@@gregsteele806 They have to be some of the best musicians in the business to switch between the two so effortlessly. Sure, most rockers play other styles but what they do is on a different level.
They became Michael McDonald's band completely losing the Doobie Bros. uniqueness. They were told to go along with wherever McDonald was taking them (basically Michael putting himself front and center -- usurping -- the band for himself) or else they would be let go. And sure, DJ's played McDonald's songs -- giving them way more airtime than they warranted because the music industry is political even back then. But, prior the McDonald's takeover, the Doobie Bros were awesome!
@@jacobcooper5222 I know music is subjective and most people your age don't appreciate music made before 2010, but to say they suck is just ignorant....they're way too talented of musicians, combined with a whole lotta funk!
Hell, i'm so old, i bought this album when it came out in 1973, loved it ever since. The whole album is great, and my favorite of the Doobies. This is my first video of yours i have seen and get a kick out of youngsters discovering Classic Rock. On a side note, Asia is cute ! :)
The main purpose of music is to add joy and happiness to peoples lives. That’s why all these old songs almost always make you feel happy at the end of them. I think the younger generation has kind of forgotten that.
These guys live? Amazing. The singing is wonderful..These guys can really play their instruments and sound great together. All that funky playing if you listen to the bass the lead the bongos the six string acoustic… All combined? Lordy
Have you guys recovered yet from hearing Hall & Oates-"Sara Smile" yesterday? You both almost fell off your chairs when you heard it! :) The Hall & Oates livestream should be really good when you do that. The Doobie`s-"Black Water" is cool. & "Listen To The Music" & "Takin` It To The Streets". All nice if you decide to check out more Doobie`s.
Back in the day, here it's 1973, music was created by actual musicians who also wrote great lyrics to accompany the music. Today's "music" is garbage. Instantly forgettable and disposable. Nothing but product.
The Doobie Bros. say that there are enough bands out there singing about sad things. They are decidedly upbeat in the music and determined to play shows that are ‘happy’.
I, too, love that What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits album particularly Another Park Another Sunday. Please note the accurate first word in the title. As a big fan I'm sure you want to express that for this wonderful American treasure.
Whenever i hear this song it always makes me think of the summer in 1973. I briefly lived in Woodstock Illinois and a co-worker of one of my brothers always had hashish, so i was pretty much always high that summer listening to a lot of good music that came out that year. ( i remember many evenings sitting in the town square chilling...that's the square where they filmed " Groundhog Day "
Don't you ever, ever, E V E R, mention the Dobies and Disco in the same sentence again or I will quit the channel. Lol ( It's like saying Tupac sounds like Queen)
🌟Asia & BJ - not sure what you heard when you went LIVE but here's my perfect reaction list. 🌟 🎵✌❤ Tom Johnson as lead singer: "China Grove" "Black Water" "Listen To The Music" "Long Train Runnin" ✔ Michael McDonald as lead singer: "Takin It To The Streets" "Minute By Minute" "You Belong To Me" Michael as a solo artist: "Keep Forgettin" "Yo Mo Be There" w/ James Ingram "On My Own" w/Patty LaBelle "Sweet Freedom"
The early Doobie Bothers, their first five albums but their 2nd through 5th specifically, were their absolute best. They were pretty much _the_ rhythm rock and roll band of the 1970s. Tremendous rock and roll and we teenagers loved them back in the 70s! And great lead guitars and vocals. Everything about them was great and they had so many hits you heard them almost every hour back then on AM radio! "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" from "The Captain and Me" should be your next reaction from the Doobies!
The core of the Doobie Brothers -- Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and John McFee -- are currently touring (July 2022). These guys are in their 70s, and they still kick ass.
This was when the Doobie Brothers was a good rock and roll band before Michael McDonald joined them. When he joined was also the time commercialism started to creep into their sound
Great reaction and selection you 2. Don't worry about trying to figure it out. This music has been with me since my early teen years (64 now) and I haven't figured it out. Most times we were stoned anyways and didn't care. God Bless and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family's.
@@bryansimmons4550 Huh?? There is *plentiful* acoustic guitar throughout this song, including in the intro. I'm not sure how you could have missed it, unless you were just listening on a tinny phone speaker.
Ah the Doobie Brothers! Flash back to highschool for me! Man o man they're as good as I remember. So oo oo smooothe, all instruments, the vocals , the harmony...just gold!!
Just FYI: Though I was then and still am now a big fan of disco...they were definitely not nor were they considered Disco. You're right though, their sound did cross many other genres of music. Great band to follow, big rabbit hold of music and all of it Good!
When you listen to it again, listen to the chugging of the train in the beat and rhythm. Also what I hear as a difference between music back then as opposed to most now, is that they sounded like men.
S'oz the Doobie's bassist was soul-brother Tiram Porter..u had the congas, the funky guitar rhythm and the harmonica solo int the middle,and you got a bad-azz song.
Tom Johnston was the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters for The Doobies until he was sidelined with health issues and Michael McDonald stepped in. Tom wrote Listen to the Music, China Grove, Long Train Runnin', and other great songs.
This is a song almost everybody in Sweden who has been dancing has heard. DJs have played it nightly since it came out, but very few people know who it's by or what the name of the song is - they usually guess "Without Love" - but it still fills the dancefloor. So, it may not be disco, but it sure works on the dancefloor.
DOOBIE BROTHERS, "LONG TRAIN RUNNIN"... GROOVY 70'S . TOM JOHNSTON WAS THE REAL VOICE OF THIS GROUP. MORE.."LISTEN TO THE MUSIC", "JESUS IS JUST ALL RIGHT", "CHINA GROVE".
If you haven't already, look up The Guess Who No Sugar Tonight in my coffee. They didn't live version of this song, I think it was a reunion and it was awesome. Give it a listen
Tom and Pat said they'd play the riff for 4 years before the words were decided. They made the words up everynight. And this is not disco, we jammed to this and did some dancing
Me, moms and sis move into apartment after dad went onto do better things. .....this Doobie Brothers era was the soundtrack.. 7 Eleven across the street, Suzie "Q"s , Bubble Gum, Pixy Sticks and my friend Vince... Hazy and clear... Cheers 🍄🌲🍄✨
The funky rithym with the guitar and the piano is the sound of steel wheels hitting cold hard steel rail joints as a freight train moving fast pounding through to...... GOD knows where......"THE STEEL RAIL COLD AND HARD...."
YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN DIAPERS WHEN THIS CAME OUT........MY FIRST 8 TRACK OF ALL TIMES.......AND I GOT TO PLAY IT IN MY 1967 MUSTANG........READ UP ON IT CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA EXPLAIN IT........GOOD LUCK !!
If you guys haven't could you react to Justin Timberlake Chris Stapleton collab video"Say Something"( official video) ? The videography is fabulous and of course so are they. Asian would love it!!
Long Train Running is a metaphor for life itself ... It keeps on going down the tracks until the tracks run out ! Ya got to keep on pushing til the end of the line !
Hey Asia & BJ. check out the You Tube videos of their 50th anniversary tour. This past year Michael McDonald was back with them. There is also an interview with the 4 core Doobies on CBS Sunday Morning. Check them out.
I forgot Long Train Running in my comments last time. Love both Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald. Please react to Take me in your Arms whole shift in style. More Rock-n-roll and Tom very ill at the time in 1975. Great song. Michael took over then. He had the jam with Takin it to the Streets but very pop rock then more slow ballads which I love too. Love the jams and the ballads from this iconic band. Never hear this again.
I love the hook in this song. It's such a good message, a reminder to be grateful to those who've loved you throughout your life. Without their love, where would you be now? It's also an incentive, when you get where you need to be in life, you should help others, you know? Show them love, because someone did that for you and that's why you're at where you're at. Love has to keep going for us all to get by -- love... is a long train running... yeah? :-)
Look at I am not trying to placate you or stroke you but I love watching you guys listen to this music of yesteryear because all of the feelings and the emotions your expressing are exactly what people felt back in the day I know because I was there and Asia it's got nothing to do with your age it has to do with your perception and your ability to discern good music for good music great music is timeless and even songs from Bach and Chopin and Tchaikovsky can touch people today good for you both but you're open-minded and open to the cosmos a "MUSICAL MAGIC!"
Its James Brown chicken scratch funk on this one...no two ways bout it. BTW you'd have to be damn good vocalists to replace Tom Johnston hence McDonald.
THIS IS MY JAM!! I fucking love this song so much! Asia I agree with you. There’s a little bit of disco element to the song, the song as many elements to it. This song is a vibe big time.
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This song still slaps! One of my favorite Doobie Bros. songs!
This is the original DB. They became more jazzy when Michael McDonald joined them.
Yeah, it's two very different sounds. I love them both, but sometimes it's hard to believe it's the same group. A bit like Chicago in that respect.
@@gregsteele806 They have to be some of the best musicians in the business to switch between the two so effortlessly. Sure, most rockers play other styles but what they do is on a different level.
They became Michael McDonald's band completely losing the Doobie Bros. uniqueness. They were told to go along with wherever McDonald was taking them (basically Michael putting himself front and center -- usurping -- the band for himself) or else they would be let go. And sure, DJ's played McDonald's songs -- giving them way more airtime than they warranted because the music industry is political even back then. But, prior the McDonald's takeover, the Doobie Bros were awesome!
The Doobies. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
You have to hear the Doobies' "Jesus Is Just Alright" if you haven't already!
There are some good a capella harmonies in that one.
Yes!❤️🇨🇦
It's hard to put The Doobie Brothers into a genre....they're just so damn good, you need to just light up one them doobies and sit back and jam!
A mix of rock, funk, pop and disco, with a touch of gospel, jazz and country :)
(Forgot latin btw, bossa, samba, salsa, with that percussion work.)
@@herrbonk3635 I think you got it all covered! 😁
Rock 'n' Roll. Disco sucked, Doobie's didn't! :D
@@jacobcooper5222 I know music is subjective and most people your age don't appreciate music made before 2010, but to say they suck is just ignorant....they're way too talented of musicians, combined with a whole lotta funk!
Been a Doobie Brothers fan since 1971 and actually got to see them live in 73 their well is a deep one keep digging
The Captain and Me is one of the BEST rock albums of all time...you know ,when there are NO weak tracks
I totally agree.. I still listen to this album often... South city midnight lady. Yes
fact!!! Clear As The Driven Snow is the most overlooked should be classic on an album with ZERO filler.
Absolutely.
Very true but underated it seems
Hell, i'm so old, i bought this album when it came out in 1973, loved it ever since. The whole album is great, and my favorite of the Doobies. This is my first video of yours i have seen and get a kick out of youngsters discovering Classic Rock. On a side note, Asia is cute ! :)
The main purpose of music is to add joy and happiness to peoples lives. That’s why all these old songs almost always make you feel happy at the end of them. I think the younger generation has kind of forgotten that.
That particular album, "The Captain and Me" is great all the way through..We burned that thing up back in the day.
These guys live? Amazing. The singing is wonderful..These guys can really play their instruments and sound great together. All that funky playing if you listen to the bass the lead the bongos the six string acoustic… All combined? Lordy
Have you guys recovered yet from hearing Hall & Oates-"Sara Smile" yesterday? You both almost fell off your chairs when you heard it! :) The Hall & Oates livestream should be really good when you do that. The Doobie`s-"Black Water" is cool. & "Listen To The Music" & "Takin` It To The Streets". All nice if you decide to check out more Doobie`s.
Back in the day, here it's 1973, music was created by actual musicians who also wrote great lyrics to accompany the music. Today's "music" is garbage. Instantly forgettable and disposable. Nothing but product.
There is some good stuff out there... but you really need to search for it!
They sound just as good today as they did back in the 70's
Doobies had great harmonies.
Had to upvote based on the title alone - 'Long Train Running' is my all time favorite song.
It’s not disco, but we danced to it at parties when there still weren’t that many “disco” records in rotation.
Pretty close to the funky disco type beat though. (Not all "disco" was crap :)
@@herrbonk3635
Early disco was as good as the best of any other genre.
The Doobie Bros. say that there are enough bands out there singing about sad things. They are decidedly upbeat in the music and determined to play shows that are ‘happy’.
I prefer The Doobies before Michael McDonald. “What were once vices are now habits” album is one of my all time favorites.
Me Too
I agree 100%!!!!
I do too for the most part, but “takin it to the streets” is a hell of a song.
Same.
I, too, love that What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits album particularly Another Park Another Sunday. Please note the accurate first word in the title. As a big fan I'm sure you want to express that for this wonderful American treasure.
Whenever i hear this song it always makes me think of the summer in 1973. I briefly lived in Woodstock Illinois and a co-worker of one of my brothers always had hashish, so i was pretty much always high that summer listening to a lot of good music that came out that year. ( i remember many evenings sitting in the town square chilling...that's the square where they filmed " Groundhog Day "
Don't you ever, ever,
E V E R, mention the Dobies and Disco in the same sentence again or I will quit the channel.
Lol
( It's like saying Tupac sounds like Queen)
Shout out to San Jose California for bringing us The Doobie Brothers 😎✌️
Amen! I went to Leigh with Pat!
Oh, this song is a GROOVE! And speaking of the theme of trains, try LOVE TRAIN O'JAYS.
🌟Asia & BJ - not sure what you heard when you went LIVE but here's my perfect reaction list. 🌟 🎵✌❤
Tom Johnson as lead singer:
"China Grove"
"Black Water"
"Listen To The Music"
"Long Train Runnin" ✔
Michael McDonald as lead singer:
"Takin It To The Streets"
"Minute By Minute"
"You Belong To Me"
Michael as a solo artist:
"Keep Forgettin"
"Yo Mo Be There" w/ James Ingram
"On My Own" w/Patty LaBelle
"Sweet Freedom"
The early Doobie Bothers, their first five albums but their 2nd through 5th specifically, were their absolute best. They were pretty much _the_ rhythm rock and roll band of the 1970s. Tremendous rock and roll and we teenagers loved them back in the 70s! And great lead guitars and vocals. Everything about them was great and they had so many hits you heard them almost every hour back then on AM radio!
"Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" from "The Captain and Me" should be your next reaction from the Doobies!
The core of the Doobie Brothers -- Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and John McFee -- are currently touring (July 2022). These guys are in their 70s, and they still kick ass.
Jesus is Just Alright
Takin' It to the Streets
China Grove
🤘😎🎱
"Take Me in Your Arms" is another classic Doobies tune.
This was when the Doobie Brothers was a good rock and roll band before Michael McDonald joined them. When he joined was also the time commercialism started to creep into their sound
Everything changes.
Uh....does not sound even remotely disco.
Great reaction and selection you 2. Don't worry about trying to figure it out. This music has been with me since my early teen years (64 now) and I haven't figured it out. Most times we were stoned anyways and didn't care. God Bless and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family's.
I love it when the acoustic guitar riff is cookin and then the drums and that dancing bass line drop in and the song rises to another level!
There's no acoustic guitar in this song.
@@bryansimmons4550 Huh?? There is *plentiful* acoustic guitar throughout this song, including in the intro. I'm not sure how you could have missed it, unless you were just listening on a tinny phone speaker.
@@TheoZoffrok Yeah. OK.
That's not an acoustic. It's just clean tone on an electric.
It would be a really good night to do some Queen. It's the 30th anniversary of Freddie's death, so it would be nice to honor him. IMO.
One of my favorite bands. I liked them before Michael McDonald and during his lead singing. He took them to a different place..
Ah the Doobie Brothers! Flash back to highschool for me! Man o man they're as good as I remember. So oo oo smooothe, all instruments, the vocals , the harmony...just gold!!
Just FYI: Though I was then and still am now a big fan of disco...they were definitely not nor were they considered Disco. You're right though, their sound did cross many other genres of music. Great band to follow, big rabbit hold of music and all of it Good!
You should consider a song by The Who, "Love, Reign O'er Me" It will make you feel joy. ruclips.net/video/DhLsC2FpDZk/видео.html
The 1970s...GREATEST decade of music!! IMUA Doobie Bros!!
True. And the most diverse decade in music.
When you listen to it again, listen to the chugging of the train in the beat and rhythm. Also what I hear as a difference between music back then as opposed to most now, is that they sounded like men.
GREAT bands from the SF Bay Area in the 70's
Doobie Brothers
Tower of Power
Santana
and than later Journey
Just see some group do that now guys….
Nostalgia city maaaaan!!
p.s.
Asia your eyes could quiet possibly melt an iceberg.🆒
Try. There goes another Love song. The Outlaws Live! Dig it! 🤠🐎🇺🇸✌️🎵
React to Grand Funk Railroad-Inside Looking out (live)
Tom Johnston on vocals, the other song you mentioned was from the Michael McDonald era
One hell of a song when it came out back in the day. We were jamming hard back then and living life fully! 😂
Thank you reacting to the original version and not the disco remix.
No disco!!! It’s definitely funky! :)
Do 2 Live Crew "Banned In
The U.S.A." (the video)
What a jam. Dope song.
Listen to the Music is another good one
If you know a friend who don't like the Doobie Brothers, get rid of them lol.
My Dad is well into this band, reminds me of being in his car as a kid
Please don't ever duby bros and disko in the same sentence Please.
S'oz the Doobie's bassist was soul-brother Tiram Porter..u had the congas, the funky guitar rhythm and the harmonica solo int the middle,and you got a bad-azz song.
The bass is like the mortar to the guitar riffs…
I got to hear this song live. These guys were great in concert. This was before Michael McDonald joined the group and totally ruined it.
That song has the sickest bass line ever
More like a Mississippi delta blues funk not disco
True Musicians. True Harmony. Beautiful!!
Check the live version of "It Keeps You Runnin'" after Michael McDonald joined the band!
Tom Johnston was the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters for The Doobies until he was sidelined with health issues and Michael McDonald stepped in. Tom wrote Listen to the Music, China Grove, Long Train Runnin', and other great songs.
The quintessential song written on a guitar.
This is a song almost everybody in Sweden who has been dancing has heard. DJs have played it nightly since it came out, but very few people know who it's by or what the name of the song is - they usually guess "Without Love" - but it still fills the dancefloor. So, it may not be disco, but it sure works on the dancefloor.
Original Doobies!!!!! Summer of 73!!!!
My favorite Doobie song!
Its in all elevator music....
Not disco....hell no, not disco. Ha
The video is so much better when you can see the group singing and playing the harmonica
DOOBIE BROTHERS, "LONG TRAIN RUNNIN"... GROOVY 70'S . TOM JOHNSTON WAS THE REAL VOICE OF THIS GROUP. MORE.."LISTEN TO THE MUSIC", "JESUS IS JUST ALL RIGHT", "CHINA GROVE".
This is definitely not disco!!!
Doobie Brothers
Taking it to the streets
If you haven't already, look up The Guess Who No Sugar Tonight in my coffee. They didn't live version of this song, I think it was a reunion and it was awesome. Give it a listen
Best Doobies' song of all time.
This was the best doobie brothers before Michael Mcdonald... The album this song is on is fantastic, The Captain and Me.
Asia & BJ
Even in later years, Doobie Brothers still has skills, my friends and I have seen them in concert back in June of 2016.
It's too bad they didn't watch them live. They sound just as good--even better really--and it's such a pleasure watching them play.
YOU GUYS HEARD THEM..
Tom and Pat said they'd play the riff for 4 years before the words were decided. They made the words up everynight. And this is not disco, we jammed to this and did some dancing
harmonica got me to.
Me, moms and sis move into apartment after dad went onto do better things.
.....this Doobie Brothers era was the soundtrack..
7 Eleven across the street, Suzie "Q"s , Bubble Gum, Pixy Sticks and my friend Vince...
Hazy and clear...
Cheers
🍄🌲🍄✨
The funky rithym with the guitar and the piano is the sound of steel wheels hitting cold hard steel rail joints as a freight train moving fast pounding through to...... GOD knows where......"THE STEEL RAIL COLD AND HARD...."
YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN DIAPERS WHEN THIS CAME OUT........MY FIRST 8 TRACK OF ALL TIMES.......AND I GOT TO PLAY IT IN MY 1967 MUSTANG........READ UP ON IT CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA EXPLAIN IT........GOOD LUCK !!
When Tommy the singer here got sick they brought in Michael McDonald and he wrote and sang more R&B songs ....changed their sound from rock
Please would you react to STRONGER TOGETHER by THE CHIMES? Thank you
Old Doobies The Best! Without Michael McDonald. Like Van Halen With David Lee Roth And Without Sammy Hagar.
That harmonica!
If you guys haven't could you react to Justin Timberlake Chris Stapleton collab video"Say Something"( official video) ? The videography is fabulous and of course so are they. Asian would love it!!
Long Train Running is a metaphor for life itself ...
It keeps on going down the tracks until the tracks run out !
Ya got to keep on pushing til the end of the line !
Hey Asia & BJ. check out the You Tube videos of their 50th anniversary tour. This past year Michael McDonald was back with them. There is also an interview with the 4 core Doobies on CBS Sunday Morning. Check them out.
I forgot Long Train Running in my comments last time. Love both Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald. Please react to Take me in your Arms whole shift in style. More Rock-n-roll and Tom very ill at the time in 1975. Great song. Michael took over then. He had the jam with Takin it to the Streets but very pop rock then more slow ballads which I love too. Love the jams and the ballads from this iconic band. Never hear this again.
My favorite Doobie 's song!!! Still plays in my car...LOUD.
Jesus is just alright with me- if you haven’t, that’s a great one. These guys are bluesy, funky- rock n roll… unique sound.❤️🎼🎶❤️
best ever doobie's....but, but...black water....damn...just enjoy.
Great rabbit hole to go down…50 years now.Try “ China Grove” from same album,which could be the best album of all time.Harmony Central….
I love the hook in this song. It's such a good message, a reminder to be grateful to those who've loved you throughout your life. Without their love, where would you be now? It's also an incentive, when you get where you need to be in life, you should help others, you know? Show them love, because someone did that for you and that's why you're at where you're at. Love has to keep going for us all to get by -- love... is a long train running... yeah? :-)
Look at I am not trying to placate you or stroke you but I love watching you guys listen to this music of yesteryear because all of the feelings and the emotions your expressing are exactly what people felt back in the day I know because I was there and Asia it's got nothing to do with your age it has to do with your perception and your ability to discern good music for good music great music is timeless and even songs from Bach and Chopin and Tchaikovsky can touch people today good for you both but you're open-minded and open to the cosmos a "MUSICAL MAGIC!"
From an old rocker, this is rock's coolest song (LIVE at Wolf Trap will blow you away). Can't wait to see your Black Water reaction.
Its James Brown chicken scratch funk on this one...no two ways bout it. BTW you'd have to be damn good vocalists to replace Tom Johnston hence McDonald.
Jesus is just alright 👍🏻... they will take us to Churchhhh..Church haha... they sing Jesus is just alright!!!
If you opt to do "An Englishman in New York" by Godley & Creme, could you check out the full length version?
THIS IS MY JAM!! I fucking love this song so much! Asia I agree with you. There’s a little bit of disco element to the song, the song as many elements to it. This song is a vibe big time.