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to songs, bands, and artists I've never

heard before. And today, you guys, we're

getting into someone new for me called

Bruce Hornsby and the range. And the

song is called The Way It Is. Really

excited to dive into a new artist

slashband for me today. I've never heard

of Bruce Hornsby before. His name is not

ringing a bell at all. So, this is a

totally blind reaction and I'm excited

to see what he's all about. So, before I

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This is Bruce Hornsby and the range the

way it is. Let's get started.

Okay, this melody sounds familiar.

Oo.

Stand in line marking time waiting for

the welfare done.

They can't buy a job

man

by he catches the poor old lady's eyes

just for funny s get a job.

>> Love the piano the way it is.

Some things will never change.

That's just the way it is.

But don't you believe it.

Said, "Hey, boy, you can't go where

others go.

You don't look like they do."

Said, "Hell man, how can you stand to

think that way? Did you really think

about it before you made the rules

decision?

>> I love the piano so much in this song.

It's so beautiful. But everything so far

is just really cool. I also really like

Bruce's voice. I imagine he is the lead

singer in this song. I didn't look up

anything before doing this reaction

today, so I'm not entirely sure, but he

has a wonderful voice. And yeah, I I

just love how calming, sort of mellow it

is. It's it's really lovely. But yeah,

the only part of the song that sounds

remotely familiar to me is that piano

part that that's the only part. I have

no idea where I could have heard that

part from. No idea. Maybe you guys can

enlighten me on where I might have

possibly heard it. But so far, I'm

really liking this song, and I'm just

liking the vibe of it, the groove of it.

It's It's cool. So, let's continue.

>> Some things will never change.

That's just the way it is.

Oh, but don't you believe it.

Oo, so beautiful.

Wow.

Oo, I love a little piano solo.

Brother passed a law in 64 to give those

who ain't got a little more. But it only

goes so far. There's a lot of change in

those mind when all I see is the hiring

time. There's a light on the color.

That's just the way it is.

Some things will never change.

That's just the way it is.

That's just the way it is.

Love it.

Wow. What a piano player.

Look at his little finger.

That was awesome. I loved that the piano

was like the focus of this song. It had

its own little solo, too. It's so It's

so cool. Wow. He's an amazing piano

player to say the least. And he also has

an amazing voice as well. Again, I

really like how mellow he sounded. He

just had this kind of chill vibe to him.

So, yeah. I loved it. This was really

cool. Well, this is my first impression

of Bruce Hornsby. And holy crap, he can

play the piano. I really loved the piano

in this. I mean, he I I love especially

when we got a little closeup of him

playing the piano and he's playing

mostly with his right hand and he had

his left finger pointing like this. I

don't know. I really like that part for

some reason. Um, but yeah, I I just

loved how it was the focal point of this

song and he had his piano solo and all

of that. It was just really lovely to

listen to. It's just such a beautiful

instrument. But yes, the the piano riff

um sounded very familiar to me. Um that

was the only part that sounded familiar

to me. But yeah, um I'm not sure where I

could have heard that singular

particular part. Um, it's very

beautiful, very iconic. Um, so you guys

need to let me know where I could have

possibly heard it from. So, I'm pulling

up the lyrics because I was just kind of

taking in other elements of the song,

especially on my first listen through. I

tend to sometimes just mostly focus in

on the instrumentation and uh the vocals

and things like that. So, I have the

lyrics um here. So, I'm going to read

through them real fast.

Standing in line, marking time, waiting

for the welfare dime cuz they can't buy

a job. A man in a silk suit hurries by

as he catches the poor poor old lady's

eyes. Just for fun, he says, "Get a job.

That's just the way it is. Some things

will never change. That's just the way

it is." Uh, but don't you believe him?

Said, "Hey, little boy, you can't go

where the others go cuz you don't look

like they do." I said, 'Hey old man, how

can you stand to think that way? Did you

really think about it before you made

the rules? He said, "Son, well, that's

just the way it is. Some things will

never change. Just the way it is. But

don't you believe them?" Yeah. Well,

they passed a law in ' 64 to give those

who ain't got a little more. But it only

goes so far cuz the law doesn't change

another's mind when all it sees at the

hiring time is the line on the color

bar. No. No. That's just the way it is.

Some things will never change. That's

just the way it is. That's just the way

it is. It is. It is. It is. It is. I'm

not going to lie, you guys. I did not

catch the message of this song at all

when listening to this song for the

first time. I was mostly focused on the

instrumentation, especially that riff.

Uh just because it's so it just rang a

bell for me and so iconic. But with this

song, it seems to be addressing racial

inequality, some economic disparity, um

just some racism in general. So with

this song, I feel like they're mostly

talking about how a lot of people are

complacent with the system we're in

today simply because the title is called

the way it is. And he says in the song,

it's just the way it is. So he's

basically talking about how some people

are not really keen on changing things

or probably think it's unchangeable. You

know, there's no point in fighting it.

It's just the way it is. You see, in the

first verse, he talks about uh some

economic disparity, just poverty uh with

the welfare dime and the man in the silk

suit hurries by. So you see the economic

disparity there. And then as the song

progresses, you see in another verse, he

touches on some racial segregation

um where a young boy is excluded from

our from a particular place because of

his race and how he looks. And yeah, it

just talks about that's just the way it

is. And it's just so crazy how I feel

like the message of the song could

easily just be missed. Um, I know I

totally missed it because I was just so

focused on other aspects of this song,

but when you get into the lyrics and you

uh see what he's talking about, I mean,

Bruce is addressing some serious issues,

but he's doing it in such a beautiful

way with the music, the piano, the way

he's singing it. Um, it's such a

wonderful song. It's beautiful. The way

it is composed, the composition itself,

the piano especially, oh my gosh, it's

beautiful. And then it's more than just

beautiful. It's actually addressing some

very important problems. And a song like

this is one that will always be relevant

and will always stand the test of time,

especially with the message behind it.

And I mean, this song is 40 years old. I

see while looking up the lyrics that it

was created in 1986.

So it is 40 years old and it's crazy how

you know this message was relevant in '

86 and it's still relevant today in

2026. So yeah I mean when you have a

message like this when you have a song

like this with such important lyrics

it's going to stick with you. It's going

to stick with society and music forever.

So, Bruce Hornsby made a beautiful song

here with beautiful music. I really,

really love the music and very important

lyrics, which is really cool. I feel

like this taught me a lot about Bruce

Hornsby as a person. Um, it's kind of

crazy cuz it's my first impression of

Bruce Hornsby, but I feel like I already

know so much about him just from this

one song. Um, and the fact that he sang

it, most likely wrote it and all of

that. So, yeah, really cool. Um, really

enjoyed this and I'm glad I finally

listened to it today. So, yeah, I think

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