WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again REACTION
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- WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again REACTION
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I was around 13 when this song came out. My mother passed away at 68, when I was 29! My older brother at 65, 4 years ago!. Now I'm 63! When you are 13. Being in your 60's does not compute! Time flies so FAST people!
I'm 63 too. And time does go fast. What a time we had back then.
So sorry, may they RIP and you live much longer.
@@charlesdavis7461 🙏❤. Thank you!
We all wanted to grow up so bad , but once you hit 60 we sure wish for that time back 🙋🏻♀️
@@jeanstrickland2445 EXACTLY! Now we wished we would have cherished being young at that time!!!!
"No happy ending." Sometimes there just isn't and Gilbert captured it all too well. ❤☮🙏
Exactly, there isn't supposed to be a happy ending, we all have to lose people we love if we live long enough, we come to accept it but there is no happy ending to it. Happiness is something we should embrace when it happens, it isn't the natural state.
I take it you were a teen then?
So very true, you just go on till you die.
So few songwriters write lyrics like this anymore. So melancholy, yet still so beautiful.
Yes, very much in the same category as If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot.
Eleanor Rigby is another song so melancholy and yet so beautiful.
Us Irish are known for the melancholy. Sad song, but sweet.
Im 63 years old now and this song has been making me cry since I'm a teenager. Such a beautiful and poignant song.
Gilbert Osullivan has a fabulous voice. I loved him in the 70s, and I love his songs still. 🎵 ❤
Me too.
So true. Sad as they are, his lyrics are poetry. Amazing writer.
Amen. A very underrated musician, vocalist, songwriter.
A voice from my youth, and still endeared.
Sad songs were popular back then. I think it's because all of us feel like that at times, with no happy endings, and we love them because they express what we sometimes can't.
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro.
My theory is, after all the brightness and good vibes at the end of the 60's, following that with Nixon and Viet Nam, people were feeling a little disillusioned.
...And "Solitaire" by Neil Sedaka, "I Am..I Said" by Neil Diamond...So many powerful ones.
@@scottboswell6406 A LITTLE disillusioned?!
The Boxer , for example
This song really breaks me apart...but after all of the times I listened to this song, this is the first time I understand the break. "It seems to me that there are more broken hearts in the world that can't be mended...LEFT UNATTENDED. What do we do? What do we do?" The answer is love. Make sure we are there for one another. Someone may be suffering in silence. Be about sharing love. Be about caring. Remember the widowed and the orphaned. Remember the lonely.
"Alone Again (Naturally)" always, always touches my heart and brings a tear to my eye, even after 50 years.
That last verse about his mum and dad. Such a tearjerker. 😢
My dad died 5 years ago and my mom is still alive. I just know I'll cry and cry all day when she goes.
This was Irish-born singer Gilbert O'Sullivan's only American #1. It sold 2 million copies, spent six weeks at the summit in America and earned him three Grammy Award nominations (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year). It was the second best-selling single of the year in America behind Don McLean's "American Pie."
Gilbert O'Sullivan has denied that this song is autobiographical or about the death of his father when he was 11. O'Sullivan said: "Everyone wants to know if it's an autobiographical song, based on my father's early death. Well, the fact of the matter is, I didn't know my father very well, and he wasn't a good father anyway. He didn't treat my mother very well."
In a Songfacts interview with O'Sullivan, he explained how this song came together. "'Alone Again' was written with two other songs in a writing period when I was 22 years of age. I had been a postal clerk in London, so I was only able to write after work in the evening. When Gordon Mills managed me - he managed Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck - when he took me on, he allowed me to quit my job and move into a bungalow that he owned where I could write every day. So, therefore, I was in a writing mode, and 'Alone Again' was just one of the songs I'd written. I was really pleased with it, happy with it, but I didn't see it as being any more special than other songs. Suffice it to say, I was happy."
(Songfacts.com)
Although I'm old enough to remember Gilbert O'Sullivan when he first started out, I didn't know the history of how he got started. So, thank you for that, it was very interesting 😊
He grew up in my home town of Swindon….
This song is as emotionally touching as it was back then. I was young when it was first popular, but now at my current age I find the song even more heartwrenching.
Such a bizarre hit out of nowhere. I mean the whole song is sad and about a man contemplating suicide. Really cheery! But Gilbert pulled it off with his excellent vocals that make you feel empathy. Plus it has a catchy melody. Ah the seventies with one original song after another!
I'm old enough to remember when this song came out and despite its general theme of feeling alone, the upbeat tempo tends to pull some rays of sunshine into his loneliness. Most of us have felt alone when something tragic happened in our life, but we learn that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Yeah, but often, it's the light
of an oncoming train!!
@@laustcawz2089 One of my favorite jokes goes:
The pessimist sees the dark tunnel.
The optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
The realist sees two lights at the end of the tunnel.
And the engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks. 😂
This song meant a lot to me. I lost my mom, dad, and sister all within 15 years of each other.
💗🙏
My condolences. I can relate. In the past three years, I have lost my Mom, my sister, my best friend, two Aunts, three cousins, and my cat. And an Uncle, the father of the most recent cousin, is hanging on by a thread.
@@Rebelrocker69 Wow. That’s a lot of loss to deal with. I’m sorry you’re going through this. I hope you have a strong support system.
This song gets me every time. My father also died at 65 and left my mom alone and when she died I cried and cried all day 💔
I just turned 76, and you have me hooked. I was in my first rock group in 1965, and I love to see you hearing this great music for the first time so many years later. It is like I am hearing these songs for the first time through you. You are providing such a positive experience, more than you realize! I feel like family! Consider me your music granddad! Lol!
WELCOME TO THE FAM!! 👍😃❣️😃👍
I'm so glad you liked this song, even though it is sad. He had other hits in the 70s that were a bit more upbeat...."Clair" "Get Down" "What's In A Kiss" "Matrimony" "No Matter How I Try" & "Nothing Rymed"
Talk about sorrowful and sweet. Such an almost happy sounding melody but with sad sad lyrics. I’ve loved this song forever.
Claire--- Oh, that one is NICE🤗
@@laurin4405 They might misinterpret "Clair" since, if you don't know the story behind it, the lyrics come across as creepy.
Matrimony is like the opposite of this song, Gilbert was very clever lyrically
Nothing rhymed is fantastic
My husband who passed away on 5/8/2022 at 63 this sad song was one of his favorite songs! He lost his dad who was 56! This song brings the tears to my eyes! I still miss him after being together for 44yrs! Now I am alone!
The guitarist on the solo is Big Jim Sullivan, a session guitarist who played on over 750 hit songs.
This song used to make me sad when I was younger, but as I've gotten older it makes some sense, that of course as time passes those you love pass away or sometimes are no longer in your life for a variety of reasons. Also, considering Gilbert O'Sullivan is Irish, this song seems to fit with an Irish outlook on life and death with some pessimism and a fatalistic viewpoint. This song has always popped in my head when I've gone through times of loneliness.
I was thinking the same thing about Irish music
It makes me sadder now, and makes me appreciate it more. My dad is 65 years old currently, and is currently dying of stage 4 lung cancer
You may not believe it, but this song is one of the most important songs in modern hiphop history. Gilbert O'Sullivan refused to clear a sample of this song for Biz Markie's "Alone Again", and the case wasn't settled, but instead decided by a judge. The decision completely changed sampling use and practices and kind of marked the end of one era of rap and the beginning of another.
I was about to post the same thing. Yeah, within months, a lot of rap groups had to change the way they made music. No more Public Enemy or De La Soul using over 10 samples in one song. It led to some creative sampling and beat chopping, but it also made West Coast artists cheaper because of their interpolation and replaying of songs rather than sampling multiple songs. That really changed the game too.
Great song always loved it maybe the most remarkable thing I found later it's a made up story which makes it even greater
50 years later I still tear up listening to this. The saddest song ever written. 😢
Omg, my dad used to play this song when I was a kid, I was only 4yrs old when this came out but he listened to this for yrs, my dad loved this song. My dad passed away in 95 and was only 50yrs old when he died, after being sick for 9yrs. I haven't heard this since I was a kid and never realized how sad it is. This made me cry thinking of him and the memories attached to this song.. 😥💔❤
😟Sending you comforting hugs!
Always cry,.happened in my life.😢
It's nice to see young people discovering and appreciating the music that we 60 and 70 year olds came up with and loved.
this song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 17, 1972 and it peaked at number 1 for 6 weeks and this was his 2nd single out of his 7 chart singles and this was his biggest hit his real name is Raymond O'Sullivan and he was born in Waterford, Ireland on December 1, 1946.
One of my favorite songs from that era! Thanks for spotlighting Gilbert.
I learned this on piano and can't get passed the lyrics without choking up. I'm 63 and lost both parents.
This song was actually cathartic for me when it came out. I had a tough childhood. My solace and my strength became from within and this song played a big part in my getting my contentment within.
I am happy to hear you made it through.
Probably the most depressing song of all time, and a huge hit!
bee gees, i started a joke is a close second
@@brodie6222 LOVE that song, too !!
Seasons in the Sun gives it a run for saddest song.
That would be "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie Holiday. Also known as the Hungarian suicide song.
Bobby Goldsboro had "Honey" about his wife dying. Oh, the Xmas one about the shoes too!! Gets me every time.
This is one of the most beautifully SAD songs I've ever heard...yet, I have it on all mediums and on many playlists. Just a beautiful song...
This was such a huge hit. It's weird that such a sad song would hit the top of the charts, but one reason I think is that you can understand all the lyrics and it moves you.
If you guys haven't done so already, check out his song 'Clair', which he wrote for his manager's 3-year old daughter. Beautiful but decidedly happier!
You two keep showing me the great tunes of my life as a kid...Love it... You need to check out his hits.. "Claire" and my favorite "Get Down"
A beautiful and yes sad song, But songs from this era had so much heart and spoke the truth. I loved this song and still do. A 70's calssic. Yes, it is sad, but life is very sad sometimes!!
I love this song, the dichotomy of the cheerful melody with the heartbreaking lyrics really gets me. You should also do "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks, a similar dichotomy that makes you want to dance and cry at the same time.
I don't know if I'm prejudiced but it seems like this kind of incongruity between lyrics and music happened more "back then." When you think about "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by the Beatles, the melody and the arrangement are so happy and skippy, and the words are about a serial killer.
I disagree abut the melody to this extent--it is NOT cheerful.
I agree completely. The cheerful melody and the key he sings the song in makes it seem hopeful. He's heartbroken again, but he always seems to persevere. I think that's what made it such a popular and lasting song. We've all had difficult times, but carry on as best we can.
I remember when this song came out , I spent hours listening to it over and over trying to figure out why I was so enthralled by it. I finally realized that i totally related to this song . As depressing as the song was I found comfort in knowing that I was not alone . Thank you for this reaction ! Love u guys !
This song was a massive hit! ❤️❤️❤️ great choice! 🫠🫠🫠
Yay! Finally! Thank you for reacting to one of my favorite songs. Have a blessed day! 🤗💜🤗
Raymond (for that is his real name) is a genius songwriter and performer. We finally had the chance to see him in Southport the year before the pandemic hit and it was a sublime evening of incredible, heartfelt music. I had not realised until that night, when he revealed, that he'd originally been in a band with Rick Davies who later formed Supertramp. Wow. 'Gilbert' was hugely popular in the early/mid 70s in the UK and had string of hits with incredible songs, IN addition to 'Alone Again' - I recommend the equally melancholy 'Nothing Rhymed', the deeply touching 'Clair' and the hugely popular, up-beat 'Get Down'. P.S. His early career saw him attired as more of a 'street urchin' than a schoolboy.
This song came out in 1972 & did really well. I'm Irish & really love this song, although very sad I know. Gilbert left Ireland with his family when he was 7 yrs old to the UK. Studied Graphic Designing. Eventually influenced by The Beatles! I was 12 yrs old when this song came out. He also had many other songs when eventually he became a producer. Amazing singer!! xx
I remember this song from the 70s. I was young but have always enjoyed it
This song was number one the week I was born in 1972 and my Mom made sure I heard the song and knew it's significance.....talking about your feelings helps... maybe singing about them helps more
I loved this song when it first came out. Yes oldie here too. Nowadays I can't listen to it without crying.
There was just something really special about 70s music and the lyrics songwriters created.. there was this magical journey the listener is taken on we just don't have access to with today's music
This is one of the saddest songs ever IMO, the act of committing suicide (throwing himself off the tower , , , broken into little pieces), I think our reaction presenters didn't cotton on to this. The last verse resonates so much with me. When my father passed away my Mum pined everyday for him, the lyrics catch this perfectly.
You said it,makes macho me cry every time.
This was a really good song. Jay, it is a standard 6 string guitar. Maybe the grainy video and lights makes it look different. The guitar player was ig Jim Sullivan. He started as a session musician. He also played the sitar. He actually gave lessons to several people who ended up being professional guitarists. In later years he became a member of Tom Jones' band. While working in Vegas with Tom, Jim met and became friends with Elvis as well.
Just lost my Father, my Mother died 12 years ago... Here I am alone again, Naturally.
Such a sad song you can't help but shed a tear every time you hear it. Amazing work by Gil.
This vibe reminds me of "The Bee Gees" ; I Started a Joke. PLEASE consider this as a reaction for y'all.
I remember this playing in the AM radio I was around 7 when this was number one on billboard. Magical times. It just brought tears to my eyes. Wow
This song was popular in 1972 while I was in the army during the Vietnam War and I got a Dear John letter. Later my father passed away leaving me to care for my mother and when she passed away I Cried And Cried All Day. It's as if Gilbert wrote this about me. A very emotional song for me to hear.
He is still out there recording, putting an album out this year. He never achieved the success he found this song, but lives quite happily on Jersey.
No matter how many times I hear this song - it gets me every time. The part where he says his mother couldn't understand why the only man she ever loved had been taken....is a chunk of reality that we all feel. We can never understand things like that and being resigned to being alone again (naturally) would apply to all of us in one form or another. Feeling hopeless can hit any one of us......as this masterpiece of song writing shows.
One of the greeatest and most beautiful songs ever written
Gilbert was an excellent songwriter and some of his early hits when he dressed like a school kid were "Nothing Rhymed" and "We Will" - both highly recommended. Gilbert's music career was put on hold by a long legal case over his record contract with MAM records which gave the bulk of his earnings back to the record company - he eventually won but it took 5 years during which he was unable to release songs or sign up to another label and he never signed another major deal again, such a shame.
63 now and this song sends me back in time. ❤ 2024 /3
Such a great singer songwriter - thank you
Oh heck yeah guys it has been a long time
I can’t comment enough of this amazing music artist from my childhood,I’m glad to see it’s still being played through today’s generations ❤ the song was only written but without any truth to the lyrics which just shows what genius songwriter he was for people to actually believe the lyrics were a true story,amazing 70s memories
He found love a few years later [1980] and is happily married and had two children. This was his 'depressive' years.
Always liked this song [was 11 when it came out]. Was an eye opener though at the beginning, that he was going to visit a nearby tower to throw himself off!
This song hit a lot of us where we live. It's about how sometimes love is just not enough.
This song is so relatable when you feel alone but in a way its so comforting, it reminds you that in your loneliness there are others that feel exactly like you do
His real name is Raymond O'Sullivan (or Ray) btw. He even cheekily references his actual name in one of his other big hits Claire, where he mentions being Claire's 'Uncle Ray'.
My whole life this song has spoken to me as no other because I'm almost always alone
Hey kids…this is what is called REAL music🎉
I always loved this song as a kid, but the older I get and experience parents and other loved ones pass on, this song hits even harder. It's beautiful.
Hi ya'll, another sad yet very beautiful song is by Terry Jacks from 1974 called "seasons in the sun". It will definitely pull on your heart strings
I am a year late watching this, so not sure if anyone has told you. Gilbert O'Sullivan is not his name. He was born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan and took the name from a really popular and accomplished late 1800s comic opera song writing team. Gilbert and Sullivan. They composed 14 Operettas including The Pirates of Penzance.
I remember as a young person hearing this when it was first released and thinking how hopeless this song is! We have all had our ups and downs, but it has been my experience that GOD IS FAITHFUL, and he will never leave us or forsake us. I take great comfort in the knowledge that God truly cares about us, and we are not alone!
Such a beautiful reminder of a great time of music. Gilbert O'Sullivan, just a wonderful singer, with a big hit, spending 6 weeks at Number 1.
Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Personal catchy song for me. When my mom passed away back in 2010 after my dad passed away in 2000 I cried a lot when I was alone with other siblings due to the fact I didn't bore any children for me to pass on and this song came into my mind to reflect our human life on our planet. I hope all is well for our species. This would be a good song to listen to one day after your mothers funeral if she is the last one to die after your father has died days/years earlier.
When I was young, this song was on the radio continuously for a year straight. I loved it.
Loved your reactions.
This song was Gilbert O'Sullivan's debut hit in America. The song spend a total of 6 weeks at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the early spring of 1972. This song is a sad song but a beautiful song indeed.
Spanish guitar, Gilbert's voice and piano. Beautiful. Check out him singing Nothing rhymes, Claire and Matrimony.😍😍
Thanks for featuring this song. I remember when it came out. For me, it's one of the most subversive songs of the 1970s. It has all the trappings and sounds of an easy listening song of the era, but that only make the lyrics even more powerful and achingly sad.
The young lady who was to eventually become Mrs. Rick came to the States as a 18 year old when this song was on the charts. She left her friends and much of her family behind. This song reflected her feelings back to her for many months. Still can't hear it without tearing up.
This song never fails to make me get teary eyed !
You guys are bringing back the childhood memories tonight. I can vividly remember riding in the car with my family hearing this song. Same with the earlier song Yellow Ribbon. This one used to make me sad when when I was a kid.
It might surprise you to know this was Gilbert’s one and only downer, and yet his biggest hit. He had several hits back in the ‘70s, but all the rest were much more upbeat. It might also surprise you that Gilbert actually wrote this song when he was only 15. Pretty deep lyrics for someone so young. You should also check out “Claire”. A much more upbeat and playful song. I have to say though, “Alone Again (Naturally)” still hits hard even today. Much love to you both, you’re awesome!!!!
It is a song about loss and sadness, yet so beautiful, poppy, and upbeat. Along with It Never Rains in SC, one of the 70s most iconic pop ballads. He also did a wonderful song about babysitting a rambunctious little girl, "Claire"
The song “Alone Again, naturally” reached #1 in the USA for five consecutive weeks, NATURALLY! I was a teenager when this song came out. Even though it was a sad song, people were drawn to his magnificent voice, musical melodies, and the various instrumentals used in the song.
It's a nylon string classical guitar. It gives that perfect Spanish style sound. Oh by the way I was a kid when this song came out, and it literally made me cry cuz the guy was so heartbroken in it. But alot of songs from the 70s were straight up sad songs...
Gilbert O'Sullivan is STILL touring. I saw him at Pine Knob way back when this song was a big hit, and he was so much fun. Clair is another great tune from him, or Get Down.
This song reminds me of my mom, “and when she passed away, I cried and cried all day” 🥲
The music back then expressed all the different emotions, not just the feel good ones. So many serious things were happening like the Viet Nam War and Cuban Missile Crisis. The music kept things real, giving us a chance to reflect on all the different aspects of life.
He is still going strong - released a new album very recently and is still touring!
I play this song every time my family goes out, i told my mom once and now she keeps saying this is my song
Amber you have so much empathy that comes naturally to you.
There are some songs that no matter how old they get I still love listening to them. This is one of them.
This was mother's favorite song back in the 70s she used to play it all the time. I think she could really relate to this song as my father started a new business and I had moved out to start my own life and she spent a lot of time alone. She passed away at 41, I was 22 then I'm 65 now and I still shed a tear every time I hear this song. I'm glad you reacted to it. Another song she absolutely loved was Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun". Thanks again.
In the song i just want to say that God never leaves us or forsakes us its because we have left God because of our challenges and trials. For God will never leave you because He loves you too much.
This song just beats you over the head with sadness.. all sung to upbeat cheerful music.
Jay & Amber, you'll love his "Clair" and "Get Down" !! edit- happier songs!
"Seasons In The Sun" Terry Jacks is a very depressing song as well.
Goodbye, Michelle, my little one…
@@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot74 Yeah, the song is catchy but the lyrics are tough.
@@willowthegood9035 Always a favorite. My mom has me on cassette singing it at 4 or 5
Now you just have to listen to him doing "Nothing Rhymed", Incredible! He is a master composer as well as a performer.
It's an oddly catchy tune for such sad sentiments. Never fails to make me cry!
My mom wouldn't let me listen to this when I was a kid. She said it was too depressing.
I don’t blame her. I remember the title being sung, but not the rest of the lyrics.
I haven’t seen the video yet I’m about to but I bet Amber lets out some tears!
This song was a hit with me when I first heard it-a while ago….beautiful. ❤
guys - this song was HUGE during the summer of '72 - you heard it everywhere you went - and he was on every freakin' TV show!