Country Joe - Rock And Soul Music - Woodstock 1969

[blattmand]

They cut out the Alan Fay part...

[kynyrdskynyrd]

Killer performance

[mropaloka]

how funky is that keyboard?

[2004PontiacGTO]

great scene in omega man

[JimiHendrixFeyenoord]

when the bass comes in: Eargasm

when the Organ comes in: Eargasm

when the solo comes in: Eargasm

[jeremiawsterkel]

I rest my case that this was the greatest time period in music America has ever seen.

[Schmunken1]

Did Country Joe Mcdonald play three times on the festival?

[TPBXDRicky420]

@Schmunken1 I think he had his solo set and the set with the Fish only. I could be wrong.

[AlanFudgedUp]

DA DA DA DA DA DA DA MARIJUANA

[Stringer037]

right my friends.. all i see today's, rich people and there poses... art and love are lost today...

[AtoZlive]

My uncle is Barry Melton, aka "the fish" (: He's a lawyer now in northern california, and a great man.

[jimmorrisonmylove]

@koala2093 dude I feel exactly the same way... I wish all of us teens who felt that way could just have our own happy hippie lives with music and beautiful people and NO SHIT KICKERS! Seriously I am 17 also, and sometimes I just wonder... I never understand why things are so dull now! This is the reason I go to music fests!

[SStoge21]

Marajuana!!!

[Rush1013]

@SStoge21

*marijuana 

[SStoge21]

@Rush1013 Haha who cares how you spell it, just smoke it. 

[gdindjuro]

lost america

[herrmeier84]

one of my alltime favourites...wish i would´ve been there!!!!

[tylurcousins]

i would of love to of been at woodstock, even if there wasnt drugs there.

[buffaloborn71]

Got soul ? Fo sho !

[MrBrianhi]

I totally agree with you! Rap and hip hop is the absolute worst excuse for "music" these days..low class music for low class people..I guess the excuse of the kids are products of their environment is somewhat valid...All you hear these days is shit music by untalented whores like Britney Spears..90% of the young people today have their brainless heads closed up with their only focus on twitter and facebook..walking around texting and paying attention to nothing...

[xxStatikBeatzTv]

@MrBrianhi dont talk about music you know nothing about, every piece of music has great meaning snd value to its people. im a music producer and ibet you couldnt make a decent rap or hip hop song. it takes great skill and a will power to make any type of music. i agree with you to an extent because music has changed over the years but you cant just down a genre of music like that because ibet you have some of waynes tunes in your ipod.... BITCH

[runway27r]

@xxStatikBeatzTv If rap is so great, then why do they mostly just 'sample' other peoples music. Sample...that's a laugh. I think it's called stealing. Rap IS a poor excuse for music. Producing other peoples work into something new must be really challenging. LMFAO. My 10 year old nephew can do that.

[jimihendrixfan2008]

@runway27r No need to talk shit about music you don't like. It's always going to be around whether you like it or not...just saying.

[MasterrFlamaster]

@runway27r

Well sir sorry, but you know shit about the subject.

While very early hip hop bands like Sugarhill Gang played with accompaniment of instruments, it was Afrika Bambaata who started to sample Kraftwerk's hits.

Then around 1988 sampling become very elaborated style of composing by works of Dr. Dre and Terminator X. After the '88 you can notice rising tendency of composing hip hop songs for "real" instruments and using samples to enrich the compositions f.e: Wu-Tang, Cypress Hill etc

[runway27r]

@MasterrFlamaster I know what shit is. Today's hip hop is crap. Wow, that rhymes with rap. If you think it has any musically merit, then you proved my point. It's shit, crap, talentless. I've been in the music business for 35 years. I've seen a lot of shit. Rap/Hip hop is the shittiest. Without question. So you you think its good, you probably think hot dogs are a better cut of meet than filet mignon. Sampling = stealing, bottom line.

[MasterrFlamaster]

@runway27r

Hmmm maybe this way.

You probably think that I am 12 year old "gangsta" listening to Lil' Wayne and roaming in my room with golden chain on the chest.

No, I listen to hip-hop occasionally, I prefer jazz/classical.

BUT I think that there's no boundary in art.

Sampling=stealing?

You probably know what pop art is - Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist.

They also use products of mass culture to make new works, but you don't attack 'em, because they are regarded avant-garde artists?

[runway27r]

@MasterrFlamaster Maybe is this was an "art" thread, I would. Stealing is stealing. Whether it's Warhol or Lil' Wayne or Moby for that matter. So if I were to go into someone's house and take a TV and I say "No, I'm not stealing, I'm just sampling your TV" then it's OK? I don't think so. BTW, I also thought it was a big laugh when Weird Al Yankovic "sampled" Coolio's Gangster's Paradise, which he "Sampled" Stevie Wonders' Pastime Paradise and then he gets all upset at Weird Al for "sampling" him

[MasterrFlamaster]

@runway27r

Haha "sampling TV" good one pal ;)

But despite all that I have to say that not every hip hop artist steal the notes. For me interesting is what you can hear on Public Enemy's albums. It's like the collage from infinite number of songs, it's like recycling. And Wu-Tang? Samples appears in one or two songs (except for movie quotes which make an atmosphere) and rest is composed by the producer. I'm not mentioning A Tribe Called Quest or Cannibal Ox, coz they don't use samples at all.

[SaulGilsenan]

@yoyox19 It's contradictory for someone who's listening to "love filled music" to be DESPISING kids who are into rap. I think you need to open your eyes to the bigger picture. How many of these kids who you hate have actually been exposed to this music? People are victims of their environment. More importantly though it's about taste. Whilst I absolutely love classic music such as this, I do not despise ANYBODY for not liking it and I don't think that's what this music is about.

[Scoob505]

@SaulGilsenan Well said dear fellow, well said!

[DimebagJim420]

@yoyox19 You're missing the whole point of the 60's culture and spirit. They believed in freedom. For everyone. If someone like rap music, they should be allowed to. What you're writing, is like saying: "Give us world peace, or we'll kill you!". Live and let live. :)

[7qwiksk33w]

Anybody noticed, the best part of country Joe, along with Jefferson Airplane, Blue Cheer, , in fact all of the major 60's West Coast bands was their rhythm section??

They kept it all together when it was falling apart around them???

[LSMFTbitch]

The baseline, epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TPBXDRicky420]

@LSMFTbitch This whole song is epic :D

[portmanks]

rock and soul !!!!

u go go beby

[Django5198]

Boy can Jesus drum!!!!

[TPBXDRicky420]

BTW love this song and performance from CJ&TF!

[TheGrownUpAdult]

Hipsters should have their right to comment on old music withdrawn

[TPBXDRicky420]

@TheGrownUpAdult Thats not nice. Everyone has their right to listen to whatever music they want and comment about it. You should be glad at least some kids now days still have taste in music. Me, Im 19 years old and I love Hip Hop, Country, Jazz, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Opera, Orchestra, everything basically. I think grumpy old men like you should have their comments removed for the negativity. This is a video about Woodstock. Its all about PEACE AND LOVE man. Smoke some weed, calm down & listen.

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TPBXDRicky420 I'm 16. Not a grumpy old man. And i do believe in peace and love, but it doesn't mean you should love everything and everyone you see. And sure, you buyin'? :)

[TPBXDRicky420]

@TheGrownUpAdult Then why does your channel say that you are 61 and why is your name grownupadult? And why would you right that previous comment if your a young fellow like you say you are? Anyways, dont judge people and have love for your fellow man and animals. We are all equal IMO. You dont have to love everything or one, but you should find a place in you heart for respect towards that person or thing. Remember that HATE is a strong word, and forgiveness is the key.

And no, get your own:)

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TPBXDRicky420 The reason why i wrote 61 is because if a video contians even the slightest content of violence or something like that, i wouldn't be able to watch it, so i just picked a number. And my name; i just chose the first thing that flew into my head. And i do have love for my fellow man and animals, and i rarely judge people. And besides it was kind of a joke, with a pinch of my opinion. It would make no sense to withdraw someones rights, that's against all i stand for.

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TheGrownUpAdult I just find it weird that other people write their age on these videos, as if they seek acceptance of the flower children themselves.

And no worries, i'm gettin' something this week :P

[TPBXDRicky420]

@TheGrownUpAdult You should have just put 18 and a different name. It gives the wrong message you see but I understand. I know what you mean about kids wanting to be back in the 60's but I dont blame them. Its good to see that what you believe in and stand for is just. You are on the way to enlightenment. I dont want to trample on any of your religious beliefs( I respect all of them) but I think you should smoke a bowl and watch the show Ancient Aliens. Blew my mind. Then do some research on NWO

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TPBXDRicky420 Thanks, i'll try that :) Though from the title, it sounds like i'll freak out and shit my pants haha :)

[TPBXDRicky420]

@TheGrownUpAdult It probably changed my life :)

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TPBXDRicky420 Wow. Well, a buddy of mine's coming over today with a little bag, we'll try that! :)

[TPBXDRicky420]

@TheGrownUpAdult For sure. Have fun! Im getting some today as well :)

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TPBXDRicky420 You too :D

[TPBXDRicky420]

Love everyone on stage is SHARING the joint! We need another woodstock!

[TheGrownUpAdult]

@TPBXDRicky420 Now -this- i can agree with, my friend!

[MarshaR100]

YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A RAINBOW....

[spiff195]

DECRIMINALIZE IT!!

[UhMysteryGuest]

So much more intense than a screamo band.

[stichyoureyes]

@UhMysteryGuest whats a screamo band man?

[toddbond5719]

i'm currently talking to bass player Doug Metzler's granddaughter. score!

[geoped1]

@yoyox19 Calling 'rap' or 'hip-hop' music is like calling three broken eggs in a bowl, a cake. Two-thirds of the recipe are missing. Sure, there's rhythm... but that is all. No appreciable (what rap 'song' can you sing in the shower in anticipation of date with a potential sweetheart?) melody, and harmony?... why, most of those imbeciles spouting out 'yo, yo, mofo, yo'... cannot even spell the word harmony.

[kareljuwet]

@geoped1

So you say a drumsolo for example is no music?

I don't like most rap, but you can't talk about rap/hip-hop in general as bad music (or no music for that matter)

I'm not trying to start an internet fight (aka pointless discussion)

If I may suggest you a song, that may give you another view at rap music: search for 'youngblood brass band - elegy' on youtube!

kind regards, Karel

[MaceMn]

@geoped1 LOL well said.

[bushwickgirl347]

Rocket soulllllll music, yes.

[yankeesrule009]

MARIJUANA!!!

[mrjokioo]

0:04 Tiny Tim on Guitar.

[IamCWICK]

Why did all of the artists sound good at this time???? Hmmm i wonder ;)

[remmurdyknuP]

@IamCWICK i can answer that question, maby because they can not and i mean NOT Sing.

[Groove1993]

wow the song is awesome!

[Lautres]

the sound quality its a shame!!

[neil0952]

9 People need to smoke some MARIJUANA and listen to this. Screw it just smoke some and watch the whole film.

[AK4TsEv3N]

@yoyox19 I'm 16 and I think you are totally right, I wish I was born in the 40s or 50s to experience all these great music and talents, specially to see the beatles, pink floyd, the doors, led zeppelin, the who, santana, etc...

[AK4TsEv3N]

great song, great artist!!!

[Regrown1]

@yoyox19 Im 15 years old and i COMPLETELY agree with you !! :D

[akotasun]

i havent even smoked yet, and i already feel high from this song.

[gio959]

grandioso!!!

[fguka]

songs like this need to be like ten minutes long!

[Ge4ce100]

Haha 0:03

[bksumler1]

@yoyox19 I agree with u bro...!

[rrdedel]

this is sooooooo fantastic

[koala2093]

I'm 17 and I wish so much that I could have grown up in the late 60s and early 70s. The music and people and culture were so beautiful. Everything just seems so synthetic and gross and there is no beautiful music anymore, and most of the kids are afraid to protest or stand out so they just do what everyone else wants them to do, but everyone is also just out to bring the others down. The kids are all shit-kickers these days

[hipppie16]

@koala2093 I feel the same way! Why was I born in 94 :(

[MDorka0007]

@koala2093

You're young, and you have so much chances in life. To see some videos on youtube and some dokumentary movies doesn't mean that you know everything about that. So thank that there's no Vietnam war, and make some friends, because there are many intelligent young people nowadays. I admire the 60's, i love the music, i love the feeling, and yes, I would like to go to Woodstock too, but I thank that I live right now, because I know, that there's so much left to discover. (and I'm 19)

[HumleGuf123]

@koala2093 i would love to be ther on woodstock just to get drunk and listen to the cool music :P

[lunasco23]

@koala2093 Yeah man exact same thing here only I'm 18 but still I know what you mean.

[scoresman69er]

@koala2093

Kids like you give me hope for the future, sadly there arent enough.

[acdcbonluver97]

@koala2093 I agree. I'm 14 and I love this music and the 60's 70's decade. Kids today listen to all this crap music and nothing compares to this stuff from the 60s and 70s.

[dale6209]

I consider myself to be very lucky,I was at Woodstock.I was just 17,earler that summer I got to go to The Newport Rock concert,where I saw Zepplin live..I'm almost 60 now but those are my most treasured memories,

[TheGrownUpAdult]

A friend with weed is a friend indeed :)

[georgelee43211]

This scean was shown on ''the Omega Man[1971]

[BudTarken]

41 one stinking years later and now this generation in power and we still are locking people up, taking away thier kids, forcing drug courses and locking them up for pot.

Pathetic these chumps need to stand up now that most our professional with clean cut looks running companies...sad.

[Roberto100294]

@yoyox19 I know man.. I'm 16 and love this music. I hate modern music and the modern music industry; its crap.

[MaceMn]

Fair use means not bogartin' the joint! "Don't bogart that joint my friend. Pass it over to me." Oh wait, that's another tune altogether. ;9)

[napalmdeathfan13591]

Excellent 

[HEBmovies]

@yoyox19 I want that to, i'm just 17 :D

I love this music so much, it was pure..

[HEBmovies]

@yoyox19 I want that to, i'm just 17 :D

I love this music so much, it was pure..

[Django5198]

What kind of organ is afro dude playing?



[autumnstarrs]

@yoyox19 Woodstock AND Zeppelin.... I don't know what year you were born, but you are awesome.

[Harmaniax]

OWWWW WIIIIIIIIIIIIIII CA C'est du bon son !!!!!!!

[DurkaDurkaallahjihad]

I love this music but i like good rap to and i dont mean that lil wayne bullshit. Music is a flow just go where it takes ya no matter what style it is \o/

[blakkat41]

Anyone know where I can get one of those jackets? USA Thanks

[68nitehawk]

@blakkat41 a vicarage lol !!

[trucker274]

god i'd give anything to have been there!!

[TravisHempyLee]

@zephranna01 They were invited, but they decided not to. Jim Apparently hated preforming at open air concerts.

Thats what I've heard.

[supersondessixties]

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[Metallicandsumtimesy]

The this song sounds kinda makes me think of the doors...anyone else feel that?

[Django5198]

@Metallicandsumtimesy yeah it's the organ

[ossie19681]

@yoyox19 I hear ya man i hear ya

[MrManonthemoon69]

Thats a pretty cool bass line. :)

[micocat1]

@yoyox19 we were blessed, likewise born a few years too late to be there in person, tho found some amazingly rare footage thru you tube.

[Cimiar]

@yoyox19 LOl you despise---I see you don't understand the consept of the music of the 60s nor the intent of the experience. Feel sorry for you bro, you are one of the establishment. peace out.

[Django5198]

I would have love to have been at Woodstock!!!!!!!!!!! Probably a great atmosphere aswell. Very little violence and friendly people. Nowadays at a rock concert you find many people looking for fights it's awful. I'm proud to be a pacifist. And I'm not just a pacifist cause I'm a pussy, I'm trying to inspire violent people around me. I think we should all have a go at that.

[maicolmls]

im so high

[69SHINDO]

Вкусила атмосферу года своего рождения. Свобода, трава, музыка.

[finnertyManuel]

Fuck War. Be the revolution, be free.

[Retromaniaco]

MARIHUANA

[bigbruthaman]

Fucking German cunts

[ikke64]

they were auwsome at times those hippies! :-)

[DropkickFighter]

1:40

[MyGodzilla99]

this shit was goo and was barely getting started but why did it had to end? why not make this song longer?

[bruswift]

Woodstock was a nightmare.

[MyGodzilla99]

@bruswift why?

[bruswift]

@MyGodzilla99 Mud, rain, no room to sleep for 24 hours before the concert began.

[MyGodzilla99]

@bruswift OH YEAH I AGREE

[Alvarez461]

@bruswift It Was The Most Beautiful fest !!!! Until Now!!! Just Peace And Love... Not Like The Shit that There Are Now...

[PaulusP01]

Bring back the Hippys TIMES PLEASeeeeeeeeeeee WE ALL LOVE HIPPYYYY

The dutch Girls making a new revolution on Hippy enviroment!! They all wearing hippy Bands:) REST OF THE WORLD PICK THIS HIPPY FASHION

[guitarlover891]

@PaulusP01 dude dat ziet er echt nie uit:p

laten we gewoon gezellig allemaal ons haar late staan en gezamelijk stikkies roke.

dat hebbe we nodig;)

[MyGodzilla99]

so thats where john lennon spent his summer of 69' playing bass for country joe and the fish...no surprise there...XD

[Retromaniaco]

Buena pastrulos

[Django5198]

I just bought a shirt just like that one the Fish is wearing!

[blakkat41]

@Django5198 Where did you get it?

[Django5198]

@blakkat41 I don't know where you live but I got it for £5 in a shop in the North Lanes of Brighton UK

[zerowii]

hey hey hey !! pass the marijuana!!!!!

[mindytinkerberg]

Man, I want that flowered jacket!

[squeakystool]

He was coolest looking of the lot.

[spacegasp]

@hitthatperfectbeat,,"They"are­ the ones BENEFITTING from prohibition!!!

[AngelaHammontree]

Love it!

[tuleli]

BUNCH OF HIPPIES!!!!!!!!!!!

[DAproductions5X3]

if u hate this, i hate u

[Iburndowncities]

@DAproductions5X3  Agreed

[riv92]

@DAproductions5X3 Man, thumbs down buddy. Don't hate! <3

[curiousnomad]

I love the rawness and looseness of this- they just f#@king go for it.

[holymodalrounders27]

Got stoned with the Fish in Madison, 1968. Great concert. They still owe me a pack of Camels. Maybe not. I quite tobacco in '75. Just tobacco.........

[boatbutter]

That intro just destroys everything in its path.... Hendrix included.

[moonatikat]

qué rico rolandose el gallo... que role que role.

[Fletch7453]

i love this riff. makes you want to go to woodstock(where,s a transporter when you need one)

[holymodalrounders27]

@Fletch7453 We were in the Bay Area when woodstock occurred. Drove from Madison to Berkeley in 1955 Wonder Bread truck. Old bed bolted to roof for rack. After Seattle, Eugene, Portland & SF, we sold it and split up. Climbed Half Dome in Yosemite the night the astronauts landed on moon. High times in the '60s....

[ANOCHHE]

LEGALIZE IT

[Bobouwehand]

@ANOCHHE hehe its legal where i live ;p

[ANOCHHE]

@Bobouwehand HOW LUCKY ARE YOU HERE IN CHILE YOU CAN GO IN JAIL FOR CARRYNG ONE JOINT

[hitthatperfectbeat]

@ANOCHHE Someday they'll see how foolish they've been and end the prohibition.

[svenolley]

The lead guitar play on this is just so out there.Love it.

[TheGrownUpAdult]

My biggest wish would be to have been at Woodstock, getting high :)

[theblitz8]

:27 "here have some marihwana"

[SergeantReese]

I've always liked Barry Melton's guitar work on tracks such as this - he is really underrated.

[bullockphoto]

i've always been blown away by the guitar riff on this track... so sick.

[Witzomania]

if you would like to see Country Joe perform live 40 years after Woodstock, click here.

[tobearockannottoroll]

its times like now that make me wish i could of been to stock.

[santanaincubus]

great guitar solo

[jfrey0725]

great bass line- simple too

[BRANSCOMBEx]

sounds aussome.

you got a tab?

[jfrey0725]

@BRANSCOMBEx yea ill give it to you tomorrow

[ces8724]

marihuana!

[Nubriusdaguildbraker]

fail

[thechewydude]

The bass player is so slick lol, love it, fantastic!! :D

[marisa666daniels]

I love this<3

[gypsyeyes008]

lol joe mcdonald looks like he's tripping balls at 0:18. i love it! i love this song! it's so uplifting in a romantic way..

[birdnerder]

Thankyou so much for this post!

[groovyhippyman]

The best bass riff in the world!

Best keybord riff in the world!

[amesburyroad]

Some of these guy's pomposity was only exceeded by their mediocrity, this fella being a prime example.

[TheCuddlyWombat]

@ amesburyroad: Come on!! It was just a big party!! :)

[TheArbiter138]

the omega man

[Exotic3000]

TheArbiter138, yes, that's the only other time I saw this. Omega Man was a great movie. I miss Heston.

[chuvis5]

@Exotic3000 was this on that movie?