Imagine how many times this song could have brought a smile to your faces if you had only heard it years ago....after forty years it still gets me happy.
“The Rolling Stone” they’re singing about was the most influential magazine covering Rock n Roll. They were extremely influential when all music was on vinyl but have lost influence in the digital age. ‘Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show’ is another one of those eccentric bands from the late 1960s early 70s that had hits in their day. You don’t get stuff like this today because everything is so contrived in the music industry now.
yes they were very big and very influential. and to be on their cover was the ultimate goal.I personaly though they were too pretentious, I always read creem magazine.
Shel Silverstein was a children's author who did Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and A Light In The Attic....most kids know of at least one of those books to this day. Shel also wrote almost all of the lyrics on this album by Dr Hook (Sloppy Seconds). Shel ALSO wrote Johnny Cash's classic song "A Boy Named Sue". Silverstein was a party animal who lived on a big house boat for a while (there is video of Dr Hook jamming on that house boat if you look it up on RUclips). He wrote a poem about a joint rolling/smoking contest that everybody should hear (The Great Smoke Off)...the guy was an American treasure.
@@ericwalker8636 Thanks for the correction! I actually listened to Dr Demento for a few years back in the mid 80s, but dont remember hearing it in that era. I didnt find out about Shel's wild(er) side until the interenet provided a few of his works of art that you wouldnt find in a children's book.
@@johnc.195 I agree 100%. Im not a HUGE "Sylvia's Mother" fan for personal reasons, but that song was based on actual events and was very personal to Shel. Dennis sings it with so much emotion, that you'd think it was a song he wrote for sure. "Carry Me, Carrie" is the better song in my opinion, but Sylvia's Mother is the best example of how GREAT DR Hook was at making Shel into good music.
@@Gekokujo76 Shel and Dennis and Dr. Hook made beautiful, underappreciated ballads. My favorites (in no particular order). I believe these were all Shel and Dennis, they do have a distinctive style even though each song is unique. I would have put "If Not You" on this list but I can only find Dennis listed as the song writer. I would bet that Shel helped, it fits too well with the others and is just as beautiful. :-) ----- "Mama, I'll Sing One Song for You" for all those "...sweatin' hard eyed brakemen, in the rail yards I rolled through." ----- "Judy" because "She's not the campfire girl you might suppose." ----- "The Wonderful Soup Stone" " I can taste the chicken and tomatoes." ----- "More Like The Movies" "You never got to hear those violins." ----- "A Couple More Years" "It ain't that I'm wiser it's only that I've spent more time with my back to the wall." -----
After this song came out they did get their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, only, as a drawing, not a photograph. That's Rock and Roll.
And that was back in the day when it was in newspaper format, not shiny magazine it became in later years. I've still got my copy, dated 29 March 1973 and I reckon it would just about fall apart if I started turning pages. You have to do two other great Shel Silverstein songs 'Everybody's making it big but me' and 'Sylvia's Mother'. So good
Those of us who were teens in the 70's loved it when this song came on the radio and sang along to all the words at the top of our voices! The good old days.
This one was written by Shelby Silverstein, who also wrote "Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. He started out as a cartoonist and I think he's the only songwriter I know whose songs would work just as well if they were comic strips instead of songs.
I hear you but I don't know. I mean they successfully reinvented themselves like nobody else ever has maybe. I think they were actually bigger during that era. I am not talking about my preference but just what it was. The Stones did it and I have to say "Miss You" is one of their best songs. Kiss did it and "I was Made for Lovin' You" is a lot of people's favorite song.
@@MS-ro9dm They did but unfortunately that transition was what lead to their undoing. Ray Sawyer was not happy at all with the new direction. It is why ended up leaving in 83.
They have a medley of hits. 1) Sylvia's Mother 2) Sharing The Night Together 3) When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 4) Only Sixteen 5) A Little Bit More 6) Years From Now 7) A Couple More Years 8) Sweetest of All (AWESOME)..... Those are the ones I can remember. I'm sure there's more.
This song makes you smile and love how they have fun with each I thought this group was so cool growing up , loved thier music and to watch them, YOU will be happy to know they got thier pictures on the Rolling Stone that was a big thing then ot have your picture there. They were a very big group and thier songs were so good
This song is a Classic! They definitely put on a show when they perform. Genuinely enjoying themselves. A different vibe is “Sylvia’s Mother.” Melancholy yet beautiful. Using a pay phone and having to feed money into the slot is a great snapshot in time past. Some of us can relate! I still don’t own a cell phone and I guess I use a “landline.”
Wow! Thought I was the last person on Earth who doesn't own a cellphone! Don't need one, don't want one. An old school landline is good enough for me. Can't see the point in people spending their whole day looking down, clueless of everything going on around them. Also...I miss bands playing their own instruments and writing their own songs. I'm showing my age. I don't care.
I can remember listening to it on an old, scratched up 45! One of my earliest favorite jams. Well, Sylvias Mother and the Jungle Book soundtrack...I was six, my musical tastes had segues that could give one whiplash.
Dr Hook you hit the jackpot with these guys.One of the most underrated Bands to hit the scene in the late 60's on.Glad it put a smile on both your faces Cheers.
dr hook were one of the biggest bands back in the day with so many great songs ,they are great live as you just seen doing cover of the rolling stone (the american magazine) so check out carie me fron shels houseboat...everyone obviously stoned out of there minds but a fantastic performance...rip Ray sawyer
These guys were a party on stage, so much energy & fun. They had real enjoyment playing the music, & made sure the audience had just as much fun too. Saw them live at the Red River Ex in Winnipeg back in the early 80's.What a party.
Holy crow -- I saw the thumbnail and immediately clicked on this one! I grew up with 4 older siblings and was exposed to so much great music (them being one of the amazing bands). How do I remember all of the lyrics to this song from hearing it 40 years ago but can't remember what I did last week? LMAO!
I've seen hundreds of bands live, but Three Dog Night was hands down the most fun I've ever had at a concert. The band is fun, the music is fun and they have many hits-every song a hit. I was standing in front of the stage as they began "Momma Told Me Not to Come" and tossed a lit joint onstage. The singer with the eye patch picked it up, took a hit and passed it around the band and then pointed me out. Fun times!
I remember this being a top ten around 1972. I remember the first time they were on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Dr. Hook had several wonderful hits.
My Dad thought this song was hilarious! “Sing about beauty and we sing about truth, at $10,000 a show.” That line cracked him up. He was a country music guy and he loved the whole parody of the song. As an aside, we used to debate who was the better guitarist; Chet Atkins or Eric Clapton. Now that I’m older, I must admit Chet Atkins was probably better.
You couldn't be more right about Chet: he's a much more complete guitarist. Eric is a very strong and fluid lead blues player, but the chord voicings and moving internal melodies that Chet Atkins can do kinda leave Clapton in the dust. EC kept on moving through trends and stayed hip, while CE kept on pretty much doing the same thing, which explains a lot of Clapton's enduring popularity. Eric was part of the era of making huge star singers and guitar heros, so his hype will always be 10x that Chet's will ever be, so it's a little like a political campaign: the more money and hype thrown behind a candidate, the better the chances that candidate will be the one some people remember when they go to the polls.
This was a huge hit on the radio when I was in grade school. It was one of my favorite songs because I thought it was so funny and so fun to sing along with, we would sing it on the playground and play air guitar. No they were just a band but they were really fun. They actually had a super mainstream hit a few years after this one with a song called When you're in love with a beautiful woman. They had a whole bunch of top 40 hits in the 1970s.
More Dr. Hook please! Sylvia's Mother, Spending the Night Together, When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman, Sexy Eyes, and Only Sixteen are all great by them.
The Original bad boy's!!!!! LOL!!!! This played at every party!! The real deal guy's!!!! What you see is what you get with Dr. Hook! Well worth a deep dive.
They do have a serious side, too. “A Couple More Years” and “ Who, If Not You” are the first ones that come to mind. Dennis and Ray were the main lead singers in the group
what a great classic late '60s and '70s American band. I saw Dr Hook with foghat and The kinks in Illinois in 1972. what a great show. great reaction.. keep the 70s alive and the metal coming..
My mom listened to Elvis, Dr Hook and a few others often when i was a child in the 70's. Some of her favorite bands. They all had talent in excess. Saw Dr. Hook live later in life and they were absolutely brilliant.
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was the name of the band at first. So glad y'all reacted to these guys! They were partying dudes on stage and off. Fun days. More Dr. Hook, please.
i was quite late into dr hook, i was aware of Sylvias mother and Sharing the night together but the ones i bought came later....when your in love with a beautiful woman......Better love next time..... Sexy Eyes were the ones i bought on vinyl singles and still have
Omg. I was named after "Sylvia's Mother" by this band! My middle name is after one of Mick Jagger's daughters 🤣 Please do "Lover You Should've Come Over" by Jeff Buckley!!
I remember when a few radio stations would cut out the line about "Cocaine Katy" and "teenaged blue eyed groupies", just to be politically correct. Ridiculous! It's a friggin' satire!
I grew up with Dr. Hook- this is my womb-music! OMG!! they are soooooooooo my childhood, doing chores, dancing while dusting- my dad's old records on the turntable- this is one of the VERY BEST!! I'm SO IMPRESSED You've listened to this!!!!
hi back in the day ..1900s there use to be medicine shows that sold homemade liciur cutes...lol that's where the bane comes from, in the ,70/80/90s every musician wanted to be on the cover it meant you made it ! in the music world...lol thanks!
Dear friends, i am 57 years old now but my dad turned me on to this group when i was 13, he watched them on that show that yall just listened to every Saturday night. They have a bunch of great songs as Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show and then when they got a recording contract they changed to just Dr. Hook and made a bunch of really good ballads that you probably have heard but didn't realize who they were. I am a big fan of all their music still listen to them today and always will. Yall need to just sit down one day and listen to their music here some song titles. Get my rocks off, penicillin penny, got stoned and i missed it, carry me carrie, queen of the silver dollar, i got more money than a horse has hair, sylvias mother. Hope you listen and enjoy. Love yalls show. Peace Out 👍😎👍
I've always loved this group. They reminded me of a typical hippie band goofing off and making sure that all of the signs of time are in one song. It's so seventies.
Went to an outdoor concert many years ago where they were playing. Standing way back in the crowd, looked behind me and they were standing there watching the other performers. Kinda cool!
We had this song in the jukebox of our friend's bar, and in the late 90s when I was is my 20s, we'd play this song and the entire bar would sing along. So much fun. And at that point the song was 25 years old and some of us weren't even born when it came out but we grew up with music like this thanks to our parents and/or older siblings.
Finally we see Brad showing some happy emotions . Dr Hook was one of those bands , that came out of nowhere and became an overnight success , This song is taking the piss out of the whole music industry
I saw these guys multiple times over the years. They used to regularly play at a small club right on the Ky.-Tenn. border close to where I'm from and still live today. They were an absolute hoot to see perform live. Ray Sawyer, the singer with the eyepatch in the video, passed away on New Years Eve 2018 at the age of 81.
In my junior year of high school, we would take "camping trips" from Great Falls to the Swan Lake area of Montana, singing this song in harmony and drinking cheep beers, for a good many times even after graduation.. Great memories and love the reactions!
It's bittersweet to see Ray and Dennis obviously so cheerful and happy together, enjoying performing together, close friends as they were at the time. And then in the 80s Ray left the band, due to "creative differences"... and when Ray died not that many years ago now, they hadnt even spoken in decades. Dennis's statement when Ray died was simply "Although I hadn't been in contact with Ray for many, many years it does not erase the fact that we were once close friends and shared an important time in both our lives. Deep condolences go out to his family at what must be a difficult time." Which is nice enough I suppose, but it's also very distant and diplomatic, and seeing them here makes me sad that they never tried to rekindle that or even have any contact before it was too late and one of them died of old age. Oh well, people grow apart I guess, for better or worse
I met a guy at guitar center in Huntsville Alabama that was a guest fill in Rhythm guitarist for Dr. Hook , he was telling me about touring with them and about how the bass guitar player was a total cool but crazy dude ! That was several years back now ! Dr. Hook was always one of my favorite bands from the 70s my parents used to listen to their music a lot I was probably about 6 when I started listening to them a lot around 1978 , a lot of awesome music to chose from back then !
Saw these guys in the 70s and it was something like a carnival ride from songs like this and on-stage antics to some really mellow, sweet sane songs. They were a little like rock and roll vaudeville.
These guys were fantastic performers, the show was everything to them. They didn't wait till the end of the show to party, they were lit from the get go. A real anything goes bunch of guys.
Dr Hook and the Medicine Show is the band. My mom loved them. Her favorite song by them (and mine) is A Couple More Years. This particular song is just so much fun to listen to.
I have loved this song from the first time my mom played it for me when I was a kid. I am not sure when it came out but I grew up listening to it.. It has the most awesomeness guitar solo ever.
I saw these guys in the early 80s at the Strawberry Festival in Plant City, FL. I was just barely a teenager. Everybody was singing like crazy. Fun time. Another big hit of theirs is “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” from 1979.
Some of their best songs, including this one, were written by Shel Silverstein. Their version (the original) of the Ballad of Lucy Jordan is incredibly touching.
Yes dr. Hook & The Medicine Show they were a rock and roll group but they had a good show they would even get out in the audience with audience I went to what other shows in Amarillo and that was the best concert I have ever been to in my life I'm 64 years old and still haven't seen one quite like it and the part about the cover of the Rolling Stone that's referring to a magazine that is called The Rolling Stones and if you made it on the cover of the Rolling Stones you have reached your Pinnacle you are up with the elite
In March of '73 they, Dr. Hook, were finally featured on the cover of the Rolling Stone Magazine. They are very talented & have so many great songs from beautiful lyrics to funny, silly, songs they're all a great listen.
Not long after this became a hit for the band, they actually wound up on the cover of The Rolling Stone, a popular rock music magazine, with the headline, "They Made It!"
BTW, they did make the cover of The Rolling Stone. Sylvias Mother was a huge hit for them, plus they had many more. Fantastic reaction guys, TY.
I completely forgot about that song! Thanks for reminding me. I'm going to check it out now on the Tube.
I completely forgot about that song! Thanks for reminding me. I'm going to check it out now on the Tube.
It was a caricature of the band that made the cover😎
in a drawing only, they didn't even use a real photo of them
Love Sylvia's mother,Dr.Hook was a band that my father really loved so I definitely grew up with them.🙂
Imagine how many times this song could have brought a smile to your faces if you had only heard it years ago....after forty years it still gets me happy.
Me too!!..Well Said!!
Yes!! But more like 50 for me. Dang I want to go back there again.
50 years for Me!
Absolutely!
Me too, had the 45 and played it over and over, copied all the voices
Rolling Stone magazine was EVERYTHING in the 70's and 80's, and to get your band on the cover means you made it man...
More Dr. Hook! Sharing the Night Together, Only Sixteen, When you’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman and Sylvia’s Mother are some of my favourites!
two more acts from tht period are Ian and Sylvia and Hoyt Axton, he was in the original Gremlins (Boney Fingers, Della and the Dealer)
Dr. Hook - You Make My Pants Want To Get Up and Dance
Maria Lavoux
Come on carry me .
Brilliant
What? No one likes Gertrude the groupy or Freaken at the freaker's Ball.
“The Rolling Stone” they’re singing about was the most influential magazine covering Rock n Roll. They were extremely influential when all music was on vinyl but have lost influence in the digital age. ‘Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show’ is another one of those eccentric bands from the late 1960s early 70s that had hits in their day. You don’t get stuff like this today because everything is so contrived in the music industry now.
Dr. Hook is not given the respect they deserve for all of their great music.
Times are a changin....The Rolling Stone is a garbage publication these days.
@@jefflast9489 agreed
yes they were very big and very influential. and to be on their cover was the ultimate goal.I personaly though they were too pretentious, I always read creem magazine.
@@hifijohn That and High Times John.
Shel Silverstein was a children's author who did Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and A Light In The Attic....most kids know of at least one of those books to this day. Shel also wrote almost all of the lyrics on this album by Dr Hook (Sloppy Seconds). Shel ALSO wrote Johnny Cash's classic song "A Boy Named Sue". Silverstein was a party animal who lived on a big house boat for a while (there is video of Dr Hook jamming on that house boat if you look it up on RUclips). He wrote a poem about a joint rolling/smoking contest that everybody should hear (The Great Smoke Off)...the guy was an American treasure.
It's just "The Smokeoff", but you're right. Classic! I always loved hearing it on Dr. Demento.
Dennis Locorriere singing a Shel Silverstein song for Dr. Hook is one of the best collaborations ever. :-)
@@ericwalker8636 Thanks for the correction! I actually listened to Dr Demento for a few years back in the mid 80s, but dont remember hearing it in that era. I didnt find out about Shel's wild(er) side until the interenet provided a few of his works of art that you wouldnt find in a children's book.
@@johnc.195 I agree 100%. Im not a HUGE "Sylvia's Mother" fan for personal reasons, but that song was based on actual events and was very personal to Shel. Dennis sings it with so much emotion, that you'd think it was a song he wrote for sure. "Carry Me, Carrie" is the better song in my opinion, but Sylvia's Mother is the best example of how GREAT DR Hook was at making Shel into good music.
@@Gekokujo76 Shel and Dennis and Dr. Hook made beautiful, underappreciated ballads. My favorites (in no particular order). I believe these were all Shel and Dennis, they do have a distinctive style even though each song is unique. I would have put "If Not You" on this list but I can only find Dennis listed as the song writer. I would bet that Shel helped, it fits too well with the others and is just as beautiful. :-)
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"Mama, I'll Sing One Song for You"
for all those "...sweatin' hard eyed brakemen, in the rail yards I rolled through."
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"Judy"
because "She's not the campfire girl you might suppose."
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"The Wonderful Soup Stone"
" I can taste the chicken and tomatoes."
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"More Like The Movies"
"You never got to hear those violins."
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"A Couple More Years"
"It ain't that I'm wiser it's only that I've spent
more time with my back to the wall."
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Omg You you need to do a deep dive into Dr. Hook!! You never know what you'll get from one song to another! One of my fav bands! 😂💞
Agreed. Totally unpredictable.
Totally... I agree!!! Gotta explore!!.
Silvia's Mother!!!
@@foxguy67 guess I missed it
@@foxguy67 after I looked it up, I do remember that reaction. Lol
After this song came out they did get their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, only, as a drawing, not a photograph. That's Rock and Roll.
And that was back in the day when it was in newspaper format, not shiny magazine it became in later years. I've still got my copy, dated 29 March 1973 and I reckon it would just about fall apart if I started turning pages.
You have to do two other great Shel Silverstein songs 'Everybody's making it big but me' and 'Sylvia's Mother'. So good
Those of us who were teens in the 70's loved it when this song came on the radio and sang along to all the words at the top of our voices! The good old days.
I know a bunch that can still sing every word.
Like me. 😉
And me
Me too!
This one was written by Shelby Silverstein, who also wrote "Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. He started out as a cartoonist and I think he's the only songwriter I know whose songs would work just as well if they were comic strips instead of songs.
Where the sidewalk ends, falling up two classic book by him
He also wrote the best stoner odyssey ever - The Great Smoke-Off.
Shel Silverstein was amazing
The giving trees runny babbitt, light in the attic. Grew up on all of them and raised my kids with em. She'll was the best.
Knew about "Boy Named Sue" but didn't know about this one. Very cool!
Absolutely brilliant band , Sad to say they lost it with the disco era
check out "Sylvia's Mother" or even better "Stoned and I missed it"
Stoned And I Missed It --- written by Shel Silverstein - who also wrote "The Little Unicorn" recorded by the Irish Rovers
I hear you but I don't know. I mean they successfully reinvented themselves like nobody else ever has maybe. I think they were actually bigger during that era. I am not talking about my preference but just what it was. The Stones did it and I have to say "Miss You" is one of their best songs. Kiss did it and "I was Made for Lovin' You" is a lot of people's favorite song.
Truth
Don't forget "Queen of the Silver Dollar," also written by Shel Silverstein and performed by Dr. Hook.
@@MS-ro9dm They did but unfortunately that transition was what lead to their undoing. Ray Sawyer was not happy at all with the new direction. It is why ended up leaving in 83.
Love this, grew up with these on radio. Can't say enough about the 70's😁😆😅😂🤣
Best music, best cars, best clothes❤
They have some other greats! “Sharing the Night together”, “A little bit more”, “Sexy Eyes”, “Sylvias Mother.” Love em! 💖💙
Thank you, Thank you... someone finally did Dr.Hook ~! Always loved their songs...
Fun reaction Brad & Lex, just like the song. Love all reaction from the 70's. Best era of music in my opinion.
Before the internet, 'Rolling Stone Magazine' was the zine about rock, bands, happenings, concerts, album reviews etc...It is still around online.
They lost me when they put that Boston Bomber kid on the cover like he was a misunderstood youth 😒
They have a medley of hits. 1) Sylvia's Mother 2) Sharing The Night Together 3) When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 4) Only Sixteen 5) A Little Bit More 6) Years From Now 7) A Couple More Years 8) Sweetest of All (AWESOME)..... Those are the ones I can remember. I'm sure there's more.
Thank you for commenting all of the Dr. Hook songs that I was going to suggest. :)
Can't forget Queen of the Silver Dollar from Sloppy Seconds album. I would listen to that entire album from beginning to end.
I always liked "Everybody's Making It Big But Me".
I'd add Freakin' At The Freakers Ball to this list.
@@kenwelch198 definitely
This song makes you smile and love how they have fun with each I thought this group was so cool growing up , loved thier music and to watch them, YOU will be happy to know they got thier pictures on the Rolling Stone that was a big thing then ot have your picture there. They were a very big group and thier songs were so good
This song is a Classic! They definitely put on a show when they perform. Genuinely
enjoying themselves. A different vibe is “Sylvia’s Mother.” Melancholy yet beautiful.
Using a pay phone and having to feed money into the slot is a great snapshot in time
past. Some of us can relate! I still don’t own a cell phone and I guess I use a “landline.”
Same with Jim Croce singing, Operator. A bit of a snapshot of a different time.
Wow! Thought I was the last person on Earth who doesn't own a cellphone! Don't need one, don't want one. An old school landline is good enough for me. Can't see the point in people spending their whole day looking down, clueless of everything going on around them. Also...I miss bands playing their own instruments and writing their own songs. I'm showing my age. I don't care.
@@patdonnelly9392 well said! 👍☎📞
I can remember listening to it on an old, scratched up 45! One of my earliest favorite jams. Well, Sylvias Mother and the Jungle Book soundtrack...I was six, my musical tastes had segues that could give one whiplash.
Dr Hook you hit the jackpot with these guys.One of the most underrated Bands to hit the scene in the late 60's on.Glad it put a smile on both your faces Cheers.
You are right they are very underrated but they are one of my favorite groups. I wish more reactors would play their music it deserves better.
dr hook were one of the biggest bands back in the day with so many great songs ,they are great live as you just seen doing cover of the rolling stone (the american magazine) so check out carie me fron shels houseboat...everyone obviously stoned out of there minds but a fantastic performance...rip Ray sawyer
These guys were a party on stage, so much energy & fun. They had real enjoyment playing the music, & made sure the audience had just as much fun too. Saw them live at the Red River Ex in Winnipeg back in the early 80's.What a party.
Holy crow -- I saw the thumbnail and immediately clicked on this one! I grew up with 4 older siblings and was exposed to so much great music (them being one of the amazing bands). How do I remember all of the lyrics to this song from hearing it 40 years ago but can't remember what I did last week? LMAO!
I've seen hundreds of bands live, but Three Dog Night was hands down the most fun I've ever had at a concert. The band is fun, the music is fun and they have many hits-every song a hit. I was standing in front of the stage as they began "Momma Told Me Not to Come" and tossed a lit joint onstage. The singer with the eye patch picked it up, took a hit and passed it around the band and then pointed me out. Fun times!
This song is about being famous enough to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine (music/pop culture magazine started in the 60s).
I remember this being a top ten around 1972. I remember the first time they were on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Dr. Hook had several wonderful hits.
they were and still are one of the most underrated musicians ever
Love the Meridian, MS Dr. Hook!! He has so many fun songs…”I got High and I missed it”, “when You’re In Love With a Beautiful Woman”…♥️
My Dad thought this song was hilarious! “Sing about beauty and we sing about truth, at $10,000 a show.” That line cracked him up. He was a country music guy and he loved the whole parody of the song.
As an aside, we used to debate who was the better guitarist; Chet Atkins or Eric Clapton. Now that I’m older, I must admit Chet Atkins was probably better.
You couldn't be more right about Chet: he's a much more complete guitarist. Eric is a very strong and fluid lead blues player, but the chord voicings and moving internal melodies that Chet Atkins can do kinda leave Clapton in the dust. EC kept on moving through trends and stayed hip, while CE kept on pretty much doing the same thing, which explains a lot of Clapton's enduring popularity. Eric was part of the era of making huge star singers and guitar heros, so his hype will always be 10x that Chet's will ever be, so it's a little like a political campaign: the more money and hype thrown behind a candidate, the better the chances that candidate will be the one some people remember when they go to the polls.
Love when performers are straight out. Just themselves. You dont see that much anymore.
This was a huge hit on the radio when I was in grade school. It was one of my favorite songs because I thought it was so funny and so fun to sing along with, we would sing it on the playground and play air guitar. No they were just a band but they were really fun. They actually had a super mainstream hit a few years after this one with a song called When you're in love with a beautiful woman. They had a whole bunch of top 40 hits in the 1970s.
I believe the FINALLY got on the cover! Had some good hit back in the day
More Dr. Hook please!
Sylvia's Mother, Spending the Night Together, When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman, Sexy Eyes, and Only Sixteen are all great by them.
The Original bad boy's!!!!! LOL!!!! This played at every party!! The real deal guy's!!!! What you see is what you get with Dr. Hook! Well worth a deep dive.
They do have a serious side, too. “A Couple More Years” and “ Who, If Not You” are the first ones that come to mind. Dennis and Ray were the main lead singers in the group
Carry me Carrie.
what a great classic late '60s and '70s American band. I saw Dr Hook with foghat and The kinks in Illinois in 1972. what a great show. great reaction.. keep the 70s alive and the metal coming..
These guys do an awesome version of 'Marie Laveaux' about the legend of the Louisiana voodoo queen
I loved these guys back in the 70s. Man we had so much great music.
Brad & Lex, their "Sharing the Night Together" is next for you!
100% Agree "Sharing the Night Together"
Yes?
I listened to this all the time way back when
I love Dr. Hook! You should do “I got stoned and I missed it” for sure!
My mom listened to Elvis, Dr Hook and a few others often when i was a child in the 70's. Some of her favorite bands. They all had talent in excess. Saw Dr. Hook live later in life and they were absolutely brilliant.
I saw these guys about 20 years ago and they put on a hell of a show. Sound just as good live as they do on the album's 😁
I saw them live about 45 years ago
hands down the most magic made together of any band ive ever seen.
Great reaction you two, enjoyable as always! For more greatness by Dr. Hook please look for a live version of "Sylvia's Mother"!!
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was the name of the band at first. So glad y'all reacted to these guys! They were partying dudes on stage and off. Fun days.
More Dr. Hook, please.
Love it! Jammed to this song so many times! ♥
"SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER"My favorite of Dr Hook song
i was quite late into dr hook, i was aware of Sylvias mother and Sharing the night together but the ones i bought came later....when your in love with a beautiful woman......Better love next time..... Sexy Eyes were the ones i bought on vinyl singles and still have
Wow, I never thought you two would end up here. I haven't heard this one in about 1000 years.
Omg. I was named after "Sylvia's Mother" by this band! My middle name is after one of Mick Jagger's daughters 🤣
Please do "Lover You Should've Come Over" by Jeff Buckley!!
Right on! My daughter I named after a Jan+Dean song!
Seen them in my hometown 7-8 yrs. ago! They sang great, between breaks they came and partied with the crowd and drank like sailors! What a night!!
I remember when a few radio stations would cut out the line about "Cocaine Katy" and "teenaged blue eyed groupies", just to be politically correct. Ridiculous! It's a friggin' satire!
Might be why I never heard Freakin' At the Freakers' Ball on the radio.
I grew up with Dr. Hook- this is my womb-music! OMG!! they are soooooooooo my childhood, doing chores, dancing while dusting- my dad's old records on the turntable- this is one of the VERY BEST!! I'm SO IMPRESSED You've listened to this!!!!
Try “Sylvia’s Mother”
I'm so glad that you all found this. Brings back a lot of memories!
Not a show they were an actual rock band try Sylvia's Mother
hi back in the day ..1900s there use to be medicine shows that sold homemade liciur cutes...lol that's where the bane comes from, in the ,70/80/90s every musician wanted to be on the cover it meant you made it ! in the music world...lol thanks!
It's so badass to see y'all listening to these old jams! I love seeing your reactions.
Freakers Ball by these guys is hilarious. They were stoned all the time back then. Carry Me Carrie is beautiful song by these guys as well
The song worked, they got on the cover. What a talented bunch.
The most underrated group ever !!
Dear friends, i am 57 years old now but my dad turned me on to this group when i was 13, he watched them on that show that yall just listened to every Saturday night. They have a bunch of great songs as Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show and then when they got a recording contract they changed to just Dr. Hook and made a bunch of really good ballads that you probably have heard but didn't realize who they were. I am a big fan of all their music still listen to them today and always will. Yall need to just sit down one day and listen to their music here some song titles. Get my rocks off, penicillin penny, got stoned and i missed it, carry me carrie, queen of the silver dollar, i got more money than a horse has hair, sylvias mother. Hope you listen and enjoy. Love yalls show. Peace Out 👍😎👍
I play this song at open mics. Always gets a great reaction. The spirit of the 70s, FUN!
I've always loved this group. They reminded me of a typical hippie band goofing off and making sure that all of the signs of time are in one song. It's so seventies.
Went to an outdoor concert many years ago where they were playing. Standing way back in the crowd, looked behind me and they were standing there watching the other performers. Kinda cool!
Brad follow their transition into the disco years. Underrated for sure.
Wife here..Have always loved this jem of a song!!..Yea Brad.., the humor is what makes this song Awesome 👌!!
We had this song in the jukebox of our friend's bar, and in the late 90s when I was is my 20s, we'd play this song and the entire bar would sing along. So much fun. And at that point the song was 25 years old and some of us weren't even born when it came out but we grew up with music like this thanks to our parents and/or older siblings.
Grew up with these guys. Great band, a lot of great songs. So glad you enjoyed them
Such a fun song!! I think this is the first time I've seen Brad's beautiful smile!!!
Finally we see Brad showing some happy emotions . Dr Hook was one of those bands , that came out of nowhere and became an overnight success , This song is taking the piss out of the whole music industry
I saw these guys multiple times over the years. They used to regularly play at a small club right on the Ky.-Tenn. border close to where I'm from and still live today. They were an absolute hoot to see perform live. Ray Sawyer, the singer with the eyepatch in the video, passed away on New Years Eve 2018 at the age of 81.
Dr. Hook was my mom’s very first concert back in the seventies; my grandpa took her. She would’ve been younger than ten. Doesn’t get cooler than that
In my junior year of high school, we would take "camping trips" from Great Falls to the Swan Lake area of Montana, singing this song in harmony and drinking cheep beers, for a good many times even after graduation.. Great memories and love the reactions!
they were a real band who had their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks.
It's bittersweet to see Ray and Dennis obviously so cheerful and happy together, enjoying performing together, close friends as they were at the time. And then in the 80s Ray left the band, due to "creative differences"... and when Ray died not that many years ago now, they hadnt even spoken in decades.
Dennis's statement when Ray died was simply "Although I hadn't been in contact with Ray for many, many years it does not erase the fact that we were once close friends and shared an important time in both our lives. Deep condolences go out to his family at what must be a difficult time." Which is nice enough I suppose, but it's also very distant and diplomatic, and seeing them here makes me sad that they never tried to rekindle that or even have any contact before it was too late and one of them died of old age. Oh well, people grow apart I guess, for better or worse
I met a guy at guitar center in Huntsville Alabama that was a guest fill in Rhythm guitarist for Dr. Hook , he was telling me about touring with them and about how the bass guitar player was a total cool but crazy dude ! That was several years back now ! Dr. Hook was always one of my favorite bands from the 70s my parents used to listen to their music a lot I was probably about 6 when I started listening to them a lot around 1978 , a lot of awesome music to chose from back then !
Saw these guys in the 70s and it was something like a carnival ride from songs like this and on-stage antics to some really mellow, sweet sane songs. They were a little like rock and roll vaudeville.
These guys were fantastic performers, the show was everything to them. They didn't wait till the end of the show to party, they were lit from the get go. A real anything goes bunch of guys.
man, this takes me back to the 70's instantly!
Dr Hook and the Medicine Show is the band. My mom loved them. Her favorite song by them (and mine) is A Couple More Years. This particular song is just so much fun to listen to.
Seen him in concert, dr hook kissed my left cheek, was so proud. I was stoned and I missed it and Sylvia's mother are also great songs by them xo
Guys! You HAVE to keep listening to them!! They’re amazing!!! 💕
I have loved this song from the first time my mom played it for me when I was a kid. I am not sure when it came out but I grew up listening to it.. It has the most awesomeness guitar solo ever.
One of the greatest live shows ever , so lucky to see them
Loved Dr Hook when I was a kid..Walk right in sit right down,Baby let your hair hang down..I remember singing that song all the time.lol
I saw these guys in the early 80s at the Strawberry Festival in Plant City, FL. I was just barely a teenager. Everybody was singing like crazy. Fun time. Another big hit of theirs is “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” from 1979.
"Carry Me, Carrie" and "Sylvia's Mother" are beauties
I remember when this song came out. Good times! This band was a hoot...literally!
I saw them for free, at the Calgary Stampede, when I was 14. They blew my tourist-at-home mind.
OMG....I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.....IVE BEEN TRYING FOREVER TO GET YOU TO REACT TO DR. HOOK......UNDERRATED GROUP....LOVE THEM
Saw them in person in the 70's. Great group. They were a band and a darn good one.
Some of their best songs, including this one, were written by Shel Silverstein. Their version (the original) of the Ballad of Lucy Jordan is incredibly touching.
I love that you loved it! The singer was very well known. That acoustic player went to Australia to become very popular there....Rest in Peace Ray...
Glad to see Brad enjoying this song one of their best songs
Yes dr. Hook & The Medicine Show they were a rock and roll group but they had a good show they would even get out in the audience with audience I went to what other shows in Amarillo and that was the best concert I have ever been to in my life I'm 64 years old and still haven't seen one quite like it and the part about the cover of the Rolling Stone that's referring to a magazine that is called The Rolling Stones and if you made it on the cover of the Rolling Stones you have reached your Pinnacle you are up with the elite
One of my FEW attended a concert here in the 70's. fantastic favorite songs and own an album (large record) still.
In March of '73 they, Dr. Hook, were finally featured on the cover of the Rolling Stone Magazine. They are very talented & have so many great songs from beautiful lyrics to funny, silly, songs they're all a great listen.
Not long after this became a hit for the band, they actually wound up on the cover of The Rolling Stone, a popular rock music magazine, with the headline, "They Made It!"