He does this song at his concerts and has some veterans come on stage with him when he sings it - he is extremely supportive of our veterans
@DANDELILAFUN8 ай бұрын
Brett still does this? That’s awesome
@optionizerss4511Ай бұрын
@@DANDELILAFUN i was at his Party Gras show on July 13th and he had about 30 veterans come up on stage with him while he played this. Ironically, this was just outside of Pittsburgh (about 25 miles from Butler, PA). Bret is from Butler and while we were there Trump was shot in Butler. Trump went to the same hospital Bret was born in.
@SylviaCovington-g1i8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the reaction. I don't remember this song. Heavy lyrics. Sometimes, I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.❤
@DANDELILAFUN8 ай бұрын
Very heavy.. it’s like saying man I wish I didn’t know what was going to be.. dang!
@myreviews80994 ай бұрын
It's also so true
@mjcdavies2 ай бұрын
It's one of the only songs i can't listen to without chocking up. Brett is one of the greatest songwriters of all times.
@pauloandrerp8 ай бұрын
The best friend that Brett mentions in the song was the band's security guard. He passed away 6 months before the album was released. The video director was putting the images to Brett and he didn't know he would have his friend. Notice that when he looks at his friend, he cries and can't sing. Also shared in the song are Michaels' thoughts about his cousin Bob Huslinger, a marine veteran who served in Vietnam and received 2 purple hearts.
@MusicLover-dt7ic2 ай бұрын
First off, Thank you for your service...Few years ago, I saw Brett Michaels, he came to our small community fair and played, was awesome had a blast, he told us that night he would be back the next year...Sure enough, he came back, this time I got about 20 feet from stage, he brought out our hometown veterans on stage with him...He does so much for the Veterans, very patriotic man. got some good videos too.
@nancylucas69903 ай бұрын
He needs an award for this song.
@lawrencesilver466129 күн бұрын
As you get older songs like this hit harder.
@raucci96Ай бұрын
Thanks for showing your vulnerability bra! Your reaction towards end brought me tears
@jaksilver36564 ай бұрын
THis one hits SO much harder now than it did back then.
@myreviews80994 ай бұрын
So much
@elbegev85506 ай бұрын
CC making that guitar cry
@karenmandeville71164 ай бұрын
i've always thought that this was their best song. the emotion. the truths.
@scottlambert29493 ай бұрын
Another suggestion for you by the band poison is called "every rose has it's thorn" and thanks so much for your service to our country
@JeffLooman8 ай бұрын
Amen👏👏👍
@nancylucas69903 ай бұрын
This song is heart wrenching.
@cdnrednek10273 ай бұрын
Being a Canadian I was never drafted or joined the military. Got behind the wheel of a big truck I 1976 at 18 yrs. Started running across the USA in 1978mat 20 yrs old. Met and became friends with a lot of guys that served in Vietnam. To this day if I think of some of the stories I was told. I swear to God that they still make my toe nails curl up.
@bryanbradshaw42575 ай бұрын
First, thank u for your service! Those who never did won't get it but I feel u! JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN!
@cadymauro57926 ай бұрын
GOD BLESS AMERICA. And the meand women who serve and sacrifice for this chaotic county as it is today
@tkremarkTK2 ай бұрын
I can attest to the AC dog house. Back in the 80s I was working in the mortgage industry in Charlotte, NC when Jim was arrested. Later the house burned down and someone else bought it and came to me to do a loan on the property, I went out to visit the property to do an assessment and saw the ac dog house. For sure it was there!
@rogersimpson88712 ай бұрын
Oh the Jim and Tammy Faye days...This was such a great song. Hard not to get chocked up.
@haps42735 ай бұрын
The Vietnam part is about Brett's uncle who had his family taken away from him after he returned from Vietnam.
@pauljacobi3403 ай бұрын
If this hit you hard, then you need to react to "Wrong Side of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch. That video speaks so much to what so many vets struggle with.
@MarkJones-du3yf6 ай бұрын
From Algeria great reaction siiiir
@ShaunComnerley-zi3xr3 ай бұрын
I got to see poison open up for the last time that kiss ever performed after they all got back together and I'm going to tell you what I will never forget that concert and so that I don't forget thank you for your service and all the friends you've lost
@sly73906 ай бұрын
I appreciate you noticing the lyrics. I think a lot of ppl and reactors miss that. Vietnam is a dark patch on America and Americans. They was a lot college kids back then treated the Soldiers coming home and how our Government treated them is a disgrace. One ones who made it back never came back completely.
@MetodioAcebu-mn7tw7 ай бұрын
This is deep of meaning😢😢😢
@mr.privacy135 ай бұрын
Semper Fi Brother
@freespirit616 ай бұрын
Awesomes, I Love how they are singing "you take the high road, some will the t he low road" towards the end. Great tribute song by Poison. Thanks Brother and thank you for serving! Oh yeah..Check out "Stand" by Poison too.
@LHeyden-o6i3 ай бұрын
Dude, you’re awesome. Such powerful words from you and from this amazing song. I always love your reactions. I liked grunge, but…. grunge cut short the best era of music, like Poison. I wish grunge would’ve come 10-20 years later so we could’ve continued the best era in music a while longer.
@cA7up5 ай бұрын
Great reaction they are underrated, thx for your service 🙏
@defyzs76577 ай бұрын
Not a big CeCE fan but he fuckin killed that solo 👏 🙌
@williampenny87336 ай бұрын
I cant do everything but...JESUS CAN🥰
@michellejackson66797 ай бұрын
This is my fav of Poison and it hits hard.. my Best Friend's Daddy, Marine, committed suicide 30 yrs after Nam.. His oldest daughter found him hanging in the basement.. My Brother- in- law.. also in Nam.. committed suicide in my nephews driveway with a shotgun.. this song hits hard.
@djj96757 ай бұрын
You’ve heard it but this was more listening and understanding
@lauraclark4275 ай бұрын
Amazing reaction. I don't usually watch reactions if the reactor has already heard the song, but I can tell you had never really LISTENED to it before.
@DANDELILAFUN5 ай бұрын
I’m aware of the song.. but really never thought about the song and the meaning.. sometimes that’s what makes it a song..
@williampenny87336 ай бұрын
🇺🇸🙏👊❤👊🙏🇺🇸
@PrincessAmore14 ай бұрын
Brett is also very involved in whatever he can do with our military and vets
@SITHJELLO2 ай бұрын
Jim and Tammy fay baker...My grandmother sent him all the money she got from my grandfather's life insurance policy.
@nonenone72502 ай бұрын
Jim Bakker. PTL Praise The Lord.. they needed $$500.000 everyday to operate the program and pay employees... so emagine trying to do that...
@jacintofragoso12115 ай бұрын
This is from the 80s you have to listen to King's X goldilox Plus Gary Moore I'm always going to love you these songs you can actually feel emotion
@rebecakeene31372 ай бұрын
The man's name was Kimo. He helped Bret control his diabetes as well as being his friend.
@davidgrantlloyd4 ай бұрын
Awesome reaction to an awesome song, bro. You got a new subscriber right here.
@guyrowan4400Ай бұрын
😊👍👍😊
@ecoffey713 ай бұрын
Thissong was written about Kimo,Brett's friend
@amehayami9348 күн бұрын
Ya I'm Gen X I sorta remember it? Depending when in the 80s? It's either before I went to middle school or just getting into middle school?
@PrincessAmore14 ай бұрын
The man who was his best friend and died in the hotel room was a very close friend of his. His name was Kemo. He is in the video. He is the guy with the bandana around his neck, white t shirt. Brett didn’t know he was in the video he was watching. When Brett sees him he is ready to cry. You can see that reaction on his face. It breaks my heart every time I watch this.
@hide_and_go_sikh4 ай бұрын
My dad was stationed in aiagon
@williampenny87336 ай бұрын
Give Me Jesus to Believe In the Holy Spirit No Regrets!!!🙏👊❤👊🙏
@raymiehershey14307 ай бұрын
When I got in the Vietnam vets were just fading away, not treated well by the Marine corps at all. Seems like they just wanted to get them all out and forget about them. And that's what they did. Semper Fi, 84 to 96.
@krvolfan113 ай бұрын
From a realistic standpoint, you are right that when Bret Michaels wrote that song back in 1990.....you can take this song and it applies one way or another in every year after this was written. And everything he talks about still happens all across our nation in 2024. I've interpreted the song as even though Bret lost his best friend and was dealing with the sadness and emotional pain of it, it makes you think there are other tragedies going on that it deflects that his lost was the only tragedy. Kind of....yes my best friend just passed on suddenly and out of the blue.....but I wonder is this loss all I'm going to feel. There are people/person that steal money from others duping them to give as much as they can and not knowing they are being lied to and being hooked/lined/and sinkered (see Bernie Madoff and all the lives he ruined). There are still soldiers that have come back from Iraq/Afghanistan a way different person (that's even if they were lucky enough to make it back alive). The "war after the war" for them is devastating and lasts for years to some physically and mentally. And there are other situations Bret mentions in the song. To me, it helps "soften" the blow to the guy of losing a best friend so tragically. By far my favorite song from them, the hair metal bands, and still one of my favorite songs of all time.
@briansnider12356 ай бұрын
If you watch the video where Brett is talking about his friend dying you will see him mis some of the words to the song. Harder to see in this video since the timing is off, but he could not mouth the words while looking at his buddies video.... Sad, but the song is from the heart.
@jplafootАй бұрын
Jim Baker
@Mary-cm1ks6 ай бұрын
My daddy did two tours in Vietnam and one tour in Korea my father's plane got shot down as
@poisonlady1965Ай бұрын
Uh FYI they didn’t come to an end at alll. They didn’t get play time but all of these bands have toured in arenas and stadiums still to this day. Poison took time to reconfigure after CC Deville was gone. They brought in other guitarists and still toured but then the new guitarist cheated with the girlfriend of the drummer Rikki Rockett…by 2000 they were back to the original member and touring like crazy. They haven’t toured in two years now but they can still sell more tickets than most bands of today.
@abjowling105 ай бұрын
I am almost 100 % certain that is Brett Michaels body guard
@PrincessAmore14 ай бұрын
Yes, that’s Kemo
@MetodioAcebu-mn7tw7 ай бұрын
Breet michael
@kauntykiki3 ай бұрын
Jim and Tammy Fae Baker.
@michellejackson66797 ай бұрын
When you're asking ppl for money to have God save your soul.. you're a crook.. I don't even have to go to church every Sunday to know that God is in my life and heart.. I don't understand why some ppl think if they send money to someone they will get to Heaven faster or something.. I just don't get it.. I was born and raised in the Catholic church.. I haven't been a practicing Catholic in decades.. but I do Believe and I'm not paying anyone for my belief. Truly mind boggling to me that these charlatans had so many ppl sending them money.
@kennethniman7325Ай бұрын
This ballad begins with religious corruption then goes to a combat veteran committing suicide then to the poor versus the rich with the overall statement being... give me something to believe in
@tammywooley26354 ай бұрын
What makes it worse is that Brett and his bodyguard/friend were fighting about a personal video of Brett doing the dirty with a famous actress.
@drums4b18 күн бұрын
Stop with the pausing and let the video play. GOD!!!