I've been to over 700 concerts, one of the best ever, Winterland San Francisco 1972, Cold Blood, Its A Beautiful Day....called, "An Evening With The Ladies" ....great show....btw miss you Bill Graham
@sirwob Arroyo 74 Know any people from Tennyson 74 or Arroyo in San Lorenzo? Guess were into the same music all the good stuff when music WAS music.BEATLES RULE HANDS DOWN NO EVEN A ISSUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@newspapertaxis1 ok, this is getting weird, I went to Del Rey Elementary, would have gone to Bohannon then Arroyo but moved to Hayward, lived on Via Frances 2 blks. over from Del Rey
I think both this version and the LP (slow) version are great! One is light and pure; this one rocks out.
If they had done such intense violin solo improv, interesting new organ and bass ideas, and lots of tambourine, like here, and done it all slow, then it would sound sludgy and awful. But it's great stuff, so it needs sturdier bones to hold it up.
Todd Rundgren did the same thing. "Hello It's Me," was bouncy (and a hit) on his 1971 LP, but with Nazz's harmonies in 1968, slow was better.
Yes - Bath Festival 1970 - what a great weekend. It sort of followed on from Woodstock with so many great bands and memories with It's a Beautiful Day playing superbly. Oh for a time machine ...
I saw the movie FILMORE in 1973 and I saw them playing this song. I was 16 years old. I saw them Live in a palce near Santa Cruz, CA not to long ago. What gift of life. Thanks
It's A Beautiful Day..........Live at the Bath Festival...some long, long time ago..... still brings back some memories....of a long hot summer day...
Whoa -- bftp! First heard this on a Boots The Chemist LP called '17'... or something that had a bunch of good stuff on it including tracks by Chicago (anyone know where that LP can be found?)
Born '47 I bought the original album in '69 due to the beautiful cover art. And the record blew me away then. This particular track and "Bombay calling". The whole album still means a lot to me after all these years. Youth, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Love-Ins, The Avalaon, The Matrix, Fillmore Auditorium, all the great bands and and and ...
I have thei very original first album and i keep it like my eyes. This music always touch me after all these years. Thank's 'It's A Beautiful Day?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful. I used to have a habit of buying unknown bands' LP's for the album art. This was one of the rare gems I picked up as a result of that practice. What a head rush back to my youth.
For a long time I didnt know who did this song and thought it was a Jefferson Airplane song from about 1971...I like the smooth flowing organ in the studio version...like a wall of sound...the same with "Hot Summer Day"
If I'm not mistaken, David LaFlamme was in a band with Bobby Beausoleil pre IABD. Beausoleil was a massive talent. A series of poor decisions led him to commit a drug-related murder (no thanks Charles Manson) and he's still in prison, 40 years later.
This Album was my intro into "Hippie Music" 40 years later, it is still the best, and one of the most diverse albums I have ever heard!!! Thanks for having the insight to make it, and for You
This Album was my intro into "Hippie Music" 40 years later, it is still the best, and one of the most diverse albums I have ever heard!!! Thanks for having the insight to make it, and for You
This is an excellent video. I would guess 69 or 70. I once saw IABD and original Allman Bros with Duane back to back in summer of 71, IABD first album is my favorite 60's album. This film is extremely rare, Thanks for posting. They are really on fire!
a client just walked into my studio saying he saw the guitarist recently playing a duo here in Atascadero, CA. Anyone know if these guys are still around?
I was born in 68. My mom and dad were in a band that covered this, with the two of them singing, so this is one of the first songs I ever remember hearing.
This album came out in 1968. Grace Slick was already around with the Jefferson Airplane, and before that she was already around with The Great Society where she did the original "Somebody to Love" 'White Rabbit" and "Sally Go Round the Roses".
This band was a "Second Wave" to come out of that area and sound, they certainly weren't the ground breakers.
They sound very similar, but cart before horse Howard.
@MegaHigster I was one of those "hippies" for a while, was disenchanted when I realized that those who were crying "peace and love" were really selfish ripoffs selling bad drugs and wanting sex for free! As it is written "Beware when men cry peace, then shall come sudden destruction as travail upon a woman in birth"!
sad story of decades of harassment in courts from the ex-manager, tying up rights to the song, the band's name, and more. Lovely song and professional performances, which you didn't always get out of Bay area bands in that era.
So much like Jefferson Airplane etc. However they just didnt do as much quality material ! The dubut LP though is great and the marrying maiden LP is pretty good, but it always reminds me of summer !
My parents were hippies and I can remember this one playing a lot when I was just a few years old around 1971 or so.I still love hippie music and this is one of my favs
I was born in 93 and I discovered this album in a neighbor's garage and I am in love. I wish all music would strive to this level. It's absolutely a beautiful day when I'm listening to these guys. I really wish I were born in the 60s so I could've seen them live.
My boyfriend at the time introduced this album to me. I never will forget it. I was living in Independence working for 7-eleven and a huge snowstorm came. I went over to his house and spent the night and we listened to this album. The first man I was ever in in love with.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stellar, absolutely stellar. I fell in love with a woman listening to this many many years ago. She introduced me to it in fact. Although we parted ways about a year later, I have never stopped loving her to this day.
@wengl007 Exactly. Them were the days!!!! sitting on the floor as we passed our wine bottle and poorly-rolled doobies. It was the most natural thing in the world to do.
This is probably my least favorite song in the world. I actually saw these people in the early seventies, with Boz Skaggs and Elvin Bishop. There's another crappy song by someone called Ersel Hickey...I think it's bluebird over the mountain... I hate. Listen to the violin come in on this-- and the solo. You could bleed out during this song, it's so long.... only one bird song I like. Lemme see if I can find it. I loved it...
The song in 1970 Ms McKee made the 6th grade class of 1969-70 listen to. And what better people it made us in the 21 st century as we havent forgot the ideals....
The band reunited a couple of years ago, believe it or not. They at least played some shows in California. I don't know how regularly they'll make a habit of it, but it was nice to see them out making music again.
If I remember correctly, girl singer was Patti Santos. . .Got to see her & the band in the Fall of '72. . .wonderfull show; they opened with "White Bird."
im thinking b.d. ,la flammes, played in the little park in boulder many nights summer of 69ish 70's.......they were my tripping get off song for well, the very best of..... thank u, know idea u still be around...
I too saw them at the Filmore in '69. Great haunting song, what a shame they were screwed by their manager. For those who haven't read about it check it out. So glad they are still playing. They were/are a great live band. David reminds me of Jerry Goodman, which is a compliment to both of these outstanding musicians,
In response to howard...the airplane came a few years before these guys; 'somebody to love' was recorded in 66 and by 1969 (the year It's a beautiful day was released) they had been going toward the jam-experimental thing a lot further as was IABD. Still both amazing, amazing bands...
I was born in 52. I can only say this album was a cultural masterpiece..making ready the way for the jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick..beautiful..I sitll paly it for hours...such great memories...
@howardhofelich Hi Howard, I was born in 51. Have to say the this group led the way into the 60's and a lot of group tried to emulate them. A very special combination of talent and timing.
My favorite song of all time!! Just saw David & Linda LaFlamme perform at the Woodstock West Coast reunion in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in Oct. 2009 -- they were terrific!
When I was first getting into classic rock in 1986 at 9 years old, KLSX 97.1 here in So Cal used to play this one ever so often (find a radio station that will touch it today, HA!). At first I thought it was....guess who....Jefferson Airplane. I've never really cared for this song. I have it on Rhino's "Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970" 4-CD comp, I STILL don't like it. HOWEVER, this live version in another animal all together! That's a rocking violin solo.
@blueridger28 How true - I just recently took the plunge online and found the soundtrack for my life: past, present, and future. I saw IABD in Dallas in '72. Good times...
@blueridger28 - lol... it WAS strange and very cool too. Every generation will say the same.. very differnet. Make what you have you're own too and you'll see/feel the same way for yours. ;{)}
@isitmondayet I am. Im livin it now. THe madness even though i was a teen and in my 20s in the late 90s and 00's Ive seen some amazing bands and meet some amazing people
wow.. the dude is playing with a lot of pain on his face.. but the again it's about a bird in a cage that's going to die pretty much. I still love this song so much!
I saw them at the Oakland Collisium with 10 years after...first concert I went to. I was very young.enjoyed it. It was either seeing a comedy show with Cheech and Chong or a concert.
50 or 100 years from now, David LaFlamme will be accorded the same respect as Betoven, or Franz, or even Mozart as one of the very, very best composers of this generation.
As musicians, they blow away most of the west coast bands in raw talent if we compare them to the Dead and Airplane. Check out the dynamics (loud and soft) applied to the song with all band members on the same page. I also like the song Girl With No Eyes and several others from them. The Dead & Airplane became better musicians as time went by, but this band was light years ahead of them during the same time period. The lyric are also genius for most of their songs, very phyloscophical in nature
Thanx for posting the video. I heard this song for the first time about three years ago on the radio, and I had to have it!! Good ol' i-tunes! I really like the violins and the words are so sad.
I saw them in northern Calif. in '69, at a festival, they were great, I've got two of their albums. I like "let a woman flow" there's a live version on the "last days of the fillmore" lp and cd
White Bird is by far the best thing this group ever did. I have their first two albums and no other song approaches white bird. They got unfairly lumped in as an airplane wanna be.
Great Song. I saw them at Winterland in about 1972 with Hot Tuna and The Rowan Brothers. It was my first show, I was about 16 years old and it rained really hard that night. Driving back to the East Bay with the freeways flooded and my buddies parents Impala hydro-planing while we were on mushrooms was the beginnning of a Long Strange Trip, for sure!
@markmotors ... wow.. I went to evey venue but Winterland. I still live in the East Bay,. did you hit all the Days on the Greens? such a great time back then..
@Starlitblond good memory! I went to as many Day on the Greens as I could. I had pretty strict parents and was "on restriction" most of the time. That may have contributed somewhat to my living this long. I do remember a show called The Who Dead. The Dead were great, the Who sounded like a greatest hits album. It was a really mixed crowd. I remember Mcik Jaggers birthday show with the inflateable women dolls being dropped from a helicopter. That was a crazy one.
I happened to catch the Soulshine Blues Band in Tiberon California last night and Its a Beautiful Day Drummer Val Fuentes was the drummer, unbeliveable luck!
I saw them at Winterland in '72 (?) along with Hot Tuna, Papa John Creach and The Rowan Brothers. What a great show. I still remember Papa John playing with them during this song. What a long strange trip is has been.......
Saw them live 3 times, and as someone else said, maybe better in the studio than on stage. This video is an example of that. It doesn't matter to those who have never heard the original, but for those of us with everyhing they ever did in our collection, we are tempted to ask, "Why are they in such a hurry?" as they are a few beats too fast.
That said, they were/are great musicians, and their sound was unique. If you like this, give "Bombay Calling" a listen. It's worth the time invested.
Thank you for posting this wonderful historical document.
wjvanb 1 week ago
@wjvanb "Historical Document?" Yeah. Right.
vifa1000 1 week ago
I've been to over 700 concerts, one of the best ever, Winterland San Francisco 1972, Cold Blood, Its A Beautiful Day....called, "An Evening With The Ladies" ....great show....btw miss you Bill Graham
sirwob 1 month ago
@sirwob Self titled lp one of the best of all time. Are you from San Francisco area?
newspapertaxis1 2 weeks ago
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sirwob 2 weeks ago
@sirwob you gotta be kid'in i'm in Hayward too! Did you grow up here? High school? age?
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sirwob 2 weeks ago
@sirwob Arroyo 74 Know any people from Tennyson 74 or Arroyo in San Lorenzo? Guess were into the same music all the good stuff when music WAS music.BEATLES RULE HANDS DOWN NO EVEN A ISSUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
newspapertaxis1 2 weeks ago
@newspapertaxis1 ok, this is getting weird, I went to Del Rey Elementary, would have gone to Bohannon then Arroyo but moved to Hayward, lived on Via Frances 2 blks. over from Del Rey
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I think both this version and the LP (slow) version are great! One is light and pure; this one rocks out.
If they had done such intense violin solo improv, interesting new organ and bass ideas, and lots of tambourine, like here, and done it all slow, then it would sound sludgy and awful. But it's great stuff, so it needs sturdier bones to hold it up.
Todd Rundgren did the same thing. "Hello It's Me," was bouncy (and a hit) on his 1971 LP, but with Nazz's harmonies in 1968, slow was better.
Avon53 2 months ago
Loved this song when it came out years ago. The slower version is MUCH better!
cbyebyefraser 2 months ago
I had almost forgotten this old treasure.
dianabeth052653 3 months ago
have watched this a million times here, thank you!
pinkus44 3 months ago
Boy does this kick me back a few decades
cuyahogajoe1 4 months ago
A little fast isn't it?
mrelky64 5 months ago
Terrific version of their best song. Thanks!
steepertree 5 months ago
Love this song seen them in St. Louis in 71 or 72 As good live as well as Studio .
dcwier1 6 months ago
i was born in 1947 and i had the album merring maiden, i loved that albumsuperlady1947
SuperNancy1947 6 months ago
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Je ne suis pas tres anglophone mais tout de méme , quel beau titre !
NOHASBEEN 8 months ago
Je ne suis pas tres anglophone mais tout de méme , quel beau titre !
NOHASBEEN 8 months ago
Yes - Bath Festival 1970 - what a great weekend. It sort of followed on from Woodstock with so many great bands and memories with It's a Beautiful Day playing superbly. Oh for a time machine ...
sillyoldgrandad52 8 months ago
I saw the movie FILMORE in 1973 and I saw them playing this song. I was 16 years old. I saw them Live in a palce near Santa Cruz, CA not to long ago. What gift of life. Thanks
ciguanab 9 months ago
It's A Beautiful Day..........Live at the Bath Festival...some long, long time ago..... still brings back some memories....of a long hot summer day...
jlsherwood 9 months ago
i've watched this a thousand times. thanks for posting
pinkus44 10 months ago
He sounds like Roger Whittaker
reygato 10 months ago
" they don't make music like this anymore".
Timsundog 10 months ago
Whoa -- bftp! First heard this on a Boots The Chemist LP called '17'... or something that had a bunch of good stuff on it including tracks by Chicago (anyone know where that LP can be found?)
xchopp 10 months ago
I'm very tempted to say," they don't make music like this anymore". Its very good though -isn' t it?
superpaulfish 11 months ago
saw them at pirates world in florida...still have the 8track!!
phoebepeepers 11 months ago
Born '47 I bought the original album in '69 due to the beautiful cover art. And the record blew me away then. This particular track and "Bombay calling". The whole album still means a lot to me after all these years. Youth, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Love-Ins, The Avalaon, The Matrix, Fillmore Auditorium, all the great bands and and and ...
rockHollie 11 months ago
I have thei very original first album and i keep it like my eyes. This music always touch me after all these years. Thank's 'It's A Beautiful Day?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rockingbullshit 11 months ago
Beautiful. I used to have a habit of buying unknown bands' LP's for the album art. This was one of the rare gems I picked up as a result of that practice. What a head rush back to my youth.
rroush116 11 months ago
Great music!!!! Love this one and Marrying Maiden album. Refined and joyful stuff.
lacricriva 1 year ago
Saw them at the Bath Festival 1970 and bought this on a single.Great stuff.
19revolver66 1 year ago
@19revolver66 I saw them at Clark U in Worcester Mass. in 1972. I have upgraded it to a cd. Just great to see them live.
donr1954 1 year ago
Just "beautiful" Harmonies are spot on, and the violin solo is melodic and goes perfectly with this wonderful song.
batfang1 1 year ago
The man plays a guitar lead on a violin, amazing! Man I miss real music written and performed by real musicians!
searayus1 1 year ago
For a long time I didnt know who did this song and thought it was a Jefferson Airplane song from about 1971...I like the smooth flowing organ in the studio version...like a wall of sound...the same with "Hot Summer Day"
dmarlo995 1 year ago
@dmarlo995 I always thought it was Airplane too....The dual lead vocal sound a lot like Marty and Grace
decemberschild1217 1 year ago
RIP Patti
taemanok2006 1 year ago
If I'm not mistaken, David LaFlamme was in a band with Bobby Beausoleil pre IABD. Beausoleil was a massive talent. A series of poor decisions led him to commit a drug-related murder (no thanks Charles Manson) and he's still in prison, 40 years later.
beowulven 1 year ago
This Album was my intro into "Hippie Music" 40 years later, it is still the best, and one of the most diverse albums I have ever heard!!! Thanks for having the insight to make it, and for You
tube to play it drakarious
hippiesan100 1 year ago
This Album was my intro into "Hippie Music" 40 years later, it is still the best, and one of the most diverse albums I have ever heard!!! Thanks for having the insight to make it, and for You
tube to play it
hippiesan100 1 year ago
LkOutMtnMan is tripping. Must be a flashback. Nice to see you learned how to CamelCase somewhere along the line
rwbissette 1 year ago
This is an excellent video. I would guess 69 or 70. I once saw IABD and original Allman Bros with Duane back to back in summer of 71, IABD first album is my favorite 60's album. This film is extremely rare, Thanks for posting. They are really on fire!
quicksilver2525 1 year ago
great song
TheSterbloemjolanda 1 year ago
a client just walked into my studio saying he saw the guitarist recently playing a duo here in Atascadero, CA. Anyone know if these guys are still around?
randollini 1 year ago
I was born in 68. My mom and dad were in a band that covered this, with the two of them singing, so this is one of the first songs I ever remember hearing.
zazugrey 1 year ago
I also wrote a song called "It's A Beautiful Day"! It's in my video list on my profile page if anyone wants to check it out!
timmcmorris 1 year ago
this is the best version...thanks for the posting!!
cathycastleton 1 year ago
Howard,
This album came out in 1968. Grace Slick was already around with the Jefferson Airplane, and before that she was already around with The Great Society where she did the original "Somebody to Love" 'White Rabbit" and "Sally Go Round the Roses".
This band was a "Second Wave" to come out of that area and sound, they certainly weren't the ground breakers.
They sound very similar, but cart before horse Howard.
Brawn63 1 year ago
is the song cut at 1:40???
FillTheGaps 1 year ago
God I hate hippies so much.. so pretentious and boring. I do love pot though so i guess we have that in commmon! building bridges that's what I do!
MegaHigster 1 year ago
@MegaHigster Hate is not going to build bridges, but understanding, acceptance, and tolerance of differences will. I guess I'm being pretentious.
craigaa52 1 year ago
@craigaa52 <you are right! regards frank
willikratz 1 year ago
@MegaHigster I was one of those "hippies" for a while, was disenchanted when I realized that those who were crying "peace and love" were really selfish ripoffs selling bad drugs and wanting sex for free! As it is written "Beware when men cry peace, then shall come sudden destruction as travail upon a woman in birth"!
LkOutMtnMan 1 year ago
Labor Day Weekend, 1969 ... New Orleans Pop Fest ...
TheNellah 1 year ago
sad story of decades of harassment in courts from the ex-manager, tying up rights to the song, the band's name, and more. Lovely song and professional performances, which you didn't always get out of Bay area bands in that era.
grnhair2001 1 year ago
wow! just found the 0.33 in my father's old stuff, sounds real nice, I'm going to listen to that!
bananiolo2 1 year ago
great song so euphoric to get high to which I remember so well 20 years ago would like to try that again on a nice spring day. thanks for posting
1KOOLROCKNDAN 1 year ago
One of the Anthems of the times
A pleasure to see and hear again
Thanks for this
tropicaldan 1 year ago
Not many or should I say not anyone has done a song like this!!
docstahl 1 year ago
got high many times with this song
34bobbyz 1 year ago
Lol
A vid of "HeyHiHello - Louder Than Words" brought me to this vid!!
xD
Fiischstab 1 year ago
So much like Jefferson Airplane etc. However they just didnt do as much quality material ! The dubut LP though is great and the marrying maiden LP is pretty good, but it always reminds me of summer !
noddyguevara 1 year ago
Trippy!
huertarobert666 1 year ago
still flying
amonduultje 1 year ago
My parents were hippies and I can remember this one playing a lot when I was just a few years old around 1971 or so.I still love hippie music and this is one of my favs
SpiritualNotReligion 1 year ago
I was born in 93 and I discovered this album in a neighbor's garage and I am in love. I wish all music would strive to this level. It's absolutely a beautiful day when I'm listening to these guys. I really wish I were born in the 60s so I could've seen them live.
miumiulovr 1 year ago
Saw them at the Phillmore West. What a trip that was!!
jimjljensen 1 year ago
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upster20 1 year ago
Given the cover, I would have passed up the album had it not been for a buddy that recommended it. Glad I didn't.....great band.
72twist 1 year ago
My boyfriend at the time introduced this album to me. I never will forget it. I was living in Independence working for 7-eleven and a huge snowstorm came. I went over to his house and spent the night and we listened to this album. The first man I was ever in in love with.
Retha Walker
redroadrunner51 1 year ago
I would love to play the violin like this guy! The Non-live version sounds better!
CindyAnne3 1 year ago
They have reformed and are coming to Southern England in the summer. Check out the Feenstra website for the Sutton date.
AdBlinks 1 year ago
Quintessential! Prototypical! You can't say much more than that. They led the way.
Kiptowake 1 year ago
This is the standard from which all strive to emulate. Listen to the notes, the flowing tones. It led the way to the era of rock as we know it today.
Kiptowake 1 year ago
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stellar, absolutely stellar. I fell in love with a woman listening to this many many years ago. She introduced me to it in fact. Although we parted ways about a year later, I have never stopped loving her to this day.
coyotesong 1 year ago
@coyotesong Many moons ago my freinds and I would crank this music up and smoke a little Golden O, deink some wine and trip out on this music.
wengl007 1 year ago
@wengl007 Exactly. Them were the days!!!! sitting on the floor as we passed our wine bottle and poorly-rolled doobies. It was the most natural thing in the world to do.
coyotesong 1 year ago
This is probably my least favorite song in the world. I actually saw these people in the early seventies, with Boz Skaggs and Elvin Bishop. There's another crappy song by someone called Ersel Hickey...I think it's bluebird over the mountain... I hate. Listen to the violin come in on this-- and the solo. You could bleed out during this song, it's so long.... only one bird song I like. Lemme see if I can find it. I loved it...
wbeath 1 year ago
The song in 1970 Ms McKee made the 6th grade class of 1969-70 listen to. And what better people it made us in the 21 st century as we havent forgot the ideals....
knowallcity 1 year ago
I love you Patti
humblehamster 1 year ago
RIP Patti
PEEBLIES 2 years ago
The band reunited a couple of years ago, believe it or not. They at least played some shows in California. I don't know how regularly they'll make a habit of it, but it was nice to see them out making music again.
epistrophy68 2 years ago
@epistrophy68
Bass player is great !
hieronomy 2 years ago
Brings back some fond memories.
Baddoggone 2 years ago
man that chick singer is super hott!!
rowdymax1 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, girl singer was Patti Santos. . .Got to see her & the band in the Fall of '72. . .wonderfull show; they opened with "White Bird."
drandall1776 2 years ago
im thinking b.d. ,la flammes, played in the little park in boulder many nights summer of 69ish 70's.......they were my tripping get off song for well, the very best of..... thank u, know idea u still be around...
excellomaniac 2 years ago
I too saw them at the Filmore in '69. Great haunting song, what a shame they were screwed by their manager. For those who haven't read about it check it out. So glad they are still playing. They were/are a great live band. David reminds me of Jerry Goodman, which is a compliment to both of these outstanding musicians,
luvblues100 2 years ago
I saw them live at the "FILMORE WEST" in San Francisco in 1970 ...I was hooked on them for many many years....I also fell inlove at that concert
scarypowers 2 years ago
super gruppe damals
laprived 2 years ago
In response to howard...the airplane came a few years before these guys; 'somebody to love' was recorded in 66 and by 1969 (the year It's a beautiful day was released) they had been going toward the jam-experimental thing a lot further as was IABD. Still both amazing, amazing bands...
cwrohr03 2 years ago 2
Back in the early '70s I was in a band, and our lead singers girlfriend's brother played lead guitar for "It's A Beautiful Day".
myke0222 2 years ago
I was born in 52. I can only say this album was a cultural masterpiece..making ready the way for the jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick..beautiful..I sitll paly it for hours...such great memories...
howardhofelich 2 years ago 21
@howardhofelich Hi Howard, I was born in 51. Have to say the this group led the way into the 60's and a lot of group tried to emulate them. A very special combination of talent and timing.
Kiptowake 1 year ago
@howardhofelich I WAS BORN IN 52 ALSO AND I'M WITH YOU ON THAT MAN!
froberts12004 1 year ago
@howardhofelich I agree completely. Brilliant and so ahead of their time...
Kathyscv 1 year ago
@howardhofelich '53 vintage, myself, and SO very grateful for the musical education I had, growing up at that time.
annicariad 1 year ago
@howardhofelich Totally agree... a fantasitc album and period. Check out You Tube for 'Frantic (Conception) Hey Joe' (a favorrite cover for me)!!
isitmondayet 5 months ago
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Still suckin' after all these years.....
fredfrajo 2 years ago
such a classic song, could it be repeated now???
cathycastleton 2 years ago
san bush did a great verson
donotbend1 2 years ago
My favorite song of all time!! Just saw David & Linda LaFlamme perform at the Woodstock West Coast reunion in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in Oct. 2009 -- they were terrific!
broddybounce 2 years ago 2
We are after all, a nation of shutterbugs....rock on
reefrunner9 2 years ago
When I was first getting into classic rock in 1986 at 9 years old, KLSX 97.1 here in So Cal used to play this one ever so often (find a radio station that will touch it today, HA!). At first I thought it was....guess who....Jefferson Airplane. I've never really cared for this song. I have it on Rhino's "Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970" 4-CD comp, I STILL don't like it. HOWEVER, this live version in another animal all together! That's a rocking violin solo.
MattHatter 2 years ago
Youtube has givin me a window to the past no matter how strange it is.
blueridger28 2 years ago 12
@blueridger28 How true - I just recently took the plunge online and found the soundtrack for my life: past, present, and future. I saw IABD in Dallas in '72. Good times...
bigmac53able 7 months ago
@blueridger28 - lol... it WAS strange and very cool too. Every generation will say the same.. very differnet. Make what you have you're own too and you'll see/feel the same way for yours. ;{)}
isitmondayet 5 months ago
@isitmondayet I am. Im livin it now. THe madness even though i was a teen and in my 20s in the late 90s and 00's Ive seen some amazing bands and meet some amazing people
blueridger28 5 months ago
wow.. the dude is playing with a lot of pain on his face.. but the again it's about a bird in a cage that's going to die pretty much. I still love this song so much!
Starlitblond 2 years ago
multi skilling on that level now is not heard of, such an amzing song, such an amzing song!!
cathycastleton 2 years ago
Still have the original album..dusting it off for a Christmas gift to my oldest..he's 27! lol
mango8260 2 years ago
I saw them at the Oakland Collisium with 10 years after...first concert I went to. I was very young.enjoyed it. It was either seeing a comedy show with Cheech and Chong or a concert.
kuualoha2008 2 years ago
It's a Beautiful Day still performs in the Bay Area.
lacewoodstrat 2 years ago
I love this band The Filmore west rocked when I was there in 1968
jwhoogs 2 years ago
Love the violin...Great tune!!!
cabinbowman 2 years ago 2
Are you guys kidding with these reviews? the only reason DJ's played this back in the day was so they could take a shit and get a slice of pizza...
gahrzahk 2 years ago
piękna piosenka
ArkadiusP1 2 years ago
Ahh yeah man.....smokin a bowl listening to some splendid music....those were the days at
Tottenville HS Wolfs Pond Park parties
DsveysNavy 2 years ago
50 or 100 years from now, David LaFlamme will be accorded the same respect as Betoven, or Franz, or even Mozart as one of the very, very best composers of this generation.
It is such a privilidge to listen to.
Thanks, YouTube.
And Quikete, of course.
JF
B52sguy 2 years ago
Tip Top!
cadeneaux 2 years ago
God this blows!!
fredfrajo 2 years ago
As musicians, they blow away most of the west coast bands in raw talent if we compare them to the Dead and Airplane. Check out the dynamics (loud and soft) applied to the song with all band members on the same page. I also like the song Girl With No Eyes and several others from them. The Dead & Airplane became better musicians as time went by, but this band was light years ahead of them during the same time period. The lyric are also genius for most of their songs, very phyloscophical in nature
flyingvbeast 2 years ago
a long time ago, musicians used to make tunes with melodies (some with harmonies) and they would practice too!
stringquartet 2 years ago 2
Great, classic song!
The lead singer puts his heart and soul into it.
Such great emotion!
muzikkraz 2 years ago
The song I have from i-tunes is pretty different. It has a lot more singing in it.
CLAWZ5 2 years ago
Thanx for posting the video. I heard this song for the first time about three years ago on the radio, and I had to have it!! Good ol' i-tunes! I really like the violins and the words are so sad.
CLAWZ5 2 years ago
Classic sound with classy memories as best as I can remember from back in the day....uh was that Fillmore or Winterland, man? cool............
thoreauing 2 years ago
Sublime.
shivaboyd 2 years ago 2
I saw them in northern Calif. in '69, at a festival, they were great, I've got two of their albums. I like "let a woman flow" there's a live version on the "last days of the fillmore" lp and cd
poopoopoopoop333 2 years ago
I saw them at the San Diego Sports arena not long after this song came out...they were pretty good live....
btlfan64 2 years ago
Wonderful
plugtwuzzle 2 years ago
White Bird is by far the best thing this group ever did. I have their first two albums and no other song approaches white bird. They got unfairly lumped in as an airplane wanna be.
spehrman 2 years ago
What is the name of this group?
shagnpj 2 years ago
It's a Beautiful Day.
torchkit 2 years ago
markmotors speaks the truth...
been there ...
woodnot 2 years ago
This has to be just about the best almost unknown band from the 60s..
So,So,So very very very gooooood
fforest122 2 years ago
If you like them check out "The United States Of America". Their album "Metaphysical Circus" is a forgotten gem like It's A Beautiful Day. :)
sixtiessoul 2 years ago
Great Song. I saw them at Winterland in about 1972 with Hot Tuna and The Rowan Brothers. It was my first show, I was about 16 years old and it rained really hard that night. Driving back to the East Bay with the freeways flooded and my buddies parents Impala hydro-planing while we were on mushrooms was the beginnning of a Long Strange Trip, for sure!
markmotors 2 years ago 14
markmotors, you crack me up!
tmchaney2003 2 years ago
@markmotors ... wow.. I went to evey venue but Winterland. I still live in the East Bay,. did you hit all the Days on the Greens? such a great time back then..
Starlitblond 1 year ago
@Starlitblond good memory! I went to as many Day on the Greens as I could. I had pretty strict parents and was "on restriction" most of the time. That may have contributed somewhat to my living this long. I do remember a show called The Who Dead. The Dead were great, the Who sounded like a greatest hits album. It was a really mixed crowd. I remember Mcik Jaggers birthday show with the inflateable women dolls being dropped from a helicopter. That was a crazy one.
markmotors 1 year ago
This just has to be the most beautiful, classic, and extrordinary of the all of the songs ever performed.
David is just a masterful musician and vocalist.
To bad RCA screwed them so badly for so many years.
JF
B52sguy 2 years ago 3
I happened to catch the Soulshine Blues Band in Tiberon California last night and Its a Beautiful Day Drummer Val Fuentes was the drummer, unbeliveable luck!
bluesman1124 2 years ago
Pure, essence o' de late sixties San Francisco,... for any music history students out there.
obiwil 2 years ago
I wonder if they had the original white bird... I also wonder why they sing with such pain in their faces...
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EndOfTimesApocalypse 2 years ago
HEY just love it...
talerdudansk 2 years ago
lol.. this is a great song... but.. is that dude a dude? must be the violin.. it also makes me feel so bad for this bird.. very..
Starlitblond 2 years ago
Been trying to cop this cd for 3 yrs now...not easy to get your hands on..Ths song is the most AWESOME!!! It brings back some great memories!!
PENNYONLY 2 years ago
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pause at 0:35, looks like a heroin addict crack head getting a dick shoved up his ass
CLK430Lorinsor 2 years ago
I saw them at Winterland in '72 (?) along with Hot Tuna, Papa John Creach and The Rowan Brothers. What a great show. I still remember Papa John playing with them during this song. What a long strange trip is has been.......
markmotors 2 years ago 2
Saw them live 3 times, and as someone else said, maybe better in the studio than on stage. This video is an example of that. It doesn't matter to those who have never heard the original, but for those of us with everyhing they ever did in our collection, we are tempted to ask, "Why are they in such a hurry?" as they are a few beats too fast.
That said, they were/are great musicians, and their sound was unique. If you like this, give "Bombay Calling" a listen. It's worth the time invested.
desertswo 2 years ago 3
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wtf !!! These re*ards suck
warbringer8 2 years ago
This was an awesome band!
geekette57 2 years ago 2
Fillmore Last Days is also a HOT multi pack CD a little hard to find. this sounds like it is from htat concert.
LuLuB777 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure David is credited with developing the electronic guitar. He is so talented
B52sguy 3 years ago
It might have been Ted McCarty who invented the electric , Less Paul then att. his name to it as he was the popular player then.
Zalobar 3 years ago
I thought LaFlamme's thing was the electric violin
vickilaw 3 years ago
Wonderful, KDKB's first song on air...
petekelly61 3 years ago
Well alrighty then Leo Fender may have been the first, after Les Paul who tried it in the 30s?
Zalobar 3 years ago
klasse
f95ultra 3 years ago
Those were the days..
groovemonzter 3 years ago
BIG SURF - Tempe, AZ - 1971...appeared with "Guess Who" and others...those were the carefree days!
bobdudeaz 3 years ago
saw them in cocert in jax fla in the early seventies great show my favorite line is,sweet womans love is better than a white line