Country Joe and The Fish - The Masked Marauder

[beepgrooves]

I was there too, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we ALL called him Country Joe, and it WAS about politics sometimes as well as drugs and sex and rock&roll. Just thought I'd clear that up for the younger folk here.

[sippingwhisky]

i'm so high right now

[kub73158]

Their music was mostly very cool, but like here they put in this inane "la la" interlude.

Also, seeing by most of the comments previous, cool music doesn't always attract cool listeners.

[genesssa]

country joe was leftist, yes, as was anyone else who wasn't a hawk. that doesn't mean he admired or took his (or the band's) name from stalin, or from mao. in fact joe mcdonald's name is joe. duh. what was he supposed to call himself, country BILL? and for the record i was "ther" [sic] in '68. sex, drugs, rock n roll, and stop the war, and peace, and personal freedom... those last are, um, a tad political, yes?

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[stevwert]

Masked Marauder, I was so happy when I learned to play this on my Vox Continental with Vox Buckingham amp. Those were the days!

[Django5198]

@stevwert I hope you kept it!!!!

[TPBXDRicky420]

2:21 is just beautiful.

[slimturnpike]

you got the name totally wrong, i asked barry melton and he laughed.

[CAFLORES03]

0:52 O my god, it's like an orgasm in my ear!!!

[elcocoye22]

La la la... The Fish were very much about politics, specifically about ending our intervention in Vietnam; I attended several anti-war gatherings in the Bay Area they supported and performed at. The Dead were more about the communal LSD experience and Quicksilver focused on blues gone acid rock (John's guitar work being a fine example). In summary, all 3 groups were definitely a part of the counter revolution of the 60's... and it continues today. Some who were there never got it and never will!

[newrealization12]

@elcocoye22 yay for your comment!

[luckyshow]

Country Joe has always been political. Playing at anti-nuclear and anti-war rallies in the San Francisco area

[Django5198]

Barry melton is such an underrated guitarist!!!!!!!!!!

[JoelGallob]

No, lilyrowan, CJ & the Fish were ALSO about politics: see "Superbird (parody on LBJ) and of course "Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die"--just that they were mainly abouty pscyehedelia. And yes, I was there, in NYC at the time. But you are correct, it was "Uncle Joe Stalin," not Country Joe Stalin. Adding the "fish" explanation might make sense if the alleged stalin reference were not such transparant nonsense. Given that, the Mao quote reference is rendered unlikely.

[MrSharkey11]

@JoelGallob , You are 100% right! Sounds like our friend is a serious wannabe know it all!

[lilyrowan1]

Hey Blestemp: Were you even alive in the 1960s? Joseph Stalin was known as Uncle Joe. No one, ever, called him Country Joe. And to link the name Fish to Mao is absurd beyond belief. What did you do, get your info from Wikipedia? The Fish, like the Dead and Quicksilver were about sex, drugs and rock and roll, not leftist politics. I was ther in 68; were you?

[MrSharkey11]

@lilyrowan1 , you're exactly right! Alot of these young wannabes know it alls do tend to make up things as they go along! He probably was'nt alive in the 60s.

[MyInnerEyeMike99]

@lilyrowan1 I wasn't alive in the 60's, but I can tell you for sure CJ&F was definitely a band that reflected leftist politics of the day. One of their first big gigs in 1965 was at the Viet Nam Day protest. Remember, they were the "Frozen Jug band" in Elec. Koolaid acid test? They weren't a San Francisco band, they were from Berkeley, which was, and still is the epicenter of leftist politics. I've heard the same about Stalin and Mao. I don't know if it's true, but it's possible, for sure.

[newrealization12]

@lilyrowan1 Country Joe not political? What an ass clown. Wikipedia is the shit btw!

[aWorldCitizen9]

@lilyrowan1 You're wrong.

[9Iamthewalrus]

@lilyrowan1 i beleive they were all towards the left but at the very low bottom

[ceswert]

I remember learning this song on my Vox Continental. Our band played this as a cover.

[Bopalena]

Damn hippies! I could take 'em all out with one punch. I've frisked a thousand young punks.

[sparkyization]

@ bopavaselina So ... You're one of THOSE kind of cops, 'eh? We were warned about your kind

Chill dude. Here, take a hit o' this and mellow out a tad... ;-)

[newenglishsound]

Want to hear something interesting? Check out the waltz la la la break around 1:21 in this song. Then search for Ultimate Spinach's (another group from the era) song "Baroque #1" and skip to ~2:15. Plagiarism? Unconscious interpolation? Perhaps both composers were just tuned into the same wavelength!

[bwanna23]

unconcious interpolation, probably doing the same acid.

[vangelisideras]

en mi opinión uno de los mejores albumes de la west coast; 5 estrellas

[sparkyization]

commo check

[sparkyization]

Sunset in the golden Kalifornia sun and headed over the Los Banos pass to the City. Primo Mex bud and a jammin' tape deck. We were .. the Masked Marauder

[HRHDOT3]

word!

[Beatboxbob]

I'm sorry but I have to speak up, country joe does in no way refer to stalin, but rather to Joseph McDonald, the bands lead singer. and Barry 'the fish' Melton. So the theory at the beginin of that description is utter gibberish.

[Termite58]

Your right in your statement. I use wikipedia as a referance and sometimes i question their info. Especially if from a rag like Rolling Stone

[Westernheart2]

Thanks for adding that. I don't know where this dude got his info. You're right.

[anticonformist777]

this came up in the results while looking for a really evil hardcore band and a hippy band comes up instead but still good

[surethingbaby]

la la la la la la la  laaaaa

la la la la laaaaa

la la la laaaa

la laaaaaa

ah, it NEVER gets old!

[zipper179]

@surethingbaby YOU SAID IT, FRIEND..!

[jache77]

i just love this song!-kat

[bassandguitarguy]

All these tune remind me of playing in my 1st band in '72 as a guitarist in a trio. I never did drugs back then,but was around enough people who did. Trippy stuff. No drugs needed!

[SkopTeocratico]

I love this dreamin song :-)