I believe Jefferson Airplane sang over madam Slick in the beginning. Did anyone else catch that? I LOVE this documentary, and the song is BEAUTIFUL, i was just wondering if i was alone in this little detail.
i cant get this song out of my head , the commune in mendocino , 1968 , lsd , easter morning , drop at sunrise , climb the mountain , loudspeakers blasting this , far below , me and sue , the things we do , today , reverberations
This video is a total diss to Marty Balin. Today is probably the best song Marty ever wrote. But what's up with the camera man? What do we see? Grace Slick's pantomiming to Marty's vocal!! And we never see Marty!!
I saw Jeff A-plane and Santana at a free concert in Central Park in July 72.It was a week after I got out of the Army and I was really psyched. It was all about the music as they kept playing.Each group would play 1-1/2 hours then the other would play and they just kept playing. It lasted 9 hours and was the greatest concert ever-JA&Grace Slick rock!!
What bollocks that the cameraman is only showing GRACE, when it is actually MARTY who is singing lead here! You can clearly hear the damn few parts where Grace actually DOES provide scant back up vocals, and it makes it all the more obvious how the media back then paid all too much attention to Grace, at the expense of the other band members. For my money, Marty Balin could and did and STILL can sing circles around Grace Slick!
Odd choice of shot -- Grace is singing along with Marty, whose voice actually carries the lead. I suppose Grace was the visual center of the band in the director's eye -- but it does Marty a disservice to leave him out.
DJ Pennebaker admitted they screwed up in filming only Grace. Evidently, the stage lighting crew mistakenly put lighting only on her due to an erroneous assumption that she sings their ballads and plus she's the chick singer "draw." She mostly was mouthing without singing until her parts came in there. I believe the Festival preceded the release of the LP so stagehands and film crew did not know necessarily who sang what song ahead of time on the forthcoming LP.
One of the strangest , most beautiful songs of the giddy sixties......it's not Marty ...it's not Grace....it's both....and the other wonderful people in this unique band.
Marty looks like Grace, but she is singing background and you can hear her obviously in backup. Marty does look like he's wearing a tich of make-up but it's Marty singing lead. My favorite JA song of all time.
For those confused... Marty is at the front fo the stage singing, Grace is miming at first, his parts, but not singing as she is on the piano. She then comes in, in the middle.
@Voodewd I agree about "Today." Such a beautiful and powerful song. At 51, I remember how rock continued to grow and mature in the 1960s and early 70s. That process gave us some of the 20th century's finest popular music:). Best, Steve
So Grace was playiing some keys?..........Her vocals are hardly there because she is so far away from the mic. It is about a foot from her and I suspect she sat down at the keyboard and no one adjusted the height.....or it wouldn't.....
So Grace was playiing some keys?..........Her vocals are hardly there because she is so far away from the mic. It is about a foot from her and I suspecte she sat down at the keyboard and no one adjusted the height.....or it wouldn't.....
@s2who Thank you for your interest! I guess you're right. You can barely hear her from 0:22 - 0:52. Technically you could call that a duet with Marty carrying the lions share. Usually with a harmony you can DISTINCTLY hear two separate voices. Not the case here though. I like Grace and the whole lot of 'em! If you can call salt & pepper an ingredient of a meatloaf I guess by the same token you can call this a harmony. With Marty working the most vocally why is the focus on Grace? Bad cam!
Marty is the only voice you hear until possibly as early as 0:50. Why they have Grace lip sync prior to that is very ignorant. Marty has a distinct character of voice that is clearly identifiable prior to 0:50. To add to my view you'll notice Grace doesn't really lyp sync all that well. Not capping on Grace - it's just the way the song was arranged originally and recorded/released.
I love the Use of a Harpsichord in this live version, and this is sung very soulfully, I love the Live rawness of it! Beautiful! :) Too bad I was only 4 years old at the time!
A "little too focused on Grace" ... you think? The vocal intro of the song is sung by Marty Balin and the camera shows nothing but Grace mouthing with lyrics. Of course, as has been pointed out by others, it's hard to blame him.
When are they gonna remaster the Airplane's eight-song performance at this gig? What is the problem? Is it because it was a TV recorded thing or something? I want the answer. Anyone. Tell me. I can't sleep at night.
She was just mouthing the words. If you bother to listen to the studio recording of Today or the many live performances floating around, you'll know that Grace never sang harmony on the opening section. And your ears need checking: she says the whole word "today," though her shift to tremolo on the second syllable might cause a few people to miss it.
I can live with the camera work! She was purty indeed -- but it's cool to see how she is digging the performance and her and Marty sang so wonderfully together. Anyway, I agree that this song is timeless and haunting and something of an overlooked classic.
I can live with the camera work! She was purty indeed -- but it's cool to see how she is digging the performance and her and Marty sang so wonderfully together. Anyway, I agree this song is timeless and haunting and something of an overlooked classic.
How is it possible to write a song so beautiful and natural? This one is, for me, one of the best song, that have never existed. Moreover, this melody is outstanding. Better than a masterpiece, I call Today.
love airplane. This is like my favorite song of theirs so beautiful awww i miss being in love. grace slick was sooo beautiful i cant stop starring at her ha im not into women but that girly was a total babe ha shes not even singing even the camera man and focus when looking at her
Although I wasn't at MPF, I feel blessed to have grown up in the '60' in the SF Bay Area and seen the JA perform this song many times live...one of the best, if not the best, love songs of all time. Marty and Grace on vocals together...dynamic :)
Airplane were awesome. When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the Sub Service they would perform at HIC (concert center) then the next day they would give a FREE concert. Usually at the Aloha Bowl. All the flower child would be dancing on the grass. They did this at least 2 time. I saw both of them. Didn't pay to see them at the HIC. They are the only ones I can remember doing a free concert. 1967-68 were the years.
today, one of their best. i love grace slick so much she is my one true idol i mean janis and allen ginsberg(poetry wise) yea are some of my others but she is such above them all.
JA wrote and performed the best love songs in the history of the world. This is one of them. Spring '66 we got 'Come up the years' and 'It's no secret' on the first hit single which blew our minds, as we used to say. Then when 'Takes Off' arrived later that year we heard 'Comin' back to me' and 'Today'. Because we were young it was a great time to be alive in spite of the draft, the war, and the assasinations. I don't blame the cameraman for focussing on Grace.
Martyn Buchwald is the most unsung member of the band. As it's founder, his haunting lyrics are magical and a signature of the band from start to finish. Grace was preceded by Signe Anderson, but Marty was always there. This is Marty at his best.
the fact that the camera is on Grace the whole time can confuse the listener. But she only mouths the words behind Martie at the beginning. Martie is the lead vocalist on this song (his song). You can hear Paul coming in w/ lower harmony at :55.
Grace does not come w/ her higher harmony until 1:06. that's when it goes to 3 parts.
i love the song, i love marty and grace, and i see such supreme irony here insofar as grace gets the spotlight while marty sings his heart out..
and in all good humor, it's such a sight gag to hear what appears like marty's voice coming from grace.. ROFLMAO... oops, i must be having another flashback.. oh well, oh well... >:D~ !!!
It's not bad video editing. This is a live recording of the greatest rock concert ever. Marty Balin is the lead singer on this song, but Grace is there providing background harmony the whole way. The reason she cuts in at 1 minute is due to the audio engineer at the concert, not some post production video editing.
"Saturday Afternoon" was always one of my faves. I remember that one from their free concerts at the Bandshell in Central Park. I wish someone would post that one on YouTube.
theyre BOTH singing, you can clearly hear grace joining in at past 1 minute! but still sucks that the other singer never got on camera..he IS kind of the lead singer in this song
HA HA along with other greats like The Velvet Underground! They're in the freakin' HOF but still, the stations won't air their music. Grace can sing about LSD, and white rabbits but ol' Lou can't sing about Smack and Venus In Furs. At least we have the albums.
Why isn't there a better copy of this? The rest of their monterey set is out there on better quality footage, even the colours seem wrong. Are you sure this is Monterey? Did they usually play it with an electronic piano?
The footage has been taken from Channel 4's official documentary on Monterey. That's why it says "Monterey Pop" at the beginning, you tedious little moron.
So why not just enjoy the video like the rest of us, and stop wasting everyone's time with fucking stupid questions.
Whom-ever gives this a thumbs down is one low life jerk, who doesn't appriciate real "Far-out, right on music. Git with the groove, and be cool. Peace
When Marty's and Grace's voice blend, they complement one another with such unadulterated beauty. This tune is so brilliantly written by Martin and peaceful. Surrealistic Pillow was such a potent record!
It's Marty Balin singing. I think this is so funny that Grace Slick is the one they focused on. She was singing along without the microphone being on. Whenever there's a female lead vocalist, and the rest of the band are men, the lead vocalist is always given recognition and everyone else is ignored. A better example is Big Brother and the Holding Company, better known by people as Janis Joplin.
I just bought the High Flying Bird cd with the complete set of Jefferson from Monterey. When I compare the version of the song from the cd and this video the don't match. Silly question, but is this video really from Monterey?
What is kind funny about this clip--and embarrassing for the film maker--is that Grace IS NOT singing lead!! It's Marty Balin singing lead. Grace is only mouthing the words to the verses and then comes in singing on the chorus--the camera never goes anywhere NEAR Balin!!
heh heh heh! yeah, its annoying when they do that with bands. focus on one person because they are so popular. this is marty's band that he created, and man its sad when you see stuff like this. The best thing to do is just listen, and not watch.
To continue, it was Paul Kantner and Marty Balin who wrote most of the songs, Jorma Kaukenen, Spencer Dryden, and Jack Cassidy should also be given recognition. I actually saw Jorma and Jack perform with Hot Tuna, they were really good. Also, with bands, everyone does work, so when people pick favorites, it pisses me off. My friend/songwriting partner, who is a female vocalist (I'm a guitarist by the way), promised me that after we form our true band, she won't let this happen to us.
what about skip spence? lol, yeah man, i wish you luck! i'm sure it just takes a little bit of dedication on everyones part not to let stuff like that happen. Hot Tuna. man, they had so much potential. jorma's voice/ guitar, and jack's bass. i really wish they had put out some stronger bluesadelic stuff. something about it. most of it just dosn't hit. uncle sam blues is pretty heavy though. there are a few. Hesitation Blues! great cover by them. i really dig it. Signe was a better singer
During the performance, the camera man was so fixated by Grace Slick that he filmed the wrong person. The singer is actually Marty Balin, the lead singer of the band at the time. Grace Slick rocks! :o
wtf camera guy. it should be more focused on marty than on grace.
lesroqqer14 1 week ago
I believe Jefferson Airplane sang over madam Slick in the beginning. Did anyone else catch that? I LOVE this documentary, and the song is BEAUTIFUL, i was just wondering if i was alone in this little detail.
JacintAmginE 2 weeks ago
Your video went viral on Kuwait City
damianfloyd1129 2 weeks ago
Your vid is a favorite on Basseterre
irvingadkins616 3 weeks ago
i cant get this song out of my head , the commune in mendocino , 1968 , lsd , easter morning , drop at sunrise , climb the mountain , loudspeakers blasting this , far below , me and sue , the things we do , today , reverberations
XTRAKRUNCHY 4 weeks ago
This song is so beautiful. I just want to blast it from the rooftops!
LilacWine66 2 months ago
@LilacWine66 saw her do this live at the winterland in san francisco....amazing
mdwlcx 2 weeks ago
I'm 22 and this has been among my favourite songs since I was 20!!
CookieOfTheHousie 2 months ago
This video is a total diss to Marty Balin. Today is probably the best song Marty ever wrote. But what's up with the camera man? What do we see? Grace Slick's pantomiming to Marty's vocal!! And we never see Marty!!
Rockypup5234 3 months ago 4
@Rockypup5234
You're so right !
caitlana11 3 months ago
one of the best songs i've ever heard!
Zaislas 4 months ago
I saw Jeff A-plane and Santana at a free concert in Central Park in July 72.It was a week after I got out of the Army and I was really psyched. It was all about the music as they kept playing.Each group would play 1-1/2 hours then the other would play and they just kept playing. It lasted 9 hours and was the greatest concert ever-JA&Grace Slick rock!!
EA44 4 months ago in playlist my p list 3
@EA44 Wow that sounds amazing and I am so jealous of you.
LilacWine66 2 months ago
best video ever!
hesteaeble 4 months ago
What bollocks that the cameraman is only showing GRACE, when it is actually MARTY who is singing lead here! You can clearly hear the damn few parts where Grace actually DOES provide scant back up vocals, and it makes it all the more obvious how the media back then paid all too much attention to Grace, at the expense of the other band members. For my money, Marty Balin could and did and STILL can sing circles around Grace Slick!
Babyhowdy233 5 months ago
Odd choice of shot -- Grace is singing along with Marty, whose voice actually carries the lead. I suppose Grace was the visual center of the band in the director's eye -- but it does Marty a disservice to leave him out.
kramdenbus 5 months ago
@kramdenbus
I agree.
Babyhowdy233 5 months ago
GRACE SLICK the best female singer ever. i love how she looks like a vampiress here.
The096757 5 months ago
I guess the 60's were like a beautiful moment where it all came together but couldn't last forever. Sort of like youth...
Exiles800 5 months ago
Today..im flying
tinasparkle231 7 months ago
DJ Pennebaker admitted they screwed up in filming only Grace. Evidently, the stage lighting crew mistakenly put lighting only on her due to an erroneous assumption that she sings their ballads and plus she's the chick singer "draw." She mostly was mouthing without singing until her parts came in there. I believe the Festival preceded the release of the LP so stagehands and film crew did not know necessarily who sang what song ahead of time on the forthcoming LP.
straycatttt 7 months ago 3
Is a Beautiful Song! Long Live Jefferson Airplane ♥
SynMotherless 7 months ago
One of the strangest , most beautiful songs of the giddy sixties......it's not Marty ...it's not Grace....it's both....and the other wonderful people in this unique band.
mickigoe 8 months ago
her voice is unreal
Vertigo2903 8 months ago
@Vertigo2903
Her voice is hardly noticable here. You are hearing Marty Balin, not Grace.
Babyhowdy233 5 months ago
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Vertigo2903 8 months ago
This is perhaps my favorite concert version of this song, and I've heard probably a dozen different ones.
karatattoo 8 months ago
Grace eres mi diosssss! T.T
Jenn0492 9 months ago
Absolutely magical. Gorgeous song.
canijon88 9 months ago
Marty got fucked over in this video, Grace knew the they were filming her.
She's still hot back in the sixties but sill a whore for taking the spotlight !!!
arsehole57 9 months ago
...how much i m in love with you...
fabian22556 9 months ago
Marty looks like Grace, but she is singing background and you can hear her obviously in backup. Marty does look like he's wearing a tich of make-up but it's Marty singing lead. My favorite JA song of all time.
DollyzDaggerz 9 months ago
For those confused... Marty is at the front fo the stage singing, Grace is miming at first, his parts, but not singing as she is on the piano. She then comes in, in the middle.
HelterSkelterForum 10 months ago 3
I'm 31 now, when I was 17 I did the exact same. Will always love this song, it's timeless. Keep listening to the good stuff my friends...
Voodewd 1 year ago
@Voodewd I agree about "Today." Such a beautiful and powerful song. At 51, I remember how rock continued to grow and mature in the 1960s and early 70s. That process gave us some of the 20th century's finest popular music:). Best, Steve
stevevandien 11 months ago
My favorite love song too. Do any other 22 year olds dig this?
Dorn132 1 year ago 22
@Dorn132 23, but yes I adore it
MrDionyes 1 year ago 2
@Dorn132
im 17 and play this on my record player while i burn trees?:)
keef817 1 year ago
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Dorn132 1 year ago
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Dorn132 1 year ago
@keef817 Awesome....glad im not the only one burnin trees to this stuff haha
Dorn132 1 year ago
@Dorn132 Sure hope so,and I'm 51! Great music is ageless:). Best, Steve
stevevandien 11 months ago
@Dorn132 I used to dig this even before 22, and still do ;)
LanfeustDeGlinin 3 months ago
@Dorn132 Shitttttt I'm 18!
Lucasisdemon 1 month ago
@Dorn132 I´m 15 D:
xxampaxx 1 month ago
@xxampaxx and im 18!
Schizophrenia222 1 month ago
@Dorn132 dude im 5
Schizophrenia222 1 month ago
@Dorn132 It's my favourite love song, but I'm sixteen. But I'm sure I'll dig this in six more years C:
yabayabacoconut 3 weeks ago
@Dorn132 I'm 19 and I dig this!
Skankwire 2 weeks ago
Has to be my favorite love song.
Nataliarayac 1 year ago 2
I love this song! epoch in my life
Heautontimouronmenos 1 year ago
I miss Jerry's sweet guitar on the studio version.
thegreenolivo 1 year ago
Talent and such a voice !
kokeshist 1 year ago
Its a Marty Balin song.
TheRecordplayers 1 year ago
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So Grace was playiing some keys?..........Her vocals are hardly there because she is so far away from the mic. It is about a foot from her and I suspect she sat down at the keyboard and no one adjusted the height.....or it wouldn't.....
CaptainPrivate 1 year ago
So Grace was playiing some keys?..........Her vocals are hardly there because she is so far away from the mic. It is about a foot from her and I suspecte she sat down at the keyboard and no one adjusted the height.....or it wouldn't.....
CaptainPrivate 1 year ago
@s2who Thank you for your interest! I guess you're right. You can barely hear her from 0:22 - 0:52. Technically you could call that a duet with Marty carrying the lions share. Usually with a harmony you can DISTINCTLY hear two separate voices. Not the case here though. I like Grace and the whole lot of 'em! If you can call salt & pepper an ingredient of a meatloaf I guess by the same token you can call this a harmony. With Marty working the most vocally why is the focus on Grace? Bad cam!
WillyMcCoy50 1 year ago
best love song ever
marcobandini1 1 year ago
Marty is the only voice you hear until possibly as early as 0:50. Why they have Grace lip sync prior to that is very ignorant. Marty has a distinct character of voice that is clearly identifiable prior to 0:50. To add to my view you'll notice Grace doesn't really lyp sync all that well. Not capping on Grace - it's just the way the song was arranged originally and recorded/released.
WillyMcCoy50 1 year ago
@WillyMcCoy50 she seems to be singing a harm line and not lip syncing..."clearly identifiable" is a subjective term...clearly identifiable to you?
s2who 1 year ago
I love the Use of a Harpsichord in this live version, and this is sung very soulfully, I love the Live rawness of it! Beautiful! :) Too bad I was only 4 years old at the time!
dracula9 1 year ago
Not sure why Marty is not singing this song. It's his masterpiece.
Grace did well..................
sfaster 1 year ago
err grace looks like a guy/has an adams apple?
XtreemIce 1 year ago
A "little too focused on Grace" ... you think? The vocal intro of the song is sung by Marty Balin and the camera shows nothing but Grace mouthing with lyrics. Of course, as has been pointed out by others, it's hard to blame him.
onceuponamidnightdry 1 year ago 2
wish i coudlve gone to monterey pop and woodstock...peace and love :)
hardcorexhippy420 1 year ago 22
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This is so beautiful, I don't think I can take it...
dollbite 1 year ago
This is so beautiful, I don't think I can take it...
dollbite 1 year ago 3
CLASSIC
tottart 1 year ago
When are they gonna remaster the Airplane's eight-song performance at this gig? What is the problem? Is it because it was a TV recorded thing or something? I want the answer. Anyone. Tell me. I can't sleep at night.
Hahaha
jakeenan 1 year ago
Love it to pieces. Love her to pieces!
Oddball57 1 year ago
qui canta Marty Balin!
sballonz 1 year ago
Since this is Marty's song, here's Marty's site!
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cowbot2 1 year ago
ONCE AGAIN Grace was NOT just mouthing the words! You can hear the mixing engineer pull up her mic at 1:12, on "aaayyyyy"...
If she had been mouthing the words, she wouldn't start singing at the second part of the word "today".
Really people...
cowbot2 1 year ago
@cowbot2
She was just mouthing the words. If you bother to listen to the studio recording of Today or the many live performances floating around, you'll know that Grace never sang harmony on the opening section. And your ears need checking: she says the whole word "today," though her shift to tremolo on the second syllable might cause a few people to miss it.
WilliamShakestick 1 year ago
I can live with the camera work! She was purty indeed -- but it's cool to see how she is digging the performance and her and Marty sang so wonderfully together. Anyway, I agree that this song is timeless and haunting and something of an overlooked classic.
Misterhappynyc 1 year ago
I can live with the camera work! She was purty indeed -- but it's cool to see how she is digging the performance and her and Marty sang so wonderfully together. Anyway, I agree this song is timeless and haunting and something of an overlooked classic.
Misterhappynyc 1 year ago
How is it possible to write a song so beautiful and natural? This one is, for me, one of the best song, that have never existed. Moreover, this melody is outstanding. Better than a masterpiece, I call Today.
Juuukebox 1 year ago
1-Grace slick
2-Mary travers
3-Mama Cass
loksartre 1 year ago
@loksartre 2. Janis Joplin :-)
HelterSkelterForum 10 months ago
Woodstock was a media & commercial circus .the real paradigm shift was at Monterey Pop festival in 67.
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
love airplane. This is like my favorite song of theirs so beautiful awww i miss being in love. grace slick was sooo beautiful i cant stop starring at her ha im not into women but that girly was a total babe ha shes not even singing even the camera man and focus when looking at her
lowethecookster 1 year ago
wow never heard this song of hers before .... her voice just can't be matched - many copy cats - but she's an original!
Sanford1820 1 year ago
@Sanford1820 maybe zooey deschanel
slarbiter 1 year ago
Amazing song!!! ♥♥♥
MiroshlavaMedvel 1 year ago
What a lousy job on the part of the cameraman. Marty's song but all we see is Grace!
gorgeoustxwoman 1 year ago
This is otherworldy beautiful
Roodillon 1 year ago
Soooo BEatifull!!!!
xose20 1 year ago
The Jefferson Airplane was my second concert ever. I still have the ticket and I still have a place in my heart for Grace. : )
MrAnimal4 1 year ago
Although I wasn't at MPF, I feel blessed to have grown up in the '60' in the SF Bay Area and seen the JA perform this song many times live...one of the best, if not the best, love songs of all time. Marty and Grace on vocals together...dynamic :)
WildAngelJoy 1 year ago
WTF? I thought a dude was singing this
Rownery 1 year ago
@Rownery
Marty Balin did sing this as a lead vocalist...Grace is second singer in this...Great song!!! :-)
mynthon11 1 year ago
@Rownery It is...
katalinaxxx 1 year ago
Haha, the film-crew were no JA-fans nor very musical in general, or otherwise that glitch could not have happened ;)
canada2love 1 year ago
it's amazing!!!
(:
AppleRamone 1 year ago
esta version es lo maximo haver si alguien la subtitula al español
sergio198431 1 year ago
Love the intro on this version
corwinofamber8 1 year ago
They had a lot of mic probs at Monterey..its grat that we have this much
captainsoul1953 1 year ago
Where is the Grace Slick of my generation?
HuckMeHard 1 year ago 9
@HuckMeHard In Iceland: Björk. Free spirit, amazing voice
lemondededemainTV 1 year ago
@HuckMeHard Destroyed by a combination of TV, Websites and record companies
mrgiskard 4 months ago
This is my girl, Grace Slick, back iin the day, 1967, Monteray Pop, what a trip, this is my girl. silviogold
silviogold 1 year ago 3
beautiful!! love this song....
rubbersoulgirl9 1 year ago 2
good that they turned Grace's mic on after the first minute.
drmlabs 2 years ago 7
that wasn't Grace that was singing that beginning part
interstategar 1 year ago 4
ahahah what a pretty voice...!!
San5a 1 year ago
Airplane were awesome. When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the Sub Service they would perform at HIC (concert center) then the next day they would give a FREE concert. Usually at the Aloha Bowl. All the flower child would be dancing on the grass. They did this at least 2 time. I saw both of them. Didn't pay to see them at the HIC. They are the only ones I can remember doing a free concert. 1967-68 were the years.
kekahanow 2 years ago 3
today, one of their best. i love grace slick so much she is my one true idol i mean janis and allen ginsberg(poetry wise) yea are some of my others but she is such above them all.
nenaa251 2 years ago 2
I hope one day I dedicate this song * _ *
from mexico :D
jukloi 2 years ago
This version of the song is absolutely beautiful.
PaulReveresNiece 2 years ago 3
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PaulReveresNiece 2 years ago
im 40 i have all my dads old records in 1989 i got to see the airplane in s.f ,golden gate park it was fucking great not starship the airplane
brianlowdown 2 years ago
i LOVE U GRACE
Mohannad22886 2 years ago 5
JA wrote and performed the best love songs in the history of the world. This is one of them. Spring '66 we got 'Come up the years' and 'It's no secret' on the first hit single which blew our minds, as we used to say. Then when 'Takes Off' arrived later that year we heard 'Comin' back to me' and 'Today'. Because we were young it was a great time to be alive in spite of the draft, the war, and the assasinations. I don't blame the cameraman for focussing on Grace.
FarrarMax 2 years ago 5
i love the difference in sound to the lp version love both equally
robotechian23rd 2 years ago 2
Martyn Buchwald is the most unsung member of the band. As it's founder, his haunting lyrics are magical and a signature of the band from start to finish. Grace was preceded by Signe Anderson, but Marty was always there. This is Marty at his best.
softlawe 2 years ago 9
Jerry's guitar is missing, but this is still a beautiful song of longing for another dimension.
softlawe 2 years ago 2
I agree with you. Marty was the band. Grace was the court jester..
realestatefla1 2 years ago
@softlawe
I could not have said it better! :D
Babyhowdy233 5 months ago
the fact that the camera is on Grace the whole time can confuse the listener. But she only mouths the words behind Martie at the beginning. Martie is the lead vocalist on this song (his song). You can hear Paul coming in w/ lower harmony at :55.
Grace does not come w/ her higher harmony until 1:06. that's when it goes to 3 parts.
for some reason they skip the 2nd verse too.
clucaspik 2 years ago 5
theyre both singing- and you can hear grace's voice standing out even when marty joins in- so im not quite sure what youre saying
tbadal3 2 years ago
@tbadal3 Youre correct I was in error
buffspringfield 2 years ago
Thats Marty signing folks not Gracie.
buffspringfield 2 years ago 4
Very haunting melody! Nice slight difference in the beginning from the album.
SeansCafe 2 years ago 3
i love this beginning it sounds soo good!
Ioveasy 2 years ago 3
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Grace Slick is a communist
doughpro 2 years ago
0:45 *_*
sopafla 2 years ago 2
The black & white (mostly) color and the message of today, and I here and now is superb!
I love this video.
razban01 2 years ago 3
i love the song, i love marty and grace, and i see such supreme irony here insofar as grace gets the spotlight while marty sings his heart out..
and in all good humor, it's such a sight gag to hear what appears like marty's voice coming from grace.. ROFLMAO... oops, i must be having another flashback.. oh well, oh well... >:D~ !!!
ttoflea 2 years ago 8
I just saw a show about the MPF recently, and the camerman admitted to perhaps being a little too focused on Grace. That's understandable.
BoxcarFred 2 years ago 31
well how could you not be completely focused on grace? shes pretty fucking hot
porkfrieddylan 2 years ago 45
@porkfrieddylan She was hot
katalinaxxx 1 year ago
the story goes that the cameramen thought she was attractive so they stayed on her the whole time.
300daysandnights 2 years ago 5
This video is misleading...it is not Grace singing the intro, despite the synced video, it is the other singer, Marty Balin. Grace comes in at 1.06
God I hate false video editing.
Great song, great origianl movie...
vuduegg 2 years ago 4
It's not bad video editing. This is a live recording of the greatest rock concert ever. Marty Balin is the lead singer on this song, but Grace is there providing background harmony the whole way. The reason she cuts in at 1 minute is due to the audio engineer at the concert, not some post production video editing.
msduggan 2 years ago
who is the lead singer for jefferson airplane? that fine chick! what's her name?
cgarza7075 2 years ago
Grace Slick? lol
funkyhenry 2 years ago
Grace = hot ass chick
yieldyieldyield 2 years ago 3
The camera man has thing for Grace. LOL Who wouldn't?
I'm a modern hippie and I think todays hippies are missing something. It doesn't feel quite right.
kblixt 2 years ago
how could a true modern hippie identify themselves as a hippy....no more organic base lsd is what's missing
kr3w103 2 years ago 2
That's Paul Katner singing.
mistertomasP 2 years ago
With Grace Slick doing harmonies.
mistertomasP 2 years ago
No it's Marty Balin
bluessixtysix 2 years ago
Thanks, another brain fart.
mistertomasP 2 years ago
Nobody cares about his singing anymore, though, when Grace Slick comes on at around 1:06. Her harmonies make this version. :)
phantompalindrome 2 years ago
i love Grace Slick's voice, she is awesome....
grnpeace07 2 years ago
so memorable
rineybeany 2 years ago
awesome!!!!!
MissCaptainWeird 2 years ago
I can't believe this superior band developed into that abomination Starship. UGH.
willow351 2 years ago
I really love JA
YengStvol 2 years ago
"Saturday Afternoon" was always one of my faves. I remember that one from their free concerts at the Bandshell in Central Park. I wish someone would post that one on YouTube.
BruceK10032 2 years ago
theyre BOTH singing, you can clearly hear grace joining in at past 1 minute! but still sucks that the other singer never got on camera..he IS kind of the lead singer in this song
epiphonevester 2 years ago
The dude is singin his heart out and they don't even put the camera on him...wtf?
Davidpatt123 2 years ago
its because the camera man was obssessed with grace slicks appearence
funkyhenry 2 years ago
I don't blame him...
stonefreeJMH 2 years ago
HA HA along with other greats like The Velvet Underground! They're in the freakin' HOF but still, the stations won't air their music. Grace can sing about LSD, and white rabbits but ol' Lou can't sing about Smack and Venus In Furs. At least we have the albums.
swans1997 2 years ago
Seems rather doubtful that grace was just mouthing the words. You can hear the mixing engineer pull up her mic at 1:12, on "aaayyyyy"...
If she had been mouthing the words, she wouldn't start singing at the second part of the word "today".
And if you didn't figure that out for yourself, please don't have children.
cowbot2 2 years ago
Please...peace and love...I was there ..I think!
azothdaco 3 years ago
Why isn't there a better copy of this? The rest of their monterey set is out there on better quality footage, even the colours seem wrong. Are you sure this is Monterey? Did they usually play it with an electronic piano?
VDGG94ki 3 years ago
The quality and colour seem okay to me.
Perhaps you are simply going blind from too much wanking.......
PrivateSchulz 3 years ago 3
WTF? Compare it with all the other Jefferson Airplane footage on youtube from Monterey and see the difference, asshole.
VDGG94ki 3 years ago
The footage has been taken from Channel 4's official documentary on Monterey. That's why it says "Monterey Pop" at the beginning, you tedious little moron.
So why not just enjoy the video like the rest of us, and stop wasting everyone's time with fucking stupid questions.
You sad little wanker.......
PrivateSchulz 3 years ago
Yeah peace and love to you too maaaaaan. Enjoy the vibes maaaaaan.
VDGG94ki 3 years ago
Whom-ever gives this a thumbs down is one low life jerk, who doesn't appriciate real "Far-out, right on music. Git with the groove, and be cool. Peace
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FrankBrazier 3 years ago
this song has such a stark beauty to it, its mesmerizing.
ladollyvita 3 years ago 4
Signe a better singer??!!
49bodri 3 years ago 2
When Marty's and Grace's voice blend, they complement one another with such unadulterated beauty. This tune is so brilliantly written by Martin and peaceful. Surrealistic Pillow was such a potent record!
8D
♥♥♥Jefferson Airplane♥♥♥
LoveFaithHopeNArt 3 years ago 8
wish i could of seen them sing this live....
grnpeace07 3 years ago
this is such a beautiful song.
Marty and Grace's voice just flow together so well, words just don't say enough.
(:
ColumbiaTehLove 3 years ago
Marty is singing
aknowneemus 3 years ago
It's Marty Balin singing. I think this is so funny that Grace Slick is the one they focused on. She was singing along without the microphone being on. Whenever there's a female lead vocalist, and the rest of the band are men, the lead vocalist is always given recognition and everyone else is ignored. A better example is Big Brother and the Holding Company, better known by people as Janis Joplin.
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RockinRobin411 3 years ago
I just bought the High Flying Bird cd with the complete set of Jefferson from Monterey. When I compare the version of the song from the cd and this video the don't match. Silly question, but is this video really from Monterey?
Hippiehill 3 years ago
What is kind funny about this clip--and embarrassing for the film maker--is that Grace IS NOT singing lead!! It's Marty Balin singing lead. Grace is only mouthing the words to the verses and then comes in singing on the chorus--the camera never goes anywhere NEAR Balin!!
Crazy blooper!
fran0zoo 3 years ago
heh heh heh! yeah, its annoying when they do that with bands. focus on one person because they are so popular. this is marty's band that he created, and man its sad when you see stuff like this. The best thing to do is just listen, and not watch.
tommartyn 3 years ago
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To continue, it was Paul Kantner and Marty Balin who wrote most of the songs, Jorma Kaukenen, Spencer Dryden, and Jack Cassidy should also be given recognition. I actually saw Jorma and Jack perform with Hot Tuna, they were really good. Also, with bands, everyone does work, so when people pick favorites, it pisses me off. My friend/songwriting partner, who is a female vocalist (I'm a guitarist by the way), promised me that after we form our true band, she won't let this happen to us.
RockinRobin411 3 years ago
what about skip spence? lol, yeah man, i wish you luck! i'm sure it just takes a little bit of dedication on everyones part not to let stuff like that happen. Hot Tuna. man, they had so much potential. jorma's voice/ guitar, and jack's bass. i really wish they had put out some stronger bluesadelic stuff. something about it. most of it just dosn't hit. uncle sam blues is pretty heavy though. there are a few. Hesitation Blues! great cover by them. i really dig it. Signe was a better singer
tommartyn 3 years ago
hmm, what about patti smith?
ddf312 3 years ago
I think of both of em as genius marty balin wrote it ( Think so ) and grace slick has such a hypnotic voice love all of em just great
bexine 3 years ago
Grace Slick: charismatic, great power in her voice and perfomances.
thank you
Taranguy 3 years ago
During the performance, the camera man was so fixated by Grace Slick that he filmed the wrong person. The singer is actually Marty Balin, the lead singer of the band at the time. Grace Slick rocks! :o
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