"Kicks" was written by husband and wife songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who wrote the song to try to motivate Gerry Goffin (Carole King's husband and songwriting partner - "Up On the Roof', "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") to get off the drugs that were affecting his career and his marriage. Mann and Weil offered the song to Eric Burton and the Animals, who refused; they then offered the song to the Raiders, who took it to the Top Ten in the US and No. 1 in Canada.....thank you for coming to my TED talk....
@@KMK7355i grew up with them and will be 78...they were huge and on am radio and tv all of the day and nite...if anyone qualified for the RRHF..they did !!...idiots are who vote now...that do not know ....from shinola !
Mark Lindsay was a tremendous lead singer. One of the ways you can tell is that any time people have tried to cover Raiders tunes, they can never come close to the original. 'Him or Me' is a great example; a lot of versions of that song have been recorded, and no one can touch Mark Lindsay's vocal performance. Just superb.
I'm 81 and there isn't a day I don't miss it. Its really amazing no matter how much new music is coming out, that era will never die nor will the ones before it. What's really respectful to my generation is that our younger generation is listening to what I grew up with.
I think it is absolutely insane that Paul Revere and the Raiders are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are one of the greatest group that ever performed. They not only have great musical talent, they also have the greatest personalities. I could listen to them all day. I have listened to them since they started in the 60’s.
They are not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame because they were a sham. Their records were great and Mark Lindsay was a fine singer, but that famous studio band, The Wrecking Crew, provided most of the instrumental music on those hit singles and LP's. I saw them on TV all the time, but they did not perform 'live' even once! They always 'pantomimed' to a recording and they did not even do that convincingly.. It seems that the so-called band members were more interested in wearing those pathetic costumes and posing for teen magazines like Tiger Beat, than practicing on their instruments in order to become good enough to put on a real concert. They simply have no credibility as a self contained band.
@@philiphatfield5666 all this shows what a fantasy tv. Can be. The monkeys were a tv band, that way. I wonder who wrote kicks, and him or me? I ll investigate. I like the costumes and wigs , though. It’s a show! A fine show !
This song puts being addicted to drugs or alcohol being not the way to happiness. I know first hand what it takes to find true happiness when you get cleen and sober. By the grace of God I've been sober for 40 years one day at a time ❤
After years of relapse after relapse, at 70 y/o I am finally there, my man. And I'm celebrating!!! Ten -- almost said "only " ten -- days since I've toppled over to the other side of the fence. Always saw through the fence, but never had the balls/smarts to climb it , and after reaching the top, still lacking the honesty to do the part that validated the climb: Hopping over to the other side!!! I made it man and I'm feeling great! Anyone who thinks there's no higher power than us ought to have their head examined! Thanks for "listening" friend! Bennet Manzella, Rockaway Beach, NY 😂😅😅😅😊😅😅
Best anti-drug tune of that era.. Paul and Mark sent a true message to leave drugs alone. It is only a dead end street. You end up feeling hurt and lonely
@@b.o.4469 So much music history. It's like probably first radio station was in San Jose CA in 1909. Playing records , contests & people calling in. Yet I always hear radio started in Pittsburgh in 1920. So much hidden history. There was music available thru phone & in bars back to 1880's in Paris. Lots of songs about drugs, sex and rockin' going way back. Check this out. Robert Culp from Berkeley CA : ua-cam.com/video/kGWL1mMJHss/v-deo.html
The greatest line in rock history. You see no matter what you do you can never run away from you. Brilliant. This song is as good as anything the stones did.
Today is a sad day in the Colonies. Paul Revere has passed away at the age of 76. He was energetic ad happy to the end, they say. Condolences to his family, friends and fans.
I'm still watching and still loving Mark, Paul, Freddy and all the Raiders all these years later❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Still great like it was all those years ago.
KHJ and KRLA owned LA back in the 60’s and early 70’s. I was a KHJ guy myself, with Charlie Tuna, Robert W Morgan, Mark Elliot, Real Don Steel. The Raiders rocked KHJ and they played on the show that was filmed at Santa Monica and came on at 3 PM. I wish that would happen again. Best tomes
They performed for our company in the Dominican Republic during the intervention in 1965. A great group they were. It was hot so they shed their jackets. We really appreciated them, Bob Hope, Grandpa Jones and all the other performers for being there.
I agree totally as do the GRASS ROOTS AND THREE DOG NIGHT BUT doubt they will ever get inducted. Instead they put BILL WITHERS in who had what 2 hit songs. It’s laughable.
Bands like this were on TV and magazine covers so much, they actually had GREAT influence way beyond their actual music ability. They didn't put out good albums, but their popularity was enormous and their singles were catchy.
People don't appreciate that the Raiders were one of the first bands to deliver messages about ethnicities and drugs and other non boy-loves-girl pop music on top 40 radio. I saw the Raiders on a TV show many years ago, they hadn't played together in quite a few years but agreed to do a song or two with almost no time for practice and they did great.
A great anti-drug message back then when young people - my generation - thought it was cool to trip out when in fact it destroyed countless lives - and continues to do so today!
We took a lot for granted in the '60s, except for that war. We all drove cool cars; listened to the best music in the world; had groovy friends, and loved with great passion. Never know what you have until it's gone! But the memories still remain.
Dick Clark was a major patron of theirs, and helped them immeasurably in their early days. It was Dick who helped them get signed by Columbia Records, and the TV exposure on "Where the Action Is" and "Happening" helped keep them in the public eye.
I was born in ‘62 in Baltimore, MD and remember I had a baby crush on Paul Revere. Distant memories of watching them on our big tv console with the small screen, dancing and shaking my four-year old butt! My love of dancing had already begun. American Bandstand and Soul Train were two of my favorite shows growing up. I always wanted to be one of those dancers!
How I miss those days and the AWESOME music we had in the 60s!! Loved this band (Mark Lindsay was HOT!), and we were so blessed to live through that decade. ♡♡♡
Whenever I'm feeling down and having anxiety about our crazy world I come watch this and Mark and the guys bring smiles to my face. God love 'em. They were so awesome ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The kicks, a better drug, a better party, a better girl, gets old. The loneliness of searching can be brutal. Everything changed for me when believed in Jesus as my Lord and Savior at 24. Now I'm drug free, married, and looking forward to heaven. We are almost home!
Great testimony Paul, I dealt drugs for nearly 10 years in the late sixties and almost all of the seventies. I got saved March 23rd,1980 and have been drug free every since(40 years.) Sin is fun for a season and then it gets old.I had 4 buddies go to the pen for dealing and the guy I was selling weed for got murdered.!
When I was a teenybopper I had such a crush on Mark Lindsay that I used to imagine we were married and I wrote my first name with his last name "Lisa Lindsay" over and over in my notebook, as young girls do. So I grew up and fell in love with a guy whose last name was Lindsey, He became my husband and I became "Lisa Lindsey" ... Pretty close lol
far out! this was my favorite song at 5 or 6. playin big sisters records . they moved on to the next big thing and let em fall. I scooped em up and added them to my collection . yrs later they came to my house for tday. they never could cook. I broke em out and they wanna bring em home.tommy james beatles and stones . EAT ME. u get turkey
Thats Hilarious Steven Farago, im 68 and never moved on i kept all my 45's ! hubby used to play in a band, now he dont even wanna listen to this stuff. What's up with that? Maybe that's why he's sick all the time! I always keep this music in my heart. Thanks for my smile of the night.
They were a friggin' great band. I remember seeing them on various TV shows back in the day. I seem to recall one of the guitarists was called "Fang", and he would sometimes flip the back of his guitar around to show his name in big letters.
The Raiders were a part of the excitement and amazing talent in the Rock and Roll world of the day. They shared ideas and helped lead us to where we are.
I surely recall this song on cold winter Nights in illinois......and when I daydreamed in Grammer school This song occasionally rang thru My head. Know that feeling?
The guitar riff from 136 to 151 is absolutely sublime. I see this influence in some Beatles songs and in my favorite song of all time BADGE. The ANIMALS didn't wan't KICKS because they figured it would ruin their bad boy image. This is a great song and Paul Revere and the Raiders belong in the Hall.
There was an oldies show sponsored by one of the radio stations in Portland Maine. It was at the newly built Cumberland County Civic Center!!!! Me and my girlfriend Debbie were assigned to work the event because we were on the City of Portland Medical Crisis Unit. The music was unsurpassed. I called my mother and my aunt Rose at the Maine Medical Center. Then I called my sister Eva and told her, then she picked up my sisters Nancy and Caroline. Everyone met me and Debbie at the Civic Center and hung out together. My friend Chin Li and his partner were there. My supervisor also made it. Everyone was feeling really good and enjoying everything going on in the civic center. People started noticing us and came up to talk to us. We just asked to stay incognito. There was music from the 1950's that got my mother and my aunt Rose in a dancing mood. All of us kept my mother and my aunt Rose cool . Later on the sponsors had a dance contest and a $5000.00 cash prize which excited everyone and everyone entered including us. The contest got started and there were many good dancers there. My mother teamed up with my supervisor and they danced to swing the mood and rocked the dance floor. Then my aunt Rose and I danced to You Can't Sit Down by the Dovells and "ELECTRIFIED" the dance floor!!!! Later on the team segment came and one of the families put on a great showing but got a little carried "AWAY"!!!! This song came on and all of our eyes LIT RIGHT UP!!!!! We all went in the middle of the dance floor and my mother said, " Let's show these people who we ARE"!!! Then I said, "DETONATE"!!! then all HELL BROKE LOOSE"!!! My mother, my aunt Rose, My sisters Eva, Nancy, Caroline, myself, and my girlfriend Debbie had people SCREAMING, "FREAKING OUT" and in "SHOCK"!! as we DESTROYED the dance floor!!!! We sent a "SHOCKWAVE" through the civic center!!! The Portland News media were taping us and said, " ONLY one group of people can dance like that and then said. " Ladies & Gentlemen The New England Roller Skating Champion "SUPERBIRDS"!!!! Then the WHOLE building "SHOOK"!!! from the people cheering & applauding us!!!! My supervisor hugged and kissed all of us, So did Chin Li and his partner!!!! The sponsors walked up and said to us, " Words cannot describe the SHOW you people just put on"!!!! We were handed a check for$5000.00 and started to cry from the show of LOVE we were getting from everyone there. When the show was over, me and Debbie went back to our station and my supervisor and everyone was hugging and kissing us in tears when the even was on TV. My supervisor said to us, " You two are BEYOND SPECIAL"!!!
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"Kicks" was written by husband and wife songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who wrote the song to try to motivate Gerry Goffin (Carole King's husband and songwriting partner - "Up On the Roof', "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") to get off the drugs that were affecting his career and his marriage. Mann and Weil offered the song to Eric Burton and the Animals, who refused; they then offered the song to the Raiders, who took it to the Top Ten in the US and No. 1 in Canada.....thank you for coming to my TED talk....
terrific story, this song ,slowed down a little & crank up the bass, would be on target today
🤣🤣🤣
Now that is R&R history
Raiders on daytime TV show when I was 11 years old. I had 13 45s by Raiders. Idk your info. Thx r the scoop. I never knew why kicks by Paul revere
Excellent
a band that should have been in rock hall of fame
They aren't elite enough for inclusion.
@@KMK7355 But without Paul Revere and the Raiders where would other rockers get the idea for wearing Spandex pants
@@KMK7355i grew up with them and will be 78...they were huge and on am radio and tv all of the day and nite...if anyone qualified for the RRHF..they did !!...idiots are who vote now...that do not know ....from shinola !
@@dbrinkm1 I'll sign that! Could not agree more. Here we are, Old Men Shouting at Clouds.
@@KMK7355but they were consistent on the charts…
im 68 years old, this music will never get too old,
ditto i am 68 to
I'm 67, but I used to hang around with the older guys, lol. Fang Forever!
I’m also 68 and totally agree! Miss those Days MORE and MORE!
my all time favorite song of the 60's
Mark Lindsay was a tremendous lead singer. One of the ways you can tell is that any time people have tried to cover Raiders tunes, they can never come close to the original. 'Him or Me' is a great example; a lot of versions of that song have been recorded, and no one can touch Mark Lindsay's vocal performance. Just superb.
I'm 81 and there isn't a day I don't miss it. Its really amazing no matter how much new music is coming out, that era will never die nor will the ones before it. What's really respectful to my generation is that our younger generation is listening to what I grew up with.
I'm 73... I agree. It's tough to beat the music of the 60's.
Hey kids this is what your grandparents were doing when they were your age. I was 10 in 1966 and this was my first ever album, it was the best era.
Let's go back to 1966. A great year.
Totally underrated. And the gogo girls? Yes please.
I think it is absolutely insane that Paul Revere and the Raiders are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are one of the greatest group that ever performed. They not only have great musical talent, they also have the greatest personalities. I could listen to them all day. I have listened to them since they started in the 60’s.
They are not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame because they were a sham. Their records were great and Mark Lindsay was a fine singer, but that famous studio band, The Wrecking Crew, provided most of the instrumental music on those hit singles and LP's. I saw them on TV all the time, but they did not perform 'live' even once! They always 'pantomimed' to a recording and they did not even do that convincingly.. It seems that the so-called band members were more interested in wearing those pathetic costumes and posing for teen magazines like Tiger Beat, than practicing on their instruments in order to become good enough to put on a real concert. They simply have no credibility as a self contained band.
@@philiphatfield5666 u on something??
The rock hall of shame, just a joke
@@philiphatfield5666 all this shows what a fantasy tv. Can be. The monkeys were a tv band, that way. I wonder who wrote kicks, and him or me? I ll investigate. I like the costumes and wigs , though. It’s a show! A fine show !
@@philiphatfield5666 So their lead guitarist Drake Levin and bassist Phil Volk couldn't play? Is that what you're saying?
This is great. An anti-drug song, with a killer riff.
Thin Lizzy, Winterland, San Francisco, Ca. 1977
Currently 23 years old, just realized this
Those were the days...
Killer RIFFS....NOT Killer Spleefs...! heyoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Great progressive bassist Phil Volk made the tune work!
I saw Paul Revere and the Raiders in concert in 1965. I was 8 years old. 💜
you are so lucky -I wasn't even born and I love this group
I am 68 years old I love all of their songs/ music and I remember when they were all over the radio
And watched their videos on tv. Where the action is etc.
Boy you're old!
That opening guitar lick is CLASSIC.
These were our Beatles. The kids of the mid 60s in America saw these guys on TV all the time. One of the coolest bands ever.
Beatles wrote originals
You are actually comparing this shite to The Beatles!!! Yeah.....Ok lol
@@briangoodspeed8807 Except for the ones Theo Adorno wrote.
That was the Byrds, not PRATR.
I saw them in concert in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1965. I was 8 years old. 💜 I'll never forget. 💜
This song puts being addicted to drugs or alcohol being not the way to happiness. I know first hand what it takes to find true happiness when you get cleen and sober. By the grace of God I've been sober for 40 years one day at a time ❤
After years of relapse after relapse, at 70 y/o I am finally there, my man. And I'm celebrating!!! Ten -- almost said "only " ten -- days since I've toppled over to the other side of the fence. Always saw through the fence, but never had the balls/smarts to climb it , and after reaching the top, still lacking the honesty to do the part that validated the climb: Hopping over to the other side!!! I made it man and I'm feeling great! Anyone who thinks there's no higher power than us ought to have their head examined! Thanks for "listening" friend!
Bennet Manzella, Rockaway Beach, NY 😂😅😅😅😊😅😅
12 years for me. You just gave me a boost. Congrats.
Best anti-drug tune of that era.. Paul and Mark sent a true message to leave drugs alone. It is only a dead end street. You end up feeling hurt and lonely
Beautiful. GOD bless.
Many people don't get that this is actually the first anti-drug song not only recorded, but getting air time and a place on the top 100
good tune nevertheless tho
It's definitely not the first anti drug song ever recorded
That’s the truth too. Just listen to the lyrics. A lot of life wisdom there.
@@b.o.4469 So much music history. It's like probably first radio station was in San Jose CA in 1909. Playing records , contests & people calling in. Yet I always hear radio started in Pittsburgh in 1920. So much hidden history. There was music available thru phone & in bars back to 1880's in Paris. Lots of songs about drugs, sex and rockin' going way back. Check this out. Robert Culp from Berkeley CA : ua-cam.com/video/kGWL1mMJHss/v-deo.html
And in 66 too! Dave Crosby was non-plussed 😅
The greatest line in rock history. You see no matter what you do you can never run away from you. Brilliant. This song is as good as anything the stones did.
Absolutely. No one can run away from themselves, myself included.
Absolutely right 👍👍👍👍👍
John. You are so wrong on every level.
@@tryingtobefairandobjective3480 music is much to subjective to even judge in those terms.
Everybody in this video did a lot of drugs.
Im 97 years old and I remember being well into my 60s in my moms basements rocking out to these guys. Im on the main floor now though ladies.
U go dude
Those girls dancing were fabulous. God , I love the old days! Thank you!
Music will never be like it use to be!! The good old days.
that's Goldie Hawn at the beginning on the right...and a few shots later...
When the AIR was CLEAN and SEX was DIRTY.
I'm impressed with the dancing guitar pair. Idk how they play and move like that at the same time.
@@uselessjoe May be Joey Heatherton. Not sure.
Man that best music ever love it I'm 71 now still listen to it still rocking
This fantastic band played some great music and at the same time actually cared about our kids
My favorite Raiders song 🎶❤️
A great anti-drug song right smack in the middle of the psychedelic era. What balls. RIP
Your comment shows true wisdom.
One of the greatest '60s bands ever!
This was one of the first anti-drug Rock and Roll songs I ever heard. It was simply an incredible song and a great performance.
Great song with a great message.
Today is a sad day in the Colonies. Paul Revere has passed away at the age of 76. He was energetic ad happy to the end, they say. Condolences to his family, friends and fans.
RIP Paul, now you are in the Rock N Roll heaven. You will shine!
yes Dusty they were true pioneers.....who loved to party.....not like this sterile civilization we are living under now.
How ironic-age 76, as in 1776.
Lady BlackstarDust r. I. P unclr paul
Rest in peace uncle paul
really great lyrics, as solid today as they were in the 60's. Love the go-go dancers!!
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil ....great writers...
Love this song!! Wish I would’ve seen them! I was too young at the time.
My first rock concert was Paul Revere and the Raiders. Loved Mark Lindsey ❤️
I'm still watching and still loving Mark, Paul, Freddy and all the Raiders all these years later❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Still great like it was all those years ago.
They stood out in the 60's for their hard rocking, kind of edgy sound. Still sound great today!
I am 63 and this is what ruled 93 KHJ Boss Angeles when I was 9 years
KHJ and KRLA owned LA back in the 60’s and early 70’s. I was a KHJ guy myself, with Charlie Tuna, Robert W Morgan, Mark Elliot, Real Don Steel. The Raiders rocked KHJ and they played on the show that was filmed at Santa Monica and came on at 3 PM. I wish that would happen again. Best tomes
They performed for our company in the Dominican Republic during the intervention in 1965. A great group they were. It was hot so they shed their jackets. We really appreciated them, Bob Hope, Grandpa Jones and all the other performers for being there.
I am a huge fan of this band. RIP Paul Revere and Drake Levin.
They belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I agree!
Yes they do.
I agree totally as do the GRASS ROOTS AND THREE DOG NIGHT BUT doubt they will ever get inducted. Instead they put BILL WITHERS in who had what 2 hit songs. It’s laughable.
Tommy James and the Shondells also.
Bands like this were on TV and magazine covers so much, they actually had GREAT influence way beyond their actual music ability. They didn't put out good albums, but their popularity was enormous and their singles were catchy.
Takes me back in time, I really crushed in this guy and his music!
After all these years this is a favorite and still relevant!!!
People don't appreciate that the Raiders were one of the first bands to deliver messages about ethnicities and drugs and other non boy-loves-girl pop music on top 40 radio.
I saw the Raiders on a TV show many years ago, they hadn't played together in quite a few years but agreed to do a song or two with almost no time for practice and they did great.
I Loved! Paul Revere, what a band.
Wow, these guys could jump, sing and play their guitars at the same time. Talented even if they're lip syncing. Lol! Thanks for the memories.
Great song and fantastic lyrics. The raiders did a great job singing this song. It's one of my favorites. Excellent band!
A great anti-drug message back then when young people - my generation - thought it was cool to trip out when in fact it destroyed countless lives - and continues to do so today!
This is a great song! Rest in peace, Paul. Thanks for posting!
Paul=Mark Lindsey
....@@mabt4223 Paul Revere was the keyboard player, he already passed away. Mark Lindsey is still alive.
I grew up in the 60's, turned ten years old in 1966, and certainly remember these cats.
I love this song! This is a great band from the 1960s! I love their voices! They can sing great!!
We took a lot for granted in the '60s, except for that war. We all drove cool cars; listened to the best music in the world; had groovy friends, and loved with great passion. Never know what you have until it's gone! But the memories still remain.
They were regulars on "Where the Action is," for a long time, but still kept their popularity. Great group!
Dick Clark was a major patron of theirs, and helped them immeasurably in their early days. It was Dick who helped them get signed by Columbia Records, and the TV exposure on "Where the Action Is" and "Happening" helped keep them in the public eye.
These guys should have been in the Rock and Roll HOF like YESTERDAY!!!
Happy, fun, upbeat music about..... the DANGERS of DRUGS? The delicious irony of it! I loved this song as a little kid, and still love it today. :)
Best songs of my youth
Such an exciting time in music
Love the dancers
R.I.P. and THANK YOU Paul Revere for all the great music you gave us.
RIP Paul Revere--great music for times!!
TN Paul Revere Dick from tiny Harvard, Nebraska.
I love that song! The raiders are so great!!
I L❤ved this song back then . Still l❤ve it this day. I had fun .🤗❤️
I was born in ‘62 in Baltimore, MD and remember I had a baby crush on Paul Revere. Distant memories of watching them on our big tv console with the small screen, dancing and shaking my four-year old butt! My love of dancing had already begun. American Bandstand and Soul Train were two of my favorite shows growing up. I always wanted to be one of those dancers!
*"Don't you see no matter what you do, you'll never run away from you."*
Herman47 , So damn deep and true!.
"And if you keep on runnin', you'll have to pay the price"
True then.. true in 2020
How I miss those days and the AWESOME music we had in the 60s!! Loved this band (Mark Lindsay was HOT!), and we were so blessed to live through that decade. ♡♡♡
Whenever I'm feeling down and having anxiety about our crazy world I come watch this and Mark and the guys bring smiles to my face. God love 'em. They were so awesome ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a voice !! One of the best in all of rock !!
Mark Lindsay was dreamy 😂!
This is such a super cool song!! Mark is one of Rock's greatest singers!
+Ellen Felker He thought so too.
"Boss!"
Del shannon does a great cover of this song too.
Best looking guy that ever lived, loved him since '66 when I discovered him at 10 yrs of age, oh, and he's a fantastic singer too!!
Mark is one of the sweetest guys I ever met
first anti drug song of the 60's. Loved the Raiders, and Mark Lensy's voice. They Rocked !!!
Mark Lindsay - perfection.
I thought he was so gorgeous!
Such honest rock and roll with true heart, these boys made such happy music with memories. RiP PR. Saw them in 1964 in San Jose. Truly a fan.
Great band with many great hits. Their songs bring back many memories of my much younger teen years. 👍😀
The kicks, a better drug, a better party, a better girl, gets old. The loneliness of searching can be brutal. Everything changed for me when believed in Jesus as my Lord and Savior at 24. Now I'm drug free, married, and looking forward to heaven. We are almost home!
Me too, friend. I was 18 when I turned my life over to Jesus (in 1975).
Same here. Wish I could give you a 1,000 thumbs up.
Great testimony Paul, I dealt drugs for nearly 10 years in the late sixties and almost all of the seventies. I got saved March 23rd,1980 and have been drug free every since(40 years.) Sin is fun for a season and then it gets old.I had 4 buddies go to the pen for dealing and the guy I was selling weed for got murdered.!
Who cares this is about the band and what a great one
jesus was a dumbass
Probably my favorite song from the 1960s. Amazing.
Shockingly this is the most lyrically correct get off the dope song ever written. what a voice.
This group was totally FANTASTIC I seen them in person... Yeah they should be in the rock hall of fame
this song is as awesome as it gets !!!
R.I.P. Paul - Loved the Raiders and glad I was able to see them live in concert! They should have been inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!
Got to meet Paul a few times. Every time he was so nice. Sorry he passed away.
I love the rhythmic jumping for the chorus!!! Such a catchy riff
They really knew how to rock and roll.
I think those dudes got an aerobic workout.
When I was a teenybopper I had such a crush on Mark Lindsay that I used to imagine we were married and I wrote my first name with his last name "Lisa Lindsay" over and over in my notebook, as young girls do. So I grew up and fell in love with a guy whose last name was Lindsey, He became my husband and I became "Lisa Lindsey" ... Pretty close lol
Lisa Lindsey I am totally mesmerized by him! I also love how they step to the music.
He's still singing today!
A friend of mine claimed to have been the subject of their song "Who's it gonna be - him or me?"
far out! this was my favorite song at 5 or 6. playin big sisters records . they moved on to the next big thing and let em fall. I scooped em up and added them to my collection . yrs later they came to my house for tday. they never could cook. I broke em out and they wanna bring em home.tommy james beatles and stones . EAT ME. u get turkey
Thats Hilarious Steven Farago, im 68 and never moved on i kept all my 45's ! hubby used to play in a band, now he dont even wanna listen to this stuff. What's up with that? Maybe that's why he's sick all the time! I always keep this music in my heart. Thanks for my smile of the night.
rest in peace Paul.....loved the energy you put into all your shows. Saw you last in Branson, MO and you put on a hell of a show.
Rock n roll doesn’t get better than this.
One of the best by Paul Revere! They should be in the R&R Hall of Fame!
They were a friggin' great band. I remember seeing them on various TV shows back in the day. I seem to recall one of the guitarists was called "Fang", and he would sometimes flip the back of his guitar around to show his name in big letters.
Great Song by a wonderful group! My gosh where has the time gone! Love it!
Commin up on 66 yrs and I still listen to this tune all the time!, serious kick ass rock!!
I've heard these greats thousands of times. I can never get tired of these tremendous entertainers.
I loved Paul Revere and the Raiders as a kid. This is still a great song!
Fabulous, and being played on the radio at the same time as the Byrds' "Eight Miles High."
"EIGHT MILES HIGH." Stratospheric and sublime psychedelia at cruise control.
The Raiders were a part of the excitement and amazing talent in the Rock and Roll world of the day. They shared ideas and helped lead us to where we are.
RIP Paul Revere, thanks for the great music.
Remember when this song first came out. I listened to the radio for the whole time it was #1
To all the gogo dancers of the 1960's , I salute you. 💜
I knew a girl (Sharon Casey) who said she danced on "Where the Action Is." She would have been 15 then.
I surely recall this song on cold winter
Nights in illinois......and when I daydreamed in Grammer school
This song occasionally rang thru
My head. Know that feeling?
Rest in Peace Paul Revere you were and are brilliant.
Thanks, I did not know!!
When and how??
RIP 2014
THAT'S NOT GOLDIE HAWN
Mark Lindsay!!!! Not Paul Revere! C'mon man, time to grow up!
I loved all the music of the "Raiders"-best part of my youth :)
One of the best done of the sixties.
No doubt about it, this is my favorite Paul Revere song.
My Fave Paul Revere & The Raiders Song... Happy 76th Birthday Today Paul!!!
The guitar riff from 136 to 151 is absolutely sublime. I see this influence in some Beatles songs and in my favorite song of all time BADGE. The ANIMALS didn't wan't KICKS because they figured it would ruin their bad boy image. This is a great song and Paul Revere and the Raiders belong in the Hall.
Badge.....On point!! love it too, Claptons Live version solo with a huge. crackly, staticky. sound before he hits a note is Deep Blue Cool to me
This song was ahead of its time!!!!!
Just listened to Mark Lindsay on Coast to Coast last night(2023). What a great band, so much passion for the music.✌️❤️🎵
One of the greatest guitar rifts.
James Aron I agree. I learned to play it on the guitar. Didn’t sound as good but I tried.
RIP Paul .. thanks for all the great dance tunes . your music will live on .
This song brings back pleasant memories of my youth!
There was an oldies show sponsored by one of the radio stations in Portland Maine. It was at the newly built Cumberland County Civic Center!!!! Me and my
girlfriend Debbie were assigned to work the event because we were on the City of Portland Medical Crisis Unit. The music was unsurpassed. I called my mother
and my aunt Rose at the Maine Medical Center. Then I called my sister Eva and told her, then she picked up my sisters Nancy and Caroline. Everyone met me and
Debbie at the Civic Center and hung out together. My friend Chin Li and his partner were there. My supervisor also made it. Everyone was feeling really good and
enjoying everything going on in the civic center. People started noticing us and came up to talk to us. We just asked to stay incognito. There was music from the
1950's that got my mother and my aunt Rose in a dancing mood. All of us kept my mother and my aunt Rose cool . Later on the sponsors had a dance contest and
a $5000.00 cash prize which excited everyone and everyone entered including us. The contest got started and there were many good dancers there. My mother
teamed up with my supervisor and they danced to swing the mood and rocked the dance floor. Then my aunt Rose and I danced to You Can't Sit Down by the Dovells
and "ELECTRIFIED" the dance floor!!!! Later on the team segment came and one of the families put on a great showing but got a little carried "AWAY"!!!! This song
came on and all of our eyes LIT RIGHT UP!!!!! We all went in the middle of the dance floor and my mother said, " Let's show these people who we ARE"!!! Then I said,
"DETONATE"!!! then all HELL BROKE LOOSE"!!! My mother, my aunt Rose, My sisters Eva, Nancy, Caroline, myself, and my girlfriend Debbie had people SCREAMING,
"FREAKING OUT" and in "SHOCK"!! as we DESTROYED the dance floor!!!! We sent a "SHOCKWAVE" through the civic center!!! The Portland News media were taping
us and said, " ONLY one group of people can dance like that and then said. " Ladies & Gentlemen The New England Roller Skating Champion "SUPERBIRDS"!!!! Then
the WHOLE building "SHOOK"!!! from the people cheering & applauding us!!!! My supervisor hugged and kissed all of us, So did Chin Li and his partner!!!! The sponsors
walked up and said to us, " Words cannot describe the SHOW you people just put on"!!!! We were handed a check for$5000.00 and started to cry from the show of LOVE
we were getting from everyone there. When the show was over, me and Debbie went back to our station and my supervisor and everyone was hugging and kissing us
in tears when the even was on TV. My supervisor said to us, " You two are BEYOND SPECIAL"!!!
Damn this song just sends me, not sure where, but to a place of longing and excitement, back to my youth I guess! Yowzah, Mark was hot!!!!! ;)