One of my favorite, and most underrated bands of all time. They blew me away, and literally had the place rockin on its stilts, the first time I saw them in the mid '70's.Top 3 concerts I've ever seen. 🤘🤘🤘
My dad's 80th birthday was 8/16. He has been gone since 2003. He loved Rare Earth & was the driving force behind my love of music from The Mills Brothers to Elvis to Rare Earth. I can't hear this band without thinking of my dad. "I just want to celebrate" is another good one by this band.
I was lucky enough to see them live in 73 along with Ten Years After and Doobie Brothers and Rare Earth closed the show and the Doobie Brothers came back out and jammed with Rare Earth on their song I Just Want To Celebrate and the drummer is the singer
You need to listen to the long version of this song, with all the solos,round about 20 minutes of real fun and enjoyment!!!! And tons of other real good material of this band----I love Rare Earth!!!!!
Rare Earth, Santana, Chicago and a "PLETHORA" of other bands, soooooo many groups, made my teenaged existence, a hell of a lot easier to experience and to get though. Yeesh, if it wasn't for "the music" of those times....whew, I don't know man, i truly don't know......🙏🏾🙏🏾....65 yr's old. STILL, Standin'.
Right on! I remember the drummer is playing drums and sings rare. They are all awesome. Remember listening to this as a little girl on the AM radio! If I was lucky I could get WLS out of Chicago. Phenomenal !😀🎶🎸♥️
Harri, you're on a roll today! Four new groups in a row from the late sixties into the seventies, singing four of their smash hits, part of the greatest explosion of popular music ever heard before or since.
Of course, this is the SHORT version of the song, with the long version being and entire side of the album (20+ minutes long). They had a nice string of hits like (I Know) I'm Losing You, Tobacco Road, Born To Wonder, I Just Want To Celebrate, In Bed, Magic Key, and a few others.
In the summer of my life I would drive around my hometown listening to great tunes like this. A stunningly underated group. "Celebrate" and "I'm Loosing You" are 2 other great songs. Love the name of this group. Thanks Raee Earth for being part of my life, I just wanted to Celebrate being young and alive.
One of the greatest songs in music history! Loved it back in 1970 still do. To me 68, 69 and 70 were the greatest years for music. Many great one hit wonders tho this group wasn't a one hit wonder. Sir, you have good musical taste, keep up the good work.
Smokey wrote the song for The Temptations who recorded it in 1965 and it was covered by Rare Earth in 1970. Smokey himself then made a semi-disco version of it in the early 70's.
Rare Earth was one of the few non Black Bands or artists to be signed to the "Motown" label. They stayed true to the original version by The Temptations. An excellent cover that was a huge hit.
These guys were one of the 1st white acts signed to Motown. You can hear the influences in their style. In answer to your question...over the course of 8 years 1970-78, they had 6 top 40 hits with 3 that went top 10. Get Ready was their 1st & biggest hit single, it hit #4.
To know how badass Rare Earth was, Berry Gordy gave them their own label, Rare Earth. That was EXTREMELY rare in the ‘70s. Just keep this thought: All Musical Roads Lead to Detroit! Love your shows!
The extended album cut of this track is fantastic...sort of soul meets jazz. I used their version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," as a wake-up call for the whole house I shared with 3 others. That's off their "One World" album.
Album version of I know I'm Losing You-another Motown cover will blow your socks and headphones off!! They've had many hits in the early 70s then went disco in 76 and faded quickly. I saw them in the early 80s in a local bar and they blew me away playing their old hits with extended long jams!!
You were all over it my man- it was a Smokey Robinson penned song, even though he and his group The Miracles did not record it nor did Smokey as a solo artist. Motown was a music factory. Their staff of writers was off the charts- Dozier, Whitfield and of course Smokey Robinson. The Temptations released this in 1966, and it was a big hit, while this band Rare Earth, also a Motown artist of course, released it in 1970, it to was a big hit. Pete Rivera the drummer, as you pointed out, has an incredible voice- very powerful, and soulful. To sing like that, and drum as he does, is unbelievable. In 1974, in Southern California, the Ontario Motor Speedway hosted an all day/evening concert called Cal Jam I. (there was a second one in 1978). 250k attendees, including me and my buddies, who drove in from Las Vegas. We had to park a mile away- while walking towards the venue, maybe a half mile away, the first act comes on at 9a- Rare Earth, playing this classic. Thanks for the commentary, you're certainly one of the more knowledgeable reactors, keep up the great posts.
RARE EARTH, " GET READY"... ONE OF THOSE ROCK'N SOUL GREAT BANDS...ONE OF MY FAVORITE'S. MORE " I JUST WANT TOO CELEBRATE", "I'M LOSING YOU", "HEY BIG BROTHER", "BORN TOO WANDER"...
Yeah Harri! Surfer John from San Diego California here again. Check out their other groovy stuff brother like I just want to celebrate another day of living and big brother a couple other good ones they got have a great day buddy
this was motions white band....this was recorded at the motown studio in detroit....yes peter rivera is a great singer.....the long version of celebrate
The one white Motown group. Get Ready was originally written for the Motown group The Temptations, but they never released it as a single. Rare Earth, who recorded for a spinoff label owned by Motown, was the group who made it a top 40 hit single. But The Temptations' version of the song is pretty awesome. You oughta give it a listen.
@@HarriBestReactions Temptations in 1966, Rare Earth released it in 1968. The Rare Earth Live in Concert double album (aka "the backpack album"), is one of the most under rated live albums of all time.
Also, the first white group to do a release with Motown was Nick & The Jaguars in 1959. They were a surf band that did a one-off deal with Motown to release a record they already had recorded. But the record didn't chart so they ended up not signing with the label. Rare Earth had their own label called Rare Earth Records which was a subsidiary of Motown. (Motown had several subsidiary labels). Debbie Dean was the first white solo artist to sign with Motown's subsidiary label, Gordy Records. In 1961 she released "Don't Let Him Shop Around" in. But the earliest white solo artist that I know of to sign with the actual Motown Label was Connie Haines in 1965. She recorded 14 songs written by Smokey Robinson. She did the first recording of "For Once In My Life" with Motown Records in 1965. (Later covered by Steve Wonder). But Connie's recording was never released until 2015.
Playing drums and singing is almost impossible. This guy is great. The other drummer s I know that sing were Levon Helm of "The Band," and Don Henley of "The Eagles." As a former drummer myself, in my younger days, it's just a very hard thing. Even guitar playing and singing isn't easy.
I just want to Celebrate a great jam!😀🎶🎸♥️Just a suggestion of another artist . Different genre of music but really good . I'm a professional singer guitar player songwriter since 1973. The artist is Travis Tritt Long Haired Country Boy (Kicking Country). This man can play guitar and sing. He nocked down walls in Nashville! Worth a listen! 😀🎶🎸♥️
RARE EARTH "I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE"...CLASSIC.
An incredible band doing an incredible song. "I'm losing you" and "Hey Big Brother". 💖
One of my favorite, and most underrated bands of all time. They blew me away, and literally had the place rockin on its stilts, the first time I saw them in the mid '70's.Top 3 concerts I've ever seen. 🤘🤘🤘
I just want to celebrate was a huge hit!!! Again another band that didn’t get appreciated as it should have
Yes! Probably their best song.
LISTEN TO THE 1969 ALBUM VERSION!!!!!!!!!
A must play next. “I Just Want to Celebrate “. Motivational lyrics and great sound
You're killin it Harri .
A straight vibe .
Rare Earth was so good!
Another classic hit from them is I Just Want To Celebrate.
My dad's 80th birthday was 8/16. He has been gone since 2003. He loved Rare Earth & was the driving force behind my love of music from The Mills Brothers to Elvis to Rare Earth. I can't hear this band without thinking of my dad. "I just want to celebrate" is another good one by this band.
I was lucky enough to see them live in 73 along with Ten Years After and Doobie Brothers and Rare Earth closed the show and the Doobie Brothers came back out and jammed with Rare Earth on their song I Just Want To Celebrate and the drummer is the singer
We loved this back in the day……
That's how you cover motown with RESPECT, thanks Harri.
No wonder Motown signed these guys, bringing a little rock essence to great soul music!!!!
So if I say Foghat enough you might get to it?
Great reaction, love both versions.
You need to listen to the long version of this song, with all the solos,round about 20 minutes of real fun and enjoyment!!!! And tons of other real good material of this band----I love Rare Earth!!!!!
The song was written by Smokey Robinson for The Temptations. This is an excellent cover. Rare Earth was a Motown act for a few years.
One of the best cover songs ever !!
Singing drummers...love 'em 🎵🎶
Rare Earth!!! You have some amazing selections!!! Love everything Rare Earth did👍👍 🔥🔥🔥
One of the most underrated bands ever!
Wow, really good 👍 👏 They were getting it.
Oh yes, I Just Want to Celebrate is definitely worth it. These white boys had some serious soul. And Smokey is a songwriting legend.
Rare Earth, Santana, Chicago and a "PLETHORA" of other bands, soooooo many groups, made my teenaged existence, a hell of a lot easier to experience and to get though. Yeesh, if it wasn't for "the music" of those times....whew, I don't know man, i truly don't know......🙏🏾🙏🏾....65 yr's old. STILL, Standin'.
Right on! I remember the drummer is playing drums and sings rare. They are all awesome. Remember listening to this as a little girl on the AM radio! If I was lucky I could get WLS out of Chicago. Phenomenal !😀🎶🎸♥️
I know I’m losing you by rare Earth live. Awesome!
Great band. I always loved this song.
Love me some Rare Earth! You must hear Celebrate next. Love your reaction as usual😃
Harri, you're on a roll today! Four new groups in a row from the late sixties into the seventies, singing four of their smash hits, part of the greatest explosion of popular music ever heard before or since.
Absolutely an underrated band. Note that their studio version of this song cooks along for 21 minutes!
Peter Rivera is an underrated Drummer and singer. Love his talent
I haven't heard this song in ages , thank you , they are talented
Thanks Harri 😃
Lots of bands did a version of "Tobacco Road" but I find Rare Earth's version to be one of my all time favourites.
I just want to celebrate is a fantastic song.
I love this song I was up and dancing.
Of course, this is the SHORT version of the song, with the long version being and entire side of the album (20+ minutes long). They had a nice string of hits like (I Know) I'm Losing You, Tobacco Road, Born To Wonder, I Just Want To Celebrate, In Bed, Magic Key, and a few others.
1974 Rare Earth in concert , Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse ,Bradley University , Peoria IL Fantastic concert ! Ahhh the memories .
I"m loosing you , by rare earth is even MORE of a banger.
One of the great covers ever. Sheer brilliance.
We used to play this song on every gig. Everyone loved it.
Yeah 1972, seen them live !!! Multiple Concert series......in a park!!! Ah memories!! TY
Yep , I agree , they did great
I just want to celebrate is definitely worth it.
In the summer of my life I would drive around my hometown listening to great tunes like this. A stunningly underated group. "Celebrate" and "I'm Loosing You" are 2 other great songs. Love the name of this group. Thanks Raee Earth for being part of my life, I just wanted to Celebrate being young and alive.
One of the greatest songs in music history! Loved it back in 1970 still do. To me 68, 69 and 70 were the greatest years for music. Many great one hit wonders tho this group wasn't a one hit wonder. Sir, you have good musical taste, keep up the good work.
Absolutely fabulous..
Smokey wrote the song for The Temptations who recorded it in 1965 and it was covered by Rare Earth in 1970. Smokey himself then made a semi-disco version of it in the early 70's.
There nobody can do what do there on Motown great voice great show
They do a great version of "I'm Losing You". It was a big hit, well worth a listen!💙
Rare Earth covered a lot of songs from the Motown catalog, and did all of them well. A particular favorite of mine is their cover of Smiling Faces.
Rare Earth was one of the few non Black Bands or artists to be signed to the "Motown" label. They stayed true to the original version by The Temptations.
An excellent cover that was a huge hit.
Great in concert!
Wowww they are mazing ...earth.
Their cover of "(I Know) I'm Losing You" is quite tasty as well!
I love that song..You got great taste ✌🏾
Hello. If you liked it, I recommend you to hear "I Just Want To Celebrate". Thanks.
One of those bands that plays a wide variety of music and has a Ball LIVE
These guys were one of the 1st white acts signed to Motown. You can hear the influences in their style. In answer to your question...over the course of 8 years 1970-78, they had 6 top 40 hits with 3 that went top 10. Get Ready was their 1st & biggest hit single, it hit #4.
One of my favorite albums!
To know how badass Rare Earth was, Berry Gordy gave them their own label, Rare Earth. That was EXTREMELY rare in the ‘70s. Just keep this thought: All Musical Roads Lead to Detroit! Love your shows!
The extended album cut of this track is fantastic...sort of soul meets jazz. I used their version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," as a wake-up call for the whole house I shared with 3 others. That's off their "One World" album.
Never tire of that song.
Love me some Rare Earth!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN
Great reaction Harri!
Saw them open for Sly & the Family Stone at Madison Square Garden in '71. An epic night.
Love drummers that sing, just like Phil Collins. If you haven't already, you should catch Phil Collins live performance of "In the Air"!
Rare Earth was on the Motown label. Of course they had soul. 8-18-2021
Album version of I know I'm Losing You-another Motown cover will blow your socks and headphones off!! They've had many hits in the early 70s then went disco in 76 and faded quickly. I saw them in the early 80s in a local bar and they blew me away playing their old hits with extended long jams!!
You were all over it my man- it was a Smokey Robinson penned song, even though he and his group The Miracles did not record it nor did Smokey as a solo artist. Motown was a music factory. Their staff of writers was off the charts- Dozier, Whitfield and of course Smokey Robinson. The Temptations released this in 1966, and it was a big hit, while this band Rare Earth, also a Motown artist of course, released it in 1970, it to was a big hit. Pete Rivera the drummer, as you pointed out, has an incredible voice- very powerful, and soulful. To sing like that, and drum as he does, is unbelievable. In 1974, in Southern California, the Ontario Motor Speedway hosted an all day/evening concert called Cal Jam I. (there was a second one in 1978). 250k attendees, including me and my buddies, who drove in from Las Vegas. We had to park a mile away- while walking towards the venue, maybe a half mile away, the first act comes on at 9a- Rare Earth, playing this classic. Thanks for the commentary, you're certainly one of the more knowledgeable reactors, keep up the great posts.
Awesome!
You are awesome
yes ty
They were in the Motown stable. Yes, there is an extended version.
Yes Smokey is one of the best.
They were signed to a record deal by Motown Records and recorded on "Rare Earth" records, a division of Motown.
Haha badass
Hi Harri...how u doin man...Ty for this share
Kick ass song!!
YES! Do Celebrate next!
RARE EARTH, " GET READY"... ONE OF THOSE ROCK'N SOUL GREAT BANDS...ONE OF MY FAVORITE'S. MORE " I JUST WANT TOO CELEBRATE", "I'M LOSING YOU", "HEY BIG BROTHER", "BORN TOO WANDER"...
I really love this group. My favorite song of theirs is "I'm Losing You ". Great reaction, as always :)
Yeah Harri! Surfer John from San Diego California here again. Check out their other groovy stuff brother like I just want to celebrate another day of living and big brother a couple other good ones they got have a great day buddy
I’m the same way, I like your channel bro, TEXAS HERE , I subscribed!!!!🇺🇸💪😎
this was motions white band....this was recorded at the motown studio in detroit....yes peter rivera is a great singer.....the long version of celebrate
Saw them in '75 at Wichita Pop Festival and Frosty was drummer,but was great night.
If I remember correctly, this is part of an approximately 23:18 of jam on the live album. Great memory!
Heyy Harri , how you doin , this is a great band , great song
Im good Anne..Annie are you ok? ARE YOU ok Annie? 😀😀
@@HarriBestReactions lmao , im good hun
@@HarriBestReactions good 1 lol , kool
Awesome sauce 😃✨✨✨✨
YES SIR RARE EARTH 🎩 NOTCH
They were very popular , check some more songs by them
I just want to celebrate is a great one
They got quite a few jams that u could check out 1 day,...Hey big brother,studio,long version,funky black man,I couldn't believe last night
Rare Earth was Motown sound. they had the soul.
Great review, I'm not sure if it was mentioned but, this was the first White Band signed by motown.
The one white Motown group. Get Ready was originally written for the Motown group The Temptations, but they never released it as a single. Rare Earth, who recorded for a spinoff label owned by Motown, was the group who made it a top 40 hit single. But The Temptations' version of the song is pretty awesome. You oughta give it a listen.
Im afraid you are wrong there.Temps released this single first in the 60s
@@HarriBestReactions Temptations in 1966, Rare Earth released it in 1968. The Rare Earth Live in Concert double album (aka "the backpack album"), is one of the most under rated live albums of all time.
@@HarriBestReactions -. It was never a hit. Was never played in the market where I lived.
Also, the first white group to do a release with Motown was Nick & The Jaguars in 1959. They were a surf band that did a one-off deal with Motown to release a record they already had recorded. But the record didn't chart so they ended up not signing with the label. Rare Earth had their own label called Rare Earth Records which was a subsidiary of Motown. (Motown had several subsidiary labels). Debbie Dean was the first white solo artist to sign with Motown's subsidiary label, Gordy Records. In 1961 she released "Don't Let Him Shop Around" in. But the earliest white solo artist that I know of to sign with the actual Motown Label was Connie Haines in 1965. She recorded 14 songs written by Smokey Robinson. She did the first recording of "For Once In My Life" with Motown Records in 1965. (Later covered by Steve Wonder). But Connie's recording was never released until 2015.
@@ProdigyBowlersTour It was in the charts 😀
Hi Mr. Harri, There is a 21 minute Long Version, it was written by William "Smokey" Robinson.. Very Good.. ♠W.G.
Nice shirt!
Playing drums and singing is almost impossible. This guy is great. The other drummer s I know that sing were Levon Helm of "The Band," and Don Henley of "The Eagles." As a former drummer myself, in my younger days, it's just a very hard thing. Even guitar playing and singing isn't easy.
There's an extended version of this clip where there's a drum and conga duel.
Great band! You listen to: I just want to celebrate - I know I'm Losing you, - Born to Wander and Hey Big Brother.
Youve got to listen to the LOOONG LIVE VERSION by them. Itll BLOW YOUR MIND...A MASTER PERFORMANCE.
I just want to Celebrate a great jam!😀🎶🎸♥️Just a suggestion of another artist . Different genre of music but really good . I'm a professional singer guitar player songwriter since 1973. The artist is Travis Tritt Long Haired Country Boy
(Kicking Country). This man can play guitar and sing. He nocked down walls in Nashville! Worth a listen! 😀🎶🎸♥️
It is indeed
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