakridge Boys!
I'm going to tell my age a bit. I was in the 10th grade when this song came out. I have always loved it even though the story it's Illinois very sad.
The first Cut!.... it's amazing!
Stay positive- such a good message!! Love your HF reactions!!💗Love HF!💗
I could drive my chevy to our levy, but it is the Mississippi river, so it's not dry.I love this song, and I own a Chevy
Love your reactions! My fellow Home Fry!
You should check out Pentatonix ' s live performance of Imagine. They do great things to that classic.
You've got to react to Elvira! They did it with the original singers, The Oak Ridge Boys!
We just got dessert. I admit, hard not to sing along with this one. Have a good one Adam.
Thank you for playing this one
The collaboration I want to see is Home Free and Shania Twain doing her song "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" where Home Free is in Drag and Heels ("Lets Go Girls...") Honestly I'm almost willing to bet money that Rob would loose it minimum. To the best of my knowledge it doesn't exist but hopefully we can will it into happening.
Another song you really want to react to is their cover of "Travelin' Soldier" originally done by the Dixie Chicks (now called "The Chicks"). They spin it on it's head and it gets you right in the feels. They also did a collaboration with Billy Gilman for his Grammy nominated song "One Voice". That one will probably wreck you emotionally too. Great reactions as always. Have a wonderful weekend all.
Nope not for me! Eek! I'll never recover from those images.
They can fit any song and make it better. The beatboxer almost passed out during this song. I heard
Know you like good music, cause you always smiling when its good!
normally don't like people singing along in these video's but you actually kinda blended in, good job.
That was sooo good!! Emotional yet fun! Loved your reaction too...makes me smile. I did notice.. when u sing... there's no accent. LOL speaking of which...what is that? Where u from? School me on accents as I'm from a small town in Saskatchewan Canada and I'm not familiar with most. 😂
Hello I'm a big fan of home free . love there music
I learned the Weird Al version first haha. Little insight into my upbringing. 😂
I recommend Hurt by Johnny Cash! (It is a nine inch nails cover)
I don't think the visuals of this video were inspired by those of Don's original. When he first sang this, it was about an event that happened over a decade before, and this collab was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the song. So using a shadow box visual here was perfect, encasing grandma's memories and knick-knacks for all to see.
IMO this collab was much more successful than Pentatonix' _Jolene_ with Dolly Parton. For that, Pentatonix was simply acting as backup singers for Dolly. Whereas Don Maclean and Home Free were actually working together throughout, sharing the spotlight in a wonderful way. I liked _Jolene_ okay, but I love _American Pie._
This is fucking AWESOME! Adam, how old are you??? You don't look old enough to "remember" this song. Good one though, you have made me a Home Free fan. Thank you!
All their videos that were done in 2020 show them in "boxes". They filmed themselves on cell phones because they couldn't get together.
Adam, there is another rabbit hole for you to explore. This band is diametrically opposed to Home Free, and they are my other favorite band. They are called Nightwish. Try "Ghost Love Score" at Wacken 2013 Open Air Concert. Just a thought, and their fans are called the "Nightwish Army" and they are huge. Just a thought. ;-)
What a voice for a 75 year old.
This song always reminds me of Weird Al's version!
I gotta say it again. The butts remix... Lol. Home free. So funny
Adam you have a great singing voice! Are you in a band?
I think it was filmed during lockdown and the band was separated but still made music so the videos had to take take that into account
Rumor had it that the fbi went to McClean and asked him the meaning of the song. He refused to tell them. They put him on a no fly list. He may still be on it.. odd song but I love it
☺ Ty
They’re all good singers. Check out “Mayday”