grace slick & the great society - darkly smiling

[ElComadreja777]

I had the hots for her something fierce in the 60s.

[RomanSoper]

Love this song! Go Grace!!!

[clarkewi]

Grace is amazing.

[Arm2]

The bad thing is that I have most of those pictures of Grace.

[SuperStudent001]

This song = wtf why wasn't I around for the 60's instead of this lil wayne bullshit

[jackhillty]

who would ever believe that there would someday be enuff interest in The Great Society that you'd have to sit thru a commercial to hear them?

[Nixnicoll]

Oh Grace Slick had a voice to die for.!!

[jymmysun]

classic sound love it.

[shaneh1983]

great song

[TheGorillabiker]

thanks for posting this wonderful stuff. I did not know anything about Grace in her pre Jefferson days. What a voice!

[TheGorillabiker]

thanks for posting this wonderful stuff. I did not know anything about Grace in her pre Jefferson days. What a voice!

[brucecolburn]

i didnt know she was so beautiul

[9988776698]

very nice

[BBINGHAM032352]

Yes,I love this song. Let's hope that someday folk music will again dominate the music scene.

[ggreenwood4]

She was "THE FIRST PERSON" I met on "Haight Street" in the summer of 1967! She invited me to see her perform in Golden Gate Park that day!

[johnnyleonard1]

@ggreenwood4 such a cool lady and yes , remember those eyes,

believe Me you will never forget. the gaze .

[abcabc22100]

she is beautiful and her voice is tremendous; she is always nicely and fashionably dressed; what has happened to today's woman? so pretty. i miss my wife. we sure had fun; grace is something; Glad she got sober!

[68beano]

the men in black goes lurching thru i use to read fate magazine when they had an issue about the men in black and i also got this album at a garage sale around the same time great times in life i wanna go to az on the plains and take a trip

[LuSandoz]

God this song is so beautiful it made me mourn! I'm from La Paz, Bolivia I love Grace Slick is so talented, thanks for posting this song! hopefully been born at that time = (

[MrsCarryAnne]

she is a goddess

[retiredidiot]

Thanks for posting this ...she's one great voice

[saturntown]

There's a new video of the Starship doing this song. It sounds good played in modern times. If The Great! Society only had a little more time to bring this song out to a wider audience.

watch?v=ZtejuRUGmpg

[amberlover678]

My favorite band ever, even though they weren't together long, every song they made in such a short time is magical. Jefferson airplane is my 2nd favorite, everything grace slick does is incredible

[ivycompton]

so many masterpieces, so little time.

[thechangingcolors]

this song litterally started blowing my mind within the first six seconds

[shorelineboy]

i still go on to everyone that I saw grace in 1968 when she was with J.A. it was so amazing . THis is such a great track Grace slick brings magic to this world.

[saturntown]

I agree Chev202, her appeal was that she had an idea of what society was missing, and cared enough to try to communicate that idea and not sell out. Her caring is in the way she sings. In the early days in San Francisco she used to connect with the audience by standing motionless, but occasionally rushing to the edge of the stage to pound home the phrase she was singing right into the face of someone on the front row. "DON'T YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO LOVE!" Quite a personality.

[chev202]

ole grace truly got to live out her rock-roll fantasies. she was blessed to have performed at monterey, woodstock, and even altamont. I like her because she did'nt sell out to a certain genre of music that women felt chained to, at that time. she played with one of the most respected sixties band known to man and she did a damn good job, too. she had the looks and the voice that was simply stunning. "GOOD MORNING PEOPLE!! NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME MORNING MANIAC MUSIC! " IT'S A NEW DAWN!!!!!!!!!!

[chev202]

ole grace truly got to live out her rock-roll fantasies. she was blessed to have performed at monterey, woodstock, and even altamont. I like her because she did'nt sell out to a certain genre of music that women felt chained to, at that time. she played with one of the most respected sixties band known to man and she did a damn good job, too. she had the looks and the voice that was simply stunning. "GOOD MORNING PEOPLE!! NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME MORNING MANIAC MUSIC! " IT'S A NEW DAWN!!!!!!!!!!

[txndwa]

I love the photo's. I'll NEVER get old!:)

[jeroenvlas]

i think its about dying: , what does it matter how far, the vacuum is leaving the jar.: what does it matter whenn you die? and the soul is leaving the body.

The man in black goes lurching through, and he doesn't even think of you : the man in black symbolizes the dead and he doesnt think about your things you will leave

but the greatest clue is this: Darkly smiling, there are no tickets, and you may pay, as you leave ; youll pay with your life youll just smile but not knowing what is going on

[saturntown]

On another level, this song may also be about making love in the dark to someone she no longer feels passion for, nor does he for her. So what does it matter how far the relationship goes, if it ends, it'd just be a vacuum leaving the jar (the relationship).

[saturntown]

This is a great song, as you say it's magical. It should have been more widely heard, too bad it wasn't. But it may be found some day, I think it's timeless.

[saturntown]

continued

he man in black goes lurching through, and he doesn't even think of you

What, what does it matter how far, the vacuum is leaving the jar.

The man in black goes lurching through, and he doesn't even think of you.

(polite applause)

My guess on the meaning is that it's about people with souls crushed by society, lurching through life but can't feel the beauty of it, and miss it all. So their smiles are always dark because they can't really feel pleasure.

[saturntown]

Here's my guess on the lyrics, what do you think?

(laughter)

Darkly smiling, there are no tickets, and you may pay, as you leave

The man in black goes lurching through, and he doesn't even think of you

Strain to feel the movement, and hear the music, and see the night

The man in black goes lurching through, and doesn't even think of you

What does it matter how far? The vacuum is leaving the jar

(polite applause)

[octopuii]

grace is a flute playing eastern raga.. and mixed with so much soul and blues. its unfortunate the 70s and 80s really killed so much of an eastern influence with alot of bands. the mysticism just faded.

[dwdeclare]

grace slick is beautiful

[organhand]

my fave female singer ...

[coveredus]

THANX ting this!!!!

[Mariekesone]

OOOooh I love her dark strong voice...Magical!..:-)

[du2vye]

Look up Great Society @ Wikkipedia. It's the band that Slick sang with until she joined Jefferson Airplane. This song first appeared on the Collectors album, then released on Live at the Matrix. The Great Society didn't survive Slick's absence.

[alsindaniabch]

i LOVE THIS SONG, AND THE FOTO'S ARE great

[wiktor345]

excuse me but i need some information abut this band. Whats the diffrence betwen Grace Slick & The Great SOciety and "The Great society" ? i cant find any info in web. Maby sombody could help me? And btw : I LOVE THEM :) Thanks

[zosorunes91]

no...1:44 is from woodstock :p

[rb5e]

so beautiful...just takes my breath away!

[HerrMannelig]

That voice!

[Rajamuttu]

Yeah ... it's from Woodstock - with 12 people applauding. Brilliant.

When you consider that the band didn't even exist at that time, it makes one wonder why you bother to post such nonsense.

[marrrrrrks]

@Rajamuttu

If you looked at Gertrudis67's comment you would realize I wasn't posting nonsense, although i was wrong about the photo

[pegasus7708]

She has a amazing voice she could teach someof these' singers' of today a thing or two.

[Rajamuttu]

Good point, Pagasus. Grace has always been very interested in Middle Eastern music and tried to bring that style of singing to everything she did.

[rasputinslovechild1]

@pegasus7708

about life too!

[rhino4029]

Very nice.  Thankyou.

[blueridger28]

What a buetiful woman.

[sevachangeslives]

cool song, thanks

[toniomoss]

grace is only person what to do dandelion my incredible youth life in new york city.

[Gertrudis67]

Anybody know what concert at 49:00 the pic is from? One of my favorite poses of Ms. Wing. 2 cool of song. Thanks for post.

[Billboy10]

The photo at 49 seconds is from a 1975 Jefferson Starship show.

[marrrrrrks]

@Gertrudis67

I think it's from woodstock

[marrrrrrks]

@marrrrrrks

wow can't anyone read? Gertrudis67 asked were the photo was from at 0:49 not the song, which by the way was recorded at the matrix

[Aldebaron9]

Gorgeous Grace... How'd you like ta do her on acid ???????

[Gertrudis67]

Mihero

[yieldyieldyield]

Wow this song brings me back to the late nineties when I bought the Great Society CD I used to listen to it all the time and get shitty

[Gertrudis67]

Right on !

[grnpeace07]

love it....Grace Slick's voice is awesome...i could listen to her all day, every day.....

[twilightdimension]

I like the great society's version of somebody to love better than the jefferson airplane version, but I love both bands, grace was gorgeous back then

[Demonicpressence]

Agree

[zeh235]

i love it

[duckman4you]

That pic at 0:53 makes me feel kinda funny. WoW! thats hot!

[toniomoss]

simple true. if you are not borne there ,between san francisco and new york at horse 1950 and so up later, you are not born but only death. because my life is there:only

[Tygrychu]

thank you for this sandy !

[hotapplepie2009]

very cool... love that that subtle guitar riff in the background and then some heavy drum beats at the end there, Wow. and what a voice- bluesy, soulful, resonant. I love it.

[grnpeace07]

I love listening to Grace Slick's voice....nobody out there with a voice like hers...60's music was the best....wish i could of seen her sing this song live....born to late.....

[Futureownagevid]

true that

[toniomoss]

one chance in time-connection.

[Pauleglide]

now she looks like jabba the hutt

[ZakGurutube]

Sadly, you're right :(

[hocuspocusfocusable]

I had these 'albums' and played 'em til the grooves wore out...40 years ago...amazing

[longviewcomputers]

she was a striking woman was she was younger!

[KronprinzAdam]

Grace Slick was simply beautiful!!

[phantompalindrome]

Love it. Yup. Grace Slick's voice is perfection.

[Jeffnfun631]

wow I remember this. Been so many yrs love this

[lunikina]

great song, great performance, Grace : the greatest ever...

[alsindaniabch]

OH WHAT A GREAT SONG!!!!!!!!!! GRACE just SOARS, The airplane were so loud you could not hear Grace sing sometimes,, with The Great Society her voice just took off WOW.............

[louiseduvee]

the vacuumnv is now leaving...thank you.

[alsindaniabch]

WOW LOVE GRACE and Love this song

[Lengsel7]

She was hot. Getting old sucks.

[louiseduvee]

Does it? Tell mama.

[dippywatcher]

Great singer and band...

Brilliant song... weren't they all (JA)?

Thanx 4 posting!

[yldann23]

Wonderful! The Great Society was some of her best work. Funny that i hardly ever heard of them until now, with You-Tube. They deserved more credit than they got.

[BruceK10032]

Fantastic! I remember the Airplane's free concerts in Central Park. I hadn't heard much of The Great Society until listening to all these YouTube videos. Wonderful!

[flamesounds]

Thanks for sharing a really cool song.......................I love it when I find something from those days I haven't heard before!!!!!

[Baddoggone]

Love it! The great Society were a major influence on the Jefferson Airplane.

[chanmeister]

no shit sherlock

same lead singer

[katsimbalis7]

É isso! As portas da percepção estão abertas... o último trem vai sair... embarquem todos "The Dream is Over?"

[zeezberlin]

Yes!

[fistofate]

It is to gag...

[oainet]

desde que la conoci me quede enamorao de ella...

[richardc0077]

I do like it! Grace has one of the best voices in Rock & Roll.  Thank you for posting it.

[ajtejedord]

ufff grace es la mejor...

[tomatjes]

dreamingfull!!!

[iyemanem]

evil, singer grace woderfull,

[ivycompton]

ooh - one of my faves from the amazing Great Society. So atmospheric! Darby Slick was a simply fantastic guitarist, and of course young Grace Slick can't be beat. Wonderful! Thanks for posting!

[Billboy10]

I couldn't agree more!

[sirigi22]

awesome song!!

[yoyopa52]

Grace Slick is to this day unmatched as a Rock & Roll goddess. Brilliant singer, great vocalist and unabashed madwoman - no one comes close!

[freeblue22]

my roommate in college had a bootleg of the great society, where grace added a ps to every song as soon as it ended she screamed "FU**!" now that i hear other gs, i'm more prone to believe this was actually an airplane boot because the music was more intense.

[iriswigle]

Then it was her nor was it Joan Baez nor Catherine O'Hara

[darbyslick]

no Its really the Great Society. Glad you like it.

Darby Slick

[66rules]

Makes you wonder if there is any film of the Great Society............

[marrrrrrks]

I'm almost certain there isn't

[Gotchabube]

Isnt there any film material available? I´d love to see it!

[JimmiDensen]

great song. thank you for posting it.

[boerborn]

nice song.

can someone please post the song "Arbitration" by The Great  Society.

[martislick]

I LOVE! this song

[jackhillty]

go out and get "collector's item" by the Great Society. check out the song "daydream nightmare"

[sandysaysoh]

i have that album, and i really love that song too. but 'darkly smiling' is my fav :)

[noreagacnn]

has anyone the lyrics of "thats how ot is"?

[marrrrrrks]

I put up daydream nightmare if anyone wants to hear it

[elwoodc]

Thankyou! This is one of my favorite songs. Seriously needs to be remade. Too bad Grace never took this one to Airplane.