"To be honest this sounds like he is really teaching him about life" Ding Ding Ding Winner!

Kenny dipping out in the middle of the coronavirus is the most "know when to fold em" if I ever saw one. Rip gambler

And somewhere in darkness , the gambler he broke even .

You’re right, he was passing on his life experience the only way he knew how, through gambling metaphors. Another good reactions, Billy

Kenny Rogers was so good at telling a story with his songs...he can conjure a visual image in your head about an encounter between people.

And somewhere in the darkness The gambler he broke even But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep

I was absolutely shattered on Saturday when I heard the news. Kenny Rogers has always had a special place in my heart and has never left my playlist, even before there was such a thing as playlists lol. Aside from being one of the greatest singers and storytellers there has ever been, he was the first artist I asked my parents to take me to see in concert when I was five years old, way back in the 80s. It was such a special experience for me, aside from an amazing performance. I walked up to the stage to give him a rose I brought, but when I got up there, he was so big up there on that stage that I got scared and dropped the rose. He came to the edge of the stage and knelt down to talk to me, and he had such a sweet and calming presence about him, that it put me at ease and I finally got to hand him the rose. That memory has stayed with me all my life, and it set the bar pretty high for every concert I have attended in the decades since. Nothing has ever beat it though. Such a sweet, kind and gentle man, and he will be missed deeply.

Hey billy you have to do kenny rogers ft. Dolly Parton "Islands in the stream" one of the greatest duets of all time. Their voices sounded so good together. R.I.P Kenny And again man great videos, I always look for the notifications throughout the day. Also I hope you stay safe with all this stuff going on.

It is about life using cards as a metaphor. And I get goosebumps hearing the die in your sleep line now, he lived out that life in that song.

I have loved this song since I was little. My Dad loved his music, now I can imagine them both in heaven playing cards.

The official video for this really makes the story - he's dressed in a historical costume. Kenny Rogers was actually a really good actor and there's a movie called The Gambler. Sorry if this was already said.

Another great one from Kenny's era is Ronnie Milsap. "Stranger in My House" was one of the most badass, ahead-of-its-time country songs ever. "Smoky Mountain Rain" was another classic.

Kenny Rogers leaving during the apocalypse is the definition of knowing when to fold em

You never count your money when you’re sitting at the table. Words of truth.

You should do Kenny Rogers song “Buy Me a Rose” one of my all time favorite love songs

In memory of Kenny Rogers you should listen to islands in the stream. One of his best duets ever.

Well Kenny taught all of us for over 4 decades. RIP the gambler, Kenny Rogers.

RIP Kenny Rodgers 😭

It is life's lessons. The more of life's experiences we have, the more we know. There is so much truth in this song. A shining classic.

I have loved this song for my whole life. I just realized something though. The Gambler died on the train. He drifted off to sleep and sometime that nite he died (broke even). over 40 years listening to it and I never noticed it.

Before he was a country singer he was in a group called First Edition that played rock. You might want to check them out.

Rip the legendary Kenny Rogers he was amazing

Thank you for this, Billy. I grew up listening to Kenny and my Mama was always a fan. This is a big hit to the country community. 💜

Kenny rogers is an absolute legend. The one line that moves me the most is when he says" the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep" and the fact he did just that really helps me believe there is a God. That is no coincidence!!

I really liked your tribute to the late Kenny Rogers. Thank you very much

The Gambler is a really great song and it's a metaphor for life

This is Grandma from Texas. Thank you for this Billy. You are genuinely a good kid. Love your videos and appreciate all you do to bring joy to some of us seniors who are home bound because of age related illnesses. Yup you got to know when to fold em 🙏🙏. The Gambler he broke even 🇺🇸👍

If you want to do more Kenny, "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" has always been one of my favourites

This ranks right up there with George Jones's "Choices" for life lessons. His passing reminds me of another George Jones song "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes".

He made country music cross the borders of the United States, a unique label in his style, "The Gambler" the country style anthem and so many other hits, like not forgetting his movies. thanks to you in my country and in the world country music was known, feel proud americans for having had this legend and great artist Without a doubt, the legend, the king of country music, thanks for you beatiful music. RIP Kenny Rogers. From Chile.

The gambler has always been my favorite kenny rogers song. Great reaction as always. You should react to Chase Rice room 205

I'm 41 yrs old and I grew up listening to Kenny Rogers. My parents introduced me to him! Great video Billy! And Kenny Rogers is a legend whose music will never die!

Please react to "Ruby , Don't take your love to town " & "We got tonight " with Sheena Easton please , RIP Kenny, You will be missed :(

You got it right!! I have remembered these words and used them all of my life. Especially 'know when to walk away, know when to run'.

Billy...you should react to “Through the Years”. It’s one of my personal favorites

I've been waiting for this! Thank you😭

“..Knowing what to throw away and what to keep.”

😭😭😭 This made me cry, not before now, though. RIP Kenny aka The Gambler. Thank you for the music and memories. Through The Years is another favorite of mine by him. Love you, Kenny...you too, Billy. ❤️❤️

Exactly right. A metaphor for life.

Several movies were made based on this song. Kenny Rogers started in them and they were really good movies. I think they were simply called The Gambler. RIP Kenny Rogers 💔

Such a great song. Rest in Peace good sir. We loved having you here.

Love, love, love this song. RIP Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers "The Coward of the County"

You are exactly right. It is a metaphor for life! Nobody can tell a story like Kenny!

They made Two Movies That He Played the Leading Role. Gambler 1 & 2, Are BOTH GREAT!

Thank you Billy. I hope your voice recovers soon and you feel better. RIP Kenny 💔🙏🙏🙏

Grew up listening to him and watching the movies! Great childhood memories RIP

You rock my friend Kenny Rogers is the greatest I have several friends that are related to him and been to several of his concert with pictures to prove thank you rest in peace mr. Kenny Rogers and thank you for the great video thumbs up.

I love his voice.. such a sad loss

Life is a gamble it choices you make in your life that makes you a winner.

So glad you reacted to this song. One of my all time favorites. He did a song with home free. You should check that out.

There will never be another like him, that's for sure. There was a movie made based on this song, and Kenny was in it. Should watch it sometime.

"Somewhere In The Darkness Gambler He Broke Even!" RIP Kenny Rogers!

I earliest memory of this amazing song was on the Muppets growing up! Loved Kenny Rogers ever since!!!

RIP to one of the greatest country singer god bless you Kenny Rogers😢😢

Finally, someone gets it! That’s EXACTLY what he’s doing.

RIP to the Gambler. My heart feel heavy yet i rejoice your at peace Kenny Rogers music will always live within me

So sad that he is gone. Love Kenny. He will be sorely missed. 😢😢😢

Somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even. In his final words I found an Ace that I could keep... Thank you for getting me through the hardest times of my life. R.I.P Kenny Rogers

For me my favourite kenny song. RIP LEGEND

Hi Billy! I'm a new subscriber from Australia! You are a VERY smart young man! You picked up straight away that this is a metaphor! I Ve been listening to some of the other reactors and they didn't get it! This was my favourite Kenny Rogers song when I was in my twenties! Thank you SO much for reacting to this! I really appreciate it! Greetings from Australia!

And somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even but in his final words I found an ace that I can keep... one of my favorite lines in all of music. wow

Rest in peace Kenny we love you and we all miss you :(

What a wonderful human being

So many have reacted to this song and u are the first I've seen really get the metaphor for life in the story. 👍😁 You are intelligent and deeper than most! Thank you! 💜

The video with this is fantastic too! ❤️🤘🏼✌️. RIP Mr. Kenny Rogers ❤️🙌🏻

No one else has picked up on that yet Billy. It has really touched me that this is the song everyone is reacting to not knowing the gambler passed ❤️

know when to walk away... life.... wisdom. RIP Kenny

You should also do "Twenty years ago" by Kenny Rogers. This song still stands true as what we are going through now these days under lockdown.

I actually teared up a bit watching this. This was on the soundtrack of my childhood. I love seeing your reaction validate why I love his music so much.

My mom and I saw Kenny in Concert at the Hodag Country Festival a few years ago. Glad I have those memories. Rest In Peace Kenny. Hope you’re finally counting that money now that the dealing’s done.

An older one by him "just dropped in to sees what condition my condition is in"

I've always loved the phrase "Every hands a winner and every hands a loser". Because its not WHAT was "dealt" to us in life that makes our lives go one way or the other, its what we CHOOSE to do with it. Do we Rise to the challenge, occasion or trial? Or do we let fear, doubt or depression overcome our faith that we are never given more, each day, than we have the ability to overcome? Hope springs forth Eternally.

It is definitely about life lessons from someone who has been there,and in the end,the gambler got exactly what he had hoped for.He shared his life's lessons to a troubled young man, crushed out his last cigarette and faded off to sleep.And somewhere in the darkness,the gambler he broke even,but in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.AKA,He died in his sleep.

He was such a storyteller they even made movies based on his songs. The Gambler and Coward of the County

Sorry you're feeling bad, Billy, and hope you feel better soon. Thanks for reacting to the legend.

Nice to hear your voice again..... take care, be safe and healthy. Peace.

The Muppet Show version of this with Kenny Rogers is the one that always comes to mind when I hear this song.

Oh yes, this song lives on forever in the hearts of people who learned from The Gambler :-) ♥

Yup! I totally learned so life lesson with this song.

This song was played at my Grandfathers funeral. It was kind of comical because we were all kind of nodding our heads with the beat as we balled our eyes out. RIP Kenny Rogers

Always cool to see when someone "gets it" on the first listen. I first heard it as a little kid, and it was years before I had enough life experience for my "wait a minute... he's not really talking about poker is he?" light bulb moment. Great song.

One of the best of his songs

I am sad that I never gave Kenny Rogers the respect he deserved. I always loved his voice , his music, but the good thing is we will always have it. Please react to his "Ruby, dont take your love to town " Thanks for the great reaction. And yes , the words in this song WOW.

The Gambler and Lady are the best ever both songs life lessons

I see I'm not the only one on here old enough to remember KENNY ROGERS AND THE FIRST EDITION.

Great reaction. Loved yhis song since it came out when I was a kid. Definitely filled with advice.

It’s a metaphor for life and one of THE best songs in music history regarding that.

The life lessons are the best parts of a Kenny song! 😀

The part of die in your sleep is true cause you want to pass away peacefully and your sleep is the most peaceful time of day

Hope you feel better keep safe!! 💕 perfect tribute to Kenny Rogers 💔👍 I saw him in the 70’s with his band the ”First Edition” for my 18th birthday in Ft Lauderdale Florida at the ”Bachelors Club” they had a 2 drink min. I was with a bunch of tea drinkers, Soooo I drank all the (1) extra’s. Needless to say I had a great time although a bit drunk 🍻 after the show Kenny walked up to a few guests table and mine was one of them, of course my party pointed me out as the birthday girl and Kenny gave me a polite hug and asked me a few questions. I in my drunkenness got carried away with the hug because he smelled like heaven and I started to rub his arm telling him the show would have been better if he had played ”Somethings Burning” my then-favorite! That particular memory will probably go to my grave so will my admiration of Mr. Rogers and his life long work he shared with the rest of the world! Rest In Peace 💔🌺🌴

And somewhere in the darkness The gambler he broke even But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep RIP Kenny This music will never die as long as the next generations like yourself continue to discover and enjoy it.

I run my life by the lessons on this song.

R.I.P. To Sir Kenny.....gonna miss ya gambler.

Why are their 9 dislikes? Kenny Rogers is a legend and how can anyone disapprove of a tribute to the guy even if it’s not your style of music it’s a good song

I had the morbid thought that before he passed away this was a song that Kenny listened to, he just decided to listen to some of his old songs and this was the last one he decided to listen to and then before he went to bed he told his family "I guess I'm breaking even" and then went to bed since Kenny had the nickname "The Gambler"

Kenny left us all an Ace that we can keep. ❤️

You should react to. harper valley pta jeannie c riley. It's an oldie with a good message and always put a smile on my face

I can't believe you've never heard this; its such a classic! Yes, The Gambler passing along life lessons!

love this song..