Hi Britt, I know you like stories, Toby said he was inspired to write this song, when he was playing a celebrity golf tournament and he was paired with Clint Eastwood, Clint was in his late 80s, Toby asked him how he kept producing movies and acting at his age. Clint said he gets up every morning and just does what he always does and he doesn't let the old man in.

@jfree336

4 ай бұрын

To add, Toby wrote this for Clint’s birthday, Clint liked it so much he used it in the movie The Mule

@roykilgour9790

4 ай бұрын

Yes, but this evening, Tobi was thinking about himself while he sang the song and so did the whole audience, so it's a bit annoying that everyone focuses on the fact that he wrote the song for 90-year-old Clint, who can die at any time due to age. But here Toby wasn't thinking about Clint but about himself and his tired worn out body because of the cancer. So let him own the song as a so-called goodbye song.

@newsooner1155

4 ай бұрын

Facts

@roykilgour9790

4 ай бұрын

@@newsooner1155 He chose this song to tell the audience something on his heart. Do you think he chose to praise Clint with his last appearance. Come on, try and use your head a little. That song fits any man near death. That night the song was about Toby himself so Clint wasn't relevant that night. Clint is still alive at 93 years old. Toby has died aged 62. It wasn't what Toby had in mind when he wrote that song. So that song ended up being about Toby himself. So that fact about Clint became the fight of Toby's own life which he lost. So the least you can do is take the last night Toby sang for what it was. Namely Toby's night.

@jeffstumpf9129

4 ай бұрын

@@roykilgour9790, The comedian Norm Macdonald said that dying from cancer wasn't losing the battle, but tying. Both you and the cancer died. At the time, Norm was dying of cancer. RIP Norm, Toby, and all of our loved ones who passed from cancer.

RIP Toby ... He was a great American who loved his family God and what's left of this country

@SteveLANG-zl4ff

4 ай бұрын

.....and country. Great American. He was such a great supporter of our armed forces.

I'm a 54 year old bridge builder and I get watery eyed watching this performance. Toby's bus would pass through a little town in Arkansas on occasion and stop at the tiny burger/shake joint on the side of the road. He would hold up his bus so friends and family of the employees could have time to get down there to meet him just because they asked him to. What a humble fun loving God fearing patriot. We got screwed on this one folks. God took a legend home. RIP Toby Keith

@alexandercabeza2442

4 ай бұрын

God fearing patriot is right, thanks for the story and God Bless

I was diagnosed with colon cancer since sept 28 2003 at the age of 66 . Trying to keep the old man out ! Love this channel.

@TheWilsontm

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@williamgdavis9176

4 ай бұрын

Keep up the good fight, keep moving

@Britt- I Love this Song and love Toby Keith. He got Diagnosed with Stomach cancer in 2022. I still cant believe that he is gone but his legacy will live forever.

I just want to say. I love you. I’m a 66 year old white dude from Alabama that loves classic music and have watched countless reaction channels. I found yours and fell in love with how deep you take and react to words and tallent. You show just who you really are and how sweet you are deep in your sole. Thank you and please keep it up.

He wrote this inspired by Clint Eastwood, who used it in his movie "The Mule" 2018.

I think when he sang this he knew he was going to die. Such a wonderful man. RIP TOBY KEITH. This song is so profound.

He asked Clint Eastwood how he was still working at 88, and Clint said, I don't let the old man in." That hit him and he wrote this song from that line/lesson.

That is his darling wife of over 40 years Trisha in the audience they keep showing Toby’s passing has left a huge vacuum in the world. You need to read about the thousands of individuals he helped no one heard about as well as his hospital for kids with cancer and 10 years of entertaining the troops overseas. This man lived to give. He will be forever missed and loved

RIP TOBY KEITH. We lost an incredible man.

Brett Farve said he had lost down from 260 to 130 pounds. He told Brett he had quit chemo and he only hoped he had quit it soon enough! If the cancer does not get you, the treatment does 😭

Miss Britt, a year and a half ago I had open heart surgery. I struggle with pain every day. I first heard this song a couple of days ago. It inspired me. When I work I start feel beat and I started telling my self not to let the old man in, just to keep going.

@user-yb7tx5iy2h

4 ай бұрын

Got blood clots almost a year ago. Dr. told me to go immediately to the hospital for surgery or I would be dead within a month. I smiled and went home. I knew it would be a long-ass surgery bc of the research I had done and could recur again within a couple of months. I'm still here and perfectly happy I didn't have it done. Stay strong!

Toby Keith was my number one favorite country music singer and songwriter. Toby was a true patriot and legden. Toby was a true hero and love America. Prayers lifted up for his family. Toby will live on in our hearts and his music.❤ R.I.P Cowboy. Love you forever.❤

I loved this man, his music, what he proudly stood for and supported. God Bless Toby Keith. A Man's Man in a time of Posers.

One other "heavy" Toby song I recommend reacting to is "Cryin' for me". Especially after his passing it hits hard, but I personally feel it is one of his best tribute songs (as it was a tribute to the passing of one of his good friends.)

@dogsoldiertoo1099

4 ай бұрын

"Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)" is a must. He wrote it when Wayman Tisdale and NBA star and a Jazz musician friend of Toby's died of cancer.

@Gutslinger

4 ай бұрын

She only reacts to live performances. So many will be disappointed if that one's done, I think.

Toby never let he old man in! God saw his pain and came to take him home! ❤️🌹

Imo, this performance was Toby going out his own special way, with grace and gratitude. God bless and God speed Toby... thanks for the music, the laughs and this beautiful goodbye. You did it your way. Never let the old man in. Life is too short for that. Peace, light and love to all...💞

Such a moving message. This was indeed his final televised performance. Sept. 28th, 2023. He did 3 shows in Vegas after this. His last non-televised performance was, I believe, on Dec. 14th, just 7 weeks or so before his passing.

@user-yb7tx5iy2h

4 ай бұрын

I thought I saw a phone recording from only a month or so ago

My father died from prostate cancer. At present I'm having prostate issues. I have already decided that if they discover cancer in me that I have no intention of taking Chemo or radiation. They say it starts with men over 50 when men start having issues, so I say to men take note. It says there is a much greater chance of getting it is you use dairy products and read meat. Some things to do for prevention is Pumpkin seeds, apricots, beets, olive oil etc. and more. Prostate cancer is to men as breast cancer is to women. Be aware and monitor. Blake Shelton a good friend of Toby said he's cutting back or quitting alcohol, good for him.

I’m having heart surgery on Friday and if one more doctor says “Bob at your age all surgery is life threatening “. My answer has been from this song…if you didn’t know the day you were born how old would you be…he wrote this song after playing golf with Clint Eastwood who told him he was making a new movie. Toby said how do you do it at your age? Clint said “I don’t let the old man in”. Toby went home and wrote this song and Clint used it in his movie.

Toby said this song was inspired by Clint Eastwood. Toby asked him one day, “How do you keep doing it?” (Clint is 93). Clint said, “I just don’t let the old man in.” Toby then wrote this song. It was played at the end of the movie “The Mule.” Ended up being quite prophetic.

He wrote it in 2018 for Clint as everyone has explained, but this was perfect for his goodbye song. This was September 2023, and he was receiving the People's choice Country Icon award. I think the reason we were all shocked at his passing, is that he performed 3 shows in Las Vegas in December. The man never quit until God decided it was time. My heart is broken. And yes, that was his wife. Another beautiful song by Toby is called 'Cryin' for me'. He wrote it as a tribute to his friend Wayman Tisdale, who also passed from Cancer. The song & video is beautiful & Toby's words of love, now describe how we are feeling about him. If you haven't seen it. Check it out. It is really beautiful.

I'll say it. I always thought that "the old man" was the grim reaper. Just don't let him in.

@mortimerbrewster3671

Күн бұрын

I thought the old man was the grim reaper until reading comments and hearing how he was inspired by Clint Eastwood. Music and poetry can have different meanings for different people but hearing the version of staying young, I'm choosing that one.

True , Red Dirt , Oklahoman and American. Ya'll go ahead make those Okie jokes. We have your backs. RIP Toby.

Trust me .... one day you will walk by a mirror and go, "Who the heck is that???!!!" This is a beautiful song!

Toby gave Taylor Swift her start. He heard her perform in a small venue in Nashville and signed her to his record label. John Rich recently said Taylor didn't even acknowledge Toby's passing after he did so much for her.

@kristinkeiner6547

4 ай бұрын

No, he did not. Swift had been noticed by several people in the industry before initially being the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house. Swift left then BMG-owned RCA Records and was then signed by Scott Borchetta to Big Machine Records. While Big Machine Records did become a joint venture between Borchetta and Toby Keith, Keith had absolutely no part in signing Swift to that record label.

@TheBeastKane

4 ай бұрын

He most certainly helped her it cannot be denied. Her deal with Sony was irrelevant, her first record label and first record was with BMR which Toby funded to get it going. Scott wanted to sign her but Toby was definitely a reason why she signed because she looked up to him and he helped create the label. It was never really a joint venture because Toby had his own label but being a smart businessman he he got 2.5% royalties off of her. She has praised him multiple times up until 2016 when politics got in the way and now she is a liberal pos and wont say anything about him because of politics thats so shitty@@kristinkeiner6547

@georgeemack9419

4 ай бұрын

Don't piss off the Swifty's lol; they aggressive!!

@user-ko1nw3em8k

4 ай бұрын

@@georgeemack9419the word you’re looking for is insane

@kristinkeiner6547

4 ай бұрын

@@georgeemack9419 Definitely not a Swift fan. I think she’s overrated and underwhelming. I just don’t like to see false information being spread, especially about a person who is no longer here.

Clint Eastwood inspired this song during a conversation they were having. Toby asked him how he kept on working at his age (88 at the time) and Eastwood replied that he didn't let the old man in. Meaning that he didn't allow himself to think like an old man and stop living like he always had. No matter how old we get, we are still that person we have always been inside.

Don't let yourself feel old. Don't let it in. Stay mentally young

Some many casual country fans or reactors only know of Toby's comedy songs and the angry American. His music is so much more that. Songs like who's that man, you shouldnt kiss me like that, American soldier, my list, God love her, he ain't worth missing, crying for me, dream walking, we were in love are all amazing songs

@Gutslinger

4 ай бұрын

You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This* Though, that music video was still comedic.

@dalcaY

4 ай бұрын

@Gutslinger yea that video is definitely funny

He said that performance was tough, he had been really sick all day. RIP Toby!

I realize Toby has cancer, but it doesn't have him. I see this performance as a triumph and he still sounds amazing. Live in glory Toby.

The most wise and beautiful last dance. 😢

You need to listen to his speech when he received the Icon award! Rest in Paradise Toby! Fly with the Angels

RIP Toby.............thank you for everything...........we love you

If you get to looking into what he did after he found out he had cancer he did out he opened up a hospital so that children and their parents could live there with their children or their children got treated for cancer. He did that in Oklahoma did a lot of things a lot of good thingstoo and I just absolutely love the fact that he, his heart went right to what kids are going through one thing to go through it. It is an adult thing to go through it as a child.😊

We can only take peace that in his last interview he spoke openly about how his faith was getting him by.

It was like a serenade to his wife.

I agree I have been out of high school for a while but don't feel like it

Thank you Britt. I am a white man in his seventies. I really appreciate your discovery of things other than what black musicians record. Love and keep it up. We are all humans.

Toby Keith had the gumption to go onstage, with the legend Hank Williams Jr and his daughters just a few steps away, and perform Hank's signature "A Country Boy Can Survive". And got a nod of approval from Bocephus himself.

Toby said he was planning on singing something fun and upbeat, but the showrunner (I forget his name and exact job title) really wanted him to do this song. Blake Shelton played one of Toby's upbeat songs earlier, so that's part of why Toby wanted to do an upbeat song. But this song hit number 1 on iTunes after this performance. He wrote this song years ago after asking Clint Eastwood how he was able to keep grinding at his age, and Clint replied, "Don't let the old man in". Toby sent it to Clint and thanked him for inspiring the song, and Clint said in the movie he was working on, he is often referred to as the "old man". And Clint put the song in that movie. "The Mule" is the movie.

Toby, I cried the first time I heard this, and now that you're gone, I am crying more profoundly. I am in my 70s, and I am trying to keep the old man outside, but I also have an affliction that will let him in faster than I want him to come in. The essence of spirit and the life in me is fighting to keep him out, but eventually, time will have its way with all of us. Old man time is unrelenting.

I think it just means to hold on to that child-like mind that never ceases to appreciate all that life can offer! There is so much good and beauty out there but you have to look ... really look! I watched IPF take my husband from an healthy, working man to a man who lost hi pride, his health and his humanity! It's heart wrenching! I feel for his wife! Now, I have to go get a tissue!

Toby & Sting I'm so happy I can't stop crying

This reaction is making me cry over his passing all over again. I grew up on Toby Keith, and his passing hurt. Once again, from one fellow Okie to another...RIP Toby Keith.

His last performance, and I cried all the way through it. Loved his music, his story, his fun. It was truly beautiful.

@mortimerbrewster3671

Күн бұрын

His last performance and he was getting emotional. Imagine spending your entire adult life entertaining huge crowds and knowing you are performing your last one.

Live every day like it's your last....love everyone you meet, hold life dear, do good, be good to yourself

"I'll bet you never thought you'd see me in skinny jeans". That was a good one! RIP, Big Dog!

Toby was a brave soul in the way that he was willing to show his fans his struggle and pain.

The old man is representative of death

This song hit home with me last year.. at 47 and an athlete and someone that worked out 4 days a week I had to have open heart bypass (5 bypasses) last summer.. I was scared to leave my wife and son and this I heard this song on my recovery and it hit home.. I’m good now thanks god and this song puts things in perspective.. RIP Mr Keith

Cledus T Judd , known for doing comedic parodies of country songs, done a party of this song to honor Toby. It's a heartfelt tribute worth watching

Tobby was one of a kind the most generous man you would ever find he donated his time to USO and gave so much to help with the tornados in Oklahoma a few years back

His last performances were in Las Vegas, I think in December. He brought his mom up on stage.

So sad we've lost a great singer songwriter,way to early and worse then that we've lost even a better person all prayer's to the family. And as a Toby fan we feel like he's our family to. R.I.P. TOBY, 🥺🥺🙏🙏🙏

This is my favorite of all of Toby's songs. Very introspective.

I’m so overwhelmed with this. Plus your Pink Floyd shirt (my fav musician) you really pulled on my heartstrings. I so want to hug you girl 🥰

Good job young lady, Toby Keith- Cryin For Me (Waymans Song) ft. Arthur Thompson, Marcus Miller and Dave Koz is an awesome tribute song to his good friend Wayman Tisdale who played college basketball at Oklahoma and played in the NBA, was also a jazz musician who passed in 2009 at the age of 44

RIP Big man. Rest in eternal peace. Your legacy & your songs remains in our heart!❤

I believe this was one of his last performances which speaks volumes

Damn! The first time I watched this, I knew this was his farewell. It guts me now❤

His friend wrote a beautiful tribute song for him. Cletus T Judd “ miss you old friend”.

he's so good and now is live is so close now hart bricking song.

The song actually came from a conversation with Clint Eastwood when Toby met him at a Golf Tournament and Clint was talking about a new movie he was starting to film at 88 y/o. Toby said, man how do you do it? Clint said I get up everyday and I don't let the old man in. Toby said wow, I'm gonna write a song about that, and he did!! How fitting, that was 5 years ago. Tricia and Toby would have been married 40 years in March!!❤

he was playing golf with Clint Eastwood, and Clint said I need to go finish shooting this movie, Toby asked you 90 years old why do you still do this, Clint said i`m trying not to let the old man in, ...Toby was wow by the answer and wrote this song for Clint and put the song in his movie

This 77 year old karaoke singer can so relate to this song. If I didn't know the day I was born my age is about 40

If you don’t let the old man in…you don’t get old. Great post young lady!

im 63 i wish i had heard this song 30 years age cause as time has gone by i fell into letting the old man in but now i want to evict the old man and its not easy!!!!!! but i love this song and it's so sad Toby passed but again he did this song to help people so i hope people live by the song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so fortunate to see him in his last concert in Las Vegas this past December. After this performance. I have always been a Toby Keith fan since he came onto the scene. He played 2 straight hours, no opening act, no breaks. I watched entranced with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. I still tear up when I see this performance. Such an amazing man.

I have only recently discovered your channel. Thank you for the positivity that you bring. P.S. i thought you were in your 20's

He originally wrote this for Clint Eastwood movie The Mule that movie did not do as well as expected, so when they asked him to perform on this show everyone encouraged him to play this song and it shot straight up the charts

For some reason I ended up seeing this performance at the time and I found myself going “wait that’s Toby Keith? What the hell happened to him?” And that was how I found out he had cancer. It was so jarring to see him looking so thin. RIP to an absolute legend.

I understand what you're saying. I'm 61 and could go back to high school tomorrow. It's a beautiful thing. Yes that's his wife. I still cry watching this. It's such a profound song.

There is a video of Toby explaining how he came to write this song. He was playing with Clint Eastwood in Clint's golf tournament. It was Clint's 88th birthday and Toby asked him how he was going to celebrate that and Clint said he would leave the next day, for 3 months, to make a movie. That movie was "The Mule". Toby sent the song to Clint and Clint used it at the end of that movie. This was 2018, I think. It is such a beautiful song. RIP Toby. Girl, I have 40 years on you and my mind still thinks I'm 18.

@allendixon7700

4 ай бұрын

I thought that this THI S the sexy SSEXY Barbie barbie doe. I thought she was about twenty question mark

It could be because he knew he was dying, but I SWEAR ... THIS .. WAS .. HIS .. .. PERFORMANCE.

He has another song, that brings me to tears : "Crying for me"

I agree with others on here I believe when he sang this he knew his days were numbered. He might have been thin but he never lost that great singing voice! Loved that man and will miss him! RIP Toby and God bless his family 🙏

I feel so honored and happy that I got to see him in concert twice. He was an amazing performer. But currently, I understand how he felt ..battling cancer takes a lot out of you. It's true what they say that the cure is worse than the disease. I've been battling cervical cancer since March of last year....I know he was so strong, and he showed me that you have to keep fighting. And I am...I will say I am a survivor. I wish he had the chance to say it. But I will keep his spirit and strength with me. Toby will never be forgotten. Thank you for watching and sharing this song... I know it was close to his heart. And yes, it was his wife. You were right.

You got the jist of it, Brit. I hadn't seen Toby Keith in years and was shocked and cried when I saw him in this video.

Heartbreaking 😢

Im still so heartbroken 💔 😞

RIP Toby, he'll be dearly missed

Age is a number. Don't let it become who you are. Each day should be lived to the fullest, just as you did as a kid.....theres no difference.

If you haven't already, check out Toby and his daughter singing Mockingbird. It's fantastic .

Your one foxy Lady❤❤❤

This song was featured in the movie The Mule staring and directed by Clint Eastwood. The song was inspired by what Clint Eastwood told him about how he keeps directing at 80 years old. Great reaction.

Dont let the ole man in is what we just witnessed in this video. Don't let anything steal nor take what ya love doing, stay active just like TK did right here despite it all and do all you can do. He could have just gone away but nope, thats not him and what he did here is something all of us can learn from. The kids he supported throughout their cancer struggles, they saw him live life in midst of the fight and thats the example he left behind for all. What he did for us troops and those kids in Oklahoma at his OK Kids Korral is beyond words. Thank you brother, last of the mohicans here! Semper Fidelis

I just know I'm crying with the audience and his wife Tricia.. they were married almost 40 yrs.. he died at 62.. they, obviously, were together since they were like 20.. wow.. I can't imagine her pain.. I met my 2nd husband at 26.. he died when I was 40... we raised 5 children together.. it's been 15 yrs now since he passed.. I still miss him at times but I now right now Tricia is going through hell .. She was a great wife and stood by his side.. filled out all the paperwork and talked with all the doctors.. Toby said before he passed how she did everything.. I just feel her pain and the children's.. Toby is in a better place now. His pain is gone..

Listen to Toby and Merle Haggard, around Merles last show, Toby helped him. Listen to them sing SOME OF US FLY. These two songs speaks to my 70 year old soul, about life as we have lived it here on this rock. I wonder how long, how long?

@3:40 Yes, that is Toby's wife, Tricia. Toby passed away just a few weeks before their 40th wedding anniversary.

He still had that great voice.

Yep yep right Brit, I'm 72 seems wars n shit, "don't let the old man in " means whatcha said, body fails spirit prevails. Love ya young Lady

I think it was live your life each day as though its your last, don't let the old man in reference our mental age. if you can find the video with him receiving the award before he sand this it is very touching

This was in November or December of 2023. He was end stages but was determined to perform again.

Toby WILL be missed

Britt you young lady are a special person. Thank you!

I fight every day to not let the old man in.

Watch his videos, he has the best sense of humor." I wanna talk about me" and "trailorhood" and the one where he has his girl tied up. I can't remember the name. 😂❤😂❤😢

Peace, Love!!