A STARK REMINDER OF REALITY! JASON ISBELL-IF WE WERE VAMPIRES! REACTION!!

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[@joshw7974]

"Jason Isbell is the best lyric writer of my generation. He lives at a level where even great writers can only visit." -John Mayer

[@lt.spears1889]

Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson are two off the top of my head that are easily in Isbells league

[@blahblahblahblah9711]

They are both good, but not anywhere near Isbell, every song on Nashville Sound is amazing, Outfit alone puts him on a Springsteen, Dylan, Guthrie, Cohen level in my opinion.

[@lt.spears1889]

@@blahblahblahblah9711 it’s subjective so

[@FrankUnknown]

​@@lt.spears1889Tyler maybe, but Sturgill isn't on that level. I love Sturgill, don't get me wrong, but his songs are more "clever" than "heart-wrenching."

[@TheAndersox]

Beg to differ -- it's not sad and dark. About being vampires, he says, "I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand." Knowing it won't last forever is what makes it matter, makes you literally hold on to it. That's beautiful.

[@Real_McPhee]

Exactly! What makes beautiful is the truth behind each word. Once we come to grips with our switch getting flipped to the off position getting closer every single day, it makes you appreciate them even more. It doesn’t have to be a spouse to spend you days with, it could be your children or family, we should all work hard til the end of our shift!

[@GeckoPixel]

I agree, but I'd add Benjamin Tod in with them.

[@oldmanballer5088]

Well said!!

[@joegibbskins]

It can be both things at once. It’s beautiful because the impermanence of it all makes us hold the people we love tight. It’s sad because one day we will have to grieve them, or if we are lucky, forget them in death while they grieve us

[@1963jinx]

He is truly one of the best. His style is Americana. He just won a Grammy.

[@Real_McPhee]

I was 38 years old, married for a decade, when this song changed my perspective. “Maybe time running out is a gift” Man, took me a bit to wrap my head around the concept. That simple idea makes you realize every second spent with loved ones is more valuable than you can imagine. Recognizing perhaps you’ve seen more sunsets in your past than you will see in your future makes each one a little more beautiful.

[@jessievoisin5462]

John Mayer Jason Isbell is the best lyric writer of my generation. He lives at a level where even great writers can only visit.

[@MrDavecdva]

Yep, Mayer said that, and that was 6 years, and who knows how many amazing songs ago.

[@kevinking6666]

Jason Isbell and John Prine are the best song writers in 2 generations. Check out Prine if you haven’t. And this song is a CUT.

[@theyearwas1987]

My two favorites also. Nice

[@michaelmonnett9965]

This song is deeper when you know that the woman singing backup and playing violin is Amanda Shires, his wife. She is famous in her own right

[@lowriebean8140]

He does have a real way with words that make you stop and think. He writes so honestly that you can’t help but feel emotional sometimes.

[@theyearwas1987]

Bro!!! You need more followers! Your energy is genuine and your perspective is very common. Meaning a lot of people will relate with you

[@huskins99]

Hey man, don't know if anyone else answered but that guitar is called a dobro

[@isthatwhatemptymeans8222]

That is NOT a dobro... that is a resonator guitar.

[@mikesmyth8139]

Round neck resonator

[@kevinking6666]

And that’s his wife he is singing with (Amanda Shires). Check the way they look at each other. Fire.

[@Real_McPhee]

Kevin, watching them play live is amazing! I am a big softie when it comes to stuff like that. The way Amanda will play a riff on the fiddle and Jason answers her on the guitar is such a beautiful thing to watch!

[@tylermartin3003]

Violin and fiddle are generally the same instrument. The main difference is playing style, but both are tuned the same (so you can play songs in major or minor keys with both). Fiddles are sometimes strung with steel strings instead of synthetic to get a more piercing sound, and sometimes the bridge is flatter so that it's easier to play multiple strings at once. But a fiddle player could generally pick up a violin and play it just as they would a fiddle, and vice versa.

[@theyearwas1987]

That’s it

[@sleestack768]

White Man's World and Alabama Pines are also fantastic songs

[@joeltlong]

It's called a National Guitar. Paul Simon has a line: "The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar.. . .

[@rexgilbert6983]

Both those shows are 🔥😂

[@theyearwas1987]

You. Are. Not. Wrong. He is the best songwriter of our generation. He’s won 6 Grammys dude. So if you need a way to quantify it. There you go. He’s hands down the best.

[@JackCerro]

Jason is one of the best modern songwriters. You should check out some dead songwriting legends like John Prine, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

Every marriage begins in joy, ends in pain (divorce or death)- the rare exceptions are simultaneous death in some accident or trauma. I lost my beloved wife a bit over 4 years ago. we were together 34 years. I now carry on alone until it's my time to join her. Jason Isbell brings this reality home in a soul-searing song. I weep every time I play this song. I guess I'd call it "catharsis".

[@wendel5520]

Check out Elephant and Cover me Up if you have not. I agree he is one of the best songwriters right now. Also check out his wife Amanda Shires "when you need a train it never comes"

[@TheAndersox]

And Amanda Shires' "You Are My Home." I think of it as the bookend to Isbell's "Cover Me Up."

[@rickroybal7022]

Amanda's "You are my home." is good. These guys are the best. Seriously, the best music around.. His lyrics sincerely either squeeze or shred the heart. And he really loves his wife.

[@j.e.k.6014]

It's a dobro, often played at 90 degrees to the body with a slide.

[@joshw7974]

It's called a resonator guitar. Those using slides on this guitar, it's called a slide guitar.

[@mbsnyderc]

Often called a Dobro after the company that manufactured many of the early models.

[@blakearcher9247]

Love Jason Isbell. I played this song on loop for quite some time.

[@Aaron2gSTX]

Before they died, Prine and Petty both called him the best American born songwriter.

[@nantague]

Jason gives you truth.

[@jason_miller24]

Jason isbell has bars

[@danzollner9627]

It's technically called a resonator guitar. It's frequently referred to as a Dobro, which is actually a brand name, like Kleenex is a way people refer to tissues.

[@trentbobo4171]

I'm finding you a month late so if my calculations are correct, you're a newly wed. Congrats bro. I'll be celebrating my 25th anniversary this May. Haven't regretted a day. Thanks for the reaction to Jason.

[@mooseiamreacts4755]

🙏🏾🙏🏾 yessir! Just about a month into marriage. Thanks for the support!

[@bigrebel9816]

Song is a 💎 gem

[@DeronSizemore]

"if we were vampires then we could always be forever together". As I've went down the Jason Isbell rabbit hole, I think that's not quite the point of this song. He's illustrating that "time running out is a gift" because if we were vampires then we wouldn't feel the need to hold hands or love someone because we've got the rest of time to be together. Given that our time together is finite, we should make the best of what we have left.

[@remetta4787]

Love the reactions! Jason is awsome. We like vampire diary to lol would love for you to react to "The Rain" by remetta think you would like it. Keep up the good work!!

[@michaelmonnett9965]

Lol. Fiddle and violin are the same thing

[@MsBethannp]

He's next level as a lyricists. The only one I can compare him to lyrically is Tom Petty

[@chrishutchison8682]

I think it is called a reaonater

[@99sheepy]

For sure Jason Isbell is at the top of the game, today. Another titan of song writing has to be Joni Mitchell. Check out her songs A Case of You, Help Me, or Amelia. Really, too many Joni songs to list.

[@mooseiamreacts4755]

Got her on the queue now! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@tedawitulski194]

Isbell is a great Americana songwriter. Elephant Cover me up Have you ever heard the Drive by Truckers? That's where he started out.... One of the best talents, but not in the stratosphere like Bob Dylan

[@mooseiamreacts4755]

I haven't heard of Drive by Truckers but Im going to check it out now.

[@Bastikovski99]

If he does it for 40 more years he can be considered along side Dylan. I’d say purely on a poetry level he is close to Dylan, but can he succeed in 10 different genres of music?

[@MiguelRodriguez-rl2di]

The old joke is that a violin has strings but a fiddle has strangs. But there's nothing about the key that the song is played in or positioning that differentiates a violin from a fiddle, it's just a regional/dialect difference with the term fiddle being associated with Country/Bluegrass/Americana and violin being preferred in other genres of music.

[@larrymofle1856]

The guitar is called a resonator guitar

[@EgbertWilliams]

Listen to his "Live Oak", a murder mystery about a psychopath that sneaks up on you. Yes, sir, he is an amazing songwriter. Check out John Hiatt if you want another in his league.

[@Rolltidemom65]

They put him in Americana genre mostly

[@puckspam]

Violin and fiddle are the same instrument

[@randyjacobs9489]

Dobro! Or resonator.

[@Rolltidemom65]

John mayer I think it was him called Jason one the the best lyrisist in this generation

[@mooseiamreacts4755]

I believe it. John M has been known to spot out and give recognition to people that may not have the brightest spotlight.

[@preachervideo]

Guy Clark is the best.

[@InTherapyMusic]

Resonator guitar

[@yslandbaggett8981]

The guitar is a Dobro

[@jgilmer]

its called a Dobro.

[@braysonwertz1549]

Resonator

[@bazketcase117]

Dobro' is the name. Bro...

[@jasonmoore8987]

Dobro is a brand They are resonator guitars

[@bazketcase117]

@@jasonmoore8987 Hmm, didn't know that because I've had a Dobro setting in my living room now for years. Can't really play it but it sure looks good...

[@6rawler6a6y]

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[@ronwhittaker6317]

dobro not unlike the steel guitar or at least plugged in gives almost the same sound

[@onetruthmediacompany]

#MooseIAmReacta! Thats called a steel 🎸 guitar you were asking about

[@Rolltidemom65]

Songs she sang in the shower is good. Alot of them are. But you have to stop and think about the lines

[@sadiedouglas5208]

After listening to your reaction to the video of Tyler Childress explaining Long Violent History, I think you should avoid a lot of Isbell’s catalog. He’s been a liberal from all the way back to the Drive By Truckers days.

[@lyallbenjamin1045]

Let the artist sing and for God's sake stop interrupting all the time you just kill the song.

[@debbierhoden5922]

You're missing the point.