The RASCALS: Band History part two |
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Part Two of the Rascals continues with their career changing song "Groovin." Eddie Brigati, Gene Cornish, Felix Cavaliere, and Dino Danelli, along with other key players are featured in the rich history of the Rascals story. Albums covered here (1967-1969) are Goovin', Freedom Suite, Once Upon A Dream, and See.
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“Ray of hope” by the way was actually written specifically for Senator Ted Kennedy in response to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Felix Cavaliere personally told me that
I recently saw a video of him saying that at a press conference for their reunion a few years ago.
the B side: I drowned a girl and got away with it?
I was at Atlantic records when he recorded it.
Ted Kennedy and Biden are the same guy
I read Gene once said The Rascals after the 2nd album became Felix Cavaliere and the Arif Mardin Orchestra featuring the Rascals...The Groovin album is a pop masterpiece.. Arif deserves a lot or credit for the magic of that record.
Yes, I didn't mention Arif but he really was an important part of their sound.
I love The Rascals, because they have such positive music. A really good group. Cheers! ✌️
The band really hit its stride in 1967, like a lot of artists. Hands down the best year for singles in pop-music history and worth deep-dive videos. Just so many new sounds and artists -- including the Rascals' soundalike Soul Survivors of "Expressway To Your Heart" fame -- enlivened the scene. The year was a bottomless pit of musical genius up and down the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
💓💓💓💓💓Expressway 2 your heart
1967 was the best year in pop music indeed ! Everyday you would turn on the radio and hear so many new amazing songs. It was a year of incredible inspiration.
Yes! Ditching Wheaton Central HIgh 67 - 8 - and 9 to pay a visit to WCFL and WLS and request our faves. What a magical time for music. Flower children we were and with these songs - yesterday never went away. Keep the love flowing - the music will survive us and someday maybe save our future as earthlings here. Sing some sense to all the other takeaways.❤
Both A Girl Like You and How Can I Be Sure are beautiful songs. I love that harp and flute line on A Girl Like You. Also, Once Upon A Dream is a very underrated album.
I still hear them everyday!
Me too!
That superb "Groovin" single from the spring of 1967 ( when I was 16 years) is definitely in my "all-time" top 3 from 1955 - 2020...!
'How can I be sure' made me a fan for life
The Rascals supported The Stones on their British tour in September-October 1966 along with The Yardbirds, featuring both Beck and Page, Ike and Tina Turner with PP Arnold and Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers featuring Terry Reid. What a lineup.
I'd kill to see that!
This is curious , Johnny Thunders mentioned both these things in his , once upon a time past ;
“ l was a Terry Reid fan “
“ My first band was Johnny & the Jaywalkers “
If anyone ever look like Paul McCartney is that one dude in the band. I don't think I could say anything any better than what everybody's already said on here about how great a band these guys were.
I love Find Somebody in that record. So psychodelic. Also How Can I be Sure; that vocal was killer.
And Felix and Gene are still doing shows!!!!! They've always been # 1 for me.
I was in Okinawa in 1968 when I received orders to return home the next day May 5th. My clock radio woke me with It’s A Beautiful Morning, and it certainly was. Loved the Rascals from that day on.
Matt, you brought me back to a somber 1968 with “People Got To Be Free” and the sad memory of Dr. King and RFK’s horrendous murders. When “See” was released as a single in 1969 it was a great (edited /shorter) version. The flip side was an awesome Gene Cornish penned, “Away Away”…good stuff. Looking forward to Part Three! Thank you.
People Got To Be Free means a lot to me...#1 the day I was born! So understandably, I needed to be free from my mom's belly. Lol 🤣
Very, very well done, Matt. Looking forward to Part 3. Even 52 years later, every time I hear "Ray Of Hope" I'm back slow dancing with my favorite high school girlfriend. Yeah, we slow danced to "Ray Of Hope".
The 'Rascals ',were most likely 'The most Creative ,prolific, capable Bands or individuals in the late 60's and early 70's.. They got a bit overshadowed -"Not Underrated" a word that people should chuck.Seen ,them many times in N.Y. met them and talked .A,good friend played w/ Felix ,in His first solo group. They kept their heads above all w/ all the tough Competion from England etc. Many groups and Drummers tried their best to emulate them . 'Live '-No one touched them...They were able to evolve ,all their albums IMO went in a great direction . They utilized Jazz players , horns ,strings etc. form early on .The Beatles did somethings similar . These guys were at that time Great Musicians. If You did not Experience this group "Live"you missed a big answer to these Questions..Peace.
I don't agree with you they were underrated.Rock on.
Great post!
Love this band. Here in NYC the Young Rascals (as they were known then) were one of the VERY few white bands the black radio station would play. Yes bro, they got soul.
I truly appreciate the old school quality of your videos. You don't try to woo us with fancy bells and whistles in the form of elaborate digital graphics and distracting animated figures or any stuff like that. It's just a straight ahead, unpretentious presentation of the things that matter like the music, the pictures (especially from the record releases), and the oral history. One commenter in another video criticized you for using notes, but I like it because again, it's old school and it signals a certain attention to detail in a basic unpretentious way. Please keep up the great work, and may you be blessed with good fortune and abundance for your efforts.
Thank you so much! I did see the comment on my notes and I thought that was an odd criticism. If I didn't use notes, they wouldn't be as tight and it would take a lot longer to create! I make lots of mistakes. :) I appreciate the warm comment.
Their best songs were a cut above a lot of other American top 40 artists..Beautiful Morning, Groovin’ still stand up. FELIX had a great R&B voice especially, Eddie was great too.
They never made a bad album. They played rock, soul, pop, protest music, instrumental stuff and they were all good. I can imagine that your next video will be about them falling apart and the lawsuits and the years of not getting along. There were so many years when it seemed like they would never have a reunion. People said they didn't want to be in the same room with each other.
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Really enjoyed this! "See" is amazing and one of my all time favorite 60's songs.
Thank you, Larry - yeah, See is a killer track.
Great, Great underrated band. My father saw them in a high school gym on Long Island in 1966. Wish I could have too!
Great overall history of the band I never knew or realize how talented they were
I need to flip a 3 sided coin to pick my favourite Rascals song: "Good Lovin", "Groovin" or "How Can I Be Sure", but then there's other great songs to appreciate. Great mini-doco on a really talented band. I'm assuming part 3 is gonna end in tears, but Matt, bring it on - thanks for your great videos!
'Of Course' was an earlier 'B ' side ,way before it hit on album , as was - 'It's Love' . A Girl Like You , It;s Wonderful ,were also out before as singles ...
"It's Wonderful" b/w "Of Course" was their last 45 as "The Young Rascals". The B-side was held off of LP until "Freedom Suite"
I agree, SEE, is their best album.
Just found your channel tonight and what a great start for me personally. My high school rock band did at least ten Rascals songs and the day I heard "Good Lovin'" for the first time I actually walked to the local radio station that had played it and asked them to play it again as I sat with the DJ! Great memories! You did an unbelievable job giving a detailed history which taught me a lot about the band I was crazy about! Can't thank you enough.
Thanks again, Larry. I love diving deep into my faves!
Matt - I struck GOLD when I stumbled upon your Rascals band history video. I have seen the Rascals in person many times, the first, being at the Singer Bowl in Flushing, NY in 1968 and have been a fan ever since. It was a complete joy listening to you tell the backstory of this group. Going to go watch part III of your story now. Thanks for putting this together. :-)
Welcome Bob - glad you liked the videos!
In my opinion I always thought that the song SEE and Carry Me Back were excellent. Dino is beating the ever living shit on the drum kit on the song SEE lol. Such a great song.
Always loved “Groovin “ and “ Good lovin’ “ I think, I used to know everything about the 60’s , but even though you look 20 years younger than me, I think you know more!
I started listening to 60s music at age 2 and I never stopped! Thanks for commenting, Peter.
So glad that "I'm So Happy Now" got a "shout-out". Awesome song
Now, let´s go to part three...
Should be up in 2 days.
Groovin is one of my favorite songs of all time. Brilliant.
When I was a kid in Chicago WGN played Groovin for their Sunday Movie program . That was my intro to the Rascals.
Matt, your office is immaculate - neatest rocker I've ever 'met'... 😁
Hopefully it smells OK, too.... That's another whole issue...
Matt, thanks for the video. The story about Keith Moon holding the bass drum is amazing! Being a huge Who fan, watching the live videos of The Rascals makes me think Dino influenced Moonie beyond the stick twirling. Imagine feeling that bass drum vibrating dead against you for an entire show !
"See" is an incredible album. It's one of those like The Turtles "Present The Battle Of The Bands" or The Animals "Love Is" (with Andy Summers), great albums that too few know about. Keep up the great work.
I have and heard that when the Surfaries used to play and did Wipe Out the bass drum would shake so hard they had to sometimes have some one come and hold it down
Thank you, Kyle! Plenty more to come.
Hey Matt - Just chiming in to say your videos are great! Keep up the good work!
Much thanks, Matt. Plenty more to come.
I'm 66 years old and I think "Time Piece" is one of the greatest albums ever produced.
Consistently great musicianship throughout their career, wonderful group, lots of treasures in all their LPs. "I'm so happy now" there is a great tribute to their work by yourself online Matt. Agree with See, Nubia I really love, not many groups can do jazzy pop well!
I agree about the album See. Its fantastic. I would add 2 other songs I love are I'd like to take you home and Real thing. Carry me back might be my favorite single by them but they were so much more than a singles band. They had great albums as well.
Saw them live in '68 while they were pushing the "See" album. They were hot on stage! The unfortunate downer was the opening act was suppose to be the Critters but they broke up before this tour date so the replacement warm up group fell flat with the audience and took a little bit to build the energy back up as the Rascals came on, they probably recognized it and started out with Good Lovin'. What a concert it could have been!!!!!
Oh, I love the Critter as well. What a show that would have been. Thanks for the comment, Terry.
stunned that how can I be sure wasnt a number 1 hit . Thank you for the second part to this. A wonderful band :)
I will request It's a Beautiful Morning to be played at my funeral. Our band did a lot of Rascals' songs - great fun!
I agree - for me too!! I've been singing it almost every morning since it came out on radio, so it's the one to leave with. But wait! There's more!! Maybe all their hits. Only I don't have anyone "yet" to make that happen. Would you be "just kidding".
Peace flower child. ❤
The Rascals were all over Boomer radio in the 1970s and 1980s, and then they were gone. Growing up in the late 1970s in CT, I I heard "Lonely Too Long" on 66-WNBC all the time, and thought it was the Beatles! I think all their hits hold up really well, with Mamas & Papas level production and songwriting, and it's very nice to know they had these quality albums to explore.
Sorry,but Lonely To Long sounds nothing like the Beatles because it's better & Ringo wishes he could play the drums like Dino.may God rest his soul.
Wow. “Carry Me Back” is SO Delaney and Bonnie.
I bought Freedom Suite out of a cut out bin way back in the seventies and forgot I had it. Thanks for reminding me. It’s on my revisit/reassess list.
Great segment.
Yeah, it's a little too Delany and Bonnie for me personally. Mine is also a cut out but I bought mine used. Thanks for watching, Ed.
Groovin is one of my faves,classic
Still remember the first time I heard 'Good Lovin' on the radio. My jaw dropped. I loved their first couple of singles, but now I was hooked. And I was surprised by their mellower follow-ups, every one of which I loved just as much. The Rascals created some great music. Possibly my favorite, for what it's worth, was 'Easy Rollin' which should have been released as a single. Thanks for this great insight.
I had the 45s of "How can I be sure" and, of course, "Good Lovin'" a great stomp song.
'People Got To Be Free' got played ('Along with Let it Be' and a few other great records from those days) every Friday from the spring to summer, in my 6th grade class, when we had our Friday cleaning of the classroom. I think most of us did very little while the girls brought in the records and did most of the work. What a cool song! Whenever I hear that song, I'm back in Mrs. Samuels sixth grade classroom.
I always loved Carry Me Back. Just a great groove to it and a fun driving song. There is a video here on UA-cam of them playing it live on a TV show and it just roars. Maybe it's a song that works better live because they really got into it....
It would have been so much fun to play bass with Dino. The dream gig that never was
Absolutely! They had the best...Pops Popwell, Chuck Rainy, Ron Carter....
Ps “ how can I be sure “ good song too .
Wow, I never heard much from See before. I am always stoked when I hear something cool I missed. There is so much. Thanks for turning the lights on. Cheers for another good one.
So many good tunes! I really need to get their discography. ✌️
I just got their first seven albums. There's very little filler.
Great job. I'd love to see you put together a art gallery show with your album covers and discussion of them. Even the black and white photos are well done.🎨🖌️🖼️👩🎨👨🎨
I second this idea.
It's Wonderful, and See are my favorite's today.
Find somebody has always been a favorite of mine an overlooked gem
“Of Course” was my favorite on Freedom Suite too, Matt.
I just love that song!
I have wondered who played bass on Groovin' and Beautiful Morning. Killer tracks! Thanks, Matt.
Thank you for doing this perspective on one of the 60's groups that I grew up with. Brings back great memories. Looking forward to part 3!
Great Show, I love your videos, and I love seeing all the great album artwork on the wall behind you. I happily got rid of my scratchy, crackly records back in the 1990's, but the one thing I miss vs CD or digital is the big album covers and back notes that vinyl has. They are great mini posters and wall art!
Great job on this feature. The very best of their tunes were right up there with the best misic being made in that era.
Gritty and soulful with great rhythm.
As edifying as it is entertaining!. Thanks Matt, and looking forward to part 3....
Thank you, Steve!
Really interesting video, well done! I saw The Rascals perform at the 1970 Festival For Peace at Shea Stadium which was a 12 hour show featuring a slew of top acts. John Sebastian opened and CCR closed. Though they did a few songs, I only remember The Rascals performing 'People Got To Be Free'.
As far as "Message Music" goes, I think Samuel Goldwyn said it best. "If I want to send a message, I'll call Western Union."
Hey Mike - thanks for the Goldwyn quote!
@@popgoesthe60s52 I think the quote has been attributed to a bunch of Hollywood producers. But I remember it from a Goldwyn bio. He's got some funny ones.
A great part two of this story. What a creative and prolific group the Rascals were. Many thanks Matt. I'll look out for Pt 3.
Thank you, Mike. You should see part 3 by Thursday.
What a great band and songs! Thank you, for bring us this narrative of the Rascals' history. I must to admit that until your videos, my knowledge about them was limited. Each new discover of that period show us how musically rich was the decade I was born, the sixties. I was born in exact the same day of the Beach Boys' "Pet sounds" album was released.
As always, superb...can't wait for part 3 and every part for every band and concept. This is my favorite channel. I will grab that Rascals CD and book and help your channel!
Thank you, William. I appreciate the support!
I have already left a positive comment on this video but I want to touch on something I haven't read anywhere else. I know everything I have read leads us to believe that Eddie was responsible for the breakup of the band when he walked out on them as they were getting ready to sign with another record company. After watching a couple of interviews with Eddie after he had left the band, and knowing a bit of his history (being shot and also involved in an auto accident which left him in a coma), I wonder if Eddie did not suffer from the long term effects of ptsd from both incidents and also from a closed head injury from the auto accident. Neither ptsd nor closed head injury were widely known or talked about back then and doctors certainly had no idea the extent to which both of these could change an individual so drastically. Eddie's band mates described him as not being the same after the auto accident. Mr. Brigati comes across as pretty sensitive and introspective. He has many of the traits of someone with either injury. However, I am not a medical doctor so this is just my opinion. My thoughts are based solely on my experiences through the years. As opposed to looking at him as a greedy person who destroyed the group, I tend to think he suffered damage at a young age and the medical field did not recognize it or know how to treat it. I like each of the members individually and they each contributed so much to the best band ever for five years. I don't think any of them was all right or all wrong. I want to thank each one of them for contributing their immense talents to the group we loved as The Rascals. Blessings & Peace ~
Yeah, that's a good take on Eddie. In his book Gene talks often of Eddie's nervousness in the studio and general touchiness overall. Head trauma can have real long term effects so that may indeed hurt him. The break up wasn't just Eddie leaving, though there was a drop off in the lyrics when he pulled away from writing with Felix.
@@popgoesthe60s52, I must read Gene's book
It's just amazing to me that all four guys are still alive.
Thought-provoking comment about Eddie.
Thanx for ur comments & insight on Eddie. I agree w/ ur comments on the guys. Luv the Rascals music & luv the guys!
@@lindylou7960 Sorry but Dino passed away on 12/15/22
Very educational...thank you!
Changing their style was a wonderful move.
Thanks for a great job on my favorite white soul band..those lps are in multiple copies in my collection !! Excellent job
Great video series shining light into great bands from the 60s that don't get the attention they deserve ! Hope to see one of favorite bands ever featured in your channel sometime in the near future, that were in fact influenced by The Rascals while being their contemporaries; Vanilla Fudge !
Yes, in my research for this video a found an old concert poster (1966) where both bands were on the same bill!
Something thats overlooked (in my opinion) is the New York Rock scene of the 60's, usually its always about San Francisco or L.A,-but New York had some great bands líke The Rascals, The Loving Spoonful, The Blues Project, The Velvet Underground, The Blues Magoos, Vanilla Fudge, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Mountain, The Elephants Memory, and other artists from Greenwich Village Folk scene and The Brill Building.
@@erniefernandez1927 Very true! There is this myth out there that nothing was happening in NY during this 1966-1969 period which is ludicrous. We have the San Francisco-based Rolling Stone Magazine to thank for that.
Love your deep dive series. Saw the Rascals in Central Park summer of '67. Unbelivable live band. Thanks.
@@jamesstark8316 Thank you, James. What a time to have seen them! I envy you.
Thanks for bringing this to us !! 👍👍✅✅
Wow, what a great job you have done on this. The Young Rascals was my first crush band. I recently started listening to their music again and have been reading everything I can about them. Your narrative style and samples of music is perfect. Their music just always takes me back. They were the BEST of the BEST in my book. Be still my heart. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️
Thank you, Lindy! Gene's autobiography "Good Lovin' is really good. I would recommend it if you haven't already read it.
They were my 1st crush band also! Went to all the concerts in Honolulu. Always a fan!
Nice job Matt. I played drums with Leslie West Vagrants and opened up for alot of Rascals shows.
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YEAH thanks for all you do
Hi Matt, your videos are the best! The Rascals are one of my all-time favorites and two of them are pals, especially Dino. Sid Bernstein was like a Dad to me...
Welcome, Larry! Thank you for watching.
@@popgoesthe60s52 We once talked about my 60s band The Age of Reason, a couple years ago.
@@larrycom Oh yeah - remember. That was a good song. I hope to feature more obscure song like it in some future videos, so stay tuned! Thanks Larry.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Call on me for the back story
As always Matt, I truly enjoyed all of your detailed and informative analysis of this Great Band! It is because of this video that I went out and purchased a original sealed copy of Freedom Suite. Keep up the great work, I look forward to part 3. (I also had to say that I was very happy to see your copy of: Bee Gees' 1st, front and center in your record rack. I am a life-long Bee Gees fan, and I will be reviewing each and every one of their albums on my own youtube channel in the upcoming days.)
Thank you! Leave your youtube channel here in the comments. I would love to check out your reviews. I will be doing a 60s-era video on the Bee Gees, but not for a while. My list is very long!
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I had a friend who I thought the lyrics to Groovin' were, "...you and me and Leslie"! His explanation was, "Felix loves his Leslie speaker so much he takes it with him while driving around on a Sunday afternoon!" I never told him it was "endlessly"
The cartoonist Lynda Barry heard the line the same way when she was young. She often tells that story in her public talks and makes the point that she considers her misheard version superior to the original: more distinctive and strange and thought-inducing.
I misheard it the exact same way. Glad to hear I wasn't alone.
Fantastic video......one of my favorite 60s bands. Really defined that wonderful "60s" sound. As always truly appreciate all the work you put into these videos and the quality and sourcing of the information. I'm sure you have an enormous list of future videos.......would love to learn more about The Zombies, and even a video focusing on the history of the Hammond B-3 would be fascinating. Curious if you have an opinion on the best Hammond player of that era. For me feel I have to go with Steve Winwood and those amazing early Spencer Davis records. All the best and thank you so much again.
The Zombies are on my short list so you will see a Zombies video in the future. One hammond player that gets me is Graham Bond on that first album especially!
This channel is so underrated. Peace and love!
I have two albums by the Rascals, "See" and "Island of Real". Although I appreciated the early "hippie" ones that preceeded them, like from "Time Peace" forward. "See" wrestles with "Revolver" and Tull's "Benefit" for the one I would take to the proverbial desert island. But now I live in a desert state and I have all three. Wow! "See" got criticized I read for being all over the map, but that is what I liked. And it was so damn rockin' at times. The first and last songs especially. (Also, they [I figure it was Felix] mention Paramahansa Yogananda on the credits, who I consider my guru.) I enjoy your videos--just picked up on them recently after starting a channel myself and staring at the right side of the screen every day.
R. I.P. Dino Danelli
Thanks so much for this, Matt. The Rascals were a great part of an amazing era of music. I hope you got to see their "Once Upon a Dream" tour in 2013. It was Incredible. (And it's also on YT if you missed it!)
I did watch it on UA-cam. The show didn't make it to the midwest unfortunately, but I'm sure it was great! You were fortunate to see it!
Enjoyed the video. Always liked the Rascals. Looking forward to part 3!
I bought freedom suite and the tunes I liked were absolute favourites and elevated my opinion of their music.
I say it again, "great job Matt". I like your presentational style. Informative and genuine rather than so many other irritating "me-me-me" presenters on youtube. Thanks
Thank you, Ian. Plenty more to come!
Thank U for part 2 of my favorite group. Uplifting music, soulful R&B sounds are bringing me thru this awful time. Luv the Rascals & can't w8 for part 3.
I'm glad to hear they are your fave! Part 3 will be up in about 2 days. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for another great video: impressively researched, informative, and well-paced, with helpful use of visuals. I appreciate how eminently reasonable you always seem. That Dino Danelli cover (at 06:59) makes me suspect he had been paying attention to Joseph Cornell.
Good call on Cornell. Probably inspired Dino. I also appreciate the nice compliment. I do pay quite close attention to pacing and condensing information with graphics to not make these seem too long. Thanks for the comment!
I dig the fact Matt, that you cover the artists that aren't so dependant on Nashville Motown or wrecking crew production style
Don't know a lot of their later material, only the hits, and or what was on radio, but try to listen to material I have not heard from them, the later stuff was quite a change, from their early real pop sound. but times change, and so did their sound, its nice to see bands evolve over time, which shows maturity, and or talent. Only had The Ultimate Rascals cd(1 cd set)
Man, what an awesome retrospective. SUBSCRIBED!!
Welcome! I hope you find some other likable videos on my channel. I try to upload one per week so stay tuned!
@@popgoesthe60s52 I will stay tuned.
Hooray, part 2!!
(I really liked the breeches outfits.)
Thanks…just got a history lesson on one of my favourite bands.
Thank you for watching!
@@popgoesthe60s52
I’m hooked now…ha! ha!
Watched Spanky & Our Gang. Now I’m on Paul Revere and the Raiders. Eloquent presentations…two thumbs up!
As always great and fascinating stuff.
i remember Carry Me back i was in the 8th grade that year
Learning a LOT about this band here. Many good songs and albums that I going to check into. They did seem to be a year or two behind the times as far as music goes, but that's irrelevant to me with the hindsight we have now. Great Video!
Great to see some insightful info on the Rascsls, one of my favorite, and I feel overlooked bands. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment, Bill!
The Beatles analogy was a pretty good one. You could see from the rooftop show that all the other bullshit didn’t matter at that moment
Bravo ! You are simply fantastic ! Keep on doing your beautiful work ! Your expertise is one of a kind !