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I remember when this song came out. It was hard to listen and watch at first because as a former sergeant in the military I had troops that went through this and needless to say, the outcome was the same. Our soldiers go through alot and sometimes bad things happen. Even though it is a sad song, it has truth to it. Thanks for your heartfelt reaction
I'm a Veteran and prior contractor for Uncle Sam who spent a lot of time in Iraq and Afghanistan. No need to get into more detail than that. I knew this beautiful SSG and she always had a little picture of her husband and kids in her hummer. I wasn't on Post when she received the letter, but she had it next to her when they found her. She'd received a Dear Jane letter and didn't take it well. While out on patrol near the post she took her sidearm and put one through her head as she sat alone in the hummer. When I got back everyone was talking about it. I knew the guy who had to do the casket escort. Rough all the way around. It's interesting that Maggie says no one is worth it, yet to many people, their chosen one is their entire world. Losing that person is the most destructive thing imaginable to them. I know, I lost the love of my life to an undiagnosed brain tumor spinning me into a level of self-destruction that baffles me how I survived it. This song hits hard for the people who feel they've lost everything. There's a lot of us out here.
When you truly and deeply love someone that love being shattered can destroy you. It isn't a matter of not valuing your life, it is a matter of a hole being carved out of you that you can't fill but being desperate to fill it. You can't know that type of pain until you experience it for yourself.
That's what I was thinking while listening to her talk ab that, you're everything just collapses around you and most people just can't recover from it.
Of course, but if you can give somebody five minutes of your time, they might be able to help you see things in a different way. It's not trying to devalue your decision, just trying to see if hope can be rekindled.
When soldiers go off to war, sometimes, because of the horrors they are witnessing, the only thing they can hang onto is knowing that there is someone at home that they can get back to. When that is upended, then all seems hopeless. Speaking as a spouse, mother and mother in law, daughter and granddaughter of vets and active duty.
Very true. And when that happens some can't find the will to get out of that depth of despair. Of course it doesn't mean just the vets, but everyone else too. Although vets do have it way tougher.
The little girl is Rick Schroeder’s daughter. Rick portrayed the soldier. He also directed the video. If my memory serves me correctly, all the kids in the funeral scenes are his.
The soldier is Rick Shroeder, he directed this video. The little girl at the end was his real life daughter. Good reaction, I being military in my younger years understand. It sucks but it is a fact that vets face every day.
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People are not aware but the director and military soldier in this video was none other than the actor Ricky Schroeder. You may recognize him as a child actor in the movie The Champ and TV series "Silver Spoon and as an adult in NYPD Blues as Det. Danny Sorenson Another note singer Alison Krauss has one of the purest sounds and a one of the several great singers with perfect pitch. Saw her in concert in Nashville. Try her song "When You Say Nothing at All".
Brad and Alison did good, but honestly I will listen to *anything* with Alisson in it. Like you said the story is sad and shouldn't be the way things should end up, but rational thinking in relationships is a rare thing. Love you Maggie!
The little girl is Ricky Schroeder's (the soldier) real life daughter. Brad and Allison do such wonderful work together. They blend. Actually, Allison Krauss is just stellar. She did some really great work with Robert Plant (Led Zep singer).
This song was what I drank to when I came home to a cheating girlfriend. Maggie is right, though - it's not worth drinking yourself near to death over. I did find someone better and I've been sober for about 5 years now. Self-obsessed sob story aside, I've been binge watching these videos for the last couple days and I love both the quality of review as well as the cheerfully bubbly personality Maggie brings. I would love to hear a reaction to any Post Modern Jukebox song featuring Miche Braden. That lady has so much soul in her voice (IMHO) and I would love to hear what the trained opera singer thinks, especially songs like Sweet Child of Mine or Purple Rain. Regardless, new subscriber here!
I totally feel where you are coming from. As a social work that has been through, trained in, have been educated in and witnessed it, this song, hers or his story is MUCH more deeper than the surface level issues that commonly upsets us as outsiders. I promise you.
This situation happens *ALOT* in the military. Sometimes the guy has buddies and they can rib joke and eventually get his mind off things long enough to move on. Sometimes it ends in murder/homicide. Rare cases but it happens too. The military doesn't train you for having a broken heart unfortunately and drinking is readily available as are drugs. The military punishes when it should be helping tbh. "Oh drunk again huh?! Weekend duty! CQ and reduction in pay" instead of "ohshit man; do you need a shoulder or counseling?" Trained to kill; yet kills itself more often than not unfortunately
Depression is real, it changes your brain chemistry and your body chemistry and will make you behave and do things you would have never thought of doing in a normal state. I know this from experience. "Getting over" deep depression is easier said than done. The main thing that helps in doing so is a solid support system behind you (thanks Mom, Dad, and Sisters with all my heart). If you don't have a support system to help you through it, its tough.
This song is incredibly hard for me to listen to as it hits pretty damn close to home. Such a beautiful song and glad to see you react. I will be using tissues.
I gotta quit watching folks reacting to this song. I tear up every damn time. I understand your reaction of anger and positivity. However, I totally understand both perspectives in this song. As someone who has been in similar situations, I also understand the want to find some way to make the hurt go away... be it alcohol or something even worse. My advice is for everyone else, learn to sense when someone needs some kind words to help them through something very difficult (for them). You don't even have to fully understand the persons hurt, just be humble and kind... it helps more than you know.
I told you I’d make it and by god I loved it. It’s such a soft yet sad song. It really touches the heart❤️ you did an absolutely amazing review on it, keep up the amazing work
If you think No One is worth sacrificing your life for …you don’t have kids ….. When children are born your heart is transplanted into a body you can’t control …and you would and do sacrifice parts of your existence to give them an easier one !
Both Paisley and Krause are serious musicians! Brad on guitar and Allison on the “fiddle”. Both have excellent records as singers and songwriters. They are worth checking out simply for those capabilities. Interesting reaction.
I was in the Navy and I can’t count the number of times I saw this happen. The worst time was when I had duty Christmas Eve because I was single so the married guys could have Christmas with their families. On Christmas morning the Duty Chief let us know that a shipmate had committed suicide that night. A lot of veterans I’ve talked to said they knew at least one guy taking their life due to a breakup. No wonder that I was a boarder line alcoholic when I got out.
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You can do both - be mad and cry - I know that is my reaction. It makes me think of another song - He Stopped Loving Her Today - by George Jones [I'm not suggesting you listen to it - it will leave you crying too - it's not the same story, but it is similar]
"Who's the little girl?" The idea is that the innocent (like a child) supposedly can see the spirits of the recently departed. For those into such things.
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Ricky’s daughter is his mini-me, that's for sure. But for clarity for Maggie, we don't know the relation in the video. They did not have kids. I always wondered if she and that boy shooting the wife the stink eye were his niece and nephew or something. Also Ricky has 2 sons...was that boy one of his sons?
The video for this song is completely different from what I envisioned when hearing this song on the radio. In my mind's eye, she kicked him out (for whatever complicated issue led to that), but they both still loved each other for years .... Not as simplistic as the video, which clearly paints her as the bad guy.
PS - Maybe she got a telegram saying he died, and she was drunk and sleeping around in grief. We have no context in the video. The song alone is more nuanced.
It's a shame you were so busy passing judgment on the story that the gorgeous beauty of Alison's voice went largely unnoticed. Ps no, she did not "know"he would survive fighting in a war. Oft times one left behind didn't hear from the one going to war for a long time. Also the beauty of great Country music is the understanding of the flaws of humans and the hardships of life
Women think that as men our hearts do not break. I assure you that our hearts are just as fragile as a woman's heart. It hurts just as bad when it gets stepped on. The difference is, when our hearts get stepped on, we have to put on a front. It hurts! am married, and happy, but I was hurt by a girl in my early years, and it still hurts. I can never forget my first heart ache, because, I never let it happen again. Thanks!!!
Yeah, you say that... My wife died and if I didn't have two children to raise on my own I would have been gone too and it would be the end of that and it would have been worth that ending because without them, I would have been done. As it was I returned home, it took six fucking weeks and she was gone. I didn't shed a single tear, I was strong and I stood steadfast in my promise and as my children screamed I held them in my arms and this man, this man they didn't even know became their father. The Captain of the 401'st recon, who prepared a path for others to follow, who painted every target and ensured success was home with children he had met for a few weeks. And we learned to love each other, we learned to cherish one another, we learned to be the people we needed to be and to hold on to every last piece of each other and ourselves. Out of us became the people we are today. The people that do not bow to anyone. I became a man and raised my children in a way that they know that no matter what, they are loved and no matter what, I will be there even when they don't ask me to be. I was a warrior and I saved a lot of people from certain death but in the end, my worth is in the father I became and the father that I am. Now I'm a grandfather, and I got a call the other day to go to war. I'll train people to do what we did, that is as far as I'll go and with that they will prepare a road for others to follow and they will paint their targets. They will win because we do win... Not a man lost under my command and yet I'm the only one left. You don't leave the war behind and if you have nothing at home... I miss every last one of them but I understand, if I hadn't have my family to come home to, if it wasn't required of me... if it wasn... I make excuses but it wasn't my fault, none of it was my fault there was nothing I could have done better and believe you me I've gone over this a million times in my mind... We prepared a road for others to follow and what we had to do was what we had to do to do our job, to save lives and we did, we saved entire villages, we just didn't have the manpower to protect them all. So you stand there, outside a burned down house with three kids and a woman inside of it where you were invited for supper and you tell yourself that ... that you did good, that it was out of your hands. That it wasn't your fault. You couldn't have known. The lies you tell yourself to stay alive add up and the good man that you once were is the wretched character you become. You pretend it doesn't get to you and you try to do good but in the end... It doesn't matter. I was the Captain and now I'm the last one standing.
I think this song more so represents the guilt and loss. The realization too late that what you wanted most is what you traded away. It also represents someone who basically punishes themselves for their own crime. She basically killed herself due to her knowing she screwed up and how much she hurt him. So it’s a song of atonement. Of trying to make up for the wrongs. But also a poignant point that you can’t fix all the wrongs you do because the people the you hurt aren’t always around to see you try and fix it.
I absolutely love Alison Krauss (who if you didnt know has some of the most grammys in history). Just sobbed when this was released. While union Station is my favorite work with her, Robert plank and her top album of the year is a crazy good odd couple
My childrens father completed suicide during our separation in 2005--- my kids were 8,4, and 9 mos old--- He left a note that said "Til Death do us Part" he didnt want to live without me and his children -- I can relate to her guilt ... its so tough, and it never gets better. Its so hard to tell your children their daddy is never coming home--ever again.
This is what good country music does to us. I can't imagine being that young man coming home to what he thought was the only good thing in his life only to be crushed, literally to death.
my dad served in ww2 when he came home my mum was there for him and only him they were married for 50years till they passed away. rest in peace mum +dad.🌹🌹♥️♥️.
I saw your original post and comments. I was cool with those (although I do love the song) - so thanks Maggie. I love listening to your thoughts though I am not always in perfect agreement.
you know, at that age ur right..but let me tell u as an old guy, there are not a lot of options in starting over..especially if u have serious health issues. The great songwriter Townes Van Zandt wrote "Waiting Around to Die". Im living that song everyday. I may not hasten it in, but I am not scared of dying. I welcome death when it gets here. Time is a stalker waiting to pounce.
Dad put in 33 years the army. During that time I watch deployment widows have fine ol' time while he was gone. Then he comes back....... Fecal matter interfaces with the rotary cooling device.
I am a huge Alison Krauss fan but this is hard for me to listen to as well. I recently discovered two videos of Alison singing “These Dreams” with Heart and “Carolina on my Mind”. I didn’t realize I needed those in my life until I saw them. I highly recommend you check them out if you’re interested.
You heard this a year ago, but still have not done an Alison Krauss song. She has the purest voice ever. I'd suggest her version of "When You Say Nothing At All" or "Baby, Now That I've Found You". The guys in Union Station are very talented also. I've seen an analysis of her vocals using tracking/isolating software that shows she has the most perfect pitch.
While holding a guitar in my arms and drinking a hot Americano, I looked out the window and comfortably watched your videos on my small phone. I think I was bewitched by the algorithm. The quality is good and the best. How did your channel have such a wonderful talent that is full of strange charms unique to your videos? You have the ability to make the moment wonderful and attractive. Your video is a good video and I think you are a talented person. I have no doubts that you will do well. I have been so complicated and tired, but I thank you for comforting me. thank you. I am amazed at the excellence of your skills and thank you for taking the time to melt my heart warmly because of your sincerity and hard work in watching the video. I looked up and it was your video. In the dawn sky, the star you see from under the sky is so beautiful and I am so thankful that it adds to the enchantment. I can feel how much time and effort you put in. I would like to give you my heartfelt praise and support for your channel to gradually develop into a very large channel. I'm trying to play. I want to play guitar while listening to the sounds of birds touching my heart while flying in the autumn sky. It feels like you put a lot of effort into making a better video. Even in the world, there are many things that can be comforted even in the hardships. A blue landscape is seen by the window today, which gives us a lot of excitement.
I'd love to see you react to five finger death punch, there's so many songs to choose from going from Wrong Side of Heaven to Bad Company to any number of other songs by them
You got to remember that in some cases that the thought of your significant other literally keeps you alive. That's not something easy to walk away from.
I know I'm late to the game on the comments here, but two observations I'd like to make: First, right or wrong of what the subjects of the song did, they were both victims of war as much as if they'd been killed in action. Second, you ask "who is the little girl?" And also, "why are they happy at the end, they're dead?!" The girl stands a bit aside from the rest of the funeral party and is the only one who sees the couple together again and happy. Perhaps the girl is one of the angels singing the "whiskey lullaby," and helping to right one of the wrongs of war.
If you look very carefully at the end the last name on the tombstones is the same it wasn't his girlfriend it was his wife and that's why she was at the funeral although I agree with you she should have stayed the hell home. I also agree with you that no one is worth drinking yourself to death over. Definitely not the answer. Absolutely beautiful song both Brad Paisley and Alison krauss are absolutely fantastic. I actually got to meet Brad Paisley once before he was a mega star. He was playing at The bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Just an acoustic guitar and the microphone and his voice. It was absolutely amazing. He's an absolutely fantastic guitar player too and can play just about any genre of music
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Rick Schroeder (you recognized him?) directed this video. The little girl at the end is his youngest daughter, whose name unfortunately escapes me at the moment.
If you get an opportunity to listen to Jacob's Dream by Alison Krauss please do. It showcases her voice beautifully. The fact it's based on a true story does make it a little difficult but you will love it.
You're still young. As you get older, you may find that love and relationships are not that simple. When I was younger, I thought like you do. I've been married now over 30 years, and it has been a very rocky road sometimes. You don't just walk away from something you have built for so long, even when you're that angry; especially when there are children involved. Divorce is so easy and common nowadays, I think our younger folk don't develop the same sense of what commitment really means. Once those bonds are forged, breaking them is that much harder,
The best way to get beyond a bad experience is to move on and seek something else good to replace it. Drinking to forget something does not work, It makes it worse, If that is all you think of yourself, that you cannot possibly get over it and have to be drunk all the time, then you might as well be dead. Self pity is self defeating. It just brings you down more. Get up and live a life worth living.
This is so much like He Stopped Loving Her Today by Goerge Jones with the woman showing up at the funeral when she has no right to be there. Brad probably pulled a lot from that song since Jones was every male artist inspiration.
seriously? i mean, the evidence to your very question is at the very beginning of the video. she didn't know he was on his way back. as far as she knew he WAS overseas when he walked in. you think SHE KNEW he was on his way home & just decided to let herself be caught in an "entanglement 🤣" upon his arrival. return unkown / thought to BE presently overseas + entanglement = chrating 'while overseas' logical reasoning, y'all. it's really NOT that hard.
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I remember when this song came out. It was hard to listen and watch at first because as a former sergeant in the military I had troops that went through this and needless to say, the outcome was the same. Our soldiers go through alot and sometimes bad things happen. Even though it is a sad song, it has truth to it. Thanks for your heartfelt reaction
i feel for those men, finally return home only to find it isn’t home no more… so sad
I’m army too, and yeah I see this a lot it hasn’t changed.It’s so tragic
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I'm retired army.... happened to me too. People wonder where the cynicism comes from...hooah!
I'm a Veteran and prior contractor for Uncle Sam who spent a lot of time in Iraq and Afghanistan. No need to get into more detail than that. I knew this beautiful SSG and she always had a little picture of her husband and kids in her hummer. I wasn't on Post when she received the letter, but she had it next to her when they found her. She'd received a Dear Jane letter and didn't take it well. While out on patrol near the post she took her sidearm and put one through her head as she sat alone in the hummer. When I got back everyone was talking about it. I knew the guy who had to do the casket escort. Rough all the way around. It's interesting that Maggie says no one is worth it, yet to many people, their chosen one is their entire world. Losing that person is the most destructive thing imaginable to them. I know, I lost the love of my life to an undiagnosed brain tumor spinning me into a level of self-destruction that baffles me how I survived it. This song hits hard for the people who feel they've lost everything. There's a lot of us out here.
When you truly and deeply love someone that love being shattered can destroy you. It isn't a matter of not valuing your life, it is a matter of a hole being carved out of you that you can't fill but being desperate to fill it. You can't know that type of pain until you experience it for yourself.
That's what I was thinking while listening to her talk ab that, you're everything just collapses around you and most people just can't recover from it.
Yeah it's the hardest thing i have ever encountered in this life by far. I hope anyone going through this finds the strength to stand up again
So true, just like that saying you don’t know until you walk s mile in their shoes.
Of course, but if you can give somebody five minutes of your time, they might be able to help you see things in a different way.
It's not trying to devalue your decision, just trying to see if hope can be rekindled.
When soldiers go off to war, sometimes, because of the horrors they are witnessing, the only thing they can hang onto is knowing that there is someone at home that they can get back to. When that is upended, then all seems hopeless. Speaking as a spouse, mother and mother in law, daughter and granddaughter of vets and active duty.
Very true. And when that happens some can't find the will to get out of that depth of despair. Of course it doesn't mean just the vets, but everyone else too. Although vets do have it way tougher.
The little girl is Rick Schroeder’s daughter. Rick portrayed the soldier. He also directed the video. If my memory serves me correctly, all the kids in the funeral scenes are his.
The soldier is Rick Shroeder, he directed this video. The little girl at the end was his real life daughter.
Good reaction, I being military in my younger years understand. It sucks but it is a fact that vets face every day.
The way she flinches on the gun salute also is sort of poetic
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People are not aware but the director and military soldier in this video was none other than the actor Ricky Schroeder. You may recognize him as a child actor in the movie The Champ and TV series "Silver Spoon and as an adult in NYPD Blues as Det. Danny Sorenson
Another note singer Alison Krauss has one of the purest sounds and a one of the several great singers with perfect pitch. Saw her in concert in Nashville. Try her song "When You Say Nothing at All".
Thereminist Armen Ra / METAL a tribute to Maria Callas
The theremin, if case you don't know, is the only musical instrument the player does not touch.
You gotta react to Billy Strings! I recommend Dust in a Baggie and Turmoil and Tinfoil. He won a Grammy this year for bluegrass.
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Brad and Alison did good, but honestly I will listen to *anything* with Alisson in it. Like you said the story is sad and shouldn't be the way things should end up, but rational thinking in relationships is a rare thing. Love you Maggie!
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The little girl is Ricky Schroeder's (the soldier) real life daughter. Brad and Allison do such wonderful work together. They blend. Actually, Allison Krauss is just stellar. She did some really great work with Robert Plant (Led Zep singer).
The little girl who sees them at the end of the video is the actual daughter of the actor who played the soldier. He also directed the video.
This song was what I drank to when I came home to a cheating girlfriend. Maggie is right, though - it's not worth drinking yourself near to death over. I did find someone better and I've been sober for about 5 years now.
Self-obsessed sob story aside, I've been binge watching these videos for the last couple days and I love both the quality of review as well as the cheerfully bubbly personality Maggie brings.
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Congratulations on your sobriety! Well done. Keep up the good work.
I love Alison Krauss’s voice. But her and Brad voices compliment each other I think. Thanks for the video
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I totally feel where you are coming from. As a social work that has been through, trained in, have been educated in and witnessed it, this song, hers or his story is MUCH more deeper than the surface level issues that commonly upsets us as outsiders. I promise you.
The actor playing the central character is Rick Schroeder from the 80s tv show Silver Spoons
The way she flinched at the 21 guns as if she were the target
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS DUDE FEELS. NEVER AGAIN!!
This situation happens *ALOT* in the military. Sometimes the guy has buddies and they can rib joke and eventually get his mind off things long enough to move on. Sometimes it ends in murder/homicide. Rare cases but it happens too. The military doesn't train you for having a broken heart unfortunately and drinking is readily available as are drugs. The military punishes when it should be helping tbh. "Oh drunk again huh?! Weekend duty! CQ and reduction in pay" instead of "ohshit man; do you need a shoulder or counseling?"
Trained to kill; yet kills itself more often than not unfortunately
I had a friend of mine who killed himself in Afghanistan for the same reason
This is one of my favorite Brad Paisley songs! Thank you for reviewing it!
And that is Ricky Schroder (Silver Spons) playing the soldier
Depression is real, it changes your brain chemistry and your body chemistry and will make you behave and do things you would have never thought of doing in a normal state. I know this from experience. "Getting over" deep depression is easier said than done. The main thing that helps in doing so is a solid support system behind you (thanks Mom, Dad, and Sisters with all my heart). If you don't have a support system to help you through it, its tough.
You are judging her by today's standards. Back then, she didn't even know if he was alive.
everytime i listen to this song it makes me cry.... so sad
This song is incredibly hard for me to listen to as it hits pretty damn close to home. Such a beautiful song and glad to see you react. I will be using tissues.
Song just goes to show how you never truly know how your actions will influence another's life.
I gotta quit watching folks reacting to this song. I tear up every damn time. I understand your reaction of anger and positivity. However, I totally understand both perspectives in this song. As someone who has been in similar situations, I also understand the want to find some way to make the hurt go away... be it alcohol or something even worse. My advice is for everyone else, learn to sense when someone needs some kind words to help them through something very difficult (for them). You don't even have to fully understand the persons hurt, just be humble and kind... it helps more than you know.
I told you I’d make it and by god I loved it. It’s such a soft yet sad song. It really touches the heart❤️ you did an absolutely amazing review on it, keep up the amazing work
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Lived that life for years. Every now and again I still do.
If you think No One is worth sacrificing your life for …you don’t have kids …..
When children are born your heart is transplanted into a body you can’t control …and you would and do sacrifice parts of your existence to give them an easier one !
Both Paisley and Krause are serious musicians! Brad on guitar and Allison on the “fiddle”. Both have excellent records as singers and songwriters. They are worth checking out simply for those capabilities. Interesting reaction.
You gotta so when I get where I'm going by Brad pasily
I’m glad You were able to grasp the beauty of the song👍
I was in the Navy and I can’t count the number of times I saw this happen. The worst time was when I had duty Christmas Eve because I was single so the married guys could have Christmas with their families. On Christmas morning the Duty Chief let us know that a shipmate had committed suicide that night. A lot of veterans I’ve talked to said they knew at least one guy taking their life due to a breakup. No wonder that I was a boarder line alcoholic when I got out.
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I love and agree 100 percent with your comments and reaction..similar happened to me..62 year old former marine from south carolina.
You can do both - be mad and cry - I know that is my reaction. It makes me think of another song - He Stopped Loving Her Today - by George Jones [I'm not suggesting you listen to it - it will leave you crying too - it's not the same story, but it is similar]
I'm against adultery and betrayal is the worst thing for me, but like in the song, I like to believe that the two made peace once on the other side.
"Who's the little girl?" The idea is that the innocent (like a child) supposedly can see the spirits of the recently departed. For those into such things.
The first thing that popped in my head when you said " I'm not a Doctor" is..... It's ok, I'm not a Doctor but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.....lol. Luv ya's from Kentucky!!!
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The little girl is Rick Shroeder the actor who played the man and directed the video's daughter.
Alison has such a beautiful voice.
Whenever someone reacts to this I always want to rec Just a Dream by Carrie Underwood. No cheating in that one btw
Never in my life cried over a reaction video😭😭😂
The little girl was Ricky Schroeder’s (the soldier) actual daughter. This song affects me because my Daddy drank himself to death.
The soldier is Ricky Shroder,and the little girl at the end is his daughter.
Ricky’s daughter is his mini-me, that's for sure. But for clarity for Maggie, we don't know the relation in the video. They did not have kids. I always wondered if she and that boy shooting the wife the stink eye were his niece and nephew or something. Also Ricky has 2 sons...was that boy one of his sons?
The video for this song is completely different from what I envisioned when hearing this song on the radio. In my mind's eye, she kicked him out (for whatever complicated issue led to that), but they both still loved each other for years .... Not as simplistic as the video, which clearly paints her as the bad guy.
PS - Maybe she got a telegram saying he died, and she was drunk and sleeping around in grief. We have no context in the video. The song alone is more nuanced.
Finnally...
Something i that i reaally love...
I often sang this song when i have a perform on cafe😍
Sad...but yet a beatifull song....
He took it as being stabbed in the back by the one he loved/trusted the most...add coming back from war and it could destroy anyone.
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Country songs stories almost always take a turn
I know the song word for word and I still cry. This song is soo beautiful and awful at the same time.
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It's a shame you were so busy passing judgment on the story that the gorgeous beauty of Alison's voice went largely unnoticed. Ps no, she did not "know"he would survive fighting in a war. Oft times one left behind didn't hear from the one going to war for a long time. Also the beauty of great Country music is the understanding of the flaws of humans and the hardships of life
My reaction is the same as yours. I thank God for my wife whom I have been with for 36 years.
Women think that as men our hearts do not break. I assure you that our hearts are just as fragile as a woman's heart. It hurts just as bad when it gets stepped on. The difference is, when our hearts get stepped on, we have to put on a front. It hurts! am married, and happy, but I was hurt by a girl in my early years, and it still hurts. I can never forget my first heart ache, because, I never let it happen again. Thanks!!!
Love Brad. He and Alison are so talented
Brad wrote this based on a true story. And it has happened MANY times.
Love this song and I love your reaction to it. Keep fighting the fight Maggie
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Great reaction
Yeah, you say that... My wife died and if I didn't have two children to raise on my own I would have been gone too and it would be the end of that and it would have been worth that ending because without them, I would have been done.
As it was I returned home, it took six fucking weeks and she was gone. I didn't shed a single tear, I was strong and I stood steadfast in my promise and as my children screamed I held them in my arms and this man, this man they didn't even know became their father. The Captain of the 401'st recon, who prepared a path for others to follow, who painted every target and ensured success was home with children he had met for a few weeks.
And we learned to love each other, we learned to cherish one another, we learned to be the people we needed to be and to hold on to every last piece of each other and ourselves. Out of us became the people we are today. The people that do not bow to anyone. I became a man and raised my children in a way that they know that no matter what, they are loved and no matter what, I will be there even when they don't ask me to be.
I was a warrior and I saved a lot of people from certain death but in the end, my worth is in the father I became and the father that I am.
Now I'm a grandfather, and I got a call the other day to go to war.
I'll train people to do what we did, that is as far as I'll go and with that they will prepare a road for others to follow and they will paint their targets. They will win because we do win... Not a man lost under my command and yet I'm the only one left. You don't leave the war behind and if you have nothing at home... I miss every last one of them but I understand, if I hadn't have my family to come home to, if it wasn't required of me... if it wasn... I make excuses but it wasn't my fault, none of it was my fault there was nothing I could have done better and believe you me I've gone over this a million times in my mind... We prepared a road for others to follow and what we had to do was what we had to do to do our job, to save lives and we did, we saved entire villages, we just didn't have the manpower to protect them all.
So you stand there, outside a burned down house with three kids and a woman inside of it where you were invited for supper and you tell yourself that ... that you did good, that it was out of your hands. That it wasn't your fault. You couldn't have known.
The lies you tell yourself to stay alive add up and the good man that you once were is the wretched character you become. You pretend it doesn't get to you and you try to do good but in the end... It doesn't matter. I was the Captain and now I'm the last one standing.
I think this song more so represents the guilt and loss. The realization too late that what you wanted most is what you traded away. It also represents someone who basically punishes themselves for their own crime. She basically killed herself due to her knowing she screwed up and how much she hurt him. So it’s a song of atonement. Of trying to make up for the wrongs. But also a poignant point that you can’t fix all the wrongs you do because the people the you hurt aren’t always around to see you try and fix it.
I absolutely love Alison Krauss (who if you didnt know has some of the most grammys in history). Just sobbed when this was released. While union Station is my favorite work with her, Robert plank and her top album of the year is a crazy good odd couple
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My childrens father completed suicide during our separation in 2005--- my kids were 8,4, and 9 mos old--- He left a note that said "Til Death do us Part" he didnt want to live without me and his children -- I can relate to her guilt ... its so tough, and it never gets better. Its so hard to tell your children their daddy is never coming home--ever again.
The little girl is Ricky Schroder's daughter, the male actor in the video.
Little children can see what we can’t. My grandchild can see spirits.
I'm totally missing this you are totally missing this you haven't lived enough heartaches to really get this
Actually your reaction is probably a very healthy reaction. Good for you!
I’ve been here… almost went the same way… 2 gallons of whiskey in a night after listening to this song… not sure how I’m still here.
The soldier was Ricky Schroder and the little girl is his daughter. I need to go get tissues
This is what good country music does to us. I can't imagine being that young man coming home to what he thought was the only good thing in his life only to be crushed, literally to death.
my dad served in ww2 when he came home my mum was there for him and only him they were married for 50years till they passed away. rest in peace mum +dad.🌹🌹♥️♥️.
I've been your biggest fan since you did that Type O Negative reaction.
keep spirit ms maggie.... always take care of your healthy..
I saw your original post and comments. I was cool with those (although I do love the song) - so thanks Maggie. I love listening to your thoughts though I am not always in perfect agreement.
you know, at that age ur right..but let me tell u as an old guy, there are not a lot of options in starting over..especially if u have serious health issues. The great songwriter Townes Van Zandt wrote "Waiting Around to Die". Im living that song everyday. I may not hasten it in, but I am not scared of dying. I welcome death when it gets here. Time is a stalker waiting to pounce.
Dad put in 33 years the army. During that time I watch deployment widows have fine ol' time while he was gone. Then he comes back....... Fecal matter interfaces with the rotary cooling device.
I am a huge Alison Krauss fan but this is hard for me to listen to as well. I recently discovered two videos of Alison singing “These Dreams” with Heart and “Carolina on my Mind”. I didn’t realize I needed those in my life until I saw them. I highly recommend you check them out if you’re interested.
Wow, I never knew that version of "These Dreams" existed. Heart was always my favorite band and anything Nancy sings I'm a fan of. Thanks for that!
You heard this a year ago, but still have not done an Alison Krauss song. She has the purest voice ever.
I'd suggest her version of "When You Say Nothing At All" or "Baby, Now That I've Found You". The guys in Union Station are very talented also.
I've seen an analysis of her vocals using tracking/isolating software that shows she has the most perfect pitch.
While holding a guitar in my arms and drinking a hot Americano, I looked out the window and comfortably watched your videos on my small phone. I think I was bewitched by the algorithm. The quality is good and the best. How did your channel have such a wonderful talent that is full of strange charms unique to your videos? You have the ability to make the moment wonderful and attractive. Your video is a good video and I think you are a talented person. I have no doubts that you will do well. I have been so complicated and tired, but I thank you for comforting me. thank you. I am amazed at the excellence of your skills and thank you for taking the time to melt my heart warmly because of your sincerity and hard work in watching the video. I looked up and it was your video. In the dawn sky, the star you see from under the sky is so beautiful and I am so thankful that it adds to the enchantment. I can feel how much time and effort you put in. I would like to give you my heartfelt praise and support for your channel to gradually develop into a very large channel. I'm trying to play. I want to play guitar while listening to the sounds of birds touching my heart while flying in the autumn sky. It feels like you put a lot of effort into making a better video. Even in the world, there are many things that can be comforted even in the hardships. A blue landscape is seen by the window today, which gives us a lot of excitement.
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Moral of the story is in heaven that is where forgiveness reigns. Sins are wiped away and so are grudges.
I'd love to see you react to five finger death punch, there's so many songs to choose from going from Wrong Side of Heaven to Bad Company to any number of other songs by them
Wrong side of heaven yes that is the theme song of my life. 35 years US Army
You got to remember that in some cases that the thought of your significant other literally keeps you alive. That's not something easy to walk away from.
I know I'm late to the game on the comments here, but two observations I'd like to make: First, right or wrong of what the subjects of the song did, they were both victims of war as much as if they'd been killed in action. Second, you ask "who is the little girl?" And also, "why are they happy at the end, they're dead?!" The girl stands a bit aside from the rest of the funeral party and is the only one who sees the couple together again and happy. Perhaps the girl is one of the angels singing the "whiskey lullaby," and helping to right one of the wrongs of war.
If you look very carefully at the end the last name on the tombstones is the same it wasn't his girlfriend it was his wife and that's why she was at the funeral although I agree with you she should have stayed the hell home. I also agree with you that no one is worth drinking yourself to death over. Definitely not the answer. Absolutely beautiful song both Brad Paisley and Alison krauss are absolutely fantastic. I actually got to meet Brad Paisley once before he was a mega star. He was playing at The bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Just an acoustic guitar and the microphone and his voice. It was absolutely amazing.
He's an absolutely fantastic guitar player too and can play just about any genre of music
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Haven't seen that one yet.. will check it out tonight :);
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As a veteran I’ve lost more then a few friends to suicide, this hit me hard the first time I saw it.
I loved your reaction. I know you wanted to preach but held it down.! Lol.
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Rick Schroeder (you recognized him?) directed this video. The little girl at the end is his youngest daughter, whose name unfortunately escapes me at the moment.
Maggie is an amazing song and Brad is a great singer.
It's great to see NewYork, listen to Nashville!!!
If you get an opportunity to listen to Jacob's Dream by Alison Krauss please do. It showcases her voice beautifully. The fact it's based on a true story does make it a little difficult but you will love it.
You are really hitting the sad songs. Try Brads colab with Andy Griffith of "Waitin' on a woman" or "She's everything". They are a lot happier.
Song is so haunting
This is a great song. If you like Brad Paisley, Rainin You is another great one.
it’s alright to cry
Everyone knows children can see angels
I believe the little girl was an angel to help them rediscover each other in death.
🤠as posted , there is help , and help can and will be given 🤠
You're still young. As you get older, you may find that love and relationships are not that simple. When I was younger, I thought like you do. I've been married now over 30 years, and it has been a very rocky road sometimes. You don't just walk away from something you have built for so long, even when you're that angry; especially when there are children involved. Divorce is so easy and common nowadays, I think our younger folk don't develop the same sense of what commitment really means. Once those bonds are forged, breaking them is that much harder,
The best way to get beyond a bad experience is to move on and seek something else good to replace it. Drinking to forget something does not work, It makes it worse, If that is all you think of yourself, that you cannot possibly get over it and have to be drunk all the time, then you might as well be dead. Self pity is self defeating. It just brings you down more. Get up and live a life worth living.
The little girl is a metaphor for the children they could have had
This is so much like He Stopped Loving Her Today by Goerge Jones with the woman showing up at the funeral when she has no right to be there. Brad probably pulled a lot from that song since Jones was every male artist inspiration.
The question I have, is how faithful was he while he was overseas?
seriously? i mean, the evidence to your very question is at the very beginning of the video. she didn't know he was on his way back. as far as she knew he WAS overseas when he walked in. you think SHE KNEW he was on his way home & just decided to let herself be caught in an "entanglement 🤣" upon his arrival.
return unkown / thought to BE presently overseas + entanglement = chrating 'while overseas'
logical reasoning, y'all. it's really NOT that hard.