FIRST TIME HEARING Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree REACTION

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FIRST TIME HEARING Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree REACTION
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  • @DJHolte
    @DJHolte Жыл бұрын

    As I'm sure others will mention, this song became a cultural landmark in American history, during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. People with loved ones being held, and just Americans in general, began tying yellow ribbons around trees to show their support and love, and hope for their safe return. You'd see them all around the country. And it was all inspired by this song.

  • @DJHolte

    @DJHolte

    Жыл бұрын

    And of course, knowing that story turns this song from a simple bouncy pop song to something powerfully emotional.

  • @JimiBurleigh

    @JimiBurleigh

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, I'm old enough to remember seeing yellow ribbons everywhere in '81 when the Iranian hostages came home.

  • @johnchauvin2183

    @johnchauvin2183

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember that quite well. Yellow ribbons and this song was everywhere. The last time I saw yellow ribbons was in the 90's for the soldiers in the gulf war. It's funny and sad how much things have changed.

  • @VicEclectica

    @VicEclectica

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember that - there were ribbons everywhere. You don't see it much anymore, but I'll occasionally see one and remember this song and smile.

  • @rrmcbride555

    @rrmcbride555

    Жыл бұрын

    OH GOD!.......That ribbon stuff lasted soooo long. Ribbons on trees... so corny.

  • @Lakeshore14
    @Lakeshore14 Жыл бұрын

    This was a monster hit back in the day. It was used to welcome military people back from service as well as anyone who was incarcerated. You heard this song all the time on the radio. It really is a feel-good song and Tony really delivers on this. Thanks for the great reaction. 👏👏🇨🇦

  • @adamsher2538

    @adamsher2538

    Жыл бұрын

    I still see yellow ribbons on trees once in a while.

  • @Lakeshore14

    @Lakeshore14

    Жыл бұрын

    @@adamsher2538 So cool. I also did see them twice on trees.

  • @zeppelinfan9360

    @zeppelinfan9360

    Жыл бұрын

    This song was so annoying to so many probably because it was played so much.

  • @Hardrock1a

    @Hardrock1a

    Жыл бұрын

    That was the second resurgence of this song, it originally came out in the 60s and then was used as it has been said during the Iranian hostage crisis in the late 70s.

  • @jollyrodgers7272

    @jollyrodgers7272

    Жыл бұрын

    That was the Iranian Hostage Crisis - and used as a National symbol, played everyday for 444 days until their release.

  • @KenOtwell
    @KenOtwell Жыл бұрын

    This song is where the whole ribbon thing for a cause originated. It was first adopted for soldiers coming home to make them feel welcome, and then just worn on your chest to show support for soldiers... and now pink ribbons for breast cancer supporters and a dozen other colors. This song started it all!

  • @jackprescott9652

    @jackprescott9652

    Жыл бұрын

    i didn`t knew that. Thank you.

  • @Jamie_Pritchard

    @Jamie_Pritchard

    Жыл бұрын

    That's genuinely interesting!

  • @rossmacintosh5652
    @rossmacintosh5652 Жыл бұрын

    Several years ago here in my Canadian neighbourhood a neighbour's son was returning from military service in Afghanistan. To welcome him home, his family tied thousands of yellow ribbons around neighbourhood trees & power poles. It was heartwarming to see.

  • @xzonia1
    @xzonia1 Жыл бұрын

    The pure joy on y'all faces when you heard him say "100 yellow ribbons" is how this song makes me feel each time I hear it. Such a heartwarming act of love! ❤😊

  • @rubroken
    @rubroken Жыл бұрын

    It doesn't matter if it's military coming home, someone released from prison, or any other reason someone's been gone, that yellow ribbon is a testament to love

  • @darenjones2351
    @darenjones2351 Жыл бұрын

    The joy on Amber's face when he saw the all the ribbons was beautiful to watch. That last part gives me the feels every time. Such a sweet song.

  • @greg2976
    @greg2976 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a 63 year old man. I always cry at the end when he sees 100 yellow ribbons! That is so heart warming!!!!

  • @albertchavez2693

    @albertchavez2693

    4 ай бұрын

    Clas of 1978 cried right along too :) :(

  • @greg2976

    @greg2976

    4 ай бұрын

    👍@@albertchavez2693

  • @kperry2504
    @kperry2504 Жыл бұрын

    This song was almost an anthem back in 1980 do to the Iran hostage crisis. All across the country folks were tying a yellow ribbon around oak trees, any kind of tree, to support the hostages. Our nation was united in the hopes of their safety & freedom. I still have a copy of the cable message (yes no internet back then lol) I sent to them when they were freed! It was a happy day for all of us when they came home! :)

  • @kperry2504

    @kperry2504

    Жыл бұрын

    @Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT I understand the 1973 usage of the song. I wore a MIA bracelet, and sang the song endlessly as most folks did at the time. Also, i am married to a Vietnam Vet. :) Just remembering the use of the song also for the hostages.

  • @earth2kosmickitty

    @earth2kosmickitty

    Жыл бұрын

    It sure was! That is so awesome how you still have a copy of the cable message, wow, what a treasure!🤗 I remember when this song came out, I was a young girl 7 years old! I loved Tony Orlando & Dawn, they had such amazing chemistry and harmony! This song was used as an anthem for the Hostages in Iran just as "Get Here" by Oleta Adams was used as an anthem for the troops in the Gulf War. It's amazing how a song has a way of attaching itself to a crisis or a moment in time, that brings people together. Music is so magical.🥰

  • @theodoreritola7641

    @theodoreritola7641

    5 ай бұрын

    1st back in the 70s Fresh...

  • @jimedwards4214
    @jimedwards4214 Жыл бұрын

    Amber, what a sweet soul you have. World needs more like you.GOD Bless

  • @swordforjustice
    @swordforjustice Жыл бұрын

    The yellow ribbon symbolizes you have a loved one in the military who isn’t forgotten.

  • @leonabarad6972
    @leonabarad6972 Жыл бұрын

    Military families started displaying yellow ribbons to show that they had loved ones that they wanted home. It comes from this song.

  • @jackieknows9129
    @jackieknows9129 Жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact, Thelma Hopkins one of the members of Dawn was not only a singer, Hopkins' delivered the line "shut your mouth" on Isaac Hayes' song "Shaft", she was also an actress with lots of tv credits.

  • @jamiedianne6778

    @jamiedianne6778

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember her as Aunt Rachel on Family Matters!

  • @coolcpa3321

    @coolcpa3321

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember her from Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari and Donna Dixon.

  • @caretaker158

    @caretaker158

    Жыл бұрын

    Loved her in "Gimme a Break"

  • @jamiedianne6778

    @jamiedianne6778

    Жыл бұрын

    @@caretaker158 I forgot that one! I loved that show back in the day!

  • @andyfletcher3561

    @andyfletcher3561

    Жыл бұрын

    Also as the mother of Terry Crews in "Are We There Yet". She's great at comedy and has been steady working since 1979 as an actress. Six episodes of "Days of Our Lives", "Gimmee a Break" and a bunch of other comedies. She was in all of the "Trancers" films, and "The Matrix:Revolutions", and apparently a bunch of dramas as well.

  • @joelilley6603
    @joelilley6603 Жыл бұрын

    It was cute watching you two jump for joy when he said "a hundred yellow ribbons." 😂😂 Great reaction to a great song. 👍

  • @knoxscott65able

    @knoxscott65able

    Жыл бұрын

    Watch their reaction to Jim Dandy a few months ago. Hilarious!!

  • @VicEclectica
    @VicEclectica Жыл бұрын

    This is where it all started :) You'll see it most often with military families, but occasionally driving around you'll see a yellow ribbon tied around a tree. Thank Tony Orlando and Dawn.

  • @samueltabo3390
    @samueltabo3390 Жыл бұрын

    The song that popularized the tradition of tying yellow ribbons in anticipation of a loved one coming home. It was also Tony Orlando and Dawn's biggest hit and the #1 song of 1973

  • @dawnbailey1132
    @dawnbailey1132 Жыл бұрын

    This brought tears to my eyes. When the hostages were freed from Iran, they were flown into Newburgh NY, then a motorcade of their busses drove down 9W. It seemed all of Cornwall NY lined the road cheering, waving, screaming blessings and waving flags. Our family was on the median jumping up and down waving and crying happy tears. One of the happiest memories of my life. Thanks for reminding me. ❤️

  • @laurogarza4953

    @laurogarza4953

    7 ай бұрын

    I had forgotten! Thank you for the reminder.

  • @Laniefj
    @Laniefj Жыл бұрын

    This is a trip straight back to the 70's.

  • @lydianunez2522
    @lydianunez2522 Жыл бұрын

    This was one of their greatest songs. Afterwards the yellow ribbon was used for our returning service men, it was beautiful to see homes with Ribbons 🎀

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Жыл бұрын

    Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Candida" and "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"!!!!

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching their primetime tv variety show in the 70s. Everyone had a variety show in the 70s. Sonny and Cher, Donny and Marie, The Carpenters, and on and on. This was a huge hit. I didn't know what a yellow Ribbon was for, until I heard this song. It was for someone in prison or a war prisoner. You would have a Big yellow ribbon in your window or somewhere, so your neighbors would know a loved one was not able to come home for some reason. Usually, it was because of war. A gold star in the window, meant a family member of this home was killed in war.

  • @laurabailey1054

    @laurabailey1054

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching the tv show

  • @debrafong8899

    @debrafong8899

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup! I watched them all!

  • @ericjanssen394

    @ericjanssen394

    Жыл бұрын

    The Carpenters had a variety show? I know the Captain & Tenille did, and so did Shields & Yarnell, sure you're not thinking of those?

  • @poguemom3

    @poguemom3

    Жыл бұрын

    The Barbara Mandrell Show was one of my favorites!

  • @ellenjones7819

    @ellenjones7819

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ericjanssen394 I don't remember The Carpenters having a show either. They did have a tv special around Christmas once.

  • @DG2244
    @DG2244 Жыл бұрын

    This was a huge hit for them. All the Vietnam soldiers grabbed onto this and it became a thing. Great feel good song from back in the day.

  • @jacklewis5452

    @jacklewis5452

    Жыл бұрын

    @Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT - library of congress credits a state dept employee whose husband was an iranian hostage as being the first to use the tree ribbons in 1981. She was inspired by this song.

  • @walterpanovs
    @walterpanovs Жыл бұрын

    A big #1 worldwide hit and the top selling single in the USA and UK in 1973. Tony Orlando had a couple of minor hits in the early '60s as a teen idol type and then went on to become a music executive. Around 1970 he was asked to sing lead on a nice-sounding pop song that would be credited to a group called "Dawn" that really didn't exist. That song was "Candida" and it became a surprise Top Five hit so Tony was suddenly back in the singing business but also had to come up with some singers to complete the group so they could perform on-stage and make more recordings. He contacted a couple of back-up singers who'd recorded for his record label, future actress Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson (who was ready to leave the biz), and suddenly a "real" group existed, and it became Tony Orlando and Dawn. Many hits and a TV show followed.

  • @kevinhouse4376

    @kevinhouse4376

    Жыл бұрын

    It's actually spelled 'Telma' Hopkins. There is no 'h' in her first name.

  • @lavenderbluemama953

    @lavenderbluemama953

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness! I had no idea about this backstory, lol! I only remember loving the song as a little kid in the 70s. I wonder how many times that happened... meaning, groups that came into existence this way. The only other one I can think of was The Monkees, but maybe it happened all the time & I was just oblivious, lol!

  • @amb2745

    @amb2745

    Жыл бұрын

    It was because Tony was a music executive (Tony worked for Columbia Records as a music publisher), he couldn't use his name on any of the early Dawn records due to a professional conflict of interest. That's why the first couple of singles/albums don't mention Tony's name. When Tie A Yellow Ribbon came out in 1973, his name was on the single/album as "Tony Orlando And Dawn".

  • @walterpanovs

    @walterpanovs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lavenderbluemama953 Yes, there have always been hit records by imaginary groups created by singers and musicians who weren't credited. The hit "Na-Na-Na Hey-Hey Goodbye" from 1970 was credited to Steam, but there was no such actual group at the time. Same goes for a number of hits that English singer Tony Burrows sang on like non-group Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes." He actually had several hits out at the same time credited to several different imaginary groups.

  • @johnd8892

    @johnd8892

    Жыл бұрын

    Number one for seven weeks in Australia and ten weeks in New Zealand in 1973.

  • @steveclevenger5826
    @steveclevenger5826 Жыл бұрын

    I can’t believe after all these years, and the billion times I heard this song on the radio in the 70s, this still brought a tear to my eye.

  • @kleenextoes430
    @kleenextoes430 Жыл бұрын

    I was 12 when this song came out and it made me so happy! She tied 100 ribbons! The whole bus was cheering! You don’t have to be defined by your mistakes! You can screw up and still be loved! It just made me feel good when I first heard it and it still does!

  • @BillO964
    @BillO964 Жыл бұрын

    This was such a meaningful song when I got out of the Navy. Not necessarily prison.

  • @paulmargett9360
    @paulmargett9360 Жыл бұрын

    Knowing the outcome of this song it was pure joy watching your reaction to the final verse. Much love from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @josephcamhi5676
    @josephcamhi56767 ай бұрын

    The tradition of tying of the yellow ribbon around a tree for the soldiers came from this song. This song was a huge hit in the 1970s and had that affect on the culture.

  • @marybaillie8907
    @marybaillie8907 Жыл бұрын

    Remained at Number 1 for 4 weeks. This was a major hit for Tony Orlando and Dawn. Over 2,000 versions of this song have been recorded. Versions by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and get ready Amber....Tom Jones. After the release of this song families of military men and women started tying yellow ribbons around trees awaiting the arrival home of their loved ones. 💕💕 Great reaction to a great song.You two are priceless. 🤗🤗 Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️🇨🇦 🇨🇦

  • @johnd8892

    @johnd8892

    Жыл бұрын

    Also number one for seven weeks in Australia and ten weeks in New Zealand in 1973. Six other countries at number one also.

  • @MoMoMyPup10

    @MoMoMyPup10

    Жыл бұрын

    I think there's enough 'syrup' already in their reactions lol

  • @juliewhite7469

    @juliewhite7469

    Жыл бұрын

    Canadians are the sweetest ! Always love your comments Mary Baillie 🥰

  • @marybaillie8907

    @marybaillie8907

    Жыл бұрын

    @@juliewhite7469 Thanks Julie. So kind of you. 😊👍✌️🎶🇨🇦

  • @zoemn24
    @zoemn24 Жыл бұрын

    My parents raised me right, I love this so much... it’s a deceptively uplifting song. ❤️

  • @midnightfury9001

    @midnightfury9001

    Жыл бұрын

    73 ish and this song comes on in our station wagon radio and mom is hauling us kids to school , good times 😀

  • @zoemn24

    @zoemn24

    Жыл бұрын

    @@midnightfury9001 I did listen to this in the car coming away from school when my parents picked me up on one of their 70s compilation CDs they have…but in the 2000s onwards because I was born in 1997, they were some good times for me too. I googled it was released in 1973. I love music when people from completely different eras in life can have somewhat similar experiences.

  • @magneto7930

    @magneto7930

    Жыл бұрын

    You can't help but be moved by this song, it's impossible!

  • @fidge54

    @fidge54

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahahahaha! Too bad they both obviously had tin ears

  • @bryanwhitton1784
    @bryanwhitton1784 Жыл бұрын

    I always cry at the ending of this song. Yes I'm a guy. I can't imagine someone waiting three years for me. That was a lot of love for her man.

  • @jamesscoles859
    @jamesscoles859 Жыл бұрын

    Your reactions to the "100 yellow ribbons part" was classic !

  • @raineyj560
    @raineyj560 Жыл бұрын

    The feel good songs of my generation!!!!!

  • @jeffphillips9588
    @jeffphillips9588 Жыл бұрын

    Candida - Tony Orlando and Dawn is another Calypso type great song by them!

  • @mikedean739
    @mikedean739 Жыл бұрын

    The song was written based on a true story of a man returning from prison and wrote to his wife and said that if she still wanted him, to tie a yellow ribbon around the the trunk of the tree in their front yard. When he came home the wife had put yellow ribbons on the trunk, the branches the fence posts and even the mail box.

  • @pdoll96
    @pdoll96 Жыл бұрын

    The simplicity you’re picking up on is the era of the music. The 70s was just that-simple and a time when organic relationships were everything. It was what life was all about.

  • @pxlmvr7
    @pxlmvr7 Жыл бұрын

    It was a simpler time when music could just be innocent, happy and fun! There were many hits like this especially in the 70s and it was so much fun because I was a young black kid that was 12 when this came out, so you can just imagine how this hit! You guys’ reactions help us remember what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time🙂 brings a tear to my eyes 🥲

  • @flubber1557
    @flubber1557 Жыл бұрын

    "Put the blame on me... if I dont see that yellow ribbon tied around that old oak tree"... thats the saddest part that no one wants to have happen. The only real downer part to this song. Most of it is feelings of happiness and being grateful to be home. I love this song though. It ecompasses that joy a soldier feels coming off a bus at the bus stop and is walking down the street to their home/family. It goes very well with videos of soldiers suprising their family members at work/school or at home. Thank you to all veterans for your service!

  • @Pauba1946
    @Pauba1946 Жыл бұрын

    This was a welcome home song for the troops coming home from the Gulf war. There were yellow ribbons everywhere.

  • @LaPinturaBella

    @LaPinturaBella

    Жыл бұрын

    This song was a hit in 1973. The Yellow Ribbon is for missing or absent loved ones. The phenomenon started in the 1800s when women wore yellow ribbons on their hats or around their necks for their loved ones in the US Cavalry. It has been used worldwide since to signify devotion to soldiers serving overseas as well as for missing loved ones.

  • @67mtm
    @67mtm Жыл бұрын

    Tony Orlando and Dawn were very big in the 70's...had a hit show on tv too! I remember them growing up, yellow ribbons and all! 🎗️

  • @ralphgelwicks3679
    @ralphgelwicks3679 Жыл бұрын

    That song is a true masterpiece! And the ending always fills my heart with joy and my eyes with tears because although he wanted to see that one ribbon he knew he might not see any ribbons but he was totally wrong because she even more wanted him back and blew him away with 100 yellow ribbons above and beyond anything he ever expected! Totally awesome story in a totally awesome song. One of my all time favorites!

  • @debbers
    @debbers10 ай бұрын

    Your look of hope when he said 100 yellow ribbons around the ole old tree was FABULOUS! I was glad to be here and witness it! Thank you!

  • @daronbaird6060
    @daronbaird6060 Жыл бұрын

    This song was the genesis of the practice of tying ribbons around things to welcome love one home.

  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 Жыл бұрын

    I can't imagine anyone in North America who had gotten to adulthood without hearing this song. Funny story about this song: I'm a private tutor and I've often used it as an example of modern poetry. I asked one student if he understood what the ending meant. He said, "Yes. The guy has 100 girlfriends.

  • @terricooper3678
    @terricooper3678 Жыл бұрын

    I met Tony Orlando in Branson. We went to his show just because it was one that had tickets available. Besides being a great performer, he told wonderful stories about his childhood and career. He was a very warm person. He shook all of our hands and pulled my boyfriend's sister up on stage and sang to her. After I told a co-worker about Branson she took her disabled nephew on a trip there and met Tony. She said he took several photos with them. When he saw he had worn his sunglasses, he took all the photos over without his glasses on. He also spent a lot of time talking with her nephew. It was nice to meet someone who was such a warm and lovely human being❤.

  • @ellenfagan4338
    @ellenfagan43389 ай бұрын

    You are both so wonderful...Amber's unadulterated joy when she hears about the yellow ribbons gave me yet another reason to weep with joy for the bezillionth time over this truly happy song about love & redemption. ✌️♥️🎶

  • @ghaeckel2684
    @ghaeckel268411 ай бұрын

    Any time you see a ribbon sticker on the back of a car, or see a ribbon pin on someone's lapel, you should know this is how that all started.

  • @joepowell7025
    @joepowell7025 Жыл бұрын

    This song actually STARTED the whole trend...

  • @staceyeugster9260
    @staceyeugster9260 Жыл бұрын

    Loved how invested Amber is in whether or not the ribbons were on the tree! Sooo sweet!!!!

  • @gypsyrocker
    @gypsyrocker Жыл бұрын

    You guys are too cute!! The way you reacted to the 100 yellow ribbons, so stinking cute!! ❤

  • @shawnj1966
    @shawnj1966 Жыл бұрын

    Songs back then were so great! Great music and not so depressing and serious for the most part.

  • @bernardsalvatore1929
    @bernardsalvatore1929 Жыл бұрын

    ROB SQUAD THIS WAS FUN!! THIS SONG IS AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD AND I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD IT IN PROBABLY 40 YEARS BUT I'M SITTING HERE SINGING EVERY FREAKING WORD AS IF I JUST HEARD IT YESTERDAY!! THIS ONE GOT A LOT OF RADIO PLAY BACK WHEN IT WAS RELEASED!! IT'S AMAZING THE KIND OF STUFF THAT STAYS IN YOUR BRAIN!!!😮😮

  • @donlee1534
    @donlee1534 Жыл бұрын

    Another gem from the ‘70s (it was actually the number 1 song in all of 1973). And it’s “deceptively simple”. Notice that unlike other catchy pop songs that repeat short segments of the melody over and over, this melody barely repeats through the verses and chorus, but is still so infectious. Lots of songs like this in that decade. PS - I really loved the reaction you two had when it came to the part where 100 yellow ribbons were tied on the old oak tree - priceless! It’s things like this that make your reactions special. Keep up the great work!

  • @BillGraper
    @BillGraper Жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me of my mom more than any other. It was a huge hit, spending 4 weeks at #1 in 1973. THIS was the greatest reaction in the middle of a song since "Afternoon Delight"! I got the tears, big-time when I saw your reactions to the great reveal in the bridge!!! 😊

  • @briangulley6027

    @briangulley6027

    Жыл бұрын

    49 years ago, OMG am I old.

  • @jeanstrickland2445

    @jeanstrickland2445

    Жыл бұрын

    We won’t tell 😂😂I was 13 when this came out🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @johnd8892

    @johnd8892

    Жыл бұрын

    Number one also for seven weeks in Australia and ten weeks in New Zealand in 1973.

  • @anjoleeeickhoff6800
    @anjoleeeickhoff6800Ай бұрын

    We tied yellow ribbons around trees and wore yellow ribbons pinned to our clothes during the Gulf War. So it’s very associated with our military soldiers coming home and showing that we miss them and they’re not forgotten and also to a lesser degree the incarcerated coming home which is what this song is about. This song was a huge hit and you heard it every where and everyone knew it by heart, I still do!❤

  • @Tejaye777
    @Tejaye777 Жыл бұрын

    This is a lovely song from 1973

  • @CynicAtLarge
    @CynicAtLarge Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't it so great that a song could deliver so much in such a short amount of time? AM radio with songs running 3-4 minutes was the best.

  • @zanychris
    @zanychris Жыл бұрын

    This song was wonderful for those of us who had friends and loved ones who were incarcerated. For me, it will always be about that.

  • @michaelevans1193
    @michaelevans1193 Жыл бұрын

    First, thanks for making me smile today. Your reactions to the 100 yellow ribbons was PRICELESS! Second, this song was the basis for the ribbons we see for various causes. It all started when 52 Americans were held hostage by Iranian “students” for 444 days from November 1979 - January 1981. People tied yellow ribbons around anything that didn’t move sending love and prayers for the hostages. After the hostages were freed (inauguration day 1981) the yellow ribbon became a symbol for anyone missing. Later other colors were used to symbolize other causes.

  • @RicoBurghFan
    @RicoBurghFan Жыл бұрын

    This was a massive hit back in the day, so much so it got way overplayed and became almost annoying. But hearing it years later through fresh ears it sounds beautiful and the ending always makes me smile. Thanks Jay and Amber, you guys rock! 🤗♥️💯

  • @davidbarnes1113
    @davidbarnes1113 Жыл бұрын

    I remember they had a weekly variety show when I was a kid. You guys should do a reaction to The Captain & Tenille “Love Will Keep Us Together “ or “Muskrat Love”. They also had a TV show in the 70s .

  • @rochelle1961
    @rochelle1961 Жыл бұрын

    Your reaction to 100 yellow ribbons at the end of the song is absolutely joyous!!! Loved it❤

  • @rogerwaterman8153
    @rogerwaterman8153 Жыл бұрын

    Great song. Great story! Great 70’s vibe. Another 80’s storyteller that you should surely listen to is Harry Chapin. Iconic 70’s storyteller!

  • @wendywoodruff2871
    @wendywoodruff2871 Жыл бұрын

    Back when damn could get your song kicked off the radio, it didn't hurt this one because it was so sweet and positive and heart warming.

  • @mikephillips8810
    @mikephillips8810 Жыл бұрын

    Loved your anticipation in waiting for that final line! Brilliant. This song was so huge back in its day. I remember it on the radio all the time.

  • @PlasticGirl65
    @PlasticGirl65 Жыл бұрын

    I remember when this was a hit, yes I'm that old 😞

  • @jucadvgv3449
    @jucadvgv344910 ай бұрын

    from this song there arose a tradition of people tying a yellow ribbon in their front yard when soldiers came home. you're right about the ribbon being for soldiers, but that would never have been if not for this song.

  • @tonytorre9432
    @tonytorre94327 ай бұрын

    They don't make like this music anymore, songs with a story. Thank God we have these songs in our memories and in our hearts.

  • @reneerocha1796
    @reneerocha1796 Жыл бұрын

    I remember during the war, seeing all the yellow ribbons tied around trees across this great land…. Great song….Tony Orlando -great singer. I love “Candida”. But this one is an old favorite. ❤

  • @perrymalcolm3802
    @perrymalcolm3802 Жыл бұрын

    Great example how not every #1 hit has to be an overwhelming, overproduced musical masterpiece! A sweet sentiment n catchy tune well-sung became not just a huge hit, but a cultural practice that endures today. It STARTED with this song!

  • @endorphinzz
    @endorphinzz Жыл бұрын

    Tony Orlando's subtle "I'm coming home" towards the end of the song is beautiful and poignant.

  • @Jontor11
    @Jontor11 Жыл бұрын

    This song has the sweetest lyrics ever.

  • @jeanniea3437
    @jeanniea3437 Жыл бұрын

    Loved this song! Used to watch their variety show when I was a kid.

  • @bloppysloppy2283
    @bloppysloppy2283 Жыл бұрын

    This was a hit in the Spring of 1973. It was the big radio song just before "Bad Bad Lee Roy Brown" by Jim Croce.

  • @angieday5183
    @angieday5183 Жыл бұрын

    Massive hit in 73 or so. Amber you were thinking about Blue Star in the window if someone overseas in wartime and Gold Star if they are killed. Yellow ribbon is a welcome home sign. This song brought that tradition back and lots of guys coming home from Vietnam would find yellow ribbons wrapped around something when they got home.

  • @shalalala3032
    @shalalala303212 күн бұрын

    p.s. Tony Orlando's voice truly delivered on this song, I love the soulfullness of his voice and it was FANTASTIC vocals.

  • @martic51
    @martic51 Жыл бұрын

    I love this one so much, it means so much to so many! And I so appreciate you young ones listening to the best decades of music! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ColoradoGrami
    @ColoradoGrami Жыл бұрын

    Another excellent reaction from Jordan & Amber. 💞

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 Жыл бұрын

    Your reactions are priceless I can see you felt that!

  • @robinblackwood8859
    @robinblackwood8859 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this when it first came out. Haven't heard it in years. It's still great. Your reaction was lovely.

  • @rwschumm
    @rwschumm Жыл бұрын

    As mentioned by others, this WAS a HUGE hit for Tony Orlando in the day. I actually think THIS song was kind of the start of the 'Yellow Ribbon' posted outside as a 'Welcome Home' Sign! Or maybe just a renaissance of the practice? Sweet and Wholesome Song! (Edit: Read reply... One person says Casey Kasem himself says 'yellow ribbon' dates back to Civil War!) Especially. for Those of Us who Know the Inside of a Prison! Ha! I spent a year traveling to Florence Az Prison after work, once a week, as part of a Christian ministry to a 'Pod' of Prisoners' for 'Fellowship' and Ministry as needed. FUN watching you Guys hear the '100 ribbons' part instead of just 1. :) God Bless You Guys & Family!

  • @johnd8892

    @johnd8892

    Жыл бұрын

    Remember Casey Kasem saying the yellow ribbon dated back to the Civil War

  • @tombeyerlein3813
    @tombeyerlein3813 Жыл бұрын

    You guys never fail to make me smile! Your reaction at the end is priceless.

  • @Cindrbell
    @Cindrbell Жыл бұрын

    Tie a yellow ribbon still stands today. Yellow ribbons are still tied today for our men n women who serve.

  • @shalalala3032
    @shalalala303212 күн бұрын

    Watching both of you reactions to the "100 ribbon" lyrics, is priceless - it's the mere fact that these types of songs makes you actually LISTEN to the story being told. I've seen the yellow ribbons tied around my neighbour's trees in Toronto, CANADA back in 1979 and I never understood the rationale until my older sister explained the symbolism of this song and those returning from war or incarceration "doing their time" waiting for loved ones reception upon their return.

  • @kimcutts6153
    @kimcutts6153 Жыл бұрын

    Huge huge hit in the 70s. I am over the moon you're reacting to this one. I know it word for word. I never tire of hearing this. 🎵🎼❤🔥

  • @susanowen1709
    @susanowen1709 Жыл бұрын

    A bouncy rhythm, nice harmonies, a song that tells a story, and a happy ending - as soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew you'd love it. It's nostalgic for me. When I was in about 5th grade, my elementary school had "music class" every other Friday, which was basically three classes of 5th graders plunked on the floor in front of a screen, unenthusiastically singing the songs with the lyrics projected in front of us. Well, the teachers forgot to change "damn" to "darn" so every time we sang this one it was "now the whole ***DAMN!!!!!!*** bus is cheering..." Thank you for posting this one :-)

  • @timothygarrett2785
    @timothygarrett2785 Жыл бұрын

    The song came out when I was 12, and it still holds place in my heart.

  • @thomasclark9517
    @thomasclark9517Ай бұрын

    In 1973, there were yellow ribbons all over trees throughout America

  • @TracyfromNC
    @TracyfromNC Жыл бұрын

    Somehow this simple little song is as iconic and American as Ray Charles singing America The Beatuful, Whitney Houstonn singing Star Spangled Banner and Lee Greenwood singing God Bless The USA. Amazing because of the times and the emotion. I still cry. Had many friends with older brothers coming home from Vietnam and of course the Hostages from Iran during my senior year of high school..

  • @subwaygoddess1
    @subwaygoddess1 Жыл бұрын

    I STILL cry when I hear this song, it's so beautiful! Thank you for reacting to it. I loved watching your joy!

  • @davidstephens6462
    @davidstephens6462 Жыл бұрын

    They were big enough to have their own TV show. Comedy/Variety show. Telma Hopkins was in Dawn. She had a great career in TV after her days in music.

  • @GeminiSeven43
    @GeminiSeven43 Жыл бұрын

    My Mom's Favorite song and when we had our Grandfathers house in Sierra Madre it had a 100 year old oak tree out front. My sister and I scattered her ashes around that tree while listening to this song. Wonderful memories back in the day watching their tv show.

  • @roberteytchison2595
    @roberteytchison2595 Жыл бұрын

    Tony Orlando used to have a variety show. Most of his songs are upbeat.

  • @KellysConcertMemories
    @KellysConcertMemories Жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me of Sundays at my grandparents’ apartment, my mom playing the piano, an uncle playing drums, my great-uncle singing and I of course had a little tambourine 👧🏼

  • @laurogarza4953
    @laurogarza49537 ай бұрын

    Look at you, Amber, jumping for joy to a happy ending! You are delightful.

  • @fotosbyduane
    @fotosbyduane Жыл бұрын

    So sweet when Amber cheered for the 100 yellow ribbons.

  • @mikeb3835
    @mikeb3835 Жыл бұрын

    I remember this song being super popular on top 40 radio when I was a kid. I think Tony Orlando and Dawn also did some TV specials back in the day.

  • @LaPinturaBella

    @LaPinturaBella

    Жыл бұрын

    They had their own variety show from 1974-1977.

  • @asherdash12

    @asherdash12

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I remember being little and watching the show on a big wooden console TV lol

  • @xzonia1

    @xzonia1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LaPinturaBella I was a kid back then. I remember them singing and being around on TV and the radio all the time back then, but I can't remember any other huge hits they had like the two already reacted to on this channel. They were so entertaining, though! :)

  • @blackprix
    @blackprix Жыл бұрын

    This was a big hit and probably one of the best sing-along songs we had at that time.

  • @O_Towne_Bear
    @O_Towne_Bear Жыл бұрын

    I gladly left this song in my youth BUT I had to jump to the ending because I knew Amber would really enjoy it. (ie: "A hundred yellow ribbons...")

  • @pattyduke3079
    @pattyduke3079 Жыл бұрын

    I've heard this song hundreds of times but your reaction to it made it worth hearing again.☺

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