FIRST TIME listening to GEORGE JONES - "He Stopped Loving Her Today" REACTION

[@nickicribb4299]

He died, not she. She came to see him one last time, Aah, we all wondered if she would, And the thought kept running through my mind, This time he's over her for good. Recall, "They placed a wreath upon his door."

[@lillyjanereacts]

thanks for bringing me up to speed, hearing a song for the first time, it is easy to mix things up.

[@LerRhann]

​@lillyjanereacts pretty sure he killed himself too.

[@757optim]

@@LerRhann I don't think so. I think he'd still be waiting, if he could.

[@Stillmaineiac88]

Like your Husband, George Jones was a Marine.

[@mickeym2380]

George Jones hated this song and did not want to record it. After spending hours and hours recording it, he basically told the producer “here’s your sad song and POS will not sell one record. He later changed his mind.

[@davidlatting3789]

She left him but he never stopped loving her. He loved her until he died and she came back for his funeral.

[@BokHog]

This

[@christyshultz6443]

Yeah when I was 8 years old and listening to it for the first time I got it no granted that was a long damn time ago cuz I'm 50 now. But I got it.. I see so many people listening and just not getting what he means it goes right over their head. And I just want to smack my forehead because people our dense. When you start the song and say he said I love her to I die and he stopped Loving her today would mean he died the song is literal and people just don't get it I don't understand why they don't get it. Maybe because they don't do the poetry thing and try to overthink the same song instead of taking it for what it says😅 but it is a good song and I love it.

[@hazedidit]

@@christyshultz6443 not necessarily... in this performance, he minced the words and didnt sing it clearly... if you are like me and you and grew up with the studio performance then it made perfect sense to us, but hearing this version as your first go around, wouldnt give you the proper performance of this song...

[@christyshultz6443]

@@hazedidit yes he did and it we all hoped she'd come to see him one last time in other words his funeral.. I realize people today are idiots.. but you got words like all dressed up to go away first time I'd seen him smiling years. You put people in their best Sunday clothes and then you press their mouths into a smile. Or if someone does it prefer that you don't. But used to be a thing..

[@christyshultz6443]

@@hazedidit and I promise you it's about a mans death.

[@rssvss]

This is my country music , the whole generation is under served by modern country/pop.

[@GeneRoberts1961]

There is no comparison.

[@jerrypredmore8793]

Who’s gonna fill their shoes?

[@jerrypredmore8793]

Him and Tammy loved each other so. But they were so toxic together. I’m grateful I got to witness that in being with them on occasion.

[@nathanclaspell6003]

Modern country music is devoid of soul and actual life experiences performed by neutered drones and posers.

[@trevorkenny]

100%

[@Butterbean13]

Only a true country music lover (GEORGE JONES) could understand not to mention feel every word of this song. I’m 62 and I got emotional and had tears in my eyes when he passed away.He truly was the absolute best artist of my generation.🙏

[@douglaspayne8588]

I’ve listened to this song since I was a boy and it still brings a tear or two. George Jones is a golden age master of country music.

[@troyrosacker2499]

I'm a grown man and I can't listen to that song without tears, God bless and Dam you George!

[@RunningMoose357]

Gets me every time too.

[@nesbittgregory]

Well, It gets to almost all Real Men.... do a 180 , and play one of his 90s hits - > " I dont need your rocking chair" George Jones

[@eddiestanley135]

Right there with you brother!!!😢😢

[@erniea4424]

I've been living this song since 1987

[@dperry203]

No one sings with emotion like George Jones! It’s just naturally in his voice! He has a ton of hits!

[@johnhoran9840]

His alcoholic daddy used to wake him up as a kid, beat him, then force him to sing at local bars. His pain was real.

[@vaccumme]

Four Walls, Grand Tour, Who's gonna fill them Shoe's just a few of my go George Jones Songs.

[@judystine7901]

George was a great storyteller!

[@exilemike]

You can't forget Red Sovine, he was a great storyteller and the emotion he put into his music was legendary

[@hotrodtex2124]

You are correct, Alan Jackson gave it hell tho at George's funeral.

[@Pmjdp2001]

Here in the South, when someone died, we place a wreath on the front door/porch. This song is a timeless song for men in general. We love hard, and don’t let go easily. Most times, we stop loving her when we die.

[@MaS-es9rv]

I thought the door of the casket before burial.

[@Martin.Wilson]

Amen brother. A man will carry a broken heart around like a bag of bricks his entire life and the only thing worse for him would be forgetting his one true love. The worst part is trying not to let it show, keeping it buried deep inside where no one can see your weakness. Not easy being a man most days.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

yeah an old tradition that tells the neighbors the house is in mourning, some see it as an invitation to help, drop by and see if they need anything, maybe drop off some food or flowers.

[@ericelander9936]

Amen to all the replies and your post. Lost my wife of nearly forty years in January and I break down at least once a day. Try to keep it together around others. My one and only. Til we meet again.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

@@ericelander9936lost my wife of 42 yrs about 3 yrs ago and I still break down when I hear certain songs that she used to love. Like me she was very into music and we would go see every concert we could. So many good memories associated to music.

[@tonybacon6277]

One of the greatest songs ever written and one of the greatest country singers ever.

[@Idealist2448]

This song took 7 years to be released. George refused to do it for fear that it was too dark and somber. He finally agreed and it was straight to the top, one of his best songs of all time.

[@michaelshelton5488]

He stopped loving her today because HE died today

[@jrf79]

I AM 73 YRS OLD AND HAVE BEEN A GEORGE JONES FAN SINCE 16..... WHEN HE DIED A PIECE OF COUNTRY MUSIC DIED.......IN THE SONG,HE DIED,SHE DIDNT........THEY SPLIT BUT HE ALWAYS LOVED HER......SHE CAME TO SEE HIM ONE MORE TIME.........WHEN HE PASSED..........ONE OF HIS BEST SONGS

[@MrHowdeedodee]

I am 81 years old, and I lost one of my brothers-in-laws today who died at 82. We grew up listening to George Jones, possibly one of the best country music performers ever. He had a completely unique Voice, that no one could copy. He apparently had a serious problem with alcohol, and it came between him and Tammy. I truly believe that George did love Tammy, but not as much as he loved alcohol.

[@DebraPennock]

@@MrHowdeedodee well said

[@Martin.Wilson]

George recorded this song when he and his one true love, Tammy Wynette had split up for good. He tried for days to make it through a session, but kept breaking down in drunken tears. Finally, his producer called Tammy and told her what was going on. She came down to the studio and when George saw her, he pulled himself together and recorded the song in one take, which is the take we here on the album. His close friend Alan Jackson sang this song at George's funeral....one of the most emotional performances ever.

[@audiemurphy2614]

George didn't want to do this song...said it was too morbid...no one would like it. It took a whole to record it. Do your history...it was not about Tammy.

[@Martin.Wilson]

@@audiemurphy2614 My uncle was a studio musician in Nashville during these years and the circumstances surrounding the recording of this song were common knowledge and the stuff of legends. Jones was only able to rouse himself out of his drunken stupor (after many booze and drug fueled days and over 200 takes) and record this song when Tammy finally appeared in the studio. It may not be in the history books, but this happened just the same.

[@audiemurphy2614]

@Martin.Wilson that's bullshit and you know it. George didn't want to do the song because he said it was too morbid and sad and no one would like it. I know the history of the song and Tammy was never involved..so believe your own fantasy if you want...the rest of America knows the truth. Go back to your crack pipe...you need it.

[@thenewcenturyhomeste]

​@@Martin.WilsonI heard part of that story a long time ago. I was wondering if it was factual or not. And I had also heard he didn't want to do it because it was morbid.

[@mrkoy5047]

​@@audiemurphy2614He didn't want to do it because it reminded him to much of Tammy. He did it when she came down. It wasn't technically about her but it was. It became about him

[@jeffa8665]

THE BEST COUNTRY SONG, SANG BY THE GREATEST SINGER EVER

[@BornAgainAdam]

Allen Jackson sang that song for George's memorial. The first time I saw Mr. Jackson take off his hat.

[@Mr.NoName1972]

Alan Jackson is the only country music legend who sang this iconic classic as good as George Jones. Nobody else who sings this comes close.

[@nc88fan]

When George died a couple years back, they held a eulogy for him, attended by all the biggest names in the industry. If you want to see true emotion check out Vince Gill and Patty Loveless performing Go Rest High Upon That Mountain at that event. You WILL need tissues. It is one of the truest performances ever.

[@KarenOCallaghan-u5o]

And Alan Jackson does a great version of He Stopped Loving Her Today.

[@Akihito007]

I remember watching that. I don’t know how someone couldn’t cry after seeing it. What a great tribute.

[@alanm2842]

that was supposed to be george's last concert, but he passed before it happened. So it became a goodby concert, from all his friends.

[@ericlaverty1509]

When they pan the crowd to show all the country singers during Vince Gill's song, every eye is red.

[@TimothyGraff]

​@@Akihito007I wept

[@paulaegraham]

You don't stop loving people when they die. You stop loving them because YOU die.

[@barbarajeans9087]

Amen!

[@johnharris8191]

No, you still love them in the hereafter.

[@leogolbourn9800]

The problem with the younger generation today is they are used to listening to nonsensical music that is just a noise. They are incapable of listening to the lyrics of a song let alone absorb them and understand them. He smiled got the first time for years because he had been to the funeral Parlour and been pumped full of formaldehyde,had make up applied and had a smile put on his face.

[@knifelore1647]

Love is without time or place! It's never ending!

[@TerryEnglish-qr1ge]

Amen

[@michaelparker5761]

I've been listening to country music for 72 years and THAT is the best country music song ever written.

[@cyndajo]

Agreed.

[@williamcook2499]

Was a song for my Grandfather.... war was his life after....not for his choice.

[@smithderf]

That and David Allan Coe's You Never Even Called me by my Name

[@Denpachii]

It was not the perfect country & western song Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk.

[@cardo718]

Conway Twitty - The Rose.

[@AlongtheRiverLife]

This song was voted the number-one country song of all time. George Jones did not want to record it; he said it was too sad, and no one would want to listen to it!

[@jackstrycker8707]

My favorite country song. It's the way I still feel about my 1st ex wife. It will be played at my funeral.

[@CaptainZlogg]

Makes me cry every time I hear it. "First time I saw him smile in years" I love my 1st real girlfriend and my wife will remember me today that I would remember her😢❤❤❤Thanks!

[@judystine7901]

My husband and I are now in our 70’s and 80’s and back in the 1980’s and 90’s we did a whole lot of Country Dancing. Every year on our anniversary we would take a big cake with us to the bar and share it with everyone. And the song we would request the band to sing for us was “He Stopped Loving Her Today”. Many people who had never really listened to the words would laugh when the band announced that we requested it for our anniversary. My husband always tells me that the only time he will stop loving me is the day he dies. ❤

[@everyonehasadream]

I was at George's funeral at the Grand 'Ole Opry. It's something that I will never forget.

[@rogercartee6264]

wow

[@Martin.Wilson]

Alan Jackson was amazing. Everyone loved George Jones in spite of himself. I'm sure that day is one that you'll never forget as long as you live.

[@everyonehasadream]

@@Martin.Wilson Yes, Alan sang, 'He Stopped Loving Her Today', at George Jones' Funeral. It was wonderful! 🙂

[@brandonsmith5930]

She completely missed it. She left him but couldn't stop loving her. He only stopped loving her the day HE died.

[@white.lodge.dale.cooper]

Still, it's so great that young people are giving a chance to music that was released decades before they were born. That's no small thing, especially today.

[@bureau2001]

She did miss it. She is typical nowadays

[@SweetheartQuest]

dont do weed yall tears the mind up

[@stone4173]

I could tell by watching her face during the song she couldn't understand it.

[@nicb9273]

Yeah, I was surprised she had that so wrong. My personal take was always that he took his own life because she left him and then she felt guilty and that's why she was at his funeral.

[@cotswolddroner7714]

I was a grown man in my early thirties the first time I listened to the songs lyrics. I cried for an hour. That is a powerful song sung by the best.

[@robsnyder3733]

Young lady growing up in the 70'S and 80'S listing to country music back then . Each song told a story with deep emotions and feels.

[@davespa915]

I watched my grandfather cry everyday for 10 years over my grandmother's death. Married for 55 years.

[@JeffMcMenamin1027]

😥

[@angelado3]

My grandfather cried also daily- My grandmother and he had been married 50 years before she passed

[@dwightdodd3734]

54 years and counting............

[@djt8518]

​@@angelado3 me too only i am the grandpa

[@bwdw929]

They broke up and he told her he would love her until he died. “He stopped loving her today” because he died today. She came to the funeral.

[@richardturk7162]

I'm 71 and a metal head guitar player and George Jones and all the old country artists were the real deal. Some of the best singers and musicians of all time and I've met quite a few of them over the years. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty all were so nice to talk to. Met Vince Gill and he was as genuine as it gets. If you do one of his videos what you see is the way he really is. None that I met had a big ego like a lot of the current country singers.

[@speedracer2336]

I am a classic rock guy, but unlike today, I knew who the top Country stars were!

[@thomasoparsons5537]

First line of the song, '"He stopped loving her today " . She left him and he never stopped loving her till the day he died. A song of devotion

[@kennethbatson9886]

Thanks!

[@evilroyslade2491]

Will never be another George Jones.

[@quintondees4501]

"who's gonna fill their shoes"

[@ConspiracySmurf]

***WHO'S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES???*** y'all find that song!

[@mattfoltz7752]

​@@ConspiracySmurf My eyes leak everytime I hear that song

[@wannabetrucker7475]

Possum

[@Duke_of_Prunes]

I don't even LIKE country, but George Jones is impossible not to like. Super talented 👏

[@thewhiskeycowboy-official]

As others point out, she didn't die.... she left him and then he died many years later; and she arrived at his funeral. It's a much sadder song than you realized.

[@BadWolf762]

He stopped loving her today is THE best country song ever.

[@cattywampusmcdoogle]

Your opinion.... top 5 all time, but you neglect George Straight, Conway Twitty, Randy Travis, and the Man in Black.

[@rolltide9547]

​@@cattywampusmcdooglehe is saying the top song not artists.

[@cattywampusmcdoogle]

@rolltide9547 and that is still his opinion, and I am good with that, but it's still not the best country song ever.... (my opinion) even though I still give it a top 5 of all time

[@rolltide9547]

@@cattywampusmcdoogle what is your #1

[@cattywampusmcdoogle]

@@rolltide9547 it's a tie, depending on my mood. George Strait = Cross My Heart or Conway Twitty = Hello Darlin or Randy Travis = Forever and Ever Amen. I would put He Stopped Loving Her in the 4th spot consistently.

[@ChukkMc]

When you love someone completely, absolutely, and unconditionally, that love never goes away...and you never find it again. When that relationship is over, you're punished for the rest of your days, thinking about what once was, and maybe what could have been. You think about it every day, every night, seven days a week, including in your dreams. This song demonstrates that a love like that doesn't just end. You carry it with you until your last breath...when you finally find peace in your heart.

[@CharlesHughes-l7q]

This song will make even the biggest toughest country boy tear up,it does me.

[@williamcook2499]

Amen.... soldier was drafted.

[@carysweet4070]

Not this one but Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes hits your heart

[@youflatscreentube]

His wife left him! He died. Possibly suicide. “Letters next to his bed, they carried him away, no tears in his eyes.”

[@2muchtork]

Agreed.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

A poll was taken of 1000 people. 400 said it made them cry and the other 600 lied through their teeth.

[@WUT2C4ME]

This song always reminds me of my dad. He and my mom were divorced when I was 17. He always told me he would love my mom till he died. When he died in 2016, this song came flooding into my mind and my heart. Still to this day, this song is for my dad.

[@charliebrown1063]

Sorry for your loss.

[@6vetter9]

Similar story. My parents divorced when I was around 8. My dad passed away from a heart attack when I was 10, in November 1980. and it wasn't until I was about 25 that one of my uncles (his brother) told me that my dad couldn't get enough of this song after it was released earlier that year. Still haunts me after all of this time..

[@robsilveira6707]

I hope it brings a smile to your face and buckets of happy tears. Love stories have a never-ending tale. 😊

[@sherryvickery56]

Same here. My dad loved my mom till the day he died even though they had divorced for years. He loved this song because he understood it in his heart.

[@christophermckinney3924]

The first line tells the story and often gets glossed over. He said I'll love you till I die. then He stopped loving her today. Basically she left him, he pined for her his whole life, then he died and she came to his funeral.

[@tiffsjourney877]

George Jones is a Country Legend! 💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️

[@thomasbickel5128]

The women was his x he could not get over. She left him and he carried his love for her until the day he died. George did feel every word of the songs he sang. He was a man with flaws who suffered and understood suffering. This is not a love story, this is country music. This is a song about a women who left a man and he never got over that pain until he died.

[@mickeyguyton8991]

When greats like George Jones and Conway Twitty died the country music world lost two of the greatest country artist of all time, but their music will never be forgotten.

[@rocketsauce5067]

Yeah but now you have back roads and pick up trucks and sugar shakers by people that have never seen a back road.

[@craigfreeman71]

Best concert I ever went to, was George Jones, Conway Twitty, and Merle Haggard all in one concert.

[@Captain_Calcium]

​@@rocketsauce5067 Cry harder about it

[@firemedic5100]

George initially didn't want to do this masterpiece. He felt it was morbid, and sad. He felt people wouldn't listen to it. It is a good thing he did paint this masterpiece, and made it the best saddest love song there will ever be.

[@Tyler-yn5xe]

Had it not been for Billy Sherrill, this song probably never would have happened, and if it did, it wouldn't be the masterpiece it is.

[@shermanhouston7433]

Quite possibly the best choice he ever made to record this song. It is truly one of the top 5 best country songs if not the best.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Yep, I read about that many years ago. He said "Nobody will buy that morbid SOB." Well, multiple millions proved him wrong.

[@jamesonyates2388]

The first line of the song: "He said I'll love you until I die. She said, Aw, you'll forget in time." He stopped loving her today -> He said I'll love you until I die -> He stopped loving her because he died

[@BeakyFloof]

People don't hang wreaths on the doors of people who have passed away anymore, but back in the day it was a thing. He loved her, and waited for her, till the day he died.

[@bobdixon532]

You can't in this day and age. It signals trashy thieves that a house is open for pilfering. They will also break in trying to find pain meds for patients dying of cancer. Hospice nurses will gather those meds and dispose of them as soon as they can.

[@jperala658]

I always understood it as them placing a wreath on the lid (the door) of his coffin.

[@yestfmf]

At the turn of the century the custom was to hang black crepe paper on the house when someone died. A song was written about it but there was a misspelling when it came out in the hymnal. All these years later they have never corrected it: “There’s Crap on the Door.”

[@Daniel-nr6iw]

I always enjoy seeing young people experiencing and appreciating classics like this. Music spans generations when we open our minds to it. I hope there are many more younger people like you out there.

[@sheryldalton8965]

George & his wife Nancy moved to my small Texas town & opened a club & music park in the 80's. My parent's & i worked for them. They were very down to earth & treated their employees very well. When George would perform he'd sing this song next to last so Nancy would have time to get to the stage by the time he finished. When they left here the town became Dullsville once again haha. George & Nancy thought the world of my dad who was also their neighbor.

[@JonathanBoden-u5p]

Oh you are taking me for a walk into the past. One of my dad's favorites, Being an old Divorced. Decorated WW2 vet, who lost the love of his life. He loved to sing, but this one was hard for him to handle at times. I didn't truly understand, till I walked the same path, except mine led me to this VA homeless program vets. Took me a long time trying to understand my TBI and PTSD with all that comes with it. Actions and outcomes. He use to tell me that every step we take, leads us to where we will end up. They will be yours to live and no one else's. Don't blame anyone , because they are not your feet or mind..just loved that man and he was right. Every step that got me here was mine. Life is what it is .

[@michaelweiss2271]

From one Veteran to Another. Stay strong my brother, you are taking the steps to the proper path. Always remember that there are people out here who you do not know who will always keep you in there prayers. You are not alone and you never will be.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

This is REAL country. And he lived it, or watched others who did & wrote of it. When I was growing up this is how we workout to view each other and live. I was born in 1962. And I'm 62. Some songs got overplayed on the radio back then this is what we grew up on amongst other things. What informed our hearts and formed our character.

[@DavidMelissaHope]

Scrolling through your post for the first time. And here you go and find another gem. This is my second all-time song. Give a cleaned up studio version of this song a listen. This song is about a man who had his partner leave him. She had fallen out of love, while he loved her until his death. It is truly a sad song and shows the power of love. Even if it not given back in return. I was pretty young when this was on the airways. Honestly, I cried the first time I heard it. Very powerful......what? I'm not crying.....it's my allergies....

[@rogeroday9408]

#1 for 18 weeks. For 11 years in a row voted best country song of all time.

[@jerrywoody9660]

This is Old Country, George, Johnny, Waylon, Willie, and never forget the Ladies, Loretta, Dolly, Tammy, Patsy.

[@oldcountryboy]

You forgot Bobby bear And Conway Twitty

[@oldcountryboy]

And of course Is Merle Haggard And don't forget Buck OwensOh and AlabamaMan there is a lot of good country music out there😅

[@andrewhoeppner7589]

Hank Williams

[@oldcountryboy]

@@andrewhoeppner7589 Which one senior junior Or third Is or just all 3 in general

[@andrewhoeppner7589]

@@oldcountryboy Sr and Jr

[@frankieblea5614]

George sang all his songs the same way. "A Picture Of ME Without You." "Mansion On A Hill." "Tennessee Whiskey." "Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me." ""The Grand Tour" "Bartender's Blues," "Choices" "She Thinks I Still Care" The list goes on and on! If you have a heart in your body,, George jones will bring you to your knees in tears!

[@cosmichealer1111]

He stopped loving her today ,he died so he finally could stop loving her 💔

[@RLKmedic0315]

He said he'd love her until he died. He was being truthful.

[@harleydavidson6851]

Yeah....Tell me not it! Its a Biggg Club. Patti...I've loved you 4 Ever 😢

[@scottiedont731]

Wreath on his “door” (lid of the coffin), “first time I’ve seen him smile in years” mortician made him look happy, they carried him away

[@tiffaneybritton7972]

EXACTLY TRUE

[@deserthighlander1969]

It's arguably one of the best songs ever written and sang by an absolute legend. RIP Ol' Possum Eyes.

[@mrviclamb6819]

Thank you for your honest assessment of Righteous Brothers, Unchained Melody and George Jones, He Stopped Loving Her Today.I am in my 70's, fondly remember these songs and was happy to see a young person like yourself feature them. You made my day.😊

[@johnscott4196]

They hung a wreath upon HIS door. Carry HIM away. HE was all dressed up to GO AWAY

[@staceyward777]

Young'ns nowadays don't know what hanging a wreath on somebody's door means.

[@lindasmith6316]

@@staceyward777 I do.

[@Aurora-tp3dy]

​@@staceyward777 So true.

[@Aurora-tp3dy]

​@@staceyward777So, true. It's a custom that should come back.

[@seandobson6221]

My grandmother played this at my grandfather’s funeral. He loved her more than anything else in the world. I still fight back tears when I hear this song some 30 years later. The old possum is sorely missed.

[@rexthompson8905]

The Greatest country song of all time

[@roywright9804]

You hit it right on the head it's more like an ex-girlfriend that he was in love with but she didn't feel the same that's what I wondered if she'd show up

[@Warriors_Garden_and_Workshop]

In addition to having to deliver my dad's eulogy, my mother asked me to play this song on guitar and sing it at my dad's funeral, it was their favorite after 50 years together. He loved her until his last breath, when she passes, I will change the words and sing it at her funeral.

[@Mr.NoName1972]

"Choices" is the George Jones timeless classic that hits my heart and makes me cry the most, because I have experienced addiction. I'm still living and dying with the choices I made. "Choices" is by far the greatest country song George Jones ever recorded. "He Stopped Loving Her today" is the second, "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" is the third best from the Possum. I'm a Chicano born and raised in East L.A and love country music,

[@CA-lk6fd]

My dad was one of George Jones’ biggest fans. He used to frequent the bars quite often especially after he and my mom got divorced, and lots of people told me he loved to karaoke his songs especially this one. This was real country music.

[@bigwaylon]

If you go back and listen to the first line of the song, it all makes so much more sense when you listen to the whole song again.

[@magnificenthonky]

🎶He said, "I'll love you, 'til I die."🎶

[@lincolnlewis6979]

He said in the first line..."he said I'll love you till i die" and he did.

[@alexaaronson876]

This video certifies that your reactions are genuine. EVERYONE in the comments section has misunderstood a song on first listen. But yeah, it's a thousand times more sad when you realize he spent his whole life alone waiting on an unrequited love

[@bethpeterson3604]

I grew up on old country. This was my Daddy's favorite George Jones song. I actually got to see George Jones in concert one time.

[@rbodee]

Alan Jackson did an excellent version at George Jones funeral. It is available on YT.

[@pukivuki45]

I,ve listened Alan,s version many times, final is great takin, off his hat.

[@travisford3660]

My son who is not usually emotional cried the first time I played this for him. When he connected the dots that he only stopped loving her in death....it hit him hard. Great Song Writing

[@robertmeehan3072]

all the greats could touch your heart with their music.. ole' Possum could breat your heart and make you cry.. truly a legend among legends..

[@tnoutlaw73]

Im gonna subscribe to your channel because of this video. Growing up hearing this on the radio seeing this Man actually performing live in Asheville North Carolina in 1980. Years later you are now hearing this song and it had an impact on you. You felt this song as many of us do and have.

[@cyndi.K9090]

Greatest love song ever written.

[@CodyCloudWalker]

No, " When I say I do " is.

[@StevenMichalik-jk2xt]

And just like that another Gorge Jones fan is born.

[@brettramos1544]

He said I'll love you until i die... She said, "you'll forget in time" He kept loving her even though she left him. He died All dressed up to go away... The suit he was buried in They placed a wreath upon his door... The flowers on his coffin. She came to see him one more time... She came to the funeral.

[@USA24541]

You are correct on one thing, George always put feeling into his songs. This is the greatest record In country music history.

[@Jude_196]

One of my FAVORITE COUNTRY SONGS - OH - the SENTIMENT...just SO SAD.....and, NO ONE did it like GEORGE!! He WAS COUNTRY!!!

[@charlesbarbee7534]

Part of what people miss about the lyrics is the writer knows today is a great day for his friend. His friend's love for her made him struggle and he tried to deal with that love by forgetting it, without success. He's finally over for good. Meaning both it's final and it's a good thing. She came to see him one last time, likely meaning she had seen him over the years and possibly adding to his struggle. Like a struggle with addition, her presence setting him back in recovery each time.

[@jackprather620]

Me and my best friend hauled hay al night we walked into dairy queen early one morning in Woodville texas and got to eat breakfast with Mr Jones ended up working for him I'm 63 at that time I was 17

[@art_santora]

George Jones is the greatest country singer of all time, full stop.

[@kevinbryant3938]

Losing my wife was and is the hardest thing I ever had to go through! Doing well today thankful Her and my family still celebrate together and that gets me through.

[@jimj.3086]

George was my father's favorite artist and this was his favorite song, he said that this was how he felt about my mom and wanted the song played at his funeral...and in June it was. This song ALWAYS brings me to tears... especially now. Thanks for this reaction, my dad would love to know that younger people are discovering GJ.

[@quintondees4501]

George was a legend

[@lcraft2ndchannal138]

IS a legend

[@stockcarracer333]

You are one of the few reactors I have seen recently to catch on that he died, but yes at the start she did leave him... he just never stoped loving her until the end. He never found anyone else. Love watching your journy though country muisc and your other reactions.

[@jameshoward8219]

The absolute best country song of all time bar none

[@randyhall2135]

She didn't die, he did,. They carried him away.

[@Joe-nt5xd]

He died and he carried his love for her to his grave. Never breaking his promise. Always loving her. Even when alone. Without her. I know how he feels. I divorced my wife 1 year ago. And my love won't die. No matter how hard I try.

[@roryrumpler6807]

One of the greatest songs ever written and song

[@davidhensley76]

At first GJ didn't want to record the song, but he was happy to cash the checks from it.

[@MatchboxRobles-fu7sm]

I’m 56 and I shed a tear each time I hear and absorb this beautiful song ‘ I believe I luv my wife so much I can Taste it

[@jacksonmd62]

She left him cold and he never got over it. He died and they put a wreath on his door and carried him away. It’s in the lyrics.

[@chrischamberlain4846]

Thank you . I felt she really didn’t get what it was about

[@routeoneauto]

I've listened to and loved that song for several decades but never understood what you pointed out. Thank You.

[@rickhudson6743]

Dearest... understand that he loved her his whole life. But without her. He carried a torch for her. And loved no other. Regardless, I still enjoyed watching your heart swell as you listened. Good luck with everything and God bless.

[@dempseyguidry5433]

Lilly i know lots about George Jones. Never met him but know people who knew him personally and s few from his hometown that worked for me in the oilfields in East Texas. There will never be another Possum or No-Show Jones. He lived a tumultuous life of music & drinking. But no matter his faults he was undoubtedly the best country singer ever. There will be No One to fill his shoes. Many others are great singers but Possum is the Greatest. Tammy and George will forever be my favorite country music artist ever. I love them and miss them both. I was 9 years old when i lost my real dad. I was raised by my stepdad who loved George Jones as well, My stepdad died several years ago and every time i hear George sing it brings tears to my eyes for my stepdad. I love music that ministers to my heart like Tammy & George Jones.

[@thebarnettpodcast]

In my opinion George Jones was the greatest country singer ever. He stopped loving her today is the best country song ever. George & Tammy was the best country duo ever.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

The man loved this woman but she didn’t feel the same way so she left but he continued loving her and waited for her to come back. He loved her til the day he died that’s why he stopped loving her today, he died. They put a wreath upon his door and carried him away. I don’t understand how 95% of you don’t get that?

[@stevedahlberg8680]

This was on the radio so much when I was a kid and I always liked it, but I always wondered why it made especially the women in my family and extended family cry. Because I did not understand it. I didn't understand it until I was a young adult and then I have now been loving this song for so many years. Also be aware that this performance is from many years after it was his first really big hit when he was really young. You should sometime either listen to the audio track or I think there might be some footage of him really young singing it. Another one of his early hits which I know absolutely for sure there is incredible black and white footage of him singing, is White Lightning. It's so fun! Play George Jones had tons of hits and wonderful songs over many many years. He was considered the King of Country for a long time.

[@kcctradio5751]

Thats the beauty of country music, if you listen, it tells a story of life that we all go through.

[@larrybench6398]

This is country music real country music, and one of the best all-time country singers ever when George Jones, sings a song he make you feel like you are there when it all happens and this song voted the #1 country song of all time if I remember correctly. George Jones, was the master heartbreak song's as he called them "SAD SLOPPING TEAR JERKERS" great song and request. You were close he's the one who died she left and came back one last time at the funeral!! You should listen to George Jones, song "TIED TO A STONE" THANKS

[@shinigamiking69]

U should give WHISKEY LULLABY a listen as well as THREE WOODEN CROSSES if u havent already

[@mattconner6416]

Yes!

[@JarheadcoIdustries-mn3fj]

I’m hoping this kind of country can make a comeback

[@GrammyTammy13]

I’m 58 and George was friends with my Grandma and he would sing me to sleep when I was small I Love uncle George to this day ❤

[@mandovapehater6988]

Coming from my neck of the woods its hard to imagine someone whos never heard this song. I get chills every time i hear it. Stout!💪

[@DAVENPOWE]

Hi how you doing today Lillian My name is DAVEN LEE POWE from Duluth Minnesota born and raised now I'm in waconia My daddy he was born and raised in Laurel Mississippi I was born in Duluth but I always had a thing for country music like George Jones Merle Haggard Johnny Cash Willie Nelson all the greats you know what I mean the ones that tell all the stories most stories are about their lives and how they lived and shared those songs with people around the world I watch your video last night for the first time and true story behind the song and why he's so sad when he sings that song it's because when him and Tammy wynette split apart he fell apart it broke his heart because he love her so much.... so his songwriter creator told George I still think you got it in you and I have a song for you it's about a woman you love so much that you can't stop loving her until the day you die even though you never be able to get her back.and when this song came to be it got to the point on how much he tries so hard to tell her he loves her and wants her back and he's he knew that he couldn't get her back that's when his songwriter creator said I got a song for you George I think you still got it in you George the songwriter says to him.... And I guess it took a long time to complete this song because it was just so sad until the day when it was finally finished Tammy wynette was there to listen to it and I don't know how that man held it in he went through that whole song to the end perfectly Even though it was killing him inside he completed the song....He stopped loving her today and that's the story behind that beautiful sad song reason why I'm saying this cuz I know and felt how George felt I went thru something similar relationship where I knew in the end that I couldn't have her cuz she was in love with someone else so I felt George's pain and I could relate to him and it became my favorite song and I listen to it all the time and it never gets old Thank you for sharing your story last night Lillian I push the like button and subscribe to your channel Thank you for hearing my story watch that show it's called GEORGE AND TAMMY c one season 6 episodes and you'll see it in the last season 6 on how that song was created God bless you Lillian from Daven Lee Powe and have a good day and then take care 🥲😁😎

[@thomaswarford2920]

I heard (on TV or the radio, I can't remember which.) George talk about the song, which I believe became his greatest hit. He didn't write it. He didn't have anything to do with writing it. It was pitched to him, and his reaction was "no one is going to want to hear that sad thing". He didn't want anything to do with it. Eventually he was talked into recording it, and the rest is history. You tell a good story, but I believe George. It is sad that Lilly couldn't be bothered enough to listen well enough to even comprehend the story line.