Mona - Quicksilver Messenger Service

[Cleartwater]

I had to guard this cassette for always man. The grunts tried to lift it from ne on several occassions. It was the only tape I could listen to in Vietnam. I was a water truck driver and serviced the entire Mekong Delta. A bit hairy, but my cassette of Mona and QMS and the pack of joints a smoked all day long kept me going in my own world. Who would give a fuck if anything went wrong. I had my music man. Cleartwater.

[teleevangelist]

John Cippolino and Gary Duncan are like peanut butter and jelly/Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia, Mark Knopfler and Sonny Landreth

[cmpagdilao]

one of the best recorded reditions ever of this tune Mona, the drums have a primal sound that gets you down to the ground, lead guitars yeah keep the ribbons flying high!!!

[tdanaher7]

Happy Trails, Abraxas, and Deja Vu is a good night!

[Cleartwater]

Man talk about vinyl. My Happy Trails album has tape around three sides. I played that fucking album so much I think I wore it out. They were awesome to see in concert. When Dino was alive, what a voice he had. Quicksilver was the only casette I had i Vietnam. I had to hide that tape before some fucking grunt or combat engineer could get there hands on it. I made it home in 04/1970. I still have the casette even though I think is it mono. Cleartwater.

[teleevangelist]

@Cleartwater ...so, you had this in vietnam, and was listening to it in country till you came home? Way fuckin cool!!!!!!!! I am a '53 child

[4leafclover61]

I always loved Quicksilver, brings back memories, thanks for posting. I had this album but lost it years ago.

[GwynnOak1]

John Cipollina & Gary Duncan What a dynamic duo! You had to be there to experience the magic of a live performance, no recording really can capture it! Cipollina was the greatest!!!

[MenaceDemENACE]

this next one is rock & roll

[mitelyod]

its not hippy wank dude....its great guitar interplay,bo diddleys is ace aswell btw...

[sholakeenan]

Bo Diddley would kick their useless stoner asses. Bo was the real rock 'n' roll. This is just hippy wank

[Jenscool]

@sholakeenan COME ON MAN, THEY DID BO DIDDLY A FAVOR BY PLYING HIS STUFF...WITH A TWIST! DON'T BE A RACIST! ALL THE WEST COAST GROUPS GAVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT WAS DUE!!!

-DOGTOR JC-

[idboz]

I was a runaway living on the streets of the tenderloin in the 60's and early 70's. I was fortunate to see many of the great bands at the fillmore west, the family dog, and winterland. Brings back many memories and good trips.

[idboz]

love this LP. I was a runaway teen living in the tenderloin in SF in the 60's and early 70's. Was fortunate to see them perform at the Family Dog. Brings back many memories and trips.

[Gymshoes]

This was one of the first albums I bought after getting back from Vietnam. It was great then and it's great now. I'm 63 and I still love it.

[wheatfield69]

those where the days. It was a crazy time.

[catholicpagan]

seems like just yesterday, dancing, dancing, dancing. Oh my.... still gets me going.

[mosely2009]

Can't get much better.. Notice no one even tries. Seeing them makes this bring back hippie memories. Still have all the vinyl .. It comes to all my mps players. hauling ass on a bicycle with this blasting is good medicine for anyone.. Old music still kicks ass!

[thatgirlnamedrose]

This is real music. :)

[surlygirlie0321]

So I am guessing it is chopped up now so they can charge for each 3 minute section that you buy in mp3 format?

[patriotgirl53]

This was one incredible sexy song back in the day ...yes, kids, I am old enough to remember when it was released, had the vinyl ...(still do in storage)...and it holds up today.......yes yes........I love that part "I'm gonna tell you Mona what I want to do...."

[clotho98]

@patriotgirl53 I remember this from back in the day as well, and also had it on vinyl. It's one of my favorite songs, and to this day it still makes my heart go "thumpity thumpity thump". ;) I was lucky enough to see them in concert back in 1970/71. Quite an experience!

[teleevangelist]

@clotho98/i was a freshman in highschool in '67, saw em in kennesaw ga in ;72 during college, still love em to this day, nice to meet you, wynn_r@hotmail.com...thanx wynn

[FriendlyShadow1]

@patriotgirl53 In storage? :o Get that vinyl out and play it! Or send it to me. ;) 

[unviciouscircle]

@patriotgirl53 gonna build my house next door to you ......blinding version ...has to be my fav*****

[surlygirlie0321]

@tamerswan Does the cd have "Who Do You Love" chopped into shorter tracks? If not, where did you buy the cd? All I find is the one with chopped up tracks.

[dac10012]

@surlygirlie0321 I still have the vinyl. Can't throw it away :) Happy Trails, Side One: Who Do You Love - Part 1...25:22 When You Love, Where You Love, How You Love, Which Do You Love, Who Do You Love - Part 2.

[bendbadgersteve]

The ultimate hippie dance song. You could do the wavy gravy and just PRAY this would never end. Cippolina and Duncan were SOOO in tune with each other at these shows.

[brucemayo]

great trippy version of the Bo Diddley classic, extraordinary album cover also.

[surlygirlie0321]

Like gunslingers from the old west.

[definedecline]

haha smoked a buncha weed and dropped a whole tab of orange sunshine when i first heard this album....needless to say it tripped me out!!! i didn't have a baby but i coughed and my guts floated around the room!!

[huichol53]

Sure miss the concerts,(free) in Haight ashbury in the park. this was my favorite song. loved quicksilver and John Cippolina.....huichol53.......

[imonlyyou]

They had Cippolina's amplifier set-up at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame when I visited in the '90s. The "tweeter" was an air raid siren.

[HavinSumKindaFun]

They are really fantastic! I have the original album I bought many moons ago is BAD condition :)

[mrcaleb1117]

My favorite QMS song

[hillbillyvol]

This is one of the bands I fell into when I was just a lad.

[ALBERTromano1965]

John Cippolina was the greatest acid rock guitarist that ever lived. Dont insult me with jerry garcia

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

@ALBERTromano1965 OK, then.

Bob Weir.

[Thadmotor1044]

@ALBERTromano1965 saw them play together new years eve show , 1979-1980 , dead played all nite , 4 sets , orig blues bros opened for the dead , who came on at midnight , to suger mag . catch the blue rose cd....

[SupernalOne]

always loved this song, the grinding walking bass lines, the shimmering tremelo-vibrato guitar, the long crescendos, the loose funky mojo dreambeat, the impassioned bluesy singing - moanin' for Mona, they are -

[Thaxt]

John's tremolo FX on this song are monstro. The tremo-feedback quavers that bring the song on... the stuff de signed to blow the mind. One radio host I heard (who was there) told the story that on some nights they would "veritably levitate the Fillmore" w this song. I don't doubt it.

[spudco06]

I got to see John one last time in 1983 at Rutgeres Univerisity under the name of Nicksilver. They opened for Hot Tuna. My wife was pregnant with our son and I'm sure he got a contact high at the show.

[Jinxbo]

Dude, same thing for me except I was at an F4 fighter base in DaNang Dec 68-Dec 69

[plee13821]

I remember back in 1968 I'd go to my friends house in Van Nuys and he YOU GOTTA HEAR THESE GUYS and he'd put on Happy Trails or Mona and we all just around the turntable and wwwoowww!

[filthyphillyboy]

@plee13821 EXACTLY 

[richard57watson]

One poor slob didn't like this! Sad

[MrDougpro]

Ok,cool....What is the nearest big city? Im from Toledo originally,but now live in Dallas.

[Mr986]

@MrDougpro

60 miles SW of Cleveland

[boclown100]

My first great love in 1973 was Mona,,,oh Gawd what memories!! QMS...what an Awesome Band...nothing like San Francisco Music in the late 60s & early70s ...This is Music Son.

[drdangerousmd]

WOW! Listen to this kids.It's 40 friggin' years old!! and yeah, while it was dated San

Fran jam stuff, this is one great band, and John Cippolina deserves to be much, much higher on the list of greatest guitar players of all time than he is. The band is so tight, their dynamics superb, and the sounds Cipolina coaxes out of his Gibson SG are absolutely stunning; from growling, howling cries, to vibrato and wah-wah screams, all years before all the electronic pedals. Cipolina lives:QMS ROCKS!!!

[drdangerousmd]

WOW! Listen to this kids.It's 40 friggin' years old!! and yeah, while it was dated San

Fran jam stuff, this is one great band, and John Cippolina deserves to be much, much higher on the list of greatest guitar players of all time than he is. The band is so tiht, their dynamics superb, and the sounds Cipolina coaxes out of his Gibson SG are absolutely stunning; from growling, howling cries, to vibrato and wah-wah screams, all years before all the electonic pedals. Cipolina lives:QMS ROCKS!!!

[Pampaboy1995]

MONA = PUSSY in italian

GREAT SONG of QMS

[Luckzzz]

@Pampaboy1995 nice to know..

However, what's LISA in Italian??? LOL :)

MONA = FAGGET in Portuguese (from Brazil)

[richard57watson]

@Luckzzz too weird

[mycatslistentome]

I wish Y tube would quit asking if i

want to connect with facebook..

How about a button that says never

ever ask me this again..

[Nicetry75]

Cannibis and this song go like peas and carrots :)

[Tonyson02]

My God this takes me back to my far out and sold gone days, lol smoke a few joints (allegedly) and live the sound.

[deathseb]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove What sort of little pussy are you! Miley Cyrus is just a little slut! She dosen't even do music, because the music of the 2000's are all done by computer it's not real music.... So before talking just inform yourself about the artists of today... It's all false... Lady Gaga, The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cirus, Justin Bieber, Usher, 50 Cent and all the rest of those little faggots will fall because someday a Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix will bring back good real

[metamagicAntiEUJedi]

@deathseb damn right... no shit out there worth listening to right now

[Maidenhead96]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove We are from the same generation, and what you are saying disgusts me, but whatever I am glad I started my own band so I can bring back this type of music

[Maidenhead96]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Oh lord we are from the same generation, and

I am disgusted, well Im glad I started a band so I can educate my generation about great music

[smokiebird06]

This group made grass SO much better!!

[MileyCyrusTrueLove]

@scabbarae Zeppelin doesn't even deserve mention in the same sentence as Miley Cyrus, unless it's about her taking over lead vocalist duties from Robert Plant. I stand by my comments, they are the truth, despite what idiots like you may think.

[scabbarae]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Thank you so much for poisoning the Internet with your hilariously misguided comments. They make me laugh every time. Seriously, thank you.

[TheJakanator10]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Oh my fucking god.What sort of wanker can compare a girl who got famous because of her dad, and Led Zepplin, a rock band who have worke dplayed and fucking got famous off their own backs. Do me a favour, comment on your own shitty music, not decent music vids.

Oh, and guys. Ignore this tit.

[niggerchopper]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove these people that you mentioned taking place of janis and jim from their bands is really dumb because without those two people from their respectable bands it is like taking michael jordan from the bulls and putting in some player from the clippers. its nonsense, janis was the band jim morrison was 90% of his band that was the mystic about it all, them two

[markjbaldwin]

@niggerchopper and that's funny too, NC! The clippers!

[noebodynose]

A "coffee" shop in Amsterdam toking on a White Widow doobie about midnight and the DJ put on this song, which I had not heard in thirty years. Time warp into instant trip. It was one of those "in my life" moments.

[MrMushrooms420]

@MIleyCyrusTrueLove..Really man?wtf.?just stop right there.never say anything like that again.

[Thaxt]

mindf'kr #2 begins at 5:30....that lull: dark suspense, then dashing out

that 2nd wah flourish - F'n'A, the way that wah line is just panned across your head in one simple phrase: wouuu-woww! One quick, brief, dad-on wahsweep tossed in & placed JUST RIGHT..... blow n my mind.

[ucsteve]

Of all the songs from those days, this one still does it for me. I roadied one gig for these guys. One of the greatest bands of their time. Deserve to be in the R&R Hall of Fame.

[smokiebird06]

Man, did I use to get stoned to this song!! I think I still have a stone-over from 1969.

[MileyCyrusTrueLove]

This old music is alright. But it can't touch any of the modern stuff like Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, & the Jonas Brothers. I bet things would have been a lot different in in the 60's if Miley Cyrus & those other artists I mentioned had ruled the music scene then! Can you imagine Miley Cyrus fronting Big Brother & the Holding Company instead of Janis? Or Justin Beiber as the lead singer for the Doors instead of Jim? There would have been absolute ecstatic pandemonium in the streets!

[Thaxton]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove

this is just so totally wrong on so many levels.

[MsWS6]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove The best thing about being older is I will be dead when fools like this run the country!!!

[womanvswild94]

@MsWS6 Lucky you! I'm young and am gonna be stuck with these people for the rest of my life. and by the way, those Disney idiots don't even compare to great bands like QMS and Zeppelin.

Man, I really wish I was born about thirty years earlier.

[tazman9779]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove you are one total moron. Please go away and let us appreciate real music you idiot.

[scabbarae]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove All of rock music, from Chuck Berry to Nirvana, is crying thanks to you.

[yogistanu]

@scabbarae Got Happy Trails in 73 while over seas...guys in the barracks kept buggin me for the album.....sweet!

[MileyCyrusTrueLove]

@scabbarae We are currently in the Golden Age of rock music & cultural change, the early 2,000's, which will be remembered for centuries to come. Some people have been misled into thinking that the 1960's were an important decade of change, with things like JFK, Vietnam war, Beatles, etc... but it's the last decade that is really the important one. 9/11, the Middle East, Obama, & artists like Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Nick Jonas & Justin Bieber are making history.

[deadheadandy91]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove FUCK YOU. IM SERIOUS FUCK YOU. Unless you were just being sarcastic about liking the fucking jonas brothers and that other bullshit

[Niassss]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove

Are you serious about that? I mean, if you like this bands good for you I understand, but ask to a music critic about the golden age o f music and how real talented music artist look like?

[AESfan]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Why the hell are you even watching this video then if you are going to say stupid shit about the 2000's being the golden age of music? The Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and all those other goddamn pop artists will be forgotten in about ten years AT THE MOST. But Quicksilver Messenger Service and other 60's and 70's bands will be remembered forever.

[PeaceEagle72]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove People like those artists you named are corporate whores. they get payed to make songs that appeal to impressionable teens, like in the 50s.Their songs will not be remembered. They're blemishes on the once great musical society. The 60s were the greatest cultural change.

The 50s were cookie cutter and uniform and the 60s was an explosion of art with meaning.

[jonvonman]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Please don't say things like that, It pisses the fuck out of me. Jim Morrison and the Doors were amazing because of WHO they were. They wouldn't be the Doors with a "Justin Bieber" squeaking at the helm. Same with Big Brother and Cyrus.

[MileyCyrusTrueLove]

@jonvonman Well then how about Lady Gaga with Ray, Robbie & John? That would be something! It could still happen! And Susan Boyle with Big Brother & the Holding Co? Or wait, maybe Cher would be better with them. What do you think?

[jonvonman]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Quite funny, you be.

[TheBrowndawg]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove yuck.

[markjbaldwin]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove v,v funny! I doff my hat.

[leftnutnamedchancey]

@MileyCyrusTrueLove Wow..you must really like them don't you?

Does Justin beiber, Miley Cyrus, and Lady Gaga pound you in the ass all at once with a strap on? Does it make you feel alive or more stupid..maybe its already happened since you would even say such a blasphemous thing like that on youtube.

[resistanceXX1]

man,that's freaking me out,it's a masterpiece.those were the music days.

[esellori]

I always liked that album cover,it's like one of those pictures that tells you a story of past,present andd future.

[ohisashiburi]

best ever version of this Bo classic

[6749er]

Greg & David with the Bo beat.

John & Gary guitar gunslinging.

This 4 man QMS is it for me.

Classic Wild West San Francisco.

Every time I saw these guys they blew me away.

[DinoFields]

jazz..Reminiscent? Who do you think wrote the song? My late friend Bo Didley.

!st saw QMS at Montery Pop in '67. along with Janis and others. Best show I ever saw in person...with Doug W.

[smokiebird06]

Holy shit, did I use to get loaded to this song!! Man, I miss those days and the friends I hung out with.

[CrudeDude]

@smokiebird06 Oh HELL YEAH ! ! !

 LOADED, listening to Quicksilver's Mona and watching the colors dance on a color organ... whew!

Those were the freakin' days....!

I got to meet Bo Diddly at an outdoor concert; "Gold Rush" in CA

ike and Tina, Santana, It's a Beautiful Day...

[sac7000]

The white ozzly or the orange sunshine? I wish I could go back....

[smokiebird06]

I was going with a beautiful redhead when this song came out, and I spent a hell of a lot of time monaing with her!! Kath, you were the best thing to ever happen to me. Thanks, baby.

[SirCoughsalot]

I read about this record in some music book talking about how the Bay Area bands had this terrible weakness for long, psychedelic covers of Rhythm and Blues songs and that they were never as soulful as the original versions... I must disagree. This is awesome.

[jazzciggarette]

extremely reminiscent of a 'Bo Diddley Beat'. Think 'who do you love' or 'hey bo diddley'. QMS puts a great psychadelic feel into it.

[atebba]

my name IS mona :D

and my father named me after this song :)

[snicky58]

@atebba ... How cool!!

[agcanyon2]

Use to work with a gal back in 1974 her name was Nona but I still wanted to build my house next to hers She was my Mona.

[MinniMoose11]

I'd never heard of QMS until I read a comment about them while watching a Canned Heat song (also fantastic)...thanks to whoever was that!

[Eprocadation]

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.

[cindybarfield1]

If I'd had a girl , her name would have been Mona, Just love that name>

[CrudeDude]

@cindybarfield1

There was a Bay Area disc jockey that went by Mona Lott.....

[rockinroger69]

I haven't heard this in about 35 yrs.&3wks. and it still sounds as good now as it did then.Rock on QMS!

[hendodabest]

This is a must have for any serious guitarist.

[cindybarfield1]

Haven't heard this song from the album since high school, some 30 years, it still sounds as good now as it did then. Rock on QMS

[ronkrisin]

Best QMS song... In my opinion

[hendodabest]

It's hard to beleive this Album is over Forty Years Old.

[smokiebird06]

I smoked so much herb listening to this album that I woke up once wearing women's clothing and pregnant----and I'm a guy!!

[noel2711]

@smokiebird06

I smoked so much herb listening to this album that I woke up once next to a guy wearing women's clothing.

[Bigstooler0]

@smokiebird06 Same here.....the baby looked like choriso with an old leather wallet floating in it ....we named her "Floaty" and put her up for adoption.....

[4samreno]

I went thru 3 albums, an 8 track & the cassette!!! Long live this music!!!!!!!!

[iamanbk]

I wore out my first copy of this album!

[MarioMizune]

アメリカンロックの最高峰！17歳のとき初めて聴いてから30年­以上、その思いは変わりません。

[Nouguers]

i agree...

[Rwijninga]

Totally.

[bazzabaz]

It certainly beats Henry out of 'Neighbours' version....

[Matthewkilb]

No way dude! I feel strongly that he took the song to a new level. I am prepared to argue this in court.

[RedStarHaifa]

The ultimate high

[hohled]

Tonight I heard Benjamin Doerr in solo concert. He mentioned that he tries to avoid saying, "this next one" which of course reminded me of the opening of Mona by QMS so I had to hear it. I always liked this one.

[smokiebird06]

I can't tell you how stoned I use to get listening to this song!! This was such a great time for music. It was changing so quickly, but it was always worth getting loaded to.

[CrudeDude]

smokiebird06 said;

"I can't tell you how stoned I use to get listening to this song!! This was such a great time for music."

Lived in The Bay Area- Berserkely- Oakland- Had a "Color Organ" -changed color to the misic. Quicksilver's "Mona" made it SO ...uh...far out!

[ScooterNerd]

I love the name Mona.

[cutemona99]

I hated my name after this song

[eremidde]

You might hate it even more if You knew its meaning in Italian (in Venice and relative suburbia in particular), ask... and "enjoy"

[BiggieB99]

why?!

I assume your name is Mona, but this is one of my favorite songs!

[waynef51]

Better than Bo ever thought of being!!!

[HQ200]

Talk about memories--I can remember listening to this on a firebase north of Saigon in mid-1969. Our Division had a radio station that played great music; one DJ was out of the SF area and played music like QMS and other bay area bands.

When i got back in country,most people in knew in OH hadn't heard of this band.

[triksmada]

Hey, Now Cipollina's amp is in the hall of fame in Cleveland. Happy Trails.

[BiggieB99]

HQ, thanks for your service man.

[cindybarfield1]

Thanks to you for fighting for our freedom here in the US that allows us the opportunity to listen to all this good music, Think of the countries that do not have this freedom of expression.

[HQ200]

Thanks Cindy--40 years later, it's good to hear someone say thank you.

No one said much of anything good to returning vets in the 69-70 time frame. those--as they say--were different times...

[MrDougpro]

@HQ200 What part of Ohio are ya from?

[Mr986]

@MrDougpro Near Ashland

[Mr986]

Near Ashland 

[Touchofgrey53]

Great song. Brings back memories!

[TheFly5404]

I my be old now but I'm glad that I was a teenager then an got to see them live even better than the albums...mood was everything ....

[PENNYONLY]

This song rocks!!! This comment is for you....RAYME!! Love listenin' to ya sing along...you can really belt it out!! Great band and great song!!!!!

[BloozeDaddy76]

Let us all remember that this is indeed a BO DIDDLEY classic from the 1950's and not an original song by Quicksilver...

[SeaspineEdu]

This was the first song I ever tripped on. Whoa! Still hits me...

[kmcarmo]

YEsterday riding my bike along the beach and little beach houses here in LB, Ca. Man this song  couldve been the soundtrack. Great song to smoke a doob to and make love to,

[HHamburgDigg0]

the truth" is the best

[chumlee10]

great song : great band :great sound

[ZuzanCarol]

One of my all time favourties. I  love Quicksliver~

[flowergirl1952]

I love this version of this song!!!!!!!! Quicksilver is a very decent band. I still listen to it often.

[FUZZYSHA]

I think this would fit in wyoming or montana

maybe texas

[flowergirl1952]

This is by far one of my most favorite songs by a very decent band.

[daveawebber]

just getting the album from Amazon many thanks

[maida1982a]

Few could get the emotion out of a guitar like Cipollina. Unique, original style.

[jroNC2007]

Love it! Best version of Mona by Quicksilver recorded.

[jukkagy]

I literally jumped for joy when I found this song! Hummmmm yes, Cipollina's shimmering guitar. Couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you so much for posting this!

[squidaudio]

Thanks for the FlashBack...

[SupernalOne]

I always loved the tonal quality of this song - the open, loping beat, Cipollina's shimmering guitar, the rumbling fuzzy bassline - this and gold & silver are about my favorite QMS songs

[Patriot1862]

Brings back some memories of '70. Some really vintage good stuff, it easily makes my top 10 list of great rock songs.

[XMIR10B]

very good