Focus - Hocus Pocus

[OfficialDjPaul]

Ah geweldig, ik heb 'm gevonden met lyrics. Bedankt!

[sofian268]

een van de betere rock nummers van Nederlandse bodem

[twseel]

Best song EVER

[MyMasterController]

Clearly danish lyrics xD

[KendamaProhibited]

geweldig, speel zelf gitaar, dat intro riffje speelt echt geweldig

[Njitftw]

die vent kan goed gitaar spele XD

(hij was dan ook een keer beste gitarist ter wereld) Nederland ftw XD

[TheRvh70]

hoe droog om hier de lyrics bij te zetten XD geweldig nummer!!

[mannychan60]

2:38 geweldig!!..XD

[TrojanSkinhead94]

Leuke lyrics

[twseel]

Thumbs up if your not Dutch, just to know.

[aramdeara1]

jan akkerman is de beste gitarist ooit ( in ieder geval de leukste liedjes) en focus de beste band ooit!!!!!!

[feybart]

Too bad it's just 7 minutes. :-(

[jamirosmajicrocks]

Beste Riff Ever?

[djeeuutoane]

@jamirosmajicrocks maybe smoke on the water is great, welcome to the jungle, all great riffs but i love the fact this is dutch ;)

[jamirosmajicrocks]

@djeeuutoane Smoke on the water en Welcome to the jungle zijn best kinderachtige riffs als je het zo bekijkt, Focus blinkt uit omdat het wel ergens op slaat maar wel anders klint.

[StickMeta]

Nike commercial :D

[BoredActivity]

Guitar player in here! xD

[alexisalexisalexis9]

aguante el rock



[satantrust]

Egt nuttig om die lyrics erbij te plaatses xD

[ttthomasde]

Beste tekst ooit

[TheNielsotterman]

@ttthomasde Idd, tenminste intelligenter dan de tekst van de artiesten die nu in de top 40 staan. 

[FRANKInLELA]

luv it its AWEOME !!!! U GUYS ROCK !!!

[killa2459]

Im scared

[margonca17]

Hey nederlandeers, you haved a great rock / jazz? group, here in Costa Rica sounded too much in the 70's. This song is crazy... an epic journey... :) greetings

[harpiyon]

man, they used to play this (and other cool 1960´s - 1970´s stuff) in a special disco in Landau Germany, during the late 1990´s / early 2000´s. great memories from that time... Mash, the creatures of the night are missin you!!

[legendkoen]

proud to be dutch <3

[Dauwedabbert1]

Helden!!!

[abbahh1]

supervet wist niet dat die nederlands was ik wil die graag spelen op gitaar!!!!!!!!

[BrutalLegend13]

@abbahh1 ja man helemaal met je eens, zeker dat ik deze wel wil kunnen spelen!!

[colintjuhh64]

Lol, ik hou van dit nummer (:

Wist niet eens dat dit nummer bestond O:

[MsRaichuD]

Die gitaar knalt echt jonge !

[Tablemaker59]

It's Icelandic!!

[MsRaichuD]

@Tablemaker59 No it isnt, you'd wish.

[Darktobi211]

@Tablemaker59

It's Dutch.

Een van de dingen die mij trots op mijn land kunnen maken =D

[DesiKroep11111111111]

This is one of the few things that makes me proud to be Dutch :D

[Alex10Niang7Emre5Dia]

Nike add, very nice song :)

[PESHybrid]

Zelfs Nike heeft er respect voor..

[rachskald]

Great song all the way through, but those vocals are especially genius! How do you come up with something like that?

Not to mention the lyrics of course... very deep ;) :p

[ilovecarrots555]

Dit is geniaal.

[jasper2252]

Hollandsche ouwe gouwe!!

[TheGioification]

Nederlandse trots :D

[superrico0]

lekker drummen man asome

[triplettam]

Some of the greatest guitar playing of all time. But it's the lyrics. Thanks pimhond for posting them. They bring tears to my eyes : ).

[haruhidebian]

gracias ceci por la cancion =)

[geertwildersful]

AS IT SAYS DUTCH MASTERS!!!!!!!

[DollMoviesStudios]

this creeps me out

[yahto99]

This is one of the first songs I learned to play on my Strat when I was a young 'un! Best finger stretching licks ever!

Thanks for the memories!

[BloodYEmo1000]

echt een hele goede riff

[DanAndHoe]

Wanneer ik dit hoor ben ik trots dat ik Nederlands ben.

[poepiebanaan]

@DanAndHoe Je neemt de woorden uit m'n mond :-)

[fritzkr9]

Absolutely fantastic tune! Thanks for posting it. Do you think the 80s group a-ha got their inspiration from Focus? I do. :-)

[destroidvideo]

echt gaaf , ik hou niet van nederlandse muziek. Maar dit is wel een favoriet van mij !

[dwars9786]

@destroidvideo

hahaha van mij ook xD

nederlandse muziek is over het algemeen behoorlijk slecht (frans bauer, gordon enz..... :s) maar dit is wel vet (:

[GandSAfan]

This was absolutely required listening in my grade school days.

[blizzardwarning]

Music of this caliber, does not require lyrics!! Greatness speaks for itself!

[timmmmmetje]

4 mensen die dit hebben gekeken zijn duitsers

[DutchSt0ner]

This makes me proud of my country everytime I hear this song. (btw I cried at 6:37)

[bunkinswpg]

thank for the upload!!!!!!

[jjjm94jjjm94]

nederlanderrrrsssss!

lekker nummer... ik ben 13 en ik drum...

echt super vet om te drummen!

[pimhond]

@jjjm94jjjm94 Helemaal met je eens. Ik drum zelf ook en die fills zijn fantastisch!

[Dilmenator]

@pimhond Everyone Check out: Balance band.. Componist of Focus for a (part) Cor visser from the netherlands joined half Balance with Kaya Dilmen and created Symfonic Rock 1972!

Cheers

[hurksel]

@pimhond lawl, ik ben ook nederlands en 13 :P aleen speel ik gitaar maar drummen is ook tjill

[FightTheElite]

@jjjm94jjjm94

Drum je dan met deze versie mee, of heb je die "Focus - Hocus Pocus Live '73" ook wel eens geprobeerd?

Groetjes van een bassist die dit ook chill vind om mee mee te spelen.

[jjjm94jjjm94]

@FightTheElite

ik dru altijd met deze versie mee.

bedankt voor de tip;)

ik probeer het vanafont wel;)

grtzz

[asdasdasdasdasdas497]

@jjjm94jjjm94 ik ben 25 en ik drum niet! Ik hou van taart, ijsjes.. uhhh pizza.. en nog veel meer!

[MaxuellisDonKariro]

puta merda, holy shit, scheizer, mierda carajo, fils de put hell yeah

[GmanGregilla]

3 people either dislkie the Dutch, or had some rather profoundly unpleasant experiences in Amsterdam's red-light district.

[Yosika123]

alot better then the dutch music nowadays ;)

[drieske333]

@Yosika123 SNIEWAAR GORE KUTZAK IK HAAT JE JORG

[Yosika123]

@drieske333 Ik hou van je Dries <3

[feybart]

@Yosika123 A lot better than music in general, nowadays. ;-)

[aramdeara1]

@Yosika123 i hate jan smit and fuckers like that

[MyMasterController]

@Yosika123 so true

[broekieman]

funny that they use such an old song in that Nike Write the Future commercial, and for me it's even more special cause the band is Dutch, i am too :D!!, Great song, and love the lyrics :P

[ModernSaxDotCom]

The Dutch know how to rock, that's all I got to say about that

[RebeccaDiana]

The bird lied...

[homemoviescolorado]

Who says yodelign isn't cool. Great tune

[flygiving]

wdf im dutch idk wut this means.

[Joeisreason]

kick ass lyrics =D

[guimaus666]

du caraio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dimitriwilliams23]

What do the lyrics mean!!!!????

[fastasfox]

Thanks Nike,i would never of found this tune in my life time. It rocks.

[daveaw69]

Shit hot..........'nuff said.

[jonaspandit]

id never heard this song before that commercial, fucking thank you nike.

this is awesome

[Irfan87]

Fucking Quagmire is singing at 2.36. Hahaha.

[Jlemay117]

man you mustve spent a while on the lyrics.

[pimhond]

@Jlemay117 Nah, I looked for it on Google.

[Dilmenator]

@pimhond User: Ballanceband

[BarefootCowboy100]

Moving Waves (1971)

[MultiRocker72]

Lekker nummer om mee te spelen op je banjoo

Hollandse muziek uit Nederland.

Great!!!

grtz from Netherlands (Amersfooort)

[SMG59]

is the singer retarded?

[naccienac]

Cool song, but the bass guitarist was in that time Cyril Havermans, around 1971. I know Cyril, he lives in the same city as I, in Breda in the Netherlands.

[Passiebal]

Tatrrrepôtetretrepiecôã-é-é-ô-­hã-hén-Hén

Ôi trégueregué-dôi detêro deguedô

A tataro teguereguedaw

Teguereguedêro dêdow Ô-Éhr-Ôhr-Êhr-Êhr-Áhr-Ó

Hé Hã He How

That sound ALOT like Quagmire...

[vfotn7]

3 people missed the thumbs up button!!!!

[kj3phh]

@vfotn7 yea...hopefully they all made new youtube accounts and made up for their errors :D

[boavist]

Write the Future

[MrTheferro]

Thank god that there are Dutchmen :)

[poesjemoor]

this song rockes!!!!! it's never the same! so cool!! love it (L)

[pyr0maniac100]

Because of Nike this song got discovered ...Thanks =)

[debezempjes]

Nike :)

[Cam78870]

@ Pimhond Thanks for Lyrics ! xD

[pimhond]

@Cam78870 Yeah that´s something everybody missed here

[70umqua70]

We've seen them do this live a few times, years ago - They're TIGHT as a band. TIGHT. And they always play their balls off.

[KidFlyer1]

Chris Moyles!!!!!!!!! ;)

[me1570]

@KidFlyer1 same dude

[bris5555]

caught this on chris moyales this mornin. aint heard it for ages????????? yep i,m a olddie BUT TOTAL DOGS

[PathogensQuest]

Just another reason I fucking love soccer. It's introduced me to so much sweet ass music like this. It absolutely smokes that jock rock bullshit we get in the States.

[kluknik]

KICK ASS SONG!

[Redding28]

Thanks Nike!

[chitakicalavera]

Rock bom é o das antigas!

essa musica ta sendo o tema da campanha nike Escrevendo o Futuro, da copa de 2010

[Jennytheshipper]

How awesome is that album cover? #FuckYeahFineArtSpoof

[mistermangetout]

THE Nike anthem for their advertising campaign during World Cup 2010. Class!

[Psykelic68]

Focus is a Dutch progressive rock band. It was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969. This is from 1971. I listen to it hundred times from a single vinyl-record. Later bought some vinyl LPs by Thijs van Leer, who did both Rock, Classical and Jazz albums. One of the Grandfathers of HeavyMetal..

[StijnLinderman]

Proud to be dutch :)

[uitje1]

@StijnLinderman me too!

[me1570]

fuck.... the part with the flute is so fucking epic 4:14

[mansquito14]

Makes me want to yodel :)

[NearsL]

Wayne Rooney's song,in the background of Nike's:Write the Future Promo :)

[Ldinos]

nike sent me here xD

[NearsL]

@Ldinos haha me too xD

[J04CH1M]

Akkerman the best!!

[Korsouforlife]

supurb

[Mindlab84]

Thanks for upload, nice quality, genius song

[cornela1]

Used in the new Nike WorldCup2010 Reclame :) (the rooney part and so on)

[gotgank]

Songs like this make you appreciate STEREO!!

[bigmanoooo1]

this song is awesome, weird ........but awesome

[Hawk44Gent]

Thanks much for uploading a really good sounding video of this magnificent rock classic. Its appreciated. Peace, Love, Sex, Drugs, Motorcycles, Pussy and all that great stuff.

[micheloderso]

@Hawk44Gent

Yes torty, that's progrock at it's best. No Popshit!

Thanks for uploading!!!

[topitapi]

FINALLY found this! Heard it a few months ago and it has been playing on my head since then!

[FlavioGirl]

when exactly did this song come out? I remember hearing this song in the late 70s. great song!!!!!!!! :)

[Arosinma2008]

The absolute BEST Quality of this Song here - THANKS

[gerbenbroodje]

Toen was de rock muziek nog goed ( then was the rock music good)

[dudesons441]

I wish the album version was as fast as they play it live :/. Still genius none the less.

[shredabilly13]

is that quagmire at 2:35?

[Irfan87]

@shredabilly13

HAHAHAHAHAHA, good spot mate.

[dwightownnoobs]

@shredabilly13 No it's one of the group members

[TL250Rider]

This Song is Fantastic

PRICELESS

[UltraLiteSpeed]

This still rocks my socks off today.. Just like it did in my High school days

[xxXSTURM81Xxx]

thx for uploading! ...great timeless masterpiece...

[crdom12the]

My Uncle let me listen to this album in the mid 1980s. I still have it. Oops! Do you blame me for keeping it?

[psychkoala]

yes ! ; )

[whothennow81]

this song is fucking nuts!!!!

[tigercat365]

Pure insane, frenetic genius. If you don't love this, you must hate life

[Dealwithitbaby]

3.44 is the mother of guitar

[phob1azz]

LOI LADA DOI LADA DOI LADA DOM POM POM!

[mcgregordaniel1]

I used to listen to this song on a small AM only radio when it first came out on the airwaves in Miami, (WQAM). The studio version was and still is the best!!!

[SakaWannabe]

First vinyl album I ever got.

[billyjoeboomboom]

They were such an incredibly talented band. Just don't make 'em like that anymore, sad to say.

[kaiser0790]

a lot better than live version, but then again this is how i remember it from 70s.

[nscaleguru]

Yes indeed, you found the HOLY GRAIL!!

I remember back in 1972 when this song first came out it took on cult status over night! Glad to hear you found a true great clasic. Regards N.S.G.

[brainstorm44]

@tandown1000

brought to you by the dutch, at your service!

[6tiis]

Goosebumps !!!!!!

[dedepamir]

An era defining piece of music. Simply genius!

[TheRunica]

This Rocks.

[luckyvet]

I prefer the faster live versions they played.

[bigkid36]

Awesome song!! But hard to sing along with the lyrics...lol

[DADDYTWOSIXTEEN]

the version that was on this album was slower. different

[star69elvis]

oh deary deary me! ace!

[1964kennyb]

OMG cant believe this is that old..An ME lol

[Chill7Pill]

Awesome!

[theDzones]

ouch

[MetalheadDude69]

Hell yeah!  This song is bitchin!

[dudemanbearpig]

This song rules

[oostenrijkopa]

vette muziek!!!

[robertbicho]

rock del mejor ,una super banda de musicos geniales !

[Delegado129]

Classic!!!!

Yeah!!!!

[fel77]

!!! temazo !!!!!

Rock puro .....

[MalTheDyke]

I know this classic pre dates what came to be known as headbanger music , but hot damn!!!,,,,I couldn't keep my head phones on and my hair kept splashing in my tea...i couldn't keep my head from moving!!...fuck!...what a tune!!

[countdumas]

Listen to ozric Tentacles on the youtube. Other great prog rock bands are melting euphoria, gong, praxis, uriah Heep

[MalTheDyke]

countduamas...yeah...I know some of those names.....in fact...Uriah Heep I remeber well....Magicians Birthday was my introduction....then Look at Yourself....Oh god I'm dating myself...laffs

[bob20202020]

Correct you are, sir =) Who wouldn't headbang to this?

[stupidvampiretwat]

@bob20202020 Tha man with the broken neck D:<

And even then, he would be trying to risk breaking the doctors orders :D

[bob20202020]

Certainly. I know I would.

[brainndamage]

listen only to the right headphone

[BetterName12]

lolz try to listen to this with headphones

[3811iberis]

This 1971 R&R instrumental is one of the finest from the decade of the 70's, it's full of energy, and it's ingenious, there hasn't been a track done since this one that matches this sound, classic!!

[8NecroMassacre9]

so crazy how they speed it up live

[WoutOr87]

well there should be a faster studio version of it, cause i've heard it pretty often on the dutch radio... but i cant find it..... do you have any idea?? thx a lot :)

[8NecroMassacre9]

dunno about that one. only one i know about is on here on youtube lol

[ajb7876]

this is fucking class,i remember wigging out to this when I was about 8 years old and it still sounds brilliant today.

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