Jefferson Airplane - Eskimo Blue Day

[SuperSeastar]

Вся лучшая музыка живет,в прошлом!!!!All best music,live in last!

[3crdbluz]

still makes me shiver

[3crdbluz]

never better ever, long live jefferson airplane

[FarmerBrown010]

It kills me a little inside that I wasn't alive when music like this was being made, but at least I get to hear it.

[WhosGotTheCrack69]

@FarmerBrown010 me too dude, me too. i was DEFINITELY born in the wrong era!!

[uglybettyx1]

Musica straordinaria!Jefferson Rules!!!

[willbar11]

I would not mind being a tree if Grace would hug me

[NostalgicRainTF2]

love

[Mac10Mackey]

MUSIC TO CRUNCH SALMON BY !

[mrjokioo]

Okay, okay; I'm diggin this.

[Narseshasnone]

Man proposes but nature disposes.

[mpjgbx]

Is this the first 'tree-hugger' anthem?

[jackhillty]

@mpjgbx yep. the first eco-power ballad.

[missdaisywindfarm]

Oh, I wish I was a tree, for sure!

[filmfanatica21]

1 person doesn't mean shit to everybody here.

[sfgiantpoet]

wow

[villiparis]

Whats she singing? 'doesn't mean shit too a tree'

[DR4G0N101]

sonic treasures to waken a wounded spirit dug up from from the eternal mindset of forever, gotta hear it all again & again ad infinatum, yup!

[Knocked0ut1]

I love this, thanks for the great experience.

[glimmer2158]

Trees really hate the TV show Swamp Loggers.

[jeffreyhsykes]

Just got this CD last year. Knew "Volunteers" but none of the others. Eskimo Blue Day may be my favorite track on the disc. Love this song.

[killfoo]

I'm waayyyyy to lucky to have this on vinyl!

[SilentAlien55]

@killfoo Me too dude... And i have a double album by Jefferson Airplane... And of The red octopus of course... 

[rudlas]

@killfoo You lucky son of a bi*ch :P

[schwartzf1]

@killfoo SAME!!! My favorite record i have! every song is so good. and vinyls are better anyway cause you kind of HAVE to listen to the whole album. unlike cd's where you can just skip to another song or the internet where songs are at the tips of your fingers like magic. I feel like records allow you to truly appreciate albums, bands, and talent for what they are. Truly one of the greatest albums ever!

[schwartzf1]

@killfoo the best part is i found it for 3 bucks :) lol

[diszkidwaszheresz]

...I truely belive I'm a reborn hippie...I just love the world. Can't understandy why we can't simply live in peace and understand each other?... I feel like I died in the 60's... like there's ppl I'm missing in my life now...but those ppl are in the 60's...man id give anything to live those days and go to woodstock for 3 days of peace love and music :)

[TPBXDRicky420]

@diszkidwaszheresz I think I might have died in NAM.....

[cfazekas0441]

@diszkidwaszheresz i here u brother

[terrikitties]

I'm 60....been listening to it since I was 16. Never heard a JA/JS/Slick/Kantner collaboration I didn't love. Their music was always relevant to what was happening in my life.  Damn right!!!

[VaultTec3000]

i guess al here 1990+ are reborn hippies that died in the 80´s

[nicorudoll666]

the 60's, 70's, 80's, AND EARLY 90's where the bet decades of music.

[nokingnolies]

i've known this stunning song decades after it was written by the J.Airplane,unfortunately the best songs of america arrives in Europe when are already old..it's a sin ..this is a pearl from Grace Slick,really an unexpected surpriese...i have to thank youtube and i record it rifgt now!! Thumbs up !!

[wakkawakka420]

@nokingnolies Hey! on the same token we had to wait for a lot of U.K. stuff over here in the states just a little bit longer to hear like...The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, The Who, Led Zeppelin...this list goes on back and forth...the only true concensus (SP?) is that music in the 60's and early 70's was the best "Rock 'n' Roll" of all time. Period.

[LysergicWind]

The 1 dislike, was my bad. ^^

[alexsaratt]

beautiful....

[johnnyleonard1]

happy EARTH_DAY 2011!!!! april 22.

[bubsterubster]

In "our" galaxy there are 200 to 400 million stars. There are billions of galaxies. I`m summa cum laude in chemistry - plus a M.D. in Neurology and Psychiatry. The more I`ve learned the more stupid I realize I am.

[SeaspineEdu]

@bubsterubster How right you are. I'm an MD as well involved in molecular genetics research. If we think we know anything about genetics....

[horos22]

@bubsterubster try billions of planets in our galaxy, orbiting stars, and up to half a trillion(!) stars that are 'ronin' planets, without any star to call 'home' We go around that galaxy every 300 million years, moving like a cork on water, being buffeted by gravity by nearby stars in our local spiral ring.

I swear.. reality makes my head hurt, its so damn complicated.

[mmmmtastytasty]

Really makes you realize that nature will always win - look at all the horrible things going on in the world today, all the species of plants and animals going extinct, over fishing, habitat destruction etc. nature is fighting back, nature will ALWAYS win. We're ruining it for everyone. We'll be the cause of our own extinction.

[Taurusaud]

@mmmmtastytasty all matter reinvents itself as time moves forward, regardless of human input; mass extinctions have been much more chaotic many times throughout our short known history, and will continue throughout the unknown future. you can't blame humans for being caught however briefly in the middle of an ever changing environment where everything, even nature as we know it, ultimately dies upon universal collapse.

[mmmmtastytasty]

@Taurusaud i never said humans WERE or ARE the cause of everything. Humans are part of nature. I only said that we are going to be the cause of our own extinction. We're certainly not going to destroy the world, i never implied that we were doing that. Quite frankly the fact we are causing so many extinctions is part of a natural cycle since we are art of nature but if we reduce the biodiversity of ecosystems enough we will suffer for it. The future of the earth, however, will not.

[cfazekas0441]

the tree song. man I love this song any outhers like it out there.



[someonewithballs]

i was dropping acid yesterday, listening to Jefferson airplane. It was a one of a kind experience.

[rockabilly541]

Haven't listened to this in 40 years the first album I ever bought 1969 13 years old then man where does time go. Thanks for the post great track from a truly great album.

[thepersona100]

Grace Slick is amazing!

[bouquetofsoilandsky]

The universe is NOT ABOUT US. We’re a footnote--to a footnote--as are the redwoods. Particular life--human, forest, ocean, whatever--is alternately sublime & grotesque. Its preservation or wellbeing is just not a priority of the universe. If we wipe out the redwoods, or if a supernova wiped out us AND the redwoods, it matters not a whit to the universe. There were/will-be other forests, other self-aware races--by the billions. Perhaps it should, though, be a concern to [guess who].

[LovePeaceLennon22]

this song it very.......wow good

[OrangeSaint420]

@jesskaf00l

No shit. Thats not what this song is about. Its about looking at the bigger picture and knowing that nothing really is ever gonna matter in the long run

[LennonMoonPlant]

I think my brain is leaking out my ear.....

[itstheowner]

MOAR DRUGS!

[bouquetofsoilandsky]

@itstheowner

Drugs? Yeah, well…How about a recording that rivals any classical piece I know in meticulously evoking a FULL-BODY catharsis of the self-importance of the human race for maybe the last ten thousand years?

How about recapitulating—in music—the history of shocks to the psyche of “civilized” man: Galileo, Copernicus, Darwin, Thoreau, Sartre, Abbey, Hubble photos?

Consciousness will stay a riddle. But we are NOT the purpose of the universe—any more than would be a tree.

[jimdeacon100and1]

this is probably my fav song by this band

[gumbieproductions]

any other songs like this with the guitar leads and rhythms with either grace slick or any onther lady singer that sounds like her... if u know of any reply back to this comment.. thanks!

[TheKPiech]

listen to miles away by kaz piech

[celebrant9]

"The reason I come and I go is the same"

This song features some of Grace's best lyrics. Amazing song through and through, it carries such a strong meaning!

[taariqtaariq]

F*CK starship! this is the real deal.

[lagunaflyguy]

Best song the Airplane ever produced......melts everything in your head.

[FraterSoddi]

Kaukonen and Casady at the top of their psychedelic form.

[fiammaC1]

è meravigliosa meravigliosa meravigliosa meravigliosa

[wellspout]

i've seen the future and it resembles hemp

[CitizenGatsby]

This song is fucking amazing.

[mindfoodprime]

The last gasp of an acid rock moment

[ApolloKun777]

Somebody missed the like button.

[thechangingcolors]

@ApolloKun777 lol theres one person in the world who doesnt like jefferson airplane. i guess they get to go be lonely and listen to whatever they listen to...

[yooanoozarrmay]

4:36 tape edit. amazing track up there with the best. otherworldly? and the best looking woman in the history of rock. what more could you want

[fogdog60]

Correction WAS the best looking woman in rock. Damn she was fine. @yooanoozarrmay

[DixieSolo]

Light up a Joint to this song and just Flow Slowly Through Your Mind... Thank You Jefferson Airplane for showing us the meaning of Good Music!

[dcu77]

Still one of my favorite songs... Great guitar and vocals.

[MALACHI667]

still a great great song. I write mostly mid 90's norwegian style black metal.... but there is no denying an absolutely wonderfully written song.

[themosmitsos]

that voice *IS* acid ;)

[p5parker]

The human dream

Doesn't mean shit to a tree

[elps84]

now THIS is my kind of music

[wellspout]

except of course when humans slaughter the tree, so instead of toilet paper, wash yr ass! the bidet is one of the very best french inventions ever, imagine how much paper it would be saved if they were as commanplace say, as assholes in the republican party

[BryceeTB]

@wellspout you know that an acre of hemp will make 4x as much paper as an acre of trees. and can be grown in like 2 months.

[bleelac]

Nicky Hopkins also played on some Quicksilver songs he was great

[berylman]

This song has such strange significance to me I can't explain. In my terms one of the best songs of all time. Much love to Jorma and Grace on this

[jwalsh671]

Nicky Hopkins' piano enriches this song dramatically! I had the pleasure of hearing it live when Jefferson Starship played the House of Blues Cleveland last year--segueing into White Rabbit. The lyrics combine nature and science fiction in a manner that evokes thought. I think the famous chorus is a reminder that nature and its offerings (i.e. trees) have absolutely no dependence on mankind. If people never existed, trees would thrive just as they do today.

[jackhillty]

@jwalsh671 I think Grace plays piano (and recorder) on this track

[jwalsh671]

@jackhillty Correct you are, Jack! Nicky was a stellar pianist, and he did contribute to several songs on the Volunteers album, so I had to believe that the piano on Eskimo Blue Day was his. It was, in fact, Grace, however!

[carioca56]

I met Jack Casady in an Aspen bar. I said, "Long Live Jefferson Airplane." He said, "Jefferson Airplane is dead."

[elps84]

consider how small you are

[0mniaChaosEst]

how come the highest people came up with the most intelligent songs? I think it's expansion of consciousness that this society lacks.

[0mniaChaosEst]

how come the highest people came up with the most intelligent songs?

[czech698]

wished you could have been with me on the boat ride up the river the other night. Full moon. They had steam heat all over the boat and I woke up feeling like a piece of bacon.

[dantecat66]

Speaking of white rabbit.. wouldn't it be cool if blue man group only played JA?

[jrh98033]

@jwalsh671 segueing

segue

1740, an instruction in musical scores, from It. segue, lit. "now follows," meaning to play into the following movement without a break, third person sing. of seguire "to follow," from L. sequi "to follow," from PIE *sekw- "to follow" (see sequel). Extended noun sense of "transition without a break" is from 1937; the verb in this sense is first recorded 1958.

[jwalsh671]

@jrh98033 lol, I stand corrected jrh98033!

[jrh98033]

@jwalsh671 Interestingly:

Segway

trademark name (Segway Inc., Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.), in use from 2001; according to the company, chosen for similarity to segue on notion of "a smooth transition from one place to another."

[happy1thailand]

What happened to the cause?

We have become the establishment !

Peace Now !!!

Stop Religion

Have Faith !!

[eric2627]

right on jesskaf..thats why i believe all life forms besides humans are enlightened

[alexsaratt]

essa é a minha canção favorita do Jefferson Airplane!!! Demais!!!

[jesskaf00l]

you know she's 100% right, anything that has to do with humans doesn't mean shit to a tree.

[homerjunior17]

@jesskaf00l C02? Water?

[gumbyonacid]

@jesskaf00l it does when we chop it down-so i'd have to disagree.humans treat trees like shit....A pure shame

[ioriorioriorio]

@jesskaf00l ... the human name disn't mean shit to a treee....we try hard though

[angelinatiger]

@jesskaf00l so true doesnt mean shit to a tree

[BesosnotBombs]

JStormWater pretty much summed it up for you below.

[yoakumjack]

@MRruttolibero not me. what this song's about doesn't mean shit to a tree

[yoakumjack]

what this song is about doesn't mean shit to a tree

[JStormWaters]

It's a song about ecology, humyn's fucked attitude toward the Earth & Life, water as precious to all living beings,& trees (specifically Redwoods) as sentient beings who see much more than we do. Brilliant-& a hint of the growing Revolutionary Ecology Movement (do a web search on "Revolutionary Ecology").

[raresneagoe]

i am on aciiidd right now i don't even know what i am writing but i thing i am doing rally beautiful beacuse of all th pretty colors thah are saying to me it si right beceause they know better...

[Findusam]

Wonderful! I absolutely love the entire album.

[JStormWaters]

Bring back Revolutionary Rock!

[tedzodd]

I have a lampshade on my head, and I salute you all! I would really like a peanut butter sandwich and a crossword puzzle.

[thewritingwriterof89]

@tedzodd this...is an epic comment.

[Mazurka1001]

@tedzodd And I don't shave my armpits ; )

[redwhitch17]

Dosent get any better than this..

Nice...Thanks Joe for sharing..

[pinkstarburst95]

Wow, simply amazing.

[PenumbraTheWolf]

What an incredible song. What year album is this one?

[Silk1953]

November, 1969

[tedzodd]

My body floats. 1969.

[JoaniePH51]

Volunteers was released in 1969, at the peak of the Viet Nam protests.

[mikeoli]

i thought this album was released in 1967

[JoaniePH51]

This was definitely released in 1969. After Bathing At Baxter's and Surrealistic Pillow were from 1967 and Crown of Creation was from 1968. No matter, it still sounds as good today as it did back them. Better perhaps as the playback equipment is a lot better now than then!

[jepppsson]

read desciption.

[heidosteino]

I just love jefferson´s airplane´s music so much. long live the hippies,cannabis and of course the acid test. peace

[JoaniePH51]

All hail the Merry Pranksters!

[jackhillty]

too much cold in one place breaks

[elps84]

this song is about tree-consciousness being a helluva lot higher than human consciousness.

my all-time JA fave. They were so damn good, so damn far AHEAD. I weep for how far we've sunk since then. And how much further we're sinking

[Livsangel]

That´s what I´ve figured, Stefano2046.

[Livsangel]

What is this song about, anyway?

[valiantwagonguy]

drop about 1000 micro grams of Purple Owsley and it will all become very clear dear!

[SeaspineEdu]

or an 8 way sunshine-that you can't find any more!

[valiantwagonguy]

That was some good acid too! and so was orange wedge. Ah the good old days. I remember seeing the Airplane at the Longshormans Hall in SF in 1969 upon my arrival there after a cross country motorcycle trip.Met this girl in a park I was camping in and she took me.We dropped and what a night we had! The Airplane was incredible in concert!

[stefano2046]

About Mother Earth

[itstheowner]

doesn't get any better.

[ExodusButterfly66]

I'd sing this on American Idol if I made it on there :-D Even if they didn't allow me to on stage...HA...i'll trick 'em ooooh yeah.... :)

[Youcef8830]

I've thought about doing the same thing!

[ezramead]

Imagine this on american idol

[pyrophore]

A psychedelic Stravinsky composition if there ever was one.

"If you don't mind heat in your river or fork tongue talking from me." How often did we hear that the last 8 years.

[Stephenmax]

And it hasn't stopped yet.

[elwoodc]

Wow this song was ahead of it's time.

[psicochikrock]

0:59 wowowo

[djbeastie]

the piano part is woooooo :O

[psicochikrock]

wow una mega rola

estos chicos de verdad eran buenos!!!!

los amo .....

te mueven todito...

[thelittlegirlblue]

Incredible song

[bellagodiva]

This thing is broad, in it's imaginative scope, so broad that it anticipates YES.

[DraconicDemonic]

how can they write this, and than "we built this city"?

[usucmehardutube]

Thats what happens when you quite taking acid and smoking pot. look what Paul Mccartney has become. Ya gotta keep it real.

[pyrophore]

Simple. Jefferson Airplane and Starship were two very different bands.

[azuretower]

What am amazing classic album Volunteers is. You've got Hey Frederick, Good Shepherd, Turn My Life Down.. and then there are the strong tracks.. Wooden Ships, Volunteers and this masterpiece of its day, Eskimo Blue Day. The hippy spirit meets arctic acid in a surreal world of sound..or summat pretentiously sleeve note- like ...

Youngsters who think hippy was about sitting round smoking joints and talking peace and love are missing some of the zeitgeist..

from an old hippy at heart.

[cholulasaucehot]

this group can basically be covered by purchasing the worst of jefferson airplane

a well thought out collection of their hits from the years  66' to 72 or 73......contains such classics as lather, blues from an airplane, white rabbit, and so on

[azuretower]

Yeah I used to have that album a long time ago. Personally, I just went out an bought Volunteers on CD to replace my vinyl copy, which I've still got in my colection.

[EZIOTHEMASTER]

Grace was great and still is great.

[sdgakatbk]

Agreed. And listening to her work today on youtube, both with the Airplane and her prior band The Great Society, makes me realize how good she was. Some groups' music tends to diminish with time, some groups stand the test of time and actually sound better. The Airplane is in the second category for me.

[8upgrass]

Jefferson Airplane...you think they might have given a shit about a tree. People in the 21st century think they have it all figured out...God knows we knew what was going on 40 years ago....it's OK, I'm just an old hippy. Right on... make it a better world children.

[EdgarBrighton]

Right on my friend... I'm on board with you! Peace.

[bocuster]

When I hear punks try to make fun of hippies, saying they were all just high and thinking unrealistic dreams of love, I can't help but think of Jefferson Airplane. What the hell is merry about this song?

[musicistheproblem]

I think music needs hippies and punks. It creates a great balance in my opinion. I am open to almost all types of music except rap.

[jackhillty]

don't forget The Ace of Cups on bkgrd vocals.

"fire eating people"

[bocuster]

Oh, no kidding...that's awesome.

[autodelete66]

My fav Eco-song from JA,

Dosen't mean Shit to a tree!

[lilic1]

Probably one of the most psychedelic tunes of 1969.Another masterpiece of Grace's. Thank you JeffersonJukebox! :)