@@radar9643 abuse theme after she ran away I think. It is not clear what he did but I think he made them simulate intercourse and blindfolleded them and make theme "meet" with people. Edit: he made simulate intercourse that they said. Idfk at this point
Roar is a Phoenix, Arizona, hard rock band formed by Owen Evans in the late 2000s. In 2016, Evans started moonlighting as the touring drummer for fellow Arizona-based folk-punk band AJJ, but he continued to release records as Roar. "Christmas Kids" is a track from Roar's 2010 debut EP, I Can't Handle Change. The song is about producer Phil Spector's abusive relationship with his wife Ronnie Spector. Phil Spector was a music producer who was known for his innovative "Wall of Sound" production technique that was popular in the 1960s. He was married to Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, who was the lead singer of the girl group, The Ronettes, between 1968 and 1974. According to Ronnie, Phil Spector was controlling and jealous, and he would often physically and emotionally abuse her. She described incidents where he would pull her hair, hit her, and even threaten her with a gun. She also said he would isolate her from her friends and family and force her to stay at home and not work on music. Appearing unsightly With devils inside me If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie "Phil Spector was said to have hidden his wife Ronnie's shoes so that she couldn't run away," Evans detailed to The Phoenix New Times. "He was rumored to have threatened his wife with a glass casket he kept in the house, saying that he would display her corpse in it if she attempted to escape. Spector was simultaneously writing and producing trite, catchy, pop songs for teens." The title refers to the twins Louis and Gary Spector that Phil reportedly coerced Ronnie into adopting one Christmas in an attempt to revive their marriage. The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift And love is a tower where all of us can live Ronnie eventually filed for divorce from Phil Spector, citing irreconcilable differences. The singer later wrote in her 1990 memoir Be My Baby that she feared for her life during their marriage, and her mother helped her to escape from him. Louis and Gary Spector also accused their adopted father of engaging in likewise behavior towards them. Roar released "Christmas Kids" as a single on March 14, 2010. It entered the UK singles chart for the first time in 2023, 13 years later, after it trended on TikTok. SHORT EXPLANATION Basically the writer was abusive to his wife and adopted kids on Christmas so she can be emotionally attached to them and not run away also he hid her shoes EDIT omg thank yall so much but I copy and pasted this but it took me like 30 mins to look for all the parts and it it together anyways THIS IS MY FIRST TINE GETTING TOP COMMENT WOOHOOO
Simple don’t get attached to the kids and run away without your shoes:P(And you know she could always kill him while he’s sleeping if this man ever sleeps)
"You'll change your name You'll change your mind and leave this f***ed place behind and I'LL KNOW" Makes so much sense after i read the dark back story
@@m7tscircusso basically Phil was threatening his wife, Ronnie and made her stay in their house and hid her shoes for she couldn’t run away, then Ronnie filed for a divorce,but Phil adopted kids for Ronnie to get attached to them. I don’t know what happened after tho.
Story! Basically, Phil (the scary dude) was a producer of music and was considered genius. He worked for the Beatles, and the ronettes. He married Ronette ( and I think he had something wrong with him) but he was very abusive to her and wouldn't let Ronette out of the house. He actually pulled a gun on someone from the Beatles for her. He kept her in a house with guard dogs and hid her shoes. He got her orphans to emotionally connect her to him, and the house. About 10 ( I think) years later she escaped through a window and Phil went to jail. Ronette died in early 2022, and the Christmas kids are still alive I'm pretty sure! This was all I remembered about the story-
For the people who don't know, the man is named Phil, he married ronnette and Phil emotionally, physically abused ronette. He his ronnette's shoes so she couldn't run away. After that, she filed a divorce with Phil.
The song literally speaks word for word.. for those who don’t understand the guy in the video is named Phil and the girl was named ronnie from the ronettes (I think) and Ronnie was in a physical abuse relationship with Phil and Phil didn’t want her to leave so he even sometimes hid her shoes so she can’t run away and the line “the Christmas kids were nothing but a gift” was like saying that the Christmas kids were so that it would keep her attached to them and not leave (I think sorry I’m not sure) and luckily she got out and her face was still pretty like before. ❤❤
My college professor was working on a script on Phil Spector.. had to change the name since he was afraid of getting sued.. (this was almost 20 years ago before he was convicted)
“and leave this f*cked up place behind. but i’ll know, i’ll know” that main chorus part is so deep. like it implies a numerous of things like for example, “leave this f*cked up place behind” could mean Ronnie though her home was f*cked up and wrong and and abusive slave-like. “I’ll know, i’ll know” could mean that Phil would always know where she was if she tried to leave (she did leave with the help of her mum). these lyrics are really really deep..
The story is about Veronica Bennett aka Ronnie Spector (Known for her music with The Ronnetes such as "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You" ) and Phil Spector, a music producer for The Ronnetes, they got married and later on, Phil became abusive, and was not letting her leave the house and in order to make sure that she wouldn't leave the house, he would hide her shoes. Another thing is that he had a gold coffin in his basement with a big glass lid which he said he would display Ronnie's body in if she ever attempted to leave him. When the song mentions "the Christmas kids" that is mentioning when Phil Spector had adopted at least five children for Ronnie's Christmas present and told Ronnie that she must not love them if she's so eager to leave Phil. I hope this helps!
I’m sorry if I can’t tell if this is a joke or not, but please don’t romanticize killers. He did end up murdering a woman, and he abused his wife for several years. Not very 🤪🤭🤪 to me.
See, guys like this is why I separate art from artists because if I didn't I probably wouldn't be able to listen to HALF of the songs I like. Why do bad people have to make such good music?!😭
The song "Christmas Kids" by ROAR tells a story of a toxic and dysfunctional relationship between two individuals named Ronnette and Phil. In the first verse, Phil expresses his intense love and need for Ronnette to stay, claiming that the Christmas kids (perhaps referring to their shared experiences or memories) were nothing but a gift and that love is a tower where they can all live. However, in the chorus and second verse, it becomes clear that this relationship is not healthy. Phil threatens to find Ronnette if she ever tries to leave him, and Ronnette eventually decides to leave despite Phil's warning. In the end, Phil is left feeling trapped and hopeless, admitting that he will drink himself to death inside a prison cell. Also the Christmas kids are the kids they adopted (saying there just a gift) ❤😢
Awareness: The song is about producer Phil Spector's abusive relationship with his wife Ronnie Spector. Phil Spector was a music producer who was known for his innovative "Wall of Sound" production technique that was popular in the 1960s. He was married to Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, who was the lead singer of the girl group, The Ronettes, between 1968 and 1974. According to Ronnie, Phil Spector was controlling and jealous, and he would often physically and emotionally abuse her. She described incidents where he would pull her hair, hit her, and even threaten her with a gun. She also said he would isolate her from her friends and family and force her to stay at home and not work on music. Appearing unsightly With devils inside me If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie "Phil Spector was said to have hidden his wife Ronnie's shoes so that she couldn't run away," Evans detailed to The Phoenix New Times. "He was rumored to have threatened his wife with a glass casket he kept in the house, saying that he would display her corpse in it if she attempted to escape. Spector was simultaneously writing and producing trite, catchy, pop songs for teens." The title refers to the twins Louis and Gary Spector that Phil reportedly coerced Ronnie into adopting one Christmas in an attempt to revive their marriage. The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift And love is a tower where all of us can live Ronnie eventually filed for divorce from Phil Spector, citing irreconcilable differences. The singer later wrote in her 1990 memoir Be My Baby that she feared for her life during their marriage, and her mother helped her to escape from him. Louis and Gary Spector also accused their adopted father of engaging in likewise behavior towards them. Roar released "Christmas Kids" as a single on March 14, 2010. It entered the UK singles chart for the first time in 2023, 13 years later, after it trended on TikTok.
For any of you guys wondering the meaning of this song well here is is Ronnete Phil Spector was married to Ronnete or Ronnie Ronnete Bennett was In an abusive relationship with Phil was a popular singer back in the 1960s to 1968 and 1974 Phil was controlling and jealous so he would Phil abused Ronnie and would often hide her shoes so she couldn’t escape so on Christmas Phil adopted kids so Ronnie couldn’t escape and that’s why there’s lyrics the Christmas kid where nothing but a gift he said nothing but a gift because to Phil that was a gift so Ronnie could never leave him until she dies one day Ronnie told Phil if she could go on a walk but Phil couldn’t say no cause it was her mother but I don’t know if she just ran out barefoot or if she just went on a walk and escaped like that but anyways Ronnie escaped her cruel abusive marriage and sadly past away in 2022 due to cancer but this songs meaning is just so sad
"Ronnete, my dear, don't ever disappear" "The Christmas kids were nothing but gifts" Those parts are really dark considering what had actually happened behind the scenes and makings of these songs. Also, this part; "You'll change your name, you'll change your mind, and leave this fcked up place behind, but I'll know, I'll know." I can't help but feel like it was a threat considering how much he threatened her if she ever tried to run away. It's sad but also creepy, they even used to be my favorite band. Their songs aren't bad though, the backstory is just really.. dark.
For those who don’t know basically this man was manipulating this woman PERSONALLY and when she was going to leave he adopted kids in Christmas so she would be guilt tripped into staying.
Lyrics: Ronnette my dear, dont ever disappear. Do what you want as long as you stay here. I need you now, i love you so much More than you could know. The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift, And love is a tower where all of us can live. You'll change your name or change your mind, and leave this fucked up place behind, But I'll know, I'll know. I'll know, I'll know. I'll know, I'll know. I'll know, I'll know! Appearing unsightly with devils inside me! If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie (x4). I'm leaving, Phil, I'm leaving now, I'm going to escape, but you won't know how. Or where to find me when I'm gone, I'll drink myself to death inside! This prison cell, This prison cell. So get me out of here, Get me out of here, (x2)... You'll change your name or change your mind, And leave this FUCKED up place behind. But I'll know, I'll know. (x8)
In the second half of this song it kind of switches to Ronnie’s perspective, one of the lyrics actually addressing Phil by name and then continuing to say “get me out of here get me out of here”. It shows that he really was self-aware and knew exactly how much trauma he was inflicting on Ronnie. He was a sociopath. I really used to like this song but i don’t know how i can listen to it knowing the story 😭
Phil was horrible. He emotionally manipulated her, abused her, gave her KIDS as a gift on Christmas to 'try' and fix their marriage. He threatened her with a gun, took away her shoes so she wouldn't run away over the barbed wire fence he had built. She was trapped in her own 'home'. He even went so far as to saying if she had escaped, Ronnie would be put in a glass coffin to be displayed. The children were also abused and neglected. She was forced to stop her music career because Phil being the jealous asshole he is got well, jealous. I'm so glad Phil got what he deserved and Ronnie escaped. Oh, and mind you RONNIE WAS A MINOR WHEN THEY STARTED DATING, and Phil? He was already in a marriage without Ronnie even knowing. We all will miss you Ronnie, your music was amazing.
the back story Basically the artists of ROAR based it off the relationship of Ronnie and Phil Spector. Ronnie was the singer for the Ronnettes, which gained attention through Phil's production and name. Eventually they got together and married but it was pure madness. Phil would lock her in the house, as reported by Ronnie herself. And he would manipulate, and abuse her. On Christmas Phil gifted her twins I believe, to keep her tied to him. Ronnie would reportedly drink herself to say out of the house and be placed in the hospital. Eventually she escaped but her trauma is still with her
This is actually happening to one of my friends. The guy she knows claims to be her boyfriend and constantly follows her around and knows where she lives and everything. He constantly texts her about having a house in the future and if she escape he’ll “punish” her. Stuff like that. To the point where me and her stopped hanging out in person. Cause he skips classes to see her. She doesn’t want to tell and I don’t know what to do..
*GUYS LONG STORY SHORT!!* phil got married to ronnete and he abused her physically and mentally (threatening her with guns and hiding her shoes so she couldn’t leave)(ronnete my dear don’t ever dissapear!) he forced her to sing and to stay away from family and he adopted kids so she wouldn’t leave cuz he knew she wouldn’t abandon the kids(the Christmas kids we are nothing but a gift!)
Explanation: The song "christmas kids" by ROAR was based on a tragic story. There was this couple ronnie and phil, ronnie used to have a band and used to work on it. Ronnie didn't feel comfortable around phil and she tried to escape. Phil got some kids on christmas to make her attached to them. Phil also took away her shoes so it'd be Harder. She broke a window and escaped barefoot with the children. Rest in peace, ronnie. You are remembered by your amazing music and not your husband ❤
This song is based on real events of how ronnete, a girl escaped from phil who kidnapped her, mistreated her, forced her to do things, that is, abused and manipulated her, and if she left, phil would kill her and it doesn't matter if ronnie changed her past. Phil would find it, this song is too sad and deep I had guard dogs so Ronnete wouldn't escape also bars with spikes Until one day Ronnete escapes from Phil and gets arrested. These are my tests: ????? Sorry Tests Lost
heres a shorter version so there was a man named phil spector and ronette phil loved ronette he said he will find you and kill her if she left him as said in song “ do what you want as long you stay here” also in the song says” if you i will find you killl you “ sadly ronette died in 2021 because she escaped
Why is nobody mentioning how he also literally murdered a poor woman later on… the fact that Ronnie made it out alive is remarkable
Yeah, and he just passed away too lol
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@@jumboo6067dark but so FUNNY 🤣
@@NarissaAddisonGood
Lana Clarkson is her name!!!
Long story short phil was abusive to ronnie and he adopted the “Christmas kids” to make her feel attached to them so she wouldn’t run away..
Thanks i wasn't into reading long things
@@radar9643 abuse theme after she ran away I think. It is not clear what he did but I think he made them simulate intercourse and blindfolleded them and make theme "meet" with people.
Edit: he made simulate intercourse that they said. Idfk at this point
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That’s not true he hit her shoes so she couldn’t run away💀
@@Birthdaycakeofpizzatower that was one. But i said long story short if i wanted to include EVERYTHING he did it would be longer.
Bro lookin like a mad scientist💀
𝖫𝗆𝖺𝗈
Bruh💀😭
He's got that "Aah, Freeman, it's good to see you" type cut
Don't translate...
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ใครก็ตามที่สมัครรับข้อมูลฉันและชอบ
ความคิดเห็นนี.❤❤❤
@@Graciesvideosss oh cmon a bot in my comment section?
Roar is a Phoenix, Arizona, hard rock band formed by Owen Evans in the late 2000s. In 2016, Evans started moonlighting as the touring drummer for fellow Arizona-based folk-punk band AJJ, but he continued to release records as Roar. "Christmas Kids" is a track from Roar's 2010 debut EP, I Can't Handle Change.
The song is about producer Phil Spector's abusive relationship with his wife Ronnie Spector. Phil Spector was a music producer who was known for his innovative "Wall of Sound" production technique that was popular in the 1960s. He was married to Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, who was the lead singer of the girl group, The Ronettes, between 1968 and 1974.
According to Ronnie, Phil Spector was controlling and jealous, and he would often physically and emotionally abuse her. She described incidents where he would pull her hair, hit her, and even threaten her with a gun. She also said he would isolate her from her friends and family and force her to stay at home and not work on music.
Appearing unsightly
With devils inside me
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie
"Phil Spector was said to have hidden his wife Ronnie's shoes so that she couldn't run away," Evans detailed to The Phoenix New Times. "He was rumored to have threatened his wife with a glass casket he kept in the house, saying that he would display her corpse in it if she attempted to escape. Spector was simultaneously writing and producing trite, catchy, pop songs for teens."
The title refers to the twins Louis and Gary Spector that Phil reportedly coerced Ronnie into adopting one Christmas in an attempt to revive their marriage.
The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift
And love is a tower where all of us can live
Ronnie eventually filed for divorce from Phil Spector, citing irreconcilable differences. The singer later wrote in her 1990 memoir Be My Baby that she feared for her life during their marriage, and her mother helped her to escape from him. Louis and Gary Spector also accused their adopted father of engaging in likewise behavior towards them.
Roar released "Christmas Kids" as a single on March 14, 2010. It entered the UK singles chart for the first time in 2023, 13 years later, after it trended on TikTok.
SHORT EXPLANATION
Basically the writer was abusive to his wife and adopted kids on Christmas so she can be emotionally attached to them and not run away also he hid her shoes
EDIT omg thank yall so much but I copy and pasted this but it took me like 30 mins to look for all the parts and it it together anyways THIS IS MY FIRST TINE GETTING TOP COMMENT WOOHOOO
Why has nobody read this? Thanks for the effort so others understand.
I did.
Also thanks for taking the time to write all that and if you just copied and pasted you at least went out looking for the information
has anything happened to the kids that he adopted?
Simple don’t get attached to the kids and run away without your shoes:P(And you know she could always kill him while he’s sleeping if this man ever sleeps)
Phill looks so goofy when he's older 💀
fr tf
Yeah becuase the bob ross hair
Bob Ross hair lookin ass
McDonald diet, hair thinning and barbers avoiding service
Thats what he gets lmao
His hair alone is a crime💀
Aint no way 💀
Nawww 💀
Goofy ahh hair
Goofy ahh hair style 💀
Bro got that Albert Einstein cut🥶🥶🥶🥶
The beat:🥰🌺🍄😊
The lyrics:💀😔😱😰
The back story:💀⚰🥀😭
His hairline: 💀💀⚰️😱😭
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fr😭💀
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@@ThePineappleJoe fym (/j) his hair really was that shit
@@ThePineappleJoeYou’re not wrong tho- 😭💀
why does phill look like the man who kills me in my nightmares…
He's so scary tbh 😭
Drug addiction
@@dannytacza7661 It was actually a Car accident his face had to get medically changed
@@nuggetnugget1878bro I'm going to be having nightmares😂
@@ThekingofTangerinns old age a car accident and drugs can do a lot to a man
Phil be lookin' goofier the older he gets. 💀
he already looked like a bootleg Gomez addams with that face 💀
fr tho😂😭💀
If that's goofy, then I'm simply ugly 😭🙏🙏
@@DaveMathewslayer0345 😭
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Phil looks like a Who from the grinch☠️☠️
LMAOOO😂😂
Help someone said he looks like a bridge troll
💀💀💀
don't diss the Who's like that
The grumpy old troll from dora
"You'll change your name You'll change your mind and leave this f***ed place behind and I'LL KNOW"
Makes so much sense after i read the dark back story
While I was reading this the same lyrics started playing
i dont get this part can u explain
@@m7tscircusso basically Phil was threatening his wife, Ronnie and made her stay in their house and hid her shoes for she couldn’t run away, then Ronnie filed for a divorce,but Phil adopted kids for Ronnie to get attached to them. I don’t know what happened after tho.
Story!
Basically, Phil (the scary dude) was a producer of music and was considered genius. He worked for the Beatles, and the ronettes. He married Ronette ( and I think he had something wrong with him) but he was very abusive to her and wouldn't let Ronette out of the house. He actually pulled a gun on someone from the Beatles for her. He kept her in a house with guard dogs and hid her shoes. He got her orphans to emotionally connect her to him, and the house. About 10 ( I think) years later she escaped through a window and Phil went to jail. Ronette died in early 2022, and the Christmas kids are still alive I'm pretty sure!
This was all I remembered about the story-
Tysm bro
@@barsy7818 np.
tnx for short explanation
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Tyy
ronnie is so beautiful, like i get so sad thinking about all of the terrible shit she endured from him when she deserved so much better
Bro i bet the barber messed up his hair so bad and had to be bald in the forehead💀
Bro didn't pay
For the people who don't know, the man is named Phil, he married ronnette and Phil emotionally, physically abused ronette. He his ronnette's shoes so she couldn't run away. After that, she filed a divorce with Phil.
Goofy looking like doctor octopus with a afro 💀
LMAO
song:dark
the internet:lorax
True
why is this so true tho.😭😭💀
The song literally speaks word for word.. for those who don’t understand the guy in the video is named Phil and the girl was named ronnie from the ronettes (I think) and Ronnie was in a physical abuse relationship with Phil and Phil didn’t want her to leave so he even sometimes hid her shoes so she can’t run away and the line “the Christmas kids were nothing but a gift” was like saying that the Christmas kids were so that it would keep her attached to them and not leave (I think sorry I’m not sure) and luckily she got out and her face was still pretty like before. ❤❤
Song still slaps
Indeed 💀
I feel sorry for liking the song tbh
Why isn’t this song a movie??? It could be about their history
great idea !
I think it was. I'm not sure
My bad nevermind it wasn't the movie was à fiction based on the murder phil commited
My college professor was working on a script on Phil Spector.. had to change the name since he was afraid of getting sued.. (this was almost 20 years ago before he was convicted)
Dark yet such a beautiful song
Frr
It wasn’t hard for me until I saw, “Murder: He was convicted for the murder or the actress Lana Clarkson in 2003.”
that scared me
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“and leave this f*cked up place behind. but i’ll know, i’ll know”
that main chorus part is so deep. like it implies a numerous of things like for example, “leave this f*cked up place behind” could mean Ronnie though her home was f*cked up and wrong and and abusive slave-like. “I’ll know, i’ll know” could mean that Phil would always know where she was if she tried to leave (she did leave with the help of her mum). these lyrics are really really deep..
The story is about Veronica Bennett aka Ronnie Spector (Known for her music with The Ronnetes such as "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You" ) and Phil Spector, a music producer for The Ronnetes, they got married and later on, Phil became abusive, and was not letting her leave the house and in order to make sure that she wouldn't leave the house, he would hide her shoes. Another thing is that he had a gold coffin in his basement with a big glass lid which he said he would display Ronnie's body in if she ever attempted to leave him. When the song mentions "the Christmas kids" that is mentioning when Phil Spector had adopted at least five children for Ronnie's Christmas present and told Ronnie that she must not love them if she's so eager to leave Phil. I hope this helps!
Goddamn Phil’s hair be looking like if electric wizard from car and mega mind had a baby the hell
LOL💀
UNDERRATED COMMENT LOL
If there were a competition for best death stare, Phil would be up there.
*He be looking like this fr: 💀*
She’s so pretty 💕
She looks like an angel
Phil now:😈🤪🤪👴🏻
Phil then:👦🏻😚😙😙😆😁😄😋☺😊🥳🤭🤗🤩😍
I’m sorry if I can’t tell if this is a joke or not, but please don’t romanticize killers. He did end up murdering a woman, and he abused his wife for several years. Not very 🤪🤭🤪 to me.
@@gabrielathomas4783it was a joke nd that was phill then. no bit of hate to u
@@gabrielathomas4783 stay mad
@@veliwu081. oooooh I see I think I misunderstood the joke my bad 😭😭😭
the angle of his face that is used on the cover for the song is genuinely terrifying
See, guys like this is why I separate art from artists because if I didn't I probably wouldn't be able to listen to HALF of the songs I like. Why do bad people have to make such good music?!😭
Bro got the Lego Anakin Skywalker cut 💀💀💀
Phil looks like one of those mad scientists you see on kids shows😭
The song "Christmas Kids" by ROAR tells a story of a toxic and dysfunctional relationship between two individuals named Ronnette and Phil. In the first verse, Phil expresses his intense love and need for Ronnette to stay, claiming that the Christmas kids (perhaps referring to their shared experiences or memories) were nothing but a gift and that love is a tower where they can all live. However, in the chorus and second verse, it becomes clear that this relationship is not healthy. Phil threatens to find Ronnette if she ever tries to leave him, and Ronnette eventually decides to leave despite Phil's warning. In the end, Phil is left feeling trapped and hopeless, admitting that he will drink himself to death inside a prison cell.
Also the Christmas kids are the kids they adopted (saying there just a gift) ❤😢
He went to prison, but he’s my favorite song😢😢😢
He is your favorite song 🎵? Ah you do know he is a person not a sound of music?
He’s dead 💀 bruh
@@Brookiethesecondhow's that funny?
@@uhhhhh-ck8uohe wasn't laughing-
@@JairyPlayz he was. he used the skeleton emoji for "I'm dead from laughing" That's what it means
Why did I get a shock seeing Phil’s younger self
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@@Noogitz_😅😅😅😅😅
ronette is beautiful...her beauty shouldve been long lived :( r.i.p
Awareness:
The song is about producer Phil Spector's abusive relationship with his wife Ronnie Spector. Phil Spector was a music producer who was known for his innovative "Wall of Sound" production technique that was popular in the 1960s. He was married to Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, who was the lead singer of the girl group, The Ronettes, between 1968 and 1974.
According to Ronnie, Phil Spector was controlling and jealous, and he would often physically and emotionally abuse her. She described incidents where he would pull her hair, hit her, and even threaten her with a gun. She also said he would isolate her from her friends and family and force her to stay at home and not work on music.
Appearing unsightly
With devils inside me
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie
"Phil Spector was said to have hidden his wife Ronnie's shoes so that she couldn't run away," Evans detailed to The Phoenix New Times. "He was rumored to have threatened his wife with a glass casket he kept in the house, saying that he would display her corpse in it if she attempted to escape. Spector was simultaneously writing and producing trite, catchy, pop songs for teens."
The title refers to the twins Louis and Gary Spector that Phil reportedly coerced Ronnie into adopting one Christmas in an attempt to revive their marriage.
The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift
And love is a tower where all of us can live
Ronnie eventually filed for divorce from Phil Spector, citing irreconcilable differences. The singer later wrote in her 1990 memoir Be My Baby that she feared for her life during their marriage, and her mother helped her to escape from him. Louis and Gary Spector also accused their adopted father of engaging in likewise behavior towards them.
Roar released "Christmas Kids" as a single on March 14, 2010. It entered the UK singles chart for the first time in 2023, 13 years later, after it trended on TikTok.
Bro just copied the pinned comment and took out some stuff
@@LiterallySunGuyshut up. This is to spread even more awareness by copy pasting the words so more people could see.
phil looks like the guy in my nightmare where i was walking outside and some guy came up to me and started beating my head with a baseball bat
For any of you guys wondering the meaning of this song well here is is Ronnete Phil Spector was married to Ronnete or Ronnie Ronnete Bennett was In an abusive relationship with Phil was a popular singer back in the 1960s to 1968 and 1974 Phil was controlling and jealous so he would Phil abused Ronnie and would often hide her shoes so she couldn’t escape so on Christmas Phil adopted kids so Ronnie couldn’t escape and that’s why there’s lyrics the Christmas kid where nothing but a gift he said nothing but a gift because to Phil that was a gift so Ronnie could never leave him until she dies one day Ronnie told Phil if she could go on a walk but Phil couldn’t say no cause it was her mother but I don’t know if she just ran out barefoot or if she just went on a walk and escaped like that but anyways Ronnie escaped her cruel abusive marriage and sadly past away in 2022 due to cancer but this songs meaning is just so sad
bro ain’t Finn Wolfhard he fish rabbitsoft 💀
HELP
BAHAHAAAHA LMAOOO WHAT
"Ronnete, my dear, don't ever disappear"
"The Christmas kids were nothing but gifts"
Those parts are really dark considering what had actually happened behind the scenes and makings of these songs.
Also, this part;
"You'll change your name, you'll change your mind, and leave this fcked up place behind, but I'll know, I'll know."
I can't help but feel like it was a threat considering how much he threatened her if she ever tried to run away. It's sad but also creepy, they even used to be my favorite band.
Their songs aren't bad though, the backstory is just really.. dark.
Ronnete has a dark backstory 😢 but why is noone talking about Lana Clarkson whom PHIL MURDERED
The song gives me chills when I listen to it. How could someone be so horrible to a person. Im so happy she left
The hair in his mugshot😭😭
before 2023: nice song!
after 2023: 🐦🔥
🧍♂️
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
She was absolutely gorgeous he didn’t deserve her rip Ronnie 🕊️
The beat:😌🌸🌺
The lyrics:😄😅😐😬
The back story:😰🥀🎭⛓🚪🚷
I deadass used to stim to this song bc I thought it sounded nice😃
His hair 💀
“I’ll know, I’ll know”is fucking scary
He slowly loses sanity and handsome ness
The fact he even treated his kids like shit, their "toilet" was like a metal bucket or idk what kind but it was a bucket 😐😕
He bought the kids as a gift on Christmas for ronnette so she couldn’t run away
Js by looking at Phil anyone would be scared of him 💀
For those who don’t know basically this man was manipulating this woman PERSONALLY and when she was going to leave he adopted kids in Christmas so she would be guilt tripped into staying.
THE SOUND AND THE STORY IS SO NOSTALGIC IDK WHY😭
Lyrics: Ronnette my dear, dont ever disappear. Do what you want as long as you stay here. I need you now, i love you so much More than you could know. The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift, And love is a tower where all of us can live. You'll change your name or change your mind, and leave this fucked up place behind, But I'll know, I'll know. I'll know, I'll know. I'll know, I'll know. I'll know, I'll know! Appearing unsightly with devils inside me! If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie (x4). I'm leaving, Phil, I'm leaving now, I'm going to escape, but you won't know how. Or where to find me when I'm gone, I'll drink myself to death inside! This prison cell, This prison cell. So get me out of here, Get me out of here, (x2)... You'll change your name or change your mind, And leave this FUCKED up place behind. But I'll know, I'll know. (x8)
This song makes so much more sense now I know the backstory now, but the song is so good I can’t stop listening to it
In the second half of this song it kind of switches to Ronnie’s perspective, one of the lyrics actually addressing Phil by name and then continuing to say “get me out of here get me out of here”. It shows that he really was self-aware and knew exactly how much trauma he was inflicting on Ronnie. He was a sociopath. I really used to like this song but i don’t know how i can listen to it knowing the story 😭
The beat: 💗 😊 🍄
The lyrics: 💀 😢 😳
The backstory: 💀 ⚰️ 🪦 ☠️
i love this song so much and the meaning behind it is so ..wow.
R.I.P
Ronnie Spector
Oh yeah 😢❤
He abused his wife and was on trail for murdering an actress
@@HughEvbuomwanDude that's Phil spector, Ronnie Spector was his Wife...
@@HughEvbuomwanthey’re talking about Ronnie, not Phil
Bros hair should be illegal 💀💀💀
curly to a big bald spot
The song: ☺️
The lyric meaning: 💀
Phil’s hair: 💀
Phil was horrible. He emotionally manipulated her, abused her, gave her KIDS as a gift on Christmas to 'try' and fix their marriage. He threatened her with a gun, took away her shoes so she wouldn't run away over the barbed wire fence he had built. She was trapped in her own 'home'. He even went so far as to saying if she had escaped, Ronnie would be put in a glass coffin to be displayed. The children were also abused and neglected. She was forced to stop her music career because Phil being the jealous asshole he is got well, jealous. I'm so glad Phil got what he deserved and Ronnie escaped. Oh, and mind you RONNIE WAS A MINOR WHEN THEY STARTED DATING, and Phil? He was already in a marriage without Ronnie even knowing. We all will miss you Ronnie, your music was amazing.
Phill looks like a razen😂😂
Phil looks like that hobo that will attack you if you don’t give him money 💀
the back story Basically the artists of ROAR based it off the relationship of Ronnie and Phil Spector. Ronnie was the singer for the Ronnettes, which gained attention through Phil's production and name. Eventually they got together and married but it was pure madness. Phil would lock her in the house, as reported by Ronnie herself. And he would manipulate, and abuse her. On Christmas Phil gifted her twins I believe, to keep her tied to him. Ronnie would reportedly drink herself to say out of the house and be placed in the hospital. Eventually she escaped but her trauma is still with her
This is actually happening to one of my friends. The guy she knows claims to be her boyfriend and constantly follows her around and knows where she lives and everything. He constantly texts her about having a house in the future and if she escape he’ll “punish” her. Stuff like that. To the point where me and her stopped hanging out in person. Cause he skips classes to see her. She doesn’t want to tell and I don’t know what to do..
*GUYS LONG STORY SHORT!!*
phil got married to ronnete and he abused her physically and mentally (threatening her with guns and hiding her shoes so she couldn’t leave)(ronnete my dear don’t ever dissapear!)
he forced her to sing and to stay away from family and he adopted kids so she wouldn’t leave cuz he knew she wouldn’t abandon the kids(the Christmas kids we are nothing but a gift!)
0:02 yee yee ahh haircut
Who else thinks the girls deserved better
👇
Every south park kid spamming the song in their edits be like: 😮
This woman went trough a lot...R.I.P Ronnie 🕊️
Bruh old phill looks like the "have you seen this man in your dreams" kind of guy?
i swear the songs i like are always so cursed
the lorax even says he's hair is a crime..💀
Bros hair is a war crime 💀
Que guapo era phill, digan lo que digan 😔🌹
The way he stares at me
Fr
Ngl he looks like dobby in the last recent photo -
Bro got the Einstein cut 🥶🥶
If this song ain’t playing at my funeral, I’m not dying
Bro's hairline is non-existent
Bro’s hairline said bye-bye
Phil be lookin like smeagol from lord of the rings
Ronnete my dear don’t ever disappear
Do what you want as long as you stay here
I need you now I love you so much more then you could know
The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift
And love is a tower where all of us can live.
You'll change your name
He looks familiar to me idk why
The only thing that’s fucked up his hair💀
Ronnette is a savage. Glad she left, poor Woman.
Explanation: The song "christmas kids" by ROAR was based on a tragic story. There was this couple ronnie and phil, ronnie used to have a band and used to work on it. Ronnie didn't feel comfortable around phil and she tried to escape. Phil got some kids on christmas to make her attached to them. Phil also took away her shoes so it'd be Harder. She broke a window and escaped barefoot with the children. Rest in peace, ronnie. You are remembered by your amazing music and not your husband ❤
This song is based on real events of how ronnete, a girl escaped from phil who kidnapped her, mistreated her, forced her to do things, that is, abused and manipulated her, and if she left, phil would kill her and it doesn't matter if ronnie changed her past. Phil would find it, this song is too sad and deep I had guard dogs so Ronnete wouldn't escape also bars with spikes Until one day Ronnete escapes from Phil and gets arrested. These are my tests: ????? Sorry
Tests Lost
I feel so bad for the girl 😭😭😭
That barber knew what was happening and gave him the “dumbass you going to jail” cut
Damn, looks good
Ngl, with that hair, I'd be surprised if Phil ain't a rat overlord in the sewers
Bro changed from a human to Al every Einstein to mad scientist to monkey 💀
Good summary... Scary😮
heres a shorter version
so there was a man named phil spector and ronette phil loved ronette he said he will find you and kill her if she left him as said in song “ do what you want as long you stay here” also in the song says” if you i will find you killl you “
sadly ronette died in 2021 because she escaped
his hair alone is a crime 💀💀💀🍗