Merrill not being a vocalist for a classic hard rock band is such a missed opportunity and will forever be one of the greatest "what ifs" in music history
Love, love the Osmonds. Had their pictures all over my walls in the 70’s. Crazy Horses is a song about air pollution. "Crazy Horses" represents automobiles - "horsepower" - that create pollution in the skies from the exhaust. This was written by Alan, Merrill, and Wayne Osmond. They were the oldest of the group, they were all concerned about the polluted world their children would inherit. Donny has a residency at Harrahs in Vegas. Going to see him this week. ☺️. Thank you for listening to their music. Such a talented and awesome family. ❤️
It was their parents who wouldn't allow too many harder edge tracks. One of the brothers was really into Zeppelin, but as I said, their parents said no...
I was front row center at one of their concerts, in 2001. They LOVE when you headbang to this! It's one of the songs THEY WROTE!!🎸🎵 Jay choreographed it.
Drummer Mike Portnoy said this was the heaviest song he'd ever heard on the radio as a young boy. The boys were channelling Deep Purple or something with this one!
“Down By The Lazy River “, “Hold Her Tight” , “Yo-Yo”, “One Bad Apple”, “The Girl I Love” and of course their cover of the Hollies “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother”. Their harmonies were phenomenal and their choreography was awesome. If you want to see some of their choreography check out the Osmonds UK special where I first heard a section of “The Girl I Love”
Can you imagine the music they would have crrated had they had freedom to do heavier songs!? I was a teenager and grew up on the Osmonds and this was definitely a favorite and influenced my evolution toward metal and harder rock!
The Osmonds are really really impressive. Shame they had so much pushback and their image was ridiculed. In 2023, im not afraid to say I’m a fan and enjoy them a lot!
Donny Osmond was the guy dancing behind Weird Al Jankovic on White & Nerdy 😄 The Osmonds were from a Mormon family from Ogden, Utah. They were 9 siblings. The two oldest had hearing impairment. The 7 others all played music. Started out in the 60's as a barbershop quartet. Later younger brothers Donny and Jimmy joined. Both also had quite good solo careers. Their only sister Marie also had a solo career
I was a massive Osmonds fan, but(!) Donny & Marie took the stage and the brothers as seen here melted away. D&M were all cheese, the real good stuff was the 5 brothers. So glad you enjoyed this.
The Plan was their concept album. The song The Last Days is heavier than this and still relevant with its message with what's going on in the world today
I have been an Osmond fan for 50+ years. They can sing anything and it sounds good. You should check out their song called walking in the jungle. That is another good fun one.
This is the first record I bought back in the day (I was about eight at the time). It was the early 70's and I'd not heard anything like this before. 50 years later I still like it, even though I wasn't a fan of The Osmonds.
I went to go see the Osmonds here in Atlanta Georgia it was July 15, 1972 it was for my seventh birthday in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Two of the people that went with me then along with my parents and older brother are on my Facebook page today. I saw them another time a couple years later when I was about nine years old in the Omni in Atlanta. Definitely brings back memories but this one was definitely one of the best songs.
It is a shame that these guys were held back and not given a chance to show what they could really do! Very talented bunch of guys, and so much better than the Jackson 5!
You’re absolutely correct.. The Record Producer’s seen how the girls when insane of Donny Osmond and then just saw $$$ one producer said “money in the bank” so they pushed Donny out in front making him America’s first teen idol
I've loved the Osmonds since 1972 and seen them a few times and have tickets to see Donny in Cardiff, Wales in December. Great reactions. Love from Yorkshire, England 🇬🇧
I have to say I laughed when you thought it was going to be about horses. It was about pollution caused by automobile horsepower. It was written by Alan, Wayne, and Merrill.
You know, so many classic Rickers lived the Osmonds too. Sir Paul McCartney told the press to stop picking on the Osmonds. Paul gave Merrill Osmond one if his bass guitars. Robert Plant and Led Zeppeln invited the Osmonds to their show and had them onstage with them. They were truly multt talented. You should check out their 1970s live video. They never miss a beat and are always in sync with their choreography and vocals.
They were very talented and because they were one family they worked together very cohesively plus they were Mormon, so drugs and alcohol never watered down their talent
If you notice Donny on keyboards was trying to replicate a horses whinny .. he would go up and down like that.. so talented!! Back in the day no fancy keyboards like today .. these guys were just ahead of their time in my opinion
This is from their seriously cool period, when Donny (he's the one on keyboard making the crazy horses sound) couldn't sing because his voice was changing, and they made one album of great music that included what you see here. For a real hoot, just do a search of Osmond brothers + Andy Williams show, and watch whatever comes up. I predict you'll snort/laugh at the difference.
One of the early environmental statement songs. Crazy Horses = automobiles. "What a show, there they go smoking up the sky, yeah. Crazy Horses all got riders and they're you and I".
Donny Marie and Jimmy’s music was. The brothers were fab. Check out some of their albums Phase. 3, Crazy Horses and the amazing concept album The Plan. Led Zep respected them hugely.
This is the problem, people confuse The Osmond Brothers with Donny & Marie or just assume The Osmonds means the brothers & Marie. Donny & Marie had some cheesy stuff as did Jimmy, later the Brothers did, but early Osmonds Brothers were a force to reckoned with & their harmonies were always tight as were their dance moves & outfits.
@@JasonLeeIsAGod It was largely their dad's fault. Their dad George Osmond managed his sons' performing careers and he said "It does not matter who is up on the stage as long as it is an Osmond." But Merrell had the best pipes for rock music and Donny was talented but he was made to be the front man of the group because his cute looks would best appeal to teen girls. It all went awry.
I haven't heard this song or thought of this song since the 1970's. What a nice surprise! I wonder whether this was the "real" Osmonds - they certainly look like they were having a lot of fun! Was the soft-pop songs they're known for what the music industry wanted them to sound like?
This was the type of music most of the band wanted but they were put on hold for "Donny and Marie" show. They always stood by one another no matter what. To think from barbershop quartet to this.
Donny got that unusual sound on his Yamaha YC-30 organ. He uses it with a portamento strip that, if you run your hand along it in a certain way it produces this unusual sound.
We had the best music back in the 60's and 70's ! Check out the Jackson 5 too. Donny Osmond and Michael Jackson were great friends growing up. Donny and their sister Marie had a tv show too.
Donnie’s voice was changing during this time due to puberty, so he was on keyboards. Merrill had to takeover what Donnie use to sing, and you can hear how he struggled hitting the high notes that Donnie sang so easily. It still worked. This song is on an amazing album with no duds. Every song is outstanding. It has to be the most underrated album ever recorded.
I like the Osmonds but WHO PLAYED THE DRUMS. ?? No one behind the set so camera didn't show nothing. THIS IS ROCK.......,DONNIE GOT A SOUND OF CRAZY HORSES ON HIS SYNTHESIZER. GOOD JOB BOYS !!
Check out “Walkin’ In the Jungle” and “Gotta Get Love” from “Brainstorm”. The Osmonds were a very quirky eclectic group. A mix of Led Zeppelin, The Jackson 5, Las Vegas Elvis and Frank Zappa. Their TV show and other endeavors, necessitated by financial difficulties, cost the world a few more albums-with a potential masterpiece here and there.
If the Osmonds' dad hadn't been such a controlling Ahole, they would have gone a lot further down this road. They were so talented but they grew up (as I did) in that hyper-controlling system of the mormon church. On one hand, it definitely helped them establish a great foundation for their personal values, but at the same time, it stifles a lot of potential, especially when Dad lays down the law.
Ozzy said that this was one of his favorite songs....no kidding!
This is not metal. It's bubble grunge.
Maybe Ozzy Nelson.
Ozzy osbourne said he loved the song
The Osmonds as rock n rollers were truly under rated. This song was about pollution.
And the horses were actually cars. Crazy horses were polluting cars!
I'm 59 and grew up with The Osmonds......this is certainly one of their most rocking songs!
Merrill not being a vocalist for a classic hard rock band is such a missed opportunity and will forever be one of the greatest "what ifs" in music history
Merill could've given Halford a run for his money couldn't he?
Totally agree 💯💯
His voice is incredible, he could've been up their with Robert plant, Roger Daltrey etc
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Love, love the Osmonds. Had their pictures all over my walls in the 70’s. Crazy Horses is a song about air pollution. "Crazy Horses" represents automobiles - "horsepower" - that create pollution in the skies from the exhaust.
This was written by Alan, Merrill, and Wayne Osmond. They were the oldest of the group, they were all concerned about the polluted world their children would inherit.
Donny has a residency at Harrahs in Vegas. Going to see him this week. ☺️.
Thank you for listening to their music. Such a talented and awesome family. ❤️
Such a shame the record company wouldn't allow more songs like this to be made by them!!!
It was their dad, really. He put a stop to this stuff which is a shame.
It was their parents who wouldn't allow too many harder edge tracks. One of the brothers was really into Zeppelin, but as I said, their parents said no...
I was front row center at one of their concerts, in 2001. They LOVE when you headbang to this! It's one of the songs THEY WROTE!!🎸🎵 Jay choreographed it.
I had no idea the Osmonds had anything like this. Loved it 😊
Drummer Mike Portnoy said this was the heaviest song he'd ever heard on the radio as a young boy. The boys were channelling Deep Purple or something with this one!
Did you see the video he made for it? It's 🔥🔥
Incredible ❤
I love this “freakin” song! It rocks!
You want to see the brothers REALLY get into it, watch the Down by the Lazy River video! Outstanding!!
“Down By The Lazy River “, “Hold Her Tight” , “Yo-Yo”, “One Bad Apple”, “The Girl I Love” and of course their cover of the Hollies “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother”. Their harmonies were phenomenal and their choreography was awesome. If you want to see some of their choreography check out the Osmonds UK special where I first heard a section of “The Girl I Love”
My favorite love them
Can you imagine the music they would have crrated had they had freedom to do heavier songs!? I was a teenager and grew up on the Osmonds and this was definitely a favorite and influenced my evolution toward metal and harder rock!
I heard all Osmonds' songs but this one! They went metal! Donny Osmond is getting down on the keys!
Donny still active in music today
*Hard rock. They didn't exactly sound like Black Sabbath.
Donny liked metal, but record label didn’t want him to do it
He's still going strong in Vegas!!!! All the Osmond's are extremely talented!!!! And GREAT people!!!! A fan for 50 years plus! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
This whole album is fantastic.
The Osmonds are really really impressive. Shame they had so much pushback and their image was ridiculed. In 2023, im not afraid to say I’m a fan and enjoy them a lot!
Donny Osmond was the guy dancing behind Weird Al Jankovic on White & Nerdy 😄
The Osmonds were from a Mormon family from Ogden, Utah. They were 9 siblings. The two oldest had hearing impairment. The 7 others all played music. Started out in the 60's as a barbershop quartet. Later younger brothers Donny and Jimmy joined. Both also had quite good solo careers. Their only sister Marie also had a solo career
This sounds like an alternative reality; where the Osmonds were a harder act.... this song is amazing.
Crazy horses is about cars and this is rocking also Down by the Lazy River is good. So much talent 😊
I was a massive Osmonds fan, but(!) Donny & Marie took the stage and the brothers as seen here melted away. D&M were all cheese, the real good stuff was the 5 brothers. So glad you enjoyed this.
The Plan was their concept album. The song The Last Days is heavier than this and still relevant with its message with what's going on in the world today
I wish someone would react to the last days or the song peace is another song relevant for today.
WTF? The Osmonds! Mind. Blown.
This song made me the metal head I am today and led me to search for harder stuff back when I was in grade school.
These Osmonds brothers were great 💯 percent invested
I have been an Osmond fan for 50+ years. They can sing anything and it sounds good. You should check out their song called walking in the jungle. That is another good fun one.
This is the first record I bought back in the day (I was about eight at the time). It was the early 70's and I'd not heard anything like this before. 50 years later I still like it, even though I wasn't a fan of The Osmonds.
Black sabbath was 1969 so they had
I went to go see the Osmonds here in Atlanta Georgia it was July 15, 1972 it was for my seventh birthday in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Two of the people that went with me then along with my parents and older brother are on my Facebook page today. I saw them another time a couple years later when I was about nine years old in the Omni in Atlanta. Definitely brings back memories but this one was definitely one of the best songs.
It is a shame that these guys were held back and not given a chance to show what they could really do! Very talented bunch of guys, and so much better than the Jackson 5!
You’re absolutely correct.. The Record Producer’s seen how the girls when insane of Donny Osmond and then just saw $$$ one producer said “money in the bank” so they pushed Donny out in front making him America’s first teen idol
Check out more from their original stuff, like this. The whole album "Crazy Horses" is amazing!
That was Groovy and 😎 as a cucumber 😉🤠
I've loved the Osmonds since 1972 and seen them a few times and have tickets to see Donny in Cardiff, Wales in December.
Great reactions.
Love from Yorkshire, England 🇬🇧
You need to react to the entire album. For early 1970's the Osmonds were the heaviest band going. Definitely gotta check out Hold her tight.
And Trafgic in My Mind and Lsst Days from The Plan.
Classic! I love this track so much....my mum doesn't so much but a huge fan of Donny and Marie back in the day
I have to say I laughed when you thought it was going to be about horses. It was about pollution caused by automobile horsepower. It was written by Alan, Wayne, and Merrill.
How could you not like this, the boys were having so much fun with a great song
As Always Love Seeing Your Reactions To All These Great Song's, Guy's 😊
Believe it or not his song was voted as one of hard r9ck metal songs 7n history
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My fave Osmond's song
These boys could rock out. I miss that part of their career. Unfortunately, their parents and their handlers didn't want the band going this route.
Yeah, they could have been bigger if they had kept that route
@@adkleiner Thank "The Colonel" who ran Elvis' career to Las Vegas and ended his rock god status. They were managed by him too.
My sister had this lp. I got the message about this.
You know, so many classic Rickers lived the Osmonds too. Sir Paul McCartney told the press to stop picking on the Osmonds. Paul gave Merrill Osmond one if his bass guitars. Robert Plant and Led Zeppeln invited the Osmonds to their show and had them onstage with them. They were truly multt talented. You should check out their 1970s live video. They never miss a beat and are always in sync with their choreography and vocals.
They were very talented and because they were one family they worked together very cohesively plus they were Mormon, so drugs and alcohol never watered down their talent
Been a fan since I was 13. 64 now and still dance to my Osmonds!
Jay the front singer is the drummer for this group. Check out Hold Her Tight.
If you notice Donny on keyboards was trying to replicate a horses whinny .. he would go up and down like that.. so talented!! Back in the day no fancy keyboards like today ..
these guys were just ahead of their time in my opinion
Still think this one of the best Rock riff’s ever written.
Love the Osmonds!
Kick ass riff
The Osmond brothers did heavy Rock & Roll? How did this get past me in the 70's?
I heard so many cover versions if this song but NO ONE'S every matched Merrill,'s scream.
This is from their seriously cool period, when Donny (he's the one on keyboard making the crazy horses sound) couldn't sing because his voice was changing, and they made one album of great music that included what you see here. For a real hoot, just do a search of Osmond brothers + Andy Williams show, and watch whatever comes up. I predict you'll snort/laugh at the difference.
Do you know how hard it is to harmonize like that? They were a barbershop quartet. They didn’t even have music to back them up most of the time.
Get to the video already!!!!!!!
One of the early environmental statement songs. Crazy Horses = automobiles. "What a show, there they go smoking up the sky, yeah. Crazy Horses all got riders and they're you and I".
The Osmonds belong in the Rock 'N' Roll HoF. They were and are brilliant producers as well as performers.
Their dancing was always flawless.
Good clean wholesome Mormons…the Osmonds! They are the reason I joined the Mormon church back in the day because I was a huge fan!❤
You need to hear War in Heaven/Traffic in my mind!!!!!! Get ready to ROCK!!!!!!!!
it's amazing Ozzy Osborne says this is one of his favorite metal songs
More like Ozzy Nelson
It's not metal, it's bubblegum grunge.
@@garyfletcher844 READ WHO SAID IT-- OZZY!! I dont claim what type of music it is.
Crazy Horses was actually the first song written about pollution!!! It is an environmental song...not about literal horses!!!
This is brilliant ! So different to The Osmonds' usual cheesy pop music.
Donny Marie and Jimmy’s music was. The brothers were fab. Check out some of their albums Phase. 3, Crazy Horses and the amazing concept album The Plan. Led Zep respected them hugely.
This is the problem, people confuse The Osmond Brothers with Donny & Marie or just assume The Osmonds means the brothers & Marie. Donny & Marie had some cheesy stuff as did Jimmy, later the Brothers did, but early Osmonds Brothers were a force to reckoned with & their harmonies were always tight as were their dance moves & outfits.
@@JasonLeeIsAGod It was largely their dad's fault. Their dad George Osmond managed his sons' performing careers and he said "It does not matter who is up on the stage as long as it is an Osmond." But Merrell had the best pipes for rock music and Donny was talented but he was made to be the front man of the group because his cute looks would best appeal to teen girls. It all went awry.
I've been to Assateague Island several times. Beautiful horses roaming around and on the beaches.
The Osmonds in the early 1970s were rock but then in 1976 Donny & Marie took over, and they became tv producers of their show.
I haven't heard this song or thought of this song since the 1970's. What a nice surprise! I wonder whether this was the "real" Osmonds - they certainly look like they were having a lot of fun! Was the soft-pop songs they're known for what the music industry wanted them to sound like?
This was the type of music most of the band wanted but they were put on hold for "Donny and Marie" show. They always stood by one another no matter what. To think from barbershop quartet to this.
First the song I ever heared from them back then and unfotunately for them the only one I really liked
Still love it!!!🤘
One Bad Apple
Down By The Lazy River
Love Me For A Reason
He's The Light Of The World
Wish someone would do a reaction to He's the Light of the World. loved that one when I was just five or six and so in love w Donny
The Osmonds tryna end global warming in the 70s
Whaatt??!! That is fire! Dayum!
It is a crying shame The Osmonds are not in the RNR HOF.
Dude up front was doing the RAGDOLL.
Fab Band.
Donny got that unusual sound on his Yamaha YC-30 organ. He uses it with a portamento strip that, if you run your hand along it in a certain way it produces this unusual sound.
The whole crazy horses album is awesome. Check out 'the plan' as well. Donnie still performs crazy horses in concert. Rock on🤘
The group wasn't all Donny.
Just epic!
I have loved the Osmonds in all their pop glory as well. It's great stuff. Stop with the labels and appreciate.
the song refers to air pollution from cars although some think it refers to the drug scene
This is the musical equivalent to "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition".
gotta try the song "hold her tight" from the same album. they were morphing to shed a bubble gum image as a group
Love this song! Wish it was longer!! It’s about car pollution in the 70s.
More harder edged track of theirs was "My Drum" and "Hold Her Tight"...
We had the best music back in the 60's and 70's ! Check out the Jackson 5 too. Donny Osmond and Michael Jackson were great friends growing up. Donny and their sister Marie had a tv show too.
Donnie’s voice was changing during this time due to puberty, so he was on keyboards. Merrill had to takeover what Donnie use to sing, and you can hear how he struggled hitting the high notes that Donnie sang so easily. It still worked. This song is on an amazing album with no duds. Every song is outstanding. It has to be the most underrated album ever recorded.
I like the Osmonds but WHO PLAYED THE DRUMS. ??
No one behind the set so camera didn't show nothing. THIS IS ROCK.......,DONNIE GOT A SOUND OF CRAZY HORSES ON HIS SYNTHESIZER.
GOOD JOB BOYS !!
way back, OZZY said he used to sound check with this song
Love the Osmond sounds it’s too bad that the music industry never acknowledged just how great they were.
The song is about car fumes pollution and it was actually banned in Britain because they thought it was about drugs
Actually it was South Africa.
Watch them live in Paris watch what there fans would do
Check out “Walkin’ In the Jungle” and “Gotta Get Love” from “Brainstorm”. The Osmonds were a very quirky eclectic group. A mix of Led Zeppelin, The Jackson 5, Las Vegas Elvis and Frank Zappa. Their TV show and other endeavors, necessitated by financial difficulties, cost the world a few more albums-with a potential masterpiece here and there.
My mom almost lost it when she heard her perfect boys do this
I thought it was great
I had all their albums!
He’s a little bit rock n roll😂
These guys are awesome! Try “Down By The Lazy River” next!
If the Osmonds' dad hadn't been such a controlling Ahole, they would have gone a lot further down this road. They were so talented but they grew up (as I did) in that hyper-controlling system of the mormon church. On one hand, it definitely helped them establish a great foundation for their personal values, but at the same time, it stifles a lot of potential, especially when Dad lays down the law.
They have a song called Puppy Love .
This was written by Allen , Wayne and Merrill Osmond about automoble pollution
Crazy Horse meaning air pollution back in the day.
The Osmonds marketed this as they'd gone "Heavy Metal"
Had this rocker on 45 back in the day. A really good song and kind of laughable that critics back in the day thought it was a drug/heroin reference.
It was banned in Africa, for that reason
This song, Ballroom Blitz by Sweet, everything by slade lead me to Judas Priest, And a metal journey began
Try Hold Her Tight and the Plan Album.