I'm so glad you had the chance to hear Bill Withers. He is a class act. This song came out in 1972, the year I came back to the states from Germany. My son was 10 years old then - he's now a grandfather several times over. Bill Withers died Mar 2020 at the age of 81. A true gentleman.
@@rubroken I was at McGuire AFB, then -the 438th Avionics Maintenance Squadron. My son, later on, was the Commander of the Civil Engineering Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill. He retired as a Major.
There have been many covers, but Bill's is the original , MOST SOULFUL. Nice slow tempo, takin' his time...I mean what the hell is the hurray? No vocal operatics, a message for all ages. He also did Granma's Hands, Ain't No Shine When She's Gone, Just the Two of Us
An absolute classic that will be around another 50years that it already has been around. Club Nouveau covered this in 86 with an upbeat dance version that's pretty good
Club Nouveau’s version is the one I grew up with; BW’s original is my parents 100%. The gap was bridged (for us , at least) with the Morgan Freeman movie which we saw as a family.
Life would be damn sad if we didn’t have that someone. I always had my Grandpa and when he passed I realized I had others that I could talk to and also be there for others. Truly a gift from the Lord.
I adore this man's music, his voice and the sentiment of his songs. He is an R&B legend. BTW, I play piano by ear and this is a great tune to pick out the chord progressions. Cheers to middle C!!!! HUGS AND LOVE TO BILL, and to friendship and brotherhood. God i miss the 70s..
Bill was a blue collar working man - steel worker I think - who hit it big in music. He was a perfectionist and demanded his own style. Ticked a lot of people off, but the proof is in the pudding, he's got around a half dozen hits and is an iconic figure in music. 'The Dork Side'. Heheheh. Excellent Smithers. Been there a long time.
He was an aircraft and auto assembler. He didn't initally quit his job when "Ain't No Sunshine" was running up the charts. That and "Use Me" are three great songs.
Bill had been working and managed to save some money enough so he could buy himself a electric piano. When he came home he plugged it in and simply went from one side to the other on the keyboard and realized it sounded good! That how this song came to be it's a true soul classic!!
Happy to see you reacting to Bill Withers, He does a great version of "Grandma's Hands", "Lovely Day", "Just the two of us" or "Use Me". All are wonderful.
There is a great documentary on Bill Withers out there. It is well worth watching. Very introspective guy. Left the biz to spend more time with his family. It's called *_Still Bill,_* from 2009. ❤
I am glad that you appreciate his music. I have been a Bill Withers fan since the day I first heard this song. I ran out and bought the 45 rpm record. Please check out another song of his "Ain't No Sunshine." I know you will like it as well. (BBC footage from 1974)
Bill grew up in Slab Fork , West Virginia . It was a Coal Mining town . Bill was inducted into the West Virginia Hall of Fame some years ago . He was one of my favorite artists check out " Grand Mas Hands " by him or Aint no Sunshine as well as I can write left handed RIP Brother
Yeah this was released in 1972. Good bad and sad memories. Cousin of mine passed away February 72 brain tumor couple years younger than me. The song came out, just brings it all up again. But watching you you get it and people still need it so many more people need it. Thank you
Hello my dear i truly want to thank you for this one. This was the first song i learned how to play on the keyboard. It an very inspiring song. Thanks.
Indeed a time of inspiration, message music & social commentary expressed through music, so powerful! My mom just had to get this one, in fact she got the album, & also Staple Singers’ I’ll Rake You There, released that year; Stevie’s Superstition, & next year Earth Wind & Fire’s Keep Your Head to the Sky. In 1971 was Marvin’s What’s Goin On. The counterpoint to all that was the so called blaxploitation movie era, & the music that brought like, Isaac Hayes’ soundtrack to Shaft, & Marvin Gaye’s score to the movie, Trouble Man. It was an artistically powerful & musically diverse time. 👍🏾
I used to have this cheap little keyboard I got from the secondhand store. It was a small type of instrument. But since I have this song in my music collection, one day I sat down and worked out the melody to it. It’s very simple but works.
Bill grew up in Slab Fork, West Virginia about 20 mins from where I live here in Pineville, WV. He joined the Navy at 17 and moved to Calif and this song is based on his up bringing. The blacks lived on one side of the railroad tracks and whites on the other but would borrow items from each other. The song is based on the way people were in Calif and different than WV folks, WV folks helped each other so he came up with this song.
Bill Withers was my go-to for years whenever I struggled with a hard breakup or death of someone close. Songs like Lean on Me, Ain't No Sunshine, Grandma's Hands, etc. Withers was an auto worker when he cut his first record.
This is a great song Angela!! You might want to react to, if you haven't already...... Use Me Grandma's Hands Ain't No Sunshine The Two of Us Lovely Day Who Is He? (And What Is He To You)
Nothing will EVER top the Bill Withers 1972 release, however, for a slightly updated and light-hearted version; Club Nouveau's 1986 version for the WIN!!
Now this artist has a lot of magical music, unlike the other one! My two favorites by Bill are Ain't No Sunshine and the collaboration he did with Grover Washington JR and Quincy Jones on the song Just The Two Of Us! The full version, not the radio edit! Groovy! One more thing! Your reaction was really on point! I totally agree with you on everything you said! The only drawback is that not everyone feels that way! Some people believe that if you can't do it all yourself, you're weak, you're a loser, you're whinny, a malcontent, and many other criticisms like that! Some people just aren't compassionate and don't empathize with you! What can you do! Later persons!
Oh my gosh I love this song. Bill could get it done. I like being the one people can lean on. Probably why I love this song and "Bridge over troubled water ".
Another friend theme song you might consider is the 1969 song (studio version please)Friendship Train by Gladys Knight and The Pips. Song has cowbell, funky bass, fuzzy guitar, great vocals of Gladys Knight and also has a wonderful message for all time. It is a gem that reactors miss.
I’m surprised Angela didn’t mention “Lean On Me”, the Morgan Freeman movie. Often the film introduced millennials to the Bill Withers song (if they hadn’t heard it already).
You should listen to a Scottish band that was big in the early 70s called MIDDLE of the Road they had 5 hits in one year 1971 a couple of there songs SOLEY SOLEY / SACRAMENTO etc.
I Offer This Wisdom I Have Lived My Life By,, The Earth Is My Mother And ALL Her Children My Brothers & Sisters ❤️ 🧒 🌎 👧 ♥️ Navajo/Bil Hozhoni (The Happy One)
❤❤❤❤❤ The movie Lean On Me with Principal Joe Clark from year's ago, was dealing with Eastside Highschool in very dangerous Paterson, NJ. I live on Madison Avenue in Paterson, NJ and I'm about 4 block's away from Eastside Highschool, this great song led to great discipline and respect from very dangerous student's to respect bullying, drug dealing and respecting teacher's and get a Degree !!!!! The late great Principal Joe Clark had to chain the door's on this dangerous Paterson, NJ Highschool and teach respect to the very dangerous student's 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 rip the late great Bill Withers 😊😊😊😊😊
Brother Bill taking us all to church. Check out his song "Grandma's Hands".
I'm so glad you had the chance to hear Bill Withers. He is a class act. This song came out in 1972, the year I came back to the states from Germany. My son was 10 years old then - he's now a grandfather several times over. Bill Withers died Mar 2020 at the age of 81. A true gentleman.
I went to Germany in 1972, home in 74
A grand father? You're son??
@@rubroken I was at McGuire AFB, then -the 438th Avionics Maintenance Squadron.
My son, later on, was the Commander of the Civil Engineering Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill. He retired as a Major.
PCSed to Ramstein Airbase "76-78" Shoutout to Ktown!!Great assighnment!!✈️✈️🤜🤛🍻
Yeah, there’ll be a lot of Bill Withers songs in your phone eventually. He was such a great man, who wrote & sang so many great songs.
The LEGENDARY Iconic Mr Bill Withers
One of the most important singer/ songwriters of the modern era RIP Bill Withers
There have been many covers, but Bill's is the original , MOST SOULFUL. Nice slow tempo, takin' his time...I mean what the hell is the hurray? No vocal operatics, a message for all ages. He also did Granma's Hands, Ain't No Shine When She's Gone, Just the Two of Us
An absolute classic that will be around another 50years that it already has been around. Club Nouveau covered this in 86 with an upbeat dance version that's pretty good
I consider that an homage. Nothing compares to the original, imho.
@@sealdrup Totally agree nothing tops the original
Both Withers and Club Nouveau hit #1 with their versions.
Club Nouveau’s version is the one I grew up with; BW’s original is my parents 100%. The gap was bridged (for us , at least) with the Morgan Freeman movie which we saw as a family.
We really need more music like this nowadays.
Life would be damn sad if we didn’t have that someone. I always had my Grandpa and when he passed I realized I had others that I could talk to and also be there for others. Truly a gift from the Lord.
When a movie has the same title, you know the song is inspirational
I adore this man's music, his voice and the sentiment of his songs. He is an R&B legend. BTW, I play piano by ear and this is a great tune to pick out the chord progressions. Cheers to middle C!!!! HUGS AND LOVE TO BILL, and to friendship and brotherhood. God i miss the 70s..
Bill was a blue collar working man - steel worker I think - who hit it big in music. He was a perfectionist and demanded his own style. Ticked a lot of people off, but the proof is in the pudding, he's got around a half dozen hits and is an iconic figure in music.
'The Dork Side'. Heheheh. Excellent Smithers. Been there a long time.
He was an aircraft and auto assembler. He didn't initally quit his job when "Ain't No Sunshine" was running up the charts. That and "Use Me" are three great songs.
Bill Withers - Lovely Day is my favorite from 1977
Bill Withers is overlooked with some other mega-songs. "Ain't No Sunshine" "Just The Two of Us", "Lovely Day" "Grandma's Hands"
You need to hear "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Use Me"
Bill had been working and managed to save some money enough so he could buy himself a electric piano. When he came home he plugged it in and simply went from one side to the other on the keyboard and realized it sounded good! That how this song came to be it's a true soul classic!!
One of my all time favorites, thank you!
Bill Withers was one of the GREAT singer/song writers! So many great songs. One of my favorites is "Grandma's Hands" - I bet you'd like it.
One of the most beautiful, most loving songs ever written or recorded. Almost perfect!
My very first “favorite” song. Thank you for that!
We sang this at our Junior High School graduation. You should react to Donny Hathaway “Young, gifted & black.
Bill Withers "Use Me"...Nuff Said.
Happy to see you reacting to Bill Withers, He does a great version of "Grandma's Hands", "Lovely Day", "Just the two of us" or "Use Me". All are wonderful.
It is a wonderful song. And a beautiful message. Very nice!!
Classic, classic tune & artist. Love these great song picks for you to react too!!! 🎶♥️🔥
What can I say, absolutely fabulous
Love me some Bill Withers. Thanks.
Great,Great song
A super classic!
This was and still is an amazing song
Bill Withers, one of the greats in music. Thank you
Lovely Day is another great song by Bill.
She did that one a few months ago.
There is a great documentary on Bill Withers out there. It is well worth watching. Very introspective guy. Left the biz to spend more time with his family. It's called *_Still Bill,_* from 2009. ❤
First song I learned on bass and played live
A great song at the time. A lot of people could identify with the sentiment.
I am glad that you appreciate his music. I have been a Bill Withers fan since the day I first heard this song. I ran out and bought the 45 rpm record. Please check out another song of his "Ain't No Sunshine." I know you will like it as well. (BBC footage from 1974)
Ain't no Sunshine is one of my all time favorite songs. This is my song to my wife of 40 years :)
Bill grew up in Slab Fork , West Virginia . It was a Coal Mining town . Bill was inducted into the West Virginia Hall of Fame some years ago . He was one of my favorite artists check out " Grand Mas Hands " by him or Aint no Sunshine as well as I can write left handed RIP Brother
This is great classic song and a great analysis how you see the meaning of the song
Definitely
Wow I was 12 when this came out, never forget how I loved it.
Yeah this was released in 1972. Good bad and sad memories. Cousin of mine passed away February 72 brain tumor couple years younger than me. The song came out, just brings it all up again. But watching you you get it and people still need it so many more people need it. Thank you
Hello my dear i truly want to thank you for this one. This was the first song i learned how to play on the keyboard. It an very inspiring song. Thanks.
This is such a beautiful song and a beautiful message! I am so happy that it carried on to you! 🥰
Bill launches a great message of solidarity, brotherhood and hope for those, perhaps many, who feel alone. Excellent song. Thank you dear Angela.
Great song and a super reaction! I was just 22 when this song came out. Bill Withers was a great talent!
What a voice 😊
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Indeed a time of inspiration, message music & social commentary expressed through music, so powerful! My mom just had to get this one, in fact she got the album, & also Staple Singers’ I’ll Rake You There, released that year; Stevie’s Superstition, & next year Earth Wind & Fire’s Keep Your Head to the Sky. In 1971 was Marvin’s What’s Goin On. The counterpoint to all that was the so called blaxploitation movie era, & the music that brought like, Isaac Hayes’ soundtrack to Shaft, & Marvin Gaye’s score to the movie, Trouble Man. It was an artistically powerful & musically diverse time. 👍🏾
I used to have this cheap little keyboard I got from the secondhand store. It was a small type of instrument. But since I have this song in my music collection, one day I sat down and worked out the melody to it. It’s very simple but works.
I always have time and playlist slots available for Mr. Withers. Brilliant musician.
There is no denying that the 60s and 70s are the greatest Era for music
With all due expect, that’s precisely how my peers and I feel about the 80’s and 90’s.
I would say 70s and 80s had the best soul. I really like 60s rock and blues and 90s and 2000s for Rnb
A song with a very important message.
Bill grew up in Slab Fork, West Virginia about 20 mins from where I live here in Pineville, WV. He joined the Navy at 17 and moved to Calif and this song is based on his up bringing. The blacks lived on one side of the railroad tracks and whites on the other but would borrow items from each other. The song is based on the way people were in Calif and different than WV folks, WV folks helped each other so he came up with this song.
Miss Bill Withers. Legion!
Bill Withers was my go-to for years whenever I struggled with a hard breakup or death of someone close. Songs like Lean on Me, Ain't No Sunshine, Grandma's Hands, etc. Withers was an auto worker when he cut his first record.
This is one of the first songs I vividly remember when music on car radio was a big thing. I was around 10 I’m guessing.
This is a great song Angela!! You might want to react to, if you haven't already......
Use Me
Grandma's Hands
Ain't No Sunshine
The Two of Us
Lovely Day
Who Is He? (And What Is He To You)
My favorite is Grandma's Hands. Breaks my heart every time.
One of the great ones.
This should be an anthem for the country
Def a feel good song....🙂
Great reaction Angela! Please check out Bill Withers' - Use Me.
Very good. Thank you.
Check out "Grandma's hands" Bill Withers
Nothing will EVER top the Bill Withers 1972 release, however, for a slightly updated and light-hearted version; Club Nouveau's 1986 version for the WIN!!
Classic song 1 you always have to sing when it comes on .....
Hi Ms. D., A Great, great song and person.. ♠W.G.
There was a remake of this song in the mid 80s that was pretty good also, great shirt by the way.
Now this artist has a lot of magical music, unlike the other one! My two favorites by Bill are Ain't No Sunshine and the collaboration he did with Grover Washington JR and Quincy Jones on the song Just The Two Of Us! The full version, not the radio edit! Groovy!
One more thing! Your reaction was really on point! I totally agree with you on everything you said! The only drawback is that not everyone feels that way! Some people believe that if you can't do it all yourself, you're weak, you're a loser, you're whinny, a malcontent, and many other criticisms like that! Some people just aren't compassionate and don't empathize with you! What can you do! Later persons!
This is my all time favorite. Listen to "Theres No Sunshine" .
Yes beautiful.
Classic song
How could you have never heard this song?
She said she heard “parts of it” but never in its entirety so it wasn’t like she was completely unfamiliar with “Lean On Me”.
Great song
Oh my gosh I love this song. Bill could get it done. I like being the one people can lean on. Probably why I love this song and "Bridge over troubled water ".
damn girl, you always have such impeccable taste and understanding. and yeah mr. withers was dripping with soul and this song was brilliant
Another friend theme song you might consider is the 1969 song (studio version please)Friendship Train by Gladys Knight and The Pips. Song has cowbell, funky bass, fuzzy guitar, great vocals of Gladys Knight and also has a wonderful message for all time. It is a gem that reactors miss.
Ooh a lefty? NICE. This song has been a great lifelong classic.
I’m surprised Angela didn’t mention “Lean On Me”, the Morgan Freeman movie. Often the film introduced millennials to the Bill Withers song (if they hadn’t heard it already).
I think you'd enjoy Bill's song 'Use Me' covered by Grace Jones. Grace with Sly and Robbie, you can't go wrong!
We all really need someone to lean on.
Fabulous song and such a superb reaction by you, Angela! Thank you! Here's to your next one! 🙏😊💜
Indubitably 😊
Great....
You should listen to a Scottish band that was big in the early 70s called MIDDLE of the Road they had 5 hits in one year 1971 a couple of there songs SOLEY SOLEY / SACRAMENTO etc.
This and Bridge Over Troubled Water and I Won't Last A Day Without You.
Much better. I guess I was overseas too much. ☕️☕️
You get it. What an awe inspiring message. Now listen to" He Ain't Heavy", Hollies version is best, and start crying..
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I Offer This Wisdom I Have Lived My Life By,, The Earth Is My Mother And ALL Her Children My Brothers & Sisters ❤️ 🧒 🌎 👧 ♥️
Navajo/Bil Hozhoni (The Happy One)
Lovely Day is another sphere
you need to watch "ain't no sunshine when she is gone".
Families are suppose to be a support system. Without a support system, survival gets real chancy.
Think you would like "gramma's hands". Also add my vote to any song mentioned below
always
Lol….come tothe dorkside.. we have pi
Check out Gotye and Kimbra- Somebody I Used to Know
❤❤❤❤❤ The movie Lean On Me with Principal Joe Clark from year's ago, was dealing with Eastside Highschool in very dangerous Paterson, NJ. I live on Madison Avenue in Paterson, NJ and I'm about 4 block's away from Eastside Highschool, this great song led to great discipline and respect from very dangerous student's to respect bullying, drug dealing and respecting teacher's and get a Degree !!!!! The late great Principal Joe Clark had to chain the door's on this dangerous Paterson, NJ Highschool and teach respect to the very dangerous student's 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 rip the late great Bill Withers 😊😊😊😊😊
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The 5th Bee Gee Lesley Gee Evans.
Dobie Grey, Drift Away. That is all.