TRUE,WHY don`t THEY (Radio Slug`s)Play this OR other "LOVE" tune`s ?? NO Arthur LEE= NO Jimi Hendrix FLAT OUT ! They don`t play Jeff Beck W/ Rod ? But ZEP,oh hah over & over. DID we lose Rock to Clear Chanel & the Corp. CREAP`s of money ?
My wife and I were blessed to see three of the last concerts given by Arthur with Baby Lemonade at NYC's Bowery Ballroom. It was a life long dream since I was a teenage drummer in Houston to see LOVE, and I got my wish. Rest in peace Arthur, you gave us so much and left us way, way too soon...
They played it tonight on Sons of Anarchy during the chase scene. Outstanding choice of music for pairing with a chase scene! Suprised that it hasn't been used before.
The first time I'd heard it was in the movie Bottle Rocket.
I've said it before numerous times on YouTube and I'll say it again; God Bless YouTube for making these Golden Oldies rarities available to us. Lotsa luck finding these rarities on mainstream Golden Oldies broadcast radio! LOL! You know the ones; the radio consultant tested Top-1000 Golden Oldies of all time. Yechhhh!
Killer surf music! When I first heard this tune, I thought it was ingenious!
I thought, "These guys got something great here!" The way they did the song made me wish I could hear more of their stuff. I never knew the band's name until last year when I got a CD called "Nuggets" at the library. When I heard it again, I felt the exact same way I did back when it was released. WOW!!!
I heard this song so many times back in the day and never knew who the artist was. Crazy how time and people slip away from us, we don't miss these things it seems until they are gone forever. RIP Arthur Lee, may your legacy live on through the many songs and video clips here in this virtual venue!
Great job, my gawd does that take me back to an age when I simply didn't care about one DAMN thing, and didn't have to for that matter. The world was going to be my oyster. And now 49 years later...... WTF happened? LMAO.
My, but how this so kills. My younger brother turned me on to this when it came out. Great audio/video-thanx! Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock)
Summer of '66. I bought this record, put it on the turntable and cranked it up LOUD!!! My mom came in the room, turned it off, took the record off the turntable and shattered it into about one hundred pieces. she said I was not allowed to play that GARBAGE in her house.
Many years later, living on my own, I cranked up the volume, called her up and said "Hey mom, you gonna come over and break this copy too???" She thought it was funny.
@nealbfinn Great Story!! I had a simular one, but it was with my record of Stepenwolfs "Magic Carpet Ride"..I was rocking the neighborhood, parents gone, having a party, late at night, beer flowing.....the neighbor Mrs Brainard called the Cops!!!
Oh God, It was So fun Back then! Time Machine...Please.
Man this still kicks but after 40+ years!!!....RIP in Arthur Lee!!!....Still play this 3-4 times a week on Youtube!...And...YES, this is ROCK Music!!!
"Trapped inside the night, but I'm a day" I swear thats the most inspirational line of lyrics in a song I've ever heard. Just hearing it puts on a smile on my face. So goddam righteous
Da Capo is an incredible album. The way the smooth Que Vida explodes into Seven and Seven is is pure genius. So much genre experimentation and an amazing package. I wish I lived in the 60s. So many news sounds were amusing. Now we're spent it seems. Music's fucking stagnant. More people should know and listen to Love
Amen to that ranchroper1974.I playe the whole strip circuit and even opened for these guys and the Music Machine.What a fun time and all the Boss Radio you could handle.OOPS!!I think someone kicked the Fender Reverb.lol
I was so pleased to hear this on Entourage, artists recognizing true Art. I came up listening to these guys, bought 6 of their LPs (all I could find) wanted to see 'em live nut apparently they didn't get to East Coast much, possibly too far from uhhh "contacts". However to set the record strait, The Doors used to go see Love at The Whiskey while on break cuz they wanted to be like them. Love first punk LP, first Psychedelic LP. Rave On!
Hahahaha...yeah!!!! Classic album...and yes, I do think it may be classified as one of the first "punk" LPs. I was introduced to Love by my wife's sister in the early '80's and have loved them ever since. Amazing!!!
what a great song! Heard it on closing credits of HBO's Entourage, heard the um bip bip part, remembered Alice Cooper had a song with that lyric, foudn the name & found this. 1967?! wow, powerful vocals, early punk...does this band have other good stuff? what is their best album? The bass in the beginning is so cool. Rippin for 67.
That was a great ending for that episode of Entourage!!! Love is truly a classic band with great songs. I am so glad someone has a clue and played this for the show. Great!
one of my fave bands /albums of all time...peeps will cover coz they want to..dig your toes in acid sad while your locks get whooooosshed by the salty summa breeze of somewhere
This song is so far ahead of its time I don't know if we've caught up with it. Love could have been as big as the Doors, CCR, or anyone else if Arthur Lee would have toured. What a shame, because "Forever Changes" is rated #42 album of all time, but I'd say it's in the top ten. Buy it.
you took the words out my mouth! i think love are my favourite band! jim morrison idolised arthur lee! he is mesmerising! i think he was way ahead of his time!, even more so than even his soul brother hendrix! arthur lee sounds fresher!
I've had some favorite tunes I like to listen to but this surpasses just about everyhing. Incredebile then and now. Thanks to Sirius Satellite Radio/Little Stevens Underground Garage for bringing it to my attention.
Alice Cooper covered also and to this day he says he still has no idea what the heck it means and wished he had a change to ask Arthur Lee about the lyrics...blows my mind and I wanna rock every time I play it back
To: hlhelt. I am also obsessed with this song. It was in my mind since it was first on the airwaves. I will still be listening to this song for many years, now that I have found it again. I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MIND.
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1966 (of course I was a mere lad) and saying "Holy Crap!!" Just brilliant, and one of the best records of the Sixties (or any other decade.)
One of the BEST endings of any song ever!...Awesome Love song!...When this was released all I listened too was Arthur Lee/Love...&...Jimi Hendrix...Everyone knows their paths did cross!...RIP Arthur Lee!!!...PLAY...it...LOUD!!!
I'm still obsessed with this song. I remember how different it sounded from the other songs being played on the radio at the time. 2:16 of rock genius!
Hey you current day groups out there. Do you ever listen to this and feel just a teensy bit inadequate? Well you should. Music as it should be - raw, powerful, exciting and quite, quite brilliant.
arthur lee is my favourite musician of all! blows my mind!, im just sad that a lot of people havent heard his magnificence! love your words by the way! you are ssssoooo rrriiiiiggggghhhhhttttttt!
Can't remember if we remembered this track or not but when aired recently by Randall Lee Rose on Big L Sky Channel 0190, it seemed familiar and reminiscent of another song that's so far eluded us but would be known by fans of this song. The first single release on Track records in 1968 by Eire Apparent "Follow Me" - any info apreciated. Thanks for this collage of images and great sound Surfrider.
OMFG!!! THE BEEMER!!! you jump started a lot of lost brain cells!!! Worked on Hollywood Blvd - KFWB 98 studio was a few blocks away overlooking the Blvd - would go up and watch the audio magic - great music great folks a time long ago - Galaxy, Klidiscope, Plallidium, Sea Witch, Pandora's Box, Whiskey, the Trip, Garazzis, Canters . . . .
Thank you and thanks to all making great comments here....some of which are great memories of times gone by that we knew were special, even back then.
OMG. . I haven't heard this song in decades. Literally. But I certainly remember it. It was a part of that golden era of rock between '64 and '68. . some call the "Psychedelic Age". I love the energy. The way the guitars cut in and out. Powerful drumming and Arthur Lee's distinctive voice. This group should have been HUGE. Thanks for posting this.
The original version begins with an explosion that is missing here (actually an airplane taking off). When this came out was judged the most powerful track ever. I agree.
I heard "7 & 7 is" on my transistor radio when it hit first hit the airwaves. No one knew who it was (like Hendrix and a million bands)as they played everything in any order that came out and in any serquence.
This track though,was very different and set a totally new sound. Way ahead of the pack and predated Hendrix and the great pysch bands. All Arthur's stuff that followed was great and way ahead. Brilliant Arthur. Steve Browne
boop bip bip boop bip bip YEAH! Arthur Lee 1945-2006. Syd Barrett 1946-2006. Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970. All gone but never forgotten; they and their music are immortal.
i'm 53 years old and i just discovered arthur lee today! music is my hobby,i can't believe i wasn't familiar with arthur lee,i wouldn't haven't discovered bix beiderbecke either if it wasn't for pbs jazz special.thanks to youtube and the internet the world can discover anything especially quality musical artists.lenny kravitz,ramones,hendrix,etc,are ripoffs of arthur lee.he is the pioneer.
We used to crank this one up. My brother and I would go cruising and listen for our favorite songs and when they came on we would TURN THEM UP! Thanks for the memories. And yeah, I'm old....
Nice little tribute...got to see the late great Mr. Lee about 3 or 4 years here in NYC with a new Love--a young band of terrific musicians backing him up who played everything like it was '67 again--but not just note for note rote versions--it's a shame he's gone but the music...well, you know. Ars longa, vita brevis--if you flunked Latin you can look it up! Sadly I did not see what was prob'ly his last tour and show here with the horn section--stupid move on my part. RIP, A.L.
love are my favourite group, trying to buy as much of their stuff as i can, they are timeless, you could listen to them in a 100 years and still be blown away!
Love was out of this world. Arthur Lee, maybe one of the best frontmen of all time. I miss him. I miss what he stood for. That he spent time in prison says too much about the wayward time law enforcement spends on drugs than crime.
Cool song. Songs like this bring me back to an era when things were simpler and better. For one, most city downtowns were thriving, for another you could walk around neighborhoods safely, for another teens and young adults went to nice places to socialize. I could go on but you get the idea.
Precisely. To quote another man of the times . .John Kay from his epic "Monster". ."the cities have turned into jungles and corruption has spread throughout the land. .". You take your life in your own hands walking downtown at night in many of the US cities. A goddamn shame. I too miss the simpler days when people trusted each other more. .and respected the space. We've lost our way. Take me back with you. Beam me DOWN Scottie.
if your bands recordings aren't already on the site "beyond the beat generation" they would love to have a copy on their playlist. online library for 60's garage n psych
At San Francisco-Oakland during 1966 -67 there were weeks when 7 and 7 Is was played 2 - 3 times an hour on KYA, a local S.F. station. Great music, thank you for putting this up.
The odd thing about this song is that when it was released in 1966 it actually hit as high as #33 on the Billboard charts. That just goes to show that there was a strong public appetite for full-blown punk even at such an early date...and kind of makes you wonder why it took so much longer for the punk genre to really catch fire amongst performers.
The back side of the 45 - a song called '14'!
jondoe8889 5 days ago
this is so punk.
bjorkismyhomie 2 months ago
hell ya...still got the wax...what a great rockin' song....
mrjonrickly 2 months ago
This is King Tone, baby! The music of my youth! This one goes out to you, Dave (aka The Mad Russian).
mickeymousebiker1 3 months ago
KING TONE! Bash/crash tune from a time when Rock was at its apex! Love it!
mickeymousebiker1 3 months ago
fucking love it UTAH GET ME TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
db0311usmc 3 months ago
If you want to play music, think about something other than music. A lot.
Ariel62073 4 months ago
Powerhouse. Exploding. What a number.
ArchangelBoab 4 months ago
TRUE,WHY don`t THEY (Radio Slug`s)Play this OR other "LOVE" tune`s ?? NO Arthur LEE= NO Jimi Hendrix FLAT OUT ! They don`t play Jeff Beck W/ Rod ? But ZEP,oh hah over & over. DID we lose Rock to Clear Chanel & the Corp. CREAP`s of money ?
dukeuke1 4 months ago
My wife and I were blessed to see three of the last concerts given by Arthur with Baby Lemonade at NYC's Bowery Ballroom. It was a life long dream since I was a teenage drummer in Houston to see LOVE, and I got my wish. Rest in peace Arthur, you gave us so much and left us way, way too soon...
140hours 5 months ago
This song derived its name from the fact that both Arthur Lee and his then girlfriend were born on the seventh day of the month.
gilgamess 5 months ago
Great comments guys! I even come back myself and give it a listen when I need a boost.
ColoradoSurfrider 5 months ago
@ColoradoSurfrider the actual sound of an H- Bomb blast at 1:55
spacepatrolman 4 months ago
Radio Consultants SUCK! This song would get HEAVY rotation on MY "Golden Oldies Radio Station"
andrez03 5 months ago
Awesome....
centralparocker 5 months ago
Sounds like Hendrix.
FolkMetalPiper 5 months ago
far ahead of its time in 1966, it sure left its mark on rock history
hoss73ford1 5 months ago
They played it tonight on Sons of Anarchy during the chase scene. Outstanding choice of music for pairing with a chase scene! Suprised that it hasn't been used before.
The first time I'd heard it was in the movie Bottle Rocket.
TheSeth1000 5 months ago
I've said it before numerous times on YouTube and I'll say it again; God Bless YouTube for making these Golden Oldies rarities available to us. Lotsa luck finding these rarities on mainstream Golden Oldies broadcast radio! LOL! You know the ones; the radio consultant tested Top-1000 Golden Oldies of all time. Yechhhh!
andrez03 6 months ago
Wow...close to 100,000 hits....thank you everyone for enjoying one of my all time classics!
ColoradoSurfrider 6 months ago
@ColoradoSurfrider i saw love at vito lido's where it all sarted
ramphan13 3 months ago
Trapped inside a night but I'm a day.
RoyFive 6 months ago
which version was in the movie point break?
Ash928GTR 6 months ago
this is fucking insane
mharris0585 7 months ago
This recording is one of my favorites from the 60s... I remember when I first heard it on the radio. Psychedelic punk.
playon51 7 months ago
Killer surf music! When I first heard this tune, I thought it was ingenious!
I thought, "These guys got something great here!" The way they did the song made me wish I could hear more of their stuff. I never knew the band's name until last year when I got a CD called "Nuggets" at the library. When I heard it again, I felt the exact same way I did back when it was released. WOW!!!
1qaz2wsx3edc5753 8 months ago
This Song Is Sonic Nitroglycreyne.
SunnyDays951 8 months ago
I will never forgive California and it's implementation of that ridiculous fucking three strikes policy for taking Arthur lee away from us.
firecoroner 8 months ago
Boo Bip Bip Boo Bip Bip Yeah! Dang !!I Memories of me and my best friend lovin' this tune when we were 8 years old. Thanks! for the upload.
SunnyDays951 8 months ago
I heard this song so many times back in the day and never knew who the artist was. Crazy how time and people slip away from us, we don't miss these things it seems until they are gone forever. RIP Arthur Lee, may your legacy live on through the many songs and video clips here in this virtual venue!
queballed 9 months ago
I found a 45 of this today, but its scratched to shit so it sounds right surreal when i play it.
AaronBaker12345 10 months ago
i got their albums and was pleased to see this on the nuggets box set as well.
CLOWNvsMIME 10 months ago
Great job, my gawd does that take me back to an age when I simply didn't care about one DAMN thing, and didn't have to for that matter. The world was going to be my oyster. And now 49 years later...... WTF happened? LMAO.
queballed 11 months ago
My, but how this so kills. My younger brother turned me on to this when it came out. Great audio/video-thanx! Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock)
OlRetro 11 months ago
Summer of '66. I bought this record, put it on the turntable and cranked it up LOUD!!! My mom came in the room, turned it off, took the record off the turntable and shattered it into about one hundred pieces. she said I was not allowed to play that GARBAGE in her house.
Many years later, living on my own, I cranked up the volume, called her up and said "Hey mom, you gonna come over and break this copy too???" She thought it was funny.
What a great song for just ROCKIN OUT!!!!
nealbfinn 3 years ago 10
@nealbfinn Great Story!! I had a simular one, but it was with my record of Stepenwolfs "Magic Carpet Ride"..I was rocking the neighborhood, parents gone, having a party, late at night, beer flowing.....the neighbor Mrs Brainard called the Cops!!!
Oh God, It was So fun Back then! Time Machine...Please.
desert3347 1 month ago
is it true like the drummer had like 70 takes before he cud do it?
love the song and arthur lee
eljako123 3 years ago
@eljako123 actually i heard the drummer couldnt play it and arthur had to sit down and play it himself! could be wrong...
troublesaway 8 months ago
gotta love love
sonjonbobis 3 years ago
A great one from the mid 60's. I played it to death.
rdf1947 3 years ago
Wow...some of the earliest punk.
microbus99 3 years ago
You are so right!
SHRINA17 3 years ago
this is so cool...
it rocks better then a lot of the songs fron that time..
very overlookled!
creds for posting this great song!
jonrickly 3 years ago
Man this still kicks but after 40+ years!!!....RIP in Arthur Lee!!!....Still play this 3-4 times a week on Youtube!...And...YES, this is ROCK Music!!!
49erBW 3 years ago
love the clangy guitar at the end great
toffeeman1970 3 years ago
this is rock music....
hvymtlfn 3 years ago 4
Love was the greatest American band of its era. Lee-Echols-MacLean -Forssi- Pfisterer and Stuart.
Pumper4 3 years ago
this makes me want to go out on roller skates and clothesline people...
plasticweapon 3 years ago
first heard this in Washington DC in spring of 67...still great
rirover 3 years ago 2
"Trapped inside the night, but I'm a day" I swear thats the most inspirational line of lyrics in a song I've ever heard. Just hearing it puts on a smile on my face. So goddam righteous
theredkatana 3 years ago
"If I don't start crying it's because that I have got no eyes. My bible's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotised." Unbeatable lyrics.
CultureJudge 3 years ago
Da Capo is an incredible album. The way the smooth Que Vida explodes into Seven and Seven is is pure genius. So much genre experimentation and an amazing package. I wish I lived in the 60s. So many news sounds were amusing. Now we're spent it seems. Music's fucking stagnant. More people should know and listen to Love
theredkatana 3 years ago
boobipbip YEAH!
johnicester 3 years ago
Man, I love the breakdown at the ending. Would have love to have heard what a full song of the ending would have sounded like!
openyourmind25 3 years ago
Amen to that ranchroper1974.I playe the whole strip circuit and even opened for these guys and the Music Machine.What a fun time and all the Boss Radio you could handle.OOPS!!I think someone kicked the Fender Reverb.lol
koolbossjock 3 years ago
now THOSE were the days...Morrison at the Wiskey...sunset studios...oh oh oh...long gone days...
thank you Arthur Lee...for defining a generation..the ending guitar solo still kills me.
ahhhh.
ranchroper1974 3 years ago 3
I was so pleased to hear this on Entourage, artists recognizing true Art. I came up listening to these guys, bought 6 of their LPs (all I could find) wanted to see 'em live nut apparently they didn't get to East Coast much, possibly too far from uhhh "contacts". However to set the record strait, The Doors used to go see Love at The Whiskey while on break cuz they wanted to be like them. Love first punk LP, first Psychedelic LP. Rave On!
enorbet2 3 years ago
Hahahaha...yeah!!!! Classic album...and yes, I do think it may be classified as one of the first "punk" LPs. I was introduced to Love by my wife's sister in the early '80's and have loved them ever since. Amazing!!!
theonlytruepunk 3 years ago
what a great song! Heard it on closing credits of HBO's Entourage, heard the um bip bip part, remembered Alice Cooper had a song with that lyric, foudn the name & found this. 1967?! wow, powerful vocals, early punk...does this band have other good stuff? what is their best album? The bass in the beginning is so cool. Rippin for 67.
BSlash24 3 years ago
That was a great ending for that episode of Entourage!!! Love is truly a classic band with great songs. I am so glad someone has a clue and played this for the show. Great!
theonlytruepunk 3 years ago
forever changes!!!!!
highwayonestrat 3 years ago
forever changes is probably their best album, da capo being second best
i have both on vinyl, the only way to listen to this band
records are pretty hard to find
brabon1 3 years ago
Does this band have other good stuff? In L.A., in the Sixties, this WAS THE BAND.
phddddd 3 years ago
one of my fave bands /albums of all time...peeps will cover coz they want to..dig your toes in acid sad while your locks get whooooosshed by the salty summa breeze of somewhere
jbhighfive 3 years ago
I like The Ramones Version of it Better, but the original is awesome, so far ahead of it's time.
xBullSh1ftx 3 years ago
I'll say! This sort of speed in '66? And Dylan's the only other guy from the time who comes to my mind whose singing anticipates rap like this.
aaronfledge 3 years ago
arthur lee is the best musician of all time!
shaneshaky1 3 years ago
it's from their second LP,"da Capo"
hhhaller 3 years ago
this song is from "da capo" (second LP)
hhhaller 3 years ago
This played on Entourage last night.
HRHaisten 3 years ago
RePosted...What album is this from??
tfcrew 3 years ago
What album is this from?
tfcrew 3 years ago
The Ramones covered it on their Acid Eaters album too...
Arthur Lee was punk before punk existed...
Waldenpunk 3 years ago
This song is so far ahead of its time I don't know if we've caught up with it. Love could have been as big as the Doors, CCR, or anyone else if Arthur Lee would have toured. What a shame, because "Forever Changes" is rated #42 album of all time, but I'd say it's in the top ten. Buy it.
christoJihad2 3 years ago 10
Got it! It reminds me of the summer of '66, when I was a wee tyke!
pataphysician66 3 years ago
you took the words out my mouth! i think love are my favourite band! jim morrison idolised arthur lee! he is mesmerising! i think he was way ahead of his time!, even more so than even his soul brother hendrix! arthur lee sounds fresher!
shaneshaky1 3 years ago
The best comment on this page...
dkelso6372 3 years ago
This would be a perfect song for Iggy Pop to sing.
luvold 3 years ago
this song + old drag strip footage = perfect!
55racer 3 years ago
An excellant example of just how progressive Love was..and Authur Lee of course! Cheers!
androidstar 3 years ago 2
um bip bip yea
kidred566 3 years ago
Oh man...I love this! I saw Love at the "Whisky A Go GO" in LA in 1966 and they rocked! It was a smokin' show! Cheers!
androidstar 3 years ago
So sad. RIP Arthur.
pataphysician66 3 years ago
What a filthy, stinking outro! It's fuckin gorgeous! Arthur Lee/Love rock forever!
Oscar301 3 years ago 3
I've had some favorite tunes I like to listen to but this surpasses just about everyhing. Incredebile then and now. Thanks to Sirius Satellite Radio/Little Stevens Underground Garage for bringing it to my attention.
stoker20 3 years ago
Alice Cooper covered also and to this day he says he still has no idea what the heck it means and wished he had a change to ask Arthur Lee about the lyrics...blows my mind and I wanna rock every time I play it back
bimmer3fan 3 years ago
I love Love! Lol. I had the chance to see them a couple years ago before Christmas in LA. I must have been like 16 or 17. Fuckign awesome!
cfunkbner 3 years ago
For more love try
Lobelia Sound
manaledo 3 years ago
yeeeeeeeeeeeee Goldfish
RUGGIDSKATA 3 years ago
To: hlhelt. I am also obsessed with this song. It was in my mind since it was first on the airwaves. I will still be listening to this song for many years, now that I have found it again. I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MIND.
glaetze 3 years ago
Ditto- Arthur Lee was definitely ahead of his time. Great sound!!!
phil6109 3 years ago
Count me in with you and hlhelt. Obsessed is almost too mild a word for it. Maybe a 2:16 religious experience?
cathoususie 3 years ago 2
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1966 (of course I was a mere lad) and saying "Holy Crap!!" Just brilliant, and one of the best records of the Sixties (or any other decade.)
finylvinyl66 3 years ago
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1966and going "Holy Shit!!" One of the great records of the Sixties. Just brilliant.
finylvinyl66 3 years ago
One of the BEST endings of any song ever!...Awesome Love song!...When this was released all I listened too was Arthur Lee/Love...&...Jimi Hendrix...Everyone knows their paths did cross!...RIP Arthur Lee!!!...PLAY...it...LOUD!!!
49erBW 3 years ago 3
Best Love song ever!!!
Feareous 3 years ago 2
I'm still obsessed with this song. I remember how different it sounded from the other songs being played on the radio at the time. 2:16 of rock genius!
hlhent 3 years ago 4
Boo bip bip boo bip bip YEAH!
sfaster 3 years ago 2
It doesn't get any better than this. No RIP for Arthur, he raged against the dying of the light!
phddddd 3 years ago
You may check out the astonishing cover by Alice Cooper! :-)
Lindsay2947 3 years ago
Hey you current day groups out there. Do you ever listen to this and feel just a teensy bit inadequate? Well you should. Music as it should be - raw, powerful, exciting and quite, quite brilliant.
naishdave 3 years ago
What a blast of a song!
10 years ahead of it´s time, but why hasn´t any renowned Punk Band ever covered this?!
ForARide 3 years ago 4
The Ramones covered it on Their "Acid Eaters" album. It's fucking fantastic.
rupturedtesticle 3 years ago
Who could possibly improve on this
imposing stellar performance,
Just like Talk Talk from The Music Machine.
PAULLONDEN 3 years ago 3
Ramones covered this. Alice Cooper as well
eksosrock 3 years ago
And, at a punk show in L.A. a couple of years ago The Weirdos encored with this.
kdancat 3 years ago
Rush covered this a couple of years ago on their FLASHBACK EP.
WilB1972 3 years ago
One of the most amazing songs ever put on vinyl- still kicks ass!! RIP Arthur Lee & Maclean!
Carlito1988 3 years ago
To all the punkers from the 70s and 80s, WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Arthur Lee owns your dirt too.
glaetze 3 years ago 2
arthur lee is my favourite musician of all! blows my mind!, im just sad that a lot of people havent heard his magnificence! love your words by the way! you are ssssoooo rrriiiiiggggghhhhhttttttt!
shaneshaky1 3 years ago
55racer....KFWB and KHJ...9th Street West..the Beamer (B Mitchell Reed)
guadelupe 3 years ago
Can't remember if we remembered this track or not but when aired recently by Randall Lee Rose on Big L Sky Channel 0190, it seemed familiar and reminiscent of another song that's so far eluded us but would be known by fans of this song. The first single release on Track records in 1968 by Eire Apparent "Follow Me" - any info apreciated. Thanks for this collage of images and great sound Surfrider.
treiterschijf 3 years ago
Btw, anyone notice the resemblance between Arthur Lee and Englebert Humperdink at 1:56?
mwolf49 3 years ago
sheer bloody poetry.
Flunder 3 years ago
Hendrix and Lee recorded themselves jamming together in a London studio.
When are those tapes gonna surface on YouTube?!
Bobb9999 3 years ago
...when KFWB & KHJ ruled the airwaves in Los Angeles...B. Mitchell Reed lives! :)
55racer 3 years ago 2
OMFG!!! THE BEEMER!!! you jump started a lot of lost brain cells!!! Worked on Hollywood Blvd - KFWB 98 studio was a few blocks away overlooking the Blvd - would go up and watch the audio magic - great music great folks a time long ago - Galaxy, Klidiscope, Plallidium, Sea Witch, Pandora's Box, Whiskey, the Trip, Garazzis, Canters . . . .
JessWonderin 3 years ago
Awesome tricky song. LOVE forever!
LocutusMe 3 years ago
fantastic job on this great song....thanks for taking the time and making the effort
florange00 4 years ago
Thank you and thanks to all making great comments here....some of which are great memories of times gone by that we knew were special, even back then.
ColoradoSurfrider 3 years ago
f!@#$n love that tune :)
ozzybob 4 years ago
Thanks for this video! This song is timeless and Love was unique then and NOW! LmK ~.~
LighthouseLil 4 years ago 5
Arthur Lee and Love were a big influence on my personal hero, Syd Barrett. Very cool. Thanks for posting.
feelingverypink 4 years ago
Two geniuses.
MalchikBlue 3 years ago
OMG. . I haven't heard this song in decades. Literally. But I certainly remember it. It was a part of that golden era of rock between '64 and '68. . some call the "Psychedelic Age". I love the energy. The way the guitars cut in and out. Powerful drumming and Arthur Lee's distinctive voice. This group should have been HUGE. Thanks for posting this.
mwolf49 4 years ago 3
Thank you for taking the time to check this out.
ColoradoSurfrider 4 years ago
Trapped inside a night, but I'm a day!
witchman67 4 years ago
The A-bomb explosion at the end of the song was taken from an actual Nevada test site.
Jim Morrison used to say that he hoped that the Doors would be "as big as Love," for they were so popular at the time.
witchman67 4 years ago 3
ARTHUR SAID HE TAUGHT MORRISON TO SING
spacepatrolman 4 years ago
He taught Hendrix how to dress.
WalttLiquor 4 years ago
Jim Morrison sat in on several Love recording sessions.
1985rrr 4 years ago
Arthur introduced his label to Jim.
phddddd 4 years ago
The original version begins with an explosion that is missing here (actually an airplane taking off). When this came out was judged the most powerful track ever. I agree.
diecairo 4 years ago
The coolest band logo, ever. Loved Love. RIP, Arthur Lee.
florange00 4 years ago 2
I heard "7 & 7 is" on my transistor radio when it hit first hit the airwaves. No one knew who it was (like Hendrix and a million bands)as they played everything in any order that came out and in any serquence.
This track though,was very different and set a totally new sound. Way ahead of the pack and predated Hendrix and the great pysch bands. All Arthur's stuff that followed was great and way ahead. Brilliant Arthur. Steve Browne
stevel8080 4 years ago 4
Thank you for posting the Love music and albums.
Perfect!!!
Fulipped
fulipped 4 years ago
sheer poetry....wonderful.
Flunder 4 years ago
I dare, no I double-dare, anyone to tell me of a song that generates such power in these dark music days.
naishdave 4 years ago
boop bip bip boop bip bip YEAH! Arthur Lee 1945-2006. Syd Barrett 1946-2006. Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970. All gone but never forgotten; they and their music are immortal.
mackb909 4 years ago 2
why can i not rate?! *click 5 star's like 10 times* *crys*
RedRaven555 4 years ago
i'm 53 years old and i just discovered arthur lee today! music is my hobby,i can't believe i wasn't familiar with arthur lee,i wouldn't haven't discovered bix beiderbecke either if it wasn't for pbs jazz special.thanks to youtube and the internet the world can discover anything especially quality musical artists.lenny kravitz,ramones,hendrix,etc,are ripoffs of arthur lee.he is the pioneer.
steve89z 4 years ago
Love was somewhat of an underground band in the 60's. Arthur Lee was a genius, like Jimi Hendrix.
txlinda129 4 years ago
We used to crank this one up. My brother and I would go cruising and listen for our favorite songs and when they came on we would TURN THEM UP! Thanks for the memories. And yeah, I'm old....
guadelupe 4 years ago
Put me back in 1966 & keep me there!
55racer 4 years ago
man oh man do I agree with that statement.
kannibalken 4 years ago
Can I come too? What an exciting time that was.
txlinda129 4 years ago
Nice little tribute...got to see the late great Mr. Lee about 3 or 4 years here in NYC with a new Love--a young band of terrific musicians backing him up who played everything like it was '67 again--but not just note for note rote versions--it's a shame he's gone but the music...well, you know. Ars longa, vita brevis--if you flunked Latin you can look it up! Sadly I did not see what was prob'ly his last tour and show here with the horn section--stupid move on my part. RIP, A.L.
kboy20 4 years ago
I guess to hear the good stuff you have to come here. There's nothing in the mainstream worth listing too.
crorivpro 4 years ago
Un-effin-believable! Truly Timeless!!!
gpf429 4 years ago
oooooooo bip bip ooooo bip bip yaaaa!
onesweetbear4you 4 years ago
this is 40 years old for chrissake but still knocks spots off current stuff. what the hell has happened to music?
naishdave 4 years ago
love are my favourite group, trying to buy as much of their stuff as i can, they are timeless, you could listen to them in a 100 years and still be blown away!
shaneshaky19 4 years ago
Solid!
SydShines4ever 4 years ago 2
Excellent tune. The original and still the best... better than the 'Liquid Jesus' version!
HairyBranflake007 4 years ago
Love was out of this world. Arthur Lee, maybe one of the best frontmen of all time. I miss him. I miss what he stood for. That he spent time in prison says too much about the wayward time law enforcement spends on drugs than crime.
Allibah 4 years ago 3
Cool song. Songs like this bring me back to an era when things were simpler and better. For one, most city downtowns were thriving, for another you could walk around neighborhoods safely, for another teens and young adults went to nice places to socialize. I could go on but you get the idea.
MVillani1985 4 years ago
Right on, man!
55racer 4 years ago 3
Precisely. To quote another man of the times . .John Kay from his epic "Monster". ."the cities have turned into jungles and corruption has spread throughout the land. .". You take your life in your own hands walking downtown at night in many of the US cities. A goddamn shame. I too miss the simpler days when people trusted each other more. .and respected the space. We've lost our way. Take me back with you. Beam me DOWN Scottie.
mwolf49 4 years ago 2
My old mid '60's band, The Differentials, used to do this then current song live. I had that drumming down, Jack! Love that Love. Miss you ALL !!!
Rickylynn 4 years ago
if your bands recordings aren't already on the site "beyond the beat generation" they would love to have a copy on their playlist. online library for 60's garage n psych
JunebugBpt08 3 years ago
Top band.RIP Arthur.
VladCarn 4 years ago
"It's The Beemer, B. Mitchell Reed on KFWB, Color Radio, with a little number from the band Love..."
55racer 4 years ago
this is good! (I have theyr elpee...)
amriirma 4 years ago
Great Song by a musical genuis. Waaay ahead of the times back then. Never got the recognition that they deserved. RIP Arthur!
mtzimm 4 years ago
At San Francisco-Oakland during 1966 -67 there were weeks when 7 and 7 Is was played 2 - 3 times an hour on KYA, a local S.F. station. Great music, thank you for putting this up.
circle43cm 4 years ago
I was hip to Love as early as '66. They were big in LA where I was stationed at the time.
msimon6808 4 years ago
There was once an afternoon that a put my cd player on repeat and played it about 30 times .something you could'nt do with vinyl . great experience .
PAULLONDEN 4 years ago
one of the best foot-to-the-floorboard songs, ever!
nancysid 4 years ago
The odd thing about this song is that when it was released in 1966 it actually hit as high as #33 on the Billboard charts. That just goes to show that there was a strong public appetite for full-blown punk even at such an early date...and kind of makes you wonder why it took so much longer for the punk genre to really catch fire amongst performers.
dtrent747 4 years ago
Excellent synopsis, dtrent. Really hit #33? Not bad.
huskyjerk 4 years ago
I would sit inside a bottle and pretend i was in a can. arthur you're crazy R.I.P
thetruckert 4 years ago
Thanks for making this, anyone have live of this vid?
thetruckert 4 years ago
this is what life is about. music like this. Lee.
Flunder 4 years ago