Country Joe and The Fish - Grace

[roundtheblock1]

As is the case with fantasy literature, participation required what Coleridge called a "willing suspension of disbelief."

[CityMadHull]

I love this album thanks.

[atomroach]

Simply wonderful . . . such an integral part of my adolescence. . . magical. . . 

[Beatles0223]

This song and the entirety of "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" ROCK FOREVER! One of the greatest albums of all time!

[shrew972]

extreme psychedelia

[kev959]

awesome find. thanks for putting CJ&F on here.

[elimar33]

To be 15 nowadays is a bummer, it seems im living in the past. Although good music lives forever. God bless country joe and the fish =]

[penn3224]

This is one of the many bands that helped stop the war in Vietnam....I remember them well, living in the SFarea. What a great time to grow up. Young people were idealistic, not selfish. History repeats itself, this time wars in the Middle East. Whether you are for these wars or against isn't the point. The point is there wasn't one protest on one college campus across this country in protest..... very apathetic youth I would say.

[IDFPleonexia]

@penn3224 What rock have you been living under? There's been a TON of protesting. There's vast protest-oriented organizations that started specifically as a consequence of the wars.

The difference is, we aren't smelly, drugged up hippies having unprotected sex in fields. There is definitely a voice of protest.

[Scoob505]

@IDFPleonexia hey! nothing wrong with drugged up smelly hippies havin sex.

[heermanr]

@penn3224

That's just the US, Europe protested well enough, most of Europe did anyway.

[MrLiam65]

I'd say it takes strength to remain constant. It's the weak that feel the need to change their style with the times. Or is it the flexible? Endless discussion.

[RaqifHart]

i love you too.

[dahboss5nijmegen]

songs like these give me nostalgia to the sixties, even though i was born in 1993.

[Django5198]

What scales?

[bwanna23]

This song makes me start to salivate and feel kinda funny, hmm...

[JesusWeeps420]

@MaryFalcone I bet you live in Sedona Arizona

[newrealization12]

@MaryFalcone whack job.

[NearsL]

I dont do LSD,but I love all this kind of music (:

[9Iamthewalrus]

5 people have trouble knowing were wich one is the thumbs up button

[potenza213]

this was the 1st album I bought when I came back from vietnam in 1968. didn't care about politics back then, only wanted sex, drugs and r & r. This was great lsd music good thing I stopped in time to become a right wing "nut". Butalas there were some good times back then.

[Django5198]

@potenza213 you're a brave man

[flagwaver1969]

Always liked The fish. Don't like the pseudo-commies masquerading as hippies. They are now running the state of California. The hippies I knew cherished liberty and freedom then they started listening to rats like Abbie Hoffman and Rubin. Overpopulation, oppressive taxation and development is ruining Northern California. I owe them nothing. Leave me be.

[WimGrundy]

Country Joe came to the Evansville, IN "Ice Cream Social" in the Summer of 1972 . . . .(remember, you who were there, that the local law did NOT think it the Summer of Love!) . . . there, I had my "Out of Body" epiphany. It was the beginning of a new phase in my life; by the end of 1973 i was a born-again, unreconstructed Jesus Freak. Thanks, Joe; but THANK U LORD!

[Django5198]

Barry melton is such an underrated guitarist!!!!!!!!!!

[celebrant9]

John Densmore (drummer of the Doors) says in his autobiography "Riders on the storm", page 104 [.."Country Joe and the Fish sounded like acid itself..."].

Lol, I say, right on!

This song has great lyrics aside from brilliant music:

"Warm wind to touch the trees coloured blue and

flash the moon to paint blue my heart"

[xPURPLExKILLERx]

people.....like me

[goldsociety]

In my opinion this is the best song ever.

[WritingMotor]

---- just hush and listen instead of seeing things on the exterior----

[genxxxersize]

trippy! :o)

[3celia9]

Not Grace Slick........if you listen to the lyrics, it has to do with the grace of beautiful nature and not Grace Slick at all! It is a tribute to mother earth and mother ocean, father sun, sister moon, just hush and listen instead of seeing things on the exterior!

[MrSharkey11]

@3celia9 , Amen!

[cometothesabbat]

@3celia9 This song has something to do with Grace Slick. Country Joe wrote this song to her. This is known trivia, ask anybody. Why don't you think a song can have double meaning? Don't you think he did that on purpose? With a name like Grace you can easily do that. But what about deeper meaning to the song Janis on their next album? I know what you're saying, that's how I feel this song too. Space and time! Consciousness! Mere existence! Human experience! LSD experience! The greatness!

[jackhillty]

always wondered if this was about ms. slick - sort of a companion piece to Joe's song about Janis.

[robin14669]

Yes, this song is about Grace Slick.

[MrSharkey11]

@robin14669 , This song is not about grace slick!

[newrealization12]

@MrSharkey11 ..yeah huh. lol

[MrSharkey11]

@newrealization12 , What exactly do you mean when you say "yeah huh. lol" ?

[mariella13579]

beautiful.

[InternalPeace93]

such a mellowing song.

Perfect music for meditation haha :)

Amazing!

[Behutet93]

Ahh to be 15 again in 1967. the late 60's was a gas. I think of the Doors, White Rabbit, White Bird, ORANGE SUNSHINE.

[cruzman3608]

@Behutet93

lucky bitch

[joerover22]

@Behutet93 i envy you :(

[DaZeDmerlin]

@Behutet93 Orange Sunshine, i love that band!

[lithium2370]

@Behutet93 a gas? only the weak keep there slang from the generation in their teen years with them as an old person.. grow up

[TPBXDRicky420]

@lithium2370 Wow your pathetic.

[shaneshaky1]

forever changes by arthur lee and love is the finest album to trip to ogden`s nut gone flake by the small faces! this is great but a bit too remote!!

[MrSharkey11]

@shaneshaky1 , Did you ever think that maybe you're the one that's remote?

[Dimy761]

Huh fellows surprised to listen a real music how it must be how it was made by nature to put people in religious trance!

[mypsychedelia]

lol, i was born in '93 too... and im suuuuper riiiipped haha

[acdcfreak94]

@mypsychedelia i was born in 94........ha

[xPURPLExKILLERx]

holy shit....i thought that picture on the video was popping ut and i moved my head and it was moving around with the vision on my eyes....i am so baked..........thsi si fucking tripping maaaana im hearing doubleee

[cruzman3608]

xPURPLExKILLERx

fag poser

[DiamondDogsOG]

@xPURPLExKILLERx You are the reason why the true freaks dont want to and shouldn't share the psychedelic experience/knowledge. like all great rituals people, its should unfortunately remain esoteric...

[smellanalan]

I was only bor in 88 but i still dont think 15 year olds get this music completely yet, its alot deeper than you think

[smellanalan]

Cant believe ive never heard this band before its whats benn missing in my music file. So trippy, this is my next LSD trip shrooms whatevers first

[bwanna23]

welcome to that special time

[JSBOSTON55]

what!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[slubberde]

Neimpartasit Existentialismul...

(in Romanian)

[slubberde]

Unrequited Existentialism...

[sidbobk]

This haunting song is the essence of the mysterious and beautiful awakening that happened in the bay area in '66 and '67. Certainly LSD opened the door to this shimmering delicate place.......an opening of heart and mind. That place still exists (it is eternal) but we've made our world so noisy and frantic and filled with so many distractions since that time that it's hard to be quiet and empty enough to feel it.

[cruzman3608]

@sidbobk

Words of wisdom. Too much excess in the world.

[genxxxersize]

@sidbobk woe did u sure do a shitload of blotter/microdot and god knows what else, huh dude? :o)

[Scoob505]

@sidbobk I feel it. I am one of the very few.

[AzathothianBrew]

@sidbobk Right on, man.

[zombiestars42]

@sidbobk I completely agree, even if I think LSD's not the best way to get there ;-)

[Beatles0223]

@sidbobk Well said! To be frank, the establishment can take their iPods, iPads, iPhones, digital/cable/Dish tv, Blackberries, Sidekicks, PDA's, and all their "social networking" sites and shove them - sideways. They have their advantages, sure, but whatever happened to just picking up a phone and talking to someone person-to-person or talking with them face-to-face without texting? It's a lost art.

[irishrogue63]

@Beatles0223 Couldn't agree more...As I wander around the campus where I work almost every student is glued to his or her electronic toy...sad...and ironically...isolating.

[Beatles0223]

@irishrogue63 "Isolating." How poignant! All of the toys have crippled these kids' abilities to have a personality (and once you get to know them they're actually pretty cool kids). It's a shame and I really wish there would be a heavy revolt against all this gadgetry. Oh, but to dream. (Well, at least vinyl's back in vogue.)

[nottwozero]

@Beatles0223 Yes...but lets remember WE are the establishment.  The 'us and them' mentality is insidious and a subtle version of war.

[roberto20roberto]

Disco del año 1971,estilo Psicodelia.Nacieron en 1967 hasta 1975...10 de sus discos en las listas de Estados Unidos.Datos libro Discoteca de la musica pop.

[nanaverm]

This brings me back to the late 60s when I heard them play free in San Francisco. What a place to live during the Summer of Love!

[jimmypaddy]

lucky you. being 18 now nothing to enjoy now music wise

[WierdDreamer]

Oh why was I born in 1993!!!

This song has like a magic psychedelic feeling to it.

[Minorityman1993]

I was born in '93 too... drop some acid and everything will be great. Though my mom did get to see them live along with Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and Iron Butterfly man do I envy her.

[WierdDreamer]

Tell her I envy her to! :)

[wightlord]

cor, i was born in '93 as well.

we ought to form a support group

[mreddy0]

I have heard the song, not my favorite dead song, but I like it nonetheless. :]

[HeyBambina]

nice song

[mreddy0]

Being 13 and listening to this is nice, but hard since there are few people to talk to about it.

Still doesn't stop me :]

[hnymooner]

mreddy, if your really 13, then you're old enough to hear this, stay away from these idiot times and so call stars... I have too many dead friends (both in mind and body) who bought this crap...

[booksteve]

I am glad you are listening to this music, you should try to hear the song Dark Star by grateful dead. you would like it.

[skatebaker21]

would you like a medal?

[anatomy86]

Wow, amazing sound!! I really love it XD

[THFlikkan]

Cool !

[DangerousBastard]

Really cool... Thanks!

[slubberde]

I have heard that ppl in Romania listen to this vid!

[gratebig8]

I can't thank blestemp enough for posting this "album" and the quality upload. Have the original vinyl but there's at least one skip on every track. My CD has been MIA for about 5+ years and for some reason I never put it on my PC's hard drive?!...now if I could just get these great memories on my hard drive I would truely be at peace, thanks again....

[yldann23]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you for sharing it - it'd been a while.

[goshnessmaggy]

i don't get why this band is so underrated. they're AMAZING. though i'm only 18, and a beatlemaniac instead, i've loved this band for years, and i noticed most of the people who like country joe and the fish are the lucky people who lived trough the 60's. they're really unknown now. which in a way is a good thing, but i think they're too good to be unknown, eh?

[linknchuk]

but if they were hugely popular, it would be one less underground band to listen to.

[goshnessmaggy]

yeah i know, but i find it weird that such a good band is so unknown

[linknchuk]

indeed, it is odd, but its cool

[Uggybow]

No doubt man:)

I'm 20 and I couldn't love them more haha. Just like maryjane. Smoking a spliff and listening to good music, ain't nothing better!

[61dodgelancer]

goshnessmaggy, this is cool because they belong to just us. They're a band we can enjoy and share.

[goshnessmaggy]

yeah, i know. i hate when something gets overrated, but i was saying that they're too good to be so unknown. but it's a good thing for us :D

[slubberde]

CJ & F might be unknown to you younger ppl but every weekend it was a sheer unmitigated weltanschaung enhancer for me and my friends with of course a few select chemicals circa 1969!

[goshnessmaggy]

lol trust me i know x] they were popular in their time. i'm saying they're unknown overall. you know? it's a good thing though

[martyweiss]

first heard in a "head shop" in Haight-Ashbury after a doobie, in '67, I think. Was so perfectly a reflection of my state of mind. This kind of mood was running through Big Brother, Hendrix, and Charls Lloyd's "Forest Flower", too, at the time. When 'Acid Rock' was just being born.

[mobyboy]

now i remember this song ! i had this album on Type long time ago and i rememberd only "Janis" and "section 43". wow ! thanks for posting it!

[suricui]

cwl

[favsharks09]

absolutely fukcking beautiful... i love 60s music,i love psychedelic music,lets bring it back the hair,sideburns,people,music everything....lets start a revolution

[DiamondDogsOG]

@favsharks09 too bad we have teeny boppers that don't understand the richness of that life, just the half-assed clothing fashions of the sixties

[bassil1]

Woooooooooooow..........that took me ba ba baack ak ak ak akkkk!!!!

[bwanadm]

This music brings me to that place, even without the chemicals. And since i haven't done the chemicals in about 35 years, that is great.

[VALL3YT3RROR]

psychedelic at it's best. trip out

[SohoDelights]

Man, this song is brilliant. The album is the fucking epitome of acid-soaked psychedelic music!

[hippygangster]

trip the light fantastic.....

[cheplar]

wonderfulllllllllll llll llll llll ll ll l l ll ^^

[jackhillty]

very cool to hear that again. sounds like grace on recorder toward the end.

[chicamoee]

tripping face folks

good day

[flowasista]

The Grace of the Kings.

thank you for posting

 May all the beings of all the world be happy

[meowthno1]

Do you have the song "Janis"? If you could post it, I would deeply appreciate it! I lived these days, in Chicago, and the memories are precious to me. Thanks!

[5059505]

remebrance of things past, lost in all that joy of youth...thank you for the posting