The Rascals (Official Thread)

[Soot and Stars]

The Rascals


The Rascals are one of those groups whose songs have become eternal jingles in pop history that we all know and hear generation after generation. Even if you've never heard of this group you likely know a good handful of their songs and like them especially "Good Loving" and "A Beautiful Morning". What sets them apart from groups of a similar nature is they are more of a blue eyed soul group and God, do they ooze soul. On tracks like "Heaven" the singer pulls off a vocal that Al Green would approve of! They also have their roots in straight ahead rock like "See"! Here's some notable tracks:

Good Loving & See
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[Lavender10]

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I recognize A Beautiful Morning, never heard of these guys though, and Im sure as you said its the same for others too. Good song, ive never actually heard it all the way through until now.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Really love 1969's SEE

See

I SEE you posted it already but so good it deserves a double shot!!



Nubia

 

[oscar gamble]

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I recognize A Beautiful Morning, never heard of these guys though

You'd probably recognize a few of their songs.

 

[oscar gamble]

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Here's a favorite:



Here they are on Hullabaloo

 

[Lavender10]

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Good Lovin' seems familiar too.

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

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"Silly Girl", "Carry Me Back", "Find Somebody", "It's Love", "You Better Run", "Love is a Beautiful Thing"...the hits just kept on coming for these guys. Love the Rascals.

 

[Phil B.]

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There are a lot of things to recommend the Rascals for, but one of the most important is that they refused to play on racially segregrated bills back in the day.

I also dig their heavy bottom end rythm, which became a bookmark for most of the late 60's/early 70's bands leading into the birth of Heavy Rock (ie: Mountain, Vanilla Fudge, etc.)

People Got To Be Free is an excellent plea for peace amongst all.

 

[Sunny]

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^^^^ All these songs are so good! I had heard a couple of them before.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Another Groovy track from SEE

Stop And Think