Arthur Lee - Bummer In The Summer

[PenguinCookies94]

i think the guy with the blonde dreadlocks is named Mike

[marcsprint]

wau, I love it, one of my favorite hits, in fact I love everything that Arthur did, pretty cool.

[lifepod2036]

I wish I had the chance to perform with Arthur Lee before he died. Only problem is I don't know how to play an instrument. Maybe I could just stand in one place and do the shuffle ... the thorazine shuffle!

[jimwates]

Is that John Echolls with the blue cap?

[ROBdudda]

@jimwates no, its Rusty Squeezebox.

[jab3785]

Is Mike Randle (his guitarist) still playing?

[thedreadedhair]

wow thanks

[667onestepahead]

You took out 7and7is? God you are lame!

[joeshittheragman1]

life is just an Airstream away

[dopplerdoesnotlikeu]

R.IP. ARTHUR

[KennyZilch2009]

Check my page for the brothers Head who joined Arthur in '92. You wont be disapointed by their band Shack : )

[marcsprint]

Very great video and hight composition, not the mention the perfomance!

[marazzi]

he was a great motherfucker.....god bless him

[Starastar1]

Arthur lee was certainly a genius . I never tire listening to his many fabulous tunes, including My Little Red Book, Que Vida, She Comes In Colors, The Red telephone. Forever Changes is my favorite Album .

The band, Love, must have tapped into the same rock-beauty groove that Arthur did, 'cause they're definitely of a piece.

You may recall that the British parliament passed a resolution naming Forever Changes the greatest record of all time.

The music lives on, forever more.

[shaneshaky1]

you took the words out my mouth !!! ARTHUR LEE AND LOVE ARE THE GREATEST BAND EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT WOULD RUIN THEIR MYSTIQUE I THINK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE A HIDDEN TREASURE FOR TRUE MUSIC FANS WHO LIKE TO DIG DEEPER BELOW THE BEATLES AND STONES AND STRIKE THE GOLD THAT IS ARTHUR LEE AND LOVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shufflevans]

@Starastar1 Just for the record, My Little Red Book is a Bacharach & David song. Hooray for Love and the British parliament, sometimes politicians are okay.

[yintong5]

There's a lot of people who seem to use these comments as some strange forum for giving abuse to each other. 'Aint read nothing bad on any of these here pages; guess that must be Arthur's magic.

[RedwoodCoastJubilee]

Along with musical genius, a former Basketball Star at Dorsey High School.

I've been a fan for long time. This is great to see him play & sing one of his many great songs. Thanks for putting it up for us to enjoy.

[OpalPink]

I miss Arthur!

[zaezen]

fantastic

[shaneshaky1]

arthur lee and love are the best band ever!! so far ahead of their peers in 60s! to me they are a treasure i have found! musical gold! no one touches their greatness! jim morrison idolised arthur lee!! who wouldnt!

[kikibortok]

Forever Changes freaking good album.One of the 3 ones i'll bring on a deserted island.

[Tonymostrom]

WHAT A FRIGGING GENIUS.

[Khultan]

Poor me....I'm just discovering the man and the band after the fact, damn.

[Waltzenfree]

@Khultan I had the unbelievable luck and pleasure to see Him before he took it to Europe.

What a Sound,

What a Writer

What Magic

ARTHUR LIVES

[PitaLeCatt001]

Jesus Arthur - what we lost.

RIP

If this band was the post-Forever Love?????????????

This world would be different.

[PitaLeCatt001]

If this Love was there after Forever...the world would be different.

Jesus Arthus...RIP.

What we lost.

[ArthurLeeMan]

Arthur was a bone fide genius. I was privileged to see him play live many times and even met him after his Gilfest show when, tears in my eyes, I thanked him for 40 years of sublime music. He hugged me and thanked me, even calling me sir!!! I sometimes think even he was astounded his own talent.

[icallmybabystp]

those are the best kind of people. so many albums have their a place in my heart, but forever changes always takes me to a completely different place that no other album can. if you're feeling one way, turn on forever changes and travel away, if you have the feeling you get when you listen to forever changes all of the time, you've found it.

[goodbye41]

these songs continue to transcend even modern music

[mj4lyfe101]

wow i have just found my new favorite artist cool song

[PitaLeCatt001]

This is live - as the BBC tend to do off -the -cuff at Glastonbury.backstage stuff with interviews and cajoling people into doin unrehearsed stuff.

Love you always Atrhurly.

[AndyRiotRed]

fuck ya!

[treezrok]

Indeed!

[gemear2]

Wow! I just realised there is no drummer in this version!!! Nice!!

[jowabro]

I have often suggested to people that this is an early rap song, especially the second verse (in the middle of the summer had a job as a plumber, etc.). Anybody with me? Anybody?

[JunebugBpt08]

oh for sure, this song and Hendrix's castles made of sand. Arthur Lee is definitely rapping here.

[sonoNEKO]

only if you call The Black Angel's Death Song early rap as well...

[mclainrose]

I agreeee!

[mclainrose]

haha yes it definitley is

[brianlowdown]

its great there are places where we can leave all the rest behind love forever sf

[starboybillysynth]

YEAH!!! Damn, I'm glad I got a computer!!! Much better than TV!

[scimanuk]

aww. bless

[Lemmer19]

not bad!!

[tfmuch]

Love the bales of straw. "It's just a falsehood!" was a much deserved putdown.

[DylanSpicer136]

Such a great band, I got to see them a few years before he died, were still great!

[JoeChrisMorris]

I think Arthur did an unreleased Columbia album around the time of Reel to real as well (74)

Black Beauty is also excellent: Young and Able, Beep beep (!) - thankfully its been bootlegged!

[fatcatbuzz]

I've heard of Black Beauty being a bootleg. Usually it's pretty expensive if you find it so I just have his main albums with Love. It's still unbelievable that alot of his work has not been properly released. What can you do, right.

[fatcatbuzz]

I've heard of Black Beauty being a bootleg. Usually it's pretty expensive if you find it so I just have his main albums with Love. It's still unbelievable that alot of his work has not been properly released. What can you do, right.

[JoeChrisMorris]

I was twitchin and it turned

and its really hard to learn

that everyone I saw was just another part of me

[MTVrocks]

I met Mike Randle. He's awesome.

[fredopipo]

This man invented rap in 1967...mixed with Bo's beat. great !

[fatcatbuzz]

That weird that alot of people think Arthur Lee helped invent rap because I heard an interview through the BBC (I think, don't ask me how I found it because I heard it like 4 years ago after he went to England and haven't found it since, he played Alone Again Or and a new song) where he dissed angry music and said rap is crap. Someone wrote to me one time saying that Kayne was a fan, but I don't know if that's true. I use to like rap about 15 year ago, but not so much anymore.

[barbh1]

Arthur looked happy in that beautiful setting. That "kid" is Mike Randle of Arthur's last band Baby Lemonade, a superb band of great musicians.

[JoeChrisMorris]

I wish he hadn't had a falling out with them

They seemed to be really good for him, and had played with him since the early 90s as well. On the west coast. (I saw ALee live in 92 in NYC and he was backed by Das Damen)

[aisorson]

it wasnt a matter of tuning, that nappy headed kid just fucked up two chords in the ending, maybe he thought it would sound alternative, otherwise it was perfect, it looks kinda like arthur gets pissed for a moment at the end

[bokadude]

Hey aisorson or asshole. I know that kid, he's a friend of mine, kindly post a way to get in contact with you. I'd love to kick the shit out of you

[fatcatbuzz]

i don't know if you black or not, but there is actually a funny video where BL are playing "The Red Telephone" and the slowing down the song and then finally stop the song and Arthur yells at them saying "Nigga, I didn't say stop the motherfucking song", so they keep on playing a he start to add lyrics about Micheal Jackson and Martha Stewart. It's funnier than hell. Have you ever seen it? I wish someone would post it. I found it on dogpile on time and haven't seen it again.

[JoeChrisMorris]

Seeing Love do that song live was sublime. Live it was a little longer as well!

[fatcatbuzz]

You know, your name looks really fimiliar. I think I've seen you on other videos for bands so you must have good taste in music. HAHAHA

[JoeChrisMorris]

LOL

[fatcatbuzz]

Arthur Lee is more popular in the UK. That's because the British have way better taste in music than we do here in the US. I think music is good music is going to come out the the UK again. In America we only care about bands and singers that sell out.

[JoeChrisMorris]

Well, Love didn't tour here in the States

I understand Love sold 150,000 copies of the third album on the west coast, straight out of the box

But Arthur was too lazy to leave LA

Still can't believe Parliament voted to make Forever Changes the best album ever in the UK. Thats awesome!

FC made top 25 over there..

[fatcatbuzz]

Forever Changes is one of the best albums I've ever heard. It has so many interesting chord and melodies, I still wonder how on earth the made an album like that with all the orcestration which were added later. There is a British interview I found on the Internet with Arthur Lee after he was in front of Parliament, but I've never found it since. Forever Changes is an album I'll always have on my MP3 player and a CD or vinyl copy where ever I live until I die.

[JoeChrisMorris]

You know Rhinos re re remastering FC as a 2cd set(with an alternate  mix of the album, along with Wooly Bully!)

I understand theres a Love box set in the works as well

[fatcatbuzz]

That would be a great addition to some of my other Love albums. I heard of them a long time ago and bought Forever Changes on vinyl over 10 years but didn't listen to it until about 5 years ago. The cover was the most familiar thing about the album even when I was younger. Never got a chance to see them play though. BL was the best band he was with it would seem since the 2 original groups he was with. I hope they dig up some older and rarer recordings from that era. Then life is great.

[JoeChrisMorris]

They dug up Woolly Bully!

Its due out mid April. With an alternate mix of the whole album, Red telephone & Andmoreagain outtakes

God bless Rhino Records and their work!

[fatcatbuzz]

I've seen a similiar album on ebay that was most likely a bootleg copy. But I would rather get the official copy. I don't even download music because. I can't wait if that's true. I wish they would release Out Here officially also. I have a MCA copy in my parent attic in St Paul, but I live in Vegas now. And you right, Rhino does a good good of releasing classic records. I hope they get around to releasing all of Love's classic record soon, but a couple are still missing.

[JoeChrisMorris]

Love's Reel to real, Arthurs second eponymous solo album from 1980,

[fatcatbuzz]

Never heard Reel to Reel or his solo albums at all like the one from 1980, but I got all the originals on vinyl as well as CD. They need to remaster False Start on CD because it sound so horrible on that format. I tend to prefer vinyl for older stuff anyways, but that CD sounds staticy. All the other stuff sounds really good remastered because they do a good job these days. Remember reissues 15 and 20 years ago? I hated CDs when they first came out and preferred tapes and LPs believe it or not.

[JoeChrisMorris]

I think False Start was remastered as part of the 3cd Blue Thumb box last year

The 2nd solo (Arthur Lee - on Rhino Records - 1980) has a version of "Wonder People" (FC outtake) - also a nice Jimmy Cliff cover (Many rivers to cross) and dreadful reggae (One)

"Bend down" off that could be his worst track ever..

Reel to Real has the odd track redone from Vindicator (Busted Feel, Everybodys gotta live)

[tripstains]

I was also there in 2004, came across them by accident and they blew my mind (that and the acid)

[astraldomino]

wow !!!! fantastic !

[SKUNKAPE007]

keep that up...........go ahead if u want to (cause) i aint got no papers on u

[JimmyHook]

Fantastic! Thanks for Posting!

[PitaLeCatt001]

I can remember the Glastonbury, but never saw them do this oo screen as it was.Absolutely fantastic.

Many thanks.

[Maguirerichardson]

Excellent! They should have tuned a tad more though! - I was in the first row for their performance - must post some video! I got his autograph at Guilfest. He was just awesome. A real genius - my mate Max has 15 hours of interviews...Thanks for the post.

[fatcatbuzz]

That was cool. More new videos please.

[JoeChrisMorris]

Rainbow in the storm!

One of Randles best songs

[beenmean]

How was it playing with arthur guys?

[blairh1966]

this is priceless. Arthur in his second prime. Thanks for posting!

[bonnie3blunderbus]

R.I.P Arthur xxx

[acari62]

Great! Great! Great! Arthur's count-off is worth the price of admission.

[jat13]

Wow never saw this, Fantastic!!

[JohnFPorcaro]

Magnificent!