SON OF A PREACHER MAN - Dusty Springfield | First Time Hearing | cece_2_cents Music Reaction

[@CC2Cents_]

I really enjoyed this song! What are your thoughts?

[@sv3931]

The story-songs always hit home, no? This was a major hit.

[@CC2Cents_]

I really enjoyed this song.

[@JoyfulMK]

In 1964 Dusty Springfield embarked on a tour of South Africa. Unlike a lot of other artists who went there, she put a clause in her contract that stipulated she would only play to non-segregated audiences. She and her band had just two shows under their belts when their passports were seized at a hotel in Capetown. For three days they weren't allowed access to phones and questioned by authorities who eventually told them they could only finish the tour if they respected apartheid regulations. Dusty refused and was forced out of the country. She donated all the money she made to Black South African charities. This was nearly 20 years before the anti-apartheid cause became trendy among celebrities.

[@chriscaspian2280]

Loved Dusty she was pure class glad you reacted to it

[@CC2Cents_]

I truly enjoyed this song.

[@bryanforis1839]

Not many women singer or man can have a voice like that and live

[@th.burggraf7814]

Awesome reaction. I really enjoyed watching (and listening) 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@CC2Cents_]

Thank you so much.

[@whentokoloshsays1142]

Can I suggest two of the many hits Dusty had? LOSING YOU and THE LOOK OF LOVE

[@CC2Cents_]

Thank you for the suggestions.

[@olgahorvathova5876]

Thanks, she is one of the best who ever recorded this song

[@CC2Cents_]

I love this song!

[@susanfigueroa872]

My husband and I were big Dusty Springfield fans listening to her first in the 60s. Our favorite from her, "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me!" It brings tears to both of our eyes!

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks for sharing and for the request!

[@secrets.295]

@@CC2Cents_ Yeayy please react to You Dont Have To Say You Love Me. And also The Look Of Love if u r interested 😁

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks for the request.

[@gazt8926]

Apart from Guinness Dusty Springfield is one of Ireland’s greatest exports

[@gurrier3877]

Fuck lad I didn't even know she was from Ireland

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Martha Reeves referred to Dusty as “..my Irish friend”

[@Zebred2001]

Great reaction Cece! Honey Cone also covered Son Of A Preacher Man. Please check out Dusty Springfield's cover of the Van Morrison classic Tupelo Honey.

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks for the request.

[@patricklapointe4979]

With that voice, you can see how they called her dusty. Its like a cool, dry breeze

[@CC2Cents_]

I love her voice!

[@candicelitrenta8890]

The thing about it was that back then songs only were allowed 3+ minutes on a song even Billy Joel did a song about that very fact

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks for sharing.

[@sofia01ht]

She was a pioneer in music as well as in human rights! She refused to sing in front of segregated audiences which resulted in her being escorted from South Africa and having her visa revoked. Dusty is the white queen of soul! In the 60s there was the Beatles and Dusty. No one was bigger than them. She was also closeted because coming out would mean her career is over... which is what ended up happening when she came out in 1970 😔

[@CC2Cents_]

I love her voice! Thanks for sharing.

[@martyemmons1859]

I never heard anything about her 'coming out'. Is that why she isn't more renowned?

[@sofia01ht]

@@martyemmons1859 yes exactly, she actually flee the UK to California to escape the press cause they started to get really brutal with her and she always felt ashamed of who she was, so to have questions about her sexuality being asked in every interview was traumatizing for her, plus at that time homosexuality was not accepted in show business... regular people could do whatever; however, sadly artists did not have that freedom and Dusty definitely suffered the consequences. Then, when she was already living in the US she came out in an interview in 1970 and literally after that, just like many other artists, she lost her career very quickly, which is surprising knowing how freaking BIG she was just a year prior.

[@martyemmons1859]

@@sofia01ht, I'm not surprised at all. I've heard how women from other nations get treated here. I watched Miriam Makeba tell her story of career sabotage. She was very popular until she married Stokely Carmichael. That's when ALL her concert dates mysteriously got cancelled. What is it about beauty that the music industry wants hurt/crush!?!

[@sofia01ht]

@@martyemmons1859 that is so true. This just gave me chills because it's always the ones with the biggest hearts who get hurt and get taken advantage of, and these women, and many more, were very strong and empowered yet were still not treated with the respect they deserved and got their careers crushed. Dusty for example, she chose all her songs and produced them as well. She even told her musicians what to play on their instruments, she was that good; however, that "perfectionism" or, empowerment gave her a reputation of being "Difficult to work with". Now I wonder, when men demand the same things they get praised for being "Driven". The music industry is awful and I think it's getting worse as the years go by.

[@stevepence229]

Since you loved this song Cece you would love a song called What Have I done To Deserve This by the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield is Featured in it too dear

[@stephenmichalski2643]

Your crushing it with these gems......loved it and watching you love it......your eyes and face just lit up.....like you turned into a happy excited little girl.....precious reaction. She does a nice cover of "Spooky"......could swear she had more hits......must be that classic voice/style💖👍💖🌈💖🎼💖

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks so much!

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Dusty's voice is sultry. It really isn't raspy unless she tries to make it sound that way on purpose.

[@CC2Cents_]

She has a really nice voice for sure.

[@jlcortez00]

Wow this song reminds me of Pulp Fiction, great song and soulful voice

[@CC2Cents_]

I agree.

[@sarastromseth-troy3323]

The 'Dusty in Memphis' album is one of my all-time favorites. This is probably her most well-known song, but she had so many great ones. I also really liked her career resurgence in the '80s with the Pet Shop Boys. She had a cameo in their music video for 'What Have I Done To Deserve This?' music video from 1987. That might be worth a reaction if you are interested in 80's pop.

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[@racinnut77]

Check out Dusty singing "I Only Want To Be With You". You won't be sorry.

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks for the request.

[@guyinnyc1]

A masterpiece! Beautiful reaction! And yes it's short!!!

[@CC2Cents_]

Thank you so much 😊

[@johntremmel3949]

The horns 👍👍

[@lesduncan7455]

ALWAYS LOVED HER VOICE,,,,,,,,KEEP UP THAT SMILE

[@CC2Cents_]

Thank you.

[@lesduncan7455]

@@CC2Cents_ YOU`RE WELCOME

[@rickraybourn7456]

Hi, hey play Ode Billy Joe, by Bobby Gentry

[@sv3931]

👊😎 👉💯

[@stevepence229]

This song was on the soundtrack of the movie Pulp Fiction that stared Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta in the early 90`s

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks 😊

[@johntremmel3949]

Great reaction joss stone does this track live at a British awards show and absolutely kills it👍👍

[@CC2Cents_]

Thanks so much👍🏿✌🏿👊🏿

[@almostfm]

I don't think there's a longer version. Two and a half to three and a half minutes was the standard length for singles back then.

[@CC2Cents_]

Thank you.

[@urivan9613]

Not many people know that this song was written with the great Aretha Franklin in mind, but for whatever reason she rejected it, and then it was offered to Dusty Springfield. Although this song is surely her biggest hit, Dusty was already an established artist in America being at the forefront of the British Invation in the mid-60's.

[@CC2Cents_]

I really enjoyed this song. Thanks for sharing.

[@CC2Cents_]

I didn't know. Thanks for sharing.

[@pastorofmuppets22]

People don't know that because it isn't true.Aretha didn't reject it.She has a version of it 10 years before Dusty.Dusty even hired the exact same backup singers for her version that Aretha had

[@pastorofmuppets22]

Aretha Franklin did this first and did a much better version.Dusty even hired the exact same backup singers Aretha had

[@CC2Cents_]

I'll have to check it out.

[@davelehnen3300]

Aretha's version in 1969 was after this version from 1968.

[@nickpalmer3076]

Listen to Dusty some of your lovin and I don't want to hear it.

[@SkeeterNYC]

Perhaps you should do a little research about the artist and the track your reacting too before you record and post it.

[@CC2Cents_]

Thank you for watching. GOD Bless You 🙏🏿