Focus - Hocus Pocus (1973)

[Occidio666]

Acid can be used to something good also !

[wambotcha]

For me it has the same type of panic build into the sound :)

[wambotcha]

The 1970s equivalence to our dubstep! ;)

[ReginaldoPLinux]

@wambotcha In what way?

[bernard6343]

the dutch jethro tull

[MrRealgeizt]

3:52 tea is ready

[theSavageHippie]

I was refering to this video. I like how he plays in this. The "very slowly" comment was ironic...

[theSavageHippie]

Jan Akkerman plays very slowly

[cathalena1]

@theSavageHippie his version is awful its unrecognisable

[bronenalladin]

@theSavageHippie and with way to much distortion

[S3ymoreButts]

I'm sure there is some kind of deep meaning behind this song.

[ou8126]

The Dutch Led Zeppelin!!!!!!

[aaronshaneqbw]

coke or speed? lol

[szpiderman]

@aaronshaneqbw coke and meth

[flaviolima91]

@aaronshaneqbw maybe just awesomeness

[Nadan0302]

drugs are bad....mkay!!!



[MrMaro999]

I like August is a very nice tooth !

[TheBobcat770]

shit.



[PuqTheBest]

i just noticed something. Focus: hocus pocus! It all rimes! :D

[dragoron]

Co za asy.

[kurd241]

a Myślałem że Fokus nagrywa Hip Hop :) hehe

[kevrok121]

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccckkkkkk­kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[azotevaginal]

I thought this would have a million views by now

[DONDUKARE]

Magicians!

Say....HOKUS POKUS!!

[adty99]

Vocals like Uriah heep now i know were queen got thier ideas and riffs too modern for back then.

[tapir76]

mekkora még ma is!! :))

[DreiMaedelsPappa]

GREAT

Did they copy the rhythm and drive from Deep Purple or did Deep Purple copy ?

:-)

both are fantastic.

and if I remember well, then Jan Ackerman was awarded "best guitar player of the world" in 1974 (by "The Melody Maker"), one year AFTER Richie Blackmore ...

perfect choice ... both !

just groooovin'

[jobergy]

The Singer doesnt say a single real word... yodels, then plays the flute whistles and speaks jibberish...... WHAT THE F*** IS GOING ON!!!!! lol

[DenStrammeLaban]

@jobergy It's called "Being Awesome". I don't think you've ever heard of it.

[incongra]

@DenStrammeLaban If I hear the word "awesome" on Youtube just one more time I think I'm gonna throw up. Doesn't anyone ever get fed up using that stupid word?

[ineedmoneymorethanu]

@incongra

Dude I'm only 24 and was bumpin' this shit when I was 16 from my dads album collection. This song is FUCKIN' AWESOME!!!

[incongra]

@DenStrammeLaban Sorry just realised English may not be your first language and I apologise. The word "awesome" is desperately uncool, and is associated with American teenagers.

I am a focus fan and have been since the 70's.

[Khadicnny]

I know this area,.--Fucking gracy fucking good.

[amandeis]

3:53

[onidemoni]

they are high :D

hahaha

[przemek760i]

fuckin crazy!! :D

[LauSayHello]

haha nice ;)

[Alexkris6666]

Best song when playing Diablo 2

[wowelite2]

Haters gonna hate!

[pomfrit93]

I get goose bumps everytime i hear this :)

[VidarOdinson79]

Jan Akkerman is such a great guitar player. The world needs more of his talent!

[motanelustelistu]

Shit , now thats a good recording and a good interpretation , no CD playback back then , all live , briliant job

[raddum]

Wonderful, a tribute to life!!!

[xFocuzeD]

Oompa Looompa?

[drashipl]

No moshing to such shredding? :<

[lowriderdaddyo]

das rockt!

[DurexDurpaneu2]

Waaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of their time.

That was pure kick ass!!!!

[sk8ersynistersean]

I see who jack black's idol is ....

[SonOfAPunk]

@sk8ersynistersean I don't.

[555nase93XD]

read the lyrics ! :D

[SonOfAPunk]

@555nase93XD

"(Yodelling.)"

[555nase93XD]

@SonOfAPunk : ^^

[InkvizitorDenis]

co za asy

[soulrisk1010]

jack blacks dad LOL

[goliath672]

and everyone thought this shit was so bad back then,look what they have now!

[MrDrewclark]

The origins of acid rock at its finest.. The infamous Gimp tooth whistle. and my my look all those happy little hippies.. picture perfect!

[Sheepsville]

Yeah man...cool tune...good fun

[Rickster5230]

Cocaines a hell of a drug

[tippyray]

@Rickster5230 LMAO!

How bout that insane tempo? That was a fast tune to begin with - they're on turbo here.

[nattynash62]

brilliant!!

[BTS6463]

Jan Akkerman is a guitar god, man..

[darrin603]

pretty good... but it needs more cowbell hahaha jk jk

[zmewk]

cocaaaaaine !!!

[kfafnis]

1:08 :)

[tominapas]

pa ti vidi

[Imhornydadcomeinside]

Internet trolls = fail

Music trolls = win

[HTXmega]

This i freaking wierd :O (In a totally awesome way of course!!)

[splambert]

Leprachaun castratto on acid...translation: 'They're always after me lucky charms."

[Wombledutton]

fucking awesome!!

[ryanKonarsk]

cole world

[MrDarkchocolate511]

i thought it was pretty normal

[Bjorland1234]

Just WOW

[tinfoilrepair]

This generation now runs the country - now you know the problem

[stretcherbearerband]

Sweet another band to add to my collection of obscure brilliance!

[macleoda07]

i second that one haha

[pissfotz]

if you like this stuff you might like jack black's band tenacious d

[THESURFINALIEN]

@pissfotz Tenacius D got NOTHING on these guys! I mean, they're a great band sure...but THIS....this is just something different........

[waldired]

just wow!

[MyWaveboard]

=)))))))geil=))))))

[matodubrovnik]

is this oprah?

[WindWalker940]

i bet they could hunt sharks with this song, make them faint from the awesome

[omgjade420]

is this oprah?

[entropede]

This makes me want to do crack

[dakotabday1998]

nice

[beowulven]

Got coke?

[InaWeber]

Best song ever!

[Gavin17259]

The good ol' days when singers were awesome.

[Sprinkles1979]

@Classikmetal2007 Quiet you goddamned wishy washy yellow bellied liberal hipster! Glen beck for president 2012!

hahaha.

[72026Travis]

...no...

[OddIvar95]

EPIC FACE! Pause + 3:54

[Sprinkles1979]

I bet they're all goddamned democrats.

[Classikmetal2007]

@Sprinkles1979 Only a close-minded, idiotic conservative would bring politics into music. tsk tsk

[youpicotube]

It reminds me of Jack Black in movie Tenacious D - the pick of destiny. He must be fan of this band.

[thacarofmiki]

I still don't get it how he managed to do all that sitting down o.O

[ancience1923]

kids, this is what happens when you do cocaine.

[DracoRincewind]

@ancience1923 So if I do cocaine I can be this awesome!

[emhass]

Wow.... out of ALL the shit I've heard. Really? YODELING METAL? And............ and it sounds good! UNBIEIVABLE!

[HELLO2YOU3]

most if not all of that auderonce wont have a fookin clue whats goin on

[1231robi]

somebody told me flute is for gays...i'll show him this song :))

[PsYuSoFly]

lmao@ him fucking the whistle up at 3:53!

[world295]

is that oprah?

[JohanneTzara98]

Wonderful!

[chocolatedonut31]

focus hocus pocus... THE RHYMES!!!

[FHughes2008]

this is on the new nike add

[marko92pn]

5 people missed the button.

[angie4josh]

Frank Zappa eat your heart out.

[martinblasick]

Awesome!

[camdash]

theres loads of bands like this 2 day u old folk are stero typeing with out atualy knowing anything aboult modern rock music wake up lol this isnt a dig at ur music coz i love old and new stuff

[floydyes]

whoooooooooooo!!!!!! i don't take drugs,but this makes me feel stoned!!!! :s :( :D

[Mavericksbabe10122]

Haha the guy looks posessed

[DarthMahtan]

Jethro Tull ?

[staygee1]

W.T.F !!!

[OfficialNeilGard]

More people these days should Yodel

[clarkykidda27]

@OfficialNeilGard can't immagine jedward or jls yodeling... thank god. wish they'd bring back decent rock and roll like this and im sayin this as a 13yr old

[melodicminor1]

Fantastic

[wilmaman]

I think these clowns played at Chucky Cheese last week !! no, just kidding..Focus had lots of talent,even when on the pipe !!

[alazmen]

incredibile canzone unica grande!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jasonnwest]

I take it back.  This is the greatest anti-drug ad I have ever seen. Well done, Nancy Reagan!

[jasonnwest]

Wow! That was just plain awful.

[Cheese838]

I wish I was born in the 70's, just so I could listen to this and be part of it...

[SeekNTruth]

An absolutely perfect example of why it was sometimes referred to as "Sucking in the 70s" music.

[JamesMarshallJohansn]

Thanks for the introduction Sheneequa

[OCTAIN1]

You just made a old man Happy :)

memories of drug crazed days, why don't they make music like this today. God I miss groups like this :-) Must get that old Triumph chop out the garage and have a blast up into Wales.

Shit, I forgot I'm in a wheel chair, never mind. thanks anyhow :-(

[seedogreed]

@OCTAIN1 Bless you, brother. Hope you're doin well !

[Tyrantax]

@OCTAIN1 You have my respect!

[LastFreeAccountName]

@OCTAIN1 not just an old man

[morrisati]

@OCTAIN1

What a wonderfull sound and time :-)

[zimgir5000]

lol this video makes me laugh my ass off

[OskarMatzerath95]

this praises for drugs! briliant.

[motoxbuddy]

Is that Mary Wells doing the intro?

[bandcouver]

Hello, Motoxbuddy.That was Marilyn McCoo ( from the group The 5th Dimension ) introducing Focus.

[VanCityBassman]

Marilyn McCoo? No, that was Gladys Knight.

[trianglepoint]

when we were kid's we were w/ our parent's...and even listening too great rock.......What happened too our country......

[trianglepoint]

this band can never be replaced awesom song...where did the world go....

[Cheese838]

How High on Acid do you think he was?

[elephantoslsd]

@Cheese838 since when do you get "high" on acid? the word is trip

[GeeZeRWoD]

most stupid song ever

[snowblind1985]

the scariest whistling ever!! :D

i bet any cab driver would stop for that.. :P .. great stuff

[NWOBHM85]

Awesome, Just awesome!!

[fb743322]

Focus!! groupe génial

[StairwayToHeaven666]

putin ouais ! ... musicalement billant !!

[RabiesAngentleman]

whoa, he straight up pulled some Rahsaan Roland Kirk shit out on that flute. real talk.

[Edgehead1132]

am i the only one who sees this as comedy? the instruments are great, but the vocalist...can't be taken seriously

[RabiesAngentleman]

it's all a part of the appeal. his head, though, is absolutely frightening. i'll give you that.

[fadinfrommortalsight]

you are correct here - there was an element of comedy in whatthey did as well as viruosity. They were quite aware of this.

[melodicminor1]

pure genius actually

[fromthispoint]

Freaky Good!! never herd it.

[straymanrip]

my mind has just been blown! i remember this song from my youth and it's one of the best rock songs of all time.

[7eternally7]

WOW!!!!!! this is awesome you have this uploaded!!!!!!!!!

[lilbluefoxie]

is that oprah on the begining?

[Thonkus]

looks like Gladys Knight

[nosorab3]

cool...very cool.

[MikeG62]

They're playing the song so fast that Thjis Van Leer can barely hold it together. You can see him straining to rush and get all of the vocal parts in. Pierre Van der Linden was an awesome drummer. Jan Akkerman could give Ritchie Blackmore a run for his money any day.

[speedimoni]

should it be in english? Ok, it´s fuckin´ brillant.

[speedimoni]

Das mit Abstand genialste. Nicht nur für

old schooler... . Frühpunk musikalisch.

nonkonform, geil...

[Matteoochoa]

METAL !!!!! :D

[shittyfagg]

WHAT THE MOTHER FUCK HAPPENED TO THE OTHER VIDEO THAT HAD OVER 200.000 VIEWS??? IT WAS THE SAME AS THIS ONE!! plz i miss it ....

[chrisart7]

Wow! Pierre van der Linden was (and is) the Buddy Rich of rock drumming. Sad that van Leer's years of smoking ruined his falsetto---he used to have a four octave range. Still a fine keyboardist and flautist. Akkerman is technically a much better guitarist now than he was then, and he was phenomenal then! Bert Ruiter was a fine R&B style bassist, but using a pick? Great song, great band, great video!

[chrisart7]

Wow! Pierre van der Linden was (and is) the Buddy Rich of rock drumming. Sad that van Leer's years of smoking ruined his falsetto---he used to have a four octave range. Still a fine keyboardist and flautist. Akkerman is technically a much better guitarist now than he was then, and he was phenomenal then! Bert Ruiter was a fine R&B style bassist, but using a pick? Great song, great band, great video!

[wfd57fatman]

These guys were too ahead of their time. Their style of music didn't really settle in until another 10 years when the 80's rock came about. Back then we considered Focus just a fun but short lived oddity of sound. We didn't take this sound seriously enough in the early seventies. Lots of Zeppelin, Santana and Hendrix on the radio back then. Personally, I couldn't get enough of Focus.

[drumdude009]

Awesome, Guitarist Rocks, Drummer Rocks, Bassist Rocks, the singer is talented so screw everyone who thinks he's stupid

[RockFiend111]

This is cool, the vocalist should've combed his hair forward though.

[daveg1988]

help everyone is out to get me!

[facedetrouduc]

Is there someone who remember how is this show called or recognized the presenter?

[fluffyxdestroy]

That's Gladys Knight, face! She and the pips were going great guns at that time. And say Khom, Jan couldn't screw up a peanut butter sandwich if he used tuna. He was the Grand Master of his time. You think Eddie Van Halen and others didn't get off on this stuff? Whew!

[Khomradeigor]

I love Focus but Jan fucks up royally in the beginning.

[silentbobn1]

oh really nice fucking good...

[stoso]

lol wtg

[Jurkjes]

is that Oprah Winfrey?

[Raphide]

craptastic

[spacettm]

wow

[rlwb]

extremely good