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  • This was out when I was in high school.Ahh the good old days.

  • Wonderfully makes me feel 16 years old again...wonderful memories!! Eric was a doll then and still is!!!!

  •  Soundtrack of my youth.

  • They remind of badfinger so much....both great bands....

  • I always liked this song but the singer looks like Cindy Williams from Laverne & Shirley

  • Damm! Real musicians, playing real instruments! Using their own real voices! Wow! no computers,or autotune,synth drums or lip sync? LOL's must be grown ups playing REAL MUSIC

  • @1957thack Umm, they're definirtely lipsynching.

  • @achn2b Yep alot of those shows did that back then. Probably didn't have the sound systems in place like they should have to do the band justice so synching was the next best thing.

  • @achn2b that's what they did back then. Milli Vanilli got their ideas from that. LOL The Raspberries were a great band though

  • @1957thack and no effect pedals on those guitars?? Oh, that's right, things like that don't count because they aren't electronic.... REAL DIPWAD

  • Oh, and the don't make em like they used to...

  • Great song. Vid from the year my dad graduated from High School. I'm 30 now, first heard it 10 years ago, Great song!!

  • Does anyone know if there's a backing instrumental track (no vocals) for this song available on youtube?

  • I saw this live on tv in 74, like the song, hated the outfits

  • Went to high school (class of ' 78) with a guy who (I thought) was the spitting image of Eric Carmen.....

    Brian Dominski, if you're out there................PLEASE, we love you, call collect..... ;-)

    

  • Kids, if there is a better 3 minute pop song with a catchier chorus and better hooks, please tell me what it is.

  • Maybe New England's song, "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya" but you are definitely onto something with your statement!

  • This is all lip syncing. The sound sounds exactly like the studio track.

  • @andyt1424

    Because somebody took the audio track and synched it up to this old footage. The actual footage is still out there. Thumbs down for scamming.

  • So your point is what?

  • LOVE ERIC ! They came and played at our high-school in 1974. My mom almost disowned me. She thought Go All The Way was dirty ! lol, times have changed.....

  • crazy fun!!! Thanks!

  • TRIVIA: look at the white electric guitar eric carmen is playing.....does it look familiar? Just like the one Joan Jett always played. Eric gave that guitar to joan jett

  • a perfect pop song, always LOVED IT.....thanks for posting

  • I'm with you. I will never grow or get tired of this song...ever!

  • That was the style of hair and the girls loved putting their fingers through that lovely mess. I miss washing guys long hair! Great power pop

  • i don't watch vids with ads..

  • HEY TEMPT,I LOVE THIS SONG,AND I LOVE SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH YOU TO BABY,AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE.LOVE YOU BABY.queen

  • Love the...but i keep thinking wheres Laverne because eric looks like shirley withn that hair doo

  • Who are the six assholes who don't "like" this?

  • Only Raspberries fans may know that Eric Carmen played bass on the original album version of "Go All the Way."

  • @jpodunk60 Well..a small correction here..Eric is playing the rhythm guitar. MAN what a flashback of a great song! *smile*

  • @MaryMRevis Hi Again..He is playing rhythm guitar in this video and always played rhythm guitar (and piano of course) AFTER they recorded their 1st LP "Raspberries" which included GATW...What I meant is that he played the bass guitar on the original LP recording of GATW. He and David Smalley switched guitar types when recording the 2nd album "Fresh." Thanks!

  • I read somewhere where it was said that Eric Carmen and the Raspberries were big Beatles fans and heavily influenced by them...and well, what bands from that day and age weren't?!? But, it is so evident in this video, from the mannerisms and facial expressions from Eric Carmen...he looks like Paul McCartney trained him how to move his face muscles!

  • OMG, what a heartthrob he was back in the day, huh? I was a love-sick 15 year old, lol!!

  • Don't get the MP3s, Get the LP if you want to really hear it right.

  • One of the greatest rock bands ever.

  • 12-17-2011. He's full of glee at 63. Happy Birthday, Jim Bonfanti. And to all the wanna-be's of today. This is how it's done.

  • Dude looks like a lady!

    That being said, it's awesome. Undeniably so.

  • Oh my God... I can't get enough

  • Although it may not be my favourite power pop song I will say that this is the definitive power pop song. You can't help but singing it once you hear it and it stays with you for the rest of your life.

  • You are so right on

  • Dig the Wig.

  • @zigrendon lmao, you know that's all his own

  • Cleveland Rocks.......my hometown

  • @Songmandave1 WMMS and WNCX FTW!.

  • Shirley Finney look alike , shirt looks gay ,but love the music

  • Those harmonies.... wow !

  • saw them on the mike douglas show. growing up in cleveland. They were our cleveland heroes.

  • the greatest power pop song ever recorded

  • que lindinhos, muito fofo, e a musica é fantastica.

  • I love it!! I grew up in the 60's and 70's and they just don't make 'em like this anymore.

  • i heard that eric carmen sold that guitar to joan jett in 1977 and thats the same melody maker guitar she still uses today, im so jealous, they dont make those ones anymore.

  • Real. Rock. And. Roll.

  • Dang the early 70's when guys looked like girls.......looks wierd now. Those shirts, etc. But boy back then it was hot...

  • HtoOh: Now I am even more embarrassed as I thought I responded with "oh, never noticed that line". So, I was right! Yeh!

  • Hey H20 (HtoOh)

    Gee, is my face red!! I suppose it is the case of a static am radio obscuring the lyrics but it still sounds the same on you tube. Must make note to look up lyrics prior to commenting.

  • Is that a wig?

  • @soundbounder No way that's all Eric's hair; one of the best heads of hair in the music business; but a very 70s style to be sure. If you were around back then, you should know it was the way it really was back then..Great stuff..

  • Carman was Badass!

  • This is a very sexy song!!!

  • Mike Douglas had a lot of great bands that you wouldn't see elsewhere......I think the first time i saw Kiss it was on his show......

  • My sister who was 2.5 yrs older than me was being driven to the movies by our Dad and she had 3 girlfriends in the car. At the point where Carmen sings, "I know I love her screwing me", there was an unexpected silence. I believe my Dad was more embarrassed by the lyrices than the the 14 year old girls.

  • @sharonscorpioful OH..... never noticed that line....

  • @sharonscorpioful ...ummmm, I think the lines are "Before her love, I was cruel and mean, there was a hole in the place where my heart should have been. But now I've changed...." Cute misheard lyric though. ;)

  • @Hto0h That's what I've always heard too. :) 

  • @Hto0h Also clearly synching when band members randomly stop playing at different times while you can still hear the music fade. Sometimes I believe Mike Douglass actually had some live stuff. Certainly when someone would sit in the interview area and sing and play from there it was alive--or at least very much appeared so. I think there is a video of Zappa on that show and that sure looked live with all the goofy stuff he does while playing and singing. Never the same twice.

  • @phair710 Definitely some shows did live, but many times it was synched. As a pre-teen I used to 'live' at CFTO studio in Toronto in the early 70s. Saw many many variety shows shot (especially 'Rollin On the River' with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition ... ). Sometimes even the most professional artists took a half dozen takes to get it down, others did it just once, and a few... were live. Oh, I just listened to this again while I was typing without looking at the video. Synched guaranteed..

  • @phair710 Just found this.... check out this clip from Mike Douglas' Show. You'll have to add in the website part......... /watch?v=pAsWrONvTAQ&feature=r­elated You can hear what Eric is actually singing.

  • @Hto0h I watched the live video you suggested but it's kind of apples vs. oranges. They clearly have a piano which is not in the original and Eric stops playing for awhile which you can hear and he also sings a bit out of tune in one spot. Clearly Live, but I'm still not sure about the Mike Douglass show. I know that synching was done a lot and you can see that clearly on shows like Bandstand especially when the audience starts clapping before the music is finished.

  • @Hto0h As far as the triple voice effect, the pros had doublers and heavy compression available for thickness even though it may not have been available for home use until around 1978. If they are faking, it's the best I've ever seen. The drummer too has no missed or extra hits that I can see.

  • I love eric carmen and his really unusual voice. i love the 70s. the way he sings, i'll bet a few men would go all the way with him!!!

    too bad the drummer looks less than enthused.

  • I love eric carmen and his really unusual voice. i love the 70s. the way he sings, i'll bet a few men would go all the way with him!!!

  • Lip syncing? I don't think so. Mike Douglass was taped live. The guitarist is putting his fingers where he should for the sound that the guitar is making. So it is likely that he is playing it for real. It was a small studio so the drummer wouldn't play loud.

  • @phair710 This is absolutely NOT live. It's the band syncing to a recording. In those days people didn't play to a midi/click track and you can't just paste a studio audio track over a live performance and make it work. It's difficult to even sing along with a track and make it look real. Besides, how did Eric triple his voice? I've been a musician (lead vocalist/drummer) for almost 40 years. I've been attending taped tv programs for longer than that. I know lyp-syncing, believe me. :)

  • @Hto0h I've been a guitarist/singer/producer for 44 years myself. Only thing I can tell you for sure is the guitarist with the double neck in this video is absolutely perfect-both hands--finger positions and picking/strumming. I've seen bands fake it too and they are NEVER ever completely perfect like this appears to be. Singers are off-time by just a hair, players quit playing for just a nano-second while the sound of their instrument continues. a wrong chord/note/positioning. Just sayin'.

  • @phair710 Check at ...watch?v=hDbWRP_D_uw for an actual live version. Btw there are more people on stage than you might easily see to fill out the sound a bit.

  • @phair710 ah, a better example... you'll see an extra 3 people at least... watch?v=C5ErtYeBJS4, but the sound is really good in both versions.

  • I guess lip syncing was not even detected back then. Man I was so young and so naive! This group was considered Kiss's competitor back then. This was truly 'hard' rock.

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  • I remember taking the cellophane off this album and it smelled like raspberries. Just sayin!

  • I remember this from the day, Find anything that comes close today, you can't. Great harmony with a message!

  • This song brings back a lot of memories. I remember dating a guy from NJ who loved this song. Every time I hear it I think of him. Unfortunately he took his life in March 2000. It still hurts. 

  • @blueyedKSGirl Sorry to hear about that. It's an awful thing to have happen. The original guitarist in my band took his life about 8 years ago. He was wonderful, caring and helpful person. Doctor had him on meds for over twenty years for 'sleep disorder'. He couldn't deal with the side-effects anymore. He was a very talented guy. We miss him very much.

  • The drummer plays like he rented the drums and can't afford to hurt them.

  • Im not a huge Eric Carmen fan but this has to be one of the catchiest tune ever written

  • Mr. Carmen still has the best hair in rock, and seems quite fit even in his older age. And, I'd gladly still 'go all the way' with him and I am far from some desperate frumpy cow! :) cx

  • i use to love this song when i was growing up i was 14 when this song came out

  • timeless cool

  • Eric Carmen, super talented guy. Respect!

  • 2:44...the 'Beatle-esque' breakdown is the most beautiful part of the song

  • lol@ billyjack!

    

  • I LOVE ERIC CARMEN !!! He was the hottest rock star back then! Great voice and yes, PRETTY!! But then again, so were a lot of Rock Stars! It is so refreshing to see a time when people actually cared about their appearances! Nowadays everyone is a big fatass with greasy hair wearing the same old black t-shirt and staring at their shoes. No effort in appearance or performance. That is why rock is dead today!

  • @jadeo101 ,,,,,,Very good observation Jade.

  • @jadeo101 Hey Jadeo, don't be so jaded. Instead type your little fingers on your you tube keyboard and type in L.A. Ryder We're the Outcasts and hear some newly uncovered 70s and 80's music! Remember rock on with some spirit!

  • @jadeo101 Your characterization of today's contemporary artist is accurate. Bring back Eric and his proud art form.

  • @MRJBanks121 But today's artists put so much EFFORT into looking unkempt. So, come on, cut them some slack (unless they're already 100% slack).

  • in high school, these words said it all!

  • @jjwardma1 And it worked! lol

  • OMG!! Lol. Too funny!!

  • Love it! One of my favorites. I hear it on Radio.com every day.

  • Does anyone play a double neck guitar anymore?

  • Better off listening to the Faces instead...

  • @rupertmundy better off listening to the small faces than the faces..

  • Wally ... you're right. I recall Carmen was actually classically trained and has a fine arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He's written some pretty outstanding pop/rock songs over the years, too! Cheers

  • i agree look like "chicks" but 1st time i viewed this!...

  • Sorry all your Eric Carmen haters; that man NEVER had to wear a wig..best rock and roll hair ever...anyone around in the 70s knows this was our MTV and this is how lots of bands looked and dressed...I was 12 when this came out and just the idea of the song was AMAZING...also, Eric is on record saying that when he created this song, he wanted to see if he could write a hit with suggestive lyrics but deliver it in such a sweet way that you couldn't help but love it..Success..IMHO..

  • geez!! my dad's freinds all dressed...and looked like this!!!

  • Wierd to me...how Eric could look so damn hot at times, and other times, really kind of bizarre looking. He lloks now like he's probably had some plastic surgery done...not that there's anything wrong with that...but look at pics of him in the 80's and early 90's...he did not have a face that would age well into his '60's

  • Eric Carmen and the Raspberries were single-handedly responsible for more deflowering/make outs during the 1970's than any chemical substance. Hands down Eric's was the greatest male singing voice of that decade....and he still sounds great!!

  • @AMStationEngineer --yes and probably alot of single-handed stuff too!!

  • I remember this from the short-lived TV series "Life On Mars" (2008) 

  • OKAY, AND HE SINGS GREAT.....BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT GOING ALL THE WAY IS ALL ABOUT AND MAY HAVE DONE IT A FEW TIMES.

  • THIS IS FRICKIN HOT AND YES IT IS ERIC CARMEN. MAN, A MAN WOULD GO ALL THE WAY WITH HIM AFTER SEEING HIM SING THIS SONG. CRAP, A DOG WOULD!!! THATS HOW GOOD IT IS!!

  • @bookguitarguy Like men don't judge women on looks, weight, or a myriad of other things. Sorry for your bad luck with women, but guess what dude? You're the common denominator in all those relationships.

  • ISN'T THIS LEAD SINGER "ERIC CARMEN"??????

  • Ummm your poor guy. these are DUDES .. lol

    THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GETTING LAID.. THEY ARE ASKING THE GIRL TO GIVE IT UP.... GET IT.. BABY GO ALL THE WAY..

  • Love this 70's rock sound. Even though these guys seem to be lip-syncing this on the show...instruments, vocals, and all. Sounds just like the studio version. Yeah, the drummer is playing sorta lightly there. Regardless...still like 'em. The old tube amp sound ala Pete Townsend style guitar does it for me...(even though the singer is also maybe wearing a wig...not cool.) Like the music, not the fake? That's right...

  • @MrYou4ia They actually performed live on the show, which is elsewhere on youtube if you look for it. Someone just decided to overdub the studio recording on this video from the show.

  • 3 people have never gone all the way.

  • gotta wnder given mike douglas' musical background, what he opened himself up to when this fantastic band appeared on his tv show...he probably had to give his regular audience a "warning"...prior to this segment :)

  • ...I was sixteen - great song - remember good times - makes me cry

  • the 70s alot of 1 hit wonders i remember hearing them on the radio. its a shame what music evolved into.

  • Dude looks like Chris Kattan. Love this song.

  • @007bookmaster His naem is ERIC CARMEN.......had a few solo hits also after he left the RASBERRIES.

  • Too bad it's just a lip-sync to the recording. I wanted to hear what they sounded like live. It is an amazing tune though.

  • @Hto0h There are several live versions out there. They are surprisingly good.

  • @macsdounix yes he does!!!!!!

  • @Hto0h Maybe YouTube will let me get a way with a partial link: just add the usual stuff to this link. Great live version: youtube.com/watch?v=7wT_NpsYde­s

  • @macsdounix Thank you. I'll check it. Ah, yes... that's live, but I think there is an extra player or two on stage. watch?v=hDbWRP_D_uw.... Thanks. :)

  • This is a classic great song that WILL be heard a hundred years from now.

  • Contrary to people's idea of the 1970's today...there were actually ALOT of teenagers having sex and when this song came out we loved it. It was stating the obvious.

  • Great tune, but a little surprised that Mike would put this on back in '74, considering the blatant implication of sex at the time.

  • @JeffersonDinedAlone I thought the same.

  • Folks, give Eric Carmena break. IT WAS THE 70s and believe it or not, this was a cool look back then. Just listen to that lead guitar and the harmonies. This is power pop at its best.

  • @wallytjr256 Very true!! I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that angry Feminists liked their "men" to look (and act?) more like girls than men!!! Now, they still want us to act like girls -but LOOK like men- while they take all of our money, jobs, and power!! But hey, that's a whole other subject... :O)) He's a great singer, singing a great song!

  • @bookguitarguy GOOD GOD! IT WAS THE 60ties REMEMBER A LITTLE GROUP CALLED THE BEATLES? WE ALL WANTED TO LOOK LIKE THEM. MAN YOU GOT A THING FOR WOMEN SHE IS NEVER GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK DEAL WITH IT.

  • @hacksaw8214 Oh, shut up dumbass. Just because ur a brainwashed radical feminist doesn't mean the rest of us buy the bullsh#t!! :O)) The Beatles had a boyish/innocent look, but they were not effeminate, & didn't try to look like women. I stand behind my statement: the feminist (hypocritical) swing from one extreme to the other (from macho to girly-men) taught a lot of women (& men) to not only hate MEN, but to hate MASCULINITY itself (though OK for dykes). Don't miss ur next counseling appt! :O)

  • @bookguitarguy LOOKED AT YOUR WEB SIGHT. WHAT YOU DID FOR BANDIT WAS A GOOD THING. BUT WOW, NO DOUBLE WOW!  YOU HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH FEMALES. THE ONLY ONE THAT CARES WHAT YOU THINK OR HOW YOU FEEL IS YOU! YOU ARE JUST MAKING YOUR OWN SELF CRAZY!

  • @wallytjr256 Yeah, it was ok to use more hairspray than your girlfriend back then.

  • @wallytjr256 While I agree that this is power pop at its best, it's too hard to resist pointing out things like "last time I saw that haircut it was sitting on a styrofoam head in a shop window."

  • How come racism is wrong and supremicy beliefs over any group with males in the group, but when ONLY women/girls can get hurt it's suddenly ok to pimp hate in the form of misogyny anytime someone is homophobic & wants to insult men...they use misogyny. 'like a girl' etc...That's the depths of being a coward & of course any guy who thinks he has something to prove, knows he has something to hide. ..

    This is in response to the often removed hatefilled comments about Eric.

  • Lead singer reminds me of Paul McCartny a little bit.

  • A great, great tune from the 70's....So, so many high school memories.....They just don't make them like this anymore...

  • One of the best guitar riffs of all time!

  • These chicks can really sing!

  • @billyjack1973 Liked your comment! Seriously though practically all guys back then wore their hair long back then.

  • @billyjack1973 FUNNY YOU WASN'T THERE. THAT WAS SOME GREAT TIMES.

  • @billyjack1973 Those are not chicks. haha, they look like it though.

  • @billyjack1973 LOL chicks lol

  • Respond to this video... Aahhhh memories....I wish I could stay in them and live it all over again!

  • @billyjack1973 Hey redneck, Those chicks got dicks. Hope i didn't mess up a fantasy??????

    ( i know that i did) Hey, pickle smoocher, you know the government unlock the closit so you

    chicks could do just about anything that a normal,good looking well hung,oh ya smart man like me

    can do,Take advantage of it. (BEFORE ITS TO LATE) .good night. better run better run faster then

    my GUN

  • @billyjack1973, They are actually dudes not chicks. But they do look like the singer, Prince. Raspberry Parade the kind U find in a second hand store.

  • Love this song.  One of my favorites from the 70's.

  • A hit, or several, then fade to oblivion. Typical lifespan for most music acts.

  • @JeffersonDinedAlone

    You wouldn't believe how great their entire catalog is. These guys wrote some of the best music you'll

    ever hear......but most of it never got played on the radio.

  • Eric Carmen looks alot like Shirley Finney from happy days he is just too pretty

  • @jpavlekovich He does look like her

  • NO CORDS ANTWHERE. Electrical. Not corduroy. Although I see none amongst the polyester. Eric Carmen was a beautiful creature. So was his Gibson.

  • Awful lip-synching

  • love the vibe this is my get up get down track hahaha! ROCK ON!

  • thank god i was too young to dress in that 70's garb...be that as it may, this tune rocks

  • one hit wonders one after another back in the 70's

  • Going all the way in 1974! You nasty boy!

  • hah I love this song but I dislike that they didnt really show the whole band..just the icky singer lol

  • Ya gotta love that 70's glam look. Its so much better than today's street/grundge look ( aka the homeless look ) No disrespect to the homeless, but nowadays its chic to look scruffy / scary in expensive clothes.