First time hearing JIM CROCE | I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG REACTION

[@bettywilkie893]

Photographs and memories!

[@brianadams4630]

Rapid roy. Roller derby queen. Photographs and Memories.

[@brucewatts8447]

Try "Time in a Bottle" that's my favorite Jim Croce song

[@ChuckHackney]

This is one of his finest, right along with Operator, which for emotional reasons, will always be #1to me.

[@kennethohnemus4750]

Photographs and memories will really get your attention

[@kelseycurtis1546]

This song is exquisite in every way.

[@phantomrockerr]

Listen to his song "AGE". It's Great!

[@rickygraham3118]

YES, IT IS, CERTAINLY MY FAVORITE, ISN'T IT A SHAME THAT IT SEEMS TO BE LOOKED OVER OR JUST FORGOTTEN.

[@arthurrubiera8750]

He wrote this song to his wife after having an argument. He wrote it in his basement and in the morning he sang it to her.

[@ericanderson8886]

Croce had that period of great creativity, as exemplified by the song. It just hurts to think about the tragedy of his passing. But man his music was so good.

[@ALong-fo5so]

You would have to place Jim Croce as a folk singer songwriter. His live gig is essentially an acoustic set performed by just himself and his sideman, Maury Meuhleisen. Now that you’ve dived deeper, you really have to react to Lover’s Cross, Operator, New York’s Not My Home, and many more.

[@StevesFunhouse]

Yeah, he did Operator 3 weeks ago, but I wouldn't mind if he did it again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The rest are great too, especially Lover's Cross.

[@justinboulder2166]

Lover's Cross is my favorite. He had a lot of great music most of which you never heard on the radio. If you liked great lyrics how can you not like his songs. The guy knew how to tell a story. Also check out..."The Hard Way Every Time" and "Thursday" (written by his friend and recorded shortly before he died)

[@goittoog7563]

"I've got a name" too

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@goittoog7563 Think Harri did that as well.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

3 suggestions for your next Jim Croce song, Harri :- 1- Lovers Cross 2 - Lovers Cross 3 - Lovers Cross

[@HarriBestReactions]

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[@TheKeystoneChannel]

Yes!! I have a whole list of favorites, this one is in it!

[@andythrush3341]

Not to complain, but the search for labels to put on someone's art drives me crazy. By now there is so much mixture of genre's that it's hard to nail it down, so to me, it's moot. If I had nail this down it's folk with a mix of other genre's. I've just learned to listen to the heart of a song without prejudice. This is a beautiful love song written by a beautiful songwriter and that is enough for me. Love your work Harri! I love that you appreciate all types of music.

[@davemalt2451]

I agree. It frustrates me when people try to analyse and label music. Jut play it and enjoy it and talk about it when it has been played.😎🇦🇺🦘

[@eclconsulting]

Back in the 60's and 70's, radio stations didn't divide music by genres. The same station played Elvis, Motown, the Beatles, Led Zepellin, and the Carpenters. We loved it all.

[@davemalt2451]

@@eclconsulting Those were the days Carol.🎸🎷🎺

[@eclconsulting]

@@davemalt2451 Mary Hopkin, 1968. Good song.

[@davemalt2451]

@@eclconsulting Remember her well. 60’s & 70’s , fabulous era.😎🇦🇺🦘

[@lauraosinga5848]

I've always thought of him as a folk musician. Try Working At The Carwash Blues; Roller Derby Queen; Don't Mess Around With Jim.

[@famat161]

No doubt in my mind that the next Croce should be "One Less Set of Footsteps".

[@72KingDavid]

Agreed

[@epicserenity2786]

"You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce.. This one was another one of his hits in the 70,s

[@cathyortiz1280]

Love this song so much! Lovers Cross by Jim next. Singer/Songwriter.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Jim Croce "Photographs & Memories" Makes Me Cry Everytime I Listen To It..The Song Speaks Of What's Left After Losing A Loved One Or Friend,, Photographs & Memories.

[@johnnugent6516]

It was called Soft Rock back in the day

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Have your hanky ready and listen to "Photographs and Memories".

[@RigoMuniz]

It is Country music filled with some modern pop music. Jim Croce was a genius

[@5150crazyfun]

Jim Croce was folk. But his music was so incredibly great. To this day, he's the most unique singer and songwriter with that voice. It's a shame we only got a few years of his excellent music.

[@chrislorditch6100]

Singer song writer. I love everything he sings.

[@natlee8947]

Must listen to LOVERS CROSS it's another great one by him.

[@dalem8332]

The song..'Photographs and Memories' is a Jim Croce Masterpiece! Brilliant and moving! ♥️♥️♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

[@happymethehappyone8300]

JIM CROCE "PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORIES",, "ONE LESS SET OF FOOTSTEPS",, "LOVER'S CROSS",, "WORKIN' AT THE CAR WASH BLUES",, "NEW YORK'S NOT MY HOME" & "RAPID ROY"

[@rickjend6667]

All excellent songs!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

@@rickjend6667 Thanks,, I Agree..Wanted To Throw In Some That Not Everyone Knows But Are Excellent Songs.

[@rickjend6667]

@@happymethehappyone8300 I owned all of Jim Croce's albums, even the one with Jim's wife Ingrid singing with him (raw but good still). I don't think there's a song of his I haven't heard. Salon and Saloon, and Chain Gang Medley are two obscure songs I really like too.

[@rickjend6667]

"New York's Not My Home" & "Photographs and Memories" are two of my favorites by Jim Croce, but there are at least 12 more "favorites". Every one of his songs touched you somehow. There is no bad Jim Croce song.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

I love Photographs and Memories!

[@KolossusB]

Folk would probably be the best place to place Jim's music as far as genre goes.

[@ronbrown912]

Singer songwriter....one of the best

[@MrMoon1953]

I hope I remember this right, but, as I remember, Jim and his wife Ingrid had been at odds with each other. She went to bed and he stayed up, as many musicians do, and wrote a song, this song. He took it into the bedroom, waked Ingrid and sang it to her. What a way to make up.

[@charlenewebb5893]

I Love Jim. Gone way to soon and fast .RIP

[@timothywarner9139]

I was 10 when he died I remember everybody being shocked and said...my Dad was a huge fan and I still am... Listen to Lover's Cross

[@bemused9522]

I would call it folk music. In my heyday, we would make cassette tapes for our crushes. Great reaction.

[@harpergras]

Jim Croce`s song " Lover`s Cross " is one that you will really love.

[@jlyc1985]

Photographs and Memories, New York’s Not My Home, and Lover’s Cross.

[@garyarnett1220]

Harri, you've done the majority of his hits: Try "You Don't Mess Around With Jim", :One Less Set of Footsteps" or my favorite "Lover's Cross".

[@lilamuzik3385]

Photographs and m Memories will be prominent in my funeral.

[@jamesfalato4305]

He and his Partner proved you don't need a band to touch Your Soul...

[@melaniebrown4660]

One of my dad’s all-time favorite artists. May they both Rest In Peace 🥲

[@randyhochstein8455]

Pronounced “Crow She”. Jim Croce is a fantastic artist with a fabulous catalog.

[@cog4life]

Jim Croce music will never die. One of a kind. A lifetime of good vibes for us all.

[@alansnowdeal9845]

An Ain't Lost My Love of Him Yet!!!

[@natlee8947]

No label, just great music !!!

[@angie-tq4ew]

This song was played by a camp leader, at campfire, when I was a young girl, and I never forgot it. I had an instant crush. lol I loved Jim Croce ever since. Love that you love him too.

[@susankruckemeyer4365]

This is maybe my favorite of his songs. Operator is also great. I'm almost 60 and remember loving him when he died in the plane crash and being devastated.

[@kathybrown6763]

His voice soothes my soul.

[@mikeyates7931]

At this point I would have to say that , Jim Croce's music is it's own separate genre

[@fordad101024]

Jim Croce was like a meteor-he shot through the sky and was gone. We were blessed with his presence-his genius all too briefly. God rest his soul. HarriBest, you’re so right, I used to woo girls with my favorite songs. I’m no singer, so I’d write them letters full of romantic lyrics from songs.

[@michaelmolloy6697]

From Bad Bad Leroy Brown to I Got a Name. It’s hard to put Jim Croce in a category but one. GREAT!!

[@dsusan17]

Such a beautiful song. Yes, this probably helped many relationships. My husband was a friend first. When we fell in love it was awkward. Awkward to eat in front of each other. Then we just looked at each other and laughed. No more awkwardness. Beautiful analysis and pick!

[@rollomaughfling380]

"Awkward to eat?" Haha, kind of a nightmare and also adorable. My ex, bless her soul, avoided eating with me for the first month or so we were together, finally admitting she was embarrassed because she smacked her food loudly while eating, like a 2-year old. Of course, that was fine. And it's one of those fondest memories I have of her, just happily smacking away at home, knowing she hid it from others when we were out . . .

[@franciscomiramontes1671]

It is folk music. Popular in the 60’s and 70’s.

[@shawndoering6292]

Embrace the Folk my friend!!

[@michaelplotino7046]

Hi Harri, In the 1960's and especially 1970's there was a genre of music that is seldom mentioned any more, which this song is a perfect representation of: "Adult Contemporary". - Brooklyn Mike

[@wnsafford1854]

Also called "Easy Listening." Don't see either term mentioned much anymore.

[@sylviaconlee7407]

I would have to call this one "easy listening".

[@garybauer9494]

Harri, Jim Croce is more into folk music than any other type of artist in the world today. His music not only takes me home with the melodies, they have oft times brought a tear to my eye and literally just made me break down and cry.

[@janetottomeyer9444]

Some people don't fit in a category. They are special.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

This is rock n roll….comes in many forms, but it’s all rock

[@vig2712]

I use to listen to this song all the time when I was young...

[@grendog02]

Dig deeper,You will love his music.His son is also a musician and tours

[@scottorvito]

This man has been my favorite ever since my childhood. I started playing the guitar because of him. Next Time, This Time is one of my favorites and I would love to hear your reaction. Thanks for your reactions.

[@alansnowdeal9845]

My Dad Turned Me onto Jim!!!You might not to get it HereTube but The last JC CD I Gave My Dad Jim Croce's Final Tour w/Blue Lit Jim.Next Day He was@My Place He'd Go through the 100s of Lps,CDs&Cassettes&Secret Bootlegs of all 3&Whip Him some Copy's He got the Groove On!!

[@danzarlengo7127]

It's soft rock. Decades later, people also started calling songs like this easy listening

[@jamescronan7220]

Okay, now you're set up for Dan Fogelberg's 'Leader of the Band'.

[@mikeriley8127]

And "Longer" and "Same Auld Lang Syne".

[@LoueeLouii917]

YES Harri you gotta do Dan next please 🤗

[@danielvolk237]

My favorite Jim Croce song is Alabama Rain. Funny, I had requested this song on another reaction channel. Now I only request from Harri as he is the best. Photographs and Memories is another classic and so is These Dreams, and New York's not my home. I would call him a folk rock singer. Don't think of him as country. RIP Jim.

[@Jane-AnimalFriend]

Alabama Rain is a wonderful song.

[@HarriBestReactions]

You went to another channel?? How could you?? 😂🤣😂

[@danielvolk237]

@@HarriBestReactions That was before you had started your channel. It was a Patreon channel called Enoma. I asked him to play Wings song "I'm Carrying" and the Jim Croce song "I'll have to say I love you in a song". Enoma is a couple from India. I had enough of the guy when he said he thought Paul McCartney had a terrible voice that cracked and he would not even react to the Jim Croce song at first telling his wife, who is a sweetheart, that he had heard the song and would let her react to it. Then, after he listened to the song he said it was a masterpiece. The guy is very moody. After that episode of lies and tearing down the song I chose. I told him to cancel my subscription. Then I saw your page and said now here is a great guy. 👍💟🕊️😄😉🔥🤪

[@danielvolk237]

@@Jane-AnimalFriend Thanks, I do too.

[@danielvolk237]

@@Jane-AnimalFriend Thanks Jane. Love so many of his songs. 👍🙃

[@johnkinga]

I could only hear this as a song to my dad.

[@joemama560]

LOVERS CROSS Great song you'll love Harri

[@dalem8332]

Love it! Another excellent Jim Croce song! ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

[@shelzieschulz2979]

Another favorite song of mine 🎶🎶

[@davelegget1000]

a poet who could authorically sing .

[@gpxo11]

LOL Dude if this was country-he'd be singing to a horse!!

[@anthonygriffin9275]

I can’t help but feel he had so much more to say but unfortunately we’ll never know.

[@bjspeck4337]

This is American folk song and it's a lovely song. I just came by to let you know of the most beautiful Christmas songs is done by Voctave - Mary Did You Know? featuring Mark Lowry the songwriter as the lead singer.

[@thekingcobra63]

Please do Roller Derby Queen, my favorite Croce song.

[@ChuckHackney]

Jim is one of many we lost to airplane crashes. I remember loosing Carol Lombard, the actress, to a crash (before my time), but the list of musicians is scary: Benny Goodman, Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, Ricky Nelson, Jim Croce, John Denver, I believe a member if Lynard Skinner and on and on. BTW, Listen to "Hey Tomorrow" and think of hope and the future from Jim.❤❤❤❤

[@ronbrown912]

Other Croce suggestions: Alabama Rain, New York's Not My Home. I have a feeling you would love a group called "Bread" as it's same era singer songwriter with great vocals....

[@blindfaith9110]

Roller derby Queen

[@theGiantworm86]

He was a son of Italian immigrants and I think this song really speaks to his heritage in it's sound.

[@korndogz69]

As far as the genre, it's folk music. Jim Croce is my all-time folk music artist. Other recommendations I have are: Time in A Bottle, One Less Set of Footsteps, New York's Not My Home, and a companion song to Bad, Bad Leroy Brown that I think you'll like called, "Don't Mess Around With Jim". You've already done Operator and I Got A Name which would have also been on my list.

[@charlesbarry971]

His early death in a plane crash robbed us of his enormous talents

[@joelliebler5690]

Folk singer song writer like many artists were in the late sixties to early 1970’s!

[@TonyFarnam]

There's one called Box Number 10 that I kinda like. Basically, a kid straight off the farm, having a really tough time when he goes to the city to try to make it big in the music business.

[@johnianknox1629]

Harri, love it, I want to recommend an artiste you probably have never heard of as he's similar to Croce/Lightfoot, his name is TOM RUSH and the song is "Driving Wheel", it's a proper story song and also very romantic, I know you'll love it. Take care buddy.

[@banksperdue1983]

i saw his widow in a interview and she said that he wasn't good at just expressing his feelings by talking so often he would write a song to say what he want to express and this song was written after they had had a fight .

[@frankv7774]

I thought it was about a Father looking over his son and trying to say he loves him but the words just come out wrong but his son will always have this song to remind him.

[@curtjarrell9710]

Two other Croce greats are "I Got A Name," and "Time In A Bottle."

[@OverandOutChief1]

Next Croce song has to be "I've Got a Name"

[@31Mike]

He's already done it.

[@willblood7082]

Just good old American folk music.

[@Valhalrik]

Singer Song Writer of the 70's Feel.

[@timothycook2917]

Thank you for your reaction to this sweet song. "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" is a more upbeat, whimsical tune from Jim Croce

[@calvinmckinney9303]

This is what I would consider in my opinion soft rock or Folk

[@susanpeterson9947]

Singer-Songwriter for me. Could have been a James Taylor song if it was with guitar only.

[@laurengaudette7497]

Jim Croce was definitely singer/songwriter and did the folk rock circuit! One of my favorite songs I think you'd love is "Dreamin' Again"! "One Less Set of Footsteps" is good too! If you are liking the singer/songwriters, I recommend Gordon Lightfoot if you haven't heard him yet!

[@fscottgray9784]

Reminded of a song by LOBO.. I love you too much to ever start liking you. Love Jim Croce.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

That song by LOBO is called "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend", and it is one of my very favourite songs .. Would love for Harri and others to react to it .. Wayne

[@gotrhythm1]

I'd call this "easy listening".

[@garyarnett1220]

Harri ! Thanks for the story.

[@johngalt156]

God Bless you Harri

[@HarriBestReactions]

You too Mr J

[@johndougherty8860]

I really enjoy your reviews

[@williamstreet4304]

Your assessment of people needing songs to express their appreciation of others is so on point. I'm an old man now. I was young in the days of 8-track tapes. I can not tell you how many times I cruised around before picking up a date. I was playing a tape to get to the start of a particular song that expressed what I wanted her to hear. When we were in the car, I started the engine then started the song. --- More effective than some would expect.

[@peterromano4405]

there is a technique called COUNTERPOINT that was used in this song; that is what i had read . Croce and Maurice T. "Maury" Muehleisen had it perfected here. They are playing to different melodies or a COUNTERPOINT guitar arrangement.. It is fabulous.. I have to research some more, a LOT of musical detail I am not adept to explain.

[@Stroudtucson]

You are so right that this song is so important to those who cannot express themselves to those they love. I've always thought this song was the perfect love song of all time. Jim Croce was an amazing artist, songwriter, storyteller. It boggles my mind sometimes how many great songs he wrote in his short life. Thank you for reviewing this, Harri.

[@bl18ce99]

Been waiting.