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Saw a sign outside a restaurant recently. "Due to labor shortages, long haired freaky people may now apply." Brilliant. Thanks A&A. This one brings back many memories of being a long haired guy in the late 60s. Peace and love to all.
😂 I love it!
Far out, man
😆
Awesome and groovy!
ive seen that too haha
I was raised in the Hudson Valley and remember all the Hippies going to Woodstock. There were 2 songs that I loved from that time. One was “Signs” and the other was “Hair”. Both iconic songs from the era!
To me this song is so iconic and universal. It’s kind of perfect song. So it’s a personal S tier for me. The Troggs song rating surprised me. It’s so simple I thought you guys would rate it in the B range, so the dueling A + rating almost shocked me. I would at a minimum reverse your ratings on those 2 tunes. But hey, I respect you guys, so Rock on.
Almost Cut My Hair by CSN&Y next!
I had long dreads for a lot of years. Every single time I flew, my luggage was "randomly selected" for additional screening. Ever since I cut them off, about four years ago, I have not been "randomly selected" even once.
For any young folks out there who want a reference of the sentiment of the time, look up the scene from the movie Easy Rider, when Fonda, Hopper and Nicholson go in to attempt eating in the southern diner! 😂
…oh and also - the not so humorous ending of the movie.
Great track! I just think it all spins off of the Vietnam soldier "short back and sides" thing. If you're getting drafted, the first thing frowned upon and removed was long hair. So long hair equated to rebellion.
But the song does take it a little too far when they basically say to ignore trespassing signs on other peoples lands. Your idea of a free society won't get too far if you get shot for deliberately trespassing and partying on private property....obviously an extreme example. 😉
I freaking love this song! The Tesla cover doesn't do justice to the original. 🎶🥁🧬
It sure does.
I too like the original more. There are other Tesla songs that I dig, though.
You should also check out the cover of this song done by Tesla.
Ah, one more in the 45 collection in the basement.
the bobble head boys , aka beavis and buthead.
In the sixties and early 70s there was absolutely a delineation between long and short hair on men, even no matter how successful or good you were. This song was BIG!
And then came the 80s and that ended because the hippies were now the adults in the room. Very lenient parents.
@@viclagina347 my mullet got me pulled over several times in the 80s. that and the speeding.
Heck, the *Beatles'* original bowl cuts were considered "too long", and got them called "mop tops".
@@independenceltd. pigs be pigs
I've always loved seeing men with long hair, as long as they took care of it. When I was a child, my mom would take my siblings and me to the walk-in theater on the weekends to see the latest Western. While my brothers and sisters cheered on the cowboys, I was drooling over the Indians in their buckskins and war paint and bare chest.
Haven't heard this in ages and still know every word.
The original version! Yay.
What? You mean there's another version? 😂 Yes, the original and the BEST.
@@Cheryl_Haydon as opposed to a live version . . .
Yes, thank goodness not Tesla.
Yes, the shorter radio-friendly version leaves out the intro, and fades out much sooner at the end, making the song nearly a minute shorter.
@@rodjohnson2632 Totally forgot that!!
I really love that you guys don't stop the song to comment. Let it play out, then do your reaction. I love watching you enjoy the music 🎵🎶
That is what makes them unique!! Love that too!!
EXACTLY!!!!!!
Absolutely 👏🏼💯
Yeah but I wonder why they can do it and all other reactors say they don’t have a choice if they want to avoid being blocked..
@ecnoto it's about monetizing the video. Andy and Alex don't monetize...the money goes to the artist. Some still block, but most only do if you monetize your video on the back of their work
as a Late 60's long hair, there were lots of fist fights and near fist fights - long hair on a man was NOT an acceptable form of expression for maybe 18 months in Southern California. I remember my dad taking me to a hardware store, sending me in to buy something, them clerk took a look at my hair and told me to get out. My dad went in, came back out, and told me to go back in and get whatever it was. I went in and the guy didn't say a word, just sold it to me and handed me my change. I was pretty happy about it and when i got to the car dad asked if the guy apologized. I told him he didn't. Dad went back in and came out. He told me to go back in and buy a can of 3 in 1 oil. I did, and the guy said "sorry about before". Dad ALWAYS used to make me fight my own battles, but this ONE thing... this bias against long hair... really got to him. BTW, dad was no fan of my long hair either and we argued plenty about it... maybe he did all that because he knew I thought it meant something. post script - I am 70 and my hair is past my shoulder blades and nobody gives a fuck about.
I do, get it cut.....no just joking, great story like something you see in the movies.
What a great dad.
@@hereforit170 What a nice thing to say. He always felt that he had a clear vision of how things could be handled and he wasn't shy about giving others a hand in seeing things his way.
What a great memory 😊
I'm 73 and up until Covid I would let my hair grow until I had a ponytail down to between my shoulder blades. I would then get it cut and donate the hair for making wigs for Cancer patients, then I'd start growing it again. My hair is a Silver-Gray (not a drab dirty gray) and they liked it because the color was perfect for older women because it looked more natural for them.
I loved the hippies and freaks. Teenager in the 70s, and the long-haired guys were the coolest, cutest and the easiest to get along with.
I could have lived without the huge mustaches & the chops! 😂😂😂
The mustaches looked good on some, like Burton Cummings, but the mutton chops wasn't a good look.
This was mid-80s, but I made a friend with a guy with long hair and a real laid-back attitude (and liked a little weed now and then). Totally opposite of who I was at that time, but we got along great!
In second grade around 1973 I told my parents that I wanted to grow up and be a hippie and ride a chopper. They allowed me to grow it past my ears after many debates.
yeh we were sterotype jocks late 70s bur had many hippy friends also all.partied together hung out they always had the you know what at parties still friends to this dsy
Thank you lord for thinking bout me I’m alive and doing fine…🩵✌🏼🩵
Whoo!!
There's a terrific "religious" song on this album taking the theme further: "Safe and Sound With Jesus".
Ain't that the truth Darlin😅
Yes and Amen!!
Another great CANADIAN Band from back in the day tat we still listen to up here !!!!
yep, aka The Staccatos from Ottawa. Love their hit called Signs.
In the early '70 my band was finishing a gig in Ft. Lauderdale and went to this all-night restaurant called The Egg & You. As we were walking in the Allman Brothers was coming out and they warned us to be aware that people were hassling them about their hair. - That was a very common thing in those days.
First. Great tune. Nice doo Andy. The long hair thing was what Bob Seger was talking about in Turn the Page. Is that a woman or a man. That was a grave insult back then.
Yeah cause nowadays men are thin on the ground
Also Dude Looks Like a Lady
I was thinking the same thing.
A friend of mine from Ontario Canada sent me a photo of sign a farmer posted on his property line which was located in the Ottawa region back at that time in the late 60’s and it read “Any trespassers will be shot on sight”. I am told one of the band members of Five Man Electrical Band saw the sign as he was driving by and it became the inspiration for the song.
I hitchhiked everywhere in the early seventies, in Ottawa late one night Brian Rading of the band picked me up. I schooled with his brother Carl in Ottawa. Great band iconic tunes.
The song was written in California when the band was doing some recording.
Good story.
Get outa town 😎
The last line still gets me choked up. "Thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine."
In the late 70s just out of high school I applied for a job cleaning out the inside of airplanes. They said I’d have to cut my hair. I said why there’s no one on the plane but me. Needless to say I didn’t cut my hair or get the job. The song “almost cut my hair” by CSNY helped me take a stand. Definitely no regrets.
I was born in 1960, you can NEVER understand the influence the music of the 60s and 70s have had on my soul and life!
I'll turn 64 in a few more months.
Im 63 alsoTHE 60s AND 70s RRRRRUUUULLLEEEE
Nov i turn 64 JESUS CHRIST WILLING
Born in 1961 here..... so I DO! Same here man!
@@AudiophileTubes Very Grovy..we had a blast in the late 60s n 70s
Or think of the Bob Seger song Turn the Page. The line “is that a woman or a man” about when he goes into a diner. Seger had real long hair back then.
RIP Bill Walton. He was a long haired hippie playing basketball in Portland in the 70s.
we loved ol bill thats a foul.haha doctors butchered the good ol boy
thats a fi
oul.puhleeze
YES IN DEED THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ONE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN JUNE OF 1977 I LIVED in Warrenton Oregon then they where fantastic
I think Grateful Dead used to rope of a section for him to dance and hang out in. Otherwise, could you imagine standing behind him at a show? You wouldn't see a thing!!! He went to lots of shows and wore Dead t-shirts in some of his interviews.
He was my bf's second cousin (his mom's cousin) and my boyfriend is 6'7". Definitely got his height from his mom's side. Also a love of sports And the Grateful Dead. They are also related to Blake Lively and his mom was very close to her dad growing up.
I'm 73 so I lived through it. The feeling between short hair/ long haired was NOT reciprocal. Those with long hair were disdained/frowned upon, yet while in the Air Force, I and friend took leave and went to Woodstock. Despite being the very rare "short haired" people there we were totally accepted, looked upon, and treated as a kindred soul.
My dad was one of your fellow shorthairs at Woodstock, just out of basic if I recall.
@@mattcanich In a crowd of over 3000 we were easy to spot because we stood out. LOL
It took me 24 years to figure out that long hair was cool and rebellious, but you can only get away with the truly disruptive and radical stuff when you cut your hair and put on a suit.
Glad to see the young generation kicking back and appreciating the music of our generation. The 70s was an incredible time to be young and alive
You two do very well. Signs was recorded in 1970. Man alive I was your age back then. I was a hippie and the world was so much different then. Revolution was in the air. Vietnam was hated. This song was an A.
It can take visitors to Hawaiʻi a while to notice that there's something they're *not* seeing: billboards. The hugest and most obnoxious of signs are not allowed to ruin the landscape in Hawaiʻi, nor in Alaska, Maine, and Vermont.
Don't know if you've done or heard this song before, but Charlie Daniels' "Long Haired Country Boy" is a great tune. Also, since you mentioned Easy Rider try Daniels' "Uneasy Rider" on for size.
Great suggestions!
Tokin on a number and digging on the radio.
Uneasy Rider ‘88 too. Not about long hair but a great tune
A band from the 80s Tesla, covered this and was a huge hit for them.
Yep, out of Sacramento; I remember them well.
Great cover!
Thank you! I knew someone had to beat me to this. Finally scrolled enough 😂 Tesla was my introduction to the song. So sentimentally it's still my favorite. Great song!
It was better if you ask me.
The 80s loved to copy the 70s
sortly after i got back from vietnam i was growing my hair. my wife and i went to rent an apartment from a business owner in town. he told me he won't rent to me because i had long hair. he said he would never hire anyone for his factory with long hair either. a few years later i saw a picture of him in the paper and he had semi long hair and long thick sideburns.
You guys were born too late. Glad you’re enjoying it all now.
Just an observation: Five Man ElectricAL Band. Well done, guys.
Happy that you guys are finally reacting to this song. This has to be one of the greatest songs from the 70's. S tier in my humble opinion!
MONGO JERRY INTHE SUMMER TIME SOLD 35 MILLION RECORDS
Remember it well. Now I'm 70 years old and I haven't cut my hair since I happily retired 15 years ago. Spark Up My Pipe 3-4 times daily for over 57 years of smiles.
Ha . Same here.i retired,grew my hair long and hit the pipe 24 7 . 70 years old now.
69 year old granny here, letting my gray flag fly HIGH!
Rock on Beavis!
I'll be 70 this year, haven't cut my hair since I retired at 57. 🚬🚬🚬
Wish I had my hair at 69 but been sparking up since 1971. Rock On!
One of the early singles I ever bought. Actually from the early 70s and not the 60s.
I had the single, too. Probably still out in the garage somewhere.
@@patriciamorgan6545mine’s up in the attic!😁
1971 was an incredible year for music!
STAIR WAY TO HEAVEN RELESED IN 71
Love it when the music transports me back to the 60s/ 70s
Oh, the battles we had with our parents... Early seventies, early teen years, all we wanted to do was grow our hair long.
...and wear bell bottoms...😊
I have a seventeen-year old son - he stopped cutting his hair during Covid, and never restarted. We like it, and encourage it.
Absolutely! My mother caved before my father did.
AND VERY ATTRACTIVE ON 70s babes 4 sure
Fit right in on the radio with Spirit in the Sky and Hair....
At the high school I went to, the principal got tired of telling the boys to cut their hair. One day, he rounded up all the longhairs, herded them into a school bus, drive them to the barber shop, and paid for all of them to get their hair cut. That was 1968, and it made all the local papers. Try that today and there would be violence, multiple lawsuits, and bloodshed at School Board meetings.
If the principal had tried to force me into a haircut, he would have been forced into a hospital. I kinda dug my hair and was a wee bit protective lol
I assembled the Fender-Rhodes Electric Piano used on this song, and hundreds more between 1972- 78 on the "Keyboard" Dept... 54 people and 17 of us never cut our hair. A great place to work at that time. The place ROCKED with product testing.
Thank you for your contribution... to music and the atmosphere!
Andy's friend had a point: there are simply songs (and albums) that will never even make it to an A&A poll, songs that even if mentioned in the comments may only garner a few likes. But there are SO many great ones out there of that certainly warrant your listening to. ("Signs" is a perfect example). I wish there was less reliance on polls - and that you could venture out into the unknown a little bit more, even if it's just a couple folks saying, "you gotta hear this one!" Not a poll, but maybe a thread topic: "Songs, albums and artists that really had an impact, or were a favorite of yours, but were not necessarily popular." Maybe you could enlist your old friend Adam to maybe pre-listen to a few and go, "Yeah, you really need to listen to this Brian Protheroe (or Aztec Two Step or Nina Hagen) song or album." ❤
The follow-up “Absolutely Right” is even better.
Damn we had a lot of great music growing up. And an allusion to Woody Guthrie's verse that doesn't get taught in elementary school:
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said "No trespassin'"
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me! - from "This Land Is Your Land."
I was maybe 6, in Houston, and my parents or my aunt -- can't recall -- took me to the theater. It was the '70's, so when I had to use the restroom during the movie, I went on my own. I didn't know where it was so I asked at the concession counter. They pointed me to the girls' room, because I had long blond hair, but I said loudly, "I'm a boy!" They insisted though, that if I had long hair I had to use the little girls' room. So I did, and never thought twice about it. I had similar trouble in school until later when I was bussed across town to the ghetto for school. Nobody cared about my hair there, just my skin color.
Many people referred to hippies simply as "Long-Hairs" back then. And "long" meant anything touching or below your ears.
I find it hard to believe that this song hasn't been requested/mentioned on your channel, previously. This was a huge song, when it was released. It was a Hippie Anthem. It's still played, a lot, on classic rock radio.
This reminds me that you guys have never done Tesla
Have you guys reacted to the Broadway musical Hair?
Five Man Electrical Band - Absolutely Right - I'm a Stranger here
This song has touched me for many years, especially the line where he makes his own sign. i am going through some major issues right now, including two hospital stays and major surgery. I have been thanking the Lord for thinking about me and being alive. A+ for me
Hang in there... sending you energy and light.
@@HealthAtAnyCost Thank you.
Great song. Love this!
the frequently forgotten, seldom used A- Remember this date
Although I think this song has more S-tier elements than many of their A+s have had.
1971: The year before I graduated from HS - still the greatest song ever written/performed. By Canadians, no less -- well, they were letting our draft-age men come up there.
Well, most of the great music from the 60s to the 80s came from Canada, just sayin'
Haven’t heard this for absolute ages!!
As a kid, I lived in Portland OR from '65 to '71. Long hair and beards were definitely discriminated against.
My friend's older brother was running to catch the bus to get to his classes at college. He was stopped by the cops who saw some "long hair" with a knapsack running and wanted to know why he was running. He missed his bus.
My dad took part in an office beard-growing contest which he won. My mom liked his beard so he showed up for work on the Monday and everyone else had shaved theirs off. He eventually shaved his off because he had to go to pulp & paper mills as part of his job and he could tell his beard was not going over well with the very conservative rural Oregonians.
As soon as we moved back to Canada, he grew his beard back and only shaved it off once in the mid '70s. My mom, sister, and I all told him to grow it back.
One of the stories in Cannery Row by Steinbeck was one of the characters had a beard just because he felt like it. This was set in the 40's or 50's. He got so sick of people asking why he had a beard that he started telling people he had a skin condition that prevented him from shaving. That shut them up.
Long beards and long hair, loose clothing and jewelry are generally a no no when working around moving equipment. People have lost their lives, limbs etc.
@@waynethera2712 Thanks for the PSA. Not that it is terribly relevant to attitudes of people back in the '60s and '70s towards those who did not fit the "norm".
@@edwardlongshanks827 going to work at pulp and paper mills it’s very relevant. And men wear beards whether they are liberal, conservative or abstaining.
@@waynethera2712 You completely lost the plot.
My original post mentions my dad and his beard that he grew as part of an office contest around *1967.*
If you think it was common for men in the USA to wear beards in the 1960s, you obviously were not around at the time. Unlike me.
The reason for the attitude towards my dad wearing a beard when he went pulp mills was not based on the length of my dad's beard and any potential safety issue. My dad's beard was neatly trimmed and not something that would get caught in moving equipment. It never has been and even now, at over 90, it is still neatly trimmed. He has never had one of those big, bushy beards.
No, it was purely down to the fact that men did not normally wear beards and those that did, other than when in the in the middle of the bush with no razors and shaving cream in sight, were considered to be strange, different, possibly full of weird social viewpoints, not to be trusted, hippies, bohemians, etc.
But thanks for trying to tell me I am wrong when I lived through that time and I strongly suspect you didn't.
Somehow I still know every single lyric of this song. Made such a huge impression on me in my childhood. I’ve been so lucky 😊 to have grown up hearing what I heard.
One of the best signs I ever read was at the boarding gate of the Koh Samui, Thailand airport in the late 90's. There was an oil drum full of sand and the sign above it read "Please fully discharge your firearm before boarding the aircraft"
OMG…safety first! 🤣
One of the best signs I ever saw was in a recreation center in the bathroom "Employees, did you was your hands?" Scribbled beneath was, "No, but I dried them."
Wow! Reading these comments are just as entertaining as the reaction! Ah yes, those days.
I loved this one as a kid! In 71, I was just 8 years old when this song came out. I remember thinking I was so cool because I understood the concept
It is really cool when you start to get to that age where you understand the deeper meaning behind songs. 😊
We fellas solved this dilemma in the 80's with the freedom of the "mullett" with a pony tail.
When I was little in the 60s I thought this was a cool song but when I grew up I didn't realize how disrespectful it was of what everyone else had earned and everyone owned.
This!
Thanks guys. Great song from a great era.
Next time you hit Joe Walsh please give The Confessor a go.
Mid to late 60s, lived through that. Cut your hair. Hair is touching your ears, cut it. Listen to David Crosby, Almost Cut My Hair. Peace out.
Great song, musically, but especially lyrically. It's great poetry.
HUGE cultural demarcation in the late ‘60’s/early’70’s between the young with long hair and older traditional short hairs. Rock music was a big piece of the younger hippie camp. Vietnam war was a giant bone of contention.
AWESOME lightning in a bottle song. Been trying to get you to hear this for a while. Great nod to the song with your hat Alex. Such great lyrics. Give those boys an S-tier. It was a great song from a Canadian band.
In relation to this, if you haven't hit it yet, you should check out Bob Seger, Turn the Page (live from Cobo Center).
I bought this .45 as soon as it hit the stores in 1970.
In the original he said "f-ing" sign in one of the lyrics ..
The only song they ever did, I guess, but they won anyway. So I would go into the bank with my hippy hair self, and the young, straight business lady bank teller would always step away to her manager, and then give me skeptical sideways looks while deciding whether to let me use my passbook to withdraw some few dollars from my account.
LOVE THIS SONG!!!! The ultimate protest song.
Dudes check out L.A.B in the air and personify.. live at roundhead studios..great n.z band
The Band- TESLA- is known for their Great Cover of this song 👍💯✌️
Haven't heard the intro in many, many years! Tesla covered this around 1992.
I think of this as a period piece, an expression of hippie counter culture rebellion. I'm not sure it plays as well today as it did back then.
Being an athlete, I was never able to have long hair. It was a big deal, I graduated high school in 1973. In college I was still not allowed to have long hair on the football team. By the time I could have long hair I was losing it.
One more of the more underrated bands from Canada (formed in Ottawa).
Even some Canadians don't realize they're a Canadian band.
Man, this song got played so heavily on Canadian AM stations back in the day.
@@terriemartinez9989The BIG 8!
Chum Radio,it got played so much because back then you had to play 50% Canadian content.
It was either CFRW or CKY in Winnipeg (iirc).
The Motor City
CKLW, was just across the river to Detroit, The Motor City,...I was lucky to be in that hub ..
I lived at n Ohio/Michigan/ Indiana area,, almost Chicago...
Any West Coast radio were late comers to the plays,,,
It's the same if you're full of Tattoo's that can be seen on your arms, face and neck and then just try and get an office job or work for a big business
Another fine Canadian band from the early 70s. This was all over the radio airwaves, when I was a child. Loved it. ---OronOfMontreal
they were originally the Staccatos when they performed in Ottawa. My favourite song of the 5 Man was "Signs"
Killer Tuneage! It's got all the things!
Totally forgot about that opening too!
growing up on 90's/ early 2000s Canadian radio this song and 'American Woman' by the Guess Who were THE 2 Canadian rock throw back songs you would hear all the time, those 2 songs were my 'gateway rock and roll' as the boys would say
One of the best protest songs from Jonathan Edwards sunshine go away today.
The opening riff leading up to the first verse reminds me of the lead up to the drum solos on Focus’ song Hocus Pocus.
In 82 I was 15 and my brothers girlfriend recommended me for one of my first jobs. I got the job sight unseen, and when I showed up for work on my second day, the bulletin board above the time clock had a handwritten note on it that said "Long haired freaky people need not apply". I was a long haired dirtball back then, and I just laughed when I saw that sign.
That rating is out of control low. S-tier for the lyrics, alone.
Daddy called male friends with long hair “little girl”. He respected only one- With a big smile Peter said in falsetto, “I’m not a little girl, I’m a little boy!” Daddy appreciated the humor and non-defensive stance. A clean cut kid stole a gun off of the boat shortly thereafter, which made Daddy reassess his prejudices.
Dad's friends were over and discussing hair length with the "...can't tell if it's a boy or a girl" line so often heard then. Told them that all of the girls at school had no problem telling, and the conversation turned elsewhere. In just a few years long hair wasn't a big thing for most folks, so kids had to wear hats sideways.
As I remember, this song created quite a stire when it came out. Both for the lyrics and for the catchy tune! Ah, the early 70's!
Back from the days when protest songs were not only permitted, they were common. Classic tune we all sang along with.
They have another very good song called 'Absolutely Right'.
Five Man Electrical Band had another banger, "Absolutely Right," a few months after "Signs."
And I'm a Stranger Here....
another great song from the greatest time in american music
They where Canadian
Semiotics would say your long hair is a sign, which was the point in the Sixties.
I can still recall my parents calling the Beatles hippies because of their long hair…..in 1965. They look so wholesome now with their “Beatle” cuts.
my hair got me kicked out of Scouts, hockey, school and, finally, home. don't regret an inch of it.
Yeah, and they wore suits and ties.
A band from my home town, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They, Paul Anka, Bruce Cockburn and The Cooper Brothers are some of the excellent bands and musical artists that hailed from Ottawa. Bryan Adams grew up here, but wasn't from here, and Dan Aykroyd was born here, but is better known as an actor than as a musician.
yep, started as the Staccatos for many years