She was the voice of the 60's, probably the most under rated off all time, she carried a generation on her back, and the load proved too much for her.
Cass sounds great, as always and she looks SO slim here - I always believe that some people just aren't built to be tiny and I believe that with Cass, too but this was a great size for her. She looks good.
An astonishing song made even more amazing in this performance by the fact she is singing LIVE to a boom microphone. The first time I ever heard this song was as a disquieting backdrop to a Horizon (BBC) documentary about San Francisco's earthquake history, and the ineptitude of town planners at that time (probably 1973-74) to take the fault line into consideration, even building schools over it.
This woman had some voice, and I don;t think she received the recognition she deserved while she was alive. No matter what she sang, she sang with her whole heart. Long live Mama Cass!
A wonderful record and Cass certainly believed in it but it did nothing. Worse, when she performed it in Las Vegas (and as I remember opened with it) it proved a major ingredient in the engagement being a disaster. Cass was all over T.V., including being a guest host on the Tonight Show, and didn't hesitate to talk about this song and its consequences. She could laugh at the whole thing. Her whole debut solo album was outstanding, including "The Room Nobody Loves In," my favorite.
Just wondering . . . despite the magnificent voice and excellent song - would someone who looked like Cass Elliot even be allowed on teh teevee here in 2010? Look what they did to Susan Boyle.
@The Translated...she actually lost about 100lbs before making this video. She fought with her weight all her life. Which caused alot of strain on her heart.
I love Cass Elliot. She had such an amazing, clear, and powerful voice that still blows me away. This is one of my favorite songs by her. Thanks for posting the video. This was great to see.
Wow look, someone who can sing without out being half naked and with 900 dancers! Cass could just stand there and sing to keep you there, makes me hate 90% of singers today.
WOW what a great song, and I LOVE CASS! Remember people singing talent comes in ALL shapes and sizes, not just one! SHE PROVES IT! best singers ever are Cass and Karen Carpenter!!!! NO QUESTION!
from what you see of cass in videos....she's sees like she was an incredibly friendly person....and most ppl who me her were friends...aka michelle philips and her hit it right off
@MunchumProductions Personally, I think she looked fantastic in most of her outfits...especially when you consider that back in the 60s and 70s the selections for plus sizes was extremely limited compared to nowadays.
@MunchumProductions During the late 60s, caftans, full A-line dresses, and what they used to call "granny dresses" (tent-like floor-length dresses in old-fashioned-looking, peasant-looking fabrics) were perfectly in line with fashion, so Cass may have just been adapting the styles of the time to her body. I think she made good choices. She is gorgeous.
We use to fear the bomb now these same people have destroyed our freedom now we fear the gov. You idiots I told you sometimes you get what you wish for.
I am at the point with this gov't where I would almost rather be at ground zero! Listening to Cass brings back a flood of conflicting memories of turbulent times, but even then we gave a damn about our fellow man. She could out-sing any female pop vocalist then and she can still do it from the grave (RIP)! There hasn't been a talent since that could sing with such grace while projecting with such great emotion. She has been missed...
I've just been lookin through Cass' discography and it's listed on her first solo album, which is headlined by "Dream a Little Dream of Me" which was definetly only on a M&P album. I remember hearing it on a Best of, but sometimes they get it wrong and include solo work from the artists after a band breaks up. Or is done while the band is together but is definetly solo....oh, forget it. Cheers anyway. I'm just gonna settle for "it's on both"
@9InchWarrior This was originally written by John Hartford (same guy who wrote Gentle On My Mind) on acoustic guitar, and he rearranged it for and orchestra, which is what you hear in this performance.
When she sang with the Mamas and Papas, she TOTALLY drowned out that skinny little blond....what a voice.....such strength and clarity..
...I remember seeing her do this on the Smothers Brothers, fel in love with this song, and hunted down the album it was on....FOUND IT!!!...oh, happy day!!!.....fabulous song, fabulous singer....I miss her...TR
The Skinny Blonde would be Michelle Phillips. I agree that Cass drowns out her voice, but Michelle also had some of her own singing roles in a couple of the Mamas & The Papas song (most noticeable "Dedicated to the One I Love"). Cass mainly sings with Michelle singing behind her like John does when Denny sings. Cass does a wonderful performance here <33
The thing is, to me she appears much slimmer than Jennifer Hudson and Beth Ditto.
I remember my mum telling me (she was from this era) that people were always talking about "Mama Cass's" weight problem when she was a girl, so I guess it was an issue then too.
So sad really. Women's bodies always seem to be public property.
So true I also think all women are beautiful thick or thin . I think people needs to see the beauty in everything and the inner beauty rather than just only outer all that gets you is heart ache mostly .
I don't really agree - I think she is greatly appreciated 25 years after her death; what is tragic (for me anyway) is she died leaving such a small amount of work behind.
Mind you, she was veering toward cabaret at the end: Had she not died so young, she might be completely forgotten now. Anyway, what a voice.
I really wish the M&Ps had made at least a couple more records....
I own this on DVD- I love the Smothers Brothers and Cass Elliot both. This was one of her best performances. This song is soooooooooo underrated. Thanks for posting!
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This is a prediction of the man-made HAARP earthquakes that began in the years shortly after this was released. The Mama and Papa's parents were involved in the clandestine services of the armed forces that experimented in all of that type of top secret science being used daily today.
such a deep and hypnotic bass line, and her vocals, my god simply some of the best singing i have ever heard....modern female singers could take a lot of inspiration from this.
There was only one Cass. There will NEVER be another! Sadly, the real appreciation of her true talent did not come until after she was gone. I remember when she was here she was usually treated as just another 'personality'. And much of that was based on her appearance which is really sad. However she WAS here and left an indellible mark which still draws people more than 40 years since she began and nearly 35 years since she passed. Her star still shines bright.
people like cass are the reason i wish i had grown up in the 60's. music was about expression back then, not record sales. and her voice is so pure and clear without any editing, i'd like to see some of those skinny bitches singing on the radio today do that! lol
I never heard this song before... love it! I wish there were more perfomers like Mama Cass around today. Don't give a fuck what you look like, get out there and sing!!!
Cass Elliot was beautiful. I do not care what people think about "stereotypes" for women beauty. So what, she was fat and very beautiful. And what a voice...
Cass Elliot was a heart of The Mamas And The Papas. She was a belter, today, She's my queen of music. Thank, You Cass for everything, thank, You for Your music.
Thank You for everything You did.
Today people looking only how the singer or
performer looks, but they didn't respect singer's talent and music. Maybee that's not true but i think it's today's situation. Cass was beautiful.
Now People johann99 didn't say anything wrong. The British papers did say she did choking on a ham sandwhich (really it was a heart attack). Cass R.I.P.
Its a sorry state of affairs that in 2000, even with a great voice like Cass, to make it these days you need to be 'commercial' which means model looks instead of talent or personality.
Hopefully the internet and free mediums for music / artists will change that and stop the fat cats sucking life out of creative people. Back in the 60s it was all about the music, the voice. What happened? I think we will have a music revolution, some great artists are emerging
It's almost scary listening to her. I keep expecting her to fault on some of the higher notes... Like most of today's artists would... But no, she nails everything. God, I love her.
The mamas and the papas have always been my favorite group. I remember hearing their first album and loving Cass (and the others), but she was truly the stand out of the group. Such a large voice and presence. I have this album, not the cd, and listen to it every so often. What show was this from? She really was great!!! Her life was too short but I really think she will not be forgotten. Thanks to the many posters, and to you 2old2Rock, who keep her performances and memory alive.
This is amazing. I think I actually saw this as a little boy the first time it aired in the late 1960s on CBS-TV - I seem to remember Cass surrounded by all those lamps! THANK YOU for posting!
This song is so comforting for me. She makes the worst seem like its expected--to not worry--to just try our best. Whats gonna happen is going to happen.
All I can say is, just thank God for Mama Cass Elliot. I'm a skinny guy in a skinny culture, and that's usually the way it is. But every now and then someone with a huge body has an even bigger soul, and it just comes out. Her very existence in the world, the fact that she lived the way she did and was who she was, gives me hope.
I do recall some ages past hearing this song on a BBC Horizon programme about the san andreas fault, and the visuals accompanying were a bunch of SF bikers riding along the fault line, this must have been way way back though.
They tell me the folks in Seattle have more to be worried about than those down the coast.
Me too!, I loved Horizon and California but was too young to go, now I can afford it I go as often as possible and always remember the atmosphere created by Mama Cass's song.
Why am I only now finding this song? Its brilliant. And no, Ive not been on mars...just never ever heard this marvellous piece of work by Mama Cass. ROCK ON.
great song from the shockingly great and incredible "dream a little dream" lp. i mean, i love her singing, but that lp is a real piece of art.
what control she has, she even enunciates every syllable-- the "R" at the end of "right thru here"... most singers drop half of the final consonants and assume you know the word they mean. party on, cass.
Could never understand why this record didn't became a big hit. She opened with it in her Las Vegas debut and had a disaster with the show. Came back to Vegas later with a new show and scored a gigantic hit. Tucked into her solo albums is some exceptional music. Check out "The Room Nobody Lives In."
Cass made an actual video for this song, or "promo clip" as they called them back then. I saw a brief bit of it on a TV special in the early 1990s but I've never seen it on YouTube. Hope it shows up someday so I can see the whole thing...but this clip is great in the meantime. I too love the song.
I love Cass, who cares about her weight, I only wish she had lost weight because then she might still be around singing like a bird. She was a gorgeous and talented woman!
A little bit of history about the mamas and papas. At first Mama Cass was a groupie. She auditioned but was not allowed into the band. It was not because of her size, but rather because she could not hit the high notes that the songs already written required. Then, She was hit on the head with a copper pipe while passing a construction site. When she came through, amazinginly, she could now hit those high notes. Don't believe me, look it up for yourself
Cass was not a "groupie". She was friends w/ John, Michelle and Denny. John did not want her into the group since he was after a Peter, Paul and Mary look. The pipe story is total bunk although often stated by Cass herself in interview. Cass liked to embelish and make life more interesting. Good Copy.
the pipe hitting her on the head is a fact.. check out the mamas and the papas california dreaming dvd. she was infact a good friend of dennys. she was not wanted in the group because of not being able to hit the notes, till after the pipe accident.
This is the first time I ever heard about this copper pipe thing.
The only urban legend I remember about Cass Elliot is that she supposedly died by chocking on a ham and cheese sandwich, which is totally false, regardless of what anybody says......yes even Austin Powers!
However, her friends later said that the pipe story was used as a less embarrassing explanation for why John had kept her out of the group for so long, because the real reason she was not accepted sooner was that John considered her to be too fat.
No, you never got to see her since she was 20 years dead when you were born. I saw her twice. Once with the M&P's and once solo. She was the best female vocalist of the 20th century and we were lucky to have her for the short time we did.
if you knew anything about cass and her music, you would have known she died of a heart attack. i can imagine what you look like. who cares about you anyhow??? lets see if people look at your work 30 yrs. from now
I'm not sure when John Hartford's version came out. It's currently available as a bonus track on the John Hartford/Iron Mountain Depot twofer CD. Cass' version came out in November of 1968. Norman Greenbaum rush-released a version of it in early 1971 to capitalize on the real February earthquake that had just happened. It stiffed at #93. Cass' single did a little better at #67.
To the Moron, Jaroncreed, you are cruel, & OBESE in unkindness, OXYGEN is wasted on a Lowlife like you, it's a pity incredable talent like the unmatchable Mamma Cass, are not around today, so much garbage out there now, you have'nt a clue Turkey.. RIP.. CASS.. AUSSIE.. MARY ..
I LOVE Cass Elliot. I just hate the fact that people are so obessed with her size. Even though it caused her death, that's not all she was. She was HAPPY with herself! She even posed nude to show her confidence. I say we celebrate talent & not looks. It's sad that there's hardly any good talent like Cass Elliot out now..
I remember when E! showed episodes of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (and recorded almost all of them), but THIS performance (which aired on 9/29/68) did NOT air.
OMG!!! how freakin awesome is cass??! she MADE the mamas and hte papas with her personality and rockin voice. a true legend!!!! i'm only 16 so this was way before my time, but this is proof of how talent and heart live forever. WOOHOO go cass!!! see ya in heaven!! love<33333
Cass was great. Thanks so much for posting this never to be seen on dvd video. I remember E! showing The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour before that network went down the toilet like all the rest.
Her voice gives me goosebumps :)
anatoriac 2 months ago
She was the voice of the 60's, probably the most under rated off all time, she carried a generation on her back, and the load proved too much for her.
roughrun 7 months ago
Cass sounds great, as always and she looks SO slim here - I always believe that some people just aren't built to be tiny and I believe that with Cass, too but this was a great size for her. She looks good.
Dexie78 9 months ago 3
An astonishing song made even more amazing in this performance by the fact she is singing LIVE to a boom microphone. The first time I ever heard this song was as a disquieting backdrop to a Horizon (BBC) documentary about San Francisco's earthquake history, and the ineptitude of town planners at that time (probably 1973-74) to take the fault line into consideration, even building schools over it.
auspete 9 months ago
kind of an alarming song - "we're all gonna die!"
SupernalOne 9 months ago
This woman had some voice, and I don;t think she received the recognition she deserved while she was alive. No matter what she sang, she sang with her whole heart. Long live Mama Cass!
Charis114 10 months ago
Always loved this song.
DanielSelby1965 1 year ago
A wonderful record and Cass certainly believed in it but it did nothing. Worse, when she performed it in Las Vegas (and as I remember opened with it) it proved a major ingredient in the engagement being a disaster. Cass was all over T.V., including being a guest host on the Tonight Show, and didn't hesitate to talk about this song and its consequences. She could laugh at the whole thing. Her whole debut solo album was outstanding, including "The Room Nobody Loves In," my favorite.
waynebrasler 1 year ago
Just wondering . . . despite the magnificent voice and excellent song - would someone who looked like Cass Elliot even be allowed on teh teevee here in 2010? Look what they did to Susan Boyle.
Maybe we should become extinct.
Marker773 1 year ago 6
Glorious!! Love this.
Marker773 1 year ago
@The Translated...she actually lost about 100lbs before making this video. She fought with her weight all her life. Which caused alot of strain on her heart.
steelcarnation 1 year ago
I love Cass Elliot. She had such an amazing, clear, and powerful voice that still blows me away. This is one of my favorite songs by her. Thanks for posting the video. This was great to see.
Cass Elliot, you are still loved and missed.
bradster67 1 year ago 2
she was big, but she wasn't fat. Her body looks decent to me.
TheTranslated 1 year ago 2
I love her! she had such a unique sound. she is timeless..
sugasoul189 1 year ago
prophetic?....love that the song mentions 'Atlantis'....
tobiaslarsgunnar 1 year ago
I love this song - got the 45. Thanks for posting the video.
tweedmonster 1 year ago
best voice!!!!
monawak 1 year ago
this is one of my favorites of her's :)
youngandforever 1 year ago
I love you Cass...
Nighthawk19640 1 year ago 2
to every one who notices the set the dress the wotever
go get some cotton buds insert in your ears and watch/listen again
u re no hippies!
MURPHNSPUD 1 year ago
Wow look, someone who can sing without out being half naked and with 900 dancers! Cass could just stand there and sing to keep you there, makes me hate 90% of singers today.
Karlene7 1 year ago 8
You are so true. She had a voice worth a thousand of today's crap! God rest her-one of the true greats of our time.
Thx40 1 year ago 3
WOW what a great song, and I LOVE CASS! Remember people singing talent comes in ALL shapes and sizes, not just one! SHE PROVES IT! best singers ever are Cass and Karen Carpenter!!!! NO QUESTION!
maleficentdiva 1 year ago
I love this song. I also love those Tiffany style lampshades!
yellowlucky70 1 year ago
from what you see of cass in videos....she's sees like she was an incredibly friendly person....and most ppl who me her were friends...aka michelle philips and her hit it right off
amabilis77 2 years ago 2
omg i dont know why she wore all of those outfits that made her look big! shes gourges! she doesnt even look big in this video!
MunchumProductions 2 years ago 2
@MunchumProductions Personally, I think she looked fantastic in most of her outfits...especially when you consider that back in the 60s and 70s the selections for plus sizes was extremely limited compared to nowadays.
belladeballe 2 years ago
@MunchumProductions During the late 60s, caftans, full A-line dresses, and what they used to call "granny dresses" (tent-like floor-length dresses in old-fashioned-looking, peasant-looking fabrics) were perfectly in line with fashion, so Cass may have just been adapting the styles of the time to her body. I think she made good choices. She is gorgeous.
colibri1 1 year ago 2
I LOVE YOU CASS ELLIOT!
enghaii 2 years ago
imagine how disappointed she woud be. little children, bickering & bickering & bickering
guy070467 2 years ago
this is a great job, great job CASS!!!
ejectorerector 2 years ago 2
We use to fear the bomb now these same people have destroyed our freedom now we fear the gov. You idiots I told you sometimes you get what you wish for.
golfprobro4eagles 2 years ago
I am at the point with this gov't where I would almost rather be at ground zero! Listening to Cass brings back a flood of conflicting memories of turbulent times, but even then we gave a damn about our fellow man. She could out-sing any female pop vocalist then and she can still do it from the grave (RIP)! There hasn't been a talent since that could sing with such grace while projecting with such great emotion. She has been missed...
cbxsage 2 years ago 3
Is this from a M&P album, or is it just a solo of Cass'?
9InchWarrior 2 years ago
M&P album... cant remember which one
medusan980 2 years ago
It's definitely a solo number but it does appear on some M&P compilation (i.e 'Best of") albums.
2old2Rock 2 years ago
I've just been lookin through Cass' discography and it's listed on her first solo album, which is headlined by "Dream a Little Dream of Me" which was definetly only on a M&P album. I remember hearing it on a Best of, but sometimes they get it wrong and include solo work from the artists after a band breaks up. Or is done while the band is together but is definetly solo....oh, forget it. Cheers anyway. I'm just gonna settle for "it's on both"
9InchWarrior 2 years ago
@9InchWarrior This was originally written by John Hartford (same guy who wrote Gentle On My Mind) on acoustic guitar, and he rearranged it for and orchestra, which is what you hear in this performance.
p53K120R 1 year ago
Cass looks so good!! i LOVE YOU CASS!!!!!!!
ktbug28 2 years ago
just listen to the tone of her voice....absolutely fantastic. Very few artists have matched her since !!
joey691d 2 years ago 5
i think KEvronius said all that need be said,,,,just wonderful!!!
heagy56 2 years ago
I am slightly obsessed with this performance. Just wonderful.
shiningautumn 2 years ago 5
Go Cass baby!!!
omnicub3 2 years ago 5
This is so fantastic.
rscmrcmd 2 years ago
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The only earthquake goin' on is Cass stompin' her feet around on that stage.
seansotheman 2 years ago
everything about cass was big. big talent. big voice. big body. big heart. big intellect. big appetites. big presence.
while you just are a small fuck, watching one of her very many brilliant performances archived here.
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KEvronius 2 years ago 40
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I like the bass in this song. Oh, wait, that's her feet stompin' on the ground...
seansotheman 2 years ago
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*yawn*
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DanielSelby1965 2 years ago
ooh, I like this song. my mom said she liked Cass, so now I'm interested. and I've always loved the song California Dreamin...
MrFairygodmother 2 years ago
i'M iN LOVE WiTH MAMA CASS!!!!!!!!!
ktbug28 2 years ago 8
man i wish i could've been born four decades earlier so i could've seen her in person :) ugh... today's music is just computer-generated garbage. :P
illinoisboyinchi 2 years ago 6
california's a death trap, Cass Elliot agrees.
KittieShiny 2 years ago
When she sang with the Mamas and Papas, she TOTALLY drowned out that skinny little blond....what a voice.....such strength and clarity..
...I remember seeing her do this on the Smothers Brothers, fel in love with this song, and hunted down the album it was on....FOUND IT!!!...oh, happy day!!!.....fabulous song, fabulous singer....I miss her...TR
tartanrocker 2 years ago 3
The Skinny Blonde would be Michelle Phillips. I agree that Cass drowns out her voice, but Michelle also had some of her own singing roles in a couple of the Mamas & The Papas song (most noticeable "Dedicated to the One I Love"). Cass mainly sings with Michelle singing behind her like John does when Denny sings. Cass does a wonderful performance here <33
CharmedPrue140 2 years ago 5
Close your eyes and listen to the depth and quality of that voice... wheres our great voices today?
markymark398 2 years ago 7
She is absolutely GREAT
leerroy234 2 years ago 2
OH MY GOSH!!! i LOOOVE HER!!! A RARE TALENT & BEAUTY.
ktbug28 2 years ago 3
I love the lyrics to this song - so unusual. And Cass singing is sublime of course.
Rebus18 2 years ago 2
personally i think she had a brilliant voice, who cares about her looks. incredible song
rest in peace
lankygrafton 2 years ago 3
The thing is, to me she appears much slimmer than Jennifer Hudson and Beth Ditto.
I remember my mum telling me (she was from this era) that people were always talking about "Mama Cass's" weight problem when she was a girl, so I guess it was an issue then too.
So sad really. Women's bodies always seem to be public property.
radsue 2 years ago 6
So true I also think all women are beautiful thick or thin . I think people needs to see the beauty in everything and the inner beauty rather than just only outer all that gets you is heart ache mostly .
CrystalDawn2507 2 years ago 2
Cass was an under aprreciated talent.I think her weight had alot to do with it. How sad
justme632 2 years ago 3
I don't really agree - I think she is greatly appreciated 25 years after her death; what is tragic (for me anyway) is she died leaving such a small amount of work behind.
Mind you, she was veering toward cabaret at the end: Had she not died so young, she might be completely forgotten now. Anyway, what a voice.
I really wish the M&Ps had made at least a couple more records....
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titanic468 2 years ago
Karen Carpenter is dead too. Too fat, too thin. It is all relative.
sebringdnf 2 years ago 2
Susan Boyle did not invent anything :)
ericj38 2 years ago
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whoa... what a heffa
uggabug 2 years ago
Wow, someone needs to get a life.
Instead of insulting dead people.
Congratulations on being weak :}
Soonni2k6 2 years ago 11
Well, his name (uggabug) seems to be a reflection of his personality, completely. People see him coming and go "Ugh, a Bug" ...lol
wally1435 2 years ago
I own this on DVD- I love the Smothers Brothers and Cass Elliot both. This was one of her best performances. This song is soooooooooo underrated. Thanks for posting!
lizlawton 2 years ago 2
Was it mentioned that this is a John Hartford song?
us19 2 years ago
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Ill bet she could cause an earthquake
MyFartFace 2 years ago
come on, grow up man
ananas4life 2 years ago
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tg2258 2 years ago
an absolute classic.. you left us too early Cass xx
carterfan67 2 years ago 8
One of Cass' best. She's backed up with brass & a band, which all rock this song up. It's got a soul feel too. She sounds great on this. 1968.
gassygoon 2 years ago 6
great. and not simple. Cass & Karen & Dusty: My favourite white Singers!! I love you.
kallemansen 2 years ago
hahhahaha casss karen and dusty are also my favourite singers! :D
bgbdVa87 2 years ago
What a voice!
mwp62 3 years ago
no ha habido otra igual
jorgectt 3 years ago
She had a greatest female voice ever! Just listen! What a singing quality...
detectivechristopher 3 years ago 3
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Simple music for simple minded people.
LOL. LONG LIVE IGNORANT SHEEP...
ruleoforder 3 years ago
says the man favouriting videos about people failing etc.
Whos the sheep now bitch.
TheBlackSupra 3 years ago
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kallemansen 2 years ago
We love Cass!!
CosmicTraveler 3 years ago 4
She is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aciddreams1980 3 years ago 5
Cass is my heroine
hornetobiker 3 years ago 4
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This is a prediction of the man-made HAARP earthquakes that began in the years shortly after this was released. The Mama and Papa's parents were involved in the clandestine services of the armed forces that experimented in all of that type of top secret science being used daily today.
iggy6 3 years ago
such a deep and hypnotic bass line, and her vocals, my god simply some of the best singing i have ever heard....modern female singers could take a lot of inspiration from this.
TRANSAM19777 3 years ago
i really miss you cass.
wecos77 3 years ago 5
There was only one Cass. There will NEVER be another! Sadly, the real appreciation of her true talent did not come until after she was gone. I remember when she was here she was usually treated as just another 'personality'. And much of that was based on her appearance which is really sad. However she WAS here and left an indellible mark which still draws people more than 40 years since she began and nearly 35 years since she passed. Her star still shines bright.
JerseySurvivor 3 years ago 7
Evidently, she had an IQ over 160. That's on par with what Einstein was.
leftwingnazi 3 years ago 5
There was,is and will be only one Cass.
friendlyflow 3 years ago 2
And she thought she couldn't sing!!!! Crazy!
ses76 3 years ago
anyone else notice that the video of the "earthquake" was changed for black and white and inserted into pink floy'd Live in Pompeii
aflaks 3 years ago
You know, I think you could be right about that aflaks. Looks awfully familiar
suzek55 3 years ago
people like cass are the reason i wish i had grown up in the 60's. music was about expression back then, not record sales. and her voice is so pure and clear without any editing, i'd like to see some of those skinny bitches singing on the radio today do that! lol
Kaytedont 3 years ago 3
you tell them where that line runs through
jinglesdelille 3 years ago
pure soul
friendlyflow 3 years ago 2
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ps. i always knew the faultline ran threw here! lol!
ewr2112 3 years ago
this video is truly a treasure!
ewr2112 3 years ago 3
I never heard this song before... love it! I wish there were more perfomers like Mama Cass around today. Don't give a fuck what you look like, get out there and sing!!!
therealazaro 3 years ago 4
Cass Elliot was beautiful. I do not care what people think about "stereotypes" for women beauty. So what, she was fat and very beautiful. And what a voice...
rfcury 3 years ago 12
Cass Elliot was a heart of The Mamas And The Papas. She was a belter, today, She's my queen of music. Thank, You Cass for everything, thank, You for Your music.
Thank You for everything You did.
Today people looking only how the singer or
performer looks, but they didn't respect singer's talent and music. Maybee that's not true but i think it's today's situation. Cass was beautiful.
detectivechristopher 3 years ago 2
Now People johann99 didn't say anything wrong. The British papers did say she did choking on a ham sandwhich (really it was a heart attack). Cass R.I.P.
PennyLane897 3 years ago
Its a sorry state of affairs that in 2000, even with a great voice like Cass, to make it these days you need to be 'commercial' which means model looks instead of talent or personality.
Hopefully the internet and free mediums for music / artists will change that and stop the fat cats sucking life out of creative people. Back in the 60s it was all about the music, the voice. What happened? I think we will have a music revolution, some great artists are emerging
Love to you Cass
UltimateStoofer 3 years ago
are you back in 2000? wish nader good luck for me!
mattjblythe01 3 years ago
She's SO natural! She was amazing! Singers like this don't come around too often.
titanic468 3 years ago 3
It's almost scary listening to her. I keep expecting her to fault on some of the higher notes... Like most of today's artists would... But no, she nails everything. God, I love her.
Luluboi 3 years ago 4
Cass you were so beautiful.
BeatlesChick1972 3 years ago 7
The mamas and the papas have always been my favorite group. I remember hearing their first album and loving Cass (and the others), but she was truly the stand out of the group. Such a large voice and presence. I have this album, not the cd, and listen to it every so often. What show was this from? She really was great!!! Her life was too short but I really think she will not be forgotten. Thanks to the many posters, and to you 2old2Rock, who keep her performances and memory alive.
grego26 3 years ago 2
Thank God for Youtube! I've never seen these clips regardless of lip synching or not.
carlynutt 3 years ago 3
This is amazing. I think I actually saw this as a little boy the first time it aired in the late 1960s on CBS-TV - I seem to remember Cass surrounded by all those lamps! THANK YOU for posting!
BigGoogleIsWatching 3 years ago
This song is so comforting for me. She makes the worst seem like its expected--to not worry--to just try our best. Whats gonna happen is going to happen.
gestahl22 3 years ago 2
i know her from a british film (beautiful thing) just so beautiful voice she got!
a520simba 3 years ago
fabulous song, fabulous voice, fabulous cass!
coracleman 3 years ago
Love this song, it pops up on my ipod frequently. Cass was one of the greats.
SS421982 3 years ago
wonderful voice...
Sibarit1973 3 years ago
WOW! All the way to the top, Cass is sorely missed
stardance99 3 years ago
She was wonderful thank God for audio and video recordings.
KeeChrs 3 years ago 3
All I can say is, just thank God for Mama Cass Elliot. I'm a skinny guy in a skinny culture, and that's usually the way it is. But every now and then someone with a huge body has an even bigger soul, and it just comes out. Her very existence in the world, the fact that she lived the way she did and was who she was, gives me hope.
melvinbrand 3 years ago 7
There are people who are big with bigger hearts all around us. Mama Cass definitely fits the bill.
In this must be skinny culture (especially if you are a woman), too many people have their talents overlooked for their size.
djdeac 3 years ago 6
One of, if not, the best ever.
OminousOracle 3 years ago
I do recall some ages past hearing this song on a BBC Horizon programme about the san andreas fault, and the visuals accompanying were a bunch of SF bikers riding along the fault line, this must have been way way back though.
They tell me the folks in Seattle have more to be worried about than those down the coast.
Brilliant song, brilliant singer.
inregionecaecorum 3 years ago
True, I live in Spokane. If Mount Ranier goes, Bye Bye Seattle and Tacoma.
Dildgaf 3 years ago
Hi,
Me too!, I loved Horizon and California but was too young to go, now I can afford it I go as often as possible and always remember the atmosphere created by Mama Cass's song.
imperialhighway 2 years ago 4
Why am I only now finding this song? Its brilliant. And no, Ive not been on mars...just never ever heard this marvellous piece of work by Mama Cass. ROCK ON.
roughnut1963 3 years ago
great song from the shockingly great and incredible "dream a little dream" lp. i mean, i love her singing, but that lp is a real piece of art.
what control she has, she even enunciates every syllable-- the "R" at the end of "right thru here"... most singers drop half of the final consonants and assume you know the word they mean. party on, cass.
chocolatelabfilms 3 years ago 2
Yes, enunciation rocks. Many good singers have been ruined for me because of their lack of enunciation.
Hermgirl666 3 years ago 4
Love and miss you still Mama Cass!!! Simply the best!
justinmtoth 3 years ago 4
She could sing very well still is No. 1 female singer in my book
madmoses59 3 years ago
Beautiful voice beautiful talent, beatuful CASS ELLIOT.
detectivechristopher 3 years ago
She is my twin sister, I can not even belived it!!!
arihvideos 4 years ago
Cass=the best!!!
ViolinCyndee 4 years ago
OMG, she's fabulous....Cass Elliot is one of my sixties icons
NSW2040 4 years ago
Great! : )
stormvixen 4 years ago
She is so good! New Fan.
amaraca 4 years ago 2
i had never heard her sing solo until this song and its freakin awesome!!!
yellowismellow 4 years ago
A PIPE DID NOT FALL ON HER HEAD! urban legend!!
eimearmurphy 4 years ago
That voice... that incredible voice. She was so amazing.
WritingJenny73070 4 years ago
Could never understand why this record didn't became a big hit. She opened with it in her Las Vegas debut and had a disaster with the show. Came back to Vegas later with a new show and scored a gigantic hit. Tucked into her solo albums is some exceptional music. Check out "The Room Nobody Lives In."
waynebrasler 4 years ago
Cass made an actual video for this song, or "promo clip" as they called them back then. I saw a brief bit of it on a TV special in the early 1990s but I've never seen it on YouTube. Hope it shows up someday so I can see the whole thing...but this clip is great in the meantime. I too love the song.
RSG2006 4 years ago
I love Cass, who cares about her weight, I only wish she had lost weight because then she might still be around singing like a bird. She was a gorgeous and talented woman!
DA90027 4 years ago
so big deal she had a weight problem.Try to sing like she did in that calibre and i would call you worthy otherwise shut up.
ninitine 4 years ago
A little bit of history about the mamas and papas. At first Mama Cass was a groupie. She auditioned but was not allowed into the band. It was not because of her size, but rather because she could not hit the high notes that the songs already written required. Then, She was hit on the head with a copper pipe while passing a construction site. When she came through, amazinginly, she could now hit those high notes. Don't believe me, look it up for yourself
davidgonzales2 4 years ago
Cass was not a "groupie". She was friends w/ John, Michelle and Denny. John did not want her into the group since he was after a Peter, Paul and Mary look. The pipe story is total bunk although often stated by Cass herself in interview. Cass liked to embelish and make life more interesting. Good Copy.
turbo1964 4 years ago
the pipe hitting her on the head is a fact.. check out the mamas and the papas california dreaming dvd. she was infact a good friend of dennys. she was not wanted in the group because of not being able to hit the notes, till after the pipe accident.
deenaj44 4 years ago 2
This is the first time I ever heard about this copper pipe thing.
The only urban legend I remember about Cass Elliot is that she supposedly died by chocking on a ham and cheese sandwich, which is totally false, regardless of what anybody says......yes even Austin Powers!
She died of heart failure in July of 1974
TVFREAKMAN 3 years ago
However, her friends later said that the pipe story was used as a less embarrassing explanation for why John had kept her out of the group for so long, because the real reason she was not accepted sooner was that John considered her to be too fat.
meanwiddlekid 2 years ago
I LOVE YOU CASS! im only thirteen so I never got the chance to live in her time but I LOVE HER ANYWAY!
steppenjeffairplane 4 years ago 2
No, you never got to see her since she was 20 years dead when you were born. I saw her twice. Once with the M&P's and once solo. She was the best female vocalist of the 20th century and we were lucky to have her for the short time we did.
SigneAnderson 4 years ago
Cass was before my time -- I was only 4 when she died... but have I have enjoyed her music my whole life... Nice clip - thanks for uploading!
richmarino 4 years ago
I probably saw this as a child and was too young to appreciate it. I really like both Cass and John Hartford so this is a joy to see again!
artlongjr 4 years ago
Thanks for posting "Marvellous Cass" Can anyone tell me if there is any video with her performing of Sammy Fain´s lyrics "I can dream can´t I"?????
jupsag60 4 years ago
if you knew anything about cass and her music, you would have known she died of a heart attack. i can imagine what you look like. who cares about you anyhow??? lets see if people look at your work 30 yrs. from now
deenaj44 4 years ago
jaroncreed, shut up.
Your stupidity&cruelness doesn't impress anybody here.
You're just making a total ass out of yourself, so why even try to be funny?
Anyways...
I love Mama Cass!!
=]
brittaneecobain 4 years ago
Great John Hartford Tune.
IDLERACER 4 years ago
Did John Hartford record this before Cass?
jemb2000 3 years ago
I'm not sure when John Hartford's version came out. It's currently available as a bonus track on the John Hartford/Iron Mountain Depot twofer CD. Cass' version came out in November of 1968. Norman Greenbaum rush-released a version of it in early 1971 to capitalize on the real February earthquake that had just happened. It stiffed at #93. Cass' single did a little better at #67.
IDLERACER 3 years ago
From the smothers brothers episode I saw - uncut, they recorded this episode in September of '68, for airing later that month
so, I presume so.
Also, something about this woman is so...touching to me. I can't figure out what.
LordSariel42 3 years ago
To the Moron, Jaroncreed, you are cruel, & OBESE in unkindness, OXYGEN is wasted on a Lowlife like you, it's a pity incredable talent like the unmatchable Mamma Cass, are not around today, so much garbage out there now, you have'nt a clue Turkey.. RIP.. CASS.. AUSSIE.. MARY ..
FunkStarEmbalmer 4 years ago
I LOVE Cass Elliot. I just hate the fact that people are so obessed with her size. Even though it caused her death, that's not all she was. She was HAPPY with herself! She even posed nude to show her confidence. I say we celebrate talent & not looks. It's sad that there's hardly any good talent like Cass Elliot out now..
ShinbiBelldandy 4 years ago
groovy song
jackdollhandler 4 years ago
A lovely woman. Real. I love her.
FightForChrist 4 years ago
Hi,
I remember when E! showed episodes of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (and recorded almost all of them), but THIS performance (which aired on 9/29/68) did NOT air.
manofmanyinterests 4 years ago
i love cass elliot! The Eddie Fegil ( might have spelled that wrong) bio is a great read
oldschooljamz87 4 years ago
OMG!!! how freakin awesome is cass??! she MADE the mamas and hte papas with her personality and rockin voice. a true legend!!!! i'm only 16 so this was way before my time, but this is proof of how talent and heart live forever. WOOHOO go cass!!! see ya in heaven!! love<33333
Rawk4ever 4 years ago
you know, i'm happy you said what you did, your right, there would be no mama's and the papa's with out her, you and me, and everybody, we love her.
ralphedds1 4 years ago
I love this song! Gives me goosebumps! Luv u Cass!
benneyboi29 4 years ago
If Cass did not pass on her collection woulda been even greater! What a talent.
landrew1208800 4 years ago
I love this song.. one of Cass's lesser known gems. =)
Jayeug 4 years ago
Just read her biography. She was an awesome talent.
muscleboy181 4 years ago
What a voice! What a lady. I trully love this woman. This is a true legend, and this is the era when people really had talent.
prjr1973 4 years ago
She looks amazing in this. Thanks for posting it!!
ItalianLoco 4 years ago
Cass was great. Thanks so much for posting this never to be seen on dvd video. I remember E! showing The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour before that network went down the toilet like all the rest.
storrs19 4 years ago
Music hasn't been worth a damn since Mama Cass passed way. Thanks!