Grace Slick - The voice that launched a thousand trips!!!

Grace had an unique voice, Aileen, other tracks by them to react to: "Somebody To Love", and "Comin' Back to Me". Jefferson Airplane went through a few name changes, they later changed their name to Jefferson Starship and then Starship they had hits through the '60s, '70s and '80s.

@kvonjaco

8 ай бұрын

I love that first Jefferson Starship album ❤

@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.

8 ай бұрын

@@kvonjaco Yes, 'Dragon Fly' was a great album, I think "It's About Time" is my favourite track off it.

@kvonjaco

8 ай бұрын

@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Thanks for helping to pull those names out of my hole! : )

@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.

8 ай бұрын

@@kvonjaco No problem, my pleasure.

@drkjk

8 ай бұрын

Reverb on this cut didn't hurt the performance.

Grace Slick is one of my favorite all-time vocalists. Such a talent. She's still going strong, too. Just had a birthday! One of the best vibratos I've ever heard.

@shannontaylor345

8 ай бұрын

Live at Woodstock hell yeah

@kdbadk

8 ай бұрын

I'm a sucker for unconventional harmony vocals, and Slick/Kantner is one of my faves,

@user-tr9de6gm8k

8 ай бұрын

Actually Grace is retired.

@otherstar1

8 ай бұрын

@@user-tr9de6gm8k yep, but Grace is still pretty healthy for someone in her 80s. I "think" the only ones that aren't fully retired who were in Jefferson Airplane are Jack and Jorma who still perform as Hot Tuna pretty regularly.

@KymPridham

7 ай бұрын

Dreams is still one of the greatest albums ever made

It's a special song. Grace has said that she composed it after listening to Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain album 24 hours straight while tripping. Her performance of this at Woodstock is definitely worth checking out. Iconic.

I wish it was longer as well. “Someone to Love” is another big hit of theirs. Another great reaction Aileen

@straycatttt2766

8 ай бұрын

It’s called “Somebody to Love.”

@surfpsych

8 ай бұрын

@@straycatttt2766 Yes --- and it also has my vote ✔ for next reaction.

@carlgemlich1657

7 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that Grace was not an original member. She came over from the group "Great Society" and brought two songs that became the Airplane's biggest hits.

This song defined the psychedelic 60’s for me. Graces’ voice was truly one of a kind. Model turned singer she just celebrated her birthday yesterday. She’s gone through the looking glass and back with ease. Happy Birthday girl!

Grace's voice is simply hypnotic.

This was a huge song in 1967 All over the radio stations in that year.

This was broadcast on the Smothers Bros. Comedy Hour which was the only show it could have been shown on. It was the 60's and censorship was rampant. Any drug reference was verboten! The Smothers Bros. had there own trouble with the censors, which led to their cancellation in 1969. They constantly showcased acts that were against the Vietnam War or held progressive opinions. I watched them religiously! I haven't heard this song straight in 20 years. Thanks for the reaction, Aileen! Blessings!

@ed.z.

8 ай бұрын

The Brothers helped amplify public opinion about the unjustifiable war.

@thancrow

8 ай бұрын

I remember watching the show as a kid. Too bad they had to deal censorship. The music was always amazing.

@user-lw6cq6ez7l

7 ай бұрын

"The Smothers Bros. had there own trouble with the censors, which led to their cancellation in 1969. " That is an enormous understatement. President Nixon demanded that CBS cancel the show. CBS did just that.

Yes ma’am, that’s the correct response in this type of situation… “I’m ready.” Let’s fucking go!

The psychedelic special effects were in the studio presentation. This was live. The studio version is slightly better, but you can't beat this version where you get to see the band! Plastic Fantastic Lover is a great song. And Somebody to Love was the other hit from the time. They later had a resurgence as Jefferson Starship. Miracles was a monster hit!

@timmyrushton9203

7 ай бұрын

the version with grace's vocals isolated is pretty special too. 🙂

Jorma Kaukonnen, one of their guitarists, is one of the most outstanding acoustic blues players on the planet. He went on to form Hot Tuna with the bassist and they did mostly acoustic-driven blues and some rock, and had quite a career of their own. Jorma still has guitar camps and clinics, and is touring with Hot Tuna still.

She's singing it in a very particular way for the overall theme of the song. Like that fast vibrato that she drops in so suddenly. They were almost certainly absolutely blasted out of their minds at the time. What I love most about music from this era is that the equipment just automatically creates a stunning sound. The guitar and bass amps, and even the reverb on her vocals. It's all classically epic.

There is a 6 1/2 minute version of this song (with a psychedelic 4 minute instrumental intro) done by Grace's original band The Great Society. Some of my favorites are 1) "Two Heads", 2) "Rejoyce", 3) "Lawman", 4) "The House at Pooneil Corner", 5) Theme from Manhole (Grace solo album. Song is over 15 minutes long), 6) "Better Lyin' Down" (Grace and Paul Kantner), and 7) "Across the Board" just to name a few.

You should hear Grace’s voice track isolated from the original studio recording. It is exquisite. She is a fantastic vocalist.

I saw Jefferson Airplane perform this song live in 1969 and 1970. They were one of my favorite live bands.

@siriosstar4789

6 ай бұрын

me too. i think it was at the winterland ballroom . do you remember where ?

Somebody To Love is a great representation of her voice's range extending a bit more and shows a different "energy" to her vocal performance.

This is one of my favorite songs! Grace’s voice is amazing!

Such a timeless old song. My brother's the lead guitarist in Hard Rock/Metal band and they always manage to work this song into their set. They have a female lead singer and she has a similarly haunting voice as Grace Slick. The audience still goes crazy when they play it, even after all these years. ❤

Brings up good memories, Somebody to love is also a great son.

In 1969 we were living in San Fransicso while my dad was doing sociological research of the "Hippy" culture. We were walking by the house on Fulton street where the Jefferson Airplane lived and recorded when Grace Slick came over to the fence to tell my mom what beautiful babies she had. I was 4 and remember being insulted she called me a baby. She then invited my family to a show they were playing in Golden Gate Park with another band called the Grateful Dead (we hadn't hear of them at that point). We went to the show and I remember loving the music. Later my mom told me it was a free acid event and she was terrified the whole time that one of us little boys would acidently get dosed. I am still a big fan of the Dead. I would love to see a review of "China Cat Sunflower" sometime.

I met Grace Slick in a library in Dallas, Tx. She is extremely talented in general. She was showcasing her paintings

Grace Slick: The voice that launched a thousand trips. Remember, this was the psychedelic 60s. All kinds of stuff was goin' down!

'Nothings gonna stop us' is another great one.❤ I love Grace's voice.

Hi 👋 Aileen I love this Grace's voice was hauntingly beautiful I love that building of intensity and the push to the musical and lyrical crescendo what a savage song 🎵 just phenomenal 😊thanks again for another fantastic reaction Aileen your a badass much respect 🙏 🫡 😊

Lol, I introduced a friend to this song just the other day. Her jaw dropped, she couldn't believe it... It was a very controversial sing at the time with allegations of drug references.......... You're right, the World wasn't ready for 4 mins, it struggled with 2.28 😂

I think it is interesting that Grace Slick said that rock is music to express anger and protest and that "all rock and rollers over 50 look stupid and should retire". Which, she did. She has a point.

Love when you select classic rock songs to review. There are so many gems out there. Keep doing what you're doing. It is awesome.

still a fantastic tune after all these years, great voice, great sound, whats not to love

Got to remember that back in the '60's & '70's, if you wanted to get Top 40 airplay, you song had to be nominally 2.5 minutes long. Frequently bands started to have full versions on the album and would truncate the song length when released as a single to try to increase the odds for exposure. And btw Gracie was my first celebrity crush. 😊 I thought she was mysterious and beautiful and had a compelling voice with a wonderful vibrato.

All the recommendations are great....I can add nothing😊 Look forward to hearing and seeing your reactions 😊

We ALL wish it were longer! So Groovy & Psychedelic. What an Amazing song....blows my mind every time I hear it .... just as if it were the first!!! Great Reaction Aileen. Another by them to try would be **SOMEBODY TO LOVE** Cheers!

Grace Slick just turned 84!! Perfect voice. I absolutely LOVE this song!! Thanks for reacting to it. Y'all be safe. (Texas slang there.)

Grace had a voice that was as well controlled as a surgeons scapple but had the power of a Sherman tank. The smirk was because she was so nervous, she jumped the beet but was able to correct, and knew no one noticed. That made her realize she was truly in control on that stage. Not bad for an 18 YOs first time on a stage and on LIVE TV. I had such a crush on her as a kid. Sad what the industry did to her and many others. Why I pray every week for Angelina Jordon and other young people. Being set into that toxic waste.

Thank you for this reaction

They were great as Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship!

"Somebody To Love" "Volunteers."

Grace Slick is the pride of the San Francisco music scene of the sixties and seventies. I met her a few times and is always a very sweet conversationalist. You should check out her and the band's Woodstock performance to see her personality with the crowd. Great voice, great performer and great person.

Aileen, great reaction! I appreciate how excited you get on the certain vocals, drums, guitar and bass. I would like to request, that you react to a song that you sang? Do you have videos of you singing an original or a cover song?

I heard long ago that Grace phrased her vocals like a guitar solo. You can get a better feel for it from "Somebody to Love"

So excited for stream today! 🎃🎃🎃

She has a very powerful voice

60's music in my opinion, just hits different you know. This band proves it, the instruments and the vocals by Grace Slick especially she has one the best vibratos tbh. Happy Halloween Alieen!

I'm gonna geek out here and thank you for acknowledging that you DIDN'T (3:18) rewind like you'd said! I think it's important to give you props for being mindful of that. Because, yes, we DO notice. Most of us WANT reactors to go back 5 or so seconds so as not to miss any dramatic transitions (as was the case here), key lyrics, drum fills, etc. So I was psyched when you said you would, then rolled my eyes when I saw you hadn't, then clapped my hands and LOL when you acknowledged you didn't after all! Cheers!

Yes. Thanks for putting it into the context to the era.

One of my favorites is "Coming Back To Me"

@KennethAGrimm

15 күн бұрын

The ultimate best - and the B&W music video of "Coming Back To Me" in a setting of rural poverty is the best music video ever.

LOVE her voice so much! Someone had suggested: “Somebody To Love” …I agree! (This song is DIFFERENT than Queen/Freddie Mercury’s song w the same title.)

Happy Halloween Beautiful Aileen

After they changed their name to Jefferson Starship, Marty Palin took the lead on "MIRACLES" which is a classic! Grace does the call & response backup vocals and it's SO SEXY. Please give it a try, the long version.

Love this

love this song glad you went down this rabbit hole ha ha

Jefferson Airplane only Somebody to Love !!!

So Aileen said psychedelic & Groovy. I feel like I've really been transported back to the 1960's! Wait! Aileen knows about Psychedelic & Groovy? Wow!

If there would be one thing i could wish for christmas, it would be that Aileen would bless us with more pantera reactions ❤

Beautiful reaction 😊 This is the sound of the 60s in San Francisco.

She went to college with Tricia Nixon ( yes, President Nixon's daughter). They had a reunion and the Secret Service went batshit crazy thinking she would show up, possibly spiking the punch with LSD or something. She wound up declining the invitation, but it could have been glorious.

wow! this takes me way way way back. i've been down the rabbit a few time. bsck then. Grace Slick was wow!

6:34 - There are videos of Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock. Well worth looking for here on KZread.

Awesome!!❤️❤️

"Somebody to Love" is another one of Jefferson Airplane's best and most popular songs .....

Take care Aileen and thanks for shared it is a nice and deep trip as well 👍😉💋

Grace slicks voice drags you in the bassline drums guitar all get you hooked, in the early 80's i went to many rock pubs and clubs where this was played regularly, a classic, como estas aileen!

Great video! I saw "White Rabbit" and immediately thought of Egypt Central 😅 but this was still a good song

Great reaction again! Was introduced to this song through Sanctuary's version where Dave M from megadeth played the intro.

My aunt was friends with Grace Slick in high school. She was quite the character supposedly. Aggressive and artistic.

That was criminally short😂 but so good.

Such a classic, and a great show that gave us a chance back then to see many bands that normally wouldn't have been seen by most during this time.

The WoodStock version was the pinnacle live version of this! Easily found on KZread.

Huge song when it came out. Wow . Huge group. Perfect voice for this music ❤

Remember what the doormouse said... feed your head! Another great Airplane song is Somebody To Love... also, for more great 60's California women singers, check out the The Mamas and Papas, and songs like Monday, Monday or California Dreamin'

Happy birthday Grace❤

'Today', and 'Coming Back to Me' are wonderful hippy-trippy tunes of theirs to check out!

Grace was unique as hell! It's so cool you did a vid on this song. I love this era of music. I need to see if you did a vid of "somebody to love"

I saw Jefferson Airplane February 7th, 1970 at Anaheim Convention Center across the street from Disneyland. I was 11 . . . one month shy of 12. Hot Tuna and It's a Beautiful Day were there also ! Look for It's a Beautiful Day's ' White Bird' from the era . . . It's a Beautiful Day - White Bird - 7/7/1970 - Tanglewood (Official) Song from 1969.

Very cool and psychadellic, I love it!😃

If you want to go down the psychedelic rabbit hole you will love the band SHOCKING BLUE. you will know them from the hit song "venus" but they are so much more than that. "Send me a postcard" "Never marry a railroad man" "Shocking you" And "Love buzz" are superb songs just to name a few. (I kid you not aileen, shocking blue are a phenomenal psychedelic rock band)

So she's already watched this vid evidently. I watch reaction vids for to see the "initial" reaction. Reaction vs Analysis I guess is what I enjoy.

Very trippy. Lived it still Love to visit.❤

Really cool hippie song and I heard it because my cousins listened to it, I just love the whole hippie vibe. My mother used to call me a long haired hippie when I was young.

Truly a classic!

I love this song. My favorite Jefferson Starship songs are Miracles and You Can Count On Me.

Tasty bass indeed. One of the most recognizable bass riffs in music.

I first heard this song s couple years ago leading up to Bray Wyatt's return to see they'd play this song live In the arenas during commercials of RAW and SmackDown

"You want me to, uh, throw this into the tub when the white rabbit peaks? Is that it?" I always picture Fear and Loathing when I hear this lol.

Yup, we hade good music and good stuff 🤣 thank you for the trip on memory lane. 💯❤️🇮🇹🇧🇪🇪🇺

Grace Slick, Janice Joplin, Karen Carpenter, and Stevie Nick's are all voices that you know immediately when you hear them.

Grace Slick.....the voice that launched a thousand trips! She even tried to get LSD into President Nixon's coffee. Next song? Somebody to Love......this will definitely show you the power of Grace Slick's voice.

That is one of those goosebump inducing songs for sure.

Happy Halloween!

I have always thought of her voice as sultry. Incredible! Thanks much. It really helps that you have read the story, which I was able to infer from your facial expressions. Many are too confused by the lyrics. There is an incredible performance from the Dick Cavett Show that was filmed the day after Woodstock, that even includes the old commercials from the day! Plus guest appearances from some of CSNY, (not sure who, I can't really remember just now, but am going to re-watch now!), and the incomparable Joni Mitchell. Enjoy!!

I promise you won't regret watching Emma Kok's VOILA video. It's super inspirational & heart warming. ❤

I owned this model in the 80's. It was so fun to ride. Loved the Kawasaki green. It was a beast - could smoke the tire and ride on the back wheel through first to third gear. The front brakes could make the front tire scream. Absolute rocket ship.

Man this hits deep, this song was on one of the disks my mom had in the black leather music disk holder. Each little page in the holder held 12 disks burned with 20 songs on each of them. It makes me miss the early 2000s because my childhood was filled with all those songs and the nostalgia is surreal.

I remember watching that performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. ..... Wow .. I really am old!

Happy Halloween 👻🎃

Grace aslick was legendary in her vicals on Psychedelic Rock! Also listen to Don't you want somebody to love!

My brother introduced me to them when I was in middle school. Still jam out to them.

Mesmerizing

That song is an event ! Somebody to love is another great song by them .

They were amazing live.....