I LOVE THIS! 🎵 Midnight Special-Stories "Brother Louie" REACTION

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[@ShannyShan20]

One more thing.... Midnight Special ALWAYS had the best performances and performers! Always good!

[@samanthanickson6478]

cuz u knew u better be good - it was LIVE. that show definitely separated professionals from the amateurs.

[@chuckufarley8245]

@@samanthanickson6478 True story. In an era when many TV shows already had performers playing to tape, Midnight Special was always 100% live.

[@ShannyShan20]

@@samanthanickson6478 Absolutely right! 100%!

[@ksfmiller]

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was really good too

[@Doggeslife]

@@ksfmiller Sometimes better.

[@noelhales5817]

I'm Irish ,when I was 20 I met my girlfriend who is black and as the song goe❤s I took her home to meet my parents and it didn't go down to well and she was banned from my home for over 2 years .We are now together 46 years ,married 43 , with 3 children and 3 grandkids ,and still crazy in love

[@johnjohnson9923]

Very Cool True love will always overcome !

[@thrill2020]

Beautiful story thank you for sharing God bless your family

[@franklopez2803]

The Midnight Special was, to many, the only way that millions could see their favorite artists on a live stage.

[@tiggerwoods100]

The lead singer has a Rod Steward type voice and sound.

[@rickclevenger6629]

Who is Rod Steward? Is he friends with Mick Jogger?

[@tgforty5]

No happy ending here. This song is about a white guy who fell in love with a black girl, and they were rejected by both of their families. The original version was by Hot Chocolate, and it's much darker. Stories cheered it up a bit. This was from the summer of 1973.

[@bluebird3281]

Thanks, I never heard about hot chocolates version.

[@bigb6046]

I love the Hot Chocolate version too. This one is good too though!

[@eggy1962]

Hot Chocolate wrote the song

[@geoffbarnes9198]

I never knew this was Hot Chocolate either. Didn't they do "Emma". That was a pretty sad one too.

[@eggy1962]

@@geoffbarnes9198 they did, Emma although sad is a favourite of mine, along with several others, Everyones a Winner…..You Sexy Thing,…Girl Crazy…..No Doubt About it……It Started With a Kiss.

[@alansmith7626]

He always reminded me of Rod Stewart when Rod was in Faces...

[@medgasguy]

Rod Stewart is who came to mind with me. (as far as what you were thinking about what kind of voice he had) I was 12 when this song came out and I love it every bit as much today as I did back then.

[@MySherry10]

Im so glad you put this up , tried so long to get this played, and this is the kind of music that as kids we loved for the message was it dont matter if black or white , its good and yes they got together , no matter what anyone thought a man and a woman in love , color dont matter, this had become more accepted and we knew didnt matter and yes his voice is so unique and made the song , and loved this , would turn that radio up everytime it came on , cause loved the song and beat and his voice, it makes you sing with it, this is what a song is suppose to do

[@surlechapeau]

Brad & Lex, a great one-hit wonder, Ian Lloyd on lead vocals.

[@michaelasay8587]

Surle....that guy with that great voice didn't do any other music??

[@surlechapeau]

@michaelasay8587 Stories had just the one big hit. Ian had a solo career, did backing vocals for big artists and did session work bass, keyboard. His biggest solo hit only reached #50.

[@AugieDoggyDoo]

Love this song! Bottom line, you cannot help who you fall in love with! Great reaction guy's. Can't wait till the Little one is born. You guys are going to be such great parents.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

The singer missed out one line, "Louie had a terrible fight." The parents were not sanguine about this relationship.

[@discoex1]

Actually, I believe that the "powers that be" on the show demanded that they change the lyrics and leave that line out.

[@ericredlefsen5554]

The studio version has a string section that adds a nice elegance to the track that you don't get here, check it out. Ian Lloyd went on to do background vocals on other artist's records.

[@rjh862]

This guy's voice is almost like Steve Marriott from humble pie... Both guys had great voices and unique sounding. As far as I know this was the only song that was a hit for these guys but it was a big one back in the day.

[@hog7203]

Always loved this performance. So much great music was shown on the Midnight Special. One of my favorite episodes has Queen performing Tie Your Mother Down and Thin Lizzy playing Jailbreak. My very favorite was Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush doing King Bee.

[@philipdickey6460]

Nothing wrong with a mixed race relationship, I have several friends who didn’t care what race their significant others were from, it was love that brought them together

[@kimberlyhicks3644]

Not a THING wrong with it!!!

[@coeburnett]

Thanks for clearing this up for us. LOL!

[@ShannyShan20]

Thank you so much for reacting to this song! I've requested it over time to different channels and haven't seen it done yet, so just kind of forgot and gave up lol. But much appreciated that you are now, because this is such an awesome, soulful song with a very good message to all! I love this song! I hope everything is going good for you both and baby boy ❣️

[@cabel000]

This song hits home for me. In high school I asked a friend to dance at a party. She said no because she wasn't allowed to date white guys and was afraid it would get back to her family.

[@alansmith7626]

Oh COme On! BRING ON DA FUNK!!! lol

[@brianmoon1058]

Midnight Special always brought out the best in group's performances.

[@glennburch1081]

How social norms change. Mixed couples were taboo back when this song was recorded, not so much today. I was a teenager when this song began getting a lot of air play and I viewed it as a rather rebellious song at the time. Today, comparitively speaking, race relations have improved dramatically......... but we still have a long way to go.Always enjoy your reactions, TY.

[@bobbierobinson6269]

It may have been taboo in some places, but in many it was the norm. The 70's were very open about most relationships in the bigger cities and smaller towns were opening up. I'm not saying it wasn't a lot of racism, but it had started getting better except with die-hard groups. It's sad that any is still left.

[@Linda-oc2zh]

oldie but Goodie👏Baby Jack is allmost here👣👣👣

[@amrak5028]

At the time mix relationships were VERY Frowned upon. The message is " ain't NO difference if you're black or white long as you know what I MEAN. Love

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

On both sides they were frowned upon... don't leave that part out.

[@amrak5028]

@@TheKitchenerLeslie Why mention the divide? Was it needed?

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

@@amrak5028 Your original comment is inherently divisive. Mad?

[@Yowza78]

Divisive, eh? You sound pretty defensive there. The OP merely said the relationships were frowned upon, and mentioned nothing about by whom. Your "they did it too" is elementary school level behavior. No one said otherwise. Let me.guess, we shouldn't teach kids about any civil rights issues because "divisive"?

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

@@Yowza78 Not at all. See, you're using Alinsky tactics where you accuse people what you're guilty of. All good Commies do it. That's why we need them to stay Boosted! I have to assme you have weak reading comprehension and weaker experience with linguistics and framing. OP is trying to imply it's all Whitey's Fault. The worst racism comes from the other side and is carefully hidden from the mainstream media to give the impression that it's all one-sided and unwarranted in all cases.

[@targetshootr]

Always had to turn this one up on the radio. Good times.

[@goldieschooch8512]

Oh I love this song! I have this on a 45 still! ✌🏻☀️

[@johndrx165]

Love the shirt, Brad! I have that on my list to add to my collection. This became a one-hit song.

[@BrendaNelson-ll4ls]

I haven't heard to song in years. So funky. Thank you, Brad & Lex.💜

[@mickeyd6444]

The bass is off-the-chain good!

[@jamesdamiano8894]

This is not a protest song unless maybe you want to place into the civil rights movement. But, if you want to and should check out the best protest song EVER. Then listen to Barry McGuire's song "Eve Of Destruction". Another singer with a great message and gravely voice. Watch the video that has a red broken heart in the thumbnail because it gives a ton of perspective to the lyrics, and they are lyrics you need to pay attention too so Brad should love it-lol.

[@amrak5028]

So happy you posted this. How's Lex doing?

[@thorsden5562]

His voice is similar to Rod "The Mod" Stewart (as he was once known). I'm old enough to remember when this song was played frequently on AM radio in the early to mid 70's.

[@dougjohnson4066]

The original version by Hot Chocolate tells that Her Family rejected Louie first, even calling him by a racial slur. Why these fellas decided to change the lyrics I'll never understand. 😖🥴🤔✌️👍

[@mikephillips8810]

I've discovered by watching reaction channels, a fair number of UK hits that in the 1970s were covered by US bands and made a bit more US-sounding for the US market. I'm guessing they were worried about the controversy it would cause by having an offensive word towards a Black person and a White person. But considering the original band was made up of Black and White musicians, who wrote and sang it, it works in the original song! But always when they sanitize the song, they lose something. This is not a match for the original.

[@wearinganapron]

Those were exciting times . . . we had had the Freedom marches, seen desegregation ended, then the Summer of Love, Woodstock, and all the cultures were exploring each other. White kids running around sporting arrow (perms) and dashikis, black kids wearing look overalls and granny glasses, and everybody wearing fringe, beads, and braids! It was 1971, I believe, when interracial marriage was finally legal in all states, which did 2 things: it told the younger generation that, yes, you can do that, and told the older generation that the kids wouldn't t just be fooling around with someone of a different race, but that the kids could actually marry someone of a different race!There were Louie stories happening all over the place. Check out Janice Ian s "Society s Child."

[@budmangt2]

Great reaction, He sounds like Rod Stewart.

[@NancyFrench-py9gq]

This song was so huge, the studio version, in 1973. Never really heard from them again.

[@joho5955]

Now listen to the original version written and recorded by Hot Chocolate.

[@Science1677]

Wow, excellent, I haven't heard this in years.

[@Lifeletnothingholdudown]

I will tell you a story in the 70s it was ruff bringing home someone who was not your own color. I brought home a black guy in the 70s I am white, my mother kicked him out of the house. To her disapproval I married that guy and had two beautiful children that she told me I should not have because they would be mixed. We are not married today but I never regret what I did and we are still friends. In the end though she did come around and grew to like him. We are all the same and some of us were brave enough to go beyond and teach some that color doesn't decided what kind of a person someone is we are all human. That is what this song is about to me.

[@hereticxxx9317]

You need to listen to the original version by hot chocolate and it will fill the rest in for you

[@electricwizard3000]

The Midnight Special was a cool late-night weekend music show in the early/mid 70s [I think it was on NBC before they invented Saturday Night Live, if I recall correctly]. So I believe this was like 1971. It's protest music, in a sense, but really just a tale of interracial love.

[@TDove598]

Love this song! Those boys were jamming back in the day!

[@Star_R666]

Love seeing Jose Feliciano introduce the band.

[@maalikgmi]

I use to think that the lead singer Ian Lloyd was the leader of the gang the Rogues from the movie Warriors who was played by David Patrick Kelly. The looked alike and sound the same. “Warriors, come out to play”

[@lindadilworth8259]

The group is Stories. Song is about Brother Louie. I can relate to this story

[@dano4518]

The Midnight Special was the MTV before MTV, when we only had only 4 national networks.

[@patrickgallagher4212]

louie was a white guy taking his black girlfriend to meet his parents. and he goes to meet her parents.. Now listen to HOT CHOCLATE version of this song

[@deandee8082]

you really want to listen to the uncensored studio version waybetter IMO.. this was created for TV in the 70's so its neutered, its a 7 minute + song, altho the leads are really good on this version the lyrics are dialed back.. these guys were a GREAT band..

[@thetattooedvaper4081]

I grew up in this song in the 70's still as good today. Great reaction!

[@trep8387]

This song has been played out in real life ..put into words perfectly loved growing up in 70's music means something

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

This song reminds me of the first time I brought a Nubian queen to meet my folks & they about flipped out as they were southern baptists here in Georgia & it was the late '70s, they shunned me for many many years! PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS ✌💖☮

[@jonnno2439]

As some have said, Hot Chocolate had the original hit with this song. Errol Brown the lead singer co-wrote it. And their original version tells both sides of the story.

[@williamburke1882]

Cigarettes, whiskey and life on the road will give you a voice like that.

[@peacepupppy]

I loved this song. I was about 8 or 9 and this played on the radio. Constantly. Thanks for your reaction..someone said it was originally sung by a group called Hot Chocolate, I was wondering if anyone knew when that was.

[@jillw4983]

Brad and Lex, thank you for the card. Amazon account is in hubby's name, and he said: "Who are Brad and Lex?" LOL. Glad you guys like the swaddle wrap and onesie

[@NRBQLou]

I do a radio show out of Boulder, Colorado, my DJ name is Brother Louie - taken, of course, from this cool tune

[@bryanforis1839]

Great voice band great

[@sanjnandh]

One of Britain’s most successful groups HOT CHOCOLATE featuring Errol Brown wrote & had a hit in the UK with their superior original version. This cover gave this band a hit in the US but deprived Hot Chocolate of that opportunity. But HOT CHOCOLATE got own back and had later US hits with ‘Emma’, ‘’Disco Queen’, ‘You sexy thing’ and ‘Every one’s a winner’ - with a great guitar riff. 🙏 They had endless UK hits. Check out Hot Chocolate please. You won’t regret it 😊

[@lorimrasek7611]

Omg we used to go roller skating and this song was always playing. He reminds me of Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes and it was the 70's.😉

[@R._Thornhill]

I haven’t heard this song for 50 years. Great analysis and reaction.

[@SnuSlavin]

We played this song in middle school marching band. Won trophie for Mardi Gras!

[@Doggeslife]

I first heard this as a teen in the mid 1970s, and for the next few decades I actually thought it was a black group. They sounded too cool and funky for a white band to me at the time, ;-) You need to listen to the studio version that played on the radio to see what I mean. This live version is a little more "rock-ish".

[@jtf2dan]

YES!....I mentioned this one yesterday! Thanks!

[@eggy1962]

Stories one hit wonder, however the song writers and uk performers Hot Chocolate had uk hits spanning over 3 decades…check out their discography on wiki

[@retiredfirelt586]

That was awesome Kids... I have never seen the live version. Thanks 😎

[@razzledazzle8631]

I came home from the Vietnam War in 1970 .. as a white dude my girlfriend was black .. her mother and grandmother told me to stay away but we still saw each other .. this stuff was real back then

[@immoralreplicant1332]

Not often this happens but I never knew this existed ! I remember the Hot Chocolate version as it was a big hit here in the UK. Never even heard of this band never mind their version of the song which I think is a first after watching this channel for over a year. It's OK I guess but I think Errol Brown's more soulful vocals work better. Highlight of the video though...definitely Brad's shirt 🙂

[@MrCzarGuy1]

Album version much better

[@oldenslo4141]

Time for Tower of Power! Squib Cakes!!!

[@davidharder8411]

They cut a part out that says , He took her home to meet his mama and papa now they had a terrible fight . As long as people hide racism and not face it head on like we did in the 70s with TV shows like All In The Family with Archie Bunker ( white ) and George Jefferson ( black ) We will never rise above .

[@jimswan3741]

Some peoples head exploded when this charted.

[@marksummers1700]

one of the things i absolutely love about the music of my youth, was the songs that were social messages.. this song is about an interracial couple and the bullshit they had to put up with.. i hated racism as a kid (i was born in 1959)... and it absolutely disappoints me, and even sickens me, that racism not only still exists, it is flourishing in current US culture...!!!!!!

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

This song was re-recorded by the original singer for the Louis CK show Louie.

[@martint4629]

Nice one! Fancy helping to resurrect an overlooked British Band - Curved Air. (Track suggestion Back Street Love). Albums: Air Conditioning and Phantasmagoria. Love from the UK.

[@williamsmith9026]

The singer got the words wrong and the line he missed was critical

[@panicandfreakout-]

Brad has a Pretenders T-Shirt so glad he feels it

[@mrkleen9511]

I've been requesting n waiting for someone to react to Brother Louie for a long time. I'm glad you guys were the first!

[@aWorldview]

There's another very famous disco song called Brother Louie (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqGVopZ5p8l1gqM) by Modern Talking. Both are great

[@garyny4073]

Please do At some point Jose feliciano ' s version of " California dreaming " . He was the guy introducing them , he has incredible songs , covers and originals . His version was used in Tarantino's " once upon a time in Hollywood " ! 👍🍺

[@ruserious9577]

The reason this version is confusing is that they had to change the lyric for the show. The 3rd verse is : "There he stood...in the night, knowing what's wrong from what's right. When he took her home to meet his Mamma and Poppa,... MAN THEY HAD A TERRIBLE FIGHT". Apparently the bit about a fight was too much for the show or network.

[@minkiitwo]

Check out Donny Gerrard and the hit Wildflower or Stay a While with me!!! Skylark a Canadian band! David Foster on keyboard!

[@stevehand4253]

Nice work guys.

[@dalesands1857]

They changed a line in this one.

[@cesarnarro6013]

They changed up the lyrics a little bit because i remember when i heard it on the radio Louie took her to meet his mama n papa and they had a terrible fight, he ended leaving home because of it. Not really a happy ending.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Love it

[@mainmanjimmiblue]

That would be Stories, with the song "Brother Louie."

[@louielouie22]

🕺🏼 mid 70s

[@denismansfield8876]

Brad, Play the HOT CHOCOLATE version. You will get a clearer meaning. HOT CHOCOLATE ... .Brother Louie

[@dmead4106]

He sounds like rod Stewart, who started getting popular with Jeff Beck late sixties

[@MidwesternCornbilly]

Their two albums, Stories (1972) and About Us (1973) are great early 70's album oriented rock. I still have the originsl bought when they were released. But this song...I have never liked and skip past it to this day. But they were a really good band.

[@mikephillips8810]

Possibly because it wasn't their song?

[@MidwesternCornbilly]

That probably was the reason. My friend worked in a record store so I was able to listen to albums while hanging out. Knowing that I didn't care for this song, my friend put the album on the turntable. Sometimes, the 'hit' is not the best song on the album. On the other hand, sometimes it is and you've wasted your money on a very underwhelming album.

[@turnerdan53]

An earlier song related to this would be Janis Ian's Society's Child.

[@michelleheimbuch6322]

It was the 70's interracial dating not a thing, both families rejected them.

[@dennisrhodus4581]

The Lyric line " Man he had a terrible fight" was left out on this version

[@thancrow]

You should listen to Society's Child by Janis Ian which is about a similiar situation. No, neither song has a happy ending. both songs were a protest about the racial divide in this country.

[@axelpenn2131]

Steve Marriott Black Coffee

[@justjack0715]

GREAT REACTION TO A GREAT TUNE! THE ALBUM VERSION IS REALLY MUCH MORE DETAILED SO MUCH SO IT NEVER GOT RADIO PLAY...

[@llusk6375]

I've always thought he sounded a bit like Rod Stewart.

[@ChataCovers]

the group is "stories " the song is brother louie :)

[@garyny4073]

I'm surprised that u didn't listen to the original recorded version but this is cool don't think I seen this ever . It's about interracial love and the parents that don't approve . 👍🍺💰

[@deandee8082]

oh yea.. brother louie

[@_LVC]

Try Marc Cohn song the things we've handed down, great song for expecting parents 🎹🎹

[@solin3574]

The song is about trying heroin for first time and liking it. Brown sugar is slang for heroin as is smack, horse, junk and mister brown amongst many others.

[@doghouse3464]

Hiya there, if you like his voice you should play a little Rod Stewart try his early days when he was with a band called FACES and a live performance of 'stay with me' swagger and cool all at once.