The United States of America - Coming Down

[TheWoodlandGlade]

Superb!

[DeathTimer]

My father taught me everything I know about music: without him I'd never listen to The Beatles, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Queen and so on...

Now it's time for me to teach him about music, and I'll start with this beautiful album.

[Rawbie100]

my cheeks still hurt.

[dantean]

Love this song. Still have the vinyl. T4P.

[snaithb]

@mysteryplane2001 Re The Fall - Play the song 'Over Over', first track on Reformation Post TLC.  You won't 'kind of hear it' - it's a direct steal, totally uncredited. I love The Fall by the way, despite the blatant plagiarism.

[GreekFire25]

My roommate was playing Mac Miller's "Smile Back" and I stopped in my tracks and thought "No, it can't be..." Respect to Mac Miller for knowing and sampling the United States of America.

[djrollmop]

Hi does anybody have the chords for this song? I would like to cover it but can't find the chords... Thanks!

[RideLXbindings]

i keep waiting 4 mac to start rapping

[Beastly21100]

@RideLXbindings haha me too!!

[mparsons233]

Big Mac

He made this song better :)

[FierceHD]

yes mac! YES! hahahaha 

[CairnsBoy92]

Mac Miller Brought me here -_-

[FORD5000solo2001]

Mac Miller.

[Catdude5000]

This song could pass for 1990s alternative rock. (And yes, I also find something "Stereolabbish" in this work, too :) )

[marseye05]

@Catdude5000 .... YEP!!

[BorisCollage]

You can see where Stereolab has drawn some reference/influence.

[marseye05]

@BorisCollage ... Exactly.

[eoj2495]

I bought this album when it came out. I remember the brown paper wrapper too.

Waaay ahead of it's time.

[tonkehar]

The present just repeats the future and the past!

[elfcarnage2010]

Farout!

[drumier]

heard this when it came out :) if you like her voice check out portishead

[muncher64]

Best song on the LP. Is any live material by this band available?

[ianzxcvb]

Really love this - reminds me of the old Independent twenties I used to love before 'indie' went main stream. Though this song is decades before and way ahead of it's time.

[helly806]

great band,i have the record

[marrrrrrks]

wow this is so cool

[chvegt]

Fantastic band!

[visionsofjosh]

hey im 14 and started geting more into the more unrecognised psychedelic bands of the 60's like 13th floor elevators , the USA, and electric prunes

does anyone now any more bands like thes guys, thanks

[ELItheJEW420]

@visionsofjosh strawberry alarm clock is great and PINK FLOYD

[visionsofjosh]

@ELItheJEW420 yeah!, pink floyd and strawberry alarm clock are AWESOME

[professortheremin]

@visionsofjosh You betcha. Around this same time (1968) There was a similar psychedelic band from Brazil, named Os Mutantes (The Mutants). Much like this, but with great Brazilian rhythms.

[visionsofjosh]

@professortheremin hey man , i had a listen and they were awesome, thanks

[professortheremin]

@visionsofjosh Most welcome, Josh. I just found a number of videos from the Aphrodite's Child album, 666. Check that out, as well.

[hairymarx]

@visionsofjosh Love - Da Capo HP Lovecraft - 2 Kaleidoscope - Beacon From Mars Holy Modal Rounder's - Indian War Whoop Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers Sonics - Here Are The Sonics Monks - Black Monk Time Country Joe And The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body The Misunderstood - Before The Dream Faded Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk

[mobyboy]

Abs crazy Album - so great and intriging to listen to it till Today !

[carlpope]

Hot Band.... I like the sounds are amazing.

[THCSOUNDS1]

buena buena buena!

[brianstorm123]

I'm 20, and list amongst my favourite bands: The Yardbirds The Fugs The United Sates of America Faust CAN The Modern Lovers Iron Butterfly West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Electric Prunes and, the best band ever....Led Zeppelin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AristYdes]

@brianstorm123 what a nice mix of great music and absolute crap you have there

[velocet1976]

nice to know someone under 30 can still dig this stuff....discovered this album in my early 20s and i'm in my 30s now......!!!

[Jetlag666]

"kinda nice"?! This is freakin' awesome!

[azzz555]

The s/t by the United States Of America

is a psych masterpiece, really better than Sgt. Pepper's. Hardly Experimental but catchy and awfully fascinating! The whole album is wonderful.

Get the recent remastered version, sounds great!

For me the best psych record of the 60's.

[kaishui00]

god bless america

[tinicum54]

What were they coming down from? LOL.

[kirkwill8806]

Take a wild guess

[MaceMn]

great tunage

[falk1989]

I really love this Album!!!

I would do anything to hear this music live....

Is there a bootleg recording of one of their Concerts?????

[FlorrieDugger]

check out the more recent band "Broadcast" if you like this song. A fair bit of their music is heavily influenced by this United States of America album.

[planet9]

I read somewhere that Portisheads' great song 'Half Day Closing' was also influenced by USOA too

[delta9779]

I will never forget seeing this band at the Boston Tea Party on Landsdowne street in Boston when I was 19 yrs old. I was so stoned and so mesmerized by Dorothy she was amazing. Wow where has life gone thanks for the memories of younger life. Great times great group. Still have this album thanks deepthroat

[Deepthroat1990]

nice to hear that...no problem!

[Friskus22]

@delta9779

Man, i wish i was 50 years older and could be there to.

[wintercat2]

@delta9779 - I'd never waste money money on this crap music and band.

[mikal9000]

WOW! Never heard of this band before, but their stuff is really impressive, and ahead of its time. The mid-/late-60s produced so many amazing musical groups, both famous and obscure. Thanks for posting this!

[maclennan73]

@mikal9000 this album was amazing look below for other amazing bands !! well worth looking into if you like this stuff

[kaishui00]

wuuw thanks a lot !!!! really !!

[thuggish30000]

thank you!!!!!!!!!

[unclemeat2u]

These people are such good musicians and this album was so well produced. The music is challenging, kind of like Zappa's stuff around this time.

[groundhog713]

This band is like the American answer to Curved Air. Their 1st LP is my favorite....

[afullhalfgramofacid]

I've heard of Curved Air, but never listened. Thanks for mentioning. Gonna seek them out.

[OnlyrepublikafaninNL]

Waitin' to die for the seventeethe time....

brilliant....

[m8rt]

Waitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to dieWaitin' to die, for the 17th time...

Been listening to them for 42 years new.

I am a fan.

[cookielova]

she has such a deep powerful voice, i wish i could sing like her.

i really love this album.

[tonkehar]

The present just repeats the future and the past !!!

[torkerbmx]

ya , if you hate this i hate u

[jez1401]

been looking for this for years didn't know what it was called or who it was by

just had a few lyrics in my head.. at last

[manamin9]

(・。＜）ｂｂｂｂｂｂｂｂｂ

[hroudajanos]

Who is this singer please?

[YairKotzer]

The great Dorothy Moskowitz

[marcogiardini]

i love them!

[Toddthedidger]

This song sounds like it could have been written last year!

[Kernel5068]

yeah , there is a guitar with a fuzz tone on it. It carries the song at different points.

[botchbud]

cooool

[alby711]

trippy song. has any other band covered this song?

[morypcaina]

The Fall technically didn't, but their song Over! Over! is basically 0:10 - 0:13 of this song again and again for 5 minutes, with slightly different lyrics and less interesting music.

Other than that, they're a good band.

[joealanouf]

im loveing it. i baught this ofr a buck today at the swap meet. the cover was alittle beat up but the vinle and everything elsi is fine. jsut looks like a dog bit the corner of teh sleeve off. also a crow album and this hungarian i think mettele band for the 80's tsp i think there called. i love my swap meet

[nIndianerin]

Dorothy Moskowitz

a brilliant singer

I adore her

[ivycompton]

Shockingly brilliant electric violin opening. Great vocals. Amazing bass. Yet another masterpiece from an album full of them. Thank you for posting!

[skullndroses]

so good. there isn't a band out there who sounds like them. fifty foot hose is probably the closest you can get.

[Ardbug]

Heh and fifty foot hose is miles and miles away from sounding like this band, man thats a weird LP :)

If I had to compare to someone then it would be Baroques or maybe Graffiti, but even they are miles from sounding like TUSOA.

This record went straight to my all time top 10 when I bought it.

[punk2116]

AWESOME

[tonkehar]

the Now just repeats the future and the past!

[ottowes]

Great to hear this again! Did they record 'She Flies on Strange Wings'?

[Quatermassx]

isn't that a song by Savatage? lol

[AmericanPunkGarage]

This is a fuzz gem.

[yonskii]

great song! i got Hard Coming Love uploaded for people.

[punk2116]

Yeah man, now that's a classic track. Thanks for uploading.

[eeayt]

i like the vocalist. what a gem. this is almost the os mutantes of the USA

[MusicForPicture]

...or The Broadcast of 1968

[bassandguitarguy]

Dorothy Moskowitz is awesome! plus the fuzz bass and the fact that there are no guitars on this makes it unique!

[yaiknowscrewme]

totally agree

[artstar19]

"Reality is only temporary," 0.50

[blayzer9000]

this music is great, is the album on CD?

[PsychoPunk1965]

If Stereolab was a hard rock band in the 1960s...

[DJOrcus]

reality is only temporary...

[diananavarroo]

Ooh I like this, I barley heard of it right now, anymore bands similar to this?

[COGENTCOG]

try Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies, Fifty Foot Hose and Silver Apples...

[diananavarroo]

Thanks, I'll check that out, ooh I do like Silver Apples.

[diananavarroo]

I'll check out the others.

[jackhillty]

jesus, whatever happened to these people?

[MarrieElaina]

could someone please post the song by this band called "the american metaphysical circus."

[COGENTCOG]

just done :)

[peppercub]

thanks for posting this. this is WAY ahead of it's time. It sounds like a post punk band from the mid 80s-early 90s. WOW!