FIRST TIME HEARING | Allie Sherlock | I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues | REACTION #musicreaction

And I guess that's why they call it the blues. Time on my hands, give me time spent with you. Laughing like children, living like lovers. Rolling like thunder, under the covers. Hi, I'm Brad. I'm John. Well, it's been actually quite a long time now. I think. It has. Since we've done anything from Ali Sherlock. And this one popped up, obviously as a release, on her channel, and was kind of like, oh, we haven't done her in quite a while. Or alternatively, Jonathan hasn't recognised necessarily any of the songs that she's done in a while. This one I did. So, Ali Sherlock. Irish singer, guitarist, songwriter, and busker. Especially the busking part here. She was actually... What's that? Busking? Yeah. Playing musical instruments or singing whatever on the streets. Money. Good. Panhandling. Yes, panhandling. Panhandling over here in America. Or street performance. Yeah, street performance. Panhandling is more like you're just out there paying for money. Yeah. Street performance, you're actually doing something to try to make money. Yes. Which, this one applies, obviously. Oddly enough, she was also in 2018, apparently, because I was reading the biography thing, on the Ellen DeGeneres show. So, she actually has had TV exposure. Yeah. There's a few other things as well, but that one's kind of like, oh, she was on Ellen. The song she's doing is an Elton John song. I guess that's why they call it The Blues. I always want to say, and I guess that's, but it's not. The title is, I guess that's why they call it The Blues. It was from his 17th studio album. It actually gets worse. Too Low for Zero, which was released, and was released as a single in April of 1983. I can't believe he had 17 albums by 83. Yes, exactly. Although, for the record, it was released in November of 1983 in America. So, that makes it a bit better. Except it's still not released in April. Yeah. Okay, so that's still, that's at the beginning of the year. It was the first single since 1975's Someone Saved My Life Tonight, to feature the classic lineup of the Elton John band. Because if you actually go back to a lot of the early albums, and singles, it was Elton John and the Elton John band. I didn't know that. Yeah, because he had, obviously, a backing band. Obviously, there's a band in a lot of his music. And the backing band was called the Elton John Band. Yeah. But you have to go back to kind of like, you know, like old. I knew Benny had a backup band called The Jazz. Yes. But yeah, you actually have to go back to like, you know, old singles and stuff. In fact, I think we might even have some old singles where it'll actually say Elton John and the Elton John band. And then obviously, as he got more and more famous, it just kind of started becoming just Elton John. Yeah. It was one of his biggest hits in the 80s, at least in America anyway, where it hit number four on the Hot 100, and also was top 10 in five other countries, including England, where it hit number five. So it actually charted higher in America than it did in England, oddly enough. But usually, Elton's one of those artists. I thought he would have had a lot of hits on in the 80s. Well, maybe not. I'd say he had a bunch in the 70s. Oh, yeah, he had a lot in the 70s. But, yeah, not actually so much in the 80s because the musical taste was changing a bit. But it was also a case of, you know, he released a lot of songs very quickly as well. Oh, yeah. 17 albums. Oh, by the time of 83. Jeez. He released a lot of songs very quickly. So it's kind of like, you know, you could almost say he's kind of like, you know, flood the market a bit too much. And then, of course, his popularity went way back up again in the 90s. I think it was always there, just different, you know. Yeah. Different musical tastes. People's popularity does kind of like, you know, rollercoaster a lot. I mean, just look at David Bowie. I mean, he constantly reinvented himself, but, you know, his popularity, you can see it in the charts, you know. Rollercoaster. Anyway. All right. Well, let's check it out. Before we do, make sure you hit that like and subscribe. Check out the description down below. You're going to find all our links, information and stuff that we have down there. Okay. I did leave her little description in the beginning. Because, well, you'll see. I played it once and I was like, I'm never doing this again. Then... I thought. No, then last week I was like, you know what? I'm going to give this song, song. I'm going to give this song one more chance. And now, now I love it. It's such a catchy song. Don't wish it away. Don't look at it. Like you. Oh, between you and me. I could honestly say. That things could only get better. There's a thousand demons inside. And it won't be long. You know what? Just got started. Oh, I know. It's not that long of a song. You know, it was almost seven minutes. So three minutes song. Whatever that is. What was I going to say? Oh, it's strange on my brain. It's strange. Hearing the song played on the guitar. Instead of a piano. Because it is. It's kind of like, oh, it's an Elton song. Piano. No. Guitar. Yeah. Where's the piano? It's like, you know. Same. Same thing would probably happen with a bit of Joel's song. You're so used to the piano. That it's kind of like, wait, where's the piano? Yeah. While I'm away. There's a thousand demons inside. And it won't be long. Before you and me run. To the place in our hearts. Where we hide. And I guess that's why they call it the blues. Time on my hands. Could be time spent with you. Laughing like children. Living like lovers. Rolling like thunder. Under the covers. And I guess that's why they call it the blues. Just stare into space. Picture my face in your head. Live for a second. Without hesitation. And never forget I'm your man. I've said before that it seems like we never really run across good street performers. Which was kind of surprising since we did live in L.A. for several years. We lived in Hollywood, but it was like, you just had the impersonators. Yeah, the impersonators and stuff. And they weren't really singing, they were just walking around. Yeah. Take photos with me. And they'd give me money. But, yeah. Well, we did visit Manhattan and D.C. and places like that as well. And, yeah, never really saw any. But my brain actually just twigged on the fact that it's probably a good thing. Because you run across this good street performer busker like this. And it's kind of like, well, there's your day gone to hell. Because now you're going to spend the entire day just kind of sitting around. Basically watching a free concert for all intents and purposes. Rather than doing what you're supposed to be doing. Although I'm sure there are actually people who actually go out where she frequents in Ireland. There probably are people. If you watch her videos, it's kind of like, oh, she was there last week. You know, go out every week just to watch her perform. And I guess that's why they call it the blues. Time on my hands could be time spent with you. Laughing like children, living like lovers. Rolling like thunder under the cover. And I guess that's why they call it the blues. I don't know. I say this all the time. And I don't know how well in the area. But you would think she'd be bigger than she is. I mean, despite her vocals alone. But maybe she has a good, huge following on social media and stuff too. Which probably just as much of a payoff. She does. I mean, I guess she does. Well, actually does, technically. Cut off right there at the end. Was actually, you know, would have rolled into advert for her latest album. Which you can go and check her channel out. Yeah. I mean, she's a very good singer. Yes. Incredibly good singer. I like the fact that she's still, you know, it was the street performances that, you know, kind of started it all for her. And I mean, like I said, you know, she was on Ellen in 2018. That's like. I don't want to know, you know. Yeah. That was before we knew it. But we know now that Ellen was on it. But anyway, she was on the show way back then. And it's kind of why, I mean, you know, she'd been busking already for quite some time. And I mean, yes, that helped her popularity, obviously. In order to attention people in America. But the thing is, she still does it. Yeah. She's still going out and performing on the street. It's kind of like, you know, this is where I, you know, this is effectively, it's kind of like, this is where I started. Yeah. Look, I'm still doing it. Yeah. It reminds me, it randomly reminds me of, I think it was Lady Gaga several years ago, did a tour of little, small little bars and clubs all across America. You know, I mean, it didn't do the whole stadium thing. It was kind of like, you know what? I started singing in these bars and clubs and stuff. Before my career was a career. So it was like, you know, I'm going to make a tour out of this. So, you know, and I think it was, you know, it was basically it was free to get in. And she just performed. I doubt it was free to get in. Now it wasn't a concert price, but well, then those clubs, why we never went to any of them. Oh, that's true. Comparatively speaking, it was free to get in. Oh, yeah. You aren't paying $200 for a nosebleed section five miles away. Exactly. I think she did a couple of hundred of them across the country. And it was kind of like, you know, go back to my roots. And it's kind of like, for the case of Ally Sherlock, it's kind of like she's never left her roots behind. Yeah. It's like she's still doing the street performance. Right. And still streaming every weekend when she does them as well. This weekend, you can go to her YouTube channel and actually watch her basically perform live. Or you can watch us react to them and ramble on about nonsense. So if you want to see more of that, make sure you hit the like and subscribe. You can comment suggestions down below. And if you hit the notification bell, YouTube will think about telling you when we do the suggestions that you commented down below. And until next time, thanks for watching.