Rolling Stone was huge back in the day! Founded in '67, it started as kind of a hippie music mag, but developed into maybe the most popular counter-culture medium around. In the '70's when I was a teenager, I read it religiously. Getting on the cover meant you'd "made it" - it was quite the big deal.
Rolling Stone was THE premiere magazine covering the popular music scene for years and years. A great giggle is that shortly after this song became a hit, the group got their wish ... in modified form. It was a cartoon sketch of them under the headline "What's Their Name Gets Their Picture on the Cover." 😂
Nicest guys in the business. Met them twice when some friends of mine were in a band that opened for them and we were allowed backstage. They were fun and gracious to us. And no rock star garbage. Just cool guys.
Gail, I only saw them once but it is one concert that has stuck with me to this day. Their connection to the audience was fantastic, I never enjoyed a concert more. I have dived deeply into them over the years and they always bring me so much joy. You were lucky to have met them and I bet it left a mark...lol.
Such a fun song. They did get their picture on the cover in May 1973. The Rolling Stone magazine was founded in San Francisco in 1967 and covered music, politics and pop culture and especially the counterculture scene whose members read the magazine faithfully. They had some of the best music critics and journalists (Hunter Thompson, Cameron Crowe, Joe Eszterhas, Ben Fong-Torres, and P. J. O'Rourke). It was great to read in its heyday. John Lennon was on the first cover.
I just recommended that he watch “Almost Famous”, written and directed by Cameron Crowe. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s loosely based on his experiences as a 15-year-old trying to get his foot in the door as a writer for Rolling Stone. Obviously he succeeded. Great movie!
"Not taking yourself to seriously"...that was what this band was all about... They could do anything musically and the harmonies were the best... one of the best live bands ever.... never had a better time than seeing them live they were outstanding !!!!
This song was so awesome when it came out. We couldn't understand why Rolling Stone Magazine hadn't put them on the cover! Great way to get back at them! 😄
You should check out “Almost Famous”. It’s a semi autobiographical movie loosely based on Cameron Crowe’s experience as a 15-year-old trying to get his foot in the door as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. ( He succeeded, btw, and has had a very successful career as a journalist and filmmaker. In fact, he wrote the screenplay, based on his book, and also directed the film.) It’s a great movie that really gives you a feel of the early seventies music scene, both good and bad. I’m glad you enjoyed this song by Dr Hook and the Medicine Show! It has to be one of the most fun songs and performances in rock history. Never gets old, even after half a century.
Sometimes time catches up with me because of the fact that we look to 70's plus uncle and aunt. This nusic and mood is uplifting, wants you to dance. Greetings from South Africa
Dr. Hook was one of my mom's favorite groups. I grew up singing all their songs at the top of my lungs with her. Great memories!! Thank you for reminding me. Dr. Hook has a song called, "Sylvia's Mother" and it's a sad love story and another favorite.
For more Dr. Hook, try "Queen of the Silver Dollar" (storytelling), "I Got Stoned and I Missed It," and "Freaking at the Freaker's Ball." All written by Shel Silverstein. "Freaker's Ball" is a bit bawdy and risque, and has a few words considered not PC today, but they aren't used to demean they were just commonly used back then. Overall a hilarious and fun song.
Best concert I ever went to! In a bar, small crowd, was one of my best memories! This includes all the outdoor concerts of the 70s.…! Genius writer, great guys and so much fun! We even hung out with them at their bus after the show! ❤❤❤ they didn’t have a bad song…next should be the one my generation considered baby making music! “A Little Bit More”
Hey Saeed, they did finally get a cartoon picture of the group on the cover of The Rolling Stone Magazine. Sylvia's Mother will always be my favorite but this is my second favorite and also makes my playlist! It's right next to Kenny Rogers' "Coward of the County"! As usual I loved your comments about this great song! Have a great day my friend!
Yay, a fun song, rather than a heavy emotional tearjerker. lol I remember going around singing this at the top of our lungs. hahaha It's a lighthearted fun song, but those harmonies are top notch.
Growing up when and where i lived there wasn't many ways to find out about new music. No MTV, only pop music and country music on radio. Rolling Stone magazine and talking to the guys who worked in record stores was how i kept up with new bands and new albums. I think they did make the cover of the rolling stone but it was a painting not a pic i believe. Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.
Dr Hook is my secret passion. Lol. They have a lot of songs that are "tongue in cheek", penicillin Penny, I got stoned and i Missed It. plus, some really sexy songs. A a little Bit More and sharing the Night Together. It always amazed me how they could play and sing on pitch all the while being stoned. Lol
Yah, and that $10,000.00 per show in 1973 was serious money. 😅 Oh, by the way, there's a video recording of them doing the song Carry Me Carrie, live from Shel's Boat, that I think you'd seriously enjoy. Rolling Stone Magazine began publishing in 1967, this was released in '73.
Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show is such a great band name, it brings up ALL kinds of possibilities. Never got to see them live, at $10,000 a show, but I still loved to hear their music. It seems that Rolling Stone Magazine has lost it's Mojo in the past couple of decades, not sure if it will ever get it back.
"Almost Famous" (2000) movie generally (and correctly) regarded as the best rock and roll film made thus far. The storyline and the execution of the storyline is a MUST SEE, if you haven't seen it yet. And yes, the "Rolling Stone Magazine" is an integral part of this fictional narrative.
I got stoned and I missed it. Freaker's Ball, Everyone's Making It But Me, Sylvia's Mother. These guys were great and eventually Rolling Stone did feature them but only in a caricature.
There's an oldie called I Gotcha by Joe Tex. My older sister had it on a 45 record when I was a kid. I loved it then and I love it now. I'd love to see you react to it. Great reaction! I also had this song on a 45 thanks to my older siblings. ❤
Hunter S. Thompson was a contributing writer to Rolling Stone in its early days (and later). As a writer, you should read his stuff if you haven’t. He was quite the drugs and alcohol guy, and I haven’t re-read him since I got sober. I wonder how that would change how I experience his writing (which is excellent, most of the time regardless of what he’s imbibing). Whenever he says “Nixon,” just replace it with Bush or the guy who just got elected and you’ll get the meaning. Start with “The Kentucky Derby . . .”
Everyone was really rootin’ for these guys to be on the cover but by this time the mag had gotten a little elitist, but they eventually gave in to the fans by putting them on the cover as caricatures of themselves. Bit of a back-door compliment but it backfired and made them more popular than ever and pointed out how establishment the mag had become. Used to have the edition, along with the John Lennon one but my ex threw them away! Like I said..my ex! Love these guys! ❤️🔥
You have come across PURE GOLD with these guys. They were an unruly bunch lol, but eventually they went on in the mid to late 70’s producing newer styles of music with great success. You really have to hear “Sharing The Night Together” super hot and sexy. Also, the song “When Your In Love With A Beautiful Woman.” Enjoy this rabbit hole. It’s worth your time.
Rolling Stone was the "paper of record" (their very first cover/headline: "Grateful Dead Busted") for the counterculture back then. Being on the cover meant you had made it big. It was in retrospect elitist, they had their own ideas about what we "should" be listening to. For instance they would give any band rave reviews if they were from the West Coast. Except Dr. Hook. They weren't "serious". It never occurred to them that rock music isn't supposed to be serious, it's supposed to be fun. Like this tune. RS is still published, it's mostly politics now. I guess some people still read it
I love this prissy Mick Jagger swagger, too. ROLLING STONE, by the year of this song's rise, has lost its "holy status" in the so-called counter-culture, too... I don't know the year Shel wrote this but ROLLING STONE has lost its lustre, probably going thru a puchase and dismissal of the original counter-culture-minded leadership, and handed to The Legitimate Press. cough cough.
Lead singer is imitating Mick Jagger and he and the front guitarist are being Mick and Keith! Making fun of how rock stars had become so elitist, super idolized, cocaine addicted, fancy and snobby! And they're presenting themselves as the counterpart to all that as a bunch of stoner losers lol! They were very highly talented though. This song was a ridiculously popular and even people who didn't like it musically still loved it, and got what it meant!
Rolling Stone gave them a cover, but it was cartoon caricatures
The irony
But it still counts.
And I think only 3 of them
@ you’re right
I will never pass up an opportunity to listen to this song. It just makes me smile broadly, every single time I hear it.
Rolling Stone was huge back in the day! Founded in '67, it started as kind of a hippie music mag, but developed into maybe the most popular counter-culture medium around. In the '70's when I was a teenager, I read it religiously. Getting on the cover meant you'd "made it" - it was quite the big deal.
Absolutely. What a great time to be alive. :D
I still have the first premiere issue of the Rolling Stone.
@@ed.z. Cool, who's on the cover?
@@ClaudetteMiss John Lennon was the first.
@ John Lennon is the cover story regarding his first non Beatle movie role.
When this song came out, every everybody was singing it🎉😂❤
True! I was in middle school. It's so damn catchy.
Rolling Stone was THE premiere magazine covering the popular music scene for years and years.
A great giggle is that shortly after this song became a hit, the group got their wish ... in modified form. It was a cartoon sketch of them under the headline "What's Their Name Gets Their Picture on the Cover." 😂
"I Got Stoned and I Missed It" another you'll get a kick out of . I laugh every time I hear it.
Nicest guys in the business. Met them twice when some friends of mine were in a band that opened for them and we were allowed backstage. They were fun and gracious to us. And no rock star garbage. Just cool guys.
Gail, I only saw them once but it is one concert that has stuck with me to this day. Their connection to the audience was fantastic, I never enjoyed a concert more. I have dived deeply into them over the years and they always bring me so much joy. You were lucky to have met them and I bet it left a mark...lol.
Such a fun song. They did get their picture on the cover in May 1973. The Rolling Stone magazine was founded in San Francisco in 1967 and covered music, politics and pop culture and especially the counterculture scene whose members read the magazine faithfully. They had some of the best music critics and journalists (Hunter Thompson, Cameron Crowe, Joe Eszterhas, Ben Fong-Torres, and P. J. O'Rourke). It was great to read in its heyday. John Lennon was on the first cover.
I just recommended that he watch “Almost Famous”, written and directed by Cameron Crowe. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s loosely based on his experiences as a 15-year-old trying to get his foot in the door as a writer for Rolling Stone. Obviously he succeeded. Great movie!
@@terri2494 Yeah that was a great movie! Good recommendation.
This group just makes you Smile! I would have loved to see them.
But they can also make you cry, Some of their songs are very deep.
Fantastic video. Always a song I sing along to when it comes on. It’s great to see them on stage with their infectious personalities!!
Really infectious! Great song and video!
Thank you! They did get their picture on the cover of the rolling stone magazine.
That is awesome! Thanks for watching!
One of my favorite bands from the 70s. Yea, I'm that old.😂 thanks ❤
Dr. Hook is so phenomenal. The most unique Rock / Country / Pop band ever!
Every single song is gold in my ears!
"Not taking yourself to seriously"...that was what this band was all about... They could do anything musically and the harmonies were the best... one of the best live bands ever.... never had a better time than seeing them live they were outstanding !!!!
Im smiling right now 😊
Still get this stuck in my head every now and then. So catchy 🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ravi Shankar was the Indian "guru" that used to hang out with the Beatles
Ooh that was him. I "know" him 😃
This song was so awesome when it came out. We couldn't understand why Rolling Stone Magazine hadn't put them on the cover! Great way to get back at them! 😄
You should check out “Almost Famous”. It’s a semi autobiographical movie loosely based on Cameron Crowe’s experience as a 15-year-old trying to get his foot in the door as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. ( He succeeded, btw, and has had a very successful career as a journalist and filmmaker. In fact, he wrote the screenplay, based on his book, and also directed the film.) It’s a great movie that really gives you a feel of the early seventies music scene, both good and bad.
I’m glad you enjoyed this song by Dr Hook and the Medicine Show! It has to be one of the most fun songs and performances in rock history. Never gets old, even after half a century.
.....but Saeed needs to react to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" before he watches "Almost Famous". Great film!!
Sometimes time catches up with me because of the fact that we look to 70's plus uncle and aunt. This nusic and mood is uplifting, wants you to dance. Greetings from South Africa
Those boys had a good time on stage.
@Tuesdays_Gone It was so obvious, it was contagious. They partied on stage and off, and were so much fun to watch.
Freakin' At The Freakers Ball is another hysterical performance.
"I Got Stoned and I Missed It", "Get My Rocks Off", " Carry Carrie" are a few more great songs by the Medicine Show.
I can still sing most of FATFB when I'm stoned enough.
I saw them live twice. They were so much fun in concert.
Great group! Dive deeper in to this rabbit hole!
These guys are so awesome. Love them and this song. Love your reaction!
Dr. Hook was one of my mom's favorite groups. I grew up singing all their songs at the top of my lungs with her. Great memories!! Thank you for reminding me.
Dr. Hook has a song called, "Sylvia's Mother" and it's a sad love story and another favorite.
One of the best harmonizing bands ever, especially if you listen to their songs that got no radio play. Now I'm talking the early to mid 1970s.
For more Dr. Hook, try "Queen of the Silver Dollar" (storytelling), "I Got Stoned and I Missed It," and "Freaking at the Freaker's Ball." All written by Shel Silverstein. "Freaker's Ball" is a bit bawdy and risque, and has a few words considered not PC today, but they aren't used to demean they were just commonly used back then. Overall a hilarious and fun song.
Best concert I ever went to! In a bar, small crowd, was one of my best memories! This includes all the outdoor concerts of the 70s.…! Genius writer, great guys and so much fun! We even hung out with them at their bus after the show! ❤❤❤ they didn’t have a bad song…next should be the one my generation considered baby making music!
“A Little Bit More”
March 29 1973 is the cover date ..... Great Tone
One of my favourite Dr Hook songs is "Love You A Little Bit More"
Such a fun song!!!
That deep gravely voice you hear throughout the song belonged to the DJ Wolfman Jack who also can be heard on The Guess Who song Clap for the Wolfman
That deep gravelly voice is the other lead singer, Dennis Locorriere. He does it in multiple of their comic songs.
Always loved this song
Their music was so diverse that it was hard to believe their songs were created by the same group.
@@TripletDad3 Very true!
Hey Saeed, they did finally get a cartoon picture of the group on the cover of The Rolling Stone Magazine. Sylvia's Mother will always be my favorite but this is my second favorite and also makes my playlist! It's right next to Kenny Rogers' "Coward of the County"! As usual I loved your comments about this great song! Have a great day my friend!
I think Rolling Stone was one of the top, if not THE top selling magazine at the time. They had all the biggest Rock Stars on the cover.
I've seen them three times they put on a great show!!!
🌸 best marketing tactic ever! they actually did get to be on the cover of the rolling Stone magazine after this song....
Yay, a fun song, rather than a heavy emotional tearjerker. lol
I remember going around singing this at the top of our lungs. hahaha
It's a lighthearted fun song, but those harmonies are top notch.
He wearin the hell outta that eye patch, ayyyyyye captin☠️
Another song we teens used to sing together is Signs by the Five Man Electrical Band. Lots of fun.🤩
They actually did eventually get their pictures on the cover of the Rolling Stone but it was character drawings.lol
Belive they did get cover! Huggers and love!❤😊❤
Growing up when and where i lived there wasn't many ways to find out about new music. No MTV, only pop music and country music on radio. Rolling Stone magazine and talking to the guys who worked in record stores was how i kept up with new bands and new albums. I think they did make the cover of the rolling stone but it was a painting not a pic i believe. Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.
I love the 'guitar solo', followed by "that was beautiful".
Dr Hook is my secret passion. Lol. They have a lot of songs that are "tongue in cheek", penicillin Penny, I got stoned and i Missed It. plus, some really sexy songs. A a little Bit More and sharing the Night Together. It always amazed me how they could play and sing on pitch all the while being stoned. Lol
Yah, and that $10,000.00 per show in 1973 was serious money. 😅 Oh, by the way, there's a video recording of them doing the song Carry Me Carrie, live from Shel's Boat, that I think you'd seriously enjoy.
Rolling Stone Magazine began publishing in 1967, this was released in '73.
Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show is such a great band name, it brings up ALL kinds of possibilities. Never got to see them live, at $10,000 a show, but I still loved to hear their music. It seems that Rolling Stone Magazine has lost it's Mojo in the past couple of decades, not sure if it will ever get it back.
Dr Hook - just can’t go wrong with them!
"Almost Famous" (2000) movie generally (and correctly) regarded as the best rock and roll film made thus far. The storyline and the execution of the storyline is a MUST SEE, if you haven't seen it yet. And yes, the "Rolling Stone Magazine" is an integral part of this fictional narrative.
Back in the day Rolling Stone magazine was THE biggest music publication and it was a big deal for a singer or group to be on the cover.
I saw them in the mid 70's while in a highly altered state 😊 I used to get Rolling Stone every month until it became more advertisements than articles
I got stoned and I missed it. Freaker's Ball, Everyone's Making It But Me, Sylvia's Mother. These guys were great and eventually Rolling Stone did feature them but only in a caricature.
That song brings back great memories. Cheers from Australia
Gonna Love You A Little Bit More is my favorite of theirs.😊
Hi Saeed, Love Dr Hook
loved these guys
If you watch them singing "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman", l hope you'll pull up The Midnight Special live recording.
Love it❤❤❤
I love love love Dr
Hook!!!! Listen to Years From Now. You'll want to send it to your wife.
Super fun stuff here love you
I saw them twice in the 70's . Always a great show!
It took more than 40 years for Rush to be on the cover of RS (2015).
Another great memory, now shred with you!
When this came out in the early 70's $10,000 was big money.
Good observation love it.The current price is closer to one hundred thousand dollars a show
Just a great song!
I love your reactions! New subscriber!
🌸 I've always loved this song
There's an oldie called I Gotcha by Joe Tex. My older sister had it on a 45 record when I was a kid. I loved it then and I love it now. I'd love to see you react to it. Great reaction! I also had this song on a 45 thanks to my older siblings. ❤
Thanks for watching and the recommendation!
Bought 1 copy of a magazine that I had a story published in. I lost it! Never to be seen again. Ha
I don't think the "chemistry" was between them, I think it was inside them 😂😂😂😂
Haven't heard this golden oldie for decades. Also had a rather embarrassing encounter with Shel Silverstien back in the day. Ha Ha
They're just Ace!
Hunter S. Thompson was a contributing writer to Rolling Stone in its early days (and later). As a writer, you should read his stuff if you haven’t. He was quite the drugs and alcohol guy, and I haven’t re-read him since I got sober. I wonder how that would change how I experience his writing (which is excellent, most of the time regardless of what he’s imbibing). Whenever he says “Nixon,” just replace it with Bush or the guy who just got elected and you’ll get the meaning. Start with “The Kentucky Derby . . .”
Got to see them in a small club in the eighties.
Love this song!!! Thank you for reacting to it. You should react to “Sexy Eyes” and “Sharing the Night Together” also great songs!
I used to embroider jeans because everyone wanted them after this song. 😂
Country music singer Sammy Kershaw did a cover of this song.
Everyone was really rootin’ for these guys to be
on the cover but by this time the mag had gotten
a little elitist, but they eventually gave in to the
fans by putting them on the cover as caricatures
of themselves. Bit of a back-door compliment but
it backfired and made them more popular than ever
and pointed out how establishment the mag had
become. Used to have the edition, along with the
John Lennon one but my ex threw them away! Like
I said..my ex! Love these guys! ❤️🔥
You have come across PURE GOLD with these guys. They were an unruly bunch lol, but eventually they went on in the mid to late 70’s producing newer styles of music with great success. You really have to hear “Sharing The Night Together” super hot and sexy. Also, the song “When Your In Love With A Beautiful Woman.”
Enjoy this rabbit hole. It’s worth your time.
What are your books about? Have you thought about turning one into an audiobook, in English?
They had a lot of hits.
To buy that cover used is $135
US Billboard Hot 100 peak # 6 Length song 2:53
Would you consider checking out the Supremes - The Happening. I'd love to hear that. It would be very special for me, thanks! 😂😂😂
Next DH&MS song is Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball. :)
Rolling Stone was the "paper of record" (their very first cover/headline: "Grateful Dead Busted") for the counterculture back then. Being on the cover meant you had made it big. It was in retrospect elitist, they had their own ideas about what we "should" be listening to. For instance they would give any band rave reviews if they were from the West Coast. Except Dr. Hook. They weren't "serious". It never occurred to them that rock music isn't supposed to be serious, it's supposed to be fun. Like this tune. RS is still published, it's mostly politics now. I guess some people still read it
Thanks for taking the time to share this.
It definitely should be fun!
Rolling Stone was first published in San Francisco in 1967.
You should listen to Sylvia's Mother, if you haven't already.
Sylvias Mother should be next.
Here's the Bobby Bare's terrific album of Shel's songs: LULLABYS, LEGENDS AND LIES...
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I love this prissy Mick Jagger swagger, too. ROLLING STONE, by the year of this song's rise, has lost its "holy status" in the so-called counter-culture, too... I don't know the year Shel wrote this but ROLLING STONE has lost its lustre, probably going thru a puchase and dismissal of the original counter-culture-minded leadership, and handed to The Legitimate Press. cough cough.
Was he making fun of Mick Jagger the way he was strutting around or paying tribute to him?
Lead singer is imitating Mick Jagger and he and the front guitarist are being Mick and Keith! Making fun of how rock stars had become so elitist, super idolized, cocaine addicted, fancy and snobby!
And they're presenting themselves as the counterpart to all that as a bunch of stoner losers lol! They were very highly talented though. This song was a ridiculously popular and even people who didn't like it musically still loved it, and got what it meant!