OMG THIS WAS HARD TO WATCH!!! PAPER LACE - THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED (REACTION)

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[@robindew9072]

This was a huge hit back in our day. Still one hell of a song. A stupendous song.

[@jamielandis4308]

I used to love this song as a kid. It was on the jukebox at the local diner. Capone was big in Depression Era Chicago. Check out “The Untouchables.” DeNiro played Capone. Sean Connery won an Oscar. The gang pics are from now. Things haven’t changed much for Chicago. Children are dying there every week.

[@lisar.6670]

Innocent babies and small "children are dying there every week" and #blm is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND and SEEN marching against gang violence and DEMAND mayor lightfoot/D.A./police do something about it.

[@pubuapubua]

Seeing the lyrics kind of effed me up.

[@finallythere100]

Flapper era -- na na na na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na !! Night Chicago did is V=St Valntine Day Massacre.

[@juliereminiec4937]

Capone was more well known back in the 20s The Beer Wars, Prohibition etc

[@juliereminiec4937]

@@finallythere100 Prohibition,the Beer Wars

[@openfor45]

Enjoyed this song when it played on the radio back in the early 70's! Thank you for reacting to this! "The Night Chicago Died" is about a shoot-out between the Chicago Police and gangsters tied to Al Capone. It was inspired by the real-life Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, although that involved Capone's men killing seven of Bugs Moran's gang members and had nothing to do with the police. No confrontation large enough to leave around one hundred police deaths ever happened. Al Capone was arrested in 1932 for income tax evasion.

[@stewrobb2329]

But they were dressed as Chicago police.

[@rharvey2124]

Makes me think that movies Some Like It Hot.

[@beckysmuck8771]

Capone was in Ogden Utah that night. Plausible deniability.

[@claudeyaz]

They had to send in the "untouchables," very interesting stories...they worked with the tax guy ideas

[@hollymueller287]

Where are you both from. I am disabled, but am able to give you some music to share

[@CardiacCat]

Pray for Chicago and the people who live there. It hasn't gotten any better since the Capone days.

[@bigsteve9279]

It’s much worse now

[@LesterMoore]

If Capone was alive today, he'd pack his family, his bags and his gang and get outta Chicago in great haste. No money in getting killed.

[@traceybenna4150]

Things are going to get really bad. My suggestion, arm yourselves . Regardless of the gun laws . January 1 2023 , Prisons are purging criminals onto the streets. If they choose to take up shelter in your yard or shed ,the police can't do nothing but tell them to leave. If they don't leave ,the cops can't do nothing. It is up to you to get them to leave . This is these progressive left judges and progressive left politicians allowing this to happen. Soros backed politicians. They don't care about American Citizens. I hate to be political but people have to know what is happening.

[@finallythere100]

Just as corrupt..

[@finallythere100]

"Yes" to a hundred cops are dead" ???

[@holgerschussler9107]

Wow! I haven't heard this in years...back in my teens,I'm 58 these days! Thank you for bringing back some forgotten memories! Great song...great reaction,GOD bless

[@alancooper6443]

This is still a great song after all these years! Paper Lace's best song!

[@MySherry10]

I loved this song as a kid and they did it in one of our school plays , and the little boy doing it was so cute dressed as gangster. Thank you for listening to it and listening to our requests, love this because has such a happy ending

[@babygore0599]

Billy Don't Be A Hero is another great song by Paper Lace. I told my son to keep his head down when he went to Afghanistan.

[@andysott]

Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods did a better version.....

[@morrigankasa570]

​@@andysott I agree with you

[@stacymoore9836]

I love this song!! It came out 1972-73. I Was about 12-13 when it was released.

[@greg2976]

So was I ! Great memories!

[@Dee-JayW]

Me as well!

[@williambilly3269]

Me to., born in 61

[@susanharrah3462]

me too

[@stacymoore9836]

@@williambilly3269 Me too! February 9th

[@lorilxn1597]

Loved this song growing up

[@shark5919]

I remember play the shit out of my 45 listening to this song in the 70's.

[@ajruther67]

When you first stopped the song and said Whoooaaaa and realized what it's about, I got chills!

[@MySherry10]

Please do Sylvias Mother Dr.Hook and video of them singing it black and white. such a great song and they are a rabbit hole with many great hits

[@aileenturrietta7553]

I'm glad you mentioned Dr. Hook. I love them. So many hits but my favorites are "Sharing the Night Together" and Better Love Next Time".

[@deborahlewis656]

@@aileenturrietta7553 omg...thought I was only remaining fan of my dr hook..lol🥰

[@aileenturrietta7553]

@@deborahlewis656 They're on my playlist still.🥰

[@Davidsmith-uu4bl]

Dr. Hook I worked with there drummer years ago after the broke up . The story's he told me . They had a good time

[@kibblenbits]

Carry Me Carrie was always my favorite, although Freakers Ball was great!

[@ct8449]

I have always loved this song, but now I love it even more. I love your reactions! When I'm feeling down I watch yours and Mr. Videos reactions, you always make me feel better. Thank you!

[@andydurazo5337]

The Thompson Sub Machine gun “Tommy Gun” was nicknamed “The Chicago Typewriter.”

[@dakin7612]

Watching you two and your reactions makes my heart smile. I love the music, your interactions, your expressions, etc. You always lift my day.

[@jagfn63]

So many memories this song brings, new to the channel your reactions, personalities, positivity make every day better

[@bostonvair]

Ah, what a classic! It is definitely among that family of strange hits of the 1970s, but a profound song. I loved this song as a kid when it came out. Chicago is very much alive and is a pretty nice town nowadays, BTW.

[@kimcutts424]

Paper Lace is actually a British band. They had a couple of hits over here in the UK. But in the US they are considered to be one hit wonders have one song to get into the US top 40 (this one)

[@Deborahtunes]

No they're not. 'Paper Lace' released "Billy Don't Be A Hero" as well...

[@antonytye3484]

@@Deborahtunes Yes and it was a bigger hit out of the two in the UK, but someone else had a hit with it in the USA, not them. And as far as the USA is concerned the rest of the world doesn't exist. You are right, not a one hit wonder worldwide, but in the USA they are. Status Quo(40 UK chart hits) is a one hit wonder to Americans, boldly stated as fact, along with David Essex and T-Rex (10 UK top 10s). Its a little irksome.

[@Deborahtunes]

@@antonytye3484 ~ All of what you said is true. But that's how it was/is..

[@pamacree3890]

Well this is a blast from the past! Great reaction!!

[@Phoenix-bg1xt]

During the depression it was Capone that started the soup kitchens not the government acts as if they did, Capone was nice if you did not cross him, my great uncle was in Alcatraz with him along with other well knowns

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

AL Capone had a house (big and fancy) just a few miles away in Brookfield, Wisconsin. I still drive past every now and then and think about it, but I forgot all about this song. This video made it real.

[@suzanneprock7286]

This was and still is a great song, reminds me of my junior high school days. My grandfather knew John Dillinger, he used to hang out in Indianapolis and Plainfield wasn't far from Mooresville. There were alot of hoodlums during that era.

[@kimcutts424]

I love ti's song. Always have always will. Glad you played it. ❤❤❤❤

[@vickinoakes249]

This always makes me cry...especially the last verse where daddy walk through the door and kissed momma's face and wiped her tears away.

[@junglejim5785]

Just one of the many A.M. radio hits played on KTAC radio station in Tacoma Washington (now defunct.) back in the 70's. Thanks for the memories Shawn and Mel. God Bless. Have to say this. Your have such pretty hair Mel. And that is just a compliment. You are a blessed man Shawn. May God see you 2 through many happy years.

[@j5429280]

i've said it a few times before you 2 were born much too late you should have been born at my time. but i do love your 2 personalitys that take to the older music.

[@lisaray9944]

That song can be played today with all the violence in the World right now

[@tonyaprewitt9438]

Have loved this song since I first heard it as a kid in the 70's

[@charisse130]

It was inspired by the real-life Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, although that involved Capone's men killing seven of Bugs Moran's gang members and had nothing to do with the police. My family has lived in and around Chicago for generations. My gran & gramps were actually in their 20s & 30s around that time. One of Capone's 'associates' tried to recruit my gramps. He knew it was time to go. They packed up their parents and children and moved over the border into Indiana in less than a week's time.

[@jennifursun3303]

that is the part of the story I have heard was not real as far as the song lyrics go

[@maryannturton9830]

Your gramps was smart,otherwise you may have never been born...😐

[@janiyawest7023]

Two of Capone's hitmen were disguised as police. Capone was in Miami at the time of the hit

[@sassymess7111]

I used to sing this to my dolls when I was about 5 or 6. I always loved story songs.

[@christinalikoski4937]

This was one song I never forgot THANK YOU 😎 💋 Australia 💕 Christina 💋

[@joelliebler5690]

Big hit played all the time on radio!

[@MySherry10]

Strange Magic by ELO another group that is a rabbit hole

[@stuartluck413]

Us British are just the kings of music.....love from across the pond

[@TheMadeofhonor]

Love your reactions to these old songs that I grew up with :)

[@ruthguerra2183]

My son and I used to crank this song up and sing to it. I miss him and know my grandkids listen to music with me. My son died a little over a year ago at 27

[@j5429280]

hey you 2 can i do a request? 3 dog night. black and white. theres a great message in there from the 70's

[@tamraburris4268]

I love your reacting to these old songs. I grew up with these. Songs back then told a whole story. Tytyty . ❤❤❤

[@donr9861]

It's been over 40 years since I heard this song. thank you .

[@tdratt]

My first concert was Dr. Hook. Paper Lace was the opening act. This bring back memories

[@jennhen2675]

Intense yes, but truth.

[@beverlysanders4209]

Oh my the summer of my 17 th year I lived on my own with my best friend to work at a near by factory . We played this song so much on our 8track tape player ! Great summer!!!

[@dougca7086]

React to Blood Sweat and Tears(BST) singing Spinning wheel and You made me so very happy and When I die they'll blow you away

[@danastearns7939]

Al Capone was originally involved in business payouts for protection, illegal cigarette sales running stolen cars/goods between Chicago-Detroit and Chicago-St Louis, which actually became the main reason for the creation of the Illinois State Police. Then came Prohibition Era and he got into illegal alcohol sales and opened "the speak easy lounges" and fought other gangs for control of the illegal liquor sales in Chicago. Some elements of the PD were of course on the take (watch The Untouchables starring Kevin Costner), but most weren't. But there were frequent gun battles between Capones' gang - rival gangs - police. Just so happens my husband is a retired police officer from a Chicago area suburb in the 70's and 80's. Oh my gosh, the worries I bore! I always made sure to give him the Love when he left for work each night.

[@jerrihadding2534]

Thank you for causing me to remember this incredible song!

[@mamakittyluvsjesus]

One of my favorites and had forgotten it lol had it on 45(single record ) boy I would listen to it over and over again . Thanks for the memory .

[@snowbird9660]

Chicago is just like every place else. You just have to know where NOT to go. In general it’s a nice city with a lot to see and do. I know, it’s my hometown. If it didn’t get so darned cold, I’d still be there.

[@brianh9358]

Just to give you a little historical background - it was prohibition which caused the huge increase in gangs in Chicago. By the mid-1920s there were around 1300 gangs that ran speakeasys, underground bars, and brothels in the city. When Al Capone came along he tried to take over and consolidate the gangs. There were more intergang killings than there were police killings because a lot of the Chicago police were taking bribes from the gangs. It took the efforts of the FBI and IRS to bring him down.

[@IshiAndNomyJackson]

I love this! LOL

[@margaretharper4522]

Just love your reaction when you watch these songs .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@patsabol8699]

The song was about the Valentine's Day Massacre, where Capone took out his competition.

[@ghstdnsr]

To this day this is one of my favorite songs when I was a kid in the 70s

[@barbarapacker5722]

I was really little when this came out, but I remember it was still well known when I was in jr high and high school. Every time I hear the part about the door burst open wide and my daddy stepped inside, I get chills and tear up, picturing him embracing his wife, and their son (probably teen) experienced the whole thing. Although the song is loosely based on incidents and not all true, they know how to draw you in and feel the emotion. great reaction.

[@mr.salvatorejpluchino8467]

OHHH MAN I GREW UP TO THIS SONG , KIDS NOW A DAYS I WISHED THEY EXPERIENCED WHAT WE HAD BACK THEN

[@donstewart9164]

Love your channel, you folks play such classic songs from all genres. Thank you

[@poppalamboldmartyrcooking4486]

Boy you guys the Best Reactors. Much Love

[@loribochantin9257]

I grew up in Chicago and still go back there to visit friends etc..., and in some areas of Chicago it is still very much like this. The sad part is, in my teen years, a lot of those gangs they showed in the video were getting a strong foothold in my neighborhood. Had more incidences then I care to remember or talk about.

[@EGSimon-ds1vf]

Absolutely loving your channel! I love the fact that you go back in time and pick some of the best classics that were such a part of my life. It's so good to hear some of these songs again. And yes, I did become a subscriber. If you like "story" songs, check out "That's the Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" sung by Vikki Lawrence. Also, if you go back to WWII again, check out Vera Lynn. She was one of the most popular singers in the world. Popular enough to be mentioned years later in a Pink Floyd song. Her songs, "I'll Be Seeing You" and "The White Cliffs of Dover" are still hauntingly beautiful. Keep the good songs coming!

[@MrPhoebe28]

Remember this song uk also Billy don’t be a hero, big hits from the 70s

[@davidderitis9068]

Loved this song as a kid (I was actually alive when this song was released!) my dad brought this 45 home and I played it everyday for years. Can't handle it today it is a bit off base historically but a nice jam!

[@snapdragon8888]

This song brings back memories of junior high. It was on the jukebox in the student commons area. Had to be '74 or '75.

[@wpollock1]

Loved this....what a great "one hit wonder" for this band. You are really picking them well!

[@9284vr]

Billy Don't Be A Hero was their other hit...so they are a two hit wonder group.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

@@9284vr except most people remember 'Billy' from Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

[@9284vr]

@@MoMoMyPup10 Who?? Never heard of them.

[@terri2494]

@@MoMoMyPup10 Thank you! I thought it was Bo Donaldson & the Haywoods. Okay, I just looked it up. Paper Lace released it in the UK and then Bo & co released it in the US. Both versions were released in 1974.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

@@terri2494 Yes, basically Bo is the only version we heard in the US, which is therefore the only version that matters in reality

[@darlas5762]

Here is another history through music, Gordon Lightfoot - "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

[@leefreed2060]

One of my favorite 70s tunes. Still have my 45

[@michellen2168]

could be worth money

[@MySherry10]

Melanie , Brand New Key , listen to the video of girl skating this was a big hit when kid and I loved to sing it

[@theresareynolds3133]

St Valentine's Day Massacre is what this song is about

[@jamespatrickwalsh4892]

It definitely is not

[@cletushouse906]

Always liked this song, but could not tell you who did it. Thanks for doing it.

[@jenniferd.w.357]

How can I remember these lyrics and I haven't heard this the 70s but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday? Drives me nuts.

[@jerickson725]

I'm exactly the same way Jennifer, and I was only about 10 when this song came out but I know it word for word!

[@julienielsen4462]

I remember my dad playing this when I was small in the 70s. Brings back memories.

[@psilvers100]

Unfortunately, Chicago is still a high crime area. I remember growing up listening to this and feeling so sad. Why can't we all live together in peace?

[@alonzovasquez7590]

Wow you guys really did a video on this amazing unbelievable one hit wonder I love you guys this is amazing you guys are the best you have the best taste of music ever can't believe you guys actually did a video on this it's amazing I love you guys so much

[@lyriasfaves]

Loved this one! For something completely diff... try Lara Fabian "Je Suis Malade".

[@wmorris3484]

I love these guys who listen!

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

Though Capone was a criminal mastermind, he was also a humanitarian! He donated to many churches and started soup kitchens for the unemployed and homeless.

[@maxpolaris99]

😂 She says "yeah I could cause thats what it was like back in the hood" Exactly

[@ruthmcfadden744]

Thank you! :)

[@rosyv9436]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS COMON NOW!!!!!!!!!! THIS THE SONG CHI TOWN!!!!! SONG BABY 👶 LOVE LOVE CHICAGO 💘💗💓💕💖♥💘💗💓💕 BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL CITY.

[@myownchannel247]

this was a radio staple back in the day

[@susanpace3672]

I love that you guys appreciate the music of yesteryear.

[@asherdash12]

Loved this song as a kid, never knew what it was about

[@ednoponen2943]

I must say, I kinda liked this song in its day, but combined with this video it hit home for the first time. Had no idea what the words were or if they mattered. Live and learn!

[@stewartmatthews1551]

Oh dude yes!!

[@charlesstraight5499]

The song Rikki Don't Lose That Number was sang by a group called Steely Dan.

[@pamelavalente3731]

Great reactions! This was truly a riveting song. So very riveting that Shawn didn't even take time out for a drink...NOT EVEN ONCE!💜💜

[@vickybrackin7483]

LOVE you two!!♥️😘

[@joannalynn3848]

Loved that song when I was young.

[@janethunter8741]

That was the same night the lights went out in Georgia....glorybe...my grandmother's favorite word...

[@VelveteenRabbitinRedFern]

I still LOVE this song.

[@sandydunlap414]

I love this song! I was born and raised in Chicago, and moved to Texas in 1982. Fast forward to 1985- I was bartending and we had DJ’s nightly. I am a big Bears fan, and they won the Super Bowl! The DJ’s had gotten this song to play when the Bears lost ( which they didn’t) so they didn’t get to play it, but ended up playing it for the hell of it! Still brings a big smile to my face!

[@terereynolds698]

Al Capone actually had people buried in parts of Indiana. I'm not a mobster BY any means, I'm just a simple retired funeral director, but when I was working my way through college, I was worked with Bugsy Segal's nephew Stuart Segal, he was the manager in a bingo hall I worked in, it was in California, he was a very big man, but his heart was bigger than he was.

[@diannecardenas9866]

Great song, loved it when it came out. Great reaction.

[@DashcamRiprock]

When this was a hit, the band's management wrote to Chicago's then-mayor offering to come perform it at a local festival. Rumor has it that the response was something along the lines of "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FLIPPIN' MINDS???"

[@michaelbrandt5416]

I read somewhere that when the mayor upon hearing the single, reacted by saying the group should jump into the river...and good riddance.

[@pattiehernandez769]

@@michaelbrandt5416 was daily the mayor then. sounds like something he'd say

[@racinnut77]

As a Chicagoan I and those I know kinda laugh at the whole "East side of Chicago" thing. The east side is Lake Michigan unless you count the far southeast side at the Indiana border. Saying "South Side" or "West Side" would have fit the meter of the song just as well, but whatever.

[@Braedensground]

State Street " that great street" is the dividing line for East and West addresses. There is a lot on the East Side of Chicago. Just so happens most of it lies on the South Side. Which was very diverse back then. Many neighborhoods there are still very diverse. So the lyrics are accurate.

[@racinnut77]

@@Braedensground No one calls it the East Side. The area east of State Street and south of Madison to the Lake is called the South Side side. Ask anyone who lives the neighborhood where Capone's house is located (7200 block of S. Prairie) and they'll say live on the South Side. For that matter, the corresponding smaller area north of Madison from State St. to the Lake is called the North Side. Yes technically, geographically east of State Street is the East Side, but the term is virtually never used.

[@Braedensground]

I lived on the North side for 12 yrs and I had co workers who always said the lived on the East Side of Chicago. Pullman and Hegwisch. Yes they are South but still East from the residents who lived there.

[@racinnut77]

@@Braedensground Pullman and Hegwisch are on the far South Side, sometimes called the Southeast side, perhaps called the East Side by a few. Capone's neighborhood was the South Side. This is splitting fine hairs with a dull axe. The term "East Side" is rarely used by Chicagoans.

[@bobbyboko6317]

They were from the UK so that's a good excuse for the east side thing😉

[@MommaBird52]

There is a song mistakenly attributed to Elvis - ONE PAIR OF HANDS by Carroll Roberson. It does sound a lot like his gospel songs.

[@caroldaronch1974]

My Grandfather was the same age as Al Capone. Born in 1899. He even dressed like him😂

[@hazelmaylebrun6243]

Where I live in Canada, if I drive for about an hour, hour and a half west, to this little backwater cottage town, there is a rundown little shack there that, at one time, was a place where Capone and his buddies hid out for a while to avoiid arrest in the US. Who was going to find him out in the middle of the Ontario wilderness? I've been to the place. It's not inhabitable anymore, but I grew up knowing it was there, and in the capital of Canada, where I live, there is a restaurant to this day called Capone's because... hey... he used to hang out in these parts when he was trying to lay low.

[@karencolley-smidt864]

I was 10 when this song was released! I loved it then and still love it. My sister and I would act it out...🤣 Just silly little girls having fun. Thanks for reviving that memory.

[@tracygibson6774]

Love this song

[@brenda9140]

⚘👨‍👩‍👧‍👧yes it is easy to imagine today because it is happening again today. So very sad and depressing😥