Boys, fun fact: this was Michael McDonald's first offering to the Doobies. He had just been invited into the band at Skunk Baxter's suggestion, who had played with him in Steely Dan. Michael was very shy and intimidated to be apart of the Dobbie Bros. (who were the biggest band on the block at that time). They asked him if he had any songs he'd written that he'd like them to work on. They had to coax it out of him because (A) he actually thought he was a hack musician, and (B) how could his piddly little song compete with the Doobie Brothers' songs (they had hits!)? He finally played this, and the Doobies realized that it was possible they had made the right choice in inviting him to the band. Thus began the Michael McDonald "blue-eyed soul" influence period of the Doobie Brothers canon. Next in that period I would listen to "It Keeps You Runnin'" or "Minute By Minute."
The ironic thing is that Skunk Baxter eventually left The Doobie Brothers because he didn’t care for the direction that Michel McDonald was taking the band. I still prefer Tom Johnston’s music and version of the Doobies but Michael McDonald did help them win their first Grammy.
@@garyb9455 I know, right? Personally, I've always ping-ponged back and forth between which era of the band I prefer (Tom Johnston or Michael), but it's like my trying to choose which era of the Beatles I prefer: Please Please Me through Rubber Soul, or Revolver forward. It depends on what mood I'm in.
Was going to opine, but you pretty m,uch covered what I might have said. Love all 'offerings' from the Doobies of all eras AND MD. Concur with your suggestions, but they might want to hit "What A Fool Believes" first.
@@kentharris3878 the only reason I didn't offer "What A Fool Believes" is that I thought they had already hit that one. But if I'm wrong, that is obviously #1 next up in my opinion!
"It Keeps You Runnin'" was on the same album and is another great one featuring Michael McDonald. Definitely worth a reaction if you like this version of the band.
@@danmayberry1185I don't know if I agree it's the best part of the movie, but it's all I could think of when I saw this. "I'll throw in the DVD if you DON'T buy it!" I also love the line in the end credits where it says "Michael McDonald, you rock!" I remember Michael Douglas fretting over the Doobie Brothers breaking up in the movie "Romancing The Stone" as well. Then he lit a big pile of weed, inhaled, and said, "Now that's what I call a campfire!"
In the same vein of a Peter Cetera led Chicago, The Doobs took on a major shift with the addition of former Steely Dan players Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar and Micheal McDonald on vocals, The POV of many songs became societal ills and love with McDonald becoming frontman. To me, the beauty of this song is the vocal, which you barely mentioned. McDonald became a major voice of the 70s and 80s and can be heard in a wide variety of songs.
James Taylor doesn't appear on this studio version, though he did perform the song live with the Doobies in 1978 (I think) for the No Nukes album. That's Michael McDonald on lead vocals. He joined the band in '75 after singing background with Steely Dan.
And he still did some background with the Dan after this -- you can hear his voice very distinctly on Aja. He even gets a bit of lead vocal on "I Got the News."
I like how when the grin appeared on Andy's face it just started getting bigger and bigger and he could not stop grinning. 🤠 This song it's even better when cruising around in your car with the windows down in the sunshine! 😎
"Taking it to the streets" means to demonstrate or to protest. He was talking to a politician making him empty promises, in the lyrics. "You telling me the things you're gonna do for me. I ain't blind, and I dont like the things I see."
According to Michael McDonald, the song’s writer, “the song was about trying to communicate a message of unity in the world, that no matter what happens, we’re all in this together.”
Michael McDonald on those keys and singing, the fantastic guitar, and backing vocals, the iconic Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. Great song, guys. Thanks for all the hard work bringing us a diversity of genera and excellent commentary every week.
That “Minute By Minute” album echoes the changing of the guard by the Doobies. And I can’t say enough what an awesome & unsung session player Jeff “Skunk” Baxter is
I’m sure everyone my age thought this would be an instant “S”. This is the Michael McDonald era. Yes the sound is different but it’s also great. This would be the finale or encore if you saw them live. This brought the house down.
I saw the Doobies when they were just starting out, Jesus Was Just Alright had just hit the airwaves. They were the opening act for Loggins and Messina. Earlier in the tour a third band opened for both of them, Eagles.
The immaculate engineering of Ted Templeman deserves a shout-out here. Your next Doobies song should be Without You. Like other songs from 1975 and 1976, this song reflects a Bicentennial vibe to it. The hype (and legit pride) of America hitting its 200 birthday was INESCAPABLE at the time. I suspect many artists felt that patriotic pull of the times but also looked around at how the country was still struggling to make progress even 10 years after Watts. Suite Madame Blue from Styx is similar in this vein. Stevie Wonder's You Haven't Done Nothing from 1974 is another good example.
I am not so sure how "artificial" it is when one side has people sentenced by the Deep Police State to serve literally years and decades in political torture prison for doing not much of anything of consequence, while the other side applauds it while burning down cities and killing for their own cause. Seems like a pretty real divide to me. So this song and others of its era are an anachronism today, and it can only get worse from here. Buckle up for the strife, and reminisce about what used to be a hippie dream.
@@AP-gb3eh That's funny, because as soon as Trump won an election, all the vicious cutting knives came out from the intolerant side, including burning of cities, and marching mobs in the streets attacking cars, with celebrities threatening to burn down the White House and to shoot Trump in the head. "Resist" and all that anti-societal bullshit. So I guess there are a hundred million or so of those "bottom feeders," since they all let that happen and cheered it on for the most part. So some of us are not buying the bullshit getting sold anymore. Release the political prisoners, and maybe I will change my mind. Until then, division is on the menu.
Michael McDonald (lead vocal, keyboards) wrote this song, inspired by an essay written by his sister Maureen on race relations in St. Louis, MO. Maureen can be heard singing the backing vocals on Michael's I Keep Forgettin' (Ever Time You're Near).
When MM first came on board The Doobies really had to develop their approach and sound, and did they ever! Really one of the most capable and musically diverse bands there is and has ever been. That they are still out there AND STILL takin' it to the streets is something we should be grateful for....
I saw the Doobie Brothers live in the early 80's, in fact it was my first concert ever. They were the headliner of a 4 band lineup. Rick Springfield opened (Jessie's Girl was new), then Ronnie Montrose, followed by SANTANA, and finally The Doobie Brothers. I was a young teenager and went on to see many concerts with various artists over the years, but that one still stands out as a GREAT show.
This is the first album with Michael McDonald in the band. He brought a new sound to the band and although I like him as a performer, the band lost their earlier sound which to me was a better sound.. I guess they had to go with the changes in the music culture but I liked them better before the introduction of Michael in the mix.
As much as I love Michael McDonald and what he brought to the band as someone that graduated from high school in 1973 the original version of the Doobie Brothers was my favorite band for a few years hence my choice for best version of the band. The entire album The Captain and Me is phenomenal.
The R&B influence is all about Michael McDonald. In early 1975, Front Man, Lead Vocalist and Guitarist, Tom Johnston took ill with a bleeding ulcer. He took a sabbatical from touring and Michael McDonald, who had been playing with Steely Dan, replaced him as front man. Johnston continued to write and make minor contributions in the studio.
Wow!! Plot twist! What does this mean for that latest poll? (Dum dum DAHHHH!!) Oh, about this song? Classic!! Will never forget when Rerun (Or Dwayne?) got caught trying to make a bootleg copy of this on "What's Happenin'!"!
Doobies Version 2...called Michael McDonald and his Back-up Band. He would be there for 7 years. When originator Tom Johnston returned in '87, the Doobie Brothers resumed as a band.
Unfortunately, it stiffed and the record label virtually ordered Tom Johnston to get back in his box, with "Eyes of Silver' being the replacement. A pity.
I was fortunate to see the the Doobie Brothers in concert. They opened for the Eagles! The whole night I was able to hear all there greatest hits. Vince Gill was there and Glen Frey’s, (R.I.P) son Deacon Frey played his dad’s songs as well as Vince Gill. One of the best concerts I have ever been to.💜💜💜
Had dinner with the Doobies in 2011 backstage at the clipsal 500 concert in Adelaide Australia. Watching their performance from this vantage point was amazing! Fantastic live. These guys are so genuine, kind and lovely people. An experience I'll always remember ✨️
The Different Doobies. I like the earlier albums more, but I do love them. Have you checked out Dan Fogelberg and Bonnie Raitt yet?? Just a note Return To Forever "Romantic Warrior" or Stanley Clarke "School Days" would melt your brains. Just sayin'.
I really love the early rock n roll Doobies and wasn't too keen on their later soft rock sound but this album when Michael McDonald first joined them is just a great balance between those styles. No filler here at all and I think Tiran Porter's bass just drives every song.
This song is one of the first contributions of new band member Michael McDonald, Probably very earliest writing attempts as well. Nice historical choice guys. Porter played bass, as did Baxter on occasion. You should also listen to "It Keeps you Runnin'" off this same LP. Another early McDonald tune.
more doobie brothers, love to see it! I recommend the Little River Band if youre looking for a new soft rock band that the Eagle's Glenn Frey said was the best singing band of all time. "It's a Long Way There" is a phenomenal song (2022 remaster)
A lot of people aren't aware of The Doobies great song "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" and their song "Another Park Another Sunday" of which you'll also find some good live versions.
Yes, I saw Michael recently saying in an interview that some of the old songs still managed to cook. Always humble. They all cook, Michael. We're talking about the prime musicians of the era. Incredible to watch.
Besides being a great song, this was a HUGE hit. Saw the Doobies playing this on TV on Sitcoms, Children's shows, Variety shows. You literally couldn't get away from it. Didn't want to either.
always liked the doobie brothers especially after macdonald joined the band one of the members tom johnson left the group and went solo he wrote a song about my hometown called savannah nights unfortunately neither the song nor his career went anywhere⚛😀
Tommy Johnson was The voice of the Doobie Brothers, before they became a backing band for MM. Was glad TJ was able to rejoin the band. A & A you must do "Rocking Down the Highway". An essential Doobies banger.
My memory of this song is from when I was a mid-teenager in the mid-1970s at golf camp in North Carolina. I recorded on cassette tape a pillow fight with three of my friends with this song playing on the radio in the background. Every time I hear this song, I laugh.
Just prior to the pandemic lockdowns I went to a Steely Dan/Doobies concert - it was basically a Michael McDonald/Donald Fagan Fest (a.k.a. Doobie Dan, LOL).
Man, I think the song has always really really killed it. Fantastic on so many levels and you got a shout out the piano in this. That's a lot of stamina and a lot of work and it's so perfect. It's one of my favorites, although China Grove and Black Water are right up there.
I'll let others recommend other McDonald-era songs, but "I Cheat the Hangman" is a pre-McDonald gem you won't want to miss. It was on their last album before McDonald (their fifth), and I consider it the height of their creativity. Basically a story about a ghost that visits his still-living girl with thoughts of tenderness and a delusion that he has cheated the hangmen-- all conveyed in a trance-like guitar-led section with some of the richest harmonies anywhere in all of rock; but then it transitions to an intense "Night on Bald Mountain" section that I always interpret as his soul finally being sucked into Hell (no more cheating the hangman). Both parts of the song are at least A+, and fusing them into a single work thrusts it into S realm as far as overall impact and creativity.
A definitive departure from the beginning sounds of the Tom Johnson era and into the Michael Mcdonald era of a more soulful, R&B era. A lot of folks didn’t like this departure from the early Doobies style but this was considered their most popular era when McDonald was writing a majority of their stuff. This song as well as What A Fool Believes and Minute by Minute. Personally…I love both styles because they’re both good, but also because they’re so different. The definition of a well rounded band to be able to do both styles- and do them so well.
I believe this is considered Michael McDonald's signature song with the band. I am a big fan of their understated "Livin' on the Fault Line," which is like the Doobies whispering really hard so as to not wake the children, but they really want to perform loud late at night anyway.
I think it's amazing at how the Doobies were able to continue on after the departure of Tom Johnston,thier sound and style completely changed with McDonald but fans still kept on listening
Saw The Doobie Brothers in 1977. No Tom Johnston, but we got Skunk Baxter sitting in a chair the entire show. The ultimate coolness. Never been a fan of Michael McDonald, but there are a few songs I do like where he sings lead. This is one of them. Their opening song was "China Grove", and that segued directly into this song. So much fun! The opening band was Foreigner on their first tour, so we were treated to a phenomenal show. All of this for $7.00. It's great being a Boomer!
Boys, fun fact: this was Michael McDonald's first offering to the Doobies. He had just been invited into the band at Skunk Baxter's suggestion, who had played with him in Steely Dan. Michael was very shy and intimidated to be apart of the Dobbie Bros. (who were the biggest band on the block at that time). They asked him if he had any songs he'd written that he'd like them to work on. They had to coax it out of him because (A) he actually thought he was a hack musician, and (B) how could his piddly little song compete with the Doobie Brothers' songs (they had hits!)? He finally played this, and the Doobies realized that it was possible they had made the right choice in inviting him to the band. Thus began the Michael McDonald "blue-eyed soul" influence period of the Doobie Brothers canon. Next in that period I would listen to "It Keeps You Runnin'" or "Minute By Minute."
I believe he joined the Doobies on the previous tour because Tom Johnston was ill.
The ironic thing is that Skunk Baxter eventually left The Doobie Brothers because he didn’t care for the direction that Michel McDonald was taking the band. I still prefer Tom Johnston’s music and version of the Doobies but Michael McDonald did help them win their first Grammy.
@@garyb9455 I know, right? Personally, I've always ping-ponged back and forth between which era of the band I prefer (Tom Johnston or Michael), but it's like my trying to choose which era of the Beatles I prefer: Please Please Me through Rubber Soul, or Revolver forward. It depends on what mood I'm in.
Was going to opine, but you pretty m,uch covered what I might have said. Love all 'offerings' from the Doobies of all eras AND MD. Concur with your suggestions, but they might want to hit "What A Fool Believes" first.
@@kentharris3878 the only reason I didn't offer "What A Fool Believes" is that I thought they had already hit that one. But if I'm wrong, that is obviously #1 next up in my opinion!
"It Keeps You Runnin'" was on the same album and is another great one featuring Michael McDonald. Definitely worth a reaction if you like this version of the band.
Excellent choice.
Such a cool groove
OMG yes!!!
"...Runnin" is my favorite Doobie song ever.
Keeps you running is a monster song
This song was America’s introduction to the Doobies’ McDonald era, and it came out of nowhere - an immaculate banger -
The 40-Year Old Virgin marathon of Michael McDonald .. best part of the movie.
@@danmayberry1185I don't know if I agree it's the best part of the movie, but it's all I could think of when I saw this. "I'll throw in the DVD if you DON'T buy it!" I also love the line in the end credits where it says "Michael McDonald, you rock!"
I remember Michael Douglas fretting over the Doobie Brothers breaking up in the movie "Romancing The Stone" as well. Then he lit a big pile of weed, inhaled, and said, "Now that's what I call a campfire!"
The Weapon baby by Rush
Hot Choclate -"Everyone's A Winner" lost this poll but is a banger !!! 🔥🔥
I am guessing when heard most would recognize!!
It's minimum A+
Wasn’t Black Water the first?
In the same vein of a Peter Cetera led Chicago, The Doobs took on a major shift with the addition of former Steely Dan players Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar and Micheal McDonald on vocals, The POV of many songs became societal ills and love with McDonald becoming frontman. To me, the beauty of this song is the vocal, which you barely mentioned. McDonald became a major voice of the 70s and 80s and can be heard in a wide variety of songs.
A profound comparison. As was with Styx perhaps, when Dennis DeYoung figured more prominently than Tommy Shaw.
@@wildomegamusicYeah, Cetera doesn't get enough credit for his skills on the bass that drove so many Chicago hits.
Interesting factoid:.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is now a private contractor for NASA.....or something to that effect.
@@davidd5407 DOD
Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter had joined the Doobies full time on the prior album Stampede which is another classic album.
Hats off to the under-acknowledged Tiran Porter with that highly musical bass part
It actually sounds very punk, tone-wise and how out-front it is.
"You telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see"
TRUTH for the ages...
Amen Duanne
Too right.
Nailed it..more relevant today than when it was written.
Are those lyrics or what??? Relevant all these years later.
James Taylor doesn't appear on this studio version, though he did perform the song live with the Doobies in 1978 (I think) for the No Nukes album. That's Michael McDonald on lead vocals. He joined the band in '75 after singing background with Steely Dan.
Classic moment in the film. James comes in late for his part, John Hall starts the line, James finishes it but adds "Thank you, John"
'79
And he still did some background with the Dan after this -- you can hear his voice very distinctly on Aja. He even gets a bit of lead vocal on "I Got the News."
@@sourisvoleur4854Back-up vocals for Little Feat, as well
100% correct.
I like how when the grin appeared on Andy's face it just started getting bigger and bigger and he could not stop grinning. 🤠
This song it's even better when cruising around in your car with the windows down in the sunshine! 😎
"Taking it to the streets" means to demonstrate or to protest. He was talking to a politician making him empty promises, in the lyrics. "You telling me the things you're gonna do for me. I ain't blind, and I dont like the things I see."
Exactly.
Yep! Nailed it!
Thankyou!
According to Michael McDonald, the song’s writer, “the song was about trying to communicate a message of unity in the world, that no matter what happens, we’re all in this together.”
Finally! I've been pushing this one for a while. Love that bass.
❤
They tried to make the bass sound fatter, but it wouldn’t fit on the album.
Michael McDonald on those keys and singing, the fantastic guitar, and backing vocals, the iconic Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. Great song, guys. Thanks for all the hard work bringing us a diversity of genera and excellent commentary every week.
That “Minute By Minute” album echoes the changing of the guard by the Doobies. And I can’t say enough what an awesome & unsung session player Jeff “Skunk” Baxter is
His voice is like pure silk.
Imagine having such a soulful voice....what a gift
I’m sure everyone my age thought this would be an instant “S”. This is the Michael McDonald era. Yes the sound is different but it’s also great. This would be the finale or encore if you saw them live. This brought the house down.
I was thinking S+.
I saw the Doobies when they were just starting out, Jesus Was Just Alright had just hit the airwaves. They were the opening act for Loggins and Messina. Earlier in the tour a third band opened for both of them, Eagles.
Wow!!!
A&A, you'll love their "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)"!!
I would love them to catch the whole album Stampede.
South city midnight lady.
That's my favorite, reminds me of summer time. Tommy Johnston version 💯
@@homebrew2070 Up all night I could not sleep, the whiskey that I drank was cheap.
@@homebrew2070 they heard that song when they reviewed the album The Captain and Me.
South City Midnight Lady from The Captain and I album is my favorite Doobie Brothers song. Very underrated.
The immaculate engineering of Ted Templeman deserves a shout-out here. Your next Doobies song should be Without You. Like other songs from 1975 and 1976, this song reflects a Bicentennial vibe to it. The hype (and legit pride) of America hitting its 200 birthday was INESCAPABLE at the time. I suspect many artists felt that patriotic pull of the times but also looked around at how the country was still struggling to make progress even 10 years after Watts. Suite Madame Blue from Styx is similar in this vein. Stevie Wonder's You Haven't Done Nothing from 1974 is another good example.
They were so tight live, this song in front of a crowd is amazing. Micheal McDonald on vocals and keyboard. One of the best ever.
Just don’t get caught recording bootleg copies
Love the Doobie brothers guys. Just another reminder. It’s been over a year SINCE YOUR LAST YES SONG!!!
😃 Which track should they hit next? Have they done 'Going for the One', yet? That'd be fun.
@@McBeth.
I’d probably suggest ‘Southside of the sky,’ or ‘Awaken’, but at this point, I’d settle for ‘Man in a white car’ 😉.
And You and I...I’m just waiting too...
"Machine Messiah" live, perhaps?
Love it! This song will always remind me of the “bootleg” episode of What’s Happening when the Doobie Brothers guest stared. 😊
Which Doobie you be?
hahaha omg I remember that episode. Will always think of that when I hear the Doobie Brothers.
Play this one for Brother Al!
Popcorn!
Which Doobie you be?
Hey, someone else who remembers that episode! Hello, fellow old person!
Childhood days listening to the AM radio station. Was a favorite then and still sounds great.
Most kids (under 30) listening to this have never heard a song on AM radio. 😂
GOOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!!
☮️💟♾️
Good morning!
Saw Eagles and Doobie Brothers last Thursday in Raleigh. WOWWWWW. McDonald sounds the same as ever. What a concert.
a great positive song - just what we need nowadays - i'm so sick of the useless artificial divides that some people like to seek
I am not so sure how "artificial" it is when one side has people sentenced by the Deep Police State to serve literally years and decades in political torture prison for doing not much of anything of consequence, while the other side applauds it while burning down cities and killing for their own cause. Seems like a pretty real divide to me. So this song and others of its era are an anachronism today, and it can only get worse from here. Buckle up for the strife, and reminisce about what used to be a hippie dream.
Absolutely we are all in this world,we have more in common than not, but bottom feeders making their living dividing/destroying us ☮️
@@AP-gb3eh That's funny, because as soon as Trump won an election, all the vicious cutting knives came out from the intolerant side, including burning of cities, and marching mobs in the streets attacking cars, with celebrities threatening to burn down the White House and to shoot Trump in the head. "Resist" and all that anti-societal bullshit. So I guess there are a hundred million or so of those "bottom feeders," since they all let that happen and cheered it on for the most part. So some of us are not buying the bullshit getting sold anymore. Release the political prisoners, and maybe I will change my mind. Until then, division is on the menu.
Per our beloved DJ in Rochester, NY. “They ain’t related but they do be brothers!” 🤣🤣🤣👌👌❤️
One of the all time bests.
ANYWHERE!
I say that because of the message. That and it’s true.
Boys, you need to see it LIVE. A+++++
While I am not a huge fan of the Michael McDonald era of The Doobies, I do love this song. Pre-McDonald Doobies is my fave.
“What a Fool Believes” is the next to hear from the MMcD Doobies
Just saw the Doobie Brothers last week with the Eagles. They were amazing. Michael McDonald can still give a great vocal performance.
Michael McDonald (lead vocal, keyboards) wrote this song, inspired by an essay written by his sister Maureen on race relations in St. Louis, MO. Maureen can be heard singing the backing vocals on Michael's I Keep Forgettin' (Ever Time You're Near).
"I Keep Forgettin''," yes, let's do that one here please.
Both sisters sang backup.
@@TheDivayenta Only Maureen sang on the recording (doubled). In some TV performances, both sisters sang.
The crossover appeal of this song when it was released was massive. Rock,adult contemporary (pop) and R&B stations all had this one in heavy rotation.
When MM first came on board The Doobies really had to develop their approach and sound, and did they ever! Really one of the most capable and musically diverse bands there is and has ever been. That they are still out there AND STILL takin' it to the streets is something we should be grateful for....
The Doobie Brothers take us straight to church on this one.
A phenomenal arrangnememt, lyrics, instrumentations and Michaels voice is pure gold.
Saw them for their 50th Anniversary show a couple of months ago. With Michael, it was Awesome!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊
Michael never stops being amazing. This must have rocked.
S Tier! Loved growing up with this music. Doobie Brothers rock!
I saw the Doobie Brothers live in the early 80's, in fact it was my first concert ever. They were the headliner of a 4 band lineup. Rick Springfield opened (Jessie's Girl was new), then Ronnie Montrose, followed by SANTANA, and finally The Doobie Brothers. I was a young teenager and went on to see many concerts with various artists over the years, but that one still stands out as a GREAT show.
That bass goes right to the gut. Sauce deluxe….
This is the first album with Michael McDonald in the band. He brought a new sound to the band and although I like him as a performer, the band lost their earlier sound which to me was a better sound.. I guess they had to go with the changes in the music culture but I liked them better before the introduction of Michael in the mix.
110% agree.
As much as I love Michael McDonald and what he brought to the band as someone that graduated from high school in 1973 the original version of the Doobie Brothers was my favorite band for a few years hence my choice for best version of the band. The entire album The Captain and Me is phenomenal.
Same here.
@@tomcurtis8431 absolutely fantastic album and we graduated the same year!
They got so mellow after he joined, still had some good songs but the early albums rocked
The R&B influence is all about Michael McDonald. In early 1975, Front Man, Lead Vocalist and Guitarist, Tom Johnston took ill with a bleeding ulcer. He took a sabbatical from touring and Michael McDonald, who had been playing with Steely Dan, replaced him as front man. Johnston continued to write and make minor contributions in the studio.
Wow!! Plot twist! What does this mean for that latest poll? (Dum dum DAHHHH!!) Oh, about this song? Classic!! Will never forget when Rerun (Or Dwayne?) got caught trying to make a bootleg copy of this on "What's Happenin'!"!
Maybe on Friday they'll surprise us all and finally hit Every 1's A Winner!!!
(Won't happen, but a guy can dream...)
Yes! I just posted that this song will always remind me of that episode. Rerun had the cassette player in his rain coat! Classic! 😊
Doobies taking us to church at the end!
Doobies Version 2...called Michael McDonald and his Back-up Band. He would be there for 7 years. When originator Tom Johnston returned in '87, the Doobie Brothers resumed as a band.
Nice!
Check out the Doobies’ Another Park, Another Sunday. It’s marvelous 😍✌🏻
Immaculate guitar work and arrangement on that song!
Unfortunately, it stiffed and the record label virtually ordered Tom Johnston to get back in his box, with "Eyes of Silver' being the replacement. A pity.
@@Jessica_RothJohnston wrote so many great tunes. So underrated and under appreciated.
Tiran Porter really drove this song. Such an underrated bass player.
All of the songs I loved as a kid had great bass playing.
I have never understood why Porter isn't acclaimed.
Wife here. First concert was Doobie’s. Got to listen to South City Midnight Lady nice one good pedal steel.
Man I'd love to see you guys react to Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgetting.
Michael McDonald is great here. Awesome song.
Totally agree...his best vocal performance in this song.
I was fortunate to see the the Doobie Brothers in concert. They opened for the Eagles! The whole night I was able to hear all there greatest hits. Vince Gill was there and Glen Frey’s, (R.I.P) son Deacon Frey played his dad’s songs as well as Vince Gill. One of the best concerts I have ever been to.💜💜💜
Fantastic song, I've been requesting it since way back in A&A history.
Had dinner with the Doobies in 2011 backstage at the clipsal 500 concert in Adelaide Australia. Watching their performance from this vantage point was amazing! Fantastic live.
These guys are so genuine, kind and lovely people.
An experience I'll always remember ✨️
The Different Doobies. I like the earlier albums more, but I do love them. Have you checked out Dan Fogelberg and Bonnie Raitt yet?? Just a note Return To Forever "Romantic Warrior" or Stanley Clarke "School Days" would melt your brains. Just sayin'.
I would really like them to do Dan Fogelberg's "Phoenix," my favorite of a soft banger of the era.
Huge RTF fan. Stanley Clarke School Days I bought when it first came out.
I have a list of fav albums ever. Dan Fogelberg "Souvenirs" is on it.
@@kevinkliegl9315 I saw Stanley Clarke live at The Apollo in '78. Phenominal show. He came out with an upright bass and my jaw dropped.
Thank you for wearing 👖!!
Really. Next summer they need to bring more ladies on the show, if this situation continues.
Tom Johnston left to tend to medical issues as I recall. Michael stepped in, great voices both!!
I'm definitely more an early-Doobies fan.
I really love the early rock n roll Doobies and wasn't too keen on their later soft rock sound but this album when Michael McDonald first joined them is just a great balance between those styles. No filler here at all and I think Tiran Porter's bass just drives every song.
Great great song!!!
Hot Choclate -"Everyone's A Winner" lost this poll but is a banger !!! 🔥🔥
I am guessing when heard most would recognize!!
It's minimum A+
This tour was my second concert I ever saw in Louisville.. I was 15
McDonald did copious back vocals for Steely Dan.
This song is one of the first contributions of new band member Michael McDonald, Probably very earliest writing attempts as well. Nice historical choice guys. Porter played bass, as did Baxter on occasion. You should also listen to "It Keeps you Runnin'" off this same LP. Another early McDonald tune.
Excellent choice!!!! 😎
more doobie brothers, love to see it! I recommend the Little River Band if youre looking for a new soft rock band that the Eagle's Glenn Frey said was the best singing band of all time. "It's a Long Way There" is a phenomenal song (2022 remaster)
Little River Band with John Farnham doing his stint (loved Glenn as well)
It was just ok for me. Totally different sound from the earlier Doobie's who I love & prefer.
Immaculate production on this track everything is so rich and clear.
My favorite song of theirs. I love the diversity in your choices. ❤❤
Proper tune!
A lot of people aren't aware of The Doobies great song "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" and their song "Another Park Another Sunday" of which you'll also
find some good live versions.
An example of the very best possible Music we humans can offer!
Yes, I saw Michael recently saying in an interview that some of the old songs still managed to cook. Always humble.
They all cook, Michael. We're talking about the prime musicians of the era. Incredible to watch.
Pure unadulterated "black gospel"! Love it!
Besides being a great song, this was a HUGE hit. Saw the Doobies playing this on TV on Sitcoms, Children's shows, Variety shows. You literally couldn't get away from it. Didn't want to either.
Love this band!! Saw them 7/4/77! Absolutely amazing!!🤘🔥
Though I get why it didn't win the poll, I hope you circle back to the thoroughly bass-forward "My City Was Gone" from The Pretenders.
Tiran Porter on the bass! Great stuff.
always liked the doobie brothers especially after macdonald joined the band one of the members tom johnson left the group and went solo he wrote a song about my hometown called savannah nights unfortunately neither the song nor his career went anywhere⚛😀
Tom Johnson if I remember correctly left for medical reasons. He was out for several years.
ok thanks for that hope he's still with us@@AnthonyT50 ⚛😀
Tommy Johnson was The voice of the Doobie Brothers, before they became a backing band for MM. Was glad TJ was able to rejoin the band. A & A you must do "Rocking Down the Highway". An essential Doobies banger.
My memory of this song is from when I was a mid-teenager in the mid-1970s at golf camp in North Carolina. I recorded on cassette tape a pillow fight with three of my friends with this song playing on the radio in the background. Every time I hear this song, I laugh.
.....man, I appreciate you two.....
One of the best of the Doobies, "THE" group of the 70's.
Just prior to the pandemic lockdowns I went to a Steely Dan/Doobies concert - it was basically a Michael McDonald/Donald Fagan Fest (a.k.a. Doobie Dan, LOL).
The Doobies are still touring and kicking ass, just saw them in May for the 5th time.
I'm so glad that so many of your A. A+ and S ratings come from the music of my youth!!
Man, I think the song has always really really killed it. Fantastic on so many levels and you got a shout out the piano in this. That's a lot of stamina and a lot of work and it's so perfect.
It's one of my favorites, although China Grove and Black Water are right up there.
I'll let others recommend other McDonald-era songs, but "I Cheat the Hangman" is a pre-McDonald gem you won't want to miss. It was on their last album before McDonald (their fifth), and I consider it the height of their creativity. Basically a story about a ghost that visits his still-living girl with thoughts of tenderness and a delusion that he has cheated the hangmen-- all conveyed in a trance-like guitar-led section with some of the richest harmonies anywhere in all of rock; but then it transitions to an intense "Night on Bald Mountain" section that I always interpret as his soul finally being sucked into Hell (no more cheating the hangman). Both parts of the song are at least A+, and fusing them into a single work thrusts it into S realm as far as overall impact and creativity.
What a piece of work. Man brings back some great memories.
Saw the Doobie's this summer on their 50th anniversary tour. They were awesome and rocked for 2 hrs. What a show. Catch them if you can.
A definitive departure from the beginning sounds of the Tom Johnson era and into the Michael Mcdonald era of a more soulful, R&B era. A lot of folks didn’t like this departure from the early Doobies style but this was considered their most popular era when McDonald was writing a majority of their stuff. This song as well as What A Fool Believes and Minute by Minute. Personally…I love both styles because they’re both good, but also because they’re so different. The definition of a well rounded band to be able to do both styles- and do them so well.
I believe this is considered Michael McDonald's signature song with the band. I am a big fan of their understated "Livin' on the Fault Line," which is like the Doobies whispering really hard so as to not wake the children, but they really want to perform loud late at night anyway.
The title track is wonderful
Even the whiskey in your bottle was groovin’ to this one!
This is a top 25 classic rock song ever!
I think it's amazing at how the Doobies were able to continue on after the departure of Tom Johnston,thier sound and style completely changed with McDonald but fans still kept on listening
Look into the Doobie Brothers BEFORE vs AFTER Michael McDonald.
They have reacted to quite a few earlier Doobie songs.... check it out!
@@lauriesandt5371 yes, they have. In this video, A&A question why the band sounds very different from earlier DB music.
Hells Angels house band.
Also do a charity show for a children’s hospital every Christmas. Every and all members are invited and almost always attend.
Classic song. So well done.
Great reaction guys! The whole album is stellar! Rio is my favorite track!
Gotta love the Doobies. All renditions, any way they want. They just keep bangin em out. 50+ yrs of listening to them and they still groove.
I love the way this made you smile
I have never been a huge Doobie fan but with that said, I do know all the words.
Love how his voice cracks in the end chorus. Always wait for that!
Always love McDonald's vocals with this fabulous group. Definitely one of my big Doobie faves...
Saw The Doobie Brothers in 1977. No Tom Johnston, but we got Skunk Baxter sitting in a chair the entire show. The ultimate coolness.
Never been a fan of Michael McDonald, but there are a few songs I do like where he sings lead. This is one of them.
Their opening song was "China Grove", and that segued directly into this song. So much fun!
The opening band was Foreigner on their first tour, so we were treated to a phenomenal show. All of this for $7.00.
It's great being a Boomer!
I can't imagine McDonald singing "China Grove".
@@jeffcoat1959 He didn't. Pat Simmons did.