I'm seriously going out on a limb here. I cannot stand how radio stations play, "We Built This City", every two seconds on the radio and they don't play this freaking GEM. This is like their best song ever....HANDS DOWN!!!!
While some of it could be talent it has a lot more to do with decades of practice and discipline. No musician is born great... Yes some can be naturally gifted in composing or song writing. But you need to put many thankless hours into practicing so you can communicate those musical ideas in your head. To be able to think of something and play it/sing it instantly the way you were thinking of it takes years. Mickey Thomas has the notes in his range as he is a tenor, but to be able to hit them consistently and with good pitch was not a god given gift but years of hardwork. I only bring this up because Thousands of hours of hard work and discipline should not be swept under the rug of "Born with talent".
I remember liking these songs, still do, but maybe about 30 years ago I couldn't stand most vocalists (male) with such high pitch. It isn't any sort of "sexist" thing as much as it is a different approach in the music styles and somewhat the way the instruments might be played or tuned. Saw Kanter's Starship in summer 92 and I loved that. Jack was back, Pete Sears, Prarie Prince, and Papa John Creech with a lovely young lady on vocals instead of the great Grace Slick.
He's criminally underrated. I think he gets blamed for Jefferson Starship / Starship "selling out," but he wasn't even in the band for 'Miracles' or anything else on Red Octopus, much less Jefferson Airplane. The blame, if there was any, should have been placed on the longer-term band members.
One thing about Mickey Thomas, his voice is completely underrated in the music industry, he honestly has one of the greatest voices EVER. No questions asked. The range and the power and falsetto. Everything is perfect about his voice. I wish singers like him were recognized more.
rosey lo I must correct you here, but it's even better than you thought. Mickey Thomas back in that day had a minimum 4 octave vocal range, maybe 5. And he did it all with NO falsetto. It was pure, full head voice. Just like Steve Perry, Robert Plant, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate, Klaus Meine, and others. It makes these men's voices even that much more amazing to me. ☺
Try singing this song in karaoke like I've tried and only ONE time with my high tenor voice was I able to reach the 'Oh Jane' parts! Mickey Thomas rocks this tune!
GREETINGS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF ARKANSAS THIS BAND THE SONG CAME OUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THIS BAND THE SONG CAME OUT ALSO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SINGER BEING FROM CAIRO GEORGIAWE'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THEM ANYTIME I HAVE FAMILY AND FOR LITTLE FIVE POINTS IN MARIETTA GEORGIA ALSO THE LEGENDARY BLAND THE BLACK CROWES CAME FROM MARIETTA GEORGIA DROP DEAD GORGEOUS MEN THEY WERE EARLY 90S MORE MY AGE PHENOMENAL THE ROBINSON BROTHERS WITH MARK FORD ON GUITARMARK FORD ON GUITAR AND JIMMY COLTS ON BASE AND JEFF GORMAN ON DRUMS WITH THE LATE ED HIRSCH ON KEYBOARDS HE WAS FROM CANADA PHENOMENAL BAND AFTER THAT BAND MUSIC WENT DOWNHILL VERY QUICKLY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS
cityofchamps66 I have to say... and yes I am aware of the cult status of Jefferson Airplane, etc. But Mickey Thomas has to be the greatest musician in the group in terms of playing talent throughout the entire history of it from Airplane to Starship. It's too bad he had to sing that shitty crap that came later in the Starship phase. But the stuff he sang during Jefferson Starship fucking SOARS!
fattonymusic I knew that I would get this response, especially regarding Jorma, and I respect him, but I still stand by what I said. I know Mickey didn't write the stuff but boy can he play his instrument like no one else!
I was a HS Jr when this song was tearing it up on the radio! But listening now, I’m like holy eff! He’s like an opera singer! Always loved this song, but his vocal performance on this song is phenomenal! I swear he singing opera!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. No one can doubt the power and presence of music this good. If this song came out toda for the first time, it would go right to the top of the charts; it's just that good. Real vocals, real music, played by real musicians. It just doesn't get any better. End of discussion.
Mickey thomas I have just recently learned has also kept his voice better than anyone of that era. There's a performance on youtube of him in 2013 and he is amazing. I have read comments from people who saw him in 2020 said he still kills. Incredible amount of hard work went into his voice and having it be so solid. I am glad I am not sleeping on Mickey thomas anymore.
You're writing off a LOT of good music and really missing out. This performance is awesome but the human voice is an instrument and it can be manipulated to make it more interesting. Like nobody says acoustic guitars are how guitars are really supposed to sound as opposed to electric lol
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By far, this is my favorite tune from this band -- whatever it calls itself. These Jeffersons moved it on up with a blazing guitar and the addition of Mickey Thomas.
@@jlandon6028 ...I met Elvin Bishop, such a down to earth attitude. Seen him at club gigs 3-4 times. Absolutely ROCKS the house...BUT, NEVER did he play FOOLED AROUND, because Mickey was not with him. And Elvin can't sing that high..lol.
I got to be the booking ng agent for kcmo battle of bands winner thier lead also from gerogiaI never liked comfortably numb his southern accent got me. He won many vocal titles I saw why the group has broken up
oh no....craig and mickey were the game changers that turned the airplane that was about to crash into starship....craig chaquico is a monster guitarist and "made" songs like "stranger" and "jane"....its just too bad they started doing garbage like "we built this city" which is an abomination compared to those two songs...p
This is live!!! This is truly how it's supposed to be. Holy Moly their voices are sharp, Mickey Thomas as the best voice. I've seen others say his voice was and is underrated in the music industry and I agree 100%
Amen to that!!! I still remember watching Bon Jovi do the song "Livin' on a Prayer" on TV, back in the late 1980s, and his voice was so worn out, that he couldn't hit the high notes like he had, when they did that song on the Studio Album Slippery When Wet. It sounded horrible, live! If a band can't carry it's weight onstage, then yeah, the chances are that that band isn't gonna last long.
No you're not the only one. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. While the Jefferson Airplane certainly did have some great songs and were very influential, they were too associated with psychedelic drugs and 60s anarchy to really appeal to me.
no. i'm right with you. i totally dig where they evolved to. and to me they blasted off like from going from a plane to indeed...a STARSHIP! 80's AOR rock gods! (along with Journey ofcourse).
Mickey was in a band in college ('73-'74) in Valdosta, GA., called Jetts. He introduced the SF band Tower of Power to south Georgia. His voice was something no one had ever heard before. Unbelievable talent.
In 1974 I saw them at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles the opening acts were a German group called Triamberence and Fleetwood Mac. it only cost $11.00 to get in I was on the floor right in front of the Stage. Grace Slick really turned me on. I was only 25 years old and had just come home from the Vietnam War.
This was surely the BEST incarnation of this band. The Starship was one of those bands that could still cut it up today, and rock with the best of them. Unfortunately, they just didn't have the years left.
My wife was just in Cabo this past weekend (May 18th - May 21st) and there was a surprise performance going to be played at the Hilton she was staying at with a couple of her girl friends. They took a picture of this guy because they thought he looked like he might be part of whichever band was going to play, it turned out to be Mickey Thomas who was so humble and let them get pictures with him. That evening my wife was sending me videos from her phone of the performance and the Starship sounded AWESOME! Mickey can still hit those high notes and every song was fantastic! I wish I would have gone with her!
We saw/seen Starship at Riverfest in Watertown Wi last night, Mickey and group were awesome. His vocals are still tight at 74.. unbelievable. Thank you, great show.
Wow, almost forgot this song! Grace looking hot with her 80s hair & not so skinny, and the power of Mickey Thomas & one of the most underrated guitarists ever, Craig Chaquico!
This song made my last year in the Air Force at Hanscom AFB in Mass. bearable! Dean Barcomb and I would sing this song all the time because it's a love song that ROCKS HARD!!! I then saw them and the Cars at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in NY and they ROCKED HARD!!! The guitar in this song is OUTSTANDING! Grace looks GOOD as usual! Thank you Jefferson Starship for the YEARS of OUTSTANDING ROCK!!!
Steve Walsh in his Kansas heyday was also an incredible vocalist --- listen to 'Leftoverture', absolutely excellent singing! One of my all-time favourites.
this one stuck in my mind all morning! didn't even know who sung it or what it was. I suspected Starship, but very early 80s. They did keep up with the times well. And just heard it repetitively in my mind but now I know it was Jefferson Starship. the early 80s was always my favorite era of music. well grounded classic artists with modern instruments. but rock'n the HELL out of us, and not placid like the mid and late 80s! A great blend of both edgy guitars and synth, not sacrificing like later on!
Incredible performance and so pitch perfect as was the way with Micky T ! He has an immense range and the guitar and keyboards and drums are just outof this world !!! A pure piece of melodic class from a time where music and rock was the best !
I’ve been singing for 46 years and Mickey Thomas here is simply so good it’s absolutely disgusting. This man honestly never really got the credit or exposure that he should have back in the 80s. He is one of the greatest voices ever in rock in my honest opinion. The men here is a monster.
"Jane" is a 1979 song by Jefferson Starship from the album Freedom at Point Zero. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 14 and spent three weeks at No. 6
Dang! Living with these guys around the Bay Area was fun. Incredible voice and musicians. All of them. I miss the old days with these guys and their music. At least Mickey kept it going and at 71+ he's still giving his all. Ansley Dunbar laid down this groove on the album. I still have their very first vinal issued.
jeezus, that guy could sing. I stood right in front of him in a small club in S. Florida years ago..A little solo gig he did, he was hammered.. and SO good. He was amazing.
I heard Grace Slick say in an interview that when M. Thomas didn't particularly like something he would say, "That doesn't blow my skirt up!". If this song doesn't, not much else will. Great voice, great guy, fine hometown, Cairo, Georgia.
DAMN, ITS NOT FALSETTO!!! I've sang this stuff for years, mostly journey, sound garden, mariah Carey, Nazareth. It's not falsetto, you would trash your voice doing falsetto with that much power. Smj
I was walking to school heard this song blasting out of jacked up Camaro was the first modern rock song I heard became addicted. I grew up my mom's Johnny cash everly brother's Johnny Horton. While I am fond of the m as whole now 40 years later still admire thus song!
I'm seriously going out on a limb here. I cannot stand how radio stations play, "We Built This City", every two seconds on the radio and they don't play this freaking GEM. This is like their best song ever....HANDS DOWN!!!!
Blinking great rock song
I hated We Built This City....always loved Jane.
@@JD-zw4pz LOL... Im pretty darn sure you have Stellar taste in music!!!!
That’s not a limb you went out on, that song should not exist
I know right!?!
Micky Thomas' voice is so unbelievable. How he hits those high notes, I'll never understand. God-given talent for sure!
While some of it could be talent it has a lot more to do with decades of practice and discipline. No musician is born great... Yes some can be naturally gifted in composing or song writing. But you need to put many thankless hours into practicing so you can communicate those musical ideas in your head. To be able to think of something and play it/sing it instantly the way you were thinking of it takes years. Mickey Thomas has the notes in his range as he is a tenor, but to be able to hit them consistently and with good pitch was not a god given gift but years of hardwork. I only bring this up because Thousands of hours of hard work and discipline should not be swept under the rug of "Born with talent".
I remember liking these songs, still do, but maybe about 30 years ago I couldn't stand most vocalists (male) with such high pitch. It isn't any sort of "sexist" thing as much as it is a different approach in the music styles and somewhat the way the instruments might be played or tuned. Saw Kanter's Starship in summer 92 and I loved that. Jack was back, Pete Sears, Prarie Prince, and Papa John Creech with a lovely young lady on vocals instead of the great Grace Slick.
Train your voice
@@drdre4397 dont know that for sure. Some are just born with natural ability. Effortless ability. But it does require maintenance.
He's criminally underrated. I think he gets blamed for Jefferson Starship / Starship "selling out," but he wasn't even in the band for 'Miracles' or anything else on Red Octopus, much less Jefferson Airplane. The blame, if there was any, should have been placed on the longer-term band members.
From White Rabbit to Jane, what a versatile rocking band!
Mickey Thomas on this song, Ann Wilson on Alone, and Merry Clayton on Gimme Shelter, the 3 most powerful voices I’ve ever heard. Simply amazing
You just named the trifecta of power vocals in my book. Maybe Steve Perry could make the cut?
Omg..Merry Clayton..i have heard her vocal isolated...
other than Ann Wilson I think you should probably keep searching. Mickey sounds like another Bee Gee.
Group the got/had best,Lead singers...
+Jefferson airplane/starship
+Rush
+Foreigner
+Led Zeppelin
+Skid Row
+Ac/dC
+Black Sabbath
+DefLeppard
@moralfortitude...2217 grace slick definitely was great. After she left they kinda went to shit.
One thing about Mickey Thomas, his voice is completely underrated in the music industry, he honestly has one of the greatest voices EVER. No questions asked. The range and the power and falsetto. Everything is perfect about his voice. I wish singers like him were recognized more.
Aldo Nova is an immense multi instrument player and an incredible singer,his first two albums are two AORock masterpieces
rosey lo I must correct you here, but it's even better than you thought. Mickey Thomas back in that day had a minimum 4 octave vocal range, maybe 5. And he did it all with NO falsetto. It was pure, full head voice. Just like Steve Perry, Robert Plant, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate, Klaus Meine, and others. It makes these men's voices even that much more amazing to me. ☺
Maybe it's because he looks like a 70's Adult Movie Star.
I so agree . . . Mickey has a crystal clear fabulous voice. Most singers should envy the power of his strong pipes.
Try singing this song in karaoke like I've tried and only ONE time with my high tenor voice was I able to reach the 'Oh Jane' parts! Mickey Thomas rocks this tune!
Mickey Thomas ...one of the most underrated vocalists ever...the pride of Cairo, Georgia
greg matthews Underrated?? By whom? Many successful tours and albums. How is he underrated?
Love Mickey's powerfully clear vocals.
he is an under-rated beast.
Good thing Grace didn't grow up there, too. The doggone place would've slid down into the
Gulf of Mexico and all would have been lost.)
GREETINGS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF ARKANSAS THIS BAND THE SONG CAME OUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THIS BAND THE SONG CAME OUT ALSO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SINGER BEING FROM CAIRO GEORGIAWE'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THEM ANYTIME I HAVE FAMILY AND FOR LITTLE FIVE POINTS IN MARIETTA GEORGIA ALSO THE LEGENDARY BLAND THE BLACK CROWES CAME FROM MARIETTA GEORGIA DROP DEAD GORGEOUS MEN THEY WERE EARLY 90S MORE MY AGE PHENOMENAL THE ROBINSON BROTHERS WITH MARK FORD ON GUITARMARK FORD ON GUITAR AND JIMMY COLTS ON BASE AND JEFF GORMAN ON DRUMS WITH THE LATE ED HIRSCH ON KEYBOARDS HE WAS FROM CANADA PHENOMENAL BAND AFTER THAT BAND MUSIC WENT DOWNHILL VERY QUICKLY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS
Mickey Thomas and Ann Wilson had 2 of the most powerful voices off PA I have ever heard. Those two could knock down walls if they tried hard enough.
One of the best Classic Rock songs of all time.
one of the most underrated rock songs of all time
Agree!
cityofchamps66 Totally agree. This was, and still is, one of my all-time favourites. :)
cityofchamps66 I have to say... and yes I am aware of the cult status of Jefferson Airplane, etc. But Mickey Thomas has to be the greatest musician in the group in terms of playing talent throughout the entire history of it from Airplane to Starship. It's too bad he had to sing that shitty crap that came later in the Starship phase. But the stuff he sang during Jefferson Starship fucking SOARS!
kingofallwhites
Are you kidding me? Mickey Thomas is the greatest musician in the history of the band? Jorma and Jack FTW!
fattonymusic I knew that I would get this response, especially regarding Jorma, and I respect him, but I still stand by what I said. I know Mickey didn't write the stuff but boy can he play his instrument like no one else!
Holy Crap. How had I never heard this song until a week ago... and then this live performance... wow. Mickey Thomas' voice is a weapon.
I was a HS Jr when this song was tearing it up on the radio!
But listening now, I’m like holy eff! He’s like an opera singer! Always loved this song, but his vocal performance on this song is phenomenal! I swear he singing opera!
How young are, you ??? 🤭
🤯🤯🤯 Enjoy it! We will never have talent like this in our lifetime again! Born in 78 grew up listening to pure music 🎶
I feel privileged to have grown up listening to music from the 70’s and 80’s!
@adamzapple67 👍🏻
Me too
Absolutely 💯
Yes! 🙌
Craig's guitar solo blew me away when I was a little kid: Now it really blows me away!
Had a female's range
Playing the guitar one handed, like Pete Townshend. Impressive!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. No one can doubt the power and presence of music this good. If this song came out toda for the first time, it would go right to the top of the charts; it's just that good. Real vocals, real music, played by real musicians. It just doesn't get any better. End of discussion.
Well said......End Of Comment....😊
Agreed!!!
Pay attention children, this is how real vocalist sounds live. No studio FX or filters or fucking autotune, pure talent.
Mickey thomas I have just recently learned has also kept his voice better than anyone of that era. There's a performance on youtube of him in 2013 and he is amazing. I have read comments from people who saw him in 2020 said he still kills. Incredible amount of hard work went into his voice and having it be so solid. I am glad I am not sleeping on Mickey thomas anymore.
Preach
You're writing off a LOT of good music and really missing out. This performance is awesome but the human voice is an instrument and it can be manipulated to make it more interesting. Like nobody says acoustic guitars are how guitars are really supposed to sound as opposed to electric lol
@@CS-nw9si what a fudge...
True that, frfr... 🌟🌟🌟
This guy's voice is absolutely amazin'!!
No auto-tune, no pre-recorded tracks, no pre recorded vocals
And THAT kids is how music is made
agreed
best comment ever. too true
Agreed. It’s called craftsmanship, and it sadly doesn’t exist in music these days.
But they had alot of psychedelic drugs that helped with the music back then.
An unarguable fact !
His voice is nothing short of amazing.
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One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Such a great band through all their incarnations.
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@@lindabergman3127 LLB are great and certainly have great taste in the songs they choose to cover.
79 Trans Am and blasting this song.... Can't miss.
Mickey Thomas also sang vocals on 1976's great "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" before joining Jefferson Starship.
Thanks! I didn't know that - but found it: ruclips.net/video/C1GpWOdj2e0/видео.html
Hearing that doing led me to this one. I'm re- learning the Jefferson Airplane, Starship, Starship story..
i just watched it before coming here
That wasn't Mickey Thomas singing Fooled Around & Fell In Love. It was by Elvin Bishop
@@tinotse2007 yes it is. mickey thomas sang when he was with elvin bishop.
By far, this is my favorite tune from this band -- whatever it calls itself. These Jeffersons moved it on up with a blazing guitar and the addition of Mickey Thomas.
This is the definition of rock and roll in the 80's! Amazing!
As of couple of weeks ago, this song was released 44 years ago: Oct 1979! I rushed out and bought it and still have it. Totally awesome!
Never tire of hearing Mickey Thomas sing. One of the best rock singers of all time.
Mikey Thomas singing like a monster. This guy never got the acclaim he deserved. Shame Shame Shame.
@Dave Bliss His falsetto voice's so unique that most karaoke singers I've talked with won't even take a stab at this Starship tune LOL.
Dude can cowbell like a motherf'er too!
Yes he did Elvin Bishop let him sing "Fooled Around and fell in Love" & that launched his career with the Starship!
@@jlandon6028 ...I met Elvin Bishop, such a down to earth attitude.
Seen him at club gigs 3-4 times.
Absolutely ROCKS the house...BUT, NEVER did he play FOOLED AROUND, because Mickey was not with him. And Elvin can't sing that high..lol.
I got to be the booking ng agent for kcmo battle of bands winner thier lead also from gerogiaI never liked comfortably numb his southern accent got me. He won many vocal titles I saw why the group has broken up
Man what a set of pipes on that guy!! He can those notes with the best of em'. ~Peace out~.
"hit those notes"
Nobody is mentioning their Genius Guitarist, Mr. Craig Chaquico.
Craig was my parents' neighbor for years. Super nice guy.
he did some catchy riffs, that's for sure
All time underrated
If i like a band or a solo singer i'll search everything about him
oh no....craig and mickey were the game changers that turned the airplane that was about to crash into starship....craig chaquico is a monster guitarist and "made" songs like "stranger" and "jane"....its just too bad they started doing garbage like "we built this city" which is an abomination compared to those two songs...p
This is live!!! This is truly how it's supposed to be. Holy Moly their voices are sharp, Mickey Thomas as the best voice. I've seen others say his voice was and is underrated in the music industry and I agree 100%
One thing I always admired about (Jefferson) Starship (Airplane) was how good they sounded live. That's a big thing.
Amen to that!!! I still remember watching Bon Jovi do the song "Livin' on a Prayer" on TV, back in the late 1980s, and his voice was so worn out, that he couldn't hit the high notes like he had, when they did that song on the Studio Album Slippery When Wet. It sounded horrible, live! If a band can't carry it's weight onstage, then yeah, the chances are that that band isn't gonna last long.
Nothing worse than attending a concert and the band sounds nothing like they do recorded.
Still one of my favorite rock songs of all time. I blast this song everytime I hear it. Love it!!
Francene Laubtner stokin as a bitch yes siree!
Francene Laubtner un
i do that with NO WAY OUT.
When they released the album I played the shit out of it. And saw them in Atlanta at the Fox Theater!
One of my favorite songs of all time due to Mickey Thomas on vocals! Man that man can sing!!!
Heard this song out of the blue today forgot how great it was... watched a few live versions and Mickey Thomas just DESTROYS every time.
Am I the only one the prefers Jefferson Starship to Jefferson Airplane, and the the later Starship? This song is king.
No you're not the only one. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. While the Jefferson Airplane certainly did have some great songs and were very influential, they were too associated with psychedelic drugs and 60s anarchy to really appeal to me.
no. i'm right with you. i totally dig where they evolved to.
and to me they blasted off like from going from a plane to indeed...a STARSHIP!
80's AOR rock gods! (along with Journey ofcourse).
yes. Jefferson Airplane was much better, but they were also less commercial and poppy.
Not a big hippie so the later stuff i loved. Not so much just starship but this rocks
Jeffery Deeter agreed
Micky Thomas just kills on this,no surprise he sang Fooled Around And Fell In Love if you just knew he has to be one of our most treasured talents!
Mickey was in a band in college ('73-'74) in Valdosta, GA., called Jetts. He introduced the SF band Tower of Power to south Georgia. His voice was something no one had ever heard before. Unbelievable talent.
Freshly squeezed! 🍊
Great song and lyrics 😊😊 of all time. One of my favorites ❤️ songs. Jane.
Mickey Thomas sure could bring it as a vocalist. Fantastic. This whole band is extremely underrated
This dude has it all. Sista from Georgia still rocking.
You go Girl!!
Jane is a killer track even today. Can't beat those vocals!!
one of THE best voices EVER!!! Great band too!!
Mickey Thomas has such an incredible voice!! Every time I hear this song I have to crank it up as loud as I can stand it!! LOVE it!! :-)
i'll never understand why this one didn't go to number 1,it had everything,the vocalist is off the chain,his range and scream voice is unreal,like it
Applause for the awesome performance.....Mickey Thomas was and is unreal.
Great song....
In 1974 I saw them at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles the opening acts were a German group called Triamberence and Fleetwood Mac. it only cost $11.00 to get in I was on the floor right in front of the Stage. Grace Slick really turned me on. I was only 25 years old and had just come home from the Vietnam War.
how was fleetwood mac that night with Bob Welch ?
would that be triumvirat ? I had that record.
David, thank you for your service!
David Goodrich wow
Daytona Beach in the 90"s . 4 th of. July . It was great!!!
This was surely the BEST incarnation of this band. The Starship was one of those bands that could still cut it up today, and rock with the best of them. Unfortunately, they just didn't have the years left.
Mickey Thomas is LEGEND!!!! Man, that dude can flat out sing!!!
He’s absolutely in my top 5 favorite vocalists! His singing is just so damn effortless...and his tone, his range. ❤️💕💕👏👏👏
Great tune....one of their best, brilliant talent as a band, they don't write them like this anymore that's for sure.
Imagine when Orange Cassidy making his way to the ring theres Mickey Thomas in the back performing Jane live for Orange Cassidy. Man can only hope
A beast of a song-as powerful with emotion as it got for me.Mickey gave it his all.I really miss the early 80’s from a music perspective.
The guitar ROCKS! And Mickey Thomas' vocals are awesome!
This group was never "underrated " they were great in their time!! Thanks!
The 70's yielded some of their best music and Mickey Thomas has an incredible rock and roll voice. A legend.
I keep coming back and enjoying Mickey's voice. I'm amazed every time.
My wife was just in Cabo this past weekend (May 18th - May 21st) and there was a surprise performance going to be played at the Hilton she was staying at with a couple of her girl friends. They took a picture of this guy because they thought he looked like he might be part of whichever band was going to play, it turned out to be Mickey Thomas who was so humble and let them get pictures with him. That evening my wife was sending me videos from her phone of the performance and the Starship sounded AWESOME! Mickey can still hit those high notes and every song was fantastic! I wish I would have gone with her!
We saw/seen Starship at Riverfest in Watertown Wi last night, Mickey and group were awesome. His vocals are still tight at 74.. unbelievable. Thank you, great show.
Just discovered this song in 2020. Can’t stop playing.
Wow, almost forgot this song! Grace looking hot with her 80s hair & not so skinny, and the power of Mickey Thomas & one of the most underrated guitarists ever, Craig Chaquico!
No matter what genre of music you like you must respect the delivery of this man's vocals. Tremendous!
I wore my cassette out rewinding back for this song! My favorite Jefferson Starship song.
What an absolute beast of a singer. So underrated!
That guitar solo is absolute classic......
I fed the juke box soooo many quarters just to hear this song back in the day. ❤️🎶🎶✨🤩✨✨👌🏼
Love this song so very much, Its my ringtone. Always makes me so happy to hear Micky Thomas!
This song made my last year in the Air Force at Hanscom AFB in Mass. bearable! Dean Barcomb and I would sing this song all the time because it's a love song that ROCKS HARD!!! I then saw them and the Cars at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in NY and they ROCKED HARD!!! The guitar in this song is OUTSTANDING! Grace looks GOOD as usual! Thank you Jefferson Starship for the YEARS of OUTSTANDING ROCK!!!
Steve Walsh in his Kansas heyday was also an incredible vocalist --- listen to 'Leftoverture', absolutely excellent singing! One of my all-time favourites.
Helgard Kwiatkoski, I saw them back when Steve would do handstands on the keyboard.
this one stuck in my mind all morning! didn't even know who sung it or what it was. I suspected Starship, but very early 80s. They did keep up with the times well. And just heard it repetitively in my mind but now I know it was Jefferson Starship. the early 80s was always my favorite era of music. well grounded classic artists with modern instruments. but rock'n the HELL out of us, and not placid like the mid and late 80s! A great blend of both edgy guitars and synth, not sacrificing like later on!
True fans appreciate mickey.
Mickey Thomas- Greatness personified! Wow!
RIP Paul..thank you for the music
Yep
Incredible performance and so pitch perfect as was the way with Micky T ! He has an immense range and the guitar and keyboards and drums are just outof this world !!! A pure piece of melodic class from a time where music and rock was the best !
I’ve been singing for 46 years and Mickey Thomas here is simply so good it’s absolutely disgusting. This man honestly never really got the credit or exposure that he should have back in the 80s. He is one of the greatest voices ever in rock in my honest opinion. The men here is a monster.
"Jane" is a 1979 song by Jefferson Starship from the album Freedom at Point Zero. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 14 and spent three weeks at No. 6
The Mick and the Slick!!!
The pipes on that dude, though.
+Dale G. Thomas is fucking epic.
like 6 guys on earth that can sing that high
U could. Sit on a block of ice nude. Ud hit any note!
On par with Grace Slick. Both apparently had very close to the same voices.
RIGHT?!
What an amazing voice !Such a range just unbelievable imo most underrated voice in music I have to say he's up there with the best
Never been a rock fan....but this is...EXCEPTIONAL...Should be in more Power Ballad compilations...🏈❤😎!
It's 2022 and this song just got freshly squeezed. Thank you Tony Khan & Orange Cassidy
Dang! Living with these guys around the Bay Area was fun. Incredible voice and musicians. All of them. I miss the old days with these guys and their music. At least Mickey kept it going and at 71+ he's still giving his all. Ansley Dunbar laid down this groove on the album. I still have their very first vinal issued.
This is a song i could play over and over , and never get tired of hearing it, magnificence!
ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGERS EVER PERIOD....
cant take u seriously at all. All caps? really? ending it with PERIOD is childish
@@joehackel8087 BIGGER THNGS TO WORRY ABOUT , AND JUST YOUR OPINON NOTHING MORE
I saw Starship live some years ago and this is one of my all time faves! :)
What a "freshly squeezed" song! 🍊
this is one of the greatest rock n roll songs ever written, with what is maybe the best intro. the first 90 seconds of this tune are perfect.
Wow, what a live voice !
I loved their guitars -- now that's 70s sound!!!
80's*
1979
shits so good !! even My Ma loves it !!!
But doesn't your mom love Barry Manilow too?
Naaaw ,,,,,digs creedance tho & frampton
jeezus, that guy could sing. I stood right in front of him in a small club in S. Florida years ago..A little solo gig he did, he was hammered.. and SO good. He was amazing.
I heard Grace Slick say in an interview that when M. Thomas didn't particularly like something he would say, "That doesn't blow my skirt up!". If this song doesn't, not much else will. Great voice, great guy, fine hometown, Cairo, Georgia.
Mickey Thomas is hands down one of the best vocalists EVER!! Only vocalist I can think of just as good is Steve Perry!!
brad delp, plant, etc.
Freddie Mercury? How could you forget Freddie?
Lou Grahm
Ronnie James Dio
Rockin the Bay, the best came out of the Bay.
I remember buying this 45 back in the 70's and just playing it to death. And points to you if you know what a 45 is.
A record
Was "Find your Way Back" on the back?
7 inches
My dad said he did the same thing when he was in highschool.
45- 45 revs per minute
Mickey Thomas = One of the greatest pure voices in all rock music!
DAMN, ITS NOT FALSETTO!!! I've sang this stuff for years, mostly journey, sound garden, mariah Carey, Nazareth.
It's not falsetto, you would trash your voice doing falsetto with that much power. Smj
It’s definitely not falsetto…I used to be able to do a falsetto, and what Mickey does is pure voice, pure power
The sound guy for this show deserves a reward. This sounds incredible.
Real Music!!! Damn that guy can sing.
A great band and yes the piano sound is rather like Toto! A true blast from my past. I’m proud I heard it first time round!
the piano kinda sorta has a toto sound but that's it..
I was walking to school heard this song blasting out of jacked up Camaro was the first modern rock song I heard became addicted.
I grew up my mom's Johnny cash everly brother's Johnny Horton. While I am fond of the m as whole now 40 years later still admire thus song!
one of the greatest songs sung by one of the greatest singers
Mickey Thomas' voice is off the charts!
Saw mickey at a small club in the mid 90s. He was incredible.. one of the great shows I've seen- and I've seen most
I saw Jefferson Starship in 1984 at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida Great show.
This is one of the greatest songs EVER RECORDED!
Not only was Doug Henning an amazing magician, he was also a great singer.
mike patrick Hilarious!
Good one!
I thought he was an Adult Movie Star from the 70's as well.
A skinny Ron Jerermy
LMFAO!