Don’t you dare apologize for going back to the roots of rock n roll, and playing some of the most heartfelt and touching songs ever written. I’m 75 and grew up on Chuck Berry, the Big Bopper, and then The Beach Boys, The Rascals, and The Animals and the Mama’s and the Papa’s, Thank You for shoving this music down the throats of these millennials who seem to think that only their music counts as real music. .
I like this guy, he isn't stupid. I am 71 and use my headphones when listening so the neighbors don't report me. Not really, my new young neighbor asked me if I thought his "music was too loud?" I said, "Nope, I can't hear it unless you crank it up a bit more and it doesn't bother me in the least."
I know every generation probably thinks this, but today's music all sounds the same to me. Yes, the 60s had a "sound" but it was so varied compared to what I hear today.
My dad would be about 10 years older than you but I'm 45. Let me tell you, I am SO grateful that I grew up with his music I could hear Fred Astair and Bing Crosby with Marty Robbins and Pink Floyd. He showed me so much. Our faorite moviw is The Blues Brothers. Good music, is good music.
One of the greatest songs ever! That melancholy feeling comes from it being in a minor key. Yes, that was a flute in the instrument solo and fits the song so well. If this song doesn't make you feel anything, check for a pulse! Thanks. Peace from SF
@@Jax52reg Simon and Garfunkel. Or The Everly Brothers. Or Extreme. There have been some groups that were great at harmonizing. I don't think you can say any one of them was the best.
Love this song. I would recommend White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. It’s a vibey, trippy song released 2 years after California Dreaming. The lead singer is a woman named Grace Slick
I’m 72 and this was the music of my childhood. It was the time of enlightenment when everything was new and alive. We felt like we were experiencing life for the first time! We were alive thru the music!
Cass Elliott WHAT a voice!!! I absolutely LOVE that woman's voice, personality, and precious soul. I literally cried when I heard she had passed away. 💔 🌟
You are surprising me with the tunes you’re reacting to! Good surprised! Your recognition of superb music, no matter the genre or time, keeps me on my toes! Thank you Molly Boy, for your love of music. ❤️🔥🇨🇦
@@PSBFAN1991 there’s not that much difference in their hair color. I was heavy set until I had chemo and radiation a couple of years ago. My daughter is heavy set. It’s a description, not an insult, unless one believes that a person’s body type can in itself be an insult.
For another haunting and beautiful song from the 60's check out "Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues - in Paris. Restored video!". Keep up the good work.
Your reaction is no surprise. This song is universally popular and loved. I really appreciate your appreciation of this classic. The 60s is a very deep dive unto itself full of wonderful treasures.
The tall guy is John Phillips , he wrote this, his wife Michelle Phillips when they were in New York she said “All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray”. And John turned it into this classic!!
Mama Cass had a huge full voice and had a solo career. This band was very successful and well loved. Big library to explore. My fave by them is Twelve Thirty.
The daughter of John and Michelle Phillips, the two married members of this band, was in a successful 90s band with the two daughters of one of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The 90s band was Wilson Phillips.
Mama's & The Papa's are the one of the best harmonizing groups ever. Mama Cass Elliot has such a beautiful voice. She is the heavy set one. She was taken too soon. RIP Mama. You are so very missed! I love watching your reaction. It does this old heart (69 years old) to watch the look on your face. You really do appreciate this music. Don't ever stop! Love your reaction!
Mama Cass's ( the red head) reaction to Janis Joplin at the Monterey Pop Festival is pretty damn cool! For Cass Elliott to have HER mind blown by a singer is something. They were a great band, I am so happy you did this one and LIKED it!
You do indeed have an old soul. I love how you are experiencing the music I grew up with. I'm 66 and had the pleasure of turning on the radio as a kid and hearing songs like this. Keep digging deep in the 60's and you won't be disappointed. The Byrd's, The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and on and on. Dive in!
I’m 27. I think this is one of the very best pop songs ever made. It definitely makes my top 10 list. The layering of the vocals, the flute solo, the harmonies, the panning from ear to ear… ah it’s so good
Quote: "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas is a timeless song that captures the essence of longing, escape, and disillusionment. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a person stuck in a cold, gray winter, yearning for the warmth and optimism associated with California. The recurring themes in the song are a stark contrast between the harsh reality of their current situation and the idealized dream of a better life."
Im so happy to see young ppl enjoying ‘our’ music! It means when we go, it will keep living on in You. As it should. ABBA said it perfectly, ‘Thank you for the music’, its everyones x🎶🎵🕺🏽💃🎶🎵💙
I'm 64, and spent my life as a professional touring rock musician, and I still get the same feeling every time I hear this, as I did the first time, (which was when it was released). Superb piece of music. Great choice brother! Cheers! 🎸
😊✌️ Molly ☮️ I call myself the 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃🕺, this group is one of those great Group's that made me want to be a Hippie! Peace 😊✌️ Gary ☮️ Great Reaction 👍 this song is why I moved to San Diego, California in 1976 I'm still here! 🌞 /☀️live in Michigan for one winter 🥶, and you will understand this song🎵 🌞
Mamas and Papas, Peter, Paul and Mary as well as the Seekers had a little magic in their songs. They often evoked emotional responses (I get goosebumps) listening to them. The Association was another great band for that. Am very happy to see you enjoying all these new sounds.
this song is the reason I learnt to play flute way back in the 70s , this and Nights in white satin by the Moody Blues. And I had a 40 year career as a flautist. Ahhhhhh did we have music......
Denny Doherty, the lead singer, with that incredible voice, was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Just before his death in 2007 he did a guest role on the Canadian comedy show ‘Trailer Park Boys’. This group has incredible songs. ‘I Saw Her Again’ has an iconic mistake in it that sounded so cool. They left it in. They could do that in those days because they were recording with musicians in the studio in real time. It just felt so organic and authentic to leave that mistake in and so cool how those professional musicians just picked up the song again. Love it.❤
LOVE THEM!!! You can hear Cass Elliot's voice over everyone else with whomever she sings with - SO GREAT!!! Another group that had SO, SO MANY HITS!!! ENJOY, MOLS!!!
That song gave me the chills when I was 4 years old and still does. I think this was the first song that gave me a strange unsettling feeling while also being mesmerized by the beauty of it. Absolute classic.
In the 80’s. I was forced to move back home from Hollywood and back to Oregon. It was fall, cold and rainy. Pulling into my driveway, this song was on the radio and already missed my apartment in Redondo Beach. Can’t help but remember that feeling.
Declan, thank you for this channel. I’m in my 60s, but grew up in a classical music home. You are introducing me to songs and groups that I’d missed in real time. Hugs!
I think that the chill comes from the purity of the voices….the way the women seem to answer the men with their vocals and also the uplifting message of wanting to go home to California. There is no distortion, just talent, almost like a church choir in its simplicity. Great reaction MollyBoy😉
@@leighloutreedore8926 my dear…….I was 18 in 1965. I had Joan Baez’ songbook and taught myself guitar. I had friends who sang in coffee houses. Been listening to PPM since I was 12. Had Judy Collins, and Dylans’s first albums I of FOLK music in 1962. If this is folk to you, then pray tell…..what was Baez and Dylan’s early work? Because they sure as hell aren’t the same. This is closer to the Byrds than it is to Baez. Just for giggles, how would you then define The Byrds? The Association? CSN? It really isn’t something to get your knickers in a twist about, is it? I mean, is it THAT important to you? Were you one of those people who had a stroke when Dylan went electric and was no longer “pure” folk? Still traumatized over it? Never assume you know something about another person online, and don’t take such umbrage that someone has a different opinion than yours. Sheesh. Hell…Alexa just told me that they were pop rock! 🙄. Which I disagree with.
Minor chords give a sense of impermanence. The writer is longing for Cali, but he's also considering leaving his girl. "If I didn't tell her/I could leave today"
Absolutely…The Music is so very good but the people and things they went through, or created (pointing to John Phillips 🖕). I feel so much for Mama Cass, so much incredible talent, a force of a voice and a life of loneliness and longing for love.
@@marym.9037A podcast made by the granddaughters of the Black Dahlia Killer (they’re pretty convinced) brings it around. Michelle Philips was good friends with a girl who was in McKenzie’s situation. Michelle’s friend was the mother of one of the podcasters.
This song and album was HUGE in 1965. This is pure California folk rock and the Mamas and Papas were one of the biggest examples of that West Coast sound. Everyone on my dorm floor had it. Their harmonies were gorgeous. Songs like these added to the “California mystique” which was big at the time…a paradise of beautiful weather, beaches, casual and fun people. Made allot of kids, like myself, decide to go to California for college. It was a “scene” and Mana Cass, the heavyset woman, was well/known locally for her kindness and her nurturing of other musicians. She serendipitously brought Crosby, Stills and Nash together at her house, who formed their super group. Living in the famous Laurel Canyon community of artists and musicians , she was a magnet for drawing people together. Died much too young. That vibe and time are now LONG gone…..ended by the mid-70’s. But it was pretty magical for a brief spot in time.
My favorite song of all time. That great flute solo was performed by jazz sax and flute player Bud Shank. That solo was the icing on the cake of this outstanding song.
I totally get that strange, melancholic, even a bit haunting energy in this song. I still remember clearly when I heard it first time in my cousins home back in 1989. I was just 10 year old kid but i instantly loved it! I felt this melancholic, yet positive and beautiful vibe and i just couldn't get enough of it. Thanks for reacting to this absolute masterpiece..
Oh Molly Boy! This is such an amazing piece of music from the 60’s. Quintessential 60’s beach music and oh so California!! I am smiling from ear to ear just listening to this ❤🎉
I have LOVED this song since the first time I heard it....more years ago than I like to remember 😂😂😂. It now makes me a little melancholy for my youth, but also evokes some wonderful memories😅 9:40 ❤❤❤
Thank You!! Thank You !! Thanks for enjoying this one!!!!’ I’ve always loved this one!!! I got to hear it when it first came out and all these years later I still love it and yes get chills man!!
The woman with the long blonde hair is Michelle Phillips and she's married to the tall guy, John Phillips. The heavyset woman is Mama Cass Elliott .... what a voice!!! And yes, that is a flute!
It IS a melancholy song. Imagine having to endure a wicked, cold winter somewhere in America's Northeast, and your soul is crying for release to the warm, sunny vibe of Southern California. But he's trapped, to some degree, because of the relationship he's in. Hence the line, "if I didn't tell her, I could leave today."
Almost to 100K subs.... good job! This era was my high school and college years, and I'm glad to see our Music standing up to the test of time,... maybe even surpassing it. Happy Musical Trails to You!
I'm sitting here in New York, with my jacket on and a blanket over my legs. Outside my window all the leaves are brown and mostly fallen, and the sky is overcast, an unbroken gray. Many people here become restless or even depressed at this time of year. Its a relief when December comes, bringing snow and icy blue skies.
Bro, the variety of music you're reacting to is amazing, and your open mind & genuine enthusiasm set you apart from most other UA-camrs. 100k subs? You'll be at 200k B4 long. BTW, the Mamas & Papas were just lip synching to the studio version of the song...prettty common for TV variety shows of the '60s and '70s (pre-MTV). Peace.
Yep you’re definitely an old sole!!!! And yes it was made to be a haunting tune!!! That Mono sound from the 60’s and 70’s is soooooo pure!!! So says Austin Tx!!😎🍸
Another group with great harmonies is Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Teach Your Children, Southern Cross and Love the One You’re With are a few of my favorites!
Ahhh..Molly Boy... I've been running throught today's videos and all I have to say is..google Songs of the Hippie generation and play all of them..lol...you were born too late but through the magic of technology you can become an honorary Hippie...welcome aboard... The sounds are varied and the emotions run the extremes and middles...from war songs to hallucinations... Part of the difference in the sounds have to do with the experimentation with electronic instruments which in turn changed the emotional vibes in each new group of musicians..the other part is drugs..yep...from soul to the Beatles..to rock and roll... Each new generation of music and musicians have evolved and devolved...some we'll treasure for the rest of our lives and other will never again see the break of day...God bless you young man..keep up the search for your memories... 🌿🌿🌿
Mama Cass, “Dream a Little Dream of Me” just wonderful.
Yes, this is my favorite Mama Cass song!
Oh , yes please
@@catherinehodson That's a good one too
I love Msma Cass
YES PLEASE REACT TO THAT!!!
Don’t you dare apologize for going back to the roots of rock n roll, and playing some of the most heartfelt and touching songs ever written. I’m 75 and grew up on Chuck Berry, the Big Bopper, and then The Beach Boys, The Rascals, and The Animals and the Mama’s and the Papa’s, Thank You for shoving this music down the throats of these millennials who seem to think that only their music counts as real music.
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I like this guy, he isn't stupid. I am 71 and use my headphones when listening so the neighbors don't report me. Not really, my new young neighbor asked me if I thought his "music was too loud?" I said, "Nope, I can't hear it unless you crank it up a bit more and it doesn't bother me in the least."
I know every generation probably thinks this, but today's music all sounds the same to me. Yes, the 60s had a "sound" but it was so varied compared to what I hear today.
@@Gira21Gramos It was an amzing time of music evolution.
My dad would be about 10 years older than you but I'm 45. Let me tell you, I am SO grateful that I grew up with his music I could hear Fred Astair and Bing Crosby with Marty Robbins and Pink Floyd. He showed me so much. Our faorite moviw is The Blues Brothers. Good music, is good music.
@@chuckhouse5179 oooh , I wonder if Mollyboy has heard R.E.S.P.E.C.T. yet.
Damn, you are listening to some Great music!
One of the greatest songs ever! That melancholy feeling comes from it being in a minor key. Yes, that was a flute in the instrument solo and fits the song so well. If this song doesn't make you feel anything, check for a pulse! Thanks.
Peace from SF
Damn right it still gives me chills
Melancholy is a good term to describe this classic song. I would add a dash of wistful in there as well.
They are one the best harmonizing group that was ever formed.
Because Denny and Mama Cass were the best. Karen Carpenter and Mama Cass both were fantastic.
Crosby, Stills & Nash would like a word
@@eagerow1so would Eagles.
Peter, Paul and Mary….
@@Jax52reg Simon and Garfunkel. Or The Everly Brothers. Or Extreme.
There have been some groups that were great at harmonizing. I don't think you can say any one of them was the best.
Michelle Phillips, the blonde, is the only member still alive; she’s 80.
And she's still gorgeous!
Michelle was great on Knot's Landing, too!
maybe he could do hold on, by wilson phillips.
I like Monday, Monday!
I love I Call Your Name. It really showcases Mama Cass
The whole album and it was amazing!!!!
ooh I 2nd this!
Love this song. I would recommend White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. It’s a vibey, trippy song released 2 years after California Dreaming. The lead singer is a woman named Grace Slick
I love JA but would pick something else. D.C.B.A or Lather are accessible and the later features Grace. Also “Wooden Ships” is fabulous.
White Rabbit is a great song!
@@liamstewart4167 I saw them live, I think in Berkeley, before they released Surrealistic Pillow
The ultimate psychedelic song - White Rabbit. Sit back and light up a "J". Peace out.
I love the live version.
The Mamas & Papas are one of the pioneers of Folk Rock music.
I’m 72 and this was the music of my childhood. It was the time of enlightenment when everything was new and alive. We felt like we were experiencing life for the first time! We were alive thru the music!
Mama Cass had a great voice.😊
I'm 60 and this is the music of my toddlerhood🙂. It stuck with me though. How could it not? Everything back then was so legendary.
Oh my heart!
My childhood music 🎵🎶.. thank you
Yes. The vibe is forlorn and melancholy. Heartbreak and homesickness, loneliness and longing.
Your intuition is spot on.
I’ve been listening to the music for 60years now and I still believe this is THE perfect pop song.
You should hear Mama Cass dream a little dream. Her voice is incredibly beautiful
Cass Elliott WHAT a voice!!! I absolutely LOVE that woman's voice, personality, and precious soul. I literally cried when I heard she had passed away. 💔 🌟
To a kid in the 60's, California was a magic Utopia where all your dreams came true.
Yeah, we were pretty naive, but we were all California Dreamin'.
Grew up there and it was wonderful. ❤
Yea it’s a shit hole now y’all need some help.
You are surprising me with the tunes you’re reacting to!
Good surprised! Your recognition of superb music, no
matter the genre or time, keeps me on my toes! Thank
you Molly Boy, for your love of music. ❤️🔥🇨🇦
When you hear a flute come in like that, you know it is hippy music. Another fab reaction!!
Those late 60 and early 70s used flutes a lot.
😊✌️Peace ☮️ Your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃🕺, l love ❤ the flute 🪈 it's Groovy!
That's not entirely true.
@@Rottimail No. It certainly isn't true. But for that era, for this style, it kind of is in context.
When life was simple but meaningful. 60s and 70s was the best decades of my life. Great reaction
I agree. I’d give anything to live it again.
Mama Casa was phenomenal. ❤
Mama Cass Elliott 👍🏻
MollyBoy, the heavy set female singer, Mama Cass, is that same woman in the audience on your Janis Joplin live video
Oh yes, I didn’t recognise her
I was just going to say that. I love the expression on her face in that shit from Monterey Pop. Two powerhouse singers who died too soon.
You could have said the girl with the brown hair.
@@PSBFAN1991 there’s not that much difference in their hair color. I was heavy set until I had chemo and radiation a couple of years ago. My daughter is heavy set. It’s a description, not an insult, unless one believes that a person’s body type can in itself be an insult.
@@sherreecasusol1448I just find it unnecessary.
For another haunting and beautiful song from the 60's check out "Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues - in Paris. Restored video!". Keep up the good work.
Good choice!
I am waiting for Molly Boys reaction to Nights in white satin also😊
It will blow his mind!
This right here 👆
Yes! Yes! Yes!
This is "call and respond" 4 part harmony done perfectly!
Your reaction is no surprise. This song is universally popular and loved. I really appreciate your appreciation of this classic. The 60s is a very deep dive unto itself full of wonderful treasures.
Goose bumps ever time!
Los Angeles in the 60s is still being talked about......what an era for music....❤❤❤❤❤❤
The tall guy is John Phillips , he wrote this, his wife Michelle Phillips when they were in New York she said “All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray”. And John turned it into this classic!!
Monday, Monday is a good one to try next from them.
That fabulous solo voice is Denny Doherty!
Mama Cass had a huge full voice and had a solo career. This band was very successful and well loved. Big library to explore. My fave by them is Twelve Thirty.
Twelve Thirty is excellent!
Monday,Monday! Dancing in The Streets! Mama Cass rocks with her voice!! Please, please listen to more of them!!
The daughter of John and Michelle Phillips, the two married members of this band, was in a successful 90s band with the two daughters of one of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The 90s band was Wilson Phillips.
John's daughter Mackenzie Phillips is an actress
And was molested by her father, John, for years.
@@bretttodd6470 yes, I loved their vocals.
@@corvus1374 ...who went on to say she had an affair with her dad for a decade😮
@@martinbones681 John Phillips was a horrible excuse for a human being.
Oh we’re going way back… the 6O’s, the birds, moody blues, beach boys and the doors. Lots to love from this eraZ
*era
Beautiful song. It's refreshing to watch your reactions to the music from my youth.
Mama's & The Papa's are the one of the best harmonizing groups ever. Mama Cass Elliot has such a beautiful voice. She is the heavy set one. She was taken too soon. RIP Mama. You are so very missed! I love watching your reaction. It does this old heart (69 years old) to watch the look on your face. You really do appreciate this music. Don't ever stop! Love your reaction!
As a Southern California boy born in L.A. in 1974, this song will always remind me of my childhood at the beach....I love it!
Mama Cass's ( the red head) reaction to Janis Joplin at the Monterey Pop Festival is pretty damn cool! For Cass Elliott to have HER mind blown by a singer is something.
They were a great band, I am so happy you did this one and LIKED it!
I was thinking about that - her reaction to Janis. One queen respecting another.
One of my all time favorite songs!!!
Love it!!
The harmonies and music!!!
Same here! It's a great one. Helps I'm from California too and remember seeing them live with my parents.
You do indeed have an old soul. I love how you are experiencing the music I grew up with. I'm 66 and had the pleasure of turning on the radio as a kid and hearing songs like this. Keep digging deep in the 60's and you won't be disappointed. The Byrd's, The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and on and on. Dive in!
Melancholy, yes! I get that feeling when I hear this. This 67 yr old chick loved the 60’s! Great reaction! 🎶🎸😎
This 67 year old guy too.
@@michaeltipton5500 We’re you both around 12 years old?
@@bonya4585 I was born in 1957 so around that.
Same!!
Mama Cass was brilliant! ♥️
Flute…and no machines making their voices sound good, these are truly talented singers❤️
I’m 27. I think this is one of the very best pop songs ever made. It definitely makes my top 10 list. The layering of the vocals, the flute solo, the harmonies, the panning from ear to ear… ah it’s so good
It has a lot in common, at least structurally, as one of my other very favorite songs, "Help!"
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"California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas is a timeless song that captures the essence of longing, escape, and disillusionment. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a person stuck in a cold, gray winter, yearning for the warmth and optimism associated with California. The recurring themes in the song are a stark contrast between the harsh reality of their current situation and the idealized dream of a better life."
I’m not always that fussed about older music, but I love this song- it’s that haunting sound and the harmonies that make it just a full-bodied song
One of my All Time Favorite Songs!!!! Mama Cass had such a fantastic voice, check out her solo work- Cass Elliot
Im so happy to see young ppl enjoying ‘our’ music! It means when we go, it will keep living on in You. As it should. ABBA said it perfectly, ‘Thank you for the music’, its everyones x🎶🎵🕺🏽💃🎶🎵💙
I'm 64, and spent my life as a professional touring rock musician, and I still get the same feeling every time I hear this, as I did the first time, (which was when it was released). Superb piece of music. Great choice brother! Cheers! 🎸
Your surprised look at this one is awesome. It was a dark sound, beloved by all of us old folks! They harmonized beautifully! Flute!
😊✌️ Molly ☮️ I call myself the 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃🕺, this group is one of those great Group's that made me want to be a Hippie! Peace 😊✌️ Gary ☮️ Great Reaction 👍 this song is why I moved to San Diego, California in 1976 I'm still here! 🌞 /☀️live in Michigan for one winter 🥶, and you will understand this song🎵 🌞
I feel you I live in Canada 😅
Right back at ya. Me too
Peace and love 72 and stayed true to the feeling. On your wavelength.😊🤗👍✌️🇬🇧
Chills? you Want chills??? You must listen to "Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry.... Good reaction mate.
Yes 👍
Sinead O'Connor, R.I.P., did a great cover of that song.
Mamas and Papas, Peter, Paul and Mary as well as the Seekers had a little magic in their songs. They often evoked emotional responses (I get goosebumps) listening to them. The Association was another great band for that.
Am very happy to see you enjoying all these new sounds.
Just came here to say this. My dad was a huge Seekers fan. Judith Durham had a voice of an angel. Folk music was chill music in the 60s
Back in the day I looked forward EVERYDAY to hearing something new and different than the day before. It was glorious.
this song is the reason I learnt to play flute way back in the 70s , this and Nights in white satin by the Moody Blues. And I had a 40 year career as a flautist. Ahhhhhh did we have music......
Did you like Jethro Tull also?
The flute is such a magical musical instrument ♡
@@johndef5075I do, for sure
It's endless, man! Soooo much great music yet to be discovered !!!
I'm really happy you enjoyed that looking forward to more in your '60s '70s journeys
Denny Doherty, the lead singer, with that incredible voice, was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Just before his death in 2007 he did a guest role on the Canadian comedy show ‘Trailer Park Boys’.
This group has incredible songs. ‘I Saw Her Again’ has an iconic mistake in it that sounded so cool. They left it in.
They could do that in those days because they were recording with musicians in the studio in real time.
It just felt so organic and authentic to leave that mistake in and so cool how those professional musicians just picked up the song again. Love it.❤
LOVE THEM!!! You can hear Cass Elliot's voice over everyone else with whomever she sings with - SO GREAT!!! Another group that had SO, SO MANY HITS!!! ENJOY, MOLS!!!
That song gave me the chills when I was 4 years old and still does. I think this was the first song that gave me a strange unsettling feeling while also being mesmerized by the beauty of it. Absolute classic.
In the 80’s. I was forced to move back home from Hollywood and back to Oregon. It was fall, cold and rainy. Pulling into my driveway, this song was on the radio and already missed my apartment in Redondo Beach. Can’t help but remember that feeling.
Declan, thank you for this channel. I’m in my 60s, but grew up in a classical music home. You are introducing me to songs and groups that I’d missed in real time. Hugs!
Declan is "Molly Boys" real name??? 😯
I didn't know that. 🙂
It does have a melancholy haunting quality. It was written and performed that way. You're getting that 60s hippie vibe. Cool song.
I think that the chill comes from the purity of the voices….the way the women seem to answer the men with their vocals and also the uplifting message of wanting to go home to California. There is no distortion, just talent, almost like a church choir in its simplicity. Great reaction MollyBoy😉
Considered Folk genre…..hippies all day long❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Folk rock I believe
No just FOLK!!! You weren't growing up then obviously.
@@leighloutreedore8926 my dear…….I was 18 in 1965. I had Joan Baez’ songbook and taught myself guitar. I had friends who sang in coffee houses. Been listening to PPM since I was 12. Had Judy Collins, and Dylans’s first albums I of FOLK music in 1962. If this is folk to you, then pray tell…..what was Baez and Dylan’s early work? Because they sure as hell aren’t the same. This is closer to the Byrds than it is to Baez.
Just for giggles, how would you then define The Byrds? The Association? CSN?
It really isn’t something to get your knickers in a twist about, is it? I mean, is it THAT important to you? Were you one of those people who had a stroke when Dylan went electric and was no longer “pure” folk? Still traumatized over it?
Never assume you know something about another person online, and don’t take such umbrage that someone has a different opinion than yours. Sheesh. Hell…Alexa just told me that they were pop rock! 🙄. Which I disagree with.
Minor chords give a sense of impermanence.
The writer is longing for Cali, but he's also considering leaving his girl. "If I didn't tell her/I could leave today"
This is my favorite Folk Rock Band/Group,
Great song.
From a 62 year old that was brilliant please do more of the 60s you won't regret it young yin
Yes, we were very little when this played on the radio but I clearly remember loving it then as well as now!
The tragic personal lives and history of these band members are forever burned in my mind. It completely changed their music for me. Anyone else??
I have a hard time listening to them after MacKenzie's revelations. It's hard not to think about it.
@marym.9037 thank you, I thought maybe I was the only one.
Absolutely…The Music is so very good but the people and things they went through, or created (pointing to John Phillips 🖕). I feel so much for Mama Cass, so much incredible talent, a force of a voice and a life of loneliness and longing for love.
YES
@@marym.9037A podcast made by the granddaughters of the Black Dahlia Killer (they’re pretty convinced) brings it around. Michelle Philips was good friends with a girl who was in McKenzie’s situation. Michelle’s friend was the mother of one of the podcasters.
These guys are one of my favorite groups ever! Wonderful arrangements, gorgeous vocals. And yes, that was a flute.
This song and album was HUGE in 1965. This is pure California folk rock and the Mamas and Papas were one of the biggest examples of that West Coast sound. Everyone on my dorm floor had it. Their harmonies were gorgeous. Songs like these added to the “California mystique” which was big at the time…a paradise of beautiful weather, beaches, casual and fun people. Made allot of kids, like myself, decide to go to California for college. It was a “scene” and Mana Cass, the heavyset woman, was well/known locally for her kindness and her nurturing of other musicians. She serendipitously brought Crosby, Stills and Nash together at her house, who formed their super group. Living in the famous Laurel Canyon community of artists and musicians , she was a magnet for drawing people together.
Died much too young.
That vibe and time are now LONG gone…..ended by the mid-70’s.
But it was pretty magical for a brief spot in time.
It's just a classic. Nothing else to say 🤷🏼♂️
P. S. Michelle Phillips was gorgeous, with a superb voice.
My favorite song of all time. That great flute solo was performed by jazz sax and flute player Bud Shank. That solo was the icing on the cake of this outstanding song.
Another band that has the same feel as Mama's and the Papa's is The Association. Check out their song, Along Comes Mary.
You honestly amaze me with how open minded you are about music, especially at your age. Keep it up, we’re loving it!
Thank you! Will do!
Hey MollyBoy! Nice to see ya! This,to me, is a very hauntingly beautiful song. ✌️❤️
I totally get that strange, melancholic, even a bit haunting energy in this song. I still remember clearly when I heard it first time in my cousins home back in 1989. I was just 10 year old kid but i instantly loved it! I felt this melancholic, yet positive and beautiful vibe and i just couldn't get enough of it. Thanks for reacting to this absolute masterpiece..
You had me at "back in time". Im all about the 60's and 70's. Ill listen to that, and you, all day long.
Oh Molly Boy! This is such an amazing piece of music from the 60’s. Quintessential 60’s beach music and oh so California!! I am smiling from ear to ear just listening to this ❤🎉
I have LOVED this song since the first time I heard it....more years ago than I like to remember 😂😂😂. It now makes me a little melancholy for my youth, but also evokes some wonderful memories😅 9:40 ❤❤❤
I live in Southern California, it’s Nov.14 it was nice enough to go to the beach! We’re very spoiled here.🌴🐚
Now This is one of the all time best groups and songs from the 60s❤❤
Thank You!! Thank You !! Thanks for enjoying this one!!!!’
I’ve always loved this one!!!
I got to hear it when it first came out and all these years later I still love it and yes get chills man!!
The woman with the long blonde hair is Michelle Phillips and she's married to the tall guy, John Phillips. The heavyset woman is Mama Cass Elliott .... what a voice!!! And yes, that is a flute!
Monday Monday is another great song with the same harmonic sound as this.
The story of Mama Cass breaks my heart. She was so lovely.
Minor key, close harmony, controlled full voices in balance with each other
It IS a melancholy song. Imagine having to endure a wicked, cold winter somewhere in America's Northeast, and your soul is crying for release to the warm, sunny vibe of Southern California. But he's trapped, to some degree, because of the relationship he's in. Hence the line, "if I didn't tell her, I could leave today."
Almost to 100K subs.... good job! This era was my high school and college years, and I'm glad to see our Music standing up to the test of time,... maybe even surpassing it. Happy Musical Trails to You!
76 yr old born and raised in New York. Left New York at age 19 to warm sunny California. Never looked back!!
I'm sitting here in New York, with my jacket on and a blanket over my legs. Outside my window all the leaves are brown and mostly fallen, and the sky is overcast, an unbroken gray. Many people here become restless or even depressed at this time of year. Its a relief when December comes, bringing snow and icy blue skies.
Great classic song... you are exposing a new generation to the BEST music of the 20th century... !
Fitting song to listen to at this time of the year, one of my favorites!
Bro, the variety of music you're reacting to is amazing, and your open mind & genuine enthusiasm set you apart from most other UA-camrs. 100k subs? You'll be at 200k B4 long. BTW, the Mamas & Papas were just lip synching to the studio version of the song...prettty common for TV variety shows of the '60s and '70s (pre-MTV). Peace.
Yep you’re definitely an old sole!!!! And yes it was made to be a haunting tune!!! That Mono sound from the 60’s and 70’s is soooooo pure!!! So says Austin Tx!!😎🍸
I think the analog sound of older music is so good.
Now that’s some good music!! 70 yrs old and know every word!! Welcome to some good music young man!!
I have always loved this song.
Another group with great harmonies is Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Teach Your Children, Southern Cross and Love the One You’re With are a few of my favorites!
Great harmonies. Harmony is so often the missing ingredient in today’s music! Thanks for the great reaction.
Im 76 and loved this song since it came out, never get tired of it.
Great reaction again bro..
Yessir..'60's music!!!!
Yo, I have two words for you...BOB DYLAN
The use of minor key and discordant harmonies gives that wonderful "haunting" feeling you picked up on. Great stuff and awesome reaction as always!!
"The chills". Ya, he gets it.
Ahhh..Molly Boy...
I've been running throught today's videos and all I have to say is..google Songs of the Hippie generation and play all of them..lol...you were born too late but through the magic of technology you can become an honorary Hippie...welcome aboard...
The sounds are varied and the emotions run the extremes and middles...from war songs to hallucinations...
Part of the difference in the sounds have to do with the experimentation with electronic instruments which in turn changed the emotional vibes in each new group of musicians..the other part is drugs..yep...from soul to the Beatles..to rock and roll...
Each new generation of music and musicians have evolved and devolved...some we'll treasure for the rest of our lives and other will never again see the break of day...God bless you young man..keep up the search for your memories...
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