🎵 Player - Baby Come Back REACTION

[@styleyriley]

The harmonies on this song are :chef's kiss:

[@h.calvert3165]

Peter Beckett, the lead singer, came to America from England to try to make it big in the biz. His wife eventually got homesick, gave up on him, went home, & divorced him. He wrote this song about it, & became a star. Hope she was sorry! So many good-looking men in one band. My, oh, my! 🎸 🎹 🥁

[@entertain402]

i was watching this, grew up listening during this era, and then recognized the bass player's face; RONN MOSS, who played the original 'Ridge Forrester' on the 'Bold & Beautiful', from 1987 - 2012...!!!

[@DarrylSellers]

Peter Beckett's lead vocals and lead guitar playing are amazing! Great harmonization by the band! A BIG #1 smash for Players! A wonderful song from 1977...brings back so many fond memories!

[@linkjones4535]

I saw Player in 1978 when they opened for Heart and they were amazing. A good live band which takes a lot of talent.

[@paulchristman6934]

70's soft rock classic!😁

[@deandee8082]

this song crossed over so many genres, country, rock, pop, RB, even blues and jazz...a lot

[@MP-od1zz]

Wow, this song brings back so many memories for me, I didn’t realize it until that first note hit my ears. Nice reaction guys.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Yeah, Happy Gilmore! Adam Sandler always put excellent music in his movies.

[@lanier1000]

Musicians make music that matches their mental health.....folks in the 70's/80's were happier than they are today, and healthier mentally. .

[@MichaelHoward-fr3hp]

Social Media was non then!!! We just listened to music and led our lives!!!

[@FUBAR1986]

@@MichaelHoward-fr3hp Parents were stricter in someways and much more lenient in other ways

[@johnminx2133]

They played it in the movie Transformers! When the kid in the yellow Comaro was trying to make a move on Megan Fox in his car! and she refused his advances and got outta his car and started walking away..... and the song came up in his car Baby come Back!!!😢

[@StephenCaudillPhoto]

I was 11 in '77. It's a bygone era (old man shakes fist at cloud :-) The music of that time will never be matched. I discovered Styx, Yes, Moody Blues, etc. during that period. Glad you guys are getting to experience this stuff.

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

I was 15 in 1977 but it seems like it was 5 years ago, I wish there was a way to slow down time.

[@faithrenewed3443]

We had the best music growing up...a bit of everything!! Being a kid in the 70's was awesome

[@karengoodenough827]

I was also 11 in ‘77. So much fantastic music we got to be immersed in. Sadly last few years it feels like the soundtrack to my youth is rapidly moving on to the next - the next whatever it is, RIP to so many

[@unclebobunclebob]

Of course it is matched. Sorry. Not as nostalgic as you.

[@shannonbennett987]

Yay, let's hear it for us 56 year olds!

[@williecooper1116]

I am a proud 71 baby and this kind of music is my life and I would take their concerts over a lot of them now, any one of them could sing lead and still be a platinum album. Singers thought process back then along with a different kind of heat added to the charisma of their music! Thank you and keep of your good work because as you feel our music you feel our souls. ❤

[@charlesburris6314]

Radio played this one constantly in '77. What memories, what music. Have a great day!

[@walterpanovs]

A #1 hit in 1977, very much in the blue-eyed soul style of Hall & Oates.

[@Lovejazz01]

I’ve always says that tho I knew Player sang this I could always see Hall & Oats actually singing it..

[@centuryrox]

I Was just getting ready to type that this always felt like a Hall & Oates song to me.

[@mztweety1374]

Pretty sure my dad had this 8 track

[@allensaunders449]

Ambrosia vibes

[@michelelaraia7358]

1978

[@John_Chu]

Brad the song you’re thinking of is “Oooh Child” by The Five Stairsteps. A true classic of early ‘70s soul music.

[@vinnygi]

Amazing drums on that song, played by the great Bernard Perdie.

[@esabsablick5492]

Yea, he's mixing the 2 songs, but I knew the song first by valerie carter - ooh child - over the edge...loved it, even at 14 yrs old.

[@anapaulaamaral1514]

Remember that all those singers and musicians grow up listen to a completely diferent kind of music as their parents were listen to 40s and 50s music.... For me all this "new" groups from late 60s, 70s and 80s are forever the best. They change the world.

[@jhamler1]

After having taking BABY COME BACK for granted lo these many years, I now seriously believe this is one of the best modern pop songs ever written and performed. From the lyrics to the melody and how every instrument and vocal harmony is on point and supercool. It's laid back and smooth but at the same time it has a harder edge than most R&B tunes. Simply brilliant.

[@bradbeam3767]

If you grew up in the 70's into the 80's this is a very powerful and nostalgic song that conjurs up memories of lost love.Many young (and old) 'broken-hearts' jammed this one hard back in the day and it still reminds me of a few 'that got away' every time I hear it. For those of us that lived it, it can really bring back a major case of 'the feels'. 35 years later and I still love and miss you Gabrielle ❤. Brad, you might have heard this in a commercial or movie. Peace and keep rockin' guys..✌️🤘😎

[@_HMCB_]

I feel you. I really do 😢. Thanks for your wonderful comment.

[@krasspenn]

It's got that 70s disco vibe a little bit. Kinda has a Bee Gees feel. I loved this song as a kid. Born in 66 I lived through some great music in the 70s

[@hog7203]

Great song. Always loved those guitar leads. Tasty. Rock, blues, R&B, there's such a fine line between them that sometimes you just can't break it down to one genre.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

I love this song released in 1977! Player’s biggest hit without a doubt! Ron Moss (in red) needs to come back to The Bold and The Beautiful!❤️❤️

[@NikkiOglesby]

Amen!

[@suzannastinnett778]

Yes he is the best Ridge ever and still so good looking!

[@thelordofhellaz]

I want him to come back and make Harder Ticket To Hawaii :-)

[@harleypiper]

I heard that.

[@beedeegee9374]

Yes, Thorsten Kaye just never jelled as Ridge IMO.

[@aks4204]

Lex, you have a permanent grin on your face. LoL You must be floating on a cloud. Congratulations again. I’m so happy for you both.🥰 Also a great song!

[@michelelaraia7358]

Great observation

[@soccer1970-f5f]

These ''reviews'' are all fake. They never dislike anything. There's loads of these blk couples/singles ''reviewing'' white music on YT, as though they're doing us a favour. Its condescending crap, and its all about money for hits. Dont fall for it. When do you ever see/hear blk people liking white music.? They're too insular/racist to enjoy our music, like we have always enjoyed theirs.

[@foxhunter204]

That late '70's music like this just hits different,, no wonder we listened to the radio all the time,, lol

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

This is one of those songs that never goes out of style and people of all ages sing along! They remind me of Hall & Oates - “She’s Gone” and songs like that.

[@andyscott5277]

I actually thought this was Hall & Oates for a while, back in the day 😅 I’d put Ace’s "How Long has This Been Goin’ On" in the same club 👍🏼

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

@@andyscott5277 Definitely! Michael Mcdonald has that soulful style I like, Ambrosia is another good one! The more you think about it the more you come up with.

[@markkauder1288]

The bass player in red is Ron Moss, and acted on the Bold and the Beautiful for 25 years.

[@mztweety1374]

Wait what

[@markkauder1288]

@@mztweety1374 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronn_Moss

[@randycomerford2038]

Yeah, he sure was.

[@jediprettyboy]

@@mztweety1374 Yep! He was Ridge for decades. One of the top three main characters on the show.

[@MrIceman2307]

Wow, that's awesome...never knew that...was a fan of the show in the '80s along with the Y&R.

[@ronstoner1823]

There were SO MANY GREAT SONGS from the 70s & 80s! Player (before the new definition of a player, or playa), Exile, Poco, The Babies, Foreigner, etc etc etc.

[@stephaniejones4749]

I remember this song so well. They played it on the radio Still do. In the video The bass player used to play Ridge Forrester on the Bold and the Beautiful

[@kennethgoin628]

Songs like this remind me of a time in which someone would buy a vinyl album and everyone in the neighborhood would come listen to it. Sittin' around, hardly talking, listening to the songs, but reacting/discussing each song between tracks. Sometimes, if we played the songs enough to know them, we'd "band sync" while we listened. Great for rainy days!!!

[@4colors4life]

Congratulations on the upcoming Couch Baby!!!!

[@bigdaddymosh1964]

Now we know what happened when the reaction was over 😜. I want to know what song was playing and which reaction was it??😂

[@mztweety1374]

Couch baby!😂 actually that would make a great Rock band name lol

[@tommyboles6561]

This song is unique in that you can hear a mix of 60s and 70s sound in it, and yet you could hear it start to gravitate towards the soon to be early 80s sound. This is how music evolves from one decade to the next. This is still a great song for any time period.

[@erikthompson619]

I don't suppose either one of you remembers a daytime soap "classic" show called "The bold and the beautiful" ... But if you do, Ronn Moss, the bassist and co-lead singer of Player, played mullet-sporting, Kirk Douglas-chinned heartthrob Ridge Forrester for many years in it!

[@williamsmith1399]

This is one of the most smooth songs ever played.

[@VikingMom1970]

The one in red went on to become an actor on the soap The Bold and the Beautiful as Ridge Foster! Other musicians not in this band who also starred on Daytime soaps are Rick Springfield ( Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital) (Jessie’s Girl) and Jack Wagner ( All I Need) ( General Hospital, Frisco Jones)

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

My mom used to listen to these guys back in the 70s when I was a kid! Thanks for the memories!! Congrats on the baby on the way!❤❤

[@cryptoking7093]

I love this song! Takes me back to being 12 or 13 and hanging with all my friends until dusk, first loves and good friendships that have stood the test of time! Until we're all together again...🤝❤

[@nickknight5543]

One of my favorite songs to play on drums even to this day.

[@eggy1962]

A banger….even today this song sounds so good hard to believe its a 70’s hit. Again i would say that singing clearly so people can hear every word and sing along is most important.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Their were 100s of great songs like this in the 70s ARE YOU KIDDIBG ME,,?

[@eggy1962]

@@theodoreritola7641 wrong end of stick mate, i was referring to the quality of this video due to its age, i am 60 years old and ex dj so yes i am fully aware of many high quality 70’s songs.

[@theodoreritola7641]

@@eggy1962 o ok

[@flash218ily]

The genre is "soft rock".....but these soft rock guys hit HARD!

[@kJ922-h3j]

Aka as ‘yacht rock’

[@theodoreritola7641]

If i could ,,,,,,,,,, I would go back to the 70s IN A HEART BEAT,,, This was a time like no other ... The music was FANTASTIC

[@GwenByrd-d4k]

Another blue eyed soul group. They are amazing . The play insruments as well as sing and you dont that see that anymore.

[@spydude38]

This song was a huge hit for Player and it was always on every "Easy Listening" radio channel.

[@PiazzaGurl]

This song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 and Silver Lining. Fun fact; the bass player, Ron Moss is famously known for playing Ridge Forrester on Bold & The Beautiful. The bass is sick in this song. It’s literally why the song is so crazy good.

[@richardderrick3549]

The arrangement and performance are so slick and smooth and honestly, the three guys hitting the line, Baby Come Back, does make the chorus stand out, just sayin' er singin'

[@christikirk7265]

Haven't heard this in a long time. My older sister played this alot in the 70's. Still great today!

[@SIXX2772]

Love how Lex just grooves...

[@surlechapeau]

Bra & Lex, their other hit was "This Time I'm in It for Love"!!

[@stoneblue1795]

1977 ~ Great old song. The vibe still so chill after all these years.

[@brendaotoole4012]

Yes! Bring on the yacht rock! Put that channel on Spotify when I just want to feel happy and chill. In all seriousness this genre has some killer singers. Player, Ambrosia, Seals and Crofts, Orleans, 😊

[@weltonreds]

Lex seems to have an innate ability to verbalize her emotional interpretation of the music regardless of the genre.

[@GoatSimpulator]

Her musical sound analogies are always priceless lol like describing a guitar tone as an iron skillet or something...

[@CLRoess]

I agree she’s a poetic genius of some kind or another

[@kendoglarson5419]

Yeah, I have said a few times she is a genius referencing her uncanny ability to accurately find the context of every song she hears. She is probably a master empath.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

I just like how Brad looks like he's been shot up with Thorazine, in every, single, thumbnail.

[@soccer1970-f5f]

its a money making scam mate, dont be fooled.

[@VintageWanderer]

Loved this as kid. Sounds like little River Band a bit. Congratulations on new one on the way! Just took my oldest to College today! Time flys so enjoy! Cheers.

[@rickelliott9441]

The Player lead singer was part of Little River Band back in the 90s. I saw LRB live and he played this one as part of the show.

[@michelelaraia7358]

Yes. Aussies

[@petecresswell9617]

This was used in a Swiffer dry sweeping cloth commercial.

[@MikMech]

I remember this like it was yesterday. Man I'm old...

[@calder1963]

This was 1977, but you can see and hear the beginnings of the 1980's in everything about this video. The hair, the clothes, and the music.

[@theodoreritola7641]

This was all 70s ,,, The 70s MADE THE 80s

[@markpetrlik8386]

Lex is a Stone Cold Rocker!! lol. Brad is a Lyric Student that will move to a good beat…. I can imagine y’all’s playlist growing!

[@NomyJackson]

This song always gets stuck in my head whenever I listen to it,lol. It get lots of plays in the grocery store

[@jfree336]

The first cover band I played in in 1978, we played this…brings back memories

[@randywatson8347]

Brad is feeling it. I can see him almost smile.

[@HowiGotCustody]

Hahahaha !!!

[@atomicpunk520]

Absolutely love this song Smooth as silk and still sounds great................gawd 45 yrs later. A challenge to young musicians today

[@Teresa-xq5ut]

The guy in the red shirt is actor Ronn Moss. He played the character Ridge on the daytime Soap Bold & The Beautiful. I miss the 70’s and 80’s so much. The best music, best Cars and great hair. lol Times we’re simpler back then. I have such great memories. I wish I could turn back time and visit.

[@albertastorms]

Fun fact one of the members of this band (Guy in the red) Ron Moss was Cast on a soap opera show called The Bold and The Beautiful as Ridge Forrester!

[@clintjo2377]

Congratulation's Brad & Lex ! I told you long time ago you remind me of my wife & me as young people ! Married 42 years now 2 sons with family's 4 grand kids 2 great daughter In laws ! Love and respect makes It all possible you both already have that ! 😆

[@vaughnnewman8903]

Epitomizes the 70's....which is a good thing; something all 70's music has- soul and feeling.

[@tommycader6925]

The dude on bass is none other than "Ridge Forrester" from "The Bold & The Beautiful" Awesome track and the harmonies are silky blue-eyed soul.

[@gamonman3564]

I think Brad is remembering and combining the soundtracks of Transformers 1 and Guardians of the Galaxy 1.

[@indade]

Ocean Alley Back Come Back is a great cover and Frank Ocean sampled Baby Come Back on the song Slide.

[@toohottyentertainment]

4:10 one of my favourite guitar solos

[@pureceeparis]

This is soft rock. We grew up listening to this and R&B/Soul on the radio in East Central Illinois.

[@mkmstillstackin]

Had forgotten about this one! yeah, no doubt, a stupendous tune. Takes me back to my childhood days.

[@davehess1019]

this is considered 70's easy listening

[@stephencoffin226]

Lol yeah we’re still alive from the 70’s Brad , 62 yrs young and still rocking here in 🇨🇦

[@Mark-iv7np]

Great timeless song from mid 70s. Much timeless songs especially 60s and 70s.

[@debrajones2066]

I love the 70’s. This was one of my favorite songs. I still listen and sing to it today😊

[@Retromolarman]

I was 16 when this album and song came out. It has such a smooth groove and the chorus is so well executed with the harmonies on point. I have this album and still listen to it today. Too bad they weren't more successful. The 70s were the best! Congrats on the soon to be new addition to your family.

[@Rob394401]

Peter Becket the guy in the middle lead singer, still is performing and sounds just as great. Voice of Player

[@willhorting5317]

Been a favorite song of mine, ever since first hearing it all those decades ago. And probably the most interesting thing (to me) about Player, is that the bass player went on to become an actor, starring in the CBS soap opera "The Bold and The Beautiful".

[@rustysmittyful]

This is yacht rock! Such harmonies!

[@ZacCostilla]

No, I would not classify blue-eyed soul as yacht rock. (Edited for typos)

[@miguelEguzman]

@@ZacCostilla why not? Everyone I know considers blue eyed soul a key segment of yacht rock. Just curious.

[@ZacCostilla]

@@miguelEguzman I never have, and I’ve never heard it that way before. To me yacht rock is more fanciful, like Rupert Murdoch, or a soft refined, like Christopher Cross, or Carly Simon. Guess different areas hold to different things. Or maybe different ages… I was born in the mid ‘70s, and never even heard of “yacht rock” until a couple years ago. It was just rock as a kid, and then soft rock, rock, or hard rock as a teen. And metal was almost a sub-genre of hard rock rather than just it’s own thing, like borderline.

[@miguelEguzman]

@@ZacCostilla yeah, prolly. I only first heard the term about a decade ago, perhaps a little less, myself. But the original person who said it to me mentioned "Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and Jimmy Buffett" as exemplary. Also UB40, George Michael and Michael McDonnell were mentioned.

[@billofalltrades2633]

I love this song! Memories of my youth !

[@tvgator1]

That bass player played a soap opera character for like 30 years on television’s “The Bold & The beautiful” on CBS.

[@laudanum669]

When Lex said "people don't talk like that anymore, like smooth". The first person that came to mind that still speaks smooth was Snoop Dog. That dude talks super smooth.

[@josephklimchock5412]

Yup, the great music when I was in high school in the 70's........such great music...

[@kevinruff1451]

Such a great song … always been one of my favorites never gotten tired of it. Great lyrics,vocals,story, instrumentals 👏👏…..hard to believe they didn’t have more hits 🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@timfrazier7589]

Great music of the 70s 😊😊

[@HeavyTopspin]

"There was something in everything about you"... insert Nic Cage REALLY? meme

[@anthonyv1719]

Band member became a staple actor on the Bold and Beautiful for decades.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

This song came out when I was 6 years old. I remember riding around in the family station wagon and this song was playing all the time.

[@timfrazier7589]

Another great song from the 70s 😂😂

[@The_Truth1111]

Love you both!!! Keep on!

[@SG-js2qn]

A great song ... kind of in the same vein as Hall & Oates.

[@miguelEguzman]

I was just thinking that this song reminded me of 'she's gone."

[@johnwilson2289]

This song was torcher to me at nineteen years old, when it first came. I was longing after two different girls.

[@kesleycottrell1416]

That 70's music was just so damn smooth. Butter on a hot biscuit smooth.

[@mitchelperkins6723]

Old memories with this one. And CONGRATULATIONS on the little one on the way. Lex, Take extra good care of yourself, your lives will change forever.

[@brokenmummy232]

All guys listening to this being vulnerable Baby Come Back, Lex Player it's in the name. ❤ it priceless.

[@mrb4749]

Great song to me. Loved it back then still do Mark of a timeless song. I remember one other song by them, nothing like this. Great voice on lead hope he was successful in his career after this band disbanded.

[@douglasdenton6989]

Yeah this one is a good memory for me. My high school girlfriend at the time working at a an apparel manufacturer Devil Dog MFG. It was pretty early in the courtship and I vividly remember breaking up with her just so me in my 79 Monte Carlo with awesome Kracker 6x9 rear speakers sitting in the Devil Dog parking lot could play this one on repeat turned way up loud. She went on to be my wife of 34 years now. She's fighting stage 4 breast and colon cancer now since November 2019 like a badass. Love her so much, turn it up!!

[@Land-Shark]

I'm not kidding when I tell you that this song was playing through my mind for a few minutes, then I clicked on my youtube home page and saw this video in my subscriptions feed.

[@rls110961]

❤❤❤❤ love this song! And, congratulations to you both on your exciting news!🥰

[@pdbordelon]

I love this song so much...guilty 70s AM pleasure!

[@somersetcace1]

I've had that happen, where you hear a song and it morphs into another song in your head. I think it's just brain wiring. Like we all have a DJ in our head and they just decide to go freestyle.

[@crisbarber5404]

This song came out my first semester of college. The dance floor filled up every time it came on because everybody related to it. Great times!

[@13_13k]

This is one of those songs that IS the 1970s music. Kinda power ballad / love song /rock but soft rock and a little soul all rolled in one. Player. Very cool band. Hall and Oates are the masters of that Blue Eyed Soul sound. Yoy two should do Hall and Oates