@@robertcartwright563 exactly …it’s great that he had them on. Save the extended long versions for the FM album oriented rock stations that started to come about at this time.
@@truebetold65 Thanks. First off, I remember that we were disappointed that Sullivan wasn't there personally to do their introduction. I remember that an off-stage announcer did the duties. Obviously the number was simply spliced into the actual show with Ed's intro. The audience (probably around 200), were enthusiastic and seated in folding chairs around this makeshift stage in the middle of the casino. I remember we moved on shortly after the Chamber's number because this wasn't like a normal show with one act after another introduced by Ed.
When I was a kid I used to hide a transistor radio under my pillow so I was the only one who could hear it when I put my head on the pillow. Then I’d pray this song would come on.
Ha ! I had a little red Sears Silvertone with ONE earjack and if the wind was just right , I could pick up WLS out of Chicago ( the Loop ) or The King Biscuit Flour Hour out of New York . I had a tough childhood , mean stepmom , and that little radio seemed like my only friend sometimes , it got me through some tough times . I loved that little radio , wish I still had it .Thanks for reminding me of a good memory , have a good one .
Hands down, one of the greatest psychedelic rock songs of all time. Sadly, this band is overlooked by most of the ranking lists for the past 50 plus years.
I am a child of the Era and know all the music of that Era, but I am shocked never heard of this band. The eleven minutes version of this song is mind blowing
Yes, and the culture gap to get the "new" 1950s - 1960s music, and involving race, onto television, which was then only mainstream. Rather than judging him for what he couldn't do, by understanding the context what he did do can be appreciated. And most of the acts were live not lipsynced. And there's a lot of video available of the musical performances, including this wonderful one.
I guess Ed made them take out certain lines, like,: I've been loved and put aside (Time) I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time) And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time) They were truly the epitome of of togetherness!
Back in Athens, Ohio, in 1980, a local AM radio station, on Thursday nights, featured a disc jockey called "Boss Groover." Each week, at 8:00, he would play "Time Has Come Today," and my buddy Jesse and I would pull out the wine and other substances. RIP, Jesse. Those were some good times.
Great song and a great band. People had more talent back then. They really knew how to play instruments and sing. They didn't have to pre-record or alter the sound of their voices. This was real talent. You're awesome my cousins!!
The 1967 single was a Top 10 near-miss in America, spending five weeks at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1968. In Canada, the song reached No. 9. It is now considered one of the landmark rock songs of the psychedelic era. 😊
this is the kind of song that once you hear it, it changes your whole perspective on music. I remember hearing it for the first time, and it's still great
Looking back at the Ed Sullivan show, its amazing how bands had to cram long songs into TWO MINUTES. At least we got to SEE amazing bands, but can you imagine the stress of having only 2 minutes to make your mark in the world?
Wikipedia - Background edit The song has been described as psychedelic rock,[5][6] psychedelic soul[7][8] and acid rock,[9] and features a fuzz guitar twinned with a clean one.[10] Various other effects were employed in its recording and production, including the alternate striking of two cow bells producing a "tick-tock" sound, warped throughout most of the song by reverb, echo and changes in tempo. The long version quotes several bars from "The Little Drummer Boy" at 5:40. Writer Chuck Eddy includes the song in a list of examples of "pre-dub dub metal".[11]
This was the best year for me , I was 16 , got my drivers' license , the N.Y. Jets and Joe Willie Namath ( the man ) won the Super Bowl , the N.Y. Mets came from last place to win the World Series , Woodstock , and I hate to say it , Manson . The Vietnam war was on the news every night , every young American boy watched closely . I got my draft number two years later , " 46 " , I was going to be " somewhere in Saigon " , but the 2nd best President ever , Richard M. Nixon , stopped the draft . Saved me from making that decision of Vietnam or Canada ... other than that , a pretty good year . Ha !
For those that weren't around I saw these guys in concert four times in South Florida and each time they put on a great show. They truly are brothers from Mississippi.
1966 ~ Brother Marco and I played this when we were bored.. Mom used to yell at us to turn the damn RADIO down.... I don't know how we got this album we never had any money anyway... and so we survived our childhood.
Contacted them in 1999 through their "Mother Chambers" website to ask if this song was intended to be part of an, "at the end of his rope" Christian Witness type song? Willie wrote back, Yes, it was. Their main focus was Gospel when 'Time Has Come Today" was developed.
Wikipedia - "Time Has Come Today" is a hit single by the American psychedelic soul group the Chambers Brothers, written by Willie & Joe Chambers. The song was recorded and released as a single in 1966 by Columbia Records.[1] It was then featured on the album The Time Has Come in November 1967, and released again as a single in December 1967. The 1967 single was a Top 10 near-miss in America, spending five weeks at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1968.[2] In Canada, the song reached No. 9.[3] It is now considered one of the landmark rock songs of the psychedelic era.[4]
I saw them in Washington, D.C. at the Ambassador Theater when this song was a gigantic hit. Though you won't see it in any tour archive, I assure you they were there. It must have been a quick pick up gig during their East Coast run...A quick look says they played D.A.R. Constitution Hall, but that's not where I saw them.
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The crowd deserved the full version, a song that truly defined the era.
That's what I was thinking.
@@sunandsage Up North...poor bastards...Republic Of South Vietnam
No they don't it's Sullivan at least it's live. Time is expensive!
@@robertcartwright563 exactly …it’s great that he had them on. Save the extended long versions for the FM album oriented rock stations that started to come about at this time.
True perhaps but advertisers hold the stop watch
This was taped at the newly opened Circus Circus hotel in Las Vegas. I was with my parents watching this performance from the balcony.
That sounds awesome
I've always wondered where this was. You can see the slot machines at 01:54. Thanks for filling the blanks!
Was there a lot of people in the audience, what was the mood, and by the way you are a legend for just attending and your story.
@@truebetold65 Thanks. First off, I remember that we were disappointed that Sullivan wasn't there personally to do their introduction. I remember that an off-stage announcer did the duties. Obviously the number was simply spliced into the actual show with Ed's intro. The audience (probably around 200), were enthusiastic and seated in folding chairs around this makeshift stage in the middle of the casino. I remember we moved on shortly after the Chamber's number because this wasn't like a normal show with one act after another introduced by Ed.
@@Kelley32 Thanks you for your reply and it's still a legendary moment in history 👍🇺🇸
When I was a kid I used to hide a transistor radio under my pillow so I was the only one who could hear it when I put my head on the pillow. Then I’d pray this song would come on.
Ha ! I had a little red Sears Silvertone with ONE earjack and if the wind was just right , I could pick up WLS out of Chicago ( the Loop ) or The King Biscuit Flour Hour out of New York . I had a tough childhood , mean stepmom , and that little radio seemed like my only friend sometimes , it got me through some tough times . I loved that little radio , wish I still had it .Thanks for reminding me of a good memory , have a good one .
I always fell asleep and the battery would die. A lot of radio mystery theatre with host EG Marshall.
That transistor radio is worth a lot of bread today...used to get them from my Grandmother as gifts
Seems like we all had the same idea. I ran down a lot of batteries that way falling asleep.
Great hippie era song, anthem.
The Only Song Ever Recorded That Does Not Need More Cowbell
😂
It got its own solo even 😂😂😂
Sure?
Im convinced this song was the inspiration for that sketch
@@arghapirate2427
Could have been . . .
Who is still rocking to this jam in 2024 ?
HomeFront (2011)!
Word dude
Me, born in ‘57….rock on. Bless Mr Chambers 🙏💥💯👍
me
Me 2024 I'm 75 this song came out in 68, I was 19, a year before I went active duty in 69
Hands down, one of the greatest psychedelic rock songs of all time. Sadly, this band is overlooked by most of the ranking lists for the past 50 plus years.
You said it! They were just so exciting,in a way on the SLYville level from the shows I saw!
I am a child of the Era and know all the music of that Era, but I am shocked never heard of this band. The eleven minutes version of this song is mind blowing
I know; it's crazy.
I guess the drummer was a Brother of a different mother😊
Yes, and the line ‘my soul’s been psychedelisized was censored by that old fogey Ed Solomon. 😢
It is NOT possible to have "more cow bell." Iconic song.
I was thinking the same
You win the comments section
I mean really... Explore the space!
A bit in dance music a lot in this song
@@battleborn8658oh man, you have me cracking up.
The tone of his voice is otherworldly awesome. Perfect pitch with just enough gravel at the end. One of the best songs ever. Great singer great band.
Well said!
Massively underrated band
They call his voice whiskey salt. Janis Joplin had the female version of whiskey salt. JUST AWESOME!!!!
Rest in peace, Joe Chambers…
I saw them open for Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix at the Singer Bowl in NY in Aug. 1968. What a f'n concert!!!
right on !!
lucky :-)
Sweet: hopefully you still have the ticket stub
BEYOND epic ...(bowing to you now, as I am not worthy)
Wow 🤩!
Brian Keenan was a criminally underrated drummer
Agreed!!
@@kitkat914 You mean Elton John? That's Elton John behind the kit
Yes, it is@@throwingstick
@@throwingstick I thought it was Micky Dolenz from the Monkees.
OMG yes! His drumming is incredible!
Rest in peace to the great Joe Chambers
Try to imagine Ed Sullivan allowing the long version....
My guess is the network wouldn't allow it. The LP version is 11:04 long.
They played the long freak-out version at one of his legendary acid tests up in the Hamptons, along with Arthur Brown...HUGE fan.
Honestly, I'm just sad they made it even shorter than the single edit. They cut out the best part! "And my soul has been psychedelicized!"
One of the greatest songs to get high to when I was in Vietnam. It always brings back those memories of 1969.
thank you for your service!
@@valnaples Thank you!
Thank You, for Your Service!❤
@@margaritaramos3393 Thank you.
Thank you for your service
one of the greatest songs of all time.
One of the greatest song endings of all time. A criminally underrated drummer that can keep time with the brothers..
Truly timeless.
I totally agree.
@@shabadoo24 The drummer, Peter Keenan, died young from a fatal heart attack, Oct. 5th 1985 at age 42.
Wow!!!! So good live!!! Love ❤️ this song!! Thank you Ed Sullivan for having them!
Every band should have a cowbell guy.
We need more cowbell!
Nothing says soul like a cowbell
Lester Chambers on cowbell
@@rockdrumr2772 Ahhhh Saturday Night Live. Christopher Walken!
GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL!
These guys were on another level.. freaking epic. One of the best songs of the era.
The best of the best appeared on the Ed Sullivan show for decades, playing live without lip synching.
This song burned the radio down. Fire.
These are the COOL CATS of our generation. Listen to them sing 'PEOPLE GET READY'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He'll yeah❤😊
There’s a train ah coming
When everyone was "whisper thin" because we all danced to awesome music like this.
and LSD.
One of the true anthems of the 1960's. Check out lead singer Lester Chambers when he sings and repeats the line "I have no home." Really moving.
Ed Sullivan was the Man! He debuted so MANY groups for the first time, like the Beatles, the Stones, etc etc
Yes. He bridged the generation gap
Yes, and the culture gap to get the "new" 1950s - 1960s music, and involving race, onto television, which was then only mainstream. Rather than judging him for what he couldn't do, by understanding the context what he did do can be appreciated. And most of the acts were live not lipsynced. And there's a lot of video available of the musical performances, including this wonderful one.
The correct amount of cowbell. Much love...
I guess Ed made them take out certain lines, like,:
I've been loved and put aside (Time)
I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)
They were truly the epitome of of togetherness!
My God, what a fabulous song. And a terrific performance here. It was great then and still is today.
I heard this song on an album 58 years ago. It absolutely blew me away.... Such an innovation
1963?
@@Michel305 So much happened in the 60s that the years count double
Being a teen at that time was never to happen again. You had to be there.
Back in Athens, Ohio, in 1980, a local AM radio station, on Thursday nights, featured a disc jockey called "Boss Groover." Each week, at 8:00, he would play "Time Has Come Today," and my buddy Jesse and I would pull out the wine and other substances. RIP, Jesse. Those were some good times.
Thank you for sharing
Steve Earle does a pretty awesome version of this….but NOTHING compares to the original. What a ferocious band!
Great song and a great band. People had more talent back then. They really knew how to play instruments and sing. They didn't have to pre-record or alter the sound of their voices. This was real talent. You're awesome my cousins!!
Don't know that people had more talent, but I think they really worked at maximizing that talent.
Best use of a cow bell ever great tune
8 min song…2 mins on tv. That was the world I grew up in. 😮😢
Now it's a 2 minute song and 15 seconds on tick-tock
Fuxkin amazing😊😊😊
Great songs stand the test of time
Just the ideal amount of cowbell.
Saw these guys live in 1974 ... awesome concert.
wow...live!
probably one of my top three songs of that era.
Sho'nuff
Rest in Peace, Joe.
Everybody was so slim back then compared to now.
This Stuff ain’t normal behavior !!!😉🎶🎤🎵🎧🎸🥁🎹
No wonder the Ramones wanted to cover this 👍
This sounds fantastic
The 1967 single was a Top 10 near-miss in America, spending five weeks at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1968. In Canada, the song reached No. 9. It is now considered one of the landmark rock songs of the psychedelic era. 😊
Haven't heard this in 60 years. Keep that beat.
Love this song. Haven’t heard it in years. Hell yea
This dude's voice is really magic in this song ,heavy lyrics too!!
Cowbell guy is killin it!
Too short 😢 My soul hadn't been psychedelicized.
thank Ed Sullivan for thank censoring.
@@ronluckenbach9492 Huh?
I saw them do this live many times. Great stuff.
. First heard it 40 years ago.
Still blows me away.
That voice! Loved it then, love it now.
Hello Joan how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family
Killer song loved it the first time the thousandth time and again today
Hell yes✌👍
This song is playing on my radio right now November 1, 2023 at 3:54 PM. I love it I love it I love it. 😊❤
The Lyrics are divine
Time Has Come Today is a great song off a great album.
I like their cover of In the Midnight Hour, Romeo and Juliet written by Lester Chambers, the guy on the cowbell.
this is the kind of song that once you hear it, it changes your whole perspective on music. I remember hearing it for the first time, and it's still great
Damm that Rocks
The C Brothers had a unique sound, true standouts, underrated! The regular/long version of Time was in heavy rotation on FM and AM
Oh, the cowbell...FANTASTIC!
Pas d'autre mot.....
There version of People get Ready on this album is unsurpassed in my opinion! Great Album and an excellent Band!
I’ve always liked So Tired, a slow bluesy tune. The Brothers natural harmony blends perfectly to reflect the sad, weary mood of the song.
Absolutely agree!
Love this tune
What a smokin voice. I just love it
What a song and great spirit. Thabk you for your service to America George
I Remember watching this on the Ed Sullivan show when I was a kid. I remember my uncle saying “I always wanted to play lead cow bell in a band”.
Great drummer.
He kills it
Looking back at the Ed Sullivan show, its amazing how bands had to cram long songs into TWO MINUTES. At least we got to SEE amazing bands, but can you imagine the stress of having only 2 minutes to make your mark in the world?
I was there. Graduated Valley High the same year. I think this is edited because I could swear I remember them doing the long version.
Wikipedia - Background
edit
The song has been described as psychedelic rock,[5][6] psychedelic soul[7][8] and acid rock,[9] and features a fuzz guitar twinned with a clean one.[10] Various other effects were employed in its recording and production, including the alternate striking of two cow bells producing a "tick-tock" sound, warped throughout most of the song by reverb, echo and changes in tempo. The long version quotes several bars from "The Little Drummer Boy" at 5:40.
Writer Chuck Eddy includes the song in a list of examples of "pre-dub dub metal".[11]
This is outrageous....
Got to hear this once at 2 a.m. while taking a ride on Dr. Leary's orange spaceship. Definitely an "Experience".
✨🎶🎩MAGICAL ✨GREATNESS 😃🙏🇺🇸⚓️🕊️✨
This was the best year for me , I was 16 , got my drivers' license , the N.Y. Jets and Joe Willie Namath ( the man ) won the Super Bowl , the N.Y. Mets came from last place to win the World Series , Woodstock , and I hate to say it , Manson . The Vietnam war was on the news every night , every young American boy watched closely . I got my draft number two years later , " 46 " , I was going to be " somewhere in Saigon " , but the 2nd best President ever , Richard M. Nixon , stopped the draft . Saved me from making that decision of Vietnam or Canada ... other than that , a pretty good year . Ha !
My surfing buddy Hippie Wayne had the same luck; he was drafted and sent to Germany as a mechanic instead of 'Nam...thank you for sharing
Wow!
...the Chambers Bros cane to Seton Hall University in 1971..their puctures are in my 1971 yearbook, The Galleon...
Too cool...thank you for sharing
SUPERNATURAL SONG
AWESOME ❤❤❤
I have a fever. And the Chambers brothers have my prescription!😎
"and my soul has been psychedelicized" great line.....
This was a great record and these guys were a great band.
A smokin' band. Too bad we didn't get the long version of this song.
Probably would have been a little too spooky for the Ed Sullivan Show with all those diabolical screams lol.
We didn't even get the short version
@@shyman99 Missing at least one verse.:(
jaykayer. On NATIONAL TELEVISION?!!! with commercials?? I have some: SCREEN DOORS ON A SUBMARINE"! that I`m sellin. Interested?!
Epic
For those that weren't around I saw these guys in concert four times in South Florida and each time they put on a great show. They truly are brothers from Mississippi.
This was all over the radio when I got back from Vietnam... this is like time travel.
1966 ~ Brother Marco and I played this when we were bored.. Mom used to yell at us to turn the damn RADIO down.... I don't know how we got this album we never had any money anyway... and so we survived our childhood.
I saw them perform at the NewportPop Festival in 1968. It was an experience to remember!😊
Omg lived this❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Contacted them in 1999 through their "Mother Chambers" website to ask if this song was intended to be part of an, "at the end of his rope" Christian Witness type song?
Willie wrote back, Yes, it was. Their main focus was Gospel when 'Time Has Come Today" was developed.
THIS. IS. A. GREAT. VIDEO. OF. EM. LIKE. IN. 1970. WHEN. MY. NAVY. BUDDY. MIKE. AND. I. SAW. EM. 🎵
Wikipedia -
"Time Has Come Today" is a hit single by the American psychedelic soul group the Chambers Brothers, written by Willie & Joe Chambers. The song was recorded and released as a single in 1966 by Columbia Records.[1] It was then featured on the album The Time Has Come in November 1967, and released again as a single in December 1967. The 1967 single was a Top 10 near-miss in America, spending five weeks at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1968.[2] In Canada, the song reached No. 9.[3] It is now considered one of the landmark rock songs of the psychedelic era.[4]
This was the short version of this fabulous classic.
This song ignites my rebel spirit....this seems as, good a time, as any.
Godspeed, y'all.
When music was music 🎶
They were always playing at some acid party, somewhere at the time , and place🌈✌️👍
That was awesome, so glad it is preserved for all TIME!
Saw them in July of 69 at Newport 69 at Devonshire Downs in the San Fernando Valley. They tore the place up
Love this song! I will never forget it!
I saw them in Washington, D.C. at the Ambassador Theater when this song was a gigantic hit. Though you won't see it in any tour archive, I assure you they were there. It must have been a quick pick up gig during their East Coast run...A quick look says they played D.A.R. Constitution Hall, but that's not where I saw them.
Great voice. 👏👏👏
Wow, this group really had to abridge this song on the Ed Sullivan Show to around 2 minutes long as the regular version is about 11 minutes long.
Always loved this song!
Never will a song be made like it
questo pezzo mi ricorda un film sul Vietnam con Jane Fonda
che musica fantastica