TRY NOT TO CRY - Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That (Reaction!) she won a grammy in 2023!

[@Treasacello]

40 years this woman's voice and storytelling have been gracing my life. It just never gets old.

[@mtnjoyn]

I lost a dear friend as a senior in high school. I got the call that said if I wanted to say goodbye, I needed to get to the hospital. I didn't make it. She was an organ donor, and several years later, I met the person who has her heart as well as her mother. What a gift that was.

[@adamfstewart81]

You should react to her receiving the Grammy. So gracious. So sweet. So humble. Such class. Living legend.

[@EvelynOBrien-tm1fd]

I just watched this and I cried with you. I’ve loved Bonnie for 50 years. And now you know why!❤

[@rowan1958]

Yes, me too. You should listen to her old stuff first. She’s been my hero for 50 years also.

[@agf1700]

I’ve loved her for a lifetime and I suspect I will until the end of my days.💚

[@rowan1958]

@@agf1700 she is my top favorite female artist. I discovered her in 1976 when I was 18

[@ginaforrester1190]

She has been my hero for years

[@lynnweisbach4139]

Bonnie sang a song that to me was her best song. It was ”I can't make you love me". Beautiful and unforgettable. I hope someday to see you review it.

[@1950G1950]

Bonnie had watched a news story about a woman meeting the young man who had received her son's heart. He invited her to put her head on his chest and listen to her son's heart. Bonnie said she knew she had to write a song about it.

[@marujohowes3584]

I think she nailed it

[@chrismichaels6928]

Glad to see young people warming up to Bonnie. It’s so great. She’s been my hero for 35 years ….

[@marlenepitts1509]

This is all Bonnie and her guitar and perfect voice(no auto tune no pitch correction). When her name was announced at the Grammys the cameras panned the audience and all the young uns were looking absolutely mystified (who?) you could see them asking each other.

[@maryrichardson1318]

I love this song. My son is an organ recipient, from a live donor, and my best friend is a liver recipient from a deceased donor. Normally, you don't know who your donor is, but when my friend got the call, she was at her son's soccer game. She had heard from another parent that a student at the high school had just been in a motorcycle accident. He was not wearing a helmet. She got his liver.

[@ianman15]

Bonnie Raitt is a living legend. It’s a shame today’s generation are unaware of her talent. When she won the Grammy for this song, she was shocked but it was so well deserved. Congratulations

[@MariaGolay]

Great reaction. The 1st time I heard this song, I cried so hard. It is like I just couldn't stop. We have seen Bonnie in concert many times. Just this past year. I saw her do this song live. OMG, it is such a powerful song. I saw an interview with her about this song. She said she was watching TV and this story came on about a woman who lost her son and the person who received his heart. She wrote a song about it and it won Song of the Year!

[@tinamarief51]

Bonnie is my favorite female musician Bonnie is my ❤ First time I heard Bonnie Raitt sing, I was 12. Im 64 now and I listen to Bonnie Raitt every day ❤🎶

[@annwaddell7321]

I just love this poignant song, and love Bonnie Raitt. I saw her multiple times in the70's and she is as good or better live than on her records. She has great musicians in her band too. So the story of this song is real, but she changed the name to protect this mother's identity. The musical style is one she is good at, but she chose it as a tribute to her good friend who passed away last year, John Prine. Bonnie adored him, and he wrote Angel From Montgomery, which you might have heard. It's a Bonnie staple. If not, check it out, you'll love it. And as a now retired nurse, Bonnie has told a transplant story in 2 beautiful verses in a way that brings so much awareness and realness to the world. As medical professionals, we get wordy when discussing this, but Bonnie is completely from the heart. I believe that she may have helped to increase transplant surgeries through this song. It is hard to deal with when you lose a loved one, but it really does bring life to another family! And lastly ,I lost my younger son at age 29 unexpectedly and suddenly and my heart is broken . There was no closure, although it was back in 2012. This song is so real, it helps me. Thanks for playing this and for your channel.

[@henriksange5935]

This gets me every time 😢. I'm 61,and lost my only child 9years ago. She was 15 and died from a heart disease 💔. She died in our arms, and we sang her favourite song until her heart couldn't beat anymore. We miss her every day, but we are also great full for the life she gave us ❤

[@LynnLouthen]

I was unaware this song existed until you reacted to it. In late December 2018 my daughter received a kidney/pancreas transplant. She is a divorced single mother whose son was 10 yrs at the time. She was also a diabetic since the age of 2. We have not had contact with the family of the donor aside from a thank you letter from my daughter that was delivered by an intermediary. Without personal contact, we are not privy to the circumstances of the donor’s demise. I’m not sure the donor’s family can really understand just how fortunate we feel, but also deeply saddened by what they lost. I will be forever grateful for what the Lord graced us with that December day.

[@igmugleska966]

❤

[@lgDukeCity5018]

It is a very hard thing to reconcile the loss someone suffers for someone else to gain a life.

[@janflewelling6277]

Bonnie has been my musical spirit animal for 50 years. Now in her golden years she proves she has aged like the finest wine. I have listened to this song more times than I can count (she wrote it BTW) and even though I know it by heart, I tear up every time. Her voice, the guitar, the story. In the trophy case with her best offerings.

[@jealousjelly1]

Wow! After all these years, Bonnie can still make us cry. She'll be quick to tell you that John Prine is humming in her ear every time she writes a song, and when you listen to something like this, you can hear it for yourself.

[@agf1700]

That thought struck me listening to this….echoes of John Prine.

[@p.j.morris]

We lost my brother in law to kidney disease 18 month's ago. He died waiting for kidney's so many people die waiting for organs. All i can say is give life to someone else say yes to being an organ donor. I have terminal cancer but there is no such a thing is an esophagus transplant so i will die there is no hope for me. So give life to others that are waiting for organs. I lost my daughter in 79 murdered and my son took his own life in 2017 he was only 32 so i will see them soon. God bless you. Awesome rection.

[@tinkerstrade3553]

Once I passed about 60, I started falling apart. One thing after another, but somehow the blood clots and heart attacks and gangrene, and a tick bite that made me allergic to meat and all proteins, I survived. But being the last one standing is a lonely place. I keep losing pieces of my life a little at a time. I drive down local roads and see the houses of old friends. They're all shuttered, sad and forlorn in their faded memories, while a fortunate few have new children to echo laughter to the sun. But no old friends. There's a sleek new bridge across Rock Creek, but this upgrade obliterated the best swimming hole for 30 miles. There's a Dollar Store and a beauty shop now, instead of Harbaugh's Five and Dime. On the way home I pass what remains of the Starlight Outdoor Theater, where I got my first kiss from the girl I would eventually return and marry, and still the greatest treasure of my heart after 44 years. I get a bit misty eyed, till I think of all the things I've seen and done, the foreign countries I've been to, (and only got shot at in one of them.). "We Sang in the Sunshine" and didn't trust anyone over 30. And we always had the music. Now, here in the shadows so far from the 50s and 60s, that those days of legends seem a dream, even to us, we await the curtain call. Just remember, it'll be alright, as long as we can see the light. Peace, ✌.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

@@tinkerstrade3553oh my Gawd…..what a beautiful and ineffably sad post. Damn. You should write a short story…you have a gift for storytelling. Write about that swimming hole and those bright days.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

I am so terribly sorry……My best friend succumbed to this almost 40 years ago…..still in her 30’s…..It is a blessing you have your faith to sustain you in this most difficult of times.

[@shamnet]

I honestly never heard this song before and Bonie Raitt has hever been one I would have gone to for music.. A heart renching song.. I burried my youngest child at age 5 years way back in 2001. it is never something one gets over or at peace with... But damn..

[@Jen-in-Texas]

I am SO sorry for your loss..:

[@fayehickey3804]

My son,my little boy was an organ donor many years ago, A little peace in hoping someone lives because of him! Thank you Bonnie!

[@joshb23]

❤💔

[@caseyb4425]

"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a must listen.

[@bobbiejojackson9448]

I think he might have reacted to that already, but it's a great suggestion!

[@ellet6560]

Bonnie never disappoints. When this song was nominated I didn't think it had a chance because it was up against the usual "pop star" offerings. You should watch the video of her winning. She was shocked!

[@dixienumina519]

Lost my daughter this year, crying my eyes out! Thank you for this review

[@MariaGolay]

Love your reaction to this song. The 1st time I heard this it caught me off guard and I could not stop crying. Have seen her many times in concert. Got to see her last tour. She sang this beautiful song. It was so hard not to cry!!! Such a powerful song. She deserved that Grammy.

[@foreveryoung3254]

Anything she sings sounds heavenly.

[@sharonstark1014]

So many great songs from Bonnie. She is a legend and national treasure. Check out "Nick of Time" (this is a haunting and beautiful song about a woman who wants to have kids, but her significant other doesn't want to) and "Something to Talk About." Her album Nick of Time reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989. This album has since been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry.

[@arlissbunny]

I listened to you talking about story (and Bonnie Raitt is a master) but you made me think of another song. The K-Pop group BTS (I know but hear me out) wrote a song about a horrific ferry accident in Korea. The Coast Guard prevented people with boats from helping the passengers who were drowning. Nearly an entire class of young schoolchildren were aboard the ferry. BTS sang the song, Spring Day, live for their NPR Tiny Desk concert during the pandemic. This performance was during a time of grief and the beginning of hope as the vaccine started to be widely available. The lyrics are in Korean but you can look up the translation. The emotions of BTS are plain. The official music video had me sobbing but I know you prefer live music.) I’m 63 and I suspect this song will haunt you just as it does me.

[@tomratcliff3755]

I never heard of this song. OMG! She never disappoints. I Can't think of another artist that can so completely lay here heart bare, and make me feel her every emotion as if it were my own.

[@c-linnd606]

Heard this comment elsewhere but can you hear how the beat (bass drums?) resemble a heartbeat. Beautiful song..

[@doloresschultz6804]

Her dad was a terrific sing er - in many movies

[@belvagurr403]

He was the dad in the movie FARGO. But I loved him singing in PAINT YOUR WAGON.

[@Badsyifi]

Sang from heart. Left it alll on stage. Imagine a duet between her and Joe Cocker.

[@JS-TexanJeff]

Dang it Sebs....that hit hard. Thanks for sharing. I was not aware of this song. Have loved Bonnie for decades. Had to find my tissues.

[@lgDukeCity5018]

I love that you wear your heart on your sleeve.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Saw her in concert last year and she sang this. You could hear a pin drop. Such a warm presence she has….made a theater feel so intimate. If I get another chance to see her I will.

[@dowzoo]

Bonnie Raitt is amazing. I love her song You Can't Make Me Love You.

[@cindygale9671]

Beautiful! Never heard this before. OMG! 😢 😭 Thank you for introducing this song to me. Been a fan of hers for over 50 years & even saw her in concert with Jackson Browne in NYC in the mid 1970s. Was great, of course! 👍

[@MarilynWalker-jz6gy]

Yes, we knew we were in a special Era. I really get your reactions to music. Introduce us to music we haven't been into: Hip Hop, Rap, etc. Make me see why it's special. Thanks for your eclecticism.

[@danjenkins9427]

I have always liked her but have never heard this song. That was a beautiful piece of work.

[@jobydogwhisperer4163]

One of my all-time favorite singers. Saw her with James Taylor many years ago. She is still awesome.

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

We lost the legendary John Prine to COVID not long after he beat cancer. Bonnie Raitt took Prine's passing very hard as they were long time friends. BR said this inspired her to write a song on how in the deepest despair, God can bring a measure of peace to one's soul.

[@belvagurr403]

I believe Bonnie’s song JUST LIKE THAT should be given to all spouses when their loved one dies. Personally I have 7 beloved friends whose husbands died between February 3 and June 27. Three were given a terminal diagnosis from cancer and died within days, not knowing they were ill. One waited for a heart kidney transplant and died a week after receiving the transplant. A coworker’s 17 year old son went to sleep when he got home from a party, and didn’t wake up the next morning. My 7 are permanently in our Praise and Prayers session of our weekly Bible study on Wednesday.

[@elliedogify]

What can you say, heartfelt and gorgeous. She is some talent!

[@Nightmoss]

Favorite artist for many years; You, All Alone With Something to Say, Not The Only One, Nick of Time, etc., etc.

[@tinanichols203]

That song was wonderful. I appreciate your reaction

[@larrycross4046]

Lost my boy four years ago yesterday. We saw Bonnie in concert recently...had to run to the rest room on this one.

[@beverlybrown2673]

She won the Grammy for writing this, I believe she said it was in response to all the loss during covid. At her peak vocally and in popularity back in the 90s, she can still deliver a lyric, and her reputation as Queen of the slide guitar is still intact. Check out the albums Nick Of Time, Luck Of The Draw, Road Tested, and Longing In Their Hearts, all released between 1989 to 1994.

[@roncypert8255]

My friend was in dire need of a liver transplant and was on a transplant list when his half brother passed away suddenly. I’m not sure how the mechanics work, but the family was able to work out a family donation. The match between the two was as perfect as it could possibly be. So Jason is blessed with a second chance at life and will carry a piece of his brother inside him for as long as he lives. As it turned out, his kidneys and lungs were given successfully so that others could survive their ordeals as well.

[@LaurieHuntsinger]

She is my all time favorite Female Artist.

[@patrickscutella836]

I first saw her in 1972 at the Ann Arbor Jazz and Blues Festival. Saw her last year at the Chautauqua Institute

[@tessasnow]

This hit me hard…My 17 year old son passed away from a roller blade stunting head injury…I donated his organs and got letters from the recipients…I don’t have to imagine…it’s my life…🇨🇦🖖🏻💔

[@seminole1983]

What an incredibly touching song.

[@dougww1ectebow]

This is not fictional, but based on a news story she read. She was moved to write this song, partly in memory of her friend John Prine who recently passed. I will probably never be able to listen to this song without crying. Im fine with that.

[@gerardbyrnes5780]

What a beautiful soul this woman is. Her sweet voice and poetry has been moving me for years. The world is a better place for people like her being in it. I highly recommend you check out some of her live performances.

[@leslielavertu5954]

I saw her live around 1975…. She just was as awesome then. This song also brings awareness for the importance of organ donation.

[@landowar2162]

”Messiah Will Come Again” with Gary Moore … some insanely emotional guitar playing.

[@capuetxca]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[@christinenewton76]

Wow! Chills.

[@melbalarck7139]

She is one the best

[@karenwells5957]

WOW I was just wondering about her the other day. Thanks for the post!

[@belvagurr403]

We all had Roy’s 45s on our record players. We were just introduced to transistor radios in the early 60s.

[@medickaisu]

She beat out Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Lizzo and the rest of the industry heavy weights. The lady is quietly great and has been for a long time.

[@lauraschwartz1077]

Not fiction, as someone commented below. this actually happened and affected Bonnie so profoundly that she wrote this song about the woman, the son she lost and the kind,,deeply appreciative recipient of her son's heart.

[@luckyskittles8976]

This song was inspired by a story she read or seen on the news about a woman who had met the man who'd received her son's heart.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

As we travel our own course, be aware that people are going through all kinds of things around us while living *their* daily lives too. Some painful, some joyful, some just boringly the same. It's always best to be kind when you can and let go when you must but always know that everybody hurts sometime including you and me. :) No act of kindness is ever wasted y'know.

[@ginger7044]

How can I not know this song! I love Bonnie never heard this.

[@doloresschultz6804]

Bridge over troubled water - similar in that it’s great

[@raykrzwda393]

Holy crap im in my work shop and when i heard him say he got her sons heart i lost it and had to sit down.

[@nancymcdermott880]

Being a transplant recipient, I wish to thank my hero donor's family. But, not every family wants to meet all the people their loved one saved. I think of and thank them every day. This song truly resonated within the transplant community. Please be don't take your organs to heaven, because heaven knows we need them here💚

[@matiascarrere1966]

Hi Sebs, Duran, you have to listen Los Jaivas from Chile, Southamerica. Folk, Rock sinfonic, progresive, sichodelic, etc, from de 70s. One of the most important bands of this part of world. You have to !!

[@angelachafin242]

Always Loved her "stories"and still do

[@bethellen1962]

Fan fuck tastic lyrist too! Thanks for this reaction. A new Bonnie Raitt. What a gift!

[@davidsugawara2274]

There are so many artists and songs which affect your emotions in different ways. Good story telling is good story telling. If you ever feel the need to cry, watch the music videos by Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved/Wish You the Best/Before You Go James Blunt - Monsters/The Girl Who Never Was/Carry You Home Jelly Roll - Save Me/Need a Favor/Almost Home Larkin Poe - Mad as a Hatter (at the Convent) The way music can evoke feelings and emotions is it greatest reason for being.

[@umarae27]

Touching song & reaction.

[@jhcountry88]

I lost a good friend in 2000 to kidney failure. I didnt know he had already had one 10yrs earlier he was so humble he never told me. The only thing he would say is how important it is to be a donor. It made me think. I became one before I knew about his need for a second one. Dialysis was hard on him 😢 His tired body couldn't hold on for a match. We lost him in his sleep.

[@ronprichard6145]

When this won Best Song a Brit journalist described Ms Raitt as an unknown blues singer. I trust that newspaper has a new music columnist who, if they don't know much about music, at least knows how to use Google.

[@threekidzmom04]

Wow! Just Wow!

[@martinm3474]

What would this be like? loosing a child and 20 years later a person comes to say "I have your child's heart."

[@markhardwicke5345]

We all cry when we hear this song. Every time

[@Ken-h5d]

I hadn't heard this yet. 'Deep' doesn't cover it. Thank you, Sebs.

[@andyelliott8113]

You have to do telegraph road by dire straits! Another sensational composition with some of the best guitar playing ever.

[@igmugleska966]

This is the saddest song she’s ever written, and that is saying something. It’s like a gut punch, but to your heart. I cry MORE each time I hear it.

[@Armyaunt73]

I had a liver transplant in 2016. I have a rare genetic disease that destroyed my liver. I love this song

[@davedavis6787]

It’s ok to shed a tear. A tear is proof that you still have a soft heart, because a heart is already dead.

[@michaellockhart554]

Proudly have a red heart on my license, so many more need to add it, save a life, be like Bryan, #BC4ever #still chasing 200

[@evanhughes1510]

You really need to do her song I Can’t Make You Love Me. Studio version!

[@rogerboettcher9426]

I believe that the story is that she saw a story on the news about this, maybe not exactly as she portrays it but that story is what inspired her to right it.

[@yol.7177]

No wonder she won the Grammy!

[@nonyab1969]

Hey Sebs it is a true story. It was someone Bonnie knows. It’s just not Bonnie’s story it’s a friends!

[@ginamaria2579]

Duuuude 🥲

[@kathrynstafford7099]

She traveled with John Prine, and this is in the same style of writing. I heard it was based on a true story.

[@dwhite849]

best bottle neck player ever BB King

[@yellawerder3279]

Gotta react 'Something to Talk About'

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

try never make your move too soon, by Bonnie Raitt.

[@baron6797]

Watch the songs from Tribute to Stevie ray Vaughan. She says on there too

[@joshb23]

❤💔

[@kimmalone2302]

Good song! Although I don't care for country too much..can you please react to Dan vasc singing Thunderstruck for Orions Reign? He was their session singer for a while although they called him lead singer and band member..it is freaking awesome! Better than AC/DC

[@helenchappell2632]

You should research who her father was, John Raitt a true Broadway star.

[@Lauren-jc6fn]

grace found you

[@michaelevans1193]

If this song got to you, Craig Morgan’s “The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost” will wreck you!