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The Doobie Brothers — Black Water
Album: What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
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Released: 1974
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Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name
Catfish are jumpin'
That paddle wheel thumpin'
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
Gonna make everything all right
And I ain't got no worries
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all

Well, if it rains, I don't care
Don't make no difference to me
Just take that street car that's goin' up town
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
And dance a honky tonk
And I'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks all 'roun'

Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
Gonna make everything all right
And I ain't got no worries
'Cause I ain't in no hurry at all

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand
By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama
Come and dance with your daddy all night long
I want to honky tonk, honky tonk, honky tonk
With you all night long
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 sfoster66 wrote:

Plenty of nostalgia masquerading as greatness...



I suppose, but still...
Posted 1 month ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:


Was played on the radio a lot in '74.
WTMA in Charleston, South Carolina !
I was 13 and had started buying 45s.
This was one.
Hearing it now gives a feeling that is so hard to describe.
. . . . . sigh . . . . . 




Thank you for that share our friend.
Posted 8 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Shit hot. Really shit hot.
Posted 8 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]


Was played on the radio a lot in '74.
WTMA in Charleston, South Carolina !
I was 13 and had started buying 45s.
This was one.
Hearing it now gives a feeling that is so hard to describe.
. . . . . sigh . . . . . 


Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:

Plenty of nostalgia masquerading as greatness...




That is a great quote
Posted 2 years ago by saamusic    [ Reply ]
Plenty of nostalgia masquerading as greatness...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Dang but there seems to be a lot of reverb on the voices.
Posted 2 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
Nice trifecta:  Black water (Doobies), Doctor Jazz (Jelly Roll Morton), and Let It Roll (Little Feat).  Thanks for letting it flow Bill.
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 annds wrote:

I once won a local magazine's Worst Song contest with my vote for this song.  True story.  



Since you posted it twice with slightly different details, I'm sensing a lie. Either way it must have been a horrid local magazine (or contest holder or whatever).  That or the locality itself sucked.

Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
This is two songs. That "hear some funky dixieland" extended two-minute stupidity at the end could go somewhere else.
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
 pinto wrote:

I don't know if John McFee was with the band when this was released (and I'm thinking he probably wasn't) but he is a really talented and underrated musician and a great asset to the group.



Nope. This was the Tom Johnston version of the band. McFee came along somewhere around Minute By Minute. Extremely talented artist. Still a mainstay with the group today. The core group of Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons (who's doing this song) are way underrated musicians. Not only the song writing ability but their instrumental skills and My God! those harmonies!
Posted 2 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
Good tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I confess to having NEVER liked this contrived piece of fluff. Recognizing that this puts me into a minority is OK. Vocally, it probably has some value for harmonies, although these don't do anything for me. But the entire piece has always, from my first exposure, sounded like a fabrication designed for airplay. Maybe I am completely off base. I still can't listen to it, although this time I tried. Really. If so many find value in something I generally try to give it a fair shot. But after hundreds of hearings, no dice.
Posted 3 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Proud to have these guys call San Jose their hometown! In fact, the house where they got their start has recently been designated a city landmark. Our town doesn't do much right these days, it seems, but they nailed that one.
Posted 3 years ago by bbgun    [ Reply ]
I heard this song so much in high school that I wanted to run away and join the circus. 
Posted 3 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Very Good!! 
Posted 3 years ago by bobapatatas    [ Reply ]
Omg beauty personified into my aural channels ! Just heard from a beautiful old friend - happens to be deaf - ok here’s the kicker- Every time I hear this track - it reminds me of Debbie Brown- Castles . Seriously folks she’s a Gem
Posted 3 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
Omg 10
Posted 3 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:

Bite your tongue!
 
Yep.  This was definitely overplayed, but now after so many years being off of commercial radio, I can really appreciate great songs.  Like this one.  Thanks RP!
Posted 3 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
No Skunk on this one?
Posted 4 years ago by prophetzarquon    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
reminds me of Little Feat too - just sayin, don't shoot

Bill Payne played on their Tom Johnston era records (72-75) and still tours with them today. It's no accident they remind you of Little Feat. A lot of influences in their music.

Posted 4 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
 dkwalika wrote:
Played way too much back then. This can be filed away with Bohemian Rhapsody and Carry on My Wayward Son.
 
Bite your tongue!
Posted 4 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
reminds me of Little Feat too - just sayin, don't shoot
 Hey you're not wrong.  Ted Templeman produced the Doobies, Little Feat And Michael McDonald for Warner Brothers.  Several of the Doobies plus "Mike McDonald" Played with Little Feat. Michael McDonald became a Doobie on "Taking it to the Streets".   

Posted 4 years ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
With this one being burned so badly back in the day, and with so many other good Doobies songs out there, maybe give this one a nice long rest?
 

This did get played A LOT on FM radio in the 70s but for my taste it's quite welcome on RP. 
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
reminds me of Little Feat too - just sayin, don't shoot
Posted 4 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
My high school garage band played this back in the day. I liked singing the harmonies but had no real talent but the bass player and lead guitar/singer went on to become professional musicians and even recorded. The guitar player came from good musical stock. His dad toured and recorded with Danny Gatton. I believe Rodney Crowell was in that band as well. 
Posted 4 years ago by nickferrante10    [ Reply ]
 Ipse_Dixit wrote:
Is Rerun out of jail yet for bootlegging that Doobie Brothers concert back in '78?

 

Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 dkwalika wrote:
Played way too much back then. This can be filed away with Bohemian Rhapsody and Carry on My Wayward Son.
 
I agree all three were in heavy rotation back in the day. But that day was 50 years ago. I think we can visit them in the Nursing Rock n Roll Home from time to time.
Posted 4 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
I've always been impressed by the complex vocal arrangements. I like bands that have good instrumentation, but I love bands that can harmonize like this.
Posted 4 years ago by fishingbill    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill & Rebecca! I really needed this one today! Chillaxed yo the Maxxxed!!!
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
I don't know if John McFee was with the band when this was released (and I'm thinking he probably wasn't) but he is a really talented and underrated musician and a great asset to the group.
Posted 4 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
There's a great quarantine version of this on YT.   They still got it.
Posted 4 years ago by wilderbill    [ Reply ]
Played way too much back then. This can be filed away with Bohemian Rhapsody and Carry on My Wayward Son.
Posted 4 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
Is Rerun out of jail yet for bootlegging that Doobie Brothers concert back in '78?
Posted 4 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
 wpagey1 wrote:
How about Another Park Another Sunday?
 
I somehow stumbled across a bootleg album of demo's the Doobie Brothers put together even before their first self titled LP (which no one's ever heard of). One of the tracks is the melody to "Another Park Another Sunday", but completely different lyrics. Interesting how these songs evolve.
Posted 4 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
With this one being burned so badly back in the day, and with so many other good Doobies songs out there, maybe give this one a nice long rest?
Posted 4 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
My favorite DB
Posted 4 years ago by amystone    [ Reply ]
This one

has

always shown up at the right time in my life

8
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Hearing this song though....sure throws me into CCR mode!!
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Then I was down south and I heard some funk with some main ingredients
Like Doobie Brothers, Blue Magic, David Bowie
It was cool, but can you imagine Doobie in your funk?
 Actually, yes. As talented as these guys are, funk suits them just fine. Just in my opinion.
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Are you four years old?
 

That's just rude.
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
I once won a local magazine's Worst Song contest with my vote for this song.  True story.  
Posted 5 years ago by annds    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Ear friendly ear worm that was [way] overplayed on the FM dial in its day. It was designed exactly for that purpose, as was China Grove. Better Doobie tracks are Sweet Maxine and what is probably their most rockin' track, Without You, but they are rarely heard. Shame. 
 
The DBs sure do have a lot of great stuff not heard enough, though I'm still partial to "Listen to the Music" which is one of my fav rock tracks ever, and it is an 'overplayed' one too...haven't heard it here that I recall...and not listening to FM anymore at all means I'd like hearing it here (hint hint) - Long Live RP and all the track choices BnR make!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
How about Another Park Another Sunday?
Posted 5 years ago by wpagey1    [ Reply ]
So nice to hear this again.  SUNY Binghamton New York in the summer.
Posted 5 years ago by naomin    [ Reply ]
No.
Posted 5 years ago by annds    [ Reply ]
That scene in Wayne's World where they're all piled in the Pacer singing Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of their lungs? This was our high school predecessor to that moment, only in a Volvo 122. 
Despite the decades of constant radio play this one still holds up for me.

"I wanna honkytonk...

honkytonk...

with you all night long."
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Ear friendly ear worm that was [way] overplayed on the FM dial in its day. It was designed exactly for that purpose, as was China Grove. Better Doobie tracks are Sweet Maxine and what is probably their most rockin' track, Without You, but they are rarely heard. Shame. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
A great song for sure, but the CONSTANT playing of the song on classic rock radio killed it for me.  I need a 10 year break from this song.
 
It's been 45 years....
Posted 5 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
I once won a local "Worst Song" contest by nominating this one.    Bleh. Sorry (not sorry).
Posted 5 years ago by annds    [ Reply ]
 gianluca.trotta wrote:
WOW, PHANTASTIC {#Bananajam}
 
Are you four years old?
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
These guys are still bringin' it. Go check them out this summer. One of the most underrated bands in history. I cannot fathom why they're not in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Posted 5 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
Man, did this song receive a lot of radio play back in the day.  

In many cases, it sounded  very good compared to the other songs that were being played on mainstream radio.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
A great song for sure, but the CONSTANT playing of the song on classic rock radio killed it for me.  I need a 10 year break from this song.
Posted 5 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Then I was down south and I heard some funk with some main ingredients
Like Doobie Brothers, Blue Magic, David Bowie
It was cool, but can you imagine Doobie in your funk?
 

Yeah, Lollipop Man was right; "Doobie in your funk" isn't quite sufficient.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
WOW, PHANTASTIC {#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by gianluca.trotta    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Hey, just saw the Doobies last night.
Great show. The band was tight as hell and Tom's voice was in amazing form.
And luckily the moaning Michael McDonald was not with them.
Much better than I expected.

 
I too recently saw the DB's and were surprisingly good.  They have Billy Paine (Little Feat) on keyboards now and they play like they are having a blast.  Refreshing. 
Posted 6 years ago by CyrusPaul    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite sing-along tunes
Posted 6 years ago by ih8bills    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Hey, just saw the Doobies last night.
Great show. The band was tight as hell and Tom's voice was in amazing form.
And luckily the moaning Michael McDonald was not with them.
Much better than I expected.

 
McDonald is hanging out with Thundercat these days -

Which reminds me - Bill, if you're reading this "Show You The Way" would slot in real nice on RP 
Posted 6 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Then I was down south and I heard some funk with some main ingredients
Like Doobie Brothers, Blue Magic, David Bowie
It was cool, but can you imagine Doobie in your funk?
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:
There was a time during the disco era when DJ's would say "Thank god for the Doobies."


thewiseking wrote:
blecccccch
the 70s (an incredible musical decade) at its lamest 
Southern Rock this ain't!

 

 


Posted 7 years ago by vanillagorilla    [ Reply ]
Hey, just saw the Doobies last night.
Great show. The band was tight as hell and Tom's voice was in amazing form.
And luckily the moaning Michael McDonald was not with them.
Much better than I expected.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Cyclehawk wrote:
Way too much play in on this in the mid 70s, but it stands up pretty well 40 years later. Quite good, but not one of their best work.

 
Disagree. One of their better songs. And way better than that horrific "Jesus is Just Alright" cacaphony.
Posted 7 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Way too much play in on this in the mid 70s, but it stands up pretty well 40 years later. Quite good, but not one of their best work.
Posted 7 years ago by Cyclehawk    [ Reply ]
Love the Doobies! Great funky rock.
Posted 7 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:
There was a time during the disco era when DJ's would say "Thank god for the Doobies."

 
One DJ in Rochester, NY, would always introduce them with "They ain't related, but they Doo-bie brothers."
Posted 7 years ago by cbrandtbuffalo    [ Reply ]
There was a time during the disco era when DJ's would say "Thank god for the Doobies."


thewiseking wrote:
blecccccch
the 70s (an incredible musical decade) at its lamest 
Southern Rock this ain't!

 


Posted 7 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
I have assiduously avoided this song since about 1982. Coming back to it once again I can see why I used to like it so much! Got kind of tried of hearing it on corporate radio but it really is a pleasant little ditty.

 

Ditto -  Take me by the hand ...... pretty momma
Posted 7 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 jab49 wrote:

Well said.
that moment was eight years earlier for me, but love this and stuff from 1966 to get that feeling you describe :) 
 


Posted 8 years ago by rmaple53    [ Reply ]
blecccccch
the 70s (an incredible musical decade) at its lamest 
Southern Rock this ain't!
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
ONE OF MY - 'This was popular when I was 13 and just getting into music, so it gives me that indescribable feeling only a song that was popular when I was 13 and just getting into music can.' - SONGS.
Thanx 

 
Well said.
Posted 8 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
ONE OF MY - 'This was popular when I was 13 and just getting into music, so it gives me that indescribable feeling only a song that was popular when I was 13 and just getting into music can.' - SONGS.
Thanx 
Posted 8 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 rmagg wrot
I have as well, and agree. 
 


Posted 8 years ago by rmagg    [ Reply ]
 Rick_V wrote:
Have spent many a late-night listening to this great song on the jukebox at Port Of Call in New Orleans. A wonderful setting to listen to this one.

 


Posted 8 years ago by rmagg    [ Reply ]
I have assiduously avoided this song since about 1982. Coming back to it once again I can see why I used to like it so much! Got kind of tried of hearing it on corporate radio but it really is a pleasant little ditty.
Posted 8 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
                     xxx

What Were Once Vices is now a wolf
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 Lindo525 wrote:
One of the best "sing-along" songs on the planet. It makes me try to sing all 3 parts at the end. Can't be done, but I always try!!

 
Cool album cover. {#Cool}
Posted 9 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
One of the best "sing-along" songs on the planet. It makes me try to sing all 3 parts at the end. Can't be done, but I always try!!
Posted 9 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Which, by the way, was/is an excellent album.
I revisited it recently and was surprised how many great (and largely forgotten) songs were on it.

 
Yes like Another Park, Another Sunday and Eyes of Silver!
Posted 9 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
Have spent many a late-night listening to this great song on the jukebox at Port Of Call in New Orleans. A wonderful setting to listen to this one.
Posted 9 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
 ekin wrote:
I love you everyone! i'm a metalhead unicorn and i love you so much! i don't have a reason, adamı hasta etmeyin lan! stay in peace! :) {#Bananajam}{#Bananajumprope}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}

 
ekin, much as I enjoy that you're sharing your newfound happiness with us, you really shouldn't mix hallucinogens with anti-depressants and/or Ecstasy. 

But please enjoy your happy high while it lasts! 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 lshinkawa wrote:
More Doobies, please. (Brothers, that is.)

 
Why not both?
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:

"can you imagine Doobie in your funk?" 


- Lollipop Man, alias The Long-Haired Sucker.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:

"can you imagine Doobie in your funk?"



 
Ho! W-E-F-U-N-K, we funk!
Posted 9 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
I love you everyone! i'm a metalhead unicorn and i love you so much! i don't have a reason, adamı hasta etmeyin lan! stay in peace! :) {#Bananajam}{#Bananajumprope}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}
Posted 10 years ago by ekin    [ Reply ]
If you looked up "mid-70's" in a hypothetical dictionary, it would just read "Black Water"...
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
One of the best!
thanks
 
Posted 10 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
Originally from 'What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits' from 1974.

 
Which, by the way, was/is an excellent album.
I revisited it recently and was surprised how many great (and largely forgotten) songs were on it.
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
This is the kind of music I grew up on, listening to good ole American FM radio in the 1970s!  Yes, we were poor.  My music diet consisted mainly of the radio at that time.  God bless this great nation.
 
To be fair, this song was all over AM radio.
It was very much a noteable song among the greats of it' era, any format. 
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
This is the kind of music I grew up on, listening to good ole American FM radio in the 1970s!  Yes, we were poor.  My music diet consisted mainly of the radio at that time.  God bless this great nation.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
One of my Top 10 all-time favorite songs. Have listened to it countless times and it never gets old.
Wish I could give it a 10+ 
Posted 11 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
like I said, "old people got the best music"
Posted 11 years ago by paisleydancer66    [ Reply ]
It was a space-limited LP, but there should have been a re-issue of this or some other Doobie's hits collection that included Sweet Maxine. An oft-overlooked and very fine tune.  
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
just one of the coolest songs ever
Posted 11 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:

"can you imagine Doobie in your funk?"

 
Which Doobie you be?
Posted 11 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
In the Southland (where the Doobies were NOT from, despite their sound), black water is what flows through lowland rivers and creeks, especially those in remote rural areas.  The water is colored by the tannins in decaying leaves.  The color actually ranges from reddish-orange to dark brown, but most folks just call it black water.  The Okefenokee, for example, is "all et up" with black water.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Without You is my favorite Doobie song. A high volume full throttle rocker with a rousing finish.  
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 dedawson wrote:
Ah yes, the Doobies before the Michael McDonald pablum that swallowed them alive.

 
you hit that nail right on the head.  i had the extreme misfortune of seeing him in a solo concert recently and he sucked.
Posted 11 years ago by BLADERUNNER    [ Reply ]
Yacht Rock in the extreme
Posted 11 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
One of the BEST bands you will ever see in concert.
Posted 11 years ago by BLADERUNNER    [ Reply ]
i useta love when this came on the car radio—-and I found i sounded really good singing to it—-it was different than the rest of the stuff on at that time.
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]

This song is soooo good for the ears...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
This song always puts me back in the front bench seat if my Dad's '76 Plymouth Volare.  My seat was in the middle between him and my sister.

I had no idea what a seatbelt was back then. 
Posted 11 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Nice tune the first time I heard it.  I liked it way back when.  But riding along on this river of time I've come file it under the general category of....meh!

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 11 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Originally from 'What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits' from 1974.


Posted 11 years ago by d48m02h1918    [ Reply ]
When this song was released I lived on the Illinois river.  Hearing it always takes me back in time!!
Posted 11 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:

This song is obviously nothing more than an allusion to Mark Twain's writing. Black water is a reference to the Mississippi River. It's always put me in mind of reading Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer while listening to Janis Joplin - especially her version of Summertime. Great song.
- Michael, Pittsburgh, PA

https://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3366

seed: you undoubtedly researched this well.  Wait - you didn't....research...at all....Maybe you should just banish yourself.
 
Smack 'em down!! 

Well done gypsyman.
Posted 11 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear after all this time.  Of course, IMHO.  Relax, people
Posted 11 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Does NOT get much better than this. 
Posted 11 years ago by CrawdadLA    [ Reply ]
When I first got my "tape player" in my car, this was one of the first 8 tracks I had.....I played it constantly......time warp!
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I've spent the whole song waiting for something to reclaim it from the realm of Those Songs We Used to Think Were Cool But Actually Sucked. 

Nothin'. 

But I did try.
 
Posted 12 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
 Gatlinburger wrote:
This song is actually older than that, I think 1972 or so.  I remember hearing this for the first time while at church summer camp about then...  Anyway, it is still just as fantastic now as it was then...

Granted, not church music, but we had some cool counselors!

Love it!
 
I had a similar experience with that great old Rock & Roll at Camp Squeah in the mid '70s.
Posted 12 years ago by R7-12    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, the Doobies before the Michael McDonald pablum that swallowed them alive.
Posted 12 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
 seedeater wrote:
For those of us in the environmental fields, black water is the polite term for sewage, as opposed to gray water, which is the water you bathed in or washed your clothes with. Thus, the song is aptly titled. It should be flushed down the toilet, and banished to sewage airways of FM Classic Rock radio.

 

I'm pretty sure that they were talking about the Mississippi River, at night...  But then again, I didn't google it, you might want to...
Posted 12 years ago by Gatlinburger    [ Reply ]
This song is actually older than that, I think 1972 or so.  I remember hearing this for the first time while at church summer camp about then...  Anyway, it is still just as fantastic now as it was then...

Granted, not church music, but we had some cool counselors!

Love it!
Posted 12 years ago by Gatlinburger    [ Reply ]
 lshinkawa wrote:
More Doobies, please. (Brothers, that is.)
 



Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Cheeky bugger!
Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
My first college roommate loved the Doobs.  Of course, he also loved Steely Dan, Paul Winter Consort, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.  He was an abominable student, party animal, and the world's best roommate.  He was (and still is) a fine man.
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]

"can you imagine Doobie in your funk?"


Posted 13 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys (and they played this song) this summer in a "private artist showcase" with about 30 people in Annapolis, MD.  They were great.  40 years together!

Posted 13 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
Man, I can't stand this song.  
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]