Jim Croce "Operator" REACTION Video | daughters first time hearing this song
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" .... there's something in my eyes. You know it happens every time I think about the love that I thought would save me..." That line gets me every single time 😭
Me too. I lost a sweetheart to a "friend" in 1970 and will never get over it.
@@hudsonhollow same here. Lost my wife to my "best friend".
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For me it's the resignation in his voice when he says "and you can keep the dime"
@@steveyeager6177 yea almost like “at least you get something here, I’m done” to me
Jim has several songs about characters that are quite fun, but his serious stuff is stellar. RIP Jim & Maury.
He's not over it, he wanted to call to show he was, to himself as well as them, show he wasn't still in Love, singing " I only wish my words could just convince myself that it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels", he starts tearing up in the second verse, "There's someting in my eye, you know it happens every time, I think about a love that I thought would save me". he's broken hearted and the operator hears the story, in the end he doesn't call and is still broken hearted.
I agree Darren. At the end of the song, he's still not over the breakup and the betrayl.
Exactly! I'm amazed at how many reactors get that wrong. He is still broken up and can't bear to talk to them.
Another great folk rock singer songwriter who we lost so young. This is the music I grew up with. Unique storyteller & ballad singer. He touches your soul. He had a lot of great hits in his short career. "Time In A Bottle", "Photographs & Memories", "Bad Bad Leroy Brown", "You Don't Mess Around With Jim", "I Got A Name", "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues," "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song", "Roller Derby Queen", "Rapid Roy", "Lover's Cross" etc.
I think he starts out wanting to call to "triumph" by telling them he's fine. The bigger man.
By the second verse she's given him the number but because he's got something in his eye (tears?) he can't read it. He's losing at his effort to convince himself he's fine.
And then he realizes that there's no point in calling cuz he's NOT over the hurt and betrayal. That he can't pull it off.
Explaining why he needed the number brought home to him that he's just not ready for this call - and, maybe, it's time to let go of the whole notion entirely.
And then, for me, there's the nostalgia for the missing payphones.
You have to ask how many times he tried to make that call....He's not fine and probabaly will never be fine. It will be a scar on his soul forever.
"She's living in LA, with my best old friend Ray / A guy that she knew well and sometimes hated"....wow. She was lying to him about liking his buddy and then leaves him to skip town with Ray. Great writing.
OMG! Ma Bell, 5Cents for the first 3 min. Dial phone booths… hahaha. A great song writer, singer. Died way to young.
When Mom said, "this brings back so many memories" I remembered a comedian, Stephen Wright clip I saw recently. He said in his deadpan style, "thinking about the past brings back so many memories....".😂
Ah Stephen Wright. 😂 "I have some powdered water but I don't know what to add."
Jim Croce had so many great hits in such a short time
It's an incredibly sad song...and always will be..
I remember when everyone first heard the news over the radio. I was 17 years old, (I'm now 67) and outside working on my pickup truck and the radio was on a Rock station. "This just in... Singer /songwriter Jim Croce has been killed." It was The Buddy Holley Story all over again in the 70s rather than the 1950s. Both so young, and just hitting their Prime in the music world. I did the same a few years later when Elvis died in 1977. LIke the death of President Kennedy in 1963, you'll always remember where you were, and what you were doing when you heard the news.
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The analysis is spot on. I recommend listening to the live version. It’s just two acoustic guitars and it’s beautiful. He and the other guitarist died in an airplane crash after that performance.
Mom, you'll have to explain how we kept notes, numbers, etc.... on matchbooks. But he's not over it. "Something in my eye".
I'll bet that the younger of u didnt get the line "u can keep the dime" It is a very important part of the song It tells us he is calling from a phone booth b/c he is to poor to have a phone. Ya in 1966 when he wrote the song a good 1/4 of ppl did not have a phone. They used pay phones that cost 10 cents (a dime). Every here he dropped a dime on me.
He had join the HJ AG to get out of draft and going to VN. He was inspired to write the song watching guys lined up at the pay phone to call their girls many to ask if the Dear john letter they got was for real.
TY for showcasing the wonderful gentleman that was Jim Croce sadly take way too soon as most beautiful souls are RIP and TY Jim sadly missed. Jim said this was a true story, that when returning from Vietnam he lined up to use the payphone to ring an ex girlfriend to say he was home safe and the song came from that event. So based on a true story as a lot of Jim's story songs where. I have always loved his voice and would HIGHLY recommend "Time in a Bottle' or "Photographs and Memories" from Jim they both always tough my heart as this one does.
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I only know the handful of JC songs on the radio when I was a kid in the early 70s, and I adore this one. I Got A Name is the other one I really liked. "I've got a song...and I'll carry it with me, and I sing it now...If it gets me nowhere, I'll sing it proud." Words of wisdom. Great song writer he was.
“Time in a bottle” is his greatest most beautiful song.... please do it soon ... thanks
Like someone else mentioned already, he's not over her!! "There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time, I think about the love that I thought would save me". He's crying, so he can't read the number she just gave him. He's trying to convince himself that he's over her but not working and he knows it!! He wants believe it wasn't real, but not way it feels!!. Please go back and listen to this song again and really focus on what he is saying. Glad you liked the song.
Jim played rhythm guitar and his sidekick, Maury Muehleisen played the wonderful lead guitar and occasionally sang backup. Both died in the same plane crash.
A beautiful song for two beautiful ladies. Have a wonderful evening
Ladies, you must get headphones. You don't realize how much you are missing . You will hear things musically you are not hearing without them. Such a totally different experience.... Peace!
Yes, closure. "You can keep the dime..." he was at a payphone, something else that's almost nonexistent today.
Lobo "Don't expect me to be your friend" Great love song.
Here in Indiana ,phone booths disappeared in about 2000 to 2005. So did phone books. Some phone booths ( like mine in a little highway burg ) were removed because idiots destroyed them,or broke inro them for the coins. Funny thing, when I was just out of high school (1968) I took some lunches to the local Ma Bell offices for the operators, during a blizzard. Upon entering, there was a huge room with rows of about 40 to 50 female typists that were typing up phone bills to be sent out to customers. There was the constant tat tat tat tat of the typewriter keys that was overwhelming that the women had to listen to all day. Those jobs are gone. Whew!
Dial 0 for the operator .. Phonebooks are still around .. you just need a Microscope to read them . Beautiful song, and memories ( letters, never sent )
Jim was killed on my 8th birthday (9-20-73) in Natchitoches, LA. He had just played at Northwestern State University which was the last for his tour and was getting ready to fly home. The plane clipped some pecan trees at the end of the runway and crashed. An older friend of mine had just talked to him just before he got on the plane. He was so amazing, and another gone way too soon.
Love this song. I was 15 in 1973 when he tragically died in a plane crash.
I seem to think it was that summer but not sure. I was crushed on hearing the news because I really liked this guy. I wouldn't be effected by a death like this until the night of December 8th, 1980 when John Lennon was murdered. I still have never fully gotten over that one. That one scarred me and still saddens me to this day.
Peace & Love
Jim was the best and so talented. So was his partner. Plane crash in Dallas uggg. 25 yrs old.
Phone books are still around BUT are only given to people and places with landlines. Most people today only use cellular
You would love Photographs And Memories too
To be fair, many young people will be surprised watching old movies where people have no cellphones. Same with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show performing Sylvia's Mother. The splendid guitar playing is by Maury Muehleisen, terrible that Jim and Maury died in 1973 in a plane crash.
Jim had the appearance of a teamster from Brooklyn, that tough guy look. The contrast between that and the sensitive, emotional lyrics he wrote is startling.
Great reaction. You really listened to the lyrics and got the meaning of the song. Yeah, the good old days of pay phones. You sometimes had to have a pocketful of change. Another song that is sort of built around a pay phone is "Sylvia's Mother" by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. It's a great song and I've seen a lot of reactors have it fly over their heads. I think you'd get it though.
Don't miss "Time In A Bottle"! And just under 100 followers to go for 20 K!
Talk about breaking a Man’s heart . Can’t you See by The Marshall Tucker Band is a must listen
Many years ago, I knew a young woman who took her own life listening to that song. they found her body in the back seat of her car in a parking lot with a bottle of pills lying next to her. Her love had left her and she never recovered. She was at our house the night before it happened. My ex and I were trying to help her get through her pain. We failed.
Another great telephone song is “Telephone Line” by ELO.
I just love how you understand this song so well and so quickly.
What a legend he was.
I love this song. When he sang, “You can save the dime,” I had the impression he was at a pay phone. It’s coming up on 50 years since he tragically died in a plane crash. He was only 30. His son, AJ Croce, grew up to be a singer/songwriter. He’s got other great songs too like Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Don’t Mess Around with Jim and I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song.
Great songwriter that left us just way to soon.
Yes, I remember this from high school. Every long distance call required putting in quarters, dimes, and nickels every 3 minutes or so in pay phones. I have had many a flirting, fun call too with the operators, who were mostly females. I may not have always contacted the intended female, but I had fun talking with the operators.
My favorite Croce song was one of his lesser known ones, which was "One Less Set of Footsteps"
he's gott another big hit that would make a great lullaby for you to sleep...it's called,
' Bad Bad Leroy Brown '
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Plane crash took him I believe in the early 1970"s.... already a big star, on his way to being an all-time great.... check out his live. 30 when he died, just 30. Bad Bad Leroy Brown/Don't mess around with slim/ and his great "Time in a bottle went no.1 posthumously, words are genius.
Jim Croce was a masterful storyteller who passed much too young.
I have loved Jim since I heard this song, Never did see him live, My 1st live concert was way back and it was Cat Stevens, Had all is albums
Lol, most people today don't know what an "Operator" really was. My parents had a very small, antiquated motel (18 rooms) that had the old cord plug-in phone system. I spent many evenings "plugging" people into their desired recipients. I actually thought it was kinda cool because I grew up watching Andy Griffith. Peace, Love!!
Ladies you’re hitting them out of the park tonight, another great singer songwriter that we lost too young
SO many good songs, even deep cuts. You'll love it.
This song one many that he sang was Awsome! But to be true you must hear the song Time in a bottle. It was hard when he passed and to this day I still think of him.
Another great one who we lost way too soon!
Truly a magnificent song
He changed his mind, because while he was waiting on the operator, the things he was saying as to why he calling, he realized he's only kidding himself that he has gotten over what they had done to him. Once realize he hasn't really gotten over that, decided nevermind to waste his time talking to them, because he would only be lying to them if he told them he had gotten over what they done to him.
His feelings remain hurt, and just leave it at that.
I’m so glad the youth of today are enjoying Jim Croce,one of the greatest songwriters of our time. There’s hope for you kids yet.🎼🎶🤭
i remember feeding that phone both so many coins when i made calls
Thanx ladies and Wayne. This is a good one. You can't go wrong with Jim.
It is sad. His women ran off with his best friend. He wants to call them and say he's over it. He's not. Something in his eyes, you know it happens every time.
"no one there I really wanted to talk to"
killer
Great choice in song guys. 👍
Baby Gap, you were right initially about the two guitars (plus the bass). Maury Muehleisen, who is playing with him, was an outstanding guitarist (RIP to both).Jim used to call Maury "his band." I guess those two guitars were about all you needed. I felt every note he sang. My favorite Croce song is "One Less Set of Footsteps." It is more uptempo, about a "less than committed" relationship. Thanks for this.
Additionally sad to his youthful death in an accicen Maury Muelhesen died as well. I think of the late John Prine and his friendship with master guitarist (and songwriter too) Steve Goodman Who helped make John's song "Souvenirs" majestic when they sang it in a duet Steve died of cancer in his thirties and John in recent years from COVID after surviving cancer twice. Now that Jim Croce's son is grown he has finally been able to perform some of his Dad's songs. Thank God for the legacies we can still appreciate! ❤️
This song gives me chills every time I hear it. An amazing musician taken way too soon.
LOVE this song! My favorite Jim Croce song but he has quite a few "hits".
You should try "Taxi," by Harry Chapin. Excellent song with a very similar theme.
I Got A Name, I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song, Lovers Cross, are some of my favorites
Pretty much love anything and everything by Jim Croce! Relaxed, soothing, beautiful voice, great melodies & wonderful words. Can't ask for much more.
This song, Time In a Bottle, so many others are constants.
I believe it’s the greatest song ever written. The words, the guitars, and the tempo are unmatched. I have a tattoo of a dime on my leg that says “You can keep the dime”.
Gone much too soon... and Operator is a MONSTER piece of art work... such a beautiful bittersweet melody and lyric and singer. Thanx so much for posting.
'I Got a Name'. You two need to hear the tune : )
Home run in a deep deep rabbit hole, all his songs are about Failed love
One of the great story tellers of the musical world.
Died young along with his "assistant guitarist" to coin a phrase.
I'm older than mom.....we lost so many great singers, due to drugs, or in Jim's case, a plane crash
I love your positive attitude! But I don't share it... LOL. I think he's hurting bad. He says he wants to show them he's taking the high road, he's over it and fine... "But that's not the way it FEELS". I love that line. I tend to be a logical thinker but at times have to admit to myself that "that's not the way it feels". And feelings are real.
Most guys have gone through a similar situation. We just don't talk about it.
My generation generally interacted with operators when using a pay phone.
My favorite operator was Lilly Tomland on “HeeHaa 😊 on ringy dingy 😂
Such a great breakdown of the song. Never thought about that catharsis. "Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Yeah I remember the operator and the rotary phone. But at least I didn't have too climbed telephone pole to make phone call.🤣🤘
What's interesting is that through his speaking with the operator he actually talks himself out of moving forward with the call to his ex-girlfriend. Kind of like a lesson in psychology where he begins to move on and not waste his time.
I love Jim Croce! One of my favorite male singers. HIs songs were so heart wrenching. Love this song! Great reaction, ladies!
On the 20th September 1973, a plane took off from Natchitoches Regional Airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana. There were 5 onboard. Jim and his guitar player, 24 year old Maury Muehleisen had just completed a concert. The plane didnt make it above the tree line before crashing into the trees killing all on board. We lost so much that day. But we have his music to remember what a great songwriter he was. RIP Jim and Maury
Mr Croce is exactly hitting the Apex Moment of "My coming out to meet the World all by My Damn-self" period of my life.
Thing is, he ISN'T over it quite yet. He is going through it (There's something in my eye) but finally realizes that talking to either of those jackwads wouldn't help. :)
Awesome analysis!!! Love your content . "Time in a Bottle" is a must hear.
Just wanted to say Saturday's Live Stream was way to good.I'm sure I speak for everyone. Momma Gap, you paint a true picture of the scene. I was there.I hoped it would stay on so all could see.
Hi, Robert.
Jim Croce was the first music artist whom I remember watching the newscast about his death. You really have to wonder what else he would have written over the years. He had so many great songs for such a small recording output.
Great reaction, ladies... Could you please react to " Lovers Cross " by Jim Croce...Mom should remember it... She is 2 years younger than I am so she should remember it... Thank you so much for this reaction...
That's my other favourite Jim Croce song ! ..It's criminally under-rated and underplayed .. It should have heaps of reactions but has virtually none .. I was going to make it my next song reaction request, so thanks so much for your post ! .. Wayne
He's still hurt.
I saw Jim Croce's episode of "Behind the Music". Jim Croce was also a contractor and a truck driver.
Spot on interpretation.
yes u do hear 2 garters as u will on many of his tunes It is Maury Muehleisen u hear. When u hear a shadow harmony that is also Maury. You need todo a video with Maury in it
After Jim past Maury went on as a soloist and made good stuff if little known
It was also a time where we had matchbooks. Not anymore...
Beautiful song by a beautiful soul. He & Maury were gone much too soon. What beauty did we miss out on?
It is so funny how the older songs talk about telephone operators lol. There wasn’t text or insta or twitter lol.
Always liked Jim Croce, but please do a reaction video to Dan Fogelberg, The Last Nail. Another awsome song!
Operators still exist for certain companies, and if you dial 0 now you get an automated one. Phone books still exist but no I don't think anyone uses them.
I grew up listening to Jim. Lately I have playing some of his songs on guitar. I like the blue s sounding songs and the characters in his songs. I just learned to play speedball Tucker great fun . Don't mess around with jim, bad bad Leroy brown and rapid roy the stock car boy, time and bottle are the ones I play the most.
Thanks so much for doing my request, ladies !..It's a classic beautiful but sad song, and I think you're on the right track about the lyrics .. Yes, there are 2 acoustic guitars on this and many other JC songs .. He played one, and his musical partner Maury Muehleisen played the other .. Check out the live performance from the Kenny Rogers show showing them both .. It's wonderful !
@Generation Gap- Jim Croce was a genius!! Great singer and songwriter. Sadly he lost his life way to soon due to a plane crash. He was only 30 years old when he died. Great reaction here. Operation is just one of his many great songs. Time In A Bottle, You don't mess around with Jim, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, and I have to say I love you in a song are just some of his many great hits.
Great reaction ladies! Jim Croce was an excellent singer, songwriter and story teller. Gone too soon, RIP.