Brother,im 70 years young. I look in the mirror, realize my time is nearly done, then i put on an obscure rock song,or even mainstream, close my eyes and im 17 again playing in a gada davida and suddenly im not so lost!! Im glad we were part of an era of music that has never been nor will be equaled!! Rock on brother, Rock on!!!!❤❤😎😎😎😎
Im 69 in 9 days. 3/4/1955 Can anyone tell me a greater period of time than the 60s, 70s, and even the 80s. The bands are way too numerous to try and name. I know we are prejudiced but seriously name a time period better. There is no one that has replaced the ones that either died or retired. No one. If you listen to music nowadays its probably been tampered with electronically.
I know what you mean, I'm 72 ,I just got back from Vietnam and heard this song for the first time. I was a professional drummer and toured and recorded with many popular groups of the day. In 73 I had the honor of backing up Jr walker, Archie bell and the drells , and the temptations . A 16 pc union band backed all 3 acts. It was an afternoon jazz festival. Later that night a bunch of us saw the raspberries I think it was the whiskey a go go. They were fantastic . Fighting cancer now, I would give all my tomorrow's to go back to those days. How blessed we were to have lived through that era🎉
Bill, thank you for your service. I have confidence that you and medical technology will be successful in battling cancer. Sending positive healing your way. Stay strong.
But there are some singers who sound better live than others. Pulling off strong vocals live is a little more difficult than in the studio, where vocals can be enhanced through production-and these days autotune.
I just heard he passed. I listened to a couple of his songs, and was transported to a much simpler time. In this case, the Summer of 1972, and I was about to start my senior year in HS.
I saw the Raspberries in Baltimore 1972. Actually went to their hotel room with my friend. She actually hooked up with Dave. I sat and watched Shenandoah with Jim (ouch...not the greatest movie to see with a stranger). Eric came in with a girl in a fur coat. Wally walked in and out doing laundry. The next day, I went back to the hotel. I believe it was Jim and Dave came out wanting to go see, I believe it was, Dave's uncle. I knew the address and they trusted me to take them, which I did. I swore I would never sell that car.
I love the music of the 70s. No other music can compare. It meant something. The kind of music to relax and unwind, or get down to it. The lyrics were moving and told a story. I listen to it as much as possible .
I was only in the 8th grade, but started listening to 70s music way earlier in age. I remember watching my older sister and my aunt who were a couple years apart getting ready for school (high school), putting on thier makeup and listening to the raspberries, Redbone, I fell in love with the music.
It's 10.30pm Tuesday night 12/03/2024 and I've just flicked the T.V. over to Ch 9 in Sydney. They were showing The Raspberries "Go all the Way" I thought "Why are they playing that?" "Is Eric touring soon?" Then I thought "Oh no he hasn't died" "Has he?" My fears were confirmed by the news voice over person. "Eric Carmen was 74" Now I can't stop crying. Not only did Eric help create one of the greatest, mind blowing Guitar riffs in Rock history, he then composed some of the most tasteful Ballads of all time. Good quality Ballads are extremely hard to write. Thanks for the great music and the brilliant singing voice Eric. Eric lived a successful existence and died peacefully in his sleep. "Come on Baby!!!" RIP - Eric Carmen
I am fully confidentnthat if we took EVERY one of our sad, lost young people alive today and sent them back to the '70's or even the '80's for a 6 month stay, they would come back different. Happier, alive, hopefull. Things werent perfect, but our music alone, still had some Magic in it. It was easy to believe in Magic at the time.
People have been killing themselves for all of humanity. Music won't change that. Sometimes, it even induces people to get stuck in painful romantic notions.
Lol of course. The 50's and 60s layed out the framework for these guys. Anyone that calls themselves a music fan knows this. BB king, all of em. All of these bands came from them. Just in a different wrapping. Same thing.
Lot of crap in the 70s too....lot of bombastic arena rock that quite honestly was just that, equivalent to pop music crap today....lot of great music as well. One of the problem is that rock radio became like top 100. When wplj and wnew in NYC were at their peak you heard a lot of great music. But then they narrowed playlists and albums suddenly were tailored to play lists ( Jethro Tull was the classic example of this later on). Remember too that most of the bands you are talking about got their start in the 60s. Punk came out of the 70s, and helped create later generations of alt music ( punk itself was a reaction to corporate rock). There always of course were the A and R mafia or Rolling Stone trying to make rock into classical music or something, but the 60s had a lot more experimentation I think. Part of it was FM radio in the 60s was an afterthought,AM top 40 like WABC were the big deal. So FM radio was kind of free, stations like wnew FM and wplj FM were playing all kinds of music. ( Funny story, wplj was originally I think WABC FM, fcc decision said FM stations had to have their own call signs. They let the staff at what became wplj decide, bunch of the jocks and such got together one night ( on who knows what)..wplj came from a now obscure song 'white port with lemon juice tastes fine....Dave Herman told stat story). 70s also gave us Disco and 'music' like England Dan and John Ford Cooley, Air Supply, 10cc and the like too...great scene ( one of the few) in 'Vinyl' is a producer getting coked up bc he was due in studio to produce an England Dan and John Ford Coley album *lol* ( that and Led Zeppelins manager raging about the record label being sold to a German company).
I had the biggest crush on Eric Carmen,,so Good looking..I was 12 then 1972.. crazy times crazy years..everything was so simple in the 60s and 70s..I'm 61 now and I still appreciate the good music back then,, and definitely no autotune,,which w asnt a word back then,,they called it live music...
RIP Eric Carmen. He passed away tonight - March 11,2024. He was a fantastic singer and will be greatly missed. I was just watching some of his RUclips videos last week. So sad. 😢💔💔🙏
This is the first video I've seen The Raspberries perform live. A great performance, lots of energy, the guitar riffs are outstanding. These guys really put their heart and soul into their music. I only wish I was old enough in the early 70s to see this group in concert.
There is a great live video of them on Midnight Special (1973) performing: I Want To Be With You. They were four kids from Mentor (High School) Ohio who helped to create Power Pop Rock.
Eric Carmen is currently about 73. By today's standards with performers still going at 80 that is not old. I hope he hasn't decided to permanently retire and that he still records. 😀
I love this song that I could listen to it over & over again. Eric Carmen wrote his first song at 12 years old! He also wrote songs for others. When he went solo, he did really well. “All By Myself” & “Never Gonna Fall In Love Again” are good songs. He’s very gifted.
The individual parts of the song are not exceptionally difficult to learn - but try playing all of this live, with four people. All those chord changes, key modulations, harmonies, dynamics. Holy Cow, it is REALLY a challenging song.
@@Physics072 Because back in the day, a front man had to be a legitimate singer and the rest of the band had to be great musicians and back up vocalists...
The Raspberries were one of the bands that played at a local club we went to about every weekend. The Chesterland Hollabaloo, so many bands came through there. Great times.
Live version was pretty good, but listen to the studio version. It's got the rich backing vocals (perfected by the studio overdubs)... It's more refined, but still rocks and highlights the beautiful harmonies. This is one of my all-time favorite songs.
Got a lot of Elton John ( Saturday is all right for fighting) guitar , The Beatles. ( Come on , Come on) and The Beach Boys Harmonies all rolled into one cool track.
This guy has a mid-range tone in his voice that is extremely rare and he can rough it up smoothly on the spin of a dime -- bet he could knock out a hard rock tune with the best of 'em!
Eric Carmen has his own channel here on RUclips - pretty much all of the tracks from all of his recordings are there. Yeah - he flips from smooth ballad singer to rock screamer effortlessly - I never cease to be amazed at that! It's a real wheelhouse skill that he had! I love those hidden gems like "Inside Story" and "Spotlight"!
Brings tears to my eyes every time. This was the song with my first love. She just had turned 16 and my overtures of marriage must have scared her and I lost her after only a month. I NEVER loved anyone like that ever again. I just turned 70 so maybe I will be another Abraham. I only have to find a Sarah.
It’s amazing. He sounds as great live as he does on the studio version. I think he actually sounds better live. May he rest in peace! I miss those days.😢
Agree. I thought this song was from 1974. This masterpiece was released in 1972 and reached number 5 on Billboard's Top 100. This song is almost 50 years old.
RIP my friend 😢 You will be sorely missed. From a friend of the olden days of our Cleveland times. I still remember and always will, you playing this ❤
This song is a chronological mindf**k, and I mean that in the best possible way. The chorus sounds like something from the late 50's, most of the rest sounds like it's from the late 70's/early 80's - and it was all from 1974, I believe. Haunting and unique, I never tire of hearing it.
Never heard of this or the Raspberries, as it did nothing in the UK. Fast forward to 2019, and I'm sitting in a bar in Jacksonville FL, & it came on the juke box. It stopped me dead in my tracks and I had to walk over to the juke box to see what was playing. I can't understand for the life of me why it's unheard of in the UK. it's awesome!
RIP Eric🙏🏽🎸‼️My Brother, Jeff turn me on to the raspberries in the 70s then later on your solo career “I love both” You ROCK‼️You have joined my brother‼️🙏🏽🎸
That silver lame Eric Carmen is wearing is swoon worthy. One of the best power pop tracks of all time. Go all the way, with choir boy back up singing...Excellent musicians too!!!!!
@jerrylamont972 I turned 9 in 1970, and I remember all those songs so well. Such amazing music back then and so much variety. I am only now realizing how lucky we were ❤❤❤
I played this song in a cover band at age 15 in 1973 and still play it today. It’s one of my favorites and I feel lucky to have come of age when this song was brand new.
If you want to improve singing skills, RUclips KennTamplin, THE best vocal teacher in the country, I studied under him in my late 50's, tried out for The Voice, got accepted. Check him out.🎵🎶👍🔥
Eric Carmen was so cute. Miss the 70s . Inocent times back then we all wore crazy stuff it was so cool. I love this song . Good Memories. Ty Eric/Raspberries.👅💋
I GUESS ITS THE AMERICAN WAY WE FORGET HOW ARTIST OF THE PAST ENTERTAINED US UNTIL THERE GONE ERIC WAS ONE ARTIST THAT DESERVED SO MUCH MORE APPRECIATION THAN HE EVER RECIEVED,NICE THOUGH TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENTS
It’s too bad Raspberries had such a short existence. I don’t think they got the Love they deserved. What talented musicians to pull that song off live and it sounds astonishing. Raspberries forever…RIP Eric you were a cool dude and a Patriot. You and Amy had a great rapport with your Fans. Thank you for bringing happiness to the world with your music.
I saw this band in 1974 when they came to my small hometown in SC towards the end of their run, and just before Eric Carmen went solo. I know the critics loved to hate on them, but honestly they were very good musicians.
1974 is the year I saw The Raspberries in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. They were the back-up band for Blue Oyster Cult and the crowd was brutal!! Talk about rude! Back then Chicago audiences could be real a$$-holes, throwing lit fireworks from the balconies down into the seats below,and on this night some dip-$hit flung a can of beer (Old Style) just missing the drummer. I agree that they did put on a good show in spite of the a$$-hats hating on them.
@@davidgibbs381 I still do not understand the hate for that band, and I was a rock and roll musician back in the 70's. I thought they were pretty good. I went to a lot of rock concerts back then and do remember when idiots thought it was a good idea to bring fireworks to a show in addition to getting so drunk/high they would throw up everywhere. I just wanted to enjoy the bands, but sometimes that was a challenge. I nearly got crushed to death at a Boston concert. GOOD TIMES! :-)
I was 9 years old when I bought this 45 in 1972. Couldn't figure out why my mom didn't approve of it 'til I was older. What an erotic song! One of my all time favs! Never get tired of listening to it!
+kgc114 I was like 11 or 12 when this was a hit. At the time, I thought he was saying "go on away". I'm surprised this song wasn't banned by some of the more conservative rock stations. But then maybe it was, who knows.
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Brother,im 70 years young. I look in the mirror, realize my time is nearly done, then i put on an obscure rock song,or even mainstream, close my eyes and im 17 again playing in a gada davida and suddenly im not so lost!! Im glad we were part of an era of music that has never been nor will be equaled!! Rock on brother, Rock on!!!!❤❤😎😎😎😎
My first girlfriend and me used to listen to this when we were in High School. We loved it, but she never did let me "go all the way" Smart girl. 😆
Im 69 in 9 days. 3/4/1955 Can anyone tell me a greater period of time than the 60s, 70s, and even the 80s. The bands are way too numerous to try and name. I know we are prejudiced but seriously name a time period better. There is no one that has replaced the ones that either died or retired. No one. If you listen to music nowadays its probably been tampered with electronically.
🙌❤️
@@timyarbrough6356happy birthday wishing you many more years keep on rockin ✌️
We gonna keep on rockin forever!
I know what you mean, I'm 72 ,I just got back from Vietnam and heard this song for the first time. I was a professional drummer and toured and recorded with many popular groups of the day. In 73 I had the honor of backing up Jr walker, Archie bell and the drells , and the temptations . A 16 pc union band backed all 3 acts. It was an afternoon jazz festival. Later that night a bunch of us saw the raspberries I think it was the whiskey a go go. They were fantastic . Fighting cancer now, I would give all my tomorrow's to go back to those days. How blessed we were to have lived through that era🎉
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Bill, thank you for your service. I have confidence that you and medical technology will be successful in battling cancer. Sending positive healing your way. Stay strong.
Bill god bless you , your in my prayers
I'm knocking on 71 and was in tech school (Keesler AFB), heading for Korat RTAFB, Thailand.
It was a time.like no other @@maxsdad538
Nothing will ever be better than growing up at this time.
Nope, Nothing, it was the Best!
Bittersweet years to be sure.
Absolutely incredible times the 1970s
Amen
Never been a truer statement
The Raspberries on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert...it really doesn't get more 70s than that. Awesomeness
Finally a singer who can actually sing well outside of the studio -- fantastic voice!
If you can't sing "outside" of the studio, you can't sing in it.
Ah yes and that voice would go on to record numerous other hits like Hungry Eyes
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@@terrygarcia897
Who?
But there are some singers who sound better live than others. Pulling off strong vocals live is a little more difficult than in the studio, where vocals can be enhanced through production-and these days autotune.
RIP Eric - Thanks for the Music & Memories...
❤
I am 74 yrs young, I am here and felling great
I just heard he passed. I listened to a couple of his songs, and was transported to a much simpler time. In this case, the Summer of 1972, and I was about to start my senior year in HS.
I saw the Raspberries in Baltimore 1972. Actually went to their hotel room with my friend. She actually hooked up with Dave. I sat and watched Shenandoah with Jim (ouch...not the greatest movie to see with a stranger). Eric came in with a girl in a fur coat. Wally walked in and out doing laundry. The next day, I went back to the hotel. I believe it was Jim and Dave came out wanting to go see, I believe it was, Dave's uncle. I knew the address and they trusted me to take them, which I did. I swore I would never sell that car.
I love the music of the 70s. No other music can compare. It meant something. The kind of music to relax and unwind, or get down to it. The lyrics were moving and told a story. I listen to it as much as possible .
I was about to start my freshmen year of high school that summer. And music, especially theirs, helped me get through.
I was only in the 8th grade, but started listening to 70s music way earlier in age. I remember watching my older sister and my aunt who were a couple years apart getting ready for school (high school), putting on thier makeup and listening to the raspberries, Redbone, I fell in love with the music.
I was a year ahead of you
Back when every member of the band was talented and working hard to make it happen.
I love the fact that musicians in my day could actually sing and play and perform on TV without lip-synching! These times were great!
The babies conceived with this playing in the background will be turning 50 soon.
Wonder how many there are…maybe they should thank Eric for their lives….
If they're not in the Hall of Fame, they should be.
The 70s was the best time of my life! Being a teenager and then being a young woman. I loved everything about the 70s.
Did we hook up?
Yeah it was hon.We keep on rockin.Good memories!
The 70s were awesome. The music, the clothing, being carefree. Wish they were back again
These guys are another reason why the 70's totally rocked!!!
Go back a couple of decades for really good music. 50s & 60s are better. 70s is good also.
You bet
I agree ❤
Yes sir!!!!!
this is a proper English rock in roll band
It's 10.30pm Tuesday night 12/03/2024 and I've just flicked the T.V. over to Ch 9 in Sydney.
They were showing The Raspberries "Go all the Way"
I thought "Why are they playing that?" "Is Eric touring soon?"
Then I thought "Oh no he hasn't died" "Has he?"
My fears were confirmed by the news voice over person.
"Eric Carmen was 74"
Now I can't stop crying.
Not only did Eric help create one of the greatest, mind blowing Guitar riffs in Rock history, he then composed some of the most tasteful Ballads of all time.
Good quality Ballads are extremely hard to write.
Thanks for the great music and the brilliant singing voice Eric.
Eric lived a successful existence and died peacefully in his sleep.
"Come on Baby!!!"
RIP - Eric Carmen
And today, March the 14th of 2024. RIP Mr. Carmen. Gone at 74 years old leaving a lot of great memories to this musician.
I am fully confidentnthat if we took EVERY one of our sad, lost young people alive today and sent them back to the '70's or even the '80's for a 6 month stay, they would come back different. Happier, alive, hopefull. Things werent perfect, but our music alone, still had some Magic in it. It was easy to believe in Magic at the time.
People have been killing themselves for all of humanity. Music won't change that. Sometimes, it even induces people to get stuck in painful romantic notions.
This is a bad-ass performance! Eric Carmen is killing it!
Wally was absolutely killer on guitar.
An era that can’t be matched! Eric Carmen and The Raspberries! Thank you Eric Carmen for music we will forever be thankful for! God Bless
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
Is this like one of the greatest rock songs ever? I think it is.
I know so! I never get tired of hearing it ❤❤❤
Yes!
His voice is so unique. You can always tell it's him right off. Great singer.
Amazing singing in his song all by myself... I used to like it as a kid...
Carmen was a brilliant musician & songwriter with ALL THE CHOPS!
The 70's were the best decade for music. Period.
What year were you born?
And the early 80's
And nothing happened in the late '50s and '60s . . . right?
Lol of course. The 50's and 60s layed out the framework for these guys. Anyone that calls themselves a music fan knows this. BB king, all of em. All of these bands came from them. Just in a different wrapping. Same thing.
Lot of crap in the 70s too....lot of bombastic arena rock that quite honestly was just that, equivalent to pop music crap today....lot of great music as well. One of the problem is that rock radio became like top 100. When wplj and wnew in NYC were at their peak you heard a lot of great music. But then they narrowed playlists and albums suddenly were tailored to play lists ( Jethro Tull was the classic example of this later on).
Remember too that most of the bands you are talking about got their start in the 60s. Punk came out of the 70s, and helped create later generations of alt music ( punk itself was a reaction to corporate rock).
There always of course were the A and R mafia or Rolling Stone trying to make rock into classical music or something, but the 60s had a lot more experimentation I think. Part of it was FM radio in the 60s was an afterthought,AM top 40 like WABC were the big deal. So FM radio was kind of free, stations like wnew FM and wplj FM were playing all kinds of music. ( Funny story, wplj was originally I think WABC FM, fcc decision said FM stations had to have their own call signs. They let the staff at what became wplj decide, bunch of the jocks and such got together one night ( on who knows what)..wplj came from a now obscure song 'white port with lemon juice tastes fine....Dave Herman told stat story).
70s also gave us Disco and 'music' like England Dan and John Ford Cooley, Air Supply, 10cc and the like too...great scene ( one of the few) in 'Vinyl' is a producer getting coked up bc he was due in studio to produce an England Dan and John Ford Coley album *lol* ( that and Led Zeppelins manager raging about the record label being sold to a German company).
So sad Eric has passed. Hearing this, I’m young again. Eric, you are legendarily and you will be missed. Thank you for your music. Rest in peace.
I love the late 60s and 70s music, No music can compare. Wish I can go back to those times.
I agree totally .simply a time of some of the greatest music ever made
Me too.
Hey if you can go back swing by and pick me up 😊
Ditto.
i will even sit in the backseat...
I had the biggest crush on Eric Carmen,,so Good looking..I was 12 then 1972.. crazy times crazy years..everything was so simple in the 60s and 70s..I'm 61 now and I still appreciate the good music back then,, and definitely no autotune,,which w asnt a word back then,,they called it live music...
Agreed❤❤❤
You didn't happen to grow up in Deerfield Il?
I bet this guy had to beat off the girls/groupies w/a club.
I also had a big crush on him, followed his solo career as well. That is why my heart is heavy learning he’s gone. What a loss, way too soon.
Had crush on Hus hair 😂
I have always loved Eric Carmen's music. Such a talented artist. So sad to hear of his passing.
RIP ERIC
The chord progression the guy’s playing on the twelve string is great. Love it.
I can’t believe this is live; they sound so good. Maybe even better than on the record.
56 yrs old and still living this. Met my current wife to this song in a bar that had a great jukebox. Thank you Eric
RIP Eric. You were a great composer, a great musicien and a great singer.
One of the best guitar riffs. You know exactly what’s coming.
RIP Eric Carmen. He passed away tonight - March 11,2024. He was a fantastic singer and will be greatly missed. I was just watching some of his RUclips videos last week. So sad. 😢💔💔🙏
I know ..so sad. RIP Eric
This is the first video I've seen The Raspberries perform live. A great performance, lots of energy, the guitar riffs are outstanding. These guys really put their heart and soul into their music. I only wish I was old enough in the early 70s to see this group in concert.
I still have the album, was 18 when I bought it.
There is a great live video of them on Midnight Special (1973) performing: I Want To Be With You. They were four kids from Mentor (High School) Ohio who helped to create Power Pop Rock.
@@ericbackderf5584 Thanks for the information. I will definitely check it out.
For a live performance that was incredible. Eric Carmen!
This is back when musicians could actually play their instruments!!
Eric Carmen is currently about 73. By today's standards with performers still going at 80 that is not old. I hope he hasn't decided to permanently retire and that he still records. 😀
Wally Bryson kickin ass on the doubleneck. 🎸🎸
I love this song that I could listen to it over & over again. Eric Carmen wrote his first song at 12 years old! He also wrote songs for others. When he went solo, he did really well. “All By Myself” & “Never Gonna Fall In Love Again” are good songs. He’s very gifted.
Both of them are great songs
Totally agree with you! What a fabulous talent Eric is! This song absolutely fires me up! It rejuvinates my soul, mind, and body!!!
Best rock ‘n’ roll song ever recorded! These guys need to be in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. Especially Eric Carmen!
yes they do there better than so many others
put them in the hall of fame
Agreed, when I think of the best tunes this always comes to mind. Hall of Fame for sure !!
I'd say your threshold for great R & R is pretty low if you think this is the best R & R song ever recorded.
@@tompastian3447why is that...great song... different strokes for different folks
This a really fine live version, which shows just how great the band was. No studio creation here. Long live the 'berries! ♫
The individual parts of the song are not exceptionally difficult to learn - but try playing all of this live, with four people. All those chord changes, key modulations, harmonies, dynamics. Holy Cow, it is REALLY a challenging song.
How were they able to pull this off without AutoTune?
@@Physics072 Because it simply didn’t exist back then and I’m glad it didn’t
@@Physics072 Because back in the day, a front man had to be a legitimate singer and the rest of the band had to be great musicians and back up vocalists...
Now there’s a new live version. Damn good!
Talented musicians, great singers and solid songwriters: the Raspberries are the most underappreciated band in the history of rock and roll.
Thanks for not saying ‘underrated’.👍
And Badfinger also! Completely underrated!
Eric Carmen, great voice .... one of the best ever
The Raspberries were one of the bands that played at a local club we went to about every weekend. The Chesterland Hollabaloo, so many bands came through there. Great times.
❤
Reign, Freeport, ambelside,circus... good times
Loved it in '72, love it now. What a masterpiece of music.
Nothing compares to the music of the 70's...loved this group 👍💕
Hello Anne
How are you doing today?
I was fortunate to see them perform live back in the early 70s.
They sound so good -- it's just mindblowing. RIP, Eric.
That song was incredible!! So much talent. RIP buddy, you will always have a place in my memories and ❤️...
RIP Eric. You left us great music forever.
Um I'm just a South Asian girl born in the 90s who some how came across this song and it was like love at first hear.
My wife used to listen to this on VOA in Vietnam.
Live version was pretty good, but listen to the studio version. It's got the rich backing vocals (perfected by the studio overdubs)... It's more refined, but still rocks and highlights the beautiful harmonies. This is one of my all-time favorite songs.
Got a lot of Elton John ( Saturday is all right for fighting) guitar , The Beatles. ( Come on , Come on) and The Beach Boys Harmonies all rolled into one cool track.
That's great. You have excellent taste in music.
Welcome to the club!
One of the best Pop Rock intros of all time...never tire of it.
This guy has a mid-range tone in his voice that is extremely rare and he can rough it up smoothly on the spin of a dime -- bet he could knock out a hard rock tune with the best of 'em!
You could have knocked me over thar Eric Carmen had a rocker voice like this. One of the best ever.
A singer here. Very Paul McCartney-ish
Kind of like Ann Wilson of heart. Eric is way better than Paul mccartney.
Eric Carmen has his own channel here on RUclips - pretty much all of the tracks from all of his recordings are there. Yeah - he flips from smooth ballad singer to rock screamer effortlessly - I never cease to be amazed at that! It's a real wheelhouse skill that he had! I love those hidden gems like "Inside Story" and "Spotlight"!
@@summer2786 , Eric is good but Paul is better.
Wow. I like this better than the album version. I miss the times when singers could sing
Rest in Peace, Eric! You were amazingly talented. Your music brought happiness and solace into my life, beginning in the 70s when I was a teenager.
Back when music was great.
The kind of song the Beatles could've written, but, no cigar... Love you, Eric & the Raspberries. ✔
Brings tears to my eyes every time. This was the song with my first love. She just had turned 16 and my overtures of marriage must have scared her and I lost her after only a month. I NEVER loved anyone like that ever again. I just turned 70 so maybe I will be another Abraham. I only have to find a Sarah.
It’s amazing. He sounds as great live as he does on the studio version. I think he actually sounds better live. May he rest in peace! I miss those days.😢
Sophomore in high school...some of the best and painful years of my life!!
Agree. I thought this song was from 1974. This masterpiece was released in 1972 and reached number 5 on Billboard's Top 100. This song is almost 50 years old.
RIP my friend 😢 You will be sorely missed. From a friend of the olden days of our Cleveland times. I still remember and always will, you playing this ❤
What an amazing job - no keyboard, synth, just 4 guys, one of which is a wonderful singer to put it mildly!
This song is a chronological mindf**k, and I mean that in the best possible way. The chorus sounds like something from the late 50's, most of the rest sounds like it's from the late 70's/early 80's - and it was all from 1974, I believe. Haunting and unique, I never tire of hearing it.
Never heard of this or the Raspberries, as it did nothing in the UK. Fast forward to 2019, and I'm sitting in a bar in Jacksonville FL, & it came on the juke box. It stopped me dead in my tracks and I had to walk over to the juke box to see what was playing. I can't understand for the life of me why it's unheard of in the UK. it's awesome!
BBC had banned it. Too explicit
Here's another great song from the Raspberries, also live, performed years later: "I Wanna Be With You" ruclips.net/video/XhpgjGYIYjk/видео.html
Oh hell? And this song was suggestive as well !!! Remember it well ……😈
RIP Eric🙏🏽🎸‼️My Brother, Jeff turn me on to the raspberries in the 70s then later on your solo career “I love both” You ROCK‼️You have joined my brother‼️🙏🏽🎸
That silver lame Eric Carmen is wearing is swoon worthy. One of the best power pop tracks of all time. Go all the way, with choir boy back up singing...Excellent musicians too!!!!!
Actually I think it's white satin. I totally agree about the "swoon worthy" no matter what fabric he's wearing! ;-)
I would not have known the singer is Eric Carmen. Remember him from another song `All by myself`.
Total epitome of the great 70’s pop sound …… ride captain ride, I’m your captain, green eyed lady , the rapper, I’m taken back I was 16 in 1970.
@jerrylamont972 I turned 9 in 1970, and I remember all those songs so well. Such amazing music back then and so much variety. I am only now realizing how lucky we were ❤❤❤
One of the greatest bands of all time... Eric Carmen was and still is a talented musician and gifted writer...
68 and still loving and remembering the good old days.😃
The Raspberries created some of the best power pop songs of all time. And they did it from right here in my hometown of Cleveland (Rocks), Ohio.
I always thought Cleveland was a cool place although I have never been there. Would surely like to visit there someday.
For that era, Badfinger was their only rival.
One of my most favorite songs of all times. Yea, a great voice!!
Absolutely
@@KK-mg2xe yeah
I saw Eric Carmen and The Raspberries in the early '70s at a concert at Indian Lake, Ohio. It left a lifetime of good memories.
I grew up in the '70s and assert that it was the best era for rock and pop, better than the '60s. Bruce Springsteen is a huge fan of the Raspberries
2 guitarists, bass and drummer and yet they make music that fills an arena like a full Orchestra!
I played this song in a cover band at age 15 in 1973 and still play it today. It’s one of my favorites and I feel lucky to have come of age when this song was brand new.
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I was 16 in 1973.
Eric Carmen was so cute. Miss the 70s . Inocent times back then we all wore crazy stuff it was so cool. I love this song . Good Memories. Ty Eric/Raspberries.👅💋
maria smith before there were any "Name Brands"
wore lotsa bellbottoms & sandals I remember Maria !!
Innocent?nobody's innocent
When I 1st heard this song I thought it was Paul McCartney singing.
SO GLAD to find this live version of this perfect song. Chills.
I could listen to this song all day long! It's THAT GOOD!! God Bless ERIC CARMEN & THE RASPBERRIES 4EVER!!!!!!!!!🎼🎶🎶🎤
one of the best rock riffs ever..
I can name that tune in the first three chords! ;-)
I can do it in one 😉.
Eric Carmen and the Rasberries should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!! So should Johnny Rivers and so many others!
"released in July 1972" the year I graduated HS and one of the best ever years of my life... this song personifies that time.
I GUESS ITS THE AMERICAN WAY WE FORGET HOW ARTIST OF THE PAST ENTERTAINED US UNTIL THERE GONE ERIC WAS ONE ARTIST THAT DESERVED SO MUCH MORE APPRECIATION THAN HE EVER RECIEVED,NICE THOUGH TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENTS
I listened to this song when I was 16 - now 69 - I still sing to it!!!!
You can tell this is live, it's real good, you can hear how tight these guys played together.
The soundtrack of summer 1972!
RIP Eric, what a loss so many memories of your music, and such a under rated band
It’s too bad Raspberries had such a short existence. I don’t think they got the Love they deserved. What talented musicians to pull that song off live and it sounds astonishing. Raspberries forever…RIP Eric you were a cool dude and a Patriot. You and Amy had a great rapport with your Fans. Thank you for bringing happiness to the world with your music.
Whose still listening in 2019!!!???
Who is
Great song! Great harmony!!
(Raising my hand...)
Hell to the yeah!! 😎🎵💜🐧
This song is one the top rock songs every made. Sounds just as good today as it did in 1974. Carmen’s vocals were great.
Wow…miss the 70’s…best time in my life. Eric Carmen was AMAZING.. rest in peace old friend..
Eric Carmen - TOTAL HEARTTHROB!
I saw this band in 1974 when they came to my small hometown in SC towards the end of their run, and just before Eric Carmen went solo. I know the critics loved to hate on them, but honestly they were very good musicians.
1974 is the year I saw The Raspberries in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. They were the back-up band for Blue Oyster Cult and the crowd was brutal!! Talk about rude! Back then Chicago audiences could be real a$$-holes, throwing lit fireworks from the balconies down into the seats below,and on this night some dip-$hit flung a can of beer (Old Style) just missing the drummer. I agree that they did put on a good show in spite of the a$$-hats hating on them.
@@davidgibbs381 I still do not understand the hate for that band, and I was a rock and roll musician back in the 70's. I thought they were pretty good. I went to a lot of rock concerts back then and do remember when idiots thought it was a good idea to bring fireworks to a show in addition to getting so drunk/high they would throw up everywhere. I just wanted to enjoy the bands, but sometimes that was a challenge. I nearly got crushed to death at a Boston concert. GOOD TIMES! :-)
Who’s still listening in 2021 ✌🏼🎤
The most amazing underrated artist in American pop rock history, period.
My first album was the raspberries 1972. It smelled like raspberries
I was 9 years old when I bought this 45 in 1972. Couldn't figure out why my mom didn't approve of it 'til I was older. What an erotic song! One of my all time favs! Never get tired of listening to it!
me too.. no clue what they were singing about in 72
Me too .Never had a clue!
snickieb3 Oh man, I bet you played this song a few years later and practically spat your drink out! XD
Great "make out" song! LOL I was 18 when this came out!
+kgc114 I was like 11 or 12 when this was a hit. At the time, I thought he was saying "go on away". I'm surprised this song wasn't banned by some of the more conservative rock stations. But then maybe it was, who knows.
Just another great reason to love the 70s!!! 💜💙
Big time juke box favorite on a friday night at the bowling alley after the football game 1973.Classic.Turn it up!
Still have three of their albums and of course 8 tracks.Great songs!RIP Eric
How in the hell is this possible without that "autotune" shit?! Oh yeah....real talent.