FIRST TIME HEARING Jamey Johnson - In Color | Reaction

[@Timoeltejano]

This song gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME. can't stop the tears. But music should make us FEEL SOMETHING!

[@raymcarthur3870]

Just hits you right in the Gut!

[@luckylisa5496]

Me too - EVERY SINGLE TIME - you are right b/c music makes the world go round - it should make you feel something no matter what genre

[@bryanchipps6572]

Me too

[@SEKreiver]

Same here, y'all.

[@TMS-pj7fp]

AGREE, Love the older, 2 me True Country, it tells a story and makes u feel and think.

[@Tazman1966]

This song came out right before my Dad died. I was able to play it for him. First time I remembered that man tearing up. He said "sounds like he wrote this about me". Everything matched my Dad's like down to his brother Joe, the ages, the years. Only thing different was my Dad was in the Army and not Air Force and my parents were married in October instead of June. The man grew up with 8 siblings and a widowed Mom on a cotton farm in Texas. Great song. I'm glad my Dad had a chance to hear it and feel such a connection to it.

[@ChrisHaar]

Jamie is an incredible talent. He's deep dive worthy.

[@labchic97]

For sure!

[@dcmitchell6247]

He’s a great storyteller and he has had a rough life and sings a lot about it give the cost of living high a try by him

[@jonathoncase1922]

Fantastic song

[@manualgearshift4965]

I second that recommendation! Excellent song

[@jerrykinnin7941]

I concur a must listen.

[@LadyGator1983]

This song touched my heart for several reasons, but the biggest one is that my daddy passed away in August 2018. I first heard this song when I was going to karaoke right before he passed away. That one part in the song where he says “my ole tail gunner Johnny McGee” took my breath away. My daddy’s name was John McGee. When he was younger, people called him Johnny McGee and my brother’s name is Johnny McGee. No explanation needed! 🥰

[@saragodres-tomes1032]

That made me tear up as much as the song. ❤ So sorry for your loss.

[@LadyGator1983]

@@saragodres-tomes1032 Thank you. It was very hard but I have to tell you the music makes it better. That’s the power of music!

[@saragodres-tomes1032]

Always. Music pulls us through. Much love to you.

[@LadyGator1983]

@@saragodres-tomes1032 You too!!!

[@Timoeltejano]

Awwwww. My dad passed in November 2018. My oldest daughter decided we should sing this at my dad's funeral. I almost made it through the first verse but couldn't so my youngest daughter took my guitar and the two of them sang it angelically. Most amazing thing ever. Much love to all feeling the loss of their parents or grandparents

[@snoopee11]

At several concerts when he sings this, the audience takes over singing it.

[@dennisvass3795]

The High Cost of Living is my favorite Jamey Johnson song

[@michellemartin6354]

I always listened to that song for YEARS!! I still DO!! ❤🙏

[@matthewhorr169]

You have got to listen to his songs mowing down the roses or that lonesome song they are on the same album as this song!

[@hawx2689]

I am a grown man with my own family. I grew up in the hills of West Virginia, I’ve been thru some things, I thought that tough old bastard would never die. Writing this now I have tears welling up, it’s been almost four years now and this song will put me to my knees and ask why he left.

[@warhawk149]

He got his voice from singing in church with his family. You’ll appreciate that

[@ArleneAdkinsZell]

Thank you for raising funds for the MS Society, they have been such a blessing.

[@runningdeer2111]

This song hits home so much, but it’s because of my Dad. 5 of my Uncles and my Dad grew up during the depression years and they all went into WWII. Thank the good Lord, all of them came home safely. Although they endured some injuries. They all made it home alive. I have so many black and white photos from their years, mostly from WWII era and through Korea. My Dad also enlisted in the Korean War too. I always took the wording “you should’ve seen it in color” as you should’ve been there. I lost my Dad 7 years ago. I miss him everyday. I hadn’t heard this song in awhile, and I just started balling while watching this. During my Dads memorial service. This was the first song on his photo video that played, with mostly the black and white photos. I’ve requested this song to be reacted to by so many, you’re the only one that I know has done it. Thank you. I really enjoy your show. Oh and this is NOT a cover. Jamie wrote this in I believe 2008 with 2 other gentlemen and then he put it on his album.

[@kaycee4357]

The Dollar and High Cost of Living are 2 older ones of Jamie's that I'm sure you'd dig too.

[@wendymyers6345]

My brother is law but he was a brother to me this was his favorite song when he died of cancer at his funeral everyone sang it to him this song was and still is a memory maker and makes me smile and thank you for this today my brother died Friday in a couple of hours my mom and I will be making arrangements for his funeral but thanks to you and that amazing song I have started this day with a smile always in my prayers

[@humanmale4610]

Perhaps I'm a lightweight. But...Tears hit my eyes every time. 6'3" n tuff as nails. Play this and you win the fight right off.

[@kevinkeys3578]

We always seem to forget to appreciate the lives our parents & grandparents "had" - decades before we were even a glimmer in the their eyes. Love the idea and heart of the song!

[@michaelcooper6488]

Van , "You Should Have Seen It in Color " is the Grandpa's way of saying "If you were there , you would have experienced the same feelings as I did " . Great song Fo Sho !!

[@sonjamorris7085]

You pick some of my all time favorite COUNTRY SONGS!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!

[@donrudd1358]

Jamey can flat ass make you believe every word he sings. One of his best is "Can't cash my checks" . Dude has a lot of great songs

[@imalwayslast3170]

We literally have our hallway dedicated to this song. Black and white on one side and color on the other with a sign that says "You should have seen it in color." It was played at my wedding as our second song(my wife and myself knew each other for 25 years before we got married.) We were both going through tough times. She was the first girl I danced with when I was 10 and will be the last one until the day I die.

[@geoffkrikorian54]

When he sings "That's The story of My Life", almost under his breath, it sounds like he is genuinely overcome with emotion.

[@copeappraisals]

True American. Marine veteran as well...

[@bsargent8935]

Jamey is a throwback old school style country sanger (yea I spelled it right). "Lonesome Song" is one of his best

[@bsargent8935]

Ps. "Can't cash my checks" is a back-up song 😂🤣

[@bryanchipps6572]

Lonesome song is a great song

[@filthymcnasty4u284]

Jamie Johnson's song Can't cash my checks. hits home for real.

[@susanalexander6721]

Love that song!

[@scott1395]

As a child of depression Era parents and a grandmother who lived with us as a child, songs like this always touch me with a sense of pride and a sense of sadness! These people lived and loved thru hard times and a world war! Something many today have no clue of! My neighborhood was full of depression Era people that I fondly remember, and can today ride around the neighborhood and tell you who lived in every house I pass! I guess the sadness comes from the fact that the values these people had are dying away and their goodness and honesty are dying away as well! I'm afraid there will be no one to show the new generations what it was like to be ladys and gentlemen and to live with humpty and honor! Yes I have many old black and white pics of my family's past that I have looked at 100s of times since I was a little boy about 55 years ago!

[@georgekininmonth2070]

Enjoyed your review. Country is real life in song and it's awesome. Give "You ain't seen nothing yet.", by Craig Morgan. He also sings, "That's what I like about Sundays". And "The Father, My Son and the Holy Ghost" is a great, touching song about losing his son to a water sport accident. Very touching and sincere singer. George

[@jeffcobb2734]

Man, this song should remind all of you who are still lucky enough to have your grandparents around, go talk to them and ask them to tell you about the "good old days" because once they are gone those stories are also gone forever.

[@kimberlyosborne7412]

Seen him in Houston house of blues. The crowd sang the last part of the song so loud. He’s incredible

[@chadgriffis1369]

Love this song but really love his cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Four Walls of Raiford. It’s just his and a guitar player. Also, Jamey Johnson is a veteran!

[@jimroe1081]

Yes!!

[@fawkinstoned7352]

Jamey takes that song to a whole different level.

[@1980bwc]

Jamie is a U.S. Marine also. Nothing but respect for who he is as a man, and an artist.

[@memphislee69]

So powerful yet so gentle at the same time! Genius!❤

[@chucknorris408]

I love this song. I listen to it at least twice a week at the least.

[@davids5006]

He writes all of his own songs, which is rare......I was kayaking in Tn and ran into him, he was smoking a joint and paddling

[@conniepower4739]

The story goes he was in a recording studio in Nashville looking at the black and white photos of famous artists on the wall. He made a comment and the owner said "you should have seen it in color ", that inspired him to write this song . He then sold it to another artist, who he won't name, to record. He then asked this artist if he could have it back to record himself and he did. He won song of the year.

[@robertslaughter8344]

Jamey Johnson is the king of modern outlaw country, check his entire catalog of songs

[@michaelsheedy9354]

For those of us in our 70's we lived this story straight from our grandparents.

[@christophermichaelcarpio6910]

This song puts a tear to my eye every time I hear it. Love the reaction. Keep up the great reaction vids

[@stevez.6805]

This is a great song.... No matter what genre you prefer. A great song is a great song!

[@teresawingbermuehle4212]

Brings me to Tears Everytime ,lost my Brother in nam,, He tried to save his Friend... ❤❤❤

[@NOT_THE_BEETUS]

I love this song. When i was younger I worked as a CNA for the armed forces retirement home. This song always reminds me of taking care of them. ❤❤

[@drakewood3049]

This song makes me cry ever time I listen 2 it been listen 2 him for ever

[@anjoleeeickhoff6800]

He’s saying you should have been there and seen it in real life like he did…in color. It’s a wonderful play of words that’s basically saying you should have seen it in real life, a picture doesn’t tell the whole story. ❤

[@bynumite76]

Yes you need to see the official video.

[@mikedobson2988]

He's a pretty cool man, met him after his concert in Richmond Va. He was just standing out by his bus, talking, taking pictures and signing autograph until the last person got to speak to him. Mowing down the Roses is a fun one.

[@ghostedrebasser5357]

this song touches me every time i hear it because it was one of my grandmas favorite songs he passed away last year i never did get to say goodbye to her sadly. but i do remember when i was really young like 4 i would ask here about some old pictures of her and she would tell me a lot about them and as he says in the song a picture is worth a thousand words. The last time i did see here she was really sick and the last thing i heard from here is her say " im glad i got to see you grow up and be the man you are now" if only she was here rn just so i can hug her one last time.

[@amysharma4972]

This song brings tears to my eyes I remember my uncles being overseas

[@IndoorHydroponix]

Hell yeah man. One of the best slings ever written.

[@thecityman1910]

Look man, I think its safe to say that this isn't your typical genre of music. Yet you have a great ability to appreciate the art and the artist. You clearly understand that this is storytelling at its best, and you seemed to love it. Me and you are different in a lot of ways, but its so great that we can both appreciate this great song.

[@chewy6932]

The pictures captured a moment of time that seemed good. But, to really understand the emotions behind those smiles and the eyes, you had to be there. A picture only says so much.

[@mrbawsaq623]

I grew up watching the music video to this on the tv waiting to go out for the bus as a kid. It played the same time every day, and the video is engrained in my memory because of it.

[@leonceboudreauxwolf]

These kind of songs speak of hardship, life, and it makes no difference the "color" (a little play on words) of people. Many of us understand about survival, being hungry, but maintaining. Dad's, Uncle's, who went to war , sometimes we had losses in families , which happened to many of us, race didn't make a difference , poor was poor, losses in our families were losses to all of us, it's a human condition that we all can relate. I grew up in black & white photos, but ALL of our lives had one thing in common, we're all human and share more than we don't . I'm a Southern boy, mixed race, and I've seen the same everywhere I've been... we're just trying to make it in a cold , hard world that's not very kind. My life in photographs was black and white, in real life we seen all the "color", good , macabre, blood and gore, but we all experienced these things...as people. God bless

[@LadyGator1983]

Van, i’d recommend you doing a reaction to his song called “Lead Me Home.” That’s another good storytelling song!

[@frankjones2212]

That is a very good one!!

[@mikehess7687]

Beautiful song

[@daviderwin9178]

If you're reading this by Tim

[@LadyGator1983]

@@daviderwin9178 That’s a really good one!!!

[@daviderwin9178]

@@LadyGator1983 I need Kleenex with that one

[@thefleasofathousandcamels6498]

You really need to see the video of this song. Outstanding,!

[@tonirutan3665]

Absolutely a beautiful song.

[@carrolldexter7986]

High cost of living is a great song of his.

[@clintwhite3320]

You need to check out his video for "The high cost of living" great song by one of the best country singers you won't hear on main stream radio.

[@ryanconstable681]

Saw him live and he has one of the best voices. Sounds just as pure and good live.

[@WedgeLife]

Saw him live in the Georgia Theater, tiny little venue and $30 tickets. Was 20' from the stage, he's as good if not better live.

[@clydehuset7738]

My Grandpa was a tailgunner in a torpedo plane on the USS Enterprise. This was his favorite song before he died.

[@jesseduke694]

I love this song & I love that you been doin country! Another good one by this guy is "Wemen" & "High cost of living" I swear I lived that song.

[@dave131]

The band is smoking. The arrangements are just perfection. They know how to keep the music moving your forward by changing the dynamics throughout. It's fantastic.

[@michaelmckeethenIII24]

This is what real country music is its story telling

[@timcombs7646]

If you want to explore some country songs spun by a great "story teller", check out something by an artist named Tom T. Hall. You won't be disappointed. He passed away this past August, 2021 at the age of 85. RIP.

[@paulamahaffey4564]

Oh no 😮😮😮. I love Tom T.Hall !!! 🌹🌹🌹 R.I.P

[@catlynnwittie]

Tom T Hall is awesome!

[@runningdeer2111]

Tom T Hall is one of the greats! I didn’t know he passed. RIP Mr Hall.

[@Nyet103]

This is as country as country gets. Love your reaction Van.

[@bchase1980]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time

[@mattbrentlinger1078]

My grandpa was born in 1917 and told extremely similar stories but being in central Oklahoma at that time was crazy. I can relate and the song gets me every time. I wish this was a riverbank does too. Good job Van

[@marypulley6512]

When this deep,beautiful voice begins, you know t hat you will hear a story. You just need to use your imagination. He is definitely someone to follow. I love him and I appreciate the time you took to listen and watch. You get it.

[@nopenope4158]

Man if you ever get a chance to see this guy in person it's worth it

[@brandonrickbornponyexpress6574]

Yep do the " dollar"

[@1980bwc]

This is one of those songs, that needs to have the music video watched along with hearing it, in order to truly appreciate the story in its entirety.

[@sellison2192]

Funny thing about this song is he had sold it. But used it in his audition at the music label. They said they would sign him and they wanted to use that song to start his career. So he went and told the artist that he was getting signed and he was excited for him. Then he said there is only one catch. They want in color to start things off. The other guy was like of that's what it takes to get you signed then take it. Just shows the community the country singers and song writers have.

[@riverlady982]

That song makes me miss my Grandparents and their farm every time I hear it. My Mom was their 6th child who surprised them when her Mom found herself pregnant at 38. I loved helping with the hay bales and picking raspberries to make jam. Particularly since I was allowed to eat all the fresh berries I could stand as long as I filled my buckets. I think those raspberries might have been the only fresh fruit I got for the 1st at least 12 years of my life. Most of the photographs on their walls were black and white or technicolor of my Aunt's and Uncle's when they graduated.

[@stevenevans8243]

Check out "high cost of living" Jamey Johnson is a great artist and songwriter. Even King George Strait has a hit "Give it away" that was written by JJ. A band called Blacktop Mojo covered "In Color" and it SLAPS!! They did the hell out of it.

[@jasondawson4091]

I think he is saying I wish you could see it thru my eyes because my memories are in color.

[@sherribrock2726]

You need to watch the official video. Makes this song so much better!

[@Black.Casper]

One of my favorite songs to karaoke. Shocks the entire bar at first, then they all join in.

[@AngieandBoomer]

I cry every time I hear this song 😩😭

[@BurnsBridges]

I had to watch your reaction twice because there is just so much going on between what Jaimie is singing about and what you are feeling. Thank you. As for suggestions, Gary Allan “It Ain’t the Whiskey.”

[@joshuaezell6317]

This was my grandfather's song. It reminded him of the good and bad in his 100 years. Thank for your reaction.

[@kendramassey4645]

This song, along with Jamey’s haunting voice, get me every single time. He takes you there! You can see!

[@lostintexas100]

Touching song. Enjoy your reactions.

[@jrshelton3398]

High cost of living is a great song

[@I_give_up_already]

The line about Johnnie McGee being the tail gunner brings backs many memories from my time in the military. On Medivac helicopters I used to joke I only cared about making sure I was tethered in and which side my door gunner was on!!

[@ericm76028]

The official video to this song is a lot better than just the lyrical video. It tells the story in a different perspective.

[@bobbecht7764]

I don't know if you are watching the video but he is sitting on a stool on top of black and white pictures and as he sings further and further into the song the pictures start to turn color until the end and they are all in color,check it out

[@keithjames7843]

Really country music is simply about people’s life and things that they go through and trying to be better people Country music and Gospel music in a lot of ways are the same A lot of people think country music is about crying in your beer and it’s not but if you listen to the words it’s simply the story of people’s life

[@joereyes7100]

“Can I see yo face” Awesome Reaction Fam,

[@angeltait4682]

U should hear that song live. Omgosh. Love this song. This song reminds me of my ex father in law.

[@pamelahopper6569]

❤️❤️❤️the country music reactions.

[@irocss85]

One of my all time favorite songs, on the emotional spectrum.

[@jamesmyers7142]

He's got another great one you would love called "The High Price of Living ain't Nothing like the cost of living high"

[@Stew.Pidassle]

Hey brother, I love your videos. Your open mind and understanding that people will be different with different thoughts, experiences, and beliefs but that crap doesn't mean we can't be friends, or at least just move along and let people be who they are. Anyhoo, being the lucky fella I am, MS stopped my Army career at 17 years. Everyone's struggles are different, but trust me, I know that journey. You and your loved ones keep yer heads up man and keep up the quality content. You'll never know all the many people who's days you brighten, but sincerely you brighten mine.

[@dblair48]

The dollar is probably one of my favorite songs he put out.

[@marielaveau5321]

Love this song. My brother does a killer rendition of it. 💜💚💛✌️

[@stephenpatterson8031]

Yes watch the video👍

[@Cybrphunk84]

Amazing live show if you ever get a chance go you will not regret it. He really don't chit chat a lot neither just let's his music do the talking.

[@kylesummers1565]

If you watch the original music video you can see all the photos he is describing. It adds a lot of context.

[@chrisspears6401]

Thank you and starting to enjoy your channel.

[@SickGirlRocks]

❤️❤️❤️ love this glad you are enjoying