Natural Thing - The Doobie Brothers | The Midnight Special

[@crispyrobot77]

No matter where you lived in the 70s, The Midnight Special was a great place to learn of, often for the first time, Great Bands and Music from the comfort of home.

[@garyberuck5636]

Absolutely

[@chriswick7987]

Love the harmonics he does

[@edwardhenry3158]

Are you freaking kidding me? I just found this this is just absolutely gold. I was just a young teenage boy learn to play bass Tyran Porter was an influence on me the Doobie Brothers and I remember watching this staying up late but it was on the weekend so my parents let me stay up to watch it, this just blew my mind bringing back memories of my childhood and I have seen the Doobies oh my God I can’t count how many times long live to Doobie Brothers

[@GordoFlach]

What a vibrant and exquisite bass player is Tiran Porter! We love his technique, rythm and composition way to play that Ric ❤

[@taylorparker8912]

Amazing

[@jonp4846]

Sweet harmonics.

[@davidbrowning8120]

I always thought Tiran was something of an unsung hero in the Doobies-both for his melodic bass lines and his harmony/backing vocals!

[@gazooie1958]

Why this song wasn’t a major hit mystifies me to this day.The whole album was excellent.

[@alanlibert593]

I quoted a line from this in my high school yearbook. A great song.

[@mtc4him201]

Absolutely agree. I always felt that way about Van Morrison's Moondance, an album of singles!

[@57RickH]

Tom Johnston, one of the most distinctive rock voices ever.

[@enriquegutierrez186]

@@57RickH I'd add Pat's voice!, both voices as duet or separate are still unique!!✓

[@ShiddyFinkelstein]

With a voice as unique as Tom's you're halfway home. John Fogarty also had that kind of voice. Burton Cummings. Singers would kill for such a distinctive voice.

[@chriswick7987]

Saw them in Biloxi last year. They were awesome, but Tom Johnston being there would have made it perfect. I was 3 years old staring at the album cover, The Captain and Me, the first I heard of them.

[@enriquegutierrez186]

@@ShiddyFinkelstein 💯✔️👍

[@rickcamacho9588]

What a great song, 41 yrs later we haven't learn a damm thing.

[@franka7208]

No overdubs, no auto tune, just good organic rock music

[@frankmarsh1159]

There's a second guitar playing harmony on the guitar solo. The first harmonizer didn't come out until 1975. So unless somebody's off stage playing the harmony part it was probably overdubbed.

[@frankmarsh1159]

@@tjailts No it is not lip synced...They are singing live. But they are singing to a backing track... The interesting thing is that the keyboard is missing from this mix. The album version has a very distinctive Arp synthesizer in it. Since there was no keyboard player in the band at this time they probably made a mix without the keyboard and vocals specifically for this show. But they left in the harmony guitar part during the solo which nobody on stage is playing...

[@frankmarsh1159]

After listening to it again you can hear the keyboard part mixed very low during the chorus...On the album version it jumps right out at the very beginning of the song.

[@MrRaider4ever]

This song is so underrated

[@ste8pha]

See them at The end of The seventies in bayonne France one of The best ever show i have seen ! Thank you for all these years of great music !

[@patrickb5783]

Man, one of their best songs

[@DonDixit]

No band as versatile as the Doobie Brothers. No band with two equally great songwriters, Pat & Tom.

[@edwardhenry3158]

Hell to theyeah brother man

[@briva]

This is amazing! Opening track from The Captain and Me, the first album I ever bought and still a favorite. God I loved this band.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

Early Doobie Brothers is exquisite!

[@chadhart6235]

Early Doobies is the best❤

[@MrBratnip]

Vocals real-guitar - real best times -cant beat the doobies

[@TuckerSP2011]

Damn I'm old. I remember this. 😂

[@bethanyhuber2598]

Me too! But being old is a blessing all it’s own. Some awesome memories dancing to these guys. The Midnight Special is doing a fantastic job posting the music and fun from yesteryear! Thanks to all who are making this available! 🥰

[@marygriffiths2950]

Yep, I'm 67;and am glad I'm old enough to have been a part of all the great music we had back then.

[@drumsnbass]

Be glad you’re old enough to have lived this music. Todays music is 💩

[@Bondrkmz]

This is so good 🎵🎤🎸

[@unclekennymusic]

I was 15 going on 16 this was the lead-in track on the bands album The Captain and Me, I loved this song from the moment I heard it, damn we grew up in the best decades, 60s and 70s...!

[@siobob1]

People outside my window Goin' everywhere People that are happy People without a care We all got to be loved It's a natural thing don't you know The sooner we find what we need Gonna be feeling it, happy to show I'm gonna change my method Get me a big ham bone Gonna make all the leaders of the country Get it together and bring it on home We all got to be loved It's a natural thing don't you know The sooner we find what we need Gonna be feeling it, happy to show Those men in the circus Those men on the wire Their feet hangin' fifty feet up Know they're countin' on their daily luck To bring them through the fire

[@angelinasuazo5705]

THANK YOU for the words to this beautiful song!!

[@timpettenati]

First concert I ever went to was the Doobie Brothers, May 14, 1973

[@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775]

I saw the Doobie Brothers for the first time in March 1975, In Sacramento. Great show. They had just finished recording What Were Once Vices are Now Habits. They toured in front of the release.

[@shelfstretcher]

My first concert also, Aril 26, 1975. Cost me $6.50, still have the stub.

[@that70sgirl90]

Someone posted a concert on May 4, 2023. The Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022. It was good quality ... it was great concert! I would most definitely go to see them! Happy Tuesday.. thank you for sharing! 💖

[@Michellelovesanimals-OFD]

They are great in concert !! ❤

[@that70sgirl90]

@michelleterese3218 I could only imagine! Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@samsonwoods5448]

Bravo to the Doobie Brothers!!!!!!!

[@edwardhenry3158]

Are you freaking kidding me I just stumbled across this. It took me way back. I was a young learning bass player 7374 the Doobie Brothers Barry Oakley Tyran Porter influenced me so much I cut lawns. I delivered newspapers whatever I could come up with half of the moneyto buy a 62 jazz bass guitar and a friend of mine whose father bought him an Ibanez Rickenbacker his son didn’t want it no more he gave it to me to this day. I still have those bass guitars. This is 2024.

[@rogershaffner9274]

Classic Doobies,staying home friday nights for the Midnight Special,that was the life!

[@lizzyfan1986]

Anything tune Johnston sang lead on was/is brilliant

[@willyboyw.5771]

Tight.

[@LP23D6]

Nice Gold Top he's playing!

[@chriswick7987]

Holy shit this is good. Just saw them last night in Biloxi, they were great, but Tom Johnston was surely missed

[@cruisersupsupport4502]

Love this song. Saw them this past Sunday night (5th row center stage seats and at stage barrier for encores!). Awesome show, but regret they didn't add Natural Thing to their set list for this tour.

[@rodewerk5034]

Incredibly good! Thank you TMS!

[@edwardhenry3158]

Oh my God, I can’t believe I just came across this the original Doobie Brothers on midnight special I remember watching this I was in seventh grade my brother was getting ready to come home from Vietnam. He left me so many albums to listen to and I saw this on the television in concert and then there was Don Kirchner‘s rock concerts. We had it so good back in the early 60s and 70s, we all played guitars drums all my friends, such a magical time such great music I wanna go back and do it all over again. I think Eddie Money wrote a song about that.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Good obscurity. A new nugget every morning at 8:00 A.M.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

You have our schedule down. And Episodes on Friday Nights!

[@janicetrimmell6897]

Love the Doobies.

[@MikeMcGilvry]

Im 59 so im on the cusp of liking alot of seventies rock then i was a teenager when metal got going along with punk and new wave and i airways liked classic country and bluegrass. The only thing i dont care for is most rap and new country.

[@darrelllahman4190]

I’ve seen them twice,ten years or so ago and again just before Covid. They still put on a great show.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard this song before. This aired on my 18th birthday.

[@garyberuck5636]

This song was off the Captain and me album .. one of my favorite , 70s were ausome!

[@zelofanoful]

Pure gold for me!

[@deksea]

Outstanding live performance

[@leonleon3773]

Brilliant thanks for posting this gem 🎸

[@AnthonyRufo-py4yr]

Saw them do this song at the Spectrum Philadelphia back in 1982 when I was stationed there in the Navy.

[@robertcassey4014]

Nice… very nice.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ScottLuvsRenFaires]

I was able to be in the audience at a number of TV show tapings in the mid 70s. Without exception, musical numbers were done by having the musicians lip sync to the record of their song. I am very surprised and happy that this is an actual live performance. Tommy's guitar doing the opening notes rather than a synth is interesting. I like it!

[@tamarakonczal6350]

I still love the Doobs the most.

[@andicampbell8621]

The finest band there ever was 👍

[@enriquegutierrez186]

Not live playin', just playback of the original audio record track...just three vocals are true live!...one of my fav. songs ever from one of my fav. bands ever: the doobies!🤘🤘 Look for the concert "At The Beacon Theatre", they play this song live, and any song from "The Captain And Me" album...reloaded with awesome new arrangements! Long live Pat, Tommy and all the doobie guys!!👏👏👏👌👌🙏🙏

[@edwardhenry3158]

This was the coolest thing and Don Kirshner‘s rock concert, but midnight special with midnight Jack. There was no lip syncing guys went out there and played live man. This is one of my all-time favorite, Doobie Brothers songs, Titan porter was a great bass player very underrated The Doobie Brothers are one of the last bands around that have at least two original members count Michael McDonald, John McPhee that could make four unlike some other phony, southern rock bands that are out there.

[@reggiegarza1680]

❤

[@Hawkrvo]

Tom Carries this song big time.

[@PriorityNewsNow]

Looks like they're miming to a backing track on this one.

[@jaidanmckeich6883]

Hey midnight special can you guys pretty please upload the last johnny winter clip johnny b goode

[@bluesrockguitar1484]

Yes, listen to jaidanmckeich6883!

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

It's coming up on the calendar soon

[@jaidanmckeich6883]

@@themidnightspecialtvshow thank you so much

[@thekivster]

Is this one actually recorded live?

[@delmedeiros3570]

strange, the guitar solo at 1:50 is done in two voices, but Pat is doing the rhythm guitar. Where is the third guitarist? As far as I know, the pedals that allow this were only created years and years later.

[@miken1956]

👍

[@miken1956]

😄

[@otherworld11]

How did those guys grow their hair so long????!!!!!!!!!!

[@miken1956]

Wow...the live version of this song sounds great. But I truly wonder if it's actually the live audio. Maybe Tom Johnston sang over the pre-recorded song? Notice that the drummer isn't keeping up with the same tempo as the song when being played. What are your thoughts?

[@lindy3743]

Yeah, I was thinking same. It's such a perfect, awesome live version, sounds like the recording. But no, no way man. That was real, no lip sync. This is the way these performers did it back in the day. Crisp, clean, loud, genuine. Just to check I overdubbed the album version to TMS live version and even though they keep up in the live version, it trails off toward the last 45 seconds as they kick in some live version vocals.

[@87camro]

Sounds like A live guitar over the original recording

[@Aviator-p4s]

What is going on with having to watch 3 minute garbage ads before we're able to see the video?

[@Larrymh07]

Not live.

[@rogershaffner9274]

Classic Doobies,Staying home for the Midnight Specials,that was the life!