SIMPLY RED -HOLDING BACK THE YEARS (LIVE) REACTION

[@sharonpeterson5415]

This song is about his mother, who abandoned him and his father when he was very young. He always dreamed she would come back. She never did.

[@brandonnshante]

Oh okay now we get it

[@daviddodge782]

Oh row, I never knew that. Gives a whole new perspective to the song.

[@hubrisnaut]

I heard he was from a tough background but I did not know this, I could feel his heart in his singing, incredible.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

😔 That's so sad 😢

[@carljacobson8342]

His mother left the family when he was 3 years old, he wrote this song when he was just 17.

[@ArlynMeylan-jo7hq]

Oh my God beutifull soulful heavenly smooth wonderful ❤❤❤❤❤😢😊

[@user-im6ph5cm1j]

Wow Stunning VOICE. He wrote the song when he was 17. Song is about this parents Pater-Dad -- Mater is Mom. Mom left him when he was 3 years and did not return. God is here forever!

[@monicar503]

I've never seen this version!! Thank you! He sounds so good live! Great reaction 😊

[@brandonnshante]

Thanks

[@gigi0372]

He wrote this when he was 17!!! 😥

[@ianacuna590]

montreaux jazz festival 1992

[@romystumpy1197]

Live and luscious

[@garyporter4198]

Simply Red...... Simply brilliant. One of the best live act I've ever seen. Only really known in the States for a couple of ballads, but has some great up tempo hits too. I'd highly recommend " The Right Thing" and "Moneys Too Tight To Mention " live at Montreux , "Come To My Aid/I won't feel bad" I think that's live in Hamburg, And "Sunrise" live in Sydney to see what he sounds like now some nearly 40 years later. (I'll try to add links). Fantastic in a studio, but another level when performing live (and all wayyyy before auto-tune was invented!).

[@juanitadiemer64]

I`ve seen them live in Germany....*GREAT STUFF* !!!

[@richardconnolly4835]

For an upbeat hit by SR, check out Money's Too Tight to Mention or a great ballad, their cover of the classic If You Don't Know Me by Now .

[@tommyhughes2264]

Wow what a voice.

[@brandonnshante]

Yes

[@luckyirvin]

sad songs fill my heart

[@everett8610]

Now we going back in the day. Been in love chasing girls back in the day. This guys voice still doing it...

[@TyromeColeman]

Simply RED WAS THE SONG HOLDING BACK YEARS🖤🤎🤎🖤🖤🤎🤎🖤🖤

[@junegreene1324]

Live !!!

[@darrellmatz1111]

Simply Red sound great live but 🤔 Do you go back and listen to the studio version 🤓

[@brandonnshante]

Yes

[@darrellmatz1111]

@@brandonnshante Sweet you have to give Ren a listen every song is live shot in one take and he like to watch reactors reacting to his video's start with Hi Ren and enjoy 🤓

[@brandonnshante]

Okay

[@westtxmutt]

Too much fan screaming in live

[@gailshepard-cook6350]

He wrote this when He was 17 Years old.

[@brandonnshante]

Wow that's amazing

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

co wrote it with Neil Moss.

[@fzmoifzmoi2575]

​@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 What's a Zappa freak doing listening to Simply Red??? 🤣

[@JulioHernandez-chico]

Wait till you find out the version on . If you don't know me by now. Is sunged by him

[@brandonnshante]

Thanks for letting us know

[@bertc2314]

Mick and the Band used to open for James Brown when he performed in London.

[@thissailorja]

underrated to say the least. Tears for Fears, Chumbawumba and others did so much better in Europe.

[@marvelharris9540]

Sade, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Simply Red, culture Club, Blow Monkeys etc.. some great vibes!

[@rachelhart.2386]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dylanllewellyn6792]

Back in the Day, he definitely would have been signed by Motown Records, Gordy would have loved his voice!

[@romystumpy1197]

Very good point

[@danconroy8293]

Simply Red live in Sydney is an awesome concert,give it a listen.

[@rhondamcbath6279]

This white Irishman could flat ass sing!! Love him and sounds the same live!! Love y'all ❤

[@brandonnshante]

Frfr

[@hetrodoxly1203]

That's a bit of a stretch, he was born in in England his mother was born in England, her father was Irish, her mother was Jewish, his father Reginald was English.

[@thegroovetube3247]

He's not Irish. And are you implying surprise that a white person is Irish - or surprise that a white person can sing?

[@ronaldtucker1262]

Men and woman break up all the time. I cannot imagine abandoning a child just because the relationship with the other parent went south.

[@andrealedet9541]

Love those 11:11 shirts that's one of my favorite angel numbers!!

[@brandonnshante]

Thanks.

[@Xsyfrx]

New sub, love me some Simply Red, love me some Shante 💥

[@brandonnshante]

Thanks for the sub

[@ericpetty8387]

I see you’re an 11:11 adherent. Yes? I know it means different things to different people. I’ve seen it multiple times for a week for ten years since my Dad passed. People may think I seek it out, but I don’t. I use it to remind myself to talk to my dad.

[@brandonnshante]

Aww, Eric RIP To Your Dad

[@michaelasay8587]

Guys, please do much Karen Carpenter!!

[@spike1976]

Can you please do Oasis (live acoustic by the pool) Stand By Me. Thank you

[@StefLuvsFoo]

Please fall down the Foo Fighters rabbit hole!!!!! Start with The Pretender. I’m falling down YOUR rabbit hole today. Looks like you have a great selection of vids!!

[@brandonnshante]

Thanks

[@return2earthvideochannel]

Silly screaming from the ignorant peeps in the audience ... just keep quiet!