Both this and “Live To Tell” deserved Oscar nominations for best original song and she deserved a win for one or both of them. Considering how perfectly this song worked for “A League Of Their Own”, I’d say this should have been her Oscar but it shows how much Hollywood disrespects her talent.
@@bridgethegapreactions Yep, well said. Those tasteless, trend chasing fools wouldn't know a good song or great movie if it slept next to them and bit them in the ass. 90% of the time they are neck deep in the absolute shit of the products and artists they are praising and awarding. If you get an Oscar or Grammy I usually steer well clear cause almost for certain it's probably gonna be absolute shit. J
There was or is still an academy ruling whereby a song would be nominated if it was played in the opening credits, anywhere within the film or before the closing credits. In this case it was played as the closing credits were being played on the screen even though there's still some additional scenes while the song was playing. Stupid criterion if you ask me. Live to tell could've been nominated as elements of the music score were heard during the emotional scenes of At Close Range. Beautiful Stranger, I'll Remember, Who's That Girl, and Time Stood Still could've snagged a nomination but academy again snobbed her. Masterpiece wasn't nominated even though it won the Golden Globe because of that stupid ruling. Also, she's still haven't been inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame even though others who came after her debut managed to get in. Biased? Yes. But we all know what a great songwriter she really is. I mean she keeps thick notebooks of poetry for lyrics sources who still do that.
Im dying from a bone disease brought on by paraplegic issues, paralyzed from the waist down. Im writing out my will and last wishes. This is one song i want played at my memorial.. i hope you all take care
It's interesting isn't it how certain songs hit you emotionally at different stages of your life? The melody and lyrics here invokes nostalgia, but it's Madonna's vulnerable vocals that really add that tinge of poignancy and sadness. The power of Madonna's ballads! 😍
The longer version of the song is played during the end credits of the movie. It truly pulls on the heart strings after watching the final scene of the movie.
One of her most beautiful, and beautiful recorded/produced songs. The strings, her vocals, her backing vocals, the video…all create a masterpiece. To be honest, many of your reaction videos make me cry because I miss that Madonna, how hearing those songs and seeing the videos were events. Her impact on music and culture are indelible and permanent.
Bro I feel it, too. I was born in November 1979 and recognized and liked Madonna's songs since my childhood. Ray Of Light got (Oh god did I play this album a lot!) me deeper into her music and I completed to listen to all her songs. So this one has its own place in my heart since I was around 20. I really miss her doing ballads with her natural voice and acting more grown up
I will tell you an interesting fact about that recording session. Madonna met and became really good friends with Rosie O'Donnell during the filming of A League of Their Own and Rosie was was in the studio for the recording of that song. They did the strings live and all of a sudden Madonna comes out and says "wait, stop, somebody's violin is flat". And sure enough, she went around and had them play, and the third one on the left or something was flat. She has a very good ear and knows where things need to go. Guy Pratt recounted something similar during the recording of Oh Father, where they were recording the instruments with her signing the vocal and she comes out of the booth and tells them all where to make adjustments which she's thinking of while listening to them and singing at the same time. She's very involved in the actually recording and production of her work. She doesn't just show up, do the vocal, and then someone else does all the work. She's IN the studio producing and she really doesn't get a lot of credit for that. Bugs the hell out of the engineers, but it's her name on the record so she wants it how she wants it.
Aw Jonny. Madonna has a remarkable ability to deliver heartfelt ballads. She maybe brings out the melancholy in ourselves. She's at her best when creating music people connect to with their heart more than their head. The best things in life are always free.
Except Madonna tickets…😂 Yeah Madonna can pull emotion. I don’t feel like Michael or Prince did that to me in the same way. Although Prince has some great deep ballads.
Another beautiful reaction my friend, your reaction made me tear up and it was so touching. I have always loved this song and video and especially the older I get, it reminds me of the good parts of my childhood. So happy you enjoyed this the second time around and sending a big hug.
@@bridgethegapreactions Yes floods of tears, I just watched with the same feelings with many emotional memories and it just hit me deeper than ever hearing it again after many years it sounded beyond it's initial simple surface meaning!✌💖🙏
Great reaction! It’s amazing that this came out a few months before Erotica and went #1 in the USA. A song Madonna has never performed live, and hopefully will on the upcoming tour. I cannot find the article online, but M did an interview at the time with (I think) the Village Voice, and said the song was inspired by all her friends who died during the AIDS epidemic, and would later tie it into the themes of the Erotica album. Not much internet back then, so the reference is hard to find. Regardless, a great and underrated song by M ✌️
Yes i remember an interview where she said this exact thing..and that walking around New York City now and seeing and remembering her friends and where they would all be clubbing and hanging out in the 80's.
Very sweet to see you so moved. I'm 40 and remember seeing this film in the theater. I always cry when I catch it on television, and Madonna means an indescribable amount to me personally, in large part because she - and this time in my life in particular - reminds me of when my mother was with her first partner Norene who introduced me to Madonna when I was about six, and this movie came out when we were all together and happy. So this song brings all those memories back.
Every year when we do our class reunion we would play this song and we cry cos each year we note one or two or our classmate had gone (RIP) this song bring back the memories
Thank you for sharing this genuinely heartfelt reaction. The music chords combined with the lyrics and Madonna’s subdued vocals definitely hit you right in the feels.
One of my all-time favorite Madonna songs. I always cry while listening to it - so touching and deep. Wish I could change some things from the past but I can't
As a girl, a woman lost nearly all of her beloved ones, her mother, her best friend, nearly all of her friends through all the years noone could write, sing a song like this like she could. The last sentence hit a great punch to the heart as she cried her heart out "the best things in life are always free.....wishing you were here with me" never heard such a line this deep.
This song should have been nominated for and won an Acadamy Award! I remember this time well, because it was one of the last movies that I was able to enjoy with my aunt. She was a singer and dancer. She was apprehensive about seeing it because Madonna was in it and knew of all the drama that seemed to follow her. She knew I was a super fan,and she had heard a review that sparked an interest. We got to the theatre, she found her perfect seat and she, my mom and I sat down to enjoy the film. I was very quiet, just watching her and my moms reactions during the film...I had already seen the film 3 times and wanted to see if anything would change their opinion of Madonna at the time. The movie ended, and the credits started to roll, when the song began to play. People started to get up around us and exit the theatre. Since there was footage rolling with the song playing, my aunt and mom both stayed glued in their seats, and I figured it was to watch the extra footage, so I sat and was enjoying the song. The moment that song ended I looked over at my mom, snd she was wiping away tears, turned the opposite direction and my aunt was just balling her eyes out. She asked me who it was performing that song. I looked at her and replied "That is Madonna...she wrote that song special for the movie." My aunt just looked at me and with one word described her feelings about it..."MASTERPIECE!". I would go and see "Beauty and the Beast" with her the following week and she passed away the week after seeing that.
This song takes me out every time too. Doesn’t matter how many times I hear it, it always breaks me down. The first time I heard it was in the movie and I cried like a baby but every time after I still get teary eyed. 😢
Madonna said of this song, "I was thinking of the East Village, Danceteria, the Roxy, my friends who died of AIDS, the good old days, and a million other nostalgic thoughts." Also, Rosie O'Donnell who co-starred in ALOTO, had this great anecdote about the recording of the song. She was there. :) ruclips.net/video/h6lTVt0jMfk/видео.html
I'm 62 when I first heard this song I was looking out my bedroom window I'm still in the same house I see no children playing at all when I look out the same window the world has change so sad😢
I think this is one of her most moving songs and videos for those connected with the past and sentimental in nature. Thanks for being so vulnerable. While I'm more a fan of her upbeat music, I do like a lot her ballad like songs. (And I honestly hadn't realized how many slower songs she had).
I feel like this would be an amazing opener to the upcoming Celebration Tour. Not as her big entrance, but maybe as a video intro, prior to her big entrance.
Fantastic emotional reaction Jonny! This was never a favourite of mine, I found it a bit too schmaltzy, but in recent years the nostalgic feel to it has also hit me hard. Takes me right back to summer 92 and I can remember exactly what I was doing - I can even picture the day I bought the cassette single of it.
I was hesitant to watch this one, the song makes me FEEL. Beautiful song with pretty strings. I don't put it on much, but always appreciated it being part of M's catalog. Lovely reaction.
I imagine Madonna doesn’t do this one on tour because it’s such a tough piece emotionally. This song holds so much pain from the ravages of AIDS. In the current show she tributes those that were lost with one of the other all time great ballads “Live to Tell”. That song is about testimony, and hoping that you’ll survive to tell people about what you’ve lived through. Powerful and emotional. But this song is about the sadness of grief and never forgetting those who are now gone, the good and the bad times that live forever inside of you, only as memories in your heart. So touching and so so difficult an emotion to express. This song is a masterpiece and Madonna is one of the great artists of the era. Her music is powerful. I returned to this song a couple days ago, listening to her great album of ballads "Something to Remember". I've always loved this song since I was a kid, it was always beautiful to me, but something about it now, me being a young 30 years old, it hit me like a gut punch. It reminds you of the inner child that didn't know about pain and loss. A remarkable song.
This is my all time favorite Madonna ballad. It makes me emotional too when I listen to it. And I've told my wife that I want this played at my funeral. And thank you for another wonderful Madonna reaction video. YOU'RE THE BEST!!
Thanks for sharing that ! After 55 years, I finally returned to my old Junior school in Malta. I was there for a year in 1968 because my Dad was in the Royal Navy and was stationed there until July '69. I posted photos on social media when I returned home{yesterday} and added this song. When I heard it back, I was in pieces. Couldn't stop crying. It certainly has the power to unlock things deep within us. Thanks again.
Ah bless. That was such a sweet, emotional reaction. Now I’m ‘getting a little verklempt’ just watching you brought to tears by this song and video. (Real ones will get the reference… talk amongst yourselves…) I think maybe what touches us with this song is the rather melancholic and sparse backtrack in a minor key accompanying Madonna’s raw, emotional vocal delivery of the lyrics. It’s not a perfect vocal by any means, but it’s heartfelt and that’s what Madonna does so well in her ballads. Thinking of it now, it kind of gives me the same vibe as ABBA’s The Day Before You Came… rather rambling and repetitive lyrically and very somber but it draws you in the more you listen to it. I guess neither song have appealed to me that much… I prefer other ballads from both artists/groups, however your reaction is making me appreciate how moving this song can be. Thanks for being so open to it. Hugs!
I love your Madonna reactions!!! I love this song! It was released on my birthday and Madonna is my playground, my childhood dream. She is the one i run to when i need a friend!
Agree with you this type of song takes on a different meaning as time passes . Her ballads always get right down to the real heart without being too depressing.
Love this song it's a haunting song in a way life is short and your feeling old,don't hold on to your past move forward ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Madonna sings beautiful in this and the video is stunning 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
When I hear this song I don't think of the movie. I did see when it came out but the song has taken on a much deeper and personal meaning to me. Does anyone-else feel that way?
Great reaction, thanks for revisiting this. I know what you mean, just can't help getting emotional listening and watching the music video. It is truly a masterpiece. "Live To Tell" is another tender tune from her, powerful and genuine from Madonna.
Wonderful reaction. I cried with you. I cried when I first heard it and I still cry. Visiting the past hurts sometimes, but sometimes it's comforting too 💖
I love that you are so touched by this beautiful song. Gets me every time as well. The melancholy, nostalgic and emotional tone of this song is perfect. Multi-talented artist that knows exactly what she is doing. This was just after the Erotica album and Sex book and the world had turned on her like she was the Anti-Christ. And then she releases this monumental song to bring ppls attention back to the music and what she does best. Master-stroke. This song went to number one on the Billboard charts a d shut everyone up. This song demonstrates exactly how good and extremely underrated she is as a lyricist. The emotions it evokes are powerful and timeless. "Because life is short/and before you know you're feeling old/and your heart is breaking/Say goodbye to yesterday/those are words I'll never say". Wow. Loved your reaction. Your response made me tear up like a sonofabitch. Maybe react to Oh Father music video or the song X-Static Process from the American Life album. J
This song is structured very well , I’m 38 and I remember these same feelings even as a kid that had not gone through anything yet, but it. Hits different now. Amazing song
This song, Everything I ever wanted (Special World Aids day version, by Bright Light Bright Light feat. The Pink Singers), Farewell (by Rhianna) and Monsters (by James Blunt) have all had the power to make me cry. Especially Monsters because that track is about his father potentially dying due to needing a transplant and one not being available, eventually one was, and I first heard it around the time my own father died, was crying in floods. That is the true power of music, it can cheer you up when your down, or comfort you when you are down. Like you said it can trigger memories and take you right back to that place.
G'day it's Steven from Down Under again A beautiful song indeed and I appreciate your honest reaction. At the time when this music video was released it wasn't long after I married and my much loved grandmother passed away, she always said she wanted to see me get married and then she just let go after that, the very last lyrics Madonna sings just get me very emotional.
Madonna is X FACTOR: something you can not explain but it excists and it is MADONNA and her charisma.. unbelievable... don't you think so!!!you made me cry to.
40 now, I commented here at 39... This song has this thing about touching on this thing that we've never thought about seriously, how we age and how we're going to renounce our young selves.
My childhood playground is long gone! The house was demolished. The street where I first got my mouth busted open for the first time is still there! Winkler Avenue!😔👹❣️
This is the featured song in the soundtrack to the movie "A League of their Own" starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks..co-starring Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell.
Oh, this is from A League of Their Own. I saw this when I was older than you. It was a funny movie. I guess it's a dramedy. I appreciate your review and playing this song from the past. It made me feel nostalgic but in a pleasant way. Thank you!
I completely understand the rush of nostalgia and emotion this song gave you, some songs just have to reach you at the right time and it seems like this one did. I was really young too when the movie came out but the part where they're old and reunite for the opening of their museum was very touching, and then this song is playing as they roll the credits, sometimes they just know how to hit you right in the feels lol. This one's a classic and it's cool to see you connect more deeply to it this time around.
And why do they always say live and learn? Well, the years they flew and we never knew we were foolish then. We were never tired and that little fire is still alive in me. It will never go away, can’t say goodbye to yesterday. Can’t say goodbye. This is the missing verse that had to be cut from the original for the radio. ❤
The only thing that will ever really matter looking back over ones life , is how you loved . Do it fiercly and unreservedly, make no room for regret.......
Everyone wants this on the Celebration tour.. but I don't know she can do it justice. One of her best ballads and I'm thankful to remember when it debuted. It's gorgeous, sad, nostalgic, bittersweet. Well deserved #1.
Man, from 4 minutes onwards i could see you get it, your true emotions were bought out by the music, i want to see the full reaction of you crying, you are awesome 👏 watch Promise to try official and react please 🙏
Wow your reaction! Whenever I listen to this gem, I feel.pretty much the same. I bought the single in 1992 aged 13. First time I heard it was strange & boring but it was always on MTV and eventually the Playground caught me, I understood all of a sudden that the time we have is very short. Yes it is a Madonna masterpiece very haunting! Used to be . . .
Im a massive Madonna fan been to all her UK concerts. This is the one song Ive always avoided listening to. Very sad time in my life for a couple of years as a teenager when this song came out. Listening to it now is a reminder of my healing and moving forward. This is now on my playlist... Thank you !
I've been a Fan of, A League of Their Own, since it was released and this song perfectly encapsulated the Feeling of Nostalgia and Mourning the Loss of Youth (we dont realize the Beauty/Bliss of Childhood Ignorance)
I might lose some of you guys with this one but I've been listening to this some more and is it me, or does this sound like The Carpenters? I can't give much of a higher compliment and that is another band / artist that can make me cry pretty easily. It's the backing vocals that made me think of it - real 70s sounding, almost easy-listening production and arrangement, but with lyrics and vocals that get deep into your soul, just like Karen Carpenter did. Madonna's voice in that lower register does kind of remind me of Karen's too..
Yes she does sound like Karen Carpenter sometimes, and my parents have remarked this too when I used to play her cassettes in the car as a teenager. My parents introduced me to the Carpenters as well which I loved. The Madonna song where she arguably sounds most like Karen Carpenter is probably Rain, especially in the radio remix.
Both this and “Live To Tell” deserved Oscar nominations for best original song and she deserved a win for one or both of them. Considering how perfectly this song worked for “A League Of Their Own”, I’d say this should have been her Oscar but it shows how much Hollywood disrespects her talent.
Beautiful Stranger deserves a nomination too.
100% totally agree - she has never been given the proper credit but the academy and Grammy but her sales have always proven those people wrong
Award shows are rarely a good judgement of actual quality, especially the Oscars!
@@bridgethegapreactions Yep, well said. Those tasteless, trend chasing fools wouldn't know a good song or great movie if it slept next to them and bit them in the ass. 90% of the time they are neck deep in the absolute shit of the products and artists they are praising and awarding. If you get an Oscar or Grammy I usually steer well clear cause almost for certain it's probably gonna be absolute shit. J
There was or is still an academy ruling whereby a song would be nominated if it was played in the opening credits, anywhere within the film or before the closing credits. In this case it was played as the closing credits were being played on the screen even though there's still some additional scenes while the song was playing. Stupid criterion if you ask me. Live to tell could've been nominated as elements of the music score were heard during the emotional scenes of At Close Range.
Beautiful Stranger, I'll Remember, Who's That Girl, and Time Stood Still could've snagged a nomination but academy again snobbed her.
Masterpiece wasn't nominated even though it won the Golden Globe because of that stupid ruling.
Also, she's still haven't been inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame even though others who came after her debut managed to get in. Biased? Yes. But we all know what a great songwriter she really is. I mean she keeps thick notebooks of poetry for lyrics sources who still do that.
Im dying from a bone disease brought on by paraplegic issues, paralyzed from the waist down. Im writing out my will and last wishes. This is one song i want played at my memorial.. i hope you all take care
🙏🏽
Prayers to you
This song was played at my best friends funeral. Not sure how we all got through it!
Sheesh! I had a friends funeral years ago where they played Run To You By Whitney Houston. Damn I was bawling!
It's interesting isn't it how certain songs hit you emotionally at different stages of your life? The melody and lyrics here invokes nostalgia, but it's Madonna's vulnerable vocals that really add that tinge of poignancy and sadness. The power of Madonna's ballads! 😍
Yeah, I don't blame myself for not connecting with this as a 12 year old, but now - impossible not to be moved by it
What you just posted is so true , especially Madonnas vocal delivery
The world destroys our innocence and art tries to recover.
This song takes everyone to their own playground. For a time without judgment. ❤
I love it, very nicely said!
The best comment! So true...😢❤
A melancholic song, where she manages to move us with her voice, she manages to convey emotions in her ballads that are beautiful
The longer version of the song is played during the end credits of the movie. It truly pulls on the heart strings after watching the final scene of the movie.
Ooh, I need to listen to that today - is that the one that's on Something To Remember?
@Bridge The Gap Reactions No, I'm almost 100% certain the movie version is longer than the one on STR.
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Masterpiece.... that says it all... the good old times... songs with story... love it forever
One of her most beautiful, and beautiful recorded/produced songs. The strings, her vocals, her backing vocals, the video…all create a masterpiece. To be honest, many of your reaction videos make me cry because I miss that Madonna, how hearing those songs and seeing the videos were events. Her impact on music and culture are indelible and permanent.
Bro I feel it, too. I was born in November 1979 and recognized and liked Madonna's songs since my childhood. Ray Of Light got (Oh god did I play this album a lot!) me deeper into her music and I completed to listen to all her songs. So this one has its own place in my heart since I was around 20. I really miss her doing ballads with her natural voice and acting more grown up
I will tell you an interesting fact about that recording session. Madonna met and became really good friends with Rosie O'Donnell during the filming of A League of Their Own and Rosie was was in the studio for the recording of that song. They did the strings live and all of a sudden Madonna comes out and says "wait, stop, somebody's violin is flat". And sure enough, she went around and had them play, and the third one on the left or something was flat.
She has a very good ear and knows where things need to go. Guy Pratt recounted something similar during the recording of Oh Father, where they were recording the instruments with her signing the vocal and she comes out of the booth and tells them all where to make adjustments which she's thinking of while listening to them and singing at the same time.
She's very involved in the actually recording and production of her work. She doesn't just show up, do the vocal, and then someone else does all the work. She's IN the studio producing and she really doesn't get a lot of credit for that. Bugs the hell out of the engineers, but it's her name on the record so she wants it how she wants it.
That's crazy, thanks for that. She really is a genius
I'm 39 years old, and this song hits me hard too.
Wow, this is actually
one of my favorite
Madonna's songs.
I've always liked it.
Aw Jonny. Madonna has a remarkable ability to deliver heartfelt ballads. She maybe brings out the melancholy in ourselves. She's at her best when creating music people connect to with their heart more than their head.
The best things in life are always free.
Except Madonna tickets…😂
Yeah Madonna can pull emotion. I don’t feel like Michael or Prince did that to me in the same way. Although Prince has some great deep ballads.
This is my favorite song, I watched the movie in 92 when I was just 10 years old and I loved it.
Another beautiful reaction my friend, your reaction made me tear up and it was so touching. I have always loved this song and video and especially the older I get, it reminds me of the good parts of my childhood. So happy you enjoyed this the second time around and sending a big hug.
Thank you. I'm grateful to have rediscovered it now
@@bridgethegapreactions Yes floods of tears, I just watched with the same feelings with many emotional memories and it just hit me deeper than ever hearing it again after many years it sounded beyond it's initial simple surface meaning!✌💖🙏
This is absolutely one of my favorite Madonna songs. Usually listen to it when I’m down and need a good cry.
Great reaction! It’s amazing that this came out a few months before Erotica and went #1 in the USA. A song Madonna has never performed live, and hopefully will on the upcoming tour. I cannot find the article online, but M did an interview at the time with (I think) the Village Voice, and said the song was inspired by all her friends who died during the AIDS epidemic, and would later tie it into the themes of the Erotica album. Not much internet back then, so the reference is hard to find. Regardless, a great and underrated song by M ✌️
Yes i remember an interview where she said this exact thing..and that walking around New York City now and seeing and remembering her friends and where they would all be clubbing and hanging out in the 80's.
Very sweet to see you so moved. I'm 40 and remember seeing this film in the theater. I always cry when I catch it on television, and Madonna means an indescribable amount to me personally, in large part because she - and this time in my life in particular - reminds me of when my mother was with her first partner Norene who introduced me to Madonna when I was about six, and this movie came out when we were all together and happy. So this song brings all those memories back.
Every year when we do our class reunion we would play this song and we cry cos each year we note one or two or our classmate had gone (RIP) this song bring back the memories
The memories this song unleashes within me are out of this world. Madonna is the soundtrack to my life.
Thank you for sharing this genuinely heartfelt reaction. The music chords combined with the lyrics and Madonna’s subdued vocals definitely hit you right in the feels.
They really do. Completely unexpected for me, even though i love her ballads and her vulnerability that comes through in them
One of my all-time favorite Madonna songs. I always cry while listening to it - so touching and deep. Wish I could change some things from the past but I can't
As a girl, a woman lost nearly all of her beloved ones, her mother, her best friend, nearly all of her friends through all the years noone could write, sing a song like this like she could. The last sentence hit a great punch to the heart as she cried her heart out "the best things in life are always free.....wishing you were here with me" never heard such a line this deep.
This song should have been nominated for and won an Acadamy Award! I remember this time well, because it was one of the last movies that I was able to enjoy with my aunt. She was a singer and dancer. She was apprehensive about seeing it because Madonna was in it and knew of all the drama that seemed to follow her. She knew I was a super fan,and she had heard a review that sparked an interest. We got to the theatre, she found her perfect seat and she, my mom and I sat down to enjoy the film. I was very quiet, just watching her and my moms reactions during the film...I had already seen the film 3 times and wanted to see if anything would change their opinion of Madonna at the time. The movie ended, and the credits started to roll, when the song began to play. People started to get up around us and exit the theatre. Since there was footage rolling with the song playing, my aunt and mom both stayed glued in their seats, and I figured it was to watch the extra footage, so I sat and was enjoying the song. The moment that song ended I looked over at my mom, snd she was wiping away tears, turned the opposite direction and my aunt was just balling her eyes out. She asked me who it was performing that song. I looked at her and replied "That is Madonna...she wrote that song special for the movie." My aunt just looked at me and with one word described her feelings about it..."MASTERPIECE!". I would go and see "Beauty and the Beast" with her the following week and she passed away the week after seeing that.
I can't upload to Patreon tonight so the Evita one will be up there tomorrow
Madonna's ballads have a way of pulling at your emotional heart strings...everyone of them affects myself the same way
I was a senior in high school when this came out and it was played by the school band on our graduation day. It still makes me cry today
This song takes me out every time too. Doesn’t matter how many times I hear it, it always breaks me down. The first time I heard it was in the movie and I cried like a baby but every time after I still get teary eyed. 😢
Glad it's not just me!
@@bridgethegapreactions You got it right it’s hauntingly beautiful.
Madonna said of this song, "I was thinking of the East Village, Danceteria, the Roxy, my friends who died of AIDS, the good old days, and a million other nostalgic thoughts." Also, Rosie O'Donnell who co-starred in ALOTO, had this great anecdote about the recording of the song. She was there. :) ruclips.net/video/h6lTVt0jMfk/видео.html
Ok now I’m gonna be hit even harder by this song. The people who lost so many back then. That always gets me.
Really ? It's pretty obvious this song is about her mother.
Songs like this prove that the power of music is simply immense. This song, in particular, REALLY pushes my emotional limitations...
Great songs can tap into your heart like that. The power of music and the power of Madonna.
I'm 62 when I first heard this song I was looking out my bedroom window I'm still in the same house I see no children playing at all when I look out the same window the world has change so sad😢
My personal fav. I love it. Actually, it's a MASTERPIECE.
I think this is one of her most moving songs and videos for those connected with the past and sentimental in nature. Thanks for being so vulnerable. While I'm more a fan of her upbeat music, I do like a lot her ballad like songs. (And I honestly hadn't realized how many slower songs she had).
Im still remember for this masterpiece to be performed live...!
I was 11 when this came out. It really does feel different hearing it today.
I feel like this would be an amazing opener to the upcoming Celebration Tour. Not as her big entrance, but maybe as a video intro, prior to her big entrance.
Fantastic emotional reaction Jonny!
This was never a favourite of mine, I found it a bit too schmaltzy, but in recent years the nostalgic feel to it has also hit me hard. Takes me right back to summer 92 and I can remember exactly what I was doing - I can even picture the day I bought the cassette single of it.
I can still remember seeing that movie even though i wasnt really into it! I'd probably like it if I saw it now..
I was hesitant to watch this one, the song makes me FEEL. Beautiful song with pretty strings. I don't put it on much, but always appreciated it being part of M's catalog. Lovely reaction.
I imagine Madonna doesn’t do this one on tour because it’s such a tough piece emotionally. This song holds so much pain from the ravages of AIDS. In the current show she tributes those that were lost with one of the other all time great ballads “Live to Tell”. That song is about testimony, and hoping that you’ll survive to tell people about what you’ve lived through. Powerful and emotional. But this song is about the sadness of grief and never forgetting those who are now gone, the good and the bad times that live forever inside of you, only as memories in your heart. So touching and so so difficult an emotion to express. This song is a masterpiece and Madonna is one of the great artists of the era. Her music is powerful. I returned to this song a couple days ago, listening to her great album of ballads "Something to Remember". I've always loved this song since I was a kid, it was always beautiful to me, but something about it now, me being a young 30 years old, it hit me like a gut punch. It reminds you of the inner child that didn't know about pain and loss. A remarkable song.
This is my all time favorite Madonna ballad. It makes me emotional too when I listen to it. And I've told my wife that I want this played at my funeral. And thank you for another wonderful Madonna reaction video. YOU'RE THE BEST!!
Thanks for sharing that ! After 55 years, I finally returned to my old Junior school in Malta. I was there for a year in 1968 because my Dad was in the Royal Navy and was stationed there until July '69. I posted photos on social media when I returned home{yesterday} and added this song. When I heard it back, I was in pieces. Couldn't stop crying. It certainly has the power to unlock things deep within us. Thanks again.
Ah bless. That was such a sweet, emotional reaction. Now I’m ‘getting a little verklempt’ just watching you brought to tears by this song and video. (Real ones will get the reference… talk amongst yourselves…) I think maybe what touches us with this song is the rather melancholic and sparse backtrack in a minor key accompanying Madonna’s raw, emotional vocal delivery of the lyrics. It’s not a perfect vocal by any means, but it’s heartfelt and that’s what Madonna does so well in her ballads. Thinking of it now, it kind of gives me the same vibe as ABBA’s The Day Before You Came… rather rambling and repetitive lyrically and very somber but it draws you in the more you listen to it. I guess neither song have appealed to me that much… I prefer other ballads from both artists/groups, however your reaction is making me appreciate how moving this song can be. Thanks for being so open to it. Hugs!
I definitely liked the rambling nature of it, the lyrics seeming a bit disconnected like random thoughts and memories. I love that ABBA connection too
Voice of an angel...
Beautiful song...amazing conceptual vídeo.
Whole "SOMETHING TO REMEMBER" álbum is outstanding ❤️
I love your Madonna reactions!!!
I love this song! It was released on my birthday and Madonna is my playground, my childhood dream. She is the one i run to when i need a friend!
Thank you so much!
Agree with you this type of song takes on a different meaning as time passes . Her ballads always get right down to the real heart without being too depressing.
Exactly. I think her melodic sense helps - its like she's incapable of writing something without a strong melody
You had a great video reaction. This song does this to us all.
Masterpiece song❤, es una obra de arte la canción
Love this song it's a haunting song in a way life is short and your feeling old,don't hold on to your past move forward ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Madonna sings beautiful in this and the video is stunning 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
When I hear this song I don't think of the movie. I did see when it came out but the song has taken on a much deeper and personal meaning to me. Does anyone-else feel that way?
This is what is great about your reactions. Human raw emotions that are caused by the lyrics, notes of music. Very powerful.
Im still waiting for this masterpiece to be performed live...! Madonna at her best...!❤
Great reaction, thanks for revisiting this. I know what you mean, just can't help getting emotional listening and watching the music video. It is truly a masterpiece. "Live To Tell" is another tender tune from her, powerful and genuine from Madonna.
One of my favorite songs! Seeing ALoTO in threaters for a second time is when I became a fan of Madonna, almost 32 years !❤❤
We got emotional with you brother. Reminds me of my childhood. My grandmother, my parents. All the memories we take for granted.
Wonderful reaction. I cried with you. I cried when I first heard it and I still cry. Visiting the past hurts sometimes, but sometimes it's comforting too 💖
I love that you are so touched by this beautiful song. Gets me every time as well. The melancholy, nostalgic and emotional tone of this song is perfect. Multi-talented artist that knows exactly what she is doing. This was just after the Erotica album and Sex book and the world had turned on her like she was the Anti-Christ. And then she releases this monumental song to bring ppls attention back to the music and what she does best. Master-stroke. This song went to number one on the Billboard charts a d shut everyone up. This song demonstrates exactly how good and extremely underrated she is as a lyricist. The emotions it evokes are powerful and timeless. "Because life is short/and before you know you're feeling old/and your heart is breaking/Say goodbye to yesterday/those are words I'll never say". Wow. Loved your reaction. Your response made me tear up like a sonofabitch. Maybe react to Oh Father music video or the song X-Static Process from the American Life album. J
No, TUTBMY was released before the Erotica album.
This song is structured very well , I’m 38 and I remember these same feelings even as a kid that had not gone through anything yet, but it. Hits different now. Amazing song
This song, Everything I ever wanted (Special World Aids day version, by Bright Light Bright Light feat. The Pink Singers), Farewell (by Rhianna) and Monsters (by James Blunt) have all had the power to make me cry. Especially Monsters because that track is about his father potentially dying due to needing a transplant and one not being available, eventually one was, and I first heard it around the time my own father died, was crying in floods.
That is the true power of music, it can cheer you up when your down, or comfort you when you are down. Like you said it can trigger memories and take you right back to that place.
I've always loved this song with all my heart.
This has always been my favorite Madonna song. ❤
G'day it's Steven from Down Under again
A beautiful song indeed and I appreciate your honest reaction.
At the time when this music video was released it wasn't long after I married and my much loved grandmother passed away, she always said she wanted to see me get married and then she just let go after that, the very last lyrics Madonna sings just get me very emotional.
This song makes me cry too. Everytime.
I love how you really felt what the song is trying to evoke. Takes a full heart ❤️
Madonna is X FACTOR: something you can not explain but it excists and it is MADONNA and her charisma.. unbelievable... don't you think so!!!you made me cry to.
sorrynotsorry to have made you cry
I absolutely love your soul and that reaction: it is so so genuine! ❤️
40 now, I commented here at 39... This song has this thing about touching on this thing that we've never thought about seriously, how we age and how we're going to renounce our young selves.
My childhood playground is long gone! The house was demolished. The street where I first got my mouth busted open for the first time is still there! Winkler Avenue!😔👹❣️
This is the featured song in the soundtrack to the movie "A League of their Own" starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks..co-starring Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell.
people who sees Madonna as a dance artist were surprised after listening to this song...she has lots of good ballads...
I cry every time all her pictures are alone
Oh, this is from A League of Their Own. I saw this when I was older than you. It was a funny movie. I guess it's a dramedy. I appreciate your review and playing this song from the past. It made me feel nostalgic but in a pleasant way. Thank you!
I completely understand the rush of nostalgia and emotion this song gave you, some songs just have to reach you at the right time and it seems like this one did. I was really young too when the movie came out but the part where they're old and reunite for the opening of their museum was very touching, and then this song is playing as they roll the credits, sometimes they just know how to hit you right in the feels lol. This one's a classic and it's cool to see you connect more deeply to it this time around.
And why do they always say live and learn? Well, the years they flew and we never knew we were foolish then. We were never tired and that little fire is still alive in me. It will never go away, can’t say goodbye to yesterday. Can’t say goodbye.
This is the missing verse that had to be cut from the original for the radio.
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Madonna should bust this out on her new tour! She would have that audience weeping!
The only thing that will ever really matter looking back over ones life , is how you loved . Do it fiercly and unreservedly, make no room for regret.......
A beautiful reaction.
Everyone wants this on the Celebration tour.. but I don't know she can do it justice. One of her best ballads and I'm thankful to remember when it debuted. It's gorgeous, sad, nostalgic, bittersweet. Well deserved #1.
Only an adult who's past their prime (by society standards at least) can feel the entire impact of this song. Very moving.
ohhh, this song always moves me too. Your reaction is beautiful and so genuine. a hug and greetings from argentina
Thank you!
Beautiful song
There’s a long version with full added verse,also film version is over 7 minutes long .
I don't know if I could take it! I will check it out at some point, thanks
I remember when this came out. I loved it from the moment I heard it and had it on repeat forever
Man, from 4 minutes onwards i could see you get it, your true emotions were bought out by the music, i want to see the full reaction of you crying, you are awesome 👏 watch Promise to try official and react please 🙏
Wow your reaction!
Whenever I listen to this gem, I feel.pretty much the same.
I bought the single in 1992 aged 13.
First time I heard it was strange & boring but it was always on MTV and eventually the Playground caught me, I understood all of a sudden that the time we have is very short.
Yes it is a Madonna masterpiece very haunting!
Used to be . . .
The video idea was nicked from Boy George's 'To Be Reborn ' video. He even mentioned it in his autobiography as 'This Used To Be My Video '!
Im a massive Madonna fan been to all her UK concerts. This is the one song Ive always avoided listening to. Very sad time in my life for a couple of years as a teenager when this song came out. Listening to it now is a reminder of my healing and moving forward. This is now on my playlist... Thank you !
Your reaction
made sense;and
🥺almost got me.
Everyone can
relate, to this song.
I love your heartfelt and genuine reactions.
Sometimes you need a song to hit you like that Johnny. It’s like letting go of the opening of a balloon to let some of the pressure out.
Wow you got me all emotional. 😢 loved the reaction.💛
I've been a Fan of, A League of Their Own, since it was released and this song perfectly encapsulated the Feeling of Nostalgia and Mourning the Loss of Youth (we dont realize the Beauty/Bliss of Childhood Ignorance)
Xx lovely reaction😊
You are such a beautiful soul
The best things in life are always free!
I might lose some of you guys with this one but I've been listening to this some more and is it me, or does this sound like The Carpenters? I can't give much of a higher compliment and that is another band / artist that can make me cry pretty easily. It's the backing vocals that made me think of it - real 70s sounding, almost easy-listening production and arrangement, but with lyrics and vocals that get deep into your soul, just like Karen Carpenter did. Madonna's voice in that lower register does kind of remind me of Karen's too..
Yes she does sound like Karen Carpenter sometimes, and my parents have remarked this too when I used to play her cassettes in the car as a teenager. My parents introduced me to the Carpenters as well which I loved. The Madonna song where she arguably sounds most like Karen Carpenter is probably Rain, especially in the radio remix.
Absolutely. The Carpenters played in many of the same melancholic, dissonant chords and echoing backgrounds. Some of my favorite songs.
One of my favorite songs by Mo!
I love this song
madonna is the best