OMG THIS IS INTENSE!!! HOT CHOCOLATE - BROTHER LOUIE (REACTION)
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Errol Brown (lead singer) did so much for charity. He was such a great man. He was also awarded the Ivor Novella Award in 2004, for his outstanding contribution to British music. ❤🇬🇧
Errol Brown was great
We need more of this Britsh Soul band 'HOT CHOCOLATE!' A must is their great hit "Emma". Look forward to your reaction. This band had at least one hit song every year on the UK singles chart from 1970-1984.
The only way to change beliefs in this world is to bring them to light and that's exactly what this song did...Black or white a good person is a good person and a jackass is always a jackass...Love you guys...Welcome back!!!
Great song. We loved it and adored Errol. My mum had such a crush on him, she thought he was beautiful. And he was. John Lennon gave them their name and they were signed to Apple Records.
My mum loved him too. Great memories
I am so glad you also played this original Hot Chocolate version of Brother Louie. As I said in my comment to you about The Stories version, they only showed one side of the situation. Hot Chocolate explained BOTH sides. Whats also good, is that in Hot Chocolate there was a mix of black and white performers, making the song even more relevant.
Hot Chocolate are one of only three acts (and the only band) to have at least one British hit (top 50) in every year of the 1970s. They actually achieved this feat in every year from 1970 to 1984. The other acts were Elvis Presley (1956 to 1984) and Diana Ross (1967 to 1984).
That's a good record to achieve. The Brits definitely have great taste in music.
I don't know how I missed this. You've discovered Hot Chocolate. Back in the day I didn't care for Disco until I heard these guys. I saw them in L.A. and it was phenomenal! Errol, lead singer, was awesome. He moved around that stage like he was floating. During one song, the bassist sang for a bit. Errol gestured to 4 young ladies in the audience, they came up and all 5 , arm in arm danced like one unit. It was mind blowing, no way it was rehearsed. I hadn't thought about that for so many years. Memory lane is best when shared!
Oh no he dint….. yes he did ! 😆 Hot Chocolate we’re a mixed race band from early to late 70’s in uk , everyone’s a winner was a peach that they did . They were happy to challenge race issues and were a well loved outfit in our country and abroad.
Grew up believing this song was by the Stories. Just recently learned it was a Hot Chocolate song first. This was my first listen and was very happy it was shared with Shawn and Mel.
You're right Mel, this was raw. Much more power behind the reality with the spoken parts when the lady took Louie to meet her family and ran into harsh rejection, then Louie took the lady to meet his folks and again, harsh rejection. Some people had to loose family to follow their heart. This version got to my emotions a bit. Well done Hot Chocolate. Great reaction Shawn and Mel.
Thanks for the critique. I lived this "stories" back in the late 70's. The intolerance drove me into being a runaway for a handful of years. My family threw me to the dogs, as did hers, and our life together spiraled out of control. All because of whom we loved. It all ended in a train wreck. These scars have never completely healed, but I'm learning to "process." And I have a wonderful daughter conceived in LOVE.
great band Errol brown (RIP) well underated singer
I saw this band 'live' at a Christmas dance in a small town in northern Englad, probably mid1970s. I think the hits had dried up by then but they were still a big attraction in a small town ! Errol Brown (the lead singer) was a bit of a sex symbol in the UK
Great reaction. Hot chocolate here try to explain that discrimination can cut both ways. This is very deliberate. Sometimes If you want to get a message out, the best way to do it is to not appear to be picking on one side. A bit like, he who is without sin, cast the first stone.
Whereas today it is fashionable among black militants to claim that 'Black people can't be racist' because they 'don't have institutional power', which is silly.
Hot Chocolate & "Everyone's A Winner" is a must listen to, next for you guys. 😋 🎵🎙
Bless you both for saying "Love doesn't know color "
Yeah, I'm probably paraphrasing but that's the gist of what you're saying.
Thanks for reacting to this underrated gem. 💎 ✌
Love Hot Chocolate.. Lyrics nailed by Errol.. Guys, next tune from Hot Chocolate 'Everyone's A Winner' it's a beaut
I went to one of the parks in Cambridge in the 90s they were holding some event there i can't remember what it was now but this guy he came on stage he was Errol Browns look alike and he actually sounded like him too he was absolutely brilliant this singer one of the local press was there and took a picture of him and i was standing in the front row near him and my picture was also in the paper along with his picture too im glad i went to that but i wish it had actually been the real Errol Brown instead but never less he did amazing cover of the real Errol Brown
Errol Brown was a great front man. Hot Chocolate was a fantastic Band with many hits!
Emma was their saddest song. I can’t listen to it without tearing up
"Haters gonna Hate" - Louie
As a R.N. I have taken care of people from every race and religion. I have seen racism from all sides. I heard one of my PCAs say she didn't want a t-co baby. Referring to who her son was dating. She was also a "minority ". I think much of the stigmas and racism has changed. I love the changes especially in my state. Great pick and reaction. Believe me we all bleed red.
Emma is the one of the first songs I got into,great song
I loved your expressions on your faces when he said honky on national television in England 1973.Hot Chocolate version is the best gives views of both sides of the families not just one side brilliant.
It wasn't the only time "honky" was used on British TV. The series "Love Thy Neighbour" (more like, "Loathe Thy Neighbour") had the two neighbours (one black, one white) trading insults on a daily basis. No way would such a show go to air today.
@@sharonjensen3016 I think it's funny a black man saying honky in the song and he says spook aswell doesn't bother me 😂
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Yes
YES!! A MUST...
Great band.
That was F-ing AWESOME!
"You Sexy Thing" should be your next Hot Chocolate reaction.
I like this from Hot Chocolate, You Sexy Thing (I Believe in Miracles) by Hot Chocolate. I like the Stories ~ Brother Louie better, I'm afraid, even though Hot Chocolate did it first, in the same year, 1973.
Storeys version was incomplete, did not give both sides of the story which was the whole point of the song. I don’t dislike their version but i feel the writers version ( hot chocolate) is better.
About time you got to this band. No matter which song of theirs you pick, you can't go wrong. So many to choose from!
My dad's personal favourite was "Heaven Is In The Backseat Of My Cadillac." Dad was a car enthusiast. Never owned a Cadillac, it was mostly Valiants and Ford Mustangs.
I'm glad you guys are reacting to original and more authentic version of the song
The Stories version was very much an edited version (although well performed) of the lyrics and left out much of the meaning of the song.
I think this version was probably too controversial for US radio at the time
I think it was controversial because of the language used in the spoken-word parts: "I don't want no (insert word) in my family." When I was younger, slurs that sounded like insults stung, now I just think: "I know what that's about." You just can't change some people. They're set in their ways.
Brilliant hot chocolate song. They wouldn’t air this song in todays world . What a pity because it don’t matter if you’re black or white.
There hits went on well 80th the 80s and beyond . Errol brown passed away only a few years ago( lead singer) great band . Americans keep telling us they for free speech and then there shocked b6 the words in the song 🤔
Rest in Peace Earl Brown
I am white British, i met my wife in 1990 who is also white. her mother met a Jamaican man two years later. They married and had a great life together until my mother-in-law passed in 2020. Due to Covid lockdown here the UK, only 6 people allowed in church for her funeral. So my father-in-law along with his family organised an outdoor, in the cemetery Jamaican funeral. Her favourite reggae songs blasting out of massive speakers. Well over a hundred jamaican and West Indian wonderful people we had never met attended. Food, music, dancing. Amos gave her a great send off. He was there when our children were born and they have always called him grandad. Now in his 70s with ill health, we look after him. Yam, curried goat, peas & rice, dumplings, yes I love it all. The only downside to Amos is, he can drink lol”. That Ray nephew’s (Jamaican Rum) is leathal. RIP JENNY.
Errol Brown rip❤️ love this version best.
Love this song.
In college in early '70s dated one of the most beautiful coeds on campus, she black and me white. It was a beautiful relationship. Still love her today and would marry her in a heartbeat.
It wasn't so excepted back than in the 70s a black guy going out with a white girl this is what this song is about but that's how it was back than its wasn't a known thing back in the 70s although there was mix coloured familes about but it wasn't so excepted by society so much like it is now we lived in different times to how it is now
My favourite song by Hot Chocolate
Massive UK band loads of hits here over many years , Erroll was so cool saw them in the eighties
Awesome band and track
So the Stories version flipped the script or rather kept it one sided. Interesting. I had heard of this original but never listened to it.
Thanks for sharing S&M.
You said this is so real, when he sang in the seventies it might have been ,but not now
Didnt hear this song before.
Should check out You win again and It started with a kiss. Both big hits.
Lol your faces !!!…😆 I could see you thinking “ did he just say spook?”… oh me he dint…. Oh yes he did !! ✊🏴
You two must and i really mean it! You two must listen to "Emma", by Hot Chocolate!!
I loved watching these guys perform but the studio version s really much better....
BRILLIANT
This is my favorite song from Hot Chocolate, other favorite songs are You sexy Thing, Emma and So you win again
This was a social commentary song from 50 years ago. There was a lot of prejudice against interracial relationships back then. Unfortunately, it's still the case amongst different ethnic & religious groups today; especially, among Asiatic groups. I've heard stories from other Chinese American friends that their fathers would disown them if they didn't date or marry within the race. The same with some Korean & Japanese families, as well as, in some Jewish, Asian Indian, & Muslim Arabic families.
Must listen to ' Brother Louie ' by Stories. MUST !!!
Would love you to react to the Band Stories, same context, but a bit of a different feel.......
Have you reacted to their song You Sexy Thing? That is one of their own songs.
So was louie
The original and by far the best version. It's a shame that the cover by the white band Stories was the hit here in America, while this was ignored.
Hot Chocolate were so hot, love seeing them live & getting their message out ! 🇬🇧🤩☮️💕🇬🇧🍫 💗 You Sexy Thing was a very big hit 😍
Emma is my favourite song by hot chocolate
If they thought louie was sad wait till they do Emma.
He wrote all his songs. Try Cherie baby and Emma. You must know You Sexy Thing from the film the Full Monty 🥰🇬🇧
I have never heard this version. Both sides of the morning.
emmaline is just as hard hitting.....and the vid shows how cool they really were.
Although it really was not that long ago - it was a different time & things were different then.
George Jefferson,, Used to say honky,, A lot,,,
that was 1973 times were different back then - no sensitivity about name calling back then on either side
How shocking about Brother Louie today with racism when this song came out in 1973
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Loved the guitar part
Those terms like honkey and spook were frequently used in the '70's ...
Also by Hot Chocolate, It Started With a Kiss, You Sexy Thing, Emma. Great songs.
Emma is also a great song
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Huge hit!!
Have you listened to You Sexy Thing by them. Played it in 80s British movie The Full Monty. Worth checking out.
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The connotations of the song are sad because at the time that was the ignorant mindset of a lot of people.
But Honky and Spook? Lol I couldn't care less if anyone with dark skin called me that, in fact I would probably laugh my ass of because it's funny to me.
What the issue is, is that people nowadays are offended at everything, a nick name is just that, a name, it's the inflection and intent behind the way that it's said that is offensive if said in an offensive way / tone, otherwise it is a term of endearment and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I'm Scottish and I always get called Jock by non Scottish people, doesn't bother me one jot.
Janis Ian's Society's Child tells the distaff side of this story.
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This isn't the original the group "Stories" wrote and performed this
This is the original. Stories was a watered down cover
@@derektaylor3188 Stories is hands down way better and more popular than hot chocolates. but everyone has thier opinion
@@ChataCovers maybe where you are from, in the UK hot chocolate triumphs.
@@derektaylor3188 i like "Emma" and "You Sexy Thing" . I am very familiar with Hot Chocolate, great band. Yes i'm in Canada
The song was written by Errol Brown (lead singer) and Tony Wilson (bass) of Hot Chocolate. I thought the Stories version was average at best.
Not your national tv tho.
Very well loved group here in the UK at the time. Music that sounded like their name.
not being american i always thought it was funny when a white person was called a honky - didn't know the racial connotation nor how racist it was meant to be - it was said on many black American shows in the 70s quite often and no one I knew took offense - I believe words are just words and you decide if you are going to be offended or not
Love Hot Chocolate , don't think there's a song of theirs I don't like .
I like the Stories version of this one better.
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love the song but love yhe stories version better.
So which was the original?
This one was original .Errol Brown ( vocalist) co-written this gem with other member of the band
Emmaline
I'm always going to like the stories version better, I heard it first. so I did not like this version as well. This version seemed a little more....I can't think of what I want to say, I've never heard this version before and I hope to not hear it again.
I loke the Stories version better.
I see why this one didnt get much air play.
I remember it being played quite a lot on uk radio even tho i was just 11 when it cam out
eggy1962
I suspect Big Jay is referring to the U.S. It was played all over U.K. radio. Making no7 on our charts.
That is not the Stories....sorry
No these are the writers of the song, performing it the way they wanted ,a complete version, stories version is merely a cover and cut shorter missing out one side of the storyline
When listen same it off the how did first was better At listen the stories
This video should carry a trigger warning due the horrific and horrendic racist language! I am very traumatised.
Sorry to disappoint you but, this is a cover. Hey do sing a pretty good cover though.
No it's not a cover, it's the original, released in the UK six months before The Stories in the US, the song is written by Hot Chocolates lead singer Errol Brown and bass guitarist Tony Wilson.
Wrong
written by hot chocolate and much better version by hot chocolate
I like Stories' version better.