Live Lighting Crashes Reaction

[@jasonwilliams6005]

That album is amazing from beginning to end.

[@handsomestik]

Iris was my favorite song on Copper

[@sophiecat14]

From The Dam at Otter Creek to Horse is fantastic! It’s one of my all-time favourites... so many albums from the 90s are like that. Dirt/AIC, Ten/Pearl Jam, Superunknown/Soundgarden... Among others.♥️

[@sandracox4341]

One of my favorite albums!

[@krs1971]

Hi, this song isn't about someone dying in childbirth. I believe it's more about the circle of life. The lyrics speak of a new baby being born while an old woman down the hall dies. It says the confusion that was hers belongs now to the baby down the hall. Great song from the 90's by Live. I remember the radio stations censoring out the part about the placenta falling to the floor, lol.

[@seanhoward7037]

The song is about reincarnation. The singer had a fascination with Hinduism at the time. On their next album "Secret Samadhi" the song "Lakini's Juice" is about his transition from Christianity to Hinduism. I highly recommend the song

[@lindawulfkoenig4907]

@@seanhoward7037 thank you, reincarnation has always been my take on the song, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere until now.

[@AaronHatcher]

Yea it's a meditation on the cycle of like life death and reincarnation. Beautiful song.

[@JDMorris81]

@@seanhoward7037 it is about the life /death cycle, nothing to indicate reincarnation

[@chrisserong4966]

I've always loved this song. Agree with you - it's the circle of life

[@naomifigueroa1428]

Now you have to do I ALONE and ALL OVER YOU by Live both from their Throwing Copper album.. man I wore that CD out! ❤️

[@chrisrj9871]

Selling the Drama

[@vapinvet4808]

My favorite album when it came out.

[@lokisfriend]

Ed's voice is so full of emotion, he is a fully charged singer, Live was a ball busting group, always gave 110. He is still a very talented singer/songwriter and still has heart. I loved these guys from the first time I saw this video back in the day and it never fails to touch me deeply.

[@melanieinnc8791]

the Mother didn't die...an older woman down the hall passed.....song is about emotions all people have at the joy of new life and the grief of death.....I looked it up.....I just liked the song

[@Aplumgirl]

The saying goes when a baby is born they cry and everyone around them smiles; when older people die they smile and everyone around them cries.

[@TDubb33]

The circle of life!

[@RandomRangerRambles]

One mother did; another did not.

[@melanieinnc8791]

@Becky Boo have you listened to the lyrics or googled the meaning ?

[@melanieinnc8791]

@Becky Boo songmeanings.com/songs/view/2740/?&specific_com=73016002696#comments

[@jillkona221]

Throwing Copper was such an amazing album. I remember when they used this song on an episode of ER where a mother died. It was so sad. Live is such an underrated band.

[@katc.7770]

Singer Ed Kowalczyk has a beautiful voice.

[@raisa_cherry35]

His voice is heavenly 😍😍😍😍

[@milliebobbybrown6965]

I love this song. My dad used to play it guitar and sing it to me. R. I. P dad 😭😭

[@KingdomHeartsGirl87]

My dad passed away Dec. 3rd last year and he also played the guitar. So I know exactly how you feel. R.I.P to your dad ❤

[@milliebobbybrown6965]

@@KingdomHeartsGirl87 I'm sorry to hear that. I hold those memories close. Since it's been 20plus yrs since he passed. I'd love to see a reaction video though I feel it would bring back good memories and a small smile to my face.

[@philstone2627]

Michelle Page very sorry for your loss

[@milliebobbybrown6965]

@Joshua Dillon thank you

[@moderation_x5669]

RIP

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

This song was all over the radio in about 1994 and Live is just a really great band. It just evokes happy memories of my mid twenties, and my children were babies.

[@carolcarol3938]

Here are the lyrics for this song. It may be easier to understand that it's not about a woman dying in childbirth, but the circle/cycle of life and death; I really like the song for just that reason...the continuum of life...but the singing and music too. Lightning crashes a new mother cries Her placenta falls to the floor The angel opens her eyes The confusion sets in Before the doctor can even close the door Lightning crashes an old mother dies Her intentions fall to the floor The angel closes her eyes The confusion that was hers Belongs now to the baby down the hall Oh now feel it, comin' back again Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind Forces pullin' from The center of the earth again I can feel it. Lightning crashes a new mother cries This moment she's been waiting for The angel opens her eyes Pale blue colored iris Presents the circle And puts the glory out to hide, hide Oh now feel it, comin' back again Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind Forces pullin' from The… Oh now feel it, comin' back again Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind Forces pullin' from The center of the earth again I can feel it. Oh now feel it, comin' back again Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind Forces pullin' from The center of the earth again I can feel it. Songwriters: Chad Alan Gracey / Chad David Taylor / Edward Joel Kowalczyk / Patrick Dahlheimer Lightning Crashes lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group Cheers Carol

[@muralidharanj2857]

Thank you for reacting to this exemplary 90s tracks. One more of their track selling the drama and i alone needs your reaction

[@vanjalavoie550]

I flatlined giving birth to my second child. She was born as a result of a trauma. I do not regret my decision for one second. I love and will always love my little girl. Song makes me cry. But in a good way.

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

My mom almost died giving birth to my older brother, she hemorrhaged really bad. Gladly she made it through or else I wouldn't be here commenting.

[@pockit5107]

The song is about the transference of life. In one hospital room a person is passing away while right down the hall a new life is being birthed.

[@milliebobbybrown6965]

Can you do Hootie and the Blowfish let her cry. My dad sang this to me too and I'd love to know what you think. Please and thank you God bless

[@douglaspage2398]

Excellent choice, excellent review! One of my favorites to kick back with a quality set of headphones and drift away to.

[@teenut7024]

Amen

[@KimberlyAnnScheper]

Greatest song of the 90's. Throwing Copper is my second favorite album of all time. Live is one of the few bands who have never put out a bad album. Their stuff is top notch.

[@linzyaz920]

This song brings back so many memories of high school. Live is a great band. Very glad that you reacted to this song. ❤

[@bryantfleming8950]

LinZy AZ reminds me of my years in college.

[@linzyaz920]

@@bryantfleming8950 - 🙂🎶💕 Amazing how music takes u bak in time.

[@davidbutler1409]

Wow this is such a great song by great folks...its called lightning crashes by the group Live...this song itself gives me chills....I can feel it.....man this hits you in the feels....thank you Ty...be blessed

[@alanhembra2565]

Live is a great band and have a lot of good songs with deep thought provoking lyrics.

[@jeddodon]

One of my favorite songs. Great reaction....always top shelf.

[@sandiikief]

This song is beautiful. It has a very sad memory connected to it for me. On the morning that the Oklahoma City Bombing happened I was listening to the radio to hear the updates. After they informed the listeners of the loss of babies and children dying - the DJ dedicated this song to those children. It was surreal. Pretty close to 9/11. I still love this song.

[@wolf762x51]

Great song. Well written and a great example of building tension.

[@FistieSplinters]

This was one of the most influential bands of their time. You can still hear their influence to this day.

[@robjay3850]

Excellent!! I asked for this a while back. I just liked the whole circle of life message, and the passion he sings with.

[@edwardcooper3070]

Live was an excellent band. I've watched this video hundreds of times and listen to the song even more. I've never lost a baby at birth but I lost my little girl just 2 weeks after birth, Then her mother, the love of my life just 5 months after.

[@wendydotson8891]

The band is named live, the song is called lightning crashes. Live is a very under appreciated rock band from the 90’s, I love this album but I also love the album secret samadhi. He has such a strong voice. I think this song is more about how as one person dies another is born, maybe even reincarnated into a new person. “Lightning crashes an old mother dies Her intentions fall to the floor The angel closes her eyes The confusion that was hers Belongs now to the baby down the hall”

[@Erikalynn1977]

Such a great song... the first time I heard it and actually listened to the words it was very touching to me

[@jamesbest4885]

Ed Kowalczyk’s live renditions of this song are spectacular. He never sings it the same way twice. Favorite is when he sings it falsetto.

[@TDubb33]

From one of my favorite albums ever! Great band! “Dolphins Cry,” “All Over You,” “Iris” are other great songs by Live!

[@continentalaquatics2725]

Todd Wilson “Rattlesnake” from Secret Samadhi (the opening track) was another great song!

[@sombergirl2886]

Turn My Head is another good song

[@annagonzales8178]

My mom was a midwife and an L&d nurse before that, I was raised by these women and I volunteered at the hospital. We were told that if there was a rose on the door to not enter because it meant she had lost a baby. I remember having followers for a lady w a rose 🌹 on the door and I stopped. Life is so precious and gone too soon and making a life carrying a life delivering that life it’s all a miracle. After that day giving birth was somehow bigger. That’s what this song makes me think of and hugs for all the moms and all the families that lose moms!

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

From Throwing Copper. Awesomeness!

[@toreyhassenfelt8448]

This song came out the month my daughter was stillborn 23 yrs ago, after seeing the video the first time it took me years before I could even listen to this song but now it heals the ache in my heart a bit. Such is the power of music

[@merrileekeshiro5420]

One of my all-time favorite songs from the 90's, everybody felt this one.

[@loveslaught3978]

Takes me back. My best friend LOOOVED Live when we were in High School.

[@chrisrj9871]

That opening instrumental is very moving. I heard and saw it on MTV in the 9th grade, so I was a bit young to be moved but I still liked the song. You tend to like stuff like this even more when you're an adult. If you decide on "I Alone", it's considered a bad video by several people (but the song is great).

[@deanroddey2881]

A particularly powerful tune from a very powerful album. One of the 90s standouts.

[@lemhanback9595]

Never knew the title nor artist of this song, however always enjoyed this song when it came on the radio. To me it speaks of the circle of life.

[@paulagwhyte1720]

Ed Kowalczyk is one amazing singer and I love this band. His range is fantastic too. His lyrics are awesome. This such an emotional song. My third son always cries when he hears it. (He hates the part when Ed sings "An old mother dies) in fact, all of my sons get sad! Live's album "Throwing Copper" that this song is from is one of my top ten favourites. So is their album, "The Distance"

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

Thanks sis! and Thanks for being a sub for about a year.

[@laurasomebody]

This was one of my favorite songs in my teens. It was all over the radio, along with a few of their other songs. I didn't own a CD player until my older brother bought me one for my birthday at the end of 1996 and then I only had 4 CDs, so I made mix tapes with their songs from the radio. (The CDs he gave me were Garbage, 311, and NIN pretty hate machine and the downward spiral lol) This song resonates with me because it's a story of pain and triumph... and has an intense chorus to belt out loudly. As i remember, there was a lot of angst and longing in the songs i liked as a teenager... it hit home as a confused, burgeoning kid. Also, they played this and stuff like blind melon with a live band at my church... it reminds me of a Christian band i really dug named Plumb. The challenge has been finding these songs on spotify and KZbin because the band's name always brings up live renditions of songs, but not usually the band... and i may remember the song, but not its name or specific lyrics after so long.

[@sweetpeaholly]

Please do Otis Redding 'sittin on the dock of a bay'

[@kjd7351]

Great oldie

[@damotheman4196]

*the bay...sorry to be 'that guy'..well,sorry,not sorry kinda deal😂

[@sweetpeaholly]

Lol well there's always one 😂

[@damotheman4196]

@@sweetpeaholly Ah you edited your comment,D'oh!😂 that is NOT how we play,darn cheaters! I gave ya a bump also cos it's a good suggestion i dont actually think i've ever heard any reactions to it.👌

[@stephenulmer3781]

This video and Zombie by the Cranberries were constantly on MTV in the mid 90s.

[@raisa_cherry35]

The way you impersonated Luke Bryan has me cracking 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@depmaudoofal74]

You’re doing great things! Keep it up.

[@peggypenguin7290]

I think this is regarding childbirth...I'm sure that it means different things to different people. This was popular in 1996 and I fell in love with it. I associate this song with the birth of my son...it was the last song I heard before I had him...I heard the song and an hour later he came in to this world. I will always love this song and every time I hear it I am reminded of the miracle my son is. Thank you for reacting to this song!!! I hope that you have a wonderful and blessed day my friend!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂 🐧🐧

[@mrsdarciarae]

When my son was a teenager and learning to play music, would hear this song in the car and sing as loud as we could. Lol. We both said we’d hope he could write a song as deep and beautiful as this.

[@AlyssaPalmisano1980]

SOoo much talent their music it’s just genius 👍♥️

[@blueskys3839]

That is one of my favorite songs. Probably because the story it tells in the such an unusual way

[@blueskys3839]

Please react to Soundgarden (Fell on) Black Days

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

It was one of the best songs to ever hit the radio in the 90's. Live had 3 great albums to hit the 90's, and great songs with those albums. Like Selling the Drama, White Noise, I Alone, Lightning Crashes, Turn My Head, Turn to the Water, They Did it All for Love, All Over You. And those were just the songs they released.

[@metalmonkey6262]

Yes, this song got me through some incredibly rough times many years ago. I know people talk about having to start over, I felt like I had to claw my way to the starting point from a deep dark hole and for some reason this song was comforting. I hadn't seen the video though, that bald androgynous thing freaked me out and was it holding the baby by the feet?

[@KingdomHeartsGirl87]

I almost died giving birth to my daughter who is now 8 years old. My husband's been scared to death of me getting pregnant again. But every time I hear this song it brings me back to that time when I flatlined and then taking that deep breath of air again, hearing my husband screaming for me to wake up. The song is pretty hard for him to listen to. But we both thank God I am still here.

[@justawhisperintheuniverse8257]

Definitely see this as being about the cycle of life and death. Hit home later in life when my dad passed away five days before my son was born. Sometimes... just see a bit of him in there, even though they never met.

[@reaganlives8069]

Live is one of the most underrated bands of all time

[@MLeibs]

According to lead singer, Ed Kowalczyk, who recalled to Spin magazine, “The music video, which depicts one woman dying while another gives birth, has caused some confusion among fans. Ed explains: "While the clip is shot in a home environment, I envisioned it taking place in a hospital, where all these simultaneous deaths and births are going on, one family mourning the loss of a woman while a screaming baby emerges from a young mother in another room. Nobody's dying in the act of childbirth, as some viewers think. What you're seeing is actually a happy ending based on a kind of transference of life."

[@crescentfreshbret]

As far as I know, this is the only hit song to ever contain the word “placenta.”

[@mikesimonian484]

Only song period.

[@jasonwilliams6005]

"Selling the Drama" from the same album would be a great one for you to hear.

[@rick5440]

Throwing Copper is a phenomenal album.

[@Aplumgirl]

Childbirth is the most dangerous medical event a woman faces. Sadly the US has one of the highest maternal morbidity (death rate) in the first world countries. It's not decreasing but actually increasing!

[@MissWinkle555]

Probably partly due to the use of the drug pitocin. I almost bleed to death after I had my daughter. You wouldn't believe how much blood I lost, it was nuts. Hemmorage is common with pitocin. High blood pressure is another cause of maternal mortality, I wonder if that ties into the obesity rates in America.

[@Aplumgirl]

@@MissWinkle555 wow that's scary. I had preeclampsia with my second pregnancy. They actually left me pregnant for nearly 2 weeks til my daughter was term. Drs are nuts@

[@Kazigiri]

Dude yes! Now do I Alone and Selling The Drama!

[@melanieinnc8791]

almost requested I alone

[@Kazigiri]

@@melanieinnc8791 Oh, you're the one who requested it! he said your name at the end and I didn't catch at first it was actually you who requested this song. it's so great you brought this band to his attention. they're criminally underrated. I grew up with their music and i wish more people know about them.

[@melanieinnc8791]

@Derrick Gibson no.....put your request in the comments section under any mrm video and Ty will see it and put it in the bingo ball

[@jasonwilliams6005]

Selling the drama is excellent

[@melanieinnc8791]

@@jasonwilliams6005 will have to remind myself of that one

[@MRM-RedDawn]

My mom loved this song. Her and I both loved same type of music. Now i hear it and think of my mom and her passing.

[@ffjsb]

This song came out right when my first child was born, a powerful memory for me.

[@sophiecat14]

Pillar of Davidson would be a great one to react to, too! Throwing Copper is just a fantastic album from start to finish! All Over You is a personal fave.❤️ Lightning Crashes is such an emotional song that was dedicated (IIRC) to a high school friend who died suddenly~ she was killed by a drunk driver. Since my mom's passing from cancer in 2012, who was my best friend & just the greatest mom ever, this song has reminded me of her. ❤️❤️❤️ And I've had Throwing Copper since it was released. Funny how older songs can take on new meaning at later stages in your life. Live has *many* amazing songs. Love seeing someone react to them!

[@KimberlyAnnScheper]

Pillars of Davidson is pure magic. My favorite on TC.

[@johnmelendez4655]

what about white noise? I warned you, I iprepared you, I told what to expect. look where all this talking got us baby.

[@sophiecat14]

John Melendez White, Discussion is definitely another amazing song! Very relevant, actually. The entire album from The Dam At Otter Creek to Horse is phenomenal. My only regret is not seeing them when they came here... I had newborn twins, so, couldn’t go... but my BFF was at the bar in the stadium during their soundcheck and phoned me~ I actually heard some of it! ♥️

[@sophiecat14]

Kimberly Scheper Definitely!! ♥️ Especially when you read the entire lyrics, which couldn’t be found for a long time.

[@leeann3920]

The circle of life. I love this song so much. Just love it from the first time I heard it. Great album.

[@mossberg1252]

This group was so under rated

[@continentalaquatics2725]

mossberg 12 Last I read, they are back together with Ed as the singer.

[@guyincognito566]

They may have been in America but internationally they were pretty big.

[@sethbaruti4367]

@@continentalaquatics2725 Ed did rejoin the band (thankfully). I saw them last year and they still were phenomenal.

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

I have always liked a lot of the 90's "Grunge" bands. My son was a teenager then and was a big fan of Pearl Jam and now his son just turned 13 and loves the same music and is a guitar player that loves Nirvana. And life carries on!

[@laceymosher4937]

The doctors held the baby upside down to slightly spank them. They need to hear them cry. It's different now haha

[@cbilky2914]

Love this song! love the whole album!!

[@dragonson72]

The circle is complete life begets death as death begets life

[@LaStarza61]

The song is not about someone dying during childbirth. It's about the cycle of life. An older mother dies while the new mother gives birth to a new life down the hall.

[@suziewong2181]

I never saw the video to this song. It changes a lot. I have a friend that almost died giving birth to her 2nd child. It was so scary and it was miracle that she lived!

[@ontherockswithsalt560]

It's the placenta song!

[@Charityf100]

The constant circle of life. Every day, some are born, some die. As it goes. On and on.

[@1977twiztid]

Such a good song!

[@tiaelina1090]

I have heard this song before somewhere but cant remember. I love it and the lyrics.

[@melanieinnc8791]

it was in the beginning of some tv show.... forgot what it was

[@llddau]

Soundtrack to my teenage years, it hasn't stopped being played on the radio for 20+ years. Album is Throwing Copper, by Live.

[@whisperienced]

I really wanted to do an altered version of All Over You at my sisters wedding. Live is a profound band too bad they really never made it even though most people recognize their hits.

[@Hurricaneintheroom]

Mother dies. Baby lived. Baby grew up. 2nd woman was the daughter and her baby lived. It was always a great song with a great group.

[@richardnelson2895]

Would you please Listen to Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Sylvias Mother

[@k24civic]

Had to write an essay on this song my freshman year of hs. The joys of the circle of life.....

[@mikewalter1111]

I think it was more about the baby is replacing the old lady down the hall passing away as a sign of never ending life cycle?? IMO

[@lindawulfkoenig4907]

Nope, baby is born and the old dying mother's soul goes into the baby. It is a JOYFUL song about the continuity of life. NO ONE dies, not ever. We are immortal, thanks to our heavenly Father.

[@lauracosby7382]

I like this, never heard of them before.

[@justinpolk1331]

like your channel, watched numerous videos, I'm confused on this one- did you like the song or not? not really heard you say. I have several of their albums. LIVE fans, if you have not seen LIVE- Live at the Presideo , didn't spell that right, one of the best live performances ever.

[@abncolb1027]

Live ❤ one of my most favorite bands of all time.

[@twoflower7621]

another great one by Live is called Dam at otter creek, you would like it

[@derekwood6705]

The song is about the cycle of birth and death

[@janed.2779]

Live is one of my favorite bands from the 90's. I love this song. But I love Selling of Drama from them.

[@RolandDeschain1]

The video is directed by Jake Scott; son of Ridley Scott.

[@theresajackson8873]

This band never got the recognition it deserved - they were/are fabulously talented. Throwing Copper the best album IMO from the 90s.

[@brittneyairgood]

song "overcome" by them

[@continentalaquatics2725]

Brittney Airgood Yes! Another great one. “Overcome” was played extensively by radio stations in America in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

[@ALifeThatRocks]

One of the few songs that I just can’t listen to. Beautiful and heart wrenching.

[@Dbdorr]

This band has an incredible body of work

[@Casper7ACE]

Dope song always give me the chills

[@lxhobson]

The band is "LIVE" -- the song is "Lightning Crashes". To ME, their best songs are "OVERCOME" and "TURN MY HEAD". If you see this, please check out those two songs by "Live".

[@magesentron]

This song is about a sort of symbolic reincarnation as in life happens at the moment of death and the life transfers, in a way, it's synchronistic.

[@staycehill2649]

I have never heard this song. Beautiful 😢

[@sandracox4341]

This is one of my favorite albums.

[@SkywalkerExpress]

Love this song, Live is one of the greatest 90's alternative band, try "Lakini Juice"

[@m.rivers9201]

I think the message is even greater than a single death or birth. I see a celebration of the miracle of life where the spark goes out in one life and then comes to life in another; and the cycle continues. What I cant figure is the symbolism of all the books on the floor being blown and tattered, not so sure what that represented.

[@mikesimonian484]

It's not about someone dying during childbirth.

[@mikesimonian484]

@Becky Boo Don't think so. It talks about an old mother dying and a new mother giving birth. Doesn't mention organ donations

[@ryanjsgrandma2009]

Powerful song, only song I know that has the word Placenta in it!

[@hungfao]

Like most music, interpretation is subjective. I took this to draw attention to the cycle of life (someone giving birth) to someone dying (down the hall). It seems to be a very smart and mystical track....but if you want to party, you're probably not going to put this on. Another track on the same album, 'I Alone', is very worth checking out and the reason I bought the CD way back when.

[@halterrill9475]

This song played when my youngest daughter was born because I did not go to her birth , instead it was an mma event with my son . She is dead now , my son came to the funaral from Iraq