Just Like Us Music Cd

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Just Like Us

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Just Like Us!      Artist : Paul Revere & the Raiders      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $13.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-05-19      Studio : Sundazed Music Inc.      Label : Sundazed Music Inc.      Avg. Customer Rating : (9 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Just Like Us      It's just not right...      Rating:      ...and it's not fair that a group that produced so much memorable, and just downright fun music, should be forgotten. It's not just that they were about the most popular group in America between '65 and '68, it's that they were so good at it. I don't ever equate popularity with talent but these guys had it all. Whether singing a Mann/Weill or Boyce/Hart chartbuster or one of their own creations, they nailed it. Take their version of Stepping Stone and compare it to the Monkees. No disrespect to the Monkees but the Raiders version simply shreds the Monkees version. And I LIKE the Monkees version. This, their second LP is where America's love affair with the boys in the continental suits began in earnest. They had been very hot in the northwest for several years but "Just Like Us" was certainly a turning point. If you want garage rock done extremely well, you got it. I put some Raider tunes on a comp I made for my daughter, and a day later she played Steppin' Out and Baby Please Don't Go asking me "Who are these guys, and why have I never heard them before?!? I could tell her who they were, but not why they had been tossed in the dumpbin of pop music history. Now she has most of their discs and is jonesin' for a release of WTAI on DVD. Look, it doesn't matter if you're 15 or 50, if you like rock and roll, like it raw AND well played, like fantastic tunes (original and covers) with a sense of joy and a wink and a nod, you won't go wrong here. They are worth more than a best of collection and they continued being good long after their popularity faded. At least get this one, "Midnight Ride" and "Spirit of 67" but those are not the only ones worth having, just the first. My very first concert was a WTAI show featuring Tina Mason, Keith Allison and others, topped off by about 40 minutes of Paul Revere and the Raiders. It's still in my top ten of all time which includes Hendrix, Stones, Prince, Ramones, Talking Heads, Pixies, Roxy Music, Cheap Trick, The Who etc. That's some pretty stiff competition, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was even in a band that wore raider boots (no costumes though, thank goodness) and covered three or four of their songs. I don't mean to go on, but these guys truly deserve respect that matches their output both in terms of quality and popularity. It must have been the goofy costumes. I'll admit it-they WERE silly-but were they any sillier than most of the clothes from that period? A dumb reason to miss a great band. Don't fall for it.     Customer Reviews for Just Like Us Cd      Rollicking Rockin' Raiders!      Rating:      WE WANT "WHERE THE ACTION IS" & "HAPPENING 67/68/69/& 70" ON DVD SO GET DCP & ABC TO RELEASE THESE! Anyway: Steppin' Out jams! A remake of I'll Be Doggone, a fun tune called Outta Site/then a remake: Baby Please Don't Go/An instro(remake) of Night Train. S.2 has Just Like Me(sans back up)Then a remake of Dylan's Catch the Wind. A terrific remake of Satisfaction!Then a redo of I'm Crying. Paul blares out the remake of New Orleans & then the short & sweet ACTION Theme song. Confidentially, I believe these redos are some of the BEST & it'll take you back to a simpler time which I wish would return! BTW: the CD has added trax: Ride Your Pony/Just Like Me(45) & B.F.D.R.F. Blues not what Amazon wrote! A B side 45. Editorial Reviews for Just Like Us Audio Cd      Album Description      One of Sundazed all-time most-requested albums! Featuring the jack-hammer hit-singles "Just Like Me" and "Steppin' Out", Paul Revere & The Raiders loudly launched their chart-topping career with this fuzz 'n Farfisa-filled rocket, their 2nd longplayer for Columbia Records. Make no mistake: lead vocalist Mark Lindsay wrote the book on growling 60's garage vocals starting with these very tracks, and the entire platter screams with attitude, snarl and snort to spare! Our CD release houses the complete vintage 1965 album, rare stereo tracks, unissued and obscenely rare bonus cuts, an introduction penned by Lindsay himself, commentary from the record's legendary producer Terry Melcher, the original LP liner notes, unseen photos and more! Explosive...and Essential!