Rappers React To Rare Earth "Get Ready"!!!

[@LukesLionheart]

I got to play a set with Rare Earth back in the day when I was a college drummer, mid 80s

[@annmills3163]

Rare Earth were from Detroit and signed by Motown. Another song is I Just Want to Celebrate

[@msfoodiediva]

Another great tune by them

[@leetroy3129]

Love that one!

[@DaisyChain3339.]

I just saw them a few weeks ago live at a farm concert. They rocked!

[@scottmatzeder9162]

The FULL version is one of the very best Jam Sessions in Rock History, its 21:29 minutes long and is Pure Musical Bliss!

[@garyjohnson7133]

@@scottmatzeder9162 it’s one of the best, It is pure magic my friend!

[@fredscott5644]

First white act signed to Motown. Motown named the label after the band. The long version was released on their second album but their first for Motown. These Detroit guys ROCKED!

[@notgivennotgiven7776]

Dirty White boys

[@Jude_196]

LOVE ME some RARE EARTH!! WOW - THIS brings back some GREAT MEMORIES!!! :) BANGER!! HUGS, YA'LL!

[@Cyndi7021]

Hmm….I thought I requested a song you guys didn’t know. Now I have to come up with another one. Rare Earth is from Detroit. Thanks for the shout out. ✌🏼

[@msfoodiediva]

I dance to this every time I hear this

[@Cyndi7021]

@@msfoodiediva I remember when this song came out in ‘69. It still sounds great.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

Thanks for request. I'm gonna request, Big John Is My Name, from The Midnight Special - in the comments, of course.

[@richbumdrop2881]

​@@snakeinthegrass7443actually 2 versions from diff shows

[@marcieharreld286]

Great request choice!!! 🎵🎼🎶🤘🤘🤘

[@pommie5093]

classic rock, so a great tune

[@damonhines8187]

I used to love their grooves, the drummer's soulful vocals, the horns, they sometimes had wah-wah guitar which was a plus for me. In Concert or the Midnight Special, I'd be there, glued to the tube. ✊🏼😊🎉🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊

[@kevindeschenes4537]

You need to do the original album version. Its the whole 1st side of the album,about 30 minutes long. Flip side has Tobacco Road plus.

[@huerosantos7563]

Written by Smokey Robinson, “Get Ready” was first a hit for the Temptations, in 1966. Rare Earth, who were then known in and around Detroit as the Sunliners, added the song to their concert setlist that same year.

[@kimzwolinski9919]

I love the shots of the audience on these old live performances 😊❤ I remember seeing Smokey Robinson sing this at The Michigan State Fair and it was fantastic ❤

[@The_Philosopher_King701]

Temptations did it first, but Rare Earth went higher on the charts. Peaked at 4. Yes they are Detroiters. I was a Detroit suburbanite from the late 60's through the 70's. Detroit radio was magic. And we love our local boys and girls in the music biz. I am pretty sure they got their name from chemistry. There is a group of mineral elements given that name. They are hard to isolate, that is why they are rare.

[@theduffster9392]

CKLW 👍🏻

[@The_Philosopher_King701]

@@theduffster9392 Yes, and WABX

[@marinamartinez6886]

Now you need to hear Vanilla Fudges remake of You Keep Me Hanging On (a Supremes hit). They were also signed by Motown. 👍👍👍

[@kennethbartlett4302]

What a cool reaction. I love Rare Earth had the live album on vinyl. The extended jam on this song is amazing. Actually met the guys years ago around 1984 super nice dudes.

[@garyjohnson7133]

One of my favorite groups and songs of all time! So many memories!

[@supasoulproductions]

What you saw here was some live performance footage more or less synched with the single (radio) version audio of the song. Rare Earth were the first white band signed to an album deal with Motown. Barry Gordy made a subsidiary label to market them to a white audience and named it Rare Earth Records after the group. Get Ready was a Motown song (The Temptations I think), that Rare Earth was already playing in concert before they even got to Motown. They recorded it on a Psychedelic Pop album that they cut for Verve records that was called Dreams & Answers. That was probably one of the things that got Barry Gordy's attention. On their first Motown (self titled) album they recorded an EPIC live version of the song to which they jammed out for well over 20 minutes! It took up the whole second side of the album. They had success with I Just Want to Celebrate, I Know I'm Losing You, Born to Wander, Hey Big Brother, We're Gonna Have a Good Time.

[@richbumdrop2881]

They got so many tunes,hey big brother,the 447 studio version,i couldn't believe what happened last night,funky black man,countless others,blacks loved them

[@bobschenkel7921]

As Ann Mills says below Rare Earth were from Detroit, Michigan, and were the first all White band signed by Berry Gordy at Motown. I remember dancing to their hit "I Just Want To Celebrate" in Junior High. The Junior High was very cool, we had dancing during school, with the Phys Ed Coaches being the DJ's. Rare Earth was BIG, BIG, BIG.

[@chrissemones6195]

Watch em do I just wanna celebrate. It’s amazing

[@JBHogan]

Saw Rare Earth in Springfield, Illinois, New Year's Eve 1971. Great concert.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

Sweet!

[@metalguru85]

Good pick Cyndi. Not heard this in years.

[@kathrinepearson7528]

"A Knight's Tale" has a great soundtrack, this song was in it. A great movie with Heath Ledger.

[@thothtrismegistus4865]

My parents told me when i was young that there was an awesom band where the singer was the drummer. This was the band! I might got yall a band that probably hasnt been played maybe at all on here.... Silent Theory - Fragile minds. One of my favorite modern bands of all time and a great song. Yall have a good night!

[@jonrutherford680]

Excellent concert band. I saw them at Pirates World in Dania, Florida in '73 or '74 & they were memorable.

[@Bluewizard7131]

This is the recorded version synced to the performance, because the actual performance has him slurring the words because he was drunk. They still jammed heavy! He just couldn't get the words out.

[@maroonknightCC]

OMG, I learned this song from my dad, this was his music and I went from pop rock to metal

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Fantastic song and band🤘

[@msfoodiediva]

1966 temptations did it first but rare earth did better version. There is a longer version of this song

[@mamaflush9945]

Here's a new artist to give a listen, if interested. "Sam Cooke - A Change Is Going To Come - 1963" (by the channel: entre Ciel Et Terre) --This iconic song was sung by the legendary great Sam Cooke. It initially appeared on his album called "Ain't That Good News" released in 1964...gentlemen this song will cause the hair on the back of your neck to stand-up. lol (imo)

[@williamweiss6128]

Peter still does some gigs occasionally. Same voice, man.

[@patswanson2870]

I miss these times when music was fun.

[@gpxo11]

Check out Rare Earth's version of I Know I'm Losing You-album version. classic!!

[@tatushhimekuro]

My fave Rare Earth song is IJust Wanna Celebrate

[@markmaloney3140]

Words cannot describe how much I love you and importantly respect you. 5 years a scribe, trippin missed reactions as we speak. Now you do This? Thank you boys. Much love from Canada!!! We gonna go fishing one day! Bucket list. ✌

[@Vdh737]

My first time hearing this joint was Battlefield Vietnam.

[@barriehull7076]

Wikipedia: The Volga (Russian: Волга) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of 2,194 mi. The Mississippi River is 2,340 miles .

[@bryanforis1839]

If you know guitar 🎸 players Dennis Coffey he makes all music sounds great 👍 he on back of albums

[@richbumdrop2881]

He actually produced rare earth

[@Linda-y9h]

Boy, did we have fun. ❤😂

[@acb9231]

Great song! I’m just going to repeat what another comment said, the 21:30 version by them is the one ya gotta check out! ✌️

[@mikehutton3187]

Motown’s greatest white band.

[@jimbrentar]

my rock oldies band used to do this song

[@davidbowles4457]

Do you understand how talented the drummer is To sing and tempo the song Sweet

[@RichardRitenour0522]

Love this channel!! How about The Doobie Brothers-Jesus Is Just Alright.

[@kristaspecht]

Bahahahaha I thought the same thing guys!!! I was wrong lol😂!

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Well if you're going to listen to this one , then you're going to have to check out the song , I'm Losing You !

[@robertschiavone5159]

Imo the best version of this song

[@tonytony5380]

Rare Earth were the only white band signed to Motown...they could jam The studio version of this is 20 mins long Check out more of them

[@loneponderer495]

70's core. 😆

[@msfoodiediva]

Rare earth is from detroit

[@tomlafleche332]

These guy's cover of this song is the funkiest version of it but the original version by the Temptations is still the best version! JMO!

[@shanemason4031]

The Temptations+ Motown at it's best

[@scottzappa9314]

I love this but I also love the Motown version. I love Motown in general.

[@richbumdrop2881]

They were motown

[@scottzappa9314]

@@richbumdrop2881 OK

[@robertschiavone5159]

The Temptations originally did this song

[@robertschiavone5159]

Rare Earth did it better..imo

[@barriehull7076]

"The drummer was the singer", ahem Phil Collins, Karen Carpenter and others.

[@allengator1914]

You should check out one their often overlooked songs "In Bed"

[@msfoodiediva]

Or how about 25 miles by edwin starr

[@deannajones3849]

Love this one! KC is also white. Three members of The Sunshine band are white.

[@msfoodiediva]

As for drummers singing lead.. Don Henley eagles, Phil Collins, ringo did little, Karen carpenter, levon helm of the band, Taylor Hawkins and dave gohl is foo fighters, Sheila e., Chris Cornell started as the drummer for soundgarden. Sorry guys not that rare.

[@msfoodiediva]

Thx cyndi I also listed in the comments as well

[@richardtaylor8595]

Please do the James Gang / Must Be Love

[@ChefBeagz]

Just noticed you've done a couple Black Label Society reactions...but not Crazy Horse....feel like you should check that one out.

[@sonofrobert]

Lol, the singer for KC and Sunshine Band is white too.

[@rickclark8657]

Can tell by the length of the video this is a truncated version go back and listen to the LP version

[@metalguru85]

It's a Patreon request. They left the link to this version on the request. But yeah, I'd have preferred the full version too.

[@msfoodiediva]

Agreed there's about couple of minutes missing

[@rickclark8657]

@@msfoodiediva yeah around 18 minutes worth

[@Cyndi7021]

@@metalguru85 when I requested this song, I didn’t put a link out there.

[@babyowl75]

​@Cyndi7021 that's a lie. On the thread you left the link to this exact video

[@racebiketuner]

Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers!

[@lynnblackburn3005]

The only white band signed by Motown.

[@msfoodiediva]

How about women bleed by Alice cooper

[@Straydogger]

Babe Ruth was The Sultan of Swat. Not swing....

[@maine420grow]

How do you not know that this is the Temptations? Maybe you should Google song titles before filming. Kinda of dropped the ball on this one fellas.

[@richbumdrop2881]

Tempts

[@msfoodiediva]

Need to do steam na na na hey hey good bye. Thought they were black but not

[@jimfrederick3907]

The only white band on Motown.

[@northof4912]

Still no Warning reactions. Don’t like Mexicans, do you? Or maybe female Mexicans?

[@markmaloney3140]

Sam and Dave probably did it first.

[@msfoodiediva]

Rare earth is from detroit