Shakespears Sister - Stay - FIRST TIME REACTION

[@AlanSmithee-lk5rr]

I love how you instantly responded to the video, and interpreted it a few different ways. This video for "Stay" is an absolute masterpiece in the way it reinterprets the song, and gives the singers opposite characters. Great reaction!

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Thank you for your kind feedback, I agree, the video completely changed the dynamic, really effect and creative 👌

[@fredalba1571]

I've loved this song since it's original release and it's always a pleasure when some one else comes across it.

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Yeah this hit in a unique way, the video definitely made it!

[@hogwash1462]

Just brilliant concept and execution.

[@Rowenband]

Interesting. Never heard before.Thanks for the discovery and the reaction. Fun as always.

[@tomr.4199]

Love how you expressed your affinity for gothic girls. Not weird and no shame 😂 She’s so beautiful in this video. Great reaction!

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Thank you. Yeah, that's certainly an achieves heel of mine 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@scotmax8426]

it really is a great track. cheers. enjoyed that.

[@Popgeek_89]

This was number one in the UK for 8 weeks, surprised you don’t know it. The First Lady is Marcella Detroit who worked with Eric Clapton back in the 70s and the other lady is Siobhan Fahey, former member of Bananarama.

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

I'd definitely heard the chorus before but the rest was a delightful mystery to me 🙂. Thanks for giving me the info of the singers

[@Popgeek_89]

@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Welcome ☺️

[@rogeriorei2461]

And in a movie "Insidious chapter 4-Red door" cover for the actor Patrick Wilson and one rock band I forgetting!

[@rogeriorei2461]

The band rock is the famous "Ghost" and Patrick Wilson actor and singers movies!

[@gerryrafferty7500]

Siobhan Fahey was in Bananarama married to David Stewart from the eurythmics , loved this song when it came out

[@martinfehringer6408]

And Dave even wrote this song ;)

[@goyhoipolloi]

This was a MASSIVE hit in Europe and the UK during the early 90's. The video was played at all hours of the day and night on UK TV along with Freddie Mercury's "Living On My Own" dance remix. I was living in England in the early 90's and this song is strongly associated with my time there. Love it!

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Loving the great memories this song and video instill in you 👍. Never heard of that Freddie Mercury dance mix song?!!

[@nealjones255]

Yes remember this one a really nice well composed track 👍

[@RonnieMcNairney]

This was just Mental... But, Brilliant 👏 👌 Keep Rocking, Roadie Ronnie SCOTLAND 😊

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Couldn't agree more! Cheers Ronnie and keep rocking yourself

[@Someonelser1]

I have this album, really like 'I Don't Care ' and 'My 16th Apology.' Once i figured out how to pronounce Siobhan, I loved that name, and had a crush on her. A couple years ago, i saw a clip of Marcella on 'Pop Star to Opera Star' and she was amazing!

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Good to know they have some other songs worth exploring. Seems I'm not alone on the crush of that possessed woman 🤣

[@gerryrafferty7500]

I had a massive love for Siobhan, she is portraying a banshee a ghost from Irish mythology

[@Someonelser1]

Love that name.

[@gerryrafferty7500]

@@Someonelser1 pronounced shiv awn

[@Someonelser1]

@@gerryrafferty7500 Yup, I looked that up the day I 1st saw that name!

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Loved the visuals to this video, really elevated the song and meaning overall. And of course, as I alluded too, was a feast for the eyes too! 😍

[@rnw2739]

No, she is portraying the Reaper, Death. Banshees don't come and claim people's souls. Ffs, what is it with Irish people that always think anyone with an Irish name lives, breathes, eats, drinks and sleeps Ireland? If Siobhan WAS an Irish banshee (whatever that is) she'd be coming to put him in a Magdalene laundry to be beaten and abused by nuns and river dance for all eternity lol.

[@coldwhite4240]

After decades of knowing this song, another reactor who said he has suffered depression for years recently made an interesting observation about this song that made me think again - that it could be about, not just someone coming back from the brink of death in general, but about bringing back a person who has made a suicide attempt and giving them hope for the future. I notice you picked that possibility up too. The part that certainly makes me think that interpretation is more accurate, is the fact that Marcella Detroit (the initial singer) is encouraging the man to focus on her exclusively - which would fit if she is effectively saying "block out everything else and only think of me" to bring him back. And the start when she talks of him "thinking of escape" from the world, and "if you try to go alone, don't think I'll understand". Also, lines ilke "the darkness of your dreams" and "when your pride is on the floor". Then when "Death" arrives, she talks about "when you sleep at night they don't hear your cries in your own world" and of "breaking the spell" back in your own world - depression? Dark thoughts, perhaps? Whatever interpretation you're most convinced by, this is definitely a beautiful, powerful and timeless song. This was a huge hit in the UK, topping the charts for eight weeks between February and April in 1992. Shakespears Sister - Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey - split acrimoniously after this hit and didn't talk for 25 years, but have reconciled and have continued to make more material on and off since 2018. You should also check out their other tracks "You're History", "Goodbye Cruel World", "I Don't Care" and "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)". As for finding Siobhan Fahey attractive - abso-freaking-lutely! She was - and is - gorgeous! Here's an interview with her on TV-AM around the time this was a hit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4TYqIJ8htCHmZY

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Brilliant, insightful comment, eloquently put! I love music that brings layers, and thought provoking discussion. I think the suicidal aspect could be on point. I think the video certainly helps trying to provide some clarity there as best as it can artistically. Shame the band split for such a long spell! Crazy they did that at what you could call the peak of their powers! And yeah siobhan really hit those beauty notes for me in this one! 😍. Thanks for the link

[@mccleandazza4618]

Wow .......yes after 30 years I never really thought of the depression side And the fact it wasn't an angel coming for him it was lady death coming to take him to hell Suicides don't go to heaven Wow

[@anthonyv1719]

She is former Bananarama girl. Short lived group and critics darlings with good reason.

[@mw6901]

I was fortunate enough to be of an age to have lived through the early/mid 90s and to have heard the broad range of songs that was in the charts at the time. This was and still is a banger.

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

I loved the dark energy and message this carried. Yeah in the 90s I was all about dance and rap 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@dvddmc]

Death was coming for him and he was going to hold on for a little while longer. But death always comes for us in the end.

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

💯

[@viviennerose6858]

Marcella Detroit took part in a British programme called Pop Star To Opera Star. She was sensational but came 2nd which, in my opinion, was completely wrong. I think it had to do with her not being being from the UK (she's American). Prejudice can hit everywhere

[@bline5891]

Amazing what a bottle of vodka can do to add to the weirdness!

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

🤣🤣

[@pollyg562]

most say 1st lady is the heroin of the story fighting death etc i believe she is actually the HEROINE of the story

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Oh I like what you did there! Perhaps you are on to something 🤔

[@rnw2739]

Like you weren't around when this come out, mate, lol.

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

I've been around for lots of songs, doesn't mean I've heard them all 🤣

[@zl1David]

Hello ( turn your radio on), Goodbye Cruel World, It's a trip, Waiting, Bad blood, Heroine, I don't care are other great Shakespears Sister tracks ..

[@viviennerose6858]

Not creepy at all, Shiobhan Fahey is gorgeous in this (I'm straight btw, and jealous of her looks 😊) I love her eye-roll as she leaves. She's ex Bananarama where she had short blonde hair

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who found her alluring!

[@florrie2303]

The second character is Death coming for him, whilst the first character is his love and his anchor to the real world. Now Death can take many forms...and can even be attractive to some, those with depression, in a lot of pain etc. In this case as attractive as Death appears to be for this man, love wins out in this situation. The eye roll Death gives at the end, however, says it all. "Okay, you've pulled him back from the brink...but I'll eventually take both of your souls." Death always wins in the end.

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Brilliant synopsis, appreciate you sharing it

[@LeeQuinnell]

Yeah mate ....also find her very good looking ....not heard this since the old jukebox days...enjoyed it man....later dude

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Glad I'm not the only one strangely attracted to her! Take care bud!

[@murdockreviews]

Big hit, ex-Bananarama members in this.

[@mccleandazza4618]

Its not weird at all Siobhan is fire hot and she pulls the goth look off to another level I was obcessed with crazy girls ever since lol

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Haha glad to know I'm not alone! Totally digging that goth vibe, I too have a proclivity for crazy lady 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@mccleandazza4618]

@MusicForTheSoulReactions it's the eyes right ?😅

[@alanwaine4186]

Classic pop song...nice reaction. An appropriate song for the moment might by "Hunter's Moon" by Ghost. Look out for the official video.

[@Bobbyorange84]

Wats that smell its cow no its sheep no its...😂

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

🤣🤣

[@gerryrafferty7500]

If you hear the scream of a banshee you die ( obviously not factual)

[@BigMcLargeHuge122]

Dude if Genesis was making your head hurt I want to see how you react to a Cardiacs song, they're like if Genesis and Frank Zappa formed a punk band with Johnny Rotten and Bugs Bunny and then toured circuses for a year. Check out R.E.S. from the album with the flower on the cover, your head will probably explode lol

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Hahahaha are you trying to watch my brain liquify and leak from my ears?! 😂

[@BigMcLargeHuge122]

​@@MusicForTheSoulReactions idk it'd be good content for sure 😂

[@Pcrimson1]

I've heard of them, but don't think I know anything by them. I guess it was ok. I'm not big on ballads. And Souixie, imo, is more intriguing to me than these two knock offs...again, just an opinion...US Roadie 1 checking in...

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Hahaha again with the funny delivery of your opinions US roadie!

[@pollyg562]

either you are a genius or you are faking the 1st time react i am givn benifit of doubt

[@MusicForTheSoulReactions]

Haha, definitely not faking, I ignore requests of songs I've heard before, but I'd also not claim to be a genius 🤣🤦‍♂️