The BEST Three Dog Night Song Ever? | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION! 

They would love Laura's "And When I Die" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears!! How have they not done BS&T!

She's one of my favorite singer/songwriters. These guys should do the original after the cover!

And a vastly superior version.

@@surlechapeau Then NEED to do BS&T, hopefully from the first album. The drumming is AMAZING on it.

She was amazing!!!

Yes it is 👍

Yup, One is phenomenal. Starts soft and really takes off. A neat listening would be to pair TDN vs. Aimee Mann takes on "One"

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands.

Agreed, Chuck had one of the greatest voices in rock, and “ One “ showed his range. Such a shame how his career got ruined by drugs, and even greater shame the rest of the band wouldn’t let him come back after he got clean. I saw them several times back then, mostly at festivals, and they were awesome

Please, please, please do "One". Please.

Agree

Modern 'artists' must have run out of notes because there is just no truly great music any more.

After the late 1990's, music is just crap. The best is 60's, 70's 80's

You are so right - great memories.

Yes

Out in the Country is my favorite song by them.

@@waitn4theharpazo Mine too! 👍It was written by Paul Williams.

I third that emotion. Out In the Country my favorite, too.

Great choices, especially "Out In the Country." I would add "Liar" -- a rocking, *menacing* song!

Shambala

I was expecting this to be Liar. Liar is definitely a banger!

Yes, definitely need to do Liar.

"Easy to be Hard" just devastates me every time... and "Out in the Country" is an amazing vibe, absolutely.

@@kimrivera5302 out in the country is one of my all time favorites

Saw a documentary a while back where they said "Liar" was recorded in a gas station bathroom because the vocalist really liked the acoustics for the song.

Part of the reason other reactors pause in the songs is because they are reacting to videos, rather than just audio -- and with videos, if you just play it straight through, the video will get blocked.

@@DJHolte virtually all the ones I’ve watched in the past month have been purely audio. They just can’t keep their mouths shut for more than 30 seconds. It’s probably my biggest pet hate.

@@CycolacFan So much of the effect of a song is lost when it's stopped every 10-30 seconds. Music is meant to be listened to all at once. Pausing it so often to add in commentary is like splitting up a movie by watching ten minutes a day over the course of a week and a half. You aren't able to immerse yourself in the media.

MOST I confront about pausing say they interrupt the song to keep it from getting blocked. That doesn't work. If the algorithms detect 3 seconds of Beatles then it will get blocked. Led Zeppelin tracks are strict too. Other reaction hosts I visit often and who do not pause include "BroAction" and "justJP". Give them a look.

Agreed!

Yes, I like all 3 even more than this one

Probably the darkest song they do and my favorite

Could not agree more! It makes you think of lies you told that you shouldn't have. Which means all of them and all of us! Fantastic banger!

Great song and a great group!

"Hangin' on anyway, believing the things you say. Being a fool." Just about everybody can relate to that.

Oooooo Good one!

Thank you for this tip. Just watched it now. Wow! How lucky we were to be around for that amazing tv show, Soundstage?? Produced by PBS in Chicago!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0CuNBengxaQ.html

I posted nearly the same thing -- I hadn't seen your post before I did or I would have just hit the thumbs up here.

I know I am late, but was the live version from The Midnight Soecial?

Black and White for sure!

Sorry, Nilsson

One and lair the ones I've listened to for 50 years

@@jiffin1 Nilsson, schmilsson…

@@jiffin1 You are correct.

I'd have to go with that, if I were forced to choose a "best". A highlight of the Live album.

Rare to call a cover a "masterpiece", but in performance terms, this surely is one.

"Live at the Forum" of this song is the absolute best version.

All the singers were great but to me Cory Wells was the best by far.

Oh definitely Liar! Awesome song

Liar is yet another great one from their deep library of hits.

Liar is a true banger

A&A, Liar is a great banger by by Three Dog Night. It deserves to be check out.

I wish someone would react to Liar! It is one of their best, IMHO.

My favorite also....

One of their best.

My favorite too.

Unfortunately, talent wasn't quite all they were loaded with, and it caused the breakup of one of the best bands I've ever seen, or heard. I saw them in the early '70's and Chuck Negron was so high that he didn't even know where he was. It was sad to witness such a senseless waste of God-given talent! ☮✌

I tried to think of a quick "who else has that?" So far all I came up with was The Band and The Eagles. I'm sure I missed several, but this was a first think, first serve kind of thing.

@@mikep6222 Styx also has three lead singers.

@@ScottKornfeld The more I thought about it, I'm sure this list could go on for quite some time.

@@mikep6222 Yes, CSN (& sometimes Y) occurred to me right after I finished.

Also there was a British band, a foursome that was fab. Started with B, I forget the name.

Yes, I love their version of that song.

Yes! Do both versions of "One"!!!

Worthy of its own reaction.

Everyone needs to go out and watch this now if they haven't seen it. BEST song by them. The extended opening showcasing their individual vocals is fantastic - I ripped it to mp3, even though it isn't exactly CD quality, because it's so good. I'm continually amazed how reaction videos continually and skillfully AVOID this wonderful performance!

Soundstage 1975 it was

They were a hell of a live band. I got to see them in the 70s and it was an excellent show (opened by The Kingsman, of "Louie, Louie" fame). I will never forget being totally mesmerized by the keyboard player, who they introduced as The Wizard, in Merlin the Magician robes. He had a five or ten minute showcase of Hammond prowess that has stuck with me through the decades.

@@GoldTopSlinger *faints with envy*

True

One is great but the other two are cringe

@@lloydbraun6026 Old Fashioned was written by Paul Williams, nuff said. Black and White is a good tune, but definitely not what A&A are looking for. But I also think they’ll enjoy One

Cory Wells the Best

@@JeffSkymaster Could not agree more with you.

That live video of one is greatest vocal harmony I've ever heard and lair is the best rock song they have kinda dark for them a total switch in styles great tune

Liar!

I agree!

Definitely "One Man Band", and "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" are reaction worthy.

Pieces of April!!

Probably my favorite by them.

Try a Little Tenderness has THE BEST vocal performance of any 3DN song. This one is close, though.

That song and Joy To The World. Iconic is right.

yep.

I was a kid if the sixties. Three Dog Night was a favorite from then to now.

Was amazing! On Soundstage 1975! One of the best vocal performances ever!

Okay, please tell us EVERYTHING!!!!! Please-&-thank-you.

Live, Soundstage, 1975 - it’s on RU-vid.

"Walkin' on the wire...highhhh wire"

its just sick who is in the RRHOF and who isn’t

I agree, a musician is a musician whether they wrote their own songs or not.

Unlike most "cover bands", they mostly covered songs that had failed to do well on the charts--basically, all-but-unknown songs--and then they adapted the songs to suit their own sound and tap into the zeitgeist of popular music. Usually creating a monster hit in the process.

@@joelhahn2501 Good for them!!

Yep. Their versions were usually MUCH better than the originals.

Yes she was. And very under valued for her contributions to music.

Golden Biscuits

Yes! Easy To Be Hard from the musical Hair is a must; vocally and lyrically powerful and as relevant today as it was in the '60s.

Yes! This.

So true!

Great version!

My favorite version of that song. Cory Wells performance 😮😮😮

Yes, it was on Soundstage 1975! It was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Agreed wholeheartedly!!!!

Chest Fever

Have you not heard shambala???

@@spence7985 they already reacted to it, so I didn't suggest it.

@@bobrob2004 my bad

Do almost ANY BS&T. They have not hit them yet.

“ Pieces of April “ is a beautiful song

Hardly anyone mentions Pieces of April. It's a favorite of mine.

Nilsson........Schmilsson

Easy to Be Hard is an A+ banger ballad for me!

Shambala is A+ all the way

@@fmtalks1386 Chuck's vocals were incredible!

He was Amazing

Incredible legend❤

Out of curiosity, have you heard St Paul and the Broken Bones cover? Video on RU-vid

A++

It was and still is an amazing album!

Opinions are something everybody has, but Laura Nyro's recording of this song is far superior to TDN. Her soul is totally exposed with her incredible vocal. One of the best performances of the era.

Search for "Three Dog Night Soundstage 1975" and you'll get all of the songs from that performance. Must-see TV!

TDN are great, but best ever, do I need to point out that the Bee Gees are a trio.

@@alfredlandesman5165 agreed, but then again, TDN never did disco.😁🕺

Thank The Lord 🙏 for that!😁

@@billhawkins1236So.

Laura Nyro really doesn’t get the applause and accolades from the masses she deserves.

Absolutely!

A &A choose the one with the footlights running around the stage perimeter.

Personally, I prefer the cover versions of her songs but she was an utterly amazing writer.

Big Laura Nyro fan here. Loved her original version the best.

Though 3 Dog Night's version is good, people really should listen to Laura's version: it is much more of a roller coaster ride than this version.

Cory just tears up Try A Little Tenderness!! Great 3DN song!

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"Let's Live for Today" is awesome!

@@robertcartier5088 Maybe "Midnight Confessions" next?

I remember Sooner or Later, Midnight Confessions, and Let's Live for Today -- good but standard AM radio fare back in the day

@@robland6804 so were 3 dog night

But were the GrassRoots considered hard rockers or just a nice top 40 band?

It's such a great song, but it's so short it might not fill up an entire review by itself.

This, please. Thanks.

@@joelhahn2501 right, it is short. Still so good!!

"Try a Little Tenderness" is a song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Harry M. Woods. In 1932. Recorded by many, including Bing Crosby in 1933. Harry Woods, born with a deformed left hand, worked hard to overcome it and learn to play the piano. He was a tough guy to get a line on. Legend has it that Woods, after consuming a large quantity of alcohol, once exchanged heated words with a man in a nightclub. The argument escalated into a physical fight with Woods pinning the man to the floor while hitting him with his right hand and bashing him in the face with the stump of his left hand. When police arrived at the club and arrested Woods, a woman entered the club and asked, "Who is that horrible man?". Still seated at the bar, a friend of the composer proudly announced, "That's Harry Woods. He wrote 'Try a Little Tenderness'."

Yes, "One" should be next.