Nuggets: Steppin’ Out by Paul Revere & the Raiders

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1. Yeah, Paul Revere and the Raiders were fairly popular. I didn’t know this one. Just a straight three-chord blues. “Kicks” was arguably their biggest hit until “Indian Reservation,” a song I thought was somewhat corny. “Kicks” is a Mann/Weill song and is actually on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 list. Never liked this band enough to buy anything they did but “Kicks” is a good tune.

   • Yeah, ‘Indian Reservation’ feels like a different beast. It’s a few years later, and it’s not on the Greatest Hits I have.

     • Seriously? But that was their biggest hit! Doesn’t that kinda negate the album’s title?

       • The Greatest Hits I have was originally from 1967.

         • Ah-ha!

2. So neat to see Michael Landon introducing them. I had a crush on Mark Lindsay. iirc they used to have their own TV show also. Not sure I remember this tune but definitely remember some of their other songs. Very cool you have a Greatest Hits album of theirs.

   • Did you prefer Mark Lindsay in his military uniform or in street clothes?

     • Not sure if I ever saw him out of uniform (nice visual there!) so I can’t say. I do remember really liking his sideburns and his dark and beautiful eyes.

3. Both of these tunes, “Steppin’ Out” and “Just Like Me”, sound great! You give me a Vox Continental, and I’m usually a happy camper!

   • I don’t really like the Vox Continental that much for some reason – it’s all over Elvis Costello’s 1978 album Next Year’s Model, if you haven’t heard that record.

     • Yep, I know that album and in part like it because of the Vox. But I can see not everybody may share my excitement! 🙂

4. You’re right. This isn’t nearly as good as Just Like Me. And it isn’t nearly as good as their other “Steppin” song Steppin’ Stone, which is much better than the Monkees’ version by the way. And it most certainly isn’t as good as Kicks or Hungry. I might even rate it lower than you did. Probably like a 6/10

   • Yeah, I thought about mentioning Steppin’ Stone as well – I like their version better than The Monkees too.

     • Yeah it’s crazy that it wasn’t a single. It would have been a huge hit especially considering the Monkees version became a hit even though it was just a B-side originally. And the Paul Revere one would have beat them by about a year. And it was a Boyce & Hart song too, and all their other Brill Building songs were big huge hits. I guess they weren’t technically Brill building writers, but for all practical purposes they were. They still worked for Don Kirshner but for a different publishing company or something.

5. Michael Landon! It’s odd not seeing him in a cowboy outfit or on a prairie somewhere. Anyway…I’ve heard many of their hits but I’ve never known much about Paul Revere & the Raiders. I like most of their pop hits I’ve heard though

   • Lots of good songs in the mid 1960s, Indian Reservation largelt has a different band.

     • It did feel different I agree. I need to listen to them again. It’s been years since I heard them a lot on an oldies channel I listened to.