FELT AMAZING TO RELIVE THIS MASTERPIECE! First Time Hearing Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome back to our channel! Today, we're diving into a song that has touched hearts and inspired minds for decades: "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby. This track is not only a musical masterpiece but also a powerful commentary on social issues. Join us as we experience this iconic song for the first time and explore its enduring message and melody.
⭐️ WHAT WE DISCOVER IN THIS VIDEO:
Our first impressions of Bruce Hornsby's timeless hit, "The Way It Is."
Reacting to the song's poignant lyrics, captivating piano melody, and its message of social justice.
Discussing the impact of "The Way It Is" on music and culture, including its influence on Tupac Shakur's "Changes."
Sharing our thoughts on how the song's message remains relevant today and its ability to inspire change.
🎶 ABOUT BRUCE HORNSBY & "THE WAY IT IS":
Bruce Hornsby, an American singer-songwriter and pianist, released "The Way It Is" in 1986 as part of his album with The Range. The song became a significant hit, known for its reflective lyrics on civil rights and inequality, wrapped in Hornsby's signature piano-driven sound. Its legacy continues, having been sampled and covered by various artists, most notably Tupac Shakur in his song "Changes."
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Bruce Hornsby owns this. This is his song.
Absolutely!!
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oh yes!!
100%. Any other version or sample is a copy.
Yes It is. The best version ever.
Bruce didn't take it to a whole other level---he IS the level. There's a vast difference between sampling a song and being the author.
In my opinion one of the greatest most profound songwriter/musicians of his or any generation.
Hands down. I encourage anyone to research his career.
And you know this... man
yessssssss!!!!
This man is part of the holy trinity of piano playing singer songwriters Billy Joel Carol King and Bruce himself.
A true musical genius I first saw in 1986
His first album The Way it Is was memorable but the second Scenes from the Southside was probably his great work.
So many tracks you should listen to Mandolin Rain Show Goes On Valley The Road Not Taken.
There isn’t a bad track on the whole album
Bruce Hornsby is the person who deserves all the credit for this song. Tupac borrowed it.
Just the way it Is, it Was and it was Meant to be!!!
Borrowed it...? 🤣 He stole it!
he ripped him off. in fact MOST rap rips off music.
@sixslinger9951 Actually Bruce was gracious allowing Tupac to use it, even joked about playing "Tupac's song" at one of his concerts
When you can't do, you "borrow"
This is the original, from 1986. Bruce Hornsby himself is the author.
The idea of adults who have never heard of Bruce Hornsby makes me think the end is near
It makes me sick.
After the first 100 years or so, you get used to it. 😎
Adults who think this guy Tupac wrote this. ‘Added portion’ - don’t make me puke.
But to me, it's like... they're learning... and they want to learn... that's how I see it anyway... Peace and Love from NYC💙💙💙💙💙
I was looking at an article a few days ago and the headline said "Meet Slash, the guitarist who played with Ryan Gosling at the Oscar". Can you believe it?
His version of the song? It's his song. His version. Wow.
It wasn't bruce hornsby's version in fact it was his track he wrote it and produced it in 1986.
Yep, when Tupac was 15 years old.
He literally says at the start that Bruce’s was the original and Tupac sampled it
This is not Bruce Hornsby version. He wrote the song, and Tupac sampled it.
Stolen
Thank you. Tupac did nothing.
Bruce is the Legend
Bruce is from Virginia. I believe in the Williamsburg area. I’m from Virginia, too. Bruce is definitely the ORIGINAL. Bruce is an awesome piano player. ❤
yes!!!
Yup from Williamsburg. I met him in a cafe there right by William and Mary back in the 90s when I was in college. It was early evening and my buddy and I were splitting a pitcher of beer and some nachos. Bruce comes in with some of his friends, looks like they'd been playing basketball they were all in shorts and t shirts. He just got a Drumstick ice cream cone. I went up to him briefly and just said sorry to bother you just wanted to say I enjoy your music very much (I had 3 of his albums). He smiled and said thanks and I left him alone.
Bruce is an absolute master pianist. Just wait until you hear his "Old Valley Road", and especially "Mandolin Rain".
The piano is addictive - you just want more!! 😍
Great reaction! Note: Rappers are not musicians. They sample everything!
This wasn't Bruce Hornsby's version of the song. It was Bruce Hornsby's song. The young's appreciation of 70's, 80's, and even 90's songs tells us us that current "music" is mostly C#$@P!
Funny, in the 80s I remember old people complaining about modern music. In the 90s I remember old people complaining about modern music. Now you're the old people complaining about modern music. It seems every generation complains about the younger generation's music.
To some degree you may be right but the preponderance of YT reaction videos seems to focus on the music of the latter half of the 20th century NOT within the last 10 or so years. It may not be a true indicator, but most of our family's and friend's teens and young adults prefer that era as well . Says something.....@@owlbuquerqueturkey
@@jimbruton9482 I mean, I have my old favorites too, but I find a lot of good, new music in local music scenes, and from independent musicians on social media. There's good music out there, you just have to look for it. There are Zoomers out there forming string bands, and playing folk, others playing rock and roll. I have high hopes for this generation and music.
Yeah, because they have know talent. They copy, they sample, they feature, they use autotune. In other words they’re lazy and mostly talentless. @@owlbuquerqueturkey
@@owlbuquerqueturkey Yeah but that's not the whole truth. Charts songs sound pretty the same nowadays. There's a big difference in music arrangement, instrumentation and voices. Too many overcompressed songs combined with autotune voices and always the same sounds and beats that are made with music tracker software make that difference. You just need to listen to the first 20 sec. of a song and you've heard it all. Big surprise? - no, because that's the time young people need on streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music etc. to decide if they like a song or not. That's just the way it is...
A Bruce Hornsby song about the Civil Rights movement that Tupac Shakur used this as the basis for his song "Changes,"
Tupac LOVED and FELT the message of this song
You get it. Everyone else seems overly upset about the appropriation instead of appreciation how people of both races could be so moved that they turned their own creative talents to the interpretion. Btw, I bet none of these people have an issue with Johnny Cash redoing ‘Hurt’ as an example.
One of the best 80's songs! Straight from the heart at first listen. I LOVE IT! GREAT REACTION, GUYS!
It's one thing to sample music and use it. It's completely another to write it and bring it to fruition through artistic passion. Bruce Hornsby is where the recognition belongs.
The years of practice to learn how to play the piano and the talent it took to do it so well and bring out a song like this is incomparable. Tupac could never have done it. So, he had to use it and said the same thing as if it wasn't enough for Bruce to say it in it's original form. This is exactly how the originals get lost when people try to shift ownership and credit from where it's truly due.
The funny thing about him learning piano is when my wife saw this video her first comment was 'is he self taught? cos my piano teacher would've rapped my knuckles for playing like that' lol, but his song writing skills are undeniable, it's an awesome song, and you're right, the proper artists are the original composers and that's where the credit is due
As someone who grew up listening to this song, it is really interesting to see reactions of younger generations who usually recognize this as a Tupac song. Bruce on the piano is 🔥👏 Another great song with lots of piano in it by Bruce is called "Mandolin Rain." I think you both would appreciate it after your reaction today.
Bruce Hornsby is a great Musician, Singer, Songwriter, but more importantly, he is a great Person. And my favorite person in Rock and Roll. Seen him umpteen times with The Range, both at Range shows and when he opened for the Grateful Dead, and later, for about two years, he was a part of the group, 1990-1992. A couple other BH&TR songs you may enjoy are "The Valley Road" and "Mandolin Rain". Both were Radio hits, and highlight his skill as a musician and singer. Thanks for doing this, and thanks to whoever requested it.
Check out Mandolin Rain for another masterpiece from them.
Mandolin Rain is a beautiful song.
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It's funny, I am 55. This song came out when I was a senior in high school, and I listened to it constantly. I have * never heard * the Tupac version. To hear you call this a "version" when it is the original song that had such popularity just kills me. LOL
Bruce hornsby has sold 11 million records worldwide, Tupac has sold 75 million records worldwide.. Bruce hornsby started making music 7 years prior to Tupac & tupac died just 5 years into his career so to say that it’s ridiculous for people to know tupac’s song and not be familiar with the original (especially considering neither of us were even alive when bruce’s original was released) is a little extreme. Just because you don’t know anything about tupac does not mean he wasn’t hugely popular.
Bruce Hornsby’s song is awesome, which we very evidently said in the song & it was amazing to see where a song that was so influential for OUR generation and was representative of the music we listened to when we were growing up came from.
You should listen to Tupac's "Changes" he did a great job with the sample
@@barsandbarbells2022 Clearly you misread my comment. I didn't say it was ridiculous for people to know Tupac's version and not the original. I said it was funny that I know the original so well and have never heard Tupac's version, yet you know Tupac's version so well and were unfamiliar with the original. Just noting the irony, not putting anyone down. Don't be so defensive, sheesh.
@TheAlmaward That's just the way it is
@@barsandbarbells2022that’s not at all what she said….🙄
Bruce Hornsby played piano, synthesiser and the accordion for the Grateful Dead (1988 - 1992)
And survived!
For us people that grew up in the 80s we have the opposite reaction, we hear Tupac changes and think "BRUCE!"
Although Hornsby played with the Grateful Dead, on occasion, he became an official member after the passing of Brent Mydland. He was the pianist for the Dead while Vince Welnick gained his footing as the keyboardist. When Hornsby left, he still came back to play with the Dead once in a while.
And most who really listen to music love this song, no matter the different genres they listen to on a regular basis - regardless of hearing the original or the replay by Tupac, which is awesome as well.
I don't understand the comment 'lets see what Bruce is gonna do with this'. This is his song!
Yes,as it wasn't his song and he who wrote it 😡
This entire album is a must have. Timeless music.
Ahh, when vocalists had great voices and musicians could really play. So glad I grew up in this era!
This is one of my favorite songs. I can always tell it is Bruce Hornsby playing as soon as I hear a few bars, no matter even if I have never heard the song before.
All of the coolest rap samples come from the genius musicians of the 70s and 80s .
Elton John has famously said that Bruce Hornsby is the greatest Pianist ever. High praise from one of the greats
Not trying to be a dick here and definitely not wanting to detract from Bruce but what Elton actually said when talking about Bruce's piano playing on Bonnie Raitt's I Can't Make You Love Me, was:
"The song is incredible, but the piano playing, by Bruce Hornsby, is sublime; it's perfection. Hornsby is one of the best pianists - if not the best - out there".
And presumably he was just meaning within popular music rather than other genres like classical.
I snatched this album up when it first came out! Have all of his albums since then. Bruce's piano melodies are sublime. And, watching his hands and fingers move about that keyboard is so thrilling, too! Truly a master that loves sharing his art with us. More Bruce please!
I love Tupac but when I first heard "Changes" I thought: "that's Bruce Hornsby's song." I can't even hear "Changes" without then wanting to go listen to Bruce Hornsby after. It's interesting when it's the reverse for someone.
Madolin Rain next for sure guys 😊😊 you'll love also, guaranteed
Or Every Little Kiss!
all time classic! Important message too! ♥
Bruce has magic fingers!
This song and album came out in 1986 when I was a 14 yr old hard rockin metal head. You know it's great music when it caught the ear of a 14 yr old rocker to where I even bought the album, and still listen to this album regularly 38 years later. This whole album is fire.
there's simply no comparison between the original (Bruce Hornsby) and Tupac's rendition. sorry guys, original isn't always better, but it usually is, and this song is no exception.
who do you think you are? who wrote it and performed it! Tupac stole it! put it stupid rap to it!
You misunderstood me buddy....to make it clearer....Bruce Hornsby performance is much much better than Tupac's....as i said, for the most part, the originals are by far better
bruce wrote it and he owns it
It's unfortunate when basic English is not understood. Clearly, from your writing, you're expressing that originals are generally superior, and this case is no exception.
Thanks...that is exactly what i meant. Bruce Hornsby, other than being the original perfomer whose piano playing takes this performance to another level , is also the lyricist. The lyrics are just as important. I am not American but i live in a country which turns more and more capitalistic which is rather sad since we pay less and less attention to weaker populations. Song was written almost 40 y ago and its still very much relevant nowadays.
Bruce is the OG.
Once you've experienced the Bruce Hornsby piano playing style it's instant reckognition. Nobody rides the ebony/ivory like Bruce 🙂
Here's another surprise: Bruce Hornsby played keys as part of the band The Grateful Dead for exactly 100 shows.😊❤
He also played for Sheena Easton and the band Ambrosia before forming the Range.
btw, that is bruce hornsby playing piano on don henley's ''end of the innocence'' song. bruce also co-wrote and co-produced the song.
Timeless message.
Incredible piano.
Yeah, I was mystified the first time someone associated this song with Tupac. This song was big long before he was even heard of. I was 17 when this song was released in 1986.
Love Mandolin in the Rain
Bruce is one of the few keyboard players (along with Tom Constanten) to survive a stint as a member of the Grateful Dead. He and Jerry Garcia had an amazing musical relationship.
Mandolin Rain is another great Bruce Hornsby song.
I see this as Hornsby's song but thought you guys were nothing but respectful towards it, really enjoyed the reaction. Thanks.
"Bruce took it to a whole other level" 🤣How could he do that when he wrote it and he came out with it first??
Absolutely love this song, love the piano, great song.
Check out "Mandolin Rain" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range..
Saw him live in Sarasota with my dad, 71 a few months ago. It was a truly AMAZING 1.5 hours. He is brilliant on the piano and has such a terrific catalog of music. Glad that the newer generation is being exposed to his talent.
This was a huge hit. There was a time you couldn't go anywhere without hearing this song playing somewhere.
Besides his own great collection of tunes (like "Mandolin Rain") Bruce Hornsby also plays piano on Bonnie Raitt's amazing "I Can't Make You Love Me."
This is so much better than Tupac’s. There’s actually musicianship on display in the original.
I love hip hop but other than beats I don’t like sampling other people’s work. It’s lazy song writing.
I’ll take a completely original hip hop song over a sampled song any day.
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Can you help me understand why, if a rock band copied this song, it would be plagiarism; but if a hip hop artist does it, it's called sampling? A rock band would take the heat for it but hip hop is applauded. Help me?
How do all the people doing sampling avoid being sued for copyright? I’m actually would like to know…
@@candacemay7187YESSSS!!! I made my comment before I read yours! I’ve wondered that myself. Allot. Makes no sense. It does in a PC way…but I can’t believe that the answer could be so stupid……if that is indeed the answer.
The answer to your question is that in order for an artist to sample another artist’s song, they must get permission from said artist.
Without that explicit permission, it would be plagiarism.
The reason Bruce Hornsby, as well as other songwriters give permission is because they get paid every time it’s played.
I’ve had a few songs sampled and it’s really nice to have that income stream arrive in my mailbox every month.
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@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 as long as they receive permission from the songwriter they can do it. In this case, Bruce Hornsby receives money every time it’s played. 🕊❤️🎼
Thank you for this awesome reaction!! I grew up listening to both Bruce and TUPAC and the messages are the same from two different perspectives. Both are powerful and hit deep, especially if anyone can relate to the issues in the lyrics. RIP Pac 💜 An artist and actor worthy of respect ✊
Great to see your appreciation for this!! The first time i saw Bruce Hornsby live was in 1989, and most recently just four months ago. Still does an amazing live performance of this!!!
It’s Bruce’s Song!!
He’s talking about civil rights!!!
Has anyone looked cooler playing the piano than Bruce Hornsby
Bruce is the SRV of the piano.
Tupac definitely brought it to a different generation using hip hop genre and he did reach a lot more people. I first heard this song back in 1986 when it was first released and it still impacts me greatly today! Such great piano improvisation within a pop song format!
Every little kiss...
Hornsby would go on to play with the Grateful Dead and Jerry does a guest solo on Hornsby's "Across the River" from his third album (?). Other noteworthy songs include "The Valley Road", "Look Out Any Window", "Defenders of the Flag", and "Jacob's Ladder".
Joe Puerta is the guy sitting playing bass with curly dark hair and had released five albums with Ambrosia before his time with Bruce Hornsby. He is a part of the music landmarks of the seventies and 1980. One of my favorite Ambrosia songs was sung bye Joe titled "We Need You Too" and it is worth a listen along with a one minute and thirty second acoustic song titled "Harvey" both are on Ambrosia's second album "Somewhere I've Never Travelled."
He left his band and went on tour with the Grateful Dead for Garcias final couple years , very cool dude!!
I haven’t heard Tupac don’t really know who he is. But I have always loved this song.
Listen to "Changes" it's worth it
Look at this man's talent! Do you really thing he needs to "borrow" the music. He gave the song to TP, and request no royalites. Know your music!
Hornsby has said that he enjoys the royalty checks.
This album was huge when I was in college, but as someone who doesn’t follow hip hop, it’s really interesting to me to hear from a younger generation whose experience with the song is through another artist. Thanks for offering your thoughts and insights - now I have to go check out Tupac’s version ✌🏻
I just discovered about a week ago, listening to Bruce's old stuff like Manolin Rain, Valley Road, etc.., that it is no longer "The Range". It is now as he is still touring, "Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers" HA go figure
Another classic Bruce song is "Every Little Kiss" A magician on the keys with voice to match
"This is a Tupac song". Omg. I need to go walk outside and scream in the woods for a little while.
You COULD watch the video before making a comment but I guess that's not a 2024 thing, is it?
I will chime in on your statement saying wait to comment after the video. However, right or wrong many people do that. I do, too. Just praise a comment for taking the time to listen to your videos. 😮
Yes this is Bruce’s song!
Your wrong
Come on, I laughed. It is cool that Tupac fans get to appreciate Bruce now. Both are genus with lyrics.
Love this song, so beautiful!!❤❤❤
I do not mind sampling if it is just small items. But so many rap stars just take the songs and put some other lyrics on it and claim they have done something amazing.
Because they are not musicians, they can't sing or carry a melody, play an instrument, etc....
@@wbmstr24 true.
Tupac wishes he could have come up with something this good on his own. Bruce Hornsby masterminded this incredible song, Tupac just borrowed some of it.
I have never heard the Tupac song (older person, not in the US) but this is definitely a classic from my youth. I do get surprised when fully grown adults don't know 80s music but that's because in my mind it's not that long ago!
Bruce has a unique sound on the keys.
Bruce has been rapping parts of the song lately and it’s effing smoking
You hit the nail on the head. The themes of both songs are the same. The only difference is that each man tells the story in a way that someone with their life experiences would tell it.
yeah--and Tupac borrowed it
The first time I heard Bruce do this song, I thought, Jackson Browne.
i listened that song so often as i was a child.... but only for the melody.... i understand the lyrics much klater... but its one of that songs, that really has a meaning and is not only over cars, women or guns like nowadays...
Bruce Hornsby has more hits, try "Mandolin Rain" it's a total vibe 😊
For some more classic 80s piano, try Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out."
I often thought of you guys doing this one and how quickly, being hip hop fans, you would catch this. Especially wanted to see Phil's reaction to this. Shoutout from London, Ontario. Congrats on escaping the frozen tundra up north for the green pastures of America! 🤠🤠
Bruce IS THE COMPOSER SIR. Great GONG.
bruce hornsby - elton john's favorite piano player.
Bruce’s song. Thank you
I saw the band here in Manchester, England in 1991. They actually encouraged people to write out requests and put them on the stage apron, ... and they played them. They were staggering.
Incredible bass line, too. Nice counterpoint to the piano.
Bruce is such a talented pianist. Very familiar with his music especially since he is from my neck of the woods in Virginia
Well done. Tupac was both inspired by and kept true to the original. I don't the the negative replies. I have all of Bruce Hornsby albums and two of Tupac's. I know Tupac really liked Bruce's version and Bruce signed off on Tupac's. I am however still surprised at how often reactors are surprised at Hip Hop and Rap in particular samples old stuff. It's got to be upwards of 90% of Rap is samples or heavily mixed samples.
He plays piano on Bonnie Raitt's version of 'I Can't Make You Love Me',
Since you are aware of Tupac, and have some level of appreciation for him, another amazing sample was UNTIL THE END OF TIME, where he sampled BROKEN WINGS by Mister Mister. It was sooo good that for the first time I actually thought that he might still be alive.
The first Grateful Dead keyboard player to survive touring with them. He can play play.
Good music can certainly evoke emotion, that and a combination of nostalgia now that I’m in the autumn of my years…
Wouldn’t it have been great to see Tupac and Bruce Hornsby perform this together.
Wouldn't it have been great if Tupac had asked for permission to use Bruce's song?
Well, there is that
Check out the Valley Road The Bass player with Ambrosia Joe Puerta was in this group as well.Bruce hornsby was once a member of Ambrosia where they met.Bruce left the group and Joe eventually joined Bruce's group and after they quit ,Joe went back to Ambrosia.
Yes, you can never beat the original!
I worked as an audio sales person when this was introduced. At a time when music was great, this stood out.
Hornsby put this out in 1986, written by Bruce Hornsby, it made explicit reference to the Economic Opportunity Act, also known as the 1964 Poverty Act, as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Hornsby's brother John said, "The song is mainly about compassion, about understanding racial and social types, and beliefs and practices that are different from your own. It's about a status quo that's so complacent in its narrow-mindedness and bigotry that it seems it'll never change. (Taken from Wikipedia). I've always loved this song and regardless that others (not just Tupac) have sampled it, this is the original and stands alone. Bruce was a longtime touring member of The Grateful Dead, Hornsby has played on more than 100 albums - by artists including Bob Dylan, Don Henley, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Bela Fleck and Willie Nelson - and his songs have been recorded by a wide variety of artists. Glad you enjoyed the song for this great artist.
Chris? The problem in this song is when someone put in mind the idea that some black guy had to sing it because was talking about the racial problem, not the Virginian man.
In that moment you could see that anything has CHANGED for many millions.
When the version came out the perception and the adds to the lyrics was everything, yeah.
Everything was bad for the original.
I DON’T HAVE TO CHANGE,I DON’T WANNA DO IT ‼️‼️
THEY AND THEM 😠😠 HAVE TO DO IT.
Until……….. today
Mmmmm THAT ISN’T THE WAY IT IS 🤫🤫I ……. guess.
This is coming from an Immigrant that came almost 30 years ago and his life changed a lot.
THE END 😄😄😄😄
i will never forget where i was the first time i heard this! Misawa Japan will always have a special part of my heart!
Had this on my playlist ever since it came out 👍🏻❤️🇬🇧🔥xx
Bruce Hornsby is always a good review, can't go wrong with any of his songs.