cheer sounds heavy, hard and something insane, i can say that thes guys of course besides sabbath, zeppelin, purple, mc5, kinks and others gave something musical to the gender that today is known as heavy metal.
from what I recall at the time (I was 13), BC Cream and Hendrix were considered the power trios, and they were all around at the same time. BC was the Hell's Angels house band, and Dickie had just gotten out of jail, so yeah, he was "lookin for head and feelin so free".
.Well,At that Crazy time in Music Dickie was a kid and had what was available to him,,Who cares what the Influance,,Blue Cheer made some Great Music,,Just Enjoy,,I have since 1969,,I stillhave This record from 1969 and play it on a TurnTable
i've been gone so long,i 've BEEN RIDIN ON A SPINNING WHEEL,when the acid was good,and it was in those days,it's a MANIA,YOU COULD EASILY RIDE A SPINNING WHEEL,travlin,and traveling,and i gotta get more,THOSE WERE COSMIC DAYS,NOW IT'S MARIAH CARRY,
Great guitar, rock radio should get their heads out of their asses and start spreading this stuff....even though it was 40 years overdue, still people will go "Whoa, who the hell was that?"
Love Blue Cheer, and this has to be my favorite song of theirs. So heavy and urgent. Such overlooked pioneers of heavy rock. Sounds to me like Sabbath, Purple, Cream and The Who took some cues from these guys, or were certainly very aware of Blue Cheer and what they were up to, at the time. Huge shame they never really get the credit they deserve... just my opinion. Every time I turn people on to these guys, they are blown away. Love doing that...
@MOBRUL3S666 Definitely. I tell people "This was a year before Zeppelin, and 2 years before Sabbath, and it's this heavy!" And they freak out. Well, it's good to spread the word
@MOBRUL3S666 Haha turning people on to blue Cheer seems more like an act of civic responsability than an act of being a big fan. I think Everyone should know about these guys especially these "New Rock" young'ens!
@UnderStoryProd yeah man as a new rock young en I feel like its my responsibility as well. They are just way too good for people to not know about. I just put all of vincebus eruptum on the i pod and started on this album today they fuckin rule
@Bomberband1 They were from the same time period. BC was formed in 1966, so they were probably earlier than Cream. The live version of 'Crossroads" was played through Blue Cheer's amps. BC opened for Cream on the West Coast and the Cream's amps didn't arrive, it was arranged for them to use Blue Cheer's...someone now deceased set that up and told me Cream was very impressed with the Cheer's setup.
I'd say this is my fav BC song but I think I say that every time I here any of their stuff. Saw this band on their final tour and they could easily still rip the face off of any "New Rock" band out there today.
@progjazzfusion The MC5 were a hard Acid Rock band like the Cheer.....They even did shows together.......Blue Cheer was just a louder more intense variety of that genre, but all those bands came from the same place...MC5 had far more in common with the Grateful Dead than they ever did with any punk band. People like to compare them to punk but the fact is if you listen to tracks like 'Over And Over' or"Looking At You' or 'Skunk" they are much more complex than punk
cheer sounds heavy, hard and something insane, i can say that thes guys of course besides sabbath, zeppelin, purple, mc5, kinks and others gave something musical to the gender that today is known as heavy metal.
CharlesMetalhead 4 months ago
Electric gitare
crnitigarbijelipas 4 months ago
kurt cobain LOVED these guys. i love listening to early nirvana stuff. The sound its so similar to this; specially "floyd the barber"
daniel0n96 6 months ago 2
@daniel0n96 early nirvana? this is the roots of pure rock n' roll
assaf001 5 months ago
@assaf001 i know...im just saying how much nirvana influenced from this band. Blue Cheer is the root of heavy/blues rock
daniel0n96 5 months ago
EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXCELLENT :) ♥
InfameLocura 6 months ago
from what I recall at the time (I was 13), BC Cream and Hendrix were considered the power trios, and they were all around at the same time. BC was the Hell's Angels house band, and Dickie had just gotten out of jail, so yeah, he was "lookin for head and feelin so free".
wardoh1 7 months ago
.Well,At that Crazy time in Music Dickie was a kid and had what was available to him,,Who cares what the Influance,,Blue Cheer made some Great Music,,Just Enjoy,,I have since 1969,,I stillhave This record from 1969 and play it on a TurnTable
MegaRiktane 7 months ago
i've been gone so long,i 've BEEN RIDIN ON A SPINNING WHEEL,when the acid was good,and it was in those days,it's a MANIA,YOU COULD EASILY RIDE A SPINNING WHEEL,travlin,and traveling,and i gotta get more,THOSE WERE COSMIC DAYS,NOW IT'S MARIAH CARRY,
alezander666 7 months ago
it's something very "dreamy" about this song ! It's great while being stoned and shit... It will sound like a distant fantasy dream !
doom696mented 8 months ago
This song rocks. At the beginning it sounds like Lemmy Kilmister was singing..
Dremeli 1 year ago
The real fathers of Heavy Metal! But the seed of it all was in Hendrix God.
adrianocarao 1 year ago
Come and Get It...Blue Cheer can give it to you...dig...pretty neat...pretty good...
Thanx for the awesome upload.
latawie 1 year ago 4
Great guitar, rock radio should get their heads out of their asses and start spreading this stuff....even though it was 40 years overdue, still people will go "Whoa, who the hell was that?"
MegaAries1992 1 year ago 2
Love Blue Cheer, and this has to be my favorite song of theirs. So heavy and urgent. Such overlooked pioneers of heavy rock. Sounds to me like Sabbath, Purple, Cream and The Who took some cues from these guys, or were certainly very aware of Blue Cheer and what they were up to, at the time. Huge shame they never really get the credit they deserve... just my opinion. Every time I turn people on to these guys, they are blown away. Love doing that...
MOBRUL3S666 1 year ago 2
@MOBRUL3S666 Definitely. I tell people "This was a year before Zeppelin, and 2 years before Sabbath, and it's this heavy!" And they freak out. Well, it's good to spread the word
happywarmgun13 1 year ago 3
@MOBRUL3S666 Haha turning people on to blue Cheer seems more like an act of civic responsability than an act of being a big fan. I think Everyone should know about these guys especially these "New Rock" young'ens!
UnderStoryProd 1 year ago
@UnderStoryProd yeah man as a new rock young en I feel like its my responsibility as well. They are just way too good for people to not know about. I just put all of vincebus eruptum on the i pod and started on this album today they fuckin rule
EddieVH666 1 year ago
@MOBRUL3S666 in my opinion,blue cheer took some things of cream and the who and made it more heavy and the rest is history jajajaj just saying
lucas95942 1 year ago
@MOBRUL3S666 I agree mostly. Cream were a few years before blue cheer!!! no denying they are fucking brutal and dont get the recognition they deserve
Bomberband1 10 months ago
@Bomberband1 They were from the same time period. BC was formed in 1966, so they were probably earlier than Cream. The live version of 'Crossroads" was played through Blue Cheer's amps. BC opened for Cream on the West Coast and the Cream's amps didn't arrive, it was arranged for them to use Blue Cheer's...someone now deceased set that up and told me Cream was very impressed with the Cheer's setup.
flamesounds 5 months ago
I'd say this is my fav BC song but I think I say that every time I here any of their stuff. Saw this band on their final tour and they could easily still rip the face off of any "New Rock" band out there today.
UnderStoryProd 1 year ago
damn these guys did everything, punk, stoner metal, thrash metal, and lets not forget inventing heavy metal
happywarmgun13 1 year ago
cool 5ive; these guys are the Light, and know it
realself1 1 year ago
...coast to coast I've been travellin and I got to get more...
...I've been running all night just tryin to make a score...
progjazzfusion 1 year ago
@wdmounger - sorry but I disagree, mc5 was never as heavy as BC. mc5 is more like early garage punk with endless blues jamming thrown in.
progjazzfusion 1 year ago 9
@progjazzfusion Same here . MC5 was heavy but nothing at the time was quite so heavy as Blue Cheer.
Geepsterr 1 year ago
@progjazzfusion The MC5 were a hard Acid Rock band like the Cheer.....They even did shows together.......Blue Cheer was just a louder more intense variety of that genre, but all those bands came from the same place...MC5 had far more in common with the Grateful Dead than they ever did with any punk band. People like to compare them to punk but the fact is if you listen to tracks like 'Over And Over' or"Looking At You' or 'Skunk" they are much more complex than punk
flamesounds 5 months ago
@wdmounger True, and even before that, but just locally around Detroit. I just meant that their first album, Kick Out The Jams, came out in '69.
coldgot2b 1 year ago
Great song, and keep in mind that this MC5 sound is a year BEFORE the MC5 did it.
coldgot2b 1 year ago
In the words of Greg Kihn, They don't write 'em like that anymore.
RIP Dickie
UnderStoryProd 2 years ago
Groovy song!
Kostas4e 2 years ago