These guys had a huge hit with this song. And they followed it up with another one - "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" Gerry Corbetta, the guy in yellow is the singer and keyboard player and writer of this song. He was an incredible musician.
Me too! I had a small yellow transistor radio I won at a Saturday matinee draw. I spend many a night in the early 70's in bed quietly listening to the latest hits with it (I was supposed to be asleep)!
I had a feeling this song would be requested eventually. Green Eyed Lady and the Beatles' Let It Be, both released in 1970, are the earliest songs in popular music I remember hearing upon their release. I was 2 years old and living in Augusta, Georgia when my eldest sister let me listen to this one on her black transistor radio. Believe it or not, I remember it vividly. Excellent pick!
Thank you Greybeard, one of my favorite songs ever. The first band I ever saw in concert, opening for Deep Purple in 1970. Oh and Harri, it charted at #3 in the US.
This is such a great song. Considered very groovy. Typical of the times with the organ competing with the guitars, running from each side of the headphones to blow your mind. Lol. Makes me think of bellbottom blue jeans. Thanks for the trip back Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Another Sugarloaf song called Mother Nature's Wine borrows licks from Green-eyed Lady. It's really quite beautiful. I have a CD of Sugarloaf's hits but I think their albums are hard to find.
When I was a little kid and this song played on the radio a lot I always thought the music would be great in a spy film. I’m surprised Quentin Tarantino hasn’t used this song yet.🎧🤘🏻🔥
You won't believe this but it's true, In the 70's I was dating a girl and her older sister was married to the drummer of this band, They were playing in my hometown Denver Colorado. We got back stage passes it was great!
I will say it over and over. There are a trifecta of tunes that all came out at about the same time and changed this boy's views on rock forever. One is Free's All Right Now. Another is Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky and then there is this tune. Each one ahead of its time and they made for many hours of joyous car cruisin', soul lifting, inspiring music. Those were great times in music and my soul would never be the same. This is an amazing song to listen to as you cruise around on a warm summer's evening. Magnificent song. Magnificent memories. This is why music is so important to me, it connects me to memories and events in my life like no other art form. That you, music gods, for songs like this.
As I watched your reaction and listened to this song again, I kept hearing elements of Jazz in the tune that I may not have recognized when it came out. When you make the connection, I too wonder if they might be considered one of the first progressive rock bands. Sugarloaf was the first band from Colorado to have a big hit. I was still in High School when the song hit the radio. The band did two performances at Littleton High School one night and we were all so proud of our local heroes. The organ solo HAS to be one of the greatest solos in R&R history and as you note, the groove created by the bass and drums is unique.
Their name later was Jerry Corbetta And Sugarloaf. They only had Two Hits this one on the Liberty label,the other was "Don't Call Us,We'll Call You" in 1974.
Funny you should mention the chemistry between the drummer and the bassist. I was in a band years ago and we played this song. I was the drummer and my very best friend was the bass player. Ron and I had a "chemistry" between us since the day we met. By that I mean we understood, no, we KNEW what each other was gonna do or say before he did or said anything, and that carried over from everyday life into the band. It just made our band all the better and very tight. I can't believe you noticed that...thank you very much for reminding me. ❤
One of my all-time favourite songs. Love the extended intro. The radio edit ruins it. The interlude with the organ is amazing with the rhythm guitar and drummer keeping it all together. It sounds experimental at times but still has the catchy melody and great vocal.
Who was the first progressive rock band is a great question. I found a story on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website stating that the Moody Blues was the first Progressive Rock Ban but there are other sites that may disagree. But the genre seems to have begun in the late 1960s, a very fertile time of growth in many styles of music.
Suggestion: please consider listening to Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose ‘Treat Her Like A Lady’ (I didn’t see it in your playlist). From the same year. There is an extended version of that song from the Top-40 radio version.
One of my favs. Ty Harry I’m old enough to remember when this song was getting air play. Sadly over looked by many. But the level of artistry by all of the players on this song. Can’t be over looked
Nothing better than a wailing Hammond B3 organ LOL when recording this album they needed one more song so they did this on the fly just jammin'. The song is about Gaia ie: mother nature. Saw them live in an outdoor arena in 1972 along with Last Nickel, Deep Purple, and Eric Burden/War. Tickets by the way for that concert were $3.50.
I remember my uncles playing this song with a strobe light on lol. So much fun. They were more like big brothers and hearing this song takes me back to the groovy seventies!
loved this song along with their other smash hit 'don't call us we'll call you. jerry corbetta had one of those unforgettable voices. and he also toured with frankie valli and the four seasons in the early 80's doing vocals
There were three songs, each unique and ahead of their time, that came out in a close span together (69-70): Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf, Alright Now by Free, and Spirit in the Sky, by Norman Greenbaum. Two of them were one hit wonders. I believe Free did have another hit in the early 70s. Love love love all three songs.
Great reaction Harri. I love the minor chords in this song. Some of the bands playing progressive music in 1970, before the term was coined, were Sugar Loaf, King Crimson, Emerson-Lake-Palmer, Gypsy, Jethro Tull, Traffic, ELO, The Mother's of Invention, Uriah Heep, Moody Blues and others I can't think of right now. I think I saw Sugar Loaf and The Guess Who together in concert in 1971, but I'm not sure; things are a little fuzzy in my head during that period in my life.
Great song! Such an incredible bass line! To answer your question about Prog Rock, music historians point to "Good Vibrations," by The Beach Boys, as the first Prog song, and to "Sgt. Peppers...," by The Beatles, as the album that inspired Prog. However, there is a bit of debate as to what is the first actual Progressive Rock album. Some say it is Pink Floyd's 1st album, others say it's "In the Court of the Crimson King," by King Crimson, others say it was Yes's 1st album. But, no matter what, aside from The Beach Boys hit, Prog was born sometime between 1968-69.
Arguments have been made for the Moody Blues Days of Future Passed from '67. While the tracks of the album are debatable regarding being prog, the way the entire album flows is considered by many to be prog in concept.
I’m glad you played the full version. Top-40 stations played the shorter edited version, and the ‘underground’ FM stations played this version. The edited version is pretty good for what it was. It was a big Top-40 hit and peaked at no 3 in the US and no 1 in Canada. 1970 was a good year for pop/rock.
The first US progressive band was a band called Touch and their first album released in 1968. They were formed from the fallout from the band the Kingsmen from "Louie, Louie" fame. Then the next year came the album that people labeled progressive from the UK, In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson after the fallout of the psyche band Giles, Giles and Fripp. The label progressive rock was used to describe the music that combined many non rock related genres into the band's own music and to distance the definition of music from psychedelic music. Late 60's bands like Yes, Caravan, Soft Machine Van Der Graaph Generator are some examples of prog bands that released albums in the late 60's. In the 70's progressive bands flourished,
Many consider the Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed (1967) to be the first Prog Rock album. Though the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's (1967) and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966) both had songs that could be considered Prog.
I don't really know this band, but I always liked this song when it came on the radio. I think his vocal tone went well with the the music and lyric, it just felt good to me. sometimes I think tones make me see or feel color, because even as a kid when he sung Green Eyed Lady, I feel like his vocal tone matches the word green when he sings it. I think 1969 was the beginning of prog rock. with bands like Yes and King Crimson.
Great reaction Harri. I suggested this to you about a year ago, because I love this song. Follow up with Don't Call Us (We'll Call You) and you'll make me a happy man. Keep doing what you do. Peace
The first real band to be progressive rock is King Crimson ... do this on your own time though ... anything will be blocked!! If you follow this journey, start with their first album ... "In The Court of The Crimson King"!!
This is a great song to be influenced by many acid trips from the late 1960's and early 1970's. It really reminds me of a song that The Doors might have recorded. Or at least that's my opinion.
Where I'm from this was really popular when I was a child. If I'm not mistaken I think Hold Your Head Up by Urgent was popular around the same time. I could be wrong....The earliest prog song I heard was Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues in 1967 but they didn't call it prog rock til years later. There was no such name. I used to call it classical rock cuz it was so instrumental.
I think Santana and Led Zeplin in 1969 were over the top progressive along with Ten Years After and others who made it to Woodstock in 69 for the Summer of Love. Certainly Moody Blues and Pink Floyd also.
This song was made to be heard while driving around in your car. A natural high.
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You is a good song about their experiences with the recording industry
Yes!
Great song!
Definitely!
@@TYoung023 I love Don't Call US, don't like Green Eyed Lady so much.
These guys had a huge hit with this song. And they followed it up with another one - "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" Gerry Corbetta, the guy in yellow is the singer and keyboard player and writer of this song. He was an incredible musician.
I've always loved this song. This song just screams cool.
SCREAMS IT, you are so right! And so far ahead of its' time. There was nothing like it on the radio at that time, nothing!!!
I was blown away by this song, even as a youth listening to it on a battery powered AM transistor radio!
I thought it was great back then but headphones or AirPods now? I’m loving hearing all the context now as a 62 yr old!! I was missing soooo much 😁
@@heatherbegs - yeah, that wasn’t an option back then though! 😀
Me too! I had a small yellow transistor radio I won at a Saturday matinee draw. I spend many a night in the early 70's in bed quietly listening to the latest hits with it (I was supposed to be asleep)!
Trippy,funky,and so groovy….Yeah,this was 1970 alright.
One of the greatest keyboard solos right there ....
I think great timeless songs like this are able to paint a picture in your mind.
Fine musicians for sure. The singer sounds like a cross between Burton Cummings and Johnny Rivers.
Kick a** solo on the organ!
Never get tired of hearing this song.
I had a feeling this song would be requested eventually. Green Eyed Lady and the Beatles' Let It Be, both released in 1970, are the earliest songs in popular music I remember hearing upon their release. I was 2 years old and living in Augusta, Georgia when my eldest sister let me listen to this one on her black transistor radio. Believe it or not, I remember it vividly. Excellent pick!
Thank you Greybeard, one of my favorite songs ever. The first band I ever saw in concert, opening for Deep Purple in 1970. Oh and Harri, it charted at #3 in the US.
This is such a great song. Considered very groovy. Typical of the times with the organ competing with the guitars, running from each side of the headphones to blow your mind. Lol. Makes me think of bellbottom blue jeans. Thanks for the trip back Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
What an excellent observation, organ or keyboards competing with the guitars. So groovy indeed.
Hey fellow 🇨🇦. Feeling the same way 💕
Another Sugarloaf song called Mother Nature's Wine borrows licks from Green-eyed Lady. It's really quite beautiful. I have a CD of Sugarloaf's hits but I think their albums are hard to find.
When I was a little kid and this song played on the radio a lot I always thought the music would be great in a spy film. I’m surprised Quentin Tarantino hasn’t used this song yet.🎧🤘🏻🔥
I always thought it would sound good in a James Bond movie.
@@bethcrumpton476 exactly!👍
I could perhaps describe how I feel about this song more eloquently, but what first comes to mind is BADASS.
Their follow up before Don't Call Us, Tongue In Cheek was actually my brother's favorite over Green Eyed Lady. Simular groove.
Tongue and Cheek is a killer tune!!!
This song was all over the radio back in the day. I don’t believe we heard this extended version on the radio.
FM radio played it in it's entirety in Boston.
A blast from the past ! One of my favorites! Thanks Harri 👍✌🎵🎧
You won't believe this but it's true, In the 70's I was dating a girl and her older sister was married to the drummer of this band, They were playing in my hometown Denver Colorado. We got back stage passes it was great!
Yeah, Don't Call Us, We'll Call You has to be the next suggestion, but you might like their Bach Doors Man, after hearing ELO's Roll Over Beethoven.
I will say it over and over. There are a trifecta of tunes that all came out at about the same time and changed this boy's views on rock forever. One is Free's All Right Now. Another is Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky and then there is this tune. Each one ahead of its time and they made for many hours of joyous car cruisin', soul lifting, inspiring music. Those were great times in music and my soul would never be the same. This is an amazing song to listen to as you cruise around on a warm summer's evening. Magnificent song. Magnificent memories. This is why music is so important to me, it connects me to memories and events in my life like no other art form. That you, music gods, for songs like this.
As I watched your reaction and listened to this song again, I kept hearing elements of Jazz in the tune that I may not have recognized when it came out. When you make the connection, I too wonder if they might be considered one of the first progressive rock bands. Sugarloaf was the first band from Colorado to have a big hit. I was still in High School when the song hit the radio. The band did two performances at Littleton High School one night and we were all so proud of our local heroes. The organ solo HAS to be one of the greatest solos in R&R history and as you note, the groove created by the bass and drums is unique.
Their name later was Jerry Corbetta And Sugarloaf. They only had Two Hits this one on the Liberty label,the other was "Don't Call Us,We'll Call You" in 1974.
My wife has the green eyes so every time I hear this song I think of her.
Spot on Greybeard my friend!! the suggestors are killin it today!! Lucky!! 😉Harri need to hear this one!!
Greybeard Music Man, great pick!!! Harri, another great breakdown of the song. This song was always on my 70's playlist....and still is. 😀
Love the music, the organ, guitars & drums are fantastic 💝 psychedelic! I will be listening to this & dancing in the garden today 😻🇨🇦☮️ Thanks Harri !
I recall this song being popular as a kid. Those were good times.
Funny you should mention the chemistry between the drummer and the bassist. I was in a band years ago and we played this song. I was the drummer and my very best friend was the bass player. Ron and I had a "chemistry" between us since the day we met. By that I mean we understood, no, we KNEW what each other was gonna do or say before he did or said anything, and that carried over from everyday life into the band. It just made our band all the better and very tight. I can't believe you noticed that...thank you very much for reminding me. ❤
1970, I think. 52 years ago in middle school, I was 14 years old. Memories.
Great song!
One of my all-time favourite songs. Love the extended intro. The radio edit ruins it. The interlude with the organ is amazing with the rhythm guitar and drummer keeping it all together. It sounds experimental at times but still has the catchy melody and great vocal.
Who was the first progressive rock band is a great question. I found a story on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website stating that the Moody Blues was the first Progressive Rock Ban but there are other sites that may disagree. But the genre seems to have begun in the late 1960s, a very fertile time of growth in many styles of music.
This was a very big song. They edited it for radio play. I can't recall any other songs by them, but my memory isn't what it was in 1970.
This song always makes me think of "Jackie Blue" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
I was a freshman in high school when this came out!! Wow, what a great song!! Still remember all the lyrics!!
This song brings back so many great memories.
Suggestion: please consider listening to Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose ‘Treat Her Like A Lady’ (I didn’t see it in your playlist). From the same year. There is an extended version of that song from the Top-40 radio version.
Me emotions exactly everytime I listen to this. It just resonates with the soul!
Great song from my teenage years, I totally forgot about this song
One of my favs. Ty Harry I’m old enough to remember when this song was getting air play. Sadly over looked by many. But the level of artistry by all of the players on this song. Can’t be over looked
Had this single (45) back in the day. Great song!
This song was a big hit in the US. Was a bit different. The radio played a much shorter version. Was fun and definitely a 1960's era gem.
Nothing better than a wailing Hammond B3 organ LOL when recording this album they needed one more song so they did this on the fly just jammin'. The song is about Gaia ie: mother nature. Saw them live in an outdoor arena in 1972 along with Last Nickel, Deep Purple, and Eric Burden/War. Tickets by the way for that concert were $3.50.
I remember my uncles playing this song with a strobe light on lol. So much fun. They were more like big brothers and hearing this song takes me back to the groovy seventies!
loved this song along with their other smash hit 'don't call us we'll call you. jerry corbetta had one of those unforgettable voices. and he also toured with frankie valli and the four seasons in the early 80's doing vocals
Ahead of it's time....along with Alright Now and Spirit in the Sky, all out about the same time, great pop music
I remember this summer! It was 1970 and I was driving around in first "56 Chevy!
A great track! Loved it then, played it with a band in '78-9. Don't recall anything else by them, unfortunately.
It’s been a long time since I heard this one. It brings me back to my senior year in high school. Great choice Greybeard! 🌺✌️
There were three songs, each unique and ahead of their time, that came out in a close span together (69-70): Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf, Alright Now by Free, and Spirit in the Sky, by Norman Greenbaum. Two of them were one hit wonders. I believe Free did have another hit in the early 70s. Love love love all three songs.
Damn, think I just repeated myself from a month ago. See what happens when you hit 69.... $$%%^&&
Great reaction Harri. I love the minor chords in this song. Some of the bands playing progressive music in 1970, before the term was coined, were Sugar Loaf, King Crimson, Emerson-Lake-Palmer, Gypsy, Jethro Tull, Traffic, ELO, The Mother's of Invention, Uriah Heep, Moody Blues and others I can't think of right now. I think I saw Sugar Loaf and The Guess Who together in concert in 1971, but I'm not sure; things are a little fuzzy in my head during that period in my life.
Love, love, love, this song. So very groovy. Greybeard great pick. Harri great reaction!
Rad organ work Jarrin ... extremely underrated .
I heard somewhere, they sound like John, Paul and George :-)
Love that song! Pretty cool vid for back then, too
Great song! Such an incredible bass line!
To answer your question about Prog Rock, music historians point to "Good Vibrations," by The Beach Boys, as the first Prog song, and to "Sgt. Peppers...," by The Beatles, as the album that inspired Prog. However, there is a bit of debate as to what is the first actual Progressive Rock album. Some say it is Pink Floyd's 1st album, others say it's "In the Court of the Crimson King," by King Crimson, others say it was Yes's 1st album. But, no matter what, aside from The Beach Boys hit, Prog was born sometime between 1968-69.
Arguments have been made for the Moody Blues Days of Future Passed from '67. While the tracks of the album are debatable regarding being prog, the way the entire album flows is considered by many to be prog in concept.
@@IllumeEltanin you are correct
ABSOLUTE BEAST MODE!!!! 😎😎😎💯💯💯
God! This song was hot when I was in college, I don't wanna say how long ago that was! But thanks for reviewing it!
I’m glad you played the full version. Top-40 stations played the shorter edited version, and the ‘underground’ FM stations played this version. The edited version is pretty good for what it was. It was a big Top-40 hit and peaked at no 3 in the US and no 1 in Canada. 1970 was a good year for pop/rock.
This album version is lots better than the much shorter version that hit the AM radio waves..
Sugarloaf named after mountain in Boulder county. Thanks!
The first US progressive band was a band called Touch and their first album released in 1968. They were formed from the fallout from the band the Kingsmen from "Louie, Louie" fame. Then the next year came the album that people labeled progressive from the UK, In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson after the fallout of the psyche band Giles, Giles and Fripp. The label progressive rock was used to describe the music that combined many non rock related genres into the band's own music and to distance the definition of music from psychedelic music. Late 60's bands like Yes, Caravan, Soft Machine Van Der Graaph Generator are some examples of prog bands that released albums in the late 60's. In the 70's progressive bands flourished,
Never heard this long version of this song, Excellent!!!
Thanks for reviving this magnificent piece of music. I didn't think appreciate it enough back then!
Classic organ solo.
Many consider the Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed (1967) to be the first Prog Rock album. Though the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's (1967) and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966) both had songs that could be considered Prog.
I don't really know this band, but I always liked this song when it came on the radio. I think his vocal tone went well with the the music and lyric, it just felt good to me. sometimes I think tones make me see or feel color, because even as a kid when he sung Green Eyed Lady, I feel like his vocal tone matches the word green when he sings it. I think 1969 was the beginning of prog rock. with bands like Yes and King Crimson.
Great reaction Harri. I suggested this to you about a year ago, because I love this song. Follow up with Don't Call Us (We'll Call You) and you'll make me a happy man. Keep doing what you do. Peace
The first real band to be progressive rock is King Crimson ... do this on your own time though ... anything will be blocked!! If you follow this journey, start with their first album ... "In The Court of The Crimson King"!!
A very popular song around my house!!!
Love your stuff, Hari, as always. Amazing choice and reaction here.
Just wondering, have you checked out any of Minnie Ripperton's songs?
Classic!!
This is a great song to be influenced by many acid trips from the late 1960's and early 1970's. It really reminds me of a song that The Doors might have recorded.
Or at least that's my opinion.
1960s started progressive rock with King Crimson and ended with Genisis in 1980s.
Guitar God Robert Fripp
Nice music 😄 never heard this song before tho that's why then I was ababy
Another Great Smash Hit!! Perfect For Those Small Circled Get Togethers! Perhaps Even During Halloween 🎃
Where I'm from this was really popular when I was a child. If I'm not mistaken I think Hold Your Head Up by Urgent was popular around the same time. I could be wrong....The earliest prog song I heard was Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues in 1967 but they didn't call it prog rock til years later. There was no such name. I used to call it classical rock cuz it was so instrumental.
Argent
@@ivansavoie3190 Oops
This quite a smart,well balanced lil number...I don't think this group made it very big, but, they do have very nice sound...
Liked their follow-up minor hit song Mother Nature's Wine-tinged with a bit of sunshine pop psych.
I think Santana and Led Zeplin in 1969 were over the top progressive along with Ten Years After and others who made it to Woodstock in 69 for the Summer of Love. Certainly Moody Blues and Pink Floyd also.
Anotha classic ma man...you r so cool Harri...Luv your takes😃
If anyone listens to this song, *always* choose the long version!
i always thought gerry corbetta had a unique vocal styling that was pleasant to the ear.
This is my driving song❤️☮️
First progressive rock band? Moody Blues, King Crimson.
Dat BASS, though..................!
"Yeah, it sounds like John, Paul and George". But that's another song.
Check out Jordan Knight’s “A Different Party”, which samples this.
TUNE IN, TURN ON, AND DROP OUT!!
Corbetta was the Lead Singer.
PLEASE react to don't call us by these guys Harri. PLEASE. lol.
☮️❤️🔥🔥🔥🎶🎵🎶...😎
❤
I don't think greybeard has steered you wrong, yet!
Essentially one hit…I did have the LP…derivative though
King crimson was arguably the first prog band 1968-9
Yes ELP Genesis all came soon after
I think of the Beatles as being the first, with Rubber Soul, and Sgt Peppers.
I'll argue for the Moody Blues '67 album Days of Future Passed, particularly Nights In White Satin.
Featured everyone in the band ?
Not only 70s cheese I got green eyes n I don't care for how his stigma tys color but yet was populare
Actually like the radio cut better
This version is a bit busy.