The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
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- 2nd track from "Minute By Minute" (1978). For my money, "What A Fool Believes" is, like, the greatest song ever written. The most well-known version was recorded by the Doobie Brothers in 1978, although I've always considered it a Michael McDonald solo song because it was McDonald that really shaped the Doobie Brothers sound of that era.
Michael McDonald is the most soulful white guy on the face of the planet, bar none. "What A Fool Believes" is one of the best examples of his talents. It's that scratchy, I-Can't-Believe-He's-A-Cracker voice with that unbelievable falsetto, combined with unbelievable chord structure. Plus, the harmonies on the chorus, with that funky drumbeat and the handclaps...GREATEST SONG EVER WRITTEN.
EVER.
~jasonhare.com/2...
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With Tom Johnston gone from the lineup because of health problems, this is where the "new" Doobie Brothers really make their debut, with a richly soulful sound throughout and emphasis on horns and Michael McDonald's piano more than on Patrick Simmons' or Jeff Baxter's guitars.
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[G]iven the keyboards, the funky rhythms, and McDonald's soaring tenor (showcased best on "What a Fool Believes"), it's almost difficult to believe that this is the hippie bar band that came out of California in 1970…overall a more commercial sound steeped in white funk. … The public loved it, buying something like three million copies, and the recording establishment gave Minute by Minute four Grammy Awards, propelling the group to its biggest success ever.
~excerpt from a review by Bruce Eder
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This Song Will Never Get Old In 2079
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Good music has a way of doing just that!
I won't around to enjoy it like I still do.
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Feels so good. Listening in 2024 🎉
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Not feel so good but yah
Luiz(68)São Paulo Cap. 👍😃🎵💖🕭🎧
Undeniably the Doobie Brothers' biggest album ❤🙏🏿
This song will still be relevant in 10,000 year's time.
I can literally listen to this song 40 straight times without missing a beat.
Certain songs are perfect...this is one of them...
Anything Michael McDonald sings is awesome. What a voice.
Rock was becoming more refined when this tune came out.
Reminds me of my Mom. Miss you, Mom💔
She's in a better place. 😢😢😢😢
Oh m'y god
Saudades eternas de um tempo dourado.!!!✌🎶🕭💚🎧😍Luiz(68)São Paulo Cap.
Michael has the sexiest voice on Earth. Peace and love Doobies, love you guys!❤❤❤
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If you don't feel this song, you don't feel music.
Timeless classic.
Still listening to all my old school Artists 2024
Michael McDonald...me encanta su voz...siempre lo escucho...❤
❤this song is Poetry 😊
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Listened in highschool and 63 now and wish I listened to all the words better might have learned more 😁
Thanks for liking my comment 😀
Thanks for the compliment 😊
Michael McDonald's looks like this mega all time number one hit will take em to the top of the music and IRS charts.
Praying for all who are in the path of this horrible storm coming.
It's one of my favorite songs🎶💕
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Mine too
This song will always be dope!
This and a ton of other tunes played in the background on my AM radio while I built models, and hung-out with my buds.
The good times. 😊
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This was a good money song for the band...they deserved it 😎🥃🇺🇲
This lineup was by far my favorite. Skunk, I mean fucking Skunk with Michael, Pat, Tiran, Keith and John. The sound never sounded like this nor has it ever. Even without Michaels soul sound, the bands sound, and vocal mix were perfection.
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That keyboard arrangement! Those soaring, sweet harmonies! Those oh-so-true lyrics! Ahhh...'tis heaven! ^_____^ Written by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, this song won a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1979.
BLUE EYED SOUL!
❤peace and happiness and harmony from Baltimore Maryland
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From Southeast Tx
❤ peace out
Never gets old listening to this song
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Timeless
Definitely
Una de las canciones más bonitas de la historia de la música. Siempre me acompaña.
Just really great ❤
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I Remember Hearing This Song On The Radio All The Time When I Was Still Going 2 High School At The Time 2
Essa, música é linda! BOA noite!
I’m still loving this song 2018💕
I love this song!!!! My parents always played this for me whenI was growing up. Awwww this is music!!! I am definitely bringing this vibe back
I LIKE THIS SONG too MELISSA B. going back 40 YEARS ago to 1979
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fools only take a chance on love... that believes it can be loved........ as it is.......by someone that is the one we do not know....... love says many things to the one that it thinks it loves................
Love it !
Beautiful song
I Really Like And Love This Song It's AweSome An Cool
Did Euphoria bring you here? Because, it brought me here Sunday night.
Timeless....
Que som espetacular
72 yo man same body as when I was 20, of course being a Marine in 1971 may have something to do with it.
Thanks to the 72 year young gal
Keep,dancing
Was Michael McDonald in the Doobie Brothers or was this just a feature?
MM is a badass
"He came from somewhere
back in her long ago
the sentimental fool
don't
see
tryin' hard
to recreate
what had yet
to be created
once in her life
She musters a
smile
for his nostalgic tale
Never coming near
what he wanted to say
only to realize
It never really was
She
had a place
in his life
He
never made
her think
twice
As he rises
to
her apology
anybody else
would surely know
He's watching her
go
But what a fool
believes..
He
sees..
No wise
man
has
the power
to reason away
What
seems..
To
be..
Is always
better than nothing
and nothing at all
keeps
sending him
Somewhere
back in her long ago
where he can still believe
there's a place in her
life
Someday
somewhere
she will return
She
had a place
in his life
He
never made
her think
twice
As he rises
to
her apology
anybody else
would surely know
He's watching her
go
But what a fool
believes..
He
sees..
No wise
man
has
the power
to reason away
What (if)
seems.. (love)
(can come)
(and love)
(can go)
To
be.. (then why)
(can't)
(love)
Is always (return)
(once)
better than nothing (more)
(fool's)
(got the power)
there's nothing at all
(Oh!)
(now)
What a fool
believes..
(i believe)
(she's never gone)
(away)
He
sees..
(heh)
No wise
man
has
the power
(to reason away)
to reason away
(Oh!)
What (if)
seems.. (love)
(can come)
(and love)
(can go)
To
be..
(Oh!)
(mama)
Is always
better than nothing
(better than nothing)
and nothing at all..."
Thank you for writing lyrics. ❤
The jam!
Gooo Doobies
Dancing with hapiness in 2024.
Thanks à lot m'y brother for this hupload great tune !
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Without exaggeration this is my favorite song of all time and the memories of a 9 year old that go with it. Richmond, NSW. 1979, Sunday's racing mini-bikes at the track, skipping school to hang out and smoke with my mates, getting sunburned red raw at the swimming pool, catching "Asian fever" for the first time when the cutest Asian girl I'd ever seen joined my grade 4 class. I wonder what Anne is doing now🤔🤣
A song about the average young male Tiktok user in 1979....
These guys sound just like the Doobie Brothers
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WILL SASSO GOT ME HERE !!!
213k what a fool 😊
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Why is this so short? I remember a 5 min version bach in the day
+mainmajo According to Wiki: Warner Brothers released a 12" single disco version by The Doobie Brothers (backed with "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels"). Mixed by disco producer Jim Burgess, at 5:31 the song is considerably longer than the 3:41 versions on the 7" single and the Minute by Minute LP. The 12" version also has a more pronounced bass-driven drumbeat.
I always thought this was such a sad song...
Music is many things to many people!
Kenny loggins just so disrespected imo. He does a couple blockbuster movie tracks and gets labeled, but the man is genius.
The band Acoustic Alchemy might have covered the Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes".
Malcom McDonald was a great Arsenal player and vocalist back in the 70s.
Mr. Regular brought me here.
Michael McDonald looks so bummed, like he’s thinking about that one time where he got a piece of bone in his Chicken McNuggets at his own restaurant.
That's just funny
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I believe that for sometime the rest of the band had issues with him
Nah it's a Front he wanted it that way
The irish pray on their knees and scotts prey on their neighbors
Joke from Syriana movie
Long live bob
Uninvolved bob
Doent know a guy Bobby
As it should be.
@3:06
Micheal Mcdonald should be the unit of measurement for smooth.
slimetony brought me here
Thafnine
Oh sure, and I’m an exotic dancer during the week who sings in the choir on Sunday. Not.
April Fools day?
This ain't doobies its McDonald shouidnt let him in the band now there mcdonalds back up band
2024BR
Michael Mcdonald looks like he wants to quit the group and go solo
Who else is here because of slimetony
I have always hated this song
Get lost then 🤡
no@@BradenMcClure-q6k
Lmao
He came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool don't see
Tryin' hard to recreate
What had yet to be created once in her life
She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say
Only to realize it never really was
She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go
But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
Than nothing at all
Keeps sending him somewhere back in her long ago
Where he can still believe there's a place in her life
Someday, somewhere
She will return
She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go
But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
(If love can come and love can go, then why can't love return once more?)
Is always better than nothing
(Who got the power?)
Than nothing at all (Oh, now)
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
(If love can come and love can go, then why can't love return once more?)
Is always better than nothing
(Who got the power?)
Than nothing at all (Oh, now)