
RCA & The Radicals
10/6/2025 | 28m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
RCA & The Radicals fuse irresistible grooves with enchanting melodies that captivate listeners.
RCA and his band, The Radicals, are rising stars in the funk music scene originating from Spokane, Washington. Inspired by iconic acts like James Brown, Michael Jackson, Lawrence and Vulfpeck, they fuse irresistible grooves with enchanting melodies that captivate listeners. Their dynamic performances showcase their passion for music, creating an environment where audiences are compelled to dance.
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RCA & The Radicals
10/6/2025 | 28m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
RCA and his band, The Radicals, are rising stars in the funk music scene originating from Spokane, Washington. Inspired by iconic acts like James Brown, Michael Jackson, Lawrence and Vulfpeck, they fuse irresistible grooves with enchanting melodies that captivate listeners. Their dynamic performances showcase their passion for music, creating an environment where audiences are compelled to dance.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAll right, ladies and gentlemen.
We're RCA and the radicals here to give you a funky good time.
Here you have a fun little jivey moment with y'all here from your screen.
Y'all ready, band!
Let's get into it.
Now you know, when that beat hits just right?
And you know when that rhythm makes you want to dance.
Move and groove all day and night.
When it's just so infectious you can't help but move in on the nerves in your body.
Feel free.
There's no chains of anxiety or anything holding you back.
Well its about to happen right now.
Let your senses take over.
Nobody can stop us and tell us that we can, or that we cant.
It don't matter where you at.
If youre white or If youre black.
Rich or poor, from your screen to Nashville to New York.
We are about to burn this mother down.
Until the next city hears us and wants some more.
Let's get into it.
Get on up, get on up.
Hey, hey, get on up, get on up.
Hey, hey, get on up, get on up, get on up, get on up.
Hey!
Get on up Get on up.
Hey, hey, get on up, get on up.
Hey, hey.
Get on up Get on up, get on up, get on up.
Get on up.
Get on up Hey, get on up, get on up.
Hey, hey, get on up, get on up.
Get on up, get on up One more time!
Get on up, get on up.
Hey, hey, get on up, up, get on up.
Hey, hey, get on up, get on up, get on up.
Get on up Hey!
Hey.
Hey All right, let's get this started.
One.
Two.
Three.
Let's go.
All right.
Now it's Friday night, and we at all of the functions Straight up wildin out at every junction Livin lavish and loud.
You know how we run it Burn this mother to the ground with all of our funking Now tonight tonight.
Is the night So lets live Oh, let's get right Now, we came up from the bottom just to say that we did it All the Gs in the building see how hard that we peaking The groove is going loud Even the floor was speaking Got you sick and now our beat is your only treatment All night is night So lets live Let's get right Now we're living local legends there ain't no quit in us Don't need any help cuz we always been with it.
Got this place pretty popping with this pumpin and jumping.
No, you can't run away from this rhythm we bumpin Now tonight Is the night So lets live Oh, let's get right All right, let's bring it down, y'all.
Oh, yeah.
We about to show you how it's done.
Huh!
Now!
All you brothers this in the building Put your hands in the air bop with it like Yeah, yeah.
Now all you sisters in this joint put your hands in the air bop with it like Yeah, yeah, Now, you brothers in this joint put your hands in the air bop with it like Yeah Yeah Now all you sisters in this place put your hands in the air bop with it like Yeah, yeah.
Everybody get up, get down Shake it all around Go left, go right Jump into the ground Get up, get down Shake it all around Go left, go right drop it to the ground Tonight is the night Tonight is the night Tonight is the night Tonight is the night Tonight is the night Tonight is the night Tonight is the night So lets get right I'm, Riley Anderson.
Riley Christian Anderson and I go by RCA.
I'm an artist.
In the Pacific Northwest.
I play pretty much around the area.
I've been playing guitar since I was, like, ten years old, singing for pretty much my whole life.
Professionally, I've been playing gigs, solo and with a band for just about three years now.
Summer nights Just you and I goin 35 Driving back to your place a quarter past nine Only thing to light the road was stars and moonlight Yeah All those little talks Had as the trees slowly passed by us Young hearts filled with innocent thoughts A love that should never, ever be lost Wish I could go back to those good old times.
When the air was sweeter And love was blind Now everything changed baby so have I I miss when we would cruise down Lakeshore drive.
Whoo whoo hoo!
Such a sight Love that we did share A perfect dive In uncharted waters So divine Such exquisite Sounds we couldnt fly higher Where are the clocks to turn back the hands When it was just us I'd give it everything for it to be what it was How could we ever, ever, Never say goodbye Wish I could go back to those good old times.
When the air was sweeter Love was fine Now everythings changed baby, so have I I miss when we would cruise down on Lakeshore Drive Wish I could go back to those good old times When the air was sweeter Love was fine Now everythings changed baby, so have I I miss when we would cruise down on Lakeshore Drive Take it away now, Dave.
Wish I could go back to those good old times When the air was sweeter Love was fine Now everything changed baby, so have I I miss when cruise down on Lakeshore Lakeshore Drive Wish I could go back to those good old times When the air was sweeter Love was fine Now everythings changed baby so have I I miss when we would cruise down on Lakeshore Wish I could go back to those good old times When the air was sweeter Love was fine Now everythings changed, baby so have I I miss when we would cruise down on Lakeshore, Lakeshore Drive.
Oh, on Lakeshore Drive Oh!
Radical, you know, it's just out there.
You just never know.
It's kind of.
It's kind of spontaneous a little bit.
We'll bring all kinds of different people into our band, and they'll just hop on.
And it's something that's special and different.
That's kind of, as a band, what we feel that we want to be, we want to be different.
We want to stand out.
I met this guy named fear He wanted me to sit down and have a beer He told me with a jeer My dreams werent gonna work out and he made that clear I knew from the beginning that he was just a liar But his words seared inside and consumed me like a fire Now I see my ashes of desire I love this girl named anxiety All she ever wanted to do was fight with me She was always the key to the lock of being nervous and worried I saw through her deceptive disguise of propriety Yet she left me stressed out looking for sobriety Another to join the regret society So sick and tired of the monsters in my head They got me petrified and hidin in my bed Keepin me up the middle of the night sayin 12 rounds raise your gloves lets fight for Im prayin I'm so sick of it!
Oh Oh oh I knew this dude called adversity.
He used to get me trouble back at the University Even back in Tennessee Never, ever gave me a single pity kicked me left, beat me right, and throughout the city Now my egos bruised with his “never quit” committee Thought I worked hard guess Im not sitting pretty Whoa.
Was friends with depression But her sadness felt like a blanket of oppression Her form of self-expression Left me isolated looking for a therapy session She kept me secluded with her weapon of suppression And While I was down there my mind had formed a question Why cant I escape the cycle of obsession Oh so sick and tired of these monsters in my head They got me petrified and hidin in my bed Keeping me up in the middle of the night sayin 12 rounds raise your gloves lets fight Im prayin Oh!
I'm so sick of it Oh, oh.
Whoa whoa whoa oh.
Why are these monsters in my head?
Why are these monsters in my head?
Why are these monsters in my head?
Why are these monsters in my Head?
So sick and tired of these monsters in my head They got me petrified and hidin in my bed Keeping me up in the middle of the night sayin 12 rounds raise your gloves lets fight Im prayin Oh!
I'm so sick of it I'm so sick and tired of these monsters in my head They got me petrified and hidin in my Keeping me up in the middle of the night sayin 12 rounds raise your gloves lets fight Im prayin I'm so sick of it So sick and tired of it Woah!
Oh, I'm so sick.
Oh!
Oh!
Im so sick of it Even growing up, I loved Lenny Kravitz.
He was definitely one of my musical idols.
I don't even know how he just.
He just came into my life.
I just started listening to his Five album.
As of recently, I've been listening a lot to, James Brown.
I mean, you got Lawrence, Lake Street Dive, all those kind of artists.
We've kind of been taking inspirations from them.
But like, I love Michael Jackson, I love Stevie Wonder, all that, all those people.
Dreams we all got ‘em Though they always seem so far away Troubles will keep on coming Though the aspirations always stay Jupiter, Venus, Earth, or Mars No matter the distance reach for the stars You want it claim it Seize whats yours Who ever really achieved anything hard Oh, without scars You are enough You are enough Keep on shinin like a star Glowing brightly through the dark Just go and show em who you are You are enough, you are enough.
Keep on grindin cuz you hard Dont let words tear you apart You tell your story How you want Get it Oh, go and get it Get it Oh Feel like you are Atlas Lifting your own world up every day Lifting me every day Chin up don't you even see how far you've come?
Don't look the other way!
Jupiter, Venus, Earth, or Mars No matter the distance reach for the stars Reach for the stars Oh, You Want it claim it seize whats yours Who ever really achieved anything hard Oh, without scars You are enough You are enough Keep on shinin like a star Glowing brightly through the dark Just go and show em who you are You are enough You are enough Keep on grindin cuz you hard Dont let words tear you apart You tell your story how you want And get it Oh, go and get it Get it Oh, go and get it!
Yeah!
Hey!
Get it!
Oh, go and get Get it Get it Get it Don't really know why I came out to this bar tonight I'm in the Polaroid, but my head is in the background to the right, sitting in the corner with a drink in my hand and the others on the counter.
Everyone dancing with someone Im shooting the shots with the tender There was a moment as if time stop told me to listen.
Swivel around just to see her Walking up to me She took my hand and then we danced And then she said gently Dont be shy now my darling We both see that There is something Very special between us This was be the Love weve been missing There is no use in fightin This feeling has never subsided So, wont you take my hand nicely Let this night be Just the beginning We danced all night under LED neon lights Hoping that the moment wouldnt fade away right before our eyes Walking up and down main street To every place To the dance floor sign Now I feel her arms wrapped up around me She took my hand and then we danced and then I said to her Dont be shy now my darling We both see that There is something Very special between us This was be the Love weve been missing There is no use in fightin This feeling has never subsided So, wont you take my hand nicely Let this night be Just the beginning Now let me introduce you to my friends.
Go ahead, Matthew.
All now, Claire Take it away, David.
All right now, go ahead, Ayden.
Okay, Wilson!
Give them some bass, Darius.
Come on, Dylan.
Dont be shy now my darling We both see that There is something Very special between us This was be the Love weve been missing There is no use in fightin This feeling has never subsided So, wont you take my hand nicely Let this night be Just the beginning Don't be shy Don't be shy Don't let it go Dance all night just me and you Feel that rhythm I do too Lets just see the moment through Don't be shy.
Now let it go Dance all night just me and you Feel that rhythm, I do Lets just see the moment through Don't be shy now let it go.
Dance all night just me and you Feel that rhythm, I do to Lets just see the moment through Dont be shy.
Now let it go Dance all night just me and you Feel that rhythm, I do to Let's just see the moment through Hear more from the artist on this program on this Inland Sessions Podcast.
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