Arthur Lee and Love - Forever Changes Concert (Alone Again Or & A House is Not a Motel)

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  • Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
  • From the Forever Changes Concert at London's Royal Festival Hall. This is a live recording of the first two songs of the performance.The songs are Alone Again Or and A House is Not a Motel.

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  • @Drummingvulture
    @Drummingvulture 2 роки тому +26

    Mike Randel adds some great lead guitar to "A House Is Not A Motel".
    I'm so glad that Arthur Lee got to experience a little of the fame he richly deserved.
    RIP

  • @mikedavis7925
    @mikedavis7925 11 років тому +93

    The most under rated artist in rock history

    • @Dive-Bar-Casanova
      @Dive-Bar-Casanova 2 роки тому +5

      Along with Brian McClean.

    • @lastnamefirst4035
      @lastnamefirst4035 2 роки тому +1

      @@Dive-Bar-Casanova Do you know who wrote most of Loves songs? BM or AL?

    • @erickleon8243
      @erickleon8243 2 роки тому +2

      totally agree

    • @molarutger3371
      @molarutger3371 Рік тому +3

      Love Arthur Lee he was the very best, miss him so much

    • @molarutger3371
      @molarutger3371 Рік тому +3

      Love is the best group ever, and love Arthur Lee

  • @lennyscumwage
    @lennyscumwage 12 років тому +79

    words do fail. He was one of the greatest stars of his age. Forever Changes ranks with Pet Sounds, Revolver, etc.

    • @fanfanackapan
      @fanfanackapan 6 років тому +3

      My favourite bands! Beach Boys, Beatles and Love x

    • @Zapple7
      @Zapple7 2 роки тому

      Agreed.

    • @bartbarton3082
      @bartbarton3082 Рік тому

      Arthur , you made the world a nicer place to live , and still do : ) : )

    • @Waltzenfree
      @Waltzenfree Рік тому

      ​@howard bianchi And over coming all that this band puts out an incredible Swan Song DVD.
      When I heard he was going to play Bingos 365 Club in San Francisco I made that 400 mile return trip to see them.
      So glad I did, they were Amazing🎉

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 11 днів тому

      A bitter pill to swallow perhaps, but a bit better than those bands.

  • @takfam07
    @takfam07 13 років тому +82

    Frankly, to my ears Arthur Lee is much better than Kurt Cobain, and Love is much better than Nirvana. Yet every day folks rarely hear of Arthur Lee, while Kobain is mythologized and Nirvana heralded as the "sound of a generation." Tells you something. All I know is, Arthur Lee was brilliant and unique and deserving of more accolades for his accomplishments than he received during his lifetime.

    • @stevecarl8696
      @stevecarl8696 2 роки тому +6

      Absolutely

    • @raddmann336
      @raddmann336 2 роки тому +6

      If he hadn’t died nobody would think Cobain was all that great.

    • @erickleon8243
      @erickleon8243 2 роки тому +4

      really an under rated musician

    • @Enevan1968
      @Enevan1968 2 роки тому +7

      Asmuch as I liked KC and Nirvana, they never wrote a song like A House is not a Motel, let alone Seven and Seven is

    • @danesarchive771
      @danesarchive771 2 роки тому +13

      why even compare?

  • @streetparade
    @streetparade 12 років тому +49

    Alone Again Or....absolutely classic song....the whole album is brilliant. Man, whatever that was in the water that produced this generation of American and British musicians, I sure wish we could find it again. They were absolutely extraordinary. The list is endless...Lee, Hendrix, Page, Townshend, Dylan, Lennon, McCartney, Young, Gilmour, Barrett, Joplin, Gaye, Mayfield, Waters, Marley, Fogerty, Plant, Bonham, JPJ, Davies, Mitchell, Aretha, Wonder, Wilson.....truly unreal.

    • @ebrena1876
      @ebrena1876 3 роки тому +5

      Yep I'm sure glad they were all in my life back then people had imagination & time. They wrote the lyrics they put it to music and when it was an excellent song they all went around the world playing in so many places. They don't do that today. And they had real instruments and learned to use them in amazing ways creating a sound so good.

    • @martynjack1493
      @martynjack1493 2 роки тому +3

      Please don't leave out The Doors

    • @user-qq2sp5tm1c
      @user-qq2sp5tm1c Рік тому

      ​@@martynjack1493 да, Джим Моррисон был оригиналом до конца, он достоин места в этом долбаной списке

  • @alanollier9683
    @alanollier9683 11 років тому +40

    On this tour Arthur played a small club here in Crewe ( the much missed Limelight) the owner had never heard of him and was totally gobsmacked when every ticket was bought in a matter of a few days with people coming from all over the country, and what a night it was ! My Brother and I crushed together with an audience encompassing teenagers ,septigenarians and everyone inbetween, luckily later managed to get a S/board recording of what was probably the finest gig I ever attended.

    • @jospinvanraat8730
      @jospinvanraat8730 4 роки тому +5

      You are blessed

    • @davidelliott4478
      @davidelliott4478 Рік тому

      Lucky guy I missed out in York.

    • @juliesims1296
      @juliesims1296 Рік тому

      Saw them here in Newcastle under Lyme too 🙂

    • @lennyharp
      @lennyharp Рік тому +1

      I would "Love" to get a good recording of this concert.

    • @steveharris4695
      @steveharris4695 Місяць тому

      Same tour. To my eternal shame, I had only found "Forever Changes" about 6 months earlier (in my Forties then!!), and I saw them at Woburn (sold out). Got tickets for the Royal Festival Hall in 2003 for the whole shebang with brass and strings for the album - WHAT A DAY!

  • @cybolton302
    @cybolton302 3 роки тому +22

    Waaaay before Hendrix, there was Arthur Lee. Imagine going to the Whisky in 1967 and seeing this, preceded by the local house band, The Doors. Happened often. And people wonder why the 60s were considered so special for music.

    • @barrycowan3540
      @barrycowan3540 2 роки тому +5

      Love, 1966, Santa Monica Civic. $3.00.

    • @cybolton302
      @cybolton302 2 роки тому +3

      @@barrycowan3540 Funny you mention the Civic. I grew up in Santa Monica and saw a ton of shows there. '66 was a little early for me but I was a regular starting in 1970.

    • @lennyharp
      @lennyharp Рік тому

      I missed the show by Love

  • @clg850b
    @clg850b 13 років тому +12

    It's a real shame that more people aren't aware of the music of Love, spread the word, this is real music.......

  • @Alwaystuned
    @Alwaystuned 11 років тому +25

    This is not rock and roll this is pure power.

  • @stangovers7441
    @stangovers7441 Рік тому +17

    Thank you for filming and recording this performance. I saw Love many times in the 60's in Hollywood. They were my favorite band at the time. Live performances always sounded like the albums. Their 3rd album, Forever Changes, stands up to all greatest albums, including Pet Sounds, and Sgt Pepper. So unknown to many, he was one of the greatest songwriters of our time.

  • @patfromlogan
    @patfromlogan 13 років тому +11

    Love and Spirit, the two most underappreciated bands from LA....

    • @Zapple7
      @Zapple7 2 роки тому +1

      ..from the Time Coast....

    • @raddmann336
      @raddmann336 2 роки тому +2

      Another good group, though from SF instead of LA was Fever Tree.

  • @Flunder
    @Flunder 16 років тому +6

    I hope a documentary comes out some day. the fans are out here. RIP Arthur.

    • @beanotraffini681
      @beanotraffini681 2 місяці тому +1

      There IS a (British) documentary: it's called "LOVE STORY"

  • @jamesmack3314
    @jamesmack3314 5 років тому +29

    Shout out to his band members..Baby lemonade.They recreated the sound perfectly

  • @cmorebutt2006
    @cmorebutt2006 14 років тому +3

    The year 1964 Aquarius theater Hollywood, The band called love opening tune My Little Red Book.....been a fan ever since ...a true artist and 1 of the most underrated musicians ever. The year 2008 Anaheim Calif ..had the privilege and the honor of seeing and listening to Arthur Lee and love again and still the best ..Arthur will be missed but not forgotten R.I.P

  • @harleywarbird
    @harleywarbird 11 років тому +19

    Still sounds as fresh today as it did in 1967! RIP Arthur!

  • @roburquhart1881
    @roburquhart1881 13 років тому +5

    I completely agree...It is definitely in the top 10 albums ever produced.

  • @dennisisms
    @dennisisms 16 років тому +5

    Hats off to the Forever Changes Ensemble

  • @calbeatnik
    @calbeatnik 13 років тому +8

    Love and the Byrds were the sound in Los Angeles when I was growing up here. Of course the Byrds went on to much larger fame, which I never understood why Love never really did. So I had the chance to see themm several times in the 60's and early 70's as well as three more times after Arthur's release from prison before his death. The last shows he did along with this clip were incredible. Arthur never sounded better than he did the last few years of his life.

    • @elainekerslake6865
      @elainekerslake6865 2 роки тому

      The Johnny Schools interview tells us that Arthur didn't want to travel but crucially , being a mixed race band they could not play to mixed audiences as the south USA was still segregated despite the civil rights bill of 64 65. So they stayed in California.

    • @lastnamefirst4035
      @lastnamefirst4035 Рік тому

      @@elainekerslake6865 I heard it was bc Arthur didn't want to be away from his heroin dealer (when he was w Love) According to him years later when he was sober. He didn't tour w Baby Lemonade bc he was sick w csncer

  • @johnhealy6676
    @johnhealy6676 4 роки тому +8

    I introduced my son to Love when I thought he was ready He thought they were shit He went to see them at the Royal Festival Hall in 2003 He now tells me they were the greatest band ever I’m not the sort of guy who would say I told you so You little punk I’m 68 and he’s 6’4”

    • @j.dragon651
      @j.dragon651 3 роки тому +4

      Then I will tell him for you, TOLD YOU SO!!

  • @jospinvanraat8730
    @jospinvanraat8730 4 роки тому +8

    Brings tears to the eyes !

  • @joemysterymusic
    @joemysterymusic 2 роки тому +6

    An awesome little mini-set of songs. During my psychedelic 60's days, I only heard Little Red Book and, other than that, I was really not aware of the output of Love. Alone Again Or is right up there with best work of any artist of that period (Doors, Beach Boys, Spirit, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles you name it). Actually written by Bryan MacClean and sung here by Arthur (Bryan on the original version). An awesome post of the music of two guys and a band that frankly never got its complete due. Thanks. RIP Bryan and Arthur.

  • @roburquhart1881
    @roburquhart1881 17 років тому +5

    One of the best albums ever produced. I loved it in the late 60's and still love it today.

  • @fanfanackapan
    @fanfanackapan 11 років тому +13

    One of my favourite albums.I got no particular order,but if I was marooned on a desert island,this would be a must have!

    • @davestreatfield2527
      @davestreatfield2527 Рік тому +3

      And here we are nearly at the end of 2022 and I still totally agree with you ! Good wishes from Cambridge UK . Dave

    • @fanfanackapan
      @fanfanackapan Рік тому +1

      @@davestreatfield2527 not too far from me I guess...Essex.

  • @misterhazz
    @misterhazz 17 років тому +5

    the pinnacle riff of a house is not a motel on this live version which the bass player plays and then when the guitars join in at around 7.33 is one of my favourites ever. gives me goosebumps everytime

  • @AlecKronicle
    @AlecKronicle 15 років тому +5

    probably the best youtube vid of all time that doesn't have more than 100,000 views. which is truly wrong
    I love these guys to death, RIP Arhur

  • @dennisisms
    @dennisisms 16 років тому +3

    The group is Baby Lemonade, the lead guitarist is Mike Randle (good website)

  • @mattisprettycool
    @mattisprettycool 11 років тому +10

    This is a literally flawless album.

  • @Pibbs1
    @Pibbs1 13 років тому +11

    What a great performance of 2 super songs! I Would have liked to have been there for this concert. R.I.P. Arthur

  • @mysterytrax
    @mysterytrax 14 років тому +5

    All you need is LOVE
    No one else even came close.
    So rare and unique in a time of Doors, Byrds, Jimi, Janis and beyond.
    Thank you Arthur and may you forever RIP....... great troubadour of music .
    Thank YOU hershoreline for this first class video and sound.

  • @ralex3697
    @ralex3697 3 роки тому +9

    This concert should be released on video and CD
    Amazing

    • @aramboodakian9554
      @aramboodakian9554 Рік тому

      There is a CD release of this concert in London, actually my favorite album. I can tell this is the it, because of all the same crowd sounds and a exact arrangements. “Forever Changes Concert” I don’t know about a DVD I’m going to look for one.

  • @nickhall9572
    @nickhall9572 3 роки тому +9

    That KILLER guitar solo..outro by the fantastic Mike Randle starting at 6:14 ...WOW ! Reminds me of when I saw the great Vernon Reid going OFF at a Living Colour concert a few years back !! Good stuff !

  • @aparisg9734
    @aparisg9734 3 роки тому +3

    Tears tears tears brocken hearts

  • @exsoundus
    @exsoundus 12 років тому +3

    Rest in peace sweet Arthur......

  • @fatdanios
    @fatdanios 16 років тому +8

    Wow what a tight band! Loved the guitar riffs!

    • @jamesmack3314
      @jamesmack3314 Рік тому +1

      Wow your comment is 14 years old incredible

  • @rayfiore7779
    @rayfiore7779 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent! R.I.P. Arthur.

  • @edfou5
    @edfou5 14 років тому +8

    I had the incredible pleasure of presenting Arthur and this superb band in concert about five years ago, and it was a transcendent moment, it really was. A real gentleman to work with, sweet guy. The DVD from which these two songs come is brilliant, and I'll admit it still chokes me up. Bless you Arthur, blue skies and green lights or whatever version they have of that where you are now. I hope you're at peace.

  • @MillerRL
    @MillerRL 18 років тому +22

    What a treat! Thank you a thousand times for uploading this! Love was a fantastic group.

    • @jamesmack3314
      @jamesmack3314 Рік тому +2

      Crazy
      This comment was 15 years ago unbelievable

  • @3minutesingle
    @3minutesingle 15 років тому +7

    One of the most EPIC underrated rockers!
    RIP

  • @silvasands
    @silvasands 11 років тому +10

    Fabulous melody and voice.Emotional.x Saw him twice...magic.

  • @salbenvinato5277
    @salbenvinato5277 5 років тому +5

    Beautiful, thankyou for the love in your heart Arthur Lee...

  • @clg850b
    @clg850b 13 років тому +3

    I listen to the music of today and nothing compares with Love, what an amazing concert that must have been at the Albert Hall. RIP Mr Lee, your music and spirit live on.

  • @Pibbs1
    @Pibbs1 12 років тому +3

    R.I.P. Arthur. We miss you dearly : (

  • @treezrok
    @treezrok 15 років тому +2

    Arthur Lee = enlightened being

  • @RaoulStankovitch
    @RaoulStankovitch 13 років тому +3

    We still have the original album that my wife 1st played for me in 1968. I was bluntly blown away. Fast forward 43 years to last month when I found this concert on Netflix. Once again both of us were stunned by Arthur Lee's album. He had a presence only matched by Brudda Iz and Jimmy.

  • @leematthews5697
    @leematthews5697 5 років тому +7

    Love the strings and trumpets on this track. Great band great album.

  • @vmurphy03
    @vmurphy03 16 років тому +3

    BEAUTIFUL

  • @janheinhuis5802
    @janheinhuis5802 Рік тому +2

    Everytime I hear this song it makes shiver.

  • @charlesbergman5794
    @charlesbergman5794 3 роки тому +2

    Love his headband.

  • @shaneshaky1
    @shaneshaky1 15 років тому +2

    best musician ever!!! and the most underrated!! a gem for real music fans in a crazy x factor wannabe crap world!!!

  • @TheKhaibear
    @TheKhaibear 11 років тому +3

    I am enchanted. This is what rock and roll is and should be. Brilliant.

  • @CJandthebreakfast
    @CJandthebreakfast 13 років тому +5

    The production of this concert is better than 99 % of the stuff you get anymore.

  • @ranger2464
    @ranger2464 12 років тому +3

    rip AL. This album will live on !

  • @m8kyn
    @m8kyn 14 років тому +2

    Just fabulous - absolutely fabulous.

  • @3OVERdue
    @3OVERdue 11 років тому +4

    Great songwriter, unique! Unsung, but not forgotten by the rest of us!

  • @raddmann336
    @raddmann336 2 роки тому +1

    I was glad to see Johnny Echols on this. His importance in creating the Love sound is under appreciated. Love would never have been successful without him.

  • @bobburroughs6241
    @bobburroughs6241 6 років тому +6

    50 years on - still the best.

  • @gotangirl
    @gotangirl 9 місяців тому +1

    I just cannot stop listening to Love, Arthur Lee was outstanding , a genius . Love everything he's done ❤

  • @jcw3195
    @jcw3195 11 місяців тому +1

    Being an old band rocker in the late 60s, I am so happy AL's sound is to f*cking tight! Really happy and amazed that it is put together so well. A lot of effort and dedication.

  • @tombassman
    @tombassman 17 років тому +5

    Wow, this has really moved me. Wish I'd seen him on this tour, the live orchestra sounds amazing! R.I.P.

  • @ricksoden6838
    @ricksoden6838 7 років тому +6

    saw the original line up in 1966 (7) touring on the first album, at earl warren showgrounds, santa barbara calif. they were really good!...

    • @bobfriedman409
      @bobfriedman409 5 років тому +2

      i saw original in 66, too ! at the Hullabaloo , Hollywood. 9

    • @zyrrhos
      @zyrrhos 5 років тому +2

      @@bobfriedman409 You guys lived every music lover's dream. To be on the Strip in 1966 and hear Love and The Doors.

  • @davidelliott4478
    @davidelliott4478 2 місяці тому

    Every now and then I have a "Forever Changes " day not sure what it does but I go off somewhere!

  • @set1237
    @set1237 2 роки тому +2

    Saw this in Manchester. The horn solo had everyone floored. What a night.

  • @Sarusource
    @Sarusource 11 років тому +7

    I have been listening to this album for the last six months constantly. Beautiful and fascinating.

  • @Waltzenfree
    @Waltzenfree Рік тому +1

    Arthur, over coming drug addiction and prison, this band puts out an incredible Swan Song DVD.
    When I heard he was going to play Bingos 365 Club in San Francisco, some years ago, I made that 400 mile return trip to see them.
    So glad I did, they were Amazing🎉

  • @MATEUSGENTE
    @MATEUSGENTE 4 роки тому +2

    Great,dude.

  • @zilvafish
    @zilvafish 14 років тому +3

    Those minor chords still send a shiver down my spine.

  • @moogkorg
    @moogkorg 14 років тому +1

    Brilliant - words fail here.
    The pen is broke, the page is torn.

  • @howardsimon729
    @howardsimon729 3 роки тому +2

    Arthur loved music so much, plus he was a real musical genius, and humble all he wanted was to play music, all he could think of in jail, some of the top producers even couldn't believe how naturally talented he was. He loved his group,music and entertaining others selfishly. Him and Brian Wilson is about the only others like him.

  • @Boinga
    @Boinga 15 років тому +2

    He was so amazing. Beautiful.

  • @hairymarx
    @hairymarx 13 років тому +2

    I was at this show. It exceeded all expectations.

  • @groovytuesday5222
    @groovytuesday5222 Рік тому +1

    There's something about his songs, his delivery of those songs...just gets to ya! Love Arthur Lee!

  • @orvpibbs2905
    @orvpibbs2905 3 роки тому +2

    Remembering Arthur Lee of "LOVE", who died on this day in 2006 of cancer. Besides his own musical accomplishments, Arthur was also responsible for convincing Jac Holzman of Elektra Records to sign an unknown band called THE DOORS. Arthur was 61 ; (

  • @tropicaldan
    @tropicaldan 3 роки тому +4

    What a brilliant band ! Arthur pure class as usual.

  • @jefffinn1105
    @jefffinn1105 5 років тому +3

    Awesome - I had tears when they started Alone Again Or at Town Hall a few years ago

  • @johnmcluskey
    @johnmcluskey 12 років тому +2

    Arthur Lee is amazing!

    • @ralex3697
      @ralex3697 3 роки тому +1

      Was
      Greatly missed

  • @robin2012ism
    @robin2012ism 11 років тому +2

    This is my jam since 1967

  • @thunderstruck11
    @thunderstruck11 17 років тому +4

    I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!

  • @PeteCalandra
    @PeteCalandra 3 роки тому +2

    Saw this show at Town Hall in NYC in either 2003 or 2004. It was an amazing eve. The band was so into it.

  • @TEXAS.N8V
    @TEXAS.N8V Рік тому +3

    🔥🔥🔥🔥 REAL LEGENDS NEVER DIE!!

  • @shanekennedy1480
    @shanekennedy1480 4 роки тому +1

    was lucky to see the love revisited tour last year featuring johnny echols!.......johnny had amazing cool and charisma like arthur!.... played the main 3 classic albums!.....absolutely blinding!....was in 7&7th heaven !!!!!!! :)

  • @cosmicuz
    @cosmicuz 14 років тому +1

    I have been to many concerts over the decades and this one was tops!
    dreamlike , just awesome
    it finally dawned on me that arthur was sick through all this and not letting on.
    allways a hat in this and other incarnations during that period the hat is ever present
    the other version that toured after this was great also with johnny echols

  • @kaattz
    @kaattz 15 років тому +2

    a great album..

  • @SiddellTJ
    @SiddellTJ 12 років тому +1

    These guys are fantastically and in person were great-I bounced for them in Manchester in 1970

  • @ArnolddeWijs
    @ArnolddeWijs 17 років тому +1

    I heard the music of Love for the first time about 2 years ago, among them Forever changes and Da capo: an absolute REVELATION and "earopener": LOVE IT!!!

  • @robertvoll2460
    @robertvoll2460 Рік тому +1

    I love the way this song displays longing...very heart felt.

  • @michaelpoplett
    @michaelpoplett 14 років тому +2

    Creative genius, quite beautiful...

  • @adriennespy6576
    @adriennespy6576 3 роки тому +4

    Timeless brilliance!

  • @starrover1111
    @starrover1111 13 років тому +2

    Exquisite - and to think I didn't know about them back in the 60's - this would have been one of my favorite albums!

  • @rubengh9999
    @rubengh9999 15 років тому +2

    Grande Arthur Lee, soy un fanàtico de culto de Love, una de las màs hermosas canciones de todos los tiempos.

  • @jknauff3
    @jknauff3 14 років тому +1

    never can get over how much this fellas captured my heart. art in music.

  • @ArmandoGarcia-yd9ro
    @ArmandoGarcia-yd9ro 2 роки тому +1

    I was 12 when I heard of Love and have been listening to the same three albums still at 69.. Doors as well as Miles Davis and John Coltrane at that time too.

  • @ss06033
    @ss06033 9 місяців тому

    What a great performance !

  • @dennisisms
    @dennisisms 16 років тому +1

    Yes, I saw them at Bido Lito's too.
    I got this DVD and listened to it today.
    I've always thought "Old Man" was their finest work.
    I think Arthur was a prophet, just listen to how he spells out his life (in advance)

  • @MrTimeXTime
    @MrTimeXTime 2 роки тому

    I saw Love at The Cheetah in 1967. A friend, English Hillary, was his manager in the early 90's. Seeing him now after all these years fills me with a mixture of Joy and Sadness. Remembering is like that

  • @durcrobiv
    @durcrobiv 12 років тому +3

    The greatest band ever.

  • @suzanneengland8978
    @suzanneengland8978 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for this trip down memory lane! I wore their LP’s out. Fabulous band and definitely underrated artist in a brilliant time for innovative music. LOVE this!

  • @Magicohen
    @Magicohen 13 років тому +2

    BEAUTIFUL
    I'M WITH TEARS

  • @annepreciado4157
    @annepreciado4157 9 місяців тому

    Such a great album!... thank you Arthur Lee and Love for spreading some of your beauty around!

  • @orvpibbs2905
    @orvpibbs2905 3 роки тому +2

    Remembering Arthur Today 3-07-2021, on what would have been his 71st birthday ; (

  • @ronjohnson7893
    @ronjohnson7893 2 роки тому +1

    One of the greatest bands ever