LIVE - LIGHTNING CRASHES | REACTION

[@RJTheBikeGuy]

The baby didn't die. The baby was born. But at the same time an old mother dies. So in the same hospital there is birth and death. Cycle of life. Celebration and mourning.

[@xmas74]

It's an old wives tale that a death must happen before a new life can enter the world.

[@reaganl.5113]

The well of souls concept...

[@MrsJoannaG]

This song reminds me of my sister. She was murdered 2 months after my son was born.

[@sgtquig9040]

I always thought the mother died giving birth...

[@ricknirenberg4123]

@@MrsJoannaG that is so sad. My condolences.

[@williammccullough2466]

The whole album "Throwing Copper" is solid from start to finish.

[@SteefPip]

Yeah it's musical perfection, something so good they couldn't ever live up to it again sadly. Still have my original copy.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

You took my thing I was gonna say, lol. Awesome album. Guy had an amazing voice.

[@aydennso]

I like usage of solid in this context

[@mr198221]

Hell yeah. Not one clunker on there. Even the hidden track is great.

[@Karmy.]

It's fantastic

[@bluegrassreb1]

There are riots and hate all around me tonight. i needed some calm and some joy. so here I am . Watching my brother from the race of mankind, discover the music of my youth. Wearing a TEACH PEACE shirt too! Thank you Jamal

[@pjsin9472]

Beautifully said

[@skyshadow11]

Stay safe, stay sane..there is love in this world :)

[@timrichards6761]

Yes, very well said. ✌❤

[@sherylbehling2183]

"Lightning Crashes" was released as a single on September 2, 1994, and to this day I can't listen to it without the tears streaming down my face. Such powerfully moving song...thank you, Brother Jamal.

[@CatLives9]

They don't make Top 40 hits quite like this anymore.

[@madmex2k]

Yes, it reminds me of the OKC Murrah building bombing. A local radio station made a version that contained excerpts of the events during and after the bombing. Makes me cry and and I remember the events all over again. Never Forget!

[@BrigantiaW]

Same with me. I think it was a memorial to a friend who died.

[@tonyfrench2700]

I lost a son two years ago and a day the day it was released, and when I heard it for the first time, it brought me back to that day and the emotions came rushing out of me and everytime I hear this,I think back to that day 😢😭

[@savagecanucks]

You and me both. So beautiful and horrid at the same time ❤😭

[@caljohn88]

This song was the most 90's that the 90's music scene ever 90'sed.

[@sethbaruti4367]

The 90's had some great bands and music!

[@kylehoward4979]

Hahaha literally the best that can be put. I remember listening to throwing copper on my walkman tape player (1996?) laying in the sun thinking I needed a tan. And I've never felt such a perfect sense of "this is as good as it gets" again. It was a little spiritual to tell the truth, felt like eternity.

[@reneefuller5609]

🧐

[@reneefuller5609]

What about REM What's the frequency Kenneth?

[@sanitytbd3455]

@@kylehoward4979 I still listen to Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi. Both were very lay- down-on-the-grass-and- listenable.

[@billbrasky1288]

Throwing Copper(the album this song is from) is one of the best 90’s rock albums.

[@quinnhendley4031]

yes. yes it is.

[@RockYourBrand]

Yes, yes, yes it is.

[@tracylunos3763]

I still have my original CD

[@chrissimsdesign2]

It’s on my list of perfect albums. Solid from beginning to end.

[@TheAlanFish]

I think "White Discussion", one that wasn't even a single from Throwing Copper due to it's apocalyptic nature, is the most overlooked, but utterly epic song of it's era. If you ever want to just hear a band leave it all on the stage, or the studio floor I guess, that is the song in my book. It cannot be listened to at anything short of apocalyptic volume levels if you want to appreciate it though.

[@Nozferatu46]

They were so amazing in the 90's. "I Alone", "Lakini's Juice", "Selling the Drama"... all good.

[@drewshine627]

All over you is another big one. Lakinis juice would be a great Jamal video though

[@hobbitpeddler4267]

The entire Throwing Copper album is incredible!

[@poptya]

Lakini's Juice is so underrated

[@cobrakaiX]

I personally really love The Distance to Here. Such an overlooked album. Sublime songwriting.

[@inncubus666]

TBD too.

[@gustavopalacios133]

Jamel bro, here is the real meaning to the song: The band dedicated the song to a high school friend, Barbara Lewis, who was killed by a drunk driver in 1993. Ed Kowalczyk the singer 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.

[@eddierolin872]

Yes..hence the lyric he sings "pale blue colored eyes ...presents the circle..puts the glory out to hide"

[@loneponderer495]

Without even knowing the back story I could tell the lyrics where bouncing back and forth from a baby being born and an old woman dying. I also assumed it was maybe hinted at some level of reincarnation. Like for every life being lost there is another being born. Not entirely backed up by statistics as the population has been growing over all, but still an interesting idea.

[@carolinemiller2211]

Thank you for explaining this song. I’ve listened to it in on and off for ...oh I don’t know.. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2 DECADES! and never understood it.

[@mariabetancourt6797]

Thank you for explaining the story behind the song

[@theyetirulrs]

Thank you for saving me the effort of typing it out lol

[@universalbiscuit7781]

Haven't heard this in ages. Whoever requested it, thank you.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

it's a classic dad song here in australia must be played at every bbq by all the dads

[@angelskaixo5188]

Easily the most underrated MTV Unplugged band ever. These guys were astonishing in the set. Drums and Vocals especially.

[@222valas]

Maybe so but in concert just a few months back they were a bit of a let down. Gavin Rosdale of Bush still has it though!

[@401RISaint]

AMEN. could t agree more. Unplugged was amazing back in the day.

[@sethbaruti4367]

I saw them in Pittsburgh last year and they were great. I'm glad Ed Kowalczyk rejoined the band because vocalists are the one thing that completely changes a band. Could have just been a bad day when you saw them.

[@kurtemus]

Absolutely agree

[@angelskaixo5188]

@@222valas if you saw them a few months back, that's still 23 years after this recording. I want to see you sing as good in 23 years as you do now. Not to mention, not every show is perfect

[@Ry_Guy1]

The mid-90’s kid in me fell in love hard with this song. What a band. What an album. 🎶🤘🏻

[@ravenwind1062]

Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper were both fantastic albums.

[@chefkdowg]

When we still had feeling in our music.

[@dfbovey]

The often forgotten band of the 90s. They've got a lot of great songs that got lost in the grunge onslaught. But they are just as noteworthy. Some really great songwriting and lyrics in their catalog.

[@RickGtr271]

With so many people jumping on the bandwagon of reaction videos, this is the only person who does it right. Entertaining and educational. Love this channel.

[@colgrey438]

I agree most are really terrible. I enjoy his videos.

[@jackgtx440]

agree Jamal is the best for sure

[@oaf-77]

He reacts with an openness that most people don’t have. He’s not afraid to be inexperienced and new

[@jks9204]

“The confusion that was hers, belongs now to the baby down the hall”

[@Steef_Lee]

Powerful lyrics

[@jenspetersimonsen4235]

...passing down the torch :-)

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

I had heard this band before, loved their rockin' radio hits. The day my mom passed away, I heard this song for the first time while I was driving. I was immediately stricken with grief and burst into tears, had to pull off the road and ball my eyes out. I was near my favorite record store (we still had those back then!), so I pulled in and bought a copy of this CD, Throwing Copper. I played it endlessly in my car for at least a month, and every time this song came on, I burst into tears. It was the first step at healing myself from the grief of losing my mom. Just now was the first time I've listened to it in years, and my face is covered with tears. I'm a mess. I LOVE YOU, MOM. I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!

[@Iissafaith]

Awww, I'm so sorry for the loss of your mom. I can see how this song could just break you up. My mom's been gone 14 years ago yesterday, and the pain can still pop in. I understand and I wish you peace.

[@maryelizabethesposito8324]

My granddaughter Madelyn didn't have a left ventrical. We knew this from an ultrasound for 6 months before she was born. She had heart surgery within 24 hours but it was worse than they thought. She was Live for 2 months. I cut the cord and then held her while she was baptized. Witnessing my son, daughter in law and granddaughter live this was torture. This song came on when I drove home from the hospital.

[@LBart218]

Wow, I watched this video just now for the first time, and it also made me think of when I lost my mom, which will be two years at the end of August. I cried too because it made me realize that at the same moment she was slipping away, new life was just entering the world. It's the cycle of life, which can be painful when your loved one is on the "losing" end of it. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

@@LBart218 Sorry for yours, too. My mom died at the end of August, also. It will be 17 years...

[@legndar1]

Sorry for your loss. I had a similar reaction my first time hearing it, I was driving on my job, song comes on and I'm bawling and hit with an overwhelming sense of dread and loss. No one I knew had passed but I called all my relatives convinced that I'd felt someone close to me was gone.

[@mikesmelon5714]

This is what the song is about from the writers words. "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." - Ed Kowalczyk

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

That is so beautiful.......

[@lawrencepsteele]

That's how I've always heard it. The old woman dies - her intentions fall to the floor; the confusion that was once hers belongs now to the baby down the hall.

[@jeremyadams1521]

I always kind of sort of read it as a reincarnation thing too. As the woman dies, her spirit transfers to the baby

[@jillybean3688]

Ed is a genius. Brilliant songwriting and voice.

[@darrinfi3716]

This song came out the year my son was born. It haunted me up to the moment of his birth, both mother and son in full health. At that same time, my own mother was in the hospital in another wing battling cancer. She lost that battle six days later. This was September, while doctors earlier in the year said she wouldn't last the summer. She lapsed into a coma that day, waking with a vision of a baby boy with a head full of brown hair. My son. That day was spent moving back and forth between the maternity ward and the cancer ward. A living version of what this video represents. The song has kept a steady place in my heart. I'm glad you saw this, I'm glad I watched. Keep up the great work.

[@etonbachs4226]

That had to be tough for you going from wing to wing. My hat is off to you good sir.

[@jillybean3688]

Very touching story and song.

[@ilovemusicnia]

How interesting that you too were haunted by this song. This song was all over the radio when I was pregnant...my son was born in 1995. It also haunted me up to the day he was born. By pure fluke, childbirth proved to be very difficult for both of us and we both almost didn't make it. Thankfully we both survived, due to modern medicine. It was once commonplace for the mother or baby to die in childbirth; childbirth is an intense, intense experience. As flawed as it still is, I deeply deeply appreciate our modern medical system. I can still feel the deep, frightening, yet beautiful ache of that time when I listen to this song. On this day, International Women's Day, I want to appreciate all the mothers (and all women) young and old who give so much of themselves in so many ways and on so many levels.

[@chefkdowg]

Damn bro

[@rickdbranch4787]

"Throwing Copper" is a great album. Another great song of theirs is "I Alone"

[@operator0]

I personally thought 'Dam at Otter Creek' was the best song on this album.

[@adamblakeney8446]

Whole album is a classic.

[@hayleyjohnson9505]

Rick D Branch hell yes !! That whole album is amazing.

[@Karmy.]

@@adamblakeney8446 agreed

[@adamweston4152]

I alone is the best track on the album by far.

[@Driver8takeabreak]

It's pretty cool to see these songs you've grown up with through the eyes of some one who has never heard them. Really makes you appreciate how great they are. There was so much excellent music in the 90s that we just took so many of these songs for granted. Thanks for you reactions man.

[@gps9715]

On point.

[@katierose7090]

Right, like when I listened to them I was 13 and couldn’t grasp it.

[@TheCHOCOLATEisSEXY]

Sooo true!

[@vonsuthoff]

*"Lightening Crashes"* is about the circle of life. A baby... a new life comes in and an old life goes out. In this story the mother and child are alright, but it still makes this old retired Marine shed tears every time. It is an incredibly emotional song touching all who experience it.

[@benkmoskomusic3679]

“I Alone” is another one of their best songs, my favorite by them.

[@darklordixor]

Selling the drama is the best song by them in my opinion.

[@donnaami7609]

Live, one of the most underrated bands of all time! His voice is hypnotic! ❤️

[@sgrecco1]

This review is how people should hear songs they don’t know.... by actually listening and feeling what the writer wanted them to emote. When you find a song with an actual story (the boxer Simon/Garfunkel - In my life Beatles- lightning crashes) and the listener actually listens... that’s the power of music. Well done sir. Ps- listen to their whole album throwing copper (it’s on KZbin). Great album.

[@ATwistOfCain]

Im 51 years old and I cry every time I hear this. It's just so moving and deep.

[@GaisSacredCreations]

I could never ever listen to this song without getting full-body chills all over..this song has an unearthly angelic resonance to it.

[@thesundaycarpenter2514]

Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels. Wow, you will be moved

[@carolinagal252]

The Sunday Carpenter I 💜that song!!!

[@chrislb2308]

Loved that song when it was released in 90 or 91.

[@wesphillips3246]

That and Good Friday

[@AnemicRoyaltyRX]

Thats a wonderful song. One of my favorites but this song is definitely deep and i never seen the video before..made me cry cus when i had my son i had preeclampsia and we nearly both died from it so it hits home with me.

[@JackArse32]

always felt the emotion, but the acoustic/piano version is amazing.

[@LiliA-wu9mk]

So many 90s feels, their song I Alone is great as well 👌

[@connieamos6038]

Love this one!

[@RJTheBikeGuy]

The whole Throwing Copper album is great!

[@craigjones1115]

I can't think of any lyrics of any other song that affects me the way these do. I don't know why, but every time I hear it, it brings tears to my eyes. So wonderfully written, such powerful lyrics. It just lays the picture right in front of you.

[@Armygirl-xb6ev]

“I alone” is my favorite song.

[@jilllaboissiere2044]

Yes!!!!

[@hollyglover1681]

Powerful song. I love how you really listen to songs.. I’ve heard this song 10,000 times, but watching your genuine reaction makes me feel like I’m hearing it again for the first time.

[@kmcclinton71]

Live's first studio album called "Mental Jewelry" was a masterpiece in my mind. I couldn't remove it from my Walkman for over a year... every song was amazing!

[@suzanneanderson6921]

Yesss!!!! I became obsessed with this album. It's on my playlist right now! You've good taste my friend!😉

[@kmcclinton71]

@@suzanneanderson6921 - I once asked Ed Kowalczyk (Singer/Songwriter of Live) what his fascination is with water. Damn near every song on "Mental Jewelry" had something to do with water in the lyrics. He acted like it was the first he had heard of it... nice guy though.

[@kmcclinton71]

@@suzanneanderson6921 - Do you think he would like "The Beauty of Grey" or "Pain Lies on the Riverside" best?

[@jayheins6148]

Outstanding album as well . Saw Live , live twice. 94-95 ish . Great rock/ alt rock band

[@suzanneanderson6921]

Fishing, the beauty of gray is so relevant. I think it's a great suggestion. So is Pain lies on the riverside, 10000 years, Mirror Song, I could go on and on! OMG you actually spoke with Ed...I am such a fan of this band. I will soon be 60 years old and will never ever stop listening! Peace, friend.

[@Darnaguen]

Live was one of those really underrated alternative rock/post-grunge bands that had songs that really got to you. Another incredible one is The Dolphin's Cry. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and your wife, by the way! ♥

[@leorocker180]

Dolphins cry was great

[@jaimetodd1864]

I love that one too!

[@willengland3344]

I Alone was an awesome track as well.

[@stanklepoot]

@@leorocker180 That whole album is good.

[@Ashwgun]

@@stanklepoot throwing copper, great album

[@lab1042]

Another emotional song to check out: "Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche. Hits me in the Feels every time.

[@ravenbbkf0626]

lab1042 I was going to suggest this too!!! It’s AWESOME!!!

[@rickswhiskeyjourney]

Yes yes yes....a thousand times yes!! You have to see "Silent Lucidity"!!!!

[@2869may]

The mind tricked you to feel the pain of someone close to you leaving the game of life....

[@I_NeedCoffee]

He should listen to many queensryche songs. The song Bridge perfectly expresses the relationship I had with my father when I was young.

[@mldzines]

@@rickswhiskeyjourney pretty sure he already did that one.

[@just_Janet]

This video is about the circle of life. An "old" mother dies...a "new" mother cries. One dies who is older and the same time a baby is born to a new mother

[@jorgetorrico2527]

Live songs: Heaven, Run to the Water, The Dolphin's Cry. All incredible uplifting songs.

[@amythechocoholic5761]

Run to the Water is one of my all time favorite songs.

[@ukmaverick8016]

Dolphins Cry is a great suggestion!

[@operator0]

Dam at Otter Creek is my favorite.

[@brockr4377]

Yes, this band has some time tested tunes....the one that got me the first time I heard it was: Turn My Head....and it still gets me!

[@ravenwind1062]

All Over You, Beauty of Grey, Good Pain, I Alone, Iris, Operation Spirit, Pain Lies on the Riverside, Selling the Drama, Shit Towne, Waitress are all also totally kicking and meaningful.

[@neonchez]

In case anyone was curious, the director of this video is Jake Scott. The son of Ridley Scott(director of Alien, Bladerunner, Legend, and many other amazing movies)

[@Flip4910]

I didn't know that, that's kind of cool. Thanks for the info.

[@ericaveillette6388]

Yes. To everything you just said. Classy response and that's one of the many reasons we love you.

[@hoptopiah978]

Jamel is the truth. This is why I keep tuning in and sharing his link. This dude has a good heart, and a good soul. World needs more people like Jamel💯

[@tracibutler6110]

This song came out as I found out I was pregnant and I miscarried months after. It's a devastating experience. This song gave me hope that "her" soul passed on and lives now.

[@jeffc7001]

This has to be top 3 of my favorite reactions of yours.

[@kiwigirljacks]

I forgot how much I loved Live back in the 90’s 🙌🙌 “I Alone” is also 🔥 🔥

[@Sinsemilla4u]

This song still rips my heart open. It came out right around when my Dad was dying of cancer, and I was pregnant with my daughter. I know you did a fantastic job with the reaction video. I'll watch it again when I'm alone and can ugly cry.

[@jks9204]

Wow, amazing. Best wishes to you.

[@stilhopefulmccall8832]

Sinsemilla4u thats what im doing now alone in my truck...

[@digbyalluge8159]

Sorry to hear bout your dad😞

[@jenniferc.2075]

❤ ❤ ❤

[@OGPokey151]

Same band, the song "I alone" shows just how powerful the singer's voice is.

[@HELL0NESSA]

I looooove that song. I'd listen to this and that on repeat.

[@ErlendArntsen]

That's one of the best reactions I have seen to this video/song. You definitely got it.

[@sfcub-Bill]

Ed Kowalczyk voice just cuts to the heart! Throwing Copper is an epic Album 8 million sold for a reason. 26 years later it still sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing for a new generation

[@Excellerator420]

Man this era of rock was great. Made me think of Seven Mary Three Cumbersome

[@csmith4800]

Cumbersome is a great jam!

[@gunslinger2566]

Water's Edge was always my favorite.

[@MacAnAirchinnighJM]

Always include it in my 90’s- early 2000’s song KZbin rabbit holes.

[@xXPyrophorusXx]

Throwing Copper was just about the swan song, for so many truly great bands.

[@themillera9]

Good call! I still rock Cumbersome and Water's Edge occasionally.

[@BuzWeaver]

Great to see someone covering Live. I've been waiting a long time. They were really niche in the 90's and it's great to see that you're listening. I'd like to suggest Lakini's Juice by Live.

[@UggNINE]

In a 2004 interview included on the DVD for Awake: The Best Of Live, Kowalczyk said, “To this day I have no idea where that song came from - and I love that.” Lyrically, ‘Lightning Crashes’ is a meditation on the cycle of life, death and reincarnation. Kowalczyk’s vision of the song was a hospital emergency room where people died and babies were born, a never-ending transference of life energy: “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.” ‘Lightning Crashes’ was recorded and produced with Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison as part of the sessions for Live’s sophomore effort, Throwing Copper, at the famed Pachyderm Studio in Minnesota, during the summer of 1993. Around this time, Barbara Lewis, a longtime friend of the band, was killed by a drunk driver while fleeing from the police after a robbery in York. The band dedicated the song to Lewis, who was only 19 when she died. “It was something that we hoped would honour the memory of a girl we grew up with and help her family cope with the sorrow - which it seems to have accomplished - keeping with the theme of the song,” Kowalcyzk said, in a 1995 interview in Spin magazine. Lewis was also a registered organ donor; when she died she helped save the lives of many people, including a ten-month old baby who received her liver.

[@LaineyTsang]

Wow. Thanks for the details 👍🏽

[@ravencarpenter7059]

I’ve heard this song a million times but it gets better every time. He’s one of the best singers on the planet hands down. And I’ve had two sons and was blessed to have them healthy but my mother was pregnant with my older sisters for 8 months then she quit kicking. And my mother still had full blown labor knowing her baby was dead. She never did get over losing her.

[@bradedgell2571]

My favorite part of these reaction videos is hearing a song that I've heard so many times over the past 20-30 years that they've become just a song, you don't even think about the meaning. Then you see someone react for the first time and it puts it all back into perspective. Keep up the great work and keep rockin' them badass shirts. One Love.

[@Twyztid_Angel]

As someone who has gone through this, thank you. It changes you to your core level. You are never the same again.

[@janethornton4306]

Seriously check out “I Alone” by this band .. 🔥

[@ferrumaeternum7681]

While I know what the song is about, the circle of life, your reaction made me cry. I lost my son when he was 2 days old and you’re right, it causes irreparable Damage to the heart. Some people, like my kids father, never really recover. Thank you for your reactions, I always enjoy them.

[@DanReviewsIt]

One of the greatest rock songs of the 90s... I cry just about every time. Thanks for the reaction, so glad you felt the deepness and the meaning behind the song.

[@agirlfromcapella]

I lost a child and her loss was more than devastating. It took a long, long time to be able to listen to this song.

[@chatwithaninja]

Sorry Kitten. I've got the flip side. I lost my wife. This song will never fail to make me choke up.

[@barbaravance6774]

The the both of you, my prayers are with you!

[@agirlfromcapella]

@@barbaravance6774 Thank you so much

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

I lost 2 friends when i was 10 (they were 8) in 1990. This song always struck me.

[@cindybuero4406]

Oh man, I can't believe I stumbled upon this. Through my tears I will try to finish this comment. My great niece Karla gave birth to, my great, great, niece Nadalee, eight years ago this, May. Even though our Nadalee is fine now, she was born addicted to meth. What started out to be such a great thing to celebrate, quickly turned out to be bad. Karla was, able to hold her baby for only minutes before, she was taken away. It took a while and hard work but the two have been reunited

[@elaine8013]

When this song came out I had just had a miscarriage. It became my way of dealing with the loss

[@realcancan]

Elaine Brock Music possesses that amazing gift!!! It is truly the one thing that has kept me on this earth. Peace be with you

[@continentalaquatics2725]

💛

[@NewBeginnings1188]

Big hugs

[@briand4036]

Another good song dealing g with a close one's passing is Angel's Son by sevendust. Would be a good reaction. This band's song was about the old lead singer who were all friends died in a car accident, so the new singer joined the band, wrote this song in memoryand released it. Another great video, but also sad. All friends and family members of the lost one in the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2fJgYaYoN-Aeas

[@chefkdowg]

Big hugs

[@gbcaffee]

I watch a fair amount of reaction videos. Your comments after this one took you from one of my favorites to my favorite. You get it. Lots of people don't. Parenthood isn't easy, at any stage. I have three children, three healthy, wonderful children. I lost two in between child 1 and 2. I also lost a sibling before my youngest brother was born. Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here has become my song for those losses. I've wailed uncontrollably to that song and whenever I feel the weight of those losses, I put that song on and just let the emotion out and it helps, it really does. Its crazy, I remember seeing someone carrying this CD back when it was released. I always liked some of the songs that I'd heard, but in the past 5 years or so, whenever i have a major Amazon purchase, I find a used copy of a classic album used with free shipping and grab it and just live in that album for a while. Throwing Copper is very very solid throughout, just a great album. And I remember when I figured out what this song was about and how much more it meant to me ever listen after.

[@LeonardKrupski1]

I feel you! There is love in the world!

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Circle of life my man....thanks.

[@AidenAbette]

“I Alone” is another great showcase for Ed’s voice. Love your channel!

[@jamesmasters3316]

My cousin had this experience, first she had 3 miscarriages, then the 4th was stillborn, he had a heartbeat right into labor, but was born without a life. She was devastated, but decided to give it one more try. She had a boy, health and strong. Followed by 2 more, just as strong. I just recently seen her husband, I asked how the kids were doing. He gestured tall, then pointed in front of him. There stood his son DJ, this kid was 6'4'', taller than me or his father. I was stunned to say less. The stillbirth is a very difficult thing. We also have family friends who can't have children, a tough situation as well. But they have many nieces and nephews, plus all of us knew them as aunt Sandy and uncle Doug, as far as we were concerned they were family, and respected them as much. She was as good as a real mother, and he was a strong male role model with a great sense of humor. The almighty doesn't always bless the good people with children.

[@jerryjones8479]

The whole album (throwing copper) is great. Waitress is a great and funny song. You should listen to Neil Young and I noticed no one has told you to listen to Stone Temple pilots yet.

[@oodlesloodles8930]

STP!!

[@Know_Your_Enemy42]

I did a couple of months ago!!! STP every song is amazing!!!

[@jimmymac4559]

Oodles Loodles I love Waitress! It’s such a great song. Shit Town is another of my favorites from Throwing Copper.

[@williammccullough2466]

When Throwing Copper came out my roommate played it day and night to the point that I could sing every damn song word for word...and I'm glad he did...lol

[@ToluRobertson]

Stone Temple Pilots first 2 albums are front to back insane

[@evelynbloom3952]

One of the most unforgettable songs of the 90’s! I find myself singing it a lot. Now my 20 year old daughter loves it.

[@seanremington5823]

Enjoyed this band and saw them at 9:30 Club in D.C in the mid 90s. This song played so much on the radio. Little did I know that in May 2000 my wife would have a very difficult and problematic delivery of our first daughter. Problems with the placenta. Our story is a happy one but even in our modern medical miracle age there are unexpected and tragic things that can happen. What caused LIVE to make such a song, maybe personal experience (I hope not) but THEY did capture and related the emotions. From the greatest possible JOY to dread and near HORROR in minutes. Thank GOD We had Angles with us that Day!

[@riteousrighthand6144]

One of the BEST tunes ever written. Live, is an amazing band. Throwing Copper(the album this song appears on), is a masterwork

[@Know_Your_Enemy42]

Love Live. Always did. Lakini’s Juice and I Alone ❤️❤️❤️ ooooo and All Over You!!!

[@joehuenke3154]

Yes, "I Alone"! Love it!

[@buzweaver8225]

I suggested the same thing in my post. Powerful song.

[@SGIABC]

Live - I Alone. React immediately. 😁

[@Sc-dn8dp]

This is awesome. Your helping me relive my younger years for sure!!! I listened to this guys all the time. I was about 22 when my daughter was born. Great band!! Ty...

[@StephanieNoe]

I love watching you. You are the only reaction artist that understands this video upon first hearing it. Thank you my friend

[@Guiltless765]

Jamel try this one Seven Mary Three-Cumbersome

[@McKavian]

This is one of the best songs out there. Ever.

[@treygilmore7978]

Agreed. Those guys were only 17 or so when they made that album

[@TARLEASE02]

Man these reaction channels be having me in my feelings. This music takes me back to being a kid and youthful. So many things I'd do differently if I could go back in time, but things are what they are. There's no coincidences or mistakes. I'm where I'm supposed be, so I'll just reminisce when I watch these types of channels...on how good rock was and how good hip hop and R&B was from the 90's. The lyrics were deeper and more thought provoking in all genres, and artist actually sang and you could understand all the words they were saying...even in rap. I think we've all ( I'm 37, but those about 33 and up) have become our parents with the "back in the day" "man they don't make music like this anymore". Hahaha 80's, 90's good times.

[@michaeloxner2073]

Takin' me back to the 90s is always a good thing, Jamal

[@sbird8675]

I just want to give you a hug seeing how deeply this song affected you. It puts tears in my eyes too.

[@johnroberts7686]

I have loved this band since the first time I heard them back in the mid 90's. Ed has a way to peel back the layers of your heart.

[@Duh6666666]

Live has quite a few gems worth discovering!

[@soulscream78]

From the heart...based on your reaction, a please in favor of listening to "I Alone"

[@jenpiccirillo7312]

seconding that motion

[@rustysmittyful]

"I Alone" is a must listen for your next Live track.

[@billgiesbrecht7827]

Jamel listen to it after realizing that the baby doesn't die. An old mother dies while a new baby is born down the hall. It's a reverence for a generation escorted back to heaven by an angel. While expressing the sorrow that is left in the wake of this loss the song has us reflect upon the new life that has entered down the hall. The real power of the song is the chorus line, "oh now feel it coming' back again , like a rolling' thunder chasing the wind". I have always felt that this was expressing the power that each succeeding generation can build upon its fore-bearers. As the wind ushers the storm. Families should always be held with great sacredness. Powerful song.

[@suzieqorange]

Jamal you are an empath. So glad to find you.

[@meghanmonroe]

Check out "I Alone", "All Over You", and "The Dolphin's Cry"

[@aLittleBitter.]

White Discussion is my favorite by this band. Released in 1994. Lyrically relevant today.

[@claymccoy]

"This will be what we said!"

[@tedg3721]

That's my favorite.spng of theirs... Alot of highschool memories to this album

[@bmac7475]

My Brother Jamel, when u mentioned how many people have gone through losing a wife/daughter it immediately brought to mind what the great Neil Peart from Rush went through 20 years ago. In 1998 his 23 year old daughter was killed in an automobile accident on her way to college, then within the next year his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer and she passed months after. Those events are what put Neil in a deep pit and he locked up his lakeside house and went on a 17 month bike tour on his BMW to try and find a reason to keep living. He subsequently wrote a book called "Ghost Rider" from all his journal entries and experiences on that 17 month tour. That is the reason RUSH took 5 years off as a band from like 2000-2005 until Neil felt like playing again. I thought you would be interested in knowing this. Thanks for all you do man!!

[@kevinwillert2860]

I want to thank you Jamel for these reactions. It is refreshing to see somebody's reaction to a song they have never heard before that is just steaming with beauty! Brings back that memory for me of hearing a song for the first time. Thank you! Thank you!

[@Triggerhippie70]

I was 24 when this song came out and from then till this day when I hear this I cry. This song is heart wrenching! look up why he made this song.

[@HeathenTee8338]

Live is one of my favorite bands. Blue October is another favorite that’s so underrated. Their song Hate Me, hits me in my soul every time. Empath struggles...

[@joehuenke3154]

The first, and only, top 40 song to contain the word "placenta"

[@carlathedestructor2454]

Yes! And many stations bleeped it out even though there's nothing obscene about it.

[@Twyztid_Angel]

Seen them in concert and got body chills during this song, one of my all time favourite songs!

[@matts4750]

I saw them in the late 90s i believe (?) And they were amazing!!

[@Twyztid_Angel]

@@matts4750 it was around 2006-2009 for me and they were just as amazing then!

[@matts4750]

One of the few bands just as good live as on the album. They were one of the more mellow bands I liked since I was mostly into bands like Pantera and Tool (teenage angst grr)

[@Twyztid_Angel]

@@matts4750 They really are! Good music is good music no matter the genre.

[@matts4750]

@@Twyztid_Angel now I listen to a lot of different music...if I like it I like it lol

[@nickhoward3796]

I just wanna say this song brings the spirit into me. I am not a religious person but the message of loss and rebirth just touch me in a special place. This song brings more emotion to me them almost any other experience I can express. Thanks Jamal

[@fslx]

I cannot hear this song -- especially with the video -- without being wracked with tears. "a new mother cries" -- tears of joy; a baby is born; they both survive "an old mother dies" -- another, older mother passes It's what you said -- as one soul arrives in this world, one leaves. It's about the balance of life and death, juxtaposing the two concurrent events. Absolutely one of the most powerful songs I know, and justification for the medium of music video.

[@suzanneanderson6921]

I think it is talking about the moment when the older person dies, the baby is born. Life lost and life born. The awe of life and death. Seems spiritual in it's message. Just my opinion.

[@mikebunch3189]

i agree . the confusion is the old soul waking in the new baby .

[@touchstoneaf]

The song is a great introduction to Live, and to my man EddieK's lyrics. This one is about the cycle of birth and death; an old mother will be dying somewhere else well and new life is being born at the same time. Almost everything he's ever written is about something spiritual, which is why he's my favorite lyricist of all time. People act like their only album is Throwing Copper, they have seven studio albums just under that name, eight if you count the album they made before they were under that name, and he has three solo albums. Absolutely incredible, every single ounce of every one of them. I should probably stop gushing, but there is absolutely nothing that EddieK has written that isn't amazing. Lots more Live where that came from.

[@KitKat-wt6ed]

Lyrics: 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 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 center of the earth again I can feel it I can feel it I can 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 I can 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 I can 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 I can feel it I can feel it

[@BayAreaSon]

I’m a grown ass black man from the streets of East Oakland and had this song on my I Pod every since it from came out and I still drop a tear or two to this day when it comes on.

[@lfzgd]

As a NICU nurse I have seen this song play out so many times. It tears at your soul. You grieve with the family and support them as much as possible. Then you go home and ask God to heal their hearts and help you to be strong enough to endure such tragedy again 😔 I have never heard this song before. Thanks to whomever requested it 🙏

[@bookemdano9105]

Damn, Jamel....you was gettin' me all choked up right there.

[@sandalwhich]

This song and "Shine" by Collective Soul are two grunge era songs with a higher spiritual feel.

[@RPM_MEDIA7]

Collective soul is definitely a band he needs to check out

[@donaldclark8086]

I liked shine till dolly parton got her hands on it

[@justin-nf3ep]

Far behind by candle box get me as well and dolphins cry by this band

[@NoOne-b2b]

Jamel, please listen to the entire album. Live - Throwing Copper. A great band from an amazing era of music. Love your videos btw : )

[@mainecoonmomma9494]

I remember listening to this in the mid 90s. Such an amazing song. Thanks to whoever requested this. Another great one from the 90s, Seven Mary Three- Waters Edge.

[@screamingpeace956]

Proud of you for giving your respects to those of us who have lost our little ones. It doesn’t change anything but it helps. It’s like...If we are building a wall, to help that flood of emptiness and sorrow, every drop of sand makes it taller. Even just a word from a KZbinr. Thanks again brother