FIRST TIME HEARING Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree REACTION

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  • FIRST TIME HEARING Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree REACTION
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  • @DJHolte
    @DJHolte Год назад +811

    As I'm sure others will mention, this song became a cultural landmark in American history, during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. People with loved ones being held, and just Americans in general, began tying yellow ribbons around trees to show their support and love, and hope for their safe return. You'd see them all around the country. And it was all inspired by this song.

    • @DJHolte
      @DJHolte Год назад +49

      And of course, knowing that story turns this song from a simple bouncy pop song to something powerfully emotional.

    • @JimiBurleigh
      @JimiBurleigh Год назад +66

      Yep, I'm old enough to remember seeing yellow ribbons everywhere in '81 when the Iranian hostages came home.

    • @johnchauvin2183
      @johnchauvin2183 Год назад +33

      I remember that quite well. Yellow ribbons and this song was everywhere. The last time I saw yellow ribbons was in the 90's for the soldiers in the gulf war. It's funny and sad how much things have changed.

    • @VicEclectica
      @VicEclectica Год назад +19

      I remember that - there were ribbons everywhere. You don't see it much anymore, but I'll occasionally see one and remember this song and smile.

    • @rrmcbride555
      @rrmcbride555 Год назад +5

      OH GOD!.......That ribbon stuff lasted soooo long. Ribbons on trees... so corny.

  • @Lakeshore14
    @Lakeshore14 Год назад +411

    This was a monster hit back in the day. It was used to welcome military people back from service as well as anyone who was incarcerated. You heard this song all the time on the radio. It really is a feel-good song and Tony really delivers on this. Thanks for the great reaction. 👏👏🇨🇦

    • @adamsher2538
      @adamsher2538 Год назад +10

      I still see yellow ribbons on trees once in a while.

    • @Lakeshore14
      @Lakeshore14 Год назад +2

      @@adamsher2538 So cool. I also did see them twice on trees.

    • @zeppelinfan9360
      @zeppelinfan9360 Год назад +1

      This song was so annoying to so many probably because it was played so much.

    • @Hardrock1a
      @Hardrock1a Год назад +5

      That was the second resurgence of this song, it originally came out in the 60s and then was used as it has been said during the Iranian hostage crisis in the late 70s.

    • @jollyrodgers7272
      @jollyrodgers7272 Год назад +4

      That was the Iranian Hostage Crisis - and used as a National symbol, played everyday for 444 days until their release.

  • @KenOtwell
    @KenOtwell Год назад +198

    This song is where the whole ribbon thing for a cause originated. It was first adopted for soldiers coming home to make them feel welcome, and then just worn on your chest to show support for soldiers... and now pink ribbons for breast cancer supporters and a dozen other colors. This song started it all!

  • @rossmacintosh5652
    @rossmacintosh5652 Год назад +181

    Several years ago here in my Canadian neighbourhood a neighbour's son was returning from military service in Afghanistan. To welcome him home, his family tied thousands of yellow ribbons around neighbourhood trees & power poles. It was heartwarming to see.

  • @xzonia1
    @xzonia1 Год назад +123

    The pure joy on y'all faces when you heard him say "100 yellow ribbons" is how this song makes me feel each time I hear it. Such a heartwarming act of love! ❤😊

  • @darenjones2351
    @darenjones2351 Год назад +93

    The joy on Amber's face when he saw the all the ribbons was beautiful to watch. That last part gives me the feels every time. Such a sweet song.

  • @jimedwards4214
    @jimedwards4214 Год назад +71

    Amber, what a sweet soul you have. World needs more like you.GOD Bless

  • @rubroken
    @rubroken Год назад +74

    It doesn't matter if it's military coming home, someone released from prison, or any other reason someone's been gone, that yellow ribbon is a testament to love

  • @shalalala3032
    @shalalala3032 Месяц назад +3

    Watching both of you reactions to the "100 ribbon" lyrics, is priceless - it's the mere fact that these types of songs makes you actually LISTEN to the story being told. I've seen the yellow ribbons tied around my neighbour's trees in Toronto, CANADA back in 1979 and I never understood the rationale until my older sister explained the symbolism of this song and those returning from war or incarceration "doing their time" waiting for loved ones reception upon their return.

  • @jackieknows9129
    @jackieknows9129 Год назад +133

    Fun Fact, Thelma Hopkins one of the members of Dawn was not only a singer, Hopkins' delivered the line "shut your mouth" on Isaac Hayes' song "Shaft", she was also an actress with lots of tv credits.

    • @jamiedianne6778
      @jamiedianne6778 Год назад +25

      I remember her as Aunt Rachel on Family Matters!

    • @coolcpa3321
      @coolcpa3321 Год назад +25

      I remember her from Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari and Donna Dixon.

    • @caretaker158
      @caretaker158 Год назад +16

      Loved her in "Gimme a Break"

    • @jamiedianne6778
      @jamiedianne6778 Год назад +4

      @@caretaker158 I forgot that one! I loved that show back in the day!

    • @andyfletcher3561
      @andyfletcher3561 Год назад +8

      Also as the mother of Terry Crews in "Are We There Yet". She's great at comedy and has been steady working since 1979 as an actress. Six episodes of "Days of Our Lives", "Gimmee a Break" and a bunch of other comedies. She was in all of the "Trancers" films, and "The Matrix:Revolutions", and apparently a bunch of dramas as well.

  • @joelilley6603
    @joelilley6603 Год назад +64

    It was cute watching you two jump for joy when he said "a hundred yellow ribbons." 😂😂 Great reaction to a great song. 👍

    • @knoxscott65able
      @knoxscott65able Год назад +2

      Watch their reaction to Jim Dandy a few months ago. Hilarious!!

  • @greg2976
    @greg2976 Год назад +29

    I'm a 63 year old man. I always cry at the end when he sees 100 yellow ribbons! That is so heart warming!!!!

    • @albertchavez2693
      @albertchavez2693 5 месяцев назад +1

      Clas of 1978 cried right along too :) :(

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 5 месяцев назад

      👍@@albertchavez2693

  • @walterpanovs
    @walterpanovs Год назад +149

    A big #1 worldwide hit and the top selling single in the USA and UK in 1973. Tony Orlando had a couple of minor hits in the early '60s as a teen idol type and then went on to become a music executive. Around 1970 he was asked to sing lead on a nice-sounding pop song that would be credited to a group called "Dawn" that really didn't exist. That song was "Candida" and it became a surprise Top Five hit so Tony was suddenly back in the singing business but also had to come up with some singers to complete the group so they could perform on-stage and make more recordings. He contacted a couple of back-up singers who'd recorded for his record label, future actress Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson (who was ready to leave the biz), and suddenly a "real" group existed, and it became Tony Orlando and Dawn. Many hits and a TV show followed.

    • @kevinhouse4376
      @kevinhouse4376 Год назад +9

      It's actually spelled 'Telma' Hopkins. There is no 'h' in her first name.

    • @lavenderbluemama953
      @lavenderbluemama953 Год назад +2

      Oh my goodness! I had no idea about this backstory, lol! I only remember loving the song as a little kid in the 70s. I wonder how many times that happened... meaning, groups that came into existence this way. The only other one I can think of was The Monkees, but maybe it happened all the time & I was just oblivious, lol!

    • @amb2745
      @amb2745 Год назад +5

      It was because Tony was a music executive (Tony worked for Columbia Records as a music publisher), he couldn't use his name on any of the early Dawn records due to a professional conflict of interest. That's why the first couple of singles/albums don't mention Tony's name. When Tie A Yellow Ribbon came out in 1973, his name was on the single/album as "Tony Orlando And Dawn".

    • @walterpanovs
      @walterpanovs Год назад +4

      @@lavenderbluemama953 Yes, there have always been hit records by imaginary groups created by singers and musicians who weren't credited. The hit "Na-Na-Na Hey-Hey Goodbye" from 1970 was credited to Steam, but there was no such actual group at the time. Same goes for a number of hits that English singer Tony Burrows sang on like non-group Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes." He actually had several hits out at the same time credited to several different imaginary groups.

    • @johnd8892
      @johnd8892 Год назад +4

      Number one for seven weeks in Australia and ten weeks in New Zealand in 1973.

  • @dawnbailey1132
    @dawnbailey1132 Год назад +75

    This brought tears to my eyes. When the hostages were freed from Iran, they were flown into Newburgh NY, then a motorcade of their busses drove down 9W. It seemed all of Cornwall NY lined the road cheering, waving, screaming blessings and waving flags. Our family was on the median jumping up and down waving and crying happy tears. One of the happiest memories of my life. Thanks for reminding me. ❤️

    • @laurogarza4953
      @laurogarza4953 8 месяцев назад +1

      I had forgotten! Thank you for the reminder.

  • @VicEclectica
    @VicEclectica Год назад +36

    This is where it all started :) You'll see it most often with military families, but occasionally driving around you'll see a yellow ribbon tied around a tree. Thank Tony Orlando and Dawn.

  • @samueltabo3390
    @samueltabo3390 Год назад +35

    The song that popularized the tradition of tying yellow ribbons in anticipation of a loved one coming home. It was also Tony Orlando and Dawn's biggest hit and the #1 song of 1973

  • @lydianunez2522
    @lydianunez2522 Год назад +47

    This was one of their greatest songs. Afterwards the yellow ribbon was used for our returning service men, it was beautiful to see homes with Ribbons 🎀

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty Год назад +98

    I remember watching their primetime tv variety show in the 70s. Everyone had a variety show in the 70s. Sonny and Cher, Donny and Marie, The Carpenters, and on and on. This was a huge hit.
    I didn't know what a yellow Ribbon was for, until I heard this song. It was for someone in prison or a war prisoner. You would have a Big yellow ribbon in your window or somewhere, so your neighbors would know a loved one was not able to come home for some reason. Usually, it was because of war. A gold star in the window, meant a family member of this home was killed in war.

    • @laurabailey1054
      @laurabailey1054 Год назад +1

      I remember watching the tv show

    • @debrafong8899
      @debrafong8899 Год назад +1

      Yup! I watched them all!

    • @ericjanssen394
      @ericjanssen394 Год назад +1

      The Carpenters had a variety show? I know the Captain & Tenille did, and so did Shields & Yarnell, sure you're not thinking of those?

    • @poguemom3
      @poguemom3 Год назад +2

      The Barbara Mandrell Show was one of my favorites!

    • @ellenjones7819
      @ellenjones7819 Год назад

      @@ericjanssen394 I don't remember The Carpenters having a show either. They did have a tv special around Christmas once.

  • @marybaillie8907
    @marybaillie8907 Год назад +107

    Remained at Number 1 for 4 weeks. This was a major hit for Tony Orlando and Dawn. Over 2,000 versions of this song have been recorded. Versions by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and get ready Amber....Tom Jones.
    After the release of this song families of military men and women started tying yellow ribbons around trees awaiting the arrival home of their loved ones. 💕💕
    Great reaction to a great song.You two are priceless. 🤗🤗 Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️🇨🇦 🇨🇦

    • @johnd8892
      @johnd8892 Год назад +4

      Also number one for seven weeks in Australia and ten weeks in New Zealand in 1973.
      Six other countries at number one also.

    • @MoMoMyPup10
      @MoMoMyPup10 Год назад +1

      I think there's enough 'syrup' already in their reactions lol

    • @juliewhite7469
      @juliewhite7469 Год назад

      Canadians are the sweetest ! Always love your comments Mary Baillie 🥰

    • @marybaillie8907
      @marybaillie8907 Год назад

      @@juliewhite7469 Thanks Julie. So kind of you. 😊👍✌️🎶🇨🇦

  • @kperry2504
    @kperry2504 Год назад +177

    This song was almost an anthem back in 1980 do to the Iran hostage crisis. All across the country folks were tying a yellow ribbon around oak trees, any kind of tree, to support the hostages. Our nation was united in the hopes of their safety & freedom. I still have a copy of the cable message (yes no internet back then lol) I sent to them when they were freed! It was a happy day for all of us when they came home! :)

    • @kperry2504
      @kperry2504 Год назад +3

      @Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT I understand the 1973 usage of the song. I wore a MIA bracelet, and sang the song endlessly as most folks did at the time. Also, i am married to a Vietnam Vet. :) Just remembering the use of the song also for the hostages.

    • @earth2kosmickitty
      @earth2kosmickitty Год назад +2

      It sure was! That is so awesome how you still have a copy of the cable message, wow, what a treasure!🤗 I remember when this song came out, I was a young girl 7 years old! I loved Tony Orlando & Dawn, they had such amazing chemistry and harmony! This song was used as an anthem for the Hostages in Iran just as "Get Here" by Oleta Adams was used as an anthem for the troops in the Gulf War. It's amazing how a song has a way of attaching itself to a crisis or a moment in time, that brings people together. Music is so magical.🥰

    • @theodoreritola7641
      @theodoreritola7641 6 месяцев назад

      1st back in the 70s Fresh...

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Год назад +26

    Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Candida" and "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"!!!!

  • @zoemn24
    @zoemn24 Год назад +54

    My parents raised me right, I love this so much... it’s a deceptively uplifting song. ❤️

    • @midnightfury9001
      @midnightfury9001 Год назад +1

      73 ish and this song comes on in our station wagon radio and mom is hauling us kids to school , good times 😀

    • @zoemn24
      @zoemn24 Год назад +1

      @@midnightfury9001
      I did listen to this in the car coming away from school when my parents picked me up on one of their 70s compilation CDs they have…but in the 2000s onwards because I was born in 1997, they were some good times for me too. I googled it was released in 1973. I love music when people from completely different eras in life can have somewhat similar experiences.

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 Год назад +3

      You can't help but be moved by this song, it's impossible!

    • @fidge54
      @fidge54 Год назад

      Hahahahaha! Too bad they both obviously had tin ears

  • @paulmargett9360
    @paulmargett9360 Год назад +33

    Knowing the outcome of this song it was pure joy watching your reaction to the final verse. Much love from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @kleenextoes430
    @kleenextoes430 Год назад +14

    I was 12 when this song came out and it made me so happy! She tied 100 ribbons! The whole bus was cheering! You don’t have to be defined by your mistakes! You can screw up and still be loved! It just made me feel good when I first heard it and it still does!

  • @steveclevenger5826
    @steveclevenger5826 Год назад +12

    I can’t believe after all these years, and the billion times I heard this song on the radio in the 70s, this still brought a tear to my eye.

  • @DG2244
    @DG2244 Год назад +38

    This was a huge hit for them. All the Vietnam soldiers grabbed onto this and it became a thing. Great feel good song from back in the day.

    • @jacklewis5452
      @jacklewis5452 Год назад +1

      @Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT - library of congress credits a state dept employee whose husband was an iranian hostage as being the first to use the tree ribbons in 1981. She was inspired by this song.

  • @swordforjustice
    @swordforjustice Год назад +15

    The yellow ribbon symbolizes you have a loved one in the military who isn’t forgotten.

  • @67mtm
    @67mtm Год назад +19

    Tony Orlando and Dawn were very big in the 70's...had a hit show on tv too! I remember them growing up, yellow ribbons and all! 🎗️

  • @leonabarad6972
    @leonabarad6972 Год назад +17

    Military families started displaying yellow ribbons to show that they had loved ones that they wanted home. It comes from this song.

  • @pxlmvr7
    @pxlmvr7 Год назад +21

    It was a simpler time when music could just be innocent, happy and fun! There were many hits like this especially in the 70s and it was so much fun because I was a young black kid that was 12 when this came out, so you can just imagine how this hit! You guys’ reactions help us remember what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time🙂 brings a tear to my eyes 🥲

  • @debbers
    @debbers 11 месяцев назад +8

    Your look of hope when he said 100 yellow ribbons around the ole old tree was FABULOUS! I was glad to be here and witness it! Thank you!

  • @raymondohlsen5054
    @raymondohlsen5054 10 месяцев назад +1

    Such beautiful, loving souls you two have to get so invested in an old pop tune....

  • @ellenfagan4338
    @ellenfagan4338 10 месяцев назад +8

    You are both so wonderful...Amber's unadulterated joy when she hears about the yellow ribbons gave me yet another reason to weep with joy for the bezillionth time over this truly happy song about love & redemption. ✌️♥️🎶

  • @josephcamhi5676
    @josephcamhi5676 8 месяцев назад +5

    The tradition of tying of the yellow ribbon around a tree for the soldiers came from this song. This song was a huge hit in the 1970s and had that affect on the culture.

  • @Laniefj
    @Laniefj Год назад +5

    This is a trip straight back to the 70's.

  • @staceyeugster9260
    @staceyeugster9260 Год назад +8

    Loved how invested Amber is in whether or not the ribbons were on the tree! Sooo sweet!!!!

  • @donlee1534
    @donlee1534 Год назад +10

    Another gem from the ‘70s (it was actually the number 1 song in all of 1973). And it’s “deceptively simple”. Notice that unlike other catchy pop songs that repeat short segments of the melody over and over, this melody barely repeats through the verses and chorus, but is still so infectious. Lots of songs like this in that decade. PS - I really loved the reaction you two had when it came to the part where 100 yellow ribbons were tied on the old oak tree - priceless! It’s things like this that make your reactions special. Keep up the great work!

  • @jamesscoles859
    @jamesscoles859 Год назад +5

    Your reactions to the "100 yellow ribbons part" was classic !

  • @michaelevans1193
    @michaelevans1193 Год назад +7

    First, thanks for making me smile today. Your reactions to the 100 yellow ribbons was PRICELESS!
    Second, this song was the basis for the ribbons we see for various causes. It all started when 52 Americans were held hostage by Iranian “students” for 444 days from November 1979 - January 1981. People tied yellow ribbons around anything that didn’t move sending love and prayers for the hostages.
    After the hostages were freed (inauguration day 1981) the yellow ribbon became a symbol for anyone missing. Later other colors were used to symbolize other causes.

  • @daronbaird6060
    @daronbaird6060 Год назад +6

    This song was the genesis of the practice of tying ribbons around things to welcome love one home.

  • @BillO964
    @BillO964 Год назад +12

    This was such a meaningful song when I got out of the Navy. Not necessarily prison.

  • @laurogarza4953
    @laurogarza4953 8 месяцев назад +1

    Look at you, Amber, jumping for joy to a happy ending! You are delightful.

  • @jeffphillips9588
    @jeffphillips9588 Год назад +7

    Candida - Tony Orlando and Dawn is another Calypso type great song by them!

  • @Keedeeg
    @Keedeeg Год назад +1

    Such a happy feel-good song!! It paints such a sentimental picture!!

  • @raineyj560
    @raineyj560 Год назад +4

    The feel good songs of my generation!!!!!

  • @Woodman26
    @Woodman26 Год назад +1

    they Were one group / Trio..I grew up listening to them..Love listening to them..

  • @ralphgelwicks3679
    @ralphgelwicks3679 Год назад +3

    That song is a true masterpiece! And the ending always fills my heart with joy and my eyes with tears because although he wanted to see that one ribbon he knew he might not see any ribbons but he was totally wrong because she even more wanted him back and blew him away with 100 yellow ribbons above and beyond anything he ever expected! Totally awesome story in a totally awesome song. One of my all time favorites!

  • @GunnarFreyr71909
    @GunnarFreyr71909 Год назад +1

    Quite much played in my childhood. Know it by heart still. Such a feel good song.

  • @terricooper3678
    @terricooper3678 Год назад +3

    I met Tony Orlando in Branson. We went to his show just because it was one that had tickets available. Besides being a great performer, he told wonderful stories about his childhood and career. He was a very warm person. He shook all of our hands and pulled my boyfriend's sister up on stage and sang to her. After I told a co-worker about Branson she took her disabled nephew on a trip there and met Tony. She said he took several photos with them. When he saw he had worn his sunglasses, he took all the photos over without his glasses on. He also spent a lot of time talking with her nephew. It was nice to meet someone who was such a warm and lovely human being❤.

  • @robertcarter3768
    @robertcarter3768 Год назад +1

    This was the first time using ribbons to symbolize something. As you know we all jumped on it and there are colored ribbons for EVERYTHING!!!

  • @gypsyrocker
    @gypsyrocker Год назад +3

    You guys are too cute!! The way you reacted to the 100 yellow ribbons, so stinking cute!! ❤

  • @zanychris
    @zanychris Год назад +8

    This song was wonderful for those of us who had friends and loved ones who were incarcerated. For me, it will always be about that.

  • @rochelle1961
    @rochelle1961 Год назад +3

    Your reaction to 100 yellow ribbons at the end of the song is absolutely joyous!!! Loved it❤

  • @jai07070
    @jai07070 Год назад +1

    I rewatched your video because of the way you both reacted simultaneously hearing, "the whole damn bus was cheering..." flawless!

  • @mikedean739
    @mikedean739 Год назад +19

    The song was written based on a true story of a man returning from prison and wrote to his wife and said that if she still wanted him, to tie a yellow ribbon around the the trunk of the tree in their front yard. When he came home the wife had put yellow ribbons on the trunk, the branches the fence posts and even the mail box.

  • @CinWin516
    @CinWin516 Год назад +1

    What a fun and ADORABLE reaction. I loved the clap! ❤‍🩹

  • @martic51
    @martic51 Год назад +6

    I love this one so much, it means so much to so many! And I so appreciate you young ones listening to the best decades of music! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jbradmore5357
    @jbradmore5357 29 дней назад

    Brings tears to your eyes every time ....

  • @subwaygoddess1
    @subwaygoddess1 Год назад +4

    I STILL cry when I hear this song, it's so beautiful! Thank you for reacting to it. I loved watching your joy!

  • @melaniefulton7437
    @melaniefulton7437 Год назад

    Coming from a '73 baby, this song is a HUGE part of my childhood, specifically the Thursday evenings that I used to spend with my grandpa (a WWII vet) while grandma was out playing bridge with her ladies. Grandpa would make himself a scotch on the rocks and me a shirley temple, then he'd put on records on his hi-fi in the living room that we'd listen to all evening. When this one came on we'd dance around the living room, aka I'd stand on his toes as he'd dance me around. I can't usually get through this one without happy tears from the memories.

  • @BillGraper
    @BillGraper Год назад +30

    This song reminds me of my mom more than any other. It was a huge hit, spending 4 weeks at #1 in 1973.
    THIS was the greatest reaction in the middle of a song since "Afternoon Delight"! I got the tears, big-time when I saw your reactions to the great reveal in the bridge!!! 😊

    • @briangulley6027
      @briangulley6027 Год назад +7

      49 years ago, OMG am I old.

    • @jeanstrickland2445
      @jeanstrickland2445 Год назад +3

      We won’t tell 😂😂I was 13 when this came out🙋🏻‍♀️

    • @johnd8892
      @johnd8892 Год назад +2

      Number one also for seven weeks in Australia and ten weeks in New Zealand in 1973.

  • @lesscarmel5527
    @lesscarmel5527 Год назад +1

    This song and a few others of that era-Jim Croce, The Carpenters-immediately transport me to my childhood and listening to AM radio in the car with my family and solidifying my lifelong love affair with music. I was lucky to grow up in that simpler time.

  • @mikephillips8810
    @mikephillips8810 Год назад +3

    Loved your anticipation in waiting for that final line! Brilliant. This song was so huge back in its day. I remember it on the radio all the time.

  • @janiceames6524
    @janiceames6524 Год назад +1

    I love hearing all these songs but I really love watching you two, you make me smile!!

  • @RicoBurghFan
    @RicoBurghFan Год назад +21

    This was a massive hit back in the day, so much so it got way overplayed and became almost annoying. But hearing it years later through fresh ears it sounds beautiful and the ending always makes me smile. Thanks Jay and Amber, you guys rock! 🤗♥️💯

  • @180roadking
    @180roadking Год назад +1

    Being a child of the ‘60’s-‘70s I always related this to Vietnam Vets coming home like my cousins ❤️

  • @jeanniea3437
    @jeanniea3437 Год назад +6

    Loved this song! Used to watch their variety show when I was a kid.

  • @chuckragland6100
    @chuckragland6100 Год назад +1

    Your guys reactions when he saw all the ribbons was the BEST!!

  • @susanowen1709
    @susanowen1709 Год назад +5

    A bouncy rhythm, nice harmonies, a song that tells a story, and a happy ending - as soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew you'd love it. It's nostalgic for me. When I was in about 5th grade, my elementary school had "music class" every other Friday, which was basically three classes of 5th graders plunked on the floor in front of a screen, unenthusiastically singing the songs with the lyrics projected in front of us. Well, the teachers forgot to change "damn" to "darn" so every time we sang this one it was "now the whole ***DAMN!!!!!!*** bus is cheering..." Thank you for posting this one :-)

  • @pallmall5495
    @pallmall5495 Месяц назад

    Wow, watching her be so happy about a hundred yellow ribbons just made my year.

  • @Pauba1946
    @Pauba1946 Год назад +9

    This was a welcome home song for the troops coming home from the Gulf war. There were yellow ribbons everywhere.

    • @LaPinturaBella
      @LaPinturaBella Год назад +2

      This song was a hit in 1973. The Yellow Ribbon is for missing or absent loved ones. The phenomenon started in the 1800s when women wore yellow ribbons on their hats or around their necks for their loved ones in the US Cavalry. It has been used worldwide since to signify devotion to soldiers serving overseas as well as for missing loved ones.

  • @lds5870
    @lds5870 Год назад +1

    You two put a smile on my face every day. Thank you for that.

  • @perrymalcolm3802
    @perrymalcolm3802 Год назад +6

    Great example how not every #1 hit has to be an overwhelming, overproduced musical masterpiece!
    A sweet sentiment n catchy tune well-sung became not just a huge hit, but a cultural practice that endures today.
    It STARTED with this song!

  • @ShannonR1969
    @ShannonR1969 Год назад +1

    I wish y'all were old enough to have experienced the cultural significance of this song in the USA. In November 1979, Iran experienced a revolution, and 52 Americans working in our embassy in Tehran were taken hostage by the new religious despots in charge of the country. People all over the USA began tying yellow ribbons on things and putting yellow ribbons on their front doors to show their concern and love for the hostages.
    On Jan. 20, 1981, after 444 days in captivity in terrible conditions, the brand-new American president, Ronald Reagan, announced at his inauguration that the hostages were being released. The country went wild! Yellow ribbons were literally EVERYWHERE to welcome them home. I was 11 years old, and I'll never forget it. It was an amazing moment in time, and this song was on the radio CONSTANTLY. So it has real meaning and brings back a lot of memories for those of us old enough to remember that. So glad you enjoyed it!

  • @flubber1557
    @flubber1557 Год назад +3

    "Put the blame on me... if I dont see that yellow ribbon tied around that old oak tree"... thats the saddest part that no one wants to have happen. The only real downer part to this song. Most of it is feelings of happiness and being grateful to be home.
    I love this song though. It ecompasses that joy a soldier feels coming off a bus at the bus stop and is walking down the street to their home/family. It goes very well with videos of soldiers suprising their family members at work/school or at home. Thank you to all veterans for your service!

  • @VIKDR1
    @VIKDR1 Год назад +1

    One of the members of Dawn was Telma Hopkins. She has had a very successful career as an actor. They all ended up with a variety show on TV, that I remember as a kid, then I remember seeing her on Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks. She spent 8 years on Family Matters.

  • @kimcutts6153
    @kimcutts6153 Год назад +6

    Huge huge hit in the 70s. I am over the moon you're reacting to this one. I know it word for word. I never tire of hearing this. 🎵🎼❤🔥

  • @sarachesterfield9028
    @sarachesterfield9028 Год назад

    All us 70's kids LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the yellow ribbon theme! We used it all the time. Your reactions at the made me smile. Memories.

  • @pdoll96
    @pdoll96 Год назад +4

    The simplicity you’re picking up on is the era of the music. The 70s was just that-simple and a time when organic relationships were everything. It was what life was all about.

  • @darrylcabe2494
    @darrylcabe2494 Год назад +1

    I loved your reaction when he said he sees 100 yellow ribbons, classic

  • @davidbarnes1113
    @davidbarnes1113 Год назад +7

    I remember they had a weekly variety show when I was a kid. You guys should do a reaction to The Captain & Tenille “Love Will Keep Us Together “ or “Muskrat Love”. They also had a TV show in the 70s .

  • @DebraParsons
    @DebraParsons Год назад +1

    I just found you 2 today, and I love the way you react when you hear all these tunes that I grew up with, you 2 are adorable......

  • @wendywoodruff2871
    @wendywoodruff2871 Год назад +7

    Back when damn could get your song kicked off the radio, it didn't hurt this one because it was so sweet and positive and heart warming.

  • @locotx215
    @locotx215 Год назад

    The universal fear that we all have that binds us all is the fear of loving someone who don't love us back . . . . that fear is in what draws you into the song. It's universal. You understand this angst. Then the other universal joy is finally finding someone who loves you as much as you love them. This is the joy and happiness that bring everyone to tears at the end because we all either know this joy . . or have never savored such joy.

  • @bryanwhitton1784
    @bryanwhitton1784 Год назад +4

    I always cry at the ending of this song. Yes I'm a guy. I can't imagine someone waiting three years for me. That was a lot of love for her man.

  • @louisb5563
    @louisb5563 Год назад +1

    Loved your reactions to the "100 yellow ribbons"!!!😄

  • @tombeyerlein3813
    @tombeyerlein3813 Год назад +4

    You guys never fail to make me smile! Your reaction at the end is priceless.

  • @taylormoye7098
    @taylormoye7098 Год назад

    Immediately yes! I’m young and like 40 but I fell in love with this song when I was 10 listening to oldies with my mom. Tying a yellow ribbon is significant because when soldiers go off to a war their families tied yellow ribbons around the trees in their yard. I don’t know if he was singing about being a soldier but he may have been singing (you’re right about jail) he said he’s still in prison and he needs a yellow ribbon to set him free.

  • @rwschumm
    @rwschumm Год назад +18

    As mentioned by others, this WAS a HUGE hit for Tony Orlando in the day. I actually think THIS song was kind of the start of the 'Yellow Ribbon' posted outside as a 'Welcome Home' Sign! Or maybe just a renaissance of the practice? Sweet and Wholesome Song! (Edit: Read reply... One person says Casey Kasem himself says 'yellow ribbon' dates back to Civil War!)
    Especially. for Those of Us who Know the Inside of a Prison!
    Ha! I spent a year traveling to Florence Az Prison after work, once a week, as part of a Christian ministry to a 'Pod' of Prisoners' for 'Fellowship' and Ministry as needed. FUN watching you Guys hear the '100 ribbons' part instead of just 1. :) God Bless You Guys & Family!

    • @johnd8892
      @johnd8892 Год назад +3

      Remember Casey Kasem saying the yellow ribbon dated back to the Civil War

  • @tonyacts
    @tonyacts Год назад

    That was the most adorable reaction. Both of your faces when he said 100 yellow ribbons. So cute.

  • @CynicAtLarge
    @CynicAtLarge Год назад +3

    Wasn't it so great that a song could deliver so much in such a short amount of time? AM radio with songs running 3-4 minutes was the best.

  • @TangoEliott
    @TangoEliott Год назад +1

    When this song came out I freaking loved it. Really loved it.

  • @KellysConcertMemories
    @KellysConcertMemories Год назад +4

    This song reminds me of Sundays at my grandparents’ apartment, my mom playing the piano, an uncle playing drums, my great-uncle singing and I of course had a little tambourine 👧🏼

  • @TheNotedHero
    @TheNotedHero Год назад +1

    Oh, we're doing nostalgia today, is that what we're doing? Love this song!

  • @bloppysloppy2283
    @bloppysloppy2283 Год назад +3

    This was a hit in the Spring of 1973. It was the big radio song just before "Bad Bad Lee Roy Brown" by Jim Croce.

  • @robinblackwood8859
    @robinblackwood8859 Год назад +2

    I loved this when it first came out. Haven't heard it in years. It's still great. Your reaction was lovely.

  • @ghaeckel2684
    @ghaeckel2684 Год назад +4

    Any time you see a ribbon sticker on the back of a car, or see a ribbon pin on someone's lapel, you should know this is how that all started.

  • @lesleypulling129
    @lesleypulling129 Год назад

    Love this the symbolism of a yellow ribbon still lives on ...for those lost or missing as well

  • @ColoradoGrami
    @ColoradoGrami Год назад +3

    Another excellent reaction from Jordan & Amber. 💞

  • @Jontor11
    @Jontor11 Год назад +2

    This song has the sweetest lyrics ever.