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.
@@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.
This is a pure example of true four part harmony with no auto tune, no click track, no production tricks, just talent. Something missing from modern music.
I am 68 and love 60s/70s music but I also love a lot of todays music, I can assure you four part harmonies are definitely still out there, 5SOS, McFly, and I know One Direction split nearly ten years ago but I suggest you check out their last album (Zayn had left) Made In The AM, amazing harmonising on If I Could Fly, Harry Styles is solo now but he writes all his music for harmonising with his band.
"Mama" Cass Eliot was IMHO, the heart & soul of the group. No matter the song her voice always came through. "Words of Love" still stands up after all these years. She too was gone too young (32 years old). Rest in peace.
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
Don't be too spooked...you are listening to one of the greatest songs of all time, millions of people before you have also fallen in the trance....count yourself lucky to have come across it!
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!
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.
1962 Fullerton CA here.... I had a truly golden early childhood. This is what was playing on the console in the living room. While we danced in the kitchen.
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!
Just by showing up and performing with her spectacular voice, Cass was an encouragement for a lot of big girls at the time that they mattered and could achieve success in life, while the rest of the world was not sending such a message.
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. ❤️🔥🇨🇦
Please never stop listening to music that came before you. There is so much beauty and harmony across all the decades and different genres of music to miss listening to a single song. I would be here all day recommending songs for you to listen to you.
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. 💔 🌟
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"
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.
It's nice to see someone young like yourself discovering music from so many different genres and eras. Without all the techno stuff, people showed their true talents.
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.
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.
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."
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!
@@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.
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.
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!!
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! 🎸
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.
I'm 67 years old; I've heard this song all my life. It still gives and always has given me chills. This song was soooo huge in the day, and lots and lots of people moved to California in the '60s because of this song. I'm from NY and now I live in LA so it particularly speaks to me.
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.
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🎶🎵🕺🏽💃🎶🎵💙
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!
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
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.
It’s the key it’s written in and the harmonies they’re using. That’s what’s giving you the sensation… the power of the music and the use of melodic minor cords. This is one of my all time fave songs. One thing you got from earlier music is fantastic close harmonies and proper proper music… you need to look into the music that came out of Laurel Canyon, California. It was like a music collective, including a shed ton of British musicians. They all fed into each other. It was wonderful what came out of that time musically. X
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......
Your chills are because of the perfect melody for the chord progression. When a songwriter gets lucky and the melody that pops in their head is flawless, the listener is fuckin' powerless. There is no option but to be sort of involuntarily awestruck. There are also some "secret" chords in this song *in between* the main chords that kinda freak out the listener. You don't really know what's going on. You almost have to pause it for a minute and say "what the fuck am I listening to right now!". This is my favorite song. It's perfect. I can play it ten times in a row and still get chills. "All the leaves are brown" is one of the most famous first lines of all the 60s songs. It hits you in the face immediately and then the girls repeat it. As soon as they start singing it's almost impossible to stop listening until the song is over.
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."
😊✌️ 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🎵 🌞
My favorite part is when he says .."I got down on my ....KNEES"... he does that TINY pause and digs DEEP. Such a classic, amazing song. I'm so thrilled that you loved it so much. It's young people like you, who will help keep this sort of stuff alive.
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'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.
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.
Another completely unrelated song that has that feeling you're talking about is Jethro Tull's Look Into the Sun from their album Stand Up. It is a primarily acoustic guitar, beautiful song, with great wa-wa electric guitar, with deep lyrics about a lost love, and that haunting quality. Released in around '68-69.
I was born in 1964, but was brought up on this music, thanks to my mam. I just love that your reacting to all genres now. And look how many likes this song has had in such a short time! 31k, wow. 👍👌
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.❤
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!
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!!!
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.
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.
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!!😎🍸
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.
The melancholy is from the use of minor chords used as an offset to the major chords. Timeless.
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.
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!!!
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!
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!
Creeque Alley is my favorite
That is a very good suggestion. It is sooo beautiful.
That fabulous solo voice is Denny Doherty!
He is the "Harbour Master" on the Theodore Tugboat show.
I’m thinking he invented Justin Beibers haircut!!!
This is a pure example of true four part harmony with no auto tune, no click track, no production tricks, just talent. Something missing from modern music.
I am 68 and love 60s/70s music but I also love a lot of todays music, I can assure you four part harmonies are definitely still out there, 5SOS, McFly, and I know One Direction split nearly ten years ago but I suggest you check out their last album (Zayn had left) Made In The AM, amazing harmonising on If I Could Fly, Harry Styles is solo now but he writes all his music for harmonising with his band.
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.
And she was the one who wrote this song
Chynna Phillips from the group Wilson Phillips is Michelle's daughter.
I don't know if anyone else said this, but the haunting quality of the song has to do with it being in the key of c-sharp minor.
Yes. The vibe is forlorn and melancholy. Heartbreak and homesickness, loneliness and longing.
Your intuition is spot on.
Yes, it is melancholy, seriously nostalgic.
Well said. This song brought me to tears many times.
"Mama" Cass Eliot was IMHO, the heart & soul of the group. No matter the song her voice always came through. "Words of Love" still stands up after all these years. She too was gone too young (32 years old). Rest in peace.
Cass had a beautiful voice all on her own.
Damn, you are listening to some Great music!
Flute…and no machines making their voices sound good, these are truly talented singers❤️
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.
I was just about to write the same thing on both counts!!
Don't be too spooked...you are listening to one of the greatest songs of all time, millions of people before you have also fallen in the trance....count yourself lucky to have come across it!
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.
Their "cover" of Dedicated To The One I Love is terrific! 😊
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
71 here & I agree
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!
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.
1962 Fullerton CA here.... I had a truly golden early childhood. This is what was playing on the console in the living room. While we danced in the kitchen.
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!
The Mamas & Papas are one of the pioneers of Folk Rock music.
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!
Just by showing up and performing with her spectacular voice, Cass was an encouragement for a lot of big girls at the time that they mattered and could achieve success in life, while the rest of the world was not sending such a message.
Mama Casa was phenomenal. ❤
Mama Cass Elliott 👍🏻
Folk music has 3 vibes, "happy, sad, or mellow". It hits everyone differently.
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. ❤️🔥🇨🇦
Los Angeles in the 60s is still being talked about......what an era for music....❤❤❤❤❤❤
Songs like this made an entire generation head for L.A. And now, the freeways are constantly clogged up. 😝
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.
Please never stop listening to music that came before you. There is so much beauty and harmony across all the decades and different genres of music to miss listening to a single song. I would be here all day recommending songs for you to listen to you.
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. 💔 🌟
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"
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.
Ian Anderson might disagree
Great harmonies. Harmony is so often the missing ingredient in today’s music! Thanks for the great reaction.
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!
It's nice to see someone young like yourself discovering music from so many different genres and eras. Without all the techno stuff, people showed their true talents.
This is "call and respond" 4 part harmony done perfectly!
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.
Me too!
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.
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."
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!
No! It's the Byrds, not the Byrd's! For gods sake! ;-)
@@hoodyniszwangsjacke3190 Yep I screwed that up.
It has that otherworldly vibe like the song Aquarius
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.
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.
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!!
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! 🎸
Monday, Monday is a good one to try next from them.
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.
Mama Cass was brilliant! ♥️
I'm 67 years old; I've heard this song all my life. It still gives and always has given me chills. This song was soooo huge in the day, and lots and lots of people moved to California in the '60s because of this song. I'm from NY and now I live in LA so it particularly speaks to me.
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!
I’ve been listening to the music for 60years now and I still believe this is THE perfect pop song.
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.
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🎶🎵🕺🏽💃🎶🎵💙
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!!
Don't be sad that it's over. Just be glad it happened!
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!
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!"
Monday, Monday features Mama Cass.. fabulous good vocals
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.
It’s the key it’s written in and the harmonies they’re using. That’s what’s giving you the sensation… the power of the music and the use of melodic minor cords.
This is one of my all time fave songs. One thing you got from earlier music is fantastic close harmonies and proper proper music… you need to look into the music that came out of Laurel Canyon, California. It was like a music collective, including a shed ton of British musicians. They all fed into each other. It was wonderful what came out of that time musically. X
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
Back in the day I looked forward EVERYDAY to hearing something new and different than the day before. It was glorious.
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
Your chills are because of the perfect melody for the chord progression. When a songwriter gets lucky and the melody that pops in their head is flawless, the listener is fuckin' powerless. There is no option but to be sort of involuntarily awestruck. There are also some "secret" chords in this song *in between* the main chords that kinda freak out the listener. You don't really know what's going on. You almost have to pause it for a minute and say "what the fuck am I listening to right now!". This is my favorite song. It's perfect. I can play it ten times in a row and still get chills. "All the leaves are brown" is one of the most famous first lines of all the 60s songs. It hits you in the face immediately and then the girls repeat it. As soon as they start singing it's almost impossible to stop listening until the song is over.
Monday,Monday! Dancing in The Streets! Mama Cass rocks with her voice!! Please, please listen to more of them!!
Love it when the younger generations discover buried treasures like this. It looks like you're researching the history of rock thoroughly!
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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."
Lovely reaction. Mama Cass the larger lady had a wonderful voice , she died too early at age 32 from a heart attack x
😊✌️ 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.😊🤗👍✌️🇬🇧
76 yr old born and raised in New York. Left New York at age 19 to warm sunny California. Never looked back!!
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.
My favorite part is when he says .."I got down on my ....KNEES"... he does that TINY pause and digs DEEP. Such a classic, amazing song. I'm so thrilled that you loved it so much. It's young people like you, who will help keep this sort of stuff alive.
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.
Beautiful song. It's refreshing to watch your reactions to the music from my youth.
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.
This is my favorite Folk Rock Band/Group,
Great song.
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
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.
Another completely unrelated song that has that feeling you're talking about is Jethro Tull's Look Into the Sun from their album Stand Up. It is a primarily acoustic guitar, beautiful song, with great wa-wa electric guitar, with deep lyrics about a lost love, and that haunting quality. Released in around '68-69.
Your surprised look at this one is awesome. It was a dark sound, beloved by all of us old folks! They harmonized beautifully! Flute!
I was born in 1964, but was brought up on this music, thanks to my mam.
I just love that your reacting to all genres now. And look how many likes this song has had in such a short time! 31k, wow. 👍👌
It's just a classic. Nothing else to say 🤷🏼♂️
P. S. Michelle Phillips was gorgeous, with a superb voice.
You are getting a PhD. In great music! Well done young man.
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.❤
If you want harmonies, Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young are a MUST ❤
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. 🙂
Yeah, you're right. Melancholy, longing. Classic.
One of my All Time Favorite Songs!!!! Mama Cass had such a fantastic voice, check out her solo work- Cass Elliot
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!!!
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!
It does have a melancholy haunting quality. It was written and performed that way. You're getting that 60s hippie vibe. Cool 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
One of the greatest songs from the 60,s . And brilliant vocals . Denny and mama cass are sublime
It's endless, man! Soooo much great music yet to be discovered !!!
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.
I'm really happy you enjoyed that looking forward to more in your '60s '70s journeys
The story of Mama Cass breaks my heart. She was so lovely.
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!!