Brings back memories of a damp basement packed with amps, drum kit, hardly any room to stand, two windows open about six feet off the ground, several hippie chicks standing in the corner getting high, and me and my two buddies rocking out tunes by GFR, Iron Butterfly, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver... and MAN OH MAN do I sometimes long for those days, especially when I see the cell phone bills for my three kids, the morgage, dental bills, car payments, name brand clothes...FUCK!!
Undoubtedly one of the greatest early rock power trios! Why do so many people not know this band, you ask? Even in the 60's this music did not fit radio format. If your song went on longer than 4 minutes you never got airplay, or it was cut to shit. Even today on the nostalgia stations still cut songs like 'Inna Gadda da Vida' by Iron Butterfly. Now there's a great heavy rock voice - Doug Ingle. Praise be to almighty YOUTUBE for giving us a platform to expose and share so much great talent.
i found this band on one of my dads reel to reel and I would play it on his Teac when he wasn't around, so, these guys got me through the 70's, and the stones too. Then when i got a little older, in my teens, I was into punk. I learned how to use a reel to reel trial and error, till I got GFR going.
Jeeezus....where the hell is my black light! I don't give a rats ass if I'm pushing 50 anymore...the fucking posters are going back on the wall...I'm gonna get myself a bag of some good shit , then I'm gonna hit the street and shout "People lets stop the war!!!
if you watched sesame street in the late eighties..... 60`s music will sound nastalgic because sesame street used alot of 60s rythems ........ this is how it for me.... lol ... i love blues now because of it..... anything with a big beat..... like SOME hip hop... as well as SOME drum and bass.....
I'd be surprised if the Red Hot Chili Peppers did not mention this band as a major influence. The hair , the voice, the style of the guitar play etc...I'm not saying this as a cut or a plug. Just an observation.
Impossible to sit still listening to this great music! GFR put so much into their performances. They just went for it, gave their all. I miss those days. We had more freedom. Life was simpler without all the bull shit, people were much more real and soulful.
This performance alone should get em into the (bullshit) RRHof Fame. Love the Townsendesqe git slingin. I saw em at the Ludlow Garage in Jan of 70 and they kicked ass.
@47tooter . Taping of this performance was January 16 1970 and done at a Grand Funk show at the 'Pirates World Amusement Park' theatre, in Dania, Florida. To answer your question, I know my Funk.
@Sbrownlee Also keep in mind this is an in studio a "lip synch performance" not an actual lve show as some commentors think. There are many moments throughout where what you hear isn't what you see......it's the studio recording.
@Sbrownlee IT may be a different version or the timing is off , but Grand Funk is really playing and singing here ,, They dont Lipsync and they are not faking..and this is not the studio recording from " ON TIME "
Also keep in mind that browneye has never really listened to GFR because this is as "non-studio" as you can get!" Brownie, try listening to the studio version. Not lip synched at all, just bad video editing. Try to obtain the benefit of a clue! GFR Rules!!!!!
yeah mark and don were the best but no one is stating one of the best bass player Mel Schacher Hmmmm who the hell you all did the rythum and bass.....Go Mell . love them all actually..
Ultrakool: I think Farner is way beyond so so. Not truly great bet very, very solid. He sounds better alone than many two guitar bands. They are out there but you have to look for a better guitarist.
in a way, gf was the nirvana of their day. so-so guitarist, kick ass drummer and great songs that captivated the listening public, while infuriating musicians and critics everywhere. lol
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
I want mark back in GFR, but he quit and then spent 2 years trashing Don and Mel in interviews (than admitted he was WRONG about Mel). They waited for him to return but he did not. They moved on. Still I think its time to reunite, Mark, Don and Mel!!!!!
GFR needs to fire the hacks that Don hired (The 3 guys from 38 Special/Bob Seger/Kiss...what a f'ng joke!) and apologize to the fans and MARK. Get back with Mark and go out for a final 20 date tour of the USA and then the RRHF will come calling.....
fans...this early material is precious testament as to how incredibly bad ass this band was...this pre-getting closer work is simply amazing...we're an american band is what most people associate them with...it's just a dirty shame...even though that song is awesome in its own right...it's not even the tip of the iceberg compared to what they were capable of and what they had already achieved...long live the funk!
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!! Further proof this great American Band can not be ignored any longer!!!
Yo te voy a decir por que no se les rinde el homeaje que merecen: por que asi pasa con la gente chingona !!! rara vez se les reconoce, siempre quedan en el olvido por que somos un mundo injusto y el ser humano olvida facilmente.
Ahora resulta que los mocosos de las nuevas generaciones saben mas de rock ... que ironía estamos en la época en que los patos le tiran a las escopetas =) AMOR Y PAZ !!
I wish I could surf upon a clip from: 1976 "Good Singin' Good Playin'" PRODUCED BY THE LATE GREAT FRANK ZAPPA. A GOOD PORTION OF ZAPPA'S MUSIC WAS A GFR SATIRE. HE LOVED MARK FARNER. this video is a treasure. thank you. 5 star
Hall of Fame thoughts: If GFRxR were devil worshipers, child molesters, drug addicts, Marxist Leninist Leftists, Black, Brown, gay, bi-sexual, losers, insane, or otherwise...they'd be in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.
Boy isn't that the truth, these guys are way and I mean way overdue and the best stuff that they made, they don't even play on the radio ever, good example..........Paranoid (awesome song) never played, Are You Ready (another good tune that gets you going through the day)
@fattdaddy3755 if they are not in the hall of fame sumbody needs their ass kick!..u never had an ass kickin by three men till they kicked it...mark alone at his height singin and playin the way he did...not clapton,not hendrix..no 1!...agressive tight rythm and soulful singin not just moanin or talking and he worked the shit out the stage too..
The Intro on this version of Into the Sun is like one of the most peaceful and moving tunes of all time. Laying down looking at the clouds!
GFR was just too cool... we played their albums in high school, and when we saw them live it was life-changing.
The GFR Tribute band or whatever they call it is sort of like Skynyrd or Thin Lizzy Tribute - thanks for keeping it going, but you won't ever touch these Legends - these Definers of the time.
Where the hell did you get this ???? (rhetorical, I know ) This is friggin' amazing footage and nice sound, too...they were nobodys then, but this shows what they had goin' on. Next to The Beatles - best band of the 70's.
exelente gracias por este memorable video muy pero muy bueno un gran saludo y un abrazo desde colombia a aquellos seguidores de la verdadera musica y la mejor!!!!50s 60s 70s mejores años del rock n roll!!!
i believe madonna should stick to what she obviously does well....licking jizz covered peep show booth floors clean with that foul mouth of hers and also doin cougar duty as needed for down on their luck pro jocks...i mean, what instrument does she play besides skin flute?
I think you will never get any answer neither from Madonna nor from anybody who agreed to play the game of show-business under the rules set by a bunch of faggots who own and rule it. Grand Funk was never a band who accpted these rules completely. That is the reason they have been so to speak "forgotten" by show business... But not by the people who love them. Independently if they are in the RRHOF or not.
Britany Spears is Madonna with a 500 mile upgrade. They're both talentless skanks who produce a vile audible stench that some monosyllabics call music. I think NOT!!! On the other hand GFR rocks! I saw 'em on 12/18/70 at the Garden in NYC and that show is still with me. What energy! Whoooeeee!
To me, three man bands define the essence of simplicity, talent(ablity), and rock(ability)...and the Funk is the essence of all three attributes. So behold this trio of Funkability!!!!
This song and a couple of others were also tied together with Iron Butterfly and billed as a Battle of the Bands that toured the Southern drive-in theater circuit back then. The backdrop behind Iron Butterfly was the same as Funk..so probably done in the same studio.
Music like this simply does not exist today...they worked hard, played hard, and wrote and sang from the heart. Nowadays it's all wannabe radio bullshit...no soul...no effort...no imagination. GFR WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!
the amps were local and positively a remarkable fluke; the messenger...mark had to make payments......and yet behold what they did on this equipment far surpasses the fluff of today!!!!
when i was playing bass as a teenager and playing Funk, Mel, of course would be the man, i wish he would of always wore black and with his hair and sideburns
01/01/09..This is the 40th anniversary year of the formation of Grand Funk Railroad! That's right. 40 years of getting "funked" by unequivically, the very best, the very essense, of rock & roll! No others sounded, sang, or performed like these 3 guys from Flint. We funkers already know that. It's the rest of the world that doesn't have a clue. So be it, it's their loss. Mark, Don, & Mel own the Hall of Fame by anyone who ever witnessed them live! The music never gets old! Grandfunkin' New Year!!
never heard, funny enough Mel & Mark were hard pot smoking guys but all of them they hated hard drugs and surely they were against those death merchants
Many bands needed a gimmick to sell the people. Take Alice Cooper, if he didnt paint his face he probably wouldnt have been as popular, Kiss, The Who, they smashed there equipment up after a show. Marlyn Manson, hey lets look evil, that will sell. The flea from Chili Peppers who played in underpants. Mark Farner wore an Indian arm band. Im not taken away those other bands talents, just makin a point that GFR didnt need a gimmick. They simply Rocked!!!
I always thought this particular song MUST be influential in some way--the riffs are contagious!
I recently read a British reviewer (you ought to read them some time, they have some really interesting insights on American stuff) of the "On Time" album, who said some of Mark's guitar passages on "Into the Sun" were used on one of the Wishbone Ash albums!
Wishbone Ash, of course, a renowned guitar-driven band, somewhat like a British-version of the Allman Brothers.
The BADDEST, #1 ROCK BAND ON PLANET EARTH. CASE CLOSED. RIGHTEOUS! LONG LIVE OUR BOYS FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN U.S.A. - MARK DON & MEL, WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE MUSIC, THE MAGIC...
I am 56 years old now but i attended this concert back on July 9th 1971 at Shea Stadium in flushing Queens. It was one of the top things in my life...The West amps made the seats Vibrate......fricking unbelieveable. Humble Pie was the warm up Band...Grand Funk
Excellant Packed, I'd listen to this song on the way to school. Getting stoned park in the back row at school and all the young dudes hoping in and get ripped before class...
i love Grand Funk ilove DETROIT!!!!!!!!!
ruslanasrtu 3 months ago
Brings back memories of a damp basement packed with amps, drum kit, hardly any room to stand, two windows open about six feet off the ground, several hippie chicks standing in the corner getting high, and me and my two buddies rocking out tunes by GFR, Iron Butterfly, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver... and MAN OH MAN do I sometimes long for those days, especially when I see the cell phone bills for my three kids, the morgage, dental bills, car payments, name brand clothes...FUCK!!
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Undoubtedly one of the greatest early rock power trios! Why do so many people not know this band, you ask? Even in the 60's this music did not fit radio format. If your song went on longer than 4 minutes you never got airplay, or it was cut to shit. Even today on the nostalgia stations still cut songs like 'Inna Gadda da Vida' by Iron Butterfly. Now there's a great heavy rock voice - Doug Ingle. Praise be to almighty YOUTUBE for giving us a platform to expose and share so much great talent.
Trismegistus10 4 months ago
This is a real treasure... Great that this is preserved. AT one time Grand Funk WAS THE BAND ..... very cool
xenavor 6 months ago
So you are telling me that Mel is only 17 in this video???
sixstringbluesify 6 months ago
@sixstringbluesify Yep only 17, i watched an interview where mark farner confrimed this video to be from 1968
outlawcountryman 5 months ago
Farner's guitar is a Musicraft Messenger.
superbeavo 9 months ago
it's 1969
superbeavo 9 months ago
The greatest band in all the land......STILL!
CLOWNvsMIME 9 months ago
i found this band on one of my dads reel to reel and I would play it on his Teac when he wasn't around, so, these guys got me through the 70's, and the stones too. Then when i got a little older, in my teens, I was into punk. I learned how to use a reel to reel trial and error, till I got GFR going.
paulgad 9 months ago
awesome band :D
theoneandonlysarab 10 months ago
Jeeezus....where the hell is my black light! I don't give a rats ass if I'm pushing 50 anymore...the fucking posters are going back on the wall...I'm gonna get myself a bag of some good shit , then I'm gonna hit the street and shout "People lets stop the war!!!
jimmyb207 10 months ago 2
One of my favorite songs of all time, it always makes me smile and picks me up when I'm down. I'm gettin' into the sun baby! woo!!
thebladesman 11 months ago
if you watched sesame street in the late eighties..... 60`s music will sound nastalgic because sesame street used alot of 60s rythems ........ this is how it for me.... lol ... i love blues now because of it..... anything with a big beat..... like SOME hip hop... as well as SOME drum and bass.....
codehendrix 1 year ago
I'd be surprised if the Red Hot Chili Peppers did not mention this band as a major influence. The hair , the voice, the style of the guitar play etc...I'm not saying this as a cut or a plug. Just an observation.
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it seens ten years ago by yardbirds anyway great band
FBStanley 1 year ago
it seens ten years ago by yardbirds anyway great band
FBStanley 1 year ago
Check out the electic hook up on guitars!!!!! Glad thats gone!!! But thisong KICKS A..............
jbeng1953 1 year ago
this is the coolest vid Ive ever fuckin seen,Farners guitar is just a barage of fuzzed out noise & the psych visuals r outasite!
djgforce11 1 year ago
Impossible to sit still listening to this great music! GFR put so much into their performances. They just went for it, gave their all. I miss those days. We had more freedom. Life was simpler without all the bull shit, people were much more real and soulful.
rg2027x 1 year ago
And they were 19/20 at the time this was shot?
ClassicKKate 1 year ago
@ClassicKKate Mel was 17 , Mark and Don were 19 ...Cool teenagers.
En0ErUP 1 year ago
@En0ErUP Thanks for the info. Not your average :garage band" huh?
ClassicKKate 1 year ago
This performance alone should get em into the (bullshit) RRHof Fame. Love the Townsendesqe git slingin. I saw em at the Ludlow Garage in Jan of 70 and they kicked ass.
yippierb 1 year ago
Does anyone know that they are only teenagers here ! AMAZING.
47tooter 1 year ago
experience
ELP
grand funk
in that order..
for 3 man bands....
stupididiot13 1 year ago
@stupididiot13 what about RUSH
EyMeng 1 year ago
@EyMeng after budgie...
stupididiot13 1 year ago
Hey Green Day, this is how to rock. listen and learn.
TopBrassFunk 1 year ago 2
Don't care what you label it...it still kacks ass
d1sailer 1 year ago
grand funk railroad the best
Thomasquinones 1 year ago
This song is how I feel everytime I have sex with my girlfriend.
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
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BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
My favorites.Since 1970.I're a young man.
boris3714 1 year ago
Wow wonderful!
Luke895748 1 year ago
one of the coolest band around back then..love em
claptongroupie 1 year ago
This is F#####G GREAT!!!!!
kricky71 1 year ago
Now THIS is REAL MUSIC!
You kids can keep yer (c)rap and grunge.
GFR FOREVER!!!!!!
1701Tex 1 year ago
The title of this vid is Get Down ..... The song is Into The Sun!
zorozornes 1 year ago 8
@zorozornes
Right.
PackedFunk 1 year ago
@zorozornes Not only is the song "Into the Sun", this is a 1970 performance
Sbrownlee 1 year ago
@Sbrownlee How do you know this is a 1970 show ?
47tooter 1 year ago
@47tooter . Taping of this performance was January 16 1970 and done at a Grand Funk show at the 'Pirates World Amusement Park' theatre, in Dania, Florida. To answer your question, I know my Funk.
Sbrownlee 1 year ago
@Sbrownlee Also keep in mind this is an in studio a "lip synch performance" not an actual lve show as some commentors think. There are many moments throughout where what you hear isn't what you see......it's the studio recording.
Sbrownlee 1 year ago
@Sbrownlee IT may be a different version or the timing is off , but Grand Funk is really playing and singing here ,, They dont Lipsync and they are not faking..and this is not the studio recording from " ON TIME "
47tooter 1 year ago
@Sbrownlee
Also keep in mind that browneye has never really listened to GFR because this is as "non-studio" as you can get!" Brownie, try listening to the studio version. Not lip synched at all, just bad video editing. Try to obtain the benefit of a clue! GFR Rules!!!!!
FoolFaces 8 months ago
@Sbrownlee Thank you it is live. They are playing and the synch is off .
yippierb 11 months ago
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how can u listen to this coon garbage
500TD500 1 year ago
just where was this done someone said in florida? i dont really know guys
MultiGFR 1 year ago
The animation is making me sick.
beatles6120 1 year ago
Tears of joy!!!!
TinkerbellFahQ 1 year ago
So cool that this is here!
mikedrud 1 year ago 3
@mikedrud
Yea man, what a rare find!!
PackedFunk 1 year ago
hello my friends love jour sound and songs
big greeting
atti.
ATTILA JELINEK
INDIE MUSIC AWARD WINNER 2009
NOMINEE 2008
neszemelyi09 1 year ago
yeah mark and don were the best but no one is stating one of the best bass player Mel Schacher Hmmmm who the hell you all did the rythum and bass.....Go Mell . love them all actually..
TashaRiots 1 year ago
~F U C K * Y E A H~
CANDOKNOWHOW 1 year ago
Ultrakool: I think Farner is way beyond so so. Not truly great bet very, very solid. He sounds better alone than many two guitar bands. They are out there but you have to look for a better guitarist.
ckhthd 1 year ago
in a way, gf was the nirvana of their day. so-so guitarist, kick ass drummer and great songs that captivated the listening public, while infuriating musicians and critics everywhere. lol
ultrakool 1 year ago
wow.early on time!Unreal.Beautiful in every way..
maceonenyc 1 year ago
I really wanna know, is this footage from 1968 or 1970, cuz I'm confused.
musicmovie240 1 year ago
Nugent aint got shit on Farner!
semiLivedj 1 year ago
selling GFR Live in Tokyo 1974 dvd. message me if interested.
purplehouse26 1 year ago
Love this I even bought the video mondo dytona jts to get a good copy!!!
rickcappetto 1 year ago
HOW Great is this??? Very !!
musicmark4 1 year ago
Cool video!Rock n Roll!!!
gibsg62 1 year ago
you know what would be better? the actual live performance.
tomitstube 1 year ago
Grandissimi !
MrGiobyron 1 year ago
However, it was done without the ridiculous 'special effects' that are, for whatever reasons, in this video.
SceneOneVideo 1 year ago
I belive this was on PBS in 1969...yes?
SceneOneVideo 1 year ago
I need this documentary.
GFRFan12 2 years ago 6
I bought mine on EBay. VHS tape called Get Down Grand Funk.
Should still be available.
PackedFunk 2 years ago 3
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
PackedFunk 2 years ago 17
R I P The Great Buddy Holly.
Feb. 3, 1959 - The Day The Music Died.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
@PackedFunk .....along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
BARBIEAZNAKA1 1 year ago
@PackedFunk Huh?
WhiteyCooper007 1 year ago
i have GFR live in tokyo japan 1974 dvd for sale. message me if interested.
purplehouse26 2 years ago
Track list?
GFRFan12 2 years ago
what do you mean "what would become grand funk" ?
snubbs741 2 years ago
Is this footage from 1968 or 1970? I'm confused.
sinning1966 2 years ago
Where can I buy the DVD (or the VHS lol)? It's not on amazon (I've checked).
sinning1966 2 years ago
I bought mine on EBay.
It's called Get Down Grand Funk & is copyright 1968. It is VHS tape.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Many Thanks.
sinning1966 2 years ago
fuck the rock and roll hall of fame Grand Funk is to good to be apart of them they are for the true fans only
ledzeppelinrocks100 2 years ago 3
Thanks for the video!!!
DeLTuaX 2 years ago
Great !
RICKAPP 2 years ago
thanks!
I used to have this on VHS long time ago and up to now never seen on youtube. Much higher quality than my old poor VHS tape
FLAVIN77 2 years ago
Great Hard rock Heavy Psych band that acctually could cut it live
Much better than their later higher rated copy bands.
I need GFR "In Need" live photage
Meckipsychman 2 years ago
they r called "LEGENDS" ! ! ! xo|
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BrittPhillips 2 years ago
Saw Grand Funk, way back in 1969 at the Fillmore East New York City. The headline band was Jethro Tull, Fat Mattress and Grand Funk Railroad, G.F.R.
first run at Fillmore and they stole the show even when the mike kept going off when atarting off on their first song. once they started that was it.
LASVEGASNYC 2 years ago 2
The Huffington Post just wrote an article about Grand Funk being blackballed by The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Go to their site & search:
How lame is The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame?
PackedFunk 2 years ago
I want mark back in GFR, but he quit and then spent 2 years trashing Don and Mel in interviews (than admitted he was WRONG about Mel). They waited for him to return but he did not. They moved on. Still I think its time to reunite, Mark, Don and Mel!!!!!
rickcappetto 2 years ago 4
I used to listen to Grand Funk Railroad a lot when I was younger. I forgot how good they were in the early days. This is incredible!
capriracer351 2 years ago
Farner is a rock god
chrook 2 years ago
Very few bands are in this category. Love Mels Bassplaying, Marks voice is better today than ever, and Brewer is a drummers drummer.
march1959 2 years ago 3
So sick!
philthyrex 2 years ago
Saw Grand Funk at Cobo in '71.
what s fucking show.
GET DOWN GRAND FUNK!
PeterCRissKISSgod 2 years ago
Turn amp up to 11 @ 6:19.
Another GFRxR first.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
GFR needs to fire the hacks that Don hired (The 3 guys from 38 Special/Bob Seger/Kiss...what a f'ng joke!) and apologize to the fans and MARK. Get back with Mark and go out for a final 20 date tour of the USA and then the RRHF will come calling.....
Welshbluesman 2 years ago 2
Amen to that Brother!
PackedFunk 2 years ago
i completely agree with all the grand funk
fans...this early material is precious testament as to how incredibly bad ass this band was...this pre-getting closer work is simply amazing...we're an american band is what most people associate them with...it's just a dirty shame...even though that song is awesome in its own right...it's not even the tip of the iceberg compared to what they were capable of and what they had already achieved...long live the funk!
qoph29 2 years ago 3
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!! Further proof this great American Band can not be ignored any longer!!!
PackedFunk 2 years ago
soy de mexico y creci con la musica de grand funk,son los mejores y lastima que no se les rinda el homenaje que merecen
frijol100 2 years ago
Yo te voy a decir por que no se les rinde el homeaje que merecen: por que asi pasa con la gente chingona !!! rara vez se les reconoce, siempre quedan en el olvido por que somos un mundo injusto y el ser humano olvida facilmente.
Ahora resulta que los mocosos de las nuevas generaciones saben mas de rock ... que ironía estamos en la época en que los patos le tiran a las escopetas =) AMOR Y PAZ !!
emptheremin 2 years ago
I filled out the petition
The best damn concert I ever went to was Grand Funk Railroad
They rule
JumpinJohnny74 2 years ago 3
fattdaddy3755, best comment ever about
GFR!!! God bless you and them!
TO3A11 2 years ago
How many signatures do they need to be in the hall of fame ?
(...) awsome video bro, thanks for posting it .
AcidAbsinthe 2 years ago 2
I wish I could surf upon a clip from: 1976 "Good Singin' Good Playin'" PRODUCED BY THE LATE GREAT FRANK ZAPPA. A GOOD PORTION OF ZAPPA'S MUSIC WAS A GFR SATIRE. HE LOVED MARK FARNER. this video is a treasure. thank you. 5 star
drunksingsheep 2 years ago
Hall of Fame thoughts: If GFRxR were devil worshipers, child molesters, drug addicts, Marxist Leninist Leftists, Black, Brown, gay, bi-sexual, losers, insane, or otherwise...they'd be in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.
fattdaddy3755 2 years ago 4
Therefore I say to you Jan Wenner.....
WHAT THE FUCK???????????
Boycott Rolling Stone Magazine until justice is bestowed on Mark Farner, Mel and Don.
fattdaddy3755 2 years ago 2
Boy isn't that the truth, these guys are way and I mean way overdue and the best stuff that they made, they don't even play on the radio ever, good example..........Paranoid (awesome song) never played, Are You Ready (another good tune that gets you going through the day)
JumpinJohnny74 2 years ago 2
what they play on the radio today is junk!.
FastMg42 2 years ago 3
@fattdaddy3755 if they are not in the hall of fame sumbody needs their ass kick!..u never had an ass kickin by three men till they kicked it...mark alone at his height singin and playin the way he did...not clapton,not hendrix..no 1!...agressive tight rythm and soulful singin not just moanin or talking and he worked the shit out the stage too..
othajr23 1 year ago
who is the girl at 4:36 min's?
riverrunner114 2 years ago
The Intro on this version of Into the Sun is like one of the most peaceful and moving tunes of all time. Laying down looking at the clouds!
GFR was just too cool... we played their albums in high school, and when we saw them live it was life-changing.
The GFR Tribute band or whatever they call it is sort of like Skynyrd or Thin Lizzy Tribute - thanks for keeping it going, but you won't ever touch these Legends - these Definers of the time.
Rock on, Mark Don and Mel!
Love to you all, "Suzie"
suziemcalister 2 years ago 3
Hell Yeahhhhhh!Must have been great knowing you were playing something completely new!What a band.The more i hear the more i get hooked on them/it.
Greetings from Rockland Belgium
muizenstront 2 years ago
Where the hell did you get this ???? (rhetorical, I know ) This is friggin' amazing footage and nice sound, too...they were nobodys then, but this shows what they had goin' on. Next to The Beatles - best band of the 70's.
I want this documentary !!!!
dertrommler54 2 years ago
Wow !!! Old , simple and AMAZING
Love GRF
Cheers from Brazil
Evelineguitar 2 years ago 3
Me too☆
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wildbrew1 2 years ago 2
Zakk Wylde would have a hell of a time keepin up to this cat!!
acerb45666555 2 years ago 3
omg! 1968!! yeah!!
acerb45666555 2 years ago
Actually the books say this is January of 1970....just to let you know.
MattHatter 2 years ago
how about just commenting on this band and forget about the wannabees capice?!
you young gen are very privelidge to hear such talent and so much more from the 70s so listen up and learn!!!!!!!!!! savy?!!!
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago
driffulpystoriousatorcal
peachythelemon 2 years ago
Broet djo j'a ire mai scultacc pruemo.
mia mal
scetdellak 2 years ago
google desaparece el axo despues del fin del time
roberto5584 2 years ago
Madonna haters love GFR
yiommi 2 years ago
lol, go check out the madonna interview video with weird AL yank. Pretty funny. That's the only thing i enjoy about her. lol
johnbambammorgan 2 years ago
exelente gracias por este memorable video muy pero muy bueno un gran saludo y un abrazo desde colombia a aquellos seguidores de la verdadera musica y la mejor!!!!50s 60s 70s mejores años del rock n roll!!!
yeyerdiaz 2 years ago
Holly shit
ElectricCandleLight 2 years ago
i believe madonna should stick to what she obviously does well....licking jizz covered peep show booth floors clean with that foul mouth of hers and also doin cougar duty as needed for down on their luck pro jocks...i mean, what instrument does she play besides skin flute?
chazblitz 2 years ago
excelente banda compadre
pantalonesdegenio 2 years ago
Everyone don't forget to sign the petition listed above in this video description.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
signed, and signed!
thebladesman 2 years ago
OMGosh, the memories from hearing these GFR tunes on YT. This band is long over due for induction to the RHF.
DiscoNot 2 years ago 3
hof is a joke politics as usual
steve89z 2 years ago 2
they had been fucking crazy god blessing thems , this music meaning freedom and creative, just three guys done music , woowooo
23266334 2 years ago
1968! Every kid was learning how to play guitar, there was a band in every other garage.... man this country has lost its soul. sad.
fattdaddy3755 2 years ago 7
FTW!!! Grand Funk are so good they deserve their own fucking hall of fame!!..YEAHHHHH!!!!
gfrkiss 2 years ago 10
i think Madonna should explain to me why shes in the RRHOF and these guys aren't.
i don't think she could.
PeterCRissKISSgod 2 years ago 14
I think you will never get any answer neither from Madonna nor from anybody who agreed to play the game of show-business under the rules set by a bunch of faggots who own and rule it. Grand Funk was never a band who accpted these rules completely. That is the reason they have been so to speak "forgotten" by show business... But not by the people who love them. Independently if they are in the RRHOF or not.
KaterFritz 2 years ago
amen brother,madonna a no talent ahole
steve89z 2 years ago 4
Britany Spears is Madonna with a 500 mile upgrade. They're both talentless skanks who produce a vile audible stench that some monosyllabics call music. I think NOT!!! On the other hand GFR rocks! I saw 'em on 12/18/70 at the Garden in NYC and that show is still with me. What energy! Whoooeeee!
Bopalena 2 years ago
Im guessing "On Time" wasn't released yet?
PeterCRissKISSgod 2 years ago
Wow, blew me away
steveditko 2 years ago
out from nowhere the Funk-miesters appear and absolutely set a new standard of hard rock galore and with a no frills down right raw rock raw sound
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago
thank you for this great clip. It took me back to the 7th grade. By the way, I believe this song is called, "Into The Sun".
Thanks again
ColePeezaWurk 2 years ago 2
To me, three man bands define the essence of simplicity, talent(ablity), and rock(ability)...and the Funk is the essence of all three attributes. So behold this trio of Funkability!!!!
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago
Rick Rubin must have been way into GF when he was a kid.
asdesas 2 years ago 2
incredible .
chris16jordan 2 years ago 2
I'm going to shoot my radio
nothing but crap comming out of it now
bear2man 3 years ago 5
This song and a couple of others were also tied together with Iron Butterfly and billed as a Battle of the Bands that toured the Southern drive-in theater circuit back then. The backdrop behind Iron Butterfly was the same as Funk..so probably done in the same studio.
docrocksradio 3 years ago
BELLISSIMO!!! When nowadays shit so-called "rock" will dissappeear this music will live forever and GFR are the best in this kind!
ImpendingDoom01 3 years ago 3
Music like this simply does not exist today...they worked hard, played hard, and wrote and sang from the heart. Nowadays it's all wannabe radio bullshit...no soul...no effort...no imagination. GFR WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!
GrandFunker 3 years ago 4
ohh...if this performance doesnt do it..then nothing will....capice?!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
the amps were local and positively a remarkable fluke; the messenger...mark had to make payments......and yet behold what they did on this equipment far surpasses the fluff of today!!!!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
Mel, the man in black. TAking the bass to the highest form.
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
when i was playing bass as a teenager and playing Funk, Mel, of course would be the man, i wish he would of always wore black and with his hair and sideburns
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
packed, thnx!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
This vid is relevant to Spring of 1969, the title of the Vhs is misleading the real history.
allanhold 3 years ago 2
01/01/09..This is the 40th anniversary year of the formation of Grand Funk Railroad! That's right. 40 years of getting "funked" by unequivically, the very best, the very essense, of rock & roll! No others sounded, sang, or performed like these 3 guys from Flint. We funkers already know that. It's the rest of the world that doesn't have a clue. So be it, it's their loss. Mark, Don, & Mel own the Hall of Fame by anyone who ever witnessed them live! The music never gets old! Grandfunkin' New Year!!
Tingman513 3 years ago 2
This song absolutely sets you up to ROCK OUT !! INTO THE SUN ...Yeah!
OROSEY 3 years ago 2
The only 19-year old in history that ever looked older than Mel Schacher was Geezer Butler (aptly named!)
Sometimes I wonder if he was born with facial hair? Never seen him where he didn't look younger than his age!
notfragile33 3 years ago 3
Always like them. There was a rumour they were part-financed by the US Govt. as an 'anti-drugs' band. Was this a false roumour?
SteffanLlwyd 3 years ago 2
Urban myth
turquoisetandem 3 years ago 3
Thanks.
SteffanLlwyd 3 years ago
never heard, funny enough Mel & Mark were hard pot smoking guys but all of them they hated hard drugs and surely they were against those death merchants
allanhold 3 years ago
Thanks for replying :)
SteffanLlwyd 3 years ago
Everyone click the blue link above & sign our petition to induct Mark Farner & GFRxR into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
HD80EVO 3 years ago 2
T.J.. Have a great Thanksgiving , rock yer nuts off and now...GO GET DRUNK!!! Respect from London...All the best .Mark..x
gfrkiss 3 years ago 2
Many bands needed a gimmick to sell the people. Take Alice Cooper, if he didnt paint his face he probably wouldnt have been as popular, Kiss, The Who, they smashed there equipment up after a show. Marlyn Manson, hey lets look evil, that will sell. The flea from Chili Peppers who played in underpants. Mark Farner wore an Indian arm band. Im not taken away those other bands talents, just makin a point that GFR didnt need a gimmick. They simply Rocked!!!
Rawhide53 3 years ago 2
I always thought this particular song MUST be influential in some way--the riffs are contagious!
I recently read a British reviewer (you ought to read them some time, they have some really interesting insights on American stuff) of the "On Time" album, who said some of Mark's guitar passages on "Into the Sun" were used on one of the Wishbone Ash albums!
Wishbone Ash, of course, a renowned guitar-driven band, somewhat like a British-version of the Allman Brothers.
notfragile33 3 years ago
The BADDEST, #1 ROCK BAND ON PLANET EARTH. CASE CLOSED. RIGHTEOUS! LONG LIVE OUR BOYS FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN U.S.A. - MARK DON & MEL, WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE MUSIC, THE MAGIC...
POWER TO THE PEOPLE, & GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!
Loyal Fan Since '69 - Ed Youngstown, OHIO*
*GFR MECCA 1969-1972...STEEL CITY U.S.A.
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EdenMonroesMom 3 years ago
I am 56 years old now but i attended this concert back on July 9th 1971 at Shea Stadium in flushing Queens. It was one of the top things in my life...The West amps made the seats Vibrate......fricking unbelieveable. Humble Pie was the warm up Band...Grand Funk
will live forever!!! thanks for the post!!
Keep on Rocking Mark...we need a re -union tour!
1972bus 3 years ago
..super,,,
aniagniech 3 years ago
Excellant Packed, I'd listen to this song on the way to school. Getting stoned park in the back row at school and all the young dudes hoping in and get ripped before class...
Termite58 3 years ago