The Guess Who - American Woman | REVIEW
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These Eyes, No Sugar Tonight, lots of hits in the 70's, love them!
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature is epic!
The grandaddies of Canadian rock!!! The Guess Who still rules! 🇨🇦
Robert Plant once said Burton Cummings had one of the best voices in rock. One of my favourite Burton Cummings songs is from his solo career in the late 70’s “Never Had a Lady Before”. Appreciate the love you’ve been showing Canadian artists. 🇨🇦👍🏼
That's hilarious cause he sounds like plant imo. Especially in this song.
Ringo Starr picked Cummings for his Ringo Starr All Star Band
Don't hate on me for saying this because I totally know I'm in the minority. But I've always liked Cummings'voice way way better than Plant's...
I like Stand Tall and My Own Way to Rock from Burton's solo career and Takin Care of Business, You Aint Seen Nothin Yet from Randy Bachman (guitarist in Guess Who) career with BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive) after Guess Who broke up
@@paulmorris8762 Randy left The Guess Who years before they broke up.
The band's second recorded version of "No Time" is fantastic, too. Also from the "American Woman" LP.
My favorite song from this band is “No Time”
My favorite is "Undun", but "These Eyes" is a close second. Way under-rated is "Hang On to Your Life".
Undun is a masterpiece
Randy Bachman is and was one of the best guitarist going, and Burton Cummings is one of the greatest rock singers!!
It's about politics. I remember it when it came out. I was 17. Right away I knew he was singing about the US---the Vietnam War, ghetto riots, commercialism. It's very political. A lot of young men escaped the draft by moving to Canada at the time. It was a big hit. And controversial.
Buckle Up Boys the Guess Who are a real ride and everyone in Canada knows and still loves these guys.
Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee....................Joni Mitchell, Neil Young,Leonard Cohen, the Tragically Hip ,Guess Who,BTO,April Wine and on and on and on !
Don't forget Triumph.
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I do believe Rush should also be included in this conversation.
@@GibsonB4512 Rush, Blue Rodeo, Cowboy Junkies, Max Webster, Great Big Sea, Crobar, Rough Trade, Parachute Club, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Brave Belt, Rheostatics, Northern Pikes.
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Just repeating a Letterkenny line. Apologies. Only one reply would make sense in that case.
The greatest Canadian singer-songwriter ever is Gordon Lightfoot.
This is clearly a Viet Nam protest song, and the American Woman is the Statue Of Liberty.
It's an obvious protest line, “I don’t need your war machines, I don’t need no ghetto scenes,” that comes up toward the end.
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings wrote a lot of good tunes No Sugar Tonight, These Eyes true supergroup of the 70s
This was not so much about a woman as it was an anti-America song: ghettos, war machines and the like. I'm an American and I know for a fact this was an anti-Vietnam war anthem. We figured this out back during the draft when guys were escaping to Canada instead of dying in a rice paddy. Women? Not about women.
You got the story half right. American Women refers to the Statue of Liberty. The band while performing in the USA under a work visa, were almost forced to join America's Vietnam War. They quickly returned across our boarder, found a gig to play at when lead guitarist Randy (BTO fame) broke a string. Burton still freak about almost being drafted, began singing the lyric "American Women Stay Away From Me". Hardcore Canadians remember Burton Cummings back when he was a lounge singer under the aliases Frankie Fontaine. ua-cam.com/video/uMgwUAnXEdE/v-deo.html 😉
@Robert Everett Thanks, I know this story to be true because I was in the room when Randy Bachman told it. Randy (our neighbour) performed at our local theatre on Vancouver Island, BC CANADA
@@T-ShirtMagic Cummings and Bachman can't agree on what day of the week it is half the time.
After they broke up Randy Bachman started Bachman Turner Overdrive and they are worth a listen.
Randy left years before The Guess Who broke up
He’s running from that hurt an American Woman put on him! 🤣
One of the best voice in rock great music live even better
I was at the Glenbriar Curling Club in Waterloo Ontario the night this song was born live on stage…It’s a hardware store now with a plaque on the wall commemorating this unique event in rock history!
🇨🇦lovin it from Toronto Canada....one of the greatest bands in the 70s....
These are my hometown boys and yes Burton Cummings has one of the best voices in rock. For two different songs by them check out Humpty's Blues and Undun. Cheer 🇨🇦
Undun is different - and amazing
Guess Who: Undun, Hand Me Down World, Share the Land, No Sugar Tonight, Star Baby
This band brings back memories man…makes me feel young again,Love these guys 😊
Lol.. 😄🇨🇦 CANADIAN Band with a song American woman stay away from me. Priceless!😄👍
The guitar sound was caused by a device called a FuzzBox, it distorted the sound, famous back then
His voice is so utterly tantalising. He has a way a singing some words which is just so fine. So sensual. Edgy. He always made my 14-15year old self swoon. Such fun.
Awesome song one of my fav and the song is actually about America and the Vietnam war. One of the best voices in the business and gets no credit including the band and the band members that left and became BTO.
I love the Guess Who. Lots of great songs, No Sugar Tonight, Laughing. You should check out Bachman Turner Overdrive. One of the Guess Who spin off bands...
Great reaction! If you want check out another great Canadian band from Winnipeg that Randy Bachman was in, try BTO. Good songs would be Let It Ride, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, Takin Care of Business and Hey You.
It's definitely about politics. Speaking with Songfacts, Randy Bachman called "American Woman" an "antiwar protest song," explaining that when they came up with it on stage, both the band and the audience had a problem with the Vietnam War. Said Bachman: "We had been touring the States. This was the late '60s, they tried to draft us, send us to Vietnam. We were back in Canada, playing in the safety of Canada where the dance is full of draft dodgers who've all left the States."
You guys pointed out that this wasn't written, it was improvised. Did you know that the Bachman Turner Overdrive song Takin' Care of Business was ALSO a song that was improvised on stage in front of a live audience? One night Fred Turner wore out his voice and Randy Bachman told the band to follow along and Randy sang the reworked lyrics to his song White Collar Worker, changing the chorus to TCB on the spot? That's two huge hits for Bachman that were both made up in front of the audience. Extremely talented dude.
No Time! Great song!
True crime they aren't in the RRHOF. It would be a FULL stage if they were inducted, so many hits with so many different members too.
Why do I feel they need more cowbell. I am Canadian too and as a young man they were the best. John Lennon said in an interview if you could have any voice other than your own who would that be? Without hesitation he said Burton Cummings. Even Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin said Burton had the best vice he ever heard. Blues, rock and roll combined....GOLD!
Next Guess Who song to hit: "These Eyes"
One of the greatest rock songs period. It is definitely an anti-Vietnam War song, which primarily involved the U.S. The American Woman is a metaphor for your country - our neighbour to the south.
Yeah, that was bs with his explanation. Otherwise, explain then the “war machine” and “ghetto” references! Duuuhhh....🤔
@@salbuda6957 What nonsense. Three words and the whole song is about Vietnam? Burton Cummings has explained that the song had NOTHING to do with war or Vietnam from day one. Period. He had - and has - no reason to lie. Since he alone wrote the lyrics I'm pretty sure that he knows what the song was about.
Actually Cummings has said a million times that there was nothing political about the song. It was a feeling of "Canadian woman come closer" after a long tour in the states. He has said that the women in Canada were a little gentler if you will, than the American Women.
It was just nice to be back in their homeland. Nothing political about it.
@@tommiesmith3191 He can say what he likes since they are his lyrics but 'I don't need your war machines, I don't need your ghetto scenes' is pretty plain, direct and definitely socio-political. Even if he is not intending to personify America via a female it is most certainly a political statement.
@@timwhitnell7145 That one phrase is. I'm not arguing that one line.
But the overall theme is not political.
So says the lyricist.
Got a problem, get a hold of Ol' Burt.
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No Time is also a song on that album that was a hit The Guess Who - No Time - UA-cam
It's got a beat and you can dance to it. No Time!
No cover could do this justice.
Randy Bachman formed BTO after leaving Guess Who then Burton left to have a solo career and they still get together to perform occasionally including a jazz/blues version of this song
Burton Cummings has the greatest grunts of any singer.
You listen to the Guess Who on record and the the solos from lead guitarist Randy Bachman are these tight, focused solos. Music that has edges. Live, man Bachman could lay back and just let the music roll. Deserves to be talked about in the same breath as Jeff Beck, Clapton, all the greats. The pride Canadians feel in this band is intense.
Perfectly on the money there, sir!! Rock ON!
They played this song on the White House lawn for Richard Nixon LOL - it's an anti war (Vietnam) song
They Did like American woman. They didnt like the Vietnam War!😤😳🤯
Not only were the band from Winnipeg (where I currently reside) but they used exclusively Garnet Amplifiers, manufactured here, as well.
I believe the story goes that it was an impromptu jam that a fan recorded on a cassette and had the opportunity to play it back to them. They decided it should become a single from that.
Protesting the Vietnam war
Hey Ryan, I need some trombone info...LOL!!!
I think the Guess Who are a terrific group, and Burton Cummings has, with Eric Burdon, one of my top voices in rock. They had a number of big radio hits, like "These Eyes", "No Time", "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature", as well as a lot of other really great material, like "Undun", "Guns, Guns, Guns", "A Wednesday In Your Garden", "Three More Days", "So Long Bannatyne". Bachman had almost a Frippertronic kind of tone going on with the lead here, very cool. They also did a great 16-minute jam on this song on the "Live at the Paramount" album.
They put on the best concert i ever saw.
You young'uns missed sooooo much!!!!!!! We Boomers like all generations, made our share of mistakes, but our music was THE VERY BEST, BAR NONE!
This was one of the first favorite songs of my life when it came out when I was 8 years old.
"American Woman" is an euphonism for America's war policy about Vietnam and is sung from a Canadian's point of view!
Cummings has said over and over there was nothing political about the song.
It was more a feeling of "Canadian woman come closer", after a long tour in the states.
It was just nice to be back in their homeland.
just apply this to Meghan Markle.... as a Brit, true story.
Leave Meaghan alone will ya? Loser!!!
I was just on a blog talking about how ignorant Americans are. You've just proved it. Manitoba???? So proud to be poorly educated but sad for you!
You kids are so humerous! New sub and greetings from Illinois!
The Guess Who are from my home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba. They. Many great songs. Try “These Eyes”, “No Sugar Tonight “, Undun”,. Burton went solo with hits as well. Try “Stand Tall”, “No Time”. Randy Bachman left to form BTO. (Bachman, Turner Overdrive). Try “You Ain’t Seen Notin Yet”, “Let It Ride”, and “Taking Care of Business “.
I'm liking the variety of music on this channel
Guys...the sound of the guitar you are wondering of is the magic of producers that work the machines.
no no no...saw him perform this live...no studio tricks
fuzzbox yes....
Randy Bachman utilized a specific tube amplifier. When recording they put a microphone in front of the amp instead of using direct boxes. BTW, if you weren't aware, this is the same Randy Backman that later formed Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
It was an antiwar song. At the time there was a lot of anti American sentiment in with younger people in Canada, partly due to the Vietnam War and all the civil rights issues, but also because US culture was dominating Canada (due to population and economic differences). Canadian acts invariably had to move to the US to make a decent living which also led to resentment. Burton's story was just that. He was being polite.
Great reaction guys!👍🇨🇦
Try listening to the live Winnipeg version!!!! Excellent!!!!
this intro kinda reminds me of led zeppelin's "bring it on home" intro which also turns into a heavy rock beat. By the way may i suggest you do a reaction to the guess who's "these eyes" and /or "laughing" both great songs
My niece hated them just because of this song. She liked it fine when Lenny Kravitz did it. I did too!
I have to correct you. Even though Burton Cummings has denied that it’s about America and politics, of course it really is lol. Just listen to the lyrics and when he wrote them he was inspired by the anti-Vietnam sentiments and the desire for Canadians not to become part of America -hated all the things he was seeing at the time “war machines, ghetto scenes”
at the time he wrote it. The “American woman “is also a metaphor for the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the US of course.
What's mind blowing is the history of this band. From a medium sized prairie city, Winnipeg, in the heart of stone cold Canada. Amazing.
It's affectionately (derisively?) known as Winterpeg because it gets bloody cold in Winnipeg.
Great cowbell!
Hey guys just subscribed to your channel. Now I'm 60 years old. Back then music was designed and engineered for 4 speakers. Everything was recorded on 16 track then formatted for 8 track. So for most of the 60's and 70's music is best listened too with a set of 4 Yamaha speakers and a Techniques turntable playing the album. Also their instruments you're listening too were made in the 60's
Yeah, the acoustic intro gets clipped from the radio edit.
Manitoba is the province to the west of Ontario. It's north of Minnesota and North Dakota.
Their drummer is SUPERB!!!!!!
🇨🇦 love it when you hear an American say " Where is Manitoba " can you believe this in 2021.
In live performances, this song could go on forever. They actually developed a second song out of it called “”Trucking Off Across the Sky” which can be heard following “American Woman” on the “Live at the Paramount” album.
You should also check out Randy Bachman who formed his own group later called Bachman Turner Overdrive or B.T.O.
"I don't need your war machines, I don't need your ghetto scenes." Of course it's political.
These Eyes, NO Sugar Tonight, No Time;
Gotta do "No Time" for sure.
And for Randy Bachman, you guys would love some BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
Randy Bachman just found the guitar used on this song in Japan,as it was stolen from him 45 years ago.
No Sugar Tonight/ New Mother Nature!!!! PLEASE!!!!
Burton Cummings has one of the best rock voices of all time. Listen to Albert Flasher or Runnin Back To Saskatoon.
"I don't need your war machines, I don't need your Ghetto scenes" I think there was a political element to this song :)
Randy Bachman left the Guess Who and formed Bachman Turner Overdrive one of their big hits was... Taking Care of Bussines Bachman & Turner - Takin' Care Of Business (Live At The Roseland Ballroom NYC) - UA-cam
One awesome channel, gentlemen!!!! Keep Rockin'
Pull out a map of North America showing all the provinces, states & cities now go to the centre of the map you will find Winnipeg! Lol
This is music post Woodstock.....which they played at...all guitars sounded liken that back in the day!!!
Oh boys, you obviously don't know about us Canadian women 😊😁❤️🇨🇦
Randy Bachman ended up forming Bachman-Turner Overdrive later...
For the record guys American women was a huge hit in North America, back in the day, bigger than when Lenny covered it😊
Don’t forget Albert Flasher, Clap for the Wolfman, Star Baby, Hand me Down World. The Guess WHO’s Greatest hits is still a great listen from start to finish.
Baloney. This was anti war. Anti government. We all knew it.
For the year 1970 this is just about as bad ass as it gets then came bto absolute bone crunching music hell yes
Before Randy on guitar was Kurt Winter. I'm sure that's who you're hearing. You can him live doing American Woman on an old Midnight Special.
The intro was on the album only
Randy Bachman....Bachman Turner Overdrive..
Check out Nazareth "Hair of the Dog!!!"Also Nazareth "Love Hurts!!!!"
You guys might cuss a blue streak, but I appreciate that you don't on the channel. Very refreshing to me. Cumming's voice was one of the most unique at the time with the very fast vibrato, but also the grit. Wasn't hard on the eyes either! One of my favorites. As others have said, a number of great songs to choose from.
Bauchman with BTO "Let it Roll"
Burton Cummings is a legendary singer, Guitarist Randy Bachman is the B in BTO.
Well done lads!
Those American women, especially CA girls were hot but they'd definitely mess your mind ! I was 19 in CA when this came out 😎
I have 3 versions of this on my playlist, Guess Who, Krokus and Lenny
Man the Guess Who was the greatest! American Woman was superb! Burton Cummings had one of the greatest vocalists EVER! Listen to many many of their songs!! Burton Still does concerts!!❤❤❤
Yes..you are definitely correct about how and why this song was written...Burton Cummings is quoted with saying that exact explanation of how coming back from an American tour and playing the Granite Club in Kitchener Waterloo he looked out in the crowd and noticed how much he preferred Canadian Women....nothing to do with anti Vietnam protest except to call America a war machine and allude to all the poverty that wasnt so prevalent in Canada in the late sixties