Undoubtedly one of the greatest early rock power trios! Why do so many people not know this band, you ask? Even in the 60's this music did not fit radio format. If your song went on longer than 4 minutes you never got airplay, or it was cut to shit. Even today on the nostalgia stations still cut songs like 'Inna Gadda da Vida' by Iron Butterfly. Now there's a great heavy rock voice - Doug Ingle. Praise be to almighty YOUTUBE for giving us a platform to expose and share so much great talent.
Thank you Packed Funk for all you do. I first got into grand funk in 7th grade when I heard American Band. I'm a junior in high school. Over all the years, my music taste has drifted but I have always held my deepest respect and love for Grand Funk Railroad. They made being a successful garage band of kids seem possible. And the thing is, they were not just some kids with wicked drum kicks, some nice guitar licks, and a bass sound and rhythm that rocks the earth, they had meaning, a voice.
@kingfarouk2 and that inspired me to listen to the world around me, my teachers, my family, the news (even though the news is now just a faction of the entertainment business.) I grew distaste for what this country has begun. It is country based on satisfaction, and immediate need. That habit has led to the destruction of our forests. and my family and friends are dying in the east so we can keep our influence with the oil companies. its stupid. but what is not stupid is the voice we all have.
@kingfarouk2 and mark had a voice. every album grand funk put out was full of emotion and direction for the people. Mark did all he could and more. He has inspired ME, a 16 year old, 40 years AFTER he was rocking with the boys. But none of that would have been possible without you and your countless grand funk videos and efforts to promote the greatest rock and roll band america has seen.
Hey guys, if you're young and find problems in society, do what they did in the past! Speak your mind through music and talking and spreading your words. Don't let corporations run government, and rape our forests and oceans. Don't let your friends die in a pointless war! Speak your mind. I've had enough. If you have, repost this somewhere else. be the change.
I was a 80s child, but GFR became my favorite, after my older brother turnned me on to them. I just don't know of any band, that can match the tireless energy, they performed with, in the coarse of there career. They were a true performance vehicle, that could rock the house down.
Not only were they one of the best bands of the late 60s and the 70s regardless of what the critics had to say, collectively they had the best hair around! Loved these guys!
Love the MicroFrets fiddle!!!! i cant understad why people call that a "cheap instrument" it was very expensive in its day, try and find one now under 25 hundred...good luck
I have seen many of the great bands during the 60's and 70's ... but NONE like Grand Funk - Oct 71 in Seattle at the then Coliseum - almost 3 hours of non-stop rock - unlike ANY of the so-called greats. If you were looking for finese, go to see Yes or a band like that. GFR was VISCERAL - the got to you on the inside. Not the same GFR now ... too bad. But what a memory of that night in Oct 71
As a kid, I'd see Grand Funk Railroad albums in the record racks, but had never heard them, the radio didn't play them. So I asked a classmate what Grand Funk was all about; he advised me to get their "Live Album", so I did, took it home, and it just Royally Blew Me Away. Grand Funk was OUR band and I think that's the reason why they were so big. Their songs were actually quite intricate. I loved' them and I alway will.
IMHO the problem with the Hall of Fame folks is their problem with God. Mark got saved and that was it. i know Jesus Christ solved a WHOLE lot more of my problems tha He created!
Grand Funk Railroad ushered in the 1970's with change & until this day are misunderstood for it.
GFRxR brought the 3 man power band to the masses & have been condemned for it ever since.
The critics panned this band from the start for everything from their look (Farner's hair) to calling their instruments junk (Farner's $200 Messenger Guitar.)
Check out Mark Farner's website for future concerts. Saw him 3x in Michigan this year. They were a blast and Mark's voice, playing and moves are still there. Performed many of the old GFR product. Guaranteed you will think you are 16 again!
JESUS, they sold out Shey quicker than the fucking beatles!! check it out its true...and ABBA is in the R&R Hall of Fame and these guys aren't ??!!?? WTF?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
@PackedFunk Agreed! Back then, a lot of people hated Funk. Lot of Zeppelin fans were snobs and looked down their noses at Funk--thought Zeppelin was king and Funk just wannabes.
I had the pleasure to see Mark solo not too long ago and to meet him after the show. On stage he was a polished flashy performer and off stage very warm,earthy and appreciative of his fans signing for everyone regardless if they bought something or not. Really what a Rock Star should be ....@PackedFunk, did you say 3 Dog Night came in 5th????
I still say Grand Funk Railroad should have been inducted into the Cleveland Rock and Roll of Fame. What the heck is wrong with people! Shae Stadium? Come on people. Besides what the hell does politics have to do with their undenyable talent?
The absolute best voice in Rock, Mark Farner; and as of this posting, still is today! What wonderful memories this band brings back to me! Still would give just about anything to see the original group preform together again, just once!
The absolute best voice in Rock, Mark Farnker; and as of this posting, still is today! What wonderful memories this band brings back to me! Still would give just about anything to see the original group preform together again, just once!
@scatterd100 I saw them live.Maybe 10 yrs ago.The concert was organized by a classic rock radio station.Im telling you,that was a crazy night!it was rock, lovely memories,women and gallons of beer.
@scatterd100 I agree that's why I can't figure out how they go out as Grand Funk these days scamming the people without Mark. It would be like the Stones going out without Mick Jagger and calling themselves The Rolling Stones !
I just bought Grand Funk Railroad - Live the 1971 tour. Great album i love it. In the booklet it says there is a video recording (film) of the concert in the Shea stadion in NY. And thats this cd is partly a result of it, but what about the film, is that going to by released soon too ? I want to see and buy it !! so Capitol company please create a DVD we can buy !!!
Pay close attention at 3:55. By this time of the song, Mark and GFR manage to get the entire audience to wildly bob up and down to the song. That's very impressive. Not many groups can do that.
It eventual morphs into a scene of frantic captivity. Wow!
rock and roll hall of fame is a sham...no grand funk no deep purple no black sabbath..tull they are all into what is vogue....hey truth is they are all too young to remember...I was there..these bands deserve to be there especially the funk!!
@mightybeeb Hi mightybeeb! You're correct regarding R&R HOF is a sham, but Black Sabbath was inducted into the HOF. I think in 2005?? Metallica did the induction ceremony. We love GFR too. Cheers!
Another incredibly energetic performance from just 3 players was the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Monterrey Pop Festival doing the song Killing Floor.
The bastard which passes for current music is wholly inorganic, and is in fact not music at all. It is the illegitimate child of corporate accountants, and engineers sitting at computers. I dislike it, very much.
I was a huge GFR fan as a teen in the mid to late 70's. In March of 1992 I got to meet Mark Farner after a show he played at McCormicks club in Passadenna Texas. He autographed my concert ticket. Very nice guy! Huge thrill for me! Eddie VanHalen said in an interview, Grand Funk used to kick ass live. They were the only band he ever saw live, that lived up to his expectations. Enough said!
Yeah. And it's interesting to see how much David Lee Roth ended-up looking like Mark Farner, not long after, during their career, later on in the 70s and 80s. Hmmmm. Long blond hair, no shirt, tight pants, etc. (L.O.L.)
I guess you can go by the old saying, "imitation is the ultimate form of flattery".
The New York Daily News' Nationwide Readers' Poll for 1971. Tens of thousands of votes were cast from every state in the nation. Whe the final score was tallied, Grand Funk Railroad had garnered a whopping 75% of the total vote as "Best Rock Group In The U.S." Left to split up the remaining 25% were: 2. Creedence Clearwater, 3. Jackson Five, 4. Led Zeppelin, 5. Three Dog Night, 6. The Who, 7. Sly, 8. Santana, 9.Chicago, and 10.Ten Years After!
@PackedFunk I can't believe how they were so big, and now it seems, they hardly exist. I don't think I'd know if it wasn't for my Uncle, who played the live album for me as a teenager. I'll never forget that
When I was in high school a long time ago, I asked some friends what Grand Funk sounded like; they didn't get any radio play yet I saw their records in stores. One friend recommended that I buy the first Grand Funk live album. I did, and it just left me absolutely breathless. I'd never heard music with that kind of intensity before. All I could do was stare at my turntable with my mouth wide open. Wow. And, that album's version of "Inside Looking Out" is IMMORTAL.
Hey man, I was there! At 19 secs in, look for the dude in the light shirt w/t-shirt underneath in the middle of the screen - that was ME!! (me again at 39 seconds in)...I loved this band and went to all of their concerts when they came through my area...
I blew my parents console record player speakers out with the Mark,Don & Mel album.You know the ones that were a piece of wood furniture. They would leave and I would get the house a shakin',they never knew why the buzz would show up when they played their Sinatra records.Never missed a show in the Dallas area ,in 1973 the ticket price was 7 bucks and what a show they gave their fans!! .Hell ya they should be inducted !
One of Michigan's A list bands! The mix of soul/motown influences and raw loud garage rock was pure magic. The West Amps they used had their own sound, bassist use of overdrive were all the right things at the right time. Don has to be one of the most spot on drummers ever. I especially love the three piece portion of their careers, and damn they could sing too!
They were dissed by Rolling Stone because they weren't Bob Dylan or Jefferson Airplane. They were pioneers because they perfectly blended Motown soul with rock and roll, best combination in my opinion.
In USSR wher I am from they were GODS. I personally bought their Live Album worth my month salary at black market in Leningrad to listen to it for years every day. Raw, unrestricted, crashing pure energy of rock-n-roll. Nothing to compare with - fantastic unique breakthrough to higher dimensions of music
Amazingly the critics blasted them back then as they did with Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep and others. Were they really that bad compared or were rock music standards higher? As a 16 year old back then I loved them but fondness or lack thereof was probably an age thing. Most critics were way older: But today ,also way older, I still think they rocked hard and well. I have no regrets nor am ashamed to have bought most of their records and gone to their concert in Montreal.
Man, ditto to what PackedFunk said. This was my all time favorite band during the late sixites, early seventies. I was at their concert every time they came through my area - most times on the front row somewhere. No one beats the energy that these guys showed on stage!!
Grand Funk Railroad is what I consider the epitome of what Rock and Roll is supposed to be -- a three piece garage band that went on to be the most popular band in the world. They were simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us Funk Fans who remember, NOTHING CAN REPLACE IT!!
That is rock and roll.
The sad part is The Hall of Fame has no idea what I'm even saying.
I couldn't have said it better - PackedFunk. Man, I loved this band!! I went to every concert that came through my area. I would go the concert in Dallas one weekend, then make it to the one in Shreveport. La. the next. I'd be right on the one of the first few rows. In fact the guy @ :43 seconds (white shirt, dark hair) that could have been me - looks just like me back then! The is by far my favorite band during the late sixities and early seventies. Awesome. Nostalga is great isn't it
@PackedFunk I was a roadie w/ them for a time, they were the real deal...a lot of major rock acts really were influenced by these guys...I have nothing but respect for them...they r on the outs now, but hey, that is the biz...mp
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
listen to ^ it; it breathes a spirit, transmits a thought, a sound, a fury signifying "a feel" all its own... you know what that feeling is, you either have that feeling or you gave it away, denied it. couple that with talent; you express that feeling with real talent, and it's good. and if it's good it justifies and points back to the heroes. nobody ever replaces heroes, the heroes just... live on - that's the point
see, this is why we have multiple, alternate versions on albums; THIS IS FANTASTIC! song sounds a little different every time they played it, a lot of room for GREAT improv. definitely has to be covered!
What a posting!!!..just found this...One GFR, there's only ONE GFR, one GFRRRRRRRRRR, there's only one GFR!!!!!Happy Christmas you blessed person who posted this : )
Mark's hollow-body was no Eastwood brand. It was a Messenger brand. Eastwood made a "Tribute" guitar of it, semi hollow and no aluminum neck. No fuzz circuit also.
@PackedFunk thanks..if i see one around will surely give it a go. Collecting and playing Danelectro these days..not much in sustain but good sounding!
man, when i mention loving Grand Funk, people laugh and go "were an american band is a good song i guess" fuck that, that song ended this band. all thier work before Were An American Band will forever be some of the greatest heavy psychdelic rocks weve ever heard..long live the power TRIO, and fawk keyboards!!!!!
When I was a wee lad there were four bands my friends and I all loved without reservation: Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Grand Funk.
Darrylizer1 2 months ago
Always loved Grand funk,biggest influence on my playing bass and determination of playing in only power trios.
zerodefekts 3 months ago
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Undoubtedly one of the greatest early rock power trios! Why do so many people not know this band, you ask? Even in the 60's this music did not fit radio format. If your song went on longer than 4 minutes you never got airplay, or it was cut to shit. Even today on the nostalgia stations still cut songs like 'Inna Gadda da Vida' by Iron Butterfly. Now there's a great heavy rock voice - Doug Ingle. Praise be to almighty YOUTUBE for giving us a platform to expose and share so much great talent.
Trismegistus10 4 months ago
Thank you Packed Funk for all you do. I first got into grand funk in 7th grade when I heard American Band. I'm a junior in high school. Over all the years, my music taste has drifted but I have always held my deepest respect and love for Grand Funk Railroad. They made being a successful garage band of kids seem possible. And the thing is, they were not just some kids with wicked drum kicks, some nice guitar licks, and a bass sound and rhythm that rocks the earth, they had meaning, a voice.
kingfarouk2 5 months ago
@kingfarouk2 and that inspired me to listen to the world around me, my teachers, my family, the news (even though the news is now just a faction of the entertainment business.) I grew distaste for what this country has begun. It is country based on satisfaction, and immediate need. That habit has led to the destruction of our forests. and my family and friends are dying in the east so we can keep our influence with the oil companies. its stupid. but what is not stupid is the voice we all have.
kingfarouk2 5 months ago
@kingfarouk2 and mark had a voice. every album grand funk put out was full of emotion and direction for the people. Mark did all he could and more. He has inspired ME, a 16 year old, 40 years AFTER he was rocking with the boys. But none of that would have been possible without you and your countless grand funk videos and efforts to promote the greatest rock and roll band america has seen.
kingfarouk2 5 months ago
Hey guys, if you're young and find problems in society, do what they did in the past! Speak your mind through music and talking and spreading your words. Don't let corporations run government, and rape our forests and oceans. Don't let your friends die in a pointless war! Speak your mind. I've had enough. If you have, repost this somewhere else. be the change.
kingfarouk2 5 months ago
One of Deeeeetroit's Finest...listening to these cats brings back a era never to be dupilacted! You ROCKED OUT on GFR...
blaquemark 6 months ago
I was a 80s child, but GFR became my favorite, after my older brother turnned me on to them. I just don't know of any band, that can match the tireless energy, they performed with, in the coarse of there career. They were a true performance vehicle, that could rock the house down.
Tom13501 6 months ago
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Newblackpoet 6 months ago in playlist GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
Not only were they one of the best bands of the late 60s and the 70s regardless of what the critics had to say, collectively they had the best hair around! Loved these guys!
biginpittsburgh 7 months ago
Love the MicroFrets fiddle!!!! i cant understad why people call that a "cheap instrument" it was very expensive in its day, try and find one now under 25 hundred...good luck
fzappa007 8 months ago
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10 dislikes? must of overjammed and clicked by mistake!!
jacqo817 8 months ago
10 dislikes? must of overjammed and clicked by mistake!
jacqo817 8 months ago
I have seen many of the great bands during the 60's and 70's ... but NONE like Grand Funk - Oct 71 in Seattle at the then Coliseum - almost 3 hours of non-stop rock - unlike ANY of the so-called greats. If you were looking for finese, go to see Yes or a band like that. GFR was VISCERAL - the got to you on the inside. Not the same GFR now ... too bad. But what a memory of that night in Oct 71
kwgthacher 8 months ago in playlist GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
Soy un admirador de este grupo GRAND FUNK RAILROAD.
I am a fan of this group GRAND FUNK RAILROAD....
This is the music that I grew up with....GRAND FUNK RAILROAD LIVES FOREVER....!
JORGE AKA MAYANGOD1ISBACK
mayangod1isback 9 months ago
Una de las mejores Bandas de la historia, que gran guitarrista y cantante Mark Farner.!
¿Sabeis a que se dedica ahora? Alguien me dijo que era Predicador.
Un saludo a todos/as.
Mikel
MiguelMma 9 months ago
No por nada Homero J. Simpson es fàn de Grand Funk!
COMEDORDEBIRRIA 10 months ago
I am a GREAT FUNK FAN......GREAT MUSIC....!
mayangod1isback 10 months ago
wow ! mark farner must have gotten one heck of lot of pussy ! with that awsome sound and really long hair ! lol !!!!!!!
kevooom 10 months ago
wait, I though G Funk was a three piece band? Who is playing keyboards?
bucknorm 10 months ago
@bucknorm Thats Craig Frost , An old member from the pack , Grand Funk pick him up on their phoenix album , Their seventh album
47tooter 10 months ago
the all time absolute live band!!!!music,power.energy!!!!!
countgr 10 months ago
As a kid, I'd see Grand Funk Railroad albums in the record racks, but had never heard them, the radio didn't play them. So I asked a classmate what Grand Funk was all about; he advised me to get their "Live Album", so I did, took it home, and it just Royally Blew Me Away. Grand Funk was OUR band and I think that's the reason why they were so big. Their songs were actually quite intricate. I loved' them and I alway will.
cdadave83814 11 months ago
I love watching this great video at least twice a week!
Such power!
Grand funk Railroad will forever be the greatest live band.
HD80EVO 11 months ago 2
yeaaa i am 444 like this ... fantastic band
bond00777777 1 year ago
Awesome. American Garage at it's pinnacle.
FlashYes1 1 year ago
One of the best live performances. The 9 who disliked this really need to sort their lives out.
Shagrat65 1 year ago
David lee roth and jim dandy ripped mark off!!
redneck6310 1 year ago
Its long past time for GFR, Capital, Knights eras to get full length GFR concerts out of DVD.
rickcappetto 1 year ago
LOONG LIVE THE FUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
294103 1 year ago
IMHO the problem with the Hall of Fame folks is their problem with God. Mark got saved and that was it. i know Jesus Christ solved a WHOLE lot more of my problems tha He created!
pylgrym 1 year ago
IMHO the problem with the Hall of Fame folks is their problem with God. Mark got saved and that was it.
pylgrym 1 year ago
For "cheap"instruments...they sounded damn good!!!
broodyart 1 year ago
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UncleBucker 1 year ago
If Jann Wenner doesn't like you or your music, you're excluded from the R & R Hall Of Lame.
Mark Farner + Jim Dandy Mangrum = DLR (& I LIKE DLR !!!)
55KatDaddy 1 year ago
WITH CHANGE COMES CONTROVERSY!
Grand Funk Railroad ushered in the 1970's with change & until this day are misunderstood for it.
GFRxR brought the 3 man power band to the masses & have been condemned for it ever since.
The critics panned this band from the start for everything from their look (Farner's hair) to calling their instruments junk (Farner's $200 Messenger Guitar.)
Many said they never paid their dues.
HOWEVER NUMBERS DON'T LIE, EVER. 10 CONSECUTIVE PLATINUM ALBUMS!!!!
PackedFunk 1 year ago 26
@PackedFunk Ain't that the fact jack! Well said as Grand Funk Railroad was highly underated.
poachinroaches 1 year ago
@PackedFunk Well said!!! a great 3 man band which was highly underrated!
poachinroaches 1 year ago
@PackedFunk
Check out Mark Farner's website for future concerts. Saw him 3x in Michigan this year. They were a blast and Mark's voice, playing and moves are still there. Performed many of the old GFR product. Guaranteed you will think you are 16 again!
diverdog11 1 year ago
@PackedFunk
JESUS, they sold out Shey quicker than the fucking beatles!! check it out its true...and ABBA is in the R&R Hall of Fame and these guys aren't ??!!?? WTF?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
fzappa007 8 months ago
@PackedFunk well the drummers afro must give some cause for concern....
athox 4 months ago
@PackedFunk Agreed! Back then, a lot of people hated Funk. Lot of Zeppelin fans were snobs and looked down their noses at Funk--thought Zeppelin was king and Funk just wannabes.
mrsolofeo 3 months ago
Electrifying performance!!!!
glaetze 1 year ago
gawd i luv this song. grand funk is legendary, everyone else is a secondary.
tomitstube 1 year ago 15
@tomitstube
My fav too Tom! I also like Flight Of The Phoenix video. Such ENERGY is banned in half the countries in the world.
PackedFunk 1 year ago 9
This is UNFAIR!!!! why they aren't in rock'nroll hall of fame (^,^)
bugsaroch 1 year ago
I had the pleasure to see Mark solo not too long ago and to meet him after the show. On stage he was a polished flashy performer and off stage very warm,earthy and appreciative of his fans signing for everyone regardless if they bought something or not. Really what a Rock Star should be ....@PackedFunk, did you say 3 Dog Night came in 5th????
decemberschild1217 1 year ago
this what you call raw energy power rock and roll. To bad now a days it is just one big hollywood show to make money.
husky500cr 1 year ago
I still say Grand Funk Railroad should have been inducted into the Cleveland Rock and Roll of Fame. What the heck is wrong with people! Shae Stadium? Come on people. Besides what the hell does politics have to do with their undenyable talent?
scatterd100 1 year ago
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The absolute best voice in Rock, Mark Farner; and as of this posting, still is today! What wonderful memories this band brings back to me! Still would give just about anything to see the original group preform together again, just once!
scatterd100 1 year ago
The absolute best voice in Rock, Mark Farnker; and as of this posting, still is today! What wonderful memories this band brings back to me! Still would give just about anything to see the original group preform together again, just once!
scatterd100 1 year ago 20
@scatterd100
Clive Davis of Columbia records has said Mark farner is the greatest singer/songwriter/frontman alive today.
All things considered, Mark Farner is a FORCE in music & has been since 1969.
The critics always panned him & GFRxR, but numbers don't lie.
The fact remains that Mark Farner was the driving force behind "THE AMERICAN BAND."
PackedFunk 1 year ago 14
@PackedFunk The GRand Funk RR concert in KC was the only one I recall as kick ass
sibkiss2009 8 months ago
@scatterd100 I saw them live.Maybe 10 yrs ago.The concert was organized by a classic rock radio station.Im telling you,that was a crazy night!it was rock, lovely memories,women and gallons of beer.
pepetrueno1967 1 year ago
@scatterd100 I agree that's why I can't figure out how they go out as Grand Funk these days scamming the people without Mark. It would be like the Stones going out without Mick Jagger and calling themselves The Rolling Stones !
exfed9 1 year ago
@scatterd100 Disagree, best male rock voice will always be the late Brad Delp of Boston. Next would be Steve Walsh of Kansas.
Robbob9933 5 months ago
Damn, you just have to love them. Such a f... power... and joy. They REALLY MADE music...
wojtekkraj 1 year ago 2
Coming up on 10,000 signatures on our petition to induct GFRxR!
Everyone click link directly above & sign it.
It only takes one minute.
Give GFRxR the respect the critics NEVER gave them.
Think of all the great music these 3 young men gave us from '69-'76.
PackedFunk 1 year ago 18
My ex had hair like his so beautiful & flowy too bad he was so mean
Christinacolasanto 1 year ago
I just bought Grand Funk Railroad - Live the 1971 tour. Great album i love it. In the booklet it says there is a video recording (film) of the concert in the Shea stadion in NY. And thats this cd is partly a result of it, but what about the film, is that going to by released soon too ? I want to see and buy it !! so Capitol company please create a DVD we can buy !!!
kanchinagao 1 year ago
I do not know if there may be other bands so enthralling, captivating.
Rock basically simple, but a monstrous effect.
Always part of my life
Artaxbozzim 1 year ago
There has never been a more talented songster than Mark Farner.
(Neil Young comes close tho. ...both always play perfectly when they play...and Mark just has such a groovy sense of whats music)
Brewer is one of the finest drummers, and Scahcher looks stoned, and I just love him.
Thanks for posting this., I cant stop watching it.
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!! WOO HOO!!
(erm, whats up with the audience? they look so lame &behaved)
*starts singin* "Things r changin for the better. Now I'm not afraid
captainmeow1 1 year ago
Yes Grand-Funk was 1 of my favs..I love Mark's voice..
alexisnihon1 1 year ago
thanks seen gfr in 71 72 74 76 mark had a great voice hall of fame is a joke. thanks for the post
ironskull57 1 year ago
People forget over time just how big this band was in the ealy seventies.
First band to earn 10 consecutive platinum albums.
First band to earn multi-platinum status on a "Live Album 1970."
Set ticket sales record @ Shea Stadium in '71 & it was broken.
GFRxR set the bar high at which others are judged to this day.
HD80EVO 1 year ago
@PackedFunk yeap...
Liviu19 1 year ago
Bottom line. Grand Funk knew how to steal the entire audience like no one else.
glaetze 1 year ago
Pay close attention at 3:55. By this time of the song, Mark and GFR manage to get the entire audience to wildly bob up and down to the song. That's very impressive. Not many groups can do that.
It eventual morphs into a scene of frantic captivity. Wow!
glaetze 1 year ago
rock and roll hall of fame is a sham...no grand funk no deep purple no black sabbath..tull they are all into what is vogue....hey truth is they are all too young to remember...I was there..these bands deserve to be there especially the funk!!
mightybeeb 1 year ago
@mightybeeb Hi mightybeeb! You're correct regarding R&R HOF is a sham, but Black Sabbath was inducted into the HOF. I think in 2005?? Metallica did the induction ceremony. We love GFR too. Cheers!
MiniMay99 1 year ago
is this the closest they got to prog?
then00best 1 year ago
@then00best
Come on dill weed, WTF is a prog?
HD80EVO 1 year ago
@HD80EVO progressive rock
then00best 1 year ago
used to play brooms to this to(air guitar)
BerkLeeDrm 1 year ago
I think some of the best bans ever where hard rock power trios ! Turn up the volume and jam !
OHIOROCKS7 1 year ago
I've never seen so much sound from just 3 dudes. They somehow morph a sound of about 6 players, instead of 3.
Truly amazing.
Great song too!
glaetze 1 year ago 4
@glaetze
More energy from this performance than any in history I think.
HD80EVO 1 year ago
@HD80EVO
At least one of the most energetic, true.
Another incredibly energetic performance from just 3 players was the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Monterrey Pop Festival doing the song Killing Floor.
Check it out.
glaetze 1 year ago
The bastard which passes for current music is wholly inorganic, and is in fact not music at all. It is the illegitimate child of corporate accountants, and engineers sitting at computers. I dislike it, very much.
lvsiii 1 year ago 2
I was a huge GFR fan as a teen in the mid to late 70's. In March of 1992 I got to meet Mark Farner after a show he played at McCormicks club in Passadenna Texas. He autographed my concert ticket. Very nice guy! Huge thrill for me! Eddie VanHalen said in an interview, Grand Funk used to kick ass live. They were the only band he ever saw live, that lived up to his expectations. Enough said!
iloveshonenknife1 1 year ago 3
@iloveshonenknife1
Yeah. And it's interesting to see how much David Lee Roth ended-up looking like Mark Farner, not long after, during their career, later on in the 70s and 80s. Hmmmm. Long blond hair, no shirt, tight pants, etc. (L.O.L.)
I guess you can go by the old saying, "imitation is the ultimate form of flattery".
glaetze 1 year ago
Still the greatest rock band.....EVAH
wellcraft28 1 year ago 2
What a performance!
jttxyz 1 year ago 3
PackedFunk 1 year ago 23
I've always thought it was real decent Of Mark & The Boys to leave 25% for the rest of the bands to fight over. Ha!
The fact remains that GFRxR dominated the early seventies, PERIOD!
No band wanted to follow them, no band could follow them.
If they tried, they suffered the consequenses like Led Zeppelin did.
(My 5 part "History" posted here shows this in detail.)
PackedFunk 1 year ago 14
@PackedFunk I can't believe how they were so big, and now it seems, they hardly exist. I don't think I'd know if it wasn't for my Uncle, who played the live album for me as a teenager. I'll never forget that
GrandFunker 1 year ago 2
When I was in high school a long time ago, I asked some friends what Grand Funk sounded like; they didn't get any radio play yet I saw their records in stores. One friend recommended that I buy the first Grand Funk live album. I did, and it just left me absolutely breathless. I'd never heard music with that kind of intensity before. All I could do was stare at my turntable with my mouth wide open. Wow. And, that album's version of "Inside Looking Out" is IMMORTAL.
cdadave83814 1 year ago 3
Hey man, I was there! At 19 secs in, look for the dude in the light shirt w/t-shirt underneath in the middle of the screen - that was ME!! (me again at 39 seconds in)...I loved this band and went to all of their concerts when they came through my area...
2bascoman 1 year ago 4
I blew my parents console record player speakers out with the Mark,Don & Mel album.You know the ones that were a piece of wood furniture. They would leave and I would get the house a shakin',they never knew why the buzz would show up when they played their Sinatra records.Never missed a show in the Dallas area ,in 1973 the ticket price was 7 bucks and what a show they gave their fans!! .Hell ya they should be inducted !
myknapsack 1 year ago
I have GFR Live in Tokyo japan 1974 DVD for sale. send me a message if u want a copy : )
purplehouse26 1 year ago
They were Killers :-)
Ruraljohn 1 year ago 2
You're absolutely right Packedfunk!
That is Rock and Roll, not the mediocrity we have now.
rponce54 1 year ago 3
One of Michigan's A list bands! The mix of soul/motown influences and raw loud garage rock was pure magic. The West Amps they used had their own sound, bassist use of overdrive were all the right things at the right time. Don has to be one of the most spot on drummers ever. I especially love the three piece portion of their careers, and damn they could sing too!
day44music 1 year ago 2
They were dissed by Rolling Stone because they weren't Bob Dylan or Jefferson Airplane. They were pioneers because they perfectly blended Motown soul with rock and roll, best combination in my opinion.
ubdoobtoo 1 year ago 3
In USSR wher I am from they were GODS. I personally bought their Live Album worth my month salary at black market in Leningrad to listen to it for years every day. Raw, unrestricted, crashing pure energy of rock-n-roll. Nothing to compare with - fantastic unique breakthrough to higher dimensions of music
DM1956x 1 year ago
critics hated them they were funky as hell,and not in regular genre
dreadtodred 1 year ago
Amazingly the critics blasted them back then as they did with Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep and others. Were they really that bad compared or were rock music standards higher? As a 16 year old back then I loved them but fondness or lack thereof was probably an age thing. Most critics were way older: But today ,also way older, I still think they rocked hard and well. I have no regrets nor am ashamed to have bought most of their records and gone to their concert in Montreal.
ampheat 1 year ago
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broodyart 1 year ago
@ampheat Been a gfr fan since 1969--They rock!
musclecarusa 1 year ago 3
I saw them on this same tour, a couple of weeks earlier in Jacksonville, Florida
awesome
rivermandan9 1 year ago
Man, ditto to what PackedFunk said. This was my all time favorite band during the late sixites, early seventies. I was at their concert every time they came through my area - most times on the front row somewhere. No one beats the energy that these guys showed on stage!!
2bascoman 1 year ago
Grand Funk Railroad is what I consider the epitome of what Rock and Roll is supposed to be -- a three piece garage band that went on to be the most popular band in the world. They were simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us Funk Fans who remember, NOTHING CAN REPLACE IT!!
That is rock and roll.
The sad part is The Hall of Fame has no idea what I'm even saying.
PackedFunk 1 year ago 42
I couldn't have said it better - PackedFunk. Man, I loved this band!! I went to every concert that came through my area. I would go the concert in Dallas one weekend, then make it to the one in Shreveport. La. the next. I'd be right on the one of the first few rows. In fact the guy @ :43 seconds (white shirt, dark hair) that could have been me - looks just like me back then! The is by far my favorite band during the late sixities and early seventies. Awesome. Nostalga is great isn't it
2bascoman 1 year ago
@PackedFunk I was a roadie w/ them for a time, they were the real deal...a lot of major rock acts really were influenced by these guys...I have nothing but respect for them...they r on the outs now, but hey, that is the biz...mp
54000magnus 1 year ago
Was this really MSG in 1972. Phoenix was released in the summer. I did not think they toured after firing Knight that fast.
1904gman 1 year ago
Grang Funk Railroad played in Hyde Pk London it was a free concert about 69 or 1970. I was there and it was a realy good start to the Rock world.
goarock1 1 year ago
YES, I got dates mixed up. I was at the Philly concert (same tour)
dhjdhj 1 year ago
WHO IS PLAYING ORGAN?
(Craig Frost was brought in in 1974)
dhjdhj 1 year ago
This is Craig Frost. He started playing on Phoenix Album in late '72.
PackedFunk 1 year ago
takes me back. thanks.
Flunder 1 year ago
omg Homer Simpson was right about that band
hallabalooza 1 year ago 2
The fact remains that no band dared to or could follow GFRxR in their heyday.
Remember what happened to Zeppelin in '69?
Can you imagine trying to take the stage after this????
PackedFunk 1 year ago
i have GFR live in tokyo 1974 on dvd if anyone wants to buy it message me : )
purplehouse26 1 year ago
I would like to have a copy of the GFR concert on DVD
1904gman 1 year ago
Love the rawness.
slinkydinky999 1 year ago
@slinkydinky999 then you will love ''live album'' ..
En0ErUP 1 year ago 2
@saynotodarwin
Check out my 5 part "History" of Grand Funk Railroad for the answer.
PackedFunk 1 year ago
Real music. No electronics "enhancement".
ginkax 1 year ago 3
This song has more energy than ANY song I have ever heard.
I love this type of High energy music.
Grand Funk set ticket sales records wherever they played back in the early '70's. People forget how big this great band was back then.
THIS IS THE AMERICAN BAND & I'm proud to be an American.
HD80EVO 1 year ago 7
Makes one wonder what Jann Wenner of The Rock Hall is smoking to ban this great American Band.
I signed the petition, so should everyone else.
No Funk=No Hall Of Fame
HD80EVO 1 year ago 7
This is MUSIC
Ruraljohn 1 year ago 7
makes one proud to be American..
diabhal 1 year ago 9
R I P The Great Buddy Holly.
Feb. 3, 1959 - The Day The Music Died.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
MAN this was real r and r,not like todays crappy ass shit they TRY to call music
3watchit 2 years ago 32
Gad damned! They were good... Sorry Mark!
vivelavidarocka 2 years ago 14
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
i have G.F.R full show in Tokyo 1974 on dvd if an one is interested, message me : )
purplehouse26 2 years ago 5
Grand Funk Railroad showing how it's done, kickin' ass & takin' names!
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Holy FUCK, this rocks!
plangentmusic 2 years ago 9
B, too!
theREALonekev 2 years ago 4
fuckin A
feenex69 2 years ago 3
And just think, Madonna is in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame but Grand Funk isn't. What a joke !
slinkydinky999 2 years ago 7
@slinkydinky999
Yea, it pisses me off slinky.
That skanky bitch doesn't deserve shit.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
@slinkydinky999 Madonna??? WHAT THE FUCKING HELL????? and GFR DON't???? WHO THE HELL IS MADONNA??'
TheDukeOfCastleWolf 2 years ago 5
listen to ^ it; it breathes a spirit, transmits a thought, a sound, a fury signifying "a feel" all its own... you know what that feeling is, you either have that feeling or you gave it away, denied it. couple that with talent; you express that feeling with real talent, and it's good. and if it's good it justifies and points back to the heroes. nobody ever replaces heroes, the heroes just... live on - that's the point
astronomius 2 years ago 3
WOW THATS AWESOME
jesambmic 2 years ago 4
see, this is why we have multiple, alternate versions on albums; THIS IS FANTASTIC! song sounds a little different every time they played it, a lot of room for GREAT improv. definitely has to be covered!
astronomius 2 years ago 4
Sorry, but I would be forced to hate ANY cover of this. Who could ever do this justice???
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago 4
This is my favorite too!
Pure ENERGY!
PackedFunk 2 years ago
What a posting!!!..just found this...One GFR, there's only ONE GFR, one GFRRRRRRRRRR, there's only one GFR!!!!!Happy Christmas you blessed person who posted this : )
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago 5
Pure hard rock ...
one of the best guitar riffs ...
importance that has more techniques and techniques
the music to hear
not to see ...
I liked what I heard!
Great arquive!
moimoiac 2 years ago 4
Everyone sign the damn petition & lets get Grand Funk Railroad the respect that is due!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuckin' Phil Collins over Mark Farner??? Are you kidding me???????????
FUCK THIS!!!
Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone has crossed the line.
HD80EVO 2 years ago 5
Ezekialwheel, Mark's hollowbody was an Eastwood Messinger.
imadvi82 2 years ago
Mark's hollow-body was no Eastwood brand. It was a Messenger brand. Eastwood made a "Tribute" guitar of it, semi hollow and no aluminum neck. No fuzz circuit also.
ilichinfiction 2 years ago
Mark Farner may have played some butt ugly guitars but he made them sound like a Fender Strat. Damn that man can sure play.
bigguy4570 2 years ago 2
Mark Farner played some of the butt ugliest guitars.He always jammed his ass off though.
hendodabest 2 years ago 5
@hendodabest I think mark was once given a SG but i dont know how long that lasted
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago
Yeah. Mark was just about the best front man ever! He always gave his all. He was my rock idol back in the day!!
Bekki54 2 years ago 3
hey packed...do you know what kind of guitar that mark is playin?
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago 2
Hey oldschool.
That's a Microfrets Signature Series guitar. I personally like that guitar.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
@PackedFunk thanks..if i see one around will surely give it a go. Collecting and playing Danelectro these days..not much in sustain but good sounding!
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago
kill the system , with love , and inteligence... and with
ROCK AND ROLL.
universeandfuture 2 years ago 2
The Huffington Post just wrote an article about Grand Funk being blackballed by The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Go to their site & search:
How lame is The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame?
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Everyone click on link & sign our petition for Mark Farner & Grand Funk Railroad.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Great NRG. Love this song. Go Mel go!
KOOKLAMAN 2 years ago 4
and the Guns!.
FastMg42 2 years ago 4
man, when i mention loving Grand Funk, people laugh and go "were an american band is a good song i guess" fuck that, that song ended this band. all thier work before Were An American Band will forever be some of the greatest heavy psychdelic rocks weve ever heard..long live the power TRIO, and fawk keyboards!!!!!
lethrneck4 2 years ago 3
When I see wrong to people I care about, I try my best to fix it.
Good people should NOT be shit on. My 2cents.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Fuck the R&R Hall of Fame. I don't need some posers in suits to tell me who's worth listening to and who isn't.
plangentmusic 2 years ago 4
Turn it up-
Turn it down-
But don't turn it off!
GFRxR Forever!
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Hey Micktone, there's a live version somewhere on You Tube, My chick and I watched about 2 months ago. IT was great! My fav drum solo of all time!
zorozornes 2 years ago 2
Real Music!!!!!!!!!How music supose to be!
drummersliq 2 years ago 3
Thats how music was when Americans lived with far more freedom than todays Police Nazi State. or = New World Order.
FastMg42 2 years ago 2
Saludos a los Schangüets.
La mejor banda cover de los Grand. El chino, el moñiño, el GTN y el pelao'
marcol68 2 years ago
They have been underated...It's about TIME they get ino HALL OF FAME !!!
OROSEY 2 years ago 4
Oh play that Funky music..white boys!
Grand Funk ruled back in the early 70's. Just check out the audience. They love em.' Raw energy!
Bekki54 2 years ago 2
Homero me recomendo esta banda
rainbow3922 2 years ago 2
Pure cosmic energy...this music is real...
ccmorg007 2 years ago 2
AWESOME
Jakapan1982 2 years ago
this is where i started my pot smoking. thank you very much Mark, Mel and Don.
rodrico50 2 years ago
Mark Farner & GFRxR were a performance vehicle.
They were geared for live performances. With almost no airplay in the early days, this is what made them famous.
They set the standard at which other bands are judged today.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
Simply AWESOME WOW , I just love it ,
passion , freaky , straight from the heart ,
power , music you just love :)
thedishcookiemonster 2 years ago 2
GFRR is the epitome of 70's hardcore.. Fucking Awesome!!!
Andoryuu1 2 years ago 3
man these guys would be fun to have at yer birthday party!
beefheart67 2 years ago 3