The Lovin' Spoonful "Younger Generation"

[JOELALVARADO95]

This song is awesome and I love it because it is prophetic!!!

[raceyboy]

I'd like to listen to this song on my video phone, but you have it set to where I can't. :(

[YesMan46]

@raceyboy

‘Sorry, they won't allow that setting for this video....

[BustardBuzzard]

Rock On, John B!

[hitlerlovedjews11]

@BustardBuzzard john s *

[UmbertoPenis]

They are so much better than the beatles.

[drachir6]

Love it, I had the Honour of seeing him at the I.O.W 1970, And In Chester England about 10 years ago, Sadly he only played jug band music!

[BBallBryan23]

Danny...you echo exactly what I've been thinking for a couple years now. We are way worse off now!

[TheDanny7840]

I recall this song vividly when it came out. The last line--"and what's the matter, daddy, how come you're turning green...can it be that you can't live up to your dreams?"

What happened to our dreams? Where have all the flowers gone. The world is more screwed up than it was in the 60's. Did we ever fuck up or what!!

[JustAFocus]

Another soulful, inspired gem in that overflowing treasure chest of gems known as the 60's. My absolute favorite decade for music, even though I was born a bit too late to have experienced it firsthand. Just so amazing.

[all4musica]

True then....True Now..awesome lyrics...Thanks for sharing!

[1953jazzman]

This is one of the most amazing songs (lyrically speaking) to come out of the 60's -- to those who are far younger than I am - listen carefully to the lyrics and then realize that this song came out in 1968!!!! Part of the genius of John Sebastian!! He sang this a year later at Woodstock!!!

[CornyPoopDude]

@1953jazzman 1967

[flowerdoodle]

Preface: I adore the 60's music-it's tops in my book, ok? Younger folks say "If I was alive, I would have been a hippy and gone to Woodstock " and "i was born in the wrong times-I would have been more at home in the 60's" etc. I think this is a romanticized, distilled vision. I have the tendency to reject all thats NOW and popular, so odds are I would have HATED the hippies and their jangly, stoney, far out, sounds, I probably would have been a jazz snob, or more into 40's and 50's music! LOL

[flowerdoodle]

Im 33, born in 1977-- I romanticized the 60's a lot in my mind; elevated it to mythical proportions in my "sweet imagination" based on the media, films, documentaries and of course, the wonderful, magical music that came out of this chaotic decade. My point is, hindsight makes these folks remember it sweeter than it may have been

[BEARZhello]

My parents grew up in the 60s, so I can confidently say I don't think my folks are square :)

[tdc1101]

the 1 person who hit dislike probably hit it on accident

[krilla]

greatest. song. ever. at. this. moment......and many times in my life.

[YesMan46]

@krilla great glad you like it, one of my favorites too!

[slazzer145]

this song came out during the LSD era....

[Daveparts]

And still he'll stick his fingers in the fan

[Nguli34689]

I liked the lyrics at 1:15 - 1:20 and then again starting at 2:15 . Good memories from a drop of magic or a lovin' spoonful.

[mikeyglennon]

video phone?!?!?! wtf

[airnsmke]

i always find john sebations songs , hmm idk, 'high" hahaha

[kavorka999]

it was on the "everything playing" album, released in 1968. john sang it at woodstock. I laughed then but knew it was all true...and it is.

[tabloidrocks]

This song was written in the 60's as Sebastian played it at Woodstock....amazing version by the way :0)

[TravelerDiogenes]

Oh, THIS is an awesome song, one that I never heard in the '60s.  I just sent it to my kids, telling them THIS is a good taste of what the '60s were for me - incense, bead curtains in doorways, black light posters, flower power, visions of straight-haired girls with huge luminescent eyes , in summer dresses... and music touching the soul.

[TheNade]

amen

[Nguli34689]

Yes, I remember that. For me it was like a brief walk in paradise.

[sparwood8]

@TravelerDiogenes Everyone equates the 60's with the hippies. Actually, they were maybe a third of the populace. The rest of us actually had haircuts and wore real clothes and .. worked our asses off so we could pay taxes and 40 yrs later... Them hippies who wouldn't work are now in politics.

It was about the 327 small block Chevy, the Mustang GT, Women, and seeing the world.

[mykulbee]

@sparwood8 Sorry you missed out...it'll never happen again (?)...how's that working your ass off going for you?

[sparwood8]

@mykulbee Missed it? Hey I had a lot of fun in the mining and construction business. Never once was I bored. I go by some of the projects I either managed or worked on, and have this sense of accomplishment. Life is good. I am beastly healthy, and I am in need of nothing. How about yourself?

[sparwood8]

@mykulbee ..and that doesn't mean I never had good/fun times, either. Half the people i knew who were puffing pot, getting drunk, dropping acid are now dead. Some very early in life, too

[rnr5682]

i may be wrong but i recall this coming out after the spoonful disbanded in '68. i think i first heard it in '70 or '71 in chicago

[TheLegendarySpoon]

not sure about that, I got the LP, a compilation about 1979,

never heard it until that time but I was very familiar with all the early 1960's hits.

[roysters5]

but he'll still stick his fingers in the fan...

[Nikolaii257]

I like the lyrics from 2:16 - 2:20. I want some!

[Nguli34689]

@Nikolaii257 She wants to give a bit to me? Anytime. I want some too !!

[Geraldolini]

Peace Love Dove, inscence light shows, crash pads hari krishna and power to the people...Right ON!

[NurseDischord]

I love this song.

I'm 22 and just starting to dwell on the prospects of maybe starting a family..this song stabbed me right in the heart. I'm right on the bridge between two generations and my head is in the same place as JS's and it feels amazing to know others feel the same as me.

Beautiful song.

[xojbabyxo]

awesome...peace and love <3

[YesMan46]

Glad you like it, nice channel!

[labella8x]

Great song,,i was 10 years old and lucky for me i had 2 teenage brothers who made shure i was hip..the Spoonful & the Byrds brought me from tight pants and Beatle boots in 3rd grade to Madras shirts,vests and British Walkers in 4th Grade..and yes Everthings Playin is a great LP Super Talent much overlooked..

[yanianyan]

I used to sing this to my son when he was born, he'll be 16 next week.

[YesMan46]

Great song, I became aware of it around 1979!

[WunschHiPPiE85]

john sebastian sang this song at woodstock and he forgot the text, he was high on acid.

great song great artist

(my english is terrible!!!)

[pkappel006]

wunsch.....when did this song come out

[vindogg21]

I agree. How bout a video for Priscilla Millionaira off the same album? PLease?

[labella8x]

this was a true hippy generation song.we had the album it was on "everythings playin" i was 10 years old and i loved this song.Theres a few lost jewels on that album.

[smffeb58]

Now I look at my granddaughter, and have the same thoughts about her, that I had about her mother at the same age when I listened to these lyrics as a new father ... Sebastian you genius .. YESMAN46 .. great post...I have a tightness in the throat.

[YesMan46]

Thanks, yes this is a very special song, gets me choked up every time too! John Sebastian is great, what a songwriter! I just got "Welcome Back Kotter" 1st season on DVD, I can never find that show on TV anymore, another nice Sebastian tune!

[NYNYMatt]

I was 16 when I gathered up the $2.98 and bought this new album. YouTube is bringing back to me first-time-listens to beloved songs left behind in vinyl that havent been played in years. It is both touching and quite tough, as in this case and as others have mentioned. Thanks.

[daytripper6996]

I love this song! First time I heard it I was just 18 and "putting purple stuff on my tongue"!!!! Now I am 27 and have a daughter. Listening to to this song now I think totally different than I did back then!!!!

[stregabella91862]

This has always been a favorite of mine...but I guess you already know that...:) I had to add something because I had exactly 420 characters left...lol.

[YesMan46]

Oh yeah, Didn't you turn me on to this song??

PS Wakeman is still better than Keith Emerson!!

:)  LOL!

[stregabella91862]

I may have...and you just may be right about Wakeman...but if you tell anyone I said that I'll deny it to the death...;p

[yoyoyohoMEYGSON]

great song, very touching.

[keyboardwhiz]

This song makes me emotional now. Wistful for the younger generation. When I first heard it I WAS the younger generation.

My sister came home from college in 1967 and turned me on to the Loving Spoonful, Surrealistic Pillow and Richie Havens. What a gift.

[thebigsmoke]

My all time favorite performance at Woodstock and just love this song to death, especially since I'm a new Dad. Thanks for posting this!

[ras977]

Big, a belated Congrats.

[bufb]

great great song...thanks

[YesMan46]

Apple itunes online store as a .99 download.

[YesMan46]

I originally had the LP, no longer, but I purchased ths version on Apple iTunes.

[cesarherrada]

good song, Im doing a video and I wanna put that song as a soundtrack, but I cant download, I found one version but its in live with appplauses,I dont wanna that, thanks for the response

[68enxy]

Jose Feliciano did this same song on an LP, which is the first place I ever heard it. Feliciano did a great job, kind of like the difference on his cover of Light my Fire. If I ever learn how to post songs on youtube, Younger Generation will be the first.

[cesarherrada]

hi, how did you get that song, Ive been searching but nothing, if you can answer me , bye