Paul Revere and The Raiders - Kicks

One of their best songs.

[@badkarma65-]

I'm 81 and there isn't a day I don't miss it. Its really amazing no matter how much new music is coming out, that era will never die nor will the ones before it. What's really respectful to my generation is that our younger generation is listening to what I grew up with.

[@osoyoosforever9643]

Hey kids this is what your grandparents were doing when they were your age. I was 10 in 1966 and this was my first ever album, it was the best era.

[@peanutbutter2597]

I am 68 years old I love all of their songs/ music and I remember when they were all over the radio

[@davidaaaa4611]

And watched their videos on tv. Where the action is etc.

[@LoneLee2022]

Boy you're old!

[@lbmac8186]

a band that should have been in rock hall of fame

[@KMK7355]

They aren't elite enough for inclusion.

[@NoahBarzel]

@@KMK7355 But without Paul Revere and the Raiders where would other rockers get the idea for wearing Spandex pants

[@dbrinkm1]

@@KMK7355i grew up with them and will be 78...they were huge and on am radio and tv all of the day and nite...if anyone qualified for the RRHF..they did !!...idiots are who vote now...that do not know ....from shinola !

[@stevenskorich7878]

@@dbrinkm1 I'll sign that! Could not agree more. Here we are, Old Men Shouting at Clouds.

[@harlandcamley3996]

Let's go back to 1966. A great year.

[@donaldbeard6231]

This song puts being addicted to drugs or alcohol being not the way to happiness. I know first hand what it takes to find true happiness when you get cleen and sober. By the grace of God I've been sober for 40 years one day at a time ❤

[@bennetmanzella2339]

After years of relapse after relapse, at 70 y/o I am finally there, my man. And I'm celebrating!!! Ten -- almost said "only " ten -- days since I've toppled over to the other side of the fence. Always saw through the fence, but never had the balls/smarts to climb it , and after reaching the top, still lacking the honesty to do the part that validated the climb: Hopping over to the other side!!! I made it man and I'm feeling great! Anyone who thinks there's no higher power than us ought to have their head examined! Thanks for "listening" friend! Bennet Manzella, Rockaway Beach, NY 😂😅😅😅😊😅😅

[@capecaz663]

12 years for me. You just gave me a boost. Congrats.

[@alanstrong55]

Best anti-drug tune of that era.. Paul and Mark sent a true message to leave drugs alone. It is only a dead end street. You end up feeling hurt and lonely

[@ellenj1228]

"Kicks" was written by husband and wife songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who wrote the song to try to motivate Gerry Goffin (Carole King's husband and songwriting partner - "Up On the Roof', "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") to get off the drugs that were affecting his career and his marriage. Mann and Weil offered the song to Eric Burton and the Animals, who refused; they then offered the song to the Raiders, who took it to the Top Ten in the US and No. 1 in Canada.....thank you for coming to my TED talk....

[@jimcooke7147]

terrific story, this song ,slowed down a little & crank up the bass, would be on target today

[@johnsheffield6994]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jameshourston8800]

Now that is R&R history

[@armondperrone8018]

Raiders on daytime TV show when I was 11 years old. I had 13 45s by Raiders. Idk your info. Thx r the scoop. I never knew why kicks by Paul revere

[@James-lh1up]

Excellent

[@charlieharrison6340]

im 68 years old, this music will never get too old,

[@keathrhymer5449]

ditto i am 68 to

[@joelsacks210]

I'm 67, but I used to hang around with the older guys, lol. Fang Forever!

[@baymaxc1647]

I’m also 68 and totally agree! Miss those Days MORE and MORE!

[@ferdinandfrancis9673]

my all time favorite song of the 60's

[@In_Set]

Mark Lindsay was a tremendous lead singer. One of the ways you can tell is that any time people have tried to cover Raiders tunes, they can never come close to the original. 'Him or Me' is a great example; a lot of versions of that song have been recorded, and no one can touch Mark Lindsay's vocal performance. Just superb.

[@markbass9402]

Those girls dancing were fabulous. God , I love the old days! Thank you!

[@gabbyjohn737]

Music will never be like it use to be!! The good old days.

[@uselessjoe]

that's Goldie Hawn at the beginning on the right...and a few shots later...

[@LoneLee2022]

When the AIR was CLEAN and SEX was DIRTY.

[@witchywoman1311]

I'm impressed with the dancing guitar pair. Idk how they play and move like that at the same time.

[@Kris-ku5os]

@@uselessjoe May be Joey Heatherton. Not sure.

[@glenncannon9347]

Man that best music ever love it I'm 71 now still listen to it still rocking

[@billymartin4724]

This fantastic band played some great music and at the same time actually cared about our kids

[@NathanHassall]

Im 97 years old and I remember being well into my 60s in my moms basements rocking out to these guys. Im on the main floor now though ladies.

[@michelleblackwell5843]

I think it is absolutely insane that Paul Revere and the Raiders are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are one of the greatest group that ever performed. They not only have great musical talent, they also have the greatest personalities. I could listen to them all day. I have listened to them since they started in the 60’s.

[@philiphatfield5666]

They are not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame because they were a sham. Their records were great and Mark Lindsay was a fine singer, but that famous studio band, The Wrecking Crew, provided most of the instrumental music on those hit singles and LP's. I saw them on TV all the time, but they did not perform 'live' even once! They always 'pantomimed' to a recording and they did not even do that convincingly.. It seems that the so-called band members were more interested in wearing those pathetic costumes and posing for teen magazines like Tiger Beat, than practicing on their instruments in order to become good enough to put on a real concert. They simply have no credibility as a self contained band.

[@dogshaff9307]

@@philiphatfield5666 u on something??

[@dogshaff9307]

The rock hall of shame, just a joke

[@davidheater]

@@philiphatfield5666 all this shows what a fantasy tv. Can be. The monkeys were a tv band, that way. I wonder who wrote kicks, and him or me? I ll investigate. I like the costumes and wigs , though. It’s a show! A fine show !

[@TheMapkiss]

@@philiphatfield5666 So their lead guitarist Drake Levin and bassist Phil Volk couldn't play? Is that what you're saying?

[@dag681]

Totally underrated. And the gogo girls? Yes please.

[@calcrappie8507]

These were our Beatles. The kids of the mid 60s in America saw these guys on TV all the time. One of the coolest bands ever.

[@briangoodspeed8807]

Beatles wrote originals

[@diptastik5651]

You are actually comparing this shite to The Beatles!!! Yeah.....Ok lol

[@mullhollandmace7271]

@@briangoodspeed8807 Except for the ones Theo Adorno wrote.

[@LUIS-ox1bv]

That was the Byrds, not PRATR.

[@foreveragypsy57]

I saw them in concert in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1965. I was 8 years old. 💜 I'll never forget. 💜

[@kathleenwyatt563]

I was born in ‘62 in Baltimore, MD and remember I had a baby crush on Paul Revere. Distant memories of watching them on our big tv console with the small screen, dancing and shaking my four-year old butt! My love of dancing had already begun. American Bandstand and Soul Train were two of my favorite shows growing up. I always wanted to be one of those dancers!

[@schuberttim]

This was one of the first anti-drug Rock and Roll songs I ever heard. It was simply an incredible song and a great performance.

[@derrilsalter4490]

They performed for our company in the Dominican Republic during the intervention in 1965. A great group they were. It was hot so they shed their jackets. We really appreciated them, Bob Hope, Grandpa Jones and all the other performers for being there.

[@erskinecooney1859]

Rock n roll doesn’t get better than this.

[@vickiebohy7609]

Loved Paul Revere and The Raiders.So talented!

[@kalihiwarhomes2177]

We took a lot for granted in the '60s, except for that war. We all drove cool cars; listened to the best music in the world; had groovy friends, and loved with great passion. Never know what you have until it's gone! But the memories still remain.

[@victoriaobrien2324]

Mark is one of the sweetest guys I ever met

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

I'm still watching and still loving Mark, Paul, Freddy and all the Raiders all these years later❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Still great like it was all those years ago.

[@Bruce-ym5qj]

Barry ❤Mann. And. Wife. Really. Knocked rock songs. Outta. The park. Vocals. Also❤

[@alvanwalls8371]

I am 63 and this is what ruled 93 KHJ Boss Angeles when I was 9 years

[@paulpelentay9337]

KHJ and KRLA owned LA back in the 60’s and early 70’s. I was a KHJ guy myself, with Charlie Tuna, Robert W Morgan, Mark Elliot, Real Don Steel. The Raiders rocked KHJ and they played on the show that was filmed at Santa Monica and came on at 3 PM. I wish that would happen again. Best tomes

[@ronchapman6525]

I grew up in the 60's, turned ten years old in 1966, and certainly remember these cats.

[@douglascarroll3980]

Such honest rock and roll with true heart, these boys made such happy music with memories. RiP PR. Saw them in 1964 in San Jose. Truly a fan.

[@nancypeterson2188]

Takes me back in time, I really crushed in this guy and his music!

[@user-nx4gi9cb5k]

I surely recall this song on cold winter Nights in illinois......and when I daydreamed in Grammer school This song occasionally rang thru My head. Know that feeling?

[@ginagray603]

Best looking guy that ever lived, loved him since '66 when I discovered him at 10 yrs of age, oh, and he's a fantastic singer too!!

[@laurareeves714]

Love this song!! Wish I would’ve seen them! I was too young at the time.

[@tammyblalock3694]

After all these years this is a favorite and still relevant!!!

[@Paul-lm5gv]

A great anti-drug message back then when young people - my generation - thought it was cool to trip out when in fact it destroyed countless lives - and continues to do so today!

[@HanBaby82]

I loved Paul Revere and the Raiders as a kid. This is still a great song!

[@elainechambers6708]

Remember when this song first came out. I listened to the radio for the whole time it was #1

[@carollflanery9723]

This song was ahead of its time!!!!!

[@stevenskorich7878]

I'm 75, and we used to play this song live at dance gigs, though not nearly as well. That blonde go-go dancer could the poster child for "reckless abandon", I think.😎

[@dianesutton6620]

My first rock concert was Paul Revere and the Raiders. Loved Mark Lindsey ❤️

[@markdirigible9062]

really great lyrics, as solid today as they were in the 60's. Love the go-go dancers!!

[@TheAerovons]

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil ....great writers...

[@edwardwilliams8238]

Just listened to Mark Lindsay on Coast to Coast last night(2023). What a great band, so much passion for the music.✌️❤️🎵

[@user-uo6hs2kf9t]

Never got to see the original group but saw the group in Branson a few years ago. Only one original member still living. He was great! Still jumping up and down in those boots. Best aftershow, too. Stayed and visited with everyone as long as someone was there!.

[@johnlopez6310]

These guys should have been in the Rock and Roll HOF like YESTERDAY!!!

[@lynnehenderson4140]

That opening guitar lick is CLASSIC.

[@darylmatis4061]

I was born in 76 and the music from the 50s, 60s and 70s is real music not the crap we hear nowadays

[@jstout6919]

RIP! Thanks for the great memories. I am glad to have been part of the greatest musical generation ever. I love music!

[@AbsurdHorror]

Happy 77th birthday to Mark Lindsay!

[@wewokakid3379]

Always loved the group... & got to hear them live in 1968 at the Tulsa Civic Center...

[@Sandra-cm1du]

One of the best done of the sixties.

[@jammer70s]

Happy, fun, upbeat music about..... the DANGERS of DRUGS? The delicious irony of it! I loved this song as a little kid, and still love it today. :)

[@JuanVasquez-xm1uj]

Love Cherokee brother Raiders used to play on TV Saturdays, right before American Band Stand🤠🌵🎸🇺🇸

[@samuelpajoa215]

Great Song!🎵😎60s 70s 80s and early 90s music is cool. I enjoy all kinds of music . 🎼🎶REAL INSTRUMENTS REAL MUSIC REAL VOICES 🎹🥁🎸🎤 lots of fun!Love sixty music.👍❤✌🇺🇸

[@shelaghheatlie1031]

rest in peace Paul.....loved the energy you put into all your shows. Saw you last in Branson, MO and you put on a hell of a show.

[@melvinnewcomb6353]

This is a dynamite song. Can't get enough of it.

[@jinnylinn9542]

I love Kicks. What a year! I was crazy for Mark Lindsay.

[@abcabcdef61]

Probably my favorite song from the 1960s. Amazing.

[@retiredgroceryclerk]

My favorite Raiders song 🎶❤️

[@dennisking9206]

saw them live in High school (Olympia H.S.) in 1966 .. loved it then, love it now

[@geronimo3752]

Our very own idaho band. Thanks guys!

[@mommy2kitty]

R.I.P. and THANK YOU Paul Revere for all the great music you gave us.

[@jgossey2002]

One of the best by Paul Revere! They should be in the R&R Hall of Fame!

[@scottnewhouse9576]

They were stones and beatles to me I adored them changed my life my God they were good thank you so much

[@MrRockend]

I just had to watch this video right now learning of the death of Keith Allison who died today Nov 19 2021-- brings back great memories and condolences to his entire family.

[@Susie196921]

R.I.P. Paul - Loved the Raiders and glad I was able to see them live in concert! They should have been inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Wow, these guys could jump, sing and play their guitars at the same time. Talented even if they're lip syncing. Lol! Thanks for the memories.

[@mariancowles3042]

This was a magical time to grow up. All the music was FUN!!!

[@vickiebohy7609]

Loved Paul Revere and the Raiders. Great band!

[@Katragew]

RIP Paul Revere, thanks for the great music.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Whenever I'm feeling down and having anxiety about our crazy world I come watch this and Mark and the guys bring smiles to my face. God love 'em. They were so awesome ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@marthathacker5603]

Listening to cool tunes. 9/11. Sad day for many. 🇺🇸

[@cindyjones6486]

I grew up in the 60s. I love all kinds of music. But 60-70s rock always my favorite.

[@johnwright291]

The greatest line in rock history. You see no matter what you do you can never run away from you. Brilliant. This song is as good as anything the stones did.

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

Absolutely. No one can run away from themselves, myself included.

[@lindabergman3127]

Absolutely right 👍👍👍👍👍

[@tryingtobefairandobjective3480]

John. You are so wrong on every level.

[@johnwright291]

@@tryingtobefairandobjective3480 music is much to subjective to even judge in those terms.

[@brianm840]

Everybody in this video did a lot of drugs.

[@donaldnacey6033]

This song brings back pleasant memories of my youth!

[@LoneLee2022]

One of the greatest pop songs ever.

[@RavennaAl]

I used to watch these shows when I was 9 or 10 - Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Animals, CCR etc. They all looked like old men to me then. Now I watch them and all I see are young kids. Funny how time changes your perspective and you can realize that these guys were only 10 - 15 years older than me, but seemed 30 or 40 years older

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth

[@ITS_DEMONA]

Best songs of my youth Such an exciting time in music Love the dancers

[@johnhofstetter2714]

Many people don't get that this is actually the first anti-drug song not only recorded, but getting air time and a place on the top 100

[@patreisinger]

good tune nevertheless tho

[@b.o.4469]

It's definitely not the first anti drug song ever recorded

[@talisikid1618]

That’s the truth too. Just listen to the lyrics. A lot of life wisdom there.

[@Nowhereoh]

@@b.o.4469 So much music history. It's like probably first radio station was in San Jose CA in 1909. Playing records , contests & people calling in. Yet I always hear radio started in Pittsburgh in 1920. So much hidden history. There was music available thru phone & in bars back to 1880's in Paris. Lots of songs about drugs, sex and rockin' going way back. Check this out. Robert Culp from Berkeley CA : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXi6fWSjgq97qdU

[@doctorbohr1585]

And in 66 too! Dave Crosby was non-plussed 😅

[@ronniebishop2496]

Put them in the Hall of Fame.

[@jatikalmanigault]

I saw these guys at a club in Miami. It was so much fun. Hey! It was the 70s. (God, I'm old...)

[@GeorgiaPresti]

Great song and fantastic lyrics. The raiders did a great job singing this song. It's one of my favorites. Excellent band!

[@Rocketjay12]

My favorite of their songs. RIP Paul. Thanks for the great songs and memories.

[@hihats]

it was a blast seeing stuff like this on TV as a 9 year old...

[@davidaaaa4611]

They were really popular in the 60's. Many good songs. Kicks is one of their best songs.

[@rickmitchen9664]

Commin up on 66 yrs and I still listen to this tune all the time!, serious kick ass rock!!

[@lduranceau8046]

No doubt about it, this is my favorite Paul Revere song.

[@alanspagnolia9474]

Whom else totally remembers this song, when it came out ??!!! Also too, whom else couldn't sit still while listening to it ? PR &R was my top 5 favorite group, growing up in the sensational '60's !!!

[@muffs55mercury61]

1966 a great year for music. I was just 12 but already digging this group big time. Soon I was throwing a paper route and later working, I bought their 45s and eventually their albums and still have them now. Mark Lindsay is a living legend today. This legendary tune reached #4 in the spring of 1966.

[@BatMite19]

I got to hang out with Mark in radio station transmission van about 25 years ago. Absolutely one of the friendliest and most down to earth celebs I've met, right up there with Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night.

[@TheSuperbird43]

There was an oldies show sponsored by one of the radio stations in Portland Maine. It was at the newly built Cumberland County Civic Center!!!! Me and my girlfriend Debbie were assigned to work the event because we were on the City of Portland Medical Crisis Unit. The music was unsurpassed. I called my mother and my aunt Rose at the Maine Medical Center. Then I called my sister Eva and told her, then she picked up my sisters Nancy and Caroline. Everyone met me and Debbie at the Civic Center and hung out together. My friend Chin Li and his partner were there. My supervisor also made it. Everyone was feeling really good and enjoying everything going on in the civic center. People started noticing us and came up to talk to us. We just asked to stay incognito. There was music from the 1950's that got my mother and my aunt Rose in a dancing mood. All of us kept my mother and my aunt Rose cool . Later on the sponsors had a dance contest and a $5000.00 cash prize which excited everyone and everyone entered including us. The contest got started and there were many good dancers there. My mother teamed up with my supervisor and they danced to swing the mood and rocked the dance floor. Then my aunt Rose and I danced to You Can't Sit Down by the Dovells and "ELECTRIFIED" the dance floor!!!! Later on the team segment came and one of the families put on a great showing but got a little carried "AWAY"!!!! This song came on and all of our eyes LIT RIGHT UP!!!!! We all went in the middle of the dance floor and my mother said, " Let's show these people who we ARE"!!! Then I said, "DETONATE"!!! then all HELL BROKE LOOSE"!!! My mother, my aunt Rose, My sisters Eva, Nancy, Caroline, myself, and my girlfriend Debbie had people SCREAMING, "FREAKING OUT" and in "SHOCK"!! as we DESTROYED the dance floor!!!! We sent a "SHOCKWAVE" through the civic center!!! The Portland News media were taping us and said, " ONLY one group of people can dance like that and then said. " Ladies & Gentlemen The New England Roller Skating Champion "SUPERBIRDS"!!!! Then the WHOLE building "SHOOK"!!! from the people cheering & applauding us!!!! My supervisor hugged and kissed all of us, So did Chin Li and his partner!!!! The sponsors walked up and said to us, " Words cannot describe the SHOW you people just put on"!!!! We were handed a check for$5000.00 and started to cry from the show of LOVE we were getting from everyone there. When the show was over, me and Debbie went back to our station and my supervisor and everyone was hugging and kissing us in tears when the even was on TV. My supervisor said to us, " You two are BEYOND SPECIAL"!!!

[@susanbehring8309]

Love this song. I saw them in person in Atlantic City. Great memory

[@joeybenoit6269]

One of the greatest '60s bands ever!

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

These Guys, the BOYS, Paul Revere and the RAIDERS performed,, played POP-ROCK.wholesome presentation-wise,...... AND Yet the Music, the Sound, the Rhythm, BASS, VOCALS,..... are truly. HEAVY...!! GOD BLESS Paul Revere and the RAIDERS..!!

[@003andyt]

The Raiders were a part of the excitement and amazing talent in the Rock and Roll world of the day. They shared ideas and helped lead us to where we are.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

What a fantastic classic song from the 60's. The guitar during the chorus reminds me of the Dave Clark Five's "Glad All Over

[@billlamont817]

That Girl In The Back Left Is Still Perfectly Perfect!! THANKS Trixie Belden!

[@dragracer4775]

I saw them several times at the Big Bam Shows in Montgomery, AL back in the late sixties. Those days will never be duplicated.

[@phillynott2459]

This is great. An anti-drug song, with a killer riff.

[@jamesvincent1434]

Thin Lizzy, Winterland, San Francisco, Ca. 1977

[@bradshaw2244]

Currently 23 years old, just realized this

[@samuelgontz2091]

Those were the days...

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

Killer RIFFS....NOT Killer Spleefs...! heyoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@lantingliu7886]

Great progressive bassist Phil Volk made the tune work!

[@dottiejames8319]

I agree. I just bought Paul Revere and the Raiders greatest hits and I love it.

[@larenzomiz1295]

I've heard these greats thousands of times. I can never get tired of these tremendous entertainers.

[@franklinchristopher4010]

Great song with a great message.

[@ojtopntai]

I loved Mark Lindsey when I was in high school!

[@rmystrong]

How can I not stop listening to one of my favorite, greatest song of it's generation. Through this pandemic CV-19. Long live Paul Revere and The Raiders.