Jefferson Airplane - Plastic Fantastic Lover

[upchuck69]

Correct me if I am wrong, but was this version the B-side to White Rabbit on the 45s?

[concordia723]

It seemed that we danced all night to this number at the old Filmore with Bill Graham on the floor with us and Headlights weaving their magic. For that moment God was in His heaven( and at the Filmore) and all was right with the world. The next week Bill was having to hold the contorting body of a 15 year old girl who was strung out on something and the death knell of something awesome could be heard in the ears of those who could listen.

[FirstUsedBooks]

We had hope back in those days, hope that we could save our country from the military-industrial complex. The music reflected our hope. We couldn't. We lost.

[rchalmers3]

@FirstUsedBooks my friend, we are not yet done. Occupy will dismantle the machine and give living life back to peace. All we have to do is give Peace a chance.

Rick

[LisergicoRojo]

GOTTA LOVE THIS SONG! STAY PSYCHEDELIC! :D

[oolive129]

god i wish was alive then. i'd do anything to go back and here these guys play.ANYTHING.

[falk1952able]

thats marty singing not jorma i seen them do it many times

[bassmanjoe]

Awesome!! What a killer live band they were. That bass tone is fucking amazing!!

[LisergicoRojo]

@bassmanjoe everyone agrees jefferson airplane and canned heat had alien bass players

[albatross7677]

One of the best live albums ever!

[cinneadboy2]

Great music,. thanks!

[FraterSoddi]

Casady oozes in all subsonic...



[mymindourdream]

oh,wish i was there....

[TEExL0C]

Best version. Awesome guitar jaming right there.

[2345hahaha]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­HA 2 dislikes.

[schniffu]

her aluminum finish is slightly deminished

[bendbadgersteve]

When Jack, Spencer, Jorma and Paul were hooked in, they were a monster.  Jack may have been the bottom but, if you ask me, Spencer was the one who moved things along.

Very imaginative drummer.

Great vocals by Marty here, btw...

[dac10012]

@bendbadgersteve This is, IMHO, the best jam ever. Everyone contributes in harmony. Props to great musicians. Sonic bliss - ear candy.

[TheWildswan69]

@dac10012 ear candy is my phrase. so is eargasm. and mindgasm. and eyegasm. but not eye candy.

[syr1811]

@SkylarkGSX  Yup

[hellswinter]

Jack's bass,,,untouchable.

[DHPPhDPhD]

Used to crank this in my dorm room in the '70s. Great stuff.

[monoxido1]

Best fucking song ever... Marty is a God!

[monoxido1]

Best fucking son ever... Marty is a God!

[Mustangaein]

Having been born to the late 40's I have the chance to see the original peoples music remake by the new set of so called music performers. They are simply remake the original songs and think it is new. I can point to them these are remake and should listen to the original. Always better than the new remake..

[alcofridy]

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[heyjohnnyjohnny]

Airplane on fire! Crankn it up and mown em down.

[lcolby11]

I never saw the Plane but I saw Hot Tuna many times,,had fun at a 1976 Central park Hot tuna concert, it was like Woodstock

[thekriks]

I love this song - one of the hottest rock performances ever in my opinion. Marty Balin's hot, impassioned singing is matched by Jorma's killer guitar and Jack's rockin bass. When the Airplane was on, they were hair-raising. Saw them in Seattle in '69 - still remember how they would get into a tight groove and they'd all move close to each other on stage - the intensity of their playing just blew your head off!

[oscardelatorre]

Jack Casady Rules on Bass!

[HardworkingAmerican]

@SkylarkGSX

I agree! I like they're '70 version, but I think this one is better....

[ogbobbydee]

The ULTIMATE version of this song. Jorma and Jack were doing things that no one had heard done before with electric guitar and bass. Listen to Jack Cassidy's bass line...it carries the whole song like riding a big wave!

[LesbianVampireLover]

This was my favorite song on that album. So fucking heavy.

[JimmyPage968]

@LesbianVampireLover All of their songs are my favorite!

[will98273]

This is the best rendition of their best song IMO. Embrionic Journey is the dynamic of the Airplane. Revolution anyone!

[yhenry77]

Great combination: RCA audio engineers (Living Stereo) and the Jefferson Airplane. The audiophiles know that Living Stereo series is some of the best recordings!

[bleelac]

I came to SF in 1969,I must have seen them 100 times.they played concerts with quicksilver & with the dead' they were great and the times were magical here in SF

[will98273]

@bleelac Canned Heat at the Winterland was my favorite! Saw them four times. But, yea, The Dead. Haven't thought of Quicksilver in years! Thanks for posting!

[captainsoul1953]

This is amazing.....

Jim

[chinzebo]

That part that goes "Wasted, YEAH, wasted YEAH..." My fave version. Richard Gosset(sp?) at KSAN in San Francisco played this and commented as I just did. Hmmm, where's dear Richard now I wonder??!?

[cullions4]

They played this live in 1968 at Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, Hawaii. 10,000 people all having a blast, smoking dope, grooving to the music, overflow outdoor venue in the hot July sun. They played for FREE for 3 hrs! Of course, they had two pay-for night concerts at our arena, but this was so generous. No band today would give a freebie this long!

[PAULOcbi]

@cullions4 no bands have enuff material to play for 3 hours these days.Just a bunch `o money grubbin` imposters like U2 and Coldplay,or even werse Stereos or Justin Bieber selling out arenas with homonymous songwriting `ala Beatles/Dylan,zero charisma and limited musicianship.You know the talent pool is dry when they are searching guitar schools for the next guitar hero as well.To bad when one gets taught the guitars` secrets instead of learning them yourself ,creativity goes out the window.

[squidster29yay]

@PAULOcbi thank god someone agrees with me that coldplay are lame and oasis imposters. no one does it like the plane these days.

[PAULOcbi]

@squidster29yay its bad,most of these so called talented musicians like U2,Coldplay,Stereos,(the list goes on) are just writing redactions of their favorite Dylan or Beatles` song,U2 and Oasis are the werst for doing redactions of Beatles` tunes.You dont even hear great guitar solos anymore`cos the musicianship is terrible.But soon we will have a band or two that brings the rock n roll back to life with songs from the heart and on and on we go.A coupla originals fosters100 imposters,cest la vie

[revolution1940]

television, never thought of it that way:) thanks man

[FlauschMonsterchen]

I like it :)

[canalesfrankie]

Wow, thanks a lot for finally getting this one on here---I've been searching for it ever since I heard the thick, high-quality, and literally heavy vinyl on the "Worst of Jefferson Airplane"--- what a moment, cool.

[revolution1940]

I have the original of 'THE WORST' on vinyl. So good! and you are so right, so thick and high quality:) the best

[Sargebri]

This song originally was written about a television, but if you put it in today's context it could easily apply to the television's replacement, the personal computer.

[shoebobs]

This really is the peak of their powers. Never heard Marty sound so great, unreal guitar and bass.

[laxrulez7]

what is a plastic fantastic lover?

[bitterlikemyheart]

a dildo

[laxrulez7]

no way

[kwakky]

a television.

[cdsorvinyl]

@laxrulez7 - A dildo.

[rtruss40]

This is a great song

PLASTIC FANTASTIC WASTED WASTED YEAH

[HipHopMessiah09]

Face Melting Music

[fallenleaf25]

Wow that was great! A lot better than the original (although that one has a certain charm).

Especially loving the bass in this one =)

[whitefeet1]

They really could sound like the worst garage band in the world at times, but they really pulled it together for this LP. Check out "Fat Angel" I wore this record out several times...

[pyrophore]

I know what you mean. I saw them many times and have heard many live shows since then. One show could be a "who gives a damn" set follwed by one of the most astounding the next night. I saw them at Winterland once and they put on one of the best shows I've ever heard them play. Next night my brother goes to see them and they were so bad that, at one point, Spencer throws his sticks up in the air and goes over and gives Jack a hug. But when they were on, they were ON.

[pyrophore]

Many today don't know this but at that time Marty was da bomb. Of course Grace and the others were good also but many an Airplane fan went to see them because of Marty's singing. And this song demonstrates why.

[cullions3]

Saw the Airplane live at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, HI. Man they were great. The Shell is an outdoor concert venue with a really nice stage. They played for THREE hours, for FREE. They had two concerts you had to pay for at our Blaisdell Auditorium, but they were one of the most generous bands ever. In the '60's and early '70's, many bands played free concerts for their fans. Today, it's all about money and commercialized.

[shoebobs]

Wow this is raw! Much better than the studio version

[aeonsbeyond]

WOW, this is some heavy shit, man. That guitar is making me hallunicinate hard.

[DuffMcRigby]

Wow...I didn't like the studio version of this very much at all. This is great.

[astanjay]

i remember this song from a scene in 'shampoo'. i lve this song!

[syr1811]

One of my fave Airplane songs - Such Life and Drive. And Jorma and Jack are usin' Jet Fuel in this Airplane.

[JEFY1971]

Yeah as you say that's the best version of this song ever, way above the studio version.

[jackhillty]

they could actually be funky on occasion - wish they did that more often. on their comeback tour - this never happened

[Joe40oz]

This is a better one than the original.

[WeAreAtWarWithYou]

Shoot yeah! I had this version on some cheap compilation cassette years ago, and when I later heard the original I was actually disapointed. There's just so much more energy here.

[Joe40oz]

Dude I think we have the same tape "The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane" that's the one...and yeah I heard the original and I was gutted, it was slow and akward.

[deatheater459]

the original is my favorite

its just simple

[Joe40oz]

Each to his/her own.