Felix is one of the greatest singers ever. Im a big fan of theirs since 67. Had many hits Good Lovin, Beautiful Morning, People gotta be Free. Eddie Brigatti guy in green shirt sang A Girl like You maybe How can I Be Sure. Their in R & R Hall of Fame. Agreed, it's a beautiful timeless song. Keep up the good work
The Rascals were a FANTASTIC band! Groovin' was a huge #1 record. They had so many great hit singles! Good Lovin'... How Can I Be Sure.. A Girl Like You.. Beautiful Morning... People Got To Be Free...all FANTASTIC songs! One of my Favourite groups of the 60s!!♥️♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
Yes. It's a Beautiful Morning is a song that always leaves me smiling, ever since I was in about 4th grade, when it was in the regular radio song list rotation. It would be a good next song for this band.
This song was a favorite when it came out in my grade school days, when Mike, my neighbor, like Leslie, and I liked her sister. So that line always served as a double entendre for "That would be ecstasy, you and me and Leslie."
I remember the first time I heard Groovin. Since then it has been my all time favorite along with Crystal Blue Persusion by Tommy James & the Shondells.
Crystal Blue Persuasion Offf The Hoooook 😍 Timeless 🎶 this new generation don't know nothing about music ! The music of today to me I consider it as garbage ! They sound all alike the females the male singers even in their dialects of singing in their voice it sounds the same along with its music !! And the music type I'm talking about is this Rap music. Old school Rap back in the Day sounds better than what they putting out now !!
I had the pleasure of seeing these guys one during their big hit days. One of the original blue eyed soul bands. At one point these guys were almost has popular as The Beatles here in the US. Try "How Can I Be Sure", "Come On Up", "A Girl Like You", "Lonely Too Long" and "Good Lovin' ". It's a shame more people don't react to this great band.
I think the most relevant quote is by Mac Davis...'Music is the universal language, and love is the key'. Mac Davis wrote In the Ghetto by Elvis. You should check out I Believe in Music by him. He truly believed in the oneness of humanity.
Next time you have a question about a 60's or 70's group, just ask me. This is the era that I grew up in and I have played their music many times and own almost all their music on CD.
they fit in the "blue-eyed soul" category. Dino Danelli is an amazing drummer, Gene Cornish so talented on guitar and harmonica, And Felix and Eddie doing most of the solos. (Gene was the only one with blue eyes)
I enjoyed your reaction. The first time I saw this video I thought for sure the harmonica player had a relative directing the show. They hardly ever showed the lead singer.
I was in High School when the Rascals hit the scene. Or were they The Young Rascals. Anyway our family ik lu didn't have much money, so buying records was a luxury we couldn't afford. But once in a great while I would scrape up enough money to buy a record that was worth it! And this band had soooooo many hits! Felix and the band were and always the best!!!
It breaks my to know this style and class of music had to give way to some of the corporate greed manufactured garbage we are subjected to listen to today. Most cant even play an instrument, and need electronics to correct their voice. I'm from this era, so I remember a few white bands that got down. Average White Band was also amazing, gettin down.
Another great chill, feel-good song, same era, is "Its a Beautiful Morning" by the Rascals. Its one of the songs on my "morning" playlist, helps me start the day in a great mood. Love the channel and reactions, Hari, thx!
Oh I don’t believe it ! Finally! Someone reacted to the rascals ! Thank you .. what a great band out of New Jersey , Italian Americans who worshipped Wilson Picket . They combined soul with their own style . Fun fact : the Rascals were the first American band to not put on a concert if black people were not allowed . Listen to A girl like you , people got to be free etc etc . Man they have great songs .
When buddy holly first played in harlem.,s great theater in 58,they were expecting a black group and when curtains opened there was a silence,as portrayed in the movie.he broke the ice with.well I didn't expect you all either.and next they were dancing in the isles.
Hari, I'm glad you found out that good music is not judged by color. In fact when this song first came out, I was not thinking or wondering what color they were. No, I only knew I liked it. Whether they were black or white meant nothing to me.
Thanks for reminding about "People Got To Be Free"! I'm definitely going to listen to that song. That is Harri doesn't react to "People Got To Be Free".
This was a terrific group in the mid sixties. They have a long list of hits to include People got to be free and many more. Way underrated at the time probably because of the popularity of the British Invasion. Brings back many memories for me!
The lead singer is Felix Cavaliere, who is Italian-American. I think the majority of the band, except Gene Cornish, who is playing the harmonica, are also Italian-American.
Thxs for the good information! Eddie Brigatti I know How can I Be Sure maybe A Girl Like You. Both great songs He was in Joe y Dee & Starlighters, Peppermint Twist. I believe he and Felix are still performing.
One of my favorite groups from my teen years. So many great songs! My favorite is How Can I Be Sure. Good Lovin' was their first #1 hit, People Got To Be Free was their last #1 hit. You'll enjoy any & all of their songs.
Takes me back to the 60’s, listened to this one a lot! Loved that this American group wouldn’t play a concert until black people could attend ! They are part of the blue eyed soul I grew up with, like Tommy James ! This is very Motown, soulful. Thanks so much Harri, you made my day & I’m Groovin 😊💎💜💋🇨🇦☮️ How is your harmonica playing coming along Harri 😊 can’t wait to hear you playing!!
So glad to hear you react to them! They're a great band with a very underrated drummer. It's a Beautiful Morning, Good Lovin', People Got To Be Free are some other great ones. (Another great 60's band that no one reacts to--and should be--is The Lovin' Spoonful. Summer in the City, Daydream, Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind, Nashville Cats
NO, I am not shocked to hear cool, bluesy, or soulful music from white artists, because I've heard them all of my life (I'm almost 53). Frankly, I have heard numerous reaction hosts just completely FLABBERGASTED to hear a white guy having any charisma at all, like that's not physically possible, or like white folks have no passion, no pain, no feeling,no swag, no nothing. There is no race that gets to claim all of those things. To me, it's no different from claiming that black folks can't be good at academics or literature; It's just absurd. An equivalent statement would be: " Oh, he spoke so well, I just assumed he was white!" Hell no to that. I have listened to Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Booker T and the MGs, The Shirelles, Barbara Lewis, Smokey Robinson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Platters, The Temptations, The Isely Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, War, Santana, etc, etc. Seems like a lot of white folks in the last 50 years have been embracing black artists, and the black people have not reciprocated, and that's somewhat understandable, because of a general mistrust. HOWEVER, that mistrust was only justified concerning a certain conservative, redneck segment of our society. I assure all black subscribers to these sites that millions of us people who you think don't like spices are simply WRONG.
I’m black and I grew up on rock music, as well as r&b and folk music so stop generalizing. I can’t even count the number of black reviewers (especially young ones) who love the rock music that they feature on their channels.
Rascal's were a good lite rock group. They made feel good toe tapping songs and were on the radio all the time. This song, for me, has the same vibe as "Up on the Roof" and "Under the Boardwalk" by the Drifters which was written by Carol King and ex-hubby. Harri, both these songs are worth a listen to. Boardwalk is one my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing this groovin' song.
Good lite Rock Group? Seriously. The are straight ahead Rock N Roll. Listen to Come on up, I Ain't Gonna Eat out my heart, Mickey's Monkey, Lonely Too Long, Good Lovin, A Girl Like you etc...
Welcome to "blue-eyed soul". The sixties were probably the greatest time in music with melodies and lyrics. AND singers who could ACTUALLY SING!! No autotune and computer gimickry!
Felix Cavelliere, is Italian-American. The Rascals were one of the most popular groups in the world in the mid to late 1960s. So many huge hits! I know if you played more of their music, you'd be saying "OI know this song!" "Good Lovin'," "It's a Beautiful Morning" and many more. Still one of my favorite "Classic Rock" Bands.
You are not the only one my man . All my early life I thought the same thing . And I'm a musician , been in three bands , first time I saw this I flipped. I was like I thought they were black ......Damn . You go my man ! LOVE THE SONGS YOU BEEN GETTIN IN TO BRO .
The guy who played Silvio in the Sopranos once said at their rock&roll hall of fame induction that their the most “black sounding Italians in the music business”
This was so different from their usual rock groove that the president of the record company (Atlantic) wasn't going to release it as a single. Murray the K told him he was crazy and it was a for-sure #1 hit. They released it. MtK was right.
The two guys in the band that wrote this song are in the songwriters hall of fame this is one of the greatest American bands of the 1960s and they are Italian Americans
The first few rock records in my collection when I was growing up in Chicago were by Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, the Four Seasons, the Beatles (of course) and the Young Rascals. I heard the Rascals' version of "Mustang Sally" long before I heard the original Wilson Pickett record. Wicked Pickett certainly did the definitive version of that song, but Felix Cavaliere's rendition was a close second.
The Rascals recorded on Atlantic Records. They did a lot of covers by Black Artists that could be played on Southern stations, as many stations would not play music by black artists.
This group was a shock to many people when they came on tv.The song was always playing on the radio. They had a lot of great songs.Check out "Its a Beautuful Morning."I love his voice and the music was so nice.The Rascals or Young Rascals whatever they called themselves at the time.Very very nice.Similar to The Cornelius Bros. and Sister Rose.
love the rascals i wore out an album and cassette listening to them anything they did was good -- thank you so much for this reaction love and smiles -- found another group you might be willing to react to Playing for Change totally different way to produce music around the world and worth listening to please react if you can and if not please give them a listen --- love and smiles to you
Harri, I love your reactions. Your face is so expressive! I love your comment, "Soul has no color." Exactly. I've felt for years that the respect musicians and athletes show for each other has always been the cutting edge of improved race relations. Thanks for your comments
The beauty of not being color-blind, is reactions like this……..We’ve all been there, before. It’s not a testament of your character, rather, it’s an admission that your human instinct isn’t flawless. Harri keeps it real, and so do I….
A few other hits of theirs you might have heard before are the classic "Good Lovin'", as well as "A Beautiful Morning" and "I've Been Lonely Too Long" -- both of which could easily be mistaken for Motown singles -- and "People Got To Be Free" -- which could easily be mistaken for Three Dog Night. They also released "You Better Run" in 1966, a song Pat Benatar would go on to own in 1980.
One of the greatest aspects of the music of the 1960s is that almost everyone had so many influences from so many different sources. The Rascals/Young Rascals began as a powerful R&B based group and that influenced so much of what they released. Keeping in mind that the popularity of Blues in modern culture is the result of the form's being embraced by countless UK kids who brought it back to America, where Blues was either ignored or largely forgotten. For a look at this band showing their love for R&B, check out an early hit, I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore, the smoking hot Good Lovin' or even their later song, See. Music should be a lesson to all of us. Music knows no colour. Take care and stay safe, Harri. Peace, brother ♥
Felix Cavaliere is lead vocal on this one. After the Rascals ended he did a lot of stuff but his biggest (and only) solo hit was "Only a Lonely Heart Sees" from 1980. It's a great song, and it's not really remembered by anybody these days.
Appreciate your love of music and your knowledge also. Keep doing what you do Harri. Please consider "It's a Beautiful Morning". I'll look forward to that, and thank you for this great reaction. Peace.
It's amazing how we all have pre-conceived cultural notions of how people should look and sound, especially since we have been brainwashed by the media. When I first heard this when it came out I gave no thought to skin color--I just loved it and thought it very soulful.
The MEDIA has nothing to do with it Samuel; when you hear black groups sing, they have a certain sound. That's it. Don't bring politics into this. There's plenty of examples of songs where people thought the singer was black...or white, and the MEDIA didn't tell us anything.
@@tvgator1 sorry, but in a way politics has, in my opinion, polarised young people today. We never bothered about who sang certain songs, or more importantly who 'owned' a particular genre....but I am British Maybe in the states you had a different view for all sorts of reasons, like Watts riots and what was behind all that stuff
@@samolevski1119 Sorry Sam, but when people hear, for example, Bobby Caldwell sing "What You Won't Do (For Love)" most think he sounds black. That has NOTHING to do with politics, only the sound of his voice to them. Stop looking for layers here. The husk in that guy's voice sounds like a black dude singing it. I only knew it wasn't because I already knew the group. But others who haven't are certainly entitled to their opinion without being judged for being 'political."
Classic feel-good song. Has been covered by different bands like Booker T & the MGs, WAR and El Chicano. The Rascals even did versions in Spanish, Italian and French.
Felix is one of the greatest singers ever. Im a big fan of theirs since 67. Had many hits Good Lovin, Beautiful Morning, People gotta be Free. Eddie Brigatti guy in green shirt sang A Girl like You maybe How can I Be Sure. Their in R & R Hall of Fame. Agreed, it's a beautiful timeless song. Keep up the good work
Felix is a classically trained pianist.
The Rascals were a FANTASTIC band! Groovin' was a huge #1 record. They had so many great hit singles! Good Lovin'... How Can I Be Sure.. A Girl Like You.. Beautiful Morning... People Got To Be Free...all FANTASTIC songs! One of my Favourite groups of the 60s!!♥️♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
Yes. It's a Beautiful Morning is a song that always leaves me smiling, ever since I was in about 4th grade, when it was in the regular radio song list rotation. It would be a good next song for this band.
This song was a favorite when it came out in my grade school days, when Mike, my neighbor, like Leslie, and I liked her sister. So that line always served as a double entendre for "That would be ecstasy, you and me and Leslie."
I remember the first time I heard Groovin. Since then it has been my all time favorite along with Crystal Blue Persusion by Tommy James & the Shondells.
Crystal Blue Persuasion Offf The Hoooook 😍 Timeless 🎶 this new generation don't know nothing about music ! The music of today to me I consider it as garbage ! They sound all alike the females the male singers even in their dialects of singing in their voice it sounds the same along with its music !! And the music type I'm talking about is this Rap music. Old school Rap back in the Day sounds better than what they putting out now !!
Great choice! I love the Rascals!
I have always liked this song from the day it came out. So mellow, so sweet, so calming!
I had the pleasure of seeing these guys one during their big hit days. One of the original blue eyed soul bands. At one point these guys were almost has popular as The Beatles here in the US. Try "How Can I Be Sure", "Come On Up", "A Girl Like You", "Lonely Too Long" and "Good Lovin' ". It's a shame more people don't react to this great band.
I think the most relevant quote is by Mac Davis...'Music is the universal language, and love is the key'. Mac Davis wrote In the Ghetto by Elvis. You should check out I Believe in Music by him. He truly believed in the oneness of humanity.
Next time you have a question about a 60's or 70's group, just ask me. This is the era that I grew up in and I have played their music many times and own almost all their music on CD.
You are a legend James!
@@HarriBestReactionsNo, not a legend, Just Old!
they fit in the "blue-eyed soul" category. Dino Danelli is an amazing drummer, Gene Cornish so talented on guitar and harmonica, And Felix and Eddie doing most of the solos. (Gene was the only one with blue eyes)
One of absolutely favourite songs. Harri I was in shock too. All these years thinking they were black too!
I had my own Bobby Caldwell moment with this group. Well done, my good man!
I enjoyed your reaction. The first time I saw this video I thought for sure the harmonica player had a relative directing the show. They hardly ever showed the lead singer.
That's so smooth, daddio.
Blue eyed soul at it's best!
This old Canadian long haired retired dude digs your choices. Groove on brother.
Gosh, Harri, all kinds of people can sing!
I was in High School when the Rascals hit the scene. Or were they The Young Rascals. Anyway our family ik lu didn't have much money, so buying records was a luxury we couldn't afford. But once in a great while I would scrape up enough money to buy a record that was worth it! And this band had soooooo many hits! Felix and the band were and always the best!!!
That's why they call it "Blue Eyed Soul."
We really did have great music in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, didn't we?
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s.
Blue eyed soul
you got it @ 3:36, the vocals of the rascals was a derivative of East coast street corner doo wap.
Inspiration for Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan
Violent Femmes Blister in the sun
So did I Harry.... Don't feel bad
New Jersey rock/soul brothers..
Basic instrumental parts make this song great
They had quite a number of hits back then. Here's another one of their hits - ua-cam.com/video/j1P8YgEyyG0/v-deo.html
Sicilian. Close enough.
People Got to Be Free!
SOULFUL ITALIAN KIDS FROM NORTH JERSEY
And Harri it UNIVERSAL
☮️❤️🔥🔥🔥🎵🎶🎵...😎
It breaks my to know this style and class of music had to give way to some of the corporate greed manufactured garbage we are subjected to listen to today. Most cant even play an instrument, and need electronics to correct their voice. I'm from this era, so I remember a few white bands that got down. Average White Band was also amazing, gettin down.
Don’t believe your eyes, believe your ears, that’s the biggest problem in the World today
Back in the day, until they got uber famous, people assumed The Mamas & The Papas were black.
Another great chill, feel-good song, same era, is "Its a Beautiful Morning" by the Rascals. Its one of the songs on my "morning" playlist, helps me start the day in a great mood. Love the channel and reactions, Hari, thx!
I second that emotion!
I agree
Oh I don’t believe it ! Finally! Someone reacted to the rascals ! Thank you .. what a great band out of New Jersey , Italian Americans who worshipped Wilson Picket . They combined soul with their own style . Fun fact : the Rascals were the first American band to not put on a concert if black people were not allowed . Listen to A girl like you , people got to be free etc etc . Man they have great songs .
When buddy holly first played in harlem.,s great theater in 58,they were expecting a black group and when curtains opened there was a silence,as portrayed in the movie.he broke the ice with.well I didn't expect you all either.and next they were dancing in the isles.
Good for them!! Standing against racism in the mid 60's. Obviously admired the great black artists of the time.
They were the first white group to sign with Atlantic Records.
Hari, I'm glad you found out that good music is not judged by color. In fact when this song first came out, I was not thinking or wondering what color they were. No, I only knew I liked it. Whether they were black or white meant nothing to me.
Thanks for reminding about "People Got To Be Free"!
I'm definitely going to listen to that song. That is Harri doesn't react to "People Got To Be Free".
I’m a 67 year old black woman who grew up with the Rascals. Good music is music all day long
"Soul has no color". Exactly!
Hey, Harri... Try the ballad by the Rascals, this time with Eddie Brigati singing lead: "How Can I be Sure."
That’s one of my favorites.
@@erdossuitcase7667 mine 2 👍
I second that! It's a great song, one of their best.
Exquisite. Patti Austin sings it magnificently too.
@@TheDivayenta
Thanks for that. Love that song. Real musicians
This was a terrific group in the mid sixties. They have a long list of hits to include People got to be free and many more. Way underrated at the time probably because of the popularity of the British Invasion. Brings back many memories for me!
They were big at that time. Still one of my favorites.
Oh yeah forgot about that one, people got to be free is awesome
People Got To Be Free & Ray of Hope are must listens, now as impactful as they were 50 years ago. Felix Cavaliere is an unsung genius.
"Ray of Hope" definitely a great song by them.
People Got to be Free is their masterpiece of blue-eyed soul... though Groovin' and It's a Beautiful Morning are also masterpieces.
Love “People Got To Be Free”!
Yes, Felix is a genius. So very gifted.
The lead singer is Felix Cavaliere, who is Italian-American. I think the majority of the band, except Gene Cornish, who is playing the harmonica, are also Italian-American.
Thxs for the good information! Eddie Brigatti I know How can I Be Sure maybe A Girl Like You. Both great songs He was in Joe y Dee & Starlighters, Peppermint Twist. I believe he and Felix are still performing.
Dino Danelli on drums and Eddie Brigatti vocals too.
You are correct
@@joycewalbert1413 I had a crush on Dino. Thought he looked like Paul McCartney.
jam6242 - Gene was Canadian. Born in Ottawa, Ontario.
"Good Lovin" and "People Got to be Free" are fun songs by them!
Try Ferry Cross the Mersey and Don't Let the Sun Go Down On You by Gerry and the Pacemakers
I think you mean “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”
The Rascals had many black fans during the 1960's.
Hey Harri! Check out 'How Can I Be Sure?' They will blow you away! Melty
One of my favorite groups from my teen years. So many great songs! My favorite is How Can I Be Sure. Good Lovin' was their first #1 hit, People Got To Be Free was their last #1 hit. You'll enjoy any & all of their songs.
Takes me back to the 60’s, listened to this one a lot! Loved that this American group wouldn’t play a concert until black people could attend ! They are part of the blue eyed soul I grew up with, like Tommy James ! This is very Motown, soulful.
Thanks so much Harri, you made my day & I’m Groovin 😊💎💜💋🇨🇦☮️
How is your harmonica playing coming along Harri 😊 can’t wait to hear you playing!!
Much respect for the group not tolerating racism!
That makes me so happy! I didn't know they did that. Respect.
One of my favorite songs from the late 60's
"I thought they were black." Many people said this about the Righteous Brothers too!
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
So glad to hear you react to them! They're a great band with a very underrated drummer. It's a Beautiful Morning, Good Lovin', People Got To Be Free are some other great ones. (Another great 60's band that no one reacts to--and should be--is The Lovin' Spoonful. Summer in the City, Daydream, Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind, Nashville Cats
Along with Tommy James And The Shondells and Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels.
Love your reactions Harri, this one just goes to show we are all the same regardless of skin colour.
Exactly what i thought ✌🏾
Three Italians and a Canadian.... Dino Danelli was a phenomenon on drums (especially to watch)
How about “Grazing in the grass” by The friends of distinction in 1968
Some funk with jazzy singing.
This song can't be touched by anything made today and that is fact.
This was one of my favorites as a teen. I’d like to suggest Sly and the family Stone “Everyday People “.
@@esdel1955
There's this one about mice and elves...
Not one of their best. I play If You Want Me To Stay almost everyday and sometime on repeat after 40 years. Now that is a tune
@@SailorBarsoom Hahah. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).
Some of the songs you play are 50 and 60 years old and still sounds great 👍
Imagine that????
Great music will ALWAYS be Great music.
Music of the 50s 60 70s '80s '90s a little bit part of the 2000"s Timeless Legendary 🎶🎶🎶 ! Just Sayin
NO, I am not shocked to hear cool, bluesy, or soulful music from white artists, because I've heard them all of my life (I'm almost 53). Frankly, I have heard numerous reaction hosts just completely FLABBERGASTED to hear a white guy having any charisma at all, like that's not physically possible, or like white folks have no passion, no pain, no feeling,no swag, no nothing. There is no race that gets to claim all of those things. To me, it's no different from claiming that black folks can't be good at academics or literature; It's just absurd.
An equivalent statement would be: " Oh, he spoke so well, I just assumed he was white!" Hell no to that. I have listened to Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Booker T and the MGs, The Shirelles, Barbara Lewis, Smokey Robinson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Platters, The Temptations, The Isely Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, War, Santana, etc, etc.
Seems like a lot of white folks in the last 50 years have been embracing black artists, and the black people have not reciprocated, and that's somewhat understandable, because of a general mistrust. HOWEVER, that mistrust was only justified concerning a certain conservative, redneck segment of our society. I assure all black subscribers to these sites that millions of us people who you think don't like spices are simply WRONG.
I’m black and I grew up on rock music, as well as r&b and folk music so stop generalizing. I can’t even count the number of black reviewers (especially young ones) who love the rock music that they feature on their channels.
Rascal's were a good lite rock group. They made feel good toe tapping songs and were on the radio all the time. This song, for me, has the same vibe as "Up on the Roof" and "Under the Boardwalk" by the Drifters which was written by Carol King and ex-hubby. Harri, both these songs are worth a listen to. Boardwalk is one my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing this groovin' song.
Yea thanx Andy..i know both songs
I couldn’t agree more.
Good lite Rock Group? Seriously. The are straight ahead Rock N Roll. Listen to Come on up, I Ain't Gonna Eat out my heart, Mickey's Monkey, Lonely Too Long, Good Lovin, A Girl Like you etc...
@@davidhattman7649 Amen!
That's just another example of blue eyed soul and I love it
Absolutely !😀
Welcome to "blue-eyed soul". The sixties were probably the greatest time in music with melodies and lyrics. AND singers who could ACTUALLY SING!! No autotune and computer gimickry!
Felix Cavelliere, is Italian-American. The Rascals were one of the most popular groups in the world in the mid to late 1960s. So many huge hits! I know if you played more of their music, you'd be saying "OI know this song!" "Good Lovin'," "It's a Beautiful Morning" and many more.
Still one of my favorite "Classic Rock" Bands.
Another Rascals songs are Good Loving and People Got to Be Free.
One of my all time Favs still play this often have a listen to Aaron Neville Original version of Tell it like it is
This is Blue-Eyed Soul.
You are not the only one my man . All my early life I thought the same thing . And I'm a musician , been in three bands , first time I saw this I flipped. I was like I thought they were black ......Damn . You go my man ! LOVE THE SONGS YOU BEEN GETTIN IN TO BRO .
'A Beautiful Morning', 'People Got to Be Free', 'How Can I Be Sure' just a few more of their classics
The guy who played Silvio in the Sopranos once said at their rock&roll hall of fame induction that their the most “black sounding Italians in the music business”
DeBarge is a mighty Italian soul band, too.
This was so different from their usual rock groove that the president of the record company (Atlantic) wasn't going to release it as a single. Murray the K told him he was crazy and it was a for-sure #1 hit. They released it. MtK was right.
The two guys in the band that wrote this song are in the songwriters hall of fame this is one of the greatest American bands of the 1960s and they are Italian Americans
The first few rock records in my collection when I was growing up in Chicago were by Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, the Four Seasons, the Beatles (of course) and the Young Rascals. I heard the Rascals' version of "Mustang Sally" long before I heard the original Wilson Pickett record. Wicked Pickett certainly did the definitive version of that song, but Felix Cavaliere's rendition was a close second.
I agree. Love their version of “Mustang Sally”.
The Rascals recorded on Atlantic Records. They did a lot of covers by Black Artists that could be played on Southern stations, as many stations would not play music by black artists.
They remind me of The Drifters. And The Drifters had a pile of GREAT HITS!
Love The Rascals (The Young Rascals when I bought their first album)!
The Rascals had 2 lead singers.
Felix had an awesome voice !! Lots of great memories for me! Thanks much Harri !🙏🎶🎸🎤🎧
This group was a shock to many people when they came on tv.The song was always playing on the radio.
They had a lot of great songs.Check out "Its a Beautuful Morning."I love his voice and the music was so nice.The Rascals or Young Rascals whatever they called themselves at the time.Very very nice.Similar to The Cornelius Bros. and Sister Rose.
love the rascals i wore out an album and cassette listening to them anything they did was good -- thank you so much for this reaction love and smiles -- found another group you might be willing to react to Playing for Change totally different way to produce music around the world and worth listening to please react if you can and if not please give them a listen --- love and smiles to you
One of my favorite groups at that time.
Blue eyed soul. The Rascals were great, part of the soundtrack of my youth!
The used to be called The Young Rascals and then they became the Rascals you should react to Good Lovin and also Everyday People
Harri, I love your reactions. Your face is so expressive! I love your comment, "Soul has no color." Exactly. I've felt for years that the respect musicians and athletes show for each other has always been the cutting edge of improved race relations. Thanks for your comments
You need to do their "It's a Beautiful Morning" IT'S A MUST HEAR !!
It’s my Favorite! I love that song.
The Young Rascals/Rascals are an awesome group, plus they were tremendous advocates for kindness and equality!! So smooth and soulful! ❤
The beauty of not being color-blind, is reactions like this……..We’ve all been there, before. It’s not a testament of your character, rather, it’s an admission that your human instinct isn’t flawless. Harri keeps it real, and so do I….
I cant add anymore to yhis..beautifully said! ✌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@HarriBestReactions Thanks, Harri. I really dig your videos. I bet your friends hold you in high regard. Stay just like you are, Bro!
@@michaeltveten8458 My friends? Whisper it 🤣😅✌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
As human beings, we automatically look for patterns without realizing it. Your subconscious told you it sounded like a black group.
A few other hits of theirs you might have heard before are the classic "Good Lovin'", as well as "A Beautiful Morning" and "I've Been Lonely Too Long" -- both of which could easily be mistaken for Motown singles -- and "People Got To Be Free" -- which could easily be mistaken for Three Dog Night. They also released "You Better Run" in 1966, a song Pat Benatar would go on to own in 1980.
Finally!! Thank you for this! Hope you listen to People Got To Be Free.
One of the greatest aspects of the music of the 1960s is that almost everyone had so many influences from so many different sources. The Rascals/Young Rascals began as a powerful R&B based group and that influenced so much of what they released. Keeping in mind that the popularity of Blues in modern culture is the result of the form's being embraced by countless UK kids who brought it back to America, where Blues was either ignored or largely forgotten. For a look at this band showing their love for R&B, check out an early hit, I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore, the smoking hot Good Lovin' or even their later song, See.
Music should be a lesson to all of us. Music knows no colour.
Take care and stay safe, Harri. Peace, brother ♥
Music.. truly a universal language
Felix Cavaliere is lead vocal on this one. After the Rascals ended he did a lot of stuff but his biggest (and only) solo hit was "Only a Lonely Heart Sees" from 1980. It's a great song, and it's not really remembered by anybody these days.
Thanks for reminding me of Only Lonely Heart Sees.
Appreciate your love of music and your knowledge also. Keep doing what you do Harri. Please consider "It's a Beautiful Morning". I'll look forward to that, and thank you for this great reaction. Peace.
My older brothers favorite song . RIP Big Bro.
And thanks you for the great reaction.
It's amazing how we all have pre-conceived cultural notions of how people should look and sound, especially since we have been brainwashed by the media. When I first heard this when it came out I gave no thought to skin color--I just loved it and thought it very soulful.
The MEDIA has nothing to do with it Samuel; when you hear black groups sing, they have a certain sound. That's it. Don't bring politics into this. There's plenty of examples of songs where people thought the singer was black...or white, and the MEDIA didn't tell us anything.
@@tvgator1 Perhaps I did not say it correctly. I won't try. I agree with what you have said.
@@tvgator1 sorry, but in a way politics has, in my opinion, polarised young people today.
We never bothered about who sang certain songs, or more importantly who 'owned' a particular genre....but I am British
Maybe in the states you had a different view for all sorts of reasons, like Watts riots and what was behind all that stuff
@@samolevski1119 Sorry Sam, but when people hear, for example, Bobby Caldwell sing "What You Won't Do (For Love)" most think he sounds black. That has NOTHING to do with politics, only the sound of his voice to them. Stop looking for layers here. The husk in that guy's voice sounds like a black dude singing it. I only knew it wasn't because I already knew the group. But others who haven't are certainly entitled to their opinion without being judged for being 'political."
Amazing comes from where you don't expect. Just embrace it and be Grooving on a Saturday afternoon!
A total blast from the past. It bring me right back to my high school days. Nice choice Harri. 🌺✌️
Classic feel-good song. Has been covered by different bands like Booker T & the MGs, WAR and El Chicano. The Rascals even did versions in Spanish, Italian and French.