People don't understand the level of this dude to be playing that double keyboard and also being able to sing like this he is a master of the master of the master of his craft
@Bobcat 843 that's awesome when I was in the Army my nickname was rooster because of that song from Alice in Chains and I was from Seattle and it's about a Vietnam vet.
It’s 1981 and I am seven years old. My father is driving me in his 1974 stepside Dodge pick up truck and he’s taking me to his favorite fishing grounds in Los Angeles right outside the Marina del Rey jetties just next-door to Venice. This beautiful melody comes on the radio, and I can see my dad following along singing softly as he is shifting the three speed lever on the column of the truck while he’s holding a beer in his hand 😅 My father has been long gone after that but every time I hear this beautiful melody. I am taking back straight to that beautiful afternoon driving in my dad’s truck as the sunsets. Things are not too bad.. but I do miss my father.
It warms my heart to read your wonderful warm thoughts about your father and his voice singing. I am 81, never had any parental love but survived because of the care of others. This one of my favourite songs. Cheers from OZ 🇦🇺🇦🇺
@@ralphlazio505 Yes, New Zealand is beautiful, However, I live in Toronto, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, North of Sydney. Similar flag because we are part of the Commonwealth but Australia has stars representing the Southern Cross. 🇦🇺🤗
My 12 year old daughter heard me listening to this before work this morning. I come home from work today and hear her listening to it through her closed bedroom door. Immediately I do a fist pump YES!!! There is still hope in our youth!
My wife of 45 years passed away on this day one year ago. This was one of her favorite bands and favorite songs. She loved to sing it. I miss you my love.
Michael McDonald vocal performance in this live is crazy good, you can sense the quality and the power of his range. One of the best male voices of all time in my opinion.
Mr.McDonald, thank you for linguistic art you gave us in this song! 🙏🏻 many people don't realize in this video, how much work you're doing here! 😂 like he's hitting every note, while flawlessly going to town on that keyboard! Great song! Bravo sir! 😂👏👏 (This is coming from someone born decades after this performance)
@@cazpaton3671 Thank you so much! I received it today.....the second anniversary of Richard's death. I sure hope there is an afterlife. Love, Carol Ann
@@carolannwilson-westbrook6411this life is temporary, we are immortal Divine Souls made of Divine Love (God). This is just a dream made so we can learn.
age 28 and am here with you well and truly what a classic my mum and dad singing in the kitchen when I was younger! 💃 have a wonderful year Sir and may everything you see this year be bright and beautiful 🌍 what a way to start
2024. linda wagner here mm his voice was incredible real creative songs by great singers writers todays music can't hold a candle!! mostly anyway. lots of commercial junk all sounds the same. listen to that harmony !!!!!
Michael is one of the GOATs. He has one of the most recognizable voices in music. Lead singer for the Doobie Brothers but his solo career, collaborations, & background vocals are equally as legendary. "I Keep Forgettin" is right up your alley. You'll know the melody in a heartbeart.
Oh gosh, I love watching the music video from Toto's I'll Be Over You. I remember as a kid loving hearing McDonald's voice and didn't realize he was in the song, and then I saw the mv and was like 😱!!!!
My 20 y/o daughter is seeing the Doobies play in Vancouver next month, and my 24 y/o son is seeing Skunk Baxter next Wednesday. There is hope folks. Some of our youth knows what good music is.
Me too! Even thought I was too young to even understand the lyrics, I could tell the melody and harmonics and MM's voice really hit my heart and never left. It is so difficult to name a "favorite" song there have been so many awesome rock songs in my life, but this one ... never fails to make me fall to pieces, takes me back to when I was so young but still remember that weird feeling in my heart the first time I heard this. If I had to name the best song ever (other than classical) it would be this one. I am not even sure why.
❤❤❤❤ so kool black u loved them ypur american ❤❤❤❤ live in all hearts brother forever love 😊😊😊😊 kathleen jean spanarkel love one other for her music inspirational 😊😊😊😊😊😊 kath❤keen I spanarkel
At 70 years of age, I continue to be amazed by this song. In my opinion, it's one of the most stunning songs ever written or performed. I can't imagine how this song was ever even conceived. Masterpiece. My hat's off to the Doobie Brothers. How fitting that this song should be the 500th Number One Rock single since Bill Haley and the Comets performed the first number one Rock single, "Rock Around the Clock," in 1955.
This is also a live version that nearly mimics the recorded version. Or rather he's singing live to a backing track. His vocals here are a beat different that the recorded version.
It brings tears to my eyes to see genuine LIVE music that's mind-blowingly great. This no longer exists and likely never will again. Thank you, Doobies and Michael.
Once played this song 27 times in a row to help me with an issue I was having with my wife. I felt so alone, and unhappy. This song helped me to cry and let it out instead of bottling it up. Such a soulful song that `brings forth emotions from deep in my soul. Its a song of yesterday and easier times. A master piece to live through the ages.
Yes. Life's a long road. We all reach the end in one way or another. Smooth road now, but who know what tomorrow brings. Thanks for your kind words. @@jimanderson2518
And I'm pretty sure this is the same recording that they released, which means it was a live recording with no layering or any of those other studio tricks.
Man, I dont want to sound like an oldhead but.... This is what we need in our music today, people playing real instruments, singing with pure voices in time with other humans. I love computers and the ease of music making using this technology but we need HUMANITY in our music, thats the essence of it all.
Exactly, we need music with real emotions. Every time I hear this song I go through different stages of emotions. Nowerdays music sounds nice, that's all, nice. They aren't in it with heart and soul. Only for the fame and money, not all, but a lot.
Oh Amen! And they are kind souls. The original drummer, John Hartman, was kind enough to give me an autograph. My baseball team (I was a bat girl🙄) was staying at the same motel. I have never forgotten that act of kindness. He surely didn’t have to take the time.
I agree! I want to go back too but the peace & love thing .. I think all the crazy stuff was just hidden. Nowadays we have windows into the world, all over the world .. even in homes. We see a lot more, hear a lot more & suffer a lot more for it. 😪
My Mom LOVED Michael McDonald & The Doobie Brothers... especially this song while driving when I was a kid.... I know my Mom is in heaven with my dad driving a fancy car, withn the top down listening to The Doobie Brothers. I love you Mommy and Daddy... keep driving on Heaven's Road. I love you, both.
Hello Robynsegg! How're you doing? Your comments caught my attention and that is why I am reaching out to you. Your fan love for me warms my heart, Thank you! It's nice meeting you here. My heartfelt Condolences
he's really just an incredible singer,and this genre of music is not really my cup of tea,but there's no denying the incredible talent of the entire band.I cannot stand hippyish type stuff,but I love everyone in the Doobie Brothers,especially MM and Patrick Simmons.Patrick Simmons is the only hippie I've ever been in love with. ADORE him.
These are some cold lyrics. He thinks he’s going to rekindle their past relationship and she’s signaling there’s no hope but he’s a fool that believes he still has a chance. Great songwriters can really capture things like this. “He never made her think twice.” Whew! 👍👍
Wow, the memories that this song brought back to a 78 year old retired American living in Thailand. It was 50 years ago that this song brought joy to me as I listened to it on my battery powered Sony cassette player in my portacamp room in New Guinea after a 12 hour day of welding pipelines in the rain and mud of the jungle. Dreaming of my monthly 2 weeks off in Bangkok as a single 28 year old man. "THOSE WERE THE DAYS".
@@kennetharntson5912 oh yeah those were the days! You really hit me when you said battery powered Sony cassette player. I’m 76 and was a crazy extreme skier. I played The Doobie Brothers on a Sony Walkman while flying down the bumps on an almost vertical ski slope. Thanks so much for those crazy memories of when I was a crazy girl on skis 🥰🥰😂😂😂🤪🤪😳😳😀😀
@@wtmcgowindamn right!!! Understanding the lyrics gives the song a whole mother level of awesome because we all have been in the shoes of the man in the lyrics
Way back in the day, McDonald was a first call studio musician so playing 2 keyboards at the same time would not be much of a problem for him. However, this song is especially difficult for keyboardists to play since the tricky piano riffs with tricky hand positions are constant throughout right to the end. And then he's still able to add in synth/strings keyboard in the left hand while playing the tricky right hand riffs *AND* singing it perfectly. That's some serious talent.
The lyric alone manages to be a masterpiece of situational imagery :"she musters a smile for his nostalgic tale" as well as being profound commentary on human behaviour: "never coming near to what he wanted to say" "What seems to be - is always better than nothing" never mind the tune, the lead vocal, the harmonies the groove!
Michael Jackson sang back up on this incredible song. He is not credited on the album. But, the word is he did. Guess he might have been pretty busy in 1979. 🤣🤣
I'm still listening in 2023 and will be listening for as long as I can. There's nothing like Michael McDonald and The Doobie Brothers. Love ❤️ them all!
@Officialmichaelmcdonald0009 There was SO SO SO much incredible music back then. Just finished listening to Linda Ronstadt and Crosby Still & Nash. Doobies are always right there in my mind too. I saw you guys in Cedar Rapids Iowa of all places back in the 70s (I was there from Los Angeles for a work project and you guys were performing that weekend and I was able to come up with a ticket - AMAZING concert!) Thanks for all your great work and I would still come see you playing live!
I know that McDonald is trending now with MAX’s Yacht Rock doc and the memoir just published but this song is incredible. Like many on this thread, fond memories as a kid hearing this in the car and the store and my mother singing along as if she were in the band. And now my kids listening to it at full volume in the living room. Lol. It’s really a timeless piece of music. The more you listen to it, the more you realize how much is going on. Truly a prefect song!
I remember listening to this song, I was a teen, and didn’t know much English, but I remember how happy this song used to make me feel. Still love it, and now I know the lyrics!!
Being a drummer, I have got to give it up for him. He plays exactly what this song calls for....straight ahead, let the vocals, keys and organ shine. Put 10 drummers in the studio on this one and you'd have 10 totally different grooves and I can almost guarantee half would over play. If I sat down to play this, I would definitely have been much busier but this is absolute perfection for groove. Simple, straight ahead and no fluff. The level of talent in the Doobie's is off the charts, always has been and each of the players are masters at their craft, playing exactly what the song calls for, nothing more and that's why I think it's perfect.
txdrummer5150 What I find incredible about the Doobies is that they always had two drummers playing on their concerts. You can see them both here (Keith Knudsen and John Hartman) plus Bobby LaKind on congas, all playing in remarkable sync. Always loved the dual drummer rhythm section.
At least you have good taste even though born in the 90s. Actually the grunge music from the 90s was also awesome, the groups were amazing, but all that sort of music is gone ... replaced with the garbage pop music of today. Once in a rare while I will hear a song as soulful this that, but never as amazing as What a Fool Believes. Thank you Mike McDonald.
What is really special, you guys, is learning how Michael came on with the Doobies. The Doobies have a tremendous rockumentary, called "Let the Music Play", it chronicles their career. The band members talk a ton in it, so it is special. Also, their manager Bruce Cohn talks, and producer Ted Templeman. These men are very special, and have a bearing that is so interesting. What I learned, is that the Doobies were bad ass going in to the late 70's. They were HUGE. And then front man Tommy Johnston got sick. Tommy is such a great guitar player, but also was a super soulful singer kind of like Michael. Tommy and rhythm guitar player/singer Pat Simmons were the heart of the Doobies. I didn't know them back then, I was getting in to the beginnings of 80's British metal & American hair metal, lol. But I learned about this in Let the Music Play, about a year ago. Tommy couldn't sing, they were fucked. They went on a little bit with just Pat singing, but Pat knew that wouldn't last. Just a bit previously, the Doobies added a guitar player, Skunk Baxter, who had gotten fired from Steely Dan. Well, when Tommy went down, Skunk said "Hey, I know this guy who came in to the studio and did backing vocals with Steely Dan - Michael McDonald". Songs like Peg, and maybe another one I think. Well, the guys said "Ok", and Michael flew out for an audition. The guys flipped.Out. Incredible Doobies bass player Tiran Porter took an immediate liking to Michael, and invited him over to his house, where he had a studio in his basement. In the basement, Michael unveiled his keyboard driven pop groove, sang 3 songs that he had written and were in his back pocket, and Tiran, a veteran of several Doobies tours, flipped the fuck out. Tiran recorded a tape, and took it to the guys. They were already very happy with Michael, because he swooped-in and saved their butts by coming out and singing Doobies songs without Tommy, and saved their huge tour. But they had no idea he could write songs. They just met him! At that point, Michael was a hired gun. Maybe one and done? Well......then it came time to introduce Michael to legendary producer Ted Templeman. Pat said "Mike, play one of your songs for Ted". Michael was nervous, and said "Well this song isn't really finished". Pat said "Go ahead". So Michael started, and he played Taking It to the Streets. Bumm.... bummm bumm..."You don't know me but I'm your bROTHHER"..and Ted's eyes popped out of his sockets and his mouth was agape. In front of him, was a young Michael McDonald, who Ted later called "The most talented musician I ever sat with in the studio". And thus....the Michael McDonald era was born :) Magic. History. Beauty. Excellence.
Do you know why skunk was fired from steely Dan? Or do you mean he was just hanging around doing some session work? I adore his solo on how do the fools survive
@@adambutterfield2307 Hi Adam. I think I may have gotten it wrong on Skunk being fired. I think he said "fired" in the rockumentary, but that might be want he wanted to say at that point. Since then, he has said he "left". He gave a reason: "I felt that the direction that Steely Dan was headed was much more of a studio and not live-oriented in concept. I think Walter and Donald wanted to carry the studio concept to its “nth” degree. I joined the Doobie Bros because I felt that there was an incredible amount of raw talent and had a bit of a vision of what that band might become. When I asked Michael McDonald to join the Doobie Bros, I felt that vision turn into a reality."
@@sharonmontano4924 wrong. "no wise man has the power, to reason away. what seems to be is always better than nothing" if you dont know the lyrics dont go correcting people in the youtube comment section woman
Earth was formed somewhere back in Time long ago, The Mk ultra fools don't see, Tryin' hard to Procreate, What had yet to be created, all of this life, did i muster a smile, For my biblical tale, Never coming near what I wanted to say, Only to realize, Globe never really was, God should a place in your life, the bible, never made you think twice, jesus rises from deaths doorstep, Anybody else would surely know, He's watching you sin, But what a fool believes, he Reads, No science man has the power, to reason away, What seems, to be, Is always better than Big Bangs, And nothing at all? keep believeing him... Somewhere back in Time long ago, Where you can still believe there's a God who made life, Someday, somewhere, Jesus will return, God should a place in your life, the bible never made you think twice,, jesus rises from deaths doorstep, Anybody else would surely know, He's watching you sin, But what a fool believes he reads, No NASA man has the power, to reason away, What seems, to be, Is always better than Big Bangs, There's nothing at all? But what a fool believes, he Reads...
Michael McDonald's voice is nothing less than a gift from whoever created this universe. I could listen to him sing Gregorian chant, nursery rhymes, Tuva throat singing, or a complete reading of the New York City registry of deeds ... it doesn't matter what he's saying or singing. All that matters is the *sound* of his voice that has been so special. Nobody has ever had a voice like his. Although, if I were forced to find a similar voice, I might suggest Mel Torme. They both had/have voices that are supremely velvety.
Cada vez que entro a escuchar una hermosa canción como esta, encuentro historias fascinantes de personas que recuerdan un pasaje de sus vidas gracias a la música. A veces me pongo a pensar si hay algo en este mundo mas hermoso que la música y la verdad que no encuentro respuesta. Saludos desde el Perú 🇵🇪
@Vincent Vermeer the same stuff applies today even more so but most people don't even compute the lyrics, they just like the tune. a very strong message in this song though, it's a great song for many reasons. underrated. so much truth in it and so catchy.
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People don't understand the level of this dude to be playing that double keyboard and also being able to sing like this he is a master of the master of the master of his craft
Bullshit
Sin duda ninguna...
When something comes quite naturally to an individual, this is what can happen... just have to find what comes to each of us
My neighbor dave kogler was called nickname cowboy he was a Vietnam vet
@Bobcat 843 that's awesome when I was in the Army my nickname was rooster because of that song from Alice in Chains and I was from Seattle and it's about a Vietnam vet.
It’s 1981 and I am seven years old.
My father is driving me in his 1974 stepside Dodge pick up truck and he’s taking me to his favorite fishing grounds in Los Angeles right outside the Marina del Rey jetties just next-door to Venice.
This beautiful melody comes on the radio, and I can see my dad following along singing softly as he is shifting the three speed lever on the column of the truck while he’s holding a beer in his hand 😅
My father has been long gone after that but every time I hear this beautiful melody. I am taking back straight to that beautiful afternoon driving in my dad’s truck as the sunsets. Things are not too bad.. but I do miss my father.
It warms my heart to read your wonderful warm thoughts about your father and his voice singing. I am 81, never had any parental love but survived because of the care of others. This one of my favourite songs. Cheers from OZ 🇦🇺🇦🇺
@pamelanaylor - We have that same connection then 🎼. Music 🎶. I’m glad you are here ❤️
I’ve always heard New Zealand 🇳🇿 is a beautiful place.
@@ralphlazio505 Yes, New Zealand is beautiful, However, I live in Toronto, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, North of Sydney. Similar flag because we are part of the Commonwealth but Australia has stars representing the Southern Cross. 🇦🇺🤗
Love Michael Mcdonald forever❤
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My 12 year old daughter heard me listening to this before work this morning. I come home from work today and hear her listening to it through her closed bedroom door. Immediately I do a fist pump YES!!! There is still hope in our youth!
@PeterAnthonyG...Thank you for sharing such a wonderful memory although it was just a few hours ago.🥲
Brilliant
Hell yeah!!
Trabalho concluído com sucesso.
Excelente!!! Hago con lo mismo con mi perqueña de 6 años
My wife of 45 years passed away on this day one year ago. This was one of her favorite bands and favorite songs. She loved to sing it. I miss you my love.
🙏 So sorry to hear.
so sorry to that mate
So sorry. She must have been a beautiful soul, which goes on forever
And she misses you..❤
😢😢😢
this guy has so much soul it's unbelievable
Michael McDonald vocal performance in this live is crazy good, you can sense the quality and the power of his range. One of the best male voices of all time in my opinion.
His harmonies on Steely Dan’s Peg are gorgeous.
@officialmichaelmcdonald009❤
Mr.McDonald, thank you for linguistic art you gave us in this song! 🙏🏻 many people don't realize in this video, how much work you're doing here! 😂 like he's hitting every note, while flawlessly going to town on that keyboard! Great song! Bravo sir! 😂👏👏
(This is coming from someone born decades after this performance)
Agreed
We from Little Italy I love what a fool believes
Michael Mcdonald is one of the most memorable artist of all time.
Legend!
Absolutely! So glad that he's here with us!!!
Dont know what song means
👍🏾👌🏾💯%!!!❤😊
I completely agreeeee hee, ooo whoa, woo whoooa hey yeah
It’s 2025, is anyone replaying this besides me❤ still one of my all time favorite groups ❤
I want this played at my funeral.....my late husband, Richard, and I listened to it on every trip we ever took! Miss him so much,,,,,,
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Hugs lady... and just know he is never far away from you x
@@cazpaton3671 Thank you so much! I received it today.....the second anniversary of Richard's death. I sure hope there is an afterlife. Love, Carol Ann
@@carolannwilson-westbrook6411this life is temporary, we are immortal Divine Souls made of Divine Love (God). This is just a dream made so we can learn.
@@TurboBMRProjectLovethis isn't the dream. But good for you. ❤
The Doobie bros and Michael Mcdonald totally killed it with this one.AWESOME!!!
What a voice my god 😮so epic
I think people lose sight of the genius and wisdom in the lyrics, because this man has such a soulful voice.
Not too shabby for an ex Drug Dealer.😂😂😂😂
Kenny lLggins first recorded it on his solo album. Mike was part of the production.
I definitely appreciate the wisdom of the lyrics
The son of two hippies. I have loved the Doobies since I was about 10 (born in 74).
born in 45, loved the Doobies, musics transends age
' 44 !
Born in 1971
Excellent!!!!❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Born in 1967 , i remember this song on the radio all time
"If love can come and love can go, then why can’t love return once more” - powerful lyrics
It took me years to figure out that line! I love this song so!
Yes WHY
Facts!
i reckon once the universe knows you love someone, it will ultimately connect you if it is meant to be
These hoes don’t love anyone. They gravitate toward and monkey branch where the best deal is
Michael Mcdonalds voice is a beautiful gift from heaven above.
2024: this song is 45 years old and still a timeless classic. Brilliant way to start the year.
age 28 and am here with you well and truly what a classic my mum and dad singing in the kitchen when I was younger! 💃 have a wonderful year Sir and may everything you see this year be bright and beautiful 🌍 what a way to start
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He closed his eyes then and he still does. He feels the music.
THANK YOU!!!!!
2024 , I‘m going to be 60 this year and still love listening to classics songs like this 😊
Been a fan since the 80s. I've been a fan since the 1980s. At 62 years old, I still enjoy listening to it in my car and on my phone.
Real musicians, with real talent, playing real instruments, making real music that they really wrote.
Springsteen is the only one who comes to mind still now.
2024. linda wagner
here
mm his voice was incredible
real creative songs by great singers writers
todays music can't hold a candle!!
mostly anyway. lots of commercial junk all sounds the same.
listen to that harmony
!!!!!
@@troykelso Agreed!!!
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100%. How depressing you need to make this observation.
been here.
since childhood...
It's now 2024...
I'm 52
This song still has great significance in my life.....
Facts!👍🏾
I’m 28. grew up on the doobie brothers / Michael McDonald.
This is music. This makes you feel
I'm 56
05/25/71 grew up roller skating
@@brettrogers5759 You should grab Michael's BOOK of the same NAME!!! I'm trying to, myself.
Live on the ABC News Now!!
What a masterpiece. I remember hearing this as a very young child, the melody, McDonald's vocals, it's divine.
totally agreed...had the same exact experience - must've been around 9!! I was blown away :)
Wow that does sound divine
Listening to this while sexually harassing by a Ronald Mcdonald
You aren’t kidding brother. My God! Never even listened to them before and this just blew my mind.
Yes!!!
Absolute classic!! When life was less complicated.
Ditto
Bloody to right less complicated
Ditto
So, less complicated smh,
Haaaaaaa we all agreed x
SUCH A DAM GOOD PERFORMANCE!!! He’s playing the DOUBLE KEYBOARDS and SINGING LIVE LIKE A CHAMP!! Who’s doing this nowadays? You gotta love him!!
No one! It’s sad.
❤What. A. Great Song. Brings. Back Some. Good Memories
John Legend, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones...
so so impressive
@@supermonkeycollider All very talented but with a double synth, playing lead chords and counter melodies with their eyes closed...?
Who’s still listening in April 2024? Tomorrow, April 14, is 45 years ago they hit #1 on Billboard charts. I was about to graduate from high school. ❤
Did you see the charismatic voice do it? I think she’s bringing this around again, bless her heart.
I am still listening 04/15/2024 ... I love this guy .
The Doobie Brothers are awesome. ....
I'm listening April 16, 2024! Got me through High School!
🎉Me too, class of 1979! 🎉
April 4-16-2024!
The key change into the chorus is absolutely immaculate
Brilliant.
Feel my body levitating honestly when i hear that part
Seamless
It's filthy but great, I'm listening to this on repeat rn
This comment is absolutely immaculate
One of the most iconic songs not only of the 70s but of all time❗️
Michael is one of the GOATs. He has one of the most recognizable voices in music. Lead singer for the Doobie Brothers but his solo career, collaborations, & background vocals are equally as legendary. "I Keep Forgettin" is right up your alley. You'll know the melody in a heartbeart.
Great that you appreciate his phenomenal talents.
He is definitely a remarkable person!!❤💯
Oh gosh, I love watching the music video from Toto's I'll Be Over You. I remember as a kid loving hearing McDonald's voice and didn't realize he was in the song, and then I saw the mv and was like 😱!!!!
My mother died this past Sunday. This was one of her favorite songs. She was 93
I'm so sorry for your loss
Sending you strength and kindness 🙏
My condolences
I'm sorry brother!!!! 93 GOD bless her, long beautiful life.
So sorry❤
My 20 y/o daughter is seeing the Doobies play in Vancouver next month, and my 24 y/o son is seeing Skunk Baxter next Wednesday.
There is hope folks. Some of our youth knows what good music is.
How’d she like it?
Praise The Lord
I'm a believer!!!!
❤
Parenting done right! 😊
I will be 70 November 29, 2024 and I am still listening 🎹🎸
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Happy Birthday on Friday 🎂🎁 Take Care my Friend
@@peterlittle123🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Happy Birthday to you! You have great taste in music, by the way!😊
Happy birthday my dude!
There’s not many songs that the very first time you hear it you fall in love with it. For me this was one.
Me too! Even thought I was too young to even understand the lyrics, I could tell the melody and harmonics and MM's voice really hit my heart and never left. It is so difficult to name a "favorite" song there have been so many awesome rock songs in my life, but this one ... never fails to make me fall to pieces, takes me back to when I was so young but still remember that weird feeling in my heart the first time I heard this. If I had to name the best song ever (other than classical) it would be this one. I am not even sure why.
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My mom loved this song at 99 years old… played in her funeral
Aww how sweet ..❤
Good to know!!!
Beautifull smiling down on u
A classy tune still. Even in 2024.
Agreed!!!!
Especially in . . anytime you care to name.
Yeah I’m black and I grew up to this with my family love these brothers .✊🏾
We all did😊
Black n white unite rock n roll ❤
❤❤❤❤ we love you brother ❤❤❤😂😂 seventies 😊😊😊 rock in purvhearts
❤❤❤❤ so kool black u loved them ypur american ❤❤❤❤ live in all hearts brother forever love 😊😊😊😊 kathleen jean spanarkel love one other for her music inspirational 😊😊😊😊😊😊 kath❤keen I spanarkel
Love your vibes x
At 70 years of age, I continue to be amazed by this song. In my opinion, it's one of the most stunning songs ever written or performed. I can't imagine how this song was ever even conceived. Masterpiece. My hat's off to the Doobie Brothers. How fitting that this song should be the 500th Number One Rock single since Bill Haley and the Comets performed the first number one Rock single, "Rock Around the Clock," in 1955.
Maybe he wrote this about a personal experience he went through himself??
I’m with you on that. This song keeps me a young 72 year old.
Masterpiece of masterpieces
@@marydt8981 a mi también coincido gracias pero yo con 67 años un beso Marta Argentina
Can you believe we are this age? Romberg when we thought people who were thirty were old? eating some crow here at seventy one🤧
This isn’t an easy song to sing! Michael’s voice is simply beautiful !!!
What a sexy guy!
Beautiful is an understatement. He is one of the greatest voices to me!
...and while playing this awesome keyboard line!
This is also a live version that nearly mimics the recorded version. Or rather he's singing live to a backing track. His vocals here are a beat different that the recorded version.
I'm still listening I'm 83 now!
Tem muito bom gosto
I am 68 years old never get tired of listening to his music
I'm 63..still listening
Keep on, old timer!!! I’m 25 and listening too!
Songs like this one will never get old , I really appreciate all the talent on one stage making such beautiful music . Timeless . Thank you
It brings tears to my eyes to see genuine LIVE music that's mind-blowingly great. This no longer exists and likely never will again. Thank you, Doobies and Michael.
Still an amazing song 43 years later. I've grown up listening to this song and I'll listen to it till the day I die. An absolute classic
I'm a Dec 1979 baby....I love this since a toddler. Me standing up dancing in my mom's car!!!🤣 pre carseat yrs. She said I liked the hey 19 song too!
Yes! I agree! ❤
I was born in 1953 and I love the Doobies
Once played this song 27 times in a row to help me with an issue I was having with my wife. I felt so alone, and unhappy. This song helped me to cry and let it out instead of bottling it up. Such a soulful song that `brings forth emotions from deep in my soul. Its a song of yesterday and easier times. A master piece to live through the ages.
Hoping you resolved your issue😊
Prayers my friend
🫶@@waco1210able
Yes. Life's a long road. We all reach the end in one way or another. Smooth road now, but who know what tomorrow brings. Thanks for your kind words. @@jimanderson2518
It's got to be done!
My son is now 23 and I remember he was obsessed with this song as a teenager. I am so proud I introduced him to great music.
How many bands are this deep in talent? The level of musicianship, the quality of the vocals, how tight they are, absolutely amazing!
I never even knew what a Doobie was! Then I wised up.
I have a Michael McDonald fetish :3
none at all for decades
And I'm pretty sure this is the same recording that they released, which means it was a live recording with no layering or any of those other studio tricks.
nope... vocal is different. @@Guitcad1
Man, I dont want to sound like an oldhead but....
This is what we need in our music today, people playing real instruments, singing with pure voices in time with other humans. I love computers and the ease of music making using this technology but we need HUMANITY in our music, thats the essence of it all.
Exactly, we need music with real emotions. Every time I hear this song I go through different stages of emotions. Nowerdays music sounds nice, that's all, nice. They aren't in it with heart and soul. Only for the fame and money, not all, but a lot.
TOUCHE'!!!!!!
Oh Amen! And they are kind souls. The original drummer, John Hartman, was kind enough to give me an autograph. My baseball team (I was a bat girl🙄) was staying at the same motel. I have never forgotten that act of kindness. He surely didn’t have to take the time.
Words to live by. ❤
Concordo a boa música está morrendo com grandes artistas que estão partindo 😢
20代に聴いてた大好きな曲❤️
あの頃を思い出し、胸が熱くなる！
lt`s great that you coment in japanese among so many English coment .☺
What a beautiful song, the music and chorus is so harmonious it's truly special. I still love it 45 years later, Damn! (Nov 2024).
Still loving this 44 years later. The older I get, the more I want to go back in time, to that era of peace and love.
I’m hearing you bro
At least you got to witness it. Everyone wants to be younger but I wish I was older, wish I was apart of this era. Peace.
in 1980 drove and delivered a pickup Vancouver to a gold outfit in Whitehorse..listened to Minute By Minute all the way..5 days!
I agree! I want to go back too but the peace & love thing .. I think all the crazy stuff was just hidden. Nowadays we have windows into the world, all over the world .. even in homes. We see a lot more, hear a lot more & suffer a lot more for it. 😪
Me too...Reminds me of my Parents driving down the coastline ❤
My Mom LOVED Michael McDonald & The Doobie Brothers... especially this song while driving when I was a kid.... I know my Mom is in heaven with my dad driving a fancy car, withn the top down listening to The Doobie Brothers. I love you Mommy and Daddy... keep driving on Heaven's Road. I love you, both.
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His vocal range astounds me
He has a strong falsetto.
Amazing
he's really just an incredible singer,and this genre of music is not really my cup of tea,but there's no denying the incredible talent of the entire band.I cannot stand hippyish type stuff,but I love everyone in the Doobie Brothers,especially MM and Patrick Simmons.Patrick Simmons is the only hippie I've ever been in love with. ADORE him.
Check his backing-vocal harmonies on Steely Dan’s “Peg”.
@@NibsNivenbest in the business for sure
His voice and The Doobie Bros take me back to the happiest times in my life and youth . I am 72 and still feel all the way to my soul
These are some cold lyrics. He thinks he’s going to rekindle their past relationship and she’s signaling there’s no hope but he’s a fool that believes he still has a chance. Great songwriters can really capture things like this. “He never made her think twice.” Whew! 👍👍
💯🎯
That's just the surface. Because in her mind there was no relationship to begin with!
One of my all time favourite songs! Never gets old. What a voice ! What a band ❤️🇨🇦❤️
I agree, so true.
Yep, his voice is amazing. Huge talent
Whgt a voice, you can't understand half the words he's singing!!!!
Velveteen voice is what it's called
I'm going to see them in concert this June. Can't wait. The music of my young adulthood.
Wow, the memories that this song brought back to a 78 year old retired American living in Thailand. It was 50 years ago that this song brought joy to me as I listened to it on my battery powered Sony cassette player in my portacamp room in New Guinea after a 12 hour day of welding pipelines in the rain and mud of the jungle. Dreaming of my monthly 2 weeks off in Bangkok as a single 28 year old man. "THOSE WERE THE DAYS".
Those certainly were the days, my friend... And this music keeps these days happier....
2 weeks on, 2 weeks off? Not too bad man. I bet there was a lot of fun to be had in Bangkok too. Those do sound like "the days".
@@kennetharntson5912 oh yeah those were the days! You really hit me when you said battery powered Sony cassette player. I’m 76 and was a crazy extreme skier. I played The Doobie Brothers on a Sony Walkman while flying down the bumps on an almost vertical ski slope. Thanks so much for those crazy memories of when I was a crazy girl on skis 🥰🥰😂😂😂🤪🤪😳😳😀😀
It's funny growing up listening to punk/metal I used to hate this song. Now it's a daily listen that just makes me happy. It's so good!!
I was 11 years old and fell in love with this song and music. Still a favorite now at 54 . What a classic ❤!!!
me too dear friend...🤩 greatings from Colombia
Me too... At 54😅
I have a Michael McDonald fetish :3
Exactly 4 years behind me.... still love it..xxx
That’s Awesome Brother 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
One of the greatest songs ever written. Just amazing.
Wholeheartedly agree with you
Amen in total agreement 🙏🏿
I used to think it was cheesy as hell. Then I really started to listen to the lyrics. It's an amazing song.
@@wtmcgowindamn right!!! Understanding the lyrics gives the song a whole mother level of awesome because we all have been in the shoes of the man in the lyrics
I have a Michael McDonald fetish :3
REALLY LOVE THIS SONG, SUMS UP MY SITUATION, LIVING IN HOPE OF SEEING THAT SPECIAL ONE AGAIN, ONLY A FOOL BELIEVES.
This song makes me feel so good
He's singing, playing piano and synthesizer all at the same time.
That's some feat.
The man's a musical genius...one of a kind
Lots of practice
That's how it was done back in the day.
Sorry Its Tom He Is The Doobie .Dont Like This Guy ,
Way back in the day, McDonald was a first call studio musician so playing 2 keyboards at the same time would not be much of a problem for him. However, this song is especially difficult for keyboardists to play since the tricky piano riffs with tricky hand positions are constant throughout right to the end. And then he's still able to add in synth/strings keyboard in the left hand while playing the tricky right hand riffs *AND* singing it perfectly. That's some serious talent.
The lyric alone manages to be a masterpiece of situational imagery :"she musters a smile for his nostalgic tale" as well as being profound commentary on human behaviour: "never coming near to what he wanted to say" "What seems to be - is always better than nothing"
never mind the tune, the lead vocal, the harmonies the groove!
Absolutely perfect comment - you totally nailed it. Nice to know now & then someone 'hears' things exactly the same way you do. Cheers, mate!
For me this song perfectly describes Limerence...
Agree totally , there songs...and then there are SONGS
You nailed it
Michael McDonald's voice was stratospheres above past, present, and future vocalists. And I have been a thrash fan since 82.
David Pack
@@michaelnaval691David Pack was one of the AWESOME singers from this era! Absolutely.
Michael Jackson sang back up on this incredible song. He is not credited on the album. But, the word is he did.
Guess he might have been pretty busy in 1979. 🤣🤣
Masterpiece!!
I'm still listening in 2023 and will be listening for as long as I can. There's nothing like Michael McDonald and The Doobie Brothers. Love ❤️ them all!
You are wonderful...from Picardie in France ❤❤ .@Officialmichaelmcdonald0009
And me
@Officialmichaelmcdonald0009 There was SO SO SO much incredible music back then. Just finished listening to Linda Ronstadt and Crosby Still & Nash. Doobies are always right there in my mind too. I saw you guys in Cedar Rapids Iowa of all places back in the 70s (I was there from Los Angeles for a work project and you guys were performing that weekend and I was able to come up with a ticket - AMAZING concert!) Thanks for all your great work and I would still come see you playing live!
This song always bring me beautiful memories from a 3:18 time where everything was simple and straightforward. A time always close to my heart…
What do mean from a 3:18 time.? Those numbers extremely special to me
Forty-one years on this earth and I've just recently heard of The Doobie Brothers. I can't get enough of this song. I need to hear more.
Welcome
Never heard of Roy Orbison?
Ya mo be there -michael McDonald and James Ingram, you will love it.
Brother, you need to get out more!
😂
It wasn't one of the many genre or era of music that I generally listened to. @@dirkevans3443
I know that McDonald is trending now with MAX’s Yacht Rock doc and the memoir just published but this song is incredible. Like many on this thread, fond memories as a kid hearing this in the car and the store and my mother singing along as if she were in the band. And now my kids listening to it at full volume in the living room. Lol. It’s really a timeless piece of music. The more you listen to it, the more you realize how much is going on. Truly a prefect song!
What a masterpiece... MMcD is so fantastic.... 2023 and stil listening. Thank you for the music ❤️❤️
@MichaelMcDonald- I'm flattered for your answer....It would be great if you come to Croatia (if not a concert, for holidays at least :-)
If this song was 30 mins longer, it be perfect.
That's so hilarious and so true.
Hi
set to replay 5 times :)
It'd be too short, still
ohh it is
I watched the doobies last nite on PBS and all the memories flooded back. One of the best bands from the 70s. Especially out cruising on my bike.
I caught it flipping through the channels last night. I was shocked at how good they still sound. It was an awesome set.
The concert from Greek teacher?
Kenny Loggins wrote this one
Just fantastic.... not many words to describe how brilliantly made this song was. Incredible Talent ❤
I am older than dirt. This is still the best music ever!!!
Older than dirt!
Michael has perhaps the most unique voice in popular music. You know it's him from the first note he sings. He also sounds great.
Timeless classic!
It's August 2024 and I am still listening to it! ❤
Tienes razon amiga la musica del pasado seguira siempre viva en nuestros corazones❤❤😢😢😊😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
And September and now October this is straight up 🔥🔥🔥
It's October still listening
It's an absolute banger!
@ImaniHarveyEL October 17th, currently listening 🎶 😅
This song is very incredible great composer Michael, and one of better musicians for this .
That’s what I was raised on. It’s why later loved R&B, funk and hip hop. What a contribution we owe from our black musicians 🙏🏻
And our white ones.
I remember my mom listening to this on her stereo when I was a kid in the late 80s. I came to appreciate it more as I grew up.
I remember listening to this song, I was a teen, and didn’t know much English, but I remember how happy this song used to make me feel. Still love it, and now I know the lyrics!!
Millions people still listen this beautiful song.
Good music never die!
Forever in my hert. Bring me good memories.
Being a drummer, I have got to give it up for him. He plays exactly what this song calls for....straight ahead, let the vocals, keys and organ shine. Put 10 drummers in the studio on this one and you'd have 10 totally different grooves and I can almost guarantee half would over play. If I sat down to play this, I would definitely have been much busier but this is absolute perfection for groove. Simple, straight ahead and no fluff. The level of talent in the Doobie's is off the charts, always has been and each of the players are masters at their craft, playing exactly what the song calls for, nothing more and that's why I think it's perfect.
txdrummer5150 What I find incredible about the Doobies is that they always had two drummers playing on their concerts. You can see them both here (Keith Knudsen and John Hartman) plus Bobby LaKind on congas, all playing in remarkable sync. Always loved the dual drummer rhythm section.
❤ well said
This is so f------ smooth. Nobody makes music like this anymore. Too bad.
I hear dat!
This song came out wayyyyy before I was born (I’m a 90’s kid) and it’s one of my favorites! The harmony alone gives me chills❤
Me too to all you say!
One my most favorite songs in GTA V
Smmfh very well said so True.!🎶👍
You have great taste Olga!
At least you have good taste even though born in the 90s. Actually the grunge music from the 90s was also awesome, the groups were amazing, but all that sort of music is gone ... replaced with the garbage pop music of today. Once in a rare while I will hear a song as soulful this that, but never as amazing as What a Fool Believes. Thank you Mike McDonald.
We dont get music like this no more... Such master piece
I am, almost 66 years old, love this song, timeless.❤
me too
What is really special, you guys, is learning how Michael came on with the Doobies. The Doobies have a tremendous rockumentary, called "Let the Music Play", it chronicles their career. The band members talk a ton in it, so it is special. Also, their manager Bruce Cohn talks, and producer Ted Templeman. These men are very special, and have a bearing that is so interesting.
What I learned, is that the Doobies were bad ass going in to the late 70's. They were HUGE. And then front man Tommy Johnston got sick. Tommy is such a great guitar player, but also was a super soulful singer kind of like Michael. Tommy and rhythm guitar player/singer Pat Simmons were the heart of the Doobies. I didn't know them back then, I was getting in to the beginnings of 80's British metal & American hair metal, lol. But I learned about this in Let the Music Play, about a year ago.
Tommy couldn't sing, they were fucked. They went on a little bit with just Pat singing, but Pat knew that wouldn't last. Just a bit previously, the Doobies added a guitar player, Skunk Baxter, who had gotten fired from Steely Dan. Well, when Tommy went down, Skunk said "Hey, I know this guy who came in to the studio and did backing vocals with Steely Dan - Michael McDonald". Songs like Peg, and maybe another one I think. Well, the guys said "Ok", and Michael flew out for an audition. The guys flipped.Out.
Incredible Doobies bass player Tiran Porter took an immediate liking to Michael, and invited him over to his house, where he had a studio in his basement. In the basement, Michael unveiled his keyboard driven pop groove, sang 3 songs that he had written and were in his back pocket, and Tiran, a veteran of several Doobies tours, flipped the fuck out. Tiran recorded a tape, and took it to the guys. They were already very happy with Michael, because he swooped-in and saved their butts by coming out and singing Doobies songs without Tommy, and saved their huge tour. But they had no idea he could write songs. They just met him! At that point, Michael was a hired gun. Maybe one and done? Well......then it came time to introduce Michael to legendary producer Ted Templeman. Pat said "Mike, play one of your songs for Ted". Michael was nervous, and said "Well this song isn't really finished". Pat said "Go ahead". So Michael started, and he played Taking It to the Streets. Bumm.... bummm bumm..."You don't know me but I'm your bROTHHER"..and Ted's eyes popped out of his sockets and his mouth was agape. In front of him, was a young Michael McDonald, who Ted later called "The most talented musician I ever sat with in the studio".
And thus....the Michael McDonald era was born :)
Magic. History. Beauty. Excellence.
Do you know why skunk was fired from steely Dan? Or do you mean he was just hanging around doing some session work? I adore his solo on how do the fools survive
@@adambutterfield2307 Hi Adam. I think I may have gotten it wrong on Skunk being fired. I think he said "fired" in the rockumentary, but that might be want he wanted to say at that point.
Since then, he has said he "left". He gave a reason: "I felt that the direction that Steely Dan was headed was much more of a studio and not live-oriented in concept. I think Walter and Donald wanted to carry the studio concept to its “nth” degree. I joined the Doobie Bros because I felt that there was an incredible amount of raw talent and had a bit of a vision of what that band might become. When I asked Michael McDonald to join the Doobie Bros, I felt that vision turn into a reality."
@@colbs237 ahhh that would be classic skunk
EXTRA EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY ARTICLE. I REALLY THANK YOU FOR WRITING IT!
@@rafaelyanez5700 I am so glad you liked it, Rafael! :)
What a fool believes, a wise man has the power to reason away. Fantastic line. Excellent life advice.
no wise man has the power not a wise man has the power
No wise man has the power….to see what’s not there😂
@@sharonmontano4924 wrong. "no wise man has the power, to reason away. what seems to be is always better than nothing" if you dont know the lyrics dont go correcting people in the youtube comment section woman
Me, on 2024 december. I love them
One of the greatest pop/rock musicians/contributors of all-time rocknroll. True musical genius, Michael McDonald.
My word the musicians were so much better back in the day.That,s just the way it is folks.
How is this song so perfect, and a live performance at that?! The bands of the 70s were the coolest. Musicality is amazingly soulful. 😊😊❤️
@@stringsversatile6294 and they didn’t have auto pitch. You could either sing it or not…
Michael Mcdonald. What a monster ! What a voice ! Like a thousand people trampling on my grave .Churns up every emotion,every memory. So good
Yo wtf
Great band great singer
I am still listening and i still love hearing the sound of Michael' voice.
Im 70.. still loving the doobies..power to the 70s bands
👌👍🤲
At 74 still one of my top favorites!
78 here. My all-time favorite!❤❤❤
Pure soul. Brings me back to my childhood listening to great music like this.
Earth was formed somewhere back in Time long ago,
The Mk ultra fools don't see,
Tryin' hard to Procreate,
What had yet to be created, all of this life,
did i muster a smile,
For my biblical tale,
Never coming near what I wanted to say,
Only to realize,
Globe never really was,
God should a place in your life,
the bible, never made you think twice,
jesus rises from deaths doorstep,
Anybody else would surely know,
He's watching you sin,
But what a fool believes, he Reads,
No science man has the power, to reason away,
What seems, to be,
Is always better than Big Bangs,
And nothing at all? keep believeing him...
Somewhere back in Time long ago,
Where you can still believe there's a God who made life,
Someday, somewhere, Jesus will return,
God should a place in your life,
the bible never made you think twice,,
jesus rises from deaths doorstep,
Anybody else would surely know,
He's watching you sin,
But what a fool believes he reads,
No NASA man has the power, to reason away,
What seems, to be,
Is always better than Big Bangs,
There's nothing at all?
But what a fool believes, he Reads...
I’ve loved MM voice since I was a youngster amazing at 56 still loving it now
Michael McDonald's voice is nothing less than a gift from whoever created this universe. I could listen to him sing Gregorian chant, nursery rhymes, Tuva throat singing, or a complete reading of the New York City registry of deeds ... it doesn't matter what he's saying or singing. All that matters is the *sound* of his voice that has been so special. Nobody has ever had a voice like his. Although, if I were forced to find a similar voice, I might suggest Mel Torme. They both had/have voices that are supremely velvety.
I’ve recently discovered this song. I haven’t stopped listening to it, there’s just more and more to appreciate about it with every replay.
Welcome to the good side of music
I'm sorry darling.
Welcome to Yacht Rock, set sail for the smooth waters
Same
The only thing better than this version is the studio version.
My parents had the best vinyl record collection, and this group was definitely a part of it.
Cada vez que entro a escuchar una hermosa canción como esta, encuentro historias fascinantes de personas que recuerdan un pasaje de sus vidas gracias a la música. A veces me pongo a pensar si hay algo en este mundo mas hermoso que la música y la verdad que no encuentro respuesta. Saludos desde el Perú 🇵🇪
I love Mike McDonald's voice.
Me too!
Great song...Michael has one of those iconic voices
" As she rises to her apology, anyone else would surely know, he's watching her go!!" Aww!!
Any body would surely know. We just sit there and watch her go. Wow. The simplicity of the thing.
@Vincent Vermeer the same stuff applies today even more so but most people don't even compute the lyrics, they just like the tune. a very strong message in this song though, it's a great song for many reasons. underrated. so much truth in it and so catchy.
Hauntingly great soulful voice, magic keyboard fingers, catchy songwriter but come on...he's bucking HOT!!!