Christopher Cross - Sailing (REACTION) WRITER REACTS - First Time Hearing It

[@rx7dude2006]

One of the most relaxing songs ever.

[@SaeedReacts.]

100% . So soothing!

[@spadams999]

Ride Like the Wind is another great Christopher Cross piece.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@just_jo5850]

If you've never sailed before this song is exactly what it feels like 😊❤😊

[@imbubbymom]

This song right here won Grammys Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist. The album it was in won Album of the Year, Cross also won Best New Artist, what an artist this man is.

[@jmrob1107]

"Arthur's Theme" is a really beautiful Christopher Cross song. All of his songs are really nice.

[@RaffaPed]

@jmrob1107 He co-wrote the track with Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen. That's some serious talent. His voice is so perfect for this track.

[@zimjun7]

@@RaffaPed Yes! So many voices DO FIT the song!!! That's the key!!!! I love Burt Bacharach and Hal David's songs. Didn't know that Chris Cross co-wrote this!!

[@sylvieouellet212]

A masterpiece from this very talented musician and singer. It's a very soothing piece, I breathe better after each listen... One of my long time favorite! Ride Like the Wind should be the next one to react.. A whole musical journey! 😊🎶

[@robolafler]

Chris won 5 Grammy awards in 1980 including record of the year "Sailing", Album of the year " Christopher Cross", Song of the year "Sailing", Best New Artist , and Best Arrangement.

[@eterneh489]

I have always loved this song. The sound of the instruments during the intro almost convey the feeling of a sailboat flowing through the water to me, and the middle instrumental feels like that boat is just gliding free on a beautiful sunny day!

[@KristineHrabina]

One of my very favorite songs! Ride Like The Wind is really good too! ❤😊

[@SaeedReacts.]

So good! Thanks for watching and the recommendation.

[@brianmccleary6278]

He is excellent live…still sounds amazing. He is the king of what is called “yacht rock”. Not because of the sailing topic, but the easy listening aspect.

[@lisalovemc717]

Not onlyis this song a beautiful relaxing masterpiece, it takes me back to when I was 13 (when it came out) and just coming of age. It has a really special feeling for me.

[@debigiroux1811]

One of my favorite songs. It can unwind me like no other and is so beautiful. Great reaction friend

[@SaeedReacts.]

It truly is so soothing and calming. Beautiful! Thanks so much for watching.

[@RaffaPed]

Nice reaction A fun fact is that the beautiful intro was a total mistake where the the guitar and strings were recorded on separate tapes. When they started both tapes together the guitar track didn't start.... a total accident which won him a Grammy for best arrangement.

[@kmach1000]

Love "Never be the same". And "Ride like the wind" which has a tottaly different vibe of "Sailing"

[@deborahvernarelli6394]

Thank you, Susan for requesting this one. Another great singer from my day. Thank you, Saeed for your interpretation of these lyrics.😊 such a beautiful, peaceful, calming song.

[@wentibbetts7833]

And it really was a hit song. Simple, peaceful, calming. It's a treasure for us all. ✌🏽

[@lindasalvaterra1304]

Great song! Always loved it!

[@jthomann71]

"Arthur's Theme" from the movie Arthur and "Think of Laura" from the soap opera General Hospital are even better if you're looking for more Chris Cross.

[@yasinyasin7640]

That was literally "music and memories and bonds "❤

[@dwaynebeale7405]

Hey, as soon as you heard the music, it grabbed your emotions and took you to a place of peace, this is one of the greatest songs created in the earth Kris Cross nailed it, didn't he?

[@bazkeen]

Ride Like The Wind is probably my favorite from Christopher Cross 👌🏻👌🏻 Great reaction 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely want to hear more. Love this song. Thanks for watching

[@kens32052]

Any song with Michael McDonald sing background vocals will be good lol.

[@kevinfarrell3121]

Such a talent!

[@andreamuniz3033]

Christopher had the most soothing voice ever!!!! Beautiful song!!! I love your reactions Greetings fm Brazil

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing voice! So calming! Thanks for watching.

[@Free-flyBE]

I recently saw Christopher Cross on Rick Beato's channel; he randomly picked up a guitar & sang part of this..sounded just like the record!

[@pattymckitrick7436]

😊Ride Like the Wind..another great song by Christopher😊

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for watching and the recommendation!

[@joanfisher1079]

This song takes you away with its sound and imagery to being on the water and how it truly feels. Always loved it.

[@lauralackner6856]

Mr. Cross's voice can soothe me to sleep faster than any med!

[@cog4life]

“Ride like the Wind” is a more upbeat song of his… and “Arthur’s Theme” which is from the movie of the same name. 😊

[@debbers]

Hey Saeed, Great song, fabulous voice! Relaxing song too. Thanks to Susan for choosing it! Loved your reaction and your interpretation of it!

[@SaeedReacts.]

So soothing and calming! Amazing voice and song. Thanks for watching!

[@debbers]

Thank you for the heart, I always appreciate them!

[@Ciclopea2]

Few songs take me back to my childhood back in the 80's and enjoying songs in english years before i learned the language just because of the special feeling they gave me like this one, a personal favorite for sure 💖

[@deegomez2089]

This song will be listened to forever! 🎶🎵 Mr Cross was quite ill with covid and still suffers from some nerve damage, i believe, but he continues to make music 💚

[@KP-zi6jx]

Christopher wrote this about a friendship he had when he was 15, and his friend 19...his friend would take him out sailing...and Chris said it "magical", in just the two of them of what felt like in a different world, experiencing it together...and a time in life with his buddy special like no other. Chris went YEARS he said before he ever mentioned what the song was really about...just two boys out on the vast ocean alone together. So it's not so "metaphorical", it actually happened. 💪💞⛵

[@lunker1769]

I just read he financed his 1st album with profits from his successful weed distribution business.

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

Christopher Cross' songs were mindfulness long before the term was ever invented! ❤🎶🌍🙏

[@go234ko96ts5]

If your looking for a song to relax and calm you done this is the perfect one. The music and the the soft voice of Christopher Cross will guide you through the calm waters of life.

[@bethphillips9693]

He wrote a song called "Think of Laura" - about a dear friend who was killed in Columbus Ohio by a stray bullet in 1982. I was living in Columbus then and remember this story so well. He was dating her college roommate when he met her and commemorated the tragedy with that song. Great song with a sad inspiration. I think she was riding in a car - and a stray bullet from a gun battle a block or so away entered the car she was in and killed her. It was a shocking thing.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for taking the time to share this. That is heartbreaking and shocking.

[@threekidzmom04]

Another great calming song from my young adult years! 1979 was the year my husband and I married. Great time for music.

[@edwardcrews2952]

Phenomenal. Multiple Grammys for this masterpiece. Thank you for your reaction

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing song! Thanks for watching.

[@melaniebrown4660]

One of the most beautiful songs by one of the most underrated artists ever. Check out his first album. Won about every Grammy there is. A masterpiece!

[@williamdemerchant7295]

I love the drum drops in this beautiful song. It takes me back in time to when I was seventeen or eighteen and first hearing it.

[@cog4life]

Excellent artist! Beautiful one of a kind voice. 😊

[@esa5169]

Christopher Cross…what a great request. Haven’t heard “Sailing”for a very long time. I’ll need to go listen to “Ride Like the Wind” straight after this one and immerse myself again in this great music. He did a very good live version of Ride Like the Wind with Michael McDonald too, if I remember correctly. Love this channel for covering past eras of wonderful music as well as the current stuff. ❤

[@kingvii7250]

I'm lucky enough to see Toto live next year with Mr. CRISTOPHER CROSS as they're guest star.

[@johnnynice8158]

I love your thoughtful commentary, Saeed! And Christopher Cross's voice is so distinct. You know it's him when you hear it. Love him!

[@helenmalina799]

Beautiful and absolutely soothing ❤

[@warrengee-f9l]

Arthurs Theme .... Ride Like the Wind ....couple other greats

[@palmyreatkinson518]

love this song always relaxes me. I just want to close my eyes and sail away.

[@bobdelp2023]

SO THIS WAS GREAT SAEED AND THERE WERE 2 OTHER HUGE FM RADIO HITS : RIDE LIKE THE WIND & ARTHUR'S THEME FROM THE 80 COMEDY FILM ( ARTHUR ) 👍😊

[@scotties.3414]

Such a great recording artist. He was always Pitch Perfect and because of the strong tenor of his voice his recordings were often bathed in lush production to showcase the emotion of the songs. Be sure to check out Arthur's Theme ( Best That You Can Do) and Ride Like the Wind.

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

Beautiful song. Sure brings back good memories.

[@gaizkasalazarrodriguez5054]

This SONG kills me!!!💕❤️❤️

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

:) Ahhhh summer memories. Thanks. I needed that especially on this cold wintry day.

[@sassymess7111]

Christopher is a fellow Texan. My JAM from him is RIDE LIKE THE WIND. With Michael McDonald on baking vocals! Also the guitar as the song is going off is Christopher.

[@mikeadams2677]

Christopher and his band does such a great job of putting you out on that sailboat within your mind.

[@michaeltipton5500]

I had this album back in the day. Still one of my all time favorites. If I'm not mistaken it won song of the year in 1980.

[@davidl7605]

My mother always encouraged different types of genres of music. When I was a kid from Classical , Jazz, R&B, Motown, etc. This and the Australian group Little River Band were a couple we listened to. Christopher Cross has many other songs that are great. Also, Little River Band has some great tunes as well. Start with Reminiscing by them. They also have quite a few great tunes! Have a great day, Saeed!😊

[@Kevin-i6t5i]

In high school I was mostly into hard rock,southern rock but when this or ride like the wind came on the radio I cranked it up and told my friends to stfu and listen😂

[@martinfrancis4002]

Vow. How far this takes me back. There was no TV during the day when I grew up, and this used to play on the radio. I remember my aunt's home. A place of ever lasting love and magic as a child. I miss the people and the simplicity of growing up in the 80s. And I miss that house.. so much

[@roadkill7314]

I was a dedicated hard rocker in the 70's thru the 90's. Amazing to me how much I love yacht rock now; extreme nostalgia because this was such a huge part of the soundtrack of seniors lives!

[@KKDZ-sn3gi]

Heavenly song …beautiful voice & instrumental. ❤🙏 My dad loved to sail with his buddies. They each had a little sailboat by Phantom. They were similar to the more popular small Sunfish boats. He worked extremely hard his whole life & retired at 60. It was then that he purchased his dreamboat..a much bigger sailboat by Hunter. He had a 1 year old grandson that was his joy. Unfortunately, very unexpectedly, he got brain cancer. Glioblastoma Multiforme. The fastest growing. He passed within 9 months of diagnosis. While he was in hospice at the end he wanted to listen to this song nonstop on his headset. Sad beyond imagination for my family. 😢 A brilliant engineer, friend, father, husband, grandfather…and what a sailor he was!! ⛵️ 💨 Thanks for this reaction Saeed. ❤

[@SaeedReacts.]

So sorry for your loss. Sounds like an amazing human being. This truly is a beautiful song.

[@KKDZ-sn3gi]

@@SaeedReacts.❤

[@petercourtien4581]

I wish I was 15 again sometimes. Like right now.❤

[@petemora8408]

Beautiful song indeed. 🤙

[@gregpusczek4473]

brilliant

[@ednurge3848]

Love that you picked up the double meaning of canvas, as material of sailboat but what the painter uses as well. This music is art too.

[@SaeedReacts.]

This song is truly a work of art. Thanks for watching!

[@TheNotedHero]

When stuck at my desk banging out code for cash, this song is so appealing for its promise of escape from the daily grind. His song "Ride Like the Wind" is another great one worth listening to. Oh, and before I forget, he also had an interview with Rick Beato a while ago - you might want to check that out in your own time as well!

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

Absolutely never heard this before. Don't know the artist. Sooo calming. I can feel myself "bobbing " on the ocean. And yes, I can not say why ....but Aaron Neville. Love it when you are in "father mode " Greetings from South Africa

[@SaeedReacts.]

Love this song. So soothing. Thanks for watching. Greetings from Belgium.

[@mitchelllindgren1215]

FYI Jimmy Page had the first double guitar made for him so he could play Stairway to Heaven on tour. The song switches from acoustic to electric so quick that he didn’t have enough time to switch guitars. Also this was our song (my now wife and I) when we were dating in college. 44 years and it stands the test of time. Thanks for the memory.

[@jellyrollnorton]

The perfect followup to this would be his Oscar-winning song from the movie Arthur, Best That You Can Do - also known as "Arthur’s Theme." When you get caught between the moon and New York City.

[@StatsJedi]

Unique, a totally different vibe than any other song at the time. Try "Ride Like the Wind" next, it is also great, but not calm.

[@jellyrollnorton]

One of the best songs from the summer of ‘80.

[@uncnorseman2670]

The great Michael Omartian produced this album and took great songs and made them sound up to the music written by Christopher.

[@yoyotube0629]

Hi, i discovered your video reaction just recently & you’re one of the best.. very thorough & sincere!

[@jenniferandrews1917]

Beautiful song. R.I.P. Christopher.

[@JillCrowe55]

He hasn’t passed away… He is still touring actually

[@jenniferandrews1917]

@ my bad. Sorry. I could have sworn I saw that he passed on social media.

[@stevetournay6103]

​@@jenniferandrews1917 Heh. You could easily have run across misinformation like that there...happily CC is still with us and still performing.

[@threelittlewishes09]

Thanks!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much!

[@glennhall9257]

This song doesn't highlight it but he can really play guitar. And oh yeah, he's not dead yet.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely want to discover more. Thanks for letting me know he is still with us. Just looked up his wiki and was happy to see that 😃

[@stevetournay6103]

Love CC. There are artists (and managers) who oppose reactions and will have them taken down...and then there's the likes of Mr Cross here, who once viewed a reaction to his song Ride Like The Wind and liked it enough he linked it off his social media and struck up an acquaintance with the reactor (Jamel Griffin)... Other CC to check out, Never Be The Same, Think Of Laura, Every Turn Of The World. There's a terrific pure-live version of the latter on KZbin. CC is still with us and tours occasionally. He's a terrific guitarist.

[@MarkhamShawPyle]

Just a Good Ol' Boy from San Antonio who inadvertently fathered yacht rock...

[@1bigrowdy]

Chris Cross trivia ..one of his firsr bands he played drums The band was the opening act for Led Zeppelin for 5 shiws when they tiloured Texas.(Texas had a stipulation a Texas based band had to open for touring bands) He is the only guitarist ever to stand in for Richie Blackmore for the opening date of Deep Purple's first American tour. ( R.B. had the flu)/

[@bobdelp2023]

👍😊

[@chaunapierce8678]

I love this song it's just so relaxing and makes you actually feel like you're out there on the ocean feeling the wind in your hair. I don't know if you listen to Van Morrison song Into The Mystic but it kind of has this same Feeling if you haven't listened to Van Morrison try him😅

[@trevalarose8155]

They're heavy but I've never held a Fender double neck guitar. Looks really cool. I thought my friend was going to play Styx " Come Sail Away" on the jukebox and she played this song.

[@dagmar.6954]

I remember when Christopher Cross's first album came out in 1979 & we all bought a copy. The whole album was good with one hit after another including "Sailing", "Ride Like The Wind", "Never Be The Same", "Say You'll Be Mine" etc. He won 5 Grammy Awards for it. In 1981 Cross released "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" . The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song. He released a 2nd album in 1983 with a few hits on it such as "All Right", "No Time For Talk", & "Think Of Laura". But sadly after that his fame declined. Success came quickly, all at once & then suddenly faded. Too bad as he was very talented.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for watching and the recommendations!

[@AnaRafaelaDionísio]

Very beautiful song. Kisses. Ana

[@leeyaferguson9019]

Try is Arthur, Best that you can do. Theme😊😊

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@marieaug9322]

Do think of Laura one of my favs, so sweet.

[@egg8928]

Gigi de lana also did a cover of this song Sailing its fire 🔥🔥🔥Gigi killed this hope you can listen & make a reaction on her version too..

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥😎⛵️

[@ed.z.]

Yep. I guess that’s how brains work…(sometimes).

[@SaeedReacts.]

It just does things without me asking 😅. For better or for worse 😄

[@rayrodriguez8417]

Saeed, you would love his son " Arthur's Theme" its from a Movie . Awesome

[@SaeedReacts.]

That sounds interesting! Thanks for watching and the recommendation.

[@marcus3261]

I have a very beautiful song request Saeed for you to react to if you would like to. It is a song by Van Morrison and the song is called ( Have I told you lately that I love you). First released in June 1989. Hope you like it Saeed and thank you. 😁🇮🇪👍🙏🙋

[@baum3940]

Please check out Mainstream by BE:FIRST. They are a Japanese dance and vocal group, and their music offers a unique experience that opens the door to something new and exciting.

[@cyrilmauras4247]

I love his theme "It might be you" for the film "Tootsie"!

[@BethHutter]

I believe that was Stephen Bishop...

[@stevetournay6103]

That was Stephen Bishop. Similar vocal style...and It Might Be You is lovely.