Jefferson Airplane and The Great Society both arose out of San Francisco in the mid-60's. Grace Slick moved from the Great Society to Jefferson Airplane, bringing with her "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," for the Airplane's second album, "Surrealistic Pillow." Jefferson Airplane ended when bassist Jack Casady and lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen left the band to focus on their own project, Hot Tuna (who are still performing and touring). After a handful of (brilliant) albums by Airplane members Paul Kantner and Grace Slick (and The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra), including Kantner's "Jefferson Starship, Blows Against the Empire," Kantner took the name and ran with it. Jefferson Starship's first album was Dragonfly, with three of the members of Jefferson Airplane, followed by the equally classic Red Octopus. By the time Starship formed, most of the band members (except Grace) had left. Many fans see a decline from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, and a steeper decline from Jefferson Starship to Starship. Hot Tuna shunned stadium concerts for smaller venues, which they have consistently sold out since 1970). Each of the bands had very distinctive sounds, so it's more than a simple "renaming."
I moved into a house in Bolinas, CA, that was owned by Grace Slick. The day I moved in I found the gold record to this song. It was glued to the bottom of the toilet lid.
There is first Jefferson Airplane, then Jefferson Starship, then Starship. Technically, all the same band but different eras with some band members added, deleted, changed for many different reasons. Some folks have their favorite incarnations. The earlier the better is my opinion but I am not necessarily in the majority.
Two members of Jefferson Airplane left and became Hot Tuna, a more blues oriented group. Those who remained, along with the additions, became Jefferson Starship. This song and their other big hit, Somebody to Love, were actually covers that Grace Slick had written and recorded with her previous band, The Great Society.
Interesting fact: Jefferson Airplane's original female singer, Signe Anderson and guitarist Paul Kantner both died on the exact same day, January 28, 2016.
The arc of this song is quite ingenious, the way it builds to that peak in such a short amount of time. Definitely one of the great vocal performances in rock
Great reaction, as always. While Helen of Troy is known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", Grace was called "the voice that launched a thousand trips". Great mood music and an amazing voice.
“Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships" From the poem Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. The line is considered a perfect example of iambic pentameter.
Yes, Yes! The whole album is fantastic. If I had to narrow it down, besides White Rabbit and Somebody To Love, my favorite is Comin' Back To Me. The song takes you to San Francisco, fog, hills, ocean, shadows in the mist and transparent dreams read between the pages of a book.
I actually saw the Jefferson Airplane do this and "Somebody To Love" at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in '68. Cool memory. I was in the Navy at the time so if you were there, I was the guy with the short hair. Anyway, good reaction from upstate NY.
Saw this live when I was in college in the late 60s. Grace Slick went to the side of the stage and sang it to an Albany NY policeman who was standing there. Oh the 60s were great.😊
Um, no, it doesn't. It ends in the same key that it starts with, albeit in a higher register. Perhaps you should visit your neighborhood otolaryngologist.
One of the greatest voices ever! Love this song.....it’s just not long enough! Starship followed Airplane after acquiring Mickey Thomas from the Elvin Bishop Band out of Tulsa who sang the classic hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”!
Or, one in the late '60s, wandering around the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco (honest, Mom, I was just going to Golden Gate Park...it was a short-cut!!)...one of the great psychodelic rock songs, and I can remember that *we* all got what the song was about (and, by "we," I mean my age-group) even though a lot of adults had no clue at all...
@@bardaghohio I was born in 1966, so I missed it by a few years, but I’ve always felt that I was meant to have been a teenager in the 60s. I was always drawn to my Mom’s music from that time.
I can still picture Grace being cornered by a reporter back then, and asked if she was advocating drugs. But she was ready, and replied “ I’m telling people to feed their head with knowledge and information, man ! “
Songs were shorter in those days. There’s another few songs but overall the album is only half strength. Besides the head hit song “somebody to love,” try also “embryonic Journey.”
Jeferson Airplane later became Jefferson Starship and then finally Starship (dropping Jefferson from the name). There's also another band that came into being from Jefferson Airplane called Hot Tuna. The core of Hot Tuna are Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. Hot Tuna comes in two flavors (if you will) Hot Tuna electric and Hot Tuna acoustic. Jorma plays guitar and sings, Jack plays bass. Jorma turned 80 in December, Jack is a few years younger. They both still tour and during the pandemeic Jorma (sometimes with Jack) has performed on free livestreams (all still available on TH-cam) from Jorma's Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio each Saturday evening at 8pm eastern. When you get to Hot Tuna, perhaps try Death Don't Have No Mercy from Hot Tuna Live (this is acoustic), Funky #7 from America's Choice (electric), and for one of the most beautiful acoustic songs you'll ever hear - try Genesis from the solo Quah album. Some suggestions for more Jefferson Airplane (all from the superb Volunteers album): Good Shepherd - This one was written by Jorma. He mainly sings it, and the guitar is all him. Hey Frederick - This is another one written by Grace, sung by Grace, and she plays piano on this track too. Jorma on guitar. Wooden Ships - You already did CSN's version of this. Written by Paul Kantner, David Crosby, and Steven Stills. Marty, Grace and Paul take lead vocals, and of course Jorma on lead guitar.
I'd add "Watch the North Wind Rise" (original electric version off Hoppkorv) as a Hot Tuna selection, and give a strong second to your suggestion of "Good Shepherd" as a great Airplane song.
@@davelehnen3300 I had many more that I could have added to the Hot Tuna list (Watch the North Wind Rise being one of them) but I didn't want to overwhelm Daniel (yet!).
A story if you don't mind. I grew up, my teenage years, on a Dairy farm and I had alwas wanted to have a horse. Not a pony but a horse and I worked, sold produce from a garden I tended, babysat, sold raw milk to customers I'd solicited and saved almost every cent because farmer who's farm was up the road came to offer his mares foal when she became pregnant. He knew about my desire to have a horse of my own so I could ride whenever I wanted instead of going to a riding stable. I was ecstatic when he told us of her impending delivery in a short 8 months but I would be short of the $150 price he was asking but close. He had a proposition that settled the mony issue by having me paint his milking parlor and 100 dollaes. I would even have some money for a halter and a grooming brush. One morning Mr. Gunderson, the horse owner came over and gave me the news that I had a pure white filly and that she had the most beautiful cornflower blue eyes he'd ever seen. So after chores were done my Father drove me up the road to meet my beloved filly. I named her Phoebe which means Shining Bright Light which she was in my eyes and in her coloration. In the end her whole name was Phoebe Grace Slick Rieder. Grace Slick because of " White Rabbit" because she was pure white and Rieder because that is my maiden name. I hope you don't mind my bellicose story and I apologize if I overstepped. ❤ 🐎
@@theplanetruth, you do know that I meant verbose and not bellicose. Sometimes my aged mind doesn't work like it once did but one positive is that the mistakes that I make are usually kinda funny,. Giggle Giggle
@@roseannelobbezoo7638, Thank You for your kind words. I have written six short stories about the shenanigans our animals and my family got up to the years we had our dairy farm. I am writing a few more and I hope to perhaps publish them. The one about Phoebe is funny and poignant as are most of them, but writing about my beloved companion was at times quite emotional. Again Thank you and I hooe you have a good day. 🐴 Whinny Whinny, Neigh Neigh. Lol. 😆
That's Grace Slick singing. She was definitely a wild child but very talented. Might check out the live Woodstock version of this to get an idea what the band looked like.
Jefferson Airplane morphed into Jefferson Starship plus all the while throughout and still today is the band Hot Tuna which is the lead guitarist and bass player from Jefferson Airplane/Starship...
Jorma Kaukonen (guitar) and Jack Casady (bass). After they left the Airplane and the group was reformed into the Starship, I lost interest in them -- for me the magic was gone. Still like Hot Tuna, however. Jorma is doing some great stuff and free TH-cam concerts from Fur Peace Ranch.
I had a crush on Grace Slick this came out when I was 16 or 17 still one of my favorites. There was a movie that used this as a theme. Lathe is another favorite makes me sad though especially now that I am 71. Glad you discovered the Airplane. Songs had to be short like 3 min. or they would not get air time. Grace Slick is now an artist selling in SF has most requests for white rabbit paintings
One of my favorite sayings to my grandsons Is " remember what the door mouse said feed your head feed your head" and Grace Slick besides being a singer is an accomplished artist I have scene some of works in a gallery in Laguna Beach, California. They played it at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Looking through your videos, you are taking me back to high school and earlier. When Jefferson Airplane arrived on the scene, there was nothing like them. Grace Slick is one of the queens of rock. Somebody to Love is shattering. Go Ask Alice was also the name of a very popular book in the seventies, a 1971 diary about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of self-destructive escapism. Thanks for the reaction.
1st time I heard this song I was a little kid. . My Mother's name was Alice & we had just watched Alice in Wonderland cartoon when my big brother got out his album & had us listen to the song. Grace had such a nice voice. It was so groovy.
Welcome aboard The Airplane! No need to worry about getting off.......We've had the "short song" discussion before. EVERYTHING in this period was geared at getting airplay on radio at the time. Funny you mentioned the bass line immediately, you've just been introduced to the great Jack Casady! One of the best to ever strap a bass guitar on! He and Jorma (lead guitarist in this song) are still playing together as Hot Tuna. On your journey, you will be treated to much more of Grace's wonderful voice, as well as Marty Balin, Jorma, and Paul Kantner. That's right, 4 vocalists. This is important music, and I would encourage you to listen to it all! "After Bathing at Baxter's" "Crown of Creation" "Bless It's Pointed Little Head" (killer live album) "Volunteers" "Bark" "Long John Silver" are all fantastic albums and the core of the Airplane catalog, though I find myself listening to Baxter, Crown, Pointed Head, and Volunteers the most. Jefferson Starship started as a side project dreamed up by Kantner, and the "Blows Against The Empire" album is absolutely terrific!! This album features tons of great guest musicians, among them, David Crosby and Graham Nash (CSN), Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead, David Freiberg of Quicksilver Messenger Service and others. Try this straight fire rocker from Pointed Little Head, "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds". Jack absolutely goes off on the bass line and Grace and Marty share the lead vocals. Enjoy your ride, you have much to look forward to! th-cam.com/video/HY3F9hSVU5I/w-d-xo.html
Yeah...summer of love, Golden Gate Park, tripping on acid, transported by music to places unknown. But, really, this song is great because Grace Slick just knocks it out of the park, with power and urgency.
This song is about Alice in wonderland through the lens of acid. Jefferson Airplane was the first and best. With each incarnation members dropped out and quality dropped too. By the time it became simply starship there were no original members and it was a completely different band as far as I know. 😎✌🏽☮️🎸
@@rmhanseniii In 1967 when I was 17 years old, I was not really aware of the drug culture and music was just music. The song is also about Alice, in case you hadn't noticed.
thanks for including White Rabbit. I think the shortness of the song adds to it's impact. by the time it builds to it's crescendo, and abruptly ends, you're wondering what was I just hit with? a true classic.
"Somebody to Love" is the original band's most famous number. The original band, I think, was their best iteration. Later, as Jefferson Starship, they produced some numbers that just make you cringe.
Great reaction, Daniel, and very insightful too! I remember spending many hours with my cousin in 1974 trying to figure out the lyric "hookah" but we could not get it! The San Francisco area you referenced is pronounced "Height" not "Hate" Ashbury. Keep up the great work, it is always a pleasure going on a reactional journey with you!
The guitar sound are incredible great jefferson. this groupe is so much hippiemusic and so great. Grace at her bedst just art of the greatest !!! Bedst from Denmark
From the late, great year of 1967 -- hands down, the best year ever in pop-rock music. It overflowed with amazing rock, soul, vocal and country music, all played together on radio. And the bands that debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in '67 included the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Bee Gees. Wow!
The line “Go Ask Alice” was used as the title of the book “Go Ask Alice” which was about a teenaged girl that spirals into drug abuse. Just about every teen read that book in the 70s and 80s Lol
Yes..."Go Ask Alice" was on a ton of school reading curriculums. Also at the time were the books "The Outsiders" "Rumble Fish" and "Catcher in the Rye"
Heh, every time I hear or someone mentions this song, I recall the classic scene in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". The one where Dr. Gonzo wants Raoul to toss the tape recorder into the tub when the song peaks. Dr. Gonzo: "When it comes to that fantastic note where the... rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to - throw - that - f**k*n - radio - into the tub - with me." Raoul Duke: "F**k, man. You've gone completely sideways! That'll blast you right through the wall. You'll be stone dead in ten seconds. F**k, they'll make me explain things. S**t. Raoul Duke: "Alright, man. It's probably the only solution. Let me make sure I've got this all lined up. You want me to, uh, throw this into the tub when the white rabbit peaks? Is that it?"
Thanks for the thoughtful and insightful reaction. I also appreciated the background info on the song from Grace Slick that I'd never heard, even though I grew up listening to Jefferson Airplane. Looking forward to more of your reaction videos.
Didn't realize I never commented on this one. THIS, Daniel, represents your true core audience. You cover everything, and should continue to do so. I've learned so much myself in the almost 2 years. 1968-1985. The sweet spot. FWIW :)
I remember when one of my older sisters brought the 45 record home with this song on one side and Somebody to Love on the other. When I heard it, I knew music had changed. Anyway, I'm late, I'm late. Time for bed. Thanks Daniel! Got to GOOOoooooo
Remember The Who's "teenage wasteland" reference about Woodstock? If you look at the video taken of them singing/playing this at Woodstock, the camera man at about 0.22 in the video focuses on teenagers in the crowd. Several cameramen did this.
I love Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. It started with Marty Balin and Paul Kantner. The played on a NYC rooftop months before the Beatles did it in London. After several years Marty lost control of the band and quit. They limped on a couple more years before breaking up then Paul started Jefferson Starship which was more radio-friendly. After several years Paul lost control, left and sued the group so they had to change their name to just Starship. At that point they were strictly aiming for chart success, no longer playing Paul's scifi or political songs. Sort of ironic. Paul re-started Jefferson Starship with various members, sometimes with Grace and Marty appearing. I got to see JA on their reunion tour in 1989. 2 members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed the on-and-off again Hot Tuna, they played their own set with Grace helping while waiting for Marty to show up. Typical. Paul, Marty and Jack did a one-off album called the KBC Band. They've all done solo albums too. Original female singer died in 2016 as did Kantner. Balin died in 2018.
So glad you got the Lewis Carroll reference! So many young people have no idea what this is about cuz they don't read. My mother was a library and when I was little and I grew up in the library. Nice to see a young man who knows this literature.
Great reaction. I watched a documentary, don't know the title, where Grace belittled the fuss about her voice. She said something along the lines of "I was good at screaming and that's about it". Also there was a very compelling movie that was said to be based loosely on Grace's life. Title "Maybe I'll be home in the spring".
Jefferson Airplane was formed in 1966 by Marty Balin. Grace Slick joined for their second album Surrealistic Pillow. Around 1971 JA became Jefferson Starship with original member Paul Kantner and Slick. Marty Balin re-joined and they produced a number of hits during that time. JS eventually became the more commercially radio friendly Starship fronted by Slick.
When this song came out, I was in college and a singer in a rock band. Drugs, especially LSD were everywhere and freely distributed. For us , it was free. This song was obvious to us and we understood it immediately and embraced it. I am 70 years old now and haven't taken any drugs for many, many years but I still understand it and have no regrets. It was a part of our culture at the time and Grace Slick was a spokesperson. I still believe in "Feed your head' but in a different way.
Jefferson Airplane were a part of the same San Francisco psychedelic/folk rock scene in the mid-late 60's as the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Jerry Garcia was very involved with the making of the album Surrealist Pillow, which this song is from, and he continued to collaborate with the band and its members on projects for several years before the Dead became the huge worldwide touring phenomenon they are now known as.
Other drug references in that era, "Puff the Magic Dragon," "H.R. Puffnstuff" - the song and intro to the kid's TV show which had numerous adult references. "Lidsville" - another kid's TV show which had adult references. While it referred to a lid as a hat, a lid was a unit of selling marijuana in. The main character in the show was played by the boy who had played Eddie Munster. The creators of these shows acknowledged the not so hidden message in these shows, but somehow it got past the network censors.
Peter Yarrow said in an interview “Puff, the Magic Dragon” is NOT about drugs. Rather, it was just a children’s song. It was adapted from a poem written by Leonard Lipton. Lipton and Yarrow (co-writers of the song) vehemently DENY any drug references in the lyrics! Rather, they say it’s a song about the loss of innocence in children!! (Major, lifetime P, P & M fan here. Got that from my late, great Mom. If you look at the cover photos on the P, P & M album “In Concert”-my MOM was in the crowd that night!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puff,_the_Magic_Dragon?wprov=sfti1
One of the songs in the soundtrack of my childhood: a counter-culture manifesto loaded with drug references. Imagine hearing this at the Fillmore in San Francisco, a barn of a place where quite a few legendary 60s bands played back in the day.
A' jefferson airplane ' is when you take a paper match ( unstruck ) & peel apart from the bottom where the paper is frayed , into 2 separate layers til the match head stops you. Put your roach between the 2 layers of paper, then twist the remainder like a twist tie & it acts as a roach clip. The device is called a ' jefferson airplane '. The band changed it's name to jefferson starship , when? IDK.
:) :) So ironic, I just commented the other day about songs having references to drugs that I never 'get'. This one, though, no mistaking the references. :) Great choice & reaction, Daniel. This song always gets the volume turned up in my house. :)
After 1972, Jefferson Airplane effectively split into two groups. Kaukonen and Casady moved on full-time to their own band, Hot Tuna. Slick, Kantner, and the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane recruited new members and regrouped as Jefferson Starship in 1974, with Marty Balin eventually joining them.
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Jefferson Airplane and The Great Society both arose out of San Francisco in the mid-60's. Grace Slick moved from the Great Society to Jefferson Airplane, bringing with her "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," for the Airplane's second album, "Surrealistic Pillow." Jefferson Airplane ended when bassist Jack Casady and lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen left the band to focus on their own project, Hot Tuna (who are still performing and touring). After a handful of (brilliant) albums by Airplane members Paul Kantner and Grace Slick (and The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra), including Kantner's "Jefferson Starship, Blows Against the Empire," Kantner took the name and ran with it. Jefferson Starship's first album was Dragonfly, with three of the members of Jefferson Airplane, followed by the equally classic Red Octopus. By the time Starship formed, most of the band members (except Grace) had left. Many fans see a decline from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, and a steeper decline from Jefferson Starship to Starship. Hot Tuna shunned stadium concerts for smaller venues, which they have consistently sold out since 1970). Each of the bands had very distinctive sounds, so it's more than a simple "renaming."
Time for ' Somebody to Love ".
Grace Slick & The Great Society live version please.
It certainly showcases the power of Grace's voice.
Sneaker pimps?
@@BenjWarrant Grace Slick & The Great Society
I moved into a house in Bolinas, CA, that was owned by Grace Slick. The day I moved in I found the gold record to this song. It was glued to the bottom of the toilet lid.
Grace Slick, for those of us who remember, one of the best of all time.
"The ones that Mother gives you don't do anything at all".
As various members left, they took the name. Airplane, Starship.
There is first Jefferson Airplane, then Jefferson Starship, then Starship. Technically, all the same band but different eras with some band members added, deleted, changed for many different reasons. Some folks have their favorite incarnations. The earlier the better is my opinion but I am not necessarily in the majority.
Indeed, weren't starship terrible?
True though some great songs and albums as Jefferson Starship.St. chRles, With Your Love,Miracles,Sara, Jane, And Count On Me!
@@joelliebler5690 I was a bit young but I recall starship being very middle of the road AOR type stuff..Are my memories nonsense?
Spitfire album and Red Octopus were very good albums that she worth listening to and even buying. Try them, you’ll like them!😀👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻
@@joelliebler5690 I will thanks, it's not all like "I built this city" is it?
Two members of Jefferson Airplane left and became Hot Tuna, a more blues oriented group. Those who remained, along with the additions, became Jefferson Starship. This song and their other big hit, Somebody to Love, were actually covers that Grace Slick had written and recorded with her previous band, The Great Society.
Interesting fact: Jefferson Airplane's original female singer, Signe Anderson and guitarist Paul Kantner both died on the exact same day, January 28, 2016.
The arc of this song is quite ingenious, the way it builds to that peak in such a short amount of time. Definitely one of the great vocal performances in rock
Ravel’s Bolero
Great reaction, as always. While Helen of Troy is known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", Grace was called "the voice that launched a thousand trips". Great mood music and an amazing voice.
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“Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships"
From the poem Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. The line is considered a perfect example of iambic pentameter.
Gracie's voice is one of the most iconic in the history of Rock and Roll
I know it launched a few trips for me...lol
The VOICE that launched a thousand trips!!!
Fast vibrato...chills.
Surrealistic Pillow, one of the classic albums from the sixties. Many great songs.
Yes, Yes! The whole album is fantastic. If I had to narrow it down, besides White Rabbit and Somebody To Love, my favorite is Comin' Back To Me. The song takes you to San Francisco, fog, hills, ocean, shadows in the mist and transparent dreams read between the pages of a book.
The live Woodstock version is great. As is Gracie Slick.
I actually saw the Jefferson Airplane do this and "Somebody To Love" at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in '68. Cool memory. I was in the Navy at the time so if you were there, I was the guy with the short hair. Anyway, good reaction from upstate NY.
Far out!!
Saw this live when I was in college in the late 60s. Grace Slick went to the side of the stage and sang it to an Albany NY policeman who was standing there. Oh the 60s were great.😊
The song doesn't just build with Grace's voice. It also builds by changing the key of the song, the key rising with each verse.
Um, no, it doesn't. It ends in the same key that it starts with, albeit in a higher register. Perhaps you should visit your neighborhood otolaryngologist.
@@ericminch - and you might visit your local proctologist.
One of the greatest voices ever! Love this song.....it’s just not long enough! Starship followed Airplane after acquiring Mickey Thomas from the Elvin Bishop Band out of Tulsa who sang the classic hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”!
This creates such an ambiance, especially when your a teenager getting high in the mid 70’s
Or, one in the late '60s, wandering around the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco (honest, Mom, I was just going to Golden Gate Park...it was a short-cut!!)...one of the great psychodelic rock songs, and I can remember that *we* all got what the song was about (and, by "we," I mean my age-group) even though a lot of adults had no clue at all...
Or when you're 66 taking a couple of medicinal hits at bedtime for sleep and chronic pain!
Truer words have never been spoken.Oh Yeah
@@bardaghohio I was born in 1966, so I missed it by a few years, but I’ve always felt that I was meant to have been a teenager in the 60s. I was always drawn to my Mom’s music from that time.
I can still picture Grace being cornered by a reporter back then, and asked if she was advocating drugs. But she was ready, and replied “ I’m telling people to feed their head with knowledge and information, man ! “
It took me over 40 years to realize White Rabbit is a bolero then you read that review confirming it.
I always loved the rising tension in this song.
She has such an amazing voice!
Thanks Daniel! 🎸
TIME HAS COME
CHAMBERS BROTHERS
Long Studio Version
That's another trippy song used perfectly in the movie Coming Home
Psychedelic... perfect description.... trippy... hippy.... love Graces voice & this one of my all time favorite songs!
Grace Slick was the premier singer of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. 😁✅
The live performance video of this song is great..& u can see what they all look like! Coolest song..& thx 4 this one 🙂🙂☮☮✌✌❤❤
Feed Your Head. Feed Your Head. That's is the theme of the 60s.
The entire album "Surrealistic Pillow" is excellent!!
Mother little helper is one of my top two favorite stones songs
Songs were shorter in those days. There’s another few songs but overall the album is only half strength. Besides the head hit song “somebody to love,” try also “embryonic Journey.”
Jeferson Airplane later became Jefferson Starship and then finally Starship (dropping Jefferson from the name). There's also another band that came into being from Jefferson Airplane called Hot Tuna. The core of Hot Tuna are Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. Hot Tuna comes in two flavors (if you will) Hot Tuna electric and Hot Tuna acoustic. Jorma plays guitar and sings, Jack plays bass. Jorma turned 80 in December, Jack is a few years younger. They both still tour and during the pandemeic Jorma (sometimes with Jack) has performed on free livestreams (all still available on TH-cam) from Jorma's Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio each Saturday evening at 8pm eastern.
When you get to Hot Tuna, perhaps try Death Don't Have No Mercy from Hot Tuna Live (this is acoustic), Funky #7 from America's Choice (electric), and for one of the most beautiful acoustic songs you'll ever hear - try Genesis from the solo Quah album.
Some suggestions for more Jefferson Airplane (all from the superb Volunteers album):
Good Shepherd - This one was written by Jorma. He mainly sings it, and the guitar is all him.
Hey Frederick - This is another one written by Grace, sung by Grace, and she plays piano on this track too. Jorma on guitar.
Wooden Ships - You already did CSN's version of this. Written by Paul Kantner, David Crosby, and Steven Stills. Marty, Grace and Paul take lead vocals, and of course Jorma on lead guitar.
I'd add "Watch the North Wind Rise" (original electric version off Hoppkorv) as a Hot Tuna selection, and give a strong second to your suggestion of "Good Shepherd" as a great Airplane song.
@@davelehnen3300 I had many more that I could have added to the Hot Tuna list (Watch the North Wind Rise being one of them) but I didn't want to overwhelm Daniel (yet!).
A story if you don't mind. I grew up, my teenage years, on a Dairy farm and I had alwas wanted to have a horse. Not a pony but a horse and I worked, sold produce from a garden I tended, babysat, sold raw milk to customers I'd solicited and saved almost every cent because farmer who's farm was up the road came to offer his mares foal when she became pregnant. He knew about my desire to have a horse of my own so I could ride whenever I wanted instead of going to a riding stable. I was ecstatic when he told us of her impending delivery in a short 8 months but I would be short of the $150 price he was asking but close. He had a proposition that settled the mony issue by having me paint his milking parlor and 100 dollaes. I would even have some money for a halter and a grooming brush. One morning Mr. Gunderson, the horse owner came over and gave me the news that I had a pure white filly and that she had the most beautiful cornflower blue eyes he'd ever seen. So after chores were done my Father drove me up the road to meet my beloved filly. I named her Phoebe which means Shining Bright Light which she was in my eyes and in her coloration. In the end her whole name was Phoebe Grace Slick Rieder. Grace Slick because of " White Rabbit" because she was pure white and Rieder because that is my maiden name. I hope you don't mind my bellicose story and I apologize if I overstepped. ❤ 🐎
Your story was worth it for use of “bellicose” alone.
@@theplanetruth Thank You. I hope it made you smile. Lol
@@theplanetruth, you do know that I meant verbose and not bellicose. Sometimes my aged mind doesn't work like it once did but one positive is that the mistakes that I make are usually kinda funny,. Giggle Giggle
What a wonderful memory! Thanks for sharing.
@@roseannelobbezoo7638, Thank You for your kind words. I have written six short stories about the shenanigans our animals and my family got up to the years we had our dairy farm. I am writing a few more and I hope to perhaps publish them. The one about Phoebe is funny and poignant as are most of them, but writing about my beloved companion was at times quite emotional. Again Thank you and I hooe you have a good day. 🐴 Whinny Whinny, Neigh Neigh. Lol. 😆
Grace Slick is a VERY underrated singer. So much power in her vocals. Also she was a Hottie! She was a model before joining the Airplane.
That's Grace Slick singing. She was definitely a wild child but very talented. Might check out the live Woodstock version of this to get an idea what the band looked like.
“Beck’s Bolero”, a great electric guitar instrumental by Jeff Beck. Or “Ravel’s Bolero”, in the classic style.
Yes absolutely! I would recommend listening to Ravel's Bolero first and then listen to Jeff Beck take it to another level.
That quote was wrong. It’s: “If you remember the ’60s, you weren’t there.”
Famous quote.
Both of the phrases work. If you were there and remember it, you DIDN'T do it right.
Jefferson Airplane morphed into Jefferson Starship plus all the while throughout and still today is the band Hot Tuna which is the lead guitarist and bass player from Jefferson Airplane/Starship...
I love Hot Tuna!
Don't forget Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun and Sunfighter as spinoffs as well.
Jorma Kaukonen (guitar) and Jack Casady (bass). After they left the Airplane and the group was reformed into the Starship, I lost interest in them -- for me the magic was gone. Still like Hot Tuna, however. Jorma is doing some great stuff and free TH-cam concerts from Fur Peace Ranch.
Listen to Somebody to Love by the Airplane (not to be confused with Queen which was an entirely different song).
Somebody to love is another great song
I got the chance to see Grace Slick and Jefferson airplane at Woodstock in 1969 that version was a lot longer if I remember correctly.
Feed your head, a common phrase in the 60's and early 70's. And we did.
Jorma Kaukenen and Jack Cassidy guitar and bass left and STARTED HOT TUNA! Marty Balin Grace and the rest became Jefferson Starship
I had a crush on Grace Slick this came out when I was 16 or 17 still one of my favorites. There was a movie that used this as a theme. Lathe is another favorite makes me sad though especially now that I am 71. Glad you discovered the Airplane. Songs had to be short like 3 min. or they would not get air time. Grace Slick is now an artist selling in SF has most requests for white rabbit paintings
Eric burdon when I was young Roy Clark yesterday when I was Young
Awesome thanks for listening to the great ones!!
One of my favorite sayings to my grandsons Is " remember what the door mouse said feed your head feed your head" and Grace Slick besides being a singer is an accomplished artist I have scene some of works in a gallery in Laguna Beach, California. They played it at the Monterey Pop Festival.
♥ this song. One of the all time classic rock songs & one of the best female vocalist
Looking through your videos, you are taking me back to high school and earlier. When Jefferson Airplane arrived on the scene, there was nothing like them. Grace Slick is one of the queens of rock. Somebody to Love is shattering. Go Ask Alice was also the name of a very popular book in the seventies, a 1971 diary about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of self-destructive escapism. Thanks for the reaction.
1st time I heard this song I was a little kid. . My Mother's name was Alice & we had just watched Alice in Wonderland cartoon when my big brother got out his album & had us listen to the song. Grace had such a nice voice. It was so groovy.
Feed your head is a drug reference
Still gives me goosebumps after all these years.
Welcome aboard The Airplane! No need to worry about getting off.......We've had the "short song" discussion before. EVERYTHING in this period was geared at getting airplay on radio at the time. Funny you mentioned the bass line immediately, you've just been introduced to the great Jack Casady! One of the best to ever strap a bass guitar on! He and Jorma (lead guitarist in this song) are still playing together as Hot Tuna. On your journey, you will be treated to much more of Grace's wonderful voice, as well as Marty Balin, Jorma, and Paul Kantner. That's right, 4 vocalists. This is important music, and I would encourage you to listen to it all! "After Bathing at Baxter's" "Crown of Creation" "Bless It's Pointed Little Head" (killer live album) "Volunteers" "Bark" "Long John Silver" are all fantastic albums and the core of the Airplane catalog, though I find myself listening to Baxter, Crown, Pointed Head, and Volunteers the most. Jefferson Starship started as a side project dreamed up by Kantner, and the "Blows Against The Empire" album is absolutely terrific!! This album features tons of great guest musicians, among them, David Crosby and Graham Nash (CSN), Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead, David Freiberg of Quicksilver Messenger Service and others. Try this straight fire rocker from Pointed Little Head, "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds". Jack absolutely goes off on the bass line and Grace and Marty share the lead vocals. Enjoy your ride, you have much to look forward to! th-cam.com/video/HY3F9hSVU5I/w-d-xo.html
Yes, yes, and YES!!
If any song exemplifies psychedelic rock, it's this one!! Grace Slick is the vocalist.
I bet your parents always encouraged you to read. Such great parents you have.
Yeah...summer of love, Golden Gate Park, tripping on acid, transported by music to places unknown.
But, really, this song is great because Grace Slick just knocks it out of the park, with power and urgency.
I was there and I remember the 60’s very well.😎✌🏽☮️🎸
Grace Slick is still pretty amusing in interviews .unbelievable that she is the same singer that sang "We built this city" rubbish.
Take care. That song is all about acid. Madness lies in that direction.
PS- the Door Mouse only says that when you're on acid.
More likely mushrooms, Which this kid knows nothing about
This song is about Alice in wonderland through the lens of acid. Jefferson Airplane was the first and best. With each incarnation members dropped out and quality dropped too. By the time it became simply starship there were no original members and it was a completely different band as far as I know. 😎✌🏽☮️🎸
And if you weren't in on the drug culture in the 60s it was still a good song.
Linda Nicholson ... I don’t get what you’re saying, The song is only about psychedelics, without them there is no song
@@rmhanseniii In 1967 when I was 17 years old, I was not really aware of the drug culture and music was just music. The song is also about Alice, in case you hadn't noticed.
Fun fact: Grace Slick is now 81 years old (born October, 1939). One of my favorite vocalists of either gender.
It's a musical form in the style of a bolero. It's short cause in the 60s if it wasn't under 3 minutes it had a small chance of getting airplay.
thanks for including White Rabbit. I think the shortness of the song adds to it's impact. by the time it builds to it's crescendo, and abruptly ends, you're wondering what was I just hit with? a true classic.
Gracie has a voice that is one of THE best in the history of rock and roll..............and your friend's grandpa was right!
"Somebody to Love" is the original band's most famous number. The original band, I think, was their best iteration. Later, as Jefferson Starship, they produced some numbers that just make you cringe.
There is a book called go ask Alice was a coutionary book about drugs
Seeing your eyes light up when you got that first hit of Grace Slick’s voice said it all. 🔥🔥🔥
Jefferson Airplane,Jefferson Starship, Then just Starship. Grace Slick is a talented lady. This song makes people go nuts.
Good choice!
Classic 60’s song, I remember loving the lyrics when I was a young whippersnapper
Grace Slick has such a powerful voice. Love it!
Great reaction, Daniel, and very insightful too! I remember spending many hours with my cousin in 1974 trying to figure out the lyric "hookah" but we could not get it! The San Francisco area you referenced is pronounced "Height" not "Hate" Ashbury. Keep up the great work, it is always a pleasure going on a reactional journey with you!
Love Grace Slick, favorite female vocalist. Does paintings now using White Rabbit theme.
Gracie Slick ... one of the best female voices in R & R history. That power and warbling vibrato is instantly recognisable as Grace.
Cool listen. One of my all time faves and along with “Somebody to Love “ the best of their repertoire, IMHO😎✌🏽☮️🎸
The guitar sound are incredible great jefferson. this groupe is so much hippiemusic and so great. Grace at her bedst just art of the greatest !!! Bedst from Denmark
From the late, great year of 1967 -- hands down, the best year ever in pop-rock music. It overflowed with amazing rock, soul, vocal and country music, all played together on radio. And the bands that debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in '67 included the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Bee Gees. Wow!
The line “Go Ask Alice” was used as the title of the book “Go Ask Alice” which was about a teenaged girl that spirals into drug abuse. Just about every teen read that book in the 70s and 80s Lol
Yes..."Go Ask Alice" was on a ton of school reading curriculums. Also at the time were the books "The Outsiders" "Rumble Fish" and "Catcher in the Rye"
Heh, every time I hear or someone mentions this song, I recall the classic scene in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". The one where Dr. Gonzo wants Raoul to toss the tape recorder into the tub when the song peaks.
Dr. Gonzo: "When it comes to that fantastic note where the... rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to - throw - that - f**k*n - radio - into the tub - with me."
Raoul Duke: "F**k, man. You've gone completely sideways! That'll blast you right through the wall. You'll be stone dead in ten seconds. F**k, they'll make me explain things. S**t.
Raoul Duke: "Alright, man. It's probably the only solution. Let me make sure I've got this all lined up. You want me to, uh, throw this into the tub when the white rabbit peaks? Is that it?"
Thanks for the thoughtful and insightful reaction. I also appreciated the background info on the song from Grace Slick that I'd never heard, even though I grew up listening to Jefferson Airplane. Looking forward to more of your reaction videos.
its usually coupled with 'somebody to love'.. white rabbit builds to the crescendo, and somebody to love takes it from there.
Didn't realize I never commented on this one. THIS, Daniel, represents your true core audience. You cover everything, and should continue to do so. I've learned so much myself in the almost 2 years. 1968-1985. The sweet spot.
FWIW :)
I remember when one of my older sisters brought the 45 record home with this song on one side and Somebody to Love on the other. When I heard it, I knew music had changed. Anyway, I'm late, I'm late. Time for bed. Thanks Daniel! Got to GOOOoooooo
I was in the military in the 60s and for sure remember it.
Remember The Who's "teenage wasteland" reference about Woodstock? If you look at the video taken of them singing/playing this at Woodstock, the camera man at about 0.22 in the video focuses on teenagers in the crowd. Several cameramen did this.
I love Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. It started with Marty Balin and Paul Kantner. The played on a NYC rooftop months before the Beatles did it in London. After several years Marty lost control of the band and quit. They limped on a couple more years before breaking up then Paul started Jefferson Starship which was more radio-friendly. After several years Paul lost control, left and sued the group so they had to change their name to just Starship. At that point they were strictly aiming for chart success, no longer playing Paul's scifi or political songs. Sort of ironic. Paul re-started Jefferson Starship with various members, sometimes with Grace and Marty appearing.
I got to see JA on their reunion tour in 1989. 2 members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed the on-and-off again Hot Tuna, they played their own set with Grace helping while waiting for Marty to show up. Typical. Paul, Marty and Jack did a one-off album called the KBC Band. They've all done solo albums too.
Original female singer died in 2016 as did Kantner. Balin died in 2018.
😿😿😿RIP Balin and Kantner
So glad you got the Lewis Carroll reference! So many young people have no idea what this is about cuz they don't read. My mother was a library and when I was little and I grew up in the library. Nice to see a young man who knows this literature.
I love your observations. Their so apt and meaningful. And I agree - this wonderful music is too short. It should go on and on.
Definately referring to drugs, specifically acid and mushrooms. Lived through this time remarkably.
Great reaction. I watched a documentary, don't know the title, where Grace belittled the fuss about her voice. She said something along the lines of "I was good at screaming and that's about it". Also there was a very compelling movie that was said to be based loosely on Grace's life. Title "Maybe I'll be home in the spring".
Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane is essential
Jefferson Airplane was formed in 1966 by Marty Balin. Grace Slick joined for their second album Surrealistic Pillow. Around 1971 JA became Jefferson Starship with original member Paul Kantner and Slick. Marty Balin re-joined and they produced a number of hits during that time. JS eventually became the more commercially radio friendly Starship fronted by Slick.
When this song came out, I was in college and a singer in a rock band. Drugs, especially LSD were everywhere and freely distributed. For us , it was free. This song was obvious to us and we understood it immediately and embraced it. I am 70 years old now and haven't taken any drugs for many, many years but I still understand it and have no regrets. It was a part of our culture at the time and Grace Slick was a spokesperson. I still believe in "Feed your head' but in a different way.
Grace Slick has an amazing voice! They performed at Woodstock
One of my favorites, started as airplane ended as starship
Completely off-topic, but, seeing your screen-name...I used to model the ATSF in N-scale, 1950s-1960s, primarily....
Daniel, when you get a minute, check out the isolated vocal track. Speechless.
Jefferson Airplane were a part of the same San Francisco psychedelic/folk rock scene in the mid-late 60's as the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Jerry Garcia was very involved with the making of the album Surrealist Pillow, which this song is from, and he continued to collaborate with the band and its members on projects for several years before the Dead became the huge worldwide touring phenomenon they are now known as.
Grace slick has such a haunting voice, I just love this song.
Other drug references in that era, "Puff the Magic Dragon," "H.R. Puffnstuff" - the song and intro to the kid's TV show which had numerous adult references. "Lidsville" - another kid's TV show which had adult references. While it referred to a lid as a hat, a lid was a unit of selling marijuana in. The main character in the show was played by the boy who had played Eddie Munster. The creators of these shows acknowledged the not so hidden message in these shows, but somehow it got past the network censors.
Peter Yarrow said in an interview “Puff, the Magic Dragon” is NOT about drugs. Rather, it was just a children’s song. It was adapted from a poem written by Leonard Lipton. Lipton and Yarrow (co-writers of the song) vehemently DENY any drug references in the lyrics! Rather, they say it’s a song about the loss of innocence in children!!
(Major, lifetime P, P & M fan here. Got that from my late, great Mom. If you look at the cover photos on the P, P & M album “In Concert”-my MOM was in the crowd that night!)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puff,_the_Magic_Dragon?wprov=sfti1
One of the songs in the soundtrack of my childhood: a counter-culture manifesto loaded with drug references. Imagine hearing this at the Fillmore in San Francisco, a barn of a place where quite a few legendary 60s bands played back in the day.
A' jefferson airplane ' is when you take a paper match ( unstruck ) & peel apart from the bottom where the paper is frayed , into 2 separate layers til the match head stops you. Put your roach between the 2 layers of paper, then twist the remainder like a twist tie & it acts as a roach clip.
The device is called a ' jefferson airplane '. The band changed it's name to jefferson starship , when? IDK.
:) :) So ironic, I just commented the other day about songs having references to drugs that I never 'get'. This one, though, no mistaking the references. :)
Great choice & reaction, Daniel.
This song always gets the volume turned up in my house.
:)
After 1972, Jefferson Airplane effectively split into two groups. Kaukonen and Casady moved on full-time to their own band, Hot Tuna. Slick, Kantner, and the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane recruited new members and regrouped as Jefferson Starship in 1974, with Marty Balin eventually joining them.