First listen to Jim Croce - I Got a Name (REACTION)

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[@Dooklawz]

Although Jim did not write this song, pretty certain we'd all agree that he most definitely owned it with his vocals.

[@garychambers5850]

Without a doubt, Its Jims Song!!!!! 🕊🕊

[@jvmonte6638]

Jim Croce left us in his prime. RIP 🙏

[@justafreethinker]

Daniel, Jim Croce, like John Denver, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, Joan Baez and so many others in the 70's were some of the greatest songwriters and singers we might have ever heard. I hope you continue down this awesome road. And keep these songs and singers alive through their music to the next generation and all generations afterward. Peace.

[@ericoh123]

Jim contributed highly to the zeitgeist/mood during the early '70's when I was a young longhair in junior high...

[@steveullrich7737]

Those were great days to be young because of all the great music like this and the other great singer/songwriters.

[@georgewodicka4839]

Croce, Chapin, both legendary, now it's time to sample a little bit of John Denver. You won't be disappointed.

[@recyclerhopkins]

Anything you do from John Denver would be great but Annie's Song or I'm Sorry would be a good place to start.

[@sidecardog5244]

Rocky Mountain High.

[@reha1066]

Yep

[@dgminner]

I was going to suggest him too.

[@teresanewman4656]

John Denver please

[@teeevans8718]

The first note, the first word, you know its Jim! His stuff is so damn tight and emotional. Classic voice!! So glad a young guy can appreciate it.

[@mikebrown2039]

Love your channel,so different than the other reactors.Jim Croce was the best of everything

[@deborahdean]

I was about your age when I first heard Jim Croce. I wish I could say I appreciated all his lyrics for what they were then. They become more poignant as I get older. He was a lyrical genius. RIP.

[@rosmeeker1964]

Love. One of my favourite Croces. But then...they are all good.

[@garychambers5850]

So sad, he left us so soon! I was only 19 back in 1973, On that September night it came over the car radio. I was in disbelief.. I know he's in Heaven with the others who lost their lives on that plane. And Like Jim, his music is eternal! 🧡🕊🕊⛪⛪✝✝🥰

[@clydeb7713]

Jim left us on 9/20/73. Terrible loss, still felt today.

[@jhamptonjr]

That's actually Jim's partner Maury Mulheisan playing that acoustic lead. His acoustic leads and his backing vocals work a big part of Jim's music. And they died together.

[@joelliebler5690]

John Hampton 👍🏻❤️☮️😢 So great so sad they died so young!

[@12floz67]

It’s a shame that he’s not mentioned very much. He was a very skilled player.🍻

[@garychambers5850]

@@12floz67 Jim's time was back in the early 70's. Most music from that time is hardly ever played now a days. Look for the oldie stations where Jim's Music is always played! 🎸🤎

[@tomdinder2109]

Loved this song.Even the croaking toad 😎🎼

[@lelandstronks319]

You don’t get better than Jim Croce. The ultimate singer songwriter.

[@jojowhite9296]

I'm an old man but I remember being a young teen one Sunday morning in September of 1974 when I heard that Croce died in a plane crash. Just think of the music we all missed out on.

[@singingwordwright148]

This is my absolute favorite Croce song. It just always touches my heart.

[@umbertocalvini7429]

Jim died the day before this song was released on September 20, 1973, almost 50 years ago at age 30! RIP 😢

[@stevejacobson2906]

Photographs and Memories, New York's Not My Home, I'll Have To Say I Love You In a Song, Lover's Cross, One Less Set Of Footsteps and the fun ones: Rapid Roy and Roller Derby Queen. All excellent songs. Great smooth voice. Now start doing Cat Stevens and the smoothest voice of all: James Taylor.

[@genecase2629]

"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", "Photographs and Memories" two more great Croce tunes. Or "It's Too Late" from Tapestry by Carole King. Album of the year in 1971.

[@imagine1004]

Love “Photographs and Memories”. Haven’t seen anyone react to it.

[@ethelynchristopher6995]

"One Less Set of Footprints" is another good one. So hard when someone who is in the prime of their career dies tragically like he, Stevie Ray Vaughn and others have.

[@daveford5477]

Don’t get tired of Jim. Another great message song is “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song”.

[@Fairygrl_TW]

Another awesome driving song, summer day, windows down, breeze in your hair and singing loud with the radio. Love it, Classics warm my heart. Thanx D

[@SusanRandt]

Nice to see a young person appreciating good music. Also nice to see you bop your head like that, my Mom used to get on me for doing that, said I looked like an idiot. I am 72 years old and still do it. Good job on the music, subscribed.

[@atsu6165]

You are super likable, genuine...

[@bettypogue7021]

As a mother of two who lost my daughter at age 29 I think a babies cry is a beautiful song. I know at the time I might not have realised it. Jim was and still is awesome. One of the absolutely best singer, writer,and storyteller.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

That really is a great song. Lyrics and that guitar, the whole vibe of it, outstanding.

[@billyt7081]

Awesome Reaction Dicon - You did the right order of Croce songs - set-up, set-up, then POW! I Got a Name. Loved it - God Bless ya Brotha'.

[@DavidB-2268]

If you want more lighthearted Jim Croce, try Working at the Carwash Blues, Five Short Minutes, Roller Derby Queen, or the more risque Ballad of Kerrymuir For more thought provoking lyrics, try Which Way Are You Going, Lover's Cross, One Less Set of Footsteps.

[@daveking9393]

My favorite for sure! Thanks. Had to watch a second time...

[@harrycrux7757]

Another old Jewish folk artist, that we were blessed with his parents came here from Germany... He passed in airplane crash, but his music lives on and to see the reactions 40+ years later is beautiful.... thank you for the awesome review!!

[@dizzycricket4773]

I just found your channel and I’m totally in love with how much you feel the music! This is one of my all time favorite songs. I love the respect you give these artist.

[@mulatanyc865]

So talented, sad he past away young! RIP Jim Croce!

[@amandadunning8701]

This song reminds me of driving in Northern Ontario at night on the long road trips my boyfriend (now husband) would take to visit his family. Six hours on the road with nothing but forests and the occasional little town to break it up, we would make mixed cd's and play tons of classic rock and folk rock to pass the time. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, it holds such fond memories for me of my late teens and early twenties.

[@beast1624]

You must review next his song "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song", but research his reason for writing it first. VERY powerfull.

[@firebird7479]

Another great song from the Philly boy. Looking forward to you reacting to "Bad Bad Leroy Brown". What a fun song that is!

[@actorJSB]

Probably my favourite of Jim's even if it wasn't an original he made it sound like it (and he clearly thought highly of it, having it as both the lead-off and title track of his final album). Completely un-fun fact - the single was released the day after he died. :-(

[@matthewhoag2609]

Certainly one of his best in terms of vocals. There are some good live recordings of him out there to check out. I love the stories he would often tell describing the inspiration of the song. Roller Derby Queen is a fun story. I think Bad Bad Leroy Brown is the next logical choice. Cheers!

[@dgminner]

Bad bad leroy brown was written about a guy by that name that JC knew. Thus, a true story.

[@rickwelch8464]

"If you're going my way, I'll go w you". Great line. Two words for you when it comes to Jim Croce. Lovers Cross. Sooo good.

[@drieuxkoeppel8152]

I cried when he died. His son was 2 years old. Jim was 30...and his music didn’t get big until after his death...

[@mdboaterguymdboaterguy3617]

Jim Croce tugged at heartstrings like no one could...Maybe John Prine at times. I wore out his 8 tracks. He still does it to me 50 years later.

[@THX-ov8rv]

Bass line in this is phenomenal.

[@waterdonkey]

Many songs I love I can understand how someone with different tastes might dislike or even hate the song. Not with this song. You hate this song, there's something wrong with your head! :)

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

A sentimental song is Time in a Bottle

[@qayaki]

Yes, great song.

[@peterbooth1525]

Soothing voice excellent guitarist I have known a few guitar players who will tell you the chords he plays in progression will break your fingers so most guitarists shy away from them.

[@Johnny67557]

I've always loved this song since I was a kid in the 70's. BUT...since my Dad passed a couple years ago It REALLY has hit me. I totally identify with this song. It's hard to listen to actually.

[@stevegans731]

I was 9 when he died but I remember everyone in my family feeling the loss. You can't go wrong with a JC song. His son AJ is now making his own music.

[@tsbonner]

Yes, same with me. I was 9 when Jim died. I remember hearing about it on the news and asked my Dad who he was. He told me that Jim was a great singer, songwriter, and guitar player with awesome songs. He then taught me and my siblings how to harmonize to "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown." We were a singing family with six-part harmony. I have loved Jim's music ever since and still miss him today.

[@MrRondonmon]

Now, these kind of lyrics needs to be studied. Some people/groups thrive off of lyrics, some off of arrangments, and tonal sounds. Is all good. A Great singer-songwriter.

[@cynthiadepriest8192]

Wonderful artist. RIP.

[@charlenewebb1802]

I love Jim Croce ❤️I loved his singing so much. All of his songs are Great. Miss him alot ❤️ He has been gone a long time. Love his voice.💙💙so many great Songs. R I P JIM.

[@flubblert]

I guess you really have to be a parent to appreciate the lyric about the babies cry and a song. LOL You will my friend, you will.

[@roman14032]

maurys guitar playing was so awesome who ever played like him?

[@sharipetkovsek5502]

Enjoy your reactions. You are now the age I was when a lot of this music came out (70's) and it's interesting to listen to your interpretation 40 years later. I think you will find John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" a treasure trove of lyrics for analyzing and instrumentation. Please react😊

[@jamesreagle245]

I've got a dream - it's jim's song now.

[@robert-ef8qv]

Hi Daniel , Great reactions to a great singer , you really dissect the lyrics beautifully. Gone so young ( a horrible tragedy. Rip Jim & Maury.🙏😔

[@meandinah4310]

All AWESOME, YOU MAKE IT BETTER! LOYAL SUBSCRIBER!!

[@LillyMarz777]

Jim Croce was brilliant. So many great songs. Big bad leroy brown and you don't mess with big Jim are light hearted.

[@paulm.5979]

These guys in this era could grab your mind and emotions, not many bands or artist these days do that. James Taylor, John Denver are good listens. A 90s band that can do that is the Goo Goo Dolls. Iris, Name are amazing songs.

[@fordp69]

...and Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, Cat Stevens, Don McLean, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon...

[@phantomrockerr]

He has a Great song titled "AGE". Give that a listen.

[@bradsouthers7476]

To me this is about living a life of no regrets, unlike the referenced father who probably compromised his dreams for the reality of life. It's both about living a free life and about living a selfish life - free to do as you please, but selfish in that others have to go your way to be included.

[@MrSteeles912]

I like your thoughts here. Everyone always says oh wow, he’s living the dream that his father kept hid. I always took it to mean that his father sacrificed his dreams so that his son could live his dreams.

[@frankofva8803]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@rsmith2491]

Definitely a great time for this genre. You owe it to yourself to do some Jackson Browne, Here come those tears and Birds of St. Marks are some that are not quite as well known. Try some Bob Seger for different, but also great, voice and lyrics. Night Moves or Mainstreet, or Roll Me Away. You wil love them too.

[@dalemott6559]

"One less set of Footsteps" is another good one :)

[@ouachitawoman]

Rapid Roy & Roller Derby Queen are both fun.

[@Valhalrik]

He has ha full hit list from 1968 to 74

[@cynthiadepriest8192]

Take a dive into Jackson Browne. One of the best song writers ever. His lyrics are sublime. Try The Pretender.

[@MrMoon1953]

Good reaction. My personal favorite Croce song is "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song". Keep it up.

[@lilamuzik3385]

And if you just want to have fun with Jim, Roller Derby Queen, Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy, one of course Bad Leroy Brown. If you EVER need a song to play for funerals, Photographs and Memories is just stunning.

[@ym61]

Yes he was great Daniel and gone too soon. He had a lot of fun songs, You Don’t Mess Around With Jim Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Roller Derby Queen - all great

[@theplanetruth]

Love this song!! Put this in your list: Dan Fogleberg!! Auld lange Syne.

[@LillyMarz777]

Love Dan! Another taken too soon

[@shelleybleu4903]

Yes

[@alantanaka6957]

Stone Temple Pilots sampled this in their best song Interests Love Song! This song was used for the movie The Last American Hero based on the life of Junior Johnson, the stock car driver starring Jeff Bridges (The Dude!)

[@headrushindi]

Such a wonderful artists and wordsmith he was.. Sadly gone too soon.

[@IllumeEltanin]

Ah, Daniel... The first time a parent, whether a mother or father, hears their baby cry as the first vocal sound of life right after birth, it is one of the most beautiful songs ever heard.

[@Yaktahbay]

I have ALWAYS believed it was "phoebe's cry" and not "baby's cry". Anyone else remember it that way?

[@philipwhigham3495]

One less pair of footsteps or lovers cross. Two more greats. This song was recorded for a movie. Even though he didn't write this song he is like Johnny Cash. Once he records a song he owns it

[@andrenewcomb3708]

He carries "it" with hymn like His daddy did. He's living a life where people are only treating him as a thing . . . an 'it'.

[@Valhalrik]

And Van Morrison

[@sheryld1957]

I think the babies cry being music refers to a baby being born and the first cry after giving life to another being

[@rickpaul4216]

If it gets me nowhere I'll go there proud And I'm gonna go there free. It doesn't get any better than that.

[@lisacassar7040]

please will anyone cover the hard way every time? its fantastic if you listen to the lyrics it is life so true.. HE WAS TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON

[@clownzzz4837]

'Rapid Roy', 'Roller Derby Queen', 'Bad Bad Leroy Brown' and 'Don't Mess Around with Jim' are much more 'fun' and light-hearted. 'Ball Of Kerrymuir' is a bit NSFW but it always puts a smile on my face.

[@MrJohnTeacher]

A really great romantic song by Jim Croce is: I'll Have to Say 'I Love You' in a Song

[@joelliebler5690]

This was And is still my favorite though I like all his songs!👍🏻❤️☮️😢

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

Very strange for me: this song was covered, in French, by a crooner (Joe Dassin), which makes it impossible for me to hear it without recalling the marshmellow coating they gave the song in French. Good song, though. Awwwright, now it's time for some Cat Stevens: On The Road to Findout, Father and Son, Sitting...

[@sidecardog5244]

Benoit Desmarais : Ruins from Catch Bull at Four

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

SIDECAR DOG & woody oh yes, great song. Catch Bull is my fave.

[@teresanewman4656]

Please ANYTHING from John Denver. The Wildelife Concert is awesome as is anything he's done.

[@Valhalrik]

A Song Writer Jim.

[@highnrising]

I was surprised to hear that Croce didn't write this song. It's the only hit song of his that I know of that he didn't write.

[@trybalone396]

Hi brother, I hope you get into Van Morrison.

[@andrenewcomb3708]

The "croaking toad" carried to Les Invalides to recover.

[@pattymesagal2654]

another person you might like is Stevie Ray Vaughn Texas Flood at the macambo -- unfortunately he is no longer with us but he was a virtuoso on the guitar or as the younger generation says a GOAT

[@Valhalrik]

Also try James Taylor

[@mlong1958]

Check out Roller Derby Queen or Working at the Car Wash Blues for a couple more uplifting JC songs.

[@sidecardog5244]

It seems you really like the seventies singer songwriters....try Cat Stevens/Yusuf....everyone had his two great albums in the early seventies (Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat). So many great songs. IMHO he had the best voice of anyone at the time. Try Where Do the Children Play as a starter. Seriously deep rabbit hole. Ps, Don McLean’s song Vincent may be one of the most beautiful and sad songs ever written. It’s about VVGough.

[@thomastimlin1724]

this song will be an inspiring one...youngsters need to hear and understand these inspiring lyrics with the theme of moving forward, possibility, and hope, coupled with superior song craftsmanship and real instruments, not computer generated. it;s a warmer sound that touches the soul including the strings. While many of my generation were listening to Led Zepplin and noisy testosterone music, I was listening to Jim Croce and all kinds of other music. I became a music teacher. Most of those kids as adults either couldn't play or write music, or gave it up. I still get to play, they don't. Croce had a gift and he was stolen from us by God. I'm still mad at God for that. My favorite line in this song "They can change their minds but they can't change me." Meaning to me if you can't accept me as I am that's your stupid problem. imagine if I listened to these moronic critics all my life. I wouldn't know who I am anymore. I would be someone elses puppet.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Gotta do Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers...best American rock band ever

[@davem.2191]

Try Jim Croce - Child Of Midnight. (If you haven't already.)

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

It's hard to distinguish how much of Jim Croce's lasting appeal is due to the quality of his work, and how much is due to the suddenness of his passing. Clearly he was an immensely talented artist and performer, and he was able to speak directly to the hearts of millions. But I can't help wonder if he'd be as well thought-of had he lived. We only got to experience the best he had to offer. We didn't have to hear his seventh studio album which showed that he was quickly running out of ideas. We didn't have to suffer through the inevitable Jim Croce Disco album in 1978, or his weird religious period. He didn't record the soundtrack for a cheesy movie, or a pointless duet with Barbra Streisand, or a series of tacky synth-pop videos for MTV. And best of all, we didn't have to see him playing at a casino last year for an audience of 300 people, all of whom were desperately trying to convince themselves that "he's still got it". No, we have an artist taken too soon, at the peak of his popularity and the height of his art. How he would've gotten through the next twenty years of his career will forever be the subject of speculation, not a lurid Behind The Music documentary. All of which is good. It's refreshing to have an artist who never went downhill, never fell victim to his own success, and never let his audience down. That it happened the way it did is tragic, but Jim Croce remains as bright a star now as he was in his prime, because what remains is his prime.

[@pattymesagal2654]

please react to an acapella group i really like -- they do a version of the crosby seals and nash song Helplessly Hoping that you really liked. their harmonies are remarkable. or try their version of How Great Thou Art that was filmed in the alps when they did a european tour -- again the harmonies are incredible.

[@capncanuck2064]

Listen to Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce. A good fun song.

[@JagGuy2000]

Hey, really like the myriad artists that you cover with your reactions. Artists like Dan Fogelberg, Janis Ian, Joan Baez, Lynyrd Skynyrd, King Crimson, and more are very special to me and having you choose to react to them makes me feel all simpatico with you. To that end, try a listen to Jackson Browne, maybe starting with Late For The Sky. Something tells me you would really get into him.

[@johnkratz2476]

They're not all sad though! Check out "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"

[@sharongaskell]

Love to see Maury (Mulheisan) guitar lead getting recognition. Sadly they died together. Double loss.