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I also love that verse in the song. Every time I would pass my Church back in the day. That verse would pop in my head. Even up to today, that verse comes to my mind, especially on a cold winter's day...I love that song, one of my favorites.
I really think the second verse of "California Dreamin" is the most conceptually and visually interesting part of the song. You did good Mama Michelle!
56 years after The Mamas and the Papas and Mama Michelle still looks as beautiful as ever. Great to see her smiling and healthy. This song, California Dreaming, is one of the most perfect recordings ever made. You couldn`t remove anything from it or add anything more to it to improve it. It`s perfect as it is. Bless you both.
Michelle is so talented and so beautiful. But what I love about her is her honesty. She lays it all out without apology and basically says “this is my life, this is how it was.” I love how genuine she is.
In 1968 I was 7...during the summer of '68 my cool cousins born 8 10 and 12 years before me taught me the harmonies of California Dreamin. I will never forget walking down our dusty country roads, in the summer of '68, walking with my cousins and older siblings singing that song. Wonderful precious memories. And California Dreamin' was etched on my 7 year old heart forever. Love you Michelle! You are STILL cool ! 💪💗
I couldn’t have said it better. I have vivid memories of being 4 walking down the streets of The Village in New York with this song etched in my heart and it still is. I feel so fortunate to have experienced the years of peace and love, even if only as a child.
I was born in 68 and my Mum in 45. My Mum loved you're Mum's music and I play it for her every week when I visit her her in LTC. She has had Alzheimers for the past 8 years and barley moves anymore ... unless I play her music. She will sing every word from most songs from the 60s and 70s. It just shows us how truly powerful music can be for people ✌❤
@@ChynnaPhillipsBaldwin, I loved the Mama's and the Papa's. I hoping you would have asked her about the 1986 beachboys version of California dreaming your mum Michelle phillips appeared in video and not to forget four years later you started a band with Brian Wilson daughters called Wilson-Phillips in 1990.
The turbulence of the 60's was like no other decade.Michelle was in the eye of the storm and survived what many did not. She now is blessed to have the perspective of looking back and appreciating the journey, along with her lovely daughter.
I’m a hippie at ❤! I was born in 1960, so I was a little too young to appreciate the 60’s. But, I do now. Love you Chynna and Michelle! Thank you for making this video.
Me too. Born 1961. I still think I was always a hippie and still am. You couldn't help it with it all going on around us. Hippiedom went unto the seventies too imo
A decade or so ago, I was bicycling in Provence with my girlfriend, and we went to a stand to to rent something and my girlfriend needed to show her driver's license. A young French woman saw the California license and started singing "California Dreaming". That's how iconic the song is.
Michelle looks absolutely radiant here. So nice to see her enjoying herself where she is in life and feeling peace and pride in all of her accomplishments. You done good Mitchie' ...
In 1987, I was a freshman in college in Tennessee. It was a frightfully cold day, and my L.A. blood was just OVER IT... And then "California Dreamin" came on the radio - and I completely shattered. My roommate came in to find me just SOBBING. I was so homesick that first semester! And I never really got over it. Over the course of those 4 years, I flew back and forth 22 times lol.
One day back in the mid '90s Michelle came into my record store. She was looking for original Mamas & Papas albums. As luck would have it I had most of them, even a copy of the Mugwumps album! I may have also sold her an original copy of the "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" album, with the unedited "toilet" cover. She was surprised it was ever released with that cover. She was very happy to buy all of them. Another item I sold her was that set of the Hasbro Mamas & Papas dolls, new in the original packaging. Those are very hard to come by. It's great to see Michelle looking great and in good spirits.
I just heard the story a few days ago about Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham‘s first meeting when she first saw him he was singing California Dreaming, and she joined him and sang it with him.
This is how I started watching the channel..the interviews with your Mom! So it’s cool to see mother/daughter back together on a video! Love the honesty and history
I was a teen when the Mamas and Papas came upon the scene. I loved the Mamas and the Papas and remember so well when "California Dreamin" came out. WHAT A TREAT TO HEAR CHYNNA AND MAMA MICHELLE SING THE CHURCH LYRICS!!! WOW! I too love the church lyrics from the song. So awesome that Chynna and Mama Michelle are together in this video with their amazing chemistry. I love any time your mom is on with you! Thanks for showing us your mom's memorabilia room!
Born and raised in Ca. Growing up listening to Mama and Papa's ... bringing wonderful old memories. Chynna, give your mom a hug ... your Ca Dreaming, so uplifting. From Ventura County. ❤❤❤❤❤
Love seeing your mom and listening to her stories. I'm a 60's baby from California and love the Mama's and the Papa's! Your Mom looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing her with us! 🥰💜
Such a lovely treat to see you and your mom. She is a legend. Nice to see all her awards. Well deserved. I bet those who write those comments would be shocked she was reading them.
One of my forever favourite songs of all time. Never get tired of hearing it. And to think, the music of our generation still sends people reeling. The best of all times, and the best music of all time. I always thought it was got down on my knees and I began to pray too. I also love Twelve Thirty. You both are so blessed to have each other. Thank you !!
Strange coincidence, I was doing some fall cleaning today and decided to go through my old albums. There was my copy of the Mamas and Papas album. It sure is a keeper! Thanks for being with us Michelle.
Gosh I have always loved this song!!! ❤ all time fav. Beautiful harmonies. It sure was a different world back then. Wish I could go back. Michelle is still a beauty. ❤
California Dreamin' is one of my all time favourite songs!. Love that you and Mama Michelle recorded this chat and started singing together, too. But where was Billy to sing the backing vocals?!. And you both look very happy and radiant. What a super Mom -- Daughter duo. God bless you both1.
Loved the mamas, and the Papas when I was growing up it was just a great great time to be alive. Michelle , you are iconic, you’re beautiful, and you have a fabulous daughter… Thank you for the music.
MaMa Michelle SO beautiful and talented. Oh my goodness my BFF and I grew up in Michigan. We met Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys in 1977 (who insisted we had to move to CA and live on his boat). We ultimately did!! So there was a church.. we would pray. We were walking to school in snow storms. “California Dreaming” and “Wouldn’t it be Nice” BB’s were our anthems. BTW we both live here now. Moved here in 1980 so for us it was the backdrop of our lives. I LOVE that Momma tells the truth. Love her even more!!. Love you both ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love this so much. My daughter who is 4 sings every verse of California dreamin. I love that I can share my love for the Mamas and the Papas with her.
I'm very glad that I found this channel! I was a kid when The Mamas and The Papas burst onto the scene, and I remember some of my classmates raving over the group. It took me some time to warm up to them, but the line in Creeque Alley that went, "and everybody's getting fat except Mama Cass," which I heard while listening at a friend's house, sold me on them for good because I thought it was clever. I've also enjoyed listening to the Discograffiti Podcast of your mom on Osiris Media, which fills in a lot of the details of that period. The more I listen to the songs over the years, the more I like them!
I worked at a lodge in the Santa Cruz mountains near Big Basin in the summer of 1975. The lodge had an old diner/bar that was closed, but it had a pool table and a jukebox and one of the half dozen 45’s in it was California Dreamin’. A 16 year old teenage boy fell in love with that song over that summer and I do to this day. Blessings! 8:16 pm Pacific
Grew up admiring Mama Michelle for her confidence and uninhibited free spirit. It is so great to hear you share so openly and honestly about your experiences. Still love listening to the songs from the Mamas and the Papas. Now I can admire Chynna for being her own person and for sharing her personal experiences in the same open and honest way and for sharing Christ with all of us. Love you both!
Without a doubt, “California Dreamin” is absolutely one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces ever written and sung or performed. It makes me reflect on the past. It’s like a time machine -- a poignant reminder of the passing of time. I can appreciate the pure pleasure of this momentous piece of music. Music deluges the heart with amorous and nostalgic memories of those yesteryears, evergreen but never ever to return. This mesmerizing song is dazzling haunted radiance, hypnotic and intense, with such profound sublime lyrics, ominous vibrations. Thank you Mama Michelle !!! Tu me combles de bonheur !!!
So wonderful to see Mama Michelle in the video....thanks for having her on here again..... I heard California Dreamin' as a little boy in the 1960s. I had a transistor radio I took everywhere and was really loving all the 60's music coming out of it. I think that's when my love for music began...and the beautiful blended vocals of the Mamas and Papas really made an impression on me. And my mom had that album by them where they were all in the bathtub...titled "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" --- I used to stare at that thing and thought it was so funny! The hippies were great! Their love of freedom and creativity really was cool!
I love your channel, Chynna! But when you have your mama on, it just brings me back to those days…I loved (and still love) The Mamas and The Papas, and I so appreciate you having your mama on your channel to rekindle the magic of the 1960s. I’m afraid there will never be a time like that again, and I am so very grateful and blessed to have witnessed and appreciated that generation. Thank you!!!💕
Thank you so much for this, Chynna! Who doesn't love Mama Michelle? I grew up listening to The Mamas and the Papas. They were always my favorite group! Your Mom really is SO cool!
The Holy Spirit was calling you, and you responded. St Patrick's Cathedral is America's parish church since the mid-1800s. All these years, I never knew it inspired Michelle to write this verse. Twenty years ago I saw Michelle at a screening at the Egyptian Theater of the Monterey Pop concert movie, where she reminisced onstage with Roger Daltry. It was great.
You sing that classic song so well Chynna! I know you've been singing it your whole life but your voice is so gorgeous, I know your mom is so proud when you sing her songs!
Pro hippie here. I call myself a "tweener". I was born in 65 when all this great music was being created. The 60's were great and then Manson came along and screwed it all up. Had I been born just 10 years sooner, I could have lived this great era!
This was such a treat. You ladies are so beautiful and talented and it is wonderful to get a glimpse into musical history straight from the source. Thanks Chynna and Mama Michelle ❤
I grew up in New Haven, CT, in the days when it was still the people who made the records a hit, not big corporations. I saw a "pop up "record at my bus stope, and went in. I had a few minutes before my bus came, so I'd stop in. and saw mostly 45's. The guy's name was Dennis. When it was cold, I'd step in for a for a few minutes & he asked if I could listen to a few 45's & let him know if I thought it would be a hit or a miss.The song he play was "California Dreamin". I told him that not only was it a hit, it would be number 1. And so it was!!! Love you guys. Michelle, you are still a stunning beauty &I love to see you and Chynna together. God Bless You Both!!
This is one of the songs that was picked for my Mom's funeral, I lost her in June of this year. I love this song and my Mom definitely loved it, I burst into tears now the minute it comes on
I was born in 1964 and got to hear all of these great songs when they were brand new! Michelle, you have been a great inspiration and my inspiration to me for my own style of music. Thank you! ❤
Dear Chynna and Michelle, I just love, love, love this video. Brings back memories of my childhood. One of my best birthday gifts was the Mamas and Papas album I received when I turned 10. Loved looking at all of your memorabilia. Thanks for sharing and defending hippies. Made my day. Peace and love. God bless you all.
I love the Mama's and Papas! They always have been one of my favorite groups!I grew up in the 60s and my Dad bought me your album for 14th Birthday! I would get to with my friends and listen to your music! Michael I always thought you were the most beautiful lady in the 60s and your still beautiful today!You and your daughter are such beautiful ladies!❤❤
Mama Michelle was an absolute ICON in the 1960s! She was THE Original California Girl! We all wanted to look and dress just like her! As a flute player, I always love playing the flute part to California Dreamin’! Great memories! And yes, I’d love to see Michelle again for Hold On! ❤❤❤
Fun interview! You guys are the greatest! I was a hippie but I found the ultimate love and freedom in Jesus in 1969! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Peace of Christ! P.S.: Yes, I had a huge crush on your mom!
Please more from you in this way. I ❤ love "California Dreaming" and Michelle Phillips from my childhood on. Wonderful harmonies and she looked so beautiful like an california angel. Please told us more from this peace- love- flower - time and the band and the songs. You both are beautiful❤ and Michelle looks amazing. Thank you Chynna for this video.❤
I WAS BORN IN 1959 SO I REMEMBER THE 60’S AND I REMEMBER THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS ON TV AND RADIO AND TO ME THEY WERE AND ARE THE ORIGINAL HIPPIES - ALONG WITH SONNY & CHER !! 😍
Wow! This is a wonderful video! Feel so lucky to have stumbled on to it. California Dreaming was the soundtrack to a little personal video I made after coming back to Australia from a superb US holiday with my partner 25 years ago. She passed away only 7 years after that holiday and to this day I love watching that video and reliving our wonderful holiday and listening to that iconic soundtrack.
Chynna, your mom is relating to you in a more positive and healthy manner than she did in earlier videos. I think you have been a good role model for her.
Hello Michelle Hello Chyna!, 🫶 first of all, you both look so beautiful and healthy. California, dreaming the introduction of the chords played on the guitar is a rallying call for us children of the 60s that song is played frequently. It will never get tiresome or old instead it is uplifting rejuvenating, and everything that Michelle described about the hippies is at the threshold captured in this song, and Michelle is right everyone was Desiring to get to California .. we are very lucky that the mamas and the Papas existed and gave us the music because it is timeless and some of the best also Michele was the quintessential beauty of what Southern California represented her look holds up yesterday today and tomorrow please don’t stop making music the both of you and thank you 🕊💋♥
Love your Mum Chynna ♥️. Especially when she said her best accomplishment is YOU! 🥰 That is how I feel about our daughter Melody. 🥰 So shocked your mum was sacked from the band. How cruel! She's an amazing Songwriter. Gosh I love the lyrics to California Dreaming. "Get down on my knees and I pretend to pray." Beautiful lyrics. Never gets old. I could listen to that song every day. Reminds me of my mum playing Mamas & Papas on the record player in the 70s. I loved being a child and making mud pies. My mum was a hippy too. And I adore what hippies stand for. I hate wars. Our daughter wrote a song about War being a waste of life when she was 16. It's called Broken Souls. I pray God stops all the Elites in power from giving us forever WARS! 🙏♥️ Keep doing what you're doing. I subscribed today. Love your channel so much. Godbless you all 🙏♥️.
I was in 3rd grade after school when I heard it for the first time up in Everett Washington, really related to the sky is gray. I vowed I would make it to California when I grew up and I did! Thank you Michelle for being part of my wanderlust.
Mama's and Papa's were definitely a memory of my childhood that is indelibly fixed in permanent etchings of memories. Cass Elliot's premature death shocked everyone.
I love your mom! I met her once when she came in to my restaurant in Carmel (she was with your husband and small children) I addressed her as mama Michelle and she was so gracious and kind. I regret not asking for her to sign something or take a picture with me. She's been talking for years about writing a screenplay for a M&P movie, I hope that happens. It's a story that needs to be told by her!
Yes yes bring Michelle back for the next video! Love her! I am glad there were/are hippies. Makes sense when you think about it. After WW1, WW2, the Korean War AND Vietnam the world just ached with the pain of it all. I'd be a hippie too! ❤️ 😊 My dad and brother always say I am anyway, in my heart I am a hippie. ✌️ of Christ!!
Mama Michelle looks gorgeous here! The lines she wrote make the song. They have always spoken to me in some deep way. I think the preacher liking the cold is very meaningful because it is a statement on how we sadly need God the most when life is uncomfortable.
Michelle still has her gorgeous, timeless eyes....They truly are a window to one's soul 💖 I was born in 1985 and it makes me sad that my Millennial ears will never hear the original four Mamas & The Papas harmonies live on stage....But I certainly played their CDs when I was a kid and still listen!
Thank you for this special video. I was born around the same time as you, Chynna, and grew up listening to the Mamas and Papas. My mother was an early boomer who embraced much of the wildness of the 1960's. She always admired your mother, commenting on how beautiful, smart, and accomplished she is. My mother passed away a little over 12.5 years ago, so seeing you with your mom brings me joy. I will pray for your mom to receive everlasting life -- my mother accepted Jesus just before she died -- it's a weird, cool story if you ever want to hear it. Praise be to God that He is so merciful to my mom and to me!
Funny this is here, I was at a restaurant in Fullerton and heard the song ! And it hit me, Chynna must be so proud of her Mama and Papa for this beautiful song !! Blessings from a seventh generation proud Californian !! Mama Michelle looks fabulous ! 🍯🍯
I remember The Mamas and The Papas album my mom played on the record player, I was and still am a fan. The harmonies of this group are iconic. So many good songs. Creeque Alley is a favorite.
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I also love that verse in the song. Every time I would pass my Church back in the day. That verse would pop in my head. Even up to today, that verse comes to my mind, especially on a cold winter's day...I love that song, one of my favorites.
I love you Chynna your an amazing sweet woman. Your mamma is so sweet and very accomplished in her own right. Blessings to overflowing
Please chynna could you make a video where fans ask Michelle questions? I have a lot of questions to ask Michelle about Cass. ❤
That’s a real riot!!!😮😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’ve always sang it, “I began to pray 🙏 “
Amen 🙏 💙
I really think the second verse of "California Dreamin" is the most conceptually and visually interesting part of the song. You did good Mama Michelle!
Sung by a pedo who had sex with his daughter.
I agree!
I agree ❤
@@ChynnaPhillipsBaldwin Letter for a serial rapists is the worst thing a human could do. Especially that Scientology rapist . Satan's spawn.
visually interesting? are you just using words to sound intelligent now? how does visual apply to a song
56 years after The Mamas and the Papas and Mama Michelle still looks as beautiful as ever. Great to see her smiling and healthy. This song, California Dreaming, is one
of the most perfect recordings ever made. You couldn`t remove anything from it or add anything more to it to improve it. It`s perfect as it is. Bless you both.
She had plastic surgery. You should of seen her a few years ago.
What a rude person you are
@@Teresa-qq4ingood for her if she did! She has fantastic bone structure & gorgeous features to work with!
There’s always one🙄🙄🙄@@paddyb456
@@crystalneel748 Her weight loss made a world of difference, too. I lost 60 lbs three years ago, and it's a night and day dif.
Michelle is so talented and so beautiful. But what I love about her is her honesty. She lays it all out without apology and basically says “this is my life, this is how it was.” I love how genuine she is.
I Agree 💗
In 1968 I was 7...during the summer of '68 my cool cousins born 8 10 and 12 years before me taught me the harmonies of California Dreamin. I will never forget walking down our dusty country roads, in the summer of '68, walking with my cousins and older siblings singing that song.
Wonderful precious memories.
And California Dreamin' was etched on my 7 year old heart forever.
Love you Michelle!
You are STILL cool !
💪💗
I couldn’t have said it better. I have vivid memories of being 4 walking down the streets of The Village in New York with this song etched in my heart and it still is. I feel so fortunate to have experienced the years of peace and love, even if only as a child.
I was born in 68 and my Mum in 45. My Mum loved you're Mum's music and I play it for her every week when I visit her her in LTC. She has had Alzheimers for the past 8 years and barley moves anymore ... unless I play her music. She will sing every word from most songs from the 60s and 70s. It just shows us how truly powerful music can be for people ✌❤
I'm jealous of your mom, I wish I was young in the 60's. For some reason the mamas & the papas make me nostalgic for a time long before I was born.
Mama Michelle has the best sense of humor and is a treasure. Thanks for sharing her with us!
You are so welcome! She is the BEST 🌷
@@ChynnaPhillipsBaldwin, I loved the Mama's and the Papa's. I hoping you would have asked her about the 1986 beachboys version of California dreaming your mum Michelle phillips appeared in video and not to forget four years later you started a band with Brian Wilson daughters called Wilson-Phillips in 1990.
The turbulence of the 60's was like no other decade.Michelle was in the eye of the storm and survived what many did not. She now is blessed to have the perspective of looking back and appreciating the journey, along with her lovely daughter.
oh yea
I always thought it was”I began to pray” 😊
I’m a hippie at ❤! I was born in 1960, so I was a little too young to appreciate the 60’s. But, I do now. Love you Chynna and Michelle! Thank you for making this video.
Me too. Born 1961. I still think I was always a hippie and still am. You couldn't help it with it all going on around us. Hippiedom went unto the seventies too imo
Love that! Peace of Christ 🙌
Peace of Christ 🙏 ❤
A decade or so ago, I was bicycling in Provence with my girlfriend, and we went to a stand to to rent something and my girlfriend needed to show her driver's license. A young French woman saw the California license and started singing "California Dreaming". That's how iconic the song is.
Michelle looks absolutely radiant here. So nice to see her enjoying herself where she is in life and feeling peace and pride in all of her accomplishments. You done good Mitchie' ...
In 1987, I was a freshman in college in Tennessee. It was a frightfully cold day, and my L.A. blood was just OVER IT... And then "California Dreamin" came on the radio - and I completely shattered. My roommate came in to find me just SOBBING. I was so homesick that first semester! And I never really got over it. Over the course of those 4 years, I flew back and forth 22 times lol.
I admire your mother's beauty and I particularly admire her confidence, pluck, strength. This was a lot of fun, thank you both! 🙌🏼
One day back in the mid '90s Michelle came into my record store. She was looking for original Mamas & Papas albums. As luck would have it I had most of them, even a copy of the Mugwumps album! I may have also sold her an original copy of the "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" album, with the unedited "toilet" cover. She was surprised it was ever released with that cover. She was very happy to buy all of them. Another item I sold her was that set of the Hasbro Mamas & Papas dolls, new in the original packaging. Those are very hard to come by. It's great to see Michelle looking great and in good spirits.
I just heard the story a few days ago about Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham‘s first meeting when she first saw him he was singing California Dreaming, and she joined him and sang it with him.
This was absolutely BRILLIANT!!
Here we are today on our knees praying a half century later with Chynna! Blessings to u & urs!! Xooo
Amen, amen
Amen 💕🙏🏻💕
This is how I started watching the channel..the interviews with your Mom! So it’s cool to see mother/daughter back together on a video! Love the honesty and history
More to come! 💗
@@ChynnaPhillipsBaldwin Looking forward to it 🥳
I loved the part where you both sang a quick verse of California dreaming. Wished it was longer cuz you both have beautiful voices.
"I was fired by my husband my lover my best friend and my label" great song lyrics x
I was a teen when the Mamas and Papas came upon the scene. I loved the Mamas and the Papas and remember so well when "California Dreamin" came out. WHAT A TREAT TO HEAR CHYNNA AND MAMA MICHELLE SING THE CHURCH LYRICS!!! WOW! I too love the church lyrics from the song. So awesome that Chynna and Mama Michelle are together in this video with their amazing chemistry. I love any time your mom is on with you! Thanks for showing us your mom's memorabilia room!
I love this! Michelle is still so beautiful, and what an accomplished artist and fascinating life she's led. Thank you for sharing your mum with us!
Born and raised in Ca. Growing up listening to Mama and Papa's ... bringing wonderful old memories. Chynna, give your mom a hug ... your Ca Dreaming, so uplifting. From Ventura County. ❤❤❤❤❤
Singer in the band raped his daughter had sex with her alot. Disgusting
Love seeing your mom and listening to her stories. I'm a 60's baby from California and love the Mama's and the Papa's! Your Mom looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing her with us! 🥰💜
Such a lovely treat to see you and your mom. She is a legend.
Nice to see all her awards.
Well deserved.
I bet those who write those comments would be shocked she was reading them.
Mamas and Papas songs are how my mom taught me to sing harmonies as a kid. Your music means so much to me! God bless you! ❤
One of my forever favourite songs of all time. Never get tired of hearing it. And to think, the music of our generation still sends people reeling. The best of all times, and the best music of all time. I always thought it was got down on my knees and I began to pray too. I also love Twelve Thirty. You both are so blessed to have each other. Thank you !!
Strange coincidence, I was doing some fall cleaning today and decided to go through my old albums. There was my copy of the Mamas and Papas album. It sure is a keeper! Thanks for being with us Michelle.
Oh wow! Cool!
I loved it when your mom said "I don't know what to say to that." 😂😂😂 I love the verse about the church & praying, or pretending to pray, rather ❤
The song makes me feel free and happy! It made California seem like a place everyone wanted to be! You’re my favorite group of the time❤❤❤❤
More videos with mama Michelle please!!!! She's awesome.
Gosh I have always loved this song!!! ❤ all time fav. Beautiful harmonies. It sure was a different world back then. Wish I could go back. Michelle is still a beauty. ❤
California Dreamin' is one of my all time favourite songs!. Love that you and Mama Michelle recorded this chat and started singing together, too. But where was Billy to sing the backing vocals?!. And you both look very happy and radiant. What a super Mom -- Daughter duo. God bless you both1.
Loved the mamas, and the Papas when I was growing up it was just a great great time to be alive. Michelle , you are iconic, you’re beautiful, and you have a fabulous daughter… Thank you for the music.
MaMa Michelle SO beautiful and talented. Oh my goodness my BFF and I grew up in Michigan. We met Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys in 1977 (who insisted we had to move to CA and live on his boat). We ultimately did!! So there was a church.. we would pray. We were walking to school in snow storms. “California Dreaming” and “Wouldn’t it be Nice” BB’s were our anthems. BTW we both live here now. Moved here in 1980 so for us it was the backdrop of our lives. I LOVE that Momma tells the truth. Love her even more!!. Love you both ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
25 year old Swede here. I blast this song wether that be when i'm alone vibing or out drinking with friends. We absolutely love it!
Beautiful and most harmonising Mamas & Papas for ever.
I love this so much. My daughter who is 4 sings every verse of California dreamin. I love that I can share my love for the Mamas and the Papas with her.
I like that Mama Cass sang “Began to pray” instead of pretend. Prayer works!
Me too! Can’t understand why her daughter likes pretend. That story is a unique one. God bless 💟✝️
I'm very glad that I found this channel! I was a kid when The Mamas and The Papas burst onto the scene, and I remember some of my classmates raving over the group. It took me some time to warm up to them, but the line in Creeque Alley that went, "and everybody's getting fat except Mama Cass," which I heard while listening at a friend's house, sold me on them for good because I thought it was clever. I've also enjoyed listening to the Discograffiti Podcast of your mom on Osiris Media, which fills in a lot of the details of that period. The more I listen to the songs over the years, the more I like them!
I worked at a lodge in the Santa Cruz mountains near Big Basin in the summer of 1975. The lodge had an old diner/bar that was closed, but it had a pool table and a jukebox and one of the half dozen 45’s in it was California Dreamin’. A 16 year old teenage boy fell in love with that song over that summer and I do to this day. Blessings! 8:16 pm Pacific
Grew up admiring Mama Michelle for her confidence and uninhibited free spirit. It is so great to hear you share so openly and honestly about your experiences. Still love listening to the songs from the Mamas and the Papas. Now I can admire Chynna for being her own person and for sharing her personal experiences in the same open and honest way and for sharing Christ with all of us. Love you both!
Without a doubt, “California Dreamin” is absolutely one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces ever written and sung or performed. It makes me reflect on the past. It’s like a time machine -- a poignant reminder of the passing of time. I can appreciate the pure pleasure of this momentous piece of music. Music deluges the heart with amorous and nostalgic memories of those yesteryears, evergreen but never ever to return. This mesmerizing song is dazzling haunted radiance, hypnotic and intense, with such profound sublime lyrics, ominous vibrations. Thank you Mama Michelle !!! Tu me combles de bonheur !!!
'Outstanding Villainess 1991' ought to appear on the writers' credits for California Dreamin' !!
It is the second verse that makes it perfect 🥰
So wonderful to see Mama Michelle in the video....thanks for having her on here again..... I heard California Dreamin' as a little boy in the 1960s. I had a transistor radio I took everywhere and was really loving all the 60's music coming out of it. I think that's when my love for music began...and the beautiful blended vocals of the Mamas and Papas really made an impression on me. And my mom had that album by them where they were all in the bathtub...titled "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" --- I used to stare at that thing and thought it was so funny! The hippies were great! Their love of freedom and creativity really was cool!
I love your channel, Chynna! But when you have your mama on, it just brings me back to those days…I loved (and still love) The Mamas and The Papas, and I so appreciate you having your mama on your channel to rekindle the magic of the 1960s. I’m afraid there will never be a time like that again, and I am so very grateful and blessed to have witnessed and appreciated that generation. Thank you!!!💕
So true! 🤍
Thank you so much for this, Chynna! Who doesn't love Mama Michelle? I grew up listening to The Mamas and the Papas. They were always my favorite group! Your Mom really is SO cool!
Sadly John in the papa's raped his daughter and passed her around like garbage .
7, 8 decades later and this woman is still going strong. Absolutely wonderful!! Also, amazing their music sounds as good today as it did from day one.
More Michelle! Have her talk about other songs she wrote and recorded.
The Holy Spirit was calling you, and you responded. St Patrick's Cathedral is America's parish church since the mid-1800s. All these years, I never knew it inspired Michelle to write this verse. Twenty years ago I saw Michelle at a screening at the Egyptian Theater of the Monterey Pop concert movie, where she reminisced onstage with Roger Daltry. It was great.
I WANT THE MAMAS AND PAPAS DOLLS 😂❤
I love California Dreamin’! One of my favorite songs of all time.
You sing that classic song so well Chynna! I know you've been singing it your whole life but your voice is so gorgeous, I know your mom is so proud when you sing her songs!
Your mama is a legend and looking so beautiful! This was fun.... hope you do it again with her soon! ❤️
Pro hippie here. I call myself a "tweener". I was born in 65 when all this great music was being created. The 60's were great and then Manson came along and screwed it all up. Had I been born just 10 years sooner, I could have lived this great era!
Yes, bring more "Mom".
Your momma is so so beautiful ! I am 70 and still love her music! Takes me back each time!
This was such a treat. You ladies are so beautiful and talented and it is wonderful to get a glimpse into musical history straight from the source. Thanks Chynna and Mama Michelle ❤
I grew up in New Haven, CT, in the days when it was still the people who made the records a hit, not big corporations. I saw a "pop up "record at my bus stope, and went in. I had a few minutes before my bus came, so I'd stop in. and saw mostly 45's. The guy's name was Dennis. When it was cold, I'd step in for a for a few minutes & he asked if I could listen to a few 45's & let him know if I thought it would be a hit or a miss.The song he play was "California Dreamin". I told him that not only was it a hit, it would be number 1. And so it was!!! Love you guys. Michelle, you are still a stunning beauty &I love to see you and Chynna together. God Bless You Both!!
This is one of the songs that was picked for my Mom's funeral, I lost her in June of this year. I love this song and my Mom definitely loved it, I burst into tears now the minute it comes on
I was born in 1964 and got to hear all of these great songs when they were brand new! Michelle, you have been a great inspiration and my inspiration to me for my own style of music.
Thank you! ❤
Dear Chynna and Michelle,
I just love, love, love this video. Brings back memories of my childhood. One of my best birthday gifts was the Mamas and Papas album I received when I turned 10. Loved looking at all of your memorabilia. Thanks for sharing and defending hippies. Made my day. Peace and love. God bless you all.
The both of you look absolutely STUNNING! What a joy to watch this!
We all said BEGAN in the 60s. I'm 75. Fabulous song
I love the Mama's and Papas! They always have been one of my favorite groups!I grew up in the 60s and my Dad bought me your album for 14th Birthday! I would get to with my friends and listen to your music! Michael I always thought you were the most beautiful lady in the 60s and your still beautiful today!You and your daughter are such beautiful ladies!❤❤
Rock on! Haha ! But seriously 😂 thank you
Your welcome! God bless you and your family always!💕🙏💕
What wonderful memories!! I’m 74 so ur music was my “ life” chapter.. love you !! Thank you..
Glad your mom is wearing makeup and dying her hair again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!she looks so vibrant
Your mom is so beautiful! As is your relationship! Loved Knotts landing! 💖💖
I can’t believe your mom is 79, she looks fabulous! Looks 30 years younger
Mama Michelle was an absolute ICON in the 1960s! She was THE Original California Girl! We all wanted to look and dress just like her! As a flute player, I always love playing the flute part to California Dreamin’! Great memories! And yes, I’d love to see Michelle again for Hold On! ❤❤❤
Fellow flutist here. I hear ya!
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We don’t see momma Michelle often enough! What a gift 💝
Great to see Michelle looking and sounding so great. Loved her on Knots Landing - she was a trip as Anne!
This is so so cool !! Thank you for sharing this with us, we just looooove to see you and Michelle together! You two have a wonderful sense of humor
Fun interview! You guys are the greatest! I was a hippie but I found the ultimate love and freedom in Jesus in 1969! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Peace of Christ! P.S.: Yes, I had a huge crush on your mom!
I was 14 when California Dreaming came out and remember playing it over and over on my record player. Now I watch it on RUclips with visuals.
I just saw Mama Michelle an hour ago on an episode of Providence on Start TV. She was radiant.
Please more from you in this way. I ❤ love "California Dreaming" and Michelle Phillips from my childhood on. Wonderful harmonies and she looked so beautiful like an california angel. Please told us more from this peace- love- flower - time and the band and the songs. You both are beautiful❤ and Michelle looks amazing. Thank you Chynna for this video.❤
I WAS BORN IN 1959 SO I REMEMBER THE 60’S AND I REMEMBER THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS ON TV AND RADIO AND TO ME THEY WERE AND ARE THE ORIGINAL HIPPIES - ALONG WITH SONNY & CHER !! 😍
Wow! This is a wonderful video! Feel so lucky to have stumbled on to it. California Dreaming was the soundtrack to a little personal video I made after coming back to Australia from a superb US holiday with my partner 25 years ago. She passed away only 7 years after that holiday and to this day I love watching that video and reliving our wonderful holiday and listening to that iconic soundtrack.
Jesus she still looks good after all these years. Good for her. ❤
I taught my kids to say "began to pray"! when we harmonized with The Mamas and The Papas best of album a million billion times! LOVED IT.
Chynna, your mom is relating to you in a more positive and healthy manner than she did in earlier videos. I think you have been a good role model for her.
Hello Michelle Hello Chyna!, 🫶 first of all, you both look so beautiful and healthy.
California, dreaming the introduction of the chords played on the guitar is a rallying call for us children of the 60s that song is played frequently. It will never get tiresome or old instead it is uplifting rejuvenating, and everything that Michelle described about the hippies is at the threshold captured in this song, and Michelle is right everyone was Desiring to get to California .. we are very lucky that the mamas and the Papas existed and gave us the music because it is timeless and some of the best also Michele was the quintessential beauty of what Southern California represented her look holds up yesterday today and tomorrow please don’t stop making music the both of you and thank you 🕊💋♥
Love your Mum Chynna ♥️. Especially when she said her best accomplishment is YOU! 🥰 That is how I feel about our daughter Melody. 🥰
So shocked your mum was sacked from the band. How cruel! She's an amazing Songwriter. Gosh I love the lyrics to California Dreaming. "Get down on my knees and I pretend to pray." Beautiful lyrics. Never gets old. I could listen to that song every day. Reminds me of my mum playing Mamas & Papas on the record player in the 70s. I loved being a child and making mud pies.
My mum was a hippy too. And I adore what hippies stand for. I hate wars. Our daughter wrote a song about War being a waste of life when she was 16. It's called Broken Souls. I pray God stops all the Elites in power from giving us forever WARS! 🙏♥️
Keep doing what you're doing. I subscribed today. Love your channel so much. Godbless you all 🙏♥️.
This song brings me peace, one of the best songs ever written.
Oh, I LOVE California Dreamin, but "Look Through My Window" is my ABSOLUTE favorite Mamas and Papas song. Your mom is so adorable!
I was always unsure if it was "I pretend to pray" or I "began to pray". The two words can blur over music. Now I know. Thanks!
This is an amazing conversation about an iconic song.
I was in 3rd grade after school when I heard it for the first time up in Everett Washington, really related to the sky is gray. I vowed I would make it to California when I grew up and I did! Thank you Michelle for being part of my wanderlust.
Mama's and Papa's were definitely a memory of my childhood that is indelibly fixed in permanent etchings of memories. Cass Elliot's premature death shocked everyone.
Loved her on Knots Landing! My fave show ever!
I love your mom! I met her once when she came in to my restaurant in Carmel (she was with your husband and small children) I addressed her as mama Michelle and she was so gracious and kind. I regret not asking for her to sign something or take a picture with me. She's been talking for years about writing a screenplay for a M&P movie, I hope that happens. It's a story that needs to be told by her!
Yes yes bring Michelle back for the next video! Love her! I am glad there were/are hippies. Makes sense when you think about it. After WW1, WW2, the Korean War AND Vietnam the world just ached with the pain of it all. I'd be a hippie too! ❤️ 😊 My dad and brother always say I am anyway, in my heart I am a hippie. ✌️ of Christ!!
Mama Michelle looks gorgeous here! The lines she wrote make the song. They have always spoken to me in some deep way. I think the preacher liking the cold is very meaningful because it is a statement on how we sadly need God the most when life is uncomfortable.
Mama Michelle is backk! Love you guys 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
Michelle still has her gorgeous, timeless eyes....They truly are a window to one's soul 💖
I was born in 1985 and it makes me sad that my Millennial ears will never hear the original four Mamas & The Papas harmonies live on stage....But I certainly played their CDs when I was a kid and still listen!
Thank you for this special video. I was born around the same time as you, Chynna, and grew up listening to the Mamas and Papas. My mother was an early boomer who embraced much of the wildness of the 1960's. She always admired your mother, commenting on how beautiful, smart, and accomplished she is. My mother passed away a little over 12.5 years ago, so seeing you with your mom brings me joy. I will pray for your mom to receive everlasting life -- my mother accepted Jesus just before she died -- it's a weird, cool story if you ever want to hear it. Praise be to God that He is so merciful to my mom and to me!
Funny this is here, I was at a restaurant in Fullerton and heard the song ! And it hit me, Chynna must be so proud of her Mama and Papa for this beautiful song !! Blessings from a seventh generation proud Californian !! Mama Michelle looks fabulous ! 🍯🍯
I remember The Mamas and The Papas album my mom played on the record player, I was and still am a fan. The harmonies of this group are iconic. So many good songs. Creeque Alley is a favorite.