Focus - Hocus Pocus LIVE | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION! DRUNK!
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I still think “the lyrics really spoke to me” is an underrated gem
Ranks right up there with Dylan and Neil as the best lyrics ever ! LOL :)
I think that as long as you are still drunk you should put on FIRE by Arthur Brown
Oh god yes! Hilarious!
Definatly good drunk song.
However..
You would have been more enlightened by the lyrics had you dropt cid instead of drunk.
😎
It was a great comment the first time I saw this and it's still great.
This is what happens when you’re told, “it’s a four-minute time slot. Period.”, yet you refuse to cut out a single note from a 6:42 song! 🔥 🔥🔥
You beat me to it.
I honestly prefer this version over the album cut. The chaotic energy of this performance is just so fun, and the way to guitarist plays outside the changes sounds so much cooler to me at a faster tempo.
@@52ndWarhawkGerbil I like it too. Including the faster temo.
YEAH! "HEY SCREW THEM WE'RE PLAYING THE WHOLE SONG BABY!!!" LOL
Most groups cut out a verse or solo, they just played it double time!
I never get sick of people reacting to this song. This is a pure gem. In the annals of Rock history , this has to be one if the coolest performances ever.
Waiting for some motherfucker to whip out a tuba.
As 'The Fairy Voice Mother' (youtuber who reacted to this performance) said....
'...aww HELL YEAH! '
“I Totally Agree With You”
The only standing ovation ever given on the Midnight Special...and a well deserved one at that.
Really? I never knew that. It was certainly a well deserved standing ovation.
Well deserved, but there were a lot of great acts on that show. Really?
I never noticed the Standing ovation, usually the fans sat on their hands for all the other great bands.
Jan Akkerman is one of the most underrated guitarists in Rock history. Just an insanely proficient player.
Total!!!
💯
That is a fact!
To say Jan is underrated is a mild statement. Total badass!
Akkerman is totally underrated.....and this is just one fricken song! 💥🤯👍
This is one of my favorite videos of us, had to repost it individually 😂
This was always one of my faves too! :)
Awesome clip!
Omg .. so glad y'all did. I absolutely love it. This is my #1 reaction vid from The Gents in The Freedom Shack. Had me laughing sooo hard esp bc I knew what was ahead. And drunk too!! .. legends 😉👌🏼 This is one of those refill & don't bogart the blunt type bangers. For real for real. They we're told they had to shorten the 7+ min song to 4, hence the fast paced everthang. Deserves a spot on its own. I'll watch this again too. Thnx Andy & Alex .. y'all just made my day. Can you Gents imagine the fun we as a genre had when this was heard that first time? Fuggedaboutit .. LOLOL Rock wasn't "just" rock .. there were fun & ridiculous tracks by various bands too. Kinda rebels without a cause😉
This is what happens when you are told to play a 7-minute Album song in 4 minutes.:)
The organist is still going strong now and not all their songs are like this at all. "Sylvia" was a massive instrumental hit and "Love Remembered" will transport you deep into a desert of your choice if you close your eyes in a darkened room.
I saw them perform this in South East London in 1973 :)
hahahahahaha!! Didn't watch Focus - I just watched your faces!
Hi Guys, i am a 70 years old German. You Bring Back the good Times With this dutch/netherland/Holland Band. Good Job. Thumbs Up👍✌️
Maybe you remember another Dutch band by the name of Diesel? They had one big hit: ua-cam.com/video/YILvKkCckhw/v-deo.html
@@armegedn thanks did not know them...👍
And, of course, the great Golden Earing.
@@tonyanderton3521 oh yeah man....🎧radar love...
@@heinzpolo8813 Heinz, I can still remember seeing them when I was just 14 playing Radar Love on our Old Grey Whistle Test on the BBC in '73. I was so amazed I went straight out the next day and bought the single. I'm proud to say I still have it. Of course, there were many great kosmische Music bands of the era; my own favourites being Can, Tangerine Dream, Amon Duul, and, of course, the hugely influential Kraftwerk. Best wishes from the U.K.
"That Lady", who introduced them, is Gladys Knight, of "Gladys Knight and The Pips". They had a monster hit with "Midnight Train to Georgia". You should check it out. Also; I had this Focus song on a "K tell" 8 track when I was a kid. It is still awesome.
That's a great song; also "Neither One of Us wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye" is an all-time classic.
They will eventually get to it. Have to to keep that business Andy started going. Odds are with an icon like Gladys Knight 👉 they'll find it eventually.
@Steve May that is one of those songs that makes me cry. It doesn't matter if I hear it in a doctor's office, the market, etc. The waterworks just start flowing. Take care and stay safe 😷
@@Maydoggie That's a great one, and of course "Midnight Train to Georgia"....
"Friendship Train" another great by Gladys Night and The Pipps. High energy song with a great message.
This is just a scream. They HAD only 5 minutes alotted them for an 8+ minute song so they speeded up rather than not play what they had planned. Thijs Van Leer just manic. Brilliant entertainment. the drummer can still drum as intensely, only saw them 4 months ago.
Thijs Van Leer met with fans afterwards and was a gentleman. Signed my copy of Focus3.Along with Pierre Van Der Linden.
Lucky you! These guys are so much fun :)
Rock drummer using traditional grip too; love seeing that.
Do you know if Jan Akkermann still playing with them? I saw him about 12 years ago in Liverpool and he was fantastic. One of the most under rated guitarists ever!
Glad they had to speed up the song otherwise we missed this unforgettable performance and version. By far the best version available..
@@kenr6810 I do not think so. I say a live broadcast from them a few months ago and he was not included. I'm fairly sure he's got his own solo career happening.
I've shown this to young people who never react to the flute because they stop listening to the song when he yodels. Some people are dense. You guy noticed everything. You are paying attention. This is one of my all time favorites.
The yodeling is f*cking horrific.
I remember hearing this a kid in the 70’s wondering what did I just listen to??? Needless to say, I couldn’t get enough of it and have always thought this is a banger for sure 🤣🤣 It’s a long strange trip for sure!!!!
I was in the same boat. Now when my grandkids ask about the music I listened to. I make them watch this video.. and say "music back then was basically like this...but sometimes it got weird too".
I was there back in the day for this also, when my only access to music was the radio & other folks' turntables. Soon as I could afford I had that album, a rare gem.
@@lidlett9883 hey, i want grandkids now, _that_ is something I would want to do! I guess I'll have to wait a few years still, though... my kids are just in the early 20s.
All I can say is ... the 70s ... what a time to be alive!
The studio version to me allows you to hear more of the variants in the song as well as the left right dynamics. First heard this song on a K-tel album from the 70s.
Hearing it on AM radio for the first time was a prog rock revelation! 😵
The studio solos were much better...you can really hear his talent. This is more like a circus act, funny and impressive that they could do it...but not as sonically cool.
Agree. Studio much better. This sounds played at ×2speed.
@@snafufubar great analogy. Wonder how tweaked up they were? I can’t help but think that performance probably didn’t help them attract new fans.
67pear All hail K-tel!!
This is without a doubt the most fun I've had watching your reaction videos. The surprise on your faces with every turn and twist was precious. You had no idea what was going to happen next, but I did, which made the reactions so much fun. The guy on drums Pierre van der Linden inspired me to go out and buy a drum kit.
Gladys is an R&B goddess! Give her respect. And, for the love of everything that does not suck, review her music!!!
I like her version of "heard it through the grapevine" more than all the others (which are also great)
Facts.
So true.
They found a solution to squeeze a 6 minute song into a 4 minute slot. "Let's play it almost twice as fast!" You definitely have to strap yourself in for this one. You may want to hit the album version to savor the quality of the song instead of having to process all that sonic information so quickly. I'd say a sober 10, or, on your new scale S+?
This is what happens when you are told to play a 7-minute Album song in 4 minutes.:)
The organist is still going strong now and not all their songs are like this at all. "Sylvia" was a massive instrumental hit and "Love Remembered" will transport you deep into a desert of your choice if you close your eyes in a darkened room.
I saw them perform this in South East London in 1973 :)
That whole album is a masterpiece, Janis and Le Clochar are my favorite.
This band was sometinh'!
The Drummer Pierre is also back with Thijs and they just released Focus 50 their 50th year anniversary concert album.
I saw them at the Dagenham Roundhouse round about the same time. It was a big room at the back of the pub, and it was PACKED! The stage was about 2 feet high and all I could see was the tops of their heads. Great gig though!
@@snakeplissken526 I am sure it was.
Well it's 4am in London now and I am running out of Boogie partners so I will retire for the night:)
I've seen this a hundred times and it never gets old. If you get a standing ovation on The Midnight Special, you've accomplished something.His facial expressions 😄
FOCUS! One of the very best bands, - if not THE best ever- coming from my country Netherlands, such brilliant musicians all of them!
I think this is about the 10th time I have watched your reaction to this song. It is just a hoot! Was in my late teens when this was aired. Midnight Special really was special. We all had this much fun in that era about 75% of the time. Sometimes in a little bit of an altered state but most of the time not. Was just a great time for music and was what we did then. Such great times!
The recorded version definitely needs listened to as well! Crazy how they sped it up!
I have seen this reaction many times before and never tire of it!
Walking past the Corn Exchange in Cambridge one Saturday evening in the mid-Seventies, heard this blaring out of the doors (and walls!) Focus were playing live. Will never forget it. What an experience to hear them live.
This group and Edgar Winter were off the chart back in their day. Love it.
Edgar Winter today is brilliant too. Do listen to Brother Johnny if you get the chance. Tribute to his brother, the late great Johnny Winter.
We had so much good music in the 70's and then Focus came around and BLEW EVERYONE AWAY with Hocus Pocus. We all had the same huge smiles on our faces like you guys!
Man, now that's the way to start your morning, watching 2 drunk college dudes react to one of the greatest WTF bangers out there. Who needs coffee when I got you guys! CHEERS!
Great song and reaction...but I will ALWAYS need coffee.
@@Mr5thWave funny......I feel the same way about ny edibles at night :)
I am so glad you posted this again. I can't tell you how many times I have gone back and watched you guys reacting to this. I was there when this was released and I remember the awe at hearing it for the first time. I can relive that thru you guys. Thanks so much for all your great reactions and the great memories you guys bring up from our pasts. As always great reaction. Stay safe and Peeeeace ouuutt.
Just like Yes, this is what happens when you get classicly trained musicians blowing it right out the door. This is not representative of their work in generally but dayum its SO MUCH FUN
WONDERFUL REACTION!!! I was laughing so hard at your faces, you were just in awe of what was taking place!!!
This is one that makes you wanna listen again immediately. There's so much going on that you have to hear it multiple times just to really take it in.
This was obviously a great tune to introduce the world to Focus, but there is a ton of material to actually show what really good band they were. Hocus Pocus is a great jumping in point. Great reaction guys 👌
Really. If you want to find some fine riffing you got "Eruption".
Perhaps the highest energy and happiest vibe from a rock song. Ever.
Haha, i remember this the first time around. But such a great performance and reaction :D
I LOVE this reaction! I've watched it multiple times and it never fails to entertain and make me laugh! You guys were hilarious!
Dudes. For real. Thank you! I've had a pretty shitty day, talking about my pretty shitty mental health with professionals and this right here, this made me laugh like a drain :) Cheered me right the fuck up! Ahhhhh, music is wonderful :)
I think you go put on One toke over the Line, by Brewer & Shipley, light one up, and you will be blessed my son
Glad you found some happy today, Jonny. I hope the shittiness stays away.
Hey !!Hi ! Check out "Thin Lizzy" " The Black Rose " Ace ! take care mate !
Cheers ! Cornish Pirate !!
Check out 'Today is the Day" by Eels. Total mood game-changer. The pandemic sucks and is dragging us all down into a pit of suckitude.
@@invisibledooley Yes mate will do !
bit of an up beat tune if u have a mo !!
"Be Bop Deluxe" track is " mill sreet junction " just Ace !! take care ! have a look at common law !! to get your rights back !! cheers !!
Focus had a mellow side with their delightful instrumental Sylvia which got to No 1 in U.K.
Now you need to do a non-drunk reaction to the album version of this!
YES!!!!!!
This was my first time seeing this reaction! Loved it. Y’all were every bit as entertaining as Focus! 😆🙌🏻
You’ll definitely want to also listen to the album version. I remember my sister playing by the record for me when I was a kid and being blown away.
Was in Jr high when this album came out, lucky for me my older Sis' boyfriend was into Focus so I got to hear the album often before I could buy my own stuff.
Dutch legends with a Musician Masterclass ……. First standing ovation at the Midnight Special!!!!
They had to shorten their song because there was a small timeslot they got, they refused to shorten it so they sped things up!
Thijs van Leer on keyboard and flute, Pierre van der Linden on drums, Bert Ruiter on bass and the best guitarplayer ever, according to Brian May of Queen, Jan Akkerman ……. These are fantastically skilled musicians
"WTF?!" The most commonly used expression when viewing this great video. 😂
I still remember watching this performance when it originally aired and wondered how they were going to compress the song down for the tv show time limit, put they pulled it off in spectacular fashion. Wow! Loved you guy's reaction when this video first aired and love them even more now.
This has to be one of the greatest videos I have ever seen. If I’m feeling down and blue, I watch this and you guys pick me right up! Thank you!!!
There’s no yodeling in rock!! Back in the 70’s there was with Focus. Ahhh the good old days. Fun song.
AMAZING FLASHBACK. Enjoyed it the second time just as much. Sober 10!
Yay! It's time for another Andy & Alex song reaction! 😻
Epic!! S-tier performance. Love the Midnight Special.
i looooooove your reaction so much. few reactioneers realize at first view what a masterclass in musicianship this is.
This has to be my absolute favorite reaction from you guys!! You both really enjoyed this musical mastery 👍
You both made me laugh this entire video! Never seen such happiness in the both of you
S-tier performance ... epic reactions ... saving this one to share ;) Feelin' the love!! ÀÁ
I was in grade 10 and playing guitar for three years when this song hit FM radio in Toronto. Never heard anything like it before, or since. There are two versions on their amazing 1972 live album "Focus Live At The Rainbow". The long version and a reprise encore version done at the speed of light that still blows my mind to this day. Focus were a Dutch band that was impossible to categorize. The Midnight Special lineup was the classic lineup. This was the Deep Purple MKII lineup for Focus. Jan Akkerman (guitar) never played Hocus Pocus the same way twice. Ever., Thijs Van Leer (yodels, whistles, flute, keys, whatever sounds), Pierre Van Der Linden (a jazz trained drummer), and Bert Ruiter (bass).
That guitarist was the reference for many shredders from Europe for many years. He was doing this before Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead and others. And he was playing like it was nothing. He was not holding the guitar up at an angle to hit a note, he just shredded across different scales.
This song was played at double time, due to time constraints of the show, and the band wanted to play the entire song and not a shortened version of it.
Even when played slower it's still a kick in the ass, great song...
Never saw this live version before. Loved it!
They were told they had 5 minutes for a 8 minute song .So they sped it up. It was only a few standing ovations on the Midnight Special.
This is the fourth time I've watched this video. I can't stop laughing! Your faces are priceless. I remember feeling "that way" too when I first heard Hocus Pocus on the radio in 1971. My mind was blown. 🤯
This always makes me think a metal band got so high they conjured up a leprechaun that took them to the next level.
What a ride this is!!!
I'll never tire of watching this, or other clips of Focus from the same period - sober or otherwise. Pure magic.
in the late 70's my mom brought the moving waves album back from the thrift store for 25 cents. She didn't know anything about the band but the cover looked cool so she got it for me. I listened to it and was blown away. When I tossed my vinyl collection in the garbage years ago, I saved exactly one album: this one! I wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to hear this on CD; so I saved the album just in case. I still have it today.
An absolutely ludicrous song but ridiculously entertaining. You're reactions were great.
I've never heard a les paul with such ear bleeding trebles, but is sounds great!
This performance never gets old.
Focus had a UK No.1 single with the delightful (and very different) instrumental track “ Sylvia”
I’m so glad that I went thru my teens with music like this. It puts today’s music, or at least some of it, to shame.
Origins of Folk Metal right here!
The story I heard was that the album version of this song was twice as long and Focus was asked to cut out half for this performance. Their response: "Nah, we'll just play it twice as fast." You should check out "Sylvia", another great banger from them.
I’ve seen many reactions to this performance…yours is the best!
I’m remember watching your 20k drunk reaction when y’all released the video and all 3 songs were classic! This song does speak to me so many different ways after a few drinks!
Actually it was 4 songs. 😎
Focus was a Dutch prog-band - keyboardist, vocalist, and flutist Thijs van Leer, drummer Hans Cleuver, bassist Martijn Dresden, and guitarist Jan Akkerman. The whole band virtuosos - Jan Akkerman is likely one of the most under-rated guitarist of his day... Hocus Pocus has been covered by a lot of shred bands, can't say many do it justice though.
Hans left after Focus 1 was released. This is Pierre Van Der Linden on drums who came on board for Focus 2 etc.
Wouldnt say he was underrated. Didn't he earn an award for best guitarist in the world in 1973?
Yeah, it’s fun and crazy, but it’s nothing like the studio version. They played super fast to fit it within the time limit they were given.
Thank you so much for doing this! They’re f’ing fantastic!
I'm going to quit my morning coffee, and simply play this video every morning.
Who the Hell can sit still with this '70s gem charging the air?
Your reactions were priceless!
1st today! Haha simple pleasures…
Fantastic band; their album Focus 3 is a prog masterpiece. Jan Akkerman became interested in early music later in his career; he actually plays the lute on some Focus tracks. Great players all around.
Pretty hard to imagine these days that this song used to be played on regular AM-FM Top 40 radio ALL THE TIME!!!
A show of pure talent. It's just mindblowing how they got all that into one song!
Lead singers reaction to being asked if he had had enough speed before going on was "not nearly enough"
Always loved this song, and this live version and your newbie reactions were priceless! 😂 😂 😂
That whole thing blows me away every.single. time. A 61/2 minute or so song shoved into a 4 minute slot. Blows the mind.✌
I can't get enough of your reaction to this, guys. Your best reaction by far, IMO. The looks on your faces at each part is priceless!
Focus are worth and overdue a revisit. Perhaps the more melodic "Sylvia" next, please.
I have watched this video hundreds of times. The musicianship is absolute top notch, in my opinion these guy blow away groups like Led Zeppelin for their skill.
One of your best reactions EVER !!!! I remember this being on the radio quite a bit in the 70’s when I was young.
This was one of my top 3 favorite reactions of yours to the most insane live performance ever. It's good to go down into the freedom shack basement and dig back into the archives for gems like this one.
I loved the "Midnight Special" never missed it. I remember this reaction and it's better the second time around!!
I have the total collection of Midnight Special. Wouldn't take any money for it!
@@lilamuzik3385 NICE!! I don't blame you, I bet those are fun.
What a fever dream
This is solid proof they didn't do drugs in the 70s! My Era! So love it!
I am 54. Knew this song my whole life. Introduced to this version a year ago from a reactor channel. I was blown away. Old dog learned new tricks.
Friggin amazing musicianship. You owe it to yourselves to listen to the full album which is titled Moving Waves. I grew up with this and still listen to it
Put On Your Seatbelts My Music Lovin Brothers!!
Absolutely fantástic!Genius!
FYI, the lady intoducing them was also a vocal legend, Gladys Knight.
Yeah 🌵🌵
This was (& likely still is) the ultimate "How-to-Piss-Off-Your-Older-Sister" Song of All Time.
It did my three older sisters, for sure.
When the guitars started, then the drums kicked in OMG! I started to think
if only one of these guys could yodel.
Awesome reaction! I’ve never seen you both have so much enjoyment over a song!
Every time they did this, it was different, and the recordings they released were different too, album version, single edit, rerecording, etc. I much prefer the studio version from their album "Focus II", but I'm sure that's just because it's the one I've been listening to for over 50 years.
Lmao enjoy it’s a trip.
My brother had this 8track we used to jam to in his 63 rambler, thanks guys
I never laughed so hard at your reactions, lol! 🤣😂😅They're such great musicians, too.