Yo Jamel, check this song out by Talking Heads... a lot of us have been asking for you to react to some Talking Heads so here’s a popular one to start with ua-cam.com/video/O52jAYa4Pm8/v-deo.html
Lol some old hippie stuff before they lost every single brain cell.... I used to hear this on the radio, think this first time I hear since I was a kid.
it's because social issues haven't changed. I asked my dad few months ago when John Lewis died that is what is going on today the same as the 60's. His answer is basically, "it's worse".
@Jangler333 The relevance is the IRONY of his lyrics. I think the point he's making is no, you can't let someone else do it. He's not advocating that you should let someone else fight your battles.
@@kayakutah he is the messenger in the song,the relevance is he is tapping you on shoulder and saying what do you think,and now what do we do?,pass it on,this song is as fresh as tomorrow,and the same calamity in the world is still ongoing,and the same sinister crap is still manifesting to what?
Same I’m 65 this month, welp…leave it up to us ? after whining about plastic’s help ruining the world my paper waxed milk carton just went to plastic so please were not going to solve this problem in the world
Yeah, he was great!! I saw a Chicago Blues Festival on t.v. and when he came on all the other musicians playing there were standing in the wings watching him.
This was released in 1971. The great guitarist Alvin Lee and Ten Years After. You must experience him playing the song “Goin’ Home” at Woodstock, it is legendary. Probably too long for here, so listen and watch in your own time. Please…You won’t believe it. Your reaction made me think of the band Spirit and their song “Nature’s Way”. Still relevant also. You won’t believe it…
Ha! I type my comment and scroll down and there's my comment with a different author. Kids - this is important - look for bits in UA-cam on Woodstock. The album was remastered in the last half-century and turned to shite. Sly Stone. Santana. Richie Havens opens the concert with a song he made up on the spot.
Alvin Lee was famous for his super fast playing, but listen again. His playing is screaming out, crying out, pleading, searching. Famous for his speed, underrated for his deep soulful playing. The way he solos behind the singing, responding to and amplifying the words. I hear this song again so many years later and now it makes me cry a little every time I hear it. It's a beautiful song, with beautiful playing, but a beautiful sad song. Jamel is the perfect reaction-audience for this song, since he's a loving soul and would for sure connect with this song. Wish I was there with you, Jamel. I know one thing I'd do to try and change the world - give you a big hug. Peace and Love to all...
Absolutely. A lot of guitarists can play fast. So what. Can they maintain a feel, create and maintain soulfulness at pace? Not many but Alvin was golden.
@@kingkongz88 Exactly. Shredders come and go. Give me a David Gilmour or a Carlos Santana or others who can make one note sing and penetrate right to your soul. Speed is nice. Great, even. All good players should be able to tap into it when that's the appropriate feeling for the moment. But it should never be the dominant focus of one's style. Speed is just one tool in the toolbox. It can be the right tool for the right job, but it's not the only tool to be used for all jobs. I'll never forget what someone told me when I was young and excitedly talking about some monster, super fast guitar player and some guy replied, "Doris Day could sing a mean C major scale - faster than anyone." He was being ridiculous and facetious, and yeah, that's when I got his point and learned that lesson. Speed shows an aspect of mechanical mastery of an instrument - hand-eye coordination, but has little to do with musical sense and creativity. Music is about communication and connection - both inward and outward (being able to connect and tap into your own feelings, and to connect with others - in the band, jointly creating with you, and the audience - a three-way connection/communication).
Alvin Lee's guitar licks were incredible; he took blues rock up a notch with those rocket-licks, but that's not the part of the song that makes this great. What makes it great was in the 2nd stanza where he'd make that guitar _weep_ in frustration and futility; every time I hear it I feel the same way and it has me on the edge of tears, why it is we can't figure all this out when Christ showed everybody the way by reciting one simple commandment: Love they neighbor as thyself. Moses gave us 10 commandments; Jesus only needed _ONE,_ and we can't even handle _that!_ That's the frustration and sadness I feel when Alvin makes that guitar _lament_ with grief.
The sixties and seventies brought music with social commentary rather than simple odes to love and cars! (Addendum : Not that there’s anything wrong with odes to love and cars!)
Dazzling and hypnotic, this has gotta be a strong contender for the most intense rock song ever made. Instrumentally and vocally and lyrically forever relevant and sublime.
I remember you getting me in to see him in Baltimore's COAST TO COAST night club, I still have his autograph that show! thank you again, you got us into so many concerts!
This is classic 60’s rock music. 10 years after played at Woodstock in August 1969. One of the songs they played is called “I’m Going Home” and it’s Alvin Lee ( singer and lead guitar) having a good time doing a lot of vamping (improvising) on a mashup of old tunes mixed into the song.
Saw Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor(ex Rolling Stones) in the early 80’s ,great show, they did play “ I’m goin home” and it was EXCELLENT!!,Great memories. They opened up for Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on their ” Mob Rules “ album tour. Dio was just Amazing live !!
Alvin Lee embodied a kind of rock and roll coolness and masculinity that was (and is) relatively rare. You knew when you saw him in concert that you were in the presence of both a guitar hero and a man.
Ive had many debates with young people when they complain my music is old and out of date, but the messages often are timeless regardless of when the song was written. Some things never change in society and thats why many of the messages in our "old" music are stiill relevant if not more relevant today. Theres a lot of pertinent foresight and wisdom to be found in many old songs if you just look for it. Great channel Jamal thanks for keeping some of the best music ever alive - great job.
they have a weak argument.... b/c lyrics were so deep in the 60's-70s, that even in mainstream top 40 songs, many of the songs had contemplative lyrics..... few to none have it now, let alone in the underground.... nows its techno loops w/ lyrics about chicks, money, my nails, my car or how I can F u or F u up.
We expected this type of greatness from all music back in the day ☮️ It was the standard & we were rarely disappointed 🔥🎸🎤🔥 I feel so privileged to have grown up when I did & would not trade it for anything ☮️💖
They say that because their music is designed and built for the waist down, where the "old" music engaged your brain as well as your body. Part of becoming conscious was hearing these songs. They made you THINK about things. They still do. I find today that I laugh at a lot of these lyrics and how foolish and naive they are. But, they're still great songs whose meanings change as we change. They are really part of us and our lives. It's a sad commentary on younger listeners who hear "old" instead of what the songs are about. That means they aren't hearing anything.
What you need to do, is make a list of some really old Children’s ha songs that they’ve heard of and ask them if they think they’re worthless. It doesn’t matter anyway. Good music is good music is good music is good music. It doesn’t go bad like food😆. It doesn’t have to have Any lyrics; the lyrics don’t have to be deep; it’s just a collection of sound put together well.
you ain't kidding. I've been drumming since 69, Chris I don't know your age, but my youngest son Kyle said, "What happened to music since the 70's. He was born in 93,
@MP 81,16,18 CATS It's those sneaky, subversive old school lyrics that change how you think. Well, that and truth, which is why power wants to suppress both.
This song is hands-down, one of the most amazing songs of that era (Vietnam). Music today, if that's what you want to call it, can't touch old school music, in the substance/talent department. Thank you so much for reacting to this. 😊
That lead guitar is so so good, that sound is just so amazing. I wish I could have heard them play live.. The music created back then dwarfs any of the crap that passes for music nowadays.
This is Rev. Olsen, my children say "dad we wish we grew up when you were a teen in the 70s and you say .Music is relevant , back then we sang more about love, today it's about the hood, and yo gee! you got a 9mm. unit man this dude's done me wrong. I'm gonna cap his A..yeah OK!
I'm sure I won't be the only one to recommend this next one by Ten Years After... "I'm Going Home" live at Woodstock. Epic guitar shredding, and just a fun rocking tune. You'll love it!
I enjoy your reactions so much. I’m 72 years young and I thought I had lived through the worst times in our nation. These last four years have shown me that I was wrong. I have a need to do better. Last week a kitty was walking with a man to the neighborhood convenience store. I was at the stop light and I pulled into the store’s parking lot and handed the man some cash and told him to buy the kitty some food. I took out local fire department some doughnuts because the put out a fire that was very close to my home. We can change the world with kindness and letting people know they are appreciated. You are appreciated Jamel.
54, and I remember the end of Vietnam (dad was a Marine there) and Nixon. The Reagan "trickle down".... now Trump? We voted the right guy in now though.
Carol, I am 41 and could not be more grateful to my father who raised me on the greatest music ever made. Mostly British Invasion bands, but many many other legends. First, show I saw at less than 10 years old was The Who at the Los Angeles Colosseum. It’s on me now to pass the love of these songs to my sons.
Carol, I'm Keith Olsen, an Evangelist, I love your story of caring about the smallest of things in our daily lives, It maters to touch peoples lives, you seem to be a very kind person, I will pray for you Carol Smith!
For a young dude in 68 (11 yrs) seeing what was going down in the world, these lyrics were as if he was reading my mind and soul. Thanks, Jamel - you put a lump in my throat with that time trip.
This is one of the greatest songs ever, in my opinion. I love to see how you're digging deeper into the 60´s, cause not only is the most actual, also the best music ever made, no question. I am also 40 years old, and have found that the best way to change the world, is to participate the least possible in it.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Can't get enough of it. It's still so relevant and probably will be after I'm long gone. Maybe someday......
Fifty+ years later and it still sends chills down my spine and brings tears to my eyes. Can't say that about many songs. Though from that era there was more than from any other era in my life.
You can’t imagine the joy I felt when I saw this video pop up in my timeline. TYA have been close personal friends of mine for almost two decades, and they deserve this spotlight. Great band, great songs! Thanks for sharing, Jamel
The same brother , I got chills listening to Alvin Lee & the group, the Guitar playing , the lyrics which are still relevant . Jamal reactions are always spot on . The whole back story on Alvin & the group is incredible. As you know Woodstock changed everything for Alvin & the band , after they played going home ( wow) R.I.P. Alvin www.loudersound.com/amp/features/the-story-of-ten-years-after-from-woodstock-to-the-world
Wow Paul , That is so cool , He was an incredible talent & was the group . Alvin passed away so young from complications from post surgery, is that correct ? An amazing guitarist & singer & also the band members were amazing. The lyrics are still relevant to this day , that says a lot about the talent from the 60’s & 70’s. Rip ❤️🙏😔
A Million innocent Cambodians were murdered by the Communists in the 1970's. I wonder how they felt about those who sabotaged America's efforts to control the spread of Communism in S.E. Asia? Maybe the American G.I.'s were right, ..and the hippies were wrong! 🤔
Jamel, the last thing we wanted was to still have to be asking these questions all these years later. Every generation tries so hard to do what seems right. We tried and tried and tried. It's heartbreaking; but it gives me hope that you're reviving the music *and* the intention to make things better. Peace and love to you always.
This song was released on the album A Space In Time in 1971…it’s sad to think that no one has figured it out yet…I have a clue however…it’s from living 70 years on this planet…the world’s inhabitants need to become less selfish…and more selfless! It’s not just about us first…it’s about putting others first! Thanks for sharing this incredible song from one of the most overlooked rock bands in the world: Ten Years After!
Another relevant song, I don't know if you reacted to this one yet, buffalo springfield "for what it's worth". Keep these going. Your doing a big part.
I agree. Jamal is healing a lot of people with these reaction videos. I hope he realizes. I wish there was a happy tears emoji that wasn’t laughing. Hubz and I will drop a ❤️ instead. Thank you, sir. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🎵
Nailed it. Alvin Lee was famous for his very fast playing but not recognized enough for his deeply soulful playing. His playing on this song makes me cry a bit, I must admit. His playing cries, pleads, searches for how to change the world, amplifying the words. Gets me every time, cuz every time I listen closer to his playing and hear more in his playing.
You know my friend I am the age of 62 and Music was the way that we forgot about what the world was doing at that time.we had the Vietnam war and things were a mess. But our bands always got together and put it through Music to Us and made us all forget. That’s what needs to happen today. Where are all the good bands that can make us forget? God bless you! Love your Videos!!
I'm a little 30 years french man, and I wanted to thank you for your peaceful and your joy that you give me everyday ! I can to request you the first Ten Years After that i've heard the title is "I'm goin' home" it's a live version from woodstock ! Thank you again man, stay safe take care about you. Peace on you from France 🙏🏻
People in the comments talking about the "message" and how music had "message" way back when. Well, the message was OK, lyrics are OK, but do you actually appreciate what a GODDAMN MUSICAL MASTERPIECE this is? This is where Alvin Lee connected with every guitar player in existence. Awfully clever structure, terrifyingly touching crescendo with a stunning solo. One of the top top songs from the 70s. Stairway to Heaven's got NOTHING on this.
@@asmith7876 I've heard Stairway sooo many times I'm sick of it and I never really liked it...but, as you say, it's opinion (and I have been reminded many times, when I've voiced my opinion:"There's no accounting for taste!" lol)
i've been listening to this song for decades and it almost brings me to tears to see you enjoying this song, so much. this song will always make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
That song is actually by Nick Lowe, a good friend of Elvis’s and a fine songwriter in his own right. I love Elvis Costello - I’ve seen him in concert a half-dozen times at least and read his autobiography - but I’ve always thought it’s ironic that song became a huge hit for him because most of his songs are so caustic.
@@matthewdrake4385 Absolutely. I love it. It's just funny that he is known for this song when it's so far out of his wheelhouse (especially early in his career). But then again, maybe that is part of what makes it so effective and why he recorded it. If Elvis Costello, who sang most of his songs with a sneer, is asking the question, then that says something.
This tune is planted in my 67 year old memory. I had forgotten how the great Alvin Lee and Ten Years After music were. This song was and is so relevant. Thanks for the reminder.
Wow Jamel, had to shed some tears on this one. It just really got to me how we are no closer to figuring out our problems from when this song was made. Thank you for your words, they mean a lot.
This is smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam war ! Ten Years After was at Woodstock. You gotta watch “I’m going home “at Woodstock by Ten Years After that’s epic Alvin Lee .
I must have been in elementary school the first time I heard this song, but 50 years later it still gives me goosebumps. One of the most amazing and meaningful songs ever written.
My three favourite Woodstock performances: The Who, Sly & the Family Stone......and Ten Years After, "This's called 'I'm Going Home'...." I tried and tried to play like that. Finally realized, just sit back and listen; it's magic.
Reportedly, Alvin Lee was brought into a theater to watch the rushes from Woodstock - specifically, the section of film where Ten Years After had been recorded. (For those that don't know, "rushes" are early copies of a section of film, often used to decide whether to continue or re-shoot). When he watched himself on the screen, he couldn't remember playing the music. All he could say was "Wow". The song performed at Woodstock, "I'm Going Home" is actually a medley, including parts of (at least) "Blue Suede Shoes", "Mean Woman Blues" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". IMO, it is the hottest 10 minutes of guitar in rock history. It's just too bad that they weren't there to remember what they did.
Alvin Lee guitar, Joe Bonamassa bought Alvi Lee's guitar and has played on some of his live songs. This band was good been listening to 10 years after for a long time. Alvin Lee was an amazing guitarists.
@@kennethlatham3133 Trying to play it on harmonica since 1969 has made me pretty good on a harp. One of these days I'm going to nail it, wheezily, admittedly, but the rest of the old boys in the band will come together to cover. Same with that Norton Buffalo harp solo in "Fanny Mae" on Steve Miller's first album. Mayall's "Room To Move" and Charlie Musselwhite's influence, and trying to play Mike Bloomfield on harmonica ("Albert's Shuffle" really does sound good with a Special 20). Then, take out half your teeth and you have one unique sound on the harp.
When I saw this reaction pop up in my feed I said to myself “Jamel is going to LOVE this one” It’s right up your alley brother, as a good person who wants to change the world as well as a person who loves some sweet guitar licks... I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today, you are 1 million % correct when you say we have to come together or we will fall. Unfortunately the people in the ivory tower ONLY do things to divide us. They divide us into races, they divide us into political groups, they divide us based on religion and it goes on and on. Ironically I think social media is a huge part of the problem, but then there are people like you on here and I see that really and truly we all want the same thing, to love and to be loved. Music brings everyone together, regardless of what group they’ve decided you belong in. Keep up the good fight brother 🤘👍
"I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today," If you were 65 (I'm 68) you would have. 1968 is still the king for a disrupted year.
eddie willers Im sure, I’m a student of history and although I was only 3 at the time I am well aware of the turmoil of that crazy time. How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH
@@pappyoutdoors9736 "How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH" True that.
@Itsamre Cantuc "A person can't do anything under hypnosis that they wouldn't do otherwise. " No...but we can be brainwashed. That's been known and practiced as long as humans have been on earth. As FireHiker667 pointed out, though, with "social media" it came be accomplished more widely, more quickly than ever before. Our 'Lords of the Realm' are now the oligarchs who run the Tech companies.
I have always loved the excellent guitar work in this song. As an "expert" air guitar player, I keep going back and forth between the lead and I guess rhythm guitar. All the parts blend together to make a perfect song and as you pointed out, it is as meaningful today as it was back when it was written.
You have taken me back to High School.Joe Walsh and The James Gang, Grand Funk, Pink Floyd and NOW...Alvin Lee. I'm seeing old movies playing in my head.
You're absolutely right; this song is as relevant for today as it was in 1971 when it was recorded and released. We progressed only as far as 1971, and then we remained static for ten years before we began regressing, which we have done ever since.
There's nothing "good" about having the state forcibly remove money from successful people, and giving it to selected people whom it doesn't belong. The character in the second verse of the song is just as ignorant as the character in the first verse.
Bill M, it’s all about balance. Increasing income inequality will result in revolution and chaos. I don’t want that. Hard work and contributions to the community do need to be rewarded. It’s when having money is rewarded more than being productive that I worry. I’m more of a historian than an economist, so the chorus “ I’d love to change the world, but don’t know what to do” resonates with me. All I know is that people with hope for the future are not suicide bombers.
@@geezerbill "Let them die then, and reduce the surplus population!" Yeah, that's Ebeneezer Scrooge, just who you sound like. Dickens' social commentary outed libertarian sociopaths back in the 19th century...social media lets you out yourself now.
This great song depicts how history keeps repeating over and over and thus man never learns from his mistakes. What was old is new again on and on generation after generation! Songs like these will never age and never die!
Peace to you my friend, I grew up with this kind of music and it's SO applicable today as it was back then. I've tried to live my life telling people why I do what I do and why not. I can try to educate others, but I won't tell them how to live. Actions DO speak louder than words and have their rewards and consequences.
Jamel: This is one of my favorite songs, and my band used to cover it back in the late 1980s . . . but your comments at the end still hit me right in the heart. I'm still in this struggle. Right there with you. PEACE.
Jamal, when I was a kid, 1970's, before engineering career, I worked on the auto assembly lines in Flint, MI. We always had music playing, and Alvin Lee, especially this song, was one of my favorites. Thanks for that great reminder.
This song was buried deep in my memory, hadn't listened to this in maybe 30 years. Then my 23 year old daughter played it yesterday and I can't take it out of my mind. I just looked for it on YT and found your video, Jamel. Thank you for sharing this, I love what you do. Keep on spreading positive vibes !! ☮
@@kenbowser5622 You hit the nail on the head. People most certainly have tried, every generation, to stop the tearing down of people and nature and cause real and permanent changes in people so they could stop normalizing the destruction of everyone, everything. However, there are people better at separating us now, they can make uneducated and the fearful believe, X is out to get them, trendy and ignorant is easier, just work hard at whatever and believe that's all there is, political parties fight over being right, proving the other guy is wrong but don't seem to realize they work for us, a real country full of real people. But then we allow it and behave as if we are all from somewhere else or openly hate each other and the country in which we live as if other countries want us or are pulling for us. These days it's common for people to say no one before they did anything. A good way to remain ignorant, point fingers but actually do nothing. There are people who really work on it, really make progress in their communities and beyond, and They are the ones who deserve the limelight. A lot of us "old heads" say to each other, why are they working so hard at echoing, how did the ignorant get hold of the wheel and why is no one taking from their hands?
Alvin makes his guitar cry, then switches into a solo that, in my mind, is screaming out for help, and then back to crying. Man, the guy's work is timeless!
i went to a Ten Years After concert at a small club across the street from the beach in Huntington Beach CA in 1968 -- they were so good they just about exploded the place.
Jamal, I make this comment always after watcing your reaction. I am an old OLD woman, watcing you react to the music I grew on, grew up on is way cool. You get it, especially how this music is still so revelant today. And just I feel so blessed to have had this music in my life growing up.
Yes Jamel I agree 💯 percent, still relevant 50 years after this classic was written. Keep doing what you're doing let's all change the world. The only way to get it done is with unity peace and love to all ☮️
JJ, for those of us old enough to be there when this was occurring in the 1960's and 70's we thought we made the impact for a better today but today is going so far backwards we are back were it all started. Keep up the good vibes.
Jamal, I grew up listening to this and many other bands of the late 60s and early 70s. This was a time when love your brother met something to so many people of the counter culture generations. The music shows this in just about every bands words. The news always came in showing the hard line goverment and the elder generations ways of hate, war and conquest. LOVE is the only way brother. Love what you do man!!!
Wow! Well done sir. First time that I've ever seen anyone reacting to Ten Years After! Alvin Lee, some of the fastest fingers ever on guitar. My favorite blues tune from them: Help Me. Absolutely incendiary!
I am almost 60 yo. I grew up in Norway with this music presented from my 2 older brothers. Ten Years After has always been a part of my childhood and after. Together with Little Feat and Jimi Hendix. True Legends all of those bands 50 years ago. Love from Norway!
People say nothing ever changes. We keep repeating the same mistakes. Yes we do. But we also keep trying to change...because we Hope to do better! Don’t lose Hope! I’d Love To Change The World! ✌🏻❤️🙏
I remember this song getting airplay on AM radio. Old dinosaurs like me thought the world WAS changing for the better because the music was so hopeful. Seems like we all got complacent and fell asleep for a few decades! Yeah....I know there are always those who are vigilant and keep an eye on which way the wind's blowin'. I truly feel there are more & more waking up to the realities in this world though. Here's hopin'! Thanks for doing what you do, Jamel. You're a good guy.
OH. MY. I haven’t heard this song in 40+ years, how gloriously... transcendental to experience once again. For me, the lyrics invoke how so many of us felt at that very particular point in time: pie in the sky hope existed alongside an overwhelming sense of empathy that was fully tempered by personal insecurity and fear. The 60’s & 70’s left with us a sense of empowerment, yet after the dust settled, we soon realized the powerlessness of our reality. Och, I did not articulate that well at all. In hindsight I see so much, as Humankind will forever realize. I’m babbling at this point, yet what I wrote about how I felt as a 15 yr old female makes perfect sense to my 60+ year old self. Yes, these songs are relevant JamelJamal, and dare I say--prescient. Thank you so much for posting.
That was a beautiful example of perfectly coherent "babbling." It captured the juxtaposition that was/is reality for many of us. The curtain drawn reveals the truth, which is both empowering and overwhelming, giving hope, empathy, recognition and intolerance of large-scale stupidity, and deep confusion. So many feelings all at once. The 60's and early '70's really was something else - something new to humankind. You captured it well.
You get it!! One of my favorites, of all time- lyrics, with a message, great emotional vocals, great instrumentation- drums, and EPECIALLY the great fluid, and emotive guitar playing!! Very expressive, and controlled sustain guitar notes!!! Probably my favorite guitar solo- love the shrieking chords during the dramatic crescendo!!
OOOH brother takin' me back to high school once again. The early '70s were some great times for music, all the stuff from the '60s and the "newer" stuff from 1970 onward were just flowing from FM radio all day long. ✌️ Well young fella I'm 61 and lived through similar times back in the late '60s & early '70s. Race riots and unrest over the Vietnam war, not the same but close for a young kid!
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Yo Jamel, check this song out by Talking Heads... a lot of us have been asking for you to react to some Talking Heads so here’s a popular one to start with ua-cam.com/video/O52jAYa4Pm8/v-deo.html
Check out "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" by Tears For Fears. Right up your alley.
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Lol some old hippie stuff before they lost every single brain cell.... I used to hear this on the radio, think this first time I hear since I was a kid.
This song is almost 50 years old and still relevant!
it's because social issues haven't changed. I asked my dad few months ago when John Lewis died that is what is going on today the same as the 60's. His answer is basically, "it's worse".
@Jangler333 The relevance is the IRONY of his lyrics. I think the point he's making is no, you can't let someone else do it. He's not advocating that you should let someone else fight your battles.
@@kayakutah he is the messenger in the song,the relevance is he is tapping you on shoulder and saying what do you think,and now what do we do?,pass it on,this song is as fresh as tomorrow,and the same calamity in the world is still ongoing,and the same sinister crap is still manifesting to what?
Saw alvin in 97 a British blues thing at Fillmore SF
@@kayakutah Exactly. Each of us must do it! Or it will never happen.
I’m 65 years old. I had this vinyl forever. The message is still relevant after 50 years
will be relevant in 1000 years
You’ve been born in the best era
Me too
66 here. I hear you brother. I still have the vinyl.
Same I’m 65 this month, welp…leave it up to us ? after whining about plastic’s help ruining the world my paper waxed milk carton just went to plastic so please were not going to solve this problem in the world
The chills I get today listening to Alvin's guitar solo, is the same I did almost 50 years ago, when I was a teen
never underrated just under the radar , hey had a style of playing that cannot be imitated fast clean with feeling
Yeah, he was great!!
I saw a Chicago Blues Festival on t.v. and when he came on all the other musicians playing there were standing in the wings watching him.
Same here Brother.@55
Such a true heavy song that will always be relevent
Exactly brother
The “lightning fast” Alvin Lee was one of the greatest most underrated guitarists to ever play the instrument 🎸
He was never underrated, he is considered one of the great guitarists of the end 60’s and the 70’s
Amazing guitar 🎸 player! Always and should never be forgotten !!
i remember them from college days
He was fantastic! One of my favorites!
I was at a show of Ten Years After in a small club (The Golden Bear) in Huntington Beach CA in '69 -- they blew the walls out.
This was released in 1971. The great guitarist Alvin Lee and Ten Years After.
You must experience him playing the song “Goin’ Home” at Woodstock, it is legendary.
Probably too long for here, so listen and watch in your own time. Please…You won’t believe it.
Your reaction made me think of the band Spirit and their song “Nature’s Way”. Still relevant also. You won’t believe it…
Matter of fact, set aside an afternoon and watch the whole Woodstock movie. You've already seen Santana, "Soul Sacrifice."
Joe Day Great idea. I highly recommend it
Ha! I type my comment and scroll down and there's my comment with a different author. Kids - this is important - look for bits in UA-cam on Woodstock. The album was remastered in the last half-century and turned to shite. Sly Stone. Santana. Richie Havens opens the concert with a song he made up on the spot.
Yes, for sure, “Nature’s Way” by Spirit. Great recommendation!
Yeah! That and Soul Sacrifice by Santana were the blowout performances of the weekend.
Alvin Lee was famous for his super fast playing, but listen again. His playing is screaming out, crying out, pleading, searching. Famous for his speed, underrated for his deep soulful playing. The way he solos behind the singing, responding to and amplifying the words. I hear this song again so many years later and now it makes me cry a little every time I hear it. It's a beautiful song, with beautiful playing, but a beautiful sad song. Jamel is the perfect reaction-audience for this song, since he's a loving soul and would for sure connect with this song. Wish I was there with you, Jamel. I know one thing I'd do to try and change the world - give you a big hug. Peace and Love to all...
Well said, man!
Absolutely. A lot of guitarists can play fast. So what. Can they maintain a feel, create and maintain soulfulness at pace? Not many but Alvin was golden.
@@kingkongz88 Exactly. Shredders come and go. Give me a David Gilmour or a Carlos Santana or others who can make one note sing and penetrate right to your soul. Speed is nice. Great, even. All good players should be able to tap into it when that's the appropriate feeling for the moment. But it should never be the dominant focus of one's style. Speed is just one tool in the toolbox. It can be the right tool for the right job, but it's not the only tool to be used for all jobs.
I'll never forget what someone told me when I was young and excitedly talking about some monster, super fast guitar player and some guy replied, "Doris Day could sing a mean C major scale - faster than anyone." He was being ridiculous and facetious, and yeah, that's when I got his point and learned that lesson. Speed shows an aspect of mechanical mastery of an instrument - hand-eye coordination, but has little to do with musical sense and creativity. Music is about communication and connection - both inward and outward (being able to connect and tap into your own feelings, and to connect with others - in the band, jointly creating with you, and the audience - a three-way connection/communication).
Alvin Lee's guitar licks were incredible; he took blues rock up a notch with those rocket-licks, but that's not the part of the song that makes this great. What makes it great was in the 2nd stanza where he'd make that guitar _weep_ in frustration and futility; every time I hear it I feel the same way and it has me on the edge of tears, why it is we can't figure all this out when Christ showed everybody the way by reciting one simple commandment: Love they neighbor as thyself. Moses gave us 10 commandments; Jesus only needed _ONE,_ and we can't even handle _that!_ That's the frustration and sadness I feel when Alvin makes that guitar _lament_ with grief.
His guitar playing on this song will haunt you. You will hear it in your dreams
The sixties and seventies brought music with social commentary rather than simple odes to love and cars! (Addendum : Not that there’s anything wrong with odes to love and cars!)
Went from fuck you big brother to fuck me in a fast car
"Some people wanna fill the wooorrrld with sillyyy commie bullshit" - Paul McCartney
thank bob dylan for that...... he broke the dam
Red barchetta disagrees
Really? Really?? If you actually lived in that Era, there's no way you would say that, let alone believe that.
Ten Years After is the MOST criminally forgotten rock band in the world. Good choice.
Yeah Alvin was a BEAST.. Maybe the most criminally forgotten guitarist!;
long live Ten Years After. ✨💙🎸✨
WORD!
Thank you💯
You speak the truth , my faithful Indian companion💯
Dazzling and hypnotic, this has gotta be a strong contender for the most intense rock song ever made. Instrumentally and vocally and lyrically forever relevant and sublime.
I would say the most intense by Alvin is "Going home " doing the cover of the Helicopter band, when Alvin was at woodstock 1969.
@@raybassman7536 he should do the Woodstock video of I'm going home if he can
Grand Funk, inside looking out is pretty intense also
THERES SO MUCH FROM THAT ERA.
This is a measure of a timeless song!
*I worked for Alvin Lee as his roadie in the mid 1980s, was one heck of nice guy and remained friends till his death...RIP Alvin*
I remember you getting me in to see him in Baltimore's COAST TO COAST night club, I still have his autograph that show! thank you again, you got us into so many concerts!
Ok didn't know he,d passed on to a better place you knew him to be nice guy he,will find his way
I got to see him in concert, Hawaii 70s. I mean 1970s, not my 70s!
Did you ever see him play this song LIVE? I have not found one live performance with A Lee.
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Still?
This song is a masterpiece. Compositionally it's near perfect.
It's JUST perfect !
This song has recently been getting the love it deserves, all-time banger.
This is classic 60’s rock music. 10 years after played at Woodstock in August 1969. One of the songs they played is called “I’m Going Home” and it’s Alvin Lee ( singer and lead guitar) having a good time doing a lot of vamping (improvising) on a mashup of old tunes mixed into the song.
Saw Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor(ex Rolling Stones) in the early 80’s ,great show, they did play “ I’m goin home” and it was EXCELLENT!!,Great memories. They opened up for Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on their ” Mob Rules “ album tour. Dio was just Amazing live !!
I heard they were one of the high lights of Woodstock!! This song is one of my favorites!
I'm Going Home will bring on stankface maximus.
@@patrickbuckley344 you can watch the movie!
50,000 miles beneath my brain
Alvin Lee was a guitar god, one of the most underrated musicians ever to walk the earth.
ALVIN!✊🏻
Got to see them in Indy in the 70’s
Amen!!
We know. Seems like you know too young one 🙏🏼
Alvin Lee embodied a kind of rock and roll coolness and masculinity that was (and is) relatively rare. You knew when you saw him in concert that you were in the presence of both a guitar hero and a man.
It's creepy how this song still has so much relevance today. This could have been written last week. These are wild times we live in
wild and sad...sadly!
@@paulmillette3643 Sadly, it's because after sixty years, nothings changed.
@@bestcongressmoneycanbuy9704YES IT'S CHANGED, FOR THE WORSE!
This song is 53 years old, definitely way ahead of its time.
In the immortal words of George Carlin: It a big party for a finite number of people and you and I are not invited.
Ive had many debates with young people when they complain my music is old and out of date, but the messages often are timeless regardless of when the song was written. Some things never change in society and thats why many of the messages in our "old" music are stiill relevant if not more relevant today. Theres a lot of pertinent foresight and wisdom to be found in many old songs if you just look for it. Great channel Jamal thanks for keeping some of the best music ever alive - great job.
they have a weak argument.... b/c lyrics were so deep in the 60's-70s, that even in mainstream top 40 songs, many of the songs had contemplative lyrics..... few to none have it now, let alone in the underground.... nows its techno loops w/ lyrics about chicks, money, my nails, my car or how I can F u or F u up.
We expected this type of greatness from all music back in the day ☮️ It was the standard & we were rarely disappointed 🔥🎸🎤🔥 I feel so privileged to have grown up when I did & would not trade it for anything ☮️💖
They say that because their music is designed and built for the waist down, where the "old" music engaged your brain as well as your body. Part of becoming conscious was hearing these songs. They made you THINK about things. They still do. I find today that I laugh at a lot of these lyrics and how foolish and naive they are. But, they're still great songs whose meanings change as we change. They are really part of us and our lives. It's a sad commentary on younger listeners who hear "old" instead of what the songs are about. That means they aren't hearing anything.
What you need to do, is make a list of some really old Children’s ha songs that they’ve heard of and ask them if they think they’re worthless. It doesn’t matter anyway. Good music is good music is good music is good music. It doesn’t go bad like food😆. It doesn’t have to have Any lyrics; the lyrics don’t have to be deep; it’s just a collection of sound put together well.
There's a country song called "Skip A Rope" about what kids hear and learn at home and then say on the playground. It's sad and true at the same time.
Alvin Lee's guitar in this is like following rainwater cascading down through a deep forest canopy. I've always wished that this song was longer.
Beautiful description
Yes!!! Shivers every time I listen!
you ain't kidding. I've been drumming since 69, Chris I don't know your age, but my youngest son Kyle said, "What happened to music since the 70's. He was born in 93,
In '71 when it was released they only played a SHORTER version than this on the radio! Used to irk me.
Perfect description 🤘
I’m 70. This song is on my funeral playlist. I turned 18 in 1971 when this song was released. It has been relevant since day 1.
If this is on your funeral playlist, I'd totally show up. 👍🏼
See you then! 😅 I have THE best playlist for that day!
A musically and lyrically brilliant song that demonstrates the social awareness and angst among those young people coming of age.
@MP 81,16,18 CATS It's those sneaky, subversive old school lyrics that change how you think. Well, that and truth, which is why power wants to suppress both.
This song is hands-down, one of the most amazing songs of that era (Vietnam). Music today, if that's what you want to call it, can't touch old school music, in the substance/talent department. Thank you so much for reacting to this. 😊
I honestly didn't expect so many people to love this song when I requested it
I agree in most part but, I have seen hope in a band called The Warning. They are recording a new CD as we speak.
@@fenderengland thank you as I would never have experienced it.
You know it!
Couldn't agree more ✌🏻
That lead guitar is so so good, that sound is just so amazing. I wish I could have heard them play live.. The music created back then dwarfs any of the crap that passes for music nowadays.
Alvin Lee's guitar solo is rhythmically and melodically perfect in this song.
i think one of the best guitar solos of all time.....
Im listening to this and BOOM. Hey That's Alvin Lee!. I forgot .Very underrated guitarist.
2020 is the new 1968... that's why all this music is so relevant.
Yes! Or maybe 1967.
This is Rev. Olsen, my children say "dad we wish we grew up when you were a teen in the 70s and you say .Music is relevant , back then we sang more about love, today it's about the hood, and yo gee! you got a 9mm. unit man this dude's done me wrong. I'm gonna cap his A..yeah OK!
This entire album helped me survive my time in the Air Force during Vietnam. Thanks for bringing it to new generations of people.
I've heard this song a thousand times and still that crying guitar gets me every time
Same.
the late great Alvin Lee on guitar and vocals. Lee was one of the fastest and most accurate guitar players I've ever heard.
As well as, mysteriously, being left off of both greatest and most under rated guitarist lists.
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time. It chills to the core and withers the paint off the walls.
I'm sure I won't be the only one to recommend this next one by Ten Years After... "I'm Going Home" live at Woodstock. Epic guitar shredding, and just a fun rocking tune. You'll love it!
Going home, if you like hendrix you'll like Alva Lee of ten years after, do the live one from woodstock
😍
The best! Fastest guitar around, great video and editing!
I enjoy your reactions so much. I’m 72 years young and I thought I had lived through the worst times in our nation. These last four years have shown me that I was wrong. I have a need to do better. Last week a kitty was walking with a man to the neighborhood convenience store. I was at the stop light and I pulled into the store’s parking lot and handed the man some cash and told him to buy the kitty some food. I took out local fire department some doughnuts because the put out a fire that was very close to my home. We can change the world with kindness and letting people know they are appreciated. You are appreciated Jamel.
54, and I remember the end of Vietnam (dad was a Marine there) and Nixon. The Reagan "trickle down".... now Trump? We voted the right guy in now though.
Carol, I am 41 and could not be more grateful to my father who raised me on the greatest music ever made. Mostly British Invasion bands, but many many other legends. First, show I saw at less than 10 years old was The Who at the Los Angeles Colosseum. It’s on me now to pass the love of these songs to my sons.
Carol, I'm Keith Olsen, an Evangelist, I love your story of caring about the smallest of things in our daily lives, It maters to touch peoples lives, you seem to be a very kind person, I will pray for you Carol Smith!
You are on the right track. Giving is receiving. Every kind act is impactful. This is how we change our world. ❤🤲🙏
Makes you wonder why we got DUMMER not smarter in 50 years!?!?!!! We all dropped the ball!!!!!! giddeeup!!!!!!!
For a young dude in 68 (11 yrs) seeing what was going down in the world, these lyrics were as if he was reading my mind and soul. Thanks, Jamel - you put a lump in my throat with that time trip.
Alvin Lee's guitar is other-worldly...one of my all-time favorites. Listen with headphones! You won't miss a note.
This is one of the greatest songs ever, in my opinion. I love to see how you're digging deeper into the 60´s, cause not only is the most actual, also the best music ever made, no question.
I am also 40 years old, and have found that the best way to change the world, is to participate the least possible in it.
So beautiful
Be in the world, not of it. BOB MARLEY
@@deborahcooper9085 right on! ;)
Why does coming together always have to come to stepping down to someone else's level to be accepted by them,accept me as I am or I'm out of here.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Can't get enough of it. It's still so relevant and probably will be after I'm long gone. Maybe someday......
Fifty+ years later and it still sends chills down my spine and brings tears to my eyes. Can't say that about many songs. Though from that era there was more than from any other era in my life.
I used to listen to this full blast laying on the hood of my truck looking at the stars when I was 17 years old ... wow thanks for the memories
You can’t imagine the joy I felt when I saw this video pop up in my timeline. TYA have been close personal friends of mine for almost two decades, and they deserve this spotlight. Great band, great songs! Thanks for sharing, Jamel
The same brother ,
I got chills listening to Alvin Lee & the group, the Guitar playing , the lyrics which are still relevant .
Jamal reactions are always spot on . The whole back story on Alvin & the group is incredible. As you know Woodstock changed everything for Alvin & the band , after they played going home ( wow) R.I.P. Alvin
www.loudersound.com/amp/features/the-story-of-ten-years-after-from-woodstock-to-the-world
. I knew Alvin , and my mate played drums for him. A very sad loss , too soon 💫
The bluest blues
Wow Paul ,
That is so cool ,
He was an incredible talent & was the group . Alvin
passed away so young from complications from post surgery, is that correct ?
An amazing guitarist & singer & also the band members were amazing. The lyrics are still relevant to this day , that says a lot about the talent from the 60’s & 70’s. Rip ❤️🙏😔
The sentiment was there, in the 60's and 70's! To change the world - we are trying. Timeless.....
And we're trying to change the world today. Back then it was Vietnam, today it's Afganistan and Iraq. But we don't always know what to do.
A Million innocent Cambodians were murdered by the Communists in the 1970's. I wonder how they felt about those who sabotaged America's efforts to control the spread of Communism in S.E. Asia?
Maybe the American G.I.'s were right, ..and the hippies were wrong! 🤔
This will always be a timeless song.
Love this song. Going Home at Woodstock is one of those must listen tunes, but it might get blocked.
Jamel, the last thing we wanted was to still have to be asking these questions all these years later. Every generation tries so hard to do what seems right. We tried and tried and tried. It's heartbreaking; but it gives me hope that you're reviving the music *and* the intention to make things better. Peace and love to you always.
Historian 212,you said that perfectly
This song was released on the album A Space In Time in 1971…it’s sad to think that no one has figured it out yet…I have a clue however…it’s from living 70 years on this planet…the world’s inhabitants need to become less selfish…and more selfless! It’s not just about us first…it’s about putting others first! Thanks for sharing this incredible song from one of the most overlooked rock bands in the world: Ten Years After!
RevMishka for president, man!
I wore my purple "JUST BE A GOOD HUMAN" shirt to the U of I hospital today.
Wish there was a LOVE button instead of just a "Like"! xx
Wish I could....our hospital won't let you wear any shirts with a logo other than theirs 😓.
Another relevant song, I don't know if you reacted to this one yet, buffalo springfield "for what it's worth". Keep these going. Your doing a big part.
Great song!!
I agree. Jamal is healing a lot of people with these reaction videos. I hope he realizes. I wish there was a happy tears emoji that wasn’t laughing. Hubz and I will drop a ❤️ instead. Thank you, sir. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🎵
A true rock legend, my all- time fave.
R.I.P. AND THANK YOU FOR IT ALL MR. LEE.
Great songs are timeless and this one sure is.
Space capsule material!
This song has always stirred emotion in me. I've always felt guitar was crying for the world.
Nailed it. Alvin Lee was famous for his very fast playing but not recognized enough for his deeply soulful playing. His playing on this song makes me cry a bit, I must admit. His playing cries, pleads, searches for how to change the world, amplifying the words. Gets me every time, cuz every time I listen closer to his playing and hear more in his playing.
You know my friend I am the age of 62 and Music was the way that we forgot about what the world was doing at that time.we had the Vietnam war and things were a mess. But our bands always got together and put it through Music to Us and made us all forget. That’s what needs to happen today. Where are all the good bands that can make us forget? God bless you! Love your Videos!!
This song gets me every time. Brings tears to my eyes.
Ditto
I'm a little 30 years french man, and I wanted to thank you for your peaceful and your joy that you give me everyday !
I can to request you the first Ten Years After that i've heard the title is "I'm goin' home" it's a live version from woodstock !
Thank you again man, stay safe take care about you.
Peace on you from France 🙏🏻
I just typed in the same request. "A'm Goin' Home"
Hello from America
Another Great Song!
There is a song out there called “the eve of destruction” sung by Barry McGuire. That will open your eyes.
It's all still true
Tyrone Sharp that’s because man doesn’t change.
This was Top 40 radio back in '71. I was in Grade 10. This is the kind of music I grew up with. 😎👍👍
I have always said there were three vocals in that song, the lead vocals, the harmony vocals and Alvin Lee's long winding riff. Such an amazing tune.
Exactly!!
People in the comments talking about the "message" and how music had "message" way back when. Well, the message was OK, lyrics are OK, but do you actually appreciate what a GODDAMN MUSICAL MASTERPIECE this is? This is where Alvin Lee connected with every guitar player in existence. Awfully clever structure, terrifyingly touching crescendo with a stunning solo. One of the top top songs from the 70s. Stairway to Heaven's got NOTHING on this.
That's some bold shit you said at the end
Alvin Lee is one the greatest guitarists ever. Is this better than Stairway? That's an opinion. But I love Ten Years After.
the note he hits at 4:56 and subsequent riff = iconic stuff.
@@asmith7876 I've heard Stairway sooo many times I'm sick of it and I never really liked it...but, as you say, it's opinion (and I have been reminded many times, when I've voiced my opinion:"There's no accounting for taste!" lol)
yeah it's Em G Am C B7
i've been listening to this song for decades and it almost brings me to tears to see you enjoying this song, so much. this song will always make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Alvin Lee.. such an underrated guitarist! Great song!!
mike sullivan I tell you this. Alvin Lee was not underrated by anyone who ever sawTYA in concert.
A great song on the topic is "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" by Elvis Costello.
One of his best.
That song is actually by Nick Lowe, a good friend of Elvis’s and a fine songwriter in his own right. I love Elvis Costello - I’ve seen him in concert a half-dozen times at least and read his autobiography - but I’ve always thought it’s ironic that song became a huge hit for him because most of his songs are so caustic.
No matter who wrote it, I still consider it a favorite song, moreso when the world gets crazy.
@@matthewdrake4385 Absolutely. I love it. It's just funny that he is known for this song when it's so far out of his wheelhouse (especially early in his career). But then again, maybe that is part of what makes it so effective and why he recorded it. If Elvis Costello, who sang most of his songs with a sneer, is asking the question, then that says something.
@@richardnanian6075 Yes we know who wroteit. I Was suggesting a reaction to the popular version which is (sung) by Elvis Costello.
This tune is planted in my 67 year old memory. I had forgotten how the great Alvin Lee and Ten Years After music were. This song was and is so relevant. Thanks for the reminder.
Wow Jamel, had to shed some tears on this one. It just really got to me how we are no closer to figuring out our problems from when this song was made. Thank you for your words, they mean a lot.
This is smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam war ! Ten Years After was at Woodstock. You gotta watch “I’m going home “at Woodstock by Ten Years After that’s epic Alvin Lee .
I was thinking that Jamel should listen to TYA at Woodstock, but yo've already made the suggestion, so I'll just second what you've said.
I must have been in elementary school the first time I heard this song, but 50 years later it still gives me goosebumps. One of the most amazing and meaningful songs ever written.
Alvin Lee was one the most under rated guitarist ever. His performance at Woodstock with Ten Years After was amazing. 🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
My three favourite Woodstock performances: The Who, Sly & the Family Stone......and Ten Years After, "This's called 'I'm Going Home'...." I tried and tried to play like that. Finally realized, just sit back and listen; it's magic.
Reportedly, Alvin Lee was brought into a theater to watch the rushes from Woodstock - specifically, the section of film where Ten Years After had been recorded. (For those that don't know, "rushes" are early copies of a section of film, often used to decide whether to continue or re-shoot).
When he watched himself on the screen, he couldn't remember playing the music.
All he could say was "Wow".
The song performed at Woodstock, "I'm Going Home" is actually a medley, including parts of (at least) "Blue Suede Shoes", "Mean Woman Blues" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On".
IMO, it is the hottest 10 minutes of guitar in rock history. It's just too bad that they weren't there to remember what they did.
Alvin Lee guitar, Joe Bonamassa bought Alvi Lee's guitar and has played on some of his live songs. This band was good been listening to 10 years after for a long time. Alvin Lee was an amazing guitarists.
@@kennethlatham3133 Trying to play it on harmonica since 1969 has made me pretty good on a harp. One of these days I'm going to nail it, wheezily, admittedly, but the rest of the old boys in the band will come together to cover. Same with that Norton Buffalo harp solo in "Fanny Mae" on Steve Miller's first album. Mayall's "Room To Move" and Charlie Musselwhite's influence, and trying to play Mike Bloomfield on harmonica ("Albert's Shuffle" really does sound good with a Special 20). Then, take out half your teeth and you have one unique sound on the harp.
When I saw this reaction pop up in my feed I said to myself “Jamel is going to LOVE this one” It’s right up your alley brother, as a good person who wants to change the world as well as a person who loves some sweet guitar licks... I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today, you are 1 million % correct when you say we have to come together or we will fall. Unfortunately the people in the ivory tower ONLY do things to divide us. They divide us into races, they divide us into political groups, they divide us based on religion and it goes on and on. Ironically I think social media is a huge part of the problem, but then there are people like you on here and I see that really and truly we all want the same thing, to love and to be loved. Music brings everyone together, regardless of what group they’ve decided you belong in. Keep up the good fight brother 🤘👍
"I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today,"
If you were 65 (I'm 68) you would have. 1968 is still the king for a disrupted year.
eddie willers Im sure, I’m a student of history and although I was only 3 at the time I am well aware of the turmoil of that crazy time. How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH
@@pappyoutdoors9736 "How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH"
True that.
@Itsamre Cantuc "A person can't do anything under hypnosis that they wouldn't do otherwise. "
No...but we can be brainwashed. That's been known and practiced as long as humans have been on earth. As FireHiker667 pointed out, though, with "social media" it came be accomplished more widely, more quickly than ever before. Our 'Lords of the Realm' are now the oligarchs who run the Tech companies.
STILL, I get goosebumps, beautiful.
One of the most underrated rock groups ever. They had a lot to say that is always relevant.
Blind Faith’s Can’t Find My Way Home goes well in a way with this.
OH..YES.... A GREAT song by Blind Faith...!!!! God Bless You & Yours.. :-)
I have always loved the excellent guitar work in this song. As an "expert" air guitar player, I keep going back and forth between the lead and I guess rhythm guitar. All the parts blend together to make a perfect song and as you pointed out, it is as meaningful today as it was back when it was written.
You have taken me back to High School.Joe Walsh and The James Gang, Grand Funk, Pink Floyd and NOW...Alvin Lee. I'm seeing old movies playing in my head.
You're absolutely right; this song is as relevant for today as it was in 1971 when it was recorded and released. We progressed only as far as 1971, and then we remained static for ten years before we began regressing, which we have done ever since.
You nailed it, "It's really sad, if you think about it." It really is, and these guys put it in music well.
"Tax the rich...feed the poor..." 1971 -> 2020. As Jamel would say: *JUST BE A GOOD HUMAN*
Til there are no rich no more
There's nothing "good" about having the state forcibly remove money from successful people, and giving it to selected people whom it doesn't belong. The character in the second verse of the song is just as ignorant as the character in the first verse.
Bill M, it’s all about balance. Increasing income inequality will result in revolution and chaos. I don’t want that. Hard work and contributions to the community do need to be rewarded. It’s when having money is rewarded more than being productive that I worry. I’m more of a historian than an economist, so the chorus “ I’d love to change the world, but don’t know what to do” resonates with me. All I know is that people with hope for the future are not suicide bombers.
Ironic isn't it. 49 years ago
@@geezerbill "Let them die then, and reduce the surplus population!"
Yeah, that's Ebeneezer Scrooge, just who you sound like. Dickens' social commentary outed libertarian sociopaths back in the 19th century...social media lets you out yourself now.
Alvin Lee, one of the premier guitarists of his era. Check out Ten Years After performance at Woodstock Festival 1969.
I've watched several "reaction videos" about this song, but you get it. you understand the lyrics, the music and the times in which we live
Alvin Lee , one of the best 👍
This great song depicts how history keeps repeating over and over and thus man never learns from his mistakes. What was old is new again on and on generation after generation! Songs like these will never age and never die!
I keep reading "the gods of the copybook headings" over and over
Peace to you my friend, I grew up with this kind of music and it's SO applicable today as it was back then. I've tried to live my life telling people why I do what I do and why not. I can try to educate others, but I won't tell them how to live. Actions DO speak louder than words and have their rewards and consequences.
Jamel: This is one of my favorite songs, and my band used to cover it back in the late 1980s . . . but your comments at the end still hit me right in the heart. I'm still in this struggle. Right there with you. PEACE.
Jamal, when I was a kid, 1970's, before engineering career, I worked on the auto assembly lines in Flint, MI. We always had music playing, and Alvin Lee, especially this song, was one of my favorites. Thanks for that great reminder.
This song was buried deep in my memory, hadn't listened to this in maybe 30 years. Then my 23 year old daughter played it yesterday and I can't take it out of my mind. I just looked for it on YT and found your video, Jamel. Thank you for sharing this, I love what you do. Keep on spreading positive vibes !! ☮
Blind Faith's Can't Find My Way Home would pair really well with this.
That’s another rabbit hole to happily sink into
Here is an AWESOME live version of Can't Find My Way Home
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I’d love to see him react to “Do What You Like”
...good choice, one of my faves, only one record, but an alltime classic album, peace
@@odiwan74 not crazy about that version but it may be the only original live performance left
It’s sad that these songs are still relevant..we haven’t progressed as human beings.
Great song though..big FM play when I was growing up
You are so right. It's as if our society took one step forward and two steps back! Now it's bedlam 2.0!
@@jchapman8248 We've definitely regressed. Kids calling for segregation...It's crazy.
I think it's great their still relevant. The sad part is we don't change those who need flushed.
@@nekrospike thank their educators
@@kenbowser5622 You hit the nail on the head. People most certainly have tried, every generation, to stop the tearing down of people and nature and cause real and permanent changes in people so they could stop normalizing the destruction of everyone, everything. However, there are people better at separating us now, they can make uneducated and the fearful believe, X is out to get them, trendy and ignorant is easier, just work hard at whatever and believe that's all there is, political parties fight over being right, proving the other guy is wrong but don't seem to realize they work for us, a real country full of real people. But then we allow it and behave as if we are all from somewhere else or openly hate each other and the country in which we live as if other countries want us or are pulling for us. These days it's common for people to say no one before they did anything. A good way to remain ignorant, point fingers but actually do nothing. There are people who really work on it, really make progress in their communities and beyond, and They are the ones who deserve the limelight. A lot of us "old heads" say to each other, why are they working so hard at echoing, how did the ignorant get hold of the wheel and why is no one taking from their hands?
Alvin makes his guitar cry, then switches into a solo that, in my mind, is screaming out for help, and then back to crying. Man, the guy's work is timeless!
If someone ever asks you what the word "incendiary" means, you play Alvin Lee's solo from this song.
i went to a Ten Years After concert at a small club across the street from the beach in Huntington Beach CA in 1968 -- they were so good they just about exploded the place.
No one would listen, there were those who knew, more Ten Years After please
Alvin Lee on that guitar has always been a favorite of mine.
Whole new level of respect my brother. From 6 min on was as deep as this song.
Fan 4L!
Another song in a similar vein: "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band" by The Moody Blues.
You beat me to it.
Great song
Don't care for that song but like the Moody Blues
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The sad reality why these old songs are still relevant is because not much has changed.
Jamal, I make this comment always after watcing your reaction. I am an old OLD woman, watcing you react to the music I grew on, grew up on is way cool. You get it, especially how this music is still so revelant today. And just I feel so blessed to have had this music in my life growing up.
Yes Jamel I agree 💯 percent, still relevant 50 years after this classic was written. Keep doing what you're doing let's all change the world. The only way to get it done is with unity peace and love to all ☮️
JJ, for those of us old enough to be there when this was occurring in the 1960's and 70's we thought we made the impact for a better today but today is going so far backwards we are back were it all started. Keep up the good vibes.
Amen
Jamal, I grew up listening to this and many other bands of the late 60s and early 70s. This was a time when love your brother met something to so many people of the counter culture generations. The music shows this in just about every bands words. The news always came in showing the hard line goverment and the elder generations ways of hate, war and conquest. LOVE is the only way brother. Love what you do man!!!
Wow! Well done sir. First time that I've ever seen anyone reacting to Ten Years After! Alvin Lee, some of the fastest fingers ever on guitar. My favorite blues tune from them: Help Me. Absolutely incendiary!
IMHO, one of the most overlooked classic rock masterpieces. Love your reaction, Jamel - keep 'em coming!
I am almost 60 yo. I grew up in Norway with this music presented from my 2 older brothers. Ten Years After has always been a part of my childhood and after. Together with Little Feat and Jimi Hendix. True Legends all of those bands 50 years ago. Love from Norway!
The song is old but NOTHING EVER CHANGES, that's the problem.
Exactly we keep repeating the same mistakes!
Really? Nothing has changed since this song was out? Come on now.
As Jerry Seinfeld said, “People are the worst”. Maybe that’s the problem
People say nothing ever changes. We keep repeating the same mistakes. Yes we do. But we also keep trying to change...because we Hope to do better! Don’t lose Hope! I’d Love To Change The World! ✌🏻❤️🙏
I was around back then thing have changed are all the problems gone no but they are not as bad now that doesn't mean we don't need more.
I remember this song getting airplay on AM radio. Old dinosaurs like me thought the world WAS changing for the better because the music was so hopeful. Seems like we all got complacent and fell asleep for a few decades! Yeah....I know there are always those who are vigilant and keep an eye on which way the wind's blowin'. I truly feel there are more & more waking up to the realities in this world though. Here's hopin'!
Thanks for doing what you do, Jamel. You're a good guy.
OH. MY. I haven’t heard this song in 40+ years, how gloriously... transcendental to experience once again. For me, the lyrics invoke how so many of us felt at that very particular point in time: pie in the sky hope existed alongside an overwhelming sense of empathy that was fully tempered by personal insecurity and fear. The 60’s & 70’s left with us a sense of empowerment, yet after the dust settled, we soon realized the powerlessness of our reality. Och, I did not articulate that well at all. In hindsight I see so much, as Humankind will forever realize. I’m babbling at this point, yet what I wrote about how I felt as a 15 yr old female makes perfect sense to my 60+ year old self. Yes, these songs are relevant JamelJamal, and dare I say--prescient. Thank you so much for posting.
That was a beautiful example of perfectly coherent "babbling." It captured the juxtaposition that was/is reality for many of us. The curtain drawn reveals the truth, which is both empowering and overwhelming, giving hope, empathy, recognition and intolerance of large-scale stupidity, and deep confusion. So many feelings all at once. The 60's and early '70's really was something else - something new to humankind. You captured it well.
You get it!! One of my favorites, of all time- lyrics, with a message, great emotional vocals, great instrumentation- drums, and EPECIALLY the great fluid, and emotive guitar playing!! Very expressive, and controlled sustain guitar notes!!! Probably my favorite guitar solo- love the shrieking chords during the dramatic crescendo!!
When Alvin passed, we lost one of the best guitarists the world has ever heard
The best ever
@@jamesdupuis3018 ..ONEof the BEST, please , peace
@@jogischulz2576 he is the best. Who's better asshole
Lightning quick !!
I love Alvin Lee. That being said, I think Stevie Ray Vaughan is best.
Alvin Lee...what a miracle ...
Haunting vocals....strong and so powerful ...
OOOH brother takin' me back to high school once again. The early '70s were some great times for music, all the stuff from the '60s and the "newer" stuff from 1970 onward were just flowing from FM radio all day long. ✌️
Well young fella I'm 61 and lived through similar times back in the late '60s & early '70s. Race riots and unrest over the Vietnam war, not the same but close for a young kid!
"I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do." The answer to this is written on your T-shirt Jamal.
Amen
I have been listening to this song for 50 years, and it never gets old!