Earlier versions were done by The Kingston Trio, We Five, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Rondstadt and the Stone Poneys and others, but it wasn't a hit until National Conference of Christians and Jews used it in a commercial.
Except we're singing it in a bubble, kinda like Lex's vision of a 'peaceful Woodstock' where everyone on the outside could care less about 'love and peace'.
The world doesn't need to hear it, the elites need to hear it. They're the one's controlling us and keeping us divided. Divide and conquer is their motto. The message we want to be spreading is ' turn off your televisions and get off social media. '
The only message that needs to be spread is ' turn your television off and stop using social media. ' The elites can't control people if the people don't swallow the propaganda.
You have to remember the times of the late 60s. Vietnam war protests, race riots in the streets across the entire nation, two assassinations in less than 4 months of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy at a campaign event in Los Angeles. (Brother of President John F. Kennedy also assassinated in 1963.) The 1960s were both wonderful, and scary as hell. There were many songs like this during that time, trying to appeal to everyone, to slow down, and love one another as God commands us to. Thanks
Probably the sweetest & purest of all hippie era anthems. Brings a tear to my eye. And speaking of Woodstock, you should react to both versions of the song, one by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young..one by Joni Mitchell who wrote it. Very different styles but both terrific. And yes, there was some chaos at Woodstock but just think...500,000 people, rain & mud, not enough food, all that for 3 days & not one fistfight, shooting or stabbing. A couple of babies born..people helping others through both good & bad trips. I wasn't there but I know the history. I had just turned 16 & my dad would've killed me if I'd tried to go being as it was several states away. In retrospect, I'd have risked being yelled at & gone anyway!💙☮💙
The CSNY version is fantastic. Joni's version is surprisingly dark with just her and a tremelo Wurlitzer electric piano. The other notable version, and probably the most hippie, peace and love version and biggest radio hit, was by Matthew's Southern Comfort.
Such a wonderful song with a beautiful message that will last forever. Jesse Colin Young was an ethereal singer. Hey maybe those hippies were on to something 👍🏾💯🌈
@@magna116 funny, it's progressive democrats who want to control everything you do through ever bigger regs and government, and push us to support war in ukraine. remember it was a democrat that got us into the vietman war and a repub who got us out.
@@magna116 What is 'the way' of the Republicans? Oh, and loving someone does not mean you agree with everything they say, do or believe. We 'conservatives' have our differences of opinion with the 'liberals' out there, but this does not mean we HATE those on the other side of the political aisle. We just don't agree on certain issues.🤷♂️
I was at Woodstock and it was a combination of peaceful and chaotic. People were incredibly nice to each other. People went around collecting extra food for people who didn't bring enough, guys on Harleys went around collecting garbage and taking it to the dump, everyone was talking to each other and happy to see each other. It was chaotic because no one was in charge. There was no authority, no schedule, no rules. For those of us that grew up in a society with order, procedures, and a chain of command, this was intoxicating stuff. Unfortunately, it was not sustainable, but for three days we thought it might last and that we were changing the world. I guess we did in a sense because people are still trying to emulate that feeling today.
the flower power era and the Hippie vibe of the time was encouraging young people everywhere to be kind, generous, friendly and it worked for a few years (in my experience) I was 19 in the year of love and the summer of Woodstock.
I lived 45 miles from San Francisco and was there every week end for the shows. Late '69 and early 70s things were fun and "Trip full" Then came the harder drugs which and took over the market for Pot and LSD, the dealers were mean and dangerous and the younger kids didn't understand. This is the time that the street started saying "Speed Kills" No more happy fun sunshiny days. This song was an inspiration for those of us that were looking for that world.
I was just a little kid in elementary school in Northern California (hippie central) when that whole late 1960s peace movement was going on, but I had an older sister who really got in to the hippie thing and moving to the mountains and eating organic food and all that stuff. She was 12 years older than me and I just loved her. So yeah, when I hear music like this I think of my dear sweet sister and smile.
Could you imagine if every band knew how to cover this, and one day, at every event being played across the world, and on every radio station, at a particular time of day across the world, this was played?
Great song 1968. It was a hit a few times. I think it came back in 1972. People actually believed this could happen back then. They were infiltrated by those who didn't. I doubt people today can even understand. Today they want to label everyone, back then labels weren't as important.
Unconditional love is the key that unlocks all the doors unconditional love is the cure to fear fear can't exist in the same space as unconditional love so it disappears and unconditional love wins the day. I really loved this song back in the '60s because it had such a powerful message and the people that got it and understood it where all the better for it the people that didn't weren't ready for the message yet although we're in a time now where this message can really resonate with a lot more people and it will in time.
There were approximately 400,000 people at Woodstock. 3 deaths were reported, 2 drug overdoses and 1 young man was run over accidently by a tractor picking up trash. I haven't heard about any shootings at the festival.
I must have heard this song ten thousand times on soft rock radio stations, on hard rock radio stations, in shopping malls - everywhere. The only lyrics I knew were the chorus. The other lyrics are beautiful.
Brad & Lex , Thanks for this song , brings me back to 1970 at the Strawberry Fields here in Canada , where the Youngbloods played this song . This song put a very peaceful , mellow feeling over the entire crowd . It felt like everyone , was one !! Thanks for the memories .
Always loved this song 🎵 such a powerful meaning,we sure could use alot of this...Come on people now,smile on your brother,everybody get together try to love one another right now ❤💙😀
"When the One that left us here returns for us at last. We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass." We who belong to Him (and that's not all of us) have our marching orders; our assignment while we're here. Treat people the way you would like to be treated. Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were making His appeal through us. Warn them, encourage them, teach them, love them. Even though they will hate you because they hated Christ and crucified Him.
@@miguel52You can still give honor to your Biblical name . It is never to late to repent and be Saved. Revelation 12:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Daniel 12:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
This evoked memories of playing in the park behind my house in Kettering, OH when I was >10 years old. All kinds of kids of all colors just playing together on swings, slides, & merry-go-rounds in the early 1970s. We moved to a different state, WV, when I was 10 & there were few people of color in the new place. I never even consciously noticed the difference until many years later when I was in college.
1967 San Francisco, the Summer of Love... This was an anthem! Yes the hippies were idealistic; many tried to spread this message in the face of societal upheaval, Vietnam war, etc. We hear the same at church, but few put it into practice - still, the more love, the better!
We sang this song at our 8th grade graduation in 1973. How progressive! 😊 I remember distinctly because the girl in front of me turned around and glared at me and I thought she was going to tell me I was singing too loud, but instead she complimented me. A turning point for me. I’m now 63 and still singing away! Funny how a simple act of kindness can affect someone for the rest of their life! This is such a beautiful song that has aged very well. What if everyone started their day hearing this? Keep up the good work you two! Much love! 😎🎶❤
Woodstock was as peaceful as this song! There was no crack back then. Not in the form it is today. It was mostly weed and very good acid! The whole idea was to leave the old wars and headspace behind and the young people knew what they were there for! You tell him Lex!!! Love to you two!
1969. quite a few songs by various artists about peace, kindness towards one another. other good songs along this line: Canned Heat-"let's work together; The Hollies-"He ain't Heavy". The Beatles wrote a song called "revolution" which spoke of making changes but in peaceful manner without destroying society. Chicago had a "fill song on their second album called "Where do we go from here". many other examples from this time period in music 60's-70's.
The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. If we live in peace with ourselves with those around us that's half the battle. And I like to think that like-minded people seem to gravitate towards one another. We may not change the world but we can change the world around us.
There’s nothing like Jimi Hendrix playing The National Anthem on an electric guitar 🎸, he played a right handed guitar upside down left handed. Also played with his teeth! RIP Jimi 💜☮️💟
The love and peace vibe prevailed for a time back in the day. It was very cool, by consensus violence was simply not an option in any situation. But the love/peace "better angels of our nature" have to be grounded in something transcendent, not just a bunch of kids deciding it's cool. So you had Woodstock on the one hand and Altamont on the other when fear, territoriality, and aggression reasserted themselves. Human beings are all of the above
Joni Mitchell performed "Get Together" in February 1969 at Carnegie Hall, and the concert recording was issued in 2021 on Archives Vol. 2. In April 1970, Johnny Cash recorded a version of the song on his television series The Johnny Cash Show.
Back in the day. My day. When we put on talent shows in HS. The last song we would all do is this one. The audience would sing along too. Back then it was pretty cool. Sad that this song is so relevant today
Timely and timeless classic by a beautiful soul. You're walking down the road of life and come to a fork in the road. Fear one way, Love the other. If you choose fear, then you will cake on all this temporary security, and wall yourself way from life by having built your own prison. In our short lives there should be no time for hate and fear, except to maybe hate the fearmongers, who are profiting off of the discomfort they foist upon others.
still to this very day, my all time favorite song. the heartfelt interpretation, the musically peaceful vibe, the lilting harmonies and most importantly the wonderful message of love. IMO, nothing recorded has ever topped this song. thank you for finally doing a reaction to this gem.
This is the kind of music I grew up with. Being a child in the 60s and 70s is vastly different than any other period in recent history. That's why I call myself an "old school hippie chick." Peace and love! ✌😍
Oh Lawt....I'm 68 and much older...BUT, I remember this was a great mood song on my "Best Of The 60's 8-track tape in my 1963 Ford Fairlane 260 V8 with 3 on da tree automobile! Know this: it is a "peace, love, dove and dangerous drugs song of the era."
The message is all of us. Bring together the people with this mindset and then begin to work on the people who mind not agree. Lex, as usual your keen insight and understanding has unlocked the door. Just like this song.
I sing that chorus almost every day when I am trying to make a left turn onto the highway, and every car is strung out just far enough that I can't make the turn. "Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together And let me make this turn!"
Acid vibes. The first time I dropped, was in 1986, a couple of months before my 16th birthday, backstage at a ‘The Exploited’ show. It was one of the craziest and best nights of my life. One of my best friends who was with me, also dropped for her first time. After the craziness of the night was over, she snuck me into her mom’s condo, where we hung out in her bedroom, and listened the album ‘Are You Experienced?’ by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, for hours and hours, until the sun came up. To say this was a life-changing experience for me, would be a monumental understatement.
That was a great reaction song has a lot of meaning for me definitely an anthem for the late sixties I was very good friends with the lead guitar player and the gentleman singing backup he used to come into a restaurant I worked in California regularly Jerry Corbin wicked nice guy great song great meaning to it keep spreading the music.
Great song! You should also check out their psychedelic/folk-rock masterpiece "Darkness, Darkness" which features some cool violin that goes well with the distorted electric guitar and trippy/echoey vocals! 😎 Jesse Colin Young said he wrote it while thinking about the horror that his friends and other soldiers must have felt while waiting to fall asleep at night during the Vietnam War. "Darkness, Darkness be my pillow. Take my hand and let me sleep. In the coolness of your shadow, in the silence of your deep."
I was about 8 years old when this song came out. Vietnam war going strong. I lost a Cousin in that war. Great memories as a child to remember from this song.
Immediately takes me back to 1967...hanging out at the Strip...love-ins at Griffith Park, driving up to Haight-Asbury...if you weren't there...no matter how muchyou read about it and listen to the music...you'll never know.
More Golden Gate Park in San Francisco 1967. Woodstock was in 1969 and things did get wilder. Richie Havens opens with a rousing Here Comes The Sun as only he can, one man and an acoustic guitar and Woodstock closes with Jimi Hendrix melting the National Anthem with the bombs of the War coming off his guitar :)
Surely there's room for music about the best in us and what we can aim for, as well as music filled with the the details of the debauched state in which we find ourselves. In the end you both got the essentials of this song. And, acting in love instead of fear is a weapon against manipulation. A loving approach doesn't make you stupid or naive necessarily. It can change an entire culture though, and turn destructive impulses into growth and progress. Being fear-less is the only "real" human freedom as well. It's the only chance we got. The opposite of love is fear. What you fear you hate, and hate provokes humans to irrationality.
Exceptionally deep lyrics!!!This song was the title track to the first Vinyl album I ever purchased, a "K-Tel" compilation Album! It had the best "Hippie" music of the time on there!
It's an uplifting hopeful song that may not be "realistic" to a certain point of view but if you listen close to the lyrics there is a reference to "The one who left us here returns...", I always felt that meant Jesus Christ.
This is a much-loved song from the hippie era. Although the Youngbloods originated in New York, they migrated to California in the late 60s. Their song “(I’m Proud to Be a) Hippie from Olema” (1970) refers to a little town on the San Andreas Fault Zone, just SE of Tomales Bay, N of San Francisco. That song was a good-humored answer to Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee.”
Brad & Lex, 55 years later, the world still needs this song to be heard. Jesse Colin Young on lead vocals.
And written by Chet Powers, who performed under the name Dino Valenti and was the lead singer on Quicksilver Messenger Service's "Fresh Air".
Earlier versions were done by The Kingston Trio, We Five, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Rondstadt and the Stone Poneys and others, but it wasn't a hit until National Conference of Christians and Jews used it in a commercial.
It is still relevant , maybe more now than ever.
Not gonna change the terrible world today
@@michaelasay8587 It all depends on which outcome we choose to unlock! We have the key. We have the choice. We determine our own outcome and fate!
I have always loved this song! The world needs to hear this message now more than ever. ✌️❤️
It's an amazing tune with great lyrics
Except we're singing it in a bubble, kinda like Lex's vision of a 'peaceful Woodstock' where everyone on the outside could care less about 'love and peace'.
The world doesn't need to hear it, the elites need to hear it. They're the one's controlling us and keeping us divided. Divide and conquer is their motto. The message we want to be spreading is ' turn off your televisions and get off social media. '
The only message that needs to be spread is ' turn your television off and stop using social media. ' The elites can't control people if the people don't swallow the propaganda.
Now the grandchildren of the hippies are burning American cities down.
Drugs and poor parenting created evil, demented spawn.
You have to remember the times of the late 60s. Vietnam war protests, race riots in the streets across the entire nation, two assassinations in less than 4 months of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy at a campaign event in Los Angeles. (Brother of President John F. Kennedy also assassinated in 1963.) The 1960s were both wonderful, and scary as hell. There were many songs like this during that time, trying to appeal to everyone, to slow down, and love one another as God commands us to.
Thanks
Probably the sweetest & purest of all hippie era anthems. Brings a tear to my eye.
And speaking of Woodstock, you should react to both versions of the song, one by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young..one by Joni Mitchell who wrote it. Very different styles but both terrific.
And yes, there was some chaos at Woodstock but just think...500,000 people, rain & mud, not enough food, all that for 3 days & not one fistfight, shooting or stabbing. A couple of babies born..people helping others through both good & bad trips.
I wasn't there but I know the history. I had just turned 16 & my dad would've killed me if I'd tried to go being as it was several states away. In retrospect, I'd have risked being yelled at & gone anyway!💙☮💙
Yup, many of us would. ✌❤
The CSNY version is fantastic. Joni's version is surprisingly dark with just her and a tremelo Wurlitzer electric piano. The other notable version, and probably the most hippie, peace and love version and biggest radio hit, was by Matthew's Southern Comfort.
Also, one by David Crosby and the Bryds in late '64.
@@dggydddy59 I like their (ie MSC) version best.
Goosebumps. Every time.
This song is timeless. A masterpiece
I remember when this came out, it instantly became an anthem for millions
Such a Beautiful song from the Hippie and Flower Children era. Jesse Collin Young's voice is like an angel's.
Thanks
Be a part of the SOLUTION✌️
Such a wonderful song with a beautiful message that will last forever. Jesse Colin Young was an ethereal singer. Hey maybe those hippies were on to something 👍🏾💯🌈
The message WON'T last forever if the republicans have their way.
@@magna116 TRUE!!! Unfortunately, and scary.
@@magna116 funny, it's progressive democrats who want to control everything you do through ever bigger regs and government, and push us to support war in ukraine. remember it was a democrat that got us into the vietman war and a repub who got us out.
@@magna116 They won't. The light will overcome their hate. ♥️
@@magna116 What is 'the way' of the Republicans?
Oh, and loving someone does not mean you agree with everything they say, do or believe. We 'conservatives' have our differences of opinion with the 'liberals' out there, but this does not mean we HATE those on the other side of the political aisle. We just don't agree on certain issues.🤷♂️
I was at Woodstock and it was a combination of peaceful and chaotic. People were incredibly nice to each other. People went around collecting extra food for people who didn't bring enough, guys on Harleys went around collecting garbage and taking it to the dump, everyone was talking to each other and happy to see each other. It was chaotic because no one was in charge. There was no authority, no schedule, no rules. For those of us that grew up in a society with order, procedures, and a chain of command, this was intoxicating stuff. Unfortunately, it was not sustainable, but for three days we thought it might last and that we were changing the world. I guess we did in a sense because people are still trying to emulate that feeling today.
the flower power era and the Hippie vibe of the time was encouraging young people everywhere to be kind, generous, friendly and it worked for a few years (in my experience) I was 19 in the year of love and the summer of Woodstock.
I lived 45 miles from San Francisco and was there every week end for the shows. Late '69 and early 70s things were fun and "Trip full"
Then came the harder drugs which and took over the market for Pot and LSD, the dealers were mean and dangerous and the younger kids didn't understand.
This is the time that the street started saying "Speed Kills" No more happy fun sunshiny days.
This song was an inspiration for those of us that were looking for that world.
One of the sweetest songs ever. And also a great 60's peace anthem.
I was just a little kid in elementary school in Northern California (hippie central) when that whole late 1960s peace movement was going on, but I had an older sister who really got in to the hippie thing and moving to the mountains and eating organic food and all that stuff. She was 12 years older than me and I just loved her. So yeah, when I hear music like this I think of my dear sweet sister and smile.
Could you imagine if every band knew how to cover this, and one day, at every event being played across the world, and on every radio station, at a particular time of day across the world, this was played?
I would LOVE that!
♥♥♥♥♥ I would never forget that moment, ever.
Great song 1968. It was a hit a few times. I think it came back in 1972.
People actually believed this could happen back then. They were infiltrated by those who didn't. I doubt people today can even understand. Today they want to label everyone, back then labels weren't as important.
This song is about loving people and Jesus coming back
Unconditional love is the key that unlocks all the doors unconditional love is the cure to fear fear can't exist in the same space as unconditional love so it disappears and unconditional love wins the day. I really loved this song back in the '60s because it had such a powerful message and the people that got it and understood it where all the better for it the people that didn't weren't ready for the message yet although we're in a time now where this message can really resonate with a lot more people and it will in time.
No autotune, pure talent
Absolutely.
One of my favorite hippie-era songs!
There were approximately 400,000 people at Woodstock. 3 deaths were reported, 2 drug overdoses and 1 young man was run over accidently by a tractor picking up trash. I haven't heard about any shootings at the festival.
No rap crap back then = no shootings...
There was a lot of communication/parenting from the stage announcers and some of the musicians. Encouragement and support too.
Released in 1967 & truly a timeless song & anthem with a great message..
I can barely see thru the tears , the lyrics are outstanding, but Jessie Colin Young's vocals are so incredibly beautiful and heartfelt.
I must have heard this song ten thousand times on soft rock radio stations, on hard rock radio stations, in shopping malls - everywhere. The only lyrics I knew were the chorus. The other lyrics are beautiful.
One of my all-time faves
A great reaction to a classic song! Lex's smile as she listened was nice.
Lex nailed it. Approach each other with compassion and create a better outcome.
One of the most beutiful songs I have ever heard. To me the lyrics are spot on and timeless. We need to hear those words now more than ever.
Imagine a world where we all live the lyrics in this song.
In my top 5 songs! Nothing like peace, kindness and love.
Brad & Lex , Thanks for this song , brings me back to 1970 at the Strawberry Fields here in Canada , where the Youngbloods played this song . This song put a very peaceful , mellow feeling over the entire crowd . It felt like everyone , was one !! Thanks for the memories .
Always loved this song 🎵 such a powerful meaning,we sure could use alot of this...Come on people now,smile on your brother,everybody get together try to love one another right now ❤💙😀
We definitely hold the power (key) within ourselves to decide which direction our lives go.
This song was the quintessential song of the 1960s. Great song. Great message. Still applicable today.
"When the One that left us here
returns for us at last.
We are but a moment's sunlight
fading in the grass."
We who belong to Him (and that's not all of us) have our marching orders; our assignment while we're here.
Treat people the way you would like to be treated.
Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.
We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were making His appeal through us.
Warn them, encourage them, teach them, love them.
Even though they will hate you because they hated Christ and crucified Him.
BEST response yet!!!
Amen!...!!!
Speaking Truth in Love. 🙏❤
Amen.
@@miguel52You can still give honor to your Biblical name . It is never to late to repent and be Saved. Revelation 12:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Daniel 12:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
This evoked memories of playing in the park behind my house in Kettering, OH when I was >10 years old. All kinds of kids of all colors just playing together on swings, slides, & merry-go-rounds in the early 1970s. We moved to a different state, WV, when I was 10 & there were few people of color in the new place. I never even consciously noticed the difference until many years later when I was in college.
1967 San Francisco, the Summer of Love... This was an anthem! Yes the hippies were idealistic; many tried to spread this message in the face of societal upheaval, Vietnam war, etc. We hear the same at church, but few put it into practice - still, the more love, the better!
All Lexi needs is some flowers in her hair she was in the groove for sure. Peace.
We sang this song at our 8th grade graduation in 1973. How progressive! 😊 I remember distinctly because the girl in front of me turned around and glared at me and I thought she was going to tell me I was singing too loud, but instead she complimented me. A turning point for me. I’m now 63 and still singing away! Funny how a simple act of kindness can affect someone for the rest of their life! This is such a beautiful song that has aged very well. What if everyone started their day hearing this? Keep up the good work you two! Much love! 😎🎶❤
Woodstock was as peaceful as this song! There was no crack back then. Not in the form it is today. It was mostly weed and very good acid! The whole idea was to leave the old wars and headspace behind and the young people knew what they were there for! You tell him Lex!!! Love to you two!
Just a beautiful song...I've loved it from the very first time I heard it all those years ago
Still holding up 5 decades later. Exquisite.
1969. quite a few songs by various artists about peace, kindness towards one another. other good songs along this line: Canned Heat-"let's work together; The Hollies-"He ain't Heavy". The Beatles wrote a song called "revolution" which spoke of making changes but in peaceful manner without destroying society. Chicago had a "fill song on their second album called "Where do we go from here". many other examples from this time period in music 60's-70's.
The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. If we live in peace with ourselves with those around us that's half the battle. And I like to think that like-minded people seem to gravitate towards one another. We may not change the world but we can change the world around us.
A beautiful song from a different time and place. We need more of this again today.
Beautiful song and great thoughts from a recovering cynic. I agree...we need more of this message. 😉♥
Lex, you don’t strike me as a recovering cynic… usually so upbeat. Beautiful song that I can’t help but sing along every time.
I was thinking the SAME thing! I was a little shocked when she said that
There’s nothing like Jimi Hendrix playing The National Anthem on an electric guitar 🎸, he played a right handed guitar upside down left handed. Also played with his teeth!
RIP Jimi 💜☮️💟
The love and peace vibe prevailed for a time back in the day. It was very cool, by consensus violence was simply not an option in any situation. But the love/peace "better angels of our nature" have to be grounded in something transcendent, not just a bunch of kids deciding it's cool. So you had Woodstock on the one hand and Altamont on the other when fear, territoriality, and aggression reasserted themselves. Human beings are all of the above
We're a complicated species, aren't we? 👍
Those were the days…going to the “Teen Club” and hearing this on the…JUKEBOX!!!
We played this song first at my mom's funeral, then a few years later at my Dad's funeral. Such a special song to me.
Thank you for sharing it again.
The power to love or instill fear is a key in the hands of all of us.
I think this epitomizes the 60's. Glad you reacted to it.
What a great song. I learned the words in the back seat of my Mothers' Pontiac GTO on 8Track lol.
Joni Mitchell performed "Get Together" in February 1969 at Carnegie Hall, and the concert recording was issued in 2021 on Archives Vol. 2.
In April 1970, Johnny Cash recorded a version of the song on his television series The Johnny Cash Show.
Back in the day. My day. When we put on talent shows in HS. The last song we would all do is this one. The audience would sing along too. Back then it was pretty cool. Sad that this song is so relevant today
Timely and timeless classic by a beautiful soul. You're walking down the road of life and come to a fork in the road. Fear one way, Love the other. If you choose fear, then you will cake on all this temporary security, and wall yourself way from life by having built your own prison. In our short lives there should be no time for hate and fear, except to maybe hate the fearmongers, who are profiting off of the discomfort they foist upon others.
The melody and words to this song is so beautiful. Cmon people now smile on your brother. A timeless masterpiece for sure. ❤🥰🎶
Marmalades "Reflections of my life." Vanilla Fudge, "You keep me hanging on."
People are so insane today, that it's dangerous to be in a large concert.
Was heaven.
One of the most beautiful songs ever.
Darkness Darkness is also a Must if you like the Youngbloods. ❤️
Agree. Mott The Hoople did a cover as well. Both are great
This song was given a reggae cover version by the group Big Mountain. I love both versions.
great song! thanks for giving it a listen!
Fantastic song , such a great vibe and emotion that transcends even to today
still to this very day, my all time favorite song. the heartfelt interpretation, the musically peaceful vibe, the lilting harmonies and most importantly the wonderful message of love. IMO, nothing recorded has ever topped this song. thank you for finally doing a reaction to this gem.
Lex, love how feel the music and hear thr lyrics. You touch the old hippy soul.
This is the kind of music I grew up with. Being a child in the 60s and 70s is vastly different than any other period in recent history. That's why I call myself an "old school hippie chick." Peace and love! ✌😍
@@joedonlewis9820 I'm married to another woman
@@justineapril7922 yeah I'm just a guy, so you know.
Oh Lawt....I'm 68 and much older...BUT, I remember this was a great mood song on my "Best Of The 60's 8-track tape in my 1963 Ford Fairlane 260 V8 with 3 on da tree automobile! Know this: it is a "peace, love, dove and dangerous drugs song of the era."
The message is all of us. Bring together the people with this mindset and then begin to work on the people who mind not agree. Lex, as usual your keen insight and understanding has unlocked the door. Just like this song.
One of my favorite songs ever!!
I sing that chorus almost every day when I am trying to make a left turn onto the highway, and every car is strung out just far enough that I can't make the turn.
"Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
And let me make this turn!"
Acid vibes. The first time I dropped, was in 1986, a couple of months before my 16th birthday, backstage at a ‘The Exploited’ show. It was one of the craziest and best nights of my life. One of my best friends who was with me, also dropped for her first time. After the craziness of the night was over, she snuck me into her mom’s condo, where we hung out in her bedroom, and listened the album ‘Are You Experienced?’ by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, for hours and hours, until the sun came up. To say this was a life-changing experience for me, would be a monumental understatement.
That was a great reaction song has a lot of meaning for me definitely an anthem for the late sixties I was very good friends with the lead guitar player and the gentleman singing backup he used to come into a restaurant I worked in California regularly Jerry Corbin wicked nice guy great song great meaning to it keep spreading the music.
this was our song of the generation hippies!
Great song! You should also check out their psychedelic/folk-rock masterpiece "Darkness, Darkness" which features some cool violin that goes well with the distorted electric guitar and trippy/echoey vocals! 😎 Jesse Colin Young said he wrote it while thinking about the horror that his friends and other soldiers must have felt while waiting to fall asleep at night during the Vietnam War. "Darkness, Darkness be my pillow. Take my hand and let me sleep. In the coolness of your shadow, in the silence of your deep."
Remember that line from Suite:Judy Blue Eyes
"Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart" ? Same thing!
If you can just experience the calm of this kind of music for just a minute - it works.
I was about 8 years old when this song came out. Vietnam war going strong. I lost a Cousin in that war. Great memories as a child to remember from this song.
Great, great song. An anthem for my generation (I'm 67). Super voice, super writer and his music is soft rock, Folk, and jazz. Love him!!
The message is still the same, love your brother, brown, white, black, yellow, purple, It’s up to everyone of us! Peace…
Immediately takes me back to 1967...hanging out at the Strip...love-ins at Griffith Park, driving up to Haight-Asbury...if you weren't there...no matter how muchyou read about it and listen to the music...you'll never know.
Lex is right on like ppopopopcorn again. BEAUTIFUL song
More Golden Gate Park in San Francisco 1967. Woodstock was in 1969 and things did get wilder. Richie Havens opens with a rousing Here Comes The Sun as only he can, one man and an acoustic guitar and Woodstock closes with Jimi Hendrix melting the National Anthem with the bombs of the War coming off his guitar :)
Went to an outdoor Dead concert in Oregon in 1972. 20,000 people there. Can't imagine Woodstock with half a million
Lex seeing your reaction to all these reaction videos always makes me smile,so cool and your ok too brad
Lex: The key to love or fear is within yourself. Brad: That’s “artsy talk”.
Surely there's room for music about the best in us and what we can aim for, as well as music filled with the the details of the debauched state in which we find ourselves. In the end you both got the essentials of this song. And, acting in love instead of fear is a weapon against manipulation. A loving approach doesn't make you stupid or naive necessarily. It can change an entire culture though, and turn destructive impulses into growth and progress. Being fear-less is the only "real" human freedom as well. It's the only chance we got. The opposite of love is fear. What you fear you hate, and hate provokes humans to irrationality.
Exceptionally deep lyrics!!!This song was the title track to the first Vinyl album I ever purchased, a "K-Tel" compilation Album!
It had the best "Hippie" music of the time on there!
Love this song.
This song always makes me feel hopeful. And that is something we need in today's madness.
Great message, both in the song and the video!
Great song, encapsulates the 60s !
It's an uplifting hopeful song that may not be "realistic" to a certain point of view but if you listen close to the lyrics there is a reference to "The one who left us here returns...", I always felt that meant Jesus Christ.
I agree brother... it was Jesus and He is returning soon!
@@retiredfirelt586 Yes HE is.
Probably the second best flower power hippie song behind San Francisco by Scott Mckenzie!!!
I love this song!!!! Great message for the times we are living in right now!!❤️❤️
So very glad you did this song, it’s priceless ♥️♥️❤️♥️❤️🥰🥰🥰
This is a much-loved song from the hippie era. Although the Youngbloods originated in New York, they migrated to California in the late 60s. Their song “(I’m Proud to Be a) Hippie from Olema” (1970) refers to a little town on the San Andreas Fault Zone, just SE of Tomales Bay, N of San Francisco. That song was a good-humored answer to Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee.”
One of the most beautiful songs ever!
That song was a nice place to go when the world was looking hopeless.
Brad studying the lyrics trying to sort them out Lex eyes closed letting the groove soak in . classic
Great early hippie stuff from the bay. Jesse Colin Young and written by Dino Valenti of QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
Why won't they play Quicksilver? Have Another Hit...I've asked multiple times. ☹✌
@@lindakessler8768 yes! Fresh Air. What about me? Pride of Man. Right on Linda!
My First concert. Jerry Jeff Walker opening for Jesse Colin Young at the Paramount Northwest, Seattle 1975.