Jamey Johnson - In Color (REACTION) WRITER REACTS - First Time Hearing It

[@theartistformerlyknownaslu3871]

This one always chokes me up

[@mzluna313]

When I was a child any time I went to my grandparents house I would always pull out the photo albums and they had shelves full of them. As I got older I noticed how much they enjoyed it when I pulled them out. I could see them going to that memory and one of them would always ask, "Honey, do you remember when.....?" They've both been gone for many years now, but every now and then, I pull out the photo albums. I inherited all of them and to me, they're priceless!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for sharing that story ❤️

[@karenwalsh1143]

This was a great song pick!! Great suggestion!!!! Glad Saeed got to see it!! Jamey Johnson Rocks!!!!!❤

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing song and video! Thanks for watching.

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

Hey lady! I haven't seen you in a while! (This and That channel). GTSY! 🤠

[@laurashelton5942]

In my opinion this is one of the best songs ever written.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Its an amazing song.

[@Maldoror1972-MG]

Country music at it's finest!! Thoughtful and emotional!!

[@CindyNavarro]

'You should have seen it in color' is basically saying, 'You would have needed to have lived in that moment to truly understand it.' Any photo only gives a brief glimpse into what happened, but nothing compared to the colorful life happening at the time the photo was made. Yesterday I posted a [colorized] photo of my parents made on their Wedding Day 70 years ago. The color was a nice addition, but most of the responses were about the very short story I wrote about when & how they met. Images & Words together 💞

[@CindyNavarro]

As for the colorization processes, some are outstanding and others don't get the colors right at all. I also have used one from one site that wouldn't always pick up skin tones; it was odd to see some body parts still light gray.

[@pontiac411]

@@CindyNavarro yeah its funny how many people don't realize he's talking about seeing it in real life and not about picture quality.

[@Valinor32]

I would recommend a lot of country music if you want music that tells a story. Country does it so well. Even Though I’m Leaving - Luke Combs Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band The Ride - David Allen Coe Waiting on a Woman - Brad Paisley Concrete Angel - Martina McBride (a real tear jerker) There are so many.

[@jasonbyassee7541]

@@CindyNavarro when I read your reaction, it reminded me of asking my mom what it was like to live in the world before it was in color.

[@slow6oh288]

You’re the first one I’ve seen actually break this song down with some knowledge. Thanks man!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much for watching and the kind words!

[@brianwilson8119]

My favorite memories are sitting around with my grandparents, flipping through old photo albums and learning the history of our family. It saddens me, that today's digital world, so many will never have that experience.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Beautiful memories to cherish.

[@LeciaPurks]

Beautiful song and great reaction!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for watching!

[@AngieandBoomer]

One of my most favorite songs!! I met the writer of this song and his story is just amazing ❤

[@debbrarobinson1548]

He is one of my Top Five singers! You should do “Lead Me Home” ❤

[@Timoeltejano]

I got to see him in concert just two years ago. Seeing him live- WOW! When he sang this song- just him and his acoustic guitar- everyone quiet and attentive to every single word and note. A near religious experience.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great you got to see him live! Such an amazing song!

[@annawestall4395]

My granny had a black and white picture of her dad, his siblings, and his parents on a wagon. About 25 years ago, my mom's friend did an oil painting (in color) of the picture and framed it. Granny loved it and it will hang on our walls for many generations to come.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thats amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheOwen1974]

Really like your take on this..

[@betsybabf748]

Jamey Johnson has an amazing voice and is such a good performer, but the words and the message in this song are at masterpiece level. It is one of the best songs ever written., Music should make the listener feel, and this song evokes emotion in all who hear it, and does every time no matter how many times you hear it.

[@davidvsr]

what a great story. so relateable

[@edwinbarnett9032]

I wish I had his grandfather. It is an act of love to share these experiences with the people you love

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

Great reaction! Love his voice! 🤠You might want to check out his song "High Cost of Living"!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing song! Thanks for watching and the recommendation

[@deborahvernarelli6394]

Hi, Saeed 😊. As someone else mentioned, seeing it in color, basically means looking at the pictures is not the same as actually living it. But I love when you reminisce about your grandparents. It's nice to reminisce and listen to their stories paints a picture of how it must have been. But to truly understand it, you would've had to live it. Thank you for reacting to this one. The country genre truly has great storytelling. Much love to you and your family ❤.

[@LeahJo13]

I love your take on this song. Thanks for sharing.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I had that thought in my mind, and was going to say that in the end, but then i forgot 😅 Beautiful song! Thanks so much for watching. Much love to you and your family ❤️🫂

[@SherrySchumacher-bq5zo]

I absolutely love they way you are able to decifer the meanings of all the little things in these songs. You are very knowledgeable about US history...much more than most of the people who live here. I really enjoy your reactions...especially the country and classic rock songs. Keep up the great work. 😊 much respect

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thank you so much! I am really enjoying this journey! So much great music!

[@joearp]

I love your reactions!!!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thank you so much!

[@creinicke1000]

What I get from the song is that young folks think they are unique.. that no one else vould feel what they are feeling. Pictures show folks that young folks think had it easier.. But the phrase "should of seen it in color" implies that folks were scared, hot, tired, afraid too.

[@lt.spears1889]

I’d say it implies, no, says that you should’ve been there, lived this life, lived these seminal moments, yes you see, but do you really understand. Life is precious, embrace it all, learn and grow………

[@captainkangaroo4301]

I always feel my age when I look at my old family photos and the first half of them are black and white.

[@TexasMagnolia]

Jamey has been one of the top writers in Nashville and A Marine!!! Two very important songs to hear… Lead Me Home - Live Farm Aid High Cost of Living

[@SaeedReacts.]

Will add those to my list. Thanks

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

I see this as Jamie Johnson's ode to the Great Generation that lived through the depression and saved the World in WWll, You should have seen it in color (also specific to an earlier time period in a black and white photo), is just a moment in time that does not reflect what it was like to be living what was pictured. While the actual saying has its origins in B&W film, as the color, motion, context, temperature, emotions and everything else that makes up reality is mostly missing from a photograph.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on this. Great insights!

[@steveshelton5036]

Awesome song !! ❤️

[@SaeedReacts.]

100%

[@sherristyers5627]

I really enjoy watching your county music reaction videos.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much! I am truly enjoying this journey.

[@BOOMNERD51]

Thanks for this great reaction. When one of our tv networks released WWII in color with colorized b&w documentary film Suddenly these WWII soldiers looked young and contemporary, just seeing a suntanned sailor on deck. My generation had Vietnam where my husband fought before we met, and those films were in color, though the jungle humidity sometimes muted things like gray.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to share this.

[@bazkeen]

Great insight into this song 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks! Beautiful song.

[@petestottsberry1133]

Great reaction and breakdown!!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much!

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

A real storytelling voice. You know, we "see" the songs and you color it for us. Great!! Tx Saeed. Greetings from South Africa

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great song! Thanks so much for watching with me! Greetings from Belgium.

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

I love this song, it makes me think of my Dad born in 1918, he lived the depression and fought in WWII, lots of Battle ribbons and decorated Bronz Star. Makes me weepy listening to it.

[@michellehubbard7865]

'LEAD ME HOME"JAMEY JOHNSON, not the live version

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@johnkendall6558]

I would never get my b&w pictures colorized

[@miconis123]

I'd love to have my mom's black and white pictures colorized but only as a copy. The original is what it is and shouldn't be changed.

[@diannthomas5653]

Love that song. Fantastic reaction

[@SaeedReacts.]

Such an amazing song. Thanks so much for watching.

[@lorriwood8545]

I haven't heard that song I bet in 15 years. It brought tears to my eyes. I was born in 1964. ALOT of the photos of me and my brothers. My parents wedding pictures. All black and white. My grandfather was in Okinawa in 1967. My mom sent him a photo of my older brother and me. He had portraits painted of us. My brother was 4, I was 3. It's the only picture of me with beautiful blue eyes. I guess to the Asian painter. All Americans have blue eyes. 😊😊 God Bless ✌️✌️ & ❤❤

[@SaeedReacts.]

Beautiful song. Thanks for sharing that story ❤️

[@johnrobb8435]

One of my favorite songs that tells a story (from over 300 years ago) is Fairport Convention's version of "Matty Groves"!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@findingmyrootswoolmarketms]

Once, when my granddaughter was about 7 years old, I was showing her some black and white pictures from my childhood. She asked, “ Grammie was everything black and white back then?” I told her that the picture on the TV was also black and white back then. She said, “No. The whole world. When did it turn into color?” ❤😂

[@TrishF_2024]

😂😂😂 that’s cute.

[@SaeedReacts.]

That's adorable! Thanks for sharing that story.

[@matthewdooley7855]

Jamey Johnson is an amazing storyteller, with a very manly sound. Check out him and Alison Krauss (from Whiskey Lullaby) on "Seven Spanish Angels" - a great song from Willie Nelson and Ray Charles. Now it's hard to imagine a life where there's not a camera around to document anything. The WWII scene Jamey sings about is the story of a bomber crew in Europe. For his father to survive that is an amazing feat, bomber crews had very high casualty rates.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I have only reacted to his song In Color, but definitely want to check out more. Thanks for the recommendations!

[@LoveTheVideo]

Jamey Johnson singing with Leeann Womack at a live tribute concert for George Strait…the song is “Give it Away” So good!

[@CameronMacDonald-qz8rz]

You got to see the live versions of anything he does

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely want to see some live performances too.

[@LeahC208]

One of my favorite songs. So so good.

[@sweettennesseelife1665]

You should have seen it in color --- you should have been there, lived it. Seen it live.

[@MommaBird52]

Jamey Johnson - The Dollar

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@the0Redneck]

I just saw the songwriter behind this song Lee Thomas Miller at a songwriters festival here in Denmark, if you have been listening to country music from 2000 and forward you probably have heard some of his song written songs for people like brad Paisley Trace Adkins Garth Brooks

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thats awesome!

[@williamparrish9954]

Jamey Johnson has many great song

[@LeighBeckman]

Great reaction! I don't think Jamey can do a bad song. I love In Color but I have other favorites you might want to check out. One being The High Cost of Living that is about a soldier returning home and the demons that haunt him and how he deals with them. Jamey was a Marine so I'm pretty sure this was very personal for him. Another one is Mowing Down the Roses...about his divorce. I probably found it funnier than I should have, but it's a good one too

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much for watching and sharing these recommendations! Definitely want to explore more of his music.

[@phyllisfranks7739]

To me, you should have seen it in color means you don't know what it was like because you weren't there. The black and white in the picture doesn't show what it was like.

[@rodthebodfromcanada]

Exactly what the song means.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely! I had that thought while listening, but forgot to mention it at the end

[@reginaperrygin7491]

Saeed You Are So Frickin Handsome. I Love Your Channel And My Music Is Country

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much! Looking forward to explore more of the genre.

[@teresascarborough310]

To me in color means , 'In real life"

[@Courdorygirl]

I've never done it personally, but I've seen colorization in graphics arts classes. She used a color wheel that had specific shades of gray that went with each color. It does help if you have backup information either from the family or the person in the picture especially when it comes to close colors like red/orange or blue/green/gray

[@SaeedReacts.]

That is interesting! Never knew how it worked.

[@1960rlv]

High Cost of Living is another good one from Jamey. If you get a chance check out Almost Home by Craig Morgan, talk about painting a picture with music, a great one.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendations! Will add these to my list.

[@diannadavis1362]

There are so many great story tellers in country music . Another great story telling artist is Craig Morgan , if you get a chance check out his song Almost Home or Tim McGraw's song Live Like You Were Dying.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendations. Definitely want to explore more of the genre.

[@TexasMagnolia]

LOL…If it’s Country, it’s Storytelling.

[@valeriea475]

All those photos of his/from people knows. I love the song since seeing it black and white tells so much but if you replace that grey with army green (for example) they give a different feeling.

[@valeriea475]

Welp I replied before you got to that. So great minds lol

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great minds indeed :)

[@slow6oh288]

A couple more fantastic story telling country songs are “riding with private Malone” by David Ball and “fancy” by Reba McEntire.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I reacted to Fance, but have not heard the other song yet.

[@karenlackner192]

This is such a beautiful song. Have loved it since it first came out

[@deweymotes3352]

Jamey Johnson. Wow. I understand I’m not a paying member. Dog In The Yard I think it’s great My wife loves it. She doesn’t do reactions but it’s worth it. Maybe you will maybe you won’t.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendations! Much appreciated! Definitely want to hear some more.

[@MommaBird52]

Craig Morgan - Tough and This Ain't Nothin'

[@darrellwood1594]

If you want another amazing story check out Randy Travis-3 Wooden crosses.Guarantee you will love it!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@firefighterchick]

In the first verse, he referenced The Great Depression. I'm not the impact that was felt in your Country. It was a worldwide Depression that shook the economy to its core. Banks in the US had invested people's money to the degree that when they wanted to withdraw the money they couldn't. The stock market crashed and banks collapsed. Now there are laws preventing Banks from investing the money the same way and a federal insurance backing each account. The Great Dust Bowl also crippled agriculture. Farmers unknowingly massively depleted the nutrients in the soil by planting the same crops on the same acres for generations. Then a historic drought happened and a huge part of the country's fields literally turned to a fine dust that killed crops and some livestock. It's one of the reasons that although America had already been giving the Allies supplies and weapons they were so reluctant to join the war with troops. If you like History I highly recommend The Fat Electrician channel. He's a fantastic story teller. You could start with Virginia Hall the deadliest spy of WWII.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks so much for taking the time to share this! I am learning a lot!

[@howrued1500]

Please send chocolates and glühwein!!!! 😂😉

[@SaeedReacts.]

The season for it is on the way 😄

[@williamparrish9954]

please do Jamey Johnson high coast of living another great story song that i think u can relate too

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@kevinsharpjr]

I got a good story telling song that will also that will hit you with emotions Chase Rice song "Bench Seat " , i recommend doing the official music video to completely understand the song and the message behind it .

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@kevinsharpjr]

@@SaeedReacts. You're welcome.

[@lt.spears1889]

Volume up ⬆️ please 🙏

[@joymiller338]

If you like good storytelling which is what Country generally is.. check out Kenny Chesney's Don't Blink.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@mattrotton]

You should check out Benjamin Tod. Either using again or we ain't even kin.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I believe that one is on my list.

[@katherineowens8607]

I love your content. I saw in another video that you have written but possibly not in English? Do you have any of your work in English (published or unpublished)?

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for your interest! All my work is currently in Dutch. I do have a first draft of my first book in English, but it still needs a lot of work and a professional copy editor to get it on point.

[@katherineowens8607]

@@SaeedReacts. I have a bit of a crazy back story as to why I ended up watching reaction videos. I've enjoyed yours because of your insight. Words are so important. Writing has saved my life a few times. Just from a few videos, I know I would love to read your work and/ or happily read subtitles on a film you write and produce one day. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the world.

[@MommaBird52]

Travis Tritt Trilogy Marty Robbins - El Paso

[@SaeedReacts.]

Those are on my to do list!

[@heathmark2824]

You actually missed the meaning. It means you should have been there. To see it in color in those days pics were all black and white. You had to be there to see it in color.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I didnt miss it, but i did forget to say it. I had that thought in my mind and wanted to save it till the end and then i forgot.

[@reaganburt2435]

If you like storytelling songs I recommend Eric Church, especially Lightning or Knives of New Orleans.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I will add these to my list! Thanks

[@jamesgomez753]

I understand the sentiment of this song but I've never enjoyed listening to it.