WE DID'T KNOW HE WROTE THIS!!! MAC DAVIS - IN THE GHETTO (REACTION)

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[@ShawnandMel4Life]

Thank you all for watching. We love you S&M Squad! Have a blessed day on purpose❤️

[@MelissaThompson432]

Idk if you allow links, but here is the story. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXi2n4ech6-febs

[@MelissaThompson432]

Mac Davis died in 2020 aged 78.

[@sharonchaput9705]

Great and very real reaction. Poverty is devastating.

[@suem6004]

Not only is the song about poverty but about fatherless homes. More fathers in the home would break the cycle.

[@mrkrinkle72]

Masculinity isn't toxic, this is REAL masculinity!

[@thomasflynn5366]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written

[@graemeturner2536]

I knew that Mac wrote this one but this is the first time I've ever heard him sing it, and I think it's wonderful

[@BrendaKrogh]

Another song he wrote and recorded that Elvis recorded as well is Memories...beautiful song.

[@MrTech226]

Mac wrote few more songs for Elvis like this one will tug your heart: Memories & Don't Cry Daddy. Sadly, Mac died about two years ago in 2020.

[@ivangranger8494]

Memories was one of my favorites. Beautiful song, written by Mac and recorded by Elvis.

[@littleogeechee223]

Everyone makes such a huge splash over Elvis’ rendition of this, but Mac Davis comes with the real deal. Love this!

[@DaughterofDarkness]

I like Mac's version much better.

[@jbstonesfan]

No reason to disrespect the King .

[@melaniew4354]

Everyone reacts to the live version Elvis did in Vegas and it's too fast, the mood isn't as present. The studio version is better and closer to Mac's own rendition here. Mac was just adorable and really a sex symbol in the 70s, he was sexy for the same reason Burt Reynolds was, confident, talented and totally NOT full of himself. Both Burt and Mac loved self-deprecating jokes at their own expense and poking fun at themselves. The whole vibe of Hard to be Humble is Mac making fun of his sex symbol status. So hard to believe Mac's wife left him for Glen Campbell! Can you imagine!? Not to take anything away from Glen, but damn if I had Mac Davis I wouldn't be looking anywhere else!

[@DaughterofDarkness]

@@melaniew4354 Mac was sexy.

[@warrenburlingame1172]

It's about time someone set the record straight Just because Elvis sang it that doesn't mean he's has the best version

[@blackprix]

I used to watch his show he had his own show on TV it was a weekly show… He was an excellent performer singing and acting

[@dlmullins9054]

Mac Davis had his own variety/music show and in a weekly segment. he would ask anyone in the audience to just throw out any word and then he would make a song out of it on the spot. This guy was unequaled in talent. He was a great songwriter, singer and comedian. A once in a generation talent.

[@warrenburlingame1172]

I love hearing the song writer singing because you know how it sounded when it was first written. Mac was a genius song writer singer and entertainer. We were lucky to have him as long as we did

[@edwardvolner8678]

Yeah,I remember hearing Mac Davis all the time when I was a kid, one of my favorites is it's hard to be humble, that one was funny as hell

[@rhondaserges5136]

Mac Davis wrote it and you can tell he felt it. Mac wrote many many songs most recorded by others.

[@rennyshelton]

Mac Davis also wrote a beautiful song, "I Believe in Music."

[@philipdickey6460]

This song is so touching, because it still hits home today, kids being brought up in a world full of hate and not enough love, he or she can go down the wrong path

[@dawnbailey910]

Mac met Elvis in a theater to ask if he wanted to record this song. They became close friends

[@shawnj1966]

There is an interview on KZbin with, Mac Davis, about this song, and he never mentions that. I don't believe it is true.

[@cameraobscura2379]

You guys are one of the few reaction channels that covered this amazing song by Mac. Elvis covered it. Mac wrote it. He was an incredible singer/songwriter. One of the few that could actually make me cry from the beauty of his work. RiP, Mac. Always loved.

[@cameraobscura2379]

We love you, Mac. Talent and love like yours are never forgotten. 💙

[@kimcutts6153]

Great reaction guys. Always makes me cry too. I love Elvis's version. And this is the first time I've heard Mac Davies sing it, and I loved that too. 💖😢

[@rachelsullivan2926]

Mac Davis passed away the year before last. Darius Rucker and Reba McEntire sang this song in tribute to him from the perspective of a black man and a mother at the 2020 CMA awards. It's incredible!

[@shawnj1966]

Mac Davis didn't grow up in the ghetto, but a black, childhood friend of his did. That was his inspiration for this incredible song. There is an interview he did about it, here on KZbin. When they would take his friend home, he couldn't understand why his friend lived in an area so different from where he did. Elvis of course, really did grow up poor and maybe that is why he was so drawn to this song and wanted to record it.

[@donjenkins3861]

Mac Davis passed away 2 years ago on the same day that Helen Reddy passed, another Great Singer Songwriter. RIP Mac and Helen. They were actually the same age. 🤔😐😎

[@masonsteele1674]

Mac Davis - "Whoever Finds This, I Love You"

[@BrendaKrogh]

I love that song...sad but beautiful as well!

[@surlechapeau]

Shawn & Mel, you'll love his "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"!!

[@bobbierobinson6269]

They just did that one, yesterday or Friday.

[@rick5440]

Mac was such a talented man. This song shows the depth of feeling he has though. This song was written from a caring heart.

[@Stanley.1977]

I knew that Elvis Presley didn't write this song, even though I knew that his version of it was very popular but still, I had no idea it was Mac Davis who wrote this -and I was born and raised in Chicago in the 70s/80s/90s, and have lived here all but 5 years of my life. I remember Mac Davis' song, "It's Hard To Be Humble" (a satirical take on stars who let fame go to their head), and some other songs too, but I honestly had no Idea that he wrote this song, as well! Thank you for sharing this, and for your reactions to the song! Kind regards, and God bless.

[@cameraobscura2379]

RIP, Mac. A phenomenal singer/songwriter. An ever greater human being. Always loved.

[@cynthiatafoya8633]

Hello Shawn & Mel. I’m glad you reacted to MAC DAVIS “In The Ghetto” the song writer’s version. Sadly Mac Davis passed away on September 29, 2020 undergoing heart surgery at 78 yrs old. Mac Davis had a variety show from 1974-1976. I watched it faithfully as a little girl.

[@solitudestanding1163]

Yes, I am with you. Not many people these days know of Mac unless they truly understand music history and the voices that were important to it. Really an incomparable talent. I was so saddened by his passing.

[@chrish564]

One of my favorite things to do on a lazy afternoon is watch In the Ghetto reaction videos. I LOVE to see how it hits people. The before and after the song shows marked effects and responses. I knew Mac Davis wrote it and it was inspired by his dad being able to provide a different life than his black friend's dad who worked at the same place. Not once before have I actually seen Mac Davis perform it! It is beautiful and I am surprised at how much easier it is to understand the lyrics when he sings it. Damn! Thank you both!!! You two had good discussion that I wanted to listen to all of too!

[@dawnbailey910]

Mac also wrote Memories Don't cry, Daddy and Little less conversation For Elvis

[@janiceduke1205]

This ​💔​🥺​ song is about poverty, describing a child who can't overcome his surroundings and turns to crime, which leads to his death. It was the first song Elvis recorded with a socially conscious message. He was reluctant to do it for that reason, but knew it would be a hit. Mac Davis was the songwriter.

[@ptournas]

He wasn't reluctant to do it, but he knew Col. Parker wasn't going to be happy about it. He recorded it without telling him about it and neither Parker nor RCA Records wanted ti release it. The decision to record it was Elvis' alone. He knew it was contrary to Parker's always telling him to never to do a message song because it would offend people who disagreed with the message. Mac Davis said Elvis had to fight to get it released as a single.

[@chrism.c9965]

Elvis wanted to record it, but his manager didn't want him to, Elvis went with what he felt!

[@brianhinds6898]

Mac Davis was such a great songwriter! On his variety series he would ask the audience for a topic and make up a song right there.

[@shaywestlake9709]

Mac wrote this after being inspired by Dr. King and the fight for Civil Rights. He wrote about a best friend he had in Kindergarten. His dad worked with Mac’s dad. But they lived across town. He said he came over to spend the night and Mac went to his house. He said he never understood why the kid lived in another place. Why did the kid live in what he later knew as the Ghetto in Lubbock, Texas and why couldn’t they live where he lived. Anyway it was racism in the heart of the matter. If a 5 year old kid could see it was wrong, then why could the adults not see it. He wrote many other songs for Elvis and for himself like A Little Less Conversation, Memories, Stop and Smell the Roses, and I saw you had done his funny song Hard to Be Humble. ❤

[@amberrichards8113]

Thank you for sharing laying this song. My Uncles song is a timeless piece and is so important for all people to hear especially in these days. As a little girl I would play this song on repeat at night because it was such an important song so full of emotion. Thank you again, for playing this song. Xoxo

[@LouieNYI09]

I literally cry everytime I hear this song, it hits hard

[@TheBooey1650]

Elvis got this song thru Sammy Davis, Jr. who said, I didn't grow up in poverty and have never even seen a ghetto, but Elvis grew up within the black community in abject poverty and lived a very hard life as a child. Mac was an incredible writer. RIP to all three of these awesome artists.

[@ruthmcfadden744]

Come on everyone..give this video a thumbs up!!! So, we can get some more of this talented man, Mac has so much more to enjoy. Thank you Shawn and Mel, another great reaction!

[@Music-Is-Real-Love]

Fantastic reaction. I cried so much.. too. Beautiful.

[@publicclammer]

Mac Davis was the real deal...loved him then, love him now. His work in the movie "North Dallas 40" is absolutely astounding - along with Nick Nolte and many more ... check it out!

[@traceyraffle6675]

Mac wrote this song and Elvis was eventually chosen to cover it as he could relate closely to it.

[@christinalikoski4937]

What a talented artist I'm ashame of myself not ever knowing this artist who had wrote so many masterpieces I had heard many sing He definitely owned this song Never know anyone else could sing this as good as Elvis Thank you for introducing me to this artist Australia 💕 Christina

[@flomurdock]

The first Mac Davis song I heard was Whoever Finds This I Love You. I think it was about an orphan, It was a weeper, too. It was a bit confusing at first, because on the label writer credits, he was often listed as Scott Davis. Thus his song Watching Scotty Grow. The really best writers know how to do lots of things, dig deep into your heart as on some of these songs, but also dig into an occasional cute chart topping single, (One Hell of a Woman)and then turn around and make fun of himself with humorous songs, The really great songwriters seem to have all of this inside them.

[@christinalikoski4937]

@@flomurdock Hi flomurdock These writers of lyrics do express people's experiences in life Some songs have actually given me the courage to move forward in difficulties in my past life 🤫 Funny how some songs makes you jump up for joy and others drown you in tears 🤭 When I sit to play the piano I find it gives me peace of mind Australia 💕 Christina

[@ruthmcfadden744]

Always will Mac get a big thumbs up!!! "Watching Scotty Grow, Stop and Smell the Roses, are a few more to check out.

[@michaelfarmer9472]

Mac Davis was originally going to title this song THE VICIOUS CIRCLE. Elvis was looking for new material when Mac presented this song to him. IN THE GHETTO was the song that revitalized Elvis's career.

[@garycoker3378]

My favorite Mac Davis song is watching Scotty grow.

[@johndavidson5228]

Thanks for the real deal from Mac. Nice reaction.

[@Mr54nomore]

Mac Davis also wrote another huge song originally plan for Aretha Franklyn. It was in the 1968 Elvis Presly movie "Live A Little, Love A Little." It became another monster hit for Elvis titled "A Little Less Conversation." This song became a huge hit again for Elvis in 2002 as a remix. It went to number one in Europe and in England.

[@delisamarchetti5926]

Wow I never knew Mac Davis wrote that song. I think you aced it Mel when you said he empathizes and has compassion. That song is definitely a song that speaks to the heart. It is not a song that you can forget once you hear it. The imagery will always be with you and be a part of you.

[@BethReed62]

"In the Ghetto" brings me to tears every time I hear it. I remember listening as a kid...it made me sad to think of that situation being real. Now, as an adult, I'm even sadder knowing that it IS real. We need to do better by our fellow human beings. Love Mac Davis.

[@galenstone9097]

Mac Davis was a genius songwriter.

[@johnroop9625]

God bless you both...I love you.Peace,John

[@bettygrisi1213]

This song makes me cry every time I hear it.

[@bubbastill2040]

In early pressings of the original record by Elvis,In The Ghetto had the subtitle of "The Vicious Circle"

[@westtxmutt]

This song came out in 69' and the world still turns

[@BigJohnLXV]

Mac really doesn't get enough credit for all the great songs he's written. most people don't even know my personal favorite, _Let's keep it that way_

[@westtxmutt]

Mac Davis does sing Happy Songs too. "Rain drops keep falling on my head"

[@ednafenton7558]

"Raindrops" was a big hit for B. J. Thomas. I don't remember Mac singing it.

[@lemmingsgohere]

Love to you precious people

[@AllAmericanDawgs]

this song makes me cry every time. Another precious song of the same vein is Diana Ross singing Love Child.

[@sergeantcalmdown]

Whooah!! (tears for sure).

[@sharonpate5481]

My mother loved this one. RIP Mom

[@daphnefrench5517]

Really Heart Felt Song , Love It

[@chrism.c9965]

Mac's a great writer, and this is a nice performance. However, Elvis's live performance is great, Mac made the right decision getting Elvis to do it. The best and definitive version is by Elvis in the studio, it's the first recorded release of the song and his voice is amazing, he takes it to another level! Both were great talents.

[@richardyett3985]

Mac Davis also wrote "Clean up your own Backyard" for Elvis.

[@joycewalbert1413]

This always broke my heart. All this time with all these politicians running all these cities and living in several$ 10 ,000,000 mansions . It's not right! This should have been ancient history by now. God bless the babies. I grew up1/2 step above "the ghetto" in DC. Saw a lot of bad stuff.

[@descendantoffools9767]

Stop And Smell The Roses was another of his hits in the 70's.

[@poeronald48]

Bless both of you, touch my heart and soul and Mac, thanks for writing this song .... rip peace my friend ....

[@edburkett5065]

That song reminds me of myself and my family. I left home at 14 and didn't go back till I was 17. I told my mother that I could starve on my own. In my 14 year old mind I figured she could feed the other 7 better without me. I was the youngest of 8. And yes I learned all that and drug use. I'm 66 now, strange every body said I'll not make it to 20. I swore no child of mine will have to lay in their bed and make a game by throwing socks at the windows and watching them stick.

[@tk7171]

That song was written 45+ years ago and is still relevant and on point today.

[@kennydenson4139]

Amen!

[@kellyhilton2330]

You guys really warmed my heart, beautiful reaction!!🤗

[@jamestripp239]

Please keep playing Mac Davis He was amazing 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@jethro1963]

Mac Davis was a cool dude, he tells an interesting Elvis story on KZbin called "Mac Davis Tells a Story on Elvis"

[@Nastyfinger1444]

He was a talented person.

[@debracooper3897]

Mac cared....Love you Shawn and Mel

[@tasossaros8375]

Love this ❤😘

[@stacymoore9836]

He wrote in the ghetto and Elvis’s song he sung in the 68’ special Memories

[@jdbuscemi8181]

I'm a Fan of both MacDavis and Elvis!!!

[@CB-gr1uk]

This guy is very talented. I love this song. Man, he could write songs!

[@leaniezink201]

So moving.

[@gailcalderone5229]

Shawn n Mel, if u want to go to ,"The story behind The Ghetto by Elvis Presley". Mac explains why he wrote the song n how Elvis got to sing it . Interesting..Thanks

[@jennypenny]

I’ve never heard this….you both are making me cry…sad song,,,so good tho

[@janishackler1549]

We do what we have to few Live long enough 😩😞😭😭😭😭😭

[@destination22ful]

RIP Mac Davis.

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

Not only did Mac Davis write "In The Ghetto" but he also wrote "Memories" and "A little less conversation" also covered by Elvis. Other songs by Mac Davis, "Watching Scotty Grow" and "I Believe In Music". I might not have grown up in the ghetto, but when I left home and got married I found myself knowing what it's like to beg from door to door for my baby to have food and not know if I was going to have a roof over my head, come the next month, which wasn't much in the first place, it was made of block, no insulation, snow coming in from under the door, the only heat came from a pipe that stuck out of the wall near the ceiling between the bathroom and our bedroom, to warm up the rest of the apartment we'd turn up the oven and leave the oven door open, it was like living in a garage, in fact, the top of the kitchen wall was missing and if you could look over the top, you'd see a garage. Because of circumstances that I wish not to get into, there was no going back to my mom and dad. This song shows how desperate life can get.

[@nyneeveanya8861]

I always loved this song. Mac’s version was always my favorite. Quiet and simple and more in line with the desperation that the momma’s feel. Elvis’ version is powerful but Macs’ sounds more truthful and heartfelt.

[@tomaroni6670]

It was Mac's song but the second he gave Elvis permission to sing and publish it...it became his....Just like Willie Nelson's song Crazy...The second he gave Patsy Cline permission to sing and publish it...it became her's....both in a sense because of course they still belonged to Mac and Willie but Elvis and Patsy will always be remembered as the singer's of those songs...

[@naomiwarner7117]

Well, looks like we still have a few Elvis haters out there! With that being said, A writer of a song and, the sanger of that song are 2 different views here! Mac did do a great songwriters version of that song, it didn't go very far as for the sellig of it, he had wrote a few others for Elvis so, when he gave this song along with other's to Elvis, Elvis made it his own, just as any other singer would have! This didn't mean that Elvis was FULL of HIMSELF, he just knew that in order for it to become a hit, for Mac and himself---he had to put his touch to the song/song's. This is the reason Mac gave it to him, he knew Elvis would make it his own in a way that would make it sale and, it did! Mac was delighted when he walked into the bank with that cheak with Elvis' picture on it, and got to buy him a new Mercedes and a colored TV. Everyone knows that anyone that records a song, their going to put their touch on it. When you here Mac's version, you say; well that's Mac, when Elvis made it his own he put his touch to match his vocals so, that when you hear his version, you can say; well that's Elvis! Same songs, different version and, made both men happy! Now that's the name of that tune, that's what made the difference in the selling of the songs, bar none!

[@ninathroop6266]

I'm 66 years old.And this song still makes me cry.And I'm pissed off that in the years since this song came out, some of us are still to blind to see what we do to one another.

[@bonnieloggins8923]

Mac Davis wrote the song but Elvis fought everyone of the records companies to record it. Even Mac Davis said that they Elvis have to fight to record it

[@richardtorres3639]

Mac Davis wrote this song about a boy hood friend who was black and as they grew up. Mac noticed the economic disparity between the two families.

[@ritacall5588]

He wrote that about his friend, it's a true story

[@doodoo597]

❤️

[@cheryloakley8334]

It was truly educational song.

[@joedoe3708]

Please do "Stop and smell the roses" by Mac Davis very good song with a good message

[@annmills3163]

☮️💜

[@MarkSteele-bh3hb]

Mac Davis wrote this song!

[@joannalam832]

best

[@marlawright5711]

Mac actually wrote this song for Elvis to sing and record it.

[@MisterWondrous]

It's weird to think that his association with Elvis may have been the very thing that got in the way of major success. It may have also been his down-to-earth nature. ElvisWorld was replaced by BeatlesWorld in the 60s, and by latching onto a fading star, he too faded. My first girlfriend's father was in the music business, and so I got to meet Mac and a few other similar singers, but he was so normal he didn't seem like a star. It's like my friend The Funky Geezer once said, "You can't look like the roadies." Even though he would do the roadie's work in roadie attire, then change later. Mac may have been too nice for the industry. He sure could write a great song. Thanks for finding him. A dear heart. Love his other hit too. No idea he wrote this beautiful timeless gem.

[@diablo4166]

Do Immortal Technique "Civil War"

[@dagmar.6954]

Mac Davis was a great country singer, songwriter & actor. We just recently lost him in 2020. During his early career he wrote hits for Elvis Presley such as "Memories", "In The Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy" & "A Little Less Conversation". When he went solo in the 1970s his biggest hit was "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me". Other great songs were "Stop & Smell The Roses", "One Hell Of A Woman", "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years Of My Life)", "Let's Keep It That Way", "Texas In My Rear View Mirror", "Hooked On Music" etc. Davis also starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, & various films & TV shows.

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

Although Mac Davis wrote the song I still like Elvis' version better. Elvis' is more soulful along with his back up singer. I especially like the live Las Vegas performance.

[@sandramiller6752]

🔥🔥🔥🔥