This is beautiful....BREAD - Diary REACTION - First time hearing.

[@wearinganapron]

Harri, the story goes like this . . . he found the girl's diary, and just assumed she was talking about him. He was pleasantly surprised and began dreaming of their future. When he mentioned it to her, she acted indifferent, which he attributed to embarrassment, or maidenly modesty. On a consecutive day, he again found the diary (probably this time deliberately left by the girl, trying to gently let him know his mistake) -- this time, names were used, the scales fell from his eyes, and he painfully realized his error, that he was not her beloved after all.

[@davewhitlow2984]

Wow, I've always known the explanation for this song, but again, wow, you have beautifully explained it..... Only thing I'd add was that his love for her is/was true and genuine; even after the realization and pain that she was not going to be with him, he still hoped and wished nothing but the best for her - "all thee sweet things 'they' can find.")

[@wearinganapron]

@@davewhitlow2984 Yes! It was genuine, mature love. I actually started spelling that out, but I tend to get too wordy, so just backspaced and let it send. lol!

[@alansmith7626]

well said!

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@wearinganapron Man, I know that feeling 😟 !!! I've started doing the very same thing. Oops, forgot to add ... Great explanation ... what we saw and what you originally meant to tell us.

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

I'm sorry. But if I found her diary underneath the tree. And started reading about him...I wouldn't wish for her his wife. Nor would I wish all the good things they can find or however it goes. That ho's been stringing my along. WTF!!!

[@Redtop-qh8zo]

I’m crying for him.

[@fscottgray9784]

David Gates has a pure velvet voice and also has many hits on his own.

[@Cynthia...]

What a beautiful choice. I love this song.

[@skyblue9515]

The Best of Bread album was such an important part of my early twenties, just loved it so.

[@jamesdrynan]

There is something so beautifully poignant about the line " I will wish for her, his wife. " Gates nailed the sense of loss in many of his songs.

[@atombomb31458]

love this song. the melody/chords,vocals perfect

[@famat161]

He loves loves her so much that his devotion continues despite her marrying someone else. Heartbreaking inspiration.

[@willylumpnj]

I have been there once, a long time ago

[@fscottgray9784]

He assumed the lines were about him but as he read on he realized that she was in love with someone else. Another great song of Bread is called everything I own. He wrote it with 2 meanings. One to make it sound like a love song but the real meaning is about his dad and being able to be with him one more time after he died.

[@puffyd58]

Exactly the way I've always interpreted it . . . it's all one reading session. It simply became clear as he read on (probably because she finally actually mentioned the name of the person she loved) that she wasn't talking about him and loved someone else.

[@catherinedorney6092]

OMG...tym. I love bread and that song always wondered. Thanks for the info ❤❤

[@fscottgray9784]

@@catherinedorney6092 He sings it with Billy Dean on a show and explains its oriigin. Worth checking out.

[@DocRock71]

I am shattered every time I hear him deliver the line..."the love she'd waited for, was someone else, not me". Nothing hurts quite like the pain of unrequited love. Proves that you shouldn't go jumping to conclusions. A beautifully sad song!

[@mariaportengen2959]

Bread, the voice of David is fantastic. Their music still gives me goosebumps. 💕💕💕🎶🎶🎶

[@CB-gr1uk]

Listened to Bread a lot growing up. When I needed some calmness in my life, they were my go to.

[@atombomb31458]

ditto on that. still works for me 50 yrs later..(cripe cant believe its been that long..from junior high to almost social security:)

[@nickfiorenza5930]

Dido, I'm 61 years old, and had every vinyl album, by BREAD. My wife of 40 years, she and I still listen, to BREAD. Our 4 grown sons and 9 teenage grandchildren, we all sit around and listen to this beautiful classic music. God bless

[@CB-gr1uk]

@@nickfiorenza5930 I still listen to them too. They are good for the soul.

[@dsusan17]

I LOVE Bread! I think you would like Guitar Man by Bread. This song had a lot of air play. It resonated with melancholy teens. It is beautiful! Wonderful reaction Harri!

[@kmach1000]

My favorite one, along with his solo Goodbye girl

[@Kairon111161]

OMG - Guitar Man - yes, please, Harri - that is also my favorite - that ending, with the crowd in the background, rising and falling, symbolizing the phases of his career and popularity, and how it doesn’t matter, he’s so absorbed in just needing to make music. That is a work of absolute genius. Play it, Harri!!

[@itchyandred4131]

Heart breaking when he realized that it wasn't about him 💔

[@JC-tq8gm]

Bread Anthology was THE "make-out" album of the 70's. What great memories. Thanks for reacting to this!

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

The recent phenomenon of actually watching someone you don’t know, reacting to video of a singer/musician/song you’re fond of, is an odd way to spend time-as if the viewer has an unfulfilled need for another to like what he likes. And the reactors very often lack the necessary knowledge, often misinterpreting the meanings of songs. Harri seems like a sincere lover of music though, gracious and appreciative of different genres as he continues his journey into new musical lands.

[@TJ-ht3jb]

One of the saddest love songs ever written. A moment of death and rebirth. Everyone who has ever been in a relationship that was only a mirage in their mind feels this song and remembers that moment the meaning came quite clear. 💔

[@debramoore7513]

“Loved” your comment

[@dalegray3188]

it happen to me, November 1977 😞, I was 20 she was 17, she was the love of my life, I loved her with all my heart, I am 66 now, I never have forgotten her, even though she married someone else. When she came into my life it was the first time I had been happy my whole life.

[@MrRondonmon]

He still wished her and him great happiness. Its just done metaphorically as if someone has given unrequited love.

[@pauldevito7476]

This is not a sad song at all, but a beautiful song about acceptance, kindness and compassion. A bit Eastern in its lyrical tone. Our egos are too big as flawed humans. He just assumed it was him in the diary. Why? Ego.

[@comersbbq]

Love Bread! Any song on the 'The Best of Bread' CD is great! 'If', 'Baby I,m a Want You', 'Make it With You', 'Guitar Man'...

[@trespatines8698]

They have some wonderful soft rock gems. “If” and “Guitar Man” are two favorites.

[@keymack2477]

For more greatness by Bread, Harri, please consider reacting to "If", "It Don't Matter To Me" or "Everything I Own", the latter being a tribute to his late father.

[@donw804]

If you want to stay in a similar vein, Bread's Aubrey is another beautiful song.

[@mrburns1203]

I loved all Bread’s music. Timeless music. Understood this song. Personal experience.

[@danielvolk237]

Beautiful song by one of my favorite groups. Saw them live in 1972. Fantastic show. Great choice Michael. 🔥👍🙃

[@michaelplotino7046]

Thank you David. I always enjoy your requests also.

[@stephenhuber1219]

David Gates went to high school and had a band with Russell Bridges (The great Leon Russell) Leon was in The Wrecking Crew with Larry Knechtel and Larry was in Bread. Larry was one of the most accomplished musicians to ever live and did the beautiful piano on Bridge Over Troubled Water

[@Diana-xm1dm]

I love the way you caught that "the guy in the song though has been a very naughty boy because under no circumstances are you suppose to read someone else's diary."

[@ChuckHackney]

It is the spring of 1972, the spring of my senior year, and the🎉 big 18th, and this was one of the big hits on AM radio, one of Bread's most beautiful.

[@EgbertWilliams]

It was always about someone else. Thus, the reason she was uncomfortable the first time he found it. He misread it the first time and she found him before he read more fully. The second time, he saw the fuller meaning.

[@dagmar.6954]

I grew up listening to the soft rock music of Bread in the 70's & had their albums. Love David Gates voice. He has one of the most soothing & mellow voices. They had so many hits such as "If", "Make It With You", "Baby I'm-a Want You", "Everything I Own", "Diary", "Lost Without Your Love", "It Don't Matter To Me", "The Guitar Man", "Sweet Surrender" & "Aubrey". In 1978, Gates enjoyed success as a solo artist with the hit singles "Goodbye Girl" (from the movie The Goodbye Girl) & "Took The Last Train".

[@elainemarsh5170]

Even after all these years, this song packs a pretty powerful, lump-in-the-throat wallop. (To be clear...he read her diary and misunderstood who she was writing about.)

[@ShirleyHage]

He could have sung the phone book and I would have listened to him... such a beautiful voice

[@MrMike4017]

Yes Harri, it was the same diary . He assumed she was writing about him but she was writing about someone else. 🥺💔

[@Fairygrl_TW]

Bread is amazing...Laid back, on my beanbag chair with candles, glass of wine...Makes ya melt...Thanx for awesome reaction

[@richardmodglin3900]

I use to play this on my sister's record player 50 years ago. Even at the age of ten it sounded good. So much music did sound good back when. Great reaction!

[@dannycasson1551]

Superb singer/songwriter. “Guitar Man.”

[@celticdollface]

One of my all time favourite songs !!

[@24sherbear]

I'm from Oklahoma and David Gates is from Tulsa, OK. I was in High School when they were popular. Back in my youth when I was idealistic and believed in romance! haha. Makes me nostalgic. So, on one hand you aren't supposed to read someone's diary. But, on the other hand, you should never leave your diary where someone can read it. Because people will read the diary - every single time. And, now as you know, he read things he didn't want to know.

[@padfolio]

It's about being careful what you wish for.

[@joelanderos23]

what a twist!

[@roymoore3156]

Reminds me of the slow dances, at the high school...after a game on Friday nite. Not all the songs were slow as this one, just as iconic though...of the 60’s-70’s music.

[@shelter9236]

He found a diary, not sure it was his girlfriend either since he said "her" but anyway, yes he thought it was him she loved but it was someone else. He was making assumptions that were wrong as most of those are. What he was dreaming of was her being his wife until he read otherwise. But he still wishes them both love in their life together.

[@derricwilliams7675]

My interpretation of this song is that the girl and him are friends but he loves her and hints they will marry and he thinks he confirms it in the diary, but is confused because she doesn’t show those feelings to him just writes it. Then I think it’s not another time that he finds the diary but the same finding of it and he suddenly realizes it’s about another man not him and he wishes all the best for them because he will always love her. It’s probably the saddest song I’ve ever heard and simply beautiful.

[@joesmythe8008]

Why does every reactor to this song stop in the middle and go off about why is he reading her diary? Anyway great song, smoothly sung 3/9/22

[@willblood7082]

Bread was the ultimate make out music! I spent many nights in the late 70’s parked at the beach with my high school girlfriend listening to an 8-track of the “Greatest Hits of Bread” just letting it play over and over and over again… great memories 🙂

[@reXdownhamOG]

I'm still crying with this song. Such a deep one for me.

[@susantang287]

Hard to believe that some of their songs will be 50 years old this year!

[@carlacook1128]

My brother always says that if you're not suicidal before you listen to Bread you will be after you listen to them, my sister and I heartily disagree, when we cry it is a healthy cry, we both love Bread.

[@judymeeker2925]

Beautiful voice.

[@Imadrummin]

Smooth as silk. Just beautiful. So many other songs were too. Great pick!!

[@ZeppeRemmy]

Everyone loves Bread…eternally

[@joeboxter3635]

Yes, unless you are Keto.

[@nancysmith38]

I still listen to Bread quite often- even though I was in Jr High when they were ‘on the radio’ Had their stuff on 8 track

[@jasonhenninger8220]

Now have a listen to "everything I own"

[@imaoregonbum6683]

And look at the compassion for them in wishing them the best!

[@ChuckHackney]

Harri....Of all the reaction channels my favorites are YOURS and the young lady that goes by DayOne. Love you both. Pls keep this music alive because I feel that todays music has lost its way. way...bigvtime!!

[@greybeard2280]

Ahhh Brooklyn Mike with another mushy love song...lol! Lovin' the vibe Brooklyn! Bread is very seriously underrated and overlooked. My favorite is "I want to make it with you". Serious make out music. An endearing reaction Harri. Thanks Mike for the request, Bread was one of my wife's favorites, and she loved David Gates!

[@michaelplotino7046]

Thank you GB. I especially enjoy when Harri gets thrown off because of an ironic twist in the lyrics. His expressions and insights are priceless. I love how genuine and honest he is; two traits that are becoming harder to find in our fellow humans as time goes on. - Brooklyn Mike

[@dondonner1095]

Just tells you things are not always as they seem.

[@JFinSD2]

This is the definitive Bittersweet Song.

[@1tishhead]

There's a very similar (and haunting) song by singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff called The Letter. This time, she finds a letter from the other woman. Bonoff is best known for her songs that were done by Linda Ronstadt. But she's an outstanding singer herself.

[@jaq4608]

This song is a heartbreaker.

[@debramoore7513]

Love Bread!! I grew up with their music!! David Gates has a silky smooth voice!! Check out AUBREY by Bread. David is still married to his sweetheart of 60+ years!! Amazing!! 💝 🌸 🌷

[@reXdownhamOG]

This song is simply exquisite.

[@robertgarcia3031]

Great song.

[@SomeoneHasToSayIt2525]

It's the same diary. In the early reading his pride made him believe she was gushing love talk about him as he reads on he gets it right between the eyes, "the love you waited for was someone else not me". A shock and a heartbreak. Legendary love song.

[@kevindowdell8394]

Nailed again Harri. Thank you.

[@Rabessey]

180 degree turn....360 degree is a full circle

[@ladyruby684]

So bittersweet.

[@SchoonerSailr]

As returning from overseas duty in the early seventies, this song was bittersweet in a personal way.

[@timothycook2917]

Soft sweet stuff 👌

[@deec411]

Yes beautiful, haunting and heartbreaking. He finds her diary, starts reading it, thinking it's about him. He's puzzled by her words because she was aloof with him. On rereading it, realizes she's writing about someone else. 😢😢😢 Bread was one of my favorite groups. ❤

[@lesdavis2318]

Harry! From the states, I live the way you break down music awesome brother

[@newcastlerabbit]

Incredible vocalist David Gates

[@garryokeefe1605]

One of their finest tracks, simply stunning and with great lyrics. He thought she was talking about him, but he was mistaken.

[@wfj50]

Bread was so hot for a while, in the 70's, that they considered changing their name to "Toast"!

[@bamknm90]

That's why I tell you "first timers" to stop interrupting the song and LISTEN TO IT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH, THEN COMMENT.

[@lorirose5343]

Such a calming voice. 💕

[@Thombene77]

Always loved bread...

[@user-pe9gz8si8k]

This one always makes me tear up

[@ChuckHackney]

I used to ride around in the country in Wilson Co. in 1972 and sing to this song when it came on. All Bread's songs are infinitely singable to, especially if you can carry a tune. And I definitely could. Man may not live by bread alone, but Chuckie is much happier wiith Bread in my life.

[@donaldbeard6231]

And as i go through my life i will wish for him my wife all the sweet they can find 😢 that is the way things turn out in life and i really feel that way about the best woman ever for me that i let go 😢❤

[@wendyryder2708]

Hi Harri! Thanks SO much for reacting to this! It’s one of my favourites! I was about 12 or 13 when this came out! Love the group Bread! Peace and Blessings to you and your family! From Australia.

[@johndii2194]

I like the way you said He has been a Naughty Boy.

[@danielc.8875]

Bread was the kind of group where you bought a bottle of wine and sit back and think of past relationships, and wonder how they are doing.

[@bladerunner752]

They have such beautiful guitar playing in their songs. I remember buying one of those wa wa pedals I think that's what they are called lol, been a long time, just so I could play the song If.

[@TracyfromNC]

Yes. A beautiful sad song.

[@EarthWalker2023]

Great 🎵

[@UncleQue]

I always took it to be that she never loved him. That they were long time acquaintances. No more than friends but he likely wanted more.

[@katie-didellis2437]

Harri, i consider you one of the best music reactor. Thank you for another great reaction. I haven't heard Diary in a ling time. 60s -70s was the greatest time for misic.

[@Blaskor314]

Some of the greatest love songs are about unrequited love. Long, Long Time...Two out of Three Ain't Bad...What a Fool Believes...

[@jomiiller6297]

Love Bread my favourite would be If

[@sparky5636]

He wrote the song while touring. He wrote the song to his wife as a way to say he was sorry for leaving her along, and did not want them to keep drifting apart.

[@williammuntzer7374]

Great reaction. I think you woulf like the song "Aubrey" by Bread. The perfect love song.

[@kathrynkissane5144]

So glad you finally did this

[@stardust164]

oh my,,,memories

[@Pait728]

Lyrically this is a punch in the gut for the protagonist. But what a well written story and the music fits it so well.

[@bettyartis3648]

Sometimes you have to hear the song out first. He loved her enough to let her go.

[@TD402dd]

Their best ever song was Make it with You. It's just as beautiful.

[@deborahstarman9874]

This was my life, married to a man but always loving an other. I tried so hard to not let him know. Now, I am alone and still loving him.

[@theresareynolds3133]

Bread was one of the best groups of the 70's in my little opinion anyway. The Diary was written about another guy

[@michaelplotino7046]

Hi Harri, Thank you for sharing this piece of Bread. - Brooklyn Mike