I was sitting at my desk early.this morning and this song came on. I started crying and just couldn't stop. My brother is dying. Losing his battle with cancer. Suffering. He use to play this song all the time growing up. I kept thinking of hearing him sing this song...thinking of how his voice sounds. I'm hurting, but smiling at the same time. 🙏🏾
I work in home hospice as a nurse. This song is on my playlist every afternoon as I drive home. This song lets me cry out my feelings every afternoon...
My father-in-law was helped by home hospice in 2008. During a terrible time the hospice workers provided an incredibly helpful service. Thank you for what you do. It allows the families to focus on spending their last days on their loved one, instead of the medical condition of the loved one.
This amazing song brings a tear to my eyes. I’m reminded of family, good friends , and significant others that I’ve lost along the way . One of the best songs of all time jmo
Agreed, anyone who had not heard "The Way it is" would say that! For Bruce is a talented, kind, genius. But once at least he was co-working with the Holy Spirit, and that is what makes the difference... The fact is that we don't want to keep the rain, because that is the very symbol and sign of the Holy Spirit...
I'm a 40yr old black man and this is one my favorite songs from one of my favorite artist. Dudes got so much soul! (not black soul not white soul just...Soul) My Dad played this album every day when I was growing up. He taught me that good music and good people have No color!
Alright, how many of you have listened to this more than once in succession? Can't hardly get enough of this song. One of the most exquisitely crafted songs in the history of humankind.
This song takes me back every time. To the mid 80s. My mom is making homemade mash potatoes and greens on the stove. My dad is outside grilling BBQ chicken. My brother and I playing in the yard hearing songs like this on the radio. Those were easier and simpler times.
Dude I really like how you paint a picture in my head with your comment! I feel and hear you on that although I have no family members left it’s a sweet memory and I thank you for reminding me of them.
Another song that makes me cry just because it soooooooo great! I agree with Aaron Bane. People don't know what they e missing when they pass up so many songs because of the genre or the race of the artist.. I love Bruce & The Range madly. I'm Black also.
I haven't heard this song in over 20 years and I was instantly transported back to my early teenage years in the mid-80s. The memories came flooding back and for some reason the tears started flowing down my face. My Dad. I think of my Dad and his old record player. He sat alone in the dark a lot...sipping on a cold one. Vietnam. PTSD. This was before they got divorced. I get it now. Rest easy Dad. 🎶♥️
For some reason after traumatic experience u want to b alone a lot. I do. Sometimes ignore my kids,girlfriend. Just need to isolate sometimes. I'm a crime victim. Witnessed my brother get shot 14 times,then beaten bad after..... Been a long road since 1999.
It takes ALL of us back to simpler times in our minds....also brings one peace from those times!! And hope that some how some way all that will be here tomorrow for all of us to enjoy once again!!
I hope Bruce understands the impact he had on so many of us. This song is so tightly wrapped up and around my younger years. Those times were so innocent compared to today. It was such a wonderful time in my life, and this song takes me back there every time. Thank you Bruce.
SAME 🙋🏾♀️ I would give anything to go back. Kids were safe in school, and accidental bump didn't get you shot. All of the adults were still alive..Now...everyone except my Sisters and Brothers are gone. I miss them all so much. 😪
62 born in "62.. Me too.. We both had a Beddian Birthday this year. People born in the 90's probably will never have one. Golden Birthdays are more common.
Bruce Hornsby is an American treasure. No wonder Jerry Garcia recognized his talent so early . Such a lovely melodic percussive sound and a under appreciated soulful singer .
22 million people believe in what real music is all about...this is absolutely soulful and no human being can ever deny that in this lifetime! Cheers! 🍷🍷
Saw this man in concert in 1987 on Pensacola Beach. 90 degrees, white tuxedo, large white piano, and I can still remember it like it was today. Amazing. Incredible voice and talent. Takes me back to a very special time. Thank you Bruce.
When he sings about the fact he knew she wouldn’t stay, and that it would break his heart, he still chose to spend those moments with her anyway....I’ve been there. And let me tell you, it hurts. But those moments when you chose to stay and hoped for the outcome that would make you happy, those are memories that help mold the person I am today
@@djensen2319 Yep I have experienced this as well. Being held by someone you know will leave you. But him leaving turned out for the best in end so he had wisdom I didn't.
If he always knew that shed go is the train a gas lighting abandoning trajectory while she runs from something else. Is the Mandoline rain the only time she pops up? Because there has to be both a discussion about this type behavior at some point. "I think about her when I hear that whistle blow." Somebody has to repeat this toxic ambivalent cycle. Meek humility finds as much self worth as it does responsibility and purpose. Someone has to go as she turns to gold.
My wife of 34yrs loved this song while we were dating. And I have always carriec the memories over the decades and thousands of miles across 2 continents....yes the 80' were great
I remember my stepdad and his friends taking us to see Bruce Hornsby when I was older. It was a small outdoor concert but I didn't realize they were going to try to sneak in. So when it got dark everyone sort of dwindled inside separately. I was somehow scuttled down a certain row and I literally ended up like 3 feet from the stage as this song began. I will never forget the tears instantly streaming down my face. I remembered this song vividly from childhood, we moved around so much, there was a lot of loss for me growing up and not a lot of money to indulge in anything like a live concert. I think the moment seemed so surreal like you couldn't explain what that song did for me in that moment.
Music used to have a lot of emotion and meaning. Now everything is pop and commercial. I often wonder if we will ever get back to a time where we have meaningful music.
How awesome...that's something that belongs to you and nothing nor anyone will ever be able to take it away from you. Great memory, thanks for sharing. God Bless you 😃
@@2312sports music had emotion because the singers/performers had soul, had talent, had a drive to succeed. After the mid 90s, originality ceased to exist🙄
Black girl here and I love love love Bruce Hornsby songs!!! This is arguably my top 5 favorite songs of all time! He made playing piano super cool. #BringBackMusicians #NoStudio
This song, for some inexplicable reason, brings me to tears, but also makes me happy. And teleports me back to my youth, the 80s and wonderful, wonderful memories…
My brother who was a great brother and best friend died 12 years ago today. He loved this song, and when he left home, he always played this song cause one day he'd be back. I know he's around the Bay now. I miss you Jesus X. Perez and I love you❤❤❤. Give Mom a hug for us here❤❤❤
@@eriklarson9137 my 15 year son asked Me what was life like when there was not any Internet or cell phones. I told him to turn off has phone for 24 hours and find out.
35 year's ago this song released.. 35 years ago i fell in love with this song. 35 years ago I was only 18 years old. Still this song bring tears to my eye's everytime listened to it. Thank u for the sweet memories that comes out from this song. Gratitude
Yes!! And this was my favorite song by Til' Tuesday when i was little, Kate and i used to listen to this song all the time on my record player and i had this song on a 45 rpm record and even Til' Tuesday was my favorite group back in the 80's when i was a kid and your version sounds so beautiful like Til' Tuesday's and i love it!! 🎵🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
My dad would take me out for midnight rides, if this came on he would jam it! I play it for my girlfriend's, and they ask does it remind me of them. Nope, reminds me of my dad, and he had great taste in music. R.i.p pops!
I sit and read comments on here and I feel as though I'm in contact with friends around the world that I've never met, black or white, rich or poor, old or young it doesn't matter we all share a common interest of great music, like a universal language that all people understand.
@@robynhawkins48 thank you Robin Hawkins for call for going on my Gmail Bruce Hornsby is cool I hope I rock you too yeah it's been a long hard road spent many days on the street hospitals jails it sucks but you know something is worth it I believe in myself I believe in rap wellness ll
I was 14 years old in 1986 and this song touched me in a way that I wasn’t able to shake at that time. I played the hell out of that cassette and ruined it. Thought I had moved on from it. Then, one night after my daughter was born, I rediscovered it and I was 14 again. Great memories are attached to this song and album for me. The entire disc is literal musical gold. I listen to it every chance I get. 🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️❤️
Back in the 80s, I was a teenage metalhead....still am a metalhead, but I would still listen to Bruce Hornsby and Steve Winwood. listening to this song reminds me how much I miss those days.
Same here my friend I'm right there with you I miss the 80s as well and yes I'm still a head banger from the days of listening to Twisted Sister Van Halen and the Scorpions but I always loved Bruce Hornsby and the range and whole host of others but that's what makes me miss the 80s even more good music Good Times....
I don’t care what you’re doing, if you’re going through something just play this song and relax. It may not solve your problems but I guarantee you that your problems will be much easier for you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ and pray to GOD
@@drumninja1869 Exactly. i was about to post a similar comment. Mid 80's was Electric and BH and The Range were given every opportunity to Shine..and they did.
I guess you weren't alive or missed the 80's because the album won him a Grammy and a hit on the Billboard charts in 1987. He was never underrated and well respected as a musician and songwriter. Do some research first before you make yourself look stupid.
This song is about heartbreak and finding solace in music. The lyrics describe a person going through a difficult breakup, feeling the pain of lost love. The mention of "mandolin rain" might symbolize the healing power of music during tough times. Even though the rain is falling, music, like the sound of a mandolin, offers comfort and a way to cope with sadness. This song reminds us that in our lowest moments, music can be a source of emotional support and can help us navigate the storms of life.
Love the lyrics & his amazing, clear voice & the phenomenal talent he has when it comes to playing the piano & the great drum player in the background. One of a kind!!!
Lynn R Morning of Jan. 1st 2021 and this song sounds sweeter than ever, wishin' like crazy could be back at simpler time, before this COVID-19 masked up bullshit. Wishing you and everyone listening, Absolute Health, Wealth, and Wisdom!
I was on my way to work when this song came on. You talk about taking you back to your younger days when life was so carefree and people helped each other. Not this we have now, so much hatred and evilness in our world. Thank you so much Bruce and the Range for this amazing song!
2023 and it still holds up exquisitely and in comparison to music today, I long for excellent song writing. Structure melodies and musicianship. Still beautiful and excellent recording! 😊❤
The Way It Is has political themes@@Rotstift-nr2cw . Mandolin Rain is a tribute to a past that is gone, never to be found again, like the end of the relationship that Hornsby is singing about. Poignant and beautiful
@@Rotstift-nr2cwNo it's not about politics. Seriously? Listen to the words maybe? It's about a lost relationship and him reminiscing about the past relationship. He has another song about social injustice, but this is definitely not it!!
In 1990 walking at night into the parking lot of the department store where we worked to find a note from my girlfriend under the windshield wiper of my car.
Anyone ever had the experience of hearing a song you’ve heard your whole life and hearing it out of the blue and realize it’s a masterpiece? I’ve been listening to this song all day.
Oh yes. It was about five years ago when I heard this song playing in a McDonald’s, and it was the first time I had heard it in about 10 years. It immediately made me nostalgic for the times this song played on family road trips (which is saying something because I hate road trips). I realized that I wasn’t listening to an ordinary song, but a masterful message of accepting heartache.
I remember the first time I saw this vid on MTV on a rainy night back in the summer of 1987. I wasn't too interested in music at the time, but this song, and the rest of the album, piqued my curiosity in music... so much so that i eventually became a bassist in a rock band. This song always holds a special place for me.
When I was 10 years old my uncle took me to my first ever concert and it was Bruce Hornsby and the Range-playing in the Sangre de Cristo mountains during the deep summer monsoons. The band was stationed at the bottom of a steep hill which the crowd used as an amphitheater while sitting on picnic blankets enjoying wine and cheese. The rains swept in but just light enough to keep the concert going and the breezes thru the pines blowing. His voice, the band and his piano mixed with the scent of freshly damp earth and pine air. I go back there every time I hear this song and it is counted as one of the BEST days I’ve lived on this planet! 🎹💗
Of course I would go back! I think this very thought every day. All the family members that have since passed, they were all here and happy. And so was I.
My dad loved this song and played it all the time before he passed away. If his singing and the piano playing doesn't make you love music there's something wrong with you! This song make me feel so Good.
The melody and instrumentation are a masterpiece, the lyrics poetic but I wouldn't call the content feel-good. It's beautifully melancholic and nostalgic is more accurate.
From the first time I heard "Mandolin Rain," I have loved how it came out of the gate: potent, powerful, making an unambiguous statement, yet with wonderful subtleties and wonderful, poetic lyrics. What you got here is musical artwork, plain and simple.
I don't know what is better in this song, the melody or the lyrics. Both incredible, and a real tearjerker, to be sure! Reminds me of losses of my own.
Every loss we experience brings back all the other losses we have ever experienced whether it’s material or metaphorical. I guess grief is the gift that keeps on giving, the price of admission we pay for having loved and been loved so very, very well. Please take care, Mr. Cooper.
The nostalgia that comes with this one. Going out to dinner with my parents some rainy friday night. Soft Rock radio spilling out these gems that i would always remember. Summer afternoons with VH1 on as my mom would iron clothes with the windows open wide. Its not just about the 80s. They were like no other time. But also, Its about being young in a world surrounded by the things and people who will become the very core of who you are. The memories and innocence. The songs you didnt know would mean so much. The ones you listen to over and over again at 41. Music is my time travel. I put this one on and im back home, away from everything. Safe. Loved. Beautiful
I was 14. Had just moved from the city to a tiny tiny little town. Mad as hell I'd been drug away from my friends and girlfriend in the city to be all alone in this shit hole. Then I began to live the best 5 years of my entire life! Thank mom.... You knew what was best for me. 1987 began it all for me. I miss the 80s in ways and in an amount I have no words for. WTF have we done? What have we let happen?
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Bruce Hornsby is criminally underrated. Amazing vocalist, pianist, and songwriter.
Michael Jordan is criminally underrated.
Who criminally underrated him? I'll wait.
@@tedarndt6254 lol :)
Indeed ❤Bruce Hornsby was so underrated. This guy is a spectacular pianist
No doubt
I was sitting at my desk early.this morning and this song came on. I started crying and just couldn't stop. My brother is dying. Losing his battle with cancer. Suffering. He use to play this song all the time growing up. I kept thinking of hearing him sing this song...thinking of how his voice sounds. I'm hurting, but smiling at the same time. 🙏🏾
Go visit him. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Tell him how much you love him
How are you doing?
❤
🙏🏾🙏🏾❤
Hang in there we all love you.
I work in home hospice as a nurse. This song is on my playlist every afternoon as I drive home. This song lets me cry out my feelings every afternoon...
*Hug*
Im young but i think maybe i should listen to his album 😎
Thank you so much for what you do. You have a great taste of music
I get it. This song does something to my soul. God Bless you❤
My father-in-law was helped by home hospice in 2008. During a terrible time the hospice workers provided an incredibly helpful service. Thank you for what you do. It allows the families to focus on spending their last days on their loved one, instead of the medical condition of the loved one.
This amazing song brings a tear to my eyes. I’m reminded of family, good friends , and significant others that I’ve lost along the way . One of the best songs of all time jmo
Yep ❤
Seriously, one of the most beautiful songs of all time.
Agreed, anyone who had not heard "The Way it is" would say that! For Bruce is a talented, kind, genius. But once at least he was co-working with the Holy Spirit, and that is what makes the difference... The fact is that we don't want to keep the rain, because that is the very symbol and sign of the Holy Spirit...
Every little kiss is the anthem for the start of spring for idk but mid April it plays all day
@@justjokinntokin5474 LOL, very fitting I suppose.
You are right. It is so beautiful I it touches your soul and speaks of love and loss.
@@cathywalker7187 argee
America, give Mr Hornsby a Pulitzer, he is one your greatest storytellers of our times
Really ? Great!!!
1 am a 59 year old black female. One of my favorite songs. No doubt❤
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Good Music and Soul don't know colors my Sister
its ART!
Same, sis, same….
Diitto❤
One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded
I'm a 40yr old black man and this is one my favorite songs from one of my favorite artist. Dudes got so much soul! (not black soul not white soul just...Soul) My Dad played this album every day when I was growing up. He taught me that good music and good people have No color!
Amen buddy
I agree
Great man!🙏
Saw them in St. Louis and he was great.
Good people recognize good people
Alright, how many of you have listened to this more than once in succession? Can't hardly get enough of this song. One of the most exquisitely crafted songs in the history of humankind.
mANY TIMES.. :)
Yeah, I'm guilty of that. Years ago when I delivered pizza I would listen to this song over and over while working.
You have to listen to it more than once.
CB Rennard wow
......this is why they made "repeat"
This song takes me back every time. To the mid 80s. My mom is making homemade mash potatoes and greens on the stove. My dad is outside grilling BBQ chicken. My brother and I playing in the yard hearing songs like this on the radio. Those were easier and simpler times.
I was born in the mid 1980's and I can relate to what you saying. We grew up in the best generation
They tell you to grow up but never knowing to teach you how to grow up.
Dude I really like how you paint a picture in my head with your comment! I feel and hear you on that although I have no family members left it’s a sweet memory and I thank you for reminding me of them.
Amen
Nice picture
The group of people commenting here recognize the power of music in creating a better world, and a world as it should be!!
I honestly don't think that
Bruce Hornsby comprehends what he did with this song in our lives.
THANK YOU 🙏
Now we grow old with it....
I agree
Well said!
He puts so much emotion into it
Another song that makes me cry just because it soooooooo great! I agree with Aaron Bane. People don't know what they
e missing when they pass up so many songs because of the genre or the race of the artist.. I love Bruce & The Range madly. I'm Black also.
I haven't heard this song in over 20 years and I was instantly transported back to my early teenage years in the mid-80s. The memories came flooding back and for some reason the tears started flowing down my face. My Dad. I think of my Dad and his old record player. He sat alone in the dark a lot...sipping on a cold one. Vietnam. PTSD. This was before they got divorced. I get it now. Rest easy Dad. 🎶♥️
Civilian medic 25 years. Some things, unfortunately, can’t be unseen. May your dad rest easy. Godspeed, my friend.
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For some reason after traumatic experience u want to b alone a lot. I do. Sometimes ignore my kids,girlfriend. Just need to isolate sometimes. I'm a crime victim. Witnessed my brother get shot 14 times,then beaten bad after..... Been a long road since 1999.
Wow. Jimmy. You just got me. 😥😥😥
Love and peace to us all. Thank you for sharing. 😢❤
Bruce Hornsby's piano playing heals me
I couldn't agree more! :)
+MrGenedancingmachine hey whats up man pretty typical that i'd find you here lol
amen
NO --- Bruce Hornsby is a 🎹 playing fool!!!
#yafeelme
Peace unto you.
One black dude here who still loves this classic
One Asian here!
Hi
One black girl here who is loving it with you❤
mixed boy
I'm a black man in my 50s. This is probably one of my favorite songs of all time. Good ole music has no color.
This song never gets old ❤️
Vanessa Ashton Well said!
Best part of the song: 2:35 through 3:02.
agreed
Pure gold
And it never will
I’m 48 and this song instantly takes me back to a much simpler time in my youth.
80s and 90s were a great time to grow up. Miss it dearly
I'm 47 bro born in 76
Same here. Born in 75.
It takes ALL of us back to simpler times in our minds....also brings one peace from those times!! And hope that some how some way all that will be here tomorrow for all of us to enjoy once again!!
- I turn 50 in 5 days. This beautiful song gives me peace and hope.
This song will NEVER get old. Those of us who grew up in this era understands what it means to have heartfelt songs.
yes we do . yes....
and many others who are not of this generation can not help but agree.
Yes sir! How true!!!
We had the best eras of music. Real music.
@@christopherdevoto9024 Yes we did my Friend
One of the worlds best pianists right there.
I hope Bruce understands the impact he had on so many of us. This song is so tightly wrapped up and around my younger years. Those times were so innocent compared to today. It was such a wonderful time in my life, and this song takes me back there every time. Thank you Bruce.
well said. I feel the exact same
What a singer. Brilliant. Lovely tune, lyrics, music and the entire production. Thanks Bruce
Highly unlikely. He knows what he he gave us
Amen!!! I couldn't agree with you more.
yes exactly same here
One of the most beautiful songs of the 20th Century.
Thank you, Bruce Hornsby.
your dumb
amazing song
and Jon Hornsby, who wrote this song..
i agree i love his music so much
I totally agree.
I wish I could hear this Song for the first time again
Seems like first time
Does this song ever get old?...Never
No never
Memories.....I wish I could go back and stay there for a day. I'd savor it in a way I never understood at the time.
❤😢
Hello Vicki, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
😂😂😂😂@@Trevorjennings679
This song takes me back to a moment in time when everyone I have ever truly loved was still alive, and everything was right in this crazy world.
That really put it in perspective
That made me cry. I understand that so well.
SAME 🙋🏾♀️ I would give anything to go back. Kids were safe in school, and accidental bump didn't get you shot. All of the adults were still alive..Now...everyone except my Sisters and Brothers are gone. I miss them all so much. 😪
Ditto
When the people we truly love die, our lives are never the same again. Little things can trigger happy memories and sadness simultaneously.
I’m 62 And I Love ❤️ This Song ! A Classic!!
62 born in "62.. Me too.. We both had a Beddian Birthday this year.
People born in the 90's probably will never have one. Golden Birthdays are more common.
Definitely its ..i was a kid in the 80's running with my bicycle and listened the songs.
This broke my heart in 1987 and it still does today.
Bruce Hornsby is an American treasure. No wonder Jerry Garcia recognized his talent so early . Such a lovely melodic percussive sound and a under appreciated soulful singer .
The best comment of read about this
Silky smooth
Treasure is right, well said!
22 million people believe in what real music is all about...this is absolutely soulful and no human being can ever deny that in this lifetime! Cheers! 🍷🍷
There are certain songs that send you on an emotional trip. This is one of those songs.
And this is one of them 😢
It happened to me today that’s why I came here
Indeed!❤
I can’t stop crying
Please send me back to the 80’s!! Best of times! ❤❤❤
Amen!!
Saw this man in concert in 1987 on Pensacola Beach. 90 degrees, white tuxedo, large white piano, and I can still remember it like it was today. Amazing. Incredible voice and talent. Takes me back to a very special time. Thank you Bruce.
Hey dude I was there still live Freeport,lol,
One of the most bittersweet songs ever recorded.
Makes me sad I don't know why..
When he sings about the fact he knew she wouldn’t stay, and that it would break his heart, he still chose to spend those moments with her anyway....I’ve been there. And let me tell you, it hurts. But those moments when you chose to stay and hoped for the outcome that would make you happy, those are memories that help mold the person I am today
@@djensen2319 Yep I have experienced this as well. Being held by someone you know will leave you. But him leaving turned out for the best in end so he had wisdom I didn't.
Indeed😢❤
If he always knew that shed go is the train a gas lighting abandoning trajectory while she runs from something else. Is the Mandoline rain the only time she pops up? Because there has to be both a discussion about this type behavior at some point.
"I think about her when I hear that whistle blow." Somebody has to repeat this toxic ambivalent cycle. Meek humility finds as much self worth as it does responsibility and purpose. Someone has to go as she turns to gold.
Bruce if you see this. I think your music is awesome thank you
C,mon…. Know he can’t see😂😂
My wife of 34yrs loved this song while we were dating. And I have always carriec the memories over the decades and thousands of miles across 2 continents....yes the 80' were great
2022 and here I am still loving this song. What a beautiful melody. I miss the 80s so much! I would give anything to go back.
Back to the future...star trek...miss Lucy show
And I would as well but we can't go back.
Would you really give anything?
Dam straight paul.😜👍
I'm building a Time Machine give me a year. We All go back to the 80s who is with me.
I remember my stepdad and his friends taking us to see Bruce Hornsby when I was older. It was a small outdoor concert but I didn't realize they were going to try to sneak in. So when it got dark everyone sort of dwindled inside separately. I was somehow scuttled down a certain row and I literally ended up like 3 feet from the stage as this song began. I will never forget the tears instantly streaming down my face. I remembered this song vividly from childhood, we moved around so much, there was a lot of loss for me growing up and not a lot of money to indulge in anything like a live concert. I think the moment seemed so surreal like you couldn't explain what that song did for me in that moment.
Wow. How wonderful.Thanks for sharing.💛
Music used to have a lot of emotion and meaning. Now everything is pop and commercial. I often wonder if we will ever get back to a time where we have meaningful music.
How awesome...that's something that belongs to you and nothing nor anyone will ever be able to take it away from you. Great memory, thanks for sharing. God Bless you 😃
@@2312sports music had emotion because the singers/performers had soul, had talent, had a drive to succeed. After the mid 90s, originality ceased to exist🙄
I feel your emotion. I promise.
Every single time I hear this amazing track I get tears that well up. It’s such an emotional melody and I love Bruce Hornsby and The Range! ❤❤❤
Bruce is brilliant, talented and a gift to all of us. Truly one of the best. Thank you for posting!
Black girl here and I love love love Bruce Hornsby songs!!! This is arguably my top 5 favorite songs of all time! He made playing piano super cool. #BringBackMusicians #NoStudio
Same. I will forever love this song
Very beautiful song indeed
Me too.. Baltimore and homegirl from the beautiful city. Love love Bruce Hornsby songs especially Mandolin Rain
@@nikkibrown7624 I cry whenever I hear it. Don't play it much.
Absolutely!
This song, for some inexplicable reason, brings me to tears, but also makes me happy. And teleports me back to my youth, the 80s and wonderful, wonderful memories…
Hello from the u.k.
I’m 65 now and bought this on release, never get tired of it
Hits me to the core, every time!
You're not alone, makes me cry every time 😢
Amazing 80s. I was 15 years old when it was released. I miss those years.
That's what I was thinking, it makes me cry and yet it makes me so happy. Beautiful music is like that.
You nailed it!@@tonnivando5078
Over 35 years later and I still tear up to this song. Every. Single. Time.
I just about stopped crying. Man of 45.
Gets me every time, too. Amazing song.
Every damn time. This is my drunk cry song
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My brother who was a great brother and best friend died 12 years ago today. He loved this song, and when he left home, he always played this song cause one day he'd be back. I know he's around the Bay now. I miss you Jesus X. Perez and I love you❤❤❤. Give Mom a hug for us here❤❤❤
Julissa I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm sure tour sweet.brotber is with Jesus, smiling.
May he rip you have a beautiful angel watching over you
We listen to the radio, not our cell phones.
And we waited to listen to our favorite songs again. Or call the radio station and asked.😊
Yes. That is what it was like in the olden days. Thanks.
@@eriklarson9137 my 15 year son asked Me what was life like when there was not any Internet or cell phones.
I told him to turn off has phone for 24 hours and find out.
80’s Top 40 radio was the best.
That's right😊
35 year's ago this song released.. 35 years ago i fell in love with this song. 35 years ago I was only 18 years old. Still this song bring tears to my eye's everytime listened to it. Thank u for the sweet memories that comes out from this song. Gratitude
its a classic.
@@salimyusuff3571 It's a classic.
Same. This is the music of OUR era, our time.
U are still young
@@Michael-ss1wf not really when we crossed the 50s line ..yet my heart still way so much young 😊
I work at a hospital, during these horrible times, this brings me comfort driving home.
Be safe! 🙏🏻
Praying for your strength.
Hero
Thanks for your service
From a truck driver, thank you so much for being in the frontline. Stay safe
Yes!! And this was my favorite song by Til' Tuesday when i was little, Kate and i used to listen to this song all the time on my record player and i had this song on a 45 rpm record and even Til' Tuesday was my favorite group back in the 80's when i was a kid and your version sounds so beautiful like Til' Tuesday's and i love it!! 🎵🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
I had an album by Til Tuesday I used to play on my record player in 1985…
Every time I hear this opening I get goosebumps!!! Anyone with me ??
John, count me in!
Same here bro
My dad would take me out for midnight rides, if this came on he would jam it! I play it for my girlfriend's, and they ask does it remind me of them. Nope, reminds me of my dad, and he had great taste in music. R.i.p pops!
I'm in !!
Yes!
Songs like this really are a time machine to another time and place
I start crying two bars in. Amazing that I still do.
Have you ever experienced a perfect moment in time? This song is that moment.
You get it.
agreed!!
Wie ich dieses Jahrzehnt vermisse.
The 80s very best of
This is one of those songs that's just perfect. I wouldn't change a single note or word of it.
truth bro
Pure magic of nostalgia,
My thoughts exactly. It’s truly exquisite.
Born 1979, still love this song, listening July 6, 2020!
Listening too 8/07/2020
Born 79 as well
@@jeremybagnell5714 born in 79 also
Born July 28th 1976 I loved though the 80s I miss it so DAM MUCH
Born in 79 as well. This song is timeless and always a great listen
I sit and read comments on here and I feel as though I'm in contact with friends around the world that I've never met, black or white, rich or poor, old or young it doesn't matter we all share a common interest of great music, like a universal language that all people understand.
So beautifully stated
You are a sweet person you've got a friend in me I'm whitney Kelly you can find me on Facebook and enjoy your Tuesday my friend xxoo
Yes! 💕
@@robynhawkins48 thank you Robin Hawkins for call for going on my Gmail Bruce Hornsby is cool I hope I rock you too yeah it's been a long hard road spent many days on the street hospitals jails it sucks but you know something is worth it I believe in myself I believe in rap wellness ll
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This is the way our world should be !!! Love one another ❤ Beautiful song, beautiful people sharing their thoughts and hearts !!
Sorry to read this. I have dreamt for ‘forever after’ but soon realized that people change, nothing lasts eternity
I was 14 years old in 1986 and this song touched me in a way that I wasn’t able to shake at that time. I played the hell out of that cassette and ruined it. Thought I had moved on from it. Then, one night after my daughter was born, I rediscovered it and I was 14 again. Great memories are attached to this song and album for me. The entire disc is literal musical gold. I listen to it every chance I get. 🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️❤️
life goes by really fast
Wonderful comment. Kind regards to you.
Im right there with you I was 13 years old and when I hear this song it takes me back......everyday single day
This is so touching 🥺
2/71, my friend. There with you.
Back in the 80s, I was a teenage metalhead....still am a metalhead, but I would still listen to Bruce Hornsby and Steve Winwood. listening to this song reminds me how much I miss those days.
You have depth!
Same here my friend I'm right there with you I miss the 80s as well and yes I'm still a head banger from the days of listening to Twisted Sister Van Halen and the Scorpions but I always loved Bruce Hornsby and the range and whole host of others but that's what makes me miss the 80s even more good music Good Times....
working class 80's music.
Me too!!!!!!
Same here!! From headbangers ball to the lighter stuff. It keeps our horizons broad!!
If ever there was a time we needed the soothing keys of Bruce Hornsby, it's now. This mans music never gets old
You can say that again. No words can ever explain the situation we are in now. Only God knows
I never counted to live long in the army...
Covid is fake. Don’t be a sheep.
VGFTH
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I don’t care what you’re doing, if you’re going through something just play this song and relax. It may not solve your problems but I guarantee you that your problems will be much easier for you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ and pray to GOD
Hello Tiffany, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
Bruce Hornsby and the Range were incredibly underrated.
21M views isn't nothing. Doesn't include the millions of views on MTV and elsewhere through the years.
Always Epic in my heart🥺🥺🥺🥺❤️🥰
Too much truth in his music
I couldn't agree more.
@@drumninja1869 Exactly. i was about to post a similar comment. Mid 80's was Electric and BH and The Range were given every opportunity to Shine..and they did.
Timeless song. Such an underrated artist. 🌠
I guess you weren't alive or missed the 80's because the album won him a Grammy and a hit on the Billboard charts in 1987. He was never underrated and well respected as a musician and songwriter. Do some research first before you make yourself look stupid.
This song touches the Soul to the core 😍
Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here
This song is about heartbreak and finding solace in music. The lyrics describe a person going through a difficult breakup, feeling the pain of lost love. The mention of "mandolin rain" might symbolize the healing power of music during tough times. Even though the rain is falling, music, like the sound of a mandolin, offers comfort and a way to cope with sadness. This song reminds us that in our lowest moments, music can be a source of emotional support and can help us navigate the storms of life.
Just makes you wanna cry sometimes, when we see where we are , and where we've been...
PIANGERE ...MAGARI SOLO QUELLO
Me too
Greg Hampton I went down the shop earlier,that was nice
You are so right my friend. If only we could turn the hands of time back. Boy..... that'd be so nice.👍✌️
Makes me smile beautiful song. Tony in Jaxxx Florida
An all time great song!
“I’d laugh and she smile, it would last for awhile, you don’t know what you got til you lose it all again”
Agree...
I feel you... .❤
always wondered why he said “again?” didnt he learn the lesson the first time lol?
@@fmbighair Must of happened to him once before.
I can relate 100% to the lyrics in this song and the feeling I get from it after suffering a broken heart. This song has helped me heal.
Love the lyrics & his amazing, clear voice & the phenomenal talent he has when it comes to playing the piano & the great drum player in the background. One of a kind!!!
Listening in 2020 and it sounds just as sweet as when it was first made.
I.m 60 and still cry at this song
Even more now just off nostalgia and Beautiful ballads sake, man I miss the 80's😢😢🔊💞💞💞🎵🎶🎵🎶💃💃💃
@@zboululu1210 ikr hit me in my throat every time I come to visit a time I loved so much😢🔊💞🎵🎶🎵💃💃
Yesss I love this song! I listen to it everyday 😍🥰
Lynn R Morning of Jan. 1st 2021 and this song sounds sweeter than ever, wishin' like crazy could be back at simpler time, before this COVID-19 masked up bullshit. Wishing you and everyone listening, Absolute Health, Wealth, and Wisdom!
Beautiful song, haunts me as it reminds me of my husband who died. Tears, lots of tears... love this song. Thank you for posting it.
I feel ya, I lost mine 3 years ago
Time is great medicine to heal all miserable happening s .Be well.jai sree Ram.god bless ALL.
Sorry for your lost 😞
Laura Adel Ginier so sorry for your loss and may you find comfort in the wonderful memories you and him created
An thing for you
Such a melancholy masterpiece! The 80’s had beautiful songs….
I totally agree with you!!! I miss the 80's.
This is a song more people should know about
I am 68 and I still listen to these songs. Always will
I was on my way to work when this song came on. You talk about taking you back to your younger days when life was so carefree and people helped each other. Not this we have now, so much hatred and evilness in our world. Thank you so much Bruce and the Range for this amazing song!
I'm 43. This is still one of my favorite songs ever. Heartbreaking and gorgeous.
This is magical...can't describe how it makes me feel...it just gets me...every time 🥺
2023 and it still holds up exquisitely and in comparison to music today, I long for excellent song writing. Structure melodies and musicianship. Still beautiful and excellent recording! 😊❤
Yes!
❤❤😊
It makes me a crying wreck. I can only listen to it on occasions - it just does something to my soul.
This comments section is so unbelievably beautiful. No politics. No race. Just wonderful people enjoying terrific music.
This song is full of politics though. Against the suffering of the working and work-less classes. This song has good music AND good politics. ;)
The Way It Is has political themes@@Rotstift-nr2cw . Mandolin Rain is a tribute to a past that is gone, never to be found again, like the end of the relationship that Hornsby is singing about. Poignant and beautiful
🙏🏾 Amen
Amen. Says alot about this music.
@@Rotstift-nr2cwNo it's not about politics. Seriously? Listen to the words maybe? It's about a lost relationship and him reminiscing about the past relationship. He has another song about social injustice, but this is definitely not it!!
I never followed Bruce, but this song gives me goosebumps for some reason. Those piano skills are amazing.
The ending. Absolutely. And I never fail to cry
True words looove this song❤❤❤
Another Black who still plays and loves Bruce at 66 years old
I'm a fan, and I'm a 45 year old Black Brotha.
Keep going
You good. I am Latino. Mexican American. This is a beautiful song
I’m 69 and still listen to this great one! Never gets old! ❤
I'm up
This joint should be required listening for any person suffering from Anxiety and Depression.
I sing this song to myself. Or, the person I could become
You don’t know what you got until you lose it. Hindsight. Such a Beautiful Song Mr. Hornsby. Truly touches my heart every time I listen to this. Life
In 1990 walking at night into the parking lot of the department store where we worked to find a note from my girlfriend under the windshield wiper of my car.
Hello Tammy how're you doing today?
@@toefield251 A breakup note?
Anyone ever had the experience of hearing a song you’ve heard your whole life and hearing it out of the blue and realize it’s a masterpiece?
I’ve been listening to this song all day.
Oh yes. It was about five years ago when I heard this song playing in a McDonald’s, and it was the first time I had heard it in about 10 years. It immediately made me nostalgic for the times this song played on family road trips (which is saying something because I hate road trips).
I realized that I wasn’t listening to an ordinary song, but a masterful message of accepting heartache.
It’s a gorgeous song!
Welcome brother
I just did…. He is an awesome piano player and all around artist ❤️
You're spot on. I always liked it, but I played it again about six months ago, after a long hiatus, and now I can't "put it down."
This song still just gets me right in the heart
Hello Sandy how're you doing today?
I remember the first time I saw this vid on MTV on a rainy night back in the summer of 1987. I wasn't too interested in music at the time, but this song, and the rest of the album, piqued my curiosity in music... so much so that i eventually became a bassist in a rock band. This song always holds a special place for me.
When I was 10 years old my uncle took me to my first ever concert and it was Bruce Hornsby and the Range-playing in the Sangre de Cristo mountains during the deep summer monsoons. The band was stationed at the bottom of a steep hill which the crowd used as an amphitheater while sitting on picnic blankets enjoying wine and cheese. The rains swept in but just light enough to keep the concert going and the breezes thru the pines blowing. His voice, the band and his piano mixed with the scent of freshly damp earth and pine air. I go back there every time I hear this song and it is counted as one of the BEST days I’ve lived on this planet! 🎹💗
How many of u agree that the 80s was the best era of music
I agree 80's was the best of the best up to this time
What started first it ever ideal
Ever hear of the sixties!? LOL!!!
Definitely!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Definitely
What a beautiful song 👏
Who else want's to go back to the 1980's? 💓
*I'd want to change things so life would be easier today, but alas those were fun days.*
Number one on the list
Me I've been ready for 34 years
Of course I would go back! I think this very thought every day. All the family members that have since passed, they were all here and happy. And so was I.
In a heartbeat
My dad loved this song and played it all the time before he passed away.
If his singing and the piano playing doesn't make you love music there's something wrong with you!
This song make me feel so Good.
Holy shit, are you saying there's something wrong with me? I knew it.
Sorry for your loss😣😭😢
Ditto
The melody and instrumentation are a masterpiece, the lyrics poetic but I wouldn't call the content feel-good. It's beautifully melancholic and nostalgic is more accurate.
His style of piano playing and writing is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This song is visionary! Beautiful!
The Way It Is might have been his biggest hit but this is his masterpiece!
I have never loved "The Way It is" as much as I have "Mandolin Rain".
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🤦🏾♀️❤️🥰
Just love this treasured song and Just the way It Is, thank you for sharing
I remember when I heard this on the radio I was 13 then now I'm 44. Good old days
From the first time I heard "Mandolin Rain," I have loved how it came out of the gate: potent, powerful, making an unambiguous statement, yet with wonderful subtleties and wonderful, poetic lyrics.
What you got here is musical artwork, plain and simple.
You nailed it!!! I love the tempo too, sort of odd-metered like a Dave Brubeck tune.
What a lovely song ❤Thank you for sharing 💯🔥
Listening in 2020! Who is with me on this timeless piece. Turning 40 and I still love this song🤗🤗
Here in 2021
I am with you. This songs make me feel wonderfully. I bad day at work. It is my cure!
Linda madziya. Do this song warm your soul?
every time I hear mr Hornsby play that piano my eyes full up with tears , you are amazing god bless
I don't know what is better in this song, the melody or the lyrics. Both incredible, and a real tearjerker, to be sure! Reminds me of losses of my own.
Every loss we experience brings back all the other losses we have ever experienced whether it’s material or metaphorical. I guess grief is the gift that keeps on giving, the price of admission we pay for having loved and been loved so very, very well.
Please take care, Mr. Cooper.
You haven't mentioned Bruce's voice! It's no less important than the other factors.
This was playing in the grocery store the other day. Great stuff ❤
The nostalgia that comes with this one. Going out to dinner with my parents some rainy friday night. Soft Rock radio spilling out these gems that i would always remember. Summer afternoons with VH1 on as my mom would iron clothes with the windows open wide. Its not just about the 80s. They were like no other time. But also, Its about being young in a world surrounded by the things and people who will become the very core of who you are. The memories and innocence. The songs you didnt know would mean so much. The ones you listen to over and over again at 41. Music is my time travel. I put this one on and im back home, away from everything. Safe. Loved. Beautiful
Anyone miss 1987?
I was doing my first grade ❤
To much...1983 i get my Licence for Driver for Car i am 19 jears old wonderful time includet Thriller Album Michael Jackson in Player 😅
Yes, I do. Apart from 15th/16th October 1987 when I was working nights (outdoors) and southern Britain was hit by the ‘Great Storm’ I was right in it.
I was 14. Had just moved from the city to a tiny tiny little town. Mad as hell I'd been drug away from my friends and girlfriend in the city to be all alone in this shit hole. Then I began to live the best 5 years of my entire life! Thank mom.... You knew what was best for me. 1987 began it all for me. I miss the 80s in ways and in an amount I have no words for. WTF have we done? What have we let happen?
Oh, yes! Every day.