An Oscar-winning song from Philadelphia where Tom Hanks played a big-shot lawyer dying of AIDS. Very moving film and song, you gotta watch it, brother.
@revsharkie2 жыл бұрын
This movie was in theaters the spring after my uncle had died from AIDS. It was much too soon for me to watch it, and it just about does me in even now. If you can find the clip from the movie of Tom Hanks listening to Maria Callas singing "La Mamma Morta" and translating it for Denzel, it is incredibly powerful.
@HarriBestReactions2 жыл бұрын
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@RicoBurghFan2 жыл бұрын
@@revsharkie That was indeed powerful and oh so heartbreaking 💔
@davemillage61292 жыл бұрын
@@revsharkie sorry to hear and yes so sad. The ending scenes of family after their loss and the Neil Young piano chills me each time i think of it. All the best D!!
@cosmickid17942 жыл бұрын
Bruce Springsteen wasn't depressed for a few hours after writing this, Springsteen has been fighting depression his entire life, is very open about it, and frequently talks about how his father suffered from depression and how it affected their relationship. Many of Bruce's songs are the father/son dynamic, the domineering father, the son looking for love and acceptance, "Independance Day" comes to mind. Bruce admits his marathon shows is one way he battles depression. Being onstage, with a loving crowd, well, who wouldn't love that!!! It's so important when reviewing Springsteen material to know the context of the song, the words do matter and the imagery they create can make for a devasting blend. Mental illness touches so many on so many levels and even the biggest stars in the world are not immune. Rock On and greetings from Canada, eh!!
@sadeyedlady Жыл бұрын
I didn't know this. I appreciate when celebrities are open about mental illnesses. I have depression. Not right know, thankfully!
@cosmickid1794 Жыл бұрын
@@sadeyedlady you can even find videos on youtube from Bruce talking about his mental health
@walterpanovs2 жыл бұрын
Oscar winner for "Best Original Song" and a multiple Grammy Award winner including "Song of the Year." Probably Springsteen's most conventionally honored track. (He also wrote the title track for the film "Dead Man Walking" which was also Oscar-nominated.)
@davemillage61292 жыл бұрын
Omg Ya forgot about that gem! D M Walkin is another great one by Bruce, thanks for reminding! Many cheers D!!
@johnbrowne39502 жыл бұрын
Neil Young's Philadelphia son was better.
@josepheastmond3136 ай бұрын
@@johnbrowne3950it wasn't better, but it was good.
@pattutty69774 ай бұрын
I CRY EVERY TIME IHEAR THIS GOD BLESS YOU BRUCE Love pat Dublin
@janabraam79632 жыл бұрын
This won an Academy Award for best song for the movie PHILADELPHIA. And it won 4 Grammy Awards. A haunting song. Bruce is a musical genius.
@marybaillie89072 жыл бұрын
I can't hear this song without being moved to tears.😭 Philadelphia was such a sad movie with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. I'm sure Bruce was emotionally drained after writing this song. So many people lost to Aids. So sad. Thanks Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
@michaelasay85872 жыл бұрын
And philly, like every major city in the US is so dangerous now...sad.
@marybaillie89072 жыл бұрын
Canada has really changed too. 👍✌️🇨🇦
@bemused95222 жыл бұрын
So, so happy you finally got a chance to listen to this, Harri. It was from Philadelphia movie about when HIV/AIDS first hit us. I was just a young teen, but by the time I was 26 I had lost 7 of my friends to AIDS. Someone made a very good memorial video to Freddy Mercury using this song... one of the most moving memorial videos I have seen in as Bruce has such deep emotion in this one. You are right, it is a haunting song. I am 50 now, but when I hear this, I remember and hear and can see all of my beautiful young friends faces.
@JPMadden2 жыл бұрын
I'm 52, and as a straight kid growing up in the '80s, in a suburban U.S. school where not one kid was out, I remember the AIDS epidemic being almost an abstract concept. It was something that happened somewhere else, to other people. Films like "Philadelphia" and "And the Band Played On" helped me to understand what was happening. At least we were enlightened enough to not believe the lies about it being a "gay plague" or God's retribution. I did experience in my early twenties the deaths of two people my age, one to suicide, but I cannot imagine your pain. Thank you for your story.
@bemused95222 жыл бұрын
@@JPMadden Thank you for responding. My sister was in art college, and we both grew up in a redneck county. I remember always feeling like I had to protect them when they came over here. Back then, they called us names like fag hags, but we didn't care. They were some of the best and sweetest friends I have ever had the privilege of having. Thanks for sharing your story. It was a scary time for all of us. It was also a growing up too quickly time for us, too, as Desert Storm had also started.....so....to sound all mystic and x-genny, to each generation is set a course of challenges. I just try to remember my old Beatles I heard growing up " the love you give is equal to the love you take. Peace and namaste.
@MisterWondrous2 жыл бұрын
All I have to say is thank God for medicine, and for people willing to step up and help. It is Hell on Earth to go through, and at one time few if any survived. Kudos to Bruce for writing this, and you for your eternal goodness and sharing.
@revsharkie2 жыл бұрын
We lost nearly an entire generation of creative folks--artists, musicians, actors, dancers, etc.--because of AIDS.
@MisterWondrous2 жыл бұрын
@@revsharkie I once had a job writing obits for a city newspaper, and had to write obits for people I knew who had succumbed to the disease.
@s4dreamland6712 жыл бұрын
"embrace him, give him a hand and not just ostracize him"..Wow Harri! Those sentiments would be deeply revered by those who were fighting a losing battle in the 80's and 90's..Very sad, very haunting end to life.
@davidbordonaro16312 жыл бұрын
From the movie Philadelphia . haunting is a good description
@mikecaetano2 жыл бұрын
Richie Havens dropped a cover of "Streets of Philadelphia" in 1997 that gets me every time I hear it. Check it out when you can. PS. In a 2017 interview following the death of filmmaker Jonathan Demme (Stop Making Sense (1984), Something Wild (1986), The Silence of Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993)), Springsteen recalled struggling to get the song started at first: "I hooked up my little studio, and I tried for a day or so to come up with something," Springsteen added, "and I hadn't come up with anything." The director sent him a rough version of the opening scene from the film that helped him find the heart of the song: "Demme had sent me that opening piece of film where the camera moves slowly through Philly," Springsteen said. After that he finished the song in two days.
@Cynthia...2 жыл бұрын
I met Richie Havens briefly back in the 60's. He shook my hand and said "how ya feelin' " ✌
@mikecaetano2 жыл бұрын
@@Cynthia... Nice! He made a big impression on my acoustic guitar playing when I discovered him back in the 80's.
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
Harri, his "Rosalita", "Thunder Road" and "Jungleland" are next for you! One of the very few artists I've bothered to see twice!! 1980 and 2002.
@paulmct272 жыл бұрын
You really need to watch bruce on live to get the full power of these songs
@debbiechang57812 жыл бұрын
Such a haunting song from a very sad, poignant movie. Hanks was amazing, as usual. Great reaction Harri 🌺✌️
@dishields78082 жыл бұрын
Probably the best song written specifically for a sound track. Besides Miss Misery for Good Will Hunting by Elliott Smith
@johnbrowne39502 жыл бұрын
Neil Young's Philadelphia was better.
@briangbv12 жыл бұрын
You have great taste in music. Losing Elliott was devastating...but the music will forever be a part of my life.
@johnthegreek58362 жыл бұрын
Bruce Springsteen is a musical genius
@beckybarnes46512 жыл бұрын
"Receive me brother, with your faithless kiss".........not "Receive me brother, with your fake this kiss". Nothing worse than people getting the lyrics wrong by one of the greatest song writing story tellers of all time!
@mikec298811 ай бұрын
I was going through valium addiction medically, my doctor was weaning me off. This song reminds me of addiction and how it affects people to the point of suicide and fighting the feeling of helplessness. I wish they would do more for those in Kensington Philadelphia strung out with addictions and mental illness.
@joeshmow909710 ай бұрын
Fantastic reaction. Great review. It's exactly hiw you described it, powerful and sad. Beautiful song
@MrJocky822 жыл бұрын
What a song. Especially when paired with the film. Amazing from the boss
@KC-bv9kf2 жыл бұрын
“Ain’t no angels going to greet me…” We were all someone’s baby, but some of us are left behind.
@gregfagan1992 жыл бұрын
Bruce is the undisputed champ of movie songs. His lyrics always capture the heart of the story. Here, he puts himself in the shoes of a man dying from AIDS. He also wrote songs for "Jerry McGuire," "The Wrestler," and "Dead Man Walking." All are deeply moving.
@ginamarandino64512 жыл бұрын
This song is just so haunting and sad but it's the most deep, introspective into what a person goes through he couldn't have written this song better.
@davemillage61292 жыл бұрын
Great song Thanks Harri. A great film intro obviously and sad exit as well with Neil Young's Philadelphia... cheers D!!
@neilburns8869 Жыл бұрын
I think Springsteen actually won an Oscar (or some kind of award) for this song.
@Okrabatze2 жыл бұрын
i was so young when i heard it .....what a wonderful song
@letitbesummer65362 жыл бұрын
Check out the movie too. It was very well done & touching. Thx Harri! I know it’s about AIDS but I’ve been following some really sad stories in the Kensington area of Philadelphia lately. The largest open air heroin market on the east coast. And this just reminds me of all the homelessness and drug addicts rampant in that area. Very very sad.
@tracyfrazier74402 жыл бұрын
I see there is a recent documentary about the Kensington drug market. I can’t bring myself to watch it. My God, why can’t our billionaires going to space care about solving these problems on earth.
@letitbesummer65362 жыл бұрын
@@tracyfrazier7440 I agree. There are a lot of KZfaq channels about Kensington. Some are just someone driving around in the car videoing the streets. When I first saw it I was incredibly shocked it is so bad.
@sadeyedlady Жыл бұрын
Boy does that make me back. 💜
@2869may2 жыл бұрын
"I'M ON FIRE".....!
@43cjd3 ай бұрын
The beginning of the AIDS epidemic was one of the worst chapters in American history. The movie Philidelphia brings it all to the forefront. It is so hard to watch this movie and realize what was done to our fellow human beings. It is just truly heartbreaking.
@CaptWalker2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's just fantastic stuff, i'm so excited about it, as you can tell...?
@jaccilowe38422 жыл бұрын
He also did Dead Man Walking. He is the poet of a generation.
@keithschofield11582 жыл бұрын
You really need to see the video to get the full effect love your channel
@delorespetree32432 жыл бұрын
Great song
@gregrenn21382 жыл бұрын
Great job Harri. This is a real reaction.
@lisannebaumholz50282 жыл бұрын
Both Bruce Springsteen's opening song & Neil Young's closing song written for this film were wonderful. Both were commissioned by the late Jonathan Demme, the director of "Philadelphia". Here are both songs, as they were used in the film: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdV2lJRq0KiWlGg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aa2SZKt4xLCZXXk.html
@kirkschabatka19992 жыл бұрын
I'm not a big fan of the boss.but this really captured my coming of age. thanks harri
@katieblackmore2004 Жыл бұрын
This song also must be how every homeless person feels..... Just looked upon as something to rid and brush under the carpet..... Though this was originally about AIDS, it could be tethered to several aspects of life and that's what makes it so damn incredible.
@erikgilson1687 Жыл бұрын
It was literally Springsteen being so broken up about the aids crisis and losing friends as it was happening, it Impacted him tremendously
@dishields78082 жыл бұрын
My fav Bruce Springsteen song. Well maybe a tie with blood brothers
@mysterymac382 жыл бұрын
"The Show Must Go On" by Queen is much more emotional as it was written by someone who truly understood.
@TomGorham2 жыл бұрын
I've always felt that this was about homelessness and abandonment. We all can identify that fear.
@Cynthia...2 жыл бұрын
Excellent choice Craig. The boss is the best!
@craigaust33062 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@bpfromowc2 жыл бұрын
Watch the movie “Philadelphia”.
@dennorma75152 жыл бұрын
Tom Hanks' character was dying of AIDS in the movie "Philadelphia". Rejection, ridicule and physical pain. Sadly, the words fit the story line perfectly.
@neilburns8869 Жыл бұрын
The song was written for the movie Philadelphia that stars Tom Hanks as a high flying lawyer who has contracted AIDS. On noticing the liasons on his skin, the directors of the law Firm that he works for set him up so that they can terminate his contract because of their own homophobic values. Hanks' character takes them to court where he's actually represented by a homophobic lawyer in the shape of Denzel Washington.
@esmeraldapooner7512 жыл бұрын
Yes, this song/movie came out during the start of the AIDS pandemic, there was a lot of work discrimination back then. And some people were still calling it the gay cancer and blaming them for spreading it. It was just as crazy and political as the start of covid.
@davidtullis28102 жыл бұрын
The most powerful museum exhibition I ever saw was the portraits of AIDS
@laurenpeck36092 жыл бұрын
Not a huge fan...but love this one and "Tunnel Of Love"
@paulclements62772 жыл бұрын
The movie was called Philadelphia
@keithschofield11582 жыл бұрын
Can you react to Bruce’s innocent on fiftyseventh street
@leongiovanni99022 жыл бұрын
sometimes its ok to do just a lil bit of research it gives a little more life and recognition to what being portrayed. rather than just diving straight in, suppose thats what reaction vids seem to be. but thanks for playing this.
@HarriBestReactions2 жыл бұрын
You obviously didn't watch this till the end.I'll like to know what exactly didn't sit well with you here. The second thing is,you dont necessarily have to research a reaction video.You can if you choose to,but you dont have to.The angle i take is, my reaction when i hear a song for the first time.When you hear a song on the radio for example,you have a first impression.You dont go researching what you just heard.Thats my style.Others might go down the research route and that is fine too.
@Wizardjudge2 жыл бұрын
Philadelphia is called the city of brotherly love. A double meaning of a man lost and alone, ostracized for his illness as well as a story of a gay man destroyed by that horrible disease.
@sherribrock27262 жыл бұрын
This had nothing to do with Bruce. It was written specifically for the movie. Great movie!
@johni4502 жыл бұрын
After listening to this song how about an upbeat song about Philadelphia! Please react to The song PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM by ELTON JOHN. The live version on SOUL TRAIN would be a good choice.
@sandyburch30102 жыл бұрын
The times where rough, alot of people died, and no one wanted to touch anyone with aids, it was awful...an awful time...
@TH-lj1iw3 ай бұрын
Not a movie song
@cojeffhurleur2 жыл бұрын
Any chance you react to Philadelphia by Neil Young ?
@turnerdan532 жыл бұрын
At the time no one want to call a warning to the problem because the religionist right was saying it is just god's justice for Gays. Why do we blame others instead of helping.
@sirhoopalot12 жыл бұрын
Ironically Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love yet a lot of the AIDS victims were ostracized and died alone.
@cecileluv2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever listened to Ugandan Philly Lutaaya, Alone... fight AIDS?
@taniele847 ай бұрын
Fake this kiss? I thought it was faithless kiss Because homosexuality was considered faithless. Lyrics are wrong or I’ve been wrong lol
@982spyder52 жыл бұрын
Let him get another vaxx, and then another. He's dead to me and many others who idolized his music.