0:11 you must check out crystal blue persuasion. Such an amazing vibe…… the lyrics are so relevant to a reality we forgot about today…. 6:50 oh yeah, not only psychedelic in the music, but in the drugs as well.
You're very lucky to have such easy access to all of this great music. All we had was the radio and records. On the other hand, we got to see a lot of these great artists live (probably for just a few dollars back then).
1968! Starting in 1965 rock began growing up, becoming more mature, more artistic, and more experimental. This approach was widespread by 1967, and by 1968 we're getting psychedelic rock with the use of electronic effects and mysterious lyrics.
I couldn't wait to hear this song on the radio back in the late sixties. I was probably around 10 years old and this was my favorite song. I would stop everything I was doing and turn it up and remember what's stereo and what room At my parents house. I don't know why I remember a particular room but it was called the study room. It was like an extra room at our house and my dad kept his bar and his desk.
Yes! Old school 60’s psychedelic rock. Perhaps the first use of tremolo. You may want to check out a mid 90’s tremolo application of hard psychedelic rock from Radiohead. The track is called Planet Telex, off their album The Bends. Great song, nearly 30 years later for which Crimson and Clover paved the way. I think you will like it!
who were the fools that suggested you shouldn’t focus on the lyrics? The music and the lyrics go together, you can listen to them both at the same time, it’s not difficult. I do thank you for this reaction ❤
thank you. It's been decades and I had forgotten all about it. It's all you ever heard on the radio when it came out. For some reason this song provoked a memory of Chuck Berry doing the Ding-A-Ling song. Lol Which then provoke the memory of the Telephone Man.
I remember this best from my first dance when I was in 7th grade. I love this song and just the feeling of this time. Other favorites from that time are "Time of the Season" by the Zombies and "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman.
the original shondells bailed on tommy when he was on his way to new york to find a label he stopped at a bar in pennsylvania and asked the bar band to join him
You might enjoy some of the tougher sounding psychedelic 60s music like Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride. As a child of the 60s I also highly recommend Donovan-try Barabajangal, Sunshine Superman, Season of the Witch, and the song I want played at my funeral, Atlantis!
Crimson and Clover came out when I was around kindergarten, but then I got it on a compilation of psychedelic music when I was in high school and heard it a lot. And I do remember hearing it on the radio, I definitely do. And looking back on it now that I'm much older, I really really like this a lot more than I thought I did. And I always liked it; I mean but this time, it made me just want to get up and kind of sway around to it. And for a long time, if I hear this I guess a nice view with some stargazing is a very romantic thing and I give you props for that, but for me it just makes me think directly about sex. Because I'm pretty sure I've done the deed at least once with a girlfriend with this playing and you just kind of lose yourself in that world, but it still has this slow rhythm to it and a sense of detachment, but it's a rich and fertile texture that you're wrapped in and it's a nice feeling for sure.
@@NAIATHEDRAGON Well when you are that young it is the only world you know and of course at any given point, you are in the most modern of any world you can be in up to that point. But in retrospect, yeah it just seems so different nowadays and so many ways. Mostly better but in some ways worse. I definitely remember sensing a lot of energy in the air. Because during that time was not long after Martin Luther King got assassinated and then Bobby Kennedy also had been assassinated, and then Malcolm X and then the President John F Kennedy before that although I was only a baby when that happened and have no memory of it. Although I remember if my parents recalled it, my dad would get red eyes and my mom would cry. Same thing if the subject of Dr King came up. And then you had the Vietnam war. You had a fuel crisis a bit later on where people are stealing gasoline out of each other's cars. People's feeling on race and the war were incredibly divisive to where there was violence back and forth in some cases. And also somebody would take their truck and just tear up somebody's yard in the middle of the night, knowing that it was one of those families that put a lot of effort into it. Just to express their differences. I didn't really understand the adult dynamics of that as a little kid obviously, but I definitely remember feeling there was all this energy in the air. And I kind of feel that a little bit now but it just doesn't feel as much. But then again that was a long time ago for me. So who knows.
Don't know about you but here in Florida in the 60's, we had practice drills in case of nuclear war. Dad worked for NASA at Cape Kennedy and us kids attended school at St. Patrick AF base so there was a feeling of excitement and fear at the same time for 5 year old me. And we had the best music throughout childhood into our teens.
Please react to their other huge hit, Crystal Blue Persuasion. A classic that helped define the sound of the generation and the message they wanted to express to the world.
Bro, check out "Crystal Blue Persuasion" which is the more smooth R&B track on the L.P. It is a masterpiece. I think you'll like it even more than this one.🤓
SPIRIT IN THE SKY by Norman Greenbaum 1969 👉 HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME by Sly & the Family Stone. COME TOGETHER by the Beatles. FORTUNATE SON by Credence Clearwater Revival. ‘69 was an historic year in music and 👉 Manson Murders, Walk On The Moon, & my baby brother was born!! Thank you!!
I couldn't wait to hear this song on the radio back in the late sixties. I was probably around 10 years old and this was my favorite song. I would stop everything I was doing and turn it up and remember what's stereo and what room At my parents house. I don't know why I remember a particular room but it was called the study room. It was like an extra room at our house and my dad kept his bar and his desk.
0:11 you must check out crystal blue persuasion. Such an amazing vibe…… the lyrics are so relevant to a reality we forgot about today…. 6:50 oh yeah, not only psychedelic in the music, but in the drugs as well.
I'm bout to look up Crystal blue persuasion
@@NAIATHEDRAGON can’t wait to see your reaction to that song. It’s such a vibe.
You're very lucky to have such easy access to all of this great music. All we had was the radio and records. On the other hand, we got to see a lot of these great artists live (probably for just a few dollars back then).
My baby brother at the time, thought he was saying...Christmas is over.
1968! Starting in 1965 rock began growing up, becoming more mature, more artistic, and more experimental. This approach was widespread by 1967, and by 1968 we're getting psychedelic rock with the use of electronic effects and mysterious lyrics.
I couldn't wait to hear this song on the radio back in the late sixties. I was probably around 10 years old and this was my favorite song. I would stop everything I was doing and turn it up and remember what's stereo and what room At my parents house. I don't know why I remember a particular room but it was called the study room. It was like an extra room at our house and my dad kept his bar and his desk.
Yes! Old school 60’s psychedelic rock. Perhaps the first use of tremolo. You may want to check out a mid 90’s tremolo application of hard psychedelic rock from Radiohead. The track is called Planet Telex, off their album The Bends. Great song, nearly 30 years later for which Crimson and Clover paved the way. I think you will like it!
Crazy to think the 90s was 30 years later!!
Thanks. One of my favorites when I was 14 years old.
Groovy post .. ty
who were the fools that suggested you shouldn’t focus on the lyrics? The music and the lyrics go together, you can listen to them both at the same time, it’s not difficult. I do thank you for this reaction ❤
Smokin dragon here!🖐
thank you.
It's been decades and I had forgotten all about it. It's all you ever heard on the radio when it came out.
For some reason this song provoked a memory of Chuck Berry doing the Ding-A-Ling song. Lol
Which then provoke the memory of the Telephone Man.
Tommy James are from Dayton Ohio. Went to Detroit, where they got there Record deal. Mitch Ryder helped them. Great band! 🇺🇸👍
I remember this best from my first dance when I was in 7th grade. I love this song and just the feeling of this time. Other favorites from that time are "Time of the Season" by the Zombies and "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman.
the original shondells bailed on tommy when he was on his way to new york to find a label he stopped at a bar in pennsylvania and asked the bar band to join him
You might enjoy some of the tougher sounding psychedelic 60s music like Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride. As a child of the 60s I also highly recommend Donovan-try Barabajangal, Sunshine Superman, Season of the Witch, and the song I want played at my funeral, Atlantis!
Don't forget my favourite, Hurdy Gurdy Man!
Season of the witch is a banger for sure. Peace ✌️
Crimson and Clover came out when I was around kindergarten, but then I got it on a compilation of psychedelic music when I was in high school and heard it a lot. And I do remember hearing it on the radio, I definitely do. And looking back on it now that I'm much older, I really really like this a lot more than I thought I did. And I always liked it; I mean but this time, it made me just want to get up and kind of sway around to it. And for a long time, if I hear this I guess a nice view with some stargazing is a very romantic thing and I give you props for that, but for me it just makes me think directly about sex. Because I'm pretty sure I've done the deed at least once with a girlfriend with this playing and you just kind of lose yourself in that world, but it still has this slow rhythm to it and a sense of detachment, but it's a rich and fertile texture that you're wrapped in and it's a nice feeling for sure.
Kindergarten in the 60s must of been a different world 🌎!
@@NAIATHEDRAGON Well when you are that young it is the only world you know and of course at any given point, you are in the most modern of any world you can be in up to that point. But in retrospect, yeah it just seems so different nowadays and so many ways. Mostly better but in some ways worse. I definitely remember sensing a lot of energy in the air. Because during that time was not long after Martin Luther King got assassinated and then Bobby Kennedy also had been assassinated, and then Malcolm X and then the President John F Kennedy before that although I was only a baby when that happened and have no memory of it. Although I remember if my parents recalled it, my dad would get red eyes and my mom would cry. Same thing if the subject of Dr King came up. And then you had the Vietnam war. You had a fuel crisis a bit later on where people are stealing gasoline out of each other's cars. People's feeling on race and the war were incredibly divisive to where there was violence back and forth in some cases. And also somebody would take their truck and just tear up somebody's yard in the middle of the night, knowing that it was one of those families that put a lot of effort into it. Just to express their differences. I didn't really understand the adult dynamics of that as a little kid obviously, but I definitely remember feeling there was all this energy in the air. And I kind of feel that a little bit now but it just doesn't feel as much. But then again that was a long time ago for me. So who knows.
Don't know about you but here in Florida in the 60's, we had practice drills in case of nuclear war. Dad worked for NASA at Cape Kennedy and us kids attended school at St. Patrick AF base so there was a feeling of excitement and fear at the same time for 5 year old me. And we had the best music throughout childhood into our teens.
@@flacrazymama yes we did as well. It's strange how we just take that threat for granted nowadays. But it's always looming over us.
@@stevedahlberg8680totally agree.
Please react to their other huge hit, Crystal Blue Persuasion. A classic that helped define the sound of the generation and the message they wanted to express to the world.
Bro, check out "Crystal Blue Persuasion" which is the more smooth R&B track on the L.P. It is a masterpiece. I think you'll like it even more than this one.🤓
SPIRIT IN THE SKY by Norman Greenbaum 1969 👉 HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME by Sly & the Family Stone. COME TOGETHER by the Beatles. FORTUNATE SON by Credence Clearwater Revival. ‘69 was an historic year in music and 👉 Manson Murders, Walk On The Moon, & my baby brother was born!! Thank you!!
Give the song Wooden Ships by Crosby Stills and Nash a listen. You won't regret it.
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Grade 8 dance! 😂
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Thanks for the reaction 🤘
I couldn't wait to hear this song on the radio back in the late sixties. I was probably around 10 years old and this was my favorite song. I would stop everything I was doing and turn it up and remember what's stereo and what room At my parents house. I don't know why I remember a particular room but it was called the study room. It was like an extra room at our house and my dad kept his bar and his desk.
I was about 8 when it was released and loved it too not having any clue what it was about!
Loved it from the first time I heard it on the radio when I was very young. I had no clue except that it was psychedelic!