I remember this back then from "Surrealistic Pillow" very '60's and one of the best Marty Balin Ballads. He put this together in November '66 after getting some dynamite weed from Paul Butterfield. He ran down to the studio where "Surrealistic Pillow" was being made I think at Capitol Records and put this together. Pretty impressive. Peace.
I was a teenage runaway to Frisco in that summer of 1967. Of all the music from that intensely beautiful and frightening era, nothing still stops me in my tracks like this does. From the first guitar notes...
@friendlier I was in High School back East during this time and was very curious about what was happening out there on the West coast. Listening to this was quite a bit different than what I was hearing on the radio. Seeing pictures of the Haight at that time said to me there's definitely a movement going on here. Kids started to question and 'ditch' classes . I started hearing it in College and seeing the kids try to emulate the "Trip" that was going on amidst the demonstrations and all.
I love this song still after so many years--brings back memories of summer with my friends at the beach, nights of looking at the stars in Topanga Canyon, Indian bedspreads on my windows, magic mushrooms and lovemaking in the forest....the summers of my youth.
This "gem" by the Airplane is timeless!Has there ever been a better song that captures the listener from the start and proceeds to touch your soul for 5:23? This remarkable song is FLAWLESS! Raw feeling and emotion immortalized! This tune should be mandatory listening to anyone who wants to capture, for a brief moment anyway,what it felt like to be alive in the "summer of love." TY!
Love this song - brings back some deep memories. What the heck is the subject matter of the video?
tylerdoggie 7 months ago
Thank you, for Dave, who passed in August
GoatBeach 7 months ago
I remember this back then from "Surrealistic Pillow" very '60's and one of the best Marty Balin Ballads. He put this together in November '66 after getting some dynamite weed from Paul Butterfield. He ran down to the studio where "Surrealistic Pillow" was being made I think at Capitol Records and put this together. Pretty impressive. Peace.
pbrucpaul 10 months ago
I was a teenage runaway to Frisco in that summer of 1967. Of all the music from that intensely beautiful and frightening era, nothing still stops me in my tracks like this does. From the first guitar notes...
friendlier 11 months ago
@friendlier I was in High School back East during this time and was very curious about what was happening out there on the West coast. Listening to this was quite a bit different than what I was hearing on the radio. Seeing pictures of the Haight at that time said to me there's definitely a movement going on here. Kids started to question and 'ditch' classes . I started hearing it in College and seeing the kids try to emulate the "Trip" that was going on amidst the demonstrations and all.
pbrucpaul 10 months ago
u miss some lyrics in the second verse
YoniiBoy 11 months ago
as George Harrison said, and I quote
:The past is gone,the future is unknown and all we have is the present;
unless you are a magician.
freddygoldstein 1 year ago
I love this song still after so many years--brings back memories of summer with my friends at the beach, nights of looking at the stars in Topanga Canyon, Indian bedspreads on my windows, magic mushrooms and lovemaking in the forest....the summers of my youth.
diamondinruff55 1 year ago 2
This "gem" by the Airplane is timeless!Has there ever been a better song that captures the listener from the start and proceeds to touch your soul for 5:23? This remarkable song is FLAWLESS! Raw feeling and emotion immortalized! This tune should be mandatory listening to anyone who wants to capture, for a brief moment anyway,what it felt like to be alive in the "summer of love." TY!
genxxxersize 3 years ago 9
I love this fucking song.
funwithFred 3 years ago 4