ACE - How Long | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

[@marilyn4917]

Paul Carrack sang lead in Mike+the Mechanics “The Living Years”. He really is in the groove here. Thanks for playing this.

[@Xxxxxx19-p1c]

The bass makes this song float.

[@michaelasay8587]

Yes!!

[@827dusty]

All of these oldies from 40-50 years ago! Remind me of just how much better music was then. No comparison to the crap put out now.

[@KJ-4321]

I totally agree! Todays “music” ………

[@b3stanga697]

Do they even make music today?

[@Wordsmyth8]

Agree! I try to listen to today’s stuff, but with a few exceptions, it’s a no-go. Sting once said that rock ‘n roll as a form of musical expression is dead. I didn’t agree at the time (early ‘80s?), but now I see he was on the right track. I think it’s definitely dead now.

[@Lovegun-w4s]

Agreed 💯💯💯💯

[@jamesvomsaal]

That’s Paul Carrack sang with Squeeze,Mike and the Mechanics,Solo stuff great R and B vocalist and keyboardist

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

One of the two or three best yet most unheralded voices in rock and roll history.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour100%

[@jobill8487]

love his solo stuff!

[@mitchridder4071]

Lead singer Paul Carrack has had hits with Ace, Squeeze, and Mike + The Mechanics. Very few singers have done this. More Paul!

[@Wordsmyth8]

Very smooth, chill classic. Thanks for choosing good music, Shawn. Hang in there. 👍

[@lisarousseau788]

How Long have i loved this song? Long Long Time!!!!

[@billybarnes4474]

I don't know if anybody told you the regions of this song but the bass player was playing with another band so we wrote this song about it

[@billkant849]

The band was Quiver, they did several albums with The Sutherland Brothers. Their guitar player, for Quiver, is the guy way over to the left playing rhythm for the Pulse concert. Ooops you just read most of this. However...to listen to another one that's worth listening to (Linda Ronstadt did a version of it also) try Lies by The Tarney Spencer Band off of the Run For Your Life album.

[@KJ-4321]

Great song! I’ve said this b4 but you are so fun to watch because you LOVEEEE the music we grew up with! It shows & we love it! We also love you sharing your feelings & thoughts with us! Thanks again! 😀

[@vvcougar71]

Every time I hear this song It sounds like Ambrosia. I love Ambrosia and this song too.

[@bruceprosje9243]

The song is about the band's bass player being actively recruited by another band. Ultimately, the bass player came back to the band in time to record the bass track on this tune.

[@VinceEmbry]

That band was Pablo Cruise.

[@mes7moon]

This was basically “The biggest hit in the 70s, had to have charted to the top & stayed their awhile, never looked but it was on the radio a lot! Great song. One you never forget. And great instrumentals on this one. Glad to see you enjoying the 70s music & this was MUSIC! ✌️

[@johnfrank3177]

Hey Shawn. Always liked this one, so glad you reacted to it. i used to sing this song in a cover band so I have a special relationship with it. Keep doing your reactions, I enjoy them. Peace.

[@mes7moon]

This was basically “The biggest hit in the 70s, had to have charted to the top & stayed their awhile, never looked but it was on the radio a lot! Great song. One you never forget. And great instrumentals on this one

[@willfromyadkinville]

gosh i miss these days! we had it so good!

[@garyarnett1220]

After Ace, Paul spent a short time with the group Squeeze. STRONGLY suggest checking out their song "Tempted", again with Paul on vocals.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Another great song, Shawn. You are putting great songs out here…love this! 👏👏👏🩵🩵

[@MissAstorDancer]

Shawn, both of the Mike & The Mechanics songs you reacted to, featured Paul on lead vocals. I think it would make you very happy to dive more deeply into Paul Carrack!!! With the 3 examples you have under your belt, may I recommend that you react to the 1981 song "Tempted" by the group "Squeeze", with Paul on lead vocals. Definitely some juicy smooth blue-eyed soul I know you will love! The song had its highest chart position in the US, reaching #8 on Billboard's Adult Mainstream Rock chart!

[@StevesFunhouse]

Yeah, it took me a while of wondering why there were some of those one-hit wonders out there that sounded so good, and then I found out ... that's because the guy who made them a hit keep moving on to other bands ... and the hits followed HIM !!! Kind of like another guy, Michael MacDonald (which I sort of like, but am mad for f*cking up The Doobie Brothers sound), who also moved from band to band.

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

It's been years since I've heard this song. Love it when you sing along, Shawn. 🎤🎶Requesting: "WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN" by THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Thanks for making these a lot of fun for us!! 😁

[@johnniekight1879]

Currently in my car I've been listening to a Paul Carrack CD I put together. He wrote and sang "Tempted" when he was with Squeeze. You gotta check that one out.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Tempted is great, Erica Badu did a great version too

[@fayesouthall6604]

Paul Carrack has one of the best voices in British popular music.

[@garyarnett1220]

Phil Collins said Paul could sing a phone book and make it sound good.

[@KP-zi6jx]

Little 10 yr old me walking around in 1974 singing this bc it was my favorite song, LOL! Still fuckin' delicious now at 60...this song never left me.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

Wow, I was hoping for this song. Long time no hear. Great song and band. Thanks for doing this one, Shawn. Blessings.

[@michaelasay8587]

You should be listening to it all the time!

[@glennkirchens7970]

This is on my yacht rock playlist.

[@083046]

More folks should subscribe. You give wonderful and joyful insight to the music and artists. 'How Long" was at one time my favorite gym single to get me motivated - I've listened to it at least 1,000 times but never made the effort to check out the band ACE. As you state it was from 1975 and at the time when it came out I was 29 years old. Thanks and much appreciated.

[@magicbrownie1357]

I like the guitar solo in this. Kinda comes outta nowhere. And those silky vocals.

[@MrBeartattie7415]

Firefall strangeway

[@lisarousseau788]

I love that song!

[@b3stanga697]

“Yacht Rock” is a whole other genre to explore.

[@dow311]

AKA 70’s music.

[@onsesejoo2605]

That this song is about a bass player comes up every time in comments. However you can't tell if listening the lyrics as they are universally on relationship. I think there is the difference between the inspiration and the result here. Some songwriters opt out not to tell what kind of things are behind the songs saying that a song can mean so many different things which are of personal value to people.

[@bobcorbin3294]

I saw this song performed live in 1975 when a Ace opened for Yes.

[@pattymckitrick7436]

❤❤I listen to this one quite often. Just timeless, great music.❤❤

[@eggy1962]

paul carrick is also on a song by Squeeze -Tempted

[@mariaportengen2959]

A real Masterpiece. 🎶🎶👍❤️

[@michaelasay8587]

One of my all time fav's!!

[@pattymckitrick7436]

❤❤ahhhh yessss !!! ❤❤

[@bearballin]

Pablo Cruise - "Love Will Find a Way", "Whatcha Gonna Do" from the same time period. Smooth adult contemporary pop!

[@DennisGayhart-s3t]

One of the band members was playing with another band on the downlow, he wrote it for him. One hit wonder.

[@plantfeeder6677]

If it wasn't for one hit wonders the top 100 would be the top ten. They made the rocking world go 'round.

[@armandogarza6181]

Love this song. When I first heard it, I thought it was by a US R&B group. It definitely has that vibe.

[@intothesunset3]

Love this song♥Great reaction Shawn! Besides singing lead for Mike + the Mechanics, Paul Carrack played keys for Roxy Music for a while, and sang lead on the Squeeze classic "Tempted"...I highly recommend that song, especially their original 1981 version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6bRpmOViMSbjLc

[@MarkChappell1]

This song got heavy play in my teens, just so listenable.

[@Vee1music-lover]

Wow, I’m loving seeing u react to all these great tunes! NOW U KNOW!😎✌🏻 Sure helps me stay out of my head. Just let my youngest baby girl (26) go fly on her own. Well she owned her own home here but a guy came along from a different city and well u know what I’m talking about. Sad Mama here.

[@floorticket]

Friday, after midnight in the rumpus room with the black light on. Posters glowing on the walls, kicking it in the oversized beanbag chair while the stereo console plays.

[@peterfields4801]

So good,so short!😎

[@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036]

One of my absolute favorite tracks from back in the day! There's a longer version on YT, 6+ min. (created by DJDiscoCat...)- if you feel like groovin' on your own time.

[@librarylady13]

💖💖💖

[@469buck]

Paul Carrack can sing anything!

[@johnmartinez1195]

Such a great song, it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. The song is inspired by a band mate writing music with another band.

[@kallsop2]

Ace was one of the middle of the road music groups of the late 70's. Just good music and lead singer Paul Carrak is really good, he went on be lead for several groups. Yeah the song is too short but that was the limit for Billboard Hot 100 stations then.

[@RegenaCox-yy1rl]

It sounds like in the song that they are talking about someone maybe having an affair and wondering how long it had been going on, but I heard that it was actually about him finding out that his base player had been moonlighting with another band and he wondered how long it had been going on.

[@builder309]

You are correct.

[@nadekaep]

Now try Paul Carrack with Eric Clapton doing this same song. It's on KZbin; just type Paul Carrack Eric Clapton How Long in the search box. This was from Clapton's 2013/4 tour and he brought the golden voiced Paul Carrack along. This recording was at the Baloise Seesions in Switzerland. Paul plays the electric piano and sings while Clapton has two guitar solos - second one is pure eargasm. I try to watch once a week if not daily. Enjoy, Peace, and Love.

[@dow311]

Yacht Rock aka 70’s music.

[@andrewcormier529]

Interesting story on this song that I never knew about I always thought it was about a girl or something like that but what it really was about was the bass player was Moonlighting with another band and the lead singer found out about it and he was asking him how long has this been going on but anyway it's a neat Story I Heard it on a John Tesh radio show one night long time ago great song though I always really liked it another great reaction brother keep spreading the music around❤

[@MarilynMorrison]

Great song and awesome reaction as always!🎶 I would suggest you check out the recent cover by Vanessa Amorosi, produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), fantastic version with a great music video.📺

[@penelopehornswaggle102]

You should check out Holding back the Years by Simply Red. The live version in Montreux 1992 is really good. His voice sounds gorgeous, and the quality is really really good.

[@BerlinFan82]

Yacht Rock

[@thomasmcdonough6642]

Had the album

[@nyrocks5580]

It's a shame that Paul Carrack isn't more well-known. Fantastic voice.

[@michaelasay8587]

Dont say baby.....this guy is hott

[@xJRx77]

Do a wikipedia on Paul Carrack. You'll be blown away!

[@kowindsurf1590]

check out the Midnight Special version of Redbone you"llbe surprised

[@joeltwinx3805]

Members of Mike and the mechanics members of the band squeeze

[@bobbartle]

Elvis Presley's song "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" is about losing your sweetheart to your best friend. Early Elvis. Recommend.

[@DaleRussell-q3p]

Shawn, please check out The Bluest Blue be Alvin Lee with George Harrison. It will change your life, promise.

[@michaelasay8587]

Oh please do much more Karen Carpenter man!! "A place to hideaway"

[@michaelasay8587]

Id be dead now without all this great music 8n th8s crazy US! Lets hope Trump wins🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@japl1505]

Shawn Try this live Version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHu7kImIp5l5aK8

[@intothesunset3]

Wow-- love that!

[@lisar.6670]

Someone, seriously ... PLEASE re-create and bring back the discoteques. Call them 'RETRO-teques'. Only music [not just disco but all genres] from that era .. 1970 ~ 1985 .. would be played.

[@kh2099-z5f]

Pretty much a one hit wounder but what a great song

[@torgo4ever]

If you were a musician and you were ever in a band , you would understand immediately.

[@danieloleary1067]

As noted in the other comments this song is not about a cheating girlfriend. It's about their bass player Terry Comer who was working with other bands and didn't tell his ACE bandmates.