You know what I love about watching music reactions? There are not only so many great songs by people you've reacted to that you haven't gotten to yet, but there's a huge number of bands/artists that you haven't heard either! You could do this for years and not run out of material. This is the soundtrack of my life. Man, did I grow up in a great time!
The lead singer was Gerry Rafferty--y'all reacted to his song 'Baker Street'. Y'all should listen to another great song by him called 'Right Down the Line'.
The singer on the record is Gerry Rafferty, but he left the band before this video was filmed. Standing in for Gerry is Steelers Wheel guitarist Joe Egan. Joe mimes the lead vocal in Gerry's absence. Great song and a terrific reaction R S R. Cheers, RNB
"Is he playing guitar with a bottle?" Yay, new instrument time! That's actually a specific style of guitar called a lap steel. It's intended to be played flat on your lap, with a slide bar. The strings don't go all the way to the fretboard, so you have to use the slide to produce the notes. Using a beer bottle is mostly for show, but as others have pointed out, it's a reference to the old Black bluesmen to used bottles as slides. The lap steel is very similar to an acoustic instrument called the Dobro, or resophonic guitar. Alison Krauss's band, Union Station, has one of the finest Dobro players who ever lived, in Jerry Douglass. Check out a live version of their instrumental "Choctaw Hayride," to see the master at work.
And then, along with the lap steel and pedal steel you have the guit steel, which is a steel guitar merged with a six string electric, an instrument developed by country musician Junior Brown.
If you’re impressed by the guy playing the guitar in his lap, you should react to Jeff Healey. He was a guitarist that came out in the late 80s who played the guitar in his lap because he was blind and that’s how he learned to play. His biggest song (and one that Amber would probably love) is called “Angel Eyes” but the best song to show off his guitar playing is probably “See The Light.” He died of cancer in 2008, but he was a hell of a musician and didn’t let being blind stop him one bit.
The singer is Gerry Rafferty. He's got a very popular solo career. This song is about a mythical record executive party and makes fun of Bob Dylan and his paranoia.
That's right. Rafferty had left Stealers Wheel before this song became a hit, so the record company made a video and had Joe Egan lip-sync to Rafferty's vocals for the video. Rafferty then returned to the band, and there is a live video of the band playing this song, with vocals and bass guitar by Rafferty.
I just love watching you two discover the tunes I grew up and aged on. This 69 year old white guy gives you two thumbs up! I'd give you more if I were issued more. I pray blessings upon all five of you.
Thank you. You have said exactly what I was going to say. You saved me using my painfully arthritic 3 fingers.😊 Just another bitterness information, Gerry Rafferty used to live down the road from me.
@@emmafrench7219 'Bitterness information' is quite a good phrase though, I'm going to hang onto it and one day I'll find the perfect moment to say it. 'As the eminent Emma French once said . . . '
The beer bottle technique is just an adaptation of using a slide on a guitar. This is actually not a regular guitar, but what is known as a lap guitar. It's played horizontally, normally with a slide (looks like a polished piece of pipe made of metal or plastic) over the finger. When bands played in bars it was not unusual for the guitarist to just grab a beer bottle to use for the slide effect. Jay, when you learn guitar you will eventually learn slide technique.
Nope, if you play guitar you don't *have* to learn slide guitar. I'm pretty sure the majority of guitar players never do. Or slapping as a bass player. Yes, It's a useful technique to have in your repertoire, but there's no law that says you have to learn it. (If you're a pro/session musician, things change… but then again, it would be much more likely for them to call someone who specializes in slide playing than ask any guitarist they already have booked if she can play slide)
@ never said it was law, and I do. A lot of us do play with a slide on certain vintage rock, country, and jazz songs. I only meant that as he gets into guitar he "can" learn about it more then. Sorry I offended you enough to defensively argue a point. Seems it's becoming the norm in younger generations. It gets chilly these days and snowflakes can fall. Have a blessed evening! 🙏🏻☝🏻❤️
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@@michaelmacdermott6340 If you meant that he _can_ learn, why did you write that he _will_? And I take the "younger generation" as a(n unintended) compliment. To the rest: LMAA.
This is a fun song… We always used to sing while driving in the car and it was on the radio. That’s one thing about back in the day everybody singing along
The bottle is used as a slide instrument over the strings to create a certain sound. Normally, musicians will use a steal rod that fits over their middle finger to create that sound. Using the bottle was very creative
Jackie Wilson “Your love is lifting me higher”……..or “Lonely Teardrops” (not as slow as you might think) I see you haven’t listened to Jackie before so thought I’d suggest him. You two are so fun to watch! I’ve got my kids and my best friend watching you guys now too!
This song (released in 1972) got a lot of new exposure when used as background music in a somewhat gruesome scene in Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992. One character in the scene dances to the song whilst slicing off the ear of another character with a razor! 'Bottle neck guitar' i.e. playing guitar with neck of a glass bottle to get a 'jangly' sound was a traditional blues method. Originally it would be a broken bottle neck with a player's finger inserted into it. It has commonly also been done with a metal tube or other hard object instead and usually known as 'slide guitar'.
The band’s best known song is also their finest, the wryly paranoid Stuck In the Middle With You. Rafferty and Egan wrote it after a frustrating meal with label executives who talked across them. Drawing lyrical inspiration from Bob Dylan - notably the clowns and jokers of the chorus - they built a memorable folk-rock masterpiece. With sly delivery and a surging pop beat, the song is full of hooks. The simple instrumentation, mostly acoustic and driven by a cowbell, adds to its charm. Have you reacted to Gerry Rafferty's BAKER STREET? I love that song!
"Clowns to the left of me,Jokers to the right" That would be a great campaign slogan.. The #1 1970's song bar none..Deep Purple's "SMOKE ON THE WATER" you will be glad you reacted to the most recognizable 5 cords in rock music.
Instead of using his fingers to depress the strings to create different, the guitarist uses a glass bootie or metal cylinder to "slide" across the strings to produce the notes. Hence, you just heard a slide guitar.
On "Ain't That Peculiar" by Fanny, June Millington uses the bottleneck she made herself in the traditional way, heat-treating the rough edges. Beat-Club 1971 live set, unedited. ua-cam.com/video/imZUqkPlUaQ/v-deo.html
The slide guitar is an interesting way to play a guitar, I've seen it done at a few concerts. Jeff Healey is a master of this way of playing. You should definitely check out some Jeff Healey. 😀
This is also Gerry Rafferty that you listened to before on Baker Street...and the guitar with the bottle is a slide guitar technique commonly used on a Dobro or steel resonator guitar.
Watch an Alison Krauss video with her band Union Station. Jerry Douglas plays a dobro in the majority of her songs and you can see what it looks like being played.
This song is played in one of the best/absurdest film scenes ever: Quentin Tarantino’s reservoir dogs! In this scene Michael Madson is cuttin the ear off of some dude! When you saw the movie and this scene you will never think of anything else but madson dancing around this tied up guy, cutting … 😉
The guy singing in the video isn't actually the voice on the recording. Gerry Rafferty was the singer but left and went solo before this video was made. His school friend Joe Egan is the guy in the video.
The Song Was Written About A Music Industry Cocktail Party They Attended..The Slide Guitar Is Usually Played With A Metal Tube (Called A "Steel") On One Finger,, But Anything Can Be Used If You Like..R.I.P. Gerry 🙏 ❤
Love this song. I love watching you guys. I can see your genuine love of the older music. I was in grade school when Elvis came out so I've lived through it all. I feel lucky to have been there for all of it but I'm 73 and you guys are young. Haha. Keep up the good work
Love this song. Stealers Wheel was the Scottish folk rock band Gerry Rafferty was in 1972. Later on, he went out on his own & had the big hits "Baker's Street" & "Right Down The Line".
The lead singer, Gerry Rafferty and one of the other members had left the band before the song became a hit. Gerry went on to have a solo career- Baker Street being probably the most famous song. It had another life when Reservoir Dogs came out.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! I love this song and I don't know why. Stealers Wheel isn't even one of my top 5 favorite bands but this song is just so awesome. Then there is the genius use of the song in the film Reservoir Dogs.
The guy playing with bottle is playing a pedal steel guitar. Very often used in Country and Bluegrass music. The bottle gives that lovely ringing sound. This was then adapted to be used on a normal six string. The term "bottle neck" guitar comes from this very thing. You hear this played a lot in Blues and Country music.
The lead vocal is actually Gerry Rafferty (who you guys have reacted to). He and friend and harmony singer Joe Egan started the band in Scotland, and cowrote this song. I am sure you guys have seen or heard people play slide guitar. They usually wear a tube (could be glass, plastic or metal) on one finger of their hand and slide it up and down the strings (much like the way a steel guitar player plays). Back in the day some guitar players realized they could get the same effect from a bottle. Lord knows there were always plenty of empty beer bottles around. So loving taking this trip with y'all. Remembering so much great music and hearing stuff I haven't heard in a long time. Thank You Thank You!!!
Jay and Amber. Check out "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter group. "Get Ready" by Rare Earth. Finally "Hocus Pocus by Focus", it will blow your mind, but you just might love it!
This brings back some great memories every time I hear it 😊 This song came out my freshman year in high school, 1972. It was on top 40 radio about once every hour! Never got tired of it👍
I would really like to recommend for Female Friday Shelly Fabre, Connie Francis, Doris Day, Brenda Lee, Dionne Warwick (Say a Little Prayer for Me is my favorite) and Rosemary Clooney (George Clooney's Aunt). They are some of the greatest female singers of the 50's and 60's.
Agreed. I also think they'd like Fever by Peggy Lee. And though The Fifth Dimension is a group, Marilyn McCoo usually (always?) sang the lead. Amber would like Aquarius if she wants to hear hippy music.
"Clowns to the left of me; jokers to the right; here I am stuck in the middle with you. " I don't and never thought, as I heard it when it came out, of this song being political. These phrases, "Clowns to the left of me; jokers to the right," became catch-phrases of the 1970s and beyond. I still say them to this day, like, "Look. Clowns to the left of me," and someone in the know will answer back, "Yeah, jokers to the right." My husband just did when he came into the room as I wrote this, lol. It's really a song about being stuck, as after those two above phrases are sung, then this line: "Here I am Stuck in the middle with you." There's a definite pause after, Here I am, and being stuck. Stuck where? In the middle. With whom? You. Who is the you? We're all idiots, clowns and jokers. Stuck. Because the verse above is followed by these lines: "When you started off with nothing And you're proud that your a self-made man. Ooooo-ooo-oooh And your friends they all come crawling, Slap you on the back and say Please . . . Please . . ." Gerry Rafferty was influenced by "Colin Wilson's classic book 'The Outsider,' about alienation and creativity," Wikipedia. But next time at the grocery store and you see people in their 60s and 70s, just causally say: Oh, look. Clowns to the left of me." See if anyone will answer you back.
This is Gerry Rafferty on vocals, who you heard doing Baker Street. But that is not Rafferty in the video because he had left the group before they shot it.
I remember when my 3 kids first heard this song. We were camping with friends in1998. When this song came on on the jam box us grown ups (🤣)started singing it. My kids absolutely loved it. Such good memories. We made sure they were exposed to music from our childhood in the 60s and 70s.
@@marytschida5756 No, it wasnt a big hit. Dont think it broke the top 40 charts at all. It was revised because of the movie. Didnt say I never heard of it before movie. Actually liked it. Think maybe it was more of a hit in different areas. Def not NYC
You really need to check out Gerry Rafferty's Right Down The Line(it`s actually one of mine and my husband's songs)..it is a great love song! Keep On Rockin'
Jay and Amber. I love your Channel as well as your great personalities. Congratulations on your newborn. Stealers Wheel has in my opinion a beatleesque quality to them!
Suggestions: Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing,’ Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You,’ Kool and The Gang - ‘Celebration,’ Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father,’ and last but not least ... Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.’
Absolutely Love Gerry Rafferty, one day someone is gonna react to his song “Get it Right next time”, one of the coolest vibe tunes ever, particularly if you like sax. Imo That bottle trick, turns an ordinary guitar into an Electric Peddle Steel guitar sound. This trick is often achieved with a steel tube on the players finger. I’m not aware of any other hits by Stealers Wheel, but Gerry Rafferty went solo, and omg, he is such a talented musician. Please react to more of him.
He has the best songs in his movies. Things I’ve never heard, but once I did I had to download them. The Brothers Johnson, Bobby Womack, Joe Tex and others.
You know how sometimes you can remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard a particular song? This is one of those. Ahh good times! Thanks for reacting to it. 👍😊
Great song and great reaction. Hey you might give this guy a reaction. He holds a Guinness World Record. He had 5 hit songs with 5 different bands during the 70s. He was a 5 time 'one hit wonder'. His name is Tony Burrows and this band is called First Class, and the song is Beach Baby. It's just like it implies, a Beach Boys type, fun in the sun and the surf song, that was a smash hit. Please react to it. Folks will love it. @ He also sang lead on "Love grows where my Rosemary goes" by Edison lighthouse; "My baby loves lovin" by White Plains; "United we stand, divided we fall" by Brotherhood of Man; and "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins.
Reservoir Dogs in 1991 bought me here with his iconic tune at 18 years old ,Now at 49 ,Wish he was still with us since he passed away at 63 in 2011 ,A Great Scottish Musician who did Night Owl and Baker Street ,Love Gerry Rafferty's All time Greats ,From an American view ,Glad you both enjoy this 🏴❤️🇺🇲
Don't forget about the Humblebums, a band before Stealers Wheel, with Jerry Rafferty, and Comedian Billy Connolly, who also played Dain, in The Hobbit, Battle of the five armies.
Gotta love the 70's especially if you grew up during that timeframe, I can say I graduated and survived the Jimmy Carter era. LOL Rock n roll, now labeled as classic rock is over the top greatness. Y'all keep nailin' these tunes. Thanks!!
Love this song, now your finish the line when you see on Facebook a road sign saying- clowns to the left of me jokers to the right…. Once heard never forgotten.
Although this song is old, it was immortalized when Mr. Blonde played it while sadically dancing while cutting off a policeman's head at Reservoir Dogs. A Tarantino masterpiece
So his voice sounded ,"Can't put my finger on it" ... how about "familiar", since you DID do a reaction to Jerry Rafferty's (the lead singer here) "Baker Street". However, although you are hearing Jerry Rafferty's lead vocals on the track and in the video, what you are seeing is actually the co-author, Joe Egan (who actually did the background vocals to the track) lip-syncing to Jerry's singing because, Jerry had already left the band by the time they did the video. It took me years to understand why he looked so different from the man who sang Baker Street and Right Down The Line (a beautiful song that I devoted to my first wife). C'mon, I only had 2 wives, and I obviously think it was ME who gave the 1st one, much too much credit 😂😒😉. Oh, and, another fun fact ... Billy Connolly, the famous Scottish stand-up comedian was once in a band with Jerry called The Humblebums . As it turned out, Jerry was getting more serious in music, and Billy was starting to add more "in-between-song" jokes in their live performances, so they eventually parted ways.
@@1989NickyD OMG, I just wasn't thinking, as Jerry is the usual spelling. Thanx for the correction. What did you think about the post though ??? That's the important thing here (since you read it).
I'll confess this is the only song I know by Stealers Wheel. But that guy singing - that's Gerry Rafferty. Remember "Baker Street"? With the killer saxophone? That was him solo. The guy is using a bottle to play slide guitar. This is where an object like a beverage or medicine bottle, or a jack knife or a metal slide made for the purpose is used on the fret board. I used to use a socket wrench extension as a slide. Unlike playing with your fingers, you don't press the strings against the fretboard. The slide kind of "floats" over the strings. This allows you to move up and down the fretboard continuously rather than discretely using the frets. That's what gives slide guitar its unique sound. The guy in this video is playing lap style (literally lying the guitar across the lap). It's a fairly common technique in country and Hawaiian music. You can also play slide holding the guitar "normally." Check out Bonnie Raitt or Derek Trucks of The Tedeschi-Trucks band. Both great slide players. -JR in Miami
Gerry Rafferty sang lead vocals on this big hit. Later on in the 1970s, he had an international solo hit even bigger, called "Baker Street", which is considered by most people to contain the greatest saxophone solo of all time. The first movie directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs", makes very memorable use of "Stuck in the Middle with You". You will never ever forget it.
Second greatest one-hit-wonder ever, just behind American Pie. Love watching your reactions just because you seem like such nice people and perfect together, best of luck!
Don McLean had another #1 in the UK which made it to #12 in the US with “Vincent” and his “And I Love You So” made it to the top 40 hit list at #36 in the US, so American Pie was definitely not a one hit wonder. Stealers Wheel had a moderate hit, reaching #30 in both the US and UK with Star, so also not a one hit wonder.
Gerry Rafferty himself is worth a deeper dive. You listened to Baker Street, probably his most famous hit, but he has other great songs: Right Down the Line, Mattie's Rag, City to City, Waiting For the Day, etc...
From Wikipedia: "Stuck in the Middle" was released on Stealers Wheel's 1972 eponymous debut album. Gerry Rafferty provided the lead vocals, with Joe Egan singing harmony. It was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Rafferty's lyrics are a dismissive tale of a music industry cocktail party written and performed as a parody of Bob Dylan's paranoia (the vocal impression, subject, and styling were so similar, listeners have wrongly attributed the song to Dylan since its release). The band was surprised by the single's chart success. The single sold over one million copies, eventually peaking at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, No. 8 in the UK, and No. 2 in Canada. Billboard ranked it as the No. 30 song for 1973. The band appeared playing the song on BBC's Top of the Pops on 18 May 1973.
Always loved this one, 1972ish from Pasely, Scotland. "right" and "left" came into common use for the first time in the late 1930s in debates over the Spanish Civil War. Use the bottle to create his own pedal steel Blessings, julie
Lead vocalist Gerry Rafferty later went solo and was responsible for the huge hit "Baker Street," which featured a classic saxophone riff.
Thanks for that info, I heard both of those songs a million times and it never dawned on me.
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I had no idea that was Gerry Rafferty!
The lead vocalist is not Gerry Rafferty but Joe Egan. Gerry is the guitarist but did sing on his solo records
And you guys reacted to Baker Street and it REALLY got to Amber! Justifiably so.
I cannot be the only person who hears this song, and instantly flashes back to ‘Reservoir Dogs’… That scene is indelibly etched in my cinematic mind.
Every time!
Same here. I picture Michael Madsen dancing to it everytime!
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Me! Never liked it and hated it after that scene.
@John Barber I can't thumbs up this sentiment enough.
I can't hear this song without thinking about "Reservoir Dogs."
He's using the bottle as a slide. It's an old Blues technique.
I was thinking the same thing.
Me too, troubling as that scene is.
Bottleneck slide guitar!
similar to steel guitar where they use a steel tube on the finger
Opposite of wholesome, lol
You know what I love about watching music reactions? There are not only so many great songs by people you've reacted to that you haven't gotten to yet, but there's a huge number of bands/artists that you haven't heard either! You could do this for years and not run out of material. This is the soundtrack of my life. Man, did I grow up in a great time!
The lead singer was Gerry Rafferty--y'all reacted to his song 'Baker Street'. Y'all should listen to another great song by him called 'Right Down the Line'.
Right Down the Line is awesome.
The entire City to City album is great.
That's a great song
Blows my mind that the same person performed Stuck in the Middle and Baker street. This channel reacted to Baker Street on July 27, 2021.
Home and dry!
The singer on the record is Gerry Rafferty, but he left the band before this video was filmed. Standing in for Gerry is Steelers Wheel guitarist Joe Egan. Joe mimes the lead vocal in Gerry's absence. Great song and a terrific reaction R S R. Cheers, RNB
Joe Egan co-wrote this song too!
Always wondered why GR wasn't fronting his own song thanks for info
Joe actually sings the harmonies.
@@paulh1679 He didn't want to do the promotion the record company told him to do...those record executives were the clowns he's singing about.
when you hear the song you can tell its smooth and Jerrys voice. I did wonder why jerry looked different here. because its Joe
YES! Cool song. STILL holds up over 40 YEARS later! RIP Mr. Rafferty.
Didn't know Rafferty passed....
@@leemcclements8889 Yes, sadly. Google him.
Great musician. Sad life.
Almost 50
@@leemcclements8889 He died in 2011.
His name is Gerry Rafferty who sang Baker St with the horns Amber loved so much
Released in 1978
"Is he playing guitar with a bottle?"
Yay, new instrument time! That's actually a specific style of guitar called a lap steel. It's intended to be played flat on your lap, with a slide bar. The strings don't go all the way to the fretboard, so you have to use the slide to produce the notes. Using a beer bottle is mostly for show, but as others have pointed out, it's a reference to the old Black bluesmen to used bottles as slides.
The lap steel is very similar to an acoustic instrument called the Dobro, or resophonic guitar. Alison Krauss's band, Union Station, has one of the finest Dobro players who ever lived, in Jerry Douglass. Check out a live version of their instrumental "Choctaw Hayride," to see the master at work.
Alison Krauss, Union Station, Jerry Douglas. Now your talking. Could get lost for hours in her voice and their sound.
And don’t forget the Pedal Steel guitar! So popular in the CW genre in the 70’s
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd played it also
And then, along with the lap steel and pedal steel you have the guit steel, which is a steel guitar merged with a six string electric, an instrument developed by country musician Junior Brown.
Wait, I thought Curtis Lowe was the finest picker to ever sing the blues? Jerry who? :)
If you’re impressed by the guy playing the guitar in his lap, you should react to Jeff Healey. He was a guitarist that came out in the late 80s who played the guitar in his lap because he was blind and that’s how he learned to play. His biggest song (and one that Amber would probably love) is called “Angel Eyes” but the best song to show off his guitar playing is probably “See The Light.” He died of cancer in 2008, but he was a hell of a musician and didn’t let being blind stop him one bit.
Also "See The Light"
live 1988. Ridiculous Talent
You will absolutely love Jeff Healey. See the light. I guarantee you’ll make room on the guitarists top shelf,alongside Jimi Hendrix
Might as well watch Roadhouse while they are at it ;)
The singer is Gerry Rafferty. He's got a very popular solo career. This song is about a mythical record executive party and makes fun of Bob Dylan and his paranoia.
Baker Street!
I couldn't make fun of Bob Dylan, he's a master!
@@josephpowell3949 They did it a while back.. the horns nailed her good
That's right. Rafferty had left Stealers Wheel before this song became a hit, so the record company made a video and had Joe Egan lip-sync to Rafferty's vocals for the video. Rafferty then returned to the band, and there is a live video of the band playing this song, with vocals and bass guitar by Rafferty.
@@josephpowell3949 and Right Down the Line
I just love watching you two discover the tunes I grew up and aged on. This 69 year old white guy gives you two thumbs up! I'd give you more if I were issued more. I pray blessings upon all five of you.
The lead singer was the late Gerry Rafferty, who sang "Baker Street", his first solo hit. You both reacted to and uploaded it on July, 27.
Thank you. You have said exactly what I was going to say. You saved me using my painfully arthritic 3 fingers.😊 Just another bitterness information, Gerry Rafferty used to live down the road from me.
Bit of useless information. Stupid predictive text!😊
"Right down the Line " was My Favorite from Gerry Rafferty !!!!!
@@tinapatterson5022 I like "Get It Right Next Time" as well.
@@emmafrench7219 'Bitterness information' is quite a good phrase though, I'm going to hang onto it and one day I'll find the perfect moment to say it. 'As the eminent Emma French once said . . . '
The beer bottle technique is just an adaptation of using a slide on a guitar. This is actually not a regular guitar, but what is known as a lap guitar. It's played horizontally, normally with a slide (looks like a polished piece of pipe made of metal or plastic) over the finger. When bands played in bars it was not unusual for the guitarist to just grab a beer bottle to use for the slide effect. Jay, when you learn guitar you will eventually learn slide technique.
Slide is almost all I do.... love it
Nope, if you play guitar you don't *have* to learn slide guitar. I'm pretty sure the majority of guitar players never do.
Or slapping as a bass player. Yes, It's a useful technique to have in your repertoire, but there's no law that says you have to learn it.
(If you're a pro/session musician, things change… but then again, it would be much more likely for them to call someone who specializes in slide playing than ask any guitarist they already have booked if she can play slide)
@ never said it was law, and I do. A lot of us do play with a slide on certain vintage rock, country, and jazz songs. I only meant that as he gets into guitar he "can" learn about it more then. Sorry I offended you enough to defensively argue a point. Seems it's becoming the norm in younger generations. It gets chilly these days and snowflakes can fall. Have a blessed evening! 🙏🏻☝🏻❤️
@@michaelmacdermott6340 If you meant that he _can_ learn, why did you write that he _will_?
And I take the "younger generation" as a(n unintended) compliment. To the rest: LMAA.
This is a fun song… We always used to sing while driving in the car and it was on the radio. That’s one thing about back in the day everybody singing along
Especially the Plee- ee-ee-ease. Lol
because you could sing along, try getting all the family to sing along to some of today's music while driving lol.
@@poppad331 I agree, that’s so sad how times have changed. But I still sing, it keeps me young and positive.
The bottle is used as a slide instrument over the strings to create a certain sound. Normally, musicians will use a steal rod that fits over their middle finger to create that sound. Using the bottle was very creative
Jackie Wilson “Your love is lifting me higher”……..or “Lonely Teardrops” (not as slow as you might think) I see you haven’t listened to Jackie before so thought I’d suggest him. You two are so fun to watch! I’ve got my kids and my best friend watching you guys now too!
Jackie Wilson have plenty of their type of songs. Wilson Pickett,-(Land of 1000 dances) and the Spencer Davis Group,-(Gimme some lovin).
Yesss!!! Jackie Wilson!! 👍
This song (released in 1972) got a lot of new exposure when used as background music in a somewhat gruesome scene in Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992. One character in the scene dances to the song whilst slicing off the ear of another character with a razor!
'Bottle neck guitar' i.e. playing guitar with neck of a glass bottle to get a 'jangly' sound was a traditional blues method. Originally it would be a broken bottle neck with a player's finger inserted into it. It has commonly also been done with a metal tube or other hard object instead and usually known as 'slide guitar'.
The band’s best known song is also their finest, the wryly paranoid Stuck In the Middle With You. Rafferty and Egan wrote it after a frustrating meal with label executives who talked across them. Drawing lyrical inspiration from Bob Dylan - notably the clowns and jokers of the chorus - they built a memorable folk-rock masterpiece. With sly delivery and a surging pop beat, the song is full of hooks. The simple instrumentation, mostly acoustic and driven by a cowbell, adds to its charm. Have you reacted to Gerry Rafferty's BAKER STREET? I love that song!
Interesting
Rafferty sounds just like Dylan in this song.
And I believe Egan lip syncing Rafferty because Rafferty wasn’t available for the video.
Rafferty also said in interviews, it was loosely poking fun of Dylans paranoia.
Yeah, Rafferty had left the band before the video was made.
That bass can drive a train!! So much energy but still subtle and groovy
"Clowns to the left of me,Jokers to the right" That would be a great campaign slogan..
The #1 1970's song bar none..Deep Purple's "SMOKE ON THE WATER" you will be glad you reacted to the most recognizable 5 cords in rock music.
The mellow vibe goes out the door if you ever watch Reservoir Dogs.
Instead of using his fingers to depress the strings to create different, the guitarist uses a glass bootie or metal cylinder to "slide" across the strings to produce the notes. Hence, you just heard a slide guitar.
Lowell George from Little Feat used a 9/16 socket. So if he lost it, he could easily replace it.
@@phantomrockerr Duane Allman used a glass Coricidin bottle
Bonnie Raitt plays a mean slide guitar!
On "Ain't That Peculiar" by Fanny, June Millington uses the bottleneck she made herself in the traditional way, heat-treating the rough edges. Beat-Club 1971 live set, unedited. ua-cam.com/video/imZUqkPlUaQ/v-deo.html
@@lynnerapping7725 love me some Bonnie Raitt!
The slide guitar is an interesting way to play a guitar, I've seen it done at a few concerts. Jeff Healey is a master of this way of playing. You should definitely check out some Jeff Healey.
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This is also Gerry Rafferty that you listened to before on Baker Street...and the guitar with the bottle is a slide guitar technique commonly used on a Dobro or steel resonator guitar.
Watch an Alison Krauss video with her band Union Station. Jerry Douglas plays a dobro in the majority of her songs and you can see what it looks like being played.
@@melodymcdonald2140 Oh you mean the best Dobro player ever?? :)
@@timneale5657 Absolutely! Another good example is Travis Tritt’s Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde. 👍😀
I used to dance around to this and crank it up high when it came on the radio. I LOVE this song!!
Nothing compares to Michael Madden dancing to this before the ear goes in Reservoir Dogs. Any time I hear this I just picture that scene
I always think of that poor guy tied to that chair when I hear this song. Tarantino’s soundtracks are always great!
Mr Blonde!
This song is played in one of the best/absurdest film scenes ever: Quentin Tarantino’s reservoir dogs! In this scene Michael Madson is cuttin the ear off of some dude! When you saw the movie and this scene you will never think of anything else but madson dancing around this tied up guy, cutting … 😉
The guy singing in the video isn't actually the voice on the recording. Gerry Rafferty was the singer but left and went solo before this video was made. His school friend Joe Egan is the guy in the video.
That's why I was so shocked that it was Gerry Rafferty! He looked nothing like him when he sang Baker Street. Now I knw why! Thanks for sharing. Xx
Can't overlook the bass on this one; that's a groove and a HALF.
The Song Was Written About A Music Industry Cocktail Party They Attended..The Slide Guitar Is Usually Played With A Metal Tube (Called A "Steel") On One Finger,, But Anything Can Be Used If You Like..R.I.P. Gerry 🙏 ❤
Love this song. I love watching you guys. I can see your genuine love of the older music. I was in grade school when Elvis came out so I've lived through it all. I feel lucky to have been there for all of it but I'm 73 and you guys are young. Haha. Keep up the good work
Love this song. Stealers Wheel was the Scottish folk rock band Gerry Rafferty was in 1972. Later on, he went out on his own & had the big hits "Baker's Street" & "Right Down The Line".
Get It Right Next Time.
Since they've reacted to Baker Street already, they should definitely do Right Down the Line
A timeless classic... 😎
Lead singer Gerry Rafferty did a solo song called.. Baker Street... which is another absolute timeless classic
The lead singer, Gerry Rafferty and one of the other members had left the band before the song became a hit. Gerry went on to have a solo career- Baker Street being probably the most famous song. It had another life when Reservoir Dogs came out.
???? Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan actually recorded two more albums as Stealer Wheel AFTER their debut album which this song came off of.
And had 3 top 40 hit singles in the chart in 1973 early 74 , this one plus everything will turn out fine and the last one star sung by Joe Egan .
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! I love this song and I don't know why. Stealers Wheel isn't even one of my top 5 favorite bands but this song is just so awesome. Then there is the genius use of the song in the film Reservoir Dogs.
One of my all time favorite songs ♥️ I’m a singer and I sing this all the time thank you for doing this video ♥️♥️
The guy playing with bottle is playing a pedal steel guitar. Very often used in Country and Bluegrass music. The bottle gives that lovely ringing sound. This was then adapted to be used on a normal six string. The term "bottle neck" guitar comes from this very thing. You hear this played a lot in Blues and Country music.
Gerry Rafferty sings this. You did Baker Street.
Yes, Yes, Yes -- Baker's Street is an absolute classic, with real depth of lyrics.
I knew I'd heard his voice before. I loved Baker Street back in the day, when I was a teenager. X
Yes, she would remember the great sax solo.
I can’t stop watching Seven Hunnid on UA-cam bruhhh😭😭😩
Its Joe Egan singing this Gerry was a member of the band but not lead vocalist on this song. check out Gerry and Joe singing Star by Stealers wheel.
R.i.p Joe Egan who co wrote this passed away today aged 77 ,
The lead vocal is actually Gerry Rafferty (who you guys have reacted to). He and friend and harmony singer Joe Egan started the band in Scotland, and cowrote this song. I am sure you guys have seen or heard people play slide guitar. They usually wear a tube (could be glass, plastic or metal) on one finger of their hand and slide it up and down the strings (much like the way a steel guitar player plays). Back in the day some guitar players realized they could get the same effect from a bottle. Lord knows there were always plenty of empty beer bottles around. So loving taking this trip with y'all. Remembering so much great music and hearing stuff I haven't heard in a long time. Thank You Thank You!!!
I saw a photo of Bonnie Raitt, where you can see clearly that she's using a bottle neck slide.
What a flashback to summer in NYC when this fun jam 🎵🎵🎵 first came out.....blew up the RADIO . They played it all the time. Upbeat & catchy groove.
Jay and Amber. Check out "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter group. "Get Ready" by Rare Earth. Finally "Hocus Pocus by Focus", it will blow your mind, but you just might love it!
Gotta do "Hocus Pocus" by Focus.
Hocus Pocus . . . OMG yes!
Especially the Midnight Special version where they perform a 7 minute song in 4 minutes.
Precisely!
This brings back some great memories every time I hear it 😊 This song came out my freshman year in high school, 1972. It was on top 40 radio about once every hour! Never got tired of it👍
I would really like to recommend for Female Friday Shelly Fabre, Connie Francis, Doris Day, Brenda Lee, Dionne Warwick (Say a Little Prayer for Me is my favorite) and Rosemary Clooney (George Clooney's Aunt). They are some of the greatest female singers of the 50's and 60's.
Agreed. I also think they'd like Fever by Peggy Lee. And though The Fifth Dimension is a group, Marilyn McCoo usually (always?) sang the lead. Amber would like Aquarius if she wants to hear hippy music.
Outstanding suggestions!!!
"Clowns to the left of me; jokers to the right; here I am stuck in the middle with you. "
I don't and never thought, as I heard it when it came out, of this song being political. These phrases, "Clowns to the left of me; jokers to the right," became catch-phrases of the 1970s and beyond. I still say them to this day, like, "Look. Clowns to the left of me," and someone in the know will answer back, "Yeah, jokers to the right." My husband just did when he came into the room as I wrote this, lol.
It's really a song about being stuck, as after those two above phrases are sung, then this line:
"Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you."
There's a definite pause after, Here I am, and being stuck. Stuck where? In the middle. With whom? You.
Who is the you?
We're all idiots, clowns and jokers. Stuck.
Because the verse above is followed by these lines:
"When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . ."
Gerry Rafferty was influenced by "Colin Wilson's classic book 'The Outsider,' about alienation and creativity," Wikipedia.
But next time at the grocery store and you see people in their 60s and 70s, just causally say: Oh, look. Clowns to the left of me."
See if anyone will answer you back.
This is Gerry Rafferty on vocals, who you heard doing Baker Street. But that is not Rafferty in the video because he had left the group before they shot it.
Egan doing the lip syncing.
I remember when my 3 kids first heard this song. We were camping with friends in1998. When this song came on on the jam box us grown ups (🤣)started singing it. My kids absolutely loved it. Such good memories. We made sure they were exposed to music from our childhood in the 60s and 70s.
This was a sleeper of a song in the 70's, but got a very big revive when it was featured in the movie, "Reservoir Dogs"
It was on the radio all the time in the chicagoland area in the 70s .
It wasn't a sleeper song! It was a big hit!
@@marytschida5756 No, it wasnt a big hit. Dont think it broke the top 40 charts at all. It was revised because of the movie. Didnt say I never heard of it before movie. Actually liked it. Think maybe it was more of a hit in different areas. Def not NYC
@@johnmccarthy7158 bull. Never even knew it was a "hit" after some movie!
All I’ve got to say is Gerry Rafferty was/is a musical genius!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥
You really need to check out Gerry Rafferty's Right Down The Line(it`s actually one of mine and my husband's songs)..it is a great love song! Keep On Rockin'
another wonderful song I haven't heard in decades. Thanks.
King Harvest "Dancing In The Moonlight"
King Floyd "Groove Me"
Boz Scaggs "Lowdown"
Love that King Harvest song!
Singer is Gerry Rafferty from Scotland who sang the big hit Baker Street.
As much as I love this song, it's impossible for me to listen to it without thinking of "that" scene in Reservoir Dogs.
Jay and Amber. I love your Channel as well as your great personalities. Congratulations on your newborn. Stealers Wheel has in my opinion a beatleesque quality to them!
Suggestions:
Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing,’
Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You,’
Kool and The Gang - ‘Celebration,’
Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father,’
and last but not least ...
Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.’
Yes to Roberta!
@@tao4mike Thank you!
Or Roberta's "Killing Me Softly"
Still loving it in 2021.. was 15 in '73 when it came out.
It's a steel guitar...the bottle is used as a slide. To get a swampy Delta Blues type sound.
Absolutely Love Gerry Rafferty, one day someone is gonna react to his song “Get it Right next time”, one of the coolest vibe tunes ever, particularly if you like sax. Imo
That bottle trick, turns an ordinary guitar into an Electric Peddle Steel guitar sound.
This trick is often achieved with a steel tube on the players finger.
I’m not aware of any other hits by Stealers Wheel, but Gerry Rafferty went solo, and omg, he is such a talented musician.
Please react to more of him.
The lead singer was Gerry Rafferty, he was a Scotsman from a town called Paisley.
This is a great song choice guys. Love his voice.
This song gained a whole new popularity after it was featured in "Reservoir Dogs" - the scene is classic.
One more time, Frankenstein by Edgar Winter's group , live version.
Another great band!
Fabulous, it has been a few decades since I heard this song.
Great song such a good beat!! So good to see you two smiling and enjoying this classic. Love your reaction, you two are great.
Love this song. Such a a good one. It was in the Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs too.
That boy sure can put together a soundtrack I tell you what
He has the best songs in his movies. Things I’ve never heard, but once I did I had to download them. The Brothers Johnson, Bobby Womack, Joe Tex and others.
@@tequila_mockingbird547 same. I bought the pulp fiction soundtrack as soon as I saw the movie 🎥
@@tequila_mockingbird547 The same thing happened when I watched Baby Driver. I was like, man I need this soundtrack!
Oh, one of my absolute favorites, love it. Thank you
The bottle just becomes a slide, like Eddie Van Halen’s drill
Just a fun song! Reminds me of my youth, hanging out in neighborhood dive bars with my best friends and all the other people I grew up with ♥️
I’m sitting here at a lake, and singing this song while watching y’all action to this song! 🤙🏻
You know how sometimes you can remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard a particular song?
This is one of those. Ahh good times!
Thanks for reacting to it. 👍😊
Great song and great reaction.
Hey you might give this guy a reaction. He holds a Guinness World Record. He had 5 hit songs with 5 different bands during the 70s. He was a 5 time 'one hit wonder'. His name is Tony Burrows and this band is called First Class, and the song is Beach Baby. It's just like it implies, a Beach Boys type, fun in the sun and the surf song, that was a smash hit. Please react to it. Folks will love it. @
He also sang lead on "Love grows where my Rosemary goes" by Edison lighthouse; "My baby loves lovin" by White Plains; "United we stand, divided we fall" by Brotherhood of Man; and "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins.
Tony Burrows is one of my favorite music trivia subjects
Reservoir Dogs in 1991 bought me here with his iconic tune at 18 years old ,Now at 49 ,Wish he was still with us since he passed away at 63 in 2011 ,A Great Scottish Musician who did Night Owl and Baker Street ,Love Gerry Rafferty's All time Greats ,From an American view ,Glad you both enjoy this 🏴❤️🇺🇲
Don't forget about the Humblebums, a band before Stealers Wheel, with Jerry Rafferty, and Comedian Billy Connolly, who also played Dain, in The Hobbit, Battle of the five armies.
Absolutely -. Shoeshine Boy.
@@raye402 Steamboat Row, love it.
Gotta love the 70's especially if you grew up during that timeframe, I can say I graduated and survived the Jimmy Carter era. LOL Rock n roll, now labeled as classic rock is over the top greatness. Y'all keep nailin' these tunes. Thanks!!
I was age 5-15 during the 70s, wish I was born a few years earlier but so blessed to have grown up in the 70s.
I DID IT WAS A BLAST a BIG Blast at that ,,
When I think of a song that made a movie scene, I think of this song in Reservoir Dogs. What an EPIC scene!
Omg yes yes
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I hear you there😉
Horrific! And perfect.
This is one of those songs you hear on the radio all the time.
The bottle is used as a slide, it ensures all strings are contacted all the way down.
Love this song, now your finish the line when you see on Facebook a road sign saying- clowns to the left of me jokers to the right…. Once heard never forgotten.
Although this song is old, it was immortalized when Mr. Blonde played it while sadically dancing while cutting off a policeman's head at Reservoir Dogs. A Tarantino masterpiece
one of my all time fave songs, and music videos ever!
So his voice sounded ,"Can't put my finger on it" ... how about "familiar", since you DID do a reaction to Jerry Rafferty's (the lead singer here) "Baker Street". However, although you are hearing Jerry Rafferty's lead vocals on the track and in the video, what you are seeing is actually the co-author, Joe Egan (who actually did the background vocals to the track) lip-syncing to Jerry's singing because, Jerry had already left the band by the time they did the video.
It took me years to understand why he looked so different from the man who sang Baker Street and Right Down The Line (a beautiful song that I devoted to my first wife). C'mon, I only had 2 wives, and I obviously think it was ME who gave the 1st one, much too much credit 😂😒😉. Oh, and, another fun fact ... Billy Connolly, the famous Scottish stand-up comedian was once in a band with Jerry called The Humblebums . As it turned out, Jerry was getting more serious in music, and Billy was starting to add more "in-between-song" jokes in their live performances, so they eventually parted ways.
Gerry*
@@1989NickyD OMG, I just wasn't thinking, as Jerry is the usual spelling. Thanx for the correction. What did you think about the post though ??? That's the important thing here (since you read it).
I'll confess this is the only song I know by Stealers Wheel. But that guy singing - that's Gerry Rafferty. Remember "Baker Street"? With the killer saxophone? That was him solo.
The guy is using a bottle to play slide guitar. This is where an object like a beverage or medicine bottle, or a jack knife or a metal slide made for the purpose is used on the fret board. I used to use a socket wrench extension as a slide. Unlike playing with your fingers, you don't press the strings against the fretboard. The slide kind of "floats" over the strings. This allows you to move up and down the fretboard continuously rather than discretely using the frets. That's what gives slide guitar its unique sound. The guy in this video is playing lap style (literally lying the guitar across the lap). It's a fairly common technique in country and Hawaiian music. You can also play slide holding the guitar "normally." Check out Bonnie Raitt or Derek Trucks of The Tedeschi-Trucks band. Both great slide players.
-JR in Miami
Arguably the greatest one hit wonder tune of all time.
One hit? Baker street and many others
This song is golden! He’s using the bottle as a slide. Gerry Rafferty had a nice solo career afterwards.
Just brilliant, love this song. A karaoke staple all over Scotland. You know the singer from 'Baker Street'. - Gerry Rafferty
One of my absolute favorite songs!!!
Not only do I dig your reactions more and more, but you remind me of old favorites like this that I need to add to my playlists!
Gerry Rafferty sang lead vocals on this big hit. Later on in the 1970s, he had an international solo hit even bigger, called "Baker Street", which is considered by most people to contain the greatest saxophone solo of all time.
The first movie directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs", makes very memorable use of "Stuck in the Middle with You". You will never ever forget it.
Second greatest one-hit-wonder ever, just behind American Pie. Love watching your reactions just because you seem like such nice people and perfect together, best of luck!
Don McLean had another #1 in the UK which made it to #12 in the US with “Vincent” and his “And I Love You So” made it to the top 40 hit list at #36 in the US, so American Pie was definitely not a one hit wonder. Stealers Wheel had a moderate hit, reaching #30 in both the US and UK with Star, so also not a one hit wonder.
Gerry Rafferty himself is worth a deeper dive. You listened to Baker Street, probably his most famous hit, but he has other great songs: Right Down the Line, Mattie's Rag, City to City, Waiting For the Day, etc...
Another favorite songs of mine .. it’s in so many movies
Back in the 70s and 60s every band look for their own unique way of playing instruments and doing your songs
you guys have spent the last week reacting to all the songs I used to learn to play bass, its been awesome, thank you for the trip back in time!
The scene in Reservoir Dogs while this song is playing..... every time I hear this I think of that! Love Steelers Wheel
From Wikipedia:
"Stuck in the Middle" was released on Stealers Wheel's 1972 eponymous debut album. Gerry Rafferty provided the lead vocals, with Joe Egan singing harmony. It was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Rafferty's lyrics are a dismissive tale of a music industry cocktail party written and performed as a parody of Bob Dylan's paranoia (the vocal impression, subject, and styling were so similar, listeners have wrongly attributed the song to Dylan since its release).
The band was surprised by the single's chart success. The single sold over one million copies, eventually peaking at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, No. 8 in the UK, and No. 2 in Canada. Billboard ranked it as the No. 30 song for 1973.
The band appeared playing the song on BBC's Top of the Pops on 18 May 1973.
Herd the song before ,but never saw the band so thanks for that and your reactions🙏🏻
Always loved this one, 1972ish from Pasely, Scotland. "right" and "left" came into common use for the first time in the late 1930s in debates over the Spanish Civil War.
Use the bottle to create his own pedal steel
Blessings, julie
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right- here I am stuck in the middle with you! Classic Line!