I dated a guy for 2 years, unknowing that his true love was out of state at college... when she graduated, he broke up with me during the time this song was out. Of course, I didn't know about her.. brings back memories.

@ShawnandMel4Life

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tina, so sorry to hear that. Thank you for sharing your experience.

@dwightward4389

Жыл бұрын

Thats horrible, I'm sorry that you went through that! Awesome that you persevered!

@stephenmanning9088

Жыл бұрын

I FEEL FOR Y RITE BUT I'M CHECKING OUT HOMES OK I WOULD'VE CRACKED UP BY NOW ESPECIALLY WHEN DA HORNS CAME IN SHI..... hR DID WIPE HID EYE YESH BIG UP BLESS UP YOUR SELF SISTA

@gregbrewster1570

3 ай бұрын

🥺

This music was when people loved to play and write good songs with meaning. Miss these days

@vancelubben5300

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being that third wheel he talks about and how much it sucks. I've been there. Nothing can be said or done to win them back either

@maureenperez9999

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. As a teenager in the mid "70's", every single song Shawn and Mel have reacted to in the past week since I discovered Them...is one of those 45's I listened to during every unrequited love I ever crushed on...until I met my husband. I always loved the songs which tell a story. Those were and still are my favorites.

@salvatorerizzo8640

4 ай бұрын

God. Me 2.

Brings me back to my youth. Very sad beautiful vocals.

@salvatorerizzo8640

4 ай бұрын

Yes it Does remember I would sing this with ny mom. RiP mom

70s and 80s were the best eras for music, hands down!

It’s funny how you hear the lyrics differently as an adult! This came out during my high school years in the 70’s; and I’ve heard this song hundreds of times; yet I feel like I’m hearing the story for the very first time tonight!

Absolutely amazing 👏 😍 ❤

Man this takes me back to my youth. They had this on repeat at the roller rink in the late 1970s.

You two rock!!! That song was always on my playlist in HS in the 70's

This reminds me of the song “ kiss and say goodbye “ By the Manhattans. Not the same genre, but definitely a beautiful, soulful song. Love to see you guys react to it.

@cynthiam.rossershay7373

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! and Its Brillant

@happymethehappyone8300

2 жыл бұрын

Let's Not Forget Their Hit "Shining Star"

@wilfredjoseph2456

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@williamdavisson8541

5 ай бұрын

Yess Yess

70's are the best - Dream Weaver by Gary Wright ♥️

I love his voice 😍

@davidhughett6081

Жыл бұрын

Robert John's falsetto voice is terrific!

This is one of my old school jams and it’s on my playlist. Y’all gotta listen to ‘Sexy Eyes’ & ‘When your in love with a beautiful woman’ by Dr. Hook! Same genre around the same time. More old school Jamz. 👍🏽

@loriwishman1866

2 жыл бұрын

@Jersey Strong I have both Dr. Hook songs in my playlist. Sweet. 👍

That would was freaking amazing!!! Can't beat the seventies. 😊❤😊

Wow I haven't heard this song in so long!! Loving it!!

"Look, my Wife is getting out of Jail so you need to go or we BOTH gonna get it."

The long lost bee gee…be honest ,he would fit right in with those young lads…the bee gees….

You're right about the seventies.. simply magical time.

Robert John, insane vocals man.

Roller skaing and holding hands to this song...anyone?

@toodlescae

2 жыл бұрын

Would have had to have a boyfriend when this came out first....lol.

@tiffanytosh1569

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Great memories!!

We sure had a lot of sappy love songs back in the 70s too!

Great song 🎵 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 Great lyrics sad song 😂😂😂 another great song back in the days. 💜💚💙💜💚💙💜💚💙

Love that song ❤❤❤

Nothing beats the 70s music

Gr8 reaction. Love the song 🎵. Thx for sharing ♥.

This was a fabulous sad song for all the breaks ups out there

I was in Jr High when this song came out and hearing it again brings back memories at the roller rink.

@wendymarshall7571

8 ай бұрын

Yes! A lot of slow dancing to this song at basement parties in Jr. High. What memories ❤️

I was 17 going on 18 and graduating from high school when this came out.

Love it! Brought back so many memories from roller skating back in the day, this was always the last song of the night.

Excellent song

This song was a Hit.

Great lyrics good music 😊

Beautiful song

What a voice.

Your correct I was a teenager great music

Cool fact, had a song hit the charts when he was 12 in 1958 "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes", The Lion Sleeps Tonight was really his only other hit.

Her voice 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Very unique voice.

When I was a teen & 20s I renounced this sort of song. Now that I'm almost 50 I can't get enough of the smooth 70s

Great song and sung so beautifully!!!!!

You ever need a good cry, put this one on.

that happen to me in 1979 that song hit home

This song was released in 1979. At that time I was in eighth grader in middle school. Kids back then didn’t listen to the lyrics as much as we listen to the tone and the sound. I was a little girl crying over this song all the time. I saw a different meaning than what it was meant to be. So the guy was talking about having an affair. That’s wrong and I get it, but it’s a beautiful song and I love the music.

Ooh. I found y’all now! Keep bringing back my memories!

Back when people had talent!

AWESOME VOICE YES THE 70'S YES.

Thank you for listening to the music i grew up in the 70's

This song is so lit! My mom played it on a road trip one time

I was a young thing when it came out. About 14-15. Loved this song.

Ah Great Song and Great memories. Thank you both. It's to bad you guys are so young. You missed 1 Great decade u2 woukd of fit right in. God bless

i probably listened to this after breaking up with a million babes back in the day!

I have this on 45, which means I am ancient. But, I still really like this stupid song.

@williamdavisson8541

5 ай бұрын

Lol

Ohhh this goes right back to my childhood… had no idea what the lyrics meant but I still sang it at full volume 😆😂🔥🥰💜

Nowadays a guy like Robert John would have no hope of being in the music industry. He looks like a normal Joe walking down the street but his voice was amazing. The people who have the looks but need autotune to even sound decent dominate the industry today. There are some people who have both looks and the voice of course but not so many.

Absolutely loved/love this song 😢❤

he does a great cover of the lion sleeps tonight

I won my first talent show lip singing this song still have the trophy somewhere 😆

I want to hear his voice talking. It's so high.

This is what I call a 3am song. Hear it on the radio while driving long distances or like when I was teenager in middle and high school, I'd stay over at my best friend's and he slept with the radio on. This song (and some like it) were common on some radio program "Delilah", I think it was. I've always been a light sleeper so I'd end up listening to the radio rather than sleeping. Basically, this song, and others like it, remind me of basically being alone in the dead of night listening to the radio.

@loriwishman1866

2 жыл бұрын

YES! Delilah!

If you ever heard the song THE LIONS SLEEP TONIGHT that him singing that when he was around 13 years old

@chrismorgan283

2 жыл бұрын

He released a cover of that song in 1971, ten years after The Tokens released their version. He's my mom's age, so that would have made him around 24 or 25 when he recorded it. He was never in The Tokens.

What a heart wrencher.

Robert John also did a remake of, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, when he was w/, The Tokens, I believe.

I'm aging myself here, but, this was my favorite song at 10 years old. Nostalgia!

Beautiful love song, he feels her own pain with his own.

I always thought this was Air Supply, another great 80s band you should check out

@technopirate304

2 жыл бұрын

Air Supply was the joint. Them Aussies could write some good stuff

You guys are the cutest 😊

This was always the last song they played at the skating rink before closing. Memories

Loved you guys reaction to those final notes

This song tore my heart in half wen i lost the woman i loved ,i stopped listening to this song and stopped playing it at parties, painfull memories back then

My heart ❤was broken my love died I played this song over. Why not tonight oh I lost it

I remember this song from back in the day, 1979. We were free then!

Omg, I know this song, didn't know who sang it. Nice reaction guys.

Another great song with this sound s Robbie Dupree "Steal Away" I recommend 👌

Highly underrated this guy. Still loved though by many of us New Zealanders especially Maori. Great drinking song🍻🍺🍻👏🔥💯👍

Something about him reminds me of Barry Gibb, his voice definitely but something more.

70s had the coolest music ever

Powerful song!

"Sad Eyes" is a song written and recorded by Robert John, and released in April 1979. It debuted on May 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the top of the chart on October 6. It was produced by George Tobin in association with Mike Piccirillo. Robert John was born on 3 January 1946, in Brooklyn, New York he's now age 76 years

That guy can FLAT OUT sing...thanks for reviewing...great sad love song

we grew up listening to every type of music gave us all a better appreciation of people and their talent.

For another sad song listen to Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks...

Skating rink song! Couples skate- great times with your crush- 💃👍✌️

I just lost my mom Dec 2nd. Its been a very hard struggle dealing with the loss. My mom made me and my brother. Make a promise when I was 6 and he was 3. We have lived by that promise our entire life. I'm now 50 and he is 47. Our mom played He aint heavy his by brother. Could you please do a reaction video on that song. Our loss is putting great strain on that promise. I guess its due to we both are dealing with it. In very different ways. We don't know how to comfort one another due to our differences in dealing. God bless and thank you.

Frequent song at the roller skating rink back in the day. For those in the know, circle waltz, couples only skate. EDIT. Being young I didn't know it was about cheating. Didn't click until adulthood.

Great reaction!!! Great song!!!

Omg! I have heard this 4272 times and not once knew it was about this. I’m a moron!

MEL! Your voice is stunning!

Most brutal break-up song of all times!! Robert John said “IT’S OVER!! Baby girl on her way!!!” 😂😂😂

@joediaz2589

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I’m 69 and this song will always be a classic I remember when this song dominated the air waves….everyone sang this song…it will always be number one.

Robert John said he wrote this about a close friend that was in this situation. Robert said this during a live interview.

Another interesting song Robert John did in 1972 was the remake of The Lion sleeps tonight.

You should hear his version of the lion sleeps tonight

Howdy yall just dropping in to watch a reaction. Love to yall both

The thing about the 70's is that the bar was raised so high, set by the Beatles when they peaked at the end of the 60's with their final album in 1970..So everyone had to be on their A-Game. So you got the best music out of that era, period.

What a voice ❤️‍🔥. You both look fantastic in the blue/white & blue colour combo ☮️

His high singing voice reminds me the the awesome, outstanding, extremely talented Mitch Grassi of The Pentatonix. I'm a bit partial to Mitch, Mitch's tone is mesmerizing. I don't know much about Robert John, not sure I have heard him sing anything before or after this.

The best-sung most arrogant song ever. As we used to say down in the country, "Boy thinks a lot of his self." But it's some pretty music.

time machine for me, missing my younger days, meaningful music rarely exist now

A song about adultery, but a beautiful song nonetheless.

You should listen to Ruby Jean and Billie Lee by Seals and Crofts, beautiful !

Great song