This song needs to be played a lot. Again… it was once played on the radio every day multiple times a day for a very long time. .. it’s just phenomenal… joyful… it’s what music should be… it’s one of the best songs ever written…
Congrats, you have just encountered one of the truly finest records of the '70s. The song expresses our love of great music, and the song itself is great music. Dobie Gray was a wonderful singer, and 1973 was a wonderful year for music.
We DO TOO have musicians like this. OPEN YOUR EARS and quit living in the past. Explore what's out there NOW. This is great, I agree. But to dismiss today's music is just ridiculous.
I was 12 in '72 when this song released on the radio. I honestly believe it was a seismic shift in my life. Absolutely outstanding, almost religious experience for me. Rock, R&B, Soul, Country all melded together. RIP Dobie. What a magical time.
I was about 10 years old when this song came out. It was my mind. It’s so good it’s still so good it’s timeless. It’s for every generation it’s for every genre. There is nobody in this world who does not like this song.
An amazing song sung by an amazing artist. Like another comment, it's amazing that once you hear this a few times, you remember the words forever! Have you reacted to Dock of the Bay by Ottis Redding? If you haven't, it would be great if you would.
What you two said, Shawn and Mel, is a perfect tribute to Dobie Gray and this song. It was a MONSTER hit back in the early 1970s when it came out. Thanks for playing it for us. It is one of those songs you remember instantly and start singing as soon as it begins. We need more great blues based rock and roll in these miserably troubled times. Thank you once again. 💘🎸😎
This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs recorded in the 1970s, because the lyrics, singing, and instrumental work is so profound, meaningful, and emotionally authentic. Thanks for reacting to "Drift Away", by Dobie Gray, here on TH-cam. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
What an outstanding voice! I remember hearing this song from the stereo on my dad's ski boat while I was water skiing on Lake Augusta in Minnesota 1973! Love the memories! ☮️❤️
Wow. Haven't heard this in "I don't know how long". Can always count on you two to play some fabulous tunes from way back when. Thanks for the memories guys. ❤💙🇬🇧
Oh this song has always blown me away. It makes a bad day better, calmer. Yes. Another singer, Paul Young singing "Wherever I Lay My hat", to me, does a similar thing.
SO happy to see you guys react to this one! One of my absolute favorite songs of all time. Another one by him that's little known is Let Me Go Til I'm Gone. Another wonderful song.
Hey y'all, I'm an old white country boy who grew up in the '60's and 70's and everyone I know knew this song! This is one of the best songs of all time and best singers in my opinion! Shout out to you two! That was a great reaction from a great couple!
I'm glad that you two are doing some fire reactions like this song again like you used to after taking awhile off and I hope that you guys and your family are doing good and are healthy now. Doby Gray had another big hit single called The In Crowd from 1965 that would be a great song to react to
This is one of the songs that 'time stamped' my senior year in high school. Came in early '73. Love it- just heard it today in the car on the radio- brought back a flood of memories.
Yes!! I actually was going to recommend that version myself! I loved seeing Dobie make an appearance in the video. Then, I was going to suggest Uncle Kraker singing "Smile"
A beautiful song, great lyrics. We all have the song or musician that we put on when we need to get lost. Thank you great god for the gift of music. It has been my best friend many times in my life.
This song makes you smile and always makes you feel good. It has a healing quality. It's the way Dobie sings it. Please react to Dobie Gray's 'Out on the Floor', a Northern soul classic.
Shawn and Mel, I grew up with this song and have loved it my entire life. But you taught me something today. I never knew, and never cared for that matter, because good music is good music, however, I didn't know Dobie Gray was a black man. It makes me appreciate the song even more. Thanks for bringing back the memories of my youth with this song. Now, I want to find out what other songs Dobie Gray had that I missed out on. That song alone should land him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in my opinion. Thanks again.
This is the quintessential version of this song. It is a cover version, but it was the one that played on the radio when I was a kid. It has been covered by any people since from Uncle Cracker to Rascal Flats but Dobie Gray's is the song I would choose if I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life. Been listening to for nearly fifty years. I used to play it in my classroom on a mixed tape during planning time and a co-worker who had never heard it before. Years later she emailed me to ask about that song she loved for that mixed tape. In the days before streaming and Shazam.
Music is the universal language and Love is the Key, to peace, hope & understanding & living in harmony. This song takes yah on that journey. Perfect flow state.. ❤
I love music very much & it took me a long time (I’m 59) to decide what song was my all time favorite & Dobie Gray’s Drift Away is it. Others have covered it but none can come close to Dobie, his voice & presentation is just amazingly awesome. And the lyrics are just point on, l relate to every word. 🤟🤟🤟✌️✌️✌️🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🖖🖖🖖😍😍😍
Great reaction as always ya'll! 😊 I'd like to suggest another song I think you'll like. It's Jerry Garcia Band- My Sisters and Brothers. Jerry Garcia is from the band the Grateful Dead. It's just a positive song that always puts a smile on my face.
Thank you for giving Chuck Berry his due, he is the father of Rock and Roll! The teenyboppers loved Chuck back in the fifties and sixties! Check out the rockumentary, “Hail, Hail Rock and Roll, it really displays the genius and brilliance of this amazing musician! This was my parents music and I love it! He influenced many musicians that came after him, such as, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, and many more!!❤️❤️
You two are the BEST on TH-cam! I feel like I know y'all! We're just cousins! Lol! But I really enjoyed you guys reactions! Music is everything! I'm 47 myself so I do know a lot of music you guys are reacting to, and enjoy you two reacting to new music♥️
My grandma gave me this album on tape when I was 16. I loved it sooooo much! I'm so singin this so hard lol No matter what life throws at me, there are songs like this that really make life worth it. It's like give me the beat boys lol I had a hard childhood and it really was music like this that really helped me get through.
I remember 1974, Mrs. Dewer's grade 7 music class. Bonnie (hot cool girl) put this transport vehicle on the record player and we all were taken to another place. Drift Away with Dobie Gray.
Love, love, love this song! Perfect for the drive home after a hard day at work or for listening to on a relaxing afternoon. Really though, its great for when your mind is on anxiety overdrive and you just need to calm down.🥰
I’m a year late to this video, but it’s hard to listen to this song without having a big smile. And it’s true. Hearing a song like this come on my shuffle would definitely give me a good day no matter what else happens haha!
I absolutely love this song, it’s a rock classic! I don’t know if Dobie Gray had any other hits but he don’t need any because this is such an amazing tune that has been used in so many films and commercials and it will live forever! ❤️❤️
This is back when you can listen to the music just for the sake of listening to the music and it would take you away from your troubles in your situations
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I can STILL sing every word of this song! Unforgettable
I remember listening to this when it was fresh and it is still fresh dang great song by a great artist!
One of the greatest songs ever written, perfect expression of how good music can sooth the soul, love you guys, keep the great music playing
This song needs to be played a lot. Again… it was once played on the radio every day multiple times a day for a very long time. .. it’s just phenomenal… joyful… it’s what music should be… it’s one of the best songs ever written…
Lovin’ me some Dobie! He’s like cool lemonade on a warm summer’s evening with a soft breeze and kids chasing lightning bugs. Mmmmmm…
Congrats, you have just encountered one of the truly finest records of the '70s. The song expresses our love of great music, and the song itself is great music. Dobie Gray was a wonderful singer, and 1973 was a wonderful year for music.
It’s a shame we don’t have musicians like this anymore let’s thank God we have the music this is proof music with better than the olden days.
We DO TOO have musicians like this. OPEN YOUR EARS and quit living in the past. Explore what's out there NOW. This is great, I agree. But to dismiss today's music is just ridiculous.
agree...we will never have talent like this again
@@unclebobunclebob what do you suggest
Amen!!
@@westtxmutt Pandora, Spotify...put in an artist you like and they will match your tastes. Start from there and expand.
Music does so much to soothe the soul.This song says it all.
I was 12 in '72 when this song released on the radio. I honestly believe it was a seismic shift in my life. Absolutely outstanding, almost religious experience for me. Rock, R&B, Soul, Country all melded together.
RIP Dobie. What a magical time.
Hearing this song is like going to church and laying your burdens down. What a voice.
As an old white man, I can describe this song in two words.......ROCK ANTHEM. ✌❤
I was about 10 years old when this song came out. It was my mind. It’s so good it’s still so good it’s timeless. It’s for every generation it’s for every genre. There is nobody in this world who does not like this song.
This is called great music, thanks for playing it. People need to know there is great music out there,
An amazing song sung by an amazing artist. Like another comment, it's amazing that once you hear this a few times, you remember the words forever! Have you reacted to Dock of the Bay by Ottis Redding? If you haven't, it would be great if you would.
One of my all time absolute favorites. Fantastic voice
My Man - such a great singer!!!! A great song - done by anyone who is anyone!!!
Has frequently brought me to tears of happiness 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶
Beautiful this song , it never gets old . So soothing I love it❤
I love me some Dobie Gray! Dobie really loved music in general. He loved Rock & Roll and he also loved Rhythm, Rhyme and harmony!
Some of the greatest music ever written or performed!
one of my faves. you never forget. when music was real.
I was so lucky to grow up during the 60s and 70s. The hits just kept coming.
What you two said, Shawn and Mel, is a perfect tribute to Dobie Gray and this song. It was a MONSTER hit back in the early 1970s when it came out. Thanks for playing it for us. It is one of those songs you remember instantly and start singing as soon as it begins. We need more great blues based rock and roll in these miserably troubled times. Thank you once again. 💘🎸😎
This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs recorded in the 1970s, because the lyrics, singing, and instrumental work is so profound, meaningful, and emotionally authentic. Thanks for reacting to "Drift Away", by Dobie Gray, here on TH-cam. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
What an outstanding voice! I remember hearing this song from the stereo on my dad's ski boat while I was water skiing on Lake Augusta in Minnesota 1973! Love the memories! ☮️❤️
Wow. Haven't heard this in "I don't know how long". Can always count on you two to play some fabulous tunes from way back when. Thanks for the memories guys. ❤💙🇬🇧
Oh this song has always blown me away. It makes a bad day better, calmer. Yes. Another singer, Paul Young singing "Wherever I Lay My hat", to me, does a similar thing.
SO happy to see you guys react to this one! One of my absolute favorite songs of all time. Another one by him that's little known is Let Me Go Til I'm Gone. Another wonderful song.
My favourite song of all time!!!!
Hey y'all, I'm an old white country boy who grew up in the '60's and 70's and everyone I know knew this song! This is one of the best songs of all time and best singers in my opinion! Shout out to you two! That was a great reaction from a great couple!
Absolutely one of my favorites.
Music is life, life is music. This song soothes the soul.
I'm glad that you two are doing some fire reactions like this song again like you used to after taking awhile off and I hope that you guys and your family are doing good and are healthy now. Doby Gray had another big hit single called The In Crowd from 1965 that would be a great song to react to
Love Doobie... I mean Dobie. There is a nice vid of him singing this in a garden.
One of the best songs ever written.
A great, great oldie from my youth.
This is the good music we grew up on ! Party On
I've heard some good covers of Drift Away, but Dobie Gray will always be THE definitive performer. Such a beautiful voice, & so heartfelt.
This has been one of my favorite songs for decades. It’s just a wonderful soothing song. So glad you have finally come across it and shared it.
I hadn't heard this in so long! Thanks guys. I'm going to be singing the hook all day!
This man has one of the most beautful voices you'll ever hear. Talk about having a song and singer perfectly matched!
Great song and fantastic voice. One of my favorites growing up. Nothing like the 60' and 70's when it comes to music.
This is one of the songs that 'time stamped' my senior year in high school. Came in early '73. Love it- just heard it today in the car on the radio- brought back a flood of memories.
Man, what a classic. I hadn’t heard it for quite awhile. I always remember his
incredible voice but forgot how sweet the guitar is also. What a song..
Simply awesome, such a great vocal. Dobie was a winner and thank you for sharing your talent.
This song is damn near the perfect mix of styles. Blues, soul, R&B, rock n' roll. Great reaction thnx
One of my all time favorites. Thank you guys!!
I always loved this song, and I love Uncle Kraker’s 90’s cover featuring Mr Dobie Gray himself !
Yes!! I actually was going to recommend that version myself! I loved seeing Dobie make an appearance in the video. Then, I was going to suggest Uncle Kraker singing "Smile"
A beautiful song, great lyrics. We all have the song or musician that we put on when we need to get lost. Thank you great god for the gift of music. It has been my best friend many times in my life.
No better song ever been sung. PERIOD.
This song makes you smile and always makes you feel good. It has a healing quality. It's the way Dobie sings it.
Please react to Dobie Gray's 'Out on the Floor', a Northern soul classic.
Dobie the Great. So beautiful and soulful. I remember it well
I used to go to a Baptist church with my grandmother when I was a boy. I remember they used to sing this there. Very fond memories.
Shawn and Mel, I grew up with this song and have loved it my entire life. But you taught me something today. I never knew, and never cared for that matter, because good music is good music, however, I didn't know Dobie Gray was a black man. It makes me appreciate the song even more. Thanks for bringing back the memories of my youth with this song. Now, I want to find out what other songs Dobie Gray had that I missed out on. That song alone should land him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in my opinion. Thanks again.
Unmistakable vocal range and soul of Dobie Gray.
out on the floor, the in crowd - northern soul classics from dobie 😍
This is one of the most stunning songs ever
Such an old beautiful beautiful song that touches your soul. Thx for reaction sweet ppl! ❤
I'm 71 and this is one of those "perfect 70s song" that made me not want the decade to end,! ❤️
Before we even start, this is one of my dad's all time favourite songs. Love it.
Absolutely love this song!! One of my all time favorites! ❤️
I LOVE Dobby Gray!! Not recognized nearly enough these days.
This is the quintessential version of this song. It is a cover version, but it was the one that played on the radio when I was a kid. It has been covered by any people since from Uncle Cracker to Rascal Flats but Dobie Gray's is the song I would choose if I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life. Been listening to for nearly fifty years. I used to play it in my classroom on a mixed tape during planning time and a co-worker who had never heard it before. Years later she emailed me to ask about that song she loved for that mixed tape. In the days before streaming and Shazam.
Music is the universal language and Love is the Key, to peace, hope & understanding & living in harmony. This song takes yah on that journey. Perfect flow state.. ❤
One of the best songs ever wrote! ✌❤🎶
YES! Rolling in those cars @ car shows now listening to A.M. radio! HOLLA if you hear me!
I love music very much & it took me a long time (I’m 59) to decide what song was my all time favorite & Dobie Gray’s Drift Away is it. Others have covered it but none can come close to Dobie, his voice & presentation is just amazingly awesome. And the lyrics are just point on, l relate to every word. 🤟🤟🤟✌️✌️✌️🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🖖🖖🖖😍😍😍
Listen to this song when I was young great smooth voice
One of the best. The lyric "I don't understand the things I do", been there so many times.
Great reaction as always ya'll! 😊 I'd like to suggest another song I think you'll like. It's Jerry Garcia Band- My Sisters and Brothers. Jerry Garcia is from the band the Grateful Dead. It's just a positive song that always puts a smile on my face.
Very popular in the 70's, one of my favorites!
This song, Bennie and the Jets, Crocidile Rock, Little Green Apples and Them Changes will always be among my favorites.
Thank you for giving Chuck Berry his due, he is the father of Rock and Roll! The teenyboppers loved Chuck back in the fifties and sixties! Check out the rockumentary, “Hail, Hail Rock and Roll, it really displays the genius and brilliance of this amazing musician! This was my parents music and I love it! He influenced many musicians that came after him, such as, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, and many more!!❤️❤️
You two are the BEST on TH-cam! I feel like I know y'all! We're just cousins! Lol! But I really enjoyed you guys reactions! Music is everything! I'm 47 myself so I do know a lot of music you guys are reacting to, and enjoy you two reacting to new music♥️
I love this song so much, so mellow and great just to sit and listen too and relax
you love a song your entire life and you never even knew the name! thank you
Love this one. My childhood and teen years are unfolding again with these tunes you have reactied to recently. Love this music.
I have not heard this in years. Great song
I love yall. So glad you're finding great music from the 70s. Try keep on Smiling
II warmes my heart ❤️ to hear 👂 music I grew up listening to. Thank you 🙏
This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
My grandma gave me this album on tape when I was 16. I loved it sooooo much! I'm so singin this so hard lol No matter what life throws at me, there are songs like this that really make life worth it. It's like give me the beat boys lol I had a hard childhood and it really was music like this that really helped me get through.
I remember 1974, Mrs. Dewer's grade 7 music class. Bonnie (hot cool girl) put this transport vehicle on the record player and we all were taken to another place. Drift Away with Dobie Gray.
Love, love, love this song! Perfect for the drive home after a hard day at work or for listening to on a relaxing afternoon. Really though, its great for when your mind is on anxiety overdrive and you just need to calm down.🥰
My go to song when I just want to be mellow. ❤❤❤❤❤
Love love love this guy
I’m a year late to this video, but it’s hard to listen to this song without having a big smile. And it’s true. Hearing a song like this come on my shuffle would definitely give me a good day no matter what else happens haha!
Love playing this song when I'm subbing. Funny that so many of the kids know this song. Want it for my r.i.p.
The very thing this song is about is what this song does for me. I get lost in it every time I hear it and leave with sense of hope for the future.
Such a classic. Reminds me so much of the 70s.
Listen to the dramatics the best thing in my life. Come from DJ ICEMAGIC......
Love this song 🎵 Loved your reaction ❤
OMG!!! I love this song!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️😎
I absolutely love this song, it’s a rock classic! I don’t know if Dobie Gray had any other hits but he don’t need any because this is such an amazing tune that has been used in so many films and commercials and it will live forever! ❤️❤️
I could tell Shawn liked this, he was like I ain't pausing this masterclass of a song, 🤣👌
I remember playing basketball as a kid in Queens NY with this coming through the box. Clear as day
This is back when you can listen to the music just for the sake of listening to the music and it would take you away from your troubles in your situations
Oh heck yeah! Great song. Great reactions!
Nice reaction! And kudos to Reggie Young for laying down the sweet guitar fills.
Takes me back to by early teens! Still remember ever word!
Thanks for sharing this, I love this song