OMG!| FIRST TIME HEARING Kenny Rogers - Lucille REACTION
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- OMG!| FIRST TIME HEARING Kenny Rogers - Lucille REACTION
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I saw Kenny in concert once. He said that in a lot of songs that tell a story, there's someone you feel sorry for. In "Lucille," he said, some people feel sorry for the husband, some feel sorry for Lucille, some feel sorry for the four hungry children, "and I met one weird person who felt sorry for the crop in the field."
I feel sorry for the husband! He has more to lose than Lucille’s dreams.
That last part made me giggle lol
🤣🤣🤣
I felt sorry for the four hundred children myself..
When my youngest son was 4 or 5 he used to sing "4 hundred children and caught in the field. I would say "Must be children of the corn"
Hilarious!
Children are so open and honest, even when they're wrong 😆
😀😅🤣😄
Too funny 😁
There is a funny and very poignant story in Ken Dryden's book "The Game" about the song Lucille and Montreal Canadiens hard working forward Rejean (Reggie) Houle. The Game is one of the best sports books ever written and it tells of the team being on the bus and them singing Lucille when it would come on the radio. But they would stop because they realized it was "Reggie's song" and he sang it by himself with great sincerity. The book is worth it alone just to read the story about Guy Lapointe's hair. Actually I think you can see that story in the Google preview. I LOL every time I read it, I recommend you to go find it :)
By far, the next Kenny Rogers song should be Coward of the County. Also there's Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town. And also...Love Will Turn You Around. Also check out his early hits with the First Edition, What Condition My Condition Was In, and Reuben James.
Ruby is another along this line I
think you guys would enjoy. Master storyteller and so loved ❤
One of my favorites!
"Coward Of The County" another great Kenny story song.
Ruby, also sang by Kenny, is right up there with Lucille...you should really hear it too...you are right...he is one of the best story tellers EVER...give it a listen
Ruby is dark. Great choice
Excellent suggestion
Agreed, even more powerful from an old soldier's point of view.
Ruby is like in my top 5 Kenny songs! Luuuuv it.
“Ruby, Don’t take your love to town” is a favorite of mine!
Amber: "Why are we like so invested in this story right now?"
Because Kenny Rogers doesn't just sing a song, or tell a story. He plucks at your heartstrings. Gets you right in the 'feels'. All the great singers do that.
"Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town" - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. Storytelling that will stir your emotions.
If you haven’t heard; C.W. McCall died today (age 93). He had a lot of trucker songs. Try “Wolf Creek Pass” if you’re interested.
Convoy was his big hit. Everybody bought CB radios after that one.
Convoy was the biggest hit in 1976. RIP CW.
R.I.P CW McCall.
C.W. McCall (Bill Fries) passed away on April 1st. I already mentioned this to them on their Shocking Blue - Venus reaction. Not sure if we'll get it...but we can keep on asking for it...10-4 Rubber Duck out!!
OMG I didnt know that. thank you for telling Me. I Grew up listening to him and Red Sovine, and all those Trucker Legends, R.I.P. C.W. McCall, My dad was a Trucker I lost Him in 2020 to heart issues, so this hit Real Close to Home.
You might want to check out Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Something's Burning, 1970.🥰🌻
COWARD OF THE COUNTY is a Kenny Rogers Must Hear!!!
My mother was IN LOVE with Kenny Rogers. "That's one sexy white man." I remember doing a triple take then laughing. We lived in the hood but my southern mother watched all the country shows.
I don't know if you reacted to his song "Coward of the county" but that's a great story song too
Coward of the County is one of my favorites. It is a good story telling song that really gets you drawn in for sure
"I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In"
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
98% of women right here. Thanks Kenny for shedding light on this, RIP.
Hard to picture Kenny rocking out on "Just Dropped In(To See What Condition My Condition Is In)" back when he was young.
A good love song from Kenny Rogers is "Love the World Away".
just a fun fact, there are many songs with mis heard lyrics, and this is one, instead of 4 hungry children some comedians suggested it was 400 children and that's why she was running away
Reuben James is my favorite Kenny Rogers song but Marty Robbins was one of my favorite story telling country Singers
An early Kenny Rogers song, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town". Great story and I think you would really enjoy this song about a Viet Nam soldier home from the war.
Another vote for Ruby. Rogers sings this one from the POV of the jilted husband.
Ruby was a song written by Mel Tillis and was originally about the Korean War instead of the one in Vietnam.
Great song!
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“Coward of the county”. Give it a listen! Kenny’s great!
I was just about to suggest that song myself, such an amazing song
Love this song so much!
I agree. You need to do Coward of the County.
This is not the original single. That one is much more emotional. More grit in his voice too. Listen to the original when you get the chance.
I thought something sounded off. Thanks for confirming it.
She Believes In Me... A must listen of Kenny's
If you want a good story song, like this one, try “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town.”
If you want to hear his voice in full Kenny mode, I would suggest something like Sweet Music Man or perhaps a duet such as Don’t Fall in Love With A Dreamer or his version of We Got Tonight.
Don't forget Coward of the County!
Ruby is the ultimate woman hating song, it goes right in to a man's bones.
RUBY!! YES!! 👍🏻😃❣️
@@teresajarrell452 do you know the original Dave? Mr. David Loggins he had off wonderful voice absolutely baby here's a song with baby please please baby baby please come Please Come to Boston baby and in days did it Dave Loggins all right Sissy
@@teresajarrell452 I think that you would like the Dave Loggins Dave Loggins doing a please come through this baby on the bus and listen to mister Dave David Loggins and something else
Another great song by Kenny (as someone has already mentioned)is "We've Got Tonight". It's a duet he did with Sheena Easton. It really is a beautiful love song. ❤🎵💙🎼
For a rocking side of Kenny, try "Just Dropped In," when he was still with the First Edition.
@Lawrence Carver He was a member of The New Christy Minstrels, along with Barry McGuire, before that.
Coward Of The County for more story telling....
Don't Fall In Love with A Dreamer..... Absolutely, beautiful! Trying to remember if you did that one🤔
You two are absolutely the best!
Can't deal with "Coward of the County"... using a gang rape as a prop for a young man's coming of age is just gross.
But if they want to hear another great Kenny Rogers "she done him wrong" song, I suggest "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town".
I saw Kenny Rogers in the 80's and the opening act was the Righteous Brothers. What a show that was!
My fave..."Somethin's Burning " with the First Edition.
Kenny's best song for America as he celebrates America is "I am the Greatest!" J this is for you!
Agreed bro. Johnny cash and Kenny are the masters of painting a story
Since you liked his song"Lady", you should do his " She Believes In Me"
Through the Years and She Believes In Me. Two beautiful love songs I know you would love Amber. Kenny just had such a raw, yet tender voice that just pulls you in from the first note. Rip Kenny. Thanks for the beautiful memories.
Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 ❤❤
His voice in Through the Years just melts me completely. ❤❤
I met Kenny once. He was at a Christmas party of a friend, who all ways said he knew Kenny Rogers, no body really believed him. Kenny say in a chair fairly buzzed, I never heard him say a word. This song was played all.most too much. Kenny had talent for sure. Thanks again this memory. Smile
Rogers’ Ruby is even better - totally heartbreaking 💔
Well, you've listened to Lucille. Now, you need to listen to Elvira by The Oak Ridge Boys!
If you like Kenny, you will love Ann Murray. She’s like the female Kenny Rogers; they even did a duet together. Her voice just pulls at your heart so effortlessly.
One of the best Country songs EVER Released in January 1977 The 70s were the NUKE BOMB
When I was a kid I always sang. You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, three wheels left and I’m going downhill, you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.
Kenny Rogers is indeed one of the great storytellers.
Just like Johnny Cash and Bruce Springsteen.
A beautiful Kenny Rogers song is She Believes In Me
For a real treat, check out Kenny Rogers and First Edition “Just Dropped In (To see What Condition My Condition Was In). It will BLOW your mind because I guarantee you are not expecting what you will hear!
It definitely blew MY mind when I first heard it. Couldn't believe Kenny Rogers started out that way.
And as Kenny was driving home, a wheel suddenly came off his car, leaving him stranded by the side of the road. And he thought of the words of the man in the bar: "You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel."
THERE IS A SEQUEL TO IT, TITLED: "LUCILLE'S ANSWER" PERFORMED BY ELZE ROSE.
As Kenny is called the Gambler, Cash is the Man in Black, Tom T Hall was called the Storyteller.
And Don Williams is the Gentle Giant.
The song that set off Kenny Rogers on a monster "country" career after a number of years (and several hits) as a pop-rocker with his band The First Edition. He had faded out of sight for a minute and then popped up with this. A huge hit.
Never missed an episode Of The First Edition T.V. show
The song was written by a songwriter whose wife had gone away for the weekend. He was doing yard work while watching his kids play and the chorus just came to him.
Kenny's " coward of the county is incredible
Before he switched to Country , he had a band called The First Edition and one of his most famous songs were, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Lve To Town". He reissued it when he switched to Country, but it stayed essentially the same song. Listen & enjoy.
"I jest dropped in...ta see what condition my condition was in...." :)
@@mjabqmanwk Yes! Too bad most thumbs up go to his better known love songs.
Such a sad song, but a great waltz…
When I was a kid, I thought he said "four hundred children." It was years before I finally heard it right, LOL.
His big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain -- for a minute I thought I was dead.
There is an "Answer" song called "Thanks for leaving, Lucille"
Basically, He gets with Lucille's kid sister, he discovers oil. He is rich and happy.
Should you listen? Maybe. Not worth a reaction, but a cute little cash grab.
A great song to listen to from Kenny is "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
RUBY!! YES!! 👍🏻😃❣️😃👍🏻
The answer song was interesting. And because I looked it up, I also found a song from Lucille's POV called "Lucille's Answer". Basically her defending herself and saying the husband's actions led her to leave.
Another great Kenny song is the duet he did with Sheena Easton, We've Got Tonight. Sheena is a great one for Female Friday. She was very big in the 80s. Morning Train, Strut, and my favorite, For Your Eyes Only.
"Reuben James", "Ruby", and "Coward of the County". You will love all three!
I miss Kenny Rogers so much
RIP KENNY
When I was little I thought he said four hundred children lol!!!! Thank you for making me smile everyday Jay and Amber ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me too!
Definitely "Coward of the County" and Ruby by first edition Kenny's old band...great job
Coward of the county is amazing and a punch in the gut
When Kenny first started his band was the "first edition." Check out ,t just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in. It will shock you!
What Selfish Woman, Her Husband sounds like a real Sweetheart of a Gentleman.
Another classic Country story teller is Marty Robbins! His "El Paso" is a must hear song.
More Kenny I'd love to see you react to: "Love Will Turn You Around", "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer", "Sweet Music Man", "Daytime Friends", "She Believes In Me", "Desperado" (Eagles' Cover), "Everytime Two Fools Collide", "Blaze of Glory", and that's just off the top of my head...there are so many more...
Don Williams "I recall a gypsy woman", "Stay young ", Amanda".
His song "Ruby" makes Lucille seem like a nice lady.
Kenny is the perfect voice for a story, and few Kenny songs beat his song 'Reuben James' as a more poignant and inspirational song. But, you must watch it with lyrics, so as not to miss the subtleties of the story.
Great duet to check out is “Don’t Fall in Love With a Dreamer,” by Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes.
I grew up in rural Canada - I knew dozens of Lucilles. Some stayed in miserable unfulfilled lives because of kids, obligations or (most often) poverty. As I got older I understood and identified with Lucille more than I did with the two males in the triangle. She isn't awful - she just wants a life of her own. Men walked away from their obligations for centuries and their women and children suffered for it. Lucille is no worse than any of them - to the contrary, her four children are with a man of property and a livelihood. I waste no tears on the husband - he doesn't ask her to come home because he loves her - he's more affronted that she left him with kids he clearly is unwilling or incapable of looking after and, oh, by the way, its harvest time.
"Mighty inconvenient of you, Lucille. You couldn't wait for another six months to leave?"
Kenny Rogers and The First edition "Just Dropped In" This is his band before solo! thank ya'll
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" is a great song. There is a LIVE version of Kenny singing it when he was young and in THE First Edition (hadn't gone solo yet)..You should watch that live video. GREAT STORYTELLING! Also, "Coward of the County" is another great storytelling song by Kenny. PS Both Kenny's songs, "The Gambler" and "Coward of the County" were made into movies. PPS I'm pretty sure in the RUBY video, he plays bass (I think it's a bass)... Oh and he has long hair and an earring. Oh my, he looks so HOT 🔥...
RUBY!! YES!! 👍🏻😃❣️
400 children....
Kenny Rogers was my first love. I was 7 and couldnt get over that little square in his beard.
You should do a whole kenny duet week. Sigh. Ahhh..
My brother and I loved to shout that line in the back of the Monte Carlo and we’d roar with laughter.
Kenny Rogers& The First Edition,Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town. You’ll thank me I promise!😂😂
"Ruby, don't take your love to town" Great song about a Korean war vet. I still think his early stuff was the best.
I don't know when your anniversary is, but if you like Kenny Rogers you MUST listen to "Through the Years" by Kenny on that day. It's a great song!
My dad used to sing “You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel”. He would crack himself up.
She believes in me is a good one
I always felt Me Lucille was more about him, he didn’t miss her/want her - just about himself.
For a great story song, more Western than Country, you should listen to El Paso by Marty Robbins. A studio version would be best in order to emphasize, not only his soothing voice, but also Grady Martin's brilliant Spanish guitar accompaniment. El Paso was released in 1959 and was the first number one song of the sixties, topping both the pop AND the country/western charts the first couple of weeks of the decade.
Absolutely love “Big Iron”
The song is actually part of a trilogy of songs that tells the story! 'El Paso', 'Faleena' and 'El Paso City'. Marty was another fantastic storyteller for sure!
It's interesting that Kenny's character in this song was definitely a man with a conscience. It didn't matter how good she looked when he saw her for what she really was. Great message!
When I was a teenager, my dad would drag the family out to the local Elks Lodge almost every Friday night for their steak dinners. After we'd eaten, my dad would usually get on the organ and entertain whoever was still around drinking and socializing, and as I got into my later teens I would often join him on my keyboard.
Occasionally, we would bring in outside entertainment though, and there was this one guy who did a sort of karaoke routine. He had a setup with prerecorded songs, and he'd either sing to them, or he'd play the flute or saxophones or a mix of both. And we'd have him come in and play two to three times a years, for several years.
This was one of the songs he would sing. And every time he did, a couple of the men, the "class clowns" of the lodge, if you will, would find some random woman in the room and fall to their knees in front of her, BEGGING her not to leave them and the most overly dramatic pantomime you could imagine. And the later in the evening he waiting before finally playing this song, the more drunk the clowns got, and the more outrageous the pantomime as they begged a new "Lucille" not to leave them.
I think all of us who were kids back then sang this as "with 400 children...". 😁🙂
"She Believes In Me" (1978) is a Kenny Rogers song that really shows off the strength of his vocals. He's best known for songs like "Lucille" because his voice is so appealing in soft songs like this. But I think you'll really appreciate "She Believes In Me".
Another great story teller is Dan Fogelberg. He has "Same Old Lang Syne" and "Leader of the Band". Also if you want to travel back even farther try Johnny Horton "Battle of New Orleans", "North to Alaska" and "Sink the Bismarck" for starters. These are from the 50's. You will love them.
I have not heard a Dan Fogleburg song reviewed on this channel yet.
Longer would be a great start.
When It’s Springtime In Alaska
Man, I'd love for them to listen to/watch the Greetings from the west Power of Gold, of pretty much the whole show. lol I love that show.
I'm glad the two of you understood that because of the way Lucille acted toward her husband, the guy who met her in the bar just couldn't go through with his plan to be with her. I heard one reaction where they said they believed he went ahead with his original plan for the evening and they totally missed it when he said, "She was a beauty, but when she came to me, she must have thought I'd lost my mind. I couldn't hold her, the words that he told her, kept coming back time after time." Other than using a euphemism when he said "I couldn't hold her" he could not have made it any plainer that he did NOT do anything with her because as you said, her CHARACTER just turned him off because he couldn't forget how demeaning she had been toward her husband. I think the reason I love classic country music so much is that so much of it is just listening to someone tell a story.
Some examples of great songs that tell stories are:
Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors or Old Flames;
George Jones, He Stopped Loving Her Today, The Grand Tour, or Things Have Gone to Pieces;
Mel Tillis, Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town;
Reba McEntire, Somebody Should Leave or Fancy;
Tom T. Hall, Ballad of Forty Dollars, Clayton Delaney, I Love or Watermelon Wine;
Tanya Tucker, Delta Dawn, No Man's Land, or Blood Red and Goin' Down;
Johnny Cash, Here Comes That Rainbow Again, Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station,
Don't Take Your Guns to Town or Sunday Mornin Comin Down;
Jeannie C. Riley, Harper Valley PTA;
Willie Nelson, Seven Spanish Angels, or Always on My Mind;
Roger Miller, Sorry Willie or Me and Bobby McGee;
Joey and Rory, Josephine;
Marty Robbins, El Paso, Big Iron or The Master's Call;
The Statler Brothers, Bed of Rose's, Maple Street Memories, or Class of '57;
Kenny Rogers, Reuben James, or Coward of the County;
Johnny Horton, Springtime in Alaska or North to Alaska;
Porter Wagoner, Carroll County Accident or Green, Green Grass of Home;
Vern Gosdin, Chiseled in Stone or Set 'em Up, Joe;
Merle Haggard, What Have you Got Planned Tonight, Diana? or Sing Me Back Home;
Hank Williams Jr., A Country Boy Can Survive; I Looked all Over Hell, or Rainin' in My Heart;
Hank Williams Sr. Be Careful of Stones that you Throw or I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry,
Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel or Blown Away.
Humorous songs:
Ray Stevens, It's Me Again, Margaret or Mississippi Squirrel Revival;
Johnny Cash, Boy Named Sue, One Piece at a Time, The One on the Left is on the Right;
John Conlee, I Don't Remember Loving You;
Patriotic Songs:
Toby Keith, Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue;
Johnny Cash, Ragged Old Flag;
George Jones, 50,000 Names;
The Statler Brothers, More Than a Name on a Wall.
You wouldn't go far wrong to react to any of these songs.
Kenny is AWSOME. If you want a good one. She believes in me.
You should do his early songs with the First Edition before he went solo. There's some good live versions Ruby and Just Dropped In.
Red Sovine is a master story teller. He is old time country. Some great songs include: Teddy Bear, phantom 309, Daddy's girl, Giddy up go, and Little Rosa.
Been asking for them to listen to Teddy Bear. I agree he is a master storyteller.
My wife loves him. Her dad was a trucker.
They definitely need to check him out. Roses for Mama is my favorite one he sings.
@@jgn1326 I'm a little hesitant with Little Rose cause I'm not looking to make Amber cry. That one is probably the saddest of his songs.
@@DjMistoffelees yeah it's definitely one that will bring on the tears. It still makes me cry and I've heard it close to 50 years.
Anyone else remember singing this differently as a child? “Picked a fine time to leave me, Loose Wheel”. We would just laugh in the car singing this!
YES!! 🤣😅🤣😅🤣
Marty Robbins "El Paso" followed by "Faleena" for some of the best story telling
I LOVE this song! There are 2 more I'd recommend from Kenny. #1 "The Coward of the County" and #2 "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town."
Both great. Have they already done "Coward of the County"? I lose track. "Ruby, don't take your love to town" is a ripper! Probably my favourite of all. For some reason less appreciated... maybee it's the speed of it?
I don't think that they have done "Coward", that definitely should go to the top if only for impact.....
Both of these are awesome
Coward still gives me the chills every time when "he stopped & locked the door."
Try ‘She Believes In Me’ or ‘Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer’ next. ‘We’ve Got Tonight’ with Sheena Easton is another good one. There’s also a live version of that with Dolly Parton that is awesome too.
"Just Dropped in to See What my Condition my Condition Was in" was his 1st hit record with his band "13th Floor Elevator" This iw where he started
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Daughtry…. Over
There's a song that nobody has reacted to by Kenny Rogers. Everybody just plays his more popular songs. But he has a song called Love will turn you around and it is beautiful and the music is amazing.
From the movie sixpack!
Oh, I love that song so much. I'm going to listen to it right now!!! You've made me smile!
It's a very beautiful and song and he's a co writer on that song!
Another great lesser known song is "Twenty Years Ago" from his 1986 album a great emotional song
One of my favorites!
I can remember him when he had his TV show Kenny Rogers and the First Edition ! He use to be a big rock star before he went country !
The truck driver version is "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel". As sung by my dad when I was a kid.
This is what we down south call a "honky tonk" song. Loved Kenny!
Harry Chapin is another great singer/songwriter who knew how to tell a story so well. Please react to Cat’s in the Cradle…one of his best known.
Any Kenny song is great! They’ve named most of them but Ruby is when Kenny was part of The First Edition…. Tells another sad story. For a song for couples who have been together for a long time you need to listen to Through The Years
This.
There are many singers who know how to tell a story in Country Music. You just haven't heard them all yet. It's a deep well indeed.
The song is soul full, sorrowful & shows his heart ache & remorse for his fellow man.