THE LAYERS IN THIS ONE ARE 🔥! First Time Hearing Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Reaction!
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- 🎤 About Chris Rea:
Chris Rea is renowned for his distinctive, husky voice and mastery of guitar work, often blending rock, blues, and pop elements in his music. "The Road to Hell" is one of his most famous tracks, known for its haunting lyrics and compelling melody that captures the essence of his deep and introspective songwriting.
Join us as we listen to "The Road to Hell" by Chris Rea for the first time! This song is celebrated for its rich lyrical content and sophisticated musical arrangement, making it a standout track in the genre of blues-rock. Watch our reaction to discover the intricate layers of this powerful song and why it remains a significant piece in Chris Rea’s discography.
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First Impressions: Our immediate reactions to the song’s gripping intro and Chris Rea's soulful vocals.
Musical Analysis: A breakdown of the instrumental layers, including the iconic guitar riffs and atmospheric synthesisers.
Lyric Interpretation: Exploring the themes of societal issues and personal reflection woven throughout the song.
Song’s Impact: Discussing how "The Road to Hell" resonates with listeners and its relevance in contemporary music discussions.
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This song is a masterpiece. It talks about The Road to Hell which is getting yourself into debt making you a prisoner to corporations. His breakout song in the USA was, "Fool if You Think it's Over" which was a song to his teenaged sister who was broken hearted over being dumped by a boy.
Chris Rea is quite simply top notch. A great guitarist and songsmith
Needs to be watched with the original video. Absolute masterpiece.
Chris Rea. Absolute Master of the Slide Guitar!
Chris Rea loves driving but he hates traffic. Finding himself stuck in traffic made him realize that he had made some wrong turns that put him on a bad road: the one everyone else takes.
Imagining the ghost of his mother (who died in 1983) approaching the vehicle to warn him that he is on "the road to hell.
Great song! Haunting and true
Chris Rea was stuck in traffic on the M4 motorway in England when he got the idea for this song, where he imagines the ghost of his mother approaching the vehicle to warn him that he is on "the road to hell." His mother died in 1983
Source:Songfacts
M4 and M25
Which is always a ball ache
Curious!...He was driving from London to his home in Newcastle.....why would he be on the M4?
@@robk5159 by this stage he was a major success and like others had moved to a big pile in the Home Counties and started his major collection of classic and racing Ferraris
@@robk5159 He lived in Middlesbrough !
Chris Rea forecasting the 2007/8 credit crunch 18 years before it happened, when everyone was living beyond their means, loading up with credit with many of them having no way of paying it off: "And all the roads jam up with credit, and there's nothing you can do, it's all just bits of paper, flying away from you. Oh, look out world take a good look what comes down here... this ain't no upwardly mobile freeway... this is the road to Hell".
Sure, Jan...
Yep! But instead of letting the banks fail for poor management, our CORRUPT GOVERNMENT bailed them out with TRILLION$!
Chris Rea is criminally underrated rated as an artist and guitar player. He has so many incredible songs. Every song on the Road to Hell album is a must listen. His follow up album, Auberge, also has a lot of fantastic songs.
If you get a chance, some of his other songs I would HIGHLY recommend include: Auberge, Looking For the Summer, On the Beach (1988 Version), Working On It, You Must Be Evil, Daytona, and Texas.
Idk how you didn't mention Let's Dance and Driving Home for Christmas
Yes, Let's Dance completely slipped my mind. Regarding Driving Home for Christmas, I thought it was a given since that is traditionally played a lot on the radio during the holidays lol but I realize that perhaps not everyone is familiar with the song or realize it is Chris who sings it. I would most certainly recommend that song as well :)
So true..
"Looking for the summer" is another great Chis Rea song!
" Texas "..........is brilliant try it by chris rea
Whole album is fire but love Texas too! 😊
@@ChrissyRaeofsunshine This album and the two that follows ("Auberge", and "God's great banana skin") comprise the winning trio of masterpieces, in Chris Rea's quite illustrious career.
Chris Rea is so underated, I love his tone & his way with lyrics, music wants you to groove.
I love Chris Rea. I went to one of his concerts and it was great. Some of my favorite songs are "Julia", "Auberge", "Que Sera", "Driving Home for Christmas", and "On the Beach". Julia is one of my favorite songs of all times; it's just so beautiful.
Great song...top. He wrote one of the best Chrismast song "" driving home for Chrismast...
The first time I heard Chris was on the radio was in the early 70 in San Diego "Fool (if you think its over)" from the Whatever happened to Bennie Santini album. I found him again when VH-1 played "On the Beach" which allowed me to buy New Light Through Old Windows album. My daughter Josephine heard that song when I used to give her a bath as a toddler.
私は50過ぎの日本人です。昔からクリスレア の大ファンです。この曲はもちろん、Josephine.I'm ready、fool if you think its overなど大好きな曲が多数で、今でも毎週のようにspotify で彼の曲を好んでよく聴いています。
Chris Rea has a very impressive catalog, one if the finest songwriters and slide guitarists around
Definitely need to hear his hit "Fool if You think it's Over". Big hit for him back in 1978.
Better listen to the 88 version...
'The Road To Hell', IMO, is human progress poisoning nature, selling yourself for success at any price, is about running forward, towards the cliff, with a stupid smirk on the face.
I loved this Part 1 &2 since the first listening. And there's another song I love by Rea: 'On The Beach', the opening track of the 1986 album of the same title.
A lot of other great Chris Rea songs listed; I'm surprised no one mentioned Working On It. Great rocker.
Hard to believe he followed it up with a christmas hit 😁
Chris is the real deal. All quality stuff. No nonsense. Class.
I saw Chris Rea in Paris two times it was very very good is a good singer and a superb lead guitar too love him !!! 😍😍😄
his song TEXAS is pretty sweet too
Recommend On the beach and Driving home for Christmas.
Sam was pretty spot on with her interpretation about selling your soul (figuratively) for superficial financial gain.
There's always been a North-South economic divide in Britain, but it was particularly pronounced in the '80s, when Thatcher's policies was closing down much of the heavy industry, coal and iron mining etc, in the north.
Chris Rea is from the north east of England, and here he's reflecting on the movement of people, breaking up northern communities, moving south for work, subjugating themselves to the rat race of the south east (the "valley of the rich" mentioned in the intro, is the Thames Valley, full of towns, including London, focused on service and financial industries, as opposed to "proper, honest work").
Sitting in stationary traffic, on the M25 (the motorway that surrounds London), he reflects on what his mother would say, if she were alive to see what he had become, and the choices he'd had to make to provide for his family, in the recession-plagued '80s, and if he wasn't losing something more important.
Telling about the dangers of Hollywood, pollution and financial corruption. So great.
Chris Rea, from my town of Middlesbrough, England. Legend
Can you remember they had an ice cream parlour opposite Albert Park?
Is inspired when Chris Rea’s wife came to pick him up from Heathrow Airport after being away for sometime as a journey from Heathrow Airport meant that they had to travel onto the M25 motorway which is the London orbital motorway in order to head back up to Middlesbrough, but because of the heavy traffic Which is a daily occurrence on the motorway Chris was inspired to write the song about it
I seen him twice in concert in Belfast and he was awesome. This song live was unbelievable and his guitar playing was crazy good. One of the best slide guitatists on the planet. Stainsby girls is another of his great songs.
He did a fantastic version of Looking for a Rainbow he night be played the Kings Hall on the Road to Hell tour.
Thank you. First came across Chris on his Deltics album. He's a great composer, player (especially), producer and all round nice guy, who has battled serious health problems but keeps on fighting . So great to see you shining a little light on him ❤
Hi. This song is based around the M1 motorway in England which he describes very well. Everything he says about the road is true. It sounds so meaningful, but it's just about a horrible motorway. He had to do the journey quite often, from north to south and back again. Fantastic though. Love the reactions.
Curse Of the Traveller (my favourite)
On the Beach
Looking For the Summer
Somewhere Between the Stars . . .
and then in December
Driving Home For Christmas!
I listen to a Chris Rea song every day: he's phenomenal.
The song is about the London Ring Road, the M25 Motorway, a badly concieved and badly designed relief road which simply cannot handle the amount of traffic, or the roadworks to keep it functioning. Bumper to Bumper stationary traffic causes mood swings, road rage and many many accidents.
Simply the definition of 'The Road To Hell'.......The song is that simple.....
The basic measure of this song is the same as " the Eagles Hotel California," and that is " be careful what you wish for you just might get it." Brilliant song.
Loads of great Chris Rea songs - Looking For The Summer, Stainsby Girls, there's a nice duet with Elton John called 'If You Were Me' which really shows how laid back Chris' voice is in comparison...it gives me images of Chris chilled out in a big armchair while Elton's stood up at the mic putting far more effort in
Chris also raced cars. He was once a guest driver in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM), the highest class in Germany (Austria and the Netherlands) after Formula 1.
Great musician and shaken by illness.
YES! Down the Chris Rea rabbit hole! One of the greatest guitar players of all time and yet a shame not many people have heard of him.He's been around since the late 1970's!
My absolute favourite. Has been for 40 years.
It's about the M25, the London ring road.
The whole Road To Hell album is brilliant 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
A great voice And a great guitarist!
Always kind of liked Chris and then found out he'd done some old classics that I loved too, like Fool if you think it's over & I can hear your heartbeat. You've probably heard his Christmas classic Driving home for Christmas.
One of the all time classics just like 'Sultans of Swing'
Chris is a brilliant artist guys with many UK hits. Check out 'On the Beach'
Why has nobody as far as I can see, yet suggested Tell me there's a heaven by Chris . It's not a light hearted song but one which is certainly heartfelt .
Wow! What a song!
Chris Rea has a huge catalogue, so it really depends on the mood of the song you want to listen to. Rockish: 'Auberge', Summerish: 'On the Beach', Winterish: 'Driving home for Christmas', Family man Chris: 'Julia' or 'Josephine' (he wrote songs for each of his daughters), laid back: 'Blue Cafe', or of course his breakout song "Fool if You Think it's Over'.
Brilliant jordie Newcastle accent coming through,reminds me of Eric Burton and the Animals another brilliant northern England group .
Wow.
That’s not a geordie or Newcastle accent he’s from Middlesbrough
Sounds like it to me! But then again as mark would sing , I come from way on down south London town😎👍
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😂it worked.
The whole album is a banger
chris has a an excellent back catalogue. very underrated slide guitarist, and "nothing to fear" showcases this
they is a lots of very good songs from him !!!!
Time to go down Chris Rea’s road. The guy is brilliant !
A very different but still brilliant song from Chris.
Chris and Billy Joel have a very similar history.
They both tried anything and everything to become famous and make a lot of money quickly.......including Boxing.
Both settled on music and became clever song writers and professional performers.
Chris was a good looking rooster who aged very quickly, seeming to go from movie star / model looks to homeless street person looks almost over night.
To me he wrote the best light rock and pop rock you will ever hear, he sung it well and his guitar is as good as anyone from the light rock genre, he had it all.
You will know some of his early work.....used in movies, adds and easy listening radio, but still high quality rock / pop.
Chris was stuck on the M25 (biggest car park in Europe) on his way to Heathrow to catch a flight when he came up with the idea of this song. The M25 is the motorway that circles London and the home counties
Chris Rea is a monster musician including writing 8 disc of Blues Music and the story book of the blues history. However he crosses many Genre so check this musician out. Try his album Auberge - any song off of it rates top marks. I like "You're Not A Number" and "Every Second Counts" . The song "The Mention Of Your Name" might grab a little at your heart but he has many uplifting songs as well. Probably a couple 100 hits.
"Nothing To Fear" and "God's Great Banana Skin" are another couple of good entry points for Chris Rea. The first song is a great guitar track, desert blues. The desert in question would be Arabian/N. African.. The second song is just a good fun cautionary tale.
If want a more light hearted sound by Chris Rea "Looking for the Summer" is perfekt, if you are into a more chill Chris "Nothing to Fear" is your song or if you like Road to Hell, a more upbeat rock-bluesy sound you can listen to "Auberge". or all three of those, since they are all great.
Chris Rea has done some insanely good music for years. Excellent singer and great guitarist. God this guy is good. Road to Hell is a perfect representation of his sound and style. All of his stuff as this good. Check out "Goin' To Texas"
One if my favourite musicians. So many tracks to choose from, but one of my favourites is Chisel Hill from his Shamrock Diaries album.
You guys really need to go down the Chris Rea rabbit hole start with fool if you think it’s over,Josephine, looking for the summer, on the beach just to name a few
Been on that highway, miracle I got off.
the whole album is great
The official video is very good
Glad you played both pt 1 and pt 2. One leads to the next and helps explain everything.
A favorite. Love finger picking this one on the guitar.
Without knowing anything about Chris Rea when this song was released, it hit a place in time when people started caring for pollutions and Climate-effects.. I believe that , according to the official video being played a lot on MTV, added a lot of symbolism and meaning to the lyrics.. A Great and Dark song ! , so ofcourse I love it !! :D
I love this song . You should also see Chris Rea , you must be evil . it is from the same album
Love This Song Chris Rea Has Some Good Songs Auberge, Go Your Own Way, Driving Home For Christmas, Stainsbury Girls.
I have to correct you there its Stainsby Girls ..my old school in Middlesbrough
@@sharonwelsh8102 I Stand Corrected 👍
This was fire then...and it`s fire now. Crazy good song.👍👍👍
Ahh, so much good stuff here!! Mr. Rea is unique. Please check out more of his songs (Christmas time you must have heard "Driving home for Christmas). 🙂This song has a deep feel, but most of his other songs are not like this one... Check out "Josephine" or "Fool if you think it´s over". Cheers guys - you are awesome!!
Chris Rea didn't pick up a guitar until he was in his twenties, I didn't start until I was 30 (not comparing myself to CR) just saying it's never too late if you're really into it.
He has a song called Daytona off the same album absolutely a must hear.
Very haunting
Christopher Anton Rea born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer and guitarist from Middlesbrough. Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five solo albums Over the course of his long career, Rea's work has at times been informed by his struggles with serious health issues. His many hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "Josephine", "On the Beach", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Working on It", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge" and "Julia". He also recorded a duet with Elton John, "If You Were Me". Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Peace out.
There is a great video that goes with this song .
Legend zzzyyynnn
All of his work is brilliant but his love songs are next level. Sing a song of love to me, Ace of hearts, I can hear your heartbeat, Josephine, Your warm and tender love, You my love, and the list goes on!
Try "You Must Be Evil" or "Texas" off the same album. Monster tunes.
I've never heard this one, and it's great.
The words are way more important than the music.
Check out his big hit in the US, "Fool If You Think It's Over." I remember liking it when it was being played on the radio here in the states, back in the day.
Great you’ve gotten to CR, he has some other great tunes.
One, in the same vein as this, is Curse of the traveller, a more upbeat song is “Let’s Dance”.
Chris Rea is so damned smooth. Great guitarist and that gritty voice is so good. The music video for his song "On The Beach" is seared into me, so many late nights of watching music videos and it would come on often, a great song to chill out to. It just blew my mind when I realised it's over 30 years ago now. Damn, time flies. Add to that his "Looking For The Summer" song and I'll hit maximum nostalgia! Great lyrics.
Recommend you listen to "On the Beach" by Chris Rea off of his 1998 "The Blue Cafe" album (Japanese version). A slower but impeccable song that puts you on the beach with him. Chris wrote the song about his wife and him becoming a married couple on the Spanish island of Formentera. To me, it is the ultimate beach song.
A great choice. I bought the 12" single of this on release.
He did a song called 'Driving home for Christmas' which apparently he wrote after having been rejected by a record company in London, and driving back 'up North'. The record is played at Christmas and has earned him a lot of money.
Great singer, musician' song writer .suggest" Fool If You Think It's Over" hit song for Chris.
On the road theme, please check out Chris Rea's 'Driving home for Christmas' when Christmas comes around. It's my favourite non-carol Christmas song.
😅many thanks for playing Pat Benatar Promises in the Dark and recommend other hits We Belong and All Fired Up, plus Shadows of the Night and You Better Run.
Pat is a great rock performer, plus dance song Love is a Battlefield was also number 1 in the 80's. Thanks again. Deidre😊
the fact that he is still allive ,is just amazing..he has gone through so many things.he has 2 daughters named Josephine and Julia which also are 2 songs of him :)
Chris' rea road to hell album is awesome every track well worth a listen to
Another twist on the Hotel California storyline.
One of my all time favourites ❤
Chris was right.
As americans, you should listen also from the same album Daytona :)
Great slide guitar by Chris, and a cautionary tale about chasing money..
Chris teamed up with Dire Straights and formed a new group - Dire-Rea.
Epic track🇸🇪
Chris Rea's Texas
I actually have some of his music in my CD player right now. Very unique voice and underrated guitar player.
You should react to “ tell me there’s a heaven” very thought provoking
Pure route 66 music!
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