Total agreement. I was 12 years old in 1966 when this song became an hit. I’ve loved it ever since. It got a fair amount of airplay in the Los Angeles area (93 KHJ) and went to #31 on the bIllboard top 100. Hendrix had a ver different take on the song, but I loved the driving energy of The Leaves version.
Jack, keep in mind that the World War II generation who were running things in 1966 thought that this was crap, too. It was just noise for ignorant teenagers. They hated it.
Was acid available in the mid 60's? I vaguely remember a Jerry Garcia interview in which he said it was legal for a short while and the cops didn't even know what to do with someone who was tripping balls in the middle of the street so they took them to the hospital.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Acid was very much around in the mid-60s. Timothy Leary 's Tune in Turn on ,And Drop out was the beatnik/hippy motto starting 1964 , or evan before. By 1967 LSD was illegal. But it's use proliferated. But, evan worse was heroin. That was abused by hippies bigtime too. Vietnam gave it some impetus too!
Not really the original. The Leaves were the first to record it, but they learned about this song from watching Love perform it live, and Love learned about this song from watching The Byrds perform it.
16??? That means you should be around... a 1000 years old by now! I was wondering why some people say that they not only prefer this version but actually don't even like the Hendrix version of the song. But I guess they're even older than you and for them the Hendrix version was the music of the younger generation that they couldn't get behind anymore. I am shocked and suprised that: A. People your age and even older know what UA-cam is. 2. Know how to create an account. D. Know how to work their pc/notebook or even phone to post a comment here. I will go to bed know, this is all too much for me.
Wow, how incredibly cool. I wish I was there but I wasn't born yet. I swear the Boomers had it great, witnessing the high water marks of western civilization and at the same time sowing the seeds of its destruction in the degenerate but beautiful music and spaced out philosophies (think Gong and the Pothead Pixies) of the 60's and 70's. Let me tell you just because someone is musically gifted doesn't mean they have any insight into what makes a wholesome life or sustainable society; the 27 club is full of rock musicians for a reason.
On this day in 1966 {May 15th} "Hey Joe" by the Leaves entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #84; seven weeks later on July 3rd it would peak at #31 {for 1 week}, the following week it fell to position #54 and that was its ninth and final week on the Top 100... It was the groups’ only Top 100 record...
Gosh! 5/15/1966 I was in 3rd grade at 9 years old. My griends sister had this weirdo song "Hey Joe" on 45. She's the early hippy then ,and I thought some of these psych tunes were weird, because I eas primarily listening to philly's famous 56 Wfil and top 40s; motown, beachboys, beattles, rolling stones, lou christy, hermans hermits, mamas and papas, association,donovan, john sebastian and lovin spoonfull, motch rider, young rascals, monkeys, nei diamond, batman theme song, yardbirds, byrds, paul revere and the raiders, sonny and cher, buckinghams, turtles, james brown, nancy sinatra, frank sinatra, question mark and the mysterians, righteous brothers, walker brothers, gary lewis and the plaboys, bobby fuller four, were all on top 40 type songs and some psych too was played, jay jay jackson also, otis redding etc!
WOW. Always loved Hendrix and was curious to hear the previous version of Hey Joe. Didnt expect it to be garage punk!! Fantastic. Also I hear a Byrds influence in the guitar.
I like the 65/66 psych best. This song kicks ass. Was 8 years old when this came out. My friends 14,15 year old hippy sister had this on 45! Vietnam era!
I knew Hendrix personally and don' think anyone was a better rock guitarist but this is my favorite version of the song. As a kid growing up in SoCal I could envision some dude named Joe killing his cheating woman and then taking off for Mexico. This version is perfect for the lyrics. I'm 70 and it still kicks ass.
I bought this album in the early 70's in a 50 cent bin at Woolworths. I just played the album the other day and still like it. "Girl from the East" was one of my favorites.
Many years ago, I read that "Hey Joe" was a song that many artists covered at the time, especially L.A. bands. The Byrds, Love & several others who never even recorded it. It's entirely possible that Hendrix & the Leaves recorded it without any knowledge of the others version, until later. The lead guitar was added to the Leaves version by a studio musician. The unadorned version was on the LP & is nothing compared to this single version, which is one of my favorite records from the 60's. Lots of energy. Jimi's version is so original, I wouldn't bother comparing the two. Both are great!
@Mr22thou: The version uploaded here is a stereo mix and it's the same mix that was included on both the original mono and stereo LP releases from July 1966. There's nothing different about it. The original 45 release with 'Funny Little World' on the B side has this same mix.
total stranger - I remember buying a reissue of this album in the 80's and and being disappointed that the version of Hey Joe on the LP didn't have the dramatic guitar that is in the single version. In fact, I was disappointed by all the songs on that record. That's what I remember, but I have to admit, I don't really trust my memory anymore. You sound like you know what you're talking about, so I concede. Thanks for the info.
No s***? 😎 Cool so early 70s Black Oak Arkansas played the boys gym 4th period!! It cost you $1 and you got outta class!! 👍 Go Hunters💪😘 .... Topanga plaza 💖
@@lfader I remember when they installed the "Rain" fountain at the Topanga Plaza, with the glycerine rain... :D Sure wish we could go to ANY mall, right now! :( (The Leaves were a quarter...!)
@@Margaret1448 Yes!!! The Ice Rink also Topanga plaza was just a happening spot Of course GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS !!! 🤸🤸🤸. IN 10TH GRADE I got a job at Tangs Imports down by May Co. My high school is across the street Canoga Park high I was set!!! Saving to buy a car ( date girls!) It was livin' large .... Music exploding I bought tickets at Wallachs Music City upstairs for $5.50 to see Mick Taylor and the Rolling Stones at The Forum!?!? 😨😎 Topanga plaza was the Nexus it was the center of the universe MAGIC!!! 💥💖😎
Summer 66 remember it well at 9 years old then. Heard Hey Joe from my friends hippy sister at 14,q5 then. She was up on all the psych tunes. The seeds Pushin To Hard and Count 5s Psychotic Reaction! And many more she had on 45s then; for your love by yard birds!
alot of people did, the song was actually written by Billy Roberts back in 61. there is an original first recording of the song listed here in youtube of him singing it. there were alot of different bands that covered the song, including The Leaves here, but the most popular cover was done by Hendrix.
Gen Xer here. In a search for who sang backup vocals for Jimi's version, ended up here. I do get why people love this, but Hendrix's version has so much soul to it. Anyway. To each their own.
When I was 12 I had the single of this one and two years later bought Jimi's. But I agree with you about Jimi's version. Sometimes I try to listen just to the backup vocals by The Breakaways as their sound was so ethereal.
Cool take, indeed! The intro and guitar riffing is exactly the Byrds' "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Bettr" but that doesn't take away from this full-throttle version. The Byrds themselves in turn recorded an similar uptempo-version in early 1967 for radio b'cast. The world was smal then, eh? :-)
The Byrds were my favorite band back in 1965 and 66 but their version of "Hey Joe" was nowhere near the sheer angst and intensity of this definitive version by The Leaves.
Bo and Jim on Lone Star 92.5 KZPS DFW, Texas brought me here just now July 30, 2020 at 7:25am. Great garage band version of this song! Thanks, Bo and Jim!
@@sandsoftime1954 Exactly. Call a teenager a punk in the sixties and you would get beat down for it. It was like calling them a "p***y. Beat you down until you cried uncle.
I always loved The name the leaves. And this is the definition of the type of music I am into For those wanting to hear some real Gems and learn more 60s fuzz Raw Kickin garage Sound then you should check out the volumes that are called Back from the grave vol1 - Vol10. Then of course there are the Nuggets Volumes And Last but not least the pebbles volumes.
I think all the versions of this song have their own appeal. However I like the stripped down acoustic version of it the best. I don't know if and when Billy Roberts ever recorded it but the one on here is my fav.
The Leaves actually learned about this song from watching Love perform it live, and asked one of their members for the lyrics. And Love learned about Hey Joe from watching The Byrds perform it live. But The Leaves were the first to record it, yes.
BTW, for some of you that are unaware of the chemistry between Hendrix & Redding....when the band was put together, Redding thought he was auditioning for lead guitar but when he was told he was playing bass, he was not a happy camper. As a result, over time, Redding would not show up for recordings & Jimi didn’t give a shit coz he would lay down the bass tracks himself which is what you’re hearing on some of the later recordings. Noel wanted his band “Fat Mattress” to make it big. Jimi even let his band open for him in some of their Fillmore East shows but the bands writing material sucked. Most of the time they were booed off the stage but Jimi was very patient with Noel until he hooked up with Billy Cox....
Completely different from Hendrix's cover. BOTH are great but if push comes to shove, I like this one a little better. It is rockin' & nasty. The vocal, guitars, & in particular the BASS, is fantastic! lol
Except that it is not an 'old traditional'. Billy Roberts wrote it around 1966 and 'The Leaves' tried to steal it by claiming it was their song. Luckily Hendrix and others backed Roberts' claim that he was the composer.
I love Hendrix, but never really dug Hey Joe. This however is brilliant and the first time I've heard it. Far superior. Have no fear Jimi, your position is undiminished!
+Séamus Ó Dálaigh Don't believe could officially be "punk from the 60's [oxymoron]." But I love it. Jimi Hendrix had some good stuff, but this was just as good or btter than his version, imo.
Séamus Ó Dálaigh Jaysus, Seamus. . .Don't you recognize Paddy's when you see it? And mam made it special for me. Who knows who inspired Hendrix. . .were you there? I believe the songs came out in the same year, so could be a coincidence. You tell me and you'll earn my respect -- don't opine, give me facts!
+Kenneth Besselman there was a lot of in nature if not in name! I'm building a playlist of what I consider proto metal and it goes back quite far, quite deep...
Jim Pons, joined with Zappa and the Mothers, may have inspired their version, Hey Punk, in a different tempo and lyrics, long live satire, their version also predates Hendrix's
There are so many interesting versions of this Billy Roberts song. The Leaves cover is the fastest one - but listen also to Martò- Hey Joe - (45 giri EMI 1967) Jeriko - Hey Joe (Tiger's Milk Records) Mad Sound-To Masturbate (Hey Joe) Marmalade - Hey Joe Michael Pitt & The Twins Of Evil - Hey Joe Rocky Roberts and the Airdales - 1967 - Hey Joe Shimon Holy - Hey Joe The (St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter - hey joe The Byrds - Hey Joe (1966) The Golden Cups - Hey Joe The Nomads - hey joe The SoulBenders -Hey Joe (1967) The Yardbirds - Hey Joe One of my favorits is: Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation - Hey Joe(Live 2006)
The Leaves played Hey Joe at the Whiskey about 1965/66. I was there and it was electrifying.
That sounds like an amazing experience
Wow! Must have been awesome
Did you see Arthur Lee and Love and the Doors?
If I'm reading correctly, it was electrifying that you were there.
It was the first version I ever heard on WLS 890 in Chicago. I had the 45.
My favorite version!! Raw and mean and sexy as hell.
Yes I agree with you 100% & I still have the 45 Rock On
Mine too. Reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.
That bassline adds a LOT of punch to this version -- a fave of mine since the mid-Sixties.
Absolutely. They just simply kicked ass on this one. The definitive version.
Pure, unadulterated, 60's garage-band classic! Still my favorite version (sorry, Mr. Jimi...). It sends me back, every single time I hear it.
Be well.
You got to be kidding?
DEEP PURPLE MARK ONE OWNS THE ULTIMATE VERSION of Hey joes of this planet.
Total agreement. I was 12 years old in 1966 when this song became an hit. I’ve loved it ever since. It got a fair amount of airplay in the Los Angeles area (93 KHJ) and went to #31 on the bIllboard top 100. Hendrix had a ver different take on the song, but I loved the driving energy of The Leaves version.
Fever tree as well! This one is amped tho!
Jimi’s version is way better. But it’s cool this version can be heard too.
All versions of “Hey Joe” are great but this cut is it!
The Byrds version suck because of David Crosby who sang it at Monterey Pop.
@@jwjeffrey he sings it well but the effort as a group is not up to par
Deep Purple Mk1 version does it for me.
Wouldn't it be cool to hear songs like this every hour on the pop music radio channels of today?
You mean instead of the utter crap they are playing over and over and over?
Jack, keep in mind that the World War II generation who were running things in 1966 thought that this was crap, too. It was just noise for ignorant teenagers. They hated it.
Yeah it would be cool😍
Download Purple Haze Radio app! I have it for Iphone the music they play is exactly like this I promise you
It's why I'm an album guy
they played at my high school ,chaminade in canoga park, ca.1967, they rocked!
Thats awesome!
Loved this version in the 60’s. I heard it today for the first time in many years.
Sounds just like the '60s ought to sound!
This is the version I heard first. I love 'em both, though. :)
I agree Robert Woods. This is the first one I heard in the spring of ‘66
Acid-drenched and bluesy. I've always dug the bassline in this one. Memories...
Acid drenched! my favorite
Was acid available in the mid 60's? I vaguely remember a Jerry Garcia interview in which he said it was legal for a short while and the cops didn't even know what to do with someone who was tripping balls in the middle of the street so they took them to the hospital.
A bit before they arrived but this reminds me of The Stooges. I can imagine Iggy Pop belting Hey Joe out this way!
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 , Here's the skinny on acid's "origins." Be well.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Acid was very much around in the mid-60s.
Timothy Leary 's Tune in Turn on ,And Drop out was the beatnik/hippy motto starting 1964 , or evan before.
By 1967 LSD was illegal. But it's use proliferated.
But, evan worse was heroin. That was abused by hippies bigtime too. Vietnam gave it some impetus too!
Many artists have covered this great song. The Leaves still do it BEST!
Mark Blitzer This is not a cover, this is the original Hey Joe. Jimi Hendrix covered it a year later.
Not really the original. The Leaves were the first to record it, but they learned about this song from watching Love perform it live, and Love learned about this song from watching The Byrds perform it.
@@sandykopi Billie Roberts wrote it before this. Check it out.
@@scottbaekeland9750 Niela Miller did write most of it
Wilson Pickett, bitch.
I will never forget this song, I was 16 when it came out, never got the 45 rpm, but I'll always remember it!
16??? That means you should be around... a 1000 years old by now! I was wondering why some people say that they not only prefer this version but actually don't even like the Hendrix version of the song. But I guess they're even older than you and for them the Hendrix version was the music of the younger generation that they couldn't get behind anymore. I am shocked and suprised that:
A. People your age and even older know what UA-cam is.
2. Know how to create an account.
D. Know how to work their pc/notebook or even phone to post a comment here.
I will go to bed know, this is all too much for me.
@@Garfuck Seems you don't know your math, go back to school and get your GED.
I liked 60’s music. It was nice and wild.
But you don't like it anymore?
Saw them live at a sorority house party in Woodland Hill, CA sirca 1967, later saw Love at Whiskey a go go.
Was it on Shoup Ave by any chance? Lol
Wow, how incredibly cool. I wish I was there but I wasn't born yet. I swear the Boomers had it great, witnessing the high water marks of western civilization and at the same time sowing the seeds of its destruction in the degenerate but beautiful music and spaced out philosophies (think Gong and the Pothead Pixies) of the 60's and 70's. Let me tell you just because someone is musically gifted doesn't mean they have any insight into what makes a wholesome life or sustainable society; the 27 club is full of rock musicians for a reason.
On this day in 1966 {May 15th} "Hey Joe" by the Leaves entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #84; seven weeks later on July 3rd it would peak at #31 {for 1 week}, the following week it fell to position #54 and that was its ninth and final week on the Top 100...
It was the groups’ only Top 100 record...
I thought it reached higher than 31. I remember hearing it many times. It deserves higher status--a real breath taker.
Then Jimi did it!
Gosh! 5/15/1966 I was in 3rd grade at 9 years old. My griends sister had this weirdo song "Hey Joe" on 45. She's the early hippy then ,and I thought some of these psych tunes were weird, because I eas primarily listening to philly's famous 56 Wfil and top 40s; motown, beachboys, beattles, rolling stones, lou christy, hermans hermits, mamas and papas, association,donovan, john sebastian and lovin spoonfull, motch rider, young rascals, monkeys, nei diamond, batman theme song, yardbirds, byrds, paul revere and the raiders, sonny and cher, buckinghams, turtles, james brown, nancy sinatra, frank sinatra, question mark and the mysterians, righteous brothers, walker brothers, gary lewis and the plaboys, bobby fuller four, were all on top 40 type songs and some psych too was played, jay jay jackson also, otis redding etc!
WOW. Always loved Hendrix and was curious to hear the previous version of Hey Joe. Didnt expect it to be garage punk!! Fantastic. Also I hear a Byrds influence in the guitar.
That's the riff from I'll feel a whole lot better.
THEE FIRST heavy metal song-period.
Garage punk
This version elevates your blood pressure !
I am on Monopril which lowers the BP
Saw the Leaves at the Whiskey and this is the song I remember. They were very energetic young band.
@gerry greene: You're lucky! I wish I could have seen them, but I was stuck in a small town in a small state.
Garage band masterpiece. Nobody did this song better. The bass riffs are classic.
Think the bass comes over better on Love's version
Yeah I might venture to say I like this better than the Hendrix version.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
Never cared for the Hendrix version.
Song needs to be fast.
try the Otis Taylor version
I like the 65/66 psych best. This song kicks ass. Was 8 years old when this came out. My friends 14,15 year old hippy sister had this on 45! Vietnam era!
Best version of Hey jJoe ever. Used to box and hammer the speed bag to this rousing number.
ME AND WANDA SANCHEZ AND ROESLEE BARKER MET JIM MORRISON IN FRONT OF THE STAGE BEFORE THE CONCERT!! 1972 Phoenix
Hard to catch your breath when you listen to this version.
I knew Hendrix personally and don' think anyone was a better rock guitarist but this is my favorite version of the song. As a kid growing up in SoCal I could envision some dude named Joe killing his cheating woman and then taking off for Mexico. This version is perfect for the lyrics. I'm 70 and it still kicks ass.
Wow! What was he like? Could you please tell us a story about him?
@@rainbowbridge4766 He had a traumatic childhood.
Proto-punk masterpiece!
Better than punk tbh
Nothing like punk. It's Hard Rock.
Not everything is punk punk.
I bought this album in the early 70's in a 50 cent bin at Woolworths. I just played the album the other day and still like it. "Girl from the East" was one of my favorites.
The best version of Hey Joe. Every garage band in 1966 tried it, but never sounded like this. I believe they had a Rickenbacker 12 string in there.
Many years ago, I read that "Hey Joe" was a song that many artists covered at the time, especially L.A. bands. The Byrds, Love & several others who never even recorded it. It's entirely possible that Hendrix & the Leaves recorded it without any knowledge of the others version, until later. The lead guitar was added to the Leaves version by a studio musician. The unadorned version was on the LP & is nothing compared to this single version, which is one of my favorite records from the 60's. Lots of energy. Jimi's version is so original, I wouldn't bother comparing the two. Both are great!
@Mr22thou: The version uploaded here is a stereo mix and it's the same mix that was included on both the original mono and stereo LP releases from July 1966. There's nothing different about it. The original 45 release with 'Funny Little World' on the B side has this same mix.
Jimi's 'blues-version' brought out more emotion of the song.
total stranger - I remember buying a reissue of this album in the 80's and and being disappointed that the version of Hey Joe on the LP didn't have the dramatic guitar that is in the single version. In fact, I was disappointed by all the songs on that record. That's what I remember, but I have to admit, I don't really trust my memory anymore. You sound like you know what you're talking about, so I concede. Thanks for the info.
One musical idea Hendrix borrowed from this version is Jim Pons bass line he uses prominently in his slowed down version.
this version charted one year before hendrix released his, there's no way he didnt hear it. his version is closer to the original tho
They played Canoga Park High School in '66 :D Go Hunters!
No s***? 😎 Cool so early 70s Black Oak Arkansas played the boys gym 4th period!!
It cost you $1 and you got outta class!! 👍 Go Hunters💪😘 .... Topanga plaza 💖
I wonder whether Zappa ever saw these guys.
Margaret Farrell wish they had played Huntington Park HS in 1965!
@@lfader I remember when they installed the "Rain" fountain at the Topanga Plaza, with the glycerine rain... :D
Sure wish we could go to ANY mall, right now! :( (The Leaves were a quarter...!)
@@Margaret1448 Yes!!! The Ice Rink also Topanga plaza was just a happening spot
Of course GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS !!! 🤸🤸🤸. IN 10TH GRADE I got a job at Tangs Imports down by May Co. My high school is across the street Canoga Park high I was set!!! Saving to buy a car ( date girls!)
It was livin' large .... Music exploding I bought tickets at Wallachs Music City upstairs for $5.50 to see Mick Taylor and the Rolling Stones at The Forum!?!? 😨😎 Topanga plaza was the Nexus it was the center of the universe MAGIC!!! 💥💖😎
There energy matched my youth. I was wild.
Never heard this version. Love it! Love it! Love it! Love it!
Great cover! I can also hear Needles and Pins riff in there somewhere
Summertime 1966, this was on our AM stations (WQAM / WFUN ) in Miami. Man what a blast!
Summer 66 remember it well at 9 years old then. Heard Hey Joe from my friends hippy sister at 14,q5 then. She was up on all the psych tunes. The seeds Pushin To Hard and Count 5s Psychotic Reaction! And many more she had on 45s then; for your love by yard birds!
Passion, power, guts... The Leaves "let it all hang out". Best version.
I saw em somewhere. Around that same time. It was teenage fair or Arcadia park love in, who knows. I been everywhere man.
14 Anos Sem Bobby Arlin e 7 Anos Sem Bill Rinehart
First song our little garage band learned to play back in jr.high. I was on bass. Fun times.
GABBA GABBA...Amazing Song that BLOWS my mind and try to Find the round and round of all planets
They Played this in the gym of my high school, Canoga park High!!!!
One of the greatest recordings ever.
Fantastic. Search forever to find the original by the Leaves
Damn! To this moment I thought Hendrix created this masterpiece.
alot of people did, the song was actually written by Billy Roberts back in 61. there is an original first recording of the song listed here in youtube of him singing it. there were alot of different bands that covered the song, including The Leaves here, but the most popular cover was done by Hendrix.
I still have my original 45; we never would have bought the album.
+David Williams We were doing just fine if we could get the .69 or .79 cents together for the 45 back then.
Gen Xer here. In a search for who sang backup vocals for Jimi's version, ended up here. I do get why people love this, but Hendrix's version has so much soul to it. Anyway. To each their own.
When I was 12 I had the single of this one and two years later bought Jimi's. But I agree with you about Jimi's version. Sometimes I try to listen just to the backup vocals by The Breakaways as their sound was so ethereal.
Another great LA band of the 1960s
Pre-Punk Punk. Live from the garage.
Cool take, indeed! The intro and guitar riffing is exactly the Byrds' "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Bettr" but that doesn't take away from this full-throttle version. The Byrds themselves in turn recorded an similar uptempo-version in early 1967 for radio b'cast. The world was smal then, eh? :-)
The Byrds were my favorite band back in 1965 and 66 but their version of "Hey Joe" was nowhere near the sheer angst and intensity of this definitive version by The Leaves.
Needles and Pins?
Wow a great version.
i remember seeing them at The Old Trout in Windsor Berkshire, and they kicked some right arse i can tell you! Great Mates
Bo and Jim on Lone Star 92.5 KZPS DFW, Texas brought me here just now July 30, 2020 at 7:25am. Great garage band version of this song! Thanks, Bo and Jim!
Pretty obvious influence of The Monks here.
My first exposure to this song, before Jimi's rendition! I bought the album and this was by far, the best (only) song worth buying the album for!
awesome version !
You don't dig the Leaves you're outa your tree!
brilliant band what the 60's was all about
Best rendition of this song period 1966...
Kick on the strobes and go nuts to this one! Dig the bassline - to the Nth! "Too Many People" (live) by The Leaves is a rave-up too.
The start really sounds like The Byrds Feel A whole Lot Better
Stop saying garage rock
THIS IS WHAT TRUE PUNK ROCK SOUNDS LIKE!
Punk is for punks !
The Leaves were originally known as The Rockwells. And recorded this before Hendrix. I like both versions though. Cheers!
when I first heard this on the Nuggets LP, my old console stereo did not do it justice
For the first fifteen seconds I thought it was going to be a cover of “Needles and Pins”.
I also hear " The Girl Can't Help It " .
Punk about a decade before punk.
Garage punk, oh yes
NO ! Just Garage Rock, there was NO Punk Rock in the Sixties.
Sands of time:"Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen (October,1963) - "Brent the Gent" (The Long-Forgotten Musicologist)
@@sandsoftime1954 Exactly. Call a teenager a punk in the sixties and you would get beat down for it. It was like calling them a "p***y. Beat you down until you cried uncle.
@@TheORIGINALBrentTheGent "One eyed, one horned, flying, purple, people eater" by Sheb Wooley (1958) So What ? It still isn't Punk ,now is it.
< < < THIS VERSION LEAVES A BITTER TASTE IN MY MOUTH > > >
This version is simply the best 👌 Hey Joe . LOVE Deep Purple
I always loved The name the leaves. And this is the definition of the type of music I am into
For those wanting to hear some real Gems and learn more 60s fuzz Raw Kickin garage Sound then you should check out the volumes that are called
Back from the grave vol1 - Vol10.
Then of course there are the Nuggets Volumes
And Last but not least the pebbles volumes.
I think all the versions of this song have their own appeal. However I like the stripped down acoustic version of it the best. I don't know if and when Billy Roberts ever recorded it but the one on here is my fav.
Check out Fever Trees version!!
Will do - and I assume you're familiar with their hit San Franciso Girls? So, so many good bands at that time.
60s garage rock at its best
one of the top 10 hey joes
This was their 3rd recorded vesion of this great song they wrote. Great early rock.
Wow. Cool !!!!!
Sounds like the first punk rock song
best version .................EVER!
total agreement. this was a hit in los angeles
Someone should record the slowed down version, maybe with guitar effects and backing vocals. It would do the song much good.
Never heard this before. Heard it listening to A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs podcast.
Love also covered this song in 1966 but Hendrix brought it to a new level & really made the song a well known hit....RIP Jimi.
The Leaves actually learned about this song from watching Love perform it live, and asked one of their members for the lyrics. And Love learned about Hey Joe from watching The Byrds perform it live. But The Leaves were the first to record it, yes.
one of the true precursors to metal right here
More of a precursor to punk
Was great to dance too❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nice update!!!...:)O(:...
I always thought that the Leaves and the Litter were the Best of the Best American rock groups of the sixties.
Best version IMHO.
I think this version, Hendrix's version, and Patti Smith's version are pretty much equal personally.
By far the best version of Hey Joe. The Leaves knocked it out of the park
BTW, for some of you that are unaware of the chemistry between Hendrix & Redding....when the band was put together, Redding thought he was auditioning for lead guitar but when he was told he was playing bass, he was not a happy camper. As a result, over time, Redding would not show up for recordings & Jimi didn’t give a shit coz he would lay down the bass tracks himself which is what you’re hearing on some of the later recordings. Noel wanted his band “Fat Mattress” to make it big. Jimi even let his band open for him in some of their Fillmore East shows but the bands writing material sucked. Most of the time they were booed off the stage but Jimi was very patient with Noel until he hooked up with Billy Cox....
La segunda guitarra en algunos pasajes de la cancion es identica a "Needles and Pins" de The Searchers
Pisses me off it’s not available on iTunes
Amazon probably has an MP3.
Completely different from Hendrix's cover. BOTH are great but if push comes to shove, I like this one a little better. It is rockin' & nasty.
The vocal, guitars, & in particular the BASS, is fantastic! lol
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Well, this version of the old traditional blues tune, covered by so many, was my 1st exposure to good old Hey Joe in, what, '66?
Except that it is not an 'old traditional'. Billy Roberts wrote it around 1966 and 'The Leaves' tried to steal it by claiming it was their song. Luckily Hendrix and others backed Roberts' claim that he was the composer.
LISTEN TO THE FUCKING BASS!
I love Hendrix, but never really dug Hey Joe. This however is brilliant and the first time I've heard it. Far superior. Have no fear Jimi, your position is undiminished!
Heavy Metal from the Mid 60s
+Séamus Ó Dálaigh Don't believe could officially be "punk from the 60's [oxymoron]." But I love it. Jimi Hendrix had some good stuff, but this was just as good or btter than his version, imo.
Séamus Ó Dálaigh Jaysus, Seamus. . .Don't you recognize Paddy's when you see it? And mam made it special for me. Who knows who inspired Hendrix. . .were you there? I believe the songs came out in the same year, so could be a coincidence. You tell me and you'll earn my respect -- don't opine, give me facts!
+Kenneth Besselman there was a lot of in nature if not in name! I'm building a playlist of what I consider proto metal and it goes back quite far, quite deep...
+Séamus Ó Dálaigh I Agree, this is more punk than metal.
+Kenneth Besselman No man, that was Blue Cheer
Billy Roberts wrote this song in 1962....his version is on youtube
This is the first recorded version though.
What did the tree say to the wind?
'Leaf me alone'
Jim Pons, joined with Zappa and the Mothers, may have inspired their version, Hey Punk, in a different tempo and lyrics, long live satire, their version also predates Hendrix's
"Hey, punk, where you going
with those flowers in your hair?"
Jim Pons retired here in Jacksonville, finally got to play with him a while back ... a real gent ...
There are so many interesting versions of this Billy Roberts song.
The Leaves cover is the fastest one - but listen also to
Martò- Hey Joe - (45 giri EMI 1967)
Jeriko - Hey Joe (Tiger's Milk Records)
Mad Sound-To Masturbate (Hey Joe)
Marmalade - Hey Joe
Michael Pitt & The Twins Of Evil - Hey Joe
Rocky Roberts and the Airdales - 1967 - Hey Joe
Shimon Holy - Hey Joe
The (St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter - hey joe
The Byrds - Hey Joe (1966)
The Golden Cups - Hey Joe
The Nomads - hey joe
The SoulBenders -Hey Joe (1967)
The Yardbirds - Hey Joe
One of my favorits is:
Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation - Hey Joe(Live 2006)
I like the version by The Hazards as well.
first version of this song
nice upload
the intro sounds like the byrds - I"ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
The Byrds did it with David Crosby singing
Think it's the other way around....
I just read a guy of the Byrds was in the video of this version with the tambourine. If true, your comment makes a lot of sense.
Banned from Spotify ? The Leaves have others not this one
GODDAMN IT!