THIS SONG MADE ME CRY | FIRST TIME HEARING Elvis - In The Ghetto REACTION
Vložit
- čas přidán 2. 11. 2021
- Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @quizzyondemand
Patreon: / quizzyondemand
CONNECT WITH QUIZZY
►OG Instagram: tinyurl.com/3xpjymxw
►Vlogs & Pranks: tinyurl.com/ycf2fnf7
►Facebook: tinyurl.com/ym7m2yct
►MY MUSIC PAGE: tinyurl.com/vkjefm5c
►My Latest Album : tinyurl.com/hmhdszww
THIS SONG MADE ME CRY | FIRST TIME HEARING Elvis - In The Ghetto REACTION
#like #subscribe - Zábava
![FIRST TIME HEARING Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto [REACTION]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/p8CLq7IoUmQ/mqdefault.jpg)
EVERYBODY THANKYOU SO MUCH!! If you like this video, HEREES A LINK TO A FULL EVLIS PLAYLIST of reactions I did!!! ⚡️ : czcams.com/play/PLccs7mWnTdE_Ku_WApVgyXvhD6_pasVs_.html
You are absolutely right!!!!! And yes Elvis wrote this song, he grew up poor and watched his mom struggle. Never say your sorry for having realemotions
Elvis grew up dirt poor in Mississippi. The writer of this song, Mac Davis, also grew up working class / poor in Lubbock, Texas. Mac Davis and Elvis were born poor men, died rich men, and never hurt anyone along the way. Real talk.
Anyone who has been through struggles like this, they can usually tell if someone is just saying it or they are meaning it. You can tell that no doubt Elvis was singing this song with emotion and truth. It was sad that when Elvis did this he was disliked by some for his caring for black people in a struggling community, he did not care what those few said or thought , he continued and he loved people, ALL people, he really was one of the first white entertainers that risked thier living for bringing awareness to city's like Chicago, St. Louis, New York, New Orleans and countless other big and small towns. Elvis was the man, just think how far we have came, back when Charlie Pride (one of my all time favs) they wouldn't put his picture on the album because he was black, absolutely sad, but we have came along way, if we just join each other with our hearts and compassion and leave all POLITICS out of it, imagine what we could accomplish. Sorry for rambling my friend. Peace to all and all for peace.
If we all stopped and really felt like you did in this video the world would be a lot better.
If this song doesn't make you cry or anyone I've played it for, I assume they have zero soul. Absolutely devoid of empathy if someone gets through this without crying.
He knew better than most, he grew up in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in mississippi, one of about 4 white families in a black neighbourhood. Most of his friends were black and this was almost unheard of at the time. Thats why skin colour never mattered to him, he felt more comfortable with them because they were the people he grew up with.
True and he learned a lot about people and how much we were alike. He never forgot.❤
If anyone is not moved by that song, there is something seriously wrong with them.
Elvis grew up in the ghetto, poor, father in and out of prison, struggling mama. He was hugely influenced by black music, gospel, soul, R&B. He was humble, kind, exceptionally generous. He was LEGEND. I loved your sincere reaction to this EPIC tune. You're a man with soul, my friend ❤❤❤ And your baby's reaction was awesome too 😁
wtf...his father was sent to jail due to forging a frickin $4.00 check for FOOD for his family and released earlier. SMH! That's how poor Elvis grew up.
@christopherone1 no, he was too lazy to work and loved to drink and gamble!!
@@belindascott2747 how does that mean Elvis grew up any less poor? Poor is poor no matter who your dad is
@sneersh9107 where did I say he didn't grow up poor???
His father had many sorrows but he did NOT drink, gamble or go without working. Unless you had older relatives who knew the family, you might not know this. In his wife's only pregnancy, she was carrying twin boys. Elvis Aaron was born healthy, his brother Jesse Garon was stillborn. This was 1935, a few years after the Great Depression, in Tupelo, Ms, a very poor town at that time. How do you think the father felt knowing that, because of little work available, he could not feed them, must less give his son a decent funeral?
His father, Veron Presley, was a hard working, Christian man who, out of desperation, did alter a check to buy groceries for his family. He spent 8 months in jail, released early and went right back to working because people respected him. He and his wife Gladys raised Elvis in Church, taught him to respect all people, to give to others and to not judge others. Pretty good parents I would say.❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
elvis grew up poor; he CARED about poor people everywhere. and people made fun of him for this song in the seventies; i remember it. and the last verse makes me cry, too.
Please NEVER apologize for showing your emotions, that takes courage and shows you have a big heart. You are a human that can be touched by truth and compassion for others suffering. I applaud you and thank you for being such a deep feeling person. May you always be blessed with faith, love and abundance❤
Damn thanks so much for this, I love that I have you here with me! I appreciate you so much,
@@quizzyondemand Mac Davis wrote that song for Elvis...
Amen 100% Show yourself 100% your a True Man 💙
I was going to comment after seeing this awesome reaction video, but you Karloa Kover said it best.
Agreed
Brother, this is why us sensitives watch reaction videos. We need that musical human connection. Thank you for being honest ✌🏻❤️
James Brown sat at Elvis viewing for hours . He said he lost a brother when Elvis passed
When someone classified as you as family it’s some serious business !
Elvis was a super troubled guy but he had a good heart and loved people.
When I first heard this in 1969, I cried like a baby. I was 17 and not looking forward to my eighteenth birthday. Vietnam was raging and tearing the soul and the fabric of America apart. I was brought up in the projects, and I have seen this song play out more than once. Poverty breeds a sense of hopelessness which then turns to anger. I was almost beaten to death when I was six years old by a thirteen-year-old boy. He knocked out all my teeth and kicked me in the dirt like I was less than a human being.. Ya'll we have to love one another. Thank you for a great song that needs to hit the charts again today. I did go into the army and watched Vietnam tear our nation apart, and its soul is still wounded. This is your boy in Tennessee trying to spread the love of Jesus Christ. If we all lived for him and loved one another, hatred would stop, and there would be no crime.
I'm a 65 y.o. white woman. This song has always made me cry & even more sad is that nothing has really changed in all these decades.
Damn 😢
I'm a 63 yo white woman and can't understand how we have made NO PROGRESS in 60 years! In fact, we're going backwards. 😭
@@sherryBigDogLover I understand when people our age we are going backwards. I look back and wish I could take in a child living this dangerous life. God Bless You.
I'm a White Male 51yo and I see A Lot has changed. We have come along way since the end of the civil war. All Humans have grown up in the getto. Poor doesn't know color and there are Humans Poor, Rich and all in between. God bless you brother you don't have to say your sorry as this is a powerful song and more so when you have gone though that. You have a cute baby God bless your family.
Sadly, that’s very true. There have been a lot of positive changes when I look back (I’m 68), but they don’t go anywhere near far enough. In those days you only saw black people playing roles in movies or TV if they were playing slaves or something like that. That has thankfully hanged, we have black people playing all kinds of roles and even whole movies or TV shows dedicated to them, which is definitely a positive development, but somehow the separation still seems to exist, mostly in people’s heads.
No apology needed. There is NO shame in crying.
I feel you, I guess it just was a nervous moment I had lol I didn’t know how the world would accept me but I had to do it anyways
@@quizzyondemand Also showed a lot of strength to keep the crying in. Even in the moment that it was happening, you were a little embarrassed but immediately said that you were going to keep it in. Props!!
Don't be ashamed that this made you cry. We should all be crying and working to bring betterment to all of humanity. This song just brought it to the eyes and ears of everyone.
A strong person has the ability to care and to show it. There is nothing wrong with showing you are a caring Human. It has really touched you as it has millions of others. This song was recorded in January 1969 by Elvis, It has never and will never lose the meaning or the message. I am 70 years old, and I live in Canada. Thank you for sharing a part of yourself with us. Stay strong just like today.
There were many who told Elvis not to record this song, "it would be too controversial". Well he stuck to his conviction and recorded it anyway. It was a hit for him, but also Elvis came from extreme poverty growing up. So this song struck a chord with him, it shows and tells so much and it's one of his very best.
Poor is poor. No matter where it is.
Mac Davis wrote the song. Elvis did it justice.
💯 percent 👏
I remember that. People were really criticizing him at the time.
This song was relevant then as it is now, Elvis was raised in a Tupelo ghetto, he didn’t see colour he just loved people, there will never be another voice like his, his throat was kissed by angels, thank you, great reaction 🙏🏼💚
what a lovely comment 😍
Love you❤❤❤❤ RIP ELVIS WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU❤❤❤❤
Elvis grew up poor tremendous talent.❤
like Donald Trump
In one short song, it's a gut punch of tragic truth. The melody, the fluid voice, the soaring backing vocals, the lyrics that cut to the chase all combine to tell the story of continuing racism, poverty, and tragedy.
I was probably 7, sitting on the floor with my little record player listening to singles. A little white girl in a small town far removed from the upheavals of the '60's, and with this one song, I GOT it. I laid down and wept. The world turns and we're still blind.
I'll tell the truth I'm a 62 year old white man, and this song always seemed over-sentimental to me. But listening to you, I understand now. It makes sense now. You opened my eyes, man.
You arelucky you never had to experience anything like this. I may be White, but I grew up in Rough neighbrhoods all over, From NY and NJ to Denver and CIncinnati...I knew several "Angry Young Men" who indeed grew up exactly like this
He grew up in poverty but he never forgot his roots. I like the song and that he brought it to the Las Vegas audience
That’s solid man I like that slot
He grew up in Shakerag where blacks and whites were the poorest of the poor. He was always going to black churches and down to the juke joints where the black muck and played. He would sit outside(of the juke joints) and go into the black church to sing along with them. He grew up in the Penecostal church and they get into the music. So he was influenced by gospel and black music. He never imitated or stole anybody's style he had his own.
He brought it to the world 🌎 . He brought it to all of US ❤️🙏
Exactly, @sandra lybrand he sings this with conviction because he lived it. Ghetto's are not a "color of your skin" thing. One of my favorite songs from Elvis, shoot one of my favorite songs period!
He didn't write the song tho but he gave it a voice cause it's true he was raised in a ghetto as his family were dirt poor. His manager didn't want him to do it as nobody would connect to it and Elvis said I did and so many already are every single day and nobody helps when we all should.
The interesting thing about this video is, he's doing it in Las Vegas. Two or 3 shows a day. Look at the crowd. This was 1969. White wealthy people went to Vegas in droves to gamble. They expect a fun show with Elvis doing some fun hits. In the middle of the show he lays this song in them.
Nobody at that time knew what living in the ghetto was like. A song about the struggle of a poor mother, poor young man just trying hard every day to survive then, getting shot, and dying on the street.
His Mama cries as another baby like him is born, and his mother cries.
This is NOT what they expected. No one in the industry wanted to touch this song. Elvis's manager said NO! Elvis did it, and at once, the world saw into the sadness of lives they would have never known anything about if Elvis didn't insist on throwing the spotlight on it.
Of course, after Elvis made it a hit, the industry went WOKE, and they all recorded their own version.
Thank you for your moving reaction. Thank you to your son in the background. We need to see more of him! Peace 💎🍃🌹
Wow!
Very well put, ma'am. I did not know all of this.
@@southsideman4891 Different world. All the woke hippies were screaming ab4the Vietnam War - very bad yes! However, "woke" people seem to forget the pain and suffering in front of their eyes🌹🍃💎
@@WickedFelina yes....so true....
Good words.
Kinda true but this was 69 not 59. The crowds were much more accepting than you think.
Crying doesn’t make you soft, it shows who you are. I cried with you my brotha, it only shows we are human
Quizzy, I'm, a 70 year old white native East St. Louisan. I was born into a working class family but had opportunities to move up that I know certainly few poor black children had. As a fellow St. Louisan, I want to thank you for your sharing of raw emotion. God bless you and keep you and God help all of us to find our way to a better future.
Written by Lubbock Texas native Mac Davis.
RIP Mac.
Rip Mac!!!
Love 💕 them both I was fortunate enough to see both in concert .
Elvis was YEARS ahead of his time. He understood more than anyone realised he grew up poor his dad was imprisoned but this amazing man loved everyone. The world lost him far to soon
Sharon.....Elvis dad wasn't in prison...
Yes he was
@@skip777 czcams.com/video/rjTrpjw9-dQ/video.html
He was. It was a white collar crime. Not a violent one, but he still was in jail.
Im 65 , tears come easy when listening to this great song. Nothing has changed.
I'm from Chicago, elvis sung the truth.
There is nothing wrong with wanting views, brother. You deserve them. Your reaction was incredible and your comments were totally on point. Elvis was not a protest singer, but he had very strong views on racial equality - or rather inequality. That's why the accusation of Elvis being racist, based on an absolute lie, is the most tragic of ironies. When he sang If I can Dream - he meant it. Elvis contributed to the MLK campaign, and he had his speeches on vinyl in his record collection. He cried when MLK was assassinated. He recorded In The Ghetto, against the advice of his people, because he believed in this song. Others he recorded - Change Of Habit, Walk A Mile In My Shoes, even Clean Up Your Own Backyard, were all songs that cried out for peace and understanding, to let go of hate and just take a look at the hypocrisy going on all around. He felt deeply about the black community because it was HIS community growing up, and he learnt what love and support was from them, his neighbours. Fantastic reaction. Subscribed.
Thanks bro for all the words and yes I agree with you. I see Elvis was very special and a unique person that people wanted to hate because we was so much hisself ! Thank you for joining the family !!
Elvis is the king for a reason.
PLEASE don't apologize for your tears. I'm a 60-year-old white (Jewish) man... I cried 50 years ago when as a child I first heard this classic song. I cry today whenever I hear it. This song never - EVER - fails to bring me to tears each & every time I hear it bc nothing has changed in these last five-plus decades. I can't remotely relate to the struggle - but I know it has never relented & continues generation after generation. Elvis got it. This song is as real as it gets. My heart breaks whenever I hear it. 😢 I wish - and I pray to God - we can one day change this world for the betterment of everyone!
Elvis was a true singer and loved everybody regardless of color. I am a 78 yr old white female and I cry everytime I hear this song.
We all cry to this song, we cry for the young men in the ghetto then and now, we cry for the mother's heartbreak and the lost hope. We also cry for the eyes that turn away from the truth instead of helping to bring about change in the lives of these young men. Thank you for reacting in such a real way. Much love from the UK 💚
How right you are eloquently put couldn't have said it any better perfect
I cry. I listen to is Gospel
Emotions are not soft. Our experiences are what makes us who we are.
Man you know that’s facts, I was tripping !! I appreciate you being here Anne
Just surfing CZcams and ran across your video, all I gotta say is :
Dude what took you & others so long to connect with the words of this song ?
Elvis was Born to Gladys & Vernon Presley & grew up in Tupelo Mississippi, right smack dab in the heart of the poorest area of the south. (The poor white & black ghetto of that time). Too poor to own their own home, Mom earned $2 per day working in a sweat shop factory as a seamstress sewer sewing all day. Dad earned $18 per week working hard labor at the lumber yard in Tupelo. Always living with relatives & sharing homes with them. Constantly moving from relatives homes to relatives homes. Even ended up living in Section 8 Government housing for low income families in Tupelo. (The Ghetto). Before finally Vernon was given a very small loan to build their first small house. The new house still wasn’t in the nicest neighborhoods still on the poor side of town. After getting started in the music business was able to save money & Bought first 3 bedroom home for $40K and sold it for $55K after making some improvements and adding a swimming pool. Only lived there for 9 months before selling & purchasing Graceland.
So The Ghetto Elvis lived it, and came from very humble beginnings, exactly the things said in this song! He done this song from the things he saw, experienced and heard about in his young life experiences.
Elvis as a child was influenced first by gospel music in church and Country, Bluegrass gospel and Gospel on The radio. The Poor White & Poor Black culture was intermingled into his life growing up. But what gave Elvis his upbeat style, that was later called Rock and Roll, it all stemmed from the black musician rhythm and blues culture of the south. Black rhythm and the black blues music that arouse from the south is what created Elvis’s whole style. Many Known and unknown facts are that Elvis has never had a prejudice bone in his body. After acquiring money to do So, Elvis went back to many of the poor black folks that was kind to him along the way. Giving them money, jewelry, new homes & cars as a token of appreciation for them being good to him along the way.
Elvis needed a new ride home in the rain and a kind black lady with a older “ Buick jalopy car on its last leg gave him a ride home. On that ride she gave him great conversation that he took to heart. Elvis called the Cadillac dealership and purchased her a brand new Cadillac and had it and it’s title delivered to her for her kindness! He done this for many less fortunate people who helped him or was exceptionally kind to him along the way. He never forgot where he came from and the struggles the people around him had! Because Elvis being very spiritual believes as the Good Book the Bible says: God gives more blessings to those who give freely from the heart. It’s much more blessed of one to give than to receive. 😉
Loved the fact that you gave this Song a review straight from ur Heart. Also never think it’s not manly to cry when something truly touches your heart. Because God sees that and he will honor you for it in the end.
Don´t ever apologize for your feelings.
U feel this music.
The back story about Elvis doing this song was, he was in Vegas. His manager, and some other advisors at the hotel he performed at didn't want him to sing it there, fearing he might alienate the, obviously, very wealthy crowds. He stood his ground. It actually had the opposite affect. It became one of his top 5 iconic songs, and was reported that the Vegas audiences loved the song. Nice reaction video. I watch many. I can usually read sincerity. You seem very legit to me.
Thanks good to know
Love that a out Elvis ,his singerssinger's said he demanded that Everyone be treated as he was treated or he wouldn't perform even at massive venues & the song" If I can dream "was for Dr.Martin Luther king Jr. After his death elvis cried & could only sing that song 2xs in his life because how he was so overcome by the tragedy & was heart broken,..
It was also written soon after MLK'S assassination which his band members said effected him deeply. 👍
Elvis was an advocate for Martin Luther King. He believed in his message as a warning for young people. He was heartbroken when MLK passed.
Elvis sang this song for all his childhood black friends and buddies that he grew up with. Every black musician that met and knew Elvis said that they felt so comfortable sitting and talking to him, just like sitting with a brother or close family member. You cannot make this up folks.
Man, I am a 60-year old man, and I am crying right here with you. I have heard this song MANY times, and it still brings me to tears. I shed a tear, not so much because of the song, but the message in the song. It's just heartbreaking that in one of the world's wealthiest nations, ghettos still exist.
Ghettos exist in the whole planet.
@@pmmw8468 he’s saying even though ghettos may exist all over the world, they SHOULD NOT exist HERE IN AMERICA.
@@melissab3038 As long as the poor helpless mentality exists, I’m sad to say I think ghettos aren’t going anywhere. :(
Best comment ever!!! Thank you for sharing your feelings and your comment
1969, I'm a 12 year old white kid, and thought hey another cool Elvis tune. 15 years later I'm now a Christian man, same song brought me to tears. This is so huge, I feel convicted and helpless at the same time.
Elvis came from the Ghetto. Born with no running water or electricity. Outhouse. Twin brother died at birth. His dad went to prison for 2 yrs for writing a bad check to feed his starving family. He never forgot what it was like. I think that's why he always helped so many ppl.
Don't forget the song writer who penned this song, Mac Davis. He had the vision and Elvis had the delivery. Mac also had a great career.
I loved me some Mac Davis !!! Drive myself to drink song !!
Mac Davis was A wonderful singer AND writer but no one can bring words to life like Elvis.
WOW! I didn’t know Mac Davis wrote this.
@@nani.9754 Elvis BELIEVED in this song.
Mac Davis' "Hard to Be Humble". CLASSIC!
Elvis lived in the ghetto and he knew what it was like.Elvis loved everyone,Elvis didn’t write it but he was willing to sing it.He definitely put his feelings into this song.No need to apologize u have feelings and you are human.
Yes
That is right. He sure did.
Yes
Black people should embrace Elvis for he is one of your own. His mother was native American Indian and felt more comfortable on the "other side of the tracks" so Elvis started his singing career and developed his craft growing up and singing in the choir of his mama and his all-black baptist church and listening to music performed at the community events in the black community. I hate hearing people say Elvis stole or appropriated anything. Elvis was beloved in the black community and accepted as one of their own. Anything that Elvis took he took with graciousness and it was freely offered.
Singing comes from the soul and it was amongst humble black folk that Elvis enriched his soul and learned to sing. I hate to break it to you youngsters but if music is Elvis, Elvis IS black.👍
Elvis lived this, music and the4 black community saved him. He loved his gospel he loved black music. He was real and loved everyone
Thank you for keeping it real. Elvis was the real deal - grew up in absolute poverty, and until the death he took his last breath he placed family and friends above wealth. He grew up in the poorest areas of Tupelo and Memphis in the projects, and even though he ultimately possessed fame and riches he gave most of it away - oftentimes to complete strangers. He was a very rare human being who possessed unbelievable talent, charisma and heart.
I grew up in a mixed neighborhood back in the sixties and we got along no color but just friends and I am white why can't we all just along love all my friends and still my family
Song was written by Mac Davis
thank you this song played at end of new elvis movie everyone sit and did not leave great comments
PERFECTLY SAID 🥰 💞
@@bigdog593 exactly! I grew up in the north Bronx and had Italian, Irish, Hispanic and black friends and no one saw color! We all hung out in each other’s homes, and stood up for each other on our block.
Your reaction is beautiful and heartfelt. I’m a 61 year old white woman. This song makes me cry every time I hear it. It was written by Mac Davis, a white singer/song writer who passed away in 2020. The relatively few words he uses in this song paint such a heart wrenching picture. That’s such a gift he had.
You hear the backup singer s . They make the leader singer. Elvis cared for his people that cared for him. He really did.
@@jaylourivera7008Somebody said one of those back up singers is Whitney's mom.
Elvis was born in the Ghetto he lived with the black community went to a black soulful church he never ever forgot it. Elvis wanted the soul of the sweet inpirations in his band in a time they did not like it in texas he could not bring the black singers Elvis went into a rage and started to throw the furniture around and told them if you don't want them then I am not going this was in 1969 they said ok come he sold the astrodome out. Elvis did not care he loved the brothers. One of Elvis best musical friend was James Brown when Elvis died he was laid out in his house James came and cried and stayed next to Elvis coffin and just talked to him for at least three hours many felt unforftable James was crushed so was BB King, Fats Domino. Elvis grew up with the black comminty and when he put out his first record with Sun they all thought Elvis was a black singer. Elvis truly was color blind.
This song was written by a Texan named Mac Davis back in the early 70's. Most of his songs of the time were very 'real'. Give a listen to him. He wrote and preformed many songs that touched on so many things.
As powerful as this song is, you're baby dancing in the back brought a smile to my face.
Same lmao
Thank you for realizing what Elvis was all about. He lived in the ghetto in government housing and he sang some songs that addresses the struggles and racism. People can say what they want about Elvis but I grew up with his music and movies and I remember the day he died. My heart still hurts because he was a really good human being and a true legend. The world will never forget about Elvis and I will go to my grave in awe of all his talents and kindness.
Wow, Lorayne I grew up around Elvis. it was all my mother cared about. Elvis movie on tv we'd have to watch it. I can remember the news that morning it was lead with the words 'The King is dead' everyone knew who it was. I rebelled at the time with my mother's love of Elvis. But as I grew up I came to understand him, and his legacy he's still the King in my mind.
And he was only 42 years old was he died. No 😔
I was nearly 7 when he died and cried my eyes out. He was only 42. Such a loss.
He was a genuine person
Yep- he was 1 of only 2 white families who lived in his neighborhood. That’s where he got his soul!
Don't ever apologize for crying, It's a sign of strength not weakness.
When I'm down I call my son, he lives in Aussie, me in NZ. He answer the phone and sometimes I am too emotional to speak but he knows its me because he see my name come up and he will say, are you okay pop I love you dad and he will sing this song for me and he can sing my boy. He knows I need to hear The Ghetto when I'm low because I'm reminded that what ever my bad is, it doesn't compare at all to the poor children around the world that are dying of hunger, murder, oppression and so on. Some of these kids have never smiled in their lives they got nothing to be happy about, living in tents on a desert etc etc. Those poor,poor children. My happiness and well being comes from music. Wouldn't it be nice if it worked for the children, sweet sweet music. It I could dream
So I think we should raise our children with more love and less anger.
That’s facts, stop that cycle !
I am just thankful the world is finally figuring out how amazing Elvis was.
Elvis is still working for racial justice and spreading love. I am from Iowa, a very white state, only 3 blacks in my high school class of 620. My sister went to Memphis and worked for Elvis, caring for a friend of his who had Cerebral Palsy and his poor family. He taught us all to love those from all races and walks of life. When the racist assholes in the South called him obscene and vulgar with Negro ways, we all thought those ways must be pretty awesome. He taught us love and charity and hope and that is another reason he is a king. Love your reaction and your humanity. Your little boy is darling, too. Thanks for your channel.❤️💖🎶
Cry as much as you want it shows your human and got a good heart
Elvis fought very hard to record this song and if I can dream his manager said we don't do message songs it will ruin your career but Elvis kicked everybody out and said from now on I will never sing another song if it doesn't mean something to me and Elvis is the type of singer that will make you feel what he is singing he just has that special power that's why we love him so much
That. Is fantastic.
God bless Elvis Presley.
Don't do message songs?BUT I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU
👍
Message songs of a political nature.@@josephsheridan7885
For Elvis to ruin his career for singing a particular song is rubbish it just goes to show you that Col. Tom Parker didn't really understand what greatness was in his presence.
Elvis sings with so much passion. He doesn't just sing this song. He feels and suffers with this song.
Absolutely unique ❤🙏
Mac Davis wrote it. Elvis recorded it in 1969. His manager, Col. Parker, did not want Elvis to record this song because it was too controversial. Elvis did it anyway. He grew up poor in the South, and he lived among poor blacks. He loved their music and felt their pain. He actually went to black churches because he loved the Gospel music.
ELVIS LIVED IT TOO WHEN HE WAS JUST A KID!HE KNEW ABOUT THE GHETTO!!
This is my favorite Elvis song and I cry every time I hear it. My mom, God rest her soul, passed away 2 years ago while listening to Elvis playing in the background. She was a lifelong fan of his. When my cousin asked her what she was going to do once she got to heaven, she replied with "I'm going to find Elvis."
Big hugs to you sir🫂
Written by the late, great Mac Davis! This song goes right to the heart! Don't ever apologize for showing emotion. This is what good music does.
I was lucky enough to see Mac Davis perform in the mid 70s. He was so personable and funny, and even went to a local club with some of us after the show. A truly talented and super sweet man. May God hold him close. 💕
Mac and I are from the same city in Texas. He is beloved. He was such a talented songwriter
Thank you for knowing this bit of information. You are only one of a few people who know this, that "I" know of. More over most don't know Elvis was not the original choice for this song Mac had in mind.
Mac Davis, who wrote the song, had a childhood friend that their daddies worked together. He didn't understand "why his friend lived where he did and we lived where we lived. We didn't have money, but we didn't live in a place with broken bottles every five feet". He knew then how unequal & unfair society was. He decided he would write a song about it years later. He first offered it to Sammy Davis Jr, but he turned it down saying he couldn't relate as he didn't live like that, but suggested he ask Elvis. Amazing song.
Thanks for filling people in.
Elvis was the right choice, he lived it, and you can tell when he sings it HE MEANS IT, you FEEL it, even though he didn't write it.
Evis was a gift to all of us.
I understand your pain and am with you on not wanting your son to grow up "In the Ghetto". Where I grew up we were thought to be trash and were called Bridgeton River Rats, we were very poor, all of my siblings and I got out of there, thankfully, and all have decent lives now, if you are very determined you can get out of there too! Much love and hope to you and your little one!
Your research into Elvis' background will lead you into knowing the real person. To know him, is to love him!! R.I.P. Elvis!!
You are a genuinely a nice person just keep true to yourself like Elvis did.
Ima do you said, ima stay true to me. I appreciate you Jim, I’m glad to have you over here
This song makes me cry every time I hear it.
Probably one of his best and most emotional songs together with Old Shep. A ghetto was an alien concept to me as a young Dutch boy and this song was the first time I ever heard about it. It was one of the triggers that made me interested in the USA, in history and in other cultures. I know every single word of this song and bro.... after all these years, I still tear up when hearing (and singing along) this song. Never appologize for showing your true self.
And you are correct.... I will never get it in the way that you get it. But still.... I get it bro... you know what I mean?
Your tears are the best tribute you can ever give. Elvis sang it to hit home and it does just that. Watching you listen to this for the first time, with your own son playing in the background, made this review 10x more powerful. With this crazy world we live in today, many more people need to here this song.
Love your honesty! The song always makes me cry every time I hear it.
Yes indeed Johnny. His tears are indeed the most powerful testimony to the beauty and strength of Elvis Presley. As a poor child of the projects, Elvis knew abject poverty. Elvis is and will always be, the King. Thank you Quizzy for reaffirming for us the power of Elvis Presley. I was 11 when he died- our home was glued to the TV. We all cried.
The most realistic song ever written and sung. Be proud of your tears. You have heart. Your son is lucky to have you.
This song is why Elvis was but always be the king. 60 years on and he us still relevant. Pity our politicians are not.
I was a little girl when that came out, still makes me cry because it's worse not over
He was the real deal in the 50's... this man cared.. yesindeedy!! He was the real deal!
Yes yes yes
Mac Davis wrote this song.elvis manager didn't want Elvis is to sing this song.but Elvis overruled him.this was 1970.
Mac loved the way Elvis sang the song except for one word. He hated the way Elvis would say ghetto
@@GeorgeD1965 yes I remember mac saying that.ghetto prob.wanted elv iy s to say getto
Your reaction to this song is what made me subscribe. I have NEVER been able to listen to this song without tears. You feel it cuz you get it man! Elvis got it, because he LIVED it (in his youth). Fortunately he was blessed with a beautiful voice and soul (and he sure was good looking too!), which helped his family overcome poverty and dispair. I think he wanted to record this song to give people hope, and inspiration to strive for better for themselves and their children. He wanted them to know it's possible and to believe they are worthy and deserving of better. Your emotions show that you are not a robot (lol) or a sociopath. They mean you are a strong man with a good heart - NOT weak! Take care!
Always be there for your son. Actually be there. Help & guidance are what a child needs.
I grew up to Elvis and I can sit and watch 100 different reactions to this song, today, and the tears flow the whole time... powerful and so true for today
Such a genuine reaction. They tried to stop him releasing this song but he wouldn’t listen. He grew up in poverty himself. He played with children of all colour as he was in their situation. Elvis needed to sing this. Take care, you’re an amazing dad you always have your son with you.
There will never be another Elvis ❤
Never be ashamed of emotions. I cry every time this song plays. I am myself from the ghetto in Sweden, Rinkeby.
I don’t think there has ever been a more gut-wrenching line than, “and his momma cries”
My throat clenches up every time I hear it
this is my most favorite song because it was so heart felt
Yup.
Country Music Star Mac Davis wrote In the Ghetto for Elvis. This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I am a proud Grandmother of 5 beautiful black Grand babies. My son-in-law works hard every day to make sure that his babies don’t fall into the same traps he did. Elvis was a huge supporter for the black community even to the point of refusing to play in some Southern places if they didn’t allow his backing singers to preform. He treated everyone equally and saw no color. He was an amazing man. God Bless his soul.
Have things changed I love how proud you are of colour and your way of life hard working genuine nanak god bless you and your family
Almost every song Elvis Presley made is true story
Yes Sir, I cry almost every time, Elvis is the King man ❤
It's a powerful song, for sure. Gives me the chills. Too many mothers lose their children from poverty or crime. This song is old, but the message is still current.
Yes and fathers. I have 2 kids. I just want the best for them so I’m going to make it happen
Don’t ever apologize for your feelings! You are not soft, you are real. Elvis grew up poor in the Mississippi Delta, and was not promised anything. He sings from the heart only because he feels it and can relate to it.
Elvis came from the earth.Had nothing,and.he became a legend
This song was released in 1969, so it is really prophetic for times today, yes? It makes me cry every time I hear it. I loved Elvis so much. So did my mom. We cried hard when he passed. I'm 5 years older than his daughter, Lisa Marie. Her passing was sad, too, recently, but she's with her daddy, now. God bless them both. RIP Elvis & Lisa Marie
Elvis was one of kind.
Not many people, besides Elvis fans, knew that he grew up on the poor side of tupelo Mississippi in a one bedroom shotgun style house...his father went to jail for writing bad check.. moved to the projects of Memphis. I think think that's why he was so genuine. Never be ashamed of crying when something touches your soul! It's God's way of telling you that you are not alone. You're more of a man, than those that don't have the ability to weep!!!!
I was actually going to say the same thing. Elvis was born in the ghetto. Was very poor growing up. I've been to his birth home in Mississippi. Very humbling experience.
Nice shout Quizzy.
I’m a 62 year old white artist from the UK. This song has always resonated with me in the same way. The ghetto is universal, The ghetto is poverty the world over and its effects on individuals and communities are severely damaging and long lasting , and they are also lessons. But it’s so hard to escape.. don’t think we ever escape.. but we can share the message and strive for change. This song is a brilliant , sensitive and insightful poem for the dispossessed everywhere. It has a Universality and a challenge. Makes me want to cry but also makes me want to change things…
Fight the good fight brothers and sisters 💙🎸
Elvis was dirt poor too and was never prejudice, he hung with all his black neighborhood friends and the black churches. He loved gospel music
ELVIS grew up very poor he loved hearing the African Comedy sing the blues, and he brought it with him and he definitely gave back
A beautiful and heartfelt reaction my man. You may not know this (I do because I grew up in Memphis), but when Elvis was a kid, he and his family lived in the housing projects for a few years there. They had nothing. He at least understood the feeling of being without and the desperation.
That’s dope, I like to believe he understands everything this song represents
My man Elvis beautiful inside and out
Lift your spirits by lifting that little baby !!
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A MEXICAN GHETO, I LIVED ALL THAT. we call it BARRIO.
I am a75 yr. old Canadian who left America in 63 because i would not raise my bi-racial children there. I am so sick and tired of seeing the raw pain of people still dealing with this hatred. We have racism in Canada as well. Our first nations folk have dealt with it most as when I was young most black people were in the east. Hate is rampant and everytime i see young black men watch this video my heart breaks for their broken hearts
I had to pen your comment to the top because I feel this man.. broken heart is the right words to describe this pain smfh
Amen me too
I cried when he cried , elvis was very,very poor growing up as a child he had best friends as a child that are black !
Majority of America isn't racist. Media instills it into you. That's the problem corporate America is killing the US.
We're all slaves to America right now
Elvis was raised in the ghetto so he sang what he knew and never forgot..
That's called a teardrop, in your eye! Yes, I know you know that, I'm just trying to lighten your mood a little bit! I have this song on my playlist and so I hear it at least once every single day! Beautiful song, beautiful man and what I mean by that is that he had a beautiful soul! Thankfully he shared that with all of us. Absolutely fabulous reaction, I watched this before, about three months ago and wanted to see your wonderful reaction again so I came back I only wish I could give you another big thumbs up!
No apologies necessary. Your reaction real as it gets❗ I know someone personally had similar reaction. Elvis had some folks telling him he shouldn't do a song like this. Glad he ignored them and did it anyway.
EL got it, No question. He had conversation with Nancy Sinatra (Frank Sinatra's daughter) about a year before recording this 1969 song, she said Elvis' thoughts at that time were on the Injustices happening to minorities, including little children born in inner-cities & ghettos. Just recently Nancy said on social media that Elvis
could be funny but he was also "very sympathetic & sensitive. He felt the pain of humanity and carried it around with him like a heavy Stone".
The man was much deeper and sensitive than most probably ever understood or gave him credit for.
Hall Of Fame songwriter Mac Davis also said he was glad Elvis liked/recorded this song & stood behind the message.
Sad but true, cycle still exists more than 50 years later.
(P.S. Have to admit u made my screen get bit blurry over here. Moving reaction)
Lol man so many injustice happening it’s sad, I’m laughing because man I didn’t expect this song to hit me this hard so when it did I was a little surprised! I’m glad to have you over here on the channel with me
You should not apologize for crying and getting emotional with this song, those lyrics are so powerful that even people who have not lived that story (I am not rich but I did not have that degree of lack and poverty either) can be moved when listening to it, knowing that no human being deserves to live like this and that unfortunately there are so many people living like this and as you say sadly the cycle continues. Bravo for Mac Davis, for Elvis Presley, for you and for the people who move and who take action to improve little by little and that no more people live in that physical-mental ghetto. (I hope I expressed it all well, I am from México, my english is not the best).
Your words are perfect. ❤️
Just perfect! : )😊😊😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
When you get to the part where he cries and realizes that the song is just beginning...Things are about to get real. Quick!
Some people hear yet they never listen. Some people listen and never hear. It's amazing what we feel when we listen and hear together