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  • memories , memories :)

  • 6:53 min  orgasam

  • just love

  • Why oh why can't there be music like this at the top of the charts today!? I really miss the 1970's. I feel sorry for the kids of today growing up with the "popular" music of today.

  • YES THIS IS THE WORLDS BEST SONG.

  • This one RIGHTEOUS song blows racks and racks of todays crap outta the water and rocks while doing it!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Outstanding job! Great tune.

  • "When I went down on you, Girl"...yummy 3:06

  • The lack of repetition in the lyrics, smooth flow and the unremarkable voice of Balin make this a truly great song.

  • Nice job putting this together.

  • Grace slick could sing but Mart Balin steal the show he usually does

  • 4 people suffering from Douchbagitis

  • hard doubt works for love.I couldn't believe unless people were different then what i thought.Just as someone passionate about obstacles to human potential, relies solely on the belief, beyond expectation or obligation .We knew racism was sick and we pointed it out until a miracle happened.nature kidz that could not c race( just the economic exclusion) .passion for the real supersedes. not knowing" , creator of doubt can b a miraculous rebirth of two from 1.deep loving trust appears by test

  • freakin awsome now that i know the words.thanks for posting.I have always loved this song. even more so now

  • Lisa Christensen this for you my peach!

  • I am happy that you are in love with Lisa man. I am dedicating this classic song to my beautiful Debra.

  • I dedicate this song to my very best friend 82sweetheart . Hey, 82, if you read this, then just know that miracles do happen from time to time~ only believe.

    No one like you , 82.

    N8

  • @n8tureboy ~ Thank You MY Very BEST Friend ~ Some People don't believe that Miracles happen ~ but THEY DO!! ~ I DO!!

    I Believe ~ I Won't Stop Believing!! There's NO ONE like YOU N8!!

    Love, 82

  • I was so infatuated with Marty Balin and his dreamy voice...

  • in this day and time censorship is still big in SWFL. nothing wrong with" going down on you". can't take the words don't listen to good music.

  • Allez! Allez!!

    

  • 'EF You if anything but the true appreciation for this master piece brought you here! LOL!

  • Thank you so much for your post!! I have searched for lyrics with the back singers as well. Your editing was awesome too!

  • Dear Pooch,

    AMLF&E

    Danny

  • I knew it, around 3:05 he mentions "I got a taste of the real world, when I went down on you." I swear I was shopping at Target one night and heard that line. Nothing like listening to some guy talking about eating pussy when you are buying your parents an anniversary card!

  • @LTIFoto , now you know why radio stations of the time never played the album version it wasn't about it being to long it was the words

    bet your sweet bippie on that

  • thumbs up if crank brought u here :)

  • Always thought he said 'Oh Babe', not Allez!

  • u think he's talking about munching on graces pink taco in the song?

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  • I saw them in Pittsburgh in 1975 on the Red Octopus tour, Grace and Marty were challenging each other to see which one could hit the highest notes on this song. Both were winners that night! What a well written song lyric wise but how the hell did they get away with the lyric's @ 3:00 I mean they fit perfectly but didn't the censors know what they were talking about. I HAD A TASTE OF THE REAL WORLD, AT LEAST A DROP OF IT, WHEN I WENT DOWN ON YOU, GIRL.

  • babe babe babe babe babe I<3U good song i like it

  • Outstanding.  Enough said.

  • This song came out my sophomore year of high school . . .1975. I was nuts about a girl named Gail whom I became acquainted with in a ceramics class during the previous year. We never had another class together and I never detected any sense in her that she was as interested in me as I was in her. But whenever I hear this song or Orleans "Dance with Me" I find myself drifting back in time and warmly embracing those wonderful feelings I had for that special girl. 

  • This song is from my girlfriend in 1975 to me, and now we rekindled our love for each other in 2011 she found me in 2010, now 2011 we are back together, I DO LOVE HER SO, and even MORE then ever NOW

  • Just read this on Marty Balin.."His wife, Karen T. Deal, died on November 19, 2010, in Temple Terrace, Florida, after choking on food. She was 57 years old. He has two daughters - Jennifer and Delaney Mariah Skye.

  • Thank you

  • This is my all time favorite love song......it doesn't get any sexier or sensual or powerful......the lyrics are amazing, only to be outdone by Marty's vocals. I can listen to this over and over and over.......it really does transport you.

  • thank you for the lyrics to a most timeless love song, which few has equaled. i used to listen to this song driving at night, and would be transported to another dimension!

  • This is my wedding song this fall!!

  • Loving this song again lately--thanks for posting--I always wanted to read the lyrics :)

  • Few ever find.... 

    Ty LochRaven62

  • A time when we had REAL music!!!

  • Notice that this may be only rock/pop era ballad that doesn't rhyme?

  • The most sensuous love ballad ever written...dedicated from me to my beloved soul mate, Lyman. Love you always in all ways, Baby, for all eternity. .

  • one of the greatest songs of all-time if you ask me....

  • "I had a taste of the real world baby, when I went down on you girl..." OMG awesome lyrics.... :)

  • Nicely done! Thank you sooooo much!!!

  • So good, great job on this video!!!

  • very sweet song,i love it, 

  • I think I first heard this song in 1978 and was floored by it's lyrics and musical composition..... what a beautiful song. . . . "Ain't nothin' better !"

  • Canzone fantastica!

    Chiudi gli occhi e... buon viaggio!!

  • I also love the swells of the violin parts. So much of the 70's songs had great bass lines and violin orchestral parts. Best to hear this song with headphones to full appreciate the arraingments.

  • @MrVeesworld ...Totally agree with Headphones, this is a Good Song, ive tried those Ear things, prefer my Headphones :-), Love the 70's Music!

  • I was 9 years old when this song was new. I remember hearing it on King Biscuit Flower hours in California and knew even at that age that it was a special kind song. Like most here, I am now 45 years old and still mezmorized by it. P.S I met Marty Balin in SF Guitar Center once. He was a cool dude.

  • You did such a fantastic job on this video Loch. Keep making them !!!!

  • Crank ;)

    Chev Chelios Kick Ass Rules!!!

  • I was in kindergarten when this song was a hit and I can still remember asking my mom to play the record over and over again. Now as an adult who was lucky enough to find his "Miracle", these words mean so much more. Grace backround vocals are perfect in this song. It is one of the best love songs ever written.

  • So when i was younger around 2004, i heard a sped up version of the chorus to this song in a rap song. Ive been searching endlessly for that song or even an instrumental.. Ive been searching a long, long while now :/ no luck. anyone willing to help? would appreciate it SO SO much.. :(

  • I had a taste of the real world...

    Least a drop of it...

    When i went down on you girl...

  • This song is THE ULTIMATE! I am addicted and its nice to know that I am not the only one that wrote every lyric word for word of every vocal in it!

    Played over 652 times on my ipod the first six months! AWESOME JOB!

  • Simply Beautiful~  One of my longest favorite ballads ever!

  • Liked Miracles as a kid, then heard it way too many times and it grew old... but listening to it 35+ years later and clearly understanding the lyrics (more then simply knowing it was a love song), I've developed a newfound appreciation for this song, and for Marty Balin. Beautiful montage of photos, made much moreso powerful by the emotional moment in the song. The first photo is absolutely stunning: is that from an Airplane or Starship album? Your video creation is wonderful

  • I love how you did this, Lyrics/pics of the group. More Please LochRaven62

  • Heard this song @ the end of the movie Crank. So cool. Thanks a lot.

  • lol, add your ex g/f or b/f 's names here!

  • Another great song. Miracles come from belief and faith. hope is just a four letter word.

  • Nice introduction to the band @ about 6:15...

  • Brilliant.  True definition of the ultimate love song....

  • This song still stuns me after 30 plus years!!! Genius!

  • Thank you, LochRaven62, for putting this together in HQ with the lyrics sung and written by Marty Balin (whom I love, love, love) and background vocals by Grace Slick (whom I also love, and it's funny how they hated each other), well, and putting it against the purple background, the perfect color for this song, and my favorite color as well. I love listening to this song after listening to With Your Love. Beautiful!

  • Hey, thank you for uploading this in HQ, a song like this deserves no less than hq:)

  • Balin was working in a Milwaukee bowling alley and the Sai Baba was making the morning line for the horse racing at Santa Anita.

    At that point, Nixon resigned the Presidency and became lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones, to make enough dough to post bail for Agnew, who had been caught shoplifting in Thailand.

    That's the way I heard it.

  • what an awesome song, everything about it is great.

  • Such a comforting and enlightening song. The history behind this song is, Marty Balin was on a pilgrimage in Puttaparty, India to visit the Sai Baba, and also with his girlfriend at the time (Barbara). Apparently Balin wrote the entire song during this visit to see the Sai Baba and his love for his girlfriend. I knew there was more to this song than just "earthly" lust. Trivia enjoy!

  • @texblues49

    hint: an "aller et retour" is a round-trip ticket in France. I think you can get the retour, the "aller" is to go and allez! is the imperative. Your translation works for you, but I'll keep mine for awhile longer.

  • This is the sexiest song in Rock & Roll history! Puts me in the mood!!!!

  • Wonderful song. Absolutely.

    Need for a good friend to hear this. In her situation, she needs a miracle like this song describes. Would love it to be me, but anything similar would be a miracle for her, considering her situation. Let's hope.

  • Allez!...Spanish For?...SO Excellent the choreography of words to sing to the tune.. (of)...had to go for that..but If We Could See In Our Minds A Child (of The Universe) To Be!..if only oui could beleive in Miracles!...waiting for an interpeter!

  • @foxyroxstar

    Go! is Allez! en Francais

  • @tonycopp Allez is French, meaning "come on" meaning to encourage!

  • You can rip the audio-mp3 of this video at grabaudionow doht cohm.

  • Grace got the glory but Marty was The Genius.

  • EXCELLENT work. Any more words couldn't begin to explain.

  • sl23 i am still waiting bs

  • That was fantastic. The audio was perfect. Peaceful and serene yet powerful. This song could mellow out just about anyone after a tough day. Great job. Thanks

  • this is an amazing song and so very true...gonna send it to the love of my life..he is my sugar and i am his coffee...sugar on it that's how i like it...

  • Beautiful!. Just close your eyes and listen. Hey,16sag7,sorry we never met. Never found a man in my life that could believe in miracles like me :(

  • Wonderful!!!! Such great lyrics and music!!! Great Job!!!!

  • This hits the spot right now !!!!!

  • A masterpiece........

  • nancy johnson from mounds park where are you?

  • Great job on this video and lyrics! Exceptional!

  • Well done, one small error....when he sings "I had a taste of the real world" The counterpoint vocal is "Don't waste a drop of it." other than that you did a fantastic job!

  • this song hits my heart and my sprits and the indian

    in me even makes me cry can someone tell me why

    and what doe it mean only to this message But my all time life

    song thank you

  • This the best version I have seen. Thank you.

  • My favorite Starship song ever,the lyrics make it the best love song ever written ,in my opinion ♥ Thank you for this post LochRaven62 ♥

  • WE SAW THEM SATURDAY NIGHT, OCT. 2 2010 AT THE CAROUSEL FUND, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA. GREAT EVENT AND THE STARSHIP SHINED!

    TOM AND LINDA ESPY

  • What a fantastic post! First off, it's certainly one of the best songs ever put together. Marty Balin is fantastic. But the lyrics behind the song are what makes it so profound. I am sure most people really never got a chance to pay close enough attention to catch the fact that this song is sung in counterpart, not just simple mimicking backround vocal. It is so much more then a catchy tune or melody. Thanks for the post.

  • I don't understand why nobody on this post believes in miracles. If only so, we could get byyyyeeee.

  • My #1 favorite song ever. Did you think to check the lyrics first? It's not right, but still love hearing the song.

  • Thank you so much for posting this. This song is so POWERFUL. One of very favorites. I think the intended purpose of the song is to woo "the woman" in some man's life. For me, the meaning is so much deeper - its about Love as general and specific as it can be. The era that the song was written is also my favorite. Music between 1970 and 1975 just can't be beat....I think its the pinnacle of all the music ever written.

  • Timeless brilliance. Thanks for this magnificent piece!

  • one person does not believe in miracles

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  • This is a road map to ultimate love between a man and a woman, the becoming of one in body and mind. Wow it doesn't git better than this. If you don't have a dream of your own, you will always work to fulfill another.

  • @bodidly88 That's some profound stuff right there! I like it!

  • I"ve loved this song since I was in Kindergarten in the 70s, It's truly timeless!

  • Thank you, Terry! I love you!!!! 

  • @Capcoor

    I'm deeply offended by your choice of the first four words of your reply, up to and including the exclamation point. If you don't know, you betta ask somebody before you get in the game. No blame, No fear.

  • Truly one of the most beautiful and sensuous love songs of all time.

  • I Love this song so much,the vocal arrangements,the repetitive lyrics the way they sing it over each other is so Excellent.This is a special song,and for some reason the line "Pretty please with sugar on it "gets me, lol... this is a song I can listen to[and have!] over and over again.

  • @linny50 I couldn't agree more. I LOVE this song...just for the reason you said. The repetitive lyrics almost sound like a chant....brilliant song writers....I wish I had the talent.

  • don't get any better than this!!!!

  • Steve Wright played this (radio edit) on his show last week and I thought "Urm?!". Hadn't heard it for years. Downloaded it and burnt it to cd. Must have played it about 500 times since. I'm getting a bit concerned. Is it just me or is this one of the best bits of music ever recorded?

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  • For tonycopp: the saxaphonist "who rips it up" is Irv Cox! Like I wrote earlier this my all-time fave! I do believe in "Miracles"! Can I get an amen from all the women out there?!

  • "When I went down on you girl?" I love this song but I didn't know it was so nasty.

  • @Capcoor  Oh, Grow up!

  • @tonycopp Grow up my ass!I still love this song but I just didn't know it had such an explicit lyric.I sang it the other night at karaoke and they had omitted that line.I was kind of relieved b/c I thought I was going to have to look at the floor at that point.

  • @Capcoor more constructively, say what you feel:

    'I had a taste of the real world,

    when I went out with you girl'..that plays like the Stones on Ed Sullivan.."let's spend some time together"...no excuses, no blame

  • @tonycopp LOL.That works.

  • I have heard this song my whole life and never paid attention to the lyrics...it's poetry. Beautiful.

  • Who rips it up on the sax from 6:00 -6:10 which comes out of the box first time at 5:43..no credit yet....gimmmhim

  • Great song....I was only 5 years old when I first heard this......& I am listening to it right now!!!

  • SO SO SO GOOD!

  • I love this song

  • This is my favorite song of all time. There are so many memories attached to this song in my personnal history. Lost my virginity to this song. When I was interning at the local radio back in '81, it was played for me on my birthday, (broke the current format). When JS came to Royal Oak in '98, at their first encore of that show, only Marty came out with his guitar. He began strummin', I yelled out "Miracles" , he seemed to chuckle and then started playin' it. One of my all time great memories!!

  • I abandoned the JA after Spencer got ousted in 70. I loved everything they did up til then. I thought the magic was gone after that. I've heard they did a couple of half-decent things afterward. What would you reccomend? Red Octopus worth a shot is it?

  • A truly mystical piece of music. It is almost as if Balin captured it floating around in the ether. A rare combination of stream of consciousness and structure. What makes it all the more appealing is that it so ultimately uplifting and hopeful.

  • So who is the one turd who voted thumbs down?

  • get the bell bottoms and the jean shirt out. Man this brings back so many visions from the past. The first love, the first dance,the first total and true heartbreak. We thought it was going to be like this forever. Thank god I'm with the girl I was ment to be with.

  • Great job! Great editing working with basicly two layers of lyric and keeping the two in time; tricky. And oh, what poetic lyics: "You Ripple Like the River When I Touch You"

  • Where is the artistic version!! you had before?!!!

  • Wow! What a great job!  Love the song and now I know all the words. Thanks so much.

  • All I can think of is the end of the movie "Crank" when I hear this. Great stuff!

  • Great Starship stuff with Marty Balin singing (the guy between Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas)

  • Actually, though, "Allez" means "Go" not "Come". Come would be "venez" or some form of "venir".

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  • Mmmmmmm........Yes, If only....

    J x

  • "Allez" ...it means come or come on, (like encouragment) such a great song. thanks for posting. :)

  • So what's Allez?

  • I fell in love with this song the first time i heard it.

  • Love is the answer, makein me crazy, if you only believe like I believe. The 1970's were great. Pot was great, Acid was cheap and love was right where you found it. The last great decade! What happen in believen in yourself and others?

  • One of the best love songs EVER!!

  • Hey LochRaven62: Can you do the same thing with "With Your Love?" Another fantastic love ballad The Starship nailed on point!

  • This song is absolute perfection.

  • So very beautiful but this song makes me want to cry whenever I hear it.

  • Great job thanks

  • High school. : )

  • ..love...keeps holding this world together.

  • You did an excellent job with the lyrics. It actually made it entertaining to watch, read and sing. Thank you.

  • We first made beautiful love to this song, -even though we are no longer together, it will ALWAYs be special to me! When I am missing him and the special connection we had, I listen to this song and remember.......

  • Sweet, sweet Lewis - you brought Eros into my life and woke me from a deep slumber. Wish I could go back and savor that first pleasure. That'd make me believe in miracles - hell yeah.

  • I love this song and the times late 60s,70s and early 80s. Some how these lyrics got past the censores. I wouldn't say it's romantic but it IS SENSUAL to the max. Grace was so beautiful with her striking blue eyes and there was no one like the plane. Boss. Thank you San Francisco. Thank you orange sunshine.

  • One of my favourite all time songs...thanks - that and "Count on me" - both beautiful love songs imho.

  • when i hear this song, the word 'masterpiece' comes to mind...i would like to add that your manner of presenting the lyrics was very enjoyable....

    nice job

  • One little quibble. The photo at 6:04 is not of the Jefferson Starship lineup that recorded this song. The guy between Paul Kantner and Grace Slick is Micky Thomas, not Marty Balin. (Balin sings lead on this song.) Thomas joined the group after Balin left in 1978.

  • lost my virginity to this song..... man havnt thought about it in like 6 years then i watched crank.....

    fucking weird i can remember exaclty how she tasted, damn dude, thanks for uploadin this

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  • My Dearest Katherine,

    'I'm sorry I cannot put into words what you mean to me...

    I do believe in Miracles and will love you always.'  - your true heart's desire

  • So cool!

    Not sure it it's my favorite song ever, but def in the top ten.

    Great version LochRaven! Keep it up

  • I grew up with the Airplane and they were really ahead of their time.  Still my all-time favorite band.

  • Thank you for showing us the poetry and passion woven into the lyrics. And what a magical, spinning melody rising to the heights with Balin's tenor. The other voices were provocatively arranged too. OOOh, I miss the 70s...

  • Thank you SO much for posting this with the words..It is, At times, Hard to make out all the vocal parts. Again, Thanks.