I bought this single back in 1974 (a few years after it was first released) and still enjoy hearing it 38 years later! There are so many incredibly great Raspberries tunes. Great post!!!
I was at this show - House of Blues in LA, October 2005. It was one of the finest concerts I've ever seen. Never thought I'd actually see Eric and the guys reunite.
THE FANTASTIC RASPBERRIES from CLEVELAND, OHIO. FOUR OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS and SONGWRITERS in MUSIC. ERIC CARMEN , WALLY BRYSON , DAVE SMALLEY , JIM BONFANTI . THE PRIDE OF POWER POP and CLEVELAND.
you know whats good about being a old woman??? Eric looks better to me now then he did when i was 16!!!!!! i could watch this a million times and i think i will!!!
OMG.....seriously....I never use that.... but REALLY......AWESOME.....the singer is hotter now than ever and sounds amazing......one of my favorite songs of all time!!!
Great job here, but do those background vocals sound a little canned to anyone else? Doesn't sound like some 60 years olds hitting that harmony. Maybe some help off camera....
Talent like Mr. Carmen doesn't come along every day. What a beautiful rock song! I'm a 52 y.o. drummer who grew up with this stuff. I also play all the heavier stuff like Hendrix, Trower, VH, etc. This song has such pure energy that it always makes me feel good. The breakdown on the 12-string @3:01 is pure class.
Does Wally Bryson live in washington state? I swear to God I saw a guy just last weekend driving a cherry lime green '70's muscle car (Charger?) chewing gum with long blondish hair, high forehead cruising around on a clear sunny Sunday afternoon where I live.
Eric Carmen is a super talent. Wrote his own songs and also for Peter Cetera, Celine Dion, Shawn Cassidy ect, ect............. Lives off royalties and still writes music when he feels like it.
The Live on Sunset Strip CD really rocks! 30+ years later and its like they haven't skipped a beat, really...nobody could expect this, but The Raspberries have done it with the reunion shows. I love the increased fidelity of LOTSS because now it isn't quite as compressed and the bass is up in the mix where it should be (it was heavily damped on the original recording by Jimmy Iovine on the original for AM radio). Bryson is tremendous as he slays the guitar rips!
I'm a punk rock guy. If stuff like the Raspberries wasn't around we would never have had The Ramones, The Replacements, or much of what followed. The Raspberries are truly seminal!!!!! A+++
Who the hell downed THIS! They must be mentally RETARDED! They were TOTALLY ON! Eric still sounds and looks great {yes getting old SUCKS but it beats the alternative!}
if you don't sing with this or at least start tapping your foot, there's something wrong with you, this has to be one of the coolest songs ever, EVER!
I'd have to agree with that statement being a guitar player myself for 45 years. It is one of the coolest cause of the power projection and complicated chord arrangement. What amazed me when hearing this song for the first time is that these young kids were composers like Lennon and Mccartney. It's one thing to be a great guitar player but it's quite another thing to fashion those chords and melody and harmonies to make it into something musically spectacular. That is nothing short of genus!
Wow glad to see Eric and the band are still around. Now if it wasn't for you tube where would we all be for want of this nostalgia and a walk back down memory lane? Glad I was around then listening to the best stuff music had to offer.
Eric was so amazing at mixing the 50s and 70s in this hard melodious rock sort of way. I have to overlook Hungry Eyes....it's an "I Just Called To Say I Love YOu kind of mar on his musical record personally. I could hardly listen Stevie Wonder when that song came out. :)
Why is everyone so hateful when it comes to music. Just listen to what you like. Every single comment on music videos is just hating on other people's music, what gives? By the way, they still sound awesome :)
When I first heard this song back in the 70's I thought they were a British band. Until this afternoon 30+ yrs later when I found out they're from Cleveland! Hail Cleveland! The Raspberries Rock!
Saw him open for Hall and Oates in Sacramento about 74. I knew one or 2 of Eric's songs but he almost stole the show away from Hall and Oates. He was quite the rocker.
Oops, wrong video--I was watching the one downloaded by Ze18613--the one where Eric has some attempt at a mustache and beard...of sorts. He looked really much sexier with the scruffy look---uh....less like a girl maybe!!! Check that video out--it's really good.
Love it near the end when Wally Bryson blows a bubble with his gum...Eric's looking at him and laughs, as does drummer Jim Bonfanti. Wally...always chewing gum!
Ever notice that Eric Carmen looks a lot like Ryan O'Neal? Really. On a more serious note, I lost my virginity to this song with Debbie on the floor in front of her mother's stereo in South Texas while they were gone. I was 16, she was 15 and we were so in love. I'm 56 now and talked to her the other day for the first time in 35 years. Wow! The memories all came flooding back when I listened to this song.
If war weren't such a serious subject I'd say that I wish fellow veterans Dave Smalley and Chuck Norris could have made a movie together. Then again, that sounds like it could have been a pretty cool idea anyway...
Q: What bassist served his country in Viet Nam as a helicopter gunner, survived his aircraft getting shot down and dodged the Viet Cong for three days in the jungle while awaiting rescue, all while carrying shrapnel wounds in his behind?
A: Dave Smalley, original Raspberries member who I understand was playing bass right here (the bass line was always great in this song, as was the chorus which he was also part of). Thank you for your service, sir!
Imagine 3 part harmony melodic music with an attitude.The generations after the 70's would only feel the aftershocks of this music.Groups like this and Badfinger, etc... This kind of music will never be again.The record companys dont have a clue why business isn't is good as it use to be.I think i know why :D Sometimes you need to leave something that works alone!!!! Great video!!!!!!
One of the best opening riffs of all time. I LOVE THIS SONG!! although I won't fall in love again I will be saying this to the opposite sex the rest of my life! Surprised how many really say yes but then again I am handsome.
Great song and terrific live version. Do agree on the background singers. I can't see where the 'depth' of the chorus is coming from. Nobody but Carmen seems to visibly be really singing. Not taking away from the song, one of the best 'pop' tunes ever written.
Great song and terrific live version. Do agree on the background singers. I can't see where the 'depth' of the chorus is coming from. Nobody but Carmen seems to visibly really singing. Not taking away from the song, one of the best 'pop' tunes ever written.
Still absolutely awesome thirty years later! Like someone else said, Eric Carmen looks better now than he did then! Dude MUST have made a deal with the Devil or something to still look and sound this great! ;)
The band is definitely playing their instruments and Eric is definitely singing the lead live (what an amazing singer). It is not easy to sing Eric Carmen tunes....you gots to have pipes to pull it off and a great ear! However, there is no way that those back up vocals aren't padded. In fact, you can see where the audible vocals are being held in spots and the singers are ending their notes way before the audio does. That makes me think that some of the music might be padded too.
@chungiemunchin like the moody blues and other bands that rely on a lot of background vocals, my guess is there were some singers.....ahem....in the background.....that were not visible for this video.
@chungiemunchin i don't thinks so about the vocals. you have to look hard but there are at least three other musicians onstage in the dark singing, and the lady with the tambourine is doing the really high parts
still sound awesome with no electronic BS to better the voice, are we listening Brittney Dumbass, and every other half assed singers who cant sing but are great at acting like a..holes.
This was my first love of my life Marrianne Pavlos and my song back in 8th grade. I always wondered what happen to her. I got hooked up with her brother through facebook. I learned that she died in a accident back in 1995. I am so sad to not have had the opportunity to say good bye, so here it is Marrianne they are playing our song!! RIP!!!
This is the entire original band performing live at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in October 2005. This was recorded and released as a live album.
@brabon1 LOL...I was thinking the same thing. He always seemed to be a poser, one of those guys who just refuses to give in to Father time. Good for him, fuck Father Time. Guy is a hell of a musician though.
@brabon1 Oh yeah man...I agree 100%. If it was ok for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, why not these guys. Marc Bolan etc., actually when I say posing (and i know you can appreciate this) I don't say it as a put down, it was definitely part of the show, and the show was better then than it's ever been since. Carmen was/is?, a great musician, no question. I hear Todd Rungren ripped him off...ever hear about that?
@brabon1 It sure does man....a simpler and much happier time, a time before the super elite bought and paid for the government and turned the U.S. into a second rate country. Before we gave tax deductions to companies for moving expenses when they relocated their operations overseas. Before corporations cut wages to the bone and outsourced every frigging thing possible. Before they offshored as much profit as possible so that we would take in less revenue and build up a mountainous debt. ; )
@Waszma Dude, the 1970s were not a freaking simpler nor happier time. The imes were far more perilous. Imagine getting a mortgage for 13% and tinking you got a got deal. Business were sutting down left and right. The elite as you refer were far stronger than today because the numbers of rich has skyrocketed in the mean time.
@Robbob9933 I hope you're kidding, seriously. I was there, and I am now here. Here's a simple one for you. Minimum wage was $1.85 an hour, gas was $0.29 a gallon. 1 hour worked = 6 gallons of gas. At the present $3.75 minimum wage gets you 2 gallons. Interest rates on Real Estate? It's all DTI (debt to income). If your mortgage payment = 33% of your gross monthly income, you can afford it. Prices so high now that you can't sell props with 4% fixed rates. So...looks like rates matter not. Reply?
Eric Carmen has a voice that transcends all genres of rock. I have loved this song since it first came out in 1974 and love it as much today. I have worn out numerous tapes and CD's listening to Eric and the Raspberries.
They sound just as good here as they did back in the beginning. What an underrated group of musicians. Very complex chords and vocal melodies too. I love the Raspberries!
Definitely one of my all time favorite songs ever! I was just a tween when this song was playing on the radio. I didn't really know what it meant at the time, but I could not hear it enough! Thank you Raspberries for still kicking it. You still sound and look great!
In 1972 my high school class traveled from Traverse City, Michigan to visit the museum's in Chicago's Loop and while there many of us went and saw The Raspberries at The Auditorium open for Blue Oyster Cult. At the time I was so in love with a girl from Maryland who had a summer home in Traverse City and this song was seared to my psyche with her in mind. Two years later I hitchhiked to Maryland to surprise this girl whose father promptly escorted me back to the nearest turnpike. :(
They sound good but they could break the record for inactivity!
STEVEMOR909 1 hour ago
ROCK ON DUDES! YOU SOUND GREAT!
keylago220 5 days ago
I bought this single back in 1974 (a few years after it was first released) and still enjoy hearing it 38 years later! There are so many incredibly great Raspberries tunes. Great post!!!
disco4ever 1 week ago
I was at this show - House of Blues in LA, October 2005. It was one of the finest concerts I've ever seen. Never thought I'd actually see Eric and the guys reunite.
actfray 1 week ago
they are still good!
nukeren 1 week ago
The Best Rock Tune Ever Played!
stephenearlhorvath 1 week ago
THE FANTASTIC RASPBERRIES from CLEVELAND, OHIO. FOUR OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS and SONGWRITERS in MUSIC. ERIC CARMEN , WALLY BRYSON , DAVE SMALLEY , JIM BONFANTI . THE PRIDE OF POWER POP and CLEVELAND.
CLEVELANDJOHNNY 1 week ago
A great and under appreciated band...!!
StratsRgreat 1 week ago
WOW
UncleCaptainMidnight 1 week ago
fantastic!!!!!! that was perfection.. and brought back many memories.. and all of them good.. thank so much to who posted this.
ManBearPigs2u 2 weeks ago
you know whats good about being a old woman??? Eric looks better to me now then he did when i was 16!!!!!! i could watch this a million times and i think i will!!!
debidawg55 2 weeks ago
Paul Sidoti :)
xxlauren169xx 3 weeks ago
OMG.....seriously....I never use that.... but REALLY......AWESOME.....the singer is hotter now than ever and sounds amazing......one of my favorite songs of all time!!!
emarieg1 4 weeks ago
Great job here, but do those background vocals sound a little canned to anyone else? Doesn't sound like some 60 years olds hitting that harmony. Maybe some help off camera....
6000cs 4 weeks ago
Wunderful,wunderful,very,very nice!!
moonman091 1 month ago
Awesome, just awesome!
funkster007 1 month ago
Damn Eric Carmen still looks and sounds good after all these years.
belledame3 1 month ago 2
Love this!!!!
wavesofgrain1 1 month ago
Talent like Mr. Carmen doesn't come along every day. What a beautiful rock song! I'm a 52 y.o. drummer who grew up with this stuff. I also play all the heavier stuff like Hendrix, Trower, VH, etc. This song has such pure energy that it always makes me feel good. The breakdown on the 12-string @3:01 is pure class.
onemoremisfit 1 month ago 3
Does Wally Bryson live in washington state? I swear to God I saw a guy just last weekend driving a cherry lime green '70's muscle car (Charger?) chewing gum with long blondish hair, high forehead cruising around on a clear sunny Sunday afternoon where I live.
MrSphibe 1 month ago
HELL's YES !!!!!
Vigilantevocalist 2 months ago
Fucking SICK!
dunskie 2 months ago
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pons1231 2 months ago
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pons1231 2 months ago
Eric Carmen is a super talent. Wrote his own songs and also for Peter Cetera, Celine Dion, Shawn Cassidy ect, ect............. Lives off royalties and still writes music when he feels like it.
pons1231 2 months ago
The Live on Sunset Strip CD really rocks! 30+ years later and its like they haven't skipped a beat, really...nobody could expect this, but The Raspberries have done it with the reunion shows. I love the increased fidelity of LOTSS because now it isn't quite as compressed and the bass is up in the mix where it should be (it was heavily damped on the original recording by Jimmy Iovine on the original for AM radio). Bryson is tremendous as he slays the guitar rips!
AudioFileZ 2 months ago
I'm a punk rock guy. If stuff like the Raspberries wasn't around we would never have had The Ramones, The Replacements, or much of what followed. The Raspberries are truly seminal!!!!! A+++
Rawberto125 2 months ago 2
Eric Carmen is still hot.
CurvyRedhead 2 months ago 2
Stiil sounds as good as when i first heard it on 93 KHJ......BOSS ANGELES!!!!
marexvr 2 months ago
Now that's what I call talent!
DarthAcroyear 2 months ago
Oh my God… I can't believe that they can still sound this good!
Mooseboy08 2 months ago
i had the 8 track of them great group that was many moons ago :) in my 50 s still listen to them ole rocker here thank you for posting
ididntdoit2u2 2 months ago
Eric Carmen looks hotter than ever. Just let me catch my breath here. Wow.
Megan6945 3 months ago
these guys sound amazing, the years have been kind to them.
clashkid83 3 months ago
Man - these guys were spot on!!! One hell of a live performance after all these years!! Eric Carmen hasn't missed a beat...
jameschar24 3 months ago
@jameschar24 I was thinking the same thing, sounds just like he did when the song was released in the 70s!
jlebaron1 3 months ago
Overused cliche but....damn this band was underated!!!
patriotsdesign 3 months ago 2
Who the hell downed THIS! They must be mentally RETARDED! They were TOTALLY ON! Eric still sounds and looks great {yes getting old SUCKS but it beats the alternative!}
bcushing 3 months ago
one of my favorite songs of all time.
MrFrankygoestoboston 3 months ago 2
this group has aged gracefully....still sound as good as they did when they started....
wsr154 3 months ago 2
DAMN I BELIEVE THESE ARE ALL THE ORIGINAL BAND MEMBERS !!! NO WONDER THEY SOUND SO FUCKING GOOD ! DAMN ERIC CAN STILL ROCK LIKE A MUTHA !!! LOVE IT !
MrGarcia555 3 months ago
AWESOME !!!!!!
MrGarcia555 3 months ago
still sound 's great !
loripoohbear 3 months ago
Great live performance and the music will live on. Such a classic rock song with a romantic edge to it.
iconaclastor 3 months ago
GO 'BERRIES...the fans still love you and you sound amazing; thanks for all the great music and memories..
jpodunk60 4 months ago
Great job!!! Damn you guys STILL rock!!
Christlovesanimals 4 months ago
Well done! A bit over modulated, but well done all the same. Must have been loud!!!
njmikec 4 months ago
if you don't sing with this or at least start tapping your foot, there's something wrong with you, this has to be one of the coolest songs ever, EVER!
userboy6 4 months ago
this is like the coolest guitar song ever written....yep...no doubt about it.
eldonsleight 4 months ago in playlist Rasberries / Badfinger 2
I'd have to agree with that statement being a guitar player myself for 45 years. It is one of the coolest cause of the power projection and complicated chord arrangement. What amazed me when hearing this song for the first time is that these young kids were composers like Lennon and Mccartney. It's one thing to be a great guitar player but it's quite another thing to fashion those chords and melody and harmonies to make it into something musically spectacular. That is nothing short of genus!
cinematic35 3 months ago 2
The Raspberries burned out from within,but were so good...great to see this video.
MrMikeyblueeyesfla 4 months ago
mino-monta!
ave8400 4 months ago
Wow glad to see Eric and the band are still around. Now if it wasn't for you tube where would we all be for want of this nostalgia and a walk back down memory lane? Glad I was around then listening to the best stuff music had to offer.
crazyhorse99999 4 months ago
Excellent song, these guys still rock.
52hogan 5 months ago
The other guys sure old, but the lead singer looks almost better than when he was young. If only all men aged like that.
TheCatJoker 5 months ago
@TheCatJoker
google his mugshot. horrible plastic surgery.
CrazyDaveZ 4 months ago
@CrazyDaveZ "When 900 years you reach, look (and sound) as good you will not . . . hmmmmm!"
phrogbubba 4 months ago
Eric was so amazing at mixing the 50s and 70s in this hard melodious rock sort of way. I have to overlook Hungry Eyes....it's an "I Just Called To Say I Love YOu kind of mar on his musical record personally. I could hardly listen Stevie Wonder when that song came out. :)
gruvykuhl1 5 months ago
Why is everyone so hateful when it comes to music. Just listen to what you like. Every single comment on music videos is just hating on other people's music, what gives? By the way, they still sound awesome :)
Rib5 5 months ago 22
@Rib5 They're just haters.
dixieflyer500 4 months ago
Great rock song from the early 70's!!! They can still play and sing it. Amazing!
bushbabbylover 5 months ago
Eric Carmen still looks good voice is still awesome !!!!!!!!
marvothemustang 5 months ago 2
Impressive! Harmonies were always a big part of their sound, and they're still nailing 'em. Love this band.
Babaziba 5 months ago
House of Blues in Cleveland
jbainbridge10 5 months ago in playlist jbainbridge10's Favorited Videos
Eric Carmen still has a great voice...he took care of himself
atombomb31458 5 months ago
Eric Carmen and Lindsey Buckingham may be the most underrated US artists ever, both in song writing, vocals and guitar playing....
kptrojans 5 months ago
The accoustics are not as great as when I'd listen to this as a young teen while I read Lord of the Rings. The two are melded together.
sherriffnoldie 5 months ago
You can keep all that hip hop and alt rock shit, I'll take the music from the 70s any day. They knew how to write songs back then.
stratovani 5 months ago
@stratovani so very very true!
Keeks4 5 months ago
So Cool
kate54ish 5 months ago
Still great after all these years!...Brings back memories...Was just out of high school when this song came out. I love you all!!
wayneeleigh1953 6 months ago
All the way and back again, Eric. Your place or mine?????? Age has nothing to do with great music and a great performance ......
twiggystick 6 months ago
Wow! They still sound great!
teresababe87 6 months ago
When I first heard this song back in the 70's I thought they were a British band. Until this afternoon 30+ yrs later when I found out they're from Cleveland! Hail Cleveland! The Raspberries Rock!
myfavoritegroovy 6 months ago
This song is expertly written.
heightofearnestness 6 months ago
This video and this song are directly, exactly and precisely what's great about being alive, living in America and having an undying love for music!
theepolishprince 6 months ago 16
@theepolishprince Living in America? I know people in Switzerland who think the same way and believe me, they are better off.
TuneInTurnOnDropOutt 1 month ago in playlist Music
is that the original drummer...anyone know? they sound great and Eric looks awesome
SimchatYerushalayim 6 months ago
@SimchatYerushalayim --yes all 4 original players
minnabean33 6 months ago
one for the old guys, love it!!!
kcarroll64 7 months ago
Dave Smally is the only one of the group who is recognizable from almost 40 years ago
minnabean33 7 months ago
Hearing this for the first time at 10 yrs old when it first came out so long ago drew me into the sensuality of life. It still gives me goosebumps.
cbabick 7 months ago
these old farts still sound great! :)
doointhedoo 7 months ago
Saw him open for Hall and Oates in Sacramento about 74. I knew one or 2 of Eric's songs but he almost stole the show away from Hall and Oates. He was quite the rocker.
akcoins 7 months ago 2
Oops, wrong video--I was watching the one downloaded by Ze18613--the one where Eric has some attempt at a mustache and beard...of sorts. He looked really much sexier with the scruffy look---uh....less like a girl maybe!!! Check that video out--it's really good.
minnabean33 7 months ago
Love it near the end when Wally Bryson blows a bubble with his gum...Eric's looking at him and laughs, as does drummer Jim Bonfanti. Wally...always chewing gum!
minnabean33 7 months ago
I had no idea Sam Kinison was in the Raspberries!
williamwdavis 7 months ago 2
I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I read your post. F__ing hilarious dude...
randyw41 7 months ago
yes aged well
rncasemanager98 7 months ago
Show'em how's it done boys! GO ALL THE WAY!
jsbach15 7 months ago
I don't how much the video may be remixed, but the band is as tight as anyone could ask for all the way through the reunion DVD.
naughtmoses 8 months ago
Ever notice that Eric Carmen looks a lot like Ryan O'Neal? Really. On a more serious note, I lost my virginity to this song with Debbie on the floor in front of her mother's stereo in South Texas while they were gone. I was 16, she was 15 and we were so in love. I'm 56 now and talked to her the other day for the first time in 35 years. Wow! The memories all came flooding back when I listened to this song.
taypar11 8 months ago
Thanks! Love the song and the band!
provoira 8 months ago
Wow... he hasn't aged that much... looking good there and sounding better Eric!
jrzgirl56 8 months ago
this era inspired my first book
Obelisk2290 8 months ago
Sounds so good as the original version!!
ElizabethMariya 8 months ago
If war weren't such a serious subject I'd say that I wish fellow veterans Dave Smalley and Chuck Norris could have made a movie together. Then again, that sounds like it could have been a pretty cool idea anyway...
ATamandua 8 months ago
yes he sure did wow
ianhunterfan 8 months ago
i,m here
jdean1003 8 months ago
SWOOOOOON!!!!, Siiiiiigh...........!
vytildie 8 months ago in playlist Easy list '70's
Q: What bassist served his country in Viet Nam as a helicopter gunner, survived his aircraft getting shot down and dodged the Viet Cong for three days in the jungle while awaiting rescue, all while carrying shrapnel wounds in his behind?
A: Dave Smalley, original Raspberries member who I understand was playing bass right here (the bass line was always great in this song, as was the chorus which he was also part of). Thank you for your service, sir!
ATamandua 8 months ago
God I love this band.....
LadyDisDesire 9 months ago
Imagine 3 part harmony melodic music with an attitude.The generations after the 70's would only feel the aftershocks of this music.Groups like this and Badfinger, etc... This kind of music will never be again.The record companys dont have a clue why business isn't is good as it use to be.I think i know why :D Sometimes you need to leave something that works alone!!!! Great video!!!!!!
hollydazetribute 9 months ago
Wow..still great in 2005. Need an update, lol!! Great band, great songs. I'll always remember the raspberries!!!
twokmb01 9 months ago
32 years later and still sounds great
tryby12 9 months ago
32 years and still sounds great
tryby12 9 months ago
WOW!
sonnywestfan1 9 months ago
Awesomely excellent live performance, considering it's friggin' 30-years later!
MikeOso2 9 months ago
Timeless classic. many these days can't touch this...
kiloilio 9 months ago 2
One of the best opening riffs of all time. I LOVE THIS SONG!! although I won't fall in love again I will be saying this to the opposite sex the rest of my life! Surprised how many really say yes but then again I am handsome.
hickoryou812 9 months ago
@hickoryou812 AND WHY NOT?!? Love may be right around the corner....just waiting!
vytildie 8 months ago
I was there that night! Thanks so much for posting this, 70sClassicRock! Much appreciated. Cheers.
ericinhb92648 9 months ago
Thank you Raspberries for the 70s and today! Thank you!!
tdsawa 10 months ago
I love this song, always have and always will!
Question.
Who is the musically inspiration for the Rasberries.?
Was "Boats against the currents a Eric solo song or Rasberries?
Thanks
funshipM174 10 months ago
Great song and terrific live version. Do agree on the background singers. I can't see where the 'depth' of the chorus is coming from. Nobody but Carmen seems to visibly be really singing. Not taking away from the song, one of the best 'pop' tunes ever written.
bwh177 10 months ago
Great song and terrific live version. Do agree on the background singers. I can't see where the 'depth' of the chorus is coming from. Nobody but Carmen seems to visibly really singing. Not taking away from the song, one of the best 'pop' tunes ever written.
bwh177 10 months ago
Eric Carmen and the Raspberries haven't skipped a beat in 30+ years...THIS IS IMMORTAL ROCK & ROLL, GANG!
kiloilio 10 months ago
holy crap this is sooooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
galley30 10 months ago
Intro is so good. rest blows
allah211 10 months ago
Still absolutely awesome thirty years later! Like someone else said, Eric Carmen looks better now than he did then! Dude MUST have made a deal with the Devil or something to still look and sound this great! ;)
dkelly26666 10 months ago
HELL, YEAH!
greggfallenstar 11 months ago
that guitar dude likes his gum LOL!! 3:04
753684 11 months ago
The band and Eric Carmen still rock !
rebelgator57 11 months ago
The band and Eric Carmin still rock !
rebelgator57 11 months ago
The band is definitely playing their instruments and Eric is definitely singing the lead live (what an amazing singer). It is not easy to sing Eric Carmen tunes....you gots to have pipes to pull it off and a great ear! However, there is no way that those back up vocals aren't padded. In fact, you can see where the audible vocals are being held in spots and the singers are ending their notes way before the audio does. That makes me think that some of the music might be padded too.
chungiemunchin 11 months ago
@chungiemunchin like the moody blues and other bands that rely on a lot of background vocals, my guess is there were some singers.....ahem....in the background.....that were not visible for this video.
9walrus9 10 months ago
@chungiemunchin i don't thinks so about the vocals. you have to look hard but there are at least three other musicians onstage in the dark singing, and the lady with the tambourine is doing the really high parts
feebleblunt1 9 months ago
still sound awesome with no electronic BS to better the voice, are we listening Brittney Dumbass, and every other half assed singers who cant sing but are great at acting like a..holes.
vetb882 11 months ago
Damn!!!!
reichardtaj 11 months ago
Still one of the best written songs of rock! Fantastic background vocals!
trux04 11 months ago
what is Wally Bryson doing at 1:06 ?
DrHogfan 11 months ago
This was my first love of my life Marrianne Pavlos and my song back in 8th grade. I always wondered what happen to her. I got hooked up with her brother through facebook. I learned that she died in a accident back in 1995. I am so sad to not have had the opportunity to say good bye, so here it is Marrianne they are playing our song!! RIP!!!
SONNY887 11 months ago
One of the best songs ever made, I was about five years old when it came out and I loved it then.
marie11963 11 months ago
"Classic" is right! TY 70scr!
Fashizle20 11 months ago
sound better than ever ...... way to keep the war babies happy, eric. CLEVELAND ROCKS!!!
frizzlefrap 1 year ago
That was fantastic!
slowgood 1 year ago
Amazing - and sort of hilarious that a group of 60-year old men sound this good doing a song about adolescent love!
soyounoat 1 year ago
I had no idea they were still performing. I saw Eric Carmen in 1976 shortly after he left Raspberries. Great to see them again.
vcoaster 1 year ago
It ACTUALLY SOUNDS EVEN BETTER!!! So melodically romantic! But it's DEFINITELY Rock and Roll!!!
vytildie 1 year ago
This is the entire original band performing live at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in October 2005. This was recorded and released as a live album.
rx71369 1 year ago
I can't believe how wonderful this still sounds after all these years!! Fantastic!!
winter3110 1 year ago
I wish they were in the Hall Of Fame. Even Springsteen and Bon Jovi are fans......
KrystalMarieAdam 1 year ago
@KrystalMarieAdam And they are even FROM CLEVELAND! I am a Steeler fan but gotta give it to Cleveland on this one!
johnnykov 11 months ago
this looks like the original band.Is this the original guitarist?Im positive about the other 3<
mikey1829 1 year ago
@mikey1829 Yes, the guy on the double neck is the original guitarist, Wally Bryson.
kickpedal 1 year ago
@kickpedal Thanks bro.I thought so.Guy was very underated.His fill ins were always excellent
mikey1829 1 year ago
These guys haven't lost a thing. Great performance here and looking good!
governorgilf 1 year ago
carmen sure aged well, in both body and voice
brabon1 1 year ago 26
@brabon1 LOL...I was thinking the same thing. He always seemed to be a poser, one of those guys who just refuses to give in to Father time. Good for him, fuck Father Time. Guy is a hell of a musician though.
Waszma 8 months ago
@Waszma i was upset when he dropped power pop for straight pop, but guy had to eat...and ya, he is a hell of a musician...classically trained
dont know about the poseur thing...most guys in power pop/glam pranced around like him
brabon1 8 months ago
@brabon1 Oh yeah man...I agree 100%. If it was ok for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, why not these guys. Marc Bolan etc., actually when I say posing (and i know you can appreciate this) I don't say it as a put down, it was definitely part of the show, and the show was better then than it's ever been since. Carmen was/is?, a great musician, no question. I hear Todd Rungren ripped him off...ever hear about that?
Waszma 7 months ago
@Waszma never heard about the rungren thing...only thing that i know about rungren was that he used a glam persona to get his straight pop tunes heard
doesnt matter...this is music...music that will last forever....music that when heard, brings back memories of a simpler time
brabon1 7 months ago
@brabon1 It sure does man....a simpler and much happier time, a time before the super elite bought and paid for the government and turned the U.S. into a second rate country. Before we gave tax deductions to companies for moving expenses when they relocated their operations overseas. Before corporations cut wages to the bone and outsourced every frigging thing possible. Before they offshored as much profit as possible so that we would take in less revenue and build up a mountainous debt. ; )
Waszma 7 months ago 2
@Waszma Dude, the 1970s were not a freaking simpler nor happier time. The imes were far more perilous. Imagine getting a mortgage for 13% and tinking you got a got deal. Business were sutting down left and right. The elite as you refer were far stronger than today because the numbers of rich has skyrocketed in the mean time.
Robbob9933 3 months ago
@Robbob9933 I hope you're kidding, seriously. I was there, and I am now here. Here's a simple one for you. Minimum wage was $1.85 an hour, gas was $0.29 a gallon. 1 hour worked = 6 gallons of gas. At the present $3.75 minimum wage gets you 2 gallons. Interest rates on Real Estate? It's all DTI (debt to income). If your mortgage payment = 33% of your gross monthly income, you can afford it. Prices so high now that you can't sell props with 4% fixed rates. So...looks like rates matter not. Reply?
Waszma 3 months ago
@Waszma Go to 70sflashback for a snapshot of the economy then, you are suffering from nostalgia. The good ole days never existed.
Robbob9933 3 months ago
@brabon1
We all did!
ShanghaiJill 5 months ago
Incredible ! They still sound great after over 30 years.
dairyqueen76 1 year ago
The old guys can still fly !
MrTiptoes1 1 year ago
Fucking love this song......they still sound AWESOME!!!!
provoira 1 year ago 29
@provoira You fucking rock for thinking that my friend!
KWhopperNZ 8 months ago
Great song, brings me back to the 70's.....
AlliluvsJared 1 year ago
Eric Carmen has a voice that transcends all genres of rock. I have loved this song since it first came out in 1974 and love it as much today. I have worn out numerous tapes and CD's listening to Eric and the Raspberries.
mamarita2003 1 year ago
sounds great! wow!
flexxman1964 1 year ago
They sound just as good here as they did back in the beginning. What an underrated group of musicians. Very complex chords and vocal melodies too. I love the Raspberries!
shelly10538 1 year ago
Definitely one of my all time favorite songs ever! I was just a tween when this song was playing on the radio. I didn't really know what it meant at the time, but I could not hear it enough! Thank you Raspberries for still kicking it. You still sound and look great!
dcdan7c 1 year ago
Thank you for good time!
Aluisiodv 1 year ago
This song just rocks. Could someone post a guitar lesson for this song, please?
DrHogfan 1 year ago
totally honest. respect.
corkpopfrance 1 year ago
Excellent!
purpleplzr 1 year ago
This Guys Rock!!!!
CHURINFUNFLAIS 1 year ago
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GwenoraUpson712343 1 year ago
In 1972 my high school class traveled from Traverse City, Michigan to visit the museum's in Chicago's Loop and while there many of us went and saw The Raspberries at The Auditorium open for Blue Oyster Cult. At the time I was so in love with a girl from Maryland who had a summer home in Traverse City and this song was seared to my psyche with her in mind. Two years later I hitchhiked to Maryland to surprise this girl whose father promptly escorted me back to the nearest turnpike. :(
JerryOfPerth 1 year ago