Tell him to join the Doobies on this upcoming anniversary tour! Michael McDonald is joining them which is huge, and Tiran joining them would make it even bigger.
@@georgehartman3189 Me: "I'd like to request a song". Shannon: "Which one?" Me: "The Doctor by the Doobie Brothers". Shannon: "And who is this?" Me: "It is Clinton." Shannon: "Alright Clinton, you have yourself a great weekend. Here's your song." Me: "Alright"
I can remember when they did, but at the time it was a new and current song. They shouldn't have put it down. Same with Little Feat's 'I sure would hate to lose your lovin"
The Doobies firin' on all 8-cylinders after Tom returned. Nothin' against Mike McDonald...but Tom's inclusion was the kickass that the Doobies began with.
Hands down, the BEST and most kickin' all time fun tune the Doobies ever pressed onto wax, yet for some reason it gets very little air-time...never understood that one.
It did back then it was a huge hit. The doobies we're big in the seventies and nothing for a long time. Then all the sudden they burst back on the scene with this new hit. I remember hearing it all summer long. I think that would have been 1988
I also think it doesn't get the attention cuz you know some people are they'll complain this one doesn't have Michael McDonald in it singing and a lot of people know the Doobie Brothers from the 1970s hits. kind of like some of those characters who will only listen to Van Halen with David Lee Roth and don't want to pay attention to any of the awesome stuff that came out in the '80s and the nineties of course with Sammy
I was 18 when it first came out and I saw it on MTV and I thought it was awesome my dad heard it in the background and said the same thing he was all excited. Great song
This video clearly shows what a fantastic group The Doobie Brothers are. Every band member is smiling and having a blast. You never see videos like this anymore. Thank you for providing us decades of great music!
Coming from musical family since I was 4 years old , I could imagine life without music. Your tune THE DOCTOR defines me. I will play this tune over and over because I appreciate whoever wrote the lyrics and the music. You guys are the BEST!!!
When I first heard this song, I thought to myself "now these are the Doobies that I know!!!" Nothing against the Michael McDonald-styled edition, but I enjoyed the "rock" version a lot better.
and you know ...all you want a bee rock and roll fans...my first concert in chicago...was the doobie bros...the vices tour..in 1974...it was my high school graduation party...at the aragon ballroom in chicago.....AND MY GOD....WE PARTIED...AND LOU REED WAS THE OPENING BAND...I DONT HAVE ANY IDEA HOW I GOT HOME THAT NITE...CAUSE WE WERE SO WASTED..
Man did they ever use it! I felt a touch of motion sickness TRYING to watch this video....and I am someone who never gets motion sickness or vertigo. Song is great, but the video is almost unwatchable. Good God, what were they thinking?
this year's hall of fame class should include the doobie brothers! as well as kiss, chicago, bon jovi, rush, journey and boston - 7 of my favorite bands that are NOT IN THE HALL but DESERVE IT!
This is what you call a group of talented men doing what they love. The love of up lifting music created by talented people that puts a smile on your face and gets you going. Keep on rock in Doobie Brothers!!!
Is it me or does Patrick Simmons look like Andy Travis(Gary Sandy) from WKRP in Cincinatti.I know Jeff Skunk Baxter looked like Dr Johnny Fever(Howard Hessman).The song on the closing credits of WKRP sounded like a Doobie Bros song.
This was a huge deal in the late '80s when the Doobies reunited and released this album. Everybody was so pumped-up about it. I just realized the intro sounds a bit like 'I Feel Like a Number' by Bob Seger. Both awesome songs!
I remember it too I mean I was 18 when this came out and thought it was kick ass and I was playing it on MTV and my dad heard it. He had always liked the Doobie Brothers anyways. He was so happy. What a great song it is. They developed a whole new audience as well I remember being at the beach listening to this all summer long and everyone in my age group was into it as well. Just a great song
It was. Great to hear Tiran Porter and Pat Simmons kicking ass. I don’t get why everyone gives McDonald so much shit..Tom needed to get off the road. Bros took a different direction for a while and then came back. Probably made the guys in the band a lot of $$ while he was there.
This band always put a smile on my face, so lucky to have grown up in that era, what a phenomenal talent they were, such wonderful memories of that era, long live the DBs
it brings me back to Summer I remember it clearly I was 19 at the time Hampton Beach New Hampshire memory. I had an IROC z as did everybody. Or perhaps a mustang GT or trans am playing this thing loud and clear. Everyone loving it. It was huge on MTV as well
As soon as I heard this tune on the radio, I rushed out to get his album (vinyl, btw). Love this song, which is easily the highlight of an album that didn't, IMO, live up to the promise of this song. At that time, though this was a modest hit, getting regular spins on "classic rock" format, DB's sound was not trendy (among the fads of time were alternative or "college" rock, U2/REM-modeled rock, hair band, Brit pop and new wave, synth-pop/R&B, SRV-fueled blies revival) and, so, as I recall, the album did not sell well. I just don't recall a lot of folks my age (GenXers. I was 21), at least, purchasing it. Anyhow, this track is one of their unheralded best.
It's got the China Grove vibe and same key. This is a great dance song to play in my 70's 80's rock band. Did China, Jesus, Long Train... such great music.
Garden State Art Center. 1989. My 27th birthday. A lightning storm settled over the pavilion & knocked the power out a dozen times. They never missed a beat. Probably one of the best shows I have ever seen. Besides, look how happy they were to be to be the Tom Johnson Doobies again.
1989 was such a big year for rock reunion albums, reunion tours, comeback hits, etc. And the Doobies managed a triple hat trick in that respect. Sadly like so many of their fellow comeback kids that year [ Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, Donny Osmond ] they just couldn't maintain the momentum. I saw them live with Chicago in about 2007 or so I think and they were terrific.
I am seriously binging on this song lately..not sure why! Well, it is a kick ass tune but seems like I'm more into it now, than when it came out. Also, there are too many doctors on TV the past few weeks for depressing reasons and seeing something like this is significantly less stressful lol.
This song went to #1 on the mainstream rock chart in 1989. Quite an amazing feat since they had been gone for a while and the rock music climate had changed quite a bit (hair bands ruled the air waves when this was released). Still a great song 33 years later.
I’m amazed to hear that I’ve only recently discovered this track. It never gets played hear. Maybe I’m listening to the wrong radio station! It’s sensational!!
This song reminds me of a good friend who passed away a little while ago. Don't you love songs that do that? RIP Brent. I miss you brother, but we'll always have this.
This song came out in the spring of 1989, right before I graduated from high school. I remember cruising around Tucson, Arizona in my 1972 Chrysler blaring this song on my new car stereo with all the windows down. American cars, rock and roll and freedom!!!
Simply HAS to go down as one of the most beautiful & fantastic songs in humanity's history!! HAS to!! (Am thinking right now there is almost no price I won't pay for a custom made hat that says "Music Is the Doctor" - Doobie Bros.) A LOT of people owe the Doobies big time for this one ... for sure!!!!
It was great when The Doobie Brothers got back together with Tom Johnston, because it was like this great group returned to it's roots, doing what they always did best! Peace, BobbyK
THE BEST DAMN JAM THAT THE DOOBIES EVER CREATED...AND IVE SEEN THEM ALL FROM 1972 TO THE PRESENT...COUNTLESS SHOWS IVE SEEN..MUSIC WILL ALWAYS BE THE CURE FOR WHATEVERS AILEN YOU$$$$$
I seen the doobies on this tour in the summer at the charlotte coliseum.The air conditioning went out as the show started..No one cared we just rocked with the band…..
I am so thrilled to see them still tour and share such amazing talent and music. Tom Johnston's voice will ALWAYS be the voice of the Doobie,Bros.even though MacDonald has a great voice, they never were the same as far as I am concerned. He gives them their rock power. Amazing performers and musicians. Can't wait to see them again. They opened as back up for 3 dog night in the 70's and their records sold off the shelves of ever store the next day in Salt Lake City. I saw them every time since when I could.
