The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (REACTION)

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[@chrissiler6075]

3 drummers, 3 guitar player, bass was tight, Mike and Cornellus on keys. I LOVED this version of the band, OMG.

[@olly8]

I saw them in 1973. They had 3 drummers, amazed me as I watched them play in sync on specific melodies. They were positioned with 2 drummers on stage floor, center dummer up higher. Arm movements were exactly the same. Beating in unison. Twirling sticks in the same groove. WOW! I was mesmerized and blew my mind. That was the original Doobie Brothers. Surprisingly they continued having 3 drummers over the years. Love them before Michael M. and as much with him. 2 different sounds, both GREAT!!

[@metaphoria3]

They record w 3 drummers?

[@trk327]

​@@metaphoria3no. At most two.

[@traceyleeherrera5247]

i was a little, little girl when this song came out, it stirs my emotions, i feel happy and heartbroken at the same time, hopeful and longing from one moment to the next 💞

[@johnharkness7114]

A song of deep dramatic irony

[@loupi4bama]

Some people made fun of me because of my love for Michael McDonald's voice but man, he is still one of my all-time faves! Yes, do Minute by Minute!

[@Grizazzle]

McDonald is a LEGEND in the music industry, you have nothing to feel bad about.

[@leonardwashington6456]

Who's making fun of you for liking his voice? You don't need that type of negativity in your life!

[@loupi4bama]

@@leonardwashington6456 I found new friends that appreciate music. Was pretty simple.

[@loupi4bama]

@@GrizazzleThat happened decades ago. I've never felt bad about it. I just found new friends.

[@thorzzz1z]

I thought for about 20 years, till I actually saw the lyrics, he sang, a wise man has a problem

[@Rock_Snob]

La & Chea That is the Doobie Brothers part 2. The original band was huge way before this, with a bunch of great songs!

[@benjammin7729]

Michael is actually super respected. Just saw the Doobies, still sound great, and you could feel the reverence for him from the crowd and band.

[@kathybwell]

Ahh, you got to see them live?! Where? Bet it was a fantastic show!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I'm so glad I got to see the Doobies before Michael McDonald joined the group.

[@Sennen999]

Sweet Freedoms a great tune too!!

[@christarpley6861]

I didn't realize that they were still together

[@benjammin7729]

@@kathybwell In Palm Springs at our new arena

[@ronhunt9396]

Great band , song , times. McDonald definitely has a unique voice

[@willieboy3011]

I know what a fool believes, but I wanna know what Airplay believes. "What's Happening"? That is going back a ways. Glad ya'll did this one.

[@edwardcrews2952]

Takin It To The Streets is a banger

[@debbiemccain5850]

Please do I Keep Forgettin!!🎶🎤🎸🎵 Micheal McDonalds voice is one of the best and his duet with Patti LaBelle, "On My Own", will make you so emotional!!🎶💙

[@richardwisneski6381]

Hey hey hey! Thanks for the “What’s Happening” reference. Unlocked some memories there! Keep up the good work.

[@scottwachter6128]

I love it, guys. Takin’ it to the Streets is another great one. There’s a killer live version out there.

[@stevemd6488]

Mike McDonald co wrote this with Kenny Loggins, but I hear a lot of Donald Fagen/Steely Dan in the arrangement. Just supposition on my part. Great song in any event, was a huge hit.

[@jdog6620]

hahahaha!!!! your comment about ‘What’s Happening’ with the Doobies had me rollin!!! 😂😂😂 That’s a great episode and Doobies always reminds me of that. Re-run jumping and the recorder falls out.🤣🤣🤣

[@markd4926]

Awe yeah

[@denisemangan1413]

Yeah that voice and a great band🇦🇺🙏🇺🇸❤️

[@jml-rj5re]

Michael McDonald was in Steely Dan on the Pretzel Logic tour and the album Katy Lied. He also sang backup on Royal Scam, Aja, and Gaucho.

[@USGrant-rr2by]

Dukes of September!!! They should hit some of those.

[@deaniegarcia5694]

Saw Steely Dan with Boston at Rob Gym in UC Santa Barbara summer of 1974…Michael McDonald sang backup and Jeff Pocaro on drums with the Dan.. man, what a concert!

[@827dusty]

You have just begun to realize the greatness of this Band from the early 70s to the late 80s . One of the Best Bands that could crossover from Rock to R&B to Country Rock to Blues. Here are a few of their best songs. "Listen to The Music," (their first hit in "72") "Long Train Running" "Black Water," China Grove," and many more.

[@USGrant-rr2by]

Dude, the Doobie Brothers rivaled Steely Dan as the best fusion/pop/rock/blues group of the 70s. I prefer Steely, but I will never say no to the Doobies.....with a doobie?

[@FUBAR1986]

Wow, this took me back to a place in my life… wish I was there in that time and place right now.. great great great music

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

The guy with the mustache you're referring to is Jeff skunk Baxter! He played on the first couple of Steely Dan albums with Denny Dias also playing lead. He quit the Dan and then joined the Doobie Brothers. Most people would need twenty lifetimes to get into one band as good as Steely Dan, skunk Baxter was so good ,that he got into a second band The Doobie Brothers!!! That man can play!!!

[@jml-rj5re]

The guy in the back with the mustache is Patrick Simmons. Skunk is front left with the sunglasses. Former guitarist for Steely Dan. MM was in Steely Dan, so after Skunk left Steely Dan to join the Doobie Brothers, when Tom Johnston became ill, Skunk recruited Michale McDonald to joint the Doobies.

[@michaelakkerman407]

Real Love...is one of my favorite Doobies with Michael singing.

[@davethewave62]

Long Haired dude is Jeff “Skunk” Baxter from Steely Dan along with Michael McDonald also from Steely Dan!

[@bluecalix]

This is one of those rare songs where their perfect pop craftsmanship meets perfectly deep lyrics meets perfect performances. A plus all around. And also ... "WHICH DOOBIE YOU BE?"

[@SebsBeenHere]

I swear this is just one of the greatest songs ever man, the doobie brothers were on another level

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

In the late 70s/early 80s, Michael McDonald was everywhere! You couldn’t listen to an hour of radio without SOME McDonald project coming on. Not that I’m complaining as I’ve always loved his voice.🖖🏼

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Michael McDonald has a great voice.

[@franksorrentino9698]

The song and album won a few Grammys too. Great choice fellas! They’re my favorite band of all time.

[@jimmoore8951]

A little NorCal love (I’ll ignore your Laker swag). We would all be singing along with the Doobies then Michael would hit the falsetto and we would just say, “whoa.” A very underrated Tiran Porter on bass (lower right on album cover).

[@kathybwell]

Ya'll familiar with this groovy band - did you know they're from the Bay Area? Original members are from Loma Prieta, which is in the Santa Cruz mountains. Love this song too, such a groove!

[@TheDivayenta]

I went to Leigh High in San Jose with Pat! Even got to jam with him at 17.

[@juneevans8647]

Anything Bob Seger has the same feeling for me. Love the voices.

[@michaelyork4554]

Been listening to The Doobies since the 70's, and when Michael came in He changed the Vocal Landscape, just like Steve Perry, or Freddie. Listen to "Burning Sky" from Bad Company!

[@bobburroughs6241]

Yay, Doobies! Mind you, what McDonald did to them wasn't popular to many fans at the time. His voice dominated and took away the rock. Two of the best: Clear As the Driven Snow and Black Water.

[@chazfromtheburg]

When music transcends generations you know it's great. Love you guys.

[@cblchildrenspython]

Kenny Loggins came over to Michael's house they wrote this song together.....INSTANT classic!

[@chrissimon9879]

I clearly remember that What’s Happening episode. Loved that show.

[@ivanalaff5346]

“Eargasm”; indeed!

[@AirplayBeats]

Indeed!!

[@willlong8942]

Michael McDonald performed the National Anthem acapella at an NBA Finals one year. One of the best renditions you'll ever hear.

[@tjt21]

Yes!!!! I remember that episode of Whats happening,too! Rog calls to get The Doobie Brothers to play at, if I remember correctly, their high school dance. When they answer the phone, he says, "I do be Roger Thomas, who do be this?!" I'll never forget that line! Classic!!

[@kjisnot]

I think when Tom Johnston left the Doobies the band was in some disarray. McDonald wasn't a full timer having toured doing backing vocals and piano. They were plinking around in the studio. Someone asked Mike if he had any music. It seems like he started singing and playing Takin It To The Streets and they were blown away by the tune and Mike's lead vocal abilities. They knew they had something going.

[@John_Chu]

Obviously Ray Charles was a huge influence on Michael McDonald's vocal stylings but McDonald's affinity for soul music and R&B probably comes from the fact he grew up in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Yes, that Ferguson.

[@marlasotherchannel9847]

Super. A great song by the Doobie Brothers is "Another Park, Another Sunday"from 1974.

[@stevedotwood]

Someone once descibed it as "a voice wrapped in velvet" - I thought that was a good description. (and he sang with Steely Dan too)

[@cptight88]

This group went thru a couple lineup changes, both good. This is the later, straight pop end of things; "Long Train Runnin'", "Jesus is Just Alright With Me" and "Takin It to the Streets" (among others) from early to mid 70s is more funk-rock end.

[@MadisonD941]

I prefer pre Michael McDonald for Doobie Brothers. I appreciate his talent, just prefer the sound of the before him.

[@brentabbott3954]

Everyone in this song is a machine in the studio.

[@ZZ430T56]

As a side note, Mike did the "Peg" part back round singing on the Steely Dan Peg.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

I could listen to Mr. McDonald sing all day long!! Just wondering if you fellas would one day react to Ambrosia, another great 70s/80s soft-rock/r&b band with bangers like "Holdin' On To Yesterday, "You're the Only Woman". and possibly their biggest hit, (no pun intended), "Biggest Part of Me".

[@mackbeasley526]

Two of the Doobies had a history with STEELY DAN, McDonald of course and Skunk Baxter.

[@christarpley6861]

This was my favorite song by them

[@anitapaulus937]

This takes me back to 1980, Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheater. I got to see them, and they were who I always listened to at the time. They were so good! Don’t forget “Taken it to the Street”

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

This takes me back too. Thank you! We are all in this together.

[@ericoh123]

The Doobies and Three Dog Night have always had such deep and wide-varied discographies; rock music that consistently became pop hits from one end of their bands' genre spectrum to the other. Beatles also come to mind

[@brandonchristopher2493]

That head starts shaking back n forth you know it’s a banger.

[@ZChoate]

Hell yeah

[@swurvegirl1978]

My feel good song! This song is perfection with the harmonies, instrumentation, all around 🔥🔥 When the clapping comes in, you just want to get up and dance 😁

[@ploppill34]

Oh, damn, when Rerun dropped the cassette recorder right in front of the Doobie Brothers😂😂😂😂

[@AirplayBeats]

😂

[@doncapito3465]

Doobie brother Jeff skunk Baxter also played guitar on a bunch of Steely Dan songs .

[@aldolagana7126]

"the wise man has the power...to reason away...what a fool believes"

[@mrmockatoo6786]

You're right about the eargasm. What a great band...so many fantastic songs with sweeping harmonies and crisp arrangements. By the way, "the black dude" is the bass player.

[@georgetaxi8179]

Former Steely Dan Guitarist Jeff "Skunk Baxter once said that Steely Dan severely underused McDonald and said it was the biggest waste of talent. So he recruited McDonald and his career took off.

[@redeemedrhytms]

It seems like the name Jeff has a big significance in Michael’s career. Jeff Porcaro got him to Steely Dan, then after that, Jeff Baxter brought him to Doobie.

[@user-yj7iq6um8g]

Nobody has a voice like Michaels ❤

[@suecook1326]

But the Doobie's masterpiece song was Black Water before MM joined up! It's the greatest!!

[@G_Demolished]

In the movie Romancing The Stone, Michael Douglas’ character had fled the country to South America running from the law. When he meets Kathleen Turner’s character, she has an American newspaper. It’s his first chance in years to see what’s happened at home so he tears through it silently scanning all the headlines. Then he yells “SONOFABITCH, The Doobie Brothers broke up!?!?”

[@guillermomartinez2339]

For me this brings back memories when I was in first grade getting ready for school...every morning we would turn radio on and remember hearing this song and many another great ones

[@blackwolf6082]

This is their later DB. Tom Johnston was the voice of them early on

[@sherel1970]

This hot damn song, oh my goodness I love this song, how did I ever forget this one! Haven’t heard this in years❤

[@michaeldooley6804]

Dude I was cracking up when you brought up What’s Happening 😂 Back in like 94 in film class in high school we made a flick and had the scene from the Doobies coming back into the diner to bust those guys playing on the tv in the background. Best episode ever!!

[@AirplayBeats]

My favorite episode!!!

[@BermGang]

When Rerun dropped that recorder they were hurt lol. The song they were practicing was Takin it to the streets. I'll never forget that

[@AjaxCaper]

You guys I just watched a vocals-only of this song, LIVE, and I was blown away by how gorgeous it was. I'll link, but in the next comment, in case it gets taken it down. It was an account called Voceux.

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

Bros! This is a tremendous song,MMcD has one hell of a soulful voice!!! This song takes you places man... Riding with the bros once again. Please,I implore you ,check it the Allman Bros .. Worried down with the blues. Make sure it's the live concert footage with Warren Haynes on vocals!! It's not FIRE, it's an INFERNO! Doobie Bros always reminds me of the TV show,What's Happening .... when Rerun was eating the popcorn and ruined the bootleg concert tape of the Doobie brothers!!! Doobies are something special!

[@dianawhite637]

🔥The Doobies Brothers 🔥

[@itsmeshay8089]

Takin it to the streets by MM is another great tune 👌

[@rr4739]

Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter guitarist is in the band who also played in Steely Dan record and the Doobie Brothers during the 1970s.

[@1bigrowdy]

Michael did a video duet with Patti LaBelle that won video production awards back in the MTV hayday. Awesome song as well

[@kimberleyphillips6671]

My very 1st concert. It was stadium seating and we ran for our lives to get up close, so worth it. Lol

[@somersetcace1]

Great reaction to a great classic. And yes, it should be on any all time greatest list imo. What the song is about though, is really kind of a tragic story. I always envisioned it as a man and a woman running into each other somewhere, who had a brief history at some point years back. The woman barely remembers the guy, whereas the guy always thought they would end up together and that their brief affair meant something more than it did. He tries to get things going and she basically shuts him down but he refuses to see it. "as he rises to her apology, anybody else would surely know. He's watching her go...What a fool believes."

[@BUTTA170]

This song was and still is cold as ice

[@chriswiedeman2956]

Yeah, it was "Rerun" hiding the tape deck under his coat, too. That takes me back : )

[@paulprendergast3184]

It's all a matter of personal taste.....There are a number of bands who I just love for some period of their existence and then am ambivalent about them at best for their "other eras." The Doobies are one of these bands. There is no denying Michael McDonald's vocal talents. They have also added some top notch musicians over the years. I just prefer their earlier lineup. Probably the most extreme case of this for me is with Chicago, a band whose first two albums are two of the greatest ever but turned into a sappy ballad churning machine.

[@franksullivan1873]

You can hear a lot of Steely Dan in this composition,lol.

[@drohegda]

This song won in 1980 #1 song of the year and #1 record of the year. Such Fantastic talent and harmonious voices.❤👍🎸🎼🎹

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Yup, that record was an instant classic, its unique rhythmic sound was copied by other artists. One of my favorite songs. I'm glad you guys have such good memories of it.

[@scottblakey1603]

Two great guitarist, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Pat Simmons. Tyran Porter, the black guy, on bass. Biggest hit song, no guitar solo.

[@tonyherrera2570]

Love this song, one of my all time favorites from back in the day. I was in my early twenties when this song hit and I wore out the cassette tape playing the Minute by Minute tape while cruising around in my Monte Carlo….😎

[@raycewilliams3300]

This era with Michael McDonald defines the Doobie Brothers to me. He has such a unique voice. In the 1980s he showed up in a lot of places even on backkup vocals with Steely Dan. There are a few absolute classics from this era and this song along with tracks like "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs defined that era.

[@francesmartinez2708]

I just love Michael Mcdonald ❤️. His voice is just so smooth and soulful. The Doobie Brothers just love them. Michael is so underrated as a vocalist. He's one of my faves. Minute by Minute is one of my favorite songs.

[@TheDivayenta]

The greatness! Michael wrote this with Kenny Loggins. Doobies encompass so many styles- fusion, country, pop, Americana, funk, etc. Great taste, fellas!

[@richardbarton6146]

music brings us together!!! I really appreciate you guys. your good dudes.. God Bless Ricky

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you so much!!

[@strictlycasuals2260]

Long time watcher of your vids, first time commenting. You guys have one of the best reaction channels on YT. Your genuine enthusiasm, love for music, and ability to appreciate a wide range of expressions make your reactions a joy to watch. First got hooked when you did the Steely reactions, which were fantastic. This Doobies song was definitely a childhood staple and hearing it also takes me right back to that time. Wonderful to hear you reminiscing about it. Big fan of your work!

[@jacqueline4514]

Yes!! Friday night my husband and I went out to a club in Asbury Park because they were having a "DROP IT LIKE IT'S YACHT" night; it was amazing, and of course the DJ played this song and "I keep forgetting". Beforehand, we were wondering ok, how are we going to "DANCE" dance to our beloved Yacht Rock (we used to go clubbing a lot when we were dating 30 years ago, but not to this genre, lol) and it worked! The DJ was mixing beats with each song and it worked out perfectly; an epic night, the whole place was dancing AND singing every song!!!

[@AirplayBeats]

Sounds like an awesome night. I’m glad y’all had a blast. I need to take my wife out for some dancing like that.

[@jacqueline4514]

@@AirplayBeats Yes!

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

"They should have named this song Eargasm!" I couldn't agree more. Just transcendent. One of those Best Song Ever-s, every time I hear it.

[@mrnobody9104]

Great tune still my favourite is with Tommy b 4 Michael joined the fold!

[@geoffsullivan7902]

The harmony…….yum…..did you know Michael did backing vocals for Steely Dan and Toto? Duet with Patti Labelle too. He worked with a lot of people. The Doobies have a rabbit hole worth visiting for sure! ❤️🎼❤️

[@AirplayBeats]

Yea we found out by doing the Steely Dan reactions.

[@geoffsullivan7902]

@@AirplayBeats awesome ! ✅

[@The_OneManCrowd]

That four-part harmony absolutely SLAYS!

[@CodyWorkshops]

Blue eyed soul. Great stuff. I dig watching you guys discover and rediscover this great music. It's especially great to watch your faces when you hear the same Steely Dan chords that choked the breath out of me the first time. Keep doing what you doing!!!

[@runeghost4264]

This song is legendary and it never gets old.

[@chitownlee]

Check out the early Dobbies before Mike McDonald, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how funky they were.

[@mikeloomis687]

BEST opening line in any song, ever written. "He came from somewhere in her long ago". Chills.

[@veadairavani5692]

I wore this album out!! This song stands the test of time! I would love for you to react to their greatest hits album. Like, each song in order.

[@marielaveau5321]

I asked my mom to buy me this album for Christmas the year it was released. She did, having no idea the pic on the inner sleeve was of an actual half smoked doobie. She wouldn't have bought it for me if she'd known. 😂