FIRST TIME REACTING TO | Bonnie Raitt "Thing Called Love"

[@charliepeterson7168]

The line is "I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves..." Kid gloves basically means something you handle gently... Bonnie is a national treasure... Great reactions

[@nitab1971]

Kid Gloves are softened kid leather...baby goat. Soft, delicate goat leather.

[@johnwilkinson4683]

Bonnie is a great guitarist in her own right... no one but Bonnie can hang with bands like little feat and not miss a beat.

[@neildonley9626]

The song writer, John Hiatt, is also worth checking out. Lots of good songs.

[@jeffreyjameson5510]

Saw John with Lyle Lovett. Just two guys with guitar telling stories and trading songs. Great show.

[@bengilbert7655]

She ranked No. 50 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", and ranked No. 89 on the magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

[@rickfortier8664]

Please note how great of a guitar/slide guitar player she is!

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

"I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves". The music video is so much fun. The actor Dennis Quade is in it.

[@KajunMoo70]

I was so excited when I saw that Britt was reacting to this as I just assumed and then was disappointed that it was not the official video. Dennis Quaid was so freakin’ adorable in it❤️

[@danielfox6907]

Bonnie is from a very musical family. Both parents famous opera singers.

[@davidyoung745]

I’ve always LOVED Bonnie Raitt’s voice. That woman is a treasure!

[@ireneramirez496]

I had the opportunity to meet Bonnie Raitt and Muddy Waters years back a year before Muddy Waters passed away, it was a chance of a life time. My friend won some tickets to a blues concert and she couldn't go cause her husband got sick so she asked me if I would like to go and see Bonnie Raitt at first I was like who could I get to go with me I don't know too many people that like blues music 🎶🎼 so I found a co-worker that was willing to just to get away for a weekend. Little did we know those tickets turned out to be winners for a meet and greet with back stage passes that day my friend was so bummed out that she missed out on meeting Bonnie Raitt and Muddy Waters that day. I have pictures of being on Bonnie Raitt's tour buss and having my picture taken with her but I got an autographed picture of Bonnie and Muddy for my friend and thanked her for a chance of a life time.

[@jcwalter9973]

Bonnie is bar non one of their best slide guitarist. Full stop. Listen to her cover of Bob Dylan’s Standing in the Doorway, or to one of her older songs Love Has No Pride. Little different than the more commercial songs. Bonnie is a force, she is complex, and she is amazing.

[@loveloochay]

🎼🎼🖤🦊🖤🎼🎼 .. she is the bomb !! Very cool song .. great vibe and killer guitar skills. Very good choice Britt 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@quinjesuis9187]

YESSSS BABY ❤️‍🔥🥰💋

[@rapidfirerob4]

Bonnie Great!! That's it, that's all!

[@jimcrawford3221]

Great performer! I love her collaboration with John Prine on Angel From Montgomery.

[@lunadyana3330]

Have you done Bonnie’s signature song, “Angel from Montgomery?” If not, i’m sure you’d vibe with it. I call it one of the saddest songs ever written, but in a beautiful way

[@MattJocks]

Her father John was a famous Broadway singer. If you want entertainment, look up the David Letterman clip where, throughout one of the shows, John and Bonnie would come out and belt out a few lines from shows like Oklahoma and then be gone. It was classic.

[@sanzoftatooine]

I remember that. It was a great gimmick.

[@bengilbert7655]

Check out her duet with old time bluesman John Lee Hooker, I'm In the Mood. Also her cover of Roy Orbison's (Anything You Want) You Got It.

[@kjisnot]

Bonnie is probably the only singer I've seen that could hang with Aretha in those women of rock shows that used to come around. Everyone else would always be outclassed. Super slide player too.

[@WiseOwl-1]

Check out Bonnie and Lowell George (Little Feat) recordings from WAY back in the day

[@janish4027]

Kid Gloves were gloves made from kid (baby goat) skin...very soft and fragile, but she's speaking metaphorically. "She aint no porcupine"...he (or she) can touch her without getting hurt (damaging the "gloves")

[@curtismarsh4528]

I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves

[@brendamcd704]

I've been listening and loving Bonnie for 52 years!! She is my favorite female blues artist and that slide guitar? Oh my! Her earliest work is the blues-iest and raw-ist. Check them out especially if you dig the vinyl sound. You're right - she is IT and is so humble. I had the pleasure of seeing her perform in New Orleans and ALWAYS has the best band. BTW, her dad was an accomplished Broadway performer. Her SASS cannot be matched.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Bonnie Raitt is one of the top guitarist in the world.

[@RedSinter]

She has such an incredible voice ...it gives me chills... And love her bottle neck .. And oh yes, she can hang~

[@chuckles5163]

BRITT, AS USUAL YOU ARE LATE TO THE PARTY!!!!!EVERYONE ELSE HAS LOVED "BONNIE" FOR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@richarddaugherty8583]

Bonnie Raitt is still sexy as hell! Check out her cover of INXS song Need You Tonight, and also her cover of Steve Winwood's song Can't Find My Way Home (about 30 years ago or more). That last one was a jam that sounded like it was on a radio show. Too cool!

[@karengoodenough827]

Bonnie sang back up vocals for Little Feat, you should check out the video for Dixie Chicken, Miss Bonnie and another famous singer Emmy Lou Harris are in video as back up singers

[@livelaughandlovelong]

Bonnie knows she is one of the best. But she is a humble soul. She is first and foremost an incredible caring woman. Nevermind her unending talent. She rakes the slide with the best.

[@denisewhite4858]

If you liked this one, you might enjoy Bonnie's "Love Letter." Criminally overlooked. Great reactions, keep them coming!

[@brittreacts]

I will keep it in mind, thanks!

[@erinhafer228]

One of my absolute favorites!!!

[@janish4027]

I LOVE that song...the whole Nick of Time album is fantastic. And if you want to cry your eyes out...listen to "I Can't Make You Love Me" - saddest sing ever 😢

[@riskyseeds423]

Kid gloves (an old saying)you should check out Runaway A cover she did early on.

[@stratomycaster881]

Queen of the slide guitar!!

[@colorado.cyclist.m.d.]

Miss Bonnie be gettin' nasty with that slide geetar here! This song embodies all the universal emotions Bonnie sings about - lust, unrequited love, longing, rage. She makes music for intelligent grownups, and this is a song for intelligent, mature grownups. Go Bonnie! I'd also recommend "Love Sneakin' Up On You." That sliiide geetar funk blues is fantastic.

[@curtismarsh4528]

Angel from Montgomery is a classic from Bonnie.

[@axandio]

From John Prine. Bonnie covered it and made it her own but don't discount Susan Tedeschi's version too!

[@curtismarsh4528]

I knew John wrote it (RIP), but have never heard the Susan Tedeschi's version. I'll check it out. I have heard the Lyle Lovett, Bonnie cut, that's breath taking.

[@MistyMorningMangoes]

Bonnie doesn’t have a seat at the table, she owns the damn table. One of the greatest!

[@mikehoward2340]

"Kid gloves" gloves made of kid leather (soft baby goat skin) usually worn for delicate or fine purposes. "Handle with kid gloves" meant to treat gently. She's saying that she doesn't need to be handled with care 😀

[@fxrwg83]

Britt ive liked Bonnie for a really long time. Great voice & great guitarist

[@jeffspeedy11]

I think it's 'kid gloves'

[@Mark-oy9lw]

Would love you to react to Jimmy Barnes voice. Too much ain’t enough

[@jimwebb9328]

Song written by John Hiatt. He's another worthwhile rabbit hole.

[@mikmaqwoman]

She has been around a long time...I seen her 4 times in concert..she is the best slide guitarist

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Robert Cray "Smoking Gun"...Nuff Said.

[@brittreacts]

I will keep it in mind, thanks!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

@brittreacts You are more than welcome my music lovin' sister.

[@douglasmerkel8747]

My favorite Bonnie song is "If I fell for you.". Original done by Lennie Welch. I still have her first album from 1972.

[@stevenbaker107]

I have loved Bonnie for decades

[@nitab1971]

You're right about Bonnie being "at the table". In fact, most artists would drive to her house, pick her up, and hand-deliver her to her seat at the table. She's genuine.

[@markdecker6190]

She's Bonafide!

[@davidphillips4476]

"I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves. She was just the image of cool. Rolling Stone named Bonnie as one of the top 100 singers of all time and 1of the top 100 Guitarists of all time. 10 time Grammy winner, Just a side note; many people know her father John Raitt from Broadway; you know things like Oklahoma, Carousel, Pajama Game, her mother was a well known pianist. She got great roots for sure. Add all that to Quaker traditions and boom Bonnie. Love Bonnie her music and her activism.

[@jerrypost9651]

Loved your reaction as always, Britt. ❤ I think the porcupine/kid-glove line is Bonnie saying I'm ready to rough it up a bit with you. So stop holdin' back. 😉

[@caroljshepherd3848]

If you like that, and let's face it, why wouldn't you? You'll like Wynnona Judd singing "when love start's talking." It's got a great video too. ❤

[@rickpetersen1745]

BONNIE is the Queen of Blues, she's been around since the 60s. And there isn't a female slide guitarist that can complete with her.

[@danielmcgraw7908]

For some reason, I think she did perform WITH Aretha, back in the late 70s, early 80s.

[@-R.Gray-]

Bonnie left college in her 20's to play with and learn from surviving blues masters such as Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House, and John Lee Hooker.

[@robin8773]

bonnie has collaberated with lots of folks. my favorite is sheryl crow, mavis staples, and bonnie singing 'livewire' on the ellen show.

[@brittreacts]

thanks for letting me know!

[@Vinnie777Terra]

Hey there..! Don't Let Go and You Can Have Her - Roy Hamilton Hickory Hollow's Tramp - O C Smith Tragedy - Thomas Wayne First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen Seven Year Ache - Roseann Cash Mr Blue - The Fleetwoods Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson Switching to instrumentals The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche Huapango - de Moncayo Enjoy!

[@RedSinter]

You need to check out. Just Like That...her Grammy Winning Song ...but I warn you bring the tissues

[@cbobwhite5768]

Take off your "kid gloves". "Kid Gloves" are gloves made of leather, from young goats. Extremely soft, used for handling delicate objects.

[@matthewdooley7855]

One of my favorite Bonnie Raitt songs. She's so cool!

[@brittreacts]

It's a great song and yes she is!!

[@ddmagee57]

You've got to listen to her title album BONNIE RAITT.

[@daviddragavon7555]

Try "Woman be Wise" off her first album..a long time ago. I have had a celebrity crush on her going all the way back. I have a rather long list of folk, living, and dead, I would like to drink coffee with, for an hour or two. Just to listen to: Ghandi, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Obama, Dr King, Lincoln, Ringo...etc..call me crazy..

[@robertjewell9727]

Kid gloves - "used in reference to careful and delicate treatment of a person or situation." In other words...well... Yeah, she can keep up and surpass.

[@janeames1513]

i feel like Bonnie is a little Caribbean mixed with blues and rockabilly...any rocker knows who Bonnie is ...

[@leonh.kalayjian6556]

She writes these lyrics, right? Really amazingly good

[@mikmaqwoman]

Kit gloves

[@ellenb2498]

She wants NOT to be handled with kid gloves. She wants him to put his hands on her. Smart woman!

[@denniswatson455]

check out some of her songs after this one, especially Tangled and Dark and Feeling of Falling....you get the true funk of Ms B's soul

[@mikemaricle9941]

Kid Gloves

[@ChrisB-xm3mg]

Kid gloves. I think she’s basically saying don’t be afraid to put your hands on her. Nobody’s going to get hurt.

[@Cheryworld]

"Kid Gloves" - thake off your kid gloves. a great follow up on Bonnie Raidt would be "Blender Blues"

[@andrelimoges3654]

"Take off your Kid Gloves" . An older saying meaning that don't be so gentle. I'm not going to break.

[@neillenet291]

Kid gloves are very soft leather gloves. to "treat someone with Kid gloves" is to treat them gently, as if they are fragile.

[@Yowza78]

I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves = I ain't gonna hurt ya none. Don't be scared.

[@arlenejones1386]

It means take off your (kid) gloves and touch me with your hands!

[@RedSinter]

B.B. King said one of the Best if Not the Best Bottle Neck Players he loved her....

[@geoffgeorge8813]

"Take of your kid gloves" meaning: I don't need to be handled gently - i.e. "give it to me"

[@stevegodfrey44]

I ain't no porcupine take off Your kid gloves means You don't have to treat Me like a tender little baby 😉

[@13dma1rz]

She did a duet with John Lee Hooker. Worth checking out.

[@FayeFrost-f1i]

Oh...it's take off your kid gloves

[@1bigrowdy]

Take off your Kid Gloves....a glove of very soft leather

[@adua78]

She’s got swagger.

[@somestupidname3266]

Man, who is choosing these songs for you? Bonnie won Song of the Year in 2022 for her song Just Like That. Maybe react to that one?

[@Jmyth44]

“Kit gloves “ means you’re treating her too soft

[@kilroyishere6190]

Where ya been?..in a cave for what?…35 years..

[@FayeFrost-f1i]

Girl, Bonnie had a place at the table s long time.😊

[@chuckles5163]

BRITT, YOU NEED TO FIND "ELVIS" "TAKE MY HAND PRECIOUS LORD" YOU WILL CRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brittreacts]

I will keep it in mind, thanks!

[@SwirlingDervish536]

in my next life i want to come back as Bonnie,so I can feel how being cool feels.

[@dscotthoward7467]

A woman named Alice Stuart passed away a couple weeks back, blues legend Taj Mahal said of Alice "She plowed the road Bonnie Raitt walked down". She was also an early member of her then boyfriend Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. Check her out folks, she deserves some love.

[@seanellio]

Written by the incomparable John Hiatt. There is a line in the original John Hiatt that Ms. Raitt leaves out. Right near the end of the instrumental bridge, John says "Before the laws of God and the laws of man, I take you for my wife. To Love, honor, cherish, and obey. Now I never planned to live this kind of life, it just worked out that way."

[@rickmaggard9417]

Give the judds a listen love your show

[@rickkane7913]

Song written by her friend John Hiatt. She owns this. He has a great version with either Ry Cooder or Sonny Landreth on slide. Great writer/performer himself. Check out something like "Lipstick Sunset"

[@alannorris8465]

Kid gloves are made of Kidskin. "Kids" are young goats. Their leather is VERY soft. Kid gloves are used for touching things that require a soft touch. Bonnie is saying that she doesn't need to be treated like fine china or a prickly porcupine. She's in the mood for a thing called love.

[@JeffreyCantelope]

Bonnie comes by her singing chops honestly. Her dad was John Raitt a Broadway musicl star in the 50's and 60's

[@livelaughandlovelong]

Take off your kid gloves

[@vincentfarquhar9671]

Bonnie Raitt can Plllaaaaaaaaayy and Ssaaanng!!!

[@camorbz]

Take off your kid gloves . . .

[@robertboyer1086]

"sassification" Love it! 😂💕

[@hap8331]

Keep up with them? She taught most if hhem!

[@billminion1819]

take off your kid gloves

[@TexasMagnolia]

More Please! “Nick of Time”

[@grandmarshal7539]

Take off your kid gloves

[@Nomoshixas]

You really need to cover her biggest song, "angel from Montgomery "!

[@brittreacts]

I will keep it in mind, thanks!

[@clars7146]

…. please go listen to the great story in the song “just like that” Grammy winner 2023

[@clars7146]

… A star in the 70s and still a star 50 years later… Bonnie is a stunning talent!

[@jonathanwright9613]

It's called "Cajun" influence, she is a southern girl.

[@jonathanwright9613]

Southern California that is.