Hey man, its your favourite Scotsman. You know what I want, Lewis Capaldi Someone you loved, Orginal video. Stay safe man. Dunc. ruclips.net/video/bCuhuePlP8o/видео.html
This is what it sounds like when your soul is laid bare. Bonnie has said she only did one vocal because the song is so emotional that it drains you. Anyone that has ever loved anyone that did not love them back knows how this feels. This is talent. This is art. So beautiful and poignant .
One of the most beautiful songs ever performed. Perhaps it’s just me, but I’m torn up after listening to Bonnie sing this, ripped up, wrecked and ragged...inside. I must love pain, because I love this song!!!
I agree and not a lot of people know this song was originally written by Mike Reid, an NFL first round draft pick who left football for a music career. I took piano lessons from the same woman who taught him.
She owns that song AFAIAC. Oddly, Susan Tedeschi performs it so closely to the same way and also has a sultry smokey voice, I have to look at the MP3 tags when I play either of them in my car.
Bonnie and John prine's angel from Montgomery is one of the all time greatest live performances. She also does a fantastic rendition of can't find my way home.
Song writer? All the songs she's known for were written by others, including "Something to Talk About", "Thing Called Love" and this one, "I Can't Make You Love Me."
Bonnie cried, too. She recorded this in one take with the exception of a couple of breaks to sob. The most beautifully sad love song of all time, IMHO.
In whose book has she been "underated"?? She has been a pillar of the blues/rock scene for 40 years. One of the finest bottle slide guitarists on the planet.
The interesting thing about that song is that I prefer John Prine's version; Bonnie's voice is so gorgeous that she doesn't sound like an old woman. It almost works against the song for me.
Started listening to her in 1977 after "Sweet Forgiveness" came out.... without a doubt my favorite with 65 of her cuts on my Spotify list. I always felt this song was a match made in heaven with her voice and Bruce Hornsby's piano work.... Priceless!! 😌
Miss Bonnie is one of the best doing one of her best. Try not to cry! I don't know if she was personally in the middle of something, but I do know her voice is very expressive, she can make you feel anything.
" ...HERE IN THE DAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKK " gets me every time. I wish for a moment in my life where I could ever do something musically that would even begin to touch how moving and emotional her vocals are on this song.
Bonnie ,Bonnie, Bonnie! This is one of the greatest heartbreak songs of all time. I play it on guitar, and sing it, and sometimes I can barely get through it! That pain you hear is real. She struggled with drugs and alcohol, and depression most of her adult life. She seems to have had a hard time maintaining relationships. She is one of the baddest Blues guitarist around, bar none, and I love her to death! That final chord, played by Bruce Hornsby is a killer! It's a final twist of the knife, and pure devastation. GOOSE BUMPS!
@@dapdne4916 Her dad did an album in the late 50's early 60's called "Songs the kids bring home from camp" It is available on RUclips. Americana sing-alongs.
Bruce Hornsby has contributed to some amazing songs over the years. The Don Henley song "The End of the Innocence" is another one worth checking out. And don't forget about his huge 80s hit "The Way It Is" with his band The Range from the album of the same title. Along with songs like "Mandolin Rain" and 'The River Runs Low", "The Way It Is" remains a favorite of mine from that decade.
@@wothotalro1610 Jamal should try some John Hiatt songs: "Have a Little Faith in Me", "Cry Love", "Angel Eyes". And my personal favorite, "Since His Penis Came Between Us".
This song also makes me cry. I'm a 75 year-old man. When I listen to music on RUclips, the system puts possible songs on the right that I have listened to before. I usually skip this song since it hits me. But when I do listen, I melt!
Thank you for that tidbit family. I had no idea Bruce was on the keys for this magnificent piece of work. This is a truly heartfelt experience, every time I hear this. Be well...JB ✌🏾
Totally. This song is so pure and sorrowful, Bonnie is one of the greatest songwriters, vocalists, and instrumentalists of all time for sure💛. Love Bruce as well; he also plays on Don Henley’s “The End of the Innocence” and lends to it the same deep emotion and sensitivity. Thanks for the great comment!
Am I the only one that LOVES that she knew NOT to sell this song with vocal tricks and just showed us how broken her heart was and how she was experiencing that would crushing experience of letting go even though you know they aren't ever coming back?
I know this is a year old, but I was doing a “re-watch” as I often do. And that’s how I feel- having chops where you can certainly sing and belt it out is great! I certainly couldn’t come close! Lol However, with Bonnie doing this her way, it’s much more powerful being “vulnerable with that raw emotion than just singing to the hilltops- Prime exampled(Jamel mentioned it too) was when Whitney did “I will always love you” and everyone went nuts- NO disrespect to Whitney ✋🏼, she definitely could do fb (R.I.P. Whitney Houston ❤️🙌🏻) however.. Dolly’s was much more impactful for me. Same with “Power of love.” I adored that adored that song with Laura Brannigan (R.I.P. to Laura Brannigan ❤️🙌🏻❤️) doing it!! Celine Dion comes out with a cover of it (a good one) and everyone thinks it’s a brand new song-🤦🏻♀️I was screaming Laura Brannigan every time!! Lol. Same with Dolly, it has that raw vulnerability that really makes it.. No matter how well you blast those notes,etc..
@Patricia Mitchell "selling the song" has nothing to do with money changing hands or who wrote it. IT'S ABOUT THE DELIVERY. She's not wailing or screaming or even belting the song for power. She's letting the devastation of the person's giving up come through. It has nothing to do with who wrote it or song rights. I've heard Adele sing it, and Bon Iver sings it, but Bonnie's is the best to me because she lets the utter devastation and vulnerability come through. It's no big production. She's just laying her heart bear to someone who doesn't love her and she's just praying they give her 1 time before they leave her and she's stops punishing both of them. Sorry you weren't familiar with the term
@@bonepicker1 No. he didn't. It was written by Mike Reid and Allan Shamblin. I'd never heard of them, but with so many people crediting different writers of this song, I looked it up.
Wow, awesome description! I’m glad that our society is not as judgmental relative to women’s voices versus men’s “whisky sounding” voices, not as judgmental as in years gone by anyway. Thank you Miss Bonnie!
Hi I love Bonnie Raitt if you wanna get just a little little country listen to Her singing Let's give em something to talk about and the guy playing the piano for I can't make you Love me is Bruce Hornsby You might like his song that's just the way it is I very much enjoyed your reaction to such a beautiful song
@@tamaraharvey3569 Bruce Hornsby is half of the reason this song makes me cry so easily--his playing is beautiful and I don't even usually hear much past the vocals and guitar, even though I used to play piano as a child!
@@tomski120 Yes. Though my heart is with the version she sang when Leonard Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, or at his memorial concert.
Fun fact: Bonnie didn’t write this one, but she was the original artist. It was written by Mike Reid who played in the NFL - he was a first round draft pick for the Bengals. He retired from football to be a full-time songwriter. And Bonnie, who made this a hit, is much more of a blues-based guitarist who’s got some genuine chops - so it was unusual for her to have a piano-based ballad as a hit song.
"Raitt recorded the vocal in just one take in the studio, later saying that it was so sad a song that she could not recapture the emotion: "We'd try to do it again and I just said, 'You know, this ain't going to happen."
Sugar Mama and Willya Wontcha are great. The Ones We Couldn't Be is beautiful and so sad. River of Tears, All at Once, & Take My Love With You are some older ones that are really good. You can play the whole Road Tested Live Album all the way through, everything is so good.
I bought her first two albums in the early 1970s, the first was self-titled and the second was Give It Up. Those are really great and showcase her brilliant guitar playing. Love her!
I’m with you on those man. Her voice was more pure on her first few albums. She played in Geneva, NY where I went to college in 75’, but I had a final exam the next morning ! Finally saw her show six years ago and just loved it.
One of my all time memorable concert moments was seeing Bonnie do this song live @ a smaller venue in Colorado Springs. You could hear a pin drop it was so quiet during this song.
Bonnie Raitt's father John Raitt was an actor and musical star in the 40's and 50's. You should check out Bonnie's song "Angel From Montgomery" that was written by John Prine.
There are some great videos out there of Bonnie singing show tunes with her Dad. Here is an "Evening at the Pops" episode with 4 musical greats: Bonnie Raitt, John Raitt, Mark O'Connor, and (of course) John Williams with the baton. ruclips.net/video/bQRA0McI6ag/видео.html
Bonnie Raitt is AMAZING!! You should definitely listen to her first two albums from the early 70’s. Bluesy, and so incredibly soulful. She’s one of my all time favorites. Thanks for listening to her!!
Angel from Montgomery is arguably one of the best folk songs written. John Prine is the writer, but Bonnie's version has the most impact. Better still, listen to John and Bonnie together. Make an old broad happy, PLEASE REVIEW. ruclips.net/video/8TQK2h2BPNM/видео.html
Bonnie can melt you with silky smooth or crank it up and kick it out in the blink of an eye. A constant artist in my life's soundtrack (and I'm 65) who cut her teeth on blues music and paved a path for many to follow. John Raitt, her father, was a singer/actor, mostly in theater. She's the queen of the slide guitar playing...you can have quite a journey checking out her music catalog.
I went through a heartbreaking situation 30 plus years ago, and this song resonates so powerfully with me even today. I can not hear it without tearing up or sometimes just breaking down and crying. Not over still wanting that person, but there is nothing like the feeling of loving someone with your whole being, and knowing without a doubt that it will never be returned to you. It just devastates you. This song brings across those feelings so clearly that it could have happened yesterday...not a lifetime ago. Great review!!
I've been in love with Bonnie Rait since about 74 when i saw her play. She's got the voice the looks and she's a badass blues player. The perfect woman!💞😜
For me it was hearing "Runaway" in the late 70's. I just parked at my destination and sat in the car until the song finished so I could hear the announcer say who it was. I've only done that one other time in my life.
"I Can't Make You Love Me" one of the best ballads from the 90's. Increíble songwriting, music and lyrics. Bruce Hornsby is playing piano on Bonnie Raitt's version.
Wikipedia: "In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" the eighth best track on its The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time list. The song is ranked at number 339 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Also: "Raitt has received 11 Grammy Awards. She is listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and number 89 on the magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."
An old friend once told me he ran into her one nite down on Bourbon Street and asked her for her autograph. He told me she said "Sure Sugar!" He said his heart melted right there in the street 😊
@@FloridaRocks I met her backstage in Houston (Liberty Hall, for Houstonians!) in about 1971, touring as she must have been, for either her debut or sophomore Warner Bros. album. I was the music editor for my high school paper, and eagerly showed her my newly-minted "press pass," and she quipped, "Oh, great....now I know you're a narc!" Remember the year, and that line's relevance suddenly hits home! Hilarious, and an awfully nice gal!
From Wikipedia: "The idea for the song came to Reid while reading an article about a man arrested for getting drunk and shooting at his girlfriend's car. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, 'I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't.' Raitt recorded the vocal in just one take in the studio, later saying that it was so sad a song that she could not recapture the emotion: 'We'd try to do it again and I just said, "You know, this ain't going to happen."'" And by now you've figured out ... you gotta do some more Bonnie ...
This was my breakup song with my ex-husband. Rough time in my life, knowing the person you love with all your heart...doesn't love you anymore. Very very good song.
Im late to the party here. Im sorry it ended for you and your ex husband. I can relate i was in a long relationship that ended badly. I still miss her. I did move forward . Met a woman fell in love with her. We were married 10 years. I lost her 2 years ago. Life went full circle for me. Everyone has things in life that happen good and bad. The best i could do was just accept it for what it was and try to move forward. Its a struggle but im getting there slowly.
She is great. Her dad John was self-taught great; Broadway got him out of the coal mines. She’s an excellent guitarist. She, Jackson Browne, and Stevie Wonder sang “Amazing Grace” at Stevie Ray Vaughan’s funeral.
If you enjoyed this collaboration, here‘s another one with just another great female vocalist: Chaka Khan - ‚Love me still‘ ruclips.net/video/kR6kviVYgDA/видео.html
Most people can feel this song. I know I'm not the only one who's been in love with someone who didn't feel it back. When it happens for real, I think it never goes away. Even years later, you carry it around and even if you've moved on it still stings just a little tiny bit.
Miss Bonnie, beauty, talent and social conscience. After battling the demons of stardom she has been a crusader to get the royalties back into the hands of the Black artists who influenced her music.
Thank you for showing the respect for Bonnie. I saw her in concert the week that Stevie Ray Vaughn died in a plane crash. She called him her "pride and joy". You should have heard her that night. The audience wept with her.
Such a painfully truthful song. Many of us have been with someone who really likes us and enjoys being around us, will never love us because they just can't. You can't make them either regardless how much you try. It hurts!
And when you are on the other side of the relationship, it hurts just as much because the person is someone you have deep feelings for but not the right ones.
This song always makes me cry, because I can relate to it so much. I've been following Bonnie since the late 60s, and have probably seen her live more times than I've seen anyone else. She is just as good, if not better, live.
In my life, this song brings back really sad memories. Not to say it's a bad song, 'cause it's not...it's great...I love it. Just makes me think of stuff that I'd rather NOT think of...
The song has quite a backstory. One of the 2 writers read an article about a man who was going through a divorce and in a rage shot at his separated wife's empty car. When considering sentencing the judge asked the guy if he had learned anything and he replied "Yes, Your Honor. You can't make a woman love you if she don't" .
This brings me close to tears every time I listen to it .. especially the line "I'll close my eyes. Then I won't see, the love you don't feel when you're holding me" .. Brilliantly written, heart-breaking song, and no-one sings it better than Bonnie Raitt.
Written by 2 MEN! Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin Bonnie was/is a tough as nails road tested blues player. But there was always a sense of human frailty. This song done by her always touched me. She was brave enough to expose some vulnerability.
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I call First!! Great song Jamel, Bonnie has a slew of GREAT songs. Great slide guitar player too.
Charlie Pride went home to his final resting place. Covid mess.😥
Black Oak Arkansas - " The Halls of Common" please! Or "Uncle Elijah" come on!
Really enjoy you doing this.
Hey man, its your favourite Scotsman. You know what I want, Lewis Capaldi Someone you loved, Orginal video.
Stay safe man.
Dunc.
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If you do only one more Bonnie song, do
“Something to Talk About” An upbeat and well known song by her that won a Grammy. One of her most popular.
When Adele won her first grammy, it was her idol, Bonnie Raitt, who announced it and gave her the statue. That was no mistake. Bonnie is legend.
Bonnie is everything I've ever wanted to be!
And Adele covered this song as a tribute to Bonnie and the Adele cover is by far my favourite. Great song
This is what it sounds like when your soul is laid bare. Bonnie has said she only did one vocal because the song is so emotional that it drains you. Anyone that has ever loved anyone that did not love them back knows how this feels. This is talent. This is art. So beautiful and poignant .
Been there. Done that...you better sang, Bonnie.
One of the most beautiful songs ever performed. Perhaps it’s just me, but I’m torn up after listening to Bonnie sing this, ripped up, wrecked and ragged...inside. I must love pain, because I love this song!!!
Yes also watching you by Melissa ethridge! I’d been there done that it hurts SO bad for SO long!
omgosh...Bonnie doesn't get NEARLY the love she deserves.
I've loved her nearly 50 years, and yes -- she deserves every ounce!
You are absolutely correct, but she gets it from me, and has for nearly 50 years! Absolutely one of my all time favorites!
Absolutely!
She is one of the best !
her slide guitar playing is so incredible too!
One of the greatest heartbreak songs ever written.
I agree and not a lot of people know this song was originally written by Mike Reid, an NFL first round draft pick who left football for a music career. I took piano lessons from the same woman who taught him.
I sure miss Miss Bonnie. She swept up my heart years ago.
Bruce Hornsby plays piano on this. You should do "Mandolin Rain" by Bruce Hornsby. Fantastic song!
totally agree. :)
Did not know that was Bruce Hornsby, but on this re-listen, it is totally Bruce Hornsby.
Yes! Also The Show Goes On by Bruce Hornsby. The song at the end of Back Draft during the funeral. I alway tear up when it begins to play!
"That's Just the Way it Is" is another great song.
One of my favorite songs 'Mandolin Rain'!
One of the greatest female vocalists of all time. Check out "Angel From Montgomery" which was written by John Prine.
Agree
Amen to that
Went to an outdoor concert of hers at Red Rocks CO. Showed up early and lucked out and got front row center -- it was like beautiful spiritual blues.
Yes please
She owns that song AFAIAC. Oddly, Susan Tedeschi performs it so closely to the same way and also has a sultry smokey voice, I have to look at the MP3 tags when I play either of them in my car.
You should check out some more of Miss Bonnie , she is a first-rate singer , song writer guitarist
Bonnie and John prine's angel from Montgomery is one of the all time greatest live performances. She also does a fantastic rendition of can't find my way home.
@@thesimulation9651 , and then some
He should do ‘Something to Talk About’ next
more Bonnie, and EmmyLou Harris, both IMHO, total classy musical Queens!
Song writer? All the songs she's known for were written by others, including "Something to Talk About", "Thing Called Love" and this one, "I Can't Make You Love Me."
Bonnie cried, too. She recorded this in one take with the exception of a couple of breaks to sob. The most beautifully sad love song of all time, IMHO.
She is one oh the best blues slide guitarist ever.
Amen
Preach!🙌🏼
Not a truer word ever spoke.
Damn right !!
FACTS!
Bonnie is so underrated and has been such a talent for so long.
Well she has won a bunch of Grammys
Hardly "underrated"! She's been considered one of the best for a few decades now.
I know what you mean, but I don't think she is underrated. She is definitely not promoted and played on the radio nearly enough though.
In whose book has she been "underated"?? She has been a pillar of the blues/rock scene for 40 years. One of the finest bottle slide guitarists on the planet.
@@TripletDad3 She's never needed radio. Radio doesn't define greatness
“Angel from Montgomery”. Written by John Prine. Great song from Bonnie.
Yes-one of my favorites!
The interesting thing about that song is that I prefer John Prine's version; Bonnie's voice is so gorgeous that she doesn't sound like an old woman. It almost works against the song for me.
Another awesome cover of Angel from Montgomery is by the Tedeski Trucks Band.
Agreed! So sad when John died :(
Started listening to her in 1977 after "Sweet Forgiveness" came out.... without a doubt my favorite with 65 of her cuts on my Spotify list. I always felt this song was a match made in heaven with her voice and Bruce Hornsby's piano work.... Priceless!! 😌
Miss Bonnie is one of the best doing one of her best. Try not to cry! I don't know if she was personally in the middle of something, but I do know her voice is very expressive, she can make you feel anything.
I've heard this song so many times and thought I was numb to it, but when I reacted to it with Jamel, I found myself shedding tears!
Something To Talk About is a good song by her as well
@@evanhughes1510 Definitely, I was trying to think of the title.
R&B singer Tank covered this too.
" ...HERE IN THE DAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKK " gets me every time. I wish for a moment in my life where I could ever do something musically that would even begin to touch how moving and emotional her vocals are on this song.
Unmistakable Bruce Hornsby on piano ....Bonnie said his arrangment on keyboard took the song to another level ...magic song .,.....
Yeah... without him it's not nearly as powerful.
The two of them together makes it a masterpiece.
Bonnie ,Bonnie, Bonnie! This is one of the greatest heartbreak songs of all time. I play it on guitar, and sing it, and sometimes I can barely get through it! That pain you hear is real. She struggled with drugs and alcohol, and depression most of her adult life. She seems to have had a hard time maintaining relationships. She is one of the baddest Blues guitarist around, bar none, and I love her to death! That final chord, played by Bruce Hornsby is a killer! It's a final twist of the knife, and pure devastation. GOOSE BUMPS!
Bonny Raitt is so soulful on all of her songs...Her dad is John Raitt, a great musical Broadway star...
That's right about her dad. Yeah.
@@dapdne4916 Her dad did an album in the late 50's early 60's called "Songs the kids bring home from camp" It is available on RUclips. Americana sing-alongs.
Bruce Hornsby’s piano is so distinctive just like hearing a guitarist you can pick out quick. You really should dig into Bruce!
She is such a great guitarist also.
Bruce Hornsby has contributed to some amazing songs over the years. The Don Henley song "The End of the Innocence" is another one worth checking out.
And don't forget about his huge 80s hit "The Way It Is" with his band The Range from the album of the same title. Along with songs like "Mandolin Rain" and 'The River Runs Low", "The Way It Is" remains a favorite of mine from that decade.
Yes more Bruce Hornsby!!!
Bruce and The Dead is something to behold.
@@barbarascotto3873 Yeah I regret not having seen them together.
If you do only one more Bonnie Raitt song, please do “Something to Talk About” very well known, upbeat song by her that won a Grammy
I requested it too-
I was just going to suggest this. My favorite Bonnie Raitt song.
Yes!!!
Written by one of my all time favorites, John Hiatt.
@@wothotalro1610 Jamal should try some John Hiatt songs: "Have a Little Faith in Me", "Cry Love", "Angel Eyes". And my personal favorite, "Since His Penis Came Between Us".
This song does make me cry. I didn't know this was Bruce Hornsby on the piano, but it makes sense. His touch is so sensitive and emotional.
This song also makes me cry. I'm a 75 year-old man. When I listen to music on RUclips, the system puts possible songs on the right that I have listened to before. I usually skip this song since it hits me. But when I do listen, I melt!
Thank you for that tidbit family. I had no idea Bruce was on the keys for this magnificent piece of work. This is a truly heartfelt experience, every time I hear this. Be well...JB ✌🏾
Totally. This song is so pure and sorrowful, Bonnie is one of the greatest songwriters, vocalists, and instrumentalists of all time for sure💛. Love Bruce as well; he also plays on Don Henley’s “The End of the Innocence” and lends to it the same deep emotion and sensitivity. Thanks for the great comment!
Am I the only one that LOVES that she knew NOT to sell this song with vocal tricks and just showed us how broken her heart was and how she was experiencing that would crushing experience of letting go even though you know they aren't ever coming back?
YES!!!
Very understated and none of the God awful wailing that so many versions have.
I know this is a year old, but I was doing a “re-watch” as I often do. And that’s how I feel- having chops where you can certainly sing and belt it out is great! I certainly couldn’t come close! Lol However, with Bonnie doing this her way, it’s much more powerful being “vulnerable with that raw emotion than just singing to the hilltops- Prime exampled(Jamel mentioned it too) was when Whitney did “I will always love you” and everyone went nuts- NO disrespect to Whitney ✋🏼, she definitely could do fb (R.I.P. Whitney Houston ❤️🙌🏻) however.. Dolly’s was much more impactful for me. Same with “Power of love.” I adored that adored that song with Laura Brannigan (R.I.P. to Laura Brannigan ❤️🙌🏻❤️) doing it!! Celine Dion comes out with a cover of it (a good one) and everyone thinks it’s a brand new song-🤦🏻♀️I was screaming Laura Brannigan every time!! Lol. Same with Dolly, it has that raw vulnerability that really makes it.. No matter how well you blast those notes,etc..
Bonnie did not write the song - an NFL football player did. She may paid him for it.
@Patricia Mitchell "selling the song" has nothing to do with money changing hands or who wrote it. IT'S ABOUT THE DELIVERY. She's not wailing or screaming or even belting the song for power. She's letting the devastation of the person's giving up come through. It has nothing to do with who wrote it or song rights. I've heard Adele sing it, and Bon Iver sings it, but Bonnie's is the best to me because she lets the utter devastation and vulnerability come through. It's no big production. She's just laying her heart bear to someone who doesn't love her and she's just praying they give her 1 time before they leave her and she's stops punishing both of them. Sorry you weren't familiar with the term
No you're not
The great Bruce Hornsby on piano! Huge hits with “The Way it Is”, “Every Little Kiss”, “Mandolin Rain and several others.
Bruce also played with one of your faves, the Grateful Dead.
Been following him since I first heard The Way it Is. So talented and puts on amazing shows. He continues to make great music too.
Yes. Great band, great music.
Bruce wrote this for her...
@@bonepicker1 No. he didn't. It was written by Mike Reid and Allan Shamblin. I'd never heard of them, but with so many people crediting different writers of this song, I looked it up.
This is the saddest song about unrequited love.
The only love that lasts forever.
Reminds me of another really great song 'At this moment' by Billy Vera and the Beaters.
Yea, I couldn’t listen. It tears me up inside
I’ve been happily married 20 years, but this song takes me right back to the intense grief of early heartbreaks- holy sh*t that hurt!
@@Laura-rm6us Me too. I always cry when I hear this song. Takes me right back to that exact moment that I'll never forget. My biggest regret.
Bonnie Raitt's voice has been described as "honey soaked and whiskey scratched". A true classic - thank you for this one.
exactly!
Wow, awesome description! I’m glad that our society is not as judgmental relative to women’s voices versus men’s “whisky sounding” voices, not as judgmental as in years gone by anyway. Thank you Miss Bonnie!
Perfect description of her voice.
This song and "Something To Talk About", repeat and listen again and again.
Yes, yes, yes!
Hi I love Bonnie Raitt if you wanna get just a little little country listen to Her singing Let's give em something to talk about and the guy playing the piano for I can't make you Love me is Bruce Hornsby You might like his song that's just the way it is I very much enjoyed your reaction to such a beautiful song
@@tamaraharvey3569 Bruce Hornsby is half of the reason this song makes me cry so easily--his playing is beautiful and I don't even usually hear much past the vocals and guitar, even though I used to play piano as a child!
YES. AND ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY.
@@tamaraharvey3569 Love the video with Randy (her neighbor at the time.)
I've heard Bonnie sing this a thousand times. Still, every time I stop and really listen and a few tears roll.
Hearing her sing this live is something everyone needs to do at some point. You might also like KD Lang. She’s got a powerful voice as well.
“Constant Craving” might be the best kd song to react to.
Kd lang singing "hallelujah " at the Olympics was epic
@@tomski120
Yes. Though my heart is with the version she sang when Leonard Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, or at his memorial concert.
@@itzel1735 maybe she cannot do a bad version 😁
@@tomski120
That is absolutely a possibility.
Such a crazy good voice.
Fun fact: Bonnie didn’t write this one, but she was the original artist. It was written by Mike Reid who played in the NFL - he was a first round draft pick for the Bengals. He retired from football to be a full-time songwriter. And Bonnie, who made this a hit, is much more of a blues-based guitarist who’s got some genuine chops - so it was unusual for her to have a piano-based ballad as a hit song.
Cool info, I did not know this. Thanks!
Love his song and video for "Walk on Faith".... definitely worth checking out
Thanks for the info Randy .... good move on Reid’s part.
Wow.. I had no idea.. thanks.
Wow, did not know that, thanks for sharing that fact, a NFL player.
Bonnie's roots are in blues. She has that feeling and sound in most of what she does. A great musician, songwriter, singer.
Guitar player too!
Bonnie's voice is unmistakable, a supreme songstress
This song is so deep. There's nothing harder on the soul than one-sided love. Thank you, Bonnie.
Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville & Gregg Allman -Tell It Like It Is.
Oh yeah! Great suggestions.
Jamel, here’s the link. ruclips.net/video/6HjCbKnzDzQ/видео.html
tried to post this to his ig a while ago
Love it!
Bonnie Raitt....American treasure....
Preach.
Two treasures. Bonnie Raitt with John Lee Hooker
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Saucy song....soooo good.
"Raitt recorded the vocal in just one take in the studio, later saying that it was so sad a song that she could not recapture the emotion: "We'd try to do it again and I just said, 'You know, this ain't going to happen."
Ugh. One if the truest songs ever written. Tears are running down my face. I cry every time I hear this. Bonnie is an incredible talent
“I will lay down my heart, and I’ll feel the power.....but you won’t.” OMG
Exactly Laura, that line kills me every time. I think you have to live that line to understand it, I know I did.
The best song about unrequited love. So sad, but beautifully performed, both vocally by Bonnie and Bruce Hornsby on the piano.
And beautifully written by Mike Reid.
"NICK OF TIME"
"Love Letter"
"Runaway"- her version of the Del Shannon song
"Don't It Make You Wanna Dance"
"Have A Heart"
"Something To Talk About" is also a good one.
Sugar Mama and Willya Wontcha are great. The Ones We Couldn't Be is beautiful and so sad. River of Tears, All at Once, & Take My Love With You are some older ones that are really good. You can play the whole Road Tested Live Album all the way through, everything is so good.
Something to Talk About is fun, too :)
Love letter was my indoctrination to the wonderful Bonnie Raitt. Was a hard rock guy going through a blues phase and she hooked me good.
YES! Her version of Runaway just burns from beginning to end!
Glad you found this rabbit hole...keep going! "Let's Give em Something to Talk About " next✌
Thing called love is a real banger too
@@thesimulation9651 Both John Hiatt songs. Would love to see Jamel check out some of his stuff.
Love when she teams up with John Prine.
I bought her first two albums in the early 1970s, the first was self-titled and the second was Give It Up. Those are really great and showcase her brilliant guitar playing. Love her!
I’m with you on those man. Her voice was more pure on her first few albums. She played in Geneva, NY where I went to college in 75’, but I had a final exam the next morning ! Finally saw her show six years ago and just loved it.
Doesn't take many bars of music to become a Bonnie Raitt fan....forever.....
She's a true performer, who sounds as good live as she does in the studio.
This is one of those songs that makes your heart hurt. The way she sings it feels so raw. One of my favorite songs for sure!
Bonnie is one amazing musician - a legendary slide guitar player on top. Thanks for choosing this one.
One of my all time memorable concert moments was seeing Bonnie do this song live @ a smaller venue in Colorado Springs. You could hear a pin drop it was so quiet during this song.
James Taylor, about Bonnie Raitt, "The voice I love most in the world."
Please react to Bruce Hornsby's, Mandolin Rain. He's playing the piano here for Bonnie. But he's a great singer and songwriter too.
Yes Bruce Hornsby adds so much to this performance
Absolutely
Amen my friends
No one can top Bonnie singing this song with the GREAT Bruce Hornsby on piano!
Bonnie Raitt's father John Raitt was an actor and musical star in the 40's and 50's. You should check out Bonnie's song "Angel From Montgomery" that was written by John Prine.
There are some great videos out there of Bonnie singing show tunes with her Dad. Here is an "Evening at the Pops" episode with 4 musical greats: Bonnie Raitt, John Raitt, Mark O'Connor, and (of course) John Williams with the baton. ruclips.net/video/bQRA0McI6ag/видео.html
Love Bruce Hornsby on piano.
Nobody sings this song like the great Bonnie Raitt. She’s a country soul who crossed over many genres of fans admiring her music and voice.
Without disrespect to any other artist who admired and tried, SHE IS THE TRUTHFUL OWNER OF THIS SONG!!! PERIOD!!!!!!!
No need for a do over!!!!!
Bonnie Raitt is AMAZING!! You should definitely listen to her first two albums from the early 70’s. Bluesy, and so incredibly soulful. She’s one of my all time favorites. Thanks for listening to her!!
I love her song Blender (I think) from the Tower Theater. In the 70's
Jamel, trust me. Bonnie Raitt’s version of “Angel From Montgomery” -a John Prine song.
Get it done son. You’re the best!
Oh my god yes ....
It's so fine. John Prine's lyrics and Bonnie's style. I've been "with Bonnie Raitt" since I was 14yrs. old. That was 1973...still love her.
Angel from Montgomery is arguably one of the best folk songs written. John Prine is the writer, but Bonnie's version has the most impact. Better still, listen to John and Bonnie together. Make an old broad happy, PLEASE REVIEW. ruclips.net/video/8TQK2h2BPNM/видео.html
RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@lindanorris2455 Damn straight, sister!
Bonnie can melt you with silky smooth or crank it up and kick it out in the blink of an eye. A constant artist in my life's soundtrack (and I'm 65) who cut her teeth on blues music and paved a path for many to follow. John Raitt, her father, was a singer/actor, mostly in theater. She's the queen of the slide guitar playing...you can have quite a journey checking out her music catalog.
Have you seen the duet she did with her Dad with Boston Pops in 92’ ? What a great performance !
@@tcanfield I have seen it, just wonderful!
Written by the great Mike Reid. IMO one of the best and most versatile songwriters ever in Nashville.
I went through a heartbreaking situation 30 plus years ago, and this song resonates so powerfully with me even today. I can not hear it without tearing up or sometimes just breaking down and crying. Not over still wanting that person, but there is nothing like the feeling of loving someone with your whole being, and knowing without a doubt that it will never be returned to you. It just devastates you. This song brings across those feelings so clearly that it could have happened yesterday...not a lifetime ago.
Great review!!
I have the exact same reaction as you Debbie, and the exact same experience !
I feel u both...tragically and completely 💔
I'm feel the pain too sometimes Debbie!
Without a doubt, and give hugs and love and kisses to Allen Shamblin and Mike Reid who wrote this soul stealer.
I've been in love with Bonnie Rait since about 74 when i saw her play. She's got the voice the looks and she's a badass blues player. The perfect woman!💞😜
For me it was hearing "Runaway" in the late 70's. I just parked at my destination and sat in the car until the song finished so I could hear the announcer say who it was. I've only done that one other time in my life.
Michael McDonald was one of the back up singers on that song and several others on that album!
Bonnie is one of THE GREATEST blues singers .... she even recorded and performed with John Lee Hooker !!!!
Bonnie Raitt has the best band playing live music EVER !!
..she is the Best Female Blues Slide guitar player Everrrrrrrr !!!!!
" Thing called Love ". Listen to this song. She was put on the map for this song
@@kelligallicchio325 Check out her "Road Tested" live album, esp "Love Letter".... arrangement is so tasty it's like a stiletto😁
Right in the feels, this song hits me.
"I Can't Make You Love Me" one of the best ballads from the 90's. Increíble songwriting, music and lyrics. Bruce Hornsby is playing piano on Bonnie Raitt's version.
This is a one-of-a-kind song by a one-of-kind artist.
Bonnie is one of the most underrated songwriter/musician back to the 70’s. Plays a mean slide guitar also.
I don’t know about underrated. She’s won 10 Grammys and has had 26 Grammy nominations. She’s awesome!
Her song "Let's Give Them Something To Talk About" is an awesome one as well.
I forgot to put that on my list.
Bonnie was a child prodigy who played with all the great blues artists. She still promotes them and is happy to just play background for them
Wikipedia: "In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" the eighth best track on its The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time list. The song is ranked at number 339 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Also: "Raitt has received 11 Grammy Awards. She is listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and number 89 on the magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."
An old friend once told me he ran into her one nite down on Bourbon Street and asked her for her autograph. He told me she said "Sure Sugar!" He said his heart melted right there in the street 😊
@@FloridaRocks I met her backstage in Houston (Liberty Hall, for Houstonians!) in about 1971, touring as she must have been, for either her debut or sophomore Warner Bros. album. I was the music editor for my high school paper, and eagerly showed her my newly-minted "press pass," and she quipped, "Oh, great....now I know you're a narc!" Remember the year, and that line's relevance suddenly hits home! Hilarious, and an awfully nice gal!
Can't hit enough thumbs up !!!!!!
@@aviatom1 I suggest visiting a hitchhikers convention.😉
From Wikipedia: "The idea for the song came to Reid while reading an article about a man arrested for getting drunk and shooting at his girlfriend's car. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, 'I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't.' Raitt recorded the vocal in just one take in the studio, later saying that it was so sad a song that she could not recapture the emotion: 'We'd try to do it again and I just said, "You know, this ain't going to happen."'"
And by now you've figured out ... you gotta do some more Bonnie ...
This was my breakup song with my ex-husband. Rough time in my life, knowing the person you love with all your heart...doesn't love you anymore. Very very good song.
Felt. Yes this is the perfect example of my last encounter with my ex husband.
Im late to the party here. Im sorry it ended for you and your ex husband. I can relate i was in a long relationship that ended badly. I still miss her. I did move forward . Met a woman fell in love with her. We were married 10 years. I lost her 2 years ago. Life went full circle for me. Everyone has things in life that happen good and bad. The best i could do was just accept it for what it was and try to move forward. Its a struggle but im getting there slowly.
Her version of John Prine’s Angel From Montgomery is pure Gold. Carful man, Bonnie Raitt is a beautiful rabbit hole. Check out her slide guitar work
Yes!! 🙌🙌 She gives me goosebumps every time!
My favorite song by Bonnie Raitt. You can feel the pain in her voice. thank you
That will melt the coldest heart. You can feel the heartbreak. It is palpable. Perfection!
Raitts voice is so unique, and this song highlights her incredible talent. Beautiful, sad song.
Stunningly Beautiful and Melodic!!
She is great. Her dad John was self-taught great; Broadway got him out of the coal mines. She’s an excellent guitarist. She, Jackson Browne, and Stevie Wonder sang “Amazing Grace” at Stevie Ray Vaughan’s funeral.
The piano is played by Bruce Hornsby. Check him out as well. He had several very good hits.
He has so much good music beyond the songs most people know too. Just a great artist.
Mandolin rain 💗
If you enjoyed this collaboration, here‘s another one with just another great female vocalist:
Chaka Khan - ‚Love me still‘
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Bonnie Rait and Bruce Hornsby. With a duo like that you can't miss.
She has done so much for blues singers trying to get the recognition and monetary gains they deserve
ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY!
Been waiting for someone to get to Bonnie. She's so good on so many things.
Bonnie always moves me. Whether it is her soulful, expressive voice or her kick ass slide guitar playing, she is the best at making you feel.
Bonnie brings a truth that can not be duplicated. If you aren't touched by this master, you're not human.
This always makes me cry. Not just because it’s beautiful, but because I have been there.
Most people can feel this song. I know I'm not the only one who's been in love with someone who didn't feel it back. When it happens for real, I think it never goes away. Even years later, you carry it around and even if you've moved on it still stings just a little tiny bit.
Bonnie Raitt is amazing - so many great songs from her to pick from. Angel From Montgomery, Love Letter, Runaway , coud go on an on.
Miss Bonnie, beauty, talent and social conscience. After battling the demons of stardom she has been a crusader to get the royalties back into the hands of the Black artists who influenced her music.
Thank you for showing the respect for Bonnie. I saw her in concert the week that Stevie Ray Vaughn died in a plane crash. She called him her "pride and joy". You should have heard her that night. The audience wept with her.
My eyes get moist and it warms my heart each and every time I listen to this song.
Classic, great song - thanks, Jamel
Such a painfully truthful song. Many of us have been with someone who really likes us and enjoys being around us, will never love us because they just can't. You can't make them either regardless how much you try. It hurts!
And when you are on the other side of the relationship, it hurts just as much because the person is someone you have deep feelings for but not the right ones.
I have been there myself
Charley Pride passed away today. He was the only Black country singer that I knew of. 27, number 1 songs! You could slip in one of country's legends.
This song always makes me cry, because I can relate to it so much. I've been following Bonnie since the late 60s, and have probably seen her live more times than I've seen anyone else. She is just as good, if not better, live.
I love how you are so open minded and appreciative of so many different types of music.
This song always makes my eyes water. Beautiful.
More Bonnie!! Here are a few great options: Love Sneakin' Up on You, Something to talk about, Thing Called Love. So many great ones...
Nick of Time is a great song too, from the album of the same name
In my life, this song brings back really sad memories. Not to say it's a bad song, 'cause it's not...it's great...I love it. Just makes me think of stuff that I'd rather NOT think of...
Me too Guido
This is the quintessential thirty-five-year-old about to be divorced singing, crying In The car song
Been there 😥
Me too and after all these years, it still hurts😢😢
Exactly!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written or sung!
The song has quite a backstory. One of the 2 writers read an article about a man who was going through a divorce and in a rage shot at his separated wife's empty car. When considering sentencing the judge asked the guy if he had learned anything and he replied "Yes, Your Honor. You can't make a woman love you if she don't" .
Oh my the memories. Another underrated artist from back in the day. Love her voice .
Bonnie Raitt- "Give Them Something To Talk About".... next, please!
This brings me close to tears every time I listen to it .. especially the line "I'll close my eyes. Then I won't see, the love you don't feel when you're holding me" .. Brilliantly written, heart-breaking song, and no-one sings it better than Bonnie Raitt.
Written by 2 MEN! Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin
Bonnie was/is a tough as nails road tested blues player. But there was always a sense of human frailty. This song done by her always touched me. She was brave enough to expose some vulnerability.