Whoever directed the video was brilliant in how first they showed the children's choir and then they showed the adult choir. The children have no idea how quickly life goes, and they will be in the adult choir in the blink of an eye.
First, let me start off by saying that I think I've watched this video about 20 times and today was the first day that I noticed the adult choir on the other side, and without looking at any comments first, I must point out Secondly, pine observing this and combining that with the the lesson from this song is that I saw the kids choir as of course the third generation but I saw the adults as the third generation and I kind of saw the band in the middle as the middle generation which is trying to tell both sides how to deal their parents and their children,, respectively. I totally adds a new dimension to this MV that I really appreciate. This is by far my favorite song of theirs, but only I think my second favorite song is Par Avion. It's strange I know, but it hits me just right.
My father and I had our differences. I was fortunate enough to tell him how much I loved him and thanked him for life before he died. This song is like no other.
Time is not something you have. Time is something that you make! Always make time for the people and things that you love! You can't save it up to use later. When it's gone it's gone forever.❤😢🎉😊
My father and I almost NEVER saw eye to eye. When I left my childhood home, I never looked back. When I found out he had cancer, I moved back to the area to be nearby and offer support. Guess what... The cancer was not particularly aggressive, so he still had some years left... And when he knew the end was near(ish), it caused him to reflect on his life and his relationships and he became a "new" man... loving, expressive, generous, open-minded. It truly was remarkable. He lived that way for about ten years. It was wonderful.
Similar here.....hard man to know my Father, but this song .... man, this song, made me more determined than ever to get to KNOW him, wouldn't have him forever and thank god! I had the best 7 years of my life with him and was able to look after him in his last year as he was dying of cancer
I can't listen to this without tearing up, and I still have both my parents. My mom is 80, and my dad will be at the end of this month. I remember when it came out and I first heard it, I nearly crumpled in tears. It just hits hard.
My dad put my brother's and I pure hell when he was alive. He liked to brag that we were a "disappointment" to him. He did that for attention. He scared us psychologically. And inspite of that we are good, kind and loving people. This song hits home. Makes me cry and miss him. Thankfully in Heaven he'll be the Father he should've been.
"I think I caught his spirit, later that same year." My dad and I didn't see eye to eye on much. I was a difficult child of the 70's and did the exact opposite of what he wanted me to do. I left home young, only 16 years old. On May 21, 1975, 3 months before my 18th birthday, I gave birth to my first child, a son. 6 days later, after just getting home from the hospital, my dad died. I loved him and I knew that he loved me. My world was forever changed in ways I would only understand many years later. My son is now nearly 49 years old. Our relationship has been strained throughout the years resulting in an 8 year estrangement from him and my grandchildren. I was never good enough, rich enough or refined enough for him and his wife. My heart is so broken! Thanks be to God, I was blessed with another son in May of 1987. He married the sweetest girl and they have blessed me with 2 beautiful granddaughters that are my reason to live! (Sorry, didn't mean to write a book but this song gets me very emotional, every time.)
We all make mistakes. When my old dad was dying of cancer he would say how lucky he was and he had no regrets. Soon I will be 71. I am only now realising just how lucky I have been too. I was definitely punching above my weight with my wife but unlike my dad I have made so many mistakes; some of them howlers and I have so many, many regrets. And I can do nothing about it now.
You don't have to see eye to eye. Make peace with him. If he wants to carry that chip on his shoulders,..that's on him. When you reach the end of your journey, you'll feel good about yourself that you made the effort. I promise.
My dad was my hero. I'm glad I got to let him know before he was gone. He called me Number One Daughter because I was first born, and he has spent so much time in Asia. He was a US Navy fighter pilot for 27 years, and I was a rebellious teen when he got back from his last of 3 tours in Vietnam. He had so much patience and strength. I was the only one of my siblings to see and speak with him before he passed from cancer in 2009, and our last words to each other were "I love you." I miss him every day, and wish I was still learning from him.
I was extremely fortunate to be able to work out my many issues with my Mother before she passed. In some small way this song may have motivated me to do that 😊
I can relate to this song in a very emotional way. My mother died when I was 6 weeks old and a few years later my father remarried. My stepmother was wonderful and loved my brother and me very much. We did have a relationship very much like this song, but our relationship became so much closer when his first granddaughter, my daughter, arrived. He was a wonderful father and grandfather and I hope I can be the same to my two children and four grandchildren
My father was an alcoholic for most of my life. In '94 he was diagnosed with cancer, and he stopped drinking and smoking. I finally had a chance to really talk to him until he passed in '95. I'm thankful that I had that time to spend with him. I was there the day he passed. I told him l loved him, and he said it back to me. I miss him every day....
This song. I enjoyed it when it came out. Nearly 20 years later, my Dad was lying in a hospital bed. I'd worked the night shift and he was in a coma. Mom talked me into going home to sleep. When I arrived home, I had a message from her that my uncle was coming to get me because Dad had passed and they were waiting for me to arrive. I've always regretted not getting to say goodbye. This song has always resonated with me for that reason - not exactly the intent of the lyrics, but close enough for me. I still want to talk to my Dad.
I'm 58, this song says a lot we don't think about when were younger. This song always was so great thanks for reminding me of it. They had other hits, please check them out as well . Keep great music alive :)
This song always brings me to tears. More so now after my father passes. We never saw eye to eye, and he passed before I could ever sit and talk with him.
My dad and I had issues, and my 2 sons I tried to do what is right, and I had a long talk with my dad, 5 days before he died. I’m grateful for our talk, and when the 2 grand kids came into my life, I love enjoying the new love’s in my life. My advice to parents, have discussions with them often, and teach kindness, a work ethic, and love God. Hug them often, and keep them safe.
Tears...lots of tears! I didn't have a great relationship with my father. He was very old fahioned, and apparently, didn't want children. When us children were born he was out working as much as possible and seemed only to be in for meals and sleep. I am a father now and relate so much on the same level with my son. I love him, admire him and respect him so much.
When I was a teenager, I thought my Dad didn't know what he was talking about. By the time I was 30, I realized he was wiser than I thought and at the least I understood where he was coming from.
Now that I'm nearly 50 this song hits so differently. As a kid I loved this song but never paid attention to the lyrics and didn't know what it was about. All I knew was that was a great song that my dad loved it.
I cared for my dad for four years. 24/7. Left my husband and kids who are 2000 miles away. I had my hand on his heart when he died. I had 4 beautiful and difficult years spending his last days with him. He died 3 weeks after his 100 years
Heard this song back in the eighties and it totally resonated with my own feelings about our relationship. My father was in New Zealannd and I was in Australia and we didn't communicate to often. He passed away in 1993 and flew over for the funeral and on the plane I remembered this song and discussed it with family and we played it at the beginning of the church service. Lots of people cried so it certainly hit a nerve. Cried myself today hearing it again. Thankyou
My Dad was just 51 when he passed on Fathers Day June 20 1982. He'd been asking me to "Peg out" a fishing match all week for him but of course I forgot and went of to a speedway meeting in Milton keynes (i was a junior rider trying to make it big). When I got back home to Peterborough my Big Bro was waiting for me with the news ! This song cuts deep.
My dad passed in 2019, after I hadn't seen him for a few years. This song describes our relationship perfectly. It was a difficult one, but I always loved him. We just didn't agree on most things. I would give anything to take it back. To visit him more. To try to understand him more.
I'm 52 now, but lost my father to cancer when I was 16( the same year this song came out). My mom is now 82 and we as a family are at the point of realising she's slowing down and won't with us for too much longer. It was hard as a teenager to lose my father and as the youngest and the only one still at home Mom and I had at least 4 or 5 years together dealing with the loss . I've only now began to get myself ready for the next part. Only my mom and my husband's mom are left of that generation we lost his father 6 years ago and it's strange to realise that we will soon be the older generation especially when I'm already a great Aunt twice over, next will be Granny. That's why this song still resonates
My father had Alzheimers, an awful illness that robs the person of memories and the life they have lived. One day I was talking with him and he had a moment of clarity and lucidity. He told he knew was not well but had no control. I ran to get my mum but when we got back he had gone again. I always regret not grabbing that one moment to ask him how we could help. This song makes me cry every time I hear it.
One of the best lyrics in the song is: You can listen as well as you hear. Everyone wants to talk, but few want to listen. Thats the key, knowing when to listen, and when to talk. Not only just listening, but actually taking in what is being said. You may have valid points, and by all means share them. But that doesnt mean the other person doesnt. Say your piece, but then listen to what others have to say. Great song.
I had problems with communication to and from my dad when I was younger. As I got older and had a family I went through periods of having communication issues with the kids. This song hits a lot of those very clearly.
Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins wrote great songs together in Genesis for decades & this song 🎵 The Living Years 🎵 is the Jewel Crown of creativity that music lovers & fans of both bands have felt since the song was new & now lives on in all of us for generations to come.
I lost my dad when I was 19 and stationed over seas. We had a lot of unresolved issues, and this song give me tears every time I hear it. For those who have a good relationship with all of their family members may be it doesn't hit as deep as it does to those of us that it does apply.
This song has always made me a little emotional too. I had an outstanding relationship with my father,and in fact my entire family; but it's never been lost on me how precious and valuable that relationship is. I'm sorry for anyone who has experienced this type of pain and I pray for you all. Being able to leave absolutely nothing on the table with my father has been something that I've never taken for granted, and it's something I try to carry with me through all of my interactions. To those who are experiencing this now but still have a chance to mend it, do yourself a favor and make the first move. Even if it means sucking down some pride to get the conversation started, you'll love yourself for doing it. Great reaction as always, Phil and Sam. Love you guys
The lead singer here is Paul Carrack, who has been touring with Eric Clapton the last few years. He's playing the organ on a lot of Clapton live TH-cam videos.
I am so glad you reacted to this song. A song for fathers and sons. It kills me a little bit every time I hear it. I think anyone who has lost their father, no matter the relationship, cannot helped but be moved. Thank you so much. Great reaction.
Myself being 56 now and having lost my dad to colon cancer in 2004 when he was only 63 and too young to die, this song resonates, although i did tell him everything i wanted to and that which i didn't i now that he knew that, we had such a strong bond, I still feel his presence sometimes and my mom who passed in 2019. They aren't really gone as long as we remember them.
This song gets me deep in my heart. This came out shortly after my father passed away and I was not there the day he died. We got along and he got to see my sons. They were 4 and 3 years old. Love your reactions!
I had this opportunity with my uncle. Had a great relationship with him for the last 8 or 10 years of his life. I am so incredibly happy I made the effort to clear the air.
A heartfelt review of one of the most beautifully produced tracks ever. Absolutely brilliant stuff both lyrically and musically! I was stunned when this song lost out to Don Henley's Age of the innocence as song of the year in 1990.
Paul Carrack was the lead singer of most of the Mike and the Mechenics songs. You should listen to his song 'when you walk in the room' its awesome. Mike Rutherford is the guitarest in the white jacket.
This one made me cry. I lost my DAD TO COVID YEARS AGO. I TRY TO REMEMBER ALL OF THE GREAT TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER. THANKS FOR ANOTHER AWESOME REACTION. HELLO FROM PA USA 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤❤
Wow, I forgot all about this song. Each generation blames the previous one for something. Very powerful if you’ve ever lost a parent. I lost my dad March 28th a few years ago. I told my dad I loved him before he left us. I was a carbon copy of him and we butted heads when I was a teenager. As an adult I can say I’m proud to be just like him. Tell them before it’s too late and you’ll have no regrets.
Mike Rutherford with Mike and the Mechanics, Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel on their own were part of the Band Genesis, they made Great music when they were together, as well as when they separated from the Band. It comes to show you talent can never be put down in any sense.
Tony Banks was the other consistent member he, Phil and Mike continued with Genesis after Peter left in the early 80’s for a solo career. That is when Phil took over as lead singer after none of their auditions to replace Peter worked out.
All relationships are reciprocal, the older generation hands down experience and love for them, what the younger generation does with that shapes the future.
I was 16 years old when this song was released. I thought that it was a nice song but I was 16...so..other things took more of my attention. I am in my 50's now. This song, like other songs and other pieces of literature hit you more profoundly when you live "The Living Years". Some messages you hear but only when you live them do you truly understand. This is a song that fits perfectly in one's middle years as one needs to live and experience first.
I didn't get along with my Dad until I was about 40 years old. Then we discovered each other for the first time. We still enjoy each other. He was born in 1936. I was born in 1970. Two different periods in time but really the same world where it matters the most.😊❤
This song always makes me cry. It makes me think about my late father, who passed away suddenly 20 years ago aged 62. He was absent from my life from my age of 8 til 28 , due to his alcoholism. I saw him only twice in those years. He wasn't able to function as a father, and slowly spiralled down the alcohol route. And as I am writing this..... the tears starts pouring 🥺
So much I wish I had talked about with both my Mom and Dad before they died. I am 70 now and am trying hard not to make those mistakes and missed opportunities with my 2 sons.
I'm 61 years old now. In my younger years I made a lot of mistakes. I hope and pray that the younger generations are able to make their own mistakes as well. Its our mistakes that are our greatest teachers.
Love this song...My father was dying when I found out that I was pregnant with my youngest son and I was able to let him know before he passed...2 days later.... 💛
For a very long time I held resentment towards my dad but one day while just hanging around my place a few years ago I heard this song and it brought a tear to my eyes and I knew I had to bend fences with my dad, I lost my mom only 3 years prior to this song coming out and hearing it again so many years later, I knew I had to mend fences before I don't have the chance to do so. Now I have a great relationship with my dad and I'm glad to have let go of all that mess I was carrying around, because at the end of the day, it wasn't that important.
Thanks, kids! This song almost makes me cry.. I'm lucky not to have that family situation, but I know many who have, and even one that I recommended this song to.. who were inspired to mend fences.. so I did my job- lol - appreciate your reaction! (p.s. notice the children's choir at the beginning later becomes an "older" group toward the end.. took me a while to get that...)
I believe this song can apply to moms and dads and there children daughters or sons. I'm 65 and wish i could have talked to my dad much more before he was gone but same with my mom. She passed 11 years before my dad. This song makes me want to spread this song to anyone who has kids and to there children just as much. So more family's can be even closer. ❤ It is definitely a song for every generation from here to thousands of years from now.
This was a hit just around the time my father passed so it was always hits me hard. It not only talks about the unexplored show of love between father & son, but also the fact that the love is strong & still very really there even if not openly expressed. My so was born two months prior to his passing
My father passed in 83 at 48, he wanted me to study computer science, I wanted to be an auto mechanic. Boy was I wrong! Can't hold back the tears at this song! I'm 68 now!
This song won a Emmy and Burt Bacharach presented it to Mike Rutherford formally guitarist with Genesis , said these lyrics are the best ive heard in a song for decades
The lyrics were not written by Mike Rutherford but his cowriter, BA Robertson (who had just had the birth of his son, not Mike Rutherford) after both their fathers had died. The singer on this track is Paul Carrack former lead singer of the band Squeeze which you also need to check out, Tempted the main single they had
Paul Carrack sang lead on Squeeze’s “Tempted”. But he was not a regular member nor lead singer for Squeeze. He was more of a guest star. His group Ace had a hit song “How Long?”, and he has sung with many others.
My song for my dad was cats in the cradle but when he died I looked at his life and realised that he did the best he could for us I now hear the living years and cry every time I hear it
I’ve always loved this song but I’m apprehensive about listening to it today. I just buried my dad yesterday. We had one of those difficult relationships as talked about in this song but thankfully I was with him in the end & got to hear those words I needed to hear-I love you & I’m proud of you. If your parents are still living & there’s strife, do what you can to mend it while there’s time. In the end you’ll find out a lot of those upsets don’t matter too much in the grand scheme of things. ❤️
People tend to emphasize the differences within the family, which can be a bit harmful, a bit of a distortion and a cause for withdrawal and isolation. My father was vulnerable to that, seeing himself as different from the rest of the family, but the truth, so far as I could see it, is that there was no one on earth closer to him in his looks, his characteristics, his nature, and interests than his son, me. And my siblings, who didn't spend as much time with him, still reflected parts of his character. He seemed to be unaware of the distance he kept putting between himself and the rest of the family. So it's not just the kids striking off on their own and rejecting the older generation. It can be parents emphasizing the differences and not recognizing themselves in their children.
Not to say it is all the father's fault that distances form with a son, because it isn't, but your post struck a nerve with me concerning my own father. I am in my 60's now and he is passed, but I see now that he didn't like certain aspects of himself and seeing the same things in me pushed him away. Some of the things were even subconscious as he didn't admit them to himself.
@@nealm6764 Right, it's not necessarily a matter of one generation against the other. It can be not wanting to acknowledge parts of self that are reflected, or possibly related to the blending of parental influences in the kids. My parents divorced, and part of the difficulty my father experienced might have been from a tendency to see too much of mother in us kids. I'm sure it was like a 50-50 blend, but he may have overlooked that 50% that was his own nature. 50% ... that's a cup half full or half empty sort of thing. I look like him, sound like him, my mannerisms are his. Everyone could see it. I'm not a clone, but there is nobody closer to being him. He's gone now, and he and I were in good shape with our relationship before he passed, so i don't have regrets and I'm not moaning about them. I'm just trying to point out a dynamic for people who still have their fathers, so that if there's a problem, maybe they can find a new understanding and resolve it.
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Whoever directed the video was brilliant in how first they showed the children's choir and then they showed the adult choir. The children have no idea how quickly life goes, and they will be in the adult choir in the blink of an eye.
I never notice the age of the choirs, it took me awhile to notice.
First, let me start off by saying that I think I've watched this video about 20 times and today was the first day that I noticed the adult choir on the other side, and without looking at any comments first, I must point out
Secondly, pine observing this and combining that with the the lesson from this song is that I saw the kids choir as of course the third generation but I saw the adults as the third generation and I kind of saw the band in the middle as the middle generation which is trying to tell both sides how to deal their parents and their children,, respectively.
I totally adds a new dimension to this MV that I really appreciate. This is by far my favorite song of theirs, but only I think my second favorite song is Par Avion. It's strange I know, but it hits me just right.
Sorry, adults as 1st gen.
You picked my thoughts! Play this song every year on my dad's birthday
Yeah. The choir is even more powerful when one remember its significance in drama.
My father and I had our differences. I was fortunate enough to tell him how much I loved him and thanked him for life before he died. This song is like no other.
This song inspired me to kind of have a heart to heart with my father, we were closer because of it. So thankful we came together before he passed.
Being 62 years old, I see how very quickly life passes. Make the time you have count.
I hit 60 last year and will be 61 later this month. I swear, this year has flown by faster than any I can remember.
66 years old and I feel you brother.
Time is not something you have.
Time is something that you make!
Always make time for the people and things that you love! You can't save it up to use later. When it's gone it's gone forever.❤😢🎉😊
@daisypooch4034 I work in long term care, how well I know.
Life seems to take more from you than it gives as you get older .
I’ve heard this song hundreds of times and it still gets me. Every single time.
Yep. Same.
.. Me too.. It's all in Poul Carrack's voice.. And he still got this amazingly beautiful voice..
My father and I almost NEVER saw eye to eye. When I left my childhood home, I never looked back. When I found out he had cancer, I moved back to the area to be nearby and offer support. Guess what... The cancer was not particularly aggressive, so he still had some years left... And when he knew the end was near(ish), it caused him to reflect on his life and his relationships and he became a "new" man... loving, expressive, generous, open-minded. It truly was remarkable. He lived that way for about ten years. It was wonderful.
Inspiring. Man CAN change.
Similar here.....hard man to know my Father, but this song .... man, this song, made me more determined than ever to get to KNOW him, wouldn't have him forever and thank god! I had the best 7 years of my life with him and was able to look after him in his last year as he was dying of cancer
Some of the BEST lyrics ever written.
Me and my dad had a similar dynamic, he is also gone. The band it right, it is too late.
I can't listen to this without tearing up, and I still have both my parents. My mom is 80, and my dad will be at the end of this month. I remember when it came out and I first heard it, I nearly crumpled in tears. It just hits hard.
Some songs in popular music are important, this is one of those songs.
Agreed 👍
I'm 42 and I first heard this song on MTV in the 80s when I was a kid. It's truly a beautiful song and it's always struck deep
And I'll bet you didn't get it back then 😉
My dad put my brother's and I pure hell when he was alive. He liked to brag that we were a "disappointment" to him. He did that for attention. He scared us psychologically. And inspite of that we are good, kind and loving people. This song hits home. Makes me cry and miss him. Thankfully in Heaven he'll be the Father he should've been.
"I think I caught his spirit, later that same year."
My dad and I didn't see eye to eye on much. I was a difficult child of the 70's and did the exact opposite of what he wanted me to do. I left home young, only 16 years old. On May 21, 1975, 3 months before my
18th birthday, I gave birth to my first child, a son. 6 days later, after just getting home from the hospital, my dad died. I loved him and I knew that he loved me. My world was forever changed in ways I would only understand many years later. My son is now nearly 49 years old. Our relationship has been strained throughout the years resulting in an 8 year estrangement from him and my grandchildren. I was never good enough, rich enough or refined enough for him and his wife. My heart is so broken! Thanks be to God, I was blessed with another son in May of 1987. He married the sweetest girl and they have blessed me with 2 beautiful granddaughters that are my reason to live! (Sorry, didn't mean to write a book but this song gets me very emotional, every time.)
i can relate.. no apology necessary. xo
I can understand. Luckily, though, my father is still around. Prayers for you and your family!
God Bless you!
We all make mistakes.
When my old dad was dying of cancer he would say how lucky he was and he had no regrets.
Soon I will be 71. I am only now realising just how lucky I have been too. I was definitely punching above my weight with my wife but unlike my dad I have made so many mistakes; some of them howlers and I have so many, many regrets.
And I can do nothing about it now.
You don't have to see eye to eye. Make peace with him. If he wants to carry that chip on his shoulders,..that's on him. When you reach the end of your journey, you'll feel good about yourself that you made the effort. I promise.
one of the most beautiful and moving songs i ever heard. thank you so much. big love to all people :)
"You can listen as well as you hear".
That's a message we could all use.
Best line of the whole song - and there are so many!
My dad was my hero. I'm glad I got to let him know before he was gone. He called me Number One Daughter because I was first born, and he has spent so much time in Asia. He was a US Navy fighter pilot for 27 years, and I was a rebellious teen when he got back from his last of 3 tours in Vietnam. He had so much patience and strength. I was the only one of my siblings to see and speak with him before he passed from cancer in 2009, and our last words to each other were "I love you." I miss him every day, and wish I was still learning from him.
I was extremely fortunate to be able to work out my many issues with my Mother before she passed. In some small way this song may have motivated me to do that 😊
The 80's was a magical decade. I miss it.
I can relate to this song in a very emotional way. My mother died when I was 6 weeks old and a few years later my father remarried. My stepmother was wonderful and loved my brother and me very much. We did have a relationship very much like this song, but our relationship became so much closer when his first granddaughter, my daughter, arrived. He was a wonderful father and grandfather and I hope I can be the same to my two children and four grandchildren
I lost my father when I was five years old. This song came out while my wife was carrying our first son....so you can imagine....hard song to forget!
My father was an alcoholic for most of my life. In '94 he was diagnosed with cancer, and he stopped drinking and smoking. I finally had a chance to really talk to him until he passed in '95. I'm thankful that I had that time to spend with him. I was there the day he passed. I told him l loved him, and he said it back to me. I miss him every day....
As you grow older you realise no matter what you have or what you own, You can't buy time.
Absolutely
Powerful words, and so true.
And all your money won't another minute buy.
Time waits for no One!!!!!
Can't help myself, everytime I hear it, I cry. As an 51 year old. Mainly the last minute or the last verses. This song hits hard to the soul.
Same. 53 years old. Tears every time.
Same here.. and I didn't really have a "father" and I am 50
This Song Is a Musical Masterpiece
Paul Carrack's vocals, chef's kiss! What a great singer, amazing voice.
We're seeing him live later this year, he's still got the voice! He's also a brilliant songwriter, keyboard player and guitarist
Agree 100%
Paul Carrak of Squeeze...
"Temped"
Three great hits with three bands, Mike and Mechanics, Squeeze (Tempted) and Ace (How Long)
"You can listen as well as you hear"
This song. I enjoyed it when it came out. Nearly 20 years later, my Dad was lying in a hospital bed. I'd worked the night shift and he was in a coma. Mom talked me into going home to sleep. When I arrived home, I had a message from her that my uncle was coming to get me because Dad had passed and they were waiting for me to arrive. I've always regretted not getting to say goodbye. This song has always resonated with me for that reason - not exactly the intent of the lyrics, but close enough for me. I still want to talk to my Dad.
Tell them you love them. Trust me, I've been there. You'll never regret it.❤
I'm 58, this song says a lot we don't think about when were younger. This song always was so great thanks for reminding me of it. They had other hits, please check them out as well . Keep great music alive :)
It still brings tears.
I remember this song! This song was heartfelt, and so was your reaction. ❤
This song always brings me to tears. More so now after my father passes. We never saw eye to eye, and he passed before I could ever sit and talk with him.
My dad and I had issues, and my 2 sons I tried to do what is right, and I had a long talk with my dad, 5 days before he died. I’m grateful for our talk, and when the 2 grand kids came into my life, I love enjoying the new love’s in my life. My advice to parents, have discussions with them often, and teach kindness, a work ethic, and love God. Hug them often, and keep them safe.
Tears...lots of tears! I didn't have a great relationship with my father. He was very old fahioned, and apparently, didn't want children. When us children were born he was out working as much as possible and seemed only to be in for meals and sleep. I am a father now and relate so much on the same level with my son. I love him, admire him and respect him so much.
Glad you are reacting to this song. One of the all-time great songs.
When I was a teenager, I thought my Dad didn't know what he was talking about. By the time I was 30, I realized he was wiser than I thought and at the least I understood where he was coming from.
And when I hit 50 My dad was the smartest man on earth. I knew nothing compared to him..
Now that I'm nearly 50 this song hits so differently. As a kid I loved this song but never paid attention to the lyrics and didn't know what it was about. All I knew was that was a great song that my dad loved it.
Song of the Year at the Grammys.
I cared for my dad for four years. 24/7. Left my husband and kids who are 2000 miles away. I had my hand on his heart when he died. I had 4 beautiful and difficult years spending his last days with him. He died 3 weeks after his 100 years
Heard this song back in the eighties and it totally resonated with my own feelings about our relationship. My father was in New Zealannd and I was in Australia and we didn't communicate to often. He passed away in 1993 and flew over for the funeral and on the plane I remembered this song and discussed it with family and we played it at the beginning of the church service. Lots of people cried so it certainly hit a nerve. Cried myself today hearing it again.
Thankyou
It moves you to tears... the chorus and the voice of Paul Carrack.
My Dad was just 51 when he passed on Fathers Day June 20 1982.
He'd been asking me to "Peg out" a fishing match all week for him but of course I forgot and went of to a speedway meeting in Milton keynes (i was a junior rider trying to make it big).
When I got back home to Peterborough my Big Bro was waiting for me with the news !
This song cuts deep.
My dad passed in 2019, after I hadn't seen him for a few years. This song describes our relationship perfectly. It was a difficult one, but I always loved him. We just didn't agree on most things. I would give anything to take it back. To visit him more. To try to understand him more.
I'm 52 now, but lost my father to cancer when I was 16( the same year this song came out). My mom is now 82 and we as a family are at the point of realising she's slowing down and won't with us for too much longer. It was hard as a teenager to lose my father and as the youngest and the only one still at home Mom and I had at least 4 or 5 years together dealing with the loss . I've only now began to get myself ready for the next part. Only my mom and my husband's mom are left of that generation we lost his father 6 years ago and it's strange to realise that we will soon be the older generation especially when I'm already a great Aunt twice over, next will be Granny. That's why this song still resonates
The fact that a song written that long ago still applies today shows how great of a song iut is
My father had Alzheimers, an awful illness that robs the person of memories and the life they have lived. One day I was talking with him and he had a moment of clarity and lucidity. He told he knew was not well but had no control. I ran to get my mum but when we got back he had gone again. I always regret not grabbing that one moment to ask him how we could help. This song makes me cry every time I hear it.
One of the best lyrics in the song is: You can listen as well as you hear.
Everyone wants to talk, but few want to listen. Thats the key, knowing when to listen, and when to talk. Not only just listening, but actually taking in what is being said.
You may have valid points, and by all means share them. But that doesnt mean the other person doesnt. Say your piece, but then listen to what others have to say.
Great song.
This song makes me cry every time I listen to it
Silent Running by them is good.❤
This is my favorite song, was on the first album of that band in 1985. Great song,
As is "Beggar On A Beach of Gold."
I can’t get through that song beautiful song without tearing up thinking about my wonderful father that passed away.🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️
I had problems with communication to and from my dad when I was younger. As I got older and had a family I went through periods of having communication issues with the kids. This song hits a lot of those very clearly.
Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins wrote great songs together in Genesis for decades & this song 🎵 The Living Years 🎵 is the Jewel Crown of creativity that music lovers & fans of both bands have felt since the song was new & now lives on in all of us for generations to come.
I lost my dad when I was 19 and stationed over seas. We had a lot of unresolved issues, and this song give me tears every time I hear it. For those who have a good relationship with all of their family members may be it doesn't hit as deep as it does to those of us that it does apply.
This song has always made me a little emotional too. I had an outstanding relationship with my father,and in fact my entire family; but it's never been lost on me how precious and valuable that relationship is.
I'm sorry for anyone who has experienced this type of pain and I pray for you all.
Being able to leave absolutely nothing on the table with my father has been something that I've never taken for granted, and it's something I try to carry with me through all of my interactions.
To those who are experiencing this now but still have a chance to mend it, do yourself a favor and make the first move. Even if it means sucking down some pride to get the conversation started, you'll love yourself for doing it.
Great reaction as always, Phil and Sam. Love you guys
Mike is the guy in the video with his son,Paul Carrack is the singer.There is so much of Paul Carrack that you need to react to.
And Lead Guitarist
30+ years later and hundreds of listens- reactions and all, still brings a tear. Classic message.
The lead singer here is Paul Carrack, who has been touring with Eric Clapton the last few years. He's playing the organ on a lot of Clapton live TH-cam videos.
This song gives me chills to this day as it did when I first heard it in the 80’s. The best decade ever!!! Blessed Be!!
I am so glad you reacted to this song. A song for fathers and sons. It kills me a little bit every time I hear it. I think anyone who has lost their father, no matter the relationship, cannot helped but be moved. Thank you so much. Great reaction.
Myself being 56 now and having lost my dad to colon cancer in 2004 when he was only 63 and too young to die, this song resonates, although i did tell him everything i wanted to and that which i didn't i now that he knew that, we had such a strong bond, I still feel his presence sometimes and my mom who passed in 2019. They aren't really gone as long as we remember them.
This song gets me deep in my heart. This came out shortly after my father passed away and I was not there the day he died. We got along and he got to see my sons. They were 4 and 3 years old. Love your reactions!
🇨🇦 When I first clicked on this reaction, I wondered where you had put the tissues ! 🇨🇦
I had this opportunity with my uncle. Had a great relationship with him for the last 8 or 10 years of his life. I am so incredibly happy I made the effort to clear the air.
A heartfelt review of one of the most beautifully produced tracks ever. Absolutely brilliant stuff both lyrically and musically! I was stunned when this song lost out to Don Henley's Age of the innocence as song of the year in 1990.
Paul Carrack was the lead singer of most of the Mike and the Mechenics songs. You should listen to his song 'when you walk in the room' its awesome.
Mike Rutherford is the guitarest in the white jacket.
This one made me cry. I lost my DAD TO COVID YEARS AGO. I TRY TO REMEMBER ALL OF THE GREAT TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER. THANKS FOR ANOTHER AWESOME REACTION. HELLO FROM PA USA 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤❤
Wow, I forgot all about this song. Each generation blames the previous one for something. Very powerful if you’ve ever lost a parent. I lost my dad March 28th a few years ago. I told my dad I loved him before he left us. I was a carbon copy of him and we butted heads when I was a teenager. As an adult I can say I’m proud to be just like him. Tell them before it’s too late and you’ll have no regrets.
Mike Rutherford with Mike and the Mechanics, Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel on their own were part of the Band Genesis, they made Great music when they were together, as well as when they separated from the Band. It comes to show you talent can never be put down in any sense.
Tony Banks was the other consistent member he, Phil and Mike continued with Genesis after Peter left in the early 80’s for a solo career. That is when Phil took over as lead singer after none of their auditions to replace Peter worked out.
All relationships are reciprocal, the older generation hands down experience and love for them, what the younger generation does with that shapes the future.
I was 16 years old when this song was released. I thought that it was a nice song but I was 16...so..other things took more of my attention. I am in my 50's now. This song, like other songs and other pieces of literature hit you more profoundly when you live "The Living Years". Some messages you hear but only when you live them do you truly understand. This is a song that fits perfectly in one's middle years as one needs to live and experience first.
I didn't get along with my Dad until I was about 40 years old. Then we discovered each other for the first time. We still enjoy each other. He was born in 1936. I was born in 1970. Two different periods in time but really the same world where it matters the most.😊❤
This song always makes me cry. It makes me think about my late father, who passed away suddenly 20 years ago aged 62. He was absent from my life from my age of 8 til 28 , due to his alcoholism. I saw him only twice in those years. He wasn't able to function as a father, and slowly spiralled down the alcohol route. And as I am writing this..... the tears starts pouring 🥺
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If you are lucky enough to still have any parent around, don't hesitate.
So much I wish I had talked about with both my Mom and Dad before they died.
I am 70 now and am trying hard not to make those mistakes and missed opportunities with my 2 sons.
The video is a tearjerker, but listening to these two made me cry more
My favorite line you can listen as well as you hear🎶🎶🎶
I'm 61 years old now. In my younger years I made a lot of mistakes. I hope and pray that the younger generations are able to make their own mistakes as well. Its our mistakes that are our greatest teachers.
"Silent Running" is another deep meaning song from Mike & the Mechanics.
A Testament to the talent of the band Genesis. Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, all individually and collectively brilliant.
The mastermind of Genesis sound was more Tony Banks, but he sadly failed in terms of a solo career as Mike, Pete and Phil had so much.
The singer is Paul Carrack. He was in Ace and also Squeeze and some amazing solo stuff.
Love this song...My father was dying when I found out that I was pregnant with my youngest son and I was able to let him know before he passed...2 days later.... 💛
Beautiful lyrics always leaves me in tears when I hear this song especially after losing mom too young from cancer.😥
Always loved this song. Really well done.
One of my fav songs ever. Thanks for a great reaction!
Oooh ooh ooh 😊😊😊❤❤❤ Love this song!!! Phenomenal song! 🎶 All of their stuff is amazing! 😊
For a very long time I held resentment towards my dad but one day while just hanging around my place a few years ago I heard this song and it brought a tear to my eyes and I knew I had to bend fences with my dad, I lost my mom only 3 years prior to this song coming out and hearing it again so many years later, I knew I had to mend fences before I don't have the chance to do so. Now I have a great relationship with my dad and I'm glad to have let go of all that mess I was carrying around, because at the end of the day, it wasn't that important.
Thanks, kids! This song almost makes me cry.. I'm lucky not to have that family situation, but I know many who have, and even one that I recommended this song to.. who were inspired to mend fences.. so I did my job- lol - appreciate your reaction! (p.s. notice the children's choir at the beginning later becomes an "older" group toward the end.. took me a while to get that...)
I believe this song can apply to moms and dads and there children daughters or sons. I'm 65 and wish i could have talked to my dad much more before he was gone but same with my mom. She passed 11 years before my dad. This song makes me want to spread this song to anyone who has kids and to there children just as much. So more family's can be even closer. ❤ It is definitely a song for every generation from here to thousands of years from now.
POIGNANT SONG!! LOVE IT!! Thanks for reacting to it!! HUGS!
This song is beautiful and always makes me cry
This was a hit just around the time my father passed so it was always hits me hard. It not only talks about the unexplored show of love between father & son, but also the fact that the love is strong & still very really there even if not openly expressed. My so was born two months prior to his passing
My father passed in 83 at 48, he wanted me to study computer science, I wanted to be an auto mechanic. Boy was I wrong! Can't hold back the tears at this song! I'm 68 now!
Not sad? Uplifting?! The opening verse is enough to start my tears.
This song won a Emmy and Burt Bacharach presented it to Mike Rutherford formally guitarist with Genesis , said these lyrics are the best ive heard in a song for decades
The lyrics were not written by Mike Rutherford but his cowriter, BA Robertson (who had just had the birth of his son, not Mike Rutherford) after both their fathers had died. The singer on this track is Paul Carrack former lead singer of the band Squeeze which you also need to check out, Tempted the main single they had
Paul Carrickfergus dad died when he was young the 3 of them had this in common losing their fathers
@@MeMe-mq4zu I think autocomplete or predictive text got involved here with Carrickfergus.
But Mike composed the song, but the lyrics are in cooperation of both, even they are written by BA Robertson.
Lindo,adoro.te pai e mãe 😢😢😢
Paul Carrack sang lead on Squeeze’s “Tempted”. But he was not a regular member nor lead singer for Squeeze. He was more of a guest star. His group Ace had a hit song “How Long?”, and he has sung with many others.
“I’m sure I heard his echo in my baby’s newborn tears”. Gets me every time 😢
My song for my dad was cats in the cradle but when he died I looked at his life and realised that he did the best he could for us I now hear the living years and cry every time I hear it
I’ve always loved this song but I’m apprehensive about listening to it today. I just buried my dad yesterday. We had one of those difficult relationships as talked about in this song but thankfully I was with him in the end & got to hear those words I needed to hear-I love you & I’m proud of you. If your parents are still living & there’s strife, do what you can to mend it while there’s time. In the end you’ll find out a lot of those upsets don’t matter too much in the grand scheme of things. ❤️
People tend to emphasize the differences within the family, which can be a bit harmful, a bit of a distortion and a cause for withdrawal and isolation. My father was vulnerable to that, seeing himself as different from the rest of the family, but the truth, so far as I could see it, is that there was no one on earth closer to him in his looks, his characteristics, his nature, and interests than his son, me. And my siblings, who didn't spend as much time with him, still reflected parts of his character. He seemed to be unaware of the distance he kept putting between himself and the rest of the family. So it's not just the kids striking off on their own and rejecting the older generation. It can be parents emphasizing the differences and not recognizing themselves in their children.
Not to say it is all the father's fault that distances form with a son, because it isn't, but your post struck a nerve with me concerning my own father.
I am in my 60's now and he is passed, but I see now that he didn't like certain aspects of himself and seeing the same things in me pushed him away. Some of the things were even subconscious as he didn't admit them to himself.
@@nealm6764 Right, it's not necessarily a matter of one generation against the other. It can be not wanting to acknowledge parts of self that are reflected, or possibly related to the blending of parental influences in the kids. My parents divorced, and part of the difficulty my father experienced might have been from a tendency to see too much of mother in us kids. I'm sure it was like a 50-50 blend, but he may have overlooked that 50% that was his own nature.
50% ... that's a cup half full or half empty sort of thing. I look like him, sound like him, my mannerisms are his. Everyone could see it. I'm not a clone, but there is nobody closer to being him. He's gone now, and he and I were in good shape with our relationship before he passed, so i don't have regrets and I'm not moaning about them. I'm just trying to point out a dynamic for people who still have their fathers, so that if there's a problem, maybe they can find a new understanding and resolve it.
Sometimes you just have to be able to agree to disagree and love each other anyway!
Big Genesis fan and when Mike did this solo album.. Went and bought this when it came out. Great Album. Hit it out of the park again you two. ❤