Things may haven't been great politically or in other regards but as a music enthusiast in todays generation about to be 20 I have to say...70's did music RIGHT compared to today. Nothing can give me vibes and emotions like back then! I can honestly feel culture in this there is no other way you get a sound like this!
In 1974 I was 21 years old. This song sure brings back a lot of really special memories. I am 71 years old and I still love it like the first time I heard! Thanks for the reaction.
R Strid They’d sound just as good on a toy microphone. You can’t substitute talent. That’s why people are still listening to this sound nearly 50 years later.
@@thadoc5186 What?! Shitty mics = shitty recording. Have you ever even recorded music before? How many people at that time criticized these bands? How many bands today will be listened to 50 years from now? You are ridiculous.
I was a freshman in high school learning to play bass on my Dad's 1960 Fender Jazz bass. I discovered the Doobies...and I'm so glad I did...touches my heart to this day...
This is just a glimpse at the reason old farts like me say things like, " *_REAL_* music just isn't made anymore." There are some musicians that are still popping up occasionally. But just like other aspects of life, when mediocrity becomes the norm, expect a lot of crap.
Let’s be honest, I’m nearly 50, and I can assure you that there was plenty of utter crap back then. But it was the quality ones that stood the test of time. In 20 years, all we’ll remember of this era was the good stuff, and be complaining that the 2040s have only bad music. ;)
This was playing on the radio when I was in elementary school, along with ZZ Top, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad and Steely Dan. We didn't know how spoiled we were. It brings me absolute joy to see you experience this music for the first time.
This song came out in 1974 when I was a teenager. Didn't realize it at the time, but we were surrounded by fabulous music. I guess we thought it would always be that way.
@@scottbilger9294 I agree, but channels like this show music is universal, and really good music is still really good music !! Not putting down any music, but I feel my generation got the best of it, ( born in 65, first album was Sweet, Desolation Boulevard )
I’m 76 and Canadian. I think I’m enjoying this music even more today. I’m so surprised that your generation has finally realized this was real music. Amazing voices, great arrangements, super experimentation. Keep on learning. You’re the best. Go Guess Who, Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Celine Dion, The Band and many more. Go Canada
I’m 40ish and I grew up with the Doobie Brothers. My parents and their friends played them at the bbq/pool parties. I love that my kids (10-12)know the good music of this time. There love of 70’s and 80’s music gives me joy. There going to grow up knowing amazing music and have a great balance that kids don’t get with “today’s music”. Love 💗 your smile and the fun you have with the Music 🎶 Jamel! I’ve been binge watching your videos. The music you react to is pure bliss! Thank you.
Jamel, this song has been on the soundtracks of lots of movies. It is the recording that put the Doobies on the national map, even though lots of us who were in tune with music knew how good they were then and still are. It only took a few seconds of listening to get you moving and in the groove, which is exactly what it did for millions at that time. The blend of genres such as dixieland jazz, southern blues, bluegrass and barbershop quartet 4 part harmonies make it a such a rich, toe tapping, finger snapping, feet shuffling tune that one never tires of hearing it, as well as being appealing across age generations and cultures. Truly one of the best of '70s.
I was probably 5 years old....still love this song....remember it from childhood. Always a favorite! Saw Doobies in a concert in late 80s and they were fabulous even then
This was hugely popular when I was 14, a freshman in high school. Around 1974. The fiddle and violin are the same instrument. The only difference is the style in which it is played.
Doobie Brothers "China Grove" is also incredible. Also this might be one of your best reactions...snapping and singing along. Let the music move you 🎶🎶
@@jamelakajamal your like just made my day my brother! I just watched your reaction to China Grove and was beaming with anticipation of how you would react. A few seconds in I was just as excited. Absolutely love your videos and appreciation for all kinds of wonderful music! Much respect sir.
"Romancing the Stone" when Michael Douglas finds the crashed smugglers plane with the Rolling Stone magazine he leafs through it says "Aaw man the Doobie Bros broke up...."
I was 10 in 1974 (56 now), great memories of sitting by the local pool with the FM radio playing, not a care in the world. We took all this music for granted. And of course there was still plenty of great music to come the rest of that decade.
Hey There Jamal! I'm an old Grandma at 64 and I grew up with this music that you've been listening to. It's very pleasing to me of someone your age appreciating the genre of music I grew up with and continue to listening and even play in band. Yes ol' Gma plays rock n' roll and "Rock n' Roll" will never die! Keep on Truckin'!
70+ and still love me some Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. I was there for it all,the ones who made it big and those who didn't. Those who churned out hit after hit, and those like Norman Greenbaum and his one hit wonder, Spirit In the Sky. And then disco tried to kill that world. Now it seems to be waking from a long coma, and springing back to life. And I'll be here, "As Long As I Can See The Light." Rock On!!!
I love watching people discover songs like this. I guarantee that if you walk into a room full of old people and sing out "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty mama come and take me by the hand", you WILL start an instant joyous sing-along. I saw the Doobies at the Hollywood Bowl in 1987. Now, THAT was a joyous sing-along !
Jamel, time after time I see you react and time and again I enjoy seeing your face with something WE all know your gonna love. The Doobies do it to me every time man ... you just can't stand still, I've always felt this way and sure I always will. Peace out brother, many blessing's on you.
"The music I got today is crap!" Jamel, that is probably the most honest and accurate statement you have ever uttered during one of your reaction videos. I'm 58 years old, I graduated high school in 1979. If you only reacted to music from the decade of the 70's, You would experience a wide range of great music, that has never been duplicated in any decade since. It's not even close!
I graduated in 1978. I think the music from the 60's is great too. Even the 1950's had some good music. I think todays music is lacking because it is so fake. I mean could any musician sing and play an instrument without plugging into something. Without someone altering how they really sound? Alot of recordings, the groups are not even together anymore. They all sing at different times in different places, then someone else just pieces the voices and instruments together, mix them up and adjust to sound like they want it to sound. Correcting the mistakes. Some of the off sounds, is what makes a song great. The main talent and artist are those behind the mixers, creating the sound that they want.
Just a teeny bit older than you, Jeffrey -- 59 as of August - HS grad in '78 -- in my school - small-town southwestern Michigan - my best friend and I were considered "weird" because we were obsessed with the "gay group" -- QUEEN -- wonder what they are thinking now after 40 years of Queen popularity - and the movie - maybe they missed the bus? :)
You are such a fun reaction-person, one of my faves! Anyway, yeah, this is classic Americana... It came out in '74 when I was only 10. I didn't hear it until I was about 13 when I started really listening to the radio and loved it (the Doobie Brothers, in general) . I'll be 56 tomorrow, actually, and do feel blessed regarding the songs I grew up with. Keep on reacting! : )
In 1974 I was 24, and back then new music was week to week by so many groups it was almost impossible to keep track of all the new bands and new songs. Your reactions, were my reactions, that kept me going to the record store buying new albums, the 60's and 70's were the best years ever for rock and roll.
54 years old for me, love watching this "show", since I Chromecast it to my TV for full experience value! Thank you! As a teenager in the 80's you bring my childhood back and my early adulthood through the music. Thanks, again!
don't know your age, but I was 19 in 1974 the year Black Water came out. I remember a night a few years later I was with my friends in a Ford Pinto on an icy road trying to get home and this song came on and we all sang and kept singing long after it was over. What a night that was. Good times!
I was about 12.... awesome music. My parents had speakers taller than I was. Music of all genres was always playing in our house. And yeah.... what we do we have today? Crap. Love watching your channel. Joy. Such joy.
As the music starts eclipsing the tinkling crystals, something in the core feels a grip and an easy relaxing slide into a warm swirl of music. It's good every time. For me, it reminds me of a girl I once knew. Simple. I was 17.
Bet u missin that GTO still. Pressing that pedal to the metal. G force pinnin u to the seat. VAROOOOM. Muscle cars of the 60s and 70s and great music. Memories 📻🎷🎸♥️♥️
@@juliecrane9647 Those were the days of the Boomers after the big war who, through the 60s and 70s, flowered and came of age. The mix was intense, artistic and unrepeatable . It was a dangerous and a glorious time that awakened many to the greater cosmos.
Doobie Brothers had some sweeeet harmonies. So smoooooooth. The syncopated harmonies on the bridge are so awesome and fun to sing! "I wanna honky-tonk, honky-tonk, honky-tonk....with you, all night long..."
Sweetie, I was in my early 20’s when this came out & I love it just as much now as then. So glad u appreciate good music! And ur right, they don’t make it like this anymore! Sadly...But we still have our music from back then that never goes bad!
I was a skinny 17 year-old girl in 1974 when "Black Water" was released on the What Once were Vices are Now Habits album. Was wowed by the Doobies then and remain so now, even as an old woman in her sixties. Thrilled to know you're keeping the music alive.
@@textank6733 Seems only yesterday it was another skinny girl in bell bottom jeans (with patches sewn on of Tweety bird and an ecology flag). This song takes me back to camping in Hoot Owl Holler, Tn. with huge bonfires and mellow Doobies. Now i wanna listen to Yesterday....now I need a place to hide away....Covid's got me singin Dylan's Talkin WW III Blues. 🤔😣
I was born in '79 and this is the very first song I can recall. Always held a special place with me and still takes me way back to when things were a hell of a lot simpler.
"The music today is crap." Mostly, yes. The good stuff isn't usually played on the radio (I know some good stuff from my teenage daughter). The Doobies were the soundtrack of my childhood, having grown up in San Jose in the 70's. My parents played this music so much, I could sing it in my sleep. And I still love it today. Good, funky, folky, rocky music!
Hey, hey, hey "San Jose !" Me too !! Grew up on the West Side ! Isn't this a blast with our new UA-cam Bud Jamel ! We are All like, "Classmates" strangers with no age differential... Fun, Fun, Fun !
San Jose? Cool. You might know that the Doobie Brothers were mostly from Palo Alto, Credence Clearwater from Berkeley, Jefferson Airplane mostly from San Jose (Paul Katner + Jorma). Cheech and Chong were at San Jose State. Bay Area music was all over the Bay.
I was a teen when I started listening to Doobie Bros in the 70s! So many good bands in my rock n roll teens. When I was 40 I was listening to the same stuff LOL Steely Dan, Chicago, Grateful Dead, Stevie Nicks, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...well you get the picture! Don't think I'll ever stop listening to this kind of music! 58 and still rockin! Thanks for the trip on the wayback machine!
I was 5 when this came out, but I can still remember my mom and dad listening to it. Matter of fact, my dad still has the original 45 in his record collection.
I'll be 42 this summer and my parents raised me on their music, as well as the stuff that was popular during my childhood. I love the oldies. It's a lot of great music.
You have this absolutely irrepressible energy. Watching you jump into different genres with that same enjoyment and energy is awesome. Thank you for sharing your experience and enthusiasm.
This was popular when I was in high school in Fairfax, Virginia. The school would play music during our lunch hour. When this song played the entire student body would sing this song. It was an incredible thing to see and hear. :) Love your videos! You are awesome.
At the time I lived there, there was only one high school in Fauquier County: Fauquier. I think there’s at least one additional high school there now. My ex-wife went to Woodson.
Double drop D tuning. A lot of modern rock drops the E to a D note because it makes power chords, good for rock, one finger chords. For this song they dropped the high and low Es to Ds making for big, lush, powerful beautiful D chords. This song is a ton of fun to play, should do a guitar and a ukulele tutorial on it.
@@vellaropedart9190 For Drop D tuning you can find it on a Peavey Wolfgang guitar with a device called a D-Tuna. Its a small knob on the Low E string that takes the E tuning down to a D with just a pull of the knob. Courtesy of the Late Edward Van Halen.
The Doobie Brothers appeared on an episode of What's Happening back in the day That's how I was introduced to the Doobie Brothers with Roger and rerun dancing to their music Love it Love it bring it together bring everybody together ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm 48, but I remember when it came out. I was 5 when it came out, but mom was a singer/songwriter, and The Doobie Brothers were played around the house a lot. I grew up singing the harmonies on this song and can't resist singing along whenever I hear it.
I was 4 when this was released, but my stepdad played it alot, plus it was on the radio. I still sing along when I hear it. My favorite Doobie Bros tune.
Skunk Baxter is an interesting cat... played with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan... and not many people have legendary guitarist AND high security clearance defense consultant on the same resume... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter
Not to mention, one of the best mustaches in rock history. Right up there with Lemmy from Motorhead and Neil Peart from the silk kimono period of Rush.
There are interesting unclassified presentations from Skunk to various defense organizations and the CIA that you can search for on UA-cam as well. I absolutely concur with your description of "interesting cat"!
I put Skunk up there with astrophysicist Brian May as two of the smartest and most interesting men in rock music. May consulted with NASA on the New Horizons mission.
The "back and forth" with the instruments is what is known as "call and response",which was a favorite staple of Jon Lord/Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Lots of great examples of this out there!
I was 14 when this came out😁. It still remains in my top 20 ... absolutely LOVE the chimes in the intro ... so unique for its time . Yeah we Had the freaking best music EVVA!!
I remember me and my friends standing outside the theater waiting to see a movie and we started singing this song. I was 14 then. Man I would love to go back to the 70’s!!! Best era EVER!!!
The Doobie's are a band where you are listening to one of their songs and think, "this is their best song!"....and then another starts playing and you think, "man! This is their best song!" Seen them 3 times, twice in the 80's and once in 2016. THAT show was the best concert I ever saw, and they were in their seventies! But STILL jamming, better than ever.
Have you seen THIS version of Sara Smile? Almost everyone that sees/hears it says it's even better than the original: ua-cam.com/video/nVMz-zzHE9Q/v-deo.html
“A violin has strings. A fiddle has strangs.”
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perfect response
Yes Lawd
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For those of us who were just teenagers in the '70's, damn, we were so lucky!
Yes we were ... The music for our generation was The Best ... 🙌🏻🙌🏻☺️
Things may haven't been great politically or in other regards but as a music enthusiast in todays generation about to be 20 I have to say...70's did music RIGHT compared to today. Nothing can give me vibes and emotions like back then! I can honestly feel culture in this there is no other way you get a sound like this!
Some of us were too stoned to realize it! LOL
Yes.
@@tenhirankei Not me didnt need it I was a teen fishing at ISLAND LAKE Kodiak Alaska , The 70s were FANTASTIC SO Was the music
The Doobie Brothers had some of the best harmonies of any rock band ever.
I second that emotion! 💖🎵🎵🎵🎤🎧
I disagree you clearly don’t know of The Bee Gees🤯🤯🤯🤩
they still do!
I have a friend that once said Sammy Hagar "Michael McDonald-ed" Van Halen😂😂
Right up there with the Beach Boys, Gin Blossoms, etc etc etc
In 1974 I was 21 years old. This song sure brings back a lot of really special memories. I am 71 years old and I still love it like the first time I heard! Thanks for the reaction.
This is music. No autotune. No electronics. Just pure talent.
Oh Jesus. This person always has to pop up. The microphones they used to record this, the amps they used, electronics.
Did you walk to school through 3ft of snow up hill both ways too? Sorry, I will get off your lawn now gramps.
R Strid They’d sound just as good on a toy microphone. You can’t substitute talent. That’s why people are still listening to this sound nearly 50 years later.
@@thadoc5186 What?! Shitty mics = shitty recording. Have you ever even recorded music before? How many people at that time criticized these bands? How many bands today will be listened to 50 years from now? You are ridiculous.
R Strid I doubt you’re gonna hear many artists from today being played 10 years from now let alone 50 years from now.
"Black Water" was released in 1974... 46 years ago. Most of us who listened to it back then are probably in our 50's or 60's now.
I love this song n I'm 38
I was in the military at the time when this song came out., great song.
In 1976 I took bubble butt B to their concert. I was 16.
Great night (and the concert was good too)
@Pavel Manzhetov -Time marches on.( I was 28)
I'm 53 and your channel makes my soul smile. :)
I was a freshman in high school learning to play bass on my Dad's 1960 Fender Jazz bass. I discovered the Doobies...and I'm so glad I did...touches my heart to this day...
Glad to see you enjoying some of the greatest music ever. I'm 57 and this was on the radio all the time. 70s rock is incredible.
Kevin Sago me too
One of my favorite singing in the car songs
Same age too! Radio played great music....
Constantly did homework to Doobies since they were ALWAYS on the radio. 😊🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
57 here too, 58 next week and still rockin!
This is just a glimpse at the reason old farts like me say things like, " *_REAL_* music just isn't made anymore."
There are some musicians that are still popping up occasionally. But just like other aspects of life, when mediocrity becomes the norm, expect a lot of crap.
John Lee Pettimore III AMEN to that
The musicians aren't any worse. It's what the producers choose to promote. It's like the 1960's before the British Invasion.
so agree John Lee Pettimore....(love Steve Earle too)
61 Canadian Boy ... Arguably; Music Died with the 70's.
Let’s be honest, I’m nearly 50, and I can assure you that there was plenty of utter crap back then. But it was the quality ones that stood the test of time. In 20 years, all we’ll remember of this era was the good stuff, and be complaining that the 2040s have only bad music. ;)
This was playing on the radio when I was in elementary school, along with ZZ Top, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad and Steely Dan. We didn't know how spoiled we were. It brings me absolute joy to see you experience this music for the first time.
This song came out in 1974 when I was a teenager. Didn't realize it at the time, but we were surrounded by fabulous music. I guess we thought it would always be that way.
We did not foresee the desolation to come.
Victoria Becker TRUTH! And then watching The Grammys years later, I was like, "But where is the GOOD music??"
@@scottbilger9294 I agree, but channels like this show music is universal, and really good music is still really good music !! Not putting down any music, but I feel my generation got the best of it, ( born in 65, first album was Sweet, Desolation Boulevard )
@@echobeefpv8530 And bad music is still bad music.
Boy do I agree! I was a little kid through the 70s & all the amazing music surrounded us! Still my favourite decade.
I’m 76 and Canadian. I think I’m enjoying this music even more today. I’m so surprised that your generation has finally realized this was real music. Amazing voices, great arrangements, super experimentation. Keep on learning. You’re the best. Go Guess Who, Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Celine Dion, The Band and many more. Go Canada
Not to mention Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, The Tragically Hip, Harmonium...and who can forget Vomit and the Sitz (Montreal band).
Wasn't BTO Canadian?
I know. It blows my mind at their excitement for a song. Makes me so happy. As if I had ANYTHING to do with it. . .I didn't. :)
Don't forget Steppenwolf and Gino Vanelli!!
I’m 40ish and I grew up with the Doobie Brothers. My parents and their friends played them at the bbq/pool parties. I love that my kids (10-12)know the good music of this time. There love of 70’s and 80’s music gives me joy. There going to grow up knowing amazing music and have a great balance that kids don’t get with “today’s music”. Love 💗 your smile and the fun you have with the Music 🎶 Jamel! I’ve been binge watching your videos. The music you react to is pure bliss! Thank you.
Jamel, this song has been on the soundtracks of lots of movies. It is the recording that put the Doobies on the national map, even though lots of us who were in tune with music knew how good they were then and still are. It only took a few seconds of listening to get you moving and in the groove, which is exactly what it did for millions at that time. The blend of genres such as dixieland jazz, southern blues, bluegrass and barbershop quartet 4 part harmonies make it a such a rich, toe tapping, finger snapping, feet shuffling tune that one never tires of hearing it, as well as being appealing across age generations and cultures. Truly one of the best of '70s.
This song didn't put them on the charts. It was "Listen to the Music" a year or so before this.
Great commentary,Nicely done
Yep, I grew up in that era! No greater time for music!
This group had 4 lead singers
70’s has the best music ever!! My favorite era of music.
You know, except for Disco. (shudders)
I’ll take some of the disco. A very little. Lol
☝🏾What you said!
I was probably 5 years old....still love this song....remember it from childhood. Always a favorite! Saw Doobies in a concert in late 80s and they were fabulous even then
They had a long string of great songs. I grew up in the 70's. REAL MUSIC.
This was hugely popular when I was 14, a freshman in high school. Around 1974. The fiddle and violin are the same instrument. The only difference is the style in which it is played.
As I understand, the bridge on a fiddle is usually a bit flatter, to make it easier to play multiple notes.
I was a sophomore in 74 ;)
@@irishgrl me too
When I was 40... This had been one of my favorites for 30 sumpin yrs
Doobie Brothers "China Grove" is also incredible. Also this might be one of your best reactions...snapping and singing along. Let the music move you 🎶🎶
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@@jamelakajamal your like just made my day my brother! I just watched your reaction to China Grove and was beaming with anticipation of how you would react. A few seconds in I was just as excited. Absolutely love your videos and appreciation for all kinds of wonderful music! Much respect sir.
"Romancing the Stone" when Michael Douglas finds the crashed smugglers plane with the Rolling Stone magazine he leafs through it says "Aaw man the Doobie Bros broke up...."
I think of that scene everytime I hear the Doobie Brothers! LOL
@@TienThuy-jp2oc Funny! I think the same thing!!! Even now!!!!
I saw that in the theaters and that got a huge laugh from the audience
I always laugh at that.
Catfish don't jump......
I'm 61 and listened to my Nana's and Mama's music then was blessed to have all this music my life.
I was born in 1965 so as a kid, all the good stuff started filling my childhood:)
Awesome year .......... same here
I was born in Dec of 58, so I got to get in on even earlier music.
Best generation for music. 66 here.
same here, 65 was a good year to be born
@@spudboy2865 Yep, same. 1965. We had the best music growing up.
Brah, I was 18. I'm 63 now, and this song still makes me sing along LOUD!
I was 10 in 1974 (56 now), great memories of sitting by the local pool with the FM radio playing, not a care in the world. We took all this music for granted. And of course there was still plenty of great music to come the rest of that decade.
Hey There Jamal!
I'm an old Grandma at 64 and I grew up with this music that you've been listening to.
It's very pleasing to me of someone your age appreciating the genre of music I grew up with and continue to listening and even play in band.
Yes ol' Gma plays rock n' roll and "Rock n' Roll" will never die! Keep on Truckin'!
64 ain't old....
70+ and still love me some Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. I was there for it all,the ones who made it big and those who didn't. Those who churned out hit after hit, and those like Norman Greenbaum and his one hit wonder, Spirit In the Sky.
And then disco tried to kill that world. Now it seems to be waking from a long coma, and springing back to life. And I'll be here, "As Long As I Can See The Light."
Rock On!!!
I was 14 in 1974 when this was recorded. We listened to all the late '60's and '70's rock and roll!
I was 8 in 1974 and it sounds just as magical!
I love watching people discover songs like this. I guarantee that if you walk into a room full of old people and sing out "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty mama come and take me by the hand", you WILL start an instant joyous sing-along.
I saw the Doobies at the Hollywood Bowl in 1987. Now, THAT was a joyous sing-along !
Jamel, time after time I see you react and time and again I enjoy seeing your face with something WE all know your gonna love. The Doobies do it to me every time man ... you just can't stand still, I've always felt this way and sure I always will. Peace out brother, many blessing's on you.
"The music I got today is crap!" Jamel, that is probably the most honest and accurate statement you have ever uttered during one of your reaction videos. I'm 58 years old, I graduated high school in 1979. If you only reacted to music from the decade of the 70's, You would experience a wide range of great music, that has never been duplicated in any decade since. It's not even close!
I'm 69 years old and I absolutely agree...nothing comes close to music produced in the late 60s and the 70s...
I graduated in 1978. I think the music from the 60's is great too. Even the 1950's had some good music. I think todays music is lacking because it is so fake. I mean could any musician sing and play an instrument without plugging into something. Without someone altering how they really sound? Alot of recordings, the groups are not even together anymore. They all sing at different times in different places, then someone else just pieces the voices and instruments together, mix them up and adjust to sound like they want it to sound. Correcting the mistakes. Some of the off sounds, is what makes a song great. The main talent and artist are those behind the mixers, creating the sound that they want.
Just a teeny bit older than you, Jeffrey -- 59 as of August - HS grad in '78 -- in my school - small-town southwestern Michigan - my best friend and I were considered "weird" because we were obsessed with the "gay group" -- QUEEN -- wonder what they are thinking now after 40 years of Queen popularity - and the movie - maybe they missed the bus? :)
Others: 'Last Song,' Galveston', 'Blue Bayou', 'All Along the Watch Tower', 'Diamond Girl, etc...
I graduated in 1980 and the 70s is the best era for music.
I'll be 58 next week and I've been listening to this song since I was 12 and I still love it just as much! Love watching you enjoy it too!
"Another park another Sunday", another great song by Doobie brothers with Pat Simmons as the lead song! What a great mellow song!
Another Park Another Sunday was intended to be the lead single from this album; Black Water was an unexpected surprise breakthrough for the band!
Pat doesn't sing Another Park Another Sunday but I could see how he could be mistaken to since he does sound similar to Tom.
You are such a fun reaction-person, one of my faves! Anyway, yeah, this is classic Americana... It came out in '74 when I was only 10. I didn't hear it until I was about 13 when I started really listening to the radio and loved it (the Doobie Brothers, in general) . I'll be 56 tomorrow, actually, and do feel blessed regarding the songs I grew up with. Keep on reacting! : )
In 1974 I was 24, and back then new music was week to week by so many groups it was almost impossible to keep track of all the new bands and new songs. Your reactions, were my reactions, that kept me going to the record store buying new albums, the 60's and 70's were the best years ever for rock and roll.
54 years old for me, love watching this "show", since I Chromecast it to my TV for full experience value! Thank you! As a teenager in the 80's you bring my childhood back and my early adulthood through the music. Thanks, again!
Gotta react to Doobie Brothers - Jesus Is Just Alright
Yes, do that one for sure. Man Jamel, I envy you!!! All this great music yet to discover!
"Jesus is just alright" is an old soul song that doobie brothers actually covered.
Yes!! I was just thinking that when I was at work on Friday! Jamel would groove to that!
A must play!!!
RDreamer absolutely he has to do that one!!
don't know your age, but I was 19 in 1974 the year Black Water came out. I remember a night a few years later I was with my friends in a Ford Pinto on an icy road trying to get home and this song came on and we all sang and kept singing long after it was over. What a night that was. Good times!
Difference between a violin and fiddle --- the fiddle player is smiling.
A violin comes in a case, a fiddle comes in a gunny sack.
No offense but some violinists are uptight. Where a fiddle player is uptight and outta sight.
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A fiddle has a flat bridge to make playing multiple strings easier. A violin has an arched one. Both can play the same music.
I was about 12.... awesome music. My parents had speakers taller than I was. Music of all genres was always playing in our house. And yeah.... what we do we have today? Crap. Love watching your channel. Joy. Such joy.
Love it when you feel the groove. I was late teens when the doobies played.
As the music starts eclipsing the tinkling crystals, something in the core feels a grip and an easy relaxing slide into a warm swirl of music. It's good every time. For me, it reminds me of a girl I once knew. Simple.
I was 17.
I'm 72 and was in my prime when I was grooving to this music. I was a railroadman in Thunderbay married with a kid driving a 69GTO.
Congratulations, sir. It seems you won the Life Lottery.
Bet u missin that GTO still. Pressing that pedal to the metal. G force pinnin u to the seat. VAROOOOM.
Muscle cars of the 60s and 70s and great music. Memories 📻🎷🎸♥️♥️
@@juliecrane9647 Those were the days of the Boomers after the big war who, through the 60s and 70s, flowered and came of age. The mix was intense, artistic and unrepeatable . It was a dangerous and a glorious time that awakened many to the greater cosmos.
My man got a '69 GTO for our high school graduation. Red with the black racing stripe and the raised air intake on the hood.
Awsome.
Doobie Brothers had some sweeeet harmonies. So smoooooooth. The syncopated harmonies on the bridge are so awesome and fun to sing! "I wanna honky-tonk, honky-tonk, honky-tonk....with you, all night long..."
I was 16 when this came out. My friends and I sang along to it all the time. Classic!
The first song I remember from them was "Jesus Is Just Alright With Me".
Sweetie, I was in my early 20’s when this came out & I love it just as much now as then. So glad u appreciate good music! And ur right, they don’t make it like this anymore! Sadly...But we still have our music from back then that never goes bad!
No, I'm in my 60's. I loved this and it never gets old
Before I was born...grew up with song and my mom singing it as she cooked Sunday breakfast!
I remember an episode of What's Happenin back in the days when Rerun, Roger and the gang where singing this song at a Doobie Brother's concert.
Which Doobie You Be?
@@joeld_i4052 I was thinking the same thing 😂😂😂
Joel Ignall Ahahahahaha
I loved the episodes with The Doobies Brothers in it
and Rerun got caught with a tape recorder at the concert.
"Blackwater" is one of those umbiquitous songs that you hear everywhere. If you breathe air on planet Earth, you've heard that song.
Totally. I made an almost identical comment. It seemed like it was in the air itself.
It might have been played on the Space Station - who knows except NASA?
Bin Laden dug it
@Norwindian Wish I had put a Beatles clause in my prenup.
They over played it when it came out. I myself got burnt out on it.
I was 2 in 74. But I grew up with it. It’s the soundtrack to my life. I wake up with a random song in my head every day. My soundtrack playlist!
I was in High School when this came out. This music reminds me of endless summers.
Cause I ain't in no hurry at all.
Same, graduated in ‘75, these videos have been such a blast.
I was a skinny 17 year-old girl in 1974 when "Black Water" was released on the What Once were Vices are Now Habits album. Was wowed by the Doobies then and remain so now, even as an old woman in her sixties. Thrilled to know you're keeping the music alive.
I was a skinny girl listening to this too, way back when. Doesn't seem that long ago does it?
@@textank6733 Seems only yesterday it was another skinny girl in bell bottom jeans (with patches sewn on of Tweety bird and an ecology flag). This song takes me back to camping in Hoot Owl Holler, Tn. with huge bonfires and mellow Doobies. Now i wanna listen to Yesterday....now I need a place to hide away....Covid's got me singin Dylan's Talkin WW III Blues. 🤔😣
I was born in '79 and this is the very first song I can recall. Always held a special place with me and still takes me way back to when things were a hell of a lot simpler.
"The music today is crap." Mostly, yes. The good stuff isn't usually played on the radio (I know some good stuff from my teenage daughter). The Doobies were the soundtrack of my childhood, having grown up in San Jose in the 70's. My parents played this music so much, I could sing it in my sleep. And I still love it today. Good, funky, folky, rocky music!
Can hardly listen to anything new nowadays, I guess we were being spoiled back then without even knowing it!
Hey, hey, hey "San Jose !" Me too !! Grew up on the West Side ! Isn't this a blast with our new UA-cam Bud Jamel ! We are
All like, "Classmates" strangers with no age differential... Fun, Fun, Fun !
San Jose? Cool. You might know that the Doobie Brothers were mostly from Palo Alto, Credence Clearwater from Berkeley, Jefferson Airplane mostly from San Jose (Paul Katner + Jorma). Cheech and Chong were at San Jose State. Bay Area music was all over the Bay.
Doobie brothers have so many hits every song people have requested were all huge hits I'm 55
Ponyboy Curtis Same! 👍🏻
Agreed from this 70 y/o Rolling Stone, gathering no moss; well, perhaps just a little
This is the song that introduced me to the Doobie Brothers back in the day. It's such a soulful song.
They started walking through a tranquil meadow, stopped off at the saloon for a bit, ended up the day in church. Peace, brother.
I love Blackwater. I was 8 years olds jamming with my brothers to this song.
I was a teen when I started listening to Doobie Bros in the 70s! So many good bands in my rock n roll teens. When I was 40 I was listening to the same stuff LOL Steely Dan, Chicago, Grateful Dead, Stevie Nicks, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...well you get the picture! Don't think I'll ever stop listening to this kind of music! 58 and still rockin! Thanks for the trip on the wayback machine!
Great song! The Doobies are great musicians, I love them!
Love this song, but my favorite is "Listen to the Music"
Mine too,,,👍👍👍😎
I am just about 50 and grew up hearing this song. Have always loved it.
I was five when this came out…radio was always on in the hs. my dad played the fiddle in a band…ever since then I have loved them doobie boys…👍
I was 5 when this came out, but I can still remember my mom and dad listening to it. Matter of fact, my dad still has the original 45 in his record collection.
I'll be 42 this summer and my parents raised me on their music, as well as the stuff that was popular during my childhood. I love the oldies. It's a lot of great music.
"Oldies?" Hmpf.
I was six when it was released in 1974. It's still my favorite Doobies' song!
I'm 40. This song is older than me. I've loved it since I was a kid.
Same buddy
This was a big hit when I was in my last year of high school in California. 1974.
You have this absolutely irrepressible energy. Watching you jump into different genres with that same enjoyment and energy is awesome. Thank you for sharing your experience and enthusiasm.
This was popular when I was in high school in Fairfax, Virginia. The school would play music during our lunch hour. When this song played the entire student body would sing this song. It was an incredible thing to see and hear. :)
Love your videos! You are awesome.
At the same time, I was in high school in Warrenton, Virginia. Hello, Sister.
What school did you go to?
Fairfax High School, Fairfax City
At the time I lived there, there was only one high school in Fauquier County: Fauquier. I think there’s at least one additional high school there now. My ex-wife went to Woodson.
Fairfax High School, Fairfax, VA
Double drop D tuning. A lot of modern rock drops the E to a D note because it makes power chords, good for rock, one finger chords. For this song they dropped the high and low Es to Ds making for big, lush, powerful beautiful D chords. This song is a ton of fun to play, should do a guitar and a ukulele tutorial on it.
I did not know it was a different tuning. Thank you for that useful piece of information. Going to try this out now.....👍
@@vellaropedart9190 For Drop D tuning you can find it on a Peavey Wolfgang guitar with a device called a D-Tuna. Its a small knob on the Low E string that takes the E tuning down to a D with just a pull of the knob. Courtesy of the Late Edward Van Halen.
I wish I knew that much about music. I appreciate all of you who know. I really do. It's fascinating.
Never knew the high e was tuned down as well, always thought just low e. Thanks for that!
Soothes the soul. The Doobie Brothers where on the Tv Show”what’s happening “ 1977 or 76 .they sung this song on the show. I’m 52 years old.
Classic 70's rock song and one of their most popular tunes. Historic music. Try out "South City Midnight Lady" also. Great video as usual Jamel.
Yes! It's one of my favorites. I think you'd like it Jamal.
I love SCML it's so pretty ❤
'Take Me in your Arms' was one of my favorites by the Doobie Brothers.
The Doobie Brothers appeared on an episode of What's Happening back in the day That's how I was introduced to the Doobie Brothers with Roger and rerun dancing to their music Love it Love it bring it together bring everybody together ❤️❤️❤️❤️
When I was ten years old I’d make my mom borrow this record at the library and I would play this song over and over in my room.
Mid '60's to Mid-'70's - the Golden Age of Music
Right on
Absolutely!
I'm 48, but I remember when it came out. I was 5 when it came out, but mom was a singer/songwriter, and The Doobie Brothers were played around the house a lot. I grew up singing the harmonies on this song and can't resist singing along whenever I hear it.
Doobies just put out a streamed version during quarantine from their separate homes. Still jammin
Patrick Simmons - composer, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Tom Johnston - backing vocals, acoustic guitar[citation needed]
Tiran Porter - bass guitar, backing vocals
Keith Knudsen - backing vocals, dubbed-in drums
Bill Payne - piano
John Hartman - drums
Arlo Guthrie - wind chimes, autoharp
Novi Novog - viola
Ted Templeman - producer
Doobie Bros will leave you speechless. I grew up listening to them, still blown away. Long Train Runnin still rocks coolest song
"long train runnin"
"listen to the music"
China Grove
When I heard the Doobies and they were from California.i left and went to LA
I was in the Army stationed in West Germany, around 20 years old...so many good albums came out from the early to mid 70s...
This great song got played every day on the juke box in my high school cafeteria from 1974 to 1977. EVERY DAY!!
Mah favorite Doobie song.. "dance with your daddy all night long"...
Bro you’ve just heard this song before, it’s everywhere classic rock is playing
I was 4 when this was released, but my stepdad played it alot, plus it was on the radio. I still sing along when I hear it. My favorite Doobie Bros tune.
If this song doesn't lift you up and make you feel happy to be alive, you've got a hole in your soul.
Skunk Baxter is an interesting cat... played with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan... and not many people have legendary guitarist AND high security clearance defense consultant on the same resume... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter
I just read his whole wiki..thanks for sharing. Great history there from start to his current works.
Not to mention, one of the best mustaches in rock history. Right up there with Lemmy from Motorhead and Neil Peart from the silk kimono period of Rush.
There are interesting unclassified presentations from Skunk to various defense organizations and the CIA that you can search for on UA-cam as well. I absolutely concur with your description of "interesting cat"!
I put Skunk up there with astrophysicist Brian May as two of the smartest and most interesting men in rock music. May consulted with NASA on the New Horizons mission.
@Joe Day They'd have made an interesting band. And would have looked like a three-piece version of Foghat! Soup-strainers all around
They have been great for 50 years now,...saw them last December.Still great.About the Mississippi River.They have always had great harmony.
The "back and forth" with the instruments is what is known as "call and response",which was a favorite staple of Jon Lord/Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Lots of great examples of this out there!
Was 5 when this came out but heard it all the time for a decade after that. Classic Rock station staple!!! Love singing along to the end!!!
That's feel good music right there bro!!
Another Doobie great one was, "South City Midnight Lady"
My fav Dobbie Bros. Song
The Doobie Brothers have always been fun to listen too. I’m 60 now and believe the best music in my lifetime came out in the 70’s! Rock On!! 🎸🥁🎷🎺🎻
I was 14 when this came out😁. It still remains in my top 20 ... absolutely LOVE the chimes in the intro ... so unique for its time . Yeah we Had the freaking best music EVVA!!
I remember me and my friends standing outside the theater waiting to see a movie and we started singing this song. I was 14 then. Man I would love to go back to the 70’s!!! Best era EVER!!!
In high school, when this came on the radio, the entire cafeteria sang to it!!!
I was 16 when this came out…we had the BESTEST music EVER.. It never gets stale and transports you back to a more simpler time. Thanks Jamel!!
I'm 28 and tell my parents how spoiled they were all the time
We were. We really were.
Yes we were spoiled musically.
You just don't know how much we were!
You’re so right, we were lol!! The Doobs were one of my favorites, loved Tom Johnston. Black Water came out in 1974, unreal!
@@deborahnelson4057 i have tickets to see them in june. But... you know. Tom Johnston is touring with them for the first time since the 80s too
The Doobie's are a band where you are listening to one of their songs and think, "this is their best song!"....and then another starts playing and you think, "man! This is their best song!" Seen them 3 times, twice in the 80's and once in 2016. THAT show was the best concert I ever saw, and they were in their seventies! But STILL jamming, better than ever.
Jamel. You gotta do some Hall & Oates, man. Do "She's Gone" and "Sara Smile" first. You'll love those (but you probably already know those, actually).
Have you seen THIS version of Sara Smile? Almost everyone that sees/hears it says it's even better than the original:
ua-cam.com/video/nVMz-zzHE9Q/v-deo.html