WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again REACTION
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Жыл бұрынWOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again REACTION
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@greg2976 Жыл бұрын
I was around 13 when this song came out. My mother passed away at 68, when I was 29! My older brother at 65, 4 years ago!. Now I'm 63! When you are 13. Being in your 60's does not compute! Time flies so FAST people!
@jeffreyflint6286 Жыл бұрын
I'm 63 too. And time does go fast. What a time we had back then.
@charlesdavis7461 Жыл бұрын
So sorry, may they RIP and you live much longer.
@greg2976 Жыл бұрын
@@charlesdavis7461 🙏❤. Thank you!
@jeanstrickland2445 Жыл бұрын
We all wanted to grow up so bad , but once you hit 60 we sure wish for that time back 🙋🏻♀️
@greg2976 Жыл бұрын
@@jeanstrickland2445 EXACTLY! Now we wished we would have cherished being young at that time!!!!
@TheToscanaMan Жыл бұрын
"No happy ending." Sometimes there just isn't and Gilbert captured it all too well. ❤☮🙏
@polmus Жыл бұрын
Exactly, there isn't supposed to be a happy ending, we all have to lose people we love if we live long enough, we come to accept it but there is no happy ending to it. Happiness is something we should embrace when it happens, it isn't the natural state.
@bigolebot Жыл бұрын
I take it you were a teen then?
@soniataitt636 9 ай бұрын
So very true, you just go on till you die.
@kirkstenvall8892 Жыл бұрын
So few songwriters write lyrics like this anymore. So melancholy, yet still so beautiful.
@magneto7930 Жыл бұрын
Yes, very much in the same category as If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot.
@coolworx 10 ай бұрын
Eleanor Rigby is another song so melancholy and yet so beautiful.
@SweetThing 4 ай бұрын
Us Irish are known for the melancholy. Sad song, but sweet.
@lucian2dbone670 4 ай бұрын
Im 63 years old now and this song has been making me cry since I'm a teenager. Such a beautiful and poignant song.
@randytorres8211 Жыл бұрын
This was Irish-born singer Gilbert O'Sullivan's only American #1. It sold 2 million copies, spent six weeks at the summit in America and earned him three Grammy Award nominations (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year). It was the second best-selling single of the year in America behind Don McLean's "American Pie." Gilbert O'Sullivan has denied that this song is autobiographical or about the death of his father when he was 11. O'Sullivan said: "Everyone wants to know if it's an autobiographical song, based on my father's early death. Well, the fact of the matter is, I didn't know my father very well, and he wasn't a good father anyway. He didn't treat my mother very well." In a Songfacts interview with O'Sullivan, he explained how this song came together. "'Alone Again' was written with two other songs in a writing period when I was 22 years of age. I had been a postal clerk in London, so I was only able to write after work in the evening. When Gordon Mills managed me - he managed Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck - when he took me on, he allowed me to quit my job and move into a bungalow that he owned where I could write every day. So, therefore, I was in a writing mode, and 'Alone Again' was just one of the songs I'd written. I was really pleased with it, happy with it, but I didn't see it as being any more special than other songs. Suffice it to say, I was happy." (Songfacts.com)
@jackielouise7538 Жыл бұрын
Although I'm old enough to remember Gilbert O'Sullivan when he first started out, I didn't know the history of how he got started. So, thank you for that, it was very interesting 😊
@heatherhill883 10 ай бұрын
He grew up in my home town of Swindon….
@kimcutts6153 Жыл бұрын
Gilbert Osullivan has a fabulous voice. I loved him in the 70s, and I love his songs still. 🎵 ❤
@moodaymoom2271 Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@coolcpa3321 Жыл бұрын
So true. Sad as they are, his lyrics are poetry. Amazing writer.
@jamesgonzales5285 Жыл бұрын
Amen. A very underrated musician, vocalist, songwriter. A voice from my youth, and still endeared.
@EddieDexterStewart 4 ай бұрын
This song really breaks me apart...but after all of the times I listened to this song, this is the first time I understand the break. "It seems to me that there are more broken hearts in the world that can't be mended...LEFT UNATTENDED. What do we do? What do we do?" The answer is love. Make sure we are there for one another. Someone may be suffering in silence. Be about sharing love. Be about caring. Remember the widowed and the orphaned. Remember the lonely.
@joannevincent2035 Жыл бұрын
"Alone Again (Naturally)" always, always touches my heart and brings a tear to my eye, even after 50 years.
@bryanCJC2105 Жыл бұрын
Sad songs were popular back then. I think it's because all of us feel like that at times, with no happy endings, and we love them because they express what we sometimes can't.
@murrayspiffy2815 Жыл бұрын
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro.
@scottboswell6406 Жыл бұрын
My theory is, after all the brightness and good vibes at the end of the 60's, following that with Nixon and Viet Nam, people were feeling a little disillusioned.
@proudmoon3 Жыл бұрын
...And "Solitaire" by Neil Sedaka, "I Am..I Said" by Neil Diamond...So many powerful ones.
@davidrosoff3228 Жыл бұрын
@@scottboswell6406 A LITTLE disillusioned?!
@AndersonDawesWasRight Жыл бұрын
The Boxer , for example
@darenjones2351 Жыл бұрын
That last verse about his mum and dad. Such a tearjerker. 😢
@sourisvoleur4854 Жыл бұрын
My dad died 5 years ago and my mom is still alive. I just know I'll cry and cry all day when she goes.
@nancymar5835 Жыл бұрын
This song is as emotionally touching as it was back then. I was young when it was first popular, but now at my current age I find the song even more heartwrenching.
@RicoBurghFan Жыл бұрын
Such a bizarre hit out of nowhere. I mean the whole song is sad and about a man contemplating suicide. Really cheery! But Gilbert pulled it off with his excellent vocals that make you feel empathy. Plus it has a catchy melody. Ah the seventies with one original song after another!
@Blindbuymovieguy Жыл бұрын
This song meant a lot to me. I lost my mom, dad, and sister all within 15 years of each other.
@wendepatrella2018 Жыл бұрын
💗🙏
@Rebelrocker69 Жыл бұрын
My condolences. I can relate. In the past three years, I have lost my Mom, my sister, my best friend, two Aunts, three cousins, and my cat. And an Uncle, the father of the most recent cousin, is hanging on by a thread.
@terri2494 Жыл бұрын
@@Rebelrocker69 Wow. That’s a lot of loss to deal with. I’m sorry you’re going through this. I hope you have a strong support system.
@MonguSu1952 Жыл бұрын
I'm old enough to remember when this song came out and despite its general theme of feeling alone, the upbeat tempo tends to pull some rays of sunshine into his loneliness. Most of us have felt alone when something tragic happened in our life, but we learn that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
@laustcawz2089 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but often, it's the light of an oncoming train!!
@davidrosoff3228 Жыл бұрын
@@laustcawz2089 One of my favorite jokes goes: The pessimist sees the dark tunnel. The optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The realist sees two lights at the end of the tunnel. And the engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks. 😂
@HobnailTrekkingCo 5 күн бұрын
This song is equally brilliant in its musical composition and, clearly, lyrics. It's usually the songs that are written in major keys and that are mid- to up-tempo that have the potential to destroy you lyrically because you're not really prepared for it. We expect sad songs to be slow and written in minor keys, but not jaunty and beautiful like this, so it's jarring to our emotions. Lyrically, O'Sullivan reminds us that life can be sad and tragic - often is - and usually doesn't have a Hollywood happy ending, although the fact that the protagonist loved a girl and adored his parents prove that he had a good life in many ways. Absolutely gutting, poignant, and lovely all in one.
@chrishornbostel9831 Жыл бұрын
You may not believe it, but this song is one of the most important songs in modern hiphop history. Gilbert O'Sullivan refused to clear a sample of this song for Biz Markie's "Alone Again", and the case wasn't settled, but instead decided by a judge. The decision completely changed sampling use and practices and kind of marked the end of one era of rap and the beginning of another.
@disconnexionsdotcom Жыл бұрын
I was about to post the same thing. Yeah, within months, a lot of rap groups had to change the way they made music. No more Public Enemy or De La Soul using over 10 samples in one song. It led to some creative sampling and beat chopping, but it also made West Coast artists cheaper because of their interpolation and replaying of songs rather than sampling multiple songs. That really changed the game too.
@jamescarson9604 Жыл бұрын
Great song always loved it maybe the most remarkable thing I found later it's a made up story which makes it even greater
@lisamayerwille8752 6 ай бұрын
My husband who passed away on 5/8/2022 at 63 this sad song was one of his favorite songs! He lost his dad who was 56! This song brings the tears to my eyes! I still miss him after being together for 44yrs! Now I am alone!
@kevinminne1460 Жыл бұрын
50 years later I still tear up listening to this. The saddest song ever written. 😢
@AdrianLittlefield 4 күн бұрын
Hello guys. I am a fan of Gilbert O'Sullivan and have been since I was a kid. "Alone Again (Naturally)" being the first song, I heard from him, and was obviously a huge hit for him. Another song that was more upbeat that he did during this time, to check out from Gilbert is "Get Down." "Clair" is a nice song, as well. Probably the most upbeat song I've heard from him is "Say Goodbye" from 2001. I think you'll like that one. He still performs to this day and he came out with an album almost two years ago, so his musical creativity is still there, and in his case, age doesn't matter.
@pamelaesparza1586 Жыл бұрын
This song gets me every time. My father also died at 65 and left my mom alone and when she died I cried and cried all day 💔
@kimcutts6153 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you liked this song, even though it is sad. He had other hits in the 70s that were a bit more upbeat...."Clair" "Get Down" "What's In A Kiss" "Matrimony" "No Matter How I Try" & "Nothing Rymed"
@UncleQue Жыл бұрын
Talk about sorrowful and sweet. Such an almost happy sounding melody but with sad sad lyrics. I’ve loved this song forever.
@laurin4405 Жыл бұрын
Claire--- Oh, that one is NICE🤗
@DerekDominoes Жыл бұрын
@@laurin4405 They might misinterpret "Clair" since, if you don't know the story behind it, the lyrics come across as creepy.
@eggy1962 Жыл бұрын
Matrimony is like the opposite of this song, Gilbert was very clever lyrically
@tessesmom Жыл бұрын
Nothing rhymed is fantastic
@guarddave Жыл бұрын
I just turned 76, and you have me hooked. I was in my first rock group in 1965, and I love to see you hearing this great music for the first time so many years later. It is like I am hearing these songs for the first time through you. You are providing such a positive experience, more than you realize! I feel like family! Consider me your music granddad! Lol!
@teresajarrell452 Жыл бұрын
WELCOME TO THE FAM!! 👍😃❣️😃👍
@muc405 Жыл бұрын
This song used to make me sad when I was younger, but as I've gotten older it makes some sense, that of course as time passes those you love pass away or sometimes are no longer in your life for a variety of reasons. Also, considering Gilbert O'Sullivan is Irish, this song seems to fit with an Irish outlook on life and death with some pessimism and a fatalistic viewpoint. This song has always popped in my head when I've gone through times of loneliness.
@gypsygirl3255 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing about Irish music
@maxhamlin38 Жыл бұрын
It makes me sadder now, and makes me appreciate it more. My dad is 65 years old currently, and is currently dying of stage 4 lung cancer
@M5guitar1 3 ай бұрын
I learned this on piano and can't get passed the lyrics without choking up. I'm 63 and lost both parents.
@craigoxford5611 Жыл бұрын
this song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 17, 1972 and it peaked at number 1 for 6 weeks and this was his 2nd single out of his 7 chart singles and this was his biggest hit his real name is Raymond O'Sullivan and he was born in Waterford, Ireland on December 1, 1946.
@lucian2dbone670 4 ай бұрын
It's nice to see young people discovering and appreciating the music that we 60 and 70 year olds came up with and loved.
@blown22 Жыл бұрын
If you guys haven't done so already, check out his song 'Clair', which he wrote for his manager's 3-year old daughter. Beautiful but decidedly happier!
@Kim-dm4yb Жыл бұрын
Omg, my dad used to play this song when I was a kid, I was only 4yrs old when this came out but he listened to this for yrs, my dad loved this song. My dad passed away in 95 and was only 50yrs old when he died, after being sick for 9yrs. I haven't heard this since I was a kid and never realized how sad it is. This made me cry thinking of him and the memories attached to this song.. 😥💔❤
@CheleBoxy Жыл бұрын
😟Sending you comforting hugs!
@RobertSmith-iw2kb Жыл бұрын
Always cry,.happened in my life.😢
@collinpillow4066 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs from that era! Thanks for spotlighting Gilbert.
@richardwhite2344 Жыл бұрын
A beautiful and yes sad song, But songs from this era had so much heart and spoke the truth. I loved this song and still do. A 70's calssic. Yes, it is sad, but life is very sad sometimes!!
@kevinpolito1529 21 күн бұрын
The guitarist on the solo is Big Jim Sullivan, a session guitarist who played on over 750 hit songs.
@debrahirshfield6997 Жыл бұрын
This song was actually cathartic for me when it came out. I had a tough childhood. My solace and my strength became from within and this song played a big part in my getting my contentment within.
@sourisvoleur4854 Жыл бұрын
I am happy to hear you made it through.
@vincentsablan732 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most beautifully SAD songs I've ever heard...yet, I have it on all mediums and on many playlists. Just a beautiful song...
@randyhinkson7950 Жыл бұрын
You two keep showing me the great tunes of my life as a kid...Love it... You need to check out his hits.. "Claire" and my favorite "Get Down"
@shirl790 4 ай бұрын
I loved this song when it first came out. Yes oldie here too. Nowadays I can't listen to it without crying.
@JulieAiken Жыл бұрын
This was such a huge hit. It's weird that such a sad song would hit the top of the charts, but one reason I think is that you can understand all the lyrics and it moves you.
@DavidBrown-yd9le Жыл бұрын
I remember this song from the 70s. I was young but have always enjoyed it
@Gorinbronzehammer Жыл бұрын
This song was number one the week I was born in 1972 and my Mom made sure I heard the song and knew it's significance.....talking about your feelings helps... maybe singing about them helps more
@ChuckHackney 20 күн бұрын
It is a song about loss and sadness, yet so beautiful, poppy, and upbeat. Along with It Never Rains in SC, one of the 70s most iconic pop ballads. He also did a wonderful song about babysitting a rambunctious little girl, "Claire"
@pault2461 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the saddest songs ever IMO, the act of committing suicide (throwing himself off the tower , , , broken into little pieces), I think our reaction presenters didn't cotton on to this. The last verse resonates so much with me. When my father passed away my Mum pined everyday for him, the lyrics catch this perfectly.
@RobertSmith-iw2kb Жыл бұрын
You said it,makes macho me cry every time.
@Beatles4Sale. Жыл бұрын
This song was a massive hit! ❤️❤️❤️ great choice! 🫠🫠🫠
@rarelycares8416 Жыл бұрын
I love this song, the dichotomy of the cheerful melody with the heartbreaking lyrics really gets me. You should also do "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks, a similar dichotomy that makes you want to dance and cry at the same time.
@sourisvoleur4854 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if I'm prejudiced but it seems like this kind of incongruity between lyrics and music happened more "back then." When you think about "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by the Beatles, the melody and the arrangement are so happy and skippy, and the words are about a serial killer.
@stevenmalham2234 Жыл бұрын
I disagree abut the melody to this extent--it is NOT cheerful.
@stonehobson2487 7 ай бұрын
I agree completely. The cheerful melody and the key he sings the song in makes it seem hopeful. He's heartbroken again, but he always seems to persevere. I think that's what made it such a popular and lasting song. We've all had difficult times, but carry on as best we can.
@joyceharkin3641 Ай бұрын
It's an oddly catchy tune for such sad sentiments. Never fails to make me cry!
@user-yc2oz8kc5k 3 ай бұрын
Such a sad song you can't help but shed a tear every time you hear it. Amazing work by Gil.
@Stoney_Snark Жыл бұрын
Probably the most depressing song of all time, and a huge hit!
@brodie6222 Жыл бұрын
bee gees, i started a joke is a close second
@cindyfalstrom7231 Жыл бұрын
@@brodie6222 LOVE that song, too !!
@Beatles4Sale. Жыл бұрын
Seasons in the Sun gives it a run for saddest song.
@leejeffrey6672 Жыл бұрын
That would be "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie Holiday. Also known as the Hungarian suicide song.
@cathyortiz1280 Жыл бұрын
Bobby Goldsboro had "Honey" about his wife dying. Oh, the Xmas one about the shoes too!! Gets me every time.
@januzzell8631 Жыл бұрын
Such a great singer songwriter - thank you
@Malfie657 Жыл бұрын
Gilbert was an excellent songwriter and some of his early hits when he dressed like a school kid were "Nothing Rhymed" and "We Will" - both highly recommended. Gilbert's music career was put on hold by a long legal case over his record contract with MAM records which gave the bulk of his earnings back to the record company - he eventually won but it took 5 years during which he was unable to release songs or sign up to another label and he never signed another major deal again, such a shame.
@lilsamm-cq3sl 25 күн бұрын
I play this song every time my family goes out, i told my mom once and now she keeps saying this is my song
@cbreez40 Жыл бұрын
There was just something really special about 70s music and the lyrics songwriters created.. there was this magical journey the listener is taken on we just don't have access to with today's music
@canarsie56 Жыл бұрын
One of the greeatest and most beautiful songs ever written
@tinebathurst2114 Жыл бұрын
Gilbert O Sullivan Claire so beautiful.
@anglosaxon5874 Жыл бұрын
He found love a few years later [1980] and is happily married and had two children. This was his 'depressive' years. Always liked this song [was 11 when it came out]. Was an eye opener though at the beginning, that he was going to visit a nearby tower to throw himself off!
@Throgmoyd Жыл бұрын
Raymond (for that is his real name) is a genius songwriter and performer. We finally had the chance to see him in Southport the year before the pandemic hit and it was a sublime evening of incredible, heartfelt music. I had not realised until that night, when he revealed, that he'd originally been in a band with Rick Davies who later formed Supertramp. Wow. 'Gilbert' was hugely popular in the early/mid 70s in the UK and had string of hits with incredible songs, IN addition to 'Alone Again' - I recommend the equally melancholy 'Nothing Rhymed', the deeply touching 'Clair' and the hugely popular, up-beat 'Get Down'. P.S. His early career saw him attired as more of a 'street urchin' than a schoolboy.
@andydkid Жыл бұрын
I remember when this song came out , I spent hours listening to it over and over trying to figure out why I was so enthralled by it. I finally realized that i totally related to this song . As depressing as the song was I found comfort in knowing that I was not alone . Thank you for this reaction ! Love u guys !
@SeaMonster111 Жыл бұрын
Now you just have to listen to him doing "Nothing Rhymed", Incredible! He is a master composer as well as a performer.
@marieblease4358 2 ай бұрын
I can’t comment enough of this amazing music artist from my childhood,I’m glad to see it’s still being played through today’s generations ❤ the song was only written but without any truth to the lyrics which just shows what genius songwriter he was for people to actually believe the lyrics were a true story,amazing 70s memories
@emiliarodriguez4164 Жыл бұрын
Yay! Finally! Thank you for reacting to one of my favorite songs. Have a blessed day! 🤗💜🤗
@BRIDINC1972 Жыл бұрын
Spanish guitar, Gilbert's voice and piano. Beautiful. Check out him singing Nothing rhymes, Claire and Matrimony.😍😍
@fionatrill1572 3 ай бұрын
This song always makes me tear up especially the lyrics about the mother. Yet this wasn't autobiographical. He just has a way of expressing what people feel.
@diannestucki5732 Жыл бұрын
Gilbert O'Sullivan is STILL touring. I saw him at Pine Knob way back when this song was a big hit, and he was so much fun. Clair is another great tune from him, or Get Down.
@deborahdennehy9937 Жыл бұрын
This song came out in 1972 & did really well. I'm Irish & really love this song, although very sad I know. Gilbert left Ireland with his family when he was 7 yrs old to the UK. Studied Graphic Designing. Eventually influenced by The Beatles! I was 12 yrs old when this song came out. He also had many other songs when eventually he became a producer. Amazing singer!! xx
@Eric4471066 Жыл бұрын
This song was Gilbert O'Sullivan's debut hit in America. The song spend a total of 6 weeks at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the early spring of 1972. This song is a sad song but a beautiful song indeed.
@CapAnson12345 Жыл бұрын
This song just beats you over the head with sadness.. all sung to upbeat cheerful music.
@daleofficer1709 Жыл бұрын
It might surprise you to know this was Gilbert’s one and only downer, and yet his biggest hit. He had several hits back in the ‘70s, but all the rest were much more upbeat. It might also surprise you that Gilbert actually wrote this song when he was only 15. Pretty deep lyrics for someone so young. You should also check out “Claire”. A much more upbeat and playful song. I have to say though, “Alone Again (Naturally)” still hits hard even today. Much love to you both, you’re awesome!!!!
@patrickmiller1834 4 ай бұрын
I remember this playing in the AM radio I was around 7 when this was number one on billboard. Magical times. It just brought tears to my eyes. Wow
@jeffdetmer4681 Жыл бұрын
This was a really good song. Jay, it is a standard 6 string guitar. Maybe the grainy video and lights makes it look different. The guitar player was ig Jim Sullivan. He started as a session musician. He also played the sitar. He actually gave lessons to several people who ended up being professional guitarists. In later years he became a member of Tom Jones' band. While working in Vegas with Tom, Jim met and became friends with Elvis as well.
@iandavis5739 7 ай бұрын
The golden era of singer songwriters.................the 1970's. Irelands hugest star pre Thin Lizzy and U2. Waterford's finest Gilbert O'Sullivan. He spent many years penniless due to legalities and theft but came out shining in the 1990's after a high court ruling in in his favour. Twenty years waiting, he walked away with 5.5 million. Great ol' Gilbert. Good on you. You truly deserved every penny.
@carolgordon4785 Жыл бұрын
Excellent Song...sad & Beautiful..emotions...
@cliftonboyz1959 3 ай бұрын
Hey kids…this is what is called REAL music🎉
@mrmitchell78 Жыл бұрын
He is still going strong - released a new album very recently and is still touring!
@kingvii7250 Жыл бұрын
Facts of life... we will loose everything... and much tears will be shed
@richardmc442 Жыл бұрын
Unique song ...story end2end .. sad but beautifully presented.. Will down Gilbert, you were special back there in the 70s ..
@soulgalorememories9921 Жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I hear this song - it gets me every time. The part where he says his mother couldn't understand why the only man she ever loved had been taken....is a chunk of reality that we all feel. We can never understand things like that and being resigned to being alone again (naturally) would apply to all of us in one form or another. Feeling hopeless can hit any one of us......as this masterpiece of song writing shows.
@brodie6222 Жыл бұрын
This vibe reminds me of "The Bee Gees" ; I Started a Joke. PLEASE consider this as a reaction for y'all.
@reneerocha1796 Жыл бұрын
This song was a hit with me when I first heard it-a while ago….beautiful. ❤
@briannewell6064 Жыл бұрын
This song was popular in 1972 while I was in the army during the Vietnam War and I got a Dear John letter. Later my father passed away leaving me to care for my mother and when she passed away I Cried And Cried All Day. It's as if Gilbert wrote this about me. A very emotional song for me to hear.
@tvgator1 Жыл бұрын
It's a nylon string classical guitar. It gives that perfect Spanish style sound. Oh by the way I was a kid when this song came out, and it literally made me cry cuz the guy was so heartbroken in it. But alot of songs from the 70s were straight up sad songs...
@OldPapaBear Жыл бұрын
The music back then expressed all the different emotions, not just the feel good ones. So many serious things were happening like the Viet Nam War and Cuban Missile Crisis. The music kept things real, giving us a chance to reflect on all the different aspects of life.
@danaolen7500 8 ай бұрын
I have always loved this song. Not everything has a happy ending.
@jeffreyerickson6766 5 ай бұрын
Amber you have so much empathy that comes naturally to you.
@Lion-9699 Жыл бұрын
The song “Alone Again, naturally” reached #1 in the USA for five consecutive weeks, NATURALLY! I was a teenager when this song came out. Even though it was a sad song, people were drawn to his magnificent voice, musical melodies, and the various instrumentals used in the song.
@stewartmatthews1551 Жыл бұрын
Oh heck yeah guys it has been a long time
@faaguila Жыл бұрын
Hi ya'll, another sad yet very beautiful song is by Terry Jacks from 1974 called "seasons in the sun". It will definitely pull on your heart strings
@sandrabeaumont9161 Жыл бұрын
Gilbert O'Sullivan had a number of hits. All penned by his ownself. Others you may like are: Matrimony, Get Down and Claire. Enya is also Irish. She always sings a few verses in her native language Irish Gaelic. She was in the Irish band Clannad.
@deb5710 Жыл бұрын
I remember as a young person hearing this when it was first released and thinking how hopeless this song is! We have all had our ups and downs, but it has been my experience that GOD IS FAITHFUL, and he will never leave us or forsake us. I take great comfort in the knowledge that God truly cares about us, and we are not alone!
@surlechapeau Жыл бұрын
Jay & Amber, you'll love his "Clair" and "Get Down" !! edit- happier songs!
@pauleypavillion6088 11 ай бұрын
Personal catchy song for me. When my mom passed away back in 2010 after my dad passed away in 2000 I cried a lot when I was alone with other siblings due to the fact I didn't bore any children for me to pass on and this song came into my mind to reflect our human life on our planet. I hope all is well for our species. This would be a good song to listen to one day after your mothers funeral if she is the last one to die after your father has died days/years earlier.
@TheOriginalRick 2 ай бұрын
The young lady who was to eventually become Mrs. Rick came to the States as a 18 year old when this song was on the charts. She left her friends and much of her family behind. This song reflected her feelings back to her for many months. Still can't hear it without tearing up.
@nicholaswolstencroft9263 Жыл бұрын
This song is so relatable when you feel alone but in a way its so comforting, it reminds you that in your loneliness there are others that feel exactly like you do
@JohnnyTalia Жыл бұрын
This song hit a lot of us where we live. It's about how sometimes love is just not enough.
@pompanomark2024 Жыл бұрын
guys - this song was HUGE during the summer of '72 - you heard it everywhere you went - and he was on every freakin' TV show!
@john2ndname Жыл бұрын
In the song i just want to say that God never leaves us or forsakes us its because we have left God because of our challenges and trials. For God will never leave you because He loves you too much.
@marybaillie8907 Жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful reminder of a great time of music. Gilbert O'Sullivan, just a wonderful singer, with a big hit, spending 6 weeks at Number 1. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
@loritalbot3063 Жыл бұрын
This song never fails to make me get teary eyed !
@BabsisHere Жыл бұрын
One of my all time FAVORITE SONGS!!!!!! And now at 60 I’m sure that song will be the one I hear while I’m on my way out.... But I still LOVE IT! EVEN MORESO having it confirmed that he is a fellow-Irishmen! Love to you both!!!!!
@martinstubbs7974 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for reacting to Gilbert. He was as big as Elton during the early 1970s. Great singer songwriter.
@thompson63 Жыл бұрын
There are some songs that no matter how old they get I still love listening to them. This is one of them.
@kellyreiterman Жыл бұрын
I always loved this song as a kid, but the older I get and experience parents and other loved ones pass on, this song hits even harder. It's beautiful.
@happymethehappyone8300 Жыл бұрын
BOTH Classics,, Andrew Gold "Lonely Boy" & "Thank You For Being A Friend"
@willv5158 2 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, there are a lot of us who can totally relate to this song. 40 years ago I lost the love of my life to a friend and some of the same thoughts ran through my head. When you are betrayed by two people you really care about on the same day. Sometimes those thoughts never really go away.
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