This was a #1 hit in the US in 1973, and I loved it! Then, four years later, I informed my mom that I was pretty sure my black friend was going to ask me to the prom, and she said she would not allow it. We had a terrible fight. Well, guess what? He and I reconnected in 2008, and we got married in 2010 -- 33 years after we'd last seen each other in high school. Guess what else? My mom and dad absolutely LOVED him. Times change, thank God.
I came home from the Vietnam War in 1970 .. as a white dude my girlfriend was black .. her mother and grandmother told me to stay away but we still saw each other .. this stuff was real back then
I'm in my 60s, this song reflects the changing culture of the times. Our generation was the first to totally accept integration of races and cultures. It's social commentary thru song! Love your channel!!!
This was a big hit in my childhood, and now that I am a white man married to a black woman, it has new meaning. The 1970s were really a great time of social change.
This was one of the first songs of Interracial Relationships ever in the history of Rock & Roll. During the lifting of Racial Segregation in the south back in (1964). And the fair housing act in 1968. This song done back in (1973) touched on a topic that was still very controversial for its time. Great reaction...
I am 57 & can remember this on the radio. Some of us grew up with this message & have lived it all our lives. Today, we are labeled as "woke" but, if we have been in an inclusive life for over 40 years, wouldn't that make us awake?
In the 70s it wasn’t excepted to be in mixed relationship !!! I always loved this because Mom was white and my Dad was black and I felt a connection!!!!! I was 8 when this came out!! Wow 😮 memories!!!!
I, just discovered this is a cover. The Original was by the all Afrucan American " Hot Chocolate" who are mostly known for their hit " You Sexy Thing" which you should most definitely check out !!!
The best Brother Louie song is made by one of the succesful Groups ever, called " Modern Talking". They sell over 120m records Worldwide. If you heare the Sound of Modern Talking, then you won't never hear someone else.
Our generation fought for integration and acceptance by every and any means we could. Many of the bands were integrated giving ALL musicians the right to present their talents. I remember my best friend's mom slamming the door in a young man's face who had come to take her daughter to prom. My mom was mixed(she had red hair and freckles but in her words she had ringlets not hair). She was so hurt and offended, she cut the friendship right then.
If I’m not mistaken, he sang one line twice. He got in a fight with his parents. It actually explains the whole song. They didn’t have teleprompters back then!
Dont you just love this song, I loved it as a kid and love thier sound , waited for them to play it on radio and this is how we felt growing up , so many groups were both races and and so many songs were just making it about being people , it was geat time , we looked at people not races , Oh how I miss Midnight Special I was allowed to stay up to watch it and you were cool at school LOL
This was the 70s, just like the post civil rights 60s, it was a time of great social change, but unlike today, people were more chilled and accepting of it.
This being a live version, the lead singer got an important line wrong. "When he took her home to meet his momma and papa, man there was a terrible fight!"
I remember my junior year in high school which was only the second year of desegregation of most Texas schools and the black folks really dug this tune. Spring 1973.
In 1967 a girl named Janis Ian sang a similar type song called society’s child do a reaction video on that because unfortunately the thinking back at that time was not an accepted practice. My brother listened to the stories Louie and he married his brown sugar as you guy’s called it and he’s been married to her for forty three years they have lots of kids and grandkids I love them all. As you say love has no color. I agree 100 percent. You guy’s are the best you are a very loving couple I see in your reaction videos you are devoted to each other! Rock on Brother and sister. May your love never fade or die. God bless you 🙏🏻🖖👍😘
This song was so controversial, there were radio stations that wouldn’t play it in the area of Southern California. In 1973 I was 15. I knew a few kids at my Jr high and high school that were in an interracial relationship, I didn’t care the only thing that mattered was that they were happy
They changed the words for this performance. "When he took her home to meet his mama & papa, man, he had a terrible fight". And " Louie, Louie you're gonna cry" not try. So we were trying to change things but our parents were not allowing this to happen back then. So in the original that was recorded, Louie & his parents fought & he was going to cry over having to break up with her or lose his relationship with his parents. Many groups had to change words because the networks didn't approve of the message.
The lead singer for Stories is Ian Lloyd. He was a close friend of Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm.. Their song Head Knocker off of their debut album is about Ian.
Got into 'Danger' in my thirties. Took her home to my Mom... my Mom loved her and wondered why she was with me. Anyway, now awmost 77 and still with my Brown Sugar. Some of us get lucky.
You have to keep in mind when that song was released the lyrics had much greater import than they would today. One had to have been alive then to fully appreciate it.
@@Yowza78 It Worked Well With My Parents- And Life Was Extremely Simpler, per No Social Media- Freedom To Run For Hours With Friends- The Daily Pouring of Extreme Hatred and Complete Worldly Commotion That We As A Society Have Now, Has Made Life Extremely Difficult- In My Humble Opinion-
1973 release. It’s funny to watch reactions with so many 60’s & 70’s songs that are still relevant today. No kids, your generation didn’t invent social awareness.
The song's content was ahead of it's time. (1973 originl by "Hot Chocolate" a British soul band). Touching on the subject of interracial relationships. Stories took the song to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US & went gold.
I would love to see a reaction to the Hot Chocolate version because there is an additional verse where she introduces Louis to her parents. Hot Chocolate had several hits, but they were much deeper in quality than just the 3 or so that made the charts.
@@denismansfield8876 Yes Hot Chocolate was really great they had many songs back in the 70s and both groups were outstanding love this song I have both on my music list
Wow as a kid all I heard was Louie Louie Louie. I never heard the actual black & white falling in love story. Its like rediscovering music again with many 70s songs.
Story of my life, she passed 2 years ago, My parents were cool when we married. Ain't no difference? yes there are, but we meet in the fundamentals. There's a whole different cultural experience to take on board but love conquers all.
I was a faithful viewer of the Midnight Special, when it was originally broadcast (hosted by the late Wolfman Jack, as well as other guest hosts such as Al Green, The Bee Gees, and Dionne Warwick). It was a pop/rock music lover's dream come true, and the acts performed live. It seems like a million years ago now .....
Im a American/Mexican and my now ex-wife is a beautiful Louisiana Cajun black woman. I took her home to meet my dad and he walks right up to her and says this, "its about time my bullheaded son is dating a beautiful woman". He hugged her, turned and looked at me and told me not to screw it up. And he and i hugged. She took me to her family's BBQ, so im about to meet everybody. Im introduced to her Grandparents first. Respect.. The only words her grandmother spoke were, "can you dance? You cant keep a woman if you cant dance". Yeah so that was fun.
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This was a #1 hit in the US in 1973, and I loved it! Then, four years later, I informed my mom that I was pretty sure my black friend was going to ask me to the prom, and she said she would not allow it. We had a terrible fight. Well, guess what? He and I reconnected in 2008, and we got married in 2010 -- 33 years after we'd last seen each other in high school. Guess what else? My mom and dad absolutely LOVED him. Times change, thank God.
Love it. God bless you.
Bless you. Beautiful love story. Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏻💕
This was in huge hit in the early 70s
What a wonderful story! So glad you reunited!
Congratulations! !
TRUST ME On This MUST HEAR Classic,,
Smith "Baby It's You"
Yes it's fantastic
I came home from the Vietnam War in 1970 .. as a white dude my girlfriend was black .. her mother and grandmother told me to stay away but we still saw each other .. this stuff was real back then
I'm in my 60s, this song reflects the changing culture of the times.
Our generation was the first to totally accept integration of races and cultures.
It's social commentary thru song!
Love your channel!!!
like your joyous and sensitive reactions. good listening
LMAO the looks on your faces was priceless...love this song
YES! One of my favorite songs from my childhood; still sounds just as great!
I had the 45 of the song played it over and over and over again. I LOVED this song.
This was a big hit in my childhood, and now that I am a white man married to a black woman, it has new meaning. The 1970s were really a great time of social change.
This was one of the first songs of Interracial Relationships ever in the history of Rock & Roll. During the lifting of Racial Segregation in the south back in (1964). And the fair housing act in 1968. This song done back in (1973) touched on a topic that was still very controversial for its time. Great reaction...
A song of brotherly love that's still bringing joy! Right on
You go Louie ❣️❣️❣️
He said danger, danger because it just wasn’t done back then. It helped the world to see that it will be okay. Love is love.
your faces on that first line of the song "PRICELESS!!!!😂😂😂😂🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
One of my all time favorite song ever!!!!
Wow, I almost forgot about this song! Thanks for making my day! 😘
I am 57 & can remember this on the radio. Some of us grew up with this message & have lived it all our lives. Today, we are labeled as "woke" but, if we have been in an inclusive life for over 40 years, wouldn't that make us awake?
In the 70s it wasn’t excepted to be in mixed relationship !!! I always loved this because Mom was white and my Dad was black and I felt a connection!!!!! I was 8 when this came out!! Wow 😮 memories!!!!
Came out nearly 50 years ago (1973), so you can imagine the freak-out factor.
I fell in love with this song back in the day
The looks on yall faces made this WORTH IT..salute family
That’s what happened to me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The sad thing is that 50 years later we are still having the same problems. It's not about what you are, it's about WHO you are.
This song is bad ass and I feel like it’s a forgotten song.
Also listen to the recorded version.
I was 12 when this song was a hit! Understood it, loved it, still do! ❤
I, just discovered this is a cover.
The Original was by the all
Afrucan American " Hot Chocolate" who are mostly known for their hit
" You Sexy Thing" which you should most definitely check out !!!
British band !
Good live music good music
The best Brother Louie song is made by one of the succesful Groups ever, called " Modern Talking". They sell over 120m records Worldwide. If you heare the Sound of Modern Talking, then you won't never hear someone else.
Love it !!!!!more!
Omg I was 9 when I heard this it was awesome loveSTORIES
Our generation fought for integration and acceptance by every and any means we could. Many of the bands were integrated giving ALL musicians the right to present their talents. I remember my best friend's mom slamming the door in a young man's face who had come to take her daughter to prom. My mom was mixed(she had red hair and freckles but in her words she had ringlets not hair). She was so hurt and offended, she cut the friendship right then.
If I’m not mistaken, he sang one line twice. He got in a fight with his parents.
It actually explains the whole song. They didn’t have teleprompters back then!
This is a song when was growing up in the 70s. Loved it!!!
☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟💟💟💟☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️💟💟💟💟💟💟. Great song.
Dont you just love this song, I loved it as a kid and love thier sound , waited for them to play it on radio and this is how we felt growing up , so many groups were both races and and so many songs were just making it about being people , it was geat time , we looked at people not races , Oh how I miss Midnight Special I was allowed to stay up to watch it and you were cool at school LOL
The Midnight Special and the King Biscuit Flour Hour.
Don't forget Rock Concert
I still have the 45 : )
@@lindarenee2198 Don Kushner's Rock Concert 👍✌🏽
@@MichelleCWeber What are you talking about? This song is all about race.
Another GREAT One!! Thank you guys!!
this was a no. 1 hit when I was in high school - good times in the '70s
👍for freedom to love💖🎶
This was the 70s, just like the post civil rights 60s, it was a time of great social change, but unlike today, people were more chilled and accepting of it.
I remember this song played a lot on the radio when I was about 12 years old and I loved it.
This being a live version, the lead singer got an important line wrong. "When he took her home to meet his momma and papa, man there was a terrible fight!"
Bingo..I caught the same thing. Such are the perils of singing live!
It happened to be the most important line in the song…
Me too. Caught that.
Facts!
This comment should be pinned.
The video for the studio version is a dub over of this performance. Just look ruclips.net/video/qZ-9XDpPYps/видео.html
interesting - I always figured the performances were lip synched to their studio cut....guess not
I remember my junior year in high school which was only the second year of desegregation of most Texas schools and the black folks really dug this tune. Spring 1973.
This tune was originally done by the band, Hot Chocolate....
Memories of High School 😭
Dated in college in early '70s a gorgeous black coed; was a beautiful relationship. Still love her today and would marry her in a heart beat.
We all bleed red, we all Americans!
Go Lions
I'm a 70's child in Canada & my neighbours were a mixed couple & their son Lonnie was my best friend growing up.
I was 8 years old when this came out in 1973. Great song and GREAT singer.
Love this. I was 5 yr old when this came out. Still love it today at 56 yrs old. Lol. She was black as the night, Louie was whiter than white. Haha 😂
My husband started dating in the 70's. Got married in 1978.
We are an interracial marriage together 45 yrs still together. 4 kids and 9 grand kids.
"Danger Danger" was a late 60's early 70's warning from the robot to Will Robinson on the TV show Lost in Space...
Yessss!
I love that song so much! I think everyone knows the words to this song.🎵 My generations music.
" Brothers you know what I mean"
Yeahhhh 👅👅👅
This is by far the best reaction to a classic. Keep up the good work guys
In 1967 a girl named Janis Ian sang a similar type song called society’s child do a reaction video on that because unfortunately the thinking back at that time was not an accepted practice. My brother listened to the stories Louie and he married his brown sugar as you guy’s called it and he’s been married to her for forty three years they have lots of kids and grandkids I love them all. As you say love has no color. I agree 100 percent. You guy’s are the best you are a very loving couple I see in your reaction videos you are devoted to each other! Rock on Brother and sister. May your love never fade or die. God bless you 🙏🏻🖖👍😘
Always loved this song! Great song.✌❤🎶
Changing times, I was witness to it, Memories galore folks. Thanx a million
This song was so controversial, there were radio stations that wouldn’t play it in the area of Southern California. In 1973 I was 15. I knew a few kids at my Jr high and high school that were in an interracial relationship, I didn’t care the only thing that mattered was that they were happy
They changed the words for this performance. "When he took her home to meet his mama & papa, man, he had a terrible fight". And " Louie, Louie you're gonna cry" not try. So we were trying to change things but our parents were not allowing this to happen back then. So in the original that was recorded, Louie & his parents fought & he was going to cry over having to break up with her or lose his relationship with his parents. Many groups had to change words because the networks didn't approve of the message.
The lead singer for Stories is Ian Lloyd. He was a close friend of Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm.. Their song Head Knocker off of their debut album is about Ian.
Got into 'Danger' in my thirties. Took her home to my Mom... my Mom loved her and wondered why she was with me. Anyway, now awmost 77 and still with my Brown Sugar. Some of us get lucky.
Love your reactions! Always priceless!
I was lucky enough to see these guys back in the day
You have to keep in mind when that song was released the lyrics had much greater import than they would today. One had to have been alive then to fully appreciate it.
Live this song. It's in my 45 rpm collection
Such a great song. 💕
❤️❤️❤️
the band & the staples- 'the weight'
gotta try "mammy blue: by the stories
One of the best 70s tunes
A Feel Good Classic,, Bobby Bloom "Montego Bay"
When Life Was Much Simpler! Music That Reached Way Down Inside.. & Meant Something Special-
While I love the song, it was not from a simpler time. Not when it came to interracial relationships!
@@Yowza78 It Worked Well With My Parents- And Life Was Extremely Simpler, per No Social Media- Freedom To Run For Hours With Friends- The Daily Pouring of Extreme Hatred and Complete Worldly Commotion That We As A Society Have Now, Has Made Life Extremely Difficult- In My Humble Opinion-
100% ❤
They changed the damn words for Midnight Special. Changed it from "cry" to "try." Sold out.
Sean said lets take this back lol, He knew this was a heavy song back in the day.
1973 release. It’s funny to watch reactions with so many 60’s & 70’s songs that are still relevant today. No kids, your generation didn’t invent social awareness.
The song's content was ahead of it's time. (1973 originl by "Hot Chocolate" a British soul band). Touching on the subject of interracial relationships. Stories took the song to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US & went gold.
Wow! I didn’t know Hot Chocolate did it first?!
We need to hear some Hot Chocolate! ‘Emma’… talk about a story of a song 🎶
…and evidently, Hot Chocolate’s Errol Brown wrote it too
I would love to see a reaction to the Hot Chocolate version because there is an additional verse where she introduces Louis to her parents. Hot Chocolate had several hits, but they were much deeper in quality than just the 3 or so that made the charts.
@@denismansfield8876 Yes Hot Chocolate was really great they had many songs back in the 70s and both groups were outstanding love this song I have both on my music list
It's ironic that America didn't really get the multiculturalism the song promoted. Cheers
You love who you love.
"I was locked in. It was o-ver!".
Thank yall for taking me back!!!
One of my favorites from back in the day!! 💗
We keep saying the 70s had a little of everything .
The Hot Chocolate original, with vocals by Errol Brown, is the definitive, and full, version.
It was a wonderous time.
☮️💙💙💙
Be happy !!!! ✌✌✌
Wow as a kid all I heard was Louie Louie Louie. I never heard the actual black & white falling in love story. Its like rediscovering music again with many 70s songs.
This got alot of airplay when I was young. Always felt it. 😽💋🎶
♥️
I love that line...ain't no difference if your black or white, brothers you know what I mean...we were always singing this song ☺❤ Great reaction
Story of my life, she passed 2 years ago, My parents were cool when we married. Ain't no difference? yes there are, but we meet in the fundamentals. There's a whole different cultural experience to take on board but love conquers all.
I remember this song!! 🔥
Brother Louie was first Written by British band Hot Chocolate. Stories remade it a little more heavier
Huge hit!!
I was a faithful viewer of the Midnight Special, when it was originally broadcast (hosted by the late Wolfman Jack, as well as other guest hosts such as Al Green, The Bee Gees, and Dionne Warwick). It was a pop/rock music lover's dream come true, and the acts performed live. It seems like a million years ago now .....
♥️♥️
Im a American/Mexican and my now ex-wife is a beautiful Louisiana Cajun black woman. I took her home to meet my dad and he walks right up to her and says this, "its about time my bullheaded son is dating a beautiful woman". He hugged her, turned and looked at me and told me not to screw it up. And he and i hugged.
She took me to her family's BBQ, so im about to meet everybody. Im introduced to her Grandparents first. Respect.. The only words her grandmother spoke were, "can you dance? You cant keep a woman if you cant dance".
Yeah so that was fun.
That was good guys
This song was originally recorded by Hot Chocolate (You Sexy Thing) and went to number one in The UK.