Gen X & Gen Z React To The Best 70s Songs Of All Time!

[@obiesunstreak2409]

"What drugs were they on" Oh sweet child... all of them, all of them.

[@JeffreyChadwell]

Studio 54 anyone?

[@santosmadrigal3702]

Notice : nobody is talking about today's music . I believe the cellphone and the internet stripped everyone of creativity and individualality . Today's youth don't have the concept of life without a cellphone .

[@wandacable3739]

That’s exactly what I said when she asked that question!🤣

[@deannacrownover3]

Haha! That's exactly what I was thinking!

[@kristi4113]

LMFAOOOOO😂

[@IceMetalPunk]

Jason: "So you've never heard the Whitney Houston version?" Jack: "Who?" Jason: *Has a brief stroke*

[@PHSDM104]

Same

[@JackJerry]

😂😂

[@Alapaloozalover2000]

I’m Gen Z (born in 2001), but can I still declare blasphemy on Jack for not knowing who Freddie Mercury *or* Elton John were? Props to Lucas, though. He was educated on the 70s and lot more!

[@mikhail5428]

*I only listen to the more know Queen songs and, none from Elton, but I can recognize them, and I hate when people said "I know that guy from a new song they featuring on", such a disrespect for the talent*

[@chiltonporter5333]

Gen z is 2005 or later. Yout millenial

[@keirafitzgerald6391]

​@@chiltonporter5333 gen z started in 1997

[@glassontherocks]

Who gives a shit who they are. What impact do they have on your daily life? Hollywood and the recording industry are pedopeople.

[@jessicaturner7714]

I agree

[@davidnorman5488]

The unmentioned ingredient from those decades...... TALENT. Lots and Lots of talent. No autotune, loop back, echo or digitally cobbled together songs....... TALENT.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Yep. Real musicians playing real instruments. Not very common in popular music now.

[@kimberlywhitehead22]

And drugs.....lots of them

[@pmshea2004]

5:50 How can someone possibly not know the name of Freddie Mercury?

[@dahlesa]

"Carry on my wayward son"......everytime i hear it, i always see in my mind final episodes of "Supernatural"-seasons.

[@imjonesy5239]

Every, single, time! It’s my ring tone.

[@gyoryujiko4501]

Guitar heroes.......

[@rationalthinker2347]

Lol right

[@melissahillyer1119]

Always!!!

[@chubbykakes541]

I loved how many times Jason was flabbergasted at Jack's lack of knowledge 😂

[@JackJerry]

😂

[@Ozzilein]

How Jason managed not to break down during the shoot is beyond me. 😄 I love Jack but I finally lost it when his reply to "Whitney Houston?" was "who?!" 😂

[@JacksonOwex]

Fortunately he just didn't hear who he said, he DID know who she was! Not that he is forgiven for not knowing who Freddy and Elton were!

[@antoniomarin9061]

Somebody, who? Somebody, who? Somebody who loves me.

[@JackJerry]

I know who Whitney is!

[@jinakaye]

@@antoniomarin9061 Good one!

[@Malana12]

There are some parents that should feel shame for their lack of musical education for their children

[@alengowan4724]

Don't worry I'm 19 and live off the 70s and 80s, gotta love old dads

[@jessiegutowski316]

Yep. If they don't know it, it's their parents fault. I showed mine just as my parents showed me and their parents before them.

[@heyou429]

Oh shut up. I’m so tired of grumpy old people who get their rocks off shaming people.

[@jessiegutowski316]

@heyou429 older people shaming their peers for putting down younger people for something they didn't teach them, is very well deserved.

[@heyou429]

That’s not what’s happening here

[@laurieo877]

Im so glad i was a teen in the 70s. Went to hundreds of concerts, they were affordable back then. Saw all the bands, old n new. GOOD TIMES

[@MsSdoesedits]

I’m gen z and knew 90% of these songs and artists and I got mad when Jack didn’t know Freddie Mercury

[@VampireMadonna]

Jack was killing me here. I felt Jason's pain. And when he watches this and sees that even Lucas knew a few, I hope he feels bad.

[@cliffordbunton8788]

Lucas is by far one of the most musically educated reactors from React. Jaxon as well. They know more music from the 70s, 80s and 90s than most people who were born in those decades. I'm an 80s baby so I knew most of the songs as well...

[@doc_adams8506]

Yeah, the 70s, the bad old days when performers could actually play an instrument and real people played the drums rather than a machine.

[@SusanFritz-v7i]

And people also sang without auto tune, ear pieces, etc. Just pure talent.

[@SonOfMuta]

4:36 "I'm almost positive Roxanne was a prostitute" What gave it away? The fact that he literally said "red-light"

[@timisme8360]

Lucas! You are impressing the hell out of me! I am really amazed at how many of these you know! Not only the songs and the groups but trivial facts too! Rock on a little buddy!

[@TucBroder]

Didn't expect to shed a tear during this video... Lost my father five months ago, and One of These Nights was his favorite song :(

[@kJ922-h3j]

9:32 for a second there Jason was genuinely concerned Jack had never heard Whitney Houston’s name before 😂

[@JacksonOwex]

I mean, he didn't know some of the others not knowing her wouldn't have surprised me all that much! Makes me wonder what the hell he listens to though!

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@JacksonOwex but to not even recognise her name would be another level 😂 clearly he just didn’t hear though

[@europe7249]

:22 - "What even happened in the seventies?"........ Many who lived through that era are asking the same question.

[@Ronnie-w8u]

Let's give it up for the daughter Gen Z that knew so many of the songs! How impressive. There was a Gen Z that I worked with that never heard of the Beatles!.

[@daniellarkins3849]

Please tell me your kidding.

[@Anna_M96]

70s music is my dad’s (born in 1959) favorite so I’ve known 70s music my whole life (born in 1996). In my opinion, nothing compares to the 70s rock!

[@reezyisthaname]

Jason: Have you heard the Whitney Houston version Jack: Who? Me: oh god no

[@Wild-Moonchild]

"What drugs were being done in the 70s?" ALL OF THEM!

[@SiriuslyBlack7]

The Bee Gees...I almost started to tear up!i was 6 years old and me and my little gf used to impress our parents by re-creating the dance moves!and YES!I had the white outfit!!

[@bpwn3r]

As a millennial man, gotta say, I know all these. And I dance with my wife to all of them. We can't help but move to these beats. We have most of these on Vinyl in case the internet goes out. Nothing beats the classics.

[@rachellevine9160]

Any Supernatural fan knows “Carry on my Wayward son”

[@davidkariu]

Remember back in 2006

[@JacksonOwex]

That was in Supernatural?! I know it from having a hippy dad that listened to classic rock most of the time!

[@rachellevine9160]

@@JacksonOwex yup there are a lot of great songs in that show. Since the Winchesters are from Kansas, it fits that they included a song by Kansas.

[@steventhrasher3608]

@@JacksonOwex the final episode of each season started with the words "The road so far..." then Carry on Wayward Son would play while a recap vid showed. I was kinda hoping the show would end with Dust in the Wind, but it ended with a cover of Carry on Wayward Son, which works.

[@kroon1930]

It’s been on my playlist ever since Supernatural 😊

[@JackJerry]

Happy I got you all talking :) 😂

[@robs8449]

Props to jair for knowing many genres of music especially this which is 20 years before her birth her folks raised her with music that's awesome

[@SuePajcic]

The music of the 60s, 70s and 80s was, for us Boomers, the music of our lives. It's nice to see others like it.

[@SJHFoto]

I'm Gen X, but my brothers are Boomers, so it is the music I grew up with.

[@chrisspratlin5656]

I am Gen X and I am so glad I was alive to witness the greatest music made in history. Real musicians, playing real instruments, and singing without assistance from computers. Music peaked in the 1970's and 1980's and lasted all the way to the early 2000's. It is over with now. We only have history.

[@lessismore8533]

I agree that the early 2000s was the end..

[@offdabeatz]

She says what was the drug of the 70's. All of them. 🤣

[@laurabailey1054]

I was born in 66 and can’t believe that Lucas knows more of these and he is the youngest of them all.

[@Zodia195]

Probably due to his parents or even grandparents. Like I am familiar with songs way before my time (born in 81). My grandparents were a big fan of big band music and country (they're from the greatest generation).

[@sarahdixon1943]

Growing up in the 70s and 80s was the best!! I wouldn't trade it for anything!! We had the best of both. The end of one and the beginnings of another ..

[@barbaracabrera207]

You KNOW the song because we made our kids listen to our music even before they were actually BORN!!! 70s is still the best music of ALL TIME!!! Our son was born in Feb 1982. Yep,...conceived to Disco music!!! He always nabbed our music. And still loves 70s music & Jazz!!! Our Baby Boomer generation really loved our music!!! Still listen to it! GREAT VIDEO!! TFS! Austin TX USA

[@Capt_Ransom]

AMEN...me and my zennial kids rolling down the road singing Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of our lungs..Great Memories. Music from the 70's is my favorite music, they learned all the greats at a very young age, because I would tell them the band name and little tidbits about whose music they were listening to. To this day my grown sons will walk into the room serenading me......MAMA oohooohoo....

[@barbaracabrera207]

@@Capt_Ransom Great!!!

[@justskippingstones4887]

What even happened during the 70s, he asks....well, the greatest music of the modern era was produced, that's what, kid!

[@vpmar213]

I love that Jair and Lucas know some these classic tunes and artists. Way to go, you two! 😊 👍🏽

[@DarknessAlchemist00]

I blame Gen Z's parents for not instilling in them good taste for older music. I'm a millennial and my parents had me listening to tons of older music and I still enjoy them to this day.

[@eva_beava]

I’m on the cusp of millennial/gen z having been born in the very beginning of Jan ‘97 and I knew all these songs.

[@JacksonOwex]

You know that YOU(and I; or people our age at least) are the parents of Gen Z(mostly) right? You are blaming yourself!

[@willrohan7256]

Boomer here. The 70s to Z'ERS were thirty and/or more years ago for these young people. Were WE listening to Swing, Big Band and early Jazz in the 70s?

[@ComicCrossing]

You know what it is? Its the phones and headphones. Back in the 90s and early 2000s when driving with our parents we actually had to LISTEN to their music. Learn what they listened to. Even become a fan of some of it. But now kids get a phone in their hands early enough where they cant even remember life without one. Theyll just drown out whatever they dont want to listen to by ignoring it and scrolling the phone. Or putting on headphones and listening to whatever music is popular at the time. So they cant learn older hits.

[@Daehawk]

Im Gen-X the 70s were awesome! I was born in 69 so my childhood was the 70s..the decade of rock. I knew every one of these instantly. Stevie Nicks was a babe.

[@themanofmovies]

As a Millennial, I was over here shouting out everyone single one from the first note. 70's is hands down my favorite decade of music.

[@crankypest2617]

“This is why there are so many people today, cause you had all baby making music.” Is a great quote.

[@livedandletdie]

I'm a millenial but my favourite band is Kansas. In fact, my favourite song of all time is Dust in the Wind. So sad, melancholic and beautiful, and compared to the rest of their songs way different.

[@kellygirlaj]

Jair: What drugs were being done in the 70s? Me: All of them!

[@doorattachment6926]

Was born 1980 grew up in the 90s but I love the 70s,80,90. Stevie Nicks is amazing

[@SusanFritz-v7i]

I was born in 1956 and the ‘60’s, through the current years, especially psychedelic, hard rock and heavy metal music have always been my jam.

[@erikak8665]

As a Swede, you cannot escape CCR nor The Eagles no matter what generation you are 🫣

[@miloswanson9646]

The '70s and the Disco era brought so many different musical styles/cultures/and races together.. It was a happy time in our history! it was the BEST of what we should be striving to attain - no racism, no hate, no divisiveness, no...

[@Razgriz85]

The song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" is about potential nuclear war during the Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis), with the rain being a metaphor for nuclear missiles (ICBMs) and bombs.

[@StarletteLily5874]

Im gen z (2009) and im more than flabbergasted by the fact Jack didnt know who Freddy Mercury was. Once I saw the intro when he said he didnt know who Freddy Mercury was, I literally had to put down my phone and walk around my room for a few minutes

[@orange222...]

I like songs back to the 30's. I love swing music. I am so surprised younger people just don't seem to know things from before they were born. On another topic I saw some article while waiting in line at the supermarket and I said something about bette davis and the checkout girl said who? and the bag boy just shrugged his shoulders. She was arguable the greatest actress that ever lived. Don't understand this at all.

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

"What drugs were being done in the 70's?" Yes. The answer is 'Yes'.😅

[@vickiandrews4087]

I was thinking...name one...the answer is yes! LOL

[@RachelPendlebury-ql9ob]

"All of them"😄

[@melisogut7665]

How can somebody possibly not know who Freddie Mercury is???

[@ferdinandchavez7566]

“ Let a man bleed for three days….. he’s gone” 🤣🤣🤣 black mamma is funny 😆

[@CupOfJav]

Has Jack ever been outside? Was there anything in his brain before TikTok existed?

[@JackJerry]

Been outside so many times

[@CupOfJav]

@@JackJerry OK, good. Just checking.

[@TheKittyGirl]

27 and knew every song and artist. 60's and 70's music is the definition of music.

[@juan_81614]

“Carry on wayward son “ will always be linked to Supernatural tv show

[@steveijams8475]

The end of the Vietnam war era, lead to music about chilin in the grass, lovin each other, peace. War Huuuha. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR, Absolutely Nothin.

[@CarlGorn]

What was the drug of the 70's? All of them. At once.

[@MyMetallicMan]

@5:24 "What drugs were being done in the 70s?" We were doing Blotter LSD, Marijuana, and Quaalude! Oh, and some "white cross" amphetamines. I sure miss my GTO, my 8-track tape player, and earth shoes.

[@dem_bears]

My favorite song that they show is Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas and it became even more popular because of Supernatural

[@alexthecreator8380]

You don't have to be a boomer to know some of these, you just have to have a niche and fantastic taste

[@MegaSnakegirl]

My millennial daughters know most of these songs. And they have seen many these groups live. We raised them right!

[@SJHFoto]

The mother and daughter are my favourite-they are really getting into it. They seem really close too

[@jasonhill9674]

“Players only love you when they’re playin’… “ - Truer words were never spoken.

[@codychapman2099]

27 and knew all of them! Parents raised me right. Favorite was Carry on Wayward Son as it was my favorite guitar hero song to play

[@dannykent6190]

Kansas was an underappreciated band even back then. Definitely check out some of the deep cuts if you haven't already.

[@JackJerry]

Oh I definitely was not living in the 70s😂

[@kJ922-h3j]

You’re not saying that cause you didn’t recognise the songs though are you? 😂

[@SilentAssassin01234]

How can she know who The Smiths are, who weren’t a big hit in the US, yet not know who Queen are.

[@pop9095]

Improper upbringing?

[@jaianna843]

Tik tok probably

[@deniaridley]

She obviously didn't know who they were since she was waaay off base.

[@caitlincampbell1952]

i'm born in 97 and i knew them all.. love this type of music they don't make them like they use to!

[@DoubtingTaom]

My kids have grown up saying, "How do I know this song?" My answer is always, "I grew up with it and you were raised on it." I grew up on Elvis, Johnny Mathis, Johnny Cash, Perry Como, the Beatles, country, jazz and big band, while acquiring my favorites from the '70s to present from a very wide variety of genres. Thanks for reviving the memories!

[@DandreaMBrady]

“What drugs were they on?” Child, what drugs weren’t they on?

[@islandgreenstrong]

YEEESSSSSSSS!! Get these youngins listening to the wonderful music that was in the 70s!! THIS WAS GREAT!! MORE MORE MORE...PLEASE!! Try some 60s too please!!

[@JeffreyChadwell]

This! This right here!

[@johnnieangel99]

"What drugs were being done in the 70's? " Yes... All of them

[@darinsingleton3553]

Because so much of the broad musical appreciation of people surrounding music of the 70's was from radio, not everyone know what different performers looked-like. Even album cover art did not always display the band members on records. If you didn't see them live, that was it it. That's one of the major reasons why MTV was considered so revolutionary for the broader public.

[@the_Real_Grammy_of_6]

When the younger generation knows the song, but not the artist, it’s probably because they heard the song in a movie. If they also know the artist, it’s because the artist is one of the greatest. In that rare occasion when they’ve never heard the song, but knows who is singing…that’s a legend. For example…Freddie Mercury/Queen

[@inathemoonwalker4195]

Carry on my wayward son awakes a whole fandom

[@victornavedo1649]

The mom and the daughter seem like a fun duo together

[@Newber92]

I have never heard anyone say "I've heard this beat" about a Led Zeppelin song lmao i'm old

[@jynxd2083]

Damn, I was so fortunate to see the Bee Gees in the late 70's at the ripe age of 7. Andy Gibb opened up for his brothers...

[@marionotto4902]

There is no way to show all of the variety in music during the 70's. The Carpenters, to Patti Smith! Jackson 5 to Sly and the Family Stone, Janis, Jimi, The Doors, Grand Funk Railroad. Queen, Elton, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer. See, I barely scratched the surface.😅

[@henningkallerhoff3967]

... even without mentioning Pink Floyd, The Who, Deep Purple, Cat Stevens, Supertramp, Jethro Tull and so many more :-)

[@farnaddarnell3926]

Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones, Gen X, Buzzcocks, etc

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Carry On Wayward Son has now became the anthem for the show Supernatural.

[@laurabeane8862]

Yep. It's the Season Finale Anthem 😊

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

​@@laurabeane8862 Series Finale

[@LGDevilsFan]

Jack calling Led Zepplin, Dixie Chicks are you kidding me?

[@knightwolf3511]

i like how the mom was giving all the background info - They where stoned - They all married to each other at one point 🤣 and so comes the 70s info

[@watchcity2068]

We boomers were so fortunate to have grown up with thee very best music on the planet! 60s 70s and 80s!! We rocked and still rocking to it today. Every thing made after that era is garbage

[@Michael-dy2lb]

And Gen X was, in many cases, young enough to hear it firsthand and appreciate most of it.

[@jessiegutowski316]

I beg to differ. 90s was good too and early 2000s. Of course, the generation before you said the same about that era too. It's a continous cycle.

[@stephaniefoster1964]

I'm a boomer (end of the book), and the 70s is my jam; when I want to listen to the music, classic 70 is what I'm playing! But, I rocked through the 80s, too- high school graduation, starting my work life! Early 90s is where the good stuff cut-off is for me _ after that, it's the occasional song/artist that grabs my attention.

[@AndyNassab-e3j]

Bro really said every piece of music after 1989 is garbage.

[@imame1433]

I’m loving the mom and daughter!! What fun they are 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@slider954]

Wayward son was FINALLY included, I am content now

[@mackenziemc]

How do they not know Freddie Mercury?!

[@mythosinmedia]

Jason looking like he's 30 seconds away from obliterating Jack was priceless. 😂😂😂 Also "The Smiths?" goes down in history as one of the most gleeful ways to be THAT wrong 😂😂😂

[@theodoreritola7641]

NO Stayn Alive BEE GEES They realy brain farted leaving them out

[@anu83]

I thank my dad for teaching me to listen to all kinds of music when I was a kid. He was born in 1961...so when I was a kid in the 80s (born 1983), we would listen to the 70s music, 80s....etc. And then in the 90s techno etc.

[@lhead7226]

People need to remember that from 1970-75 kids were still being drafted and being sent to Vietnam, so the difference between the music at the beginning of the 70's like War in 1970, Imagine by John Lennon in 71, what's going on by Marvin Gaye in 71, and what came out in the fun disco music towards the end of the 70's sends a message to how things were going with the youth of the 70's. I hope this generation never lives through the draft lottery where kids tuned in to watch and see if their birthday was selected. I couldn't imagine being a 19 year old with the birthday of September 14 and waiting for that letter telling me to report or watching your friends leave and being the lucky on not called. Imagine looking for your date and praying it was at the bottom of the list. God Bless them.

[@moorek1967]

You could always volunteer, like every other war we have had.

[@rjjcms1]

Wow. I didn't know it was done like that.

[@virtualatheist]

"What drugs were being done in the 70's?" All of them.

[@bennetfox]

If you are Gen X and you don't recognize any of these songs, you obviously have been living under a rock for the last 40 years!!!

[@ItsJustmeNatalia]

HOW DO THEY NOT KNOW QUEEN 😭😭

[@elvisneedsboatsbennett2455]

I saw Chaka Khan once at an airport about 10 years ago. I never realized she was so tiny. Also she is beautiful and still looks like she is in her 20's.

[@CheleBoxy]

This music was when it WAS about the music and NOT about what they looked like! That's why it was SO FREAKING GOOD!!

[@nickscott3579]

The woman in the blue Elton John bomber jacket was Billie Jean King, the tennis player :)

[@tattooedman42]

I was introduced to Fleetwood Mac when I was 15 (1980) and have had a crush on Stevie ever since.

[@imame1433]

“They were all so skinny!” Yea, til they started effin with our food 😩😩

[@TheMedijuana]

Food?? yeah sure. The fact that the 70s bands huffed their weight in powder had nothing to do with it.....

[@imame1433]

@@TheMedijuana I guess all of society huffed their weight in powder then 🙄

[@drewmosko7194]

You gotta love this young lady! She vibes with everything, she KNEW so much, and she's freakin' adorable!!

[@catherinetiernan5888]

The 70st had the best music,some great fashion some unfortunate hair styles but it was a great decade.

[@jrobertr]

Please invite Shea back to react. She is HILARIOUS and so real 🤣

[@linds-xo]

how do you not know who Freddie is? 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@RichardSullivan-p6c]

Fr

[@ClassifiedRanTom]

3:35 - Ok, Stevie Wonder might not be “blind” by definition, but he is partially blind, because seeing a bunch of blurry shadows is no better than not seeing anything at all.

[@deedrole5296]

That IS blind by definition, you don't have to have zero sight to be legally blind.

[@user-Auscat]

I think the kids were surprised at how many songs they actually knew.

[@viksox13]

even the bad songs from the 70s were better than anything done today

[@deantodd8103]

Well, there are SOME good songs today. But yeah, there were a lot more good songs in the 70s and 80s.

[@susanlett9632]

I'll agree with you without knowing because I don't know any songs from today because I don't listen to new music! I couldn't name one top 40 song in the last 10 years or more

[@dannykent6190]

There's all kinds of good songs today. They're just not mainstream anymore.

[@Dusk1962]

@@deantodd8103there are zero good songs today.

[@theodoreritola7641]

WAAAAY BETTER