Quicksilver Messenger Service - Edward,The Mad Shirt Grinder

[MyBarkingdog]

I remember Quicksilver playing this song at the Filmore East and toward the end -and even though I watched it had no idea how he did it - Nicky Hopkins played the piano and the organ at the same time. It was one of the peak concert experiences of my life.

[wizardofwaste]

@MyBarkingdog Yikes, for all these years I thought it was just overdubbed on the record.  It must have been a sight to see (and hear).

[lightlyone]

super post!

[snowandflowers]

Nicky brought classical rock music to the Twentieth Century...as Paul McCartney said, rock music is the classical music of our era...so it is...they will be listening to it in the future and know when music changed... :)

[centralparocker]

Nicky Hopkins....Remember Grace Slick introduced him at Woodstock.....

[wizardofwaste]

Ah, when there was virtuosity in rock music!

[jasafj06]

omg i completely forgot about this song. oh the music i discovered in highschool through vinyl...good times

[tjohnsen3100]

Nobody plays a piano like that ... I know of?

[soaringvulture]

@tjohnsen3100 Yeah, Nicky Hopkins was a great one. Played piano on Sympathy for the Devil. He was a real pro and more. Quicksilver used to play at the Shady Grove on Haight in San Francisco. I was there and I'm proud to say I don't remember a thing about it.

[jeffreyyth]

this is a masterpiece

[judybobb1]

1970. I did a lot of acid to this tune! loved it all. I turn 60 this fall.

[riffmon]

Love it!!Nicky was Da Man.

[teaisafoodgroup]

thank you Nicky Hopkins.......

[frecklesdk]

this is why i hate rap music.This music has talent and musical balls.Rap music has neither

[KATAO333]

@frecklesdk Its not just Rap Music, its most of the disposable crap that is fed to you from the Airwaves to sell U shit!

its all about fashion, lookin good, and instead of teens smoking a joint they are raiding their parents medicine cabinet to see what can fry the brain molecules are place you in a stupor! So you can hit the Mall and by more crap. And if this isnt you be strong and survive.

[elenius65]

First of all, I agree with tsatswiz ... then, what can I say ... It left me speechless !!!

[barandsail]

this was my fav forever tune

[ecoverde1]

Good, gourmet ! Ciao

[tsatswiz]

this song express all my emotions at once and when i die i want to bury me with that song.....

[DJFhysicx]

@tsatswiz You wont be able to because you will be dead at the time. Sorry.

[gokayaking1]

@DJFhysicx  Just have it in will and safety deposit box. It will be played. It is in mine :)

[DJFhysicx]

@gokayaking1 oh, I was refering to the context of which he said he would. "When I die I want to bury me" instead of "I want to be buried with"