Fun fact: the lead singer on this song is Mickey Thomas who also sang the song Fooled Around and Fell in Love with Elvin Bishop. Great vocalist!

@gregvergara7596

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! A great song, and a great singer.

@joeschmoe665

2 жыл бұрын

I saw the live version and it was Elvin Bishop in front. Are you saying Mickey Thomas sang the studio version? If so that was a really good impersonation.

@badgrandma6973

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe665 No man...Mickey Thomas sings this.

@GratefulNole1

2 жыл бұрын

@Gregory Simmers Replaced Marty

@duane8829

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe665 Yeah it’s Mickey.

Not really metal, but definitely a hard rock banger from the late 70's.

@ahisupermonster

Жыл бұрын

Hard rock was heavy metal back then. Literally nobody used the term hard rock then. If it was heavy/hard, it was heavy metal.

@MightyAvengingLeo

10 ай бұрын

@@ahisupermonster In the Eighties at least, I definitely made a distinction between hard rock and heavy metal. It's hard to make the distinction, but it went something like this. If the bands sang about romances or partying, I considered it hard rock. If they sang about literature, historical events, the occult, or other dark subjects (such as suicide), I considered it heavy metal.

Definitely HARD ROCK, especially for these guys.

@ericsmith6615

2 жыл бұрын

Right..Well said!

One of the most rocking songs ever done by Jefferson Starship, but never considered metal by anybody from that time!LOL You two are funny!!🤣

@padresteve619

2 жыл бұрын

70’s power pop.

@DW-vd9mp

2 жыл бұрын

@@padresteve619 yes. Definitely not anywhere near metal

@bruceday4036

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 🤣 not metal in our day

@buzzbomb67

2 жыл бұрын

Hard Rock … mostly … except for the little Disco interlude lol

@JohnsonTheReal

2 жыл бұрын

@@buzzbomb67 This isnt hardrock lmao and definitely not metal. This is pop rock, great song though!

That riff is just undeniable…then the high vocals come in and you can’t help but nod your head.

@markbender379

Жыл бұрын

Its a banger!

@Kmurd2003

Жыл бұрын

Took shrooms for 2nd time listening to this with headphones and when the piano and everything kicked in the ceiling turned into what the galaxy looks like when the millennium falcon(star wars) flies off. I was drooling once the song was over and didn't even realize I had it on repeat for an hour

Mickey Thomas… One of the greatest voices in rock. Still sounds incredible today!!!

@lantose

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, when Elvin Bishop had him sing Fooled Around and Fell in Love (as a back-up singer) he lost him to Grace! I think Elvin made a few bucks off that song however!

@damienthorne861

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct !

@markbender379

Жыл бұрын

Wish i had heard them live!

I love lex's enthusiasm. She is a gem.

Mickey Thomas is one of the most underrated vocalists of all time! He is an amazing singer! Edit: seems we all agree about the singer's vocal prowess. And for the record, I consider this Hard Rock. Hard Rock, Progressive Rock and Punk are the cornerstones of Heavy Metal.

The piano riff, in the beginning of the song. Lead guitarist, Craig Chaquico. Was inspired by the piano riff David Paich, of the group Toto. Used in their song “Hold The Line”. That was released a year earlier

@48nature

2 жыл бұрын

Paul Kantner wrote that little piano riff at the beginning, but when it breaks out into guitar--and going forward--the rock arrangement of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards was written/arranged by lead guitarist, Chaquico.

@Leefonzell

Жыл бұрын

Bruh! I said that!!!! It’s nice to hear that it actually was Inspired by Toto.

@runtmc2jc

Жыл бұрын

Chaquico playing some nasty guitar...

Jefferson Starship was formed by members of the former 60's Rock n Roll band Jefferson Airplane. Jefferson Airplane also played Woodstock in (1969)

@48nature

2 жыл бұрын

Untrue. Two of the key members of Jefferson Starship had not been in the Airplane: Lead guitarist, Craig Chaquico, and bass/keyboardist, Pete Sears. These two gentlemen were also the primary songwriters for Jefferson Starship hits from 1974-1984. They had no connection to Airplane.

This is a signature Jefferson piece. You will love "Find your way back", a song I bought the 45 of when I was a kid and wore the thing out!!! An air guitar classic.

@footnotedrummer

2 жыл бұрын

I got this song on a compilation album by K-Tel. Remember those? Great tune, In fact we play this tune in one of the bands that I'm in currently.

@chriswiedeman2956

2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved the simple yet powerful three guitar solo harmonies in that song.

@Valorius

2 жыл бұрын

They only made what, 3 albums over 30 years? All their songs are signature songs. Not a bad one in the bunch.

@buzzbomb67

2 жыл бұрын

There were a few gems in the 70s Jefferson Starship repertoire … I agree, Jane and Find Your Way Back are probably the best, rockin-est ones!

@buzzbomb67

2 жыл бұрын

@@Valorius lol between Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship there are 18 studio albums and numerous live albums (10 from Airplane!). As Starship, there were 4 more, but I wouldnt include them… too different.

Thank you for bringing this back around. Funny story, I was 15 years old when this was on the radio on heavy rotation on rock stations. It was the summer after freshman year and I was a certified wimp and was miserable. I was picked on by everyone, even the nerds. My dads best friend, a family friend and like an uncle to me, bought me a weight bench and weights. I stayed in the entire summed before my sophomore year listening to the radio and working out. This song was a motivational song for me. I went back my sophomore year a completely different dude. I was defined, cut, had a six pack, shoulders and neck were tight. Changed my life forever. The football coaches wanted me to join the JV team and no one pushed me around anymore. I didn't become a jock or an asshole, didn't pick fights, I killed it where it counted, I had the girls attention. Just a story because this song reminds me of that time. Thanks!

Watching Mickey sing this is amazing because it just looks effortless. It's like breathing for him and I'm still in awe.

Not technically a metal song, but definitely hard rock leaning towards what metal was at the time. Killer tune, Craig Chaquico tears that shit up!

This is absolutely the soundtrack of my youth. Love Lex jammin' just like we did back in the day 😍

The Immortal Mickey Thomas on vocals. My fav. Singer hands down. Check out when he was with Elvin Bishop live on the Midnight Special doing the song Fooled around and fell in Love.

@williamjclinton1

2 жыл бұрын

After years of doing lights and sound for concerts I have seen many great shows as well as sound checks and rehearsals I heard him sing acapella at a sound check. Hands down one of the finest vocalist I have ever heard in person . It was clear Starship had to give him lead vocals over long time lead singer Grace Slick it produced some of the bands' biggest hits

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

This is what us 70s brats rocked to The bomb

Brad & Lex, you'll love Jefferson Starships "Miracles", "Count On Me" and "Play On Love"!! Remember the chronology first- they were Jefferson Airplane, then Jefferson Starship, then just Starship. Grace Slick was in all 3, but you need a scorecard to keep track of all the personnel changes.

@keithosmond5730

2 жыл бұрын

Though Grace had left the band for a bit at the time this album was recorded; back by the next one.

@TheTrojanman83

2 жыл бұрын

True, although Craig Chaquico was the one constant through the three iterations of the band.

@raymo6795

2 жыл бұрын

...indeed, it is difficult to keep track, but, Grace was not on this album (Freedom at Point Zero) , but was on the next album "Modern Times". I don't think any of the original members were on this album, as you say , hard to keep track, But Craig Chaquicco was the one of the guitar players and he had an great sound. This incarnation was sort of just a start up band that capitalized from the name "Jefferson Starship"...but they still sounded great, but not at all like Jefferson Airplane or the second incarnation with Marty Balin as the singer (Miracles, Count on Me)....but I liked them all...maybe that helps with the score card, but still some blank spaces...then they did "Nuclear Furniture" in the 80s and it sucked

@juliemanarin4127

2 жыл бұрын

Miracles is great

@melissaw704

2 жыл бұрын

And ‘Runaway’

You know Brad likes it when he starts “The Sway”!

Dance girl! You’ll love Count on Me, Miracles, Find your way back! Love his voice!

*Lex never ceases to amaze me.* Her comments were brilliant, that music back then--just the music, not even the lyrics--conveys to modern listeners such as herself just what life was like back then. That she can hear the grit of life in the sound of yesteryear's music--even Pop.

One of the most awesome songs ever !!

Her reaction....priceless! Great song! Excellent vocal! Old school metal? I call it kick arse rock!

It reminds me more of Journey than metal. Mickey Thomas has a similar voice to Steve Perry. And Mickey STILL sounds great in his 60s, pretty amazing.

@lewisner

2 жыл бұрын

It sounds a lot like Rainbow when Graham Bonnett was on vocals.

From one of the most underrated albums in rock history. The whole album is pure bliss and encapsulates that era.

In 1979 Mickie Thomas left Elvin Bishop and joined Starship and recorded "Jane".

This is such a killer hard rock tune!!!!

You guys just scratched the surface of the great hit songs from the late 60s to the early 80s.

Love the intro to this song! The lead singer here sang lead on Elvin Bishop's song Fooled Around and Fell in Love.

I would definitely classify it as classic hard rock

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

FROM late 1979 ,,Its 70s Baby

Saw a live vid of that dude singing at some county fair. 70+ years old and still can SANG!!!

@IFY0USEEKAY

2 жыл бұрын

That's Mickey Thomas, in addition to Starship he sang on Elvin Bishops "Fooled around and fell in love".

Mickey Thomas sang tenor in a southern gospel group before finding his way to rock. Great vocalist!

I remember listening to this in my dad’s truck on the way to baseball practice, as we pulled into McDonald’s. I dont know why that sticks in my mind so vividly, but I do really like the song - favorite Jefferson. 🤷‍♂️

"Jane" was arranged as a rock hit by Jefferson Starship lead guitarist, Craig Chaquico. He wrote the guitar riffs and licks (and the solo!), along with the bass, drum and keyboard parts. He was instrumental in the hiring of Thomas after Grace Slick and Marty Balin left the band and wrote the rock arrangement to what had been brought to the band as a folk love ballad initially by David Freiberg and his writing partner, Jim McPherson.

Lex, you have good taste! “Find Your Way Back” and “Stranger” are bangers too. Brad, spell “coquette” as *cokehead* and you got her right

@jalkabre5904

2 жыл бұрын

Love both of those songs.

@48nature

2 жыл бұрын

"Bangers," primarily due to the lead guitar licks and solos written by guitarist, Craig Chaquico.

I'm 64, i loved the song then, and i still love it now. Mickey Thomas .......what a voice!!♥♥♥

Man, late 70's at the skate rink this song was on fire.

@sidmedina3444

2 жыл бұрын

YUP...I remember

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

The 70s kicked ass harder than a pissed off donkey on STEROIDS

Classic Rock

Wife here..Been rocking to this Banger since way back...You still hear this song ALL the time on classic rock stations..around here anyway..Mountains of NC..Thank You Again!

Good Lord what a voice!!! Knew Lex would love this one 😃

Mickey Thomas has a great voice. He was amazing on the Elvin Bishop song, FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE.

@lantose

2 жыл бұрын

We can’t forget Elvin who hired him as a backup singer!

Its's pop rock/hard rock of the '70s/'80s. Good group.

One of those songs that no matter how many times you hear it it's amazing every time🎸

One of my favorites from the 80s. For another 80s banger- try Aldo Nova- Fantasy. It has a similiar piano riff.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

1979 WAS NEVER INTHE 80S Brian lol

Hitmakers every time they changed the group name and style.Started out in the 60’s as Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship to just Starship……all with music that is fire.

I remember back in 1980 walking into a bar hearing this song done by a cover band, loved it then and love it now

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

Sure it wasnt 79 ? When Jane was RELEASED IN NOV ,,,, Like me some 70s

@danwilliams5867

Жыл бұрын

@@theodoreritola7641 yeah Oct 79 was release date

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

I remember it in the late 70s before the 80s were in diapers

One of my all time favourite rock songs. Couldn't stop playing this when it came out.

Great song from my middle school days Basically considered classic rock

The entire Freedom At Point Zero album is top drawer.

The great Mickey Thomas on vocals... If you haven't heard the classic pop-ballad Fooled around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop, you should check it out. 🤟✌

I played this for my college roommate in 1985. His name was Michael Jordan (not the basketball player) and he never heard this before. It was around 5 years old at the time. He loved it so much that he played it everyday for the rest of the semester. Neither one of us got tired of it. It sounded good every spin.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

So you dug this 70s SMASH HIT ?

@StatisticsJason

Жыл бұрын

@@theodoreritola7641 Yes I remember it when it was new. Late 79/early 80. Loved it then, love it now.

I love this song song so much. His vocals are incredible too and you have Craig on the guitar tearing Shiite up. Thx for reacting. Jane, Jane,Jane!

Lex is so fun to watch... her energy and vibe etc... is attractive.

WOW... loved your enthusiasm and intuitive connection and appreciation of this great Song/era of music. I can see that it affected you

This was my favorite song for so long! Luckily I had a friend who bumped the the volume at just the right time when we were out. White Trans AM, 1979 with a blue eagle and a sound SYSTEM! Memories! ❤

I used to play this all the time, back in the day. I couldn't get enough of it. It instantly reminds me of Rainbow from the same era because I had it recorded on the same cassette tape, at the time as a few Rainbows songs! Namely, from the Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner era that had the same semi-commercial sound but still rocked sufficiently enough to be classed as such. 'Magic', by Rainbow is one that's hugely under appreciated.

Sammy Hagar's song 'red', was considered heavy metal in the 70s. "the Spectrum made a shade I like"

@raymo6795

2 жыл бұрын

it seem what is called "Metal" is ever evolving

What an absolutely fantastic description of it. I remember thinking it was a bit too pop for me right when it came out but I think I was in high school and I did manage to figure out that banging piano lick like right after the song ended on the radio, I went straight to the piano and got it down because it's just so fun. But now that I'm older and have been around music for a long time, the vocals on this by Mickey Thomas just blow me away every single time. I've heard this song so many times but I always get caught up in it all over again. And that's a fantastic guitar solo in there the kind of rhythm and blues or maybe more Soul kind of sections those two sections in the middle they sound great too and they make great Transitions and everything to me is fantastic about this song. I especially love his Improv vocals at the end of the song while the band keeps repeating changing. And this is a long and prestigious tradition, especially at a live show if you can get the audience reciting and repeating Part near the end along with your backing vocalist then the main singer can just kind of totally go off in the spaces between. It's like a beneficial relationship all the way around. So fun.

Try the tune, Girl With The Hungry Eyes. It comes from the same album as Jane. The album is called, Freedom At Point Zero. This was called Rock and Roll back in the day. Heavy Metal was played by bands like, Motorhead, Saxon, Iron Maiden, etc. Bands like Van Halen, Montrose, UFO, Judas Priest, Zeppelin, AC/DC, etc, played what was called Hard Rock.

My all time favorite for Jefferson Starship was off their Red Octupus album from 1975! It's called Miracles. Please check out and enjoy this vibe!

This was just called Rock and Roll back in the day.

Mickey Thomas! One of the best voices in Rock!

YYYYYASSSSS!!!!!! OMG, love this song!!! Grew up listening to JS!!!

One of my favorite Jefferson Starship songs. They are rock. When they went into the 80s they adapted and had several hits. "We built this city" is another hit of theirs in the 80s. The songs were recorded back then differently. Everything is digital today. Back then it was all analog and many people will say the sound was definitely different (better). Add to that people were actually playing instruments instead of digital auto-tuned stuff and you quickly begin to appreciate the voices of the singers like Mick and Slick and the other greats form that time. Oh yeah, "Find Your Way Back" is another great one from JS.

@neilpatrickhairless

2 жыл бұрын

The 80's were pretty much the decade of the birth of all digital sequenced music

I remember this one. I think it was on MTV.

Lex likes 'Arena Rock.' This song has one of the best intros to a guitar solo I can think of. When the first note hits it feels inevitable. I remember loving this album even though it was such a surprise.

You know your into the song when you start doing the ski move. Nice moves lex @1:20

This song was #13 in 1979...My sophomore year of High School. Brings back a lot of memories.

This song is just a straight banger. And Mickey Thomas can STILL sing like this, even in his 70s. As some posters below have said, he also did "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" :-). But he also did "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" and "We Built This City" :-(

Hard rock forever! There's a disproprtionate percentage of ALL the awesome guitar riffs and licks that have ever existed crammed into this one song.

No matter what, I will ALWAYS AND FOREVER associate this song with Orange Cassidy.

@therkokid215

Жыл бұрын

👍🏾

@validationboy

10 ай бұрын

He's lame. AEW is garbage.👍

@thebluecollarbadass9945

8 ай бұрын

AEW tribe rejoice🤘✊🏽

This song is old classic Rock ‘N Roll, not metal by any means! And great lead guitar by Craig Chiquico!

@raymo6795

2 жыл бұрын

Craig does not get enough credit

@paulbeck6410

2 жыл бұрын

Craig is still playing today. Does his own smooth jazz and oldies.

@lantose

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulbeck6410 Yes, I’m familiar and have watched a few but not enough! He went a little New Age with an acoustic album I bought in 1996 that I felt was great and listen to from time to time called A Thousand Pictures and he recorded several others. Perhaps you’re familiar?

@paulbeck6410

2 жыл бұрын

@@lantose very familiar. Got all of them and have seen him in concert several times.

@lantose

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulbeck6410 wow, that’s awesome! I saw them in Tulsa in 1975 or 76 with Grace and Balin!

This song is from my era of growing up. One of my favorites. Zeppelin is my all time favorite band. Love my classic metal rock. 👍

Lex, you are absolutely right. Its a heavy metal with more metal. If you notice the piano is driving in Jane which gives a different sound as well. Its so cool to see the young folk enjoying the older stuff.

Best song from a perfect album.

Lex youre reactions are incredible. I love the way you two play off each other, it's great. Just like this freaking rocking song

Lex cracks me up. I love her! I can understand what she means. I was born in "67 and just at the point where the "70s and "80s came about. I was really getting interested in music. So it was the "70s and "80s music for me.

Saw Mickey Thomas with the Elvin Bishop Group in a small room at the old Cleveland Agora Club. I thought the place would explode from the gigantic vibes and huge explosion of talent on that stage!!!

Really an 80s song on terms of sound and production. 1979! Masterpiece! BC Rich overwound pickups and of course Ansley Dunbar on skins. Micky Thomas vocal w/Grace backup vocals. The contest is over folks we have our winner.

That guitar solo or whatever it is when he comes in with it on those high notes blows me away... that dur du dur du dur

Great jam- this was rock/pop in the day, but one of their hardest rocking songs. Close to 80's, 1979, big when I was in 8th grade, lol.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

CLOSE DONT COUNT LOL

I really like how the hard stuff turns Lex on like a ROCKET. 💥💥💥👍🤪

My musical genre/vibe is any song that I like from any year, including medieval times.

I would just call it rock, great reaction!

I loved this song when it first came out, made me want to rock out, ha!

Great Reaction, it’s just straight up. In your face great Rock !!

Lex, it is what you call putting talent into the music. It was about actual life, feeling/emotions that people can relate to. Songs like "yo bytch, I slaaaap you, yo" have story but no soul.

Classic rock is the name your looking for.

Damn! Searched this song tonight and ran across your channel. In 1979 this song was blazing! OMG when the gal mentioned Dio and Black Sabbath I hit the subscribe button. Song is about breaking up with Jane, I recentely married Jane, she is so f#cking amazing!

Yoicks! How did I miss this?? A definite favorite. This is a unique album, since it's one of only a few without Grace Slick. She was in alcohol rehab and Marty Balin had gotten sick of touring, so they brought in Mickey Thomas, instead. Over the long haul, this tended up softening the band, because singers who can hit high notes so effortlessly tend to love ballads, where they can show their skills. But this album banged. (And Mickey really does have a great voice. Can't blame him for being proud of it.)

Great song, The song came out in about 78, and he vocalist still sounds the same after all these years,He’s in his 70s and yes they had a sound similar to metal before it existed, this band just kept evolving, and this is when they were at their best

One of David Freiberg's best songs. He sings it in the current Jefferson Starship lineup. I never understood why he didn't originally sing it as his vocals sound every bit as good as Mickey.

Genre is Rock, more specifically, a sub-genre called “Corporate Rock” … STYX, Journey, Boston & Foreigner are a few examples that fall into this sub-genre

Orange Cassidy sends his regards. ;)

I was in High school when this came out, Great freaking song!... This is the era that coined such the genre "Hard Rock!" Starship, Ted Nugent, Bad Company, Aerosmith, ACDC, Foghat...

This is from ‘79, so you could call it pre-80’s

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

OR JUST 70s Plane and simple

Great old song, wow great to see it pop up on here.

I was never a fan of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/The Starship/Jefferson Airplane…but I absolutely love this song.

Excellent album. Cool LP cover art

i would say this is one of the 3 greatest performances by a male vocalist in rock music history...

Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starhip...quite an evolution. Started out definitely in that psychedelic 60's vein, when they became starship they were following / borrowing the sound of many of their counterparts: Boston, Chicago, Foghat, Donna Summer, and others....