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(YouTube) Cool Thirty-five years ago the Doobie Brothers had a #1 hit with "Black Water," a song that is not, surprisingly, about shady government defense contractors   (youtube.com) divider line 33
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Indolent [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 02:57:09 AM
If I remember correctly that song started out as the B side of a hit single.
 
log_jammin [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 03:10:47 AM
Indolent: If I remember correctly that song started out as the B side of a hit single.

"Another Park, Another Sunday"
 
Indolent [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 03:40:26 AM
log_jammin: Indolent: If I remember correctly that song started out as the B side of a hit single.

"Another Park, Another Sunday"

Thanks.
 
DjangoStonereaver [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 06:15:48 AM
archive.profootballtalk.com

Approves
 
Slug2468
2010-03-15 06:30:08 AM
Damn, I know that song and it makes me feel old.

Get off lawn etc blah...
 
LewDux
2010-03-15 07:52:38 AM
Dirst Post Brothers
 
jonbasini
2010-03-15 08:55:40 AM
Which Doobie They BE?

I was intrduced to MIchael MacDonald, spoke to him for a while, then was sad to see that it was some OTHER Michael MacDonald.

Sad....
 
theurge14
2010-03-15 09:26:36 AM
img412.imageshack.us
 
Pentaxian
2010-03-15 09:27:42 AM
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter for guitarist for the Doobie Brothers is now a defense contractor.

Citation (new window)
 
Already Disturbed
2010-03-15 09:32:34 AM
jonbasini: Which Doobie They BE?

I was intrduced to MIchael MacDonald, spoke to him for a while, then was sad to see that it was some OTHER Michael MacDonald.

Sad....

Everybody's talkin' at me, I can't hear a word they're sayin'. Just drivin' around in Jon Voight's car...

3.bp.blogspot.com
 
OldManDownDRoad [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:41:15 AM
This was one of those albums you didn't have to buy because it was played endlessly on the radio, and walking down any dorm hallway would guarantee you'd hear it coming out of at least two rooms.
 
bugmn99
2010-03-15 09:45:16 AM
DjangoStonereaver: Approves

Right, right. Gotcha.
 
Mr. Potatoass
2010-03-15 10:14:33 AM
Pentaxian: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter for guitarist for the Doobie Brothers is now a defense contractor.

Skunk Works?
 
jj325 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 10:21:42 AM
The Doobies were pretty good before they were taken over by Michael "Yacht Rock" MacDonald
 
strangeguitar
2010-03-15 11:22:49 AM
bugmn99: DjangoStonereaver: Approves

Right, right. Gotcha.

Best episode of What's Happening ever!
/with the episode where ReRun worships the head of lettuce "Ralph" running a close second.
 
Dont Call Me Shirley
2010-03-15 11:27:34 AM
I still have my ticket stub from '78. Paid 10 bucks. Saw them last fall and paid a bit more and NO DRY ICE?!?!
 
SpaceLord
2010-03-15 11:44:01 AM
urgh.files.wordpress.com

Approves.
 
bugmn99
2010-03-15 12:17:55 PM
strangeguitar: bugmn99: DjangoStonereaver: Approves

Right, right. Gotcha.

Best episode of What's Happening ever!
/with the episode where ReRun worships the head of lettuce "Ralph" running a close second.

"Get yo' squat offa mah pot!"

Let's also not forget, "No Roger, No Rerun, No Rent, Turkey."
 
Catsaregreen
2010-03-15 01:13:00 PM
If I'm not mistaken, it was a deejay in Roanoke, Va., who first started to play that B side song. ...

If that would have happened today, Clear Channel probably would have fired him for not playing a song on their focus group-approved playlist.
 
Great_Milenko
2010-03-15 02:48:32 PM
Catsaregreen: If I'm not mistaken, it was a deejay in Roanoke, Va., who first started to play that B side song. ...

If that would have happened today, Clear Channel probably would have fired him for not playing a song on their focus group-approved playlist.

Yeah, right. Like any band making music like this would get played at all on commercial radio today.
 
Galactic_Empanada
2010-03-15 03:29:32 PM
jj325: The Doobies were pretty good before they were taken over by Michael "Yacht Rock" MacDonald

THIS so much.

They went from being completely badass rock and roll, to cheesy adult contemporary.


Why the hell did they let that douche in the band in the first place?
 
Nina_Hartley's_Ass
2010-03-15 03:38:36 PM
CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 3/15/75

40: SATIN SOUL - LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA
39: FIRE - THE OHIO PLAYERS
38: WALKING IN RHYTHM - THE BLACKBYRDS
37: THE SOUTH'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
36: BUTTER BOY - FANNY
35: PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM - ELTON JOHN
34: NEVER LET HER GO - DAVID GATES
33: MOVIN' ON - BAD COMPANY
32: BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS - FREDDY FENDER
31: PART OF THE PLAN - DAN FOGELBERG
30: SUPERNATURAL THING (PART #1) - BEN E. KING
29: EMMA - HOT CHOCOLATE
28: I'M A WOMAN - MARIA MULDAUR
27: HARRY TRUMAN - CHICAGO
26: ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY - BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE
25: EMOTION - HELEN REDDY
24: CHEVY VAN - SAMMY JOHNS
23: ONCE YOU GET STARTED - RUFUS
22: (HEY WON'T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG - B.J. THOMAS
21: PICK UP THE PIECES - THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND
20: MY BOY - ELVIS PRESLEY
19: I AM LOVE (PART #2) - THE JACKSON 5
18: SAD SWEET DREAMER - SWEET SENSATION
17: TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN - AL MARTINO
16: UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE - POLLY BROWN
15: SHAME, SHAME, SHAME - SHIRLEY & COMPANY
14: SNOOKEROO - RINGO STARR
13: BEST OF MY LOVE - THE EAGLES
12: YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL - JOE COCKER
11: POETRY MAN - PHOEBE SNOW
10: DON'T CALL US,WE'LL CALL YOU - SUGARLOAF
9: CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
8: EXPRESS - B.T. EXPRESS
7: LONELY PEOPLE - AMERICA
6: LADY - STYX
5: LOVIN' YOU - MINNIE RIPERTON
4: HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
3: LADY MARMALADE - LABELLE
2: MY EYES ADORED YOU - FRANKIE VALLI
1: BLACK WATER - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
 
Gangway Fathead
2010-03-15 04:07:00 PM
One of my favorite songs of all time.
 
deevo
2010-03-15 04:11:09 PM
Few songs besides Hotel California make me as queasy as does this farking song. That is, at least prerecorded-sample-constructed rock era (e.g. Nickelback, Maroon 5), all of that shiat just makes my brain try to escape through my nose.
 
DrBenway [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 04:24:12 PM
Is this their last "hit" prior to their MacDonaldization?

Galactic_Empanada:

jj325: The Doobies were pretty good before they were taken over by Michael "Yacht Rock" MacDonald

THIS so much.

They went from being completely badass rock and roll, to cheesy adult contemporary.


Why the hell did they let that douche in the band in the first place?

As much as you and I both think they maxed out their suckage account after that, it didn't seem to hurt their success.


She comes in colors everywhere:

Um, gender of violinist?

I reckon that would be John McFee. Pretty interesting career he's had, actually.
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 06:57:21 PM
jonbasini: Which Doobie They BE?

I was intrduced to MIchael MacDonald, spoke to him for a while, then was sad to see that it was some OTHER Michael MacDonald.

Sad....

The Michael McDonald Doobie Brothers are not the real Doobie Brothers. He ruined that group. Ugh.
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 07:08:11 PM
DrBenway: Is this their last "hit" prior to their MacDonaldization?

Isn't it interesting that you can't spell MacDonaldization and Bastardization without using 'ization'?
 
Third_Uncle_Eno
2010-03-15 07:40:56 PM
"Who likes the Doobie Brothers? 'Cause we've got one of them!!"
 
Slu
2010-03-15 08:23:03 PM
Nina_Hartley's_Ass: CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 3/15/75
Snip the list out


I love when people posts lists like this. It just proves that the music on the radio has generally always sucked and this romanticized vision people have of music being better "in their day" is bullshiat. There is new music you like being created every day. Look for it and you will find it.
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:38:32 PM
Nina_Hartley's_Ass: CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 3/15/75

Less than 3 months from graduating high school. Thanks for the memory flogger.

//Al Martino?? Don't remember that one (along with a few others)
 
DrBenway [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:55:43 PM
John Buck 41:

DrBenway: Is this their last "hit" prior to their MacDonaldization?

Isn't it interesting that you can't spell MacDonaldization and Bastardization without using 'ization'?


I'm leaning more towards "neuterization." Him, along with the cheesy synth parts, did the trick.
 
TheHopeDiamond
2010-03-16 02:54:49 AM
Other than Lady Marmalade (and very very small doses of Snookeroo) this list proves that even disco was an improvement.
 
Jesusaurus
2010-03-16 01:15:52 PM
Pentaxian: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter for guitarist for the Doobie Brothers is now a defense contractor.

Citation (new window)

Dayum.

"Baxter is listed as Senior Thinker and Raconteur at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition."

Senior Thinker and Raconteur. Now THAT'S a title.
 
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