Ahh yes...Paul Davis! From Meridian Mississippi, my wife's hometown. Such a great singer, back when having talent came before your image. When describing Paul, I like to jokingly say that " he looked like a Hell's Angel but sang like a Real Angel ". You really should check out some of Paul's other hits: COOL NIGHT, SWEET LIFE, and 65 LOVE AFFAIR among others. He really was something special. RIP Paul.
It’s such a breath of fresh air to see the younger generation appreciating our music. I think you’re right in target that music influences us. You should listen to Roberta Flack’s THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOUR FACE. she’s just WOW.
the studio version! it's quite possibly the most beautiful simple haunting thing ever recorded and it's the whole version too because it's cut on the TV version
This masterpiece stayed on the Billboards Hot 100 Charts for 40 weeks, 9 months and one week a record at the time. I agree with some of the other comments highlighting 65 Love Affair and Do Right, songs needing a listen. Paul left us at the age of 60, going way too soon, but his music lives on. RIP Paul.
" Cool Night " great track and yes music was more about love and respect back then, try some England Dan and john ford coley from the same genre " yacht rock " " love is the answer ".
Thoughtful and insightful commentary on this reaction video. More of this is needed, esp. on social media, for actual discussions to occur. Your parents should be proud of you for raising a kind, intelligent respectful young man. Liked, commented, and now subscribed. I look forward to seeing more. Your smile and positive outlook is refreshing and much needed in the world today. Thank you! ✌️💞🎶
Music changes WITH culture - they feed each other. As relationships degrade in the culture, the music will also reflect that - and especially words that disrespect women. Young men who haven't been raised in front of loving parents tend to learn their attitudes from other young men - and they are naturally users of women.
Man, yeah. I still have never called any woman a b***h, and can't even say the c**t word alone in private it's so disgusting. I'm still shocked when i hear others use words like that, even in endearing ways it seems.
Great song. You can attribute this song to a long lost lover. If you have met someone after several years, and you loved them but they rejected you ultimately…it does not mean that you still still do not have feelings for them. I was lucky to find the love of my life in medical school on Navy Scholarships. Unfortunately she died on active duty Navy in 2014 and is buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery. I miss her tremendously to this day. Blessings.
Back in 1978 this song spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, establishing a new all time record at the time. It was eventually broken in 1982 when Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" spent 43 weeks on the chart. That record has been shattered many times over since then but back in those days 30 plus weeks was considered an amazing run for a single.
Love Paul Davis! Definitely check out “Cool Night” which is one of my all-time favorite songs. You also did a video on “Spirits In The Material World” which is an all-time favorite song as well. Keep up the great work!
You are soooo right! I truly believe the music of the 60s thru 80s influenced each generation with the lyrics. We heard songs, of love, peace and yes drugs. If i ever heard my son speak to a woman the way they are sung about, I would slap his mouth!!!!!! And sadly the young women of today accept this because they are influenced by what they hear just like we did!✌❤
Another great song like this one, is by an artist named, Bertie Higgins, and it's called, Key Largo. He makes really great references to old movies in it but it's clever and romantic (yeah, I said it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣) in a nostalgic sort of way. Always hits me in ""my feels" .. my heart. Paul Davis does this to me a lot.
Thanks for the video, I've liked this song for decades. A love song you may not have considered yet is "Lotta Love," by the late Nicolette Larson. I think your wife would enjoy that too, it has a really nice sound.
Wow! You are really missing some fantastic sound quality listening to this old tv video from the 70's. I hope you are going to hear the stereo studio version at some point in the future to hear why it was a #1 hit on the singles chart!
Paul Davis was amazing he broke record of the longest hits on billboards top 100 but sadly unsure why never made # 1 try Cool Nights and 65 Love Affair there’s a few more I love of his but can’t remember the names right now. He was awesome may he RIP
You made some great points! I grew up with these love songs in the 70's, they're still important to me today and well, my husband and I have been married 42 years. Hmm... Had never made the connection, but who knows? Thanks for your review and observations!
I would like you to react to a song by Diana Navarro. She is a Spanish singer. With the song "El perdon" she is a very versatile singer who sings different musical styles. With a very personal voice and notes with incredible melismas. Greetings from Spain
Paul is a great singer! One of my favs! Omg, Ribbon in the sky! Love that song! We used to have a station in metro Detroit called Pillow talk. The dj I think his name was Alan Allman, would play Ribbon in the sky at the start of his show, then he would play romantic songs (this was around late 70's into the 80's) for hours while you would be with your special person, doing whatever! Love your show!
Thanks for those kind words! See? Our music was different because artists went through stuff to bring this music to you! Now a days, kids just doing music to be seen and heard, but it doesn't come from a good place always. In less than 100 years from now, us Baby Boomers (the protectors of this music) will be gone, and this is part of the inheritance we will leave for you! Treasure it! Protect it! Fall in love with it! Thank you!!! God Bless!
I had never thought about a correlarption between the music of the day and the divorce rate. I think you may be on to something ... some appropriate entity should do a study on that. Anyway it certainly is food for thought .., thank you
Chod, I think your insight to music is spot on. It’s been bothering me for a long time that the SPIRIT and Heart of music has changed in the last few decades. Gone is the romantic and kind music I grew up with. It has now been replaced by music that feels dark and oppressive. The message used to be about true love and respect towards women and now it’s opposite of that. It’s changed our culture. I can’t listen to much music today, especially rap. I can’t fill my mind with the evil message a lot of it brings.
You're right! I often hear young people reacting to love songs from the 60s 70s and 80s and both young men and women say the same thing. Girls often say "it felt like he was talking to me, why can't a man talk to me like that?" and the guys say "why haven't I ever heard a man talk to a woman like that?" "I wish I could talk like that". Back in those days, yes men were macho but they were also able to be sensitive, hurt, and express themselves. It didn't make them less of a man. In fact, it made them more of a man. A real man, is not afraid to say who he is and what he feels. If you're not able to say the hard things whether its "Im sorry, "I love you", "Dont leave me" or express your pain, you're not a man. You're still a boy. I hope that by young people hearing these songs and listening to them, will learn how to say the hard things and feel the hard feels. Maybe, people will get along a little better because right now we could use it.
They have made our men pansies today. A REAL man IS macho, masculine, powerful, but also sensitive to others, respectful of others, loving, caring, and tender.
Chod I think you can go on and on about it but I think that you are right in every way. Peoples VALUES changed and I think that's a huge part of it. I think that people thought that what was important such as money cars houses was important but in reality those things really are not important and I think that caused people to lose their away and fight for the wrong things. instead of feeling what is actually important family and love trust compassion all the great things in life.
I just had a thought as one who has broken off a relationship with a woman and have had women (yes, several) break off a relationship with me... I'll give you 3 guesses as to which was easier to take... and your first two guesses don't count! It's no wonder men either don't want to get in too deep or break it off first... It hurts less... for us. Hmm... :-|
I don't think it's the music as much as what you can get away with airing now days. Despite what many people feel, it was much more restrictive then. More so though, it's because the standard of living has gone down in many ways. Yes, there have been advancements in technology and medicine, but as a whole people are making far less money. You use to be able to raise a family, own a car, house, have a yearly vacation and retirement plan, medical, send your kids to college, etc. all on one persons income. Now everyone is stressed and on edge just getting by. Kids are still encouraged to go to college but they end up with mountains of debt because colleges have become for profit. Basically, too much capitalism can be a bad thing. In the US, we have a mixed economy that has shifted too much to the right in favor of corporate share holders and away from prosperity for a large working class.
Music changed lyrically in th mid 90's to a harsher reality. 1960's - 80's we liked that fantasy romantic love, sprinkled with imagination. Now it's just WAP... which is fine, but where are the thought out lyrics?? How about wet butterfly wings or morning dew moistened rosebuds, just as lame examples. Sing to us and let us open up our imagination, don't just hit me in the head with a frying pan...boring.
Great song and great voice! 65 Love Affair and Cool Night are great tunes as well.
The one I remember most is sweet life because I had it on a 45 RPM record.
Do Right also.
This and Ambrosia’s, How Much I Feel
Lost loves…… 💔😢
Ahh yes...Paul Davis! From Meridian Mississippi, my wife's hometown. Such a great singer, back when having talent came before your image. When describing Paul, I like to jokingly say that " he looked like a Hell's Angel but sang like a Real Angel ". You really should check out some of Paul's other hits: COOL NIGHT, SWEET LIFE, and 65 LOVE AFFAIR among others. He really was something special. RIP Paul.
It’s such a breath of fresh air to see the younger generation appreciating our music. I think you’re right in target that music influences us. You should listen to Roberta Flack’s THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOUR FACE. she’s just WOW.
Yes..and Minnie Riperton "loving you" was one my favs too
the studio version! it's quite possibly the most beautiful simple haunting thing ever recorded and it's the whole version too because it's cut on the TV version
This masterpiece stayed on the Billboards Hot 100 Charts for 40 weeks, 9 months and one week a record at the time. I agree with some of the other comments highlighting 65 Love Affair and Do Right, songs needing a listen. Paul left us at the age of 60, going way too soon, but his music lives on. RIP Paul.
" Cool Night " great track and yes music was more about love and respect back then, try some England Dan and john ford coley from the same genre " yacht rock " " love is the answer ".
Beautiful song. So sorry that he's left us--but we still have his artistry. Your commentary is very wise.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Paul Davis was an amazing artist. ❤️
Thoughtful and insightful commentary on this reaction video. More of this is needed, esp. on social media, for actual discussions to occur. Your parents should be proud of you for raising a kind, intelligent respectful young man. Liked, commented, and now subscribed. I look forward to seeing more. Your smile and positive outlook is refreshing and much needed in the world today. Thank you! ✌️💞🎶
his voice was perfect- he just sang simply and told the story -
Paul Davis was a talented singer/songwriter. He was very underrated. He had a beautiful voice. He was a nice, humble guy too.
I just love Paul Davis and this song. Check out Sweet Life, and Cool Nights❤
The loss of Honesty, Integrity, Ethics and Morals! People need to return to Love and Respect of others!
Great song and insightful analysis. Thank you.
Such a wonderful song. One of my all time favourites. 🥰🥰
I love a good love song , Paul Davis is one of. My all time favorite singer.
It makes me want to slow dance, sadly I dont have anyone to do that with anymore. Absolutely beautiful.
Music changes WITH culture - they feed each other. As relationships degrade in the culture, the music will also reflect that - and especially words that disrespect women. Young men who haven't been raised in front of loving parents tend to learn their attitudes from other young men - and they are naturally users of women.
Man, yeah. I still have never called any woman a b***h, and can't even say the c**t word alone in private it's so disgusting. I'm still shocked when i hear others use words like that, even in endearing ways it seems.
Great song.
You can attribute this song to a long lost lover.
If you have met someone after several years, and you loved them but they rejected you ultimately…it does not mean that you still still do not have feelings for them.
I was lucky to find the love of my life in medical school on Navy Scholarships.
Unfortunately she died on active duty Navy in 2014 and is buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
I miss her tremendously to this day.
Blessings.
💔😌🙏💕
I second "65 Love Affair" and "Cool Night". I had forgotten all these songs. Glad someone suggested this and the other two songs.
I agree music does influence people it calms people down and build people up and make them happy and sad
Thank you for not constantly interrupting the song!!! I just subscribed to your channel for that reason. ❤️
Me too
Classic sad break up song that play with your emotions back then. This song effected me when i had a breakup back then.
Back in 1978 this song spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, establishing a new all time record at the time. It was eventually broken in 1982 when Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" spent 43 weeks on the chart. That record has been shattered many times over since then but back in those days 30 plus weeks was considered an amazing run for a single.
Your review of the song was excellent. He wrote this song and many others. He left us too soon.♥
This has always been the song I relate to the love of my life. I have loved him for more than 20 years and this song describes my pain.
Another throwback classic, luv this so much. Thank-you 😊 💓 ☺ 💗 💛
Love Paul Davis! Definitely check out “Cool Night” which is one of my all-time favorite songs.
You also did a video on “Spirits In The Material World” which is an all-time favorite song as well. Keep up the great work!
You are soooo right! I truly believe the music of the 60s thru 80s influenced each generation with the lyrics. We heard songs, of love, peace and yes drugs. If i ever heard my son speak to a woman the way they are sung about, I would slap his mouth!!!!!! And sadly the young women of today accept this because they are influenced by what they hear just like we did!✌❤
Your absolutely right about the evolution of music.
Another great song like this one, is by an artist named, Bertie Higgins, and it's called, Key Largo. He makes really great references to old movies in it but it's clever and romantic (yeah, I said it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣) in a nostalgic sort of way. Always hits me in ""my feels" .. my heart. Paul Davis does this to me a lot.
I am a child of the 70's...the magic music saved so many of us kids who had absent parenting
Thanks for the video, I've liked this song for decades. A love song you may not have considered yet is "Lotta Love," by the late Nicolette Larson. I think your wife would enjoy that too, it has a really nice sound.
Wow! You are really missing some fantastic sound quality listening to this old tv video from the 70's. I hope you are going to hear the stereo studio version at some point in the future to hear why it was a #1 hit on the singles chart!
Paul Davis was amazing he broke record of the longest hits on billboards top 100 but sadly unsure why never made # 1 try Cool Nights and 65 Love Affair there’s a few more I love of his but can’t remember the names right now. He was awesome may he RIP
You made some great points! I grew up with these love songs in the 70's, they're still important to me today and well, my husband and I have been married 42 years. Hmm... Had never made the connection, but who knows? Thanks for your review and observations!
True. Wise words from a wise man.
I would like you to react to a song by Diana Navarro. She is a Spanish singer. With the song "El perdon" she is a very versatile singer who sings different musical styles. With a very personal voice and notes with incredible melismas. Greetings from Spain
Just a few days ago i was watching one of your reactions and i thought to my self, Chod would like his song.
Love him so much sad he is not here but this kind of music 🎶 is no longer around 😞 thank goodness for TH-cam
One of the most heartbreaking/heartfelt love songs - Davis truly brigns all the feels - only wish Roy Orbison had done a cover. SamEnergy
You are so right brother we need to treat are women with more love to keep them
All media plays a part in changing culture. 100%
Timeless
You gotta hear sweet life
For a good old wedding song, listen to Peter, Paul, and Mary’s “Wedding Song”. Add them as a new group. Tons of hits.
Paul is a great singer! One of my favs! Omg, Ribbon in the sky! Love that song! We used to have a station in metro Detroit called Pillow talk. The dj I think his name was Alan Allman, would play Ribbon in the sky at the start of his show, then he would play romantic songs (this was around late 70's into the 80's) for hours while you would be with your special person, doing whatever! Love your show!
And he would end with Summer Madness by Kool and the gang another great song
You know the show! I loved listening to Alan talk and play all of those great songs!!! Miss it alot!
Makes me want to say " Hey Jesus! Good to see you!"
Thanks for those kind words! See? Our music was different because artists went through stuff to bring this music to you! Now a days, kids just doing music to be seen and heard, but it doesn't come from a good place always. In less than 100 years from now, us Baby Boomers (the protectors of this music) will be gone, and this is part of the inheritance we will leave for you! Treasure it! Protect it! Fall in love with it! Thank you!!!
God Bless!
I had never thought about a correlarption between the music of the day and the divorce rate. I think you may be on to something ... some appropriate entity should do a study on that. Anyway it certainly is food for thought .., thank you
I think music is powerful and women want to hear a man express emotions of love.
Chod, I think your insight to music is spot on. It’s been bothering me for a long time that the SPIRIT and Heart of music has changed in the last few decades. Gone is the romantic and kind music I grew up with. It has now been replaced by music that feels dark and oppressive. The message used to be about true love and respect towards women and now it’s opposite of that. It’s changed our culture. I can’t listen to much music today, especially rap. I can’t fill my mind with the evil message a lot of it brings.
100% agree with you!
You're right! I often hear young people reacting to love songs from the 60s 70s and 80s and both young men and women say the same thing. Girls often say "it felt like he was talking to me, why can't a man talk to me like that?" and the guys say "why haven't I ever heard a man talk to a woman like that?" "I wish I could talk like that". Back in those days, yes men were macho but they were also able to be sensitive, hurt, and express themselves. It didn't make them less of a man. In fact, it made them more of a man. A real man, is not afraid to say who he is and what he feels. If you're not able to say the hard things whether its "Im sorry, "I love you", "Dont leave me" or express your pain, you're not a man. You're still a boy. I hope that by young people hearing these songs and listening to them, will learn how to say the hard things and feel the hard feels. Maybe, people will get along a little better because right now we could use it.
They have made our men pansies today. A REAL man IS macho, masculine, powerful, but also sensitive to others, respectful of others, loving, caring, and tender.
Davis died of a heart attack at the Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 22, 2008, a day after his 60th birthday.
Very nice 👌 👍
Great choice man! I like him alot! Thanks for this discovery!(:
Ah yes, back when I was a teenager...I used to play this over and over after my girlfriend and I broke up.
interesting perspective
Ah song of my youth...lol
☮️💙
Uh huh this is a makin out song .....love it 😍
You need to do "Because I Love you" by Lenny Williams - as Steve Harvey says it's the strongest love song - and he is talking about the same thing
Paul Davis is actually from the town I live in, and I also used to work with his ex-wife(they have a son together)
Very interesting and thank you for sharing that.
Jesus hair!!!!!😂😂😂😂
This song is incredible. Reminds me of a little crush I had on a chick at school in the mid 90s .
Uour geting closer to whats really going on
It’s a shame this sound along with 80’s early 90’s and New Jack Swing won’t come back
This song was H*U*G*E in its day.
Chod I think you can go on and on about it but I think that you are right in every way. Peoples VALUES changed and I think that's a huge part of it. I think that people thought that what was important such as money cars houses was important but in reality those things really are not important and I think that caused people to lose their away and fight for the wrong things. instead of feeling what is actually important family and love trust compassion all the great things in life.
I think you mean as the music "digressed."
I just had a thought as one who has broken off a relationship with a woman and have had women (yes, several) break off a relationship with me... I'll give you 3 guesses as to which was easier to take... and your first two guesses don't count! It's no wonder men either don't want to get in too deep or break it off first... It hurts less... for us. Hmm... :-|
Please react to JJ grey and mofro live version of Lochloosa or Tommy Emanuel version of classical gas thanks 😊 🙏 ☺
Please react to JJ grey and mofro live version of Lochloosa
Back in the day, it was ok to love people and hurt when it didn't work out. But, come on... if a guy sang that to a girl.. the guy's getting some.
Because its the end of the fallen world
I don't think it's the music as much as what you can get away with airing now days. Despite what many people feel, it was much more restrictive then.
More so though, it's because the standard of living has gone down in many ways. Yes, there have been advancements in technology and medicine, but as a whole people are making far less money. You use to be able to raise a family, own a car, house, have a yearly vacation and retirement plan, medical, send your kids to college, etc. all on one persons income. Now everyone is stressed and on edge just getting by. Kids are still encouraged to go to college but they end up with mountains of debt because colleges have become for profit. Basically, too much capitalism can be a bad thing. In the US, we have a mixed economy that has shifted too much to the right in favor of corporate share holders and away from prosperity for a large working class.
We've gotten away from God.
Music changed lyrically in th mid 90's to a harsher reality. 1960's - 80's we liked that fantasy romantic love, sprinkled with imagination. Now it's just WAP... which is fine, but where are the thought out lyrics?? How about wet butterfly wings or morning dew moistened rosebuds, just as lame examples. Sing to us and let us open up our imagination, don't just hit me in the head with a frying pan...boring.
Grab LeBlanc and Carr-Falling. One of THE best love songs from the 1970s.