LOGGINS & MESSINA - House at Pooh Corner | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

[@TheRstb]

First time I've ever seen this song reacted to by anyone. Good one.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 when Kenny loggins had his son, he did a follow-up song to this one called " return to Pooh corner" it's so beautiful and so touching and I cry every time.

[@IrishKack]

Me too. Takes me back.

[@renee5748]

When Kenny Loggins wrote the song, and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was recording it… Disney came after them and said that they couldn’t use anything about Pooh because of their copyright. That night Kenny went on a date with his girlfriend and said how bummed he was that Pooh corner couldn’t be released because of Disney lawyers. She asked “Disney lawyers”? Let me talk to daddy. Kenny did not know he was dating the daughter of the CEO of Disney. That is how he was able to continue with the distribution of Pooh corner. Oops, I see that you already found out this information by the end of your reaction.😂

[@dagmar.6954]

"House At Pooh Corner" was written by Kenny when he was just 17 years old. It was first performed by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in1970 & then by (Kenny) Loggins & (Jim) Messina on their album "Sittin' In" in 1971. In 1994 Loggins re-recorded the song "House At Pooh Corner" (with an additional verse) under the title "Return To Pooh Corner". I love Loggins & Messina's music from the 70's. I had their albums. They had a lot of great songs such as "Danny's Song", "Your Mama Don't Dance", "Thinking Of You", "My Music", "Angry Eyes", "Watching The River Run", "Vahevala", "Lahaina", "Sailin' The Wind", "Pathway To Glory" etc.

[@Gordy63]

My parents had an 8 track tape of this album and I remember listening to it myself and really appreciating the vocal harmonies. Haven’t heard this song or any of the others you mentioned in many, many years. My father just passed away and I have to admit I got quite emotional listening to it and thinking of very fond memories.

[@wearinganapron]

Shawn, a few years later, Kenny Logins redid this with Return to Pooh Corner. It was gentler, slower, more "magical" in tone, and there was one more verse added, telling about tucking his own son into bed with his old bear. And bear whispered, "Boy, welcome home!". A sweet listen.

[@IrishKack]

Oh no. This song makes me cry. It takes me back to when my kids were little. My daughter was a Pooh fanatic. Now she’s getting ready to have her own little Pooh Bear. 🥹

[@terri2494]

Congrats Grandma!

[@IrishKack]

@@terri2494Thanks! I’m so excited.

[@LVVMCMLV]

Just another good song from the greatest year in music 1971

[@beckycourtemanche1088]

This is such a sweet song! You are the first person I’ve seen react to it. Love the old Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina stuff! When I watched my nieces many moons ago, I always played this for them. I’m the old hippie aunt that introduced them to 60’s thru 80’s music! In turn, they have turned me on to a lot of the new music! Loving your appreciation to different genres of music! Keep them coming!

[@PlutoAnn]

I will always love this song, Loggins and Messina have a few such beloved songs.. Thanks Shawn

[@mikemiller3069]

Trivia time: The original "Winnie The Pooh" was an actual bear cub, adopted by a soldier in Winnipeg, Canada (thus, the name "Winnie"). There is a Winnie The Pooh museum there. The end part of Winnie's life was lived in a zoo in England.

[@M.E.M.O.10-50]

Which how Christopher Robin knew him.

[@randytaylor1406]

I like the the instrumentation on this gentle and wonderful song.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

I used to get requests to play this song on my guitar at a day care center eons ago. I still play the chord progression occasionally because it is unlike most other songs I have ever played. Most songs do not have a 7 chord progression. Kids still love it.

[@kallsop2]

So many people think of I'm Alright, Footloose and Danger Zone have never heard Kenny's old stuff and the work with Dave Messina. Heard this as a kid when it came out and was a big fan of Winnie The Pooh as a child, and how much this song speaks to the innocence of child hood and children's stories before we all inevitably grow up and leave those days behind. Great choice and reaction Shawn.

[@tedcole9936]

This song hit me perfectly in the 70s, both Loggins an Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The Pooh books were my favorite books as a child, and I had a Pooh’s Birthday book to keep track of friend’s birthdays as they signed my book on their birthday’s page. I was I college in the 70’s but this re-connected me to my childhood in beautiful way. I got many college friends to sign my Pooh book.

[@michaellombard894]

Beautiful, the hooks were fabulous..the choruses!!! Aahhh!

[@marksimpson1991]

Studio version of Angry Eyes is awesome.

[@NeetkaAbru]

Now you need to check out Kenny's version called "Return to Pooh Corner". It's the same song, but with a different ending from an adult's perspective

[@cubfanmike]

The, 'water drop,' was an Indian drum called a 'Tabla' - you might hear it here and there - even in some Beatles music

[@scottjones758]

Danny's song is great.

[@StevenStraatman-bk8pg]

The title of the album comes the fact Mesina was suppose to just produce the album but was asked to sit in. Messina use to be in Buffalo Springfield. Try listening to their first hit-Your Mama Don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 this will speak to your dad heart

[@loisrogers9042]

I had their double album set. Every song was terrific!!!😊❤

[@rayfaircloth8253]

You should hear the version Kenny Loggins does with Amy Grant.

[@tuffymoon3702]

This always makes me misty eyed! Just the longing of childhood from an old lady I suppose except I was a child when this was out and it had the same effect on me.

[@SAM-dg3vd]

yep Return to Pooh Corner and Danny's Song will get you as a dad.... and I'm Alright (theme to Caddyshack) is just a great party song :)

[@darena55]

This song makes me miss my innocent childhood

[@plantfeeder6677]

I already posted this on an earlier L&M review,Shawn, but if you were without company and could sing and play this song at parties or anywhere for that matter in the early 1970s, you never went home alone. The ladies all melted over this one.😅 Edit: don't believe me? Read the comments here and see who is writing them😊

[@johnandrews3151]

This is the single edit version. The album version is 4:48.

[@robertmoraga1501]

Yes Shawn, it is like being in the woods. The piccolo walk downs are like the shafts of sunbeams poking down through the trees.

[@demo77ef]

I would like to have Shawn react to is "Watching the River Run" by Loggins & Messina. Brings back memories of my youth.

[@famat161]

I'm all smiles at this end.

[@chriswiedeman2956]

We used to tuck our kids in to this at night. Makes me a little teary eyed now.

[@jamesnorrisbarrett8927]

now you need to listen to "Return to Pooh Corner" (Live at Redwoods would be best)

[@laurabarlaj6836]

Aww, this song is special.

[@karenmandeville7116]

could be just wishing for a simpler time. going back to childhood when problems were few.

[@irmaoksanen6830]

Never heard this song. So sweet. Love your reactions and interpretations of songs. Suggestion, HONEY by Bobby Goldsboro. You will need some tissues for this one but a great story.

[@helgar791]

Such a sweet song for children and a bittersweet song for those of us that grew up with Winnie The Pooh. His "Return To Pooh Corner" is just as good and I actually prefer it.

[@scotstevens5263]

I would listen to this album over and over back in the 70’s . Yep, Loggin and Messina had a great vibe and they had a way with the crowd at the live shows. Not a bad song on this Lp.

[@jeanniedebartolo5965]

Please react to Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks “Whenever I Call You Friend”❤. One of the best duets ever

[@joecveteticccvetetic4068]

Sweet...I love KL..night watch

[@j.8804]

I almost thought That this was going to be Jefferson airplane because they have 2 songs1 called " the ballad of you and me and Pooneil" And another 1 called "house at Pooneil corners"

[@joy88867]

This song means everything to me ❤

[@RichardSchaefer-zx9ig]

Good reactions to "House on Pooh Corner" by Loggins + Messina. On earlier comment I mentioned how "Sittin' In" is one of fave '70s albums. Side 1 is perfect IMHO, I recommend the opener "Nobody But You" and Trilogy, closer Side 1.

[@thomasjurgensen2086]

One of my favorite songs from them

[@karenmandeville7116]

saw them in St Louis in 72. great show.

[@ok-qt4kr]

Lovely tune ... Features the subtle & precious .

[@waltw4537]

There's a song by The Byrds called "Goin' Back". Similar theme. Worth a listen. And this is great. Long time since hearing this one. Thanks.

[@judydubiel]

My favorite !!!!!!

[@dalenikolitch4627]

Love ur Music choices❤

[@rhwinner]

From the book, Winnie the Pooh by the children's author, AA Milne.

[@librarylady13]

💖💖💖

[@bobbyj5375]

Shawn, good stuff. Suggest:....."Lonesome reverie" "7 nights to rock" "Half a boy, half a man" "Hope to God I'm right" by Nick Lowe

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Nice song! 💜💜💜👍

[@Noelle0026]

Love this since I was little! You should you react to the live version of this with Kenny solo.

[@pattymckitrick7436]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@lindataggart9076]

sweet song

[@nickhayes7082]

The answer to your question will be answered when you listen to Kenny Loggins' solo version of the song.

[@magicbrownie1357]

I think that sound near the end was a small gong.

[@mattjohn4731]

Blessings Shawn. Please react to Nitty ditties from Guided By Voices, Ian Noe, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Poison Girls, MDC, Slits, Dicks and Dils 😝 it will be some fun thx🙏

[@Wordsmyth8]

Not one of my favorites. By them, I highly recommend “Angry Eyes” - either the original recoding or the old live version that appeared on one of their albums years ago.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

Kenny Loggins is a wonderful, magical songwriter. Using instruments and melody to convey the sweet image of Winnie the Pooh and the loss of our childhood. And it does remind me of our listen to "Puff the Magic Dragon". The melancholy feeling of that loss is conveyed in both songs. Someone much smarter than I once told me that there's a big difference in childlike and childish. I've held on to the former all my long life. Blessings all.

[@xJRx77]

Kenny rerecorded this solo, and it's a MUCH BETTER version. This is too fast!

[@Nemesis7293]

Oh, Jesus. It's NOT about drug use and it's not about literally being lost. It's OBVIOUSLY about growing up and wanting to return to childhood. I've never seen anybody who didn't get that instantly. The lyrics do everything but spoonfeed it to you, for Christ's sake.