How did we miss this CLASSIC Song?? | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@DM-hk4cw]

These types of songs were almost an everyday occurrence in the 70s. We almost took them for granted as they were just part of the landscape.

[@relativetimeworx8459]

We absolutely did take them for granted. This track was little more than background music in its day. In retrospect, especially in the context of what currently qualifies as 'pop', this song and tracks like it get exponentially higher grades. But all in all, this song only really generates a "oh, I remember that" kinda reaction.

[@MrDarkMagnus]

I think we definitely took them for granted. When they review songs like this and are so impressed with them, 1) probably the first time I've heard some of these songs on headphones. 2) The production of songs got more technical and expensive.

[@HappyNowCartoons]

Maybe because we often heard them on the radio; serendipitous, but often when we were doing other things. Background music. Might not ever know who the artists were or the name of the song...

[@mike_valenza]

That's what makes me sad. I used to just assume that great songs like this would always be found readily available on pop music radio stations. I had no idea what the future held in store.

[@carlfisher3924]

This was always a great song. Not background music as far as I'm concerned

[@jeffwheaton1733]

As a teen of the 70's, we were musically spoiled with some of the greatest music ever... Still love it ...

[@briva]

same. and now I know why I spent every cent I could on records!

[@salinagrrrl69]

​​@@brivaSame here. I had the entire OMDD collection. They were from my neck of the SW-Mo woods.

[@tubecoatue]

So true. Kids today haven't the foggiest clue how good music used to be (ok boomer right? LOL) but hey... it's true. I laughed one time when even this channel once commented: "... you know what, that song really "holds up" to music today.."!! (I almost fell off my chair) It's nice that at least some of the younger crowd is being exposed to how it used to be via outlets like this.

[@steveturner3999]

Just another example of what we grew up with and just thought was another song on the radio. We were sooooo blessed to have such great and varied music growing up. I’m 66 and there are so many songs I grew up with from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s that are absolutely fantastic. Thanks for embracing music like this guys. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you two are wise beyond your years.

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

We were so spoilt. Took it for granted.

[@SMccrate01]

In the 70's you'd ride your Schwinn Stingray bike to the local pool with your towel around your neck and this would be blaring out of the speakers at the snack window tuned into the local radio station. Man, that really was a golden era.

[@CrankyHermit]

My Stingray was blue, like Jackie.

[@TB6791]

My cousin's was blue with the big sissy bar and the diamond blue pad. Mine was bright red with regular sissy bar and the wide slick back tire which was excellent at laying down a "Brody J Skid Mark" the smooth concrete at the church down the street 😮​@@CrankyHermit

[@alistaircrowley9442]

5 speed baby!!!!😂

[@johngagnet1287]

With a big slick on the back

[@louisrosario9522]

My Schwann Stingray was orange, l rode it for 2 years in NYC before it got stolen! Life in the big city🤷🏼‍♂️

[@catserver8577]

When I hear this, I am a little kid, it's summer, and everyone's hanging out. Warm sun, light breeze, green grass.

[@gregsager2062]

Summer of '75! "Jackie Blue" was everywhere!

[@lisalovemc717]

One thousand percent!!

[@nettiemac]

This.

[@sandylee6025]

Little League Baseball games and ice cream trucks.

[@TBonzzz]

Ditto! 🙌🏼

[@ann40069]

I close my eyes and remember being a kid in the 70s......another great song from the soundtrack of my childhood.

[@kerrijohnson2303]

I’m a 55 year old lady that grew up with music loving parents. Music was literally the backdrop of my childhood. This song has always been one of my favs. So glad y’all got to it!

[@davek5027]

This tune just drips ‘70’s….. I remember when it was released, loved it then, love it now.

[@supobostarman]

From a time when great bands roamed the earth.

[@paulcollins5586]

They still do.

[@supobostarman]

@@paulcollins5586 Not anymore

[@Alewifes_Husband]

well put!!

[@randysalas3453]

The 70`s the best decade of music ever!!!!

[@jamesmurphy1678]

This was extremely popular in the 70s. Another monster hit was ROCK ON by David Essex very cool vibe.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

One of the hookiest songs ever recorded. 50 years later it still brings chills.

[@teresac3964]

The 70s represented so well in a song. Played to DEATH on the radio but still love it.❤

[@DorothyFarias]

So true on the radio all the time can't believe I forgot all about it. Great song.

[@Mona.555]

I’m still tired of hearing it.

[@rogerdodger6025]

It still gets a lot of airplay today too.

[@teresac3964]

@Mona.555 I hear ya. BTO, Foghat...after 50 years...still tired of 'em.

[@Littlebigbot]

I'm 70 and the band I am most tired of is The Rolling Stones. AC/DC is a close second.

[@L1623VP]

This was a mega hit. Loved it and still do. It screams summer in the 70's.

[@tracycampbell3060]

What year did it come out?

[@L1623VP]

@@tracycampbell3060 I believe it was 1975.

[@davidchristian3347]

Dudes, I have posted many times that you need to listen to these boys “If you wanna get to heaven, you got to raise a little hell” tune, has some of the very best harmonica ever and is just a fun ass tune.

[@nettiemac]

YESSSSS

[@BackdraftB]

I'm with you! They would never guess it is from the same band. Much better tune.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Song never gets old .. A+ or S for absolutely sure !

[@Serai3]

The 70's were so rich musically. So much amazing stuff that we took it for granted. It's taken a couple of decades of soulless corporate crap to make a lot of us realize just how lucky we were.

[@murrayspiffy2815]

I have loved this song for 50 years - it's a song that will pop into my head all the time - even if I hadn't heard it for a while. Every line is a stand alone classic.

[@bethcrumpton476]

Every day in your indigo eyes, I watch the sunset but I don't see it rise-

[@kevingamble8861]

You'd never thought that this is the same band that recorded "If You Want to Get to Heaven."

[@1177kc]

More like this by them: Colorado song, Space Ship Orion , it Couldn’t Be Better

[@norbydorby9203]

…and chicken train.

[@carlfisher3924]

The gutar tone is just gorgeous. Never overbearing, beautiful colours

[@yarsivad000.5]

And the lyrics are like lines from a great book.

[@Flowerchick1967-tq1vn]

So weird - I’ve been singing this song all morning! To me, this song sounds and feels like fresh air, sunshine, the wind blowing through my hair. Magnificent - as a child of the 70’s, one of my top 10 all-time faves! Thank you!

[@albertsmith9315]

Sadly, as another child of the '70s, there is no longer any hair for the wind to blow through anymore. 😊

[@catherinelw9365]

@@albertsmith9315 😄

[@carlfisher3924]

Still got mine, fortunately...

[@mrsteve3527]

It would make my Top 100. I think.

[@michaels.5878]

It was on the radio while I was in the shower 30 minutes ago!!!

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

70’s 70’s 70’s ❤❤❤❤❤ “Summer” Indigo eyes & Strawberry Wine

[@highlordstevious]

I wasn't much of a music fan until 1974. I was 8. So many epic songs like this and Steely Dan's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" came out that summer it changed my life.

[@gregsager2062]

This was actually a summer of '75 hit, not '74. (Technically, it peaked at #3 in May 1975, but it was on the radio all summer long.)

[@andrewtrotter9023]

The 60s and 70s (and into the 80s) had so much great music, it’s hard to quantify it. Just one great song and album after another. It was a magic time.

[@michaelritter8951]

The next song you critique by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils is " If You Wanna Get To Heaven. The harmonica is killer.

[@dwaynecarpenter9106]

Same song I was going to mention.

[@themusicboxx8419]

I agree! That's their best imo. Black Sky is another good one. It was the first song to attract attention from a record label. I have both on my channel along with Jackie Blue.

[@rolandbullivant8700]

“Whippoorwhill”

[@summertime_blooz]

Something about this record, the chords or something, that always reminded me of Todd Rundgren, one of my favorites. Always loved this record.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

Yes! rundgren!

[@gregsager2062]

I agree, there is something a bit Runty about "Jackie Blue". But it's more reminiscent of middle-period Fleetwood Mac (Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch era, not the Peter Green or Buckingham/Nicks eras).

[@iamhere4now980]

Dang it. This takes me back to another world I use to live!! ❤

[@georgeperkins4171]

Sung by the drummer. Great performance live on the whistle stop

[@gregsager2062]

Poor Larry Lee. He sang on "Jackie Blue", played drums on "Jackie Blue", co-wrote "Jackie Blue" ... and yet half the world thinks that some chick sang on it rather than a guy.😄

[@scotstevens5263]

The 70’s were a time great for music. Driving around with the radio blaring great tunes like these.

[@Jalahr77]

Now you need to listen to "If You Want To Get To Heaven" by them. A legitimate 70's banger.

[@MaBer-67391]

This is one of those songs that takes me right back to around 1974. High school graduation year. It was a different world then. Eight Tracks ruled. Rock 'N Roll Hoochie Coo and Won't Get Fooled Again were two others from that time that you did. Rock On by David Essex is another great one.

[@gregsager2062]

1975, actually. Oh, and I'd love it if A&A would react to "Rock On" by David Essex. It had such an unusual sound for its time, yet was still extremely catchy.

[@joycevansickle3305]

Isn't it amazing how each decade of music has its own sound...definitely 70's. The best decade!

[@jona7504]

This is an example of the beauty and simplicity of the 70s, a wide variety of different music but some timeless classics

[@jamesstrickland517]

LOL I bet I haven't heard this song in at least 40 years, used to be one of my favorites

[@bigjoe330]

Such a unique and amazing track. Still sounds so fresh even today. Proves that the 70's was the decade for incredible music.

[@catleeper]

I think I was in college when this was released…it was a liberating time, especially for us girls! ✌️

[@yarsivad000.5]

In the 70’s even mellow pop songs rocked.

[@cbreez40]

Hey fellas. I'm so glad you discovered this song..when this song came out I was under the age 8 and I remembered it but couldn't remember the title of the song, it took decades to get to Google and remember a small lyric that helped me find it again.. I was a child of the 70s and 80s a young black kid that had the great fortune in hearing every genre of music that molded my childhood memories.. perhaps that's why my generation is mentally stable because we had great songs and lyrics to feed our minds.. thanks for this reaction You guys Rock

[@flapjackson6077]

Bringin back the memories! 😎 🤙

[@jamessmith-pf5zf]

Thank you gentlemen for constantly reminding me of some of the great songs from my youth that I forgot about.

[@stpnwlf9]

Just a group of good ol' boys from Springfield, MO. Our radio station hosted a concert by them at the Lawrence KS Opera House back in the early 80s. They were one of the funnest live bands ever! My two favorite songs of theirs are Mountain Range and Colorado Song, two of guitarist John Dillon's best!

[@warrenfoil6851]

The Car Over the Lake has been one of my favorite albums for many decades. Great music!

[@leightnite3056]

Lets go! Next you need you need to hear "If you wanna get to heaven" their other classic! I'm from the Ozarks, and these guys got a lot of respect, they refused to move to L.A to keep makin pop songs!

[@shack8110]

OMDD - formed in 1972 in southern part of my home state.

[@Gary-dy1id]

This song was all over the radio stations back in the day

[@passing4normal]

I frickin love this song!

[@PaulRoehl-fi1iw]

One of my favorite 45s from the 70s. Truly a never-gets-old track.

[@Carol-lm5bc]

The first time I heard this with my boyfriend, he picked up his acoustic and immediately had it worked out and played along with it! Musically simple, lyrically profound!

[@youtoo2233]

I was a little kid in the 70s and this song really just takes you right back to that time

[@jgsrhythm100]

Awesome!!! Thanks for doing this! Fun fact: Jackie Blue was one of the few the drummer sang. Majority of their material is more country( bluegrass)rock Check : If You Wanna go the Heaven. ( Killer harmonica)

[@Littlebigbot]

They have a bluegrass flavor in their music as well.

[@jgsrhythm100]

@Littlebigbot Funny , literally just added bluegrass before reading your comment .

[@gizzyskate8845]

Walking Down The Road/Ozarks is a good follow up.

[@kevinmcpartland7639]

It was a favorite from the beginning.

[@suzanneprock7286]

"If You Want To Get To Heaven" is my favorite, you'll love it if you like the harmonica. This is a great selection also, they were popular in the 70's.

[@ronnelson7828]

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils had another big hit played constantly on the radio, "If You Want To Get To Heaven". If you don't do a reaction to it after this, perhaps I've "got too raise a little hell".

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Another all-time great. Many thanks to Andy and Alex! 💎

[@ptrlxc]

A definite must listen to is their song If You Wanna To Get To Heaven.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Classic songs + Early 70's + Female artists + Include unexpected surprise twists = Helen Reddy "Angie Baby" & Vicki Lawrence "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"❤

[@majones501]

This is one of many similar rock songs in the late 60s and 70s that was perfect for a mellow weekend morning. They have many songs that better reflect the band’s name, but they do have a good number of high quality mellow tracks too. They did have some great hits, but I suggest checking out some of their deeper cuts, like “Walking Down the Road” or Standing on the Rock.”

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

A 1970s classic. Loved it, since hearing it in single digits. The song is the same age as me.

[@PD-nl3mb]

Such a classic song. So 70s. The song writing was so meaningful then. It really reached out to you.

[@bbowjazz]

I grew up in the Missouri Ozarks at the time The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (OMD) were popular. Some of their members were in the earliest incarnation of another band from Springfield, Missouri called Granny’s Bathwater (GB) - at that point (late 1960s), I believe GB was a four piece blues band. Larry Lee, the beautiful high-pitched lead vocalist you hear here, was in Granny’s Bathwater as the drummer. GB morphed into a larger funk ensemble with horns who at one point was the backing band for Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Around the same time, OMD formed with their eclectic mix of hillbilly, country rock, and the decidedly blues/R&B influences heard on tunes like Jackie Blue, Following the Way I Feel and ballads like Within Without and Spaceship Orion. The early OMD records were produced by none of other than the legendary Glyn Johns. So a bit of history from an old boomer privileged to grow up with some great music and the solid people of the Ozark mountains - which included some truly remarkable musicians who honed their craft in simpler times when talent mattered and great teeth did not 😮.

[@bbowjazz]

@@lauriekittle9459 I got really lucky and got to hear GB at Drury College for a few songs at the beginning of a sorority dance. My close friend and I were in the Branson high school jazz ensemble and were there for a festival. Of course, we were under age, but had heard of Granny’s Bathwater. We saw this band setting up with a Hammond B3, horns warming up, etc., and we asked who it was. It was like we had struck gold when hearing it was Granny’s Bathwater. The black sorority sisters allow us to sit in the back for the first few songs. It was extremely cool of them and showed how the music of the 1970s brought people together in unlikely ways. I mean, come on, two hillbilly kids from Southwest Missouri as white as a sheet of office paper, yet, because of that era we had music in common with folks from a very different culture.

[@bbowjazz]

@@lauriekittle9459 … also, you can find Granny’s Bathwater music on the Internet, including here on KZbin. Also the blues band that Don Shipps and Bill Brown were in. May they rest in peace! Don was, of course the bass player and a lead vocalist in Granny’s Bathwater. You can hear him sing Final Ride (which I believe he wrote), which ironically was played at their funeral at the Shrine Mosque as well as “if you blow it I’ll know it”. Bill played lead guitar for The Ozark Mountain Daredevils later on in the 80s. He and I were friends in college, music theory/piano proficiency classes and jammed together.

[@theread59]

50 years old this year but it never ages. Classic stuff. As an aside, I'm Australian and went to the Ozark Mountains in Missouri a few years ago. I went into a music store and asked the bloke there if he had any Ozark Mountain Daredevil albums. He said, "Who are they"? That'll do me!!

[@angelaolson2025]

Total flashback ❤ it! Thanks Y'all 😊

[@danhuffman4455]

"If You Wanna Get To Heaven" is their other great radio hit, but this entire album is a very enjoyable listen.

[@mobanewman7139]

Black Sky was another one.

[@tomfurci3701]

THANK YOU for listening to the full version. They cut the "Indigo Eyes" part for the single, which drove me crazy.

[@salinagrrrl69]

From my neck of the stix the DareDevils had tons of gorgeous tunes that should have made it into rotation. However the times & trends of the top 40 & Hot100 changed on their rise & stall.

[@danielsmith5088]

One of my favorite songs from my youth. Every time I hear it I'm instantly transported back to the late 70s.

[@elaineh7993]

Riding around our small town in the 70's! This song always popped up! Get that same feeling when i hear this song 50 years later! Man I'm old! Wouldn't trade the 70's and 80's for nothing tho!

[@patrickhurm4216]

It’ll shine when it shines.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Woven into the fabric of my childhood. It's still just pops into my head now and then, love the texture of it. I saw them play live a few times and later when I was playing in bands, I met people that managed them for a while.

[@MichaelWiggan-o9y]

Love Love This Song!!! Just capture everything about the 1970's!!!

[@go234ko96ts5]

This is one great song that stays with you plus the memories.

[@michaellombard894]

I have always loved the transitions from the verses to the choruses, it has a certain "honesty" for lack of a better term.

[@BRLaue]

I’m 73, loved music all my life and have never heard this song.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

Then you really don't love music as much as you think. You would've been in your early 20's when this song was ALL OVER the radio.

[@BRLaue]

@@rubicon-oh9km Guess I wasn’t a radio guy.

[@BillSaunders-qh5kz]

I remember listening to this as a child, and it hit me in a special way.

[@okiejohn3925]

This from the same band that brought us "Chicken Train Stomp" and Cobblestone Mountain"! This song was such a departure from most of their stuff at the time.

[@pinewaves]

Great song choice!❤❤

[@hogfanbk]

Certain songs evoke vivid memories of my youth. This is one of those songs.

[@rcfred_689]

Loved this song, I remember it on the radio in the 70's blaring from the radio while laying out on the Jersey Shore!

[@tjtampa214]

Yay! They're finally getting to this one. So many good songs, takes🎵 a while. Again, always has to be said: the "time frame, era" has everything to do with it and your age, etc. It's a whole experience. 💗💗 Thx guys! Love the band name, too: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

[@thomas9079]

JACKIE BLUE-The Ozark Mountain Daredevils It'll Shine When It Shines A&M Records Release 1974 UMG Recordings Inc. Producer: Glyn Johns Producer: David Anderle Harmonica, Percussion, Vocals: Steve Cash Guitar, Dulcimer, Harp, Keyboards, Vocals: John Dillon Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Vocals: Larry Lee Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin, Harmonica, Vocals: Randle Chowning Composer: Steve Cash Composer: Larry Michael Lee Awesome! Lord be praised!

[@SRGots]

I had a cat named Jack and he was plump and I used to sing, "ooooh Jackie Moo" to him all the time.

[@Vendzor]

😂😂

[@Wee162]

Omg that’s hilarious!

[@tomford6882]

Ooh, Jackie Moo Lives her life from the windowsill view Hides a purr when she's feelin' aloof Ooh, Jackie, you're quite the goof You like your naps in a free-form way You'll chase a string, but you'll nap all day There never seems to be quite enough Treats in your bowl to fill your belly up Ooh, Jackie Moo What's the game when you catch the crew? Ask a mouser, and you'll surely find Ooh, Jackie, you've played a thousand times Don't try to tell me that you're unaware Of all the mischief and the claws in the air You say it's easy, just a natural thing Like chasing shadows, but you never spring Ooh, Jackie Moo Making wishes for fishy or two Jumping places that you've never been Ooh, Jackie Moo, you're pouncing again Ooh, Jackie Moo Dreams of mice that you never pursue Bouncing balls that slip through your paws Ooh, Jackie, you've broken some laws Every day in your amber eyes I watch you stretch as the sun starts to rise Moonlight and stars in your sleepy time You'd rule the world, but you'd rather recline

[@oldmusclecars9419]

I have a specific memory attached to this song. Panama City beach Florida. Deep sea fishing with my dad and some men from his company. 8 years old and this song was playing on a transistor radio hung on the stairs of the boat with salt spray hitting us in the face. That’s been 50 years, most of those guys are gone now but it’s like it was yesterday. Thank for the memory gentlemen.

[@DebbieFoxx]

Loved this since it came out. Timeless. 🎶❤️

[@LaserRanger15]

A classic.

[@wally9786]

My son is named Jack and I have always called him Jackie Blue

[@jenniferbabros1985]

This was on the radio nonstop in the 70s

[@scottingram7634]

If you want to hear a song from them that sounds like what you'd expect from a band called Ozark Mtn. Daredevils try If You Wanna Get To Heaven or the hilarious Chicken Train, complete with sound effects you've never heard in any song before. OMD were a great band that could sound sophisticated like this song or like they just came down out of the woods on a song like Chicken Train. Listen to any of their first 4 albums and you'll hear the depth and variety of what they were capable of. One of my all time favorites.

[@paulcherry5962]

This is one of my favorite ever. I could listen to it over and over.

[@Wordsmyth8]

I’m so glad you guys listened to us and circled back to this song - one of my top 25 songs of the rock era. Such a pleasant and refreshing listen.

[@karenmanemeit7803]

Such a great song 🎶

[@nettiemac]

I hear this song and I’m 6 years old all over again with my little Midland transistor radio. And they have a few other good tunes too!

[@pdaniel9413]

Check out their first album (Quilt Album). Solid from first to last.

[@kathystammen8774]

Best music ever the 70s, so blessed to grow up in that era❤

[@tashakomaroff2982]

I’ve been waiting for this song! I’m excited because I adore the purity of this song and i bet you’ll love it too.

[@ms8742]

I remember playing this on the Pizza Hut jukebox in 1974 when I was 7 years old. I knew good music when I heard it!

[@sandipage1471]

Very popular tune growing up in the South .. we played the chit outta this tune .. Thanx for taking me back to my youth yet again.. a place I never tire of visiting when it comes to music. .. 💙🎵🫶☮️💙😎👀😉

[@Tarkus7]

The part with the ascending and descending walking bass line is killer. ("You like your life in a free-form style, you'll take an inch but you'd love a mile")

[@JacQuie1776]

Thanks for this !!