predictably, both the nearly-goofy groove and the big vocal moments of "It Keeps You Running" have been stuck in my head all fucking day. at lunch i was in the kitchen making a peanut butter sandwich and going "FOR THE RHEST OF YOAAR LAAAAAHF" and probably driving my partner crazy.
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Friday, 2 April 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
hmm "goofy" maybe not quite the right word. just if i booted up an RPG and that was the theme music for the one town that has kind of a quirky weird gimmick, like a magic spell turned everybody into mushroom robots, i would buy it.
These guys just sound like the '70s. "Listen to the Music." I mean really.
― Josefa,
yet few people say OH THIS SOUNDS DATED MAAAHHN b/c no synths
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 April 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
The Doobies are what the Eagles could've been if a) they were capable of ever having fun and b) owned some Dr. John records.
LOL
I'm not really a fan, but this LP (along with volume two) do a pretty fine job. Put both volumes on one disc and it's kind of a perfect Doobies compilation.
― birdistheword, Friday, 2 April 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSEcWbQqHAc
― Bee OK, Sunday, 4 April 2021 04:03 (two years ago) link
few people say OH THIS SOUNDS DATED MAAAHHN
I don't think this is a very uncommon thing for people to say about the Doobie Brothers?
― Just Another Onionhead (Sund4r), Sunday, 4 April 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 5 April 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
We'll discuss it further!
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 5 April 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
I only wish there was a track called "Which Doobie Do You Be" that we could vote on.― henry s
― henry s
When this episode aired my answer was definitely Black Water, so I gotta be true to my adolescent self.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f09mU7uSdfA
― enochroot, Monday, 5 April 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
I mean, Doobs are about as 70s as it gets
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 April 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
can you imagine doobie in your funk?
― brimstead, Monday, 5 April 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
'Another Park, Another Sunday.' Where is it? Why is it not on this record? Who did this? I want to speak to their parents. Well, 'China Grove' then. But why?
― Stem Cell Maria (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Monday, 5 April 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
In the end decided to vote for "Listen To The Music."
― Bee OK, Monday, 5 April 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
didn't realize they were like the hells angels house band for a while. interesting history - kinda confused why i never knew much about them whereas ccr has a lot more visibility. they kind of have a knuckledragger thing going on maybe, their songs are workmanlike. they were given the gift of discovering the best riff of all time with "long train runnin" though...
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
there's a surprisingly good house version of it that comes up as the first result on youtube.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tJSn0QtME
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
And lest we forget that one time Bananarama went all Gipsy Kings meets Doobie Brothers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVPqlVOeh8s
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
lol wow, i had no idea that existed and now i'm considerably richer
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
To me the Doobies are the McD years. I never need to hear 'Long Train' or 'China Grove' or 'Black Water' again. Those songs are fine blueprints and examples of 70s rock but have none of the emotion that McD brought to the group.
― calstars, Monday, 5 April 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
I have distinct memories of my father complaining numerous times about Johnson being replaced by McDonald. "They don't sound like rock and roll any more."
― pj, Monday, 5 April 2021 21:36 (two years ago) link
Your dad otm.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Also if I'm not mistaken he liked C,S,N,Y but not C,S,N
― pj, Monday, 5 April 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
i stand w pj’s dad
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
sounds like a good dude, where did he stand on Pink Floyd?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
THIS IS IMPORTANT
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
lol Veg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 April 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Listen to the f’in music? Srsly?
― calstars, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
that's wild wow
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
it is their best songnow its proven, no need to fight me
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
eat shit michael mcdonaldjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRdLWbOAUEY
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
On the other hand, The 45 Greatest Doobie Brothers Songs of All Time
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
voted for black water just to be difficult; the objective correct answer is china grove
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
china grove is coolblack water is the devil
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
keep on shinin' your light
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
“Like a lazy flowin’ river” ...zzzzzzzz
― calstars, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:57 (two years ago) link
Pretty Mama Take Me By The Hand
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
hai remember their last top ten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8uCryLHnt4
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
interesting results and a fun poll. i didn't know about a Vol 2, until this thread, so maybe need to do that one in the near future.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
I voted China Grove, but in hindsight I feel like the most iconic Doobie hit of the 70s won. I’m at peace with the results.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 03:49 (two years ago) link
Listen to the Music would have been my second choice before Long Train Runnin. When I was little I just thought "Doobie" referred to like just a funky music word, like Oooby Dooby Shooby.
When I die, bury me with my dad's copy of The Captain and Me --Then watch the skunk weed growfrom the seeds stuck inside the sleeve
― pj, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 08:31 (two years ago) link
very dissatisfied with these results, brb, gonna take it to the streets
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
it was nice of them to put all the songs people like on side 1
― Josefa, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
It keeps you runnin' (to the turntable to put the needle at the start of side 1 again)
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
This album and Best of BTO (so far) were both released in 1976. We should make them battle.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
I was just planning to create a Best of BTO poll! I have the CD here to remind me!
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
I've been thinking about the poll today. Another Park, Another Sunday may be my fave. And I still remember being impressed seeing them live with two drummers. Maybe they were the gateway drug that led me to then go on to listen to the Allman Brothers Band ever since.
It's hard to say if I prefer the Doobie Brothers or Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I do prefer San Jose to Canada, though.
― aworks, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
rong
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
yeah san jose doesnt have much to recommend it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
San Jose is good for at least weather, jobs, and Streetlight Records...
― aworks, Friday, 9 April 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
I don't think city vs country is a reasonable comparison.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 9 April 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
True, B.T.O. only really represent Winnipeg.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 9 April 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
Ok, that's fair. If the Bachmans and Burton Cummings are all from Winnipeg, then maybe Winnipeg > San Jose. Well, except for weather.
― aworks, Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
listening to this again the other night, i was struck for the first time at just HOW lugubrious and aimless the slow blues-rock section of "Jesus is Just Alright" really is. like if i just think of the song, it's the peppy opening section, which is repetitious as hell but at least energetic. then the bottom dropped out and i found myself listening to the absolute dead end of a genre, and possibly the dreariest thing to ever get regular classic rock radio airplay, for what seemed like hours. it was an indescribable relief when the clean, bright, chords of "It Keeps You Running" came parping in afterwards.
― sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 April 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
had a similar but far less intense reaction to the infamous "Black Water" coda, which has always kind of sailed by me harmlessly. headphone listening really heightens the cheesiness of the effort and especially the dopeyness of the fade out/fade back in of the band.
― sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 April 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
Take me by the hand (hand)
― calstars, Monday, 12 April 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
Probably voted "It Keeps You Runnin" but add me to the pro-"Black Water" contingent
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 13 September 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
I was in high school marching band and China Grove was a song we’d get out for pep rallies. This was 1987 or 88 and I felt very not cool in the moment. Now I can really appreciate the memory.
― sknybrg, Monday, 13 September 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
Black Water is good
― J. Sam, Monday, 13 September 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
The end of it ain’t
― calstars, Monday, 13 September 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
should i poll part 2?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link