Grand Funk Railroad: Inside Looking Out: 🔥2000% PURE ROCK🔥: Reaction
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Sit back and watch a performance of a lifetime with Grand Funk Railroad ..... So much rock crammed into 1 track.... R O C K Heaven.
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Possibly the greatest live performance ever posted on You Tube. GFR was the most popular live band in the world selling out stadiums globally from 1969 through 1975.
certainly one of them, have you seen jonny Winter on OGWT playing Jumping Jack Flash? ua-cam.com/video/wQPlU5q1CBI/v-deo.html
Mark Farner, if you did not know, started out playing bass, converted to lead guitar...for years he also plays keyboards on many GFR songs, he plays drums (on Black Brass), he plays the harmonica, is a great lead vocalist and also wrote 90% of the GFR songs over their career. At 75 years old today, he is still touring and tearing it up. One of the most talented lead men to ever walk on a stage in the history of live music in any genre.
ua-cam.com/video/nE8QqLi0t0Q/v-deo.html Black Brass
This is the best live performance ive ever seen without synthesizers, etc.....absolutely perfect. All 3 are masters with great chemistry.
One of my favourite GFR Tracks is "Sin Is A Good Man's Brother". Closing credits on "Law Abiding Citizen", starring Gerard Butler.
Glad to see you react to this great, great band. They were huge from the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. They are arguably the greatest live band of all time. I recommend reacting to Heartbreaker live 1974 by them next. They added an organ and were more polished by then. But they still were great live with a ton of energy. Mark Farner is my favorite front man.
I discovered GFR in 1971. After their album “Closer To Home” I was hooked. Their live performance at Madison Square Garden has a lot of cuts on UA-cam. My favorite is TNUC, the drummer Don Brewer’s performance is friggin EPIC.
Closer to Home is the first one I got also, great album!
One of the greatest three piece bands you will ever see. I loved them in the day and I still love them now!
Mark Farners front man talents and musicianship with Don Brewer on drums and Mel Schacher on bass, what a blistering rhythm section, legendary!
Cheers and thanks from Australia fellas!
I knew you guys would like this, I mean what's not to like? They were always known for their Live performances. GFR have many other hits, some that you almost certainly know like We're an American Band, I'm your Captain and many more.
Thanks Brian!!!!
Saw them in 1971 standing 2 rows back from the stage as a 17 year old. Incredible sound. Incredible concert.
I saw you there
Great days
Y'all got on the train. All there music is the best even live. Nothing better.
The most incredible American rock roll band ever
Steve Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble...Austin City limits venue. It won’t get blocked, he is the GOAT! It’s Texas Blues! I saw Grand Funk when I was 18, grew my hair out after that concert!
So funky !
Mark's guitar is a MESSENGER. semi - aluminum hollowbody . with a fuzz switch under the front pickup. Here's a list of songs that didn't get much airplay but they're good just the same ... 'Sins a good mans Brother',,,'Lonliness',,, 'People Lets Stop the WAR" ,, Mean Misstreater"... "Closer to my Home,,,' GFRR had a song that was released 7 months before SABBATH's called = " PARANOID" it is a BANGER !,,," I can feel Him in the Morning".. and another song that Mark wrote when he was 15 yrs old .=.. "Heartbreaker" thanks....you guys will dig these tunes. Peace.
And to think Mark Farner was just 19 years old at the time this was filmed.
Their song We're an American Band was their answer to the British Invasion.
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The bass player was maybe 2 years out of high school at the time of this performance.
@TheThamesmen A high energy, Pop Festival and Arena favorite 🙌😝 The Studio version is on their so called "Red Album" 👍
Mel was all of 18 years old when they did this. Mel plays bass, Mark lead, Don drums
Monty Python and Fawlty Towers in one episode... very nice.
They really did come to people's towns and help them party down!
Really great rock tune, I think I need to know more about Grand Funk
Hey , Type in " Were an American band " live in 74 !
You will be blown away.
Mel Schacher (pronounced shocker) playing bass. Remember, they were 19-21 years old.
DEEP DIVE ON ALL THEIR MUSIC IS A GIFT!!! LOL. Because it is ALL FIRE!
Thank you both.
Cannot say it enough 3 guys and live. AMAZING!
Mel and Don, what a fantastic rhytm dou to Mark ( with his incrdible whiskers😊) ! That double album is one of the best when it comes to LIVE!
Glad you enjoyed it
This band was a supporting act on one of the Led Zeppelin USA tours. Eventually cancelled by the manager of Led Zeppelin because they became more popular then LZ. Most overlooked rock band, together with Budgie.
Ruben Tullenaar My mate here in Australia had all of GFR's records and I had most of Budgie's. My favourite Welsh band. We were always swapping records back and forth. I still buy vinyl, but now I don't lend to anyone. Saw LZ live in Sydney '71/'72.
They were one of the greatest rockbands in the USA. The rest of the world was not paying the right amount of attention to this world class, powerhouse 3 piece unit. Why? I really don't know.
@@wjl2601 Any band that did a show with these guys knew you had to put out a lot of energy to keep up with them! Look up all the bands and people who are in The Hall Of Fame they did shows with. They were a fore runners of arena bands.
Great band! Just saw Mark Farner's American Band about a month ago and he's still got it. May I recommend these songs to you: Rock N Roll Soul, I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home, American Band, Shining On, Walk Like a Man, Paranoid, Mr. Limousine Driver, HeartBreaker. That should get you started. Thanks guys keep on rockin
The first rock band in the world..3 personals only from USA..now The warning ang VOB from Indonesia takes over..for this generations..powerrrrr.the beetles..led zeppelin get booooos if this bsng started the concert..reallyyyyy badasssdd..powerrrrr ❤❤❤
Black Licorice is a great song which features the drummer's great vocals as well! These guys were 🔥🔥🔥 back in the day! 🥰
Grand Funk and Budgie were my two favourite bands Mel's bass playing just excellent been listening to them since I first discovered GFR's Live Album from 1967
Grand Funk are brilliant chaps give them another listen their 1st album is top notch
Well. Speaking of palindromes (words spelt the same forwards or backwards), the ultimate palindrome song was Bob by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, which for sublime comedic effect is done brilliantly as an homage to a famous palindromic star ‘Bob’ Dylan by reproducing his Subterranean Homesick Blues music video. Well worth checking out, or even a reaction if it wouldn’t get blocked.
Sounds like a double feature, send me some notes!
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You got it!
Awesome reaction!! Looking forward to more of your videos
Small Faces I’d exciting as the next reaction. Steve Marriott is amazing, and their song Tin Soldier is my favourite rock-based love song. Hopefully it might be that one, or perhaps If I Were A Carpenter. They’ve got lots of other well known tracks, but Tin Soldier is a killer.
Absolutely top draw. Just needed Whispering Bob at the end in his leather high back and a simple " yesss". Off to find some more GFR.
Black Licorice, Walk Like A Man, Mean Mistreater, Footstompin' Music, Rock and Roll Soul, In Need....lots of songs to chose from.
Grew up with this band. Commonly referred to in the U.S. as "America's Boogie Band". American fans loved them, but the critics hated them. Hard to ignore the fact that all their albums went platinum and were the biggest draw in the U.S. ticket wise in the early 70's. Farner is vastly underrated as a front man but his voice was better than just about anyone at the time. He actually could sing. Even today in his mid 70's, his voice is still very good. The elephant in the room though is why are they not in the rock and roll hall of fame? There is still this critical hatred of this group for some unknown reason as we see many bands get into the hall with far less credentials. It is a real crime they have still been over looked for all these years. That live LP is basically unedited and pressed just as it was played. Their energy was unmatched and to think it all came from just 3 guys. Sold out Shea stadium in New York that no longer exists, faster than the Beatles and that should give you some indication of their appeal with their fans. Hopefully the hall will get it right and give these guys their just dues.
So you 2 Poms can’t be creamed, EH. ???
First you were King Hit by Jimmy Barnes.
Then Punked by The Saints.
And now ...... Funked on a railroad , but in a grand way.
This band did the best version of Lennon’s Instant Karma I have ever heard......
Only heard it the once , over 40 years ago, and haven’t been able to find that album to buy it.
Sometimes feel like I’ve been creamed. lol
I know you are well versed in Aussie Pub Rock.
Well........ it didn’t start in the pubs.
From about 1966 there were licensed venues ( nite clubs ) in the big cities, but also unlicensed clubs for all ages.
On any Friday or Saturday night we could meet at our favourite unlicensed club and catch a live band just like this....... my my hey hey.....hasn’t life changed ?
great video great song
Their studio stuff doesnt do them justice, the energy doesn't come thru on the studio. They are a Live band This song hit on the 12 on UK by Eric Burden. He wrote, they covered it
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, "INSIDE LOOKING OUT". more.. GFR, "SHINE ON", "MEAN MISTREATER", "FOOTSTOMPIN MUSIC", "HEARTBREAKER", "PARANOID".
The best bands are from my home state of Michigan !
He has a stadium voice
Lord I miss the days when music was real!
Believe GFR sold out Shea Stadium quicker than The Beatles. I also believe GFR were kicked off led zeppelin tour because as the support band they were getting more attention than the main act.
Guys-- the studio version is about the same length. Take a look at the entire 2nd album (this being the last track). All of their early albums are powerhouses! Check 'm out,mateys! Rock on..T
You should react to their studio albums. I was 19 in 1969 and OMG!
That guitar was a $200 investment that served him well for five LPs and yielded pure gold! the bass player, believe it or not, was just a 18 year old kid---the same age as Geezer Butler. The "rave up" that starts at 15:46 is textbook perfect!
Bought the live album when it came out when I was 10. Fun fact is the song TNUC…spell it backwards.
Check out The Frigid Pinks cover of the Animals House of the rising Sun another great Michigan band
Time Machine for a little Grand Funk blues. Footstomping Music, or Some kind of Wonderful. My personal favorite is Time Machine.
You would think these guys are playing in front of 10,000 people, but they're actually playing in a small television studio.
They opened for Led Zeppelin when Zeppelin toured the states. They got kicked off the tour because the crowds were responding better to Grand Funk than Zeppelin.
You should definitely listen to Grand Funk: Live Album all in one sitting.
Wow. Crikey. Brilliant. The 60's was a time when bands were trying everything to find there own niche when this new opening of music occurred, and here we we are enjoying it still. And Alex, your mike is a bit soft. Turn the volume up or summin. Or I can listen a bit harder I 'spose. Fantasticles channel tho. Keep it up boys. No, not up boys. Keep it up, boys. Cheers
WOW what a show 3 guys sound like 6 great live performance great funk rock,,,1969!???
I remember seeing their name in the UK singles charts in the mid 70s but never heard them till a few years ago. They were huge in the early 70s but got ripped off by their manager. He sued them for everything when they dumped him and he won. They made a come back in around 73 or so but called it a day in 76 or so. Great documentary on their rise and fall on you tube. They should have been rock legends but no one really remembers them now. The guitarist still plays I think.
GFR - Song : we're American Band
Their 2 performances at sold out Shea Stadium, is epic. The stadium was visible shaking, and you can see it in the video. Both Mark and Don (drummer) sang lead on their solo hits. One of the great Rock Bands, that didn't get more, due to the fact that their manager too advantage of them in their contract. They were being paid $150.00 per week, even when selling out all their venues. When they broke up, they were penniless, and their manager got all the royalties from their record sales and concerts.
THE JERK! His comment was, "They should have read the contract. Not my fault they didn't read it."
Only 19 and 21 years old here, with a toy drum set and a used Guitar with masking tape on it.
I have heard some GFR on the classic rock station growing up but nothing this rocking. This was a very cool jam.
An American Band and Some Kind of Wonderful which are very good songs in their own right were the songs I heard by them. Again they are good songs but not as jammin as this one.
They have a number of great songs, they were a huge band. Their song 'American Band' was an answer to all the big British bands at the time, great song. I'm Your Captain is also great. Watch their live performances, they're great.
Grand Funk and Kid Rock were touring last year in the US ! The Animals recorded "Inside Looking Out" a few years earlier =) I have seen both versions live and Grand Funk is the Winner by far ! Thanks Y'all Great Reaction
1969 Atlanta Blues festival Grand Funks First large concert opening up for Led Zeppelin and after 3 encores Zeppelin's Manager unplugged them. They only opened up for Zeppelin for 2 more shows . Then shortly after that they sold out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles .
A bit of Monty Python as an intro to this? Brilliant! I'm subscribed.
...and glad you found these guys!
Welcome!! Pull up a seat and get a pint in!
@@TheThamesmen I do believe there's a Guinness in the fridge with my name on it! Don't mind if I do.
Keep it up, guys, and all the best for your channel.
mark 19 , drums and bass guitar 20
They were America's Who! Right down to the mouth harp.
Guy look uo the story online, when they opened up for Led Zeppelin in their home town, its wild, i Loved watching you guy hear this for the 1st time, i loved how you appreciated it. 🎸🎹🍻🇺🇲
We loved discovering it
GFR in their best era before they became pussified with 3 minute songs.
The hat I'm wearing right now says "TRAF"...
Very nice! Classic rock that few outside of Grand Funk Railroad fans would've ever heard back in 1969 -- they got a lot of radio airplay between about 1973 and 1975. Probably "We're an American Band" is their best known song.
great albums ,killer live shows and no hall of fame. ain't that something ??
Mark sings like Janis Joplin here.
*Grand Funk Railroad's first 3 albums were fantastic.* After that, it seemed they "went commercial" looking for a pop hit & with only a couple of exceptions, I wasn't interested enough to buy their albums anymore. My favorite on their 3rd album is *Sin's A Good Man's Brother.* No one ever reacts to it, so maybe you wouldn't want to invest a vid on it, but I guarantee you, it's a great rocking song with a hard edge that should listen to privately, if you don't want to react to it...
i miss three piece power bands.
FEELING ALRIGHT..BY GFR.. Off album survival.. just do whole album ☮️
Thanks for the tip
Just 3 talented guys from Flint, MI. Who is better live I ask?
Nothing better than a power trio. Amazing the similarities between GFR and The Warning. Love them both.
Well, that was a pleasant surprise. How fantastic was that track. 1969, hey? That would make the track 52 or 53 years old. GFR sounded so good for a three-piece, even back then. Imagine how good they would sound now with the technology that guitarists have at their feet, even before their sound hits the mixing desk. They would have sounded so much fatter if they played now. Their drummer also really impressed me: a floor tom, a rack tom, a snare, a kick drum and a few symbols. A small kit but he drained every dribble of juice out of them. Brilliant.
The Small Faces ... did they do Ichigoo Park (or whatever it was called)? And, did some half-good Scottish soccer player saddle up with them for a time (or was that an iteration that formed out of The Faces)? Chris will tell me haha.
Great content guys.
"a kick drum and a few symbols." You're thinking of Led Zep and their Zoso symbols surely!
Itchycoo park was indeed the Small Faces, one of the great psych bands from that era. And if you're referring to Rod Stewart, he joined, along with Ronnie Wood, to replace the great Steve Marriott, that's right, it took two of them to replace him! All this and more in the notes for the next video! (Which also references Led Zep!)
@@christhecurator Thanks Chris, I knew there was a connection to the Scottish soccer player, but I wasn't sure how it fitted in.
And Bonham didn't need too much skin and tin around him to make a big sound, so I take your point.
Another great reaction. I was a huge Grand Funk fan back in the day. Unfortunately they never got the respect and notoriety they deserved. I think it wasn't until they got their radio hit We're An American Band that mainstream media payed any attention to them. On a different note, Alex will you be attending The Warning at The Fillmore in 2 weeks?
Spectacular.
That’s my first Grand Funk Railroad song I’ve ever heard. I know the band name, but they didn’t really get radio play here and I never sought them out in later years.
You know, we’ve just experienced Ren on the channel a few days ago and that was massively creative, but every time I see an old school band like GFR doing their thing live I just think that bands and artists nowadays that write and record their songs in studios and not in sweaty pubs trying to evoke a reaction from an audience just lose something vital.
This song tonight wasn’t ever going to win lyrical accolades, but that band was totally synced with each other and took the song where it needed to go at each stage. Even to tempo shifts like at the end when they added some speed to give it urgency and energy, that’d the sort of thing that doesn’t really happen naturally in a studio. Producers and engineers are often looking for pristine performances, and even shift the played notes to fit a mechanical precision, or clean up noisy takes, and I think it’s often focusing on the wrong stuff as being important. I love hearing the squeak of a kick drum pedal in songs like Superstition or It’s A Long Way To The Top.
UA-cam has been a great place to keep these old performances alive. Otherwise these sort of clips would have sat rotting in an archive somewhere.
Thanks for the suggestion here Brian. Top performance!
Well said and all good points. It is why we often pick Live versions over studio. They both have benefits but Live has that edge and at times something truly outstanding. (such as Kasey Chambers etc)
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There’s been some cracking live stuff I’ve seen here, that’s for sure.
Glad you liked it Sean! These guys were really big for a few years in the US. They backed up Led Zeppelin on a tour of the US and Zep dropped them after a few concerts because they were getting better response from the crowd. They were also known as the loudest Rock band for a few years. The album Closer to Home is a classic, well worth checking out if you have Spotify or an equivalent.
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Thanks for the recommendation, Brian. Spotify isn’t my thing, but I’ll check them out some more.
The best LIVE version of that song is on their "Caught in the Act" LP and that whole album was fantastic. Love you guys take care and thanks for doing that track!
Check out the live version from their very first live album. Absolutely the best version.
Please play “Loneliness” by GFRR
There is funk all over the place and I ain't cleaning it up.
Leaves a hell of a stain
Three man band? Best ever. Rush is right there with them.
Yup. True
Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, do a reaction to "Hi Ren" from singer song writer Ren. It's truly life changing.
Life of Brian is an amazing movie.
You would say that!
Great band! Bass n drums though.
Energy power house!!
Now that is a band! It's like Classic rock taking a Gatlin gun to today's music and letting them know it's just plain garbage!! What a performance! You don't see that anymore. I am so glad I was born in this era. Absolutely blown away!
It was a great surprise to us too!
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GFR. Yes yes and yes! Incredible live band.
As we are now only finding out!
This is a cover originally written by Eric Burden and performed by The Animals. Grand Funk Railroad’s version BY FAR is better than the original. Maybe I’m biased because they’re my FAVORITE band of all time. Hell, my picture on UA-cam is of Mark Farner and myself from 2012. When I was in my high school video class I annoyed everyone with my videos because most of them involved Grand Funk Railroad in some form or another. You guys should react to my favorite GFR song called I Come Tumblin’.
Check out older albums ☮️
Glad to see you have turned to North America. Grand Funk is a great rock band. Great video. The scary part is in my opinion this particular song would barely be in their top five for me. That’s not a knock on this track just stating their are more great tracks out there that are worth listening.
Excellent, we look forward to finding them.
@@TheThamesmen the do a kick ass cover of give me shelter.
Try to listen to grand funk essentials.
Excellent sampling of the band
@@TheThamesmen have to listen to their cover of Give Me Shelter. Pretty epic.
What does the sound of the harmonica signify? Anyy guesses?
Train?
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Studio version doesn’t even come close to this!
Is this a first time reaction?
Absolutely