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  • Open Mind- Magic Potion
    The Open Mind, a British Freakbeat/Psych band from London are probably most noted for the now legendary track Magic Potion which appeared as a single and later on their much sought after debut album on Philips in 1969. Fortunately this album was re-released on Antar (ANTAR 2) in 1986 and this has made this classic piece of 60s Freakbeat much more accessible to collectors of 60s psychedelia.

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  • @PedroMaia-q3f
    @PedroMaia-q3f 6 місяців тому +33

    I LOVE THIS MUSIC ❤ SOME ONE IN 2024 HERE ??

    • @kolonelklink1001
      @kolonelklink1001 5 місяців тому

      The kolonel is…and lovin’ the vibes!!

    •  5 місяців тому +1

      I'm riding the giant albatross.

    • @lclfav2
      @lclfav2 5 місяців тому +1

      It's 2024?

    • @ramadeldib4184
      @ramadeldib4184 4 місяці тому

      ...Here I am, from Florence, Italy!

    • @Reggie-The-Dog
      @Reggie-The-Dog 4 місяці тому +3

      FOREVER!!!

  • @thomassmith5860
    @thomassmith5860 6 років тому +89

    this song has all the elements that make up a great psychedelic rocker

    • @PedroMaia-q3f
      @PedroMaia-q3f 6 місяців тому +2

      That's True bro, you're right 😊🎉

  • @mobyboy
    @mobyboy 14 років тому +42

    I cant imagine how wonderful was to live in the year 1968 with all this music and atmosphere, wish I could experience that !

    • @roguebotanist
      @roguebotanist 2 роки тому +3

      Agreed. Grew up in the 70's and while there were great songs also nothing compares to the 60's songs. Especially the crap on the radio today.

    • @aeonsbeyond
      @aeonsbeyond Рік тому +6

      so much shit happened so fast between 1966 and 1970 its taken 50 years to put it all back together, and we still missing some details

    • @54bluesbass15
      @54bluesbass15 Рік тому +2

      If you lived in England or another country I'm sure it would have slightly better than here in the US..Unfortunately alot of teenagers here were drafted into the war at this time.
      As a mature adult, chances are you were listening to more easy listening music.
      Not to say adult-contemporary music from this time was bad..
      Just not as fun as the big bands of the 30's & 40's..

    • @nealbeard1
      @nealbeard1 Рік тому +1

      Big bands are amazing. All the way up to the 70s . I have seen a few big bands but they are such a rarity, obviously the cost. Impossible to recreate the sheer power of a big band through speakers

  • @thomassmith8721
    @thomassmith8721 4 роки тому +33

    The video deserves the Cecil B. DeMille award for outstanding cinematography. It's a perfect match with the music. Those British hippies looked like they were having the time of their lives. One sip of the magic potion will open your mind. I want a barrel of that potion. This is hard and heavy British psych at its best. They were a.k.a. the Drag Set
    From the UK or the US or any other country, this is one of the best psych songs of 1969.

  • @zubrycky
    @zubrycky 13 років тому +51

    One of the best songs ever. It really changed my life. Hearing it was a sonic revelation.

  • @christophernagy5603
    @christophernagy5603 10 років тому +18

    Killer Guitar sound... Mind numbing vocals & lyrics... Great Tune!!

    • @viinikellari
      @viinikellari 3 місяці тому +1

      And the DOUBLE BASS :D goddamn!

  • @BlackSabbathBlog
    @BlackSabbathBlog 13 років тому +17

    Great guitars, 100 % spychedelic, and of course 1969 is simply the best year! Yeah listen it again & again!!

    •  5 місяців тому +1

      1967 was the best.

  • @macaliston4
    @macaliston4 6 місяців тому +4

    THIS IS GREAT!
    1965 - 1975 RULES!! It's was the time of music

  •  5 місяців тому +4

    Song gets 10/10. Video gets 11/10.

  • @greygotea
    @greygotea 4 роки тому +6

    I grew up in 1960's..You gotta love them 60's chicks & the music

  • @darrelldoo4golf
    @darrelldoo4golf 5 років тому +6

    I wish I could like and like and like this tune - it has almost everything I love about garage psych - fuzz, rolling drums, gravelly vocals and the context of the tune. Winner every time. xxx

  • @jaycharger72
    @jaycharger72 2 місяці тому +1

    30 yrs ago i was in a band and we covered this we split up , now we are back together and gonna cover this again IT KICKS bigtime what a song

  • @BPY007
    @BPY007 4 роки тому +3

    RIP Michael Brancaccio (Uncle Mick) your memory will live on for ever through your amazing music x

  • @wutang2530
    @wutang2530 2 роки тому +22

    How have I never seen anyone bring this up when talking about proto metal? 1:46 - 2:19 is metal as hell! First time hearing this and I absolutely love it

    • @boejiden6587
      @boejiden6587 Рік тому +4

      I could see some proto metal elements thrown in with 60 psychedelic Rock

    • @aeonsbeyond
      @aeonsbeyond Рік тому +3

      yeah well its a cool riff but Jimi hendrix killed it with his proto metal. Go find a song called Third Stone from The Sun. Hendrix invented metal

    • @syndicateofsurf1367
      @syndicateofsurf1367 Рік тому +3

      From what I've read this is the first time a double bass peddle was recorded. The video does not disappoint.

    • @cnalbelsevy.
      @cnalbelsevy. 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@syndicateofsurf1367Sounds like black flag

    • @aimstavalentine
      @aimstavalentine 10 місяців тому +1

      sound just like the Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog"

  • @briscoethecollie1510
    @briscoethecollie1510 7 років тому +28

    BEST SONG EVER!!! Love this song, it's my Friday afternoon drive home song, just absolutely amazing, thanks for upload and awesome video, far out man!!!

  • @caesarsneezer6992
    @caesarsneezer6992 2 роки тому +48

    This is what Jefferson Airplane should have sounded like later instead of morphing into just another commercial enterprise in a strip mall

    • @dorariparia9262
      @dorariparia9262 6 місяців тому +3

      Hear hear

    • @sunkintree
      @sunkintree 3 місяці тому +2

      I have no idea what those last 6 words are supposed to mean. I know what those words mean individually. But...

    • @user-tw7wp8of1r
      @user-tw7wp8of1r 2 місяці тому +2

      I agree! I hate the way Jefferson Airplane turned into Jefferson Starship and sounded so commercial

    • @D.L.B-p1i
      @D.L.B-p1i 29 днів тому +1

      Magic potion is my fav song and Jefferson airplane is my fav band(greatest feed😬). I always tell people “I like the airplane, not the starship!”

    • @virtuallyreal5339
      @virtuallyreal5339 23 дні тому

      They turned into what the universe intended them to, brother. They helped some future bands realize not to go down the path they went down, and that's a beautiful thing heart ❤

  • @Beatedelic_Records
    @Beatedelic_Records Рік тому +9

    "Magic Potion" is a masterpiece! One year later BLACK SABBATH'S "Paranoid" was released, which has similarities with "Magic Potion".

    • @johncrow5006
      @johncrow5006 Рік тому +5

      Try listening to this and then following it with "Brainstorm" by Hawkwind - Nik Turner must have heard this song somewhere back in time...

  • @thomassmith5860
    @thomassmith5860 6 років тому +13

    if I made a list of my favorite psychedelic slash garage rock songs this would definitely be in my top 10

  • @marcogarcia2865
    @marcogarcia2865 4 роки тому +6

    I JUST WANT TO SAY: ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡MUSIC REAL¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ TRANSPORTS ME TO THAT TIME AND WITHOUT DRUGS. I BELIEVE THAT I LIVED IN THAT TIME, IN ANOTHER LIFE.

  • @blakethomas5637
    @blakethomas5637 7 років тому +23

    Any video featuring Bridget Bardot and "Blow-Up" with some kickass psychedelia is dope with me!

  • @tonelemoan
    @tonelemoan 2 місяці тому +1

    I find the period 67-70 musically fascinating. The musical evolution from pysch to heavy psych to proto metal is a musical oddysey worthy of a week-long playlist.

  • @smart21cart
    @smart21cart 13 років тому +24

    It's funny to see Soviet cartoon clips in here: Alice in Wonderland and Just you wait! (dogs singing)

  • @Stenove1957
    @Stenove1957 10 років тому +6

    Such amazing tune, ....the beginning of heavy rock!

  • @JasonDarrell
    @JasonDarrell 7 років тому +3

    Groove is in the heart. Reminds me of The Creation, big time. That can't be bad. What a track.

  • @alexmagno0
    @alexmagno0 7 років тому +14

    Take a drink from my magic potion
    Do you gonna really feel fine
    One zip and you will see
    Things you never saw befoooore
    -How do you feel?
    -I feel fine!
    -How do you feel?
    -I feel fine!
    Help prop my soul I feel fine!
    All of a sudden there's a different world
    Appearing in front of my eyes
    If you don't wanna try this potion
    Leave it all for meeee
    -How do you feel?
    -I feel fine!
    -How do you feel?
    -I feel fine!
    Help prop my soul I feel fine!
    Take a drink from my magic potion
    Tell me do you still feel fine?
    One zip and you will see
    Things you never saw befoooore
    -How do you feel?
    -I feel fine!
    -How do you feel?
    -Ooh I feel fine!
    Help prop my soul I feel fine!

    • @jamesanderson9327
      @jamesanderson9327 5 років тому

      I thought it was "upon my soul I feel fine". Also I hear "One sip"...

  • @MaurizioBianchiMB
    @MaurizioBianchiMB 2 роки тому +4

    A burst of pure energy, well ahead of its time.

  • @dailyflash
    @dailyflash 3 роки тому +3

    Whoever made this video knew what they were doing.

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx 5 років тому +9

    This is the most sixties song ever

  • @driloc
    @driloc 11 років тому +9

    I LOVE THIS!!!!!! The editing and choices are unbelievable! First heard this tune on Rhino's Nuggets II British box! And yes, the Euro Nico/Marianne/Patti Boyd look is still a turn on to this 46 year young cat!!!

  • @templetonparceley8645
    @templetonparceley8645 2 роки тому +11

    This song predates the sick sound of the Stooges to come....garage melts into psychedelia melts into the darkest night❤️

    • @monsieurlaguillotine3481
      @monsieurlaguillotine3481 2 роки тому +2

      No it doesn't. The Stooges had already put their first album out by this point. Fun House would come out not long after this.

    • @brubeck1
      @brubeck1 Рік тому +1

      @@monsieurlaguillotine3481 he means fun house the first one was more avant-garde

    • @templetonparceley8645
      @templetonparceley8645 Рік тому +1

      @@monsieurlaguillotine3481 wow...anyways i'm sure that the Open Mind guys' were not aware of that.....I mean,seminal punk rock was clearly urging as a source of inspiration in those times ,both in the States (MC5) and in the UK (Deviants and Pink Fairies,a little bit later).

  • @steveburton9242
    @steveburton9242 8 років тому +56

    May I say, a video WORTHY of the song!

  • @sarag.2724
    @sarag.2724 9 років тому +74

    Love the double bass at the end. Proto metal stuff

    • @DrunkenMishap666
      @DrunkenMishap666 9 років тому +1

      right on!!!!! Amazing stuff

    • @sandsoftime1954
      @sandsoftime1954 7 років тому +2

      +WickedTornado What's you up to there Wicked ? I do remember seeing Baker playing with two pedals, unbelievable, talk about keeping a beat. Very impressive, I sometimes forget which is the gas and which is the brake, throw in a clutch and I'm totally forked !

    • @cavaleiroandante8144
      @cavaleiroandante8144 6 років тому

      Sara G. I

  • @6T9fbird400
    @6T9fbird400 8 років тому +24

    Man I was born 30-40 years too late the 60s must have been a blast

    • @jeffwilliams196
      @jeffwilliams196 8 років тому +4

      +Joe Pilsl
      The 60s were NOTHING like this video. believe me.

    • @markas-tm7bc
      @markas-tm7bc 8 років тому +1

      Not only soviet version of "Alice in Wonderland". In this clip is fragment of soviet animation film "Well, Just You Wait!" ("Ну, погоди!"). Just copy and place it on search window of the You.Tube: Детская песенка - У попа была собака. And You'll see it.

    • @dylanconerty1370
      @dylanconerty1370 7 років тому

      Jeff Williams maybe it wasn't for you. You weren't at Woodstock clearly.

    • @CydnotCharrise1
      @CydnotCharrise1 6 років тому +6

      Depends on where you WERE in the 60s. I lived in Southern California and was in Haight Ashbury in 67 and 68. And oh yeah it was this and everything more.

    • @modeljetjuggernaut4864
      @modeljetjuggernaut4864 6 років тому +1

      I woulda loved to live the 60s just like this for a short while...then come back in time. I think I would miss having my UA-cam..and ebay

  • @DSMCCrix
    @DSMCCrix Рік тому +2

    Kinda strange been born in 2000 but feeling this music belongs to me in certain way maybe at my past life, or two past lifes back when maybe I was high hearing this and never wake up in that occasion haha.

  • @johnhiram1207
    @johnhiram1207 8 років тому +42

    Heard this many times tripping my brains out. Great group for LSD.

    • @hugbug4408
      @hugbug4408 3 роки тому

      1969 acid was in with the psychedelia!Vietnam War raging on!

  • @zsoltbarkaszi9387
    @zsoltbarkaszi9387 3 роки тому +6

    How much I love this song! Top of British psychedelia? Hi from Hungary!

  • @OpaqueVisions47
    @OpaqueVisions47 11 років тому +8

    Great video! goes perfectly with the feel & sound of the song.

  • @marcusmarcus1349
    @marcusmarcus1349 3 роки тому +6

    1:45 this part gives me the chills

  • @zzenzero
    @zzenzero 5 днів тому

    Fantastic song but what a wonderful video too!! thanks marmalade75

  • @bobgreen623
    @bobgreen623 7 років тому +54

    Main riff is somewhat Stooges-like, clearly a good thing.

  • @josesolans2475
    @josesolans2475 5 років тому +1

    I feel like flying on that magic carpet and like a time machine transport me back to the late 60s.

  • @daaq5072
    @daaq5072 11 років тому +7

    I have seen this video almost 50 times...

  • @mikaylaboo1
    @mikaylaboo1 8 років тому +9

    What a great video...reminds me of my early 70's acid trips.

    • @hugbug4408
      @hugbug4408 3 роки тому

      You know as mu h as acid was used, heroin was evan a bigger problem truogh out the 50s,60s, and early 70s then cocaine took over for awhile along wgith disco.
      Evan though I was quite young in 69(12yrs. old) I vividly remember the 60s , especially from 63 to 72 were some radical times

  • @danjones2008
    @danjones2008 15 років тому +3

    I LOVED THIS BAND FOR YEARS!!!!!!
    Nice to find out this video!!

  • @jonathanphlek5252
    @jonathanphlek5252 3 роки тому +4

    Yooooooo this song is absolutely great. Sounds very influential on doom metal, what a banger and ahead of its time. Thanks for sharing good music and love ❤️❤️

  • @milansimic9800
    @milansimic9800 4 роки тому +3

    Now this is music.

  • @Fuzzbrain61
    @Fuzzbrain61 6 років тому +2

    Fantastic track - great production and band

  • @vinyl_navigator
    @vinyl_navigator 8 років тому +3

    Superb job editing the video! Everything blends so well with the track. Loved the french new wave clips!

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 11 років тому +3

    A masterpiece. Great era around '67 - this captures the vibe. Lot's of "little purple pills" around LA, SF and London "axis". Took a while for the rest of the world to catch up. But it was too late.

    • @Mr.Fury1
      @Mr.Fury1 3 роки тому +1

      The world have definitely lost the chance to experience it in that era

  • @departments2006
    @departments2006 15 років тому +2

    Amazing sound for it's time. Wonderful track.

  • @drizzt5788
    @drizzt5788 4 роки тому +1

    R.I.P Mickey (Mike Brancaccio) thanks for the music

  • @RubenBelito90s
    @RubenBelito90s 9 років тому +5

    Nice psych song
    Greetz from mars my dears brothers

    • @videomaniac108
      @videomaniac108 8 років тому +2

      +Dario Scotti Welcome to the Earth, just remember to obey all interplanetary space vehicle speed limits.

  • @6T9fbird400
    @6T9fbird400 8 років тому +25

    Looks like it was just a more colorful period. What I see of the 60s was a time with hardly any restrictions the music was much better and the vehicles from that era rocked as well

    • @monsieurlaguillotine3481
      @monsieurlaguillotine3481 8 років тому +9

      There were definitely restrictions. Artists had to get creative in order to bypass them.

  • @bluecatky
    @bluecatky 4 роки тому

    I was 7 when this song was released. But watching this video kind of makes me wish I was born 15 years earlier.

  • @mrstevehartman
    @mrstevehartman 12 років тому

    AHHHHHHHHHHH....... those WERE the days. Groovy man !!

  • @ShakepearesDaughter
    @ShakepearesDaughter 10 років тому +1

    migod I love psychedelic garage rock from the 60s.

  • @hippyIM1
    @hippyIM1 8 років тому +1

    OH WOW!Spliff up and chill.BRILLIANT

  • @keithgordon620
    @keithgordon620 5 років тому +3

    Excellent song, with a 'You really got me' riff going on....This could have been done by Hawkwind too, it has that feel about it.

  • @mynameisnotalfredo
    @mynameisnotalfredo 13 років тому +1

    Two insane guitarists playing insanely....

  • @sisterdiggins
    @sisterdiggins 15 років тому +3

    I would LOVE to see footage of these guys!
    This song is such an unknown classic!
    Lucky enuf to have a boot of this LP,and that is a treasure ,so hard to find.

  • @AlvinSoto
    @AlvinSoto 7 років тому +2

    I don't know how I got to this video. But I love it.

  • @Supashamy
    @Supashamy 6 років тому

    Just when I thought I knew most of the songs and groups like this. Still discovering these gems...thank u

  • @impalaman9707
    @impalaman9707 7 років тому +7

    This sounds like a reference to drinking DMT---Ken Kesey's "rocket fuel" ("one sip and you will see--things you never saw before"). The Open Mind didn't try to hide anything---one of the most obvious drug references in a song ever. Also, being on the Philips label, makers of fine light bulbs, they were label mates of Blue Cheer.

    • @tedmich
      @tedmich 7 років тому

      DMT's not orally active, most smoke it.
      Dig the double bass!

  • @ryanbrowning7265
    @ryanbrowning7265 7 років тому +2

    this video is absolutely the greatest thing E-V-E-R!!!! ohhh myyyy gooooood!

  • @4PEACEundLeibe
    @4PEACEundLeibe 13 років тому +4

    This video is awesome!
    Its has everything of the 60's! :D Some of the cartoons remind me of Yellow Submarine!

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 11 років тому +2

    This is it. Captures it. I was there.

  • @urgulp1554
    @urgulp1554 6 років тому

    Amazing video and song. Very cool! Bring back the 60s please!!!!!!!!

  • @paulfitzpatrick954
    @paulfitzpatrick954 5 років тому +1

    Killer tune. Smashing viddy

  • @tonyowen8311
    @tonyowen8311 9 років тому

    Oh Man! Cool song, video goes great with the song. Wish I had been around during the sixties, what a time!

  • @magnusneigart9521
    @magnusneigart9521 5 років тому +1

    Timeless tune, and very nice artcut.

  • @msifu81h43
    @msifu81h43 8 років тому +2

    Unbelievable video ..awesome song thanks

  • @zubrycky
    @zubrycky 13 років тому +4

    I love the irony of this song... When the singer says "I feel fine" the music goes to a heavier direction and when he says "Help prop my soul I feel fine!" the music just goes darker, gloomier and heavier.

  • @warrennelson1317
    @warrennelson1317 9 років тому +7

    Excellent job with the video!!

  • @directorkid3131
    @directorkid3131 5 років тому +4

    The riff and drum at 1:46 is the best part.

    • @dannyfenris7708
      @dannyfenris7708 2 роки тому +3

      ...Ending with that brilliant drum bit at 2:04. Fantastic track.

  • @pmanis09
    @pmanis09 13 років тому +4

    Someone put a lot of work into this video. I recognized several of the clips and they all originated from different sources. Nicely done. Killer tune too!

  • @salvadorrivas1304
    @salvadorrivas1304 4 роки тому +2

    👍me remontan a mi adolescencia 👏👏

  • @strickly60s45
    @strickly60s45 6 років тому +1

    Great Tune. I never laid my ears on this psychedelic song way back in the 60's and this one just made it in. Possibly the message was a little too strong at the time to be played on the A M airwaves then but, it certainly would prove successful on the music charts in my opinion. Here is the real "Magic Carpet Ride".....Truly Trippy Thanks.

  • @AritoEsRock
    @AritoEsRock 11 років тому

    The soul of the 60's stoned great music !!!

  • @B3burner
    @B3burner 3 роки тому +1

    Oh those 60’s girls!

    • @verga8550
      @verga8550 2 роки тому

      Go go girls, Twiggy
      ( Gloria Steinem???)

  • @gerardcousineau3200
    @gerardcousineau3200 9 років тому +2

    Artistic and historic video !
    Thanks for posting ! :)

  • @sagittarius7569
    @sagittarius7569 5 років тому

    The *Best song* from LP
    Amazing video clip 😎

  • @proclivities460
    @proclivities460 3 роки тому +1

    Groovy!

  • @mikepitts3130
    @mikepitts3130 6 років тому +29

    Kick ass. My life has meant nothing until now. I'm leaving the wife and kids and I've left the house on foot to go find myself. I mixed some shit up from the garage into a "magic potion" but it isn't doing much. I think I'm going to have to find a drug dealer

  • @KIDAmnesiacBends
    @KIDAmnesiacBends 14 років тому

    and this song is why the 60s were the greatest

  • @waykoolrecords
    @waykoolrecords 7 років тому +1

    Great tune ! Very trippy.

  • @nadiasolis2163
    @nadiasolis2163 5 років тому +1

    Peace & Love✌😎

  • @filton0
    @filton0 10 років тому +1

    This is terrific!
    Someone must have been sleeping on the job for this not to have been a massive hit at the time.
    (Superb accompanying video, too.)

  • @grahamlarkbey3735
    @grahamlarkbey3735 Рік тому

    Revived by The Bevis Frond - they did it as their encore last night (Sept 2023).

  • @astephens1963
    @astephens1963 8 років тому +2

    TOTALLY AWESOME VIDEO FOOTAGE.

  • @offbeat65
    @offbeat65 3 роки тому +3

    The inclusion of Profesor Baltazar was an inspired choice. That series took all its visual cues from psychedelic art.

  • @jeffthrow6892
    @jeffthrow6892 12 років тому +1

    Awesome song.......& a very cool video to go along with it, well done!!

  • @nasirhussain8172
    @nasirhussain8172 8 років тому +1

    Superb!!!!

  • @fivelinus432
    @fivelinus432 4 роки тому

    Been trying to find this song.....big thanks.....subscribed. great visuals too

  • @stardust1083
    @stardust1083 Рік тому

    That drum beat at the end is the cherry on top

  • @_grateful_zen_4515
    @_grateful_zen_4515 8 років тому +15

    This is unreal, great footage.

    • @richarddecesare2958
      @richarddecesare2958 7 років тому +3

      Any video that has a clip from Jamie and the Magic Torch gets my vote. Nice tune too!

    • @ryanbrowning7265
      @ryanbrowning7265 7 років тому

      and Veruschka, Audrey Hepburn, Marianne Faithfull..... it's kind of overwhelmingly great!!

    • @MrDanty64
      @MrDanty64 7 років тому

      need some MG Roadsters or motorcycles or car footage somewhere...

  • @Zeppolino100
    @Zeppolino100 6 років тому

    Ahhhh to have been a teen in London in those times!

  • @nothingisreal1879
    @nothingisreal1879 8 років тому +1

    What a killer track! Outlawed

  • @dracoreptox4380
    @dracoreptox4380 11 років тому

    Fantastic band from Putney,U.K. I used to live close in Clapham.

  • @aisle_of_view
    @aisle_of_view Рік тому

    I like the eye movements. Great psych tune.

  • @madmanmatalawag
    @madmanmatalawag 5 років тому

    Great Sound. Tight and Fuzzy. Grungy and Crunchy. Wish i could go back every once in awhile but this is as close as it gets. Just before Zep and Black Sabbath Changed Acid PSYCHE into Heavy Metal.