This was THE HARDEST song to learn on tenor sax in highschool marching band. But once I got it down, I was JAMMING. We won the state band championship with this song, 25 or 6 to 4, and another I don't remember. This song was our last one and we ended it by playing the end note and then stepping back, looking at the judges, playing it a little louder, then snapping our instruments away from our face and walking off the field. One of the members of the drum line knew we nailed it cuz afterwards you could see her in the video celebrating as we walked off the field lol. Man I miss that. Class of '06! Good times!
My hs choir teacher let me do a duet of Alice Cooper's Millie & Billie with the most popular girl in school at a recital. At the end we abruptly stabbed each other in the back and he kicked an amp so it made that explodey sound they make. Scared the living shit out of the parents.
Any school years were the best.. at nearing 70, I remember most of those days like last week.. miss it all . so support any high schoolers you can, alumni..
Christ, why have I only just come across Edgar Winter? I've been listening to Rock for 40 years... Thanks to Johnnie Walker's Sound of the 70s for unleashing this amazing song on my ears!
I used to listen to the song when I had surround sound. And at the very end it would go around the whole room. I also saw him performing it live in Clearwater, Fl
I got to see Johnny and Edgar Winters, preform this live in 1976. I had just turned 16, and had only been to one other concert. These guys were playing at a music Festival in my hometown of Birmingham Alabama. Along with, Jethro Tull, Allman Brothers Band, KISS, Lynyrd Skynyrd,CCR, were all playing this Festival. I was flabbergasted by all the talent. But Johnny and Edgar Winters, are the ones I remember most. They were Amazing!
Its CRAZY HOW WHEN YOUNG WE NEVER REALIZE OR KNOW WHAT AWESOME TIMES WE ARE LIVIING IN. I HAVE SO MANY YOUNGER PEOPLE TODAY TELL ME THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE GROWN UP IN 70'S AND 80'S.
I'm a Birmingham native myself (unfortunately a 90s baby) it really sux that we no longer get these kind of lineups anymore they even took out amazing crawfish bowl away😢😢 the city just isn't the same
@@NateLengi It's not unheard of, but To Live Is To Die by Metallica is a great relatively lesser known instrumental. All of Metallica's instrumentals are masterpieces.
This song was badass when I was 14 and now at 64 it’s much more than I ever thought or knew ! …..it’s one badass production taking you to the outer limits of the universe! 🔥☄️💥
I am 63 years young. My oldest son said to me in the 90s.. mom you've blown the speakers in every car you've ever owned ... I believe it was from playing this song 💗
This group was definitely ahead of their times. I remember when it hit the radio. They said either you love it or you hate it, there is no in between. I’m 73 years young by the way.
This jam is as funky today as it was when it was first released, and you know you’re bad as hell when you have a radio station that plays a totally different genre playing it.
Got to see this guy in concert. He played every instrument in the place and really connected with the crowd and he was just warming up for somebody else. He's quite an entertainer.
I had a kitty cat named Edgar. He was pure white with a black streak in the middle of his forehead. He was beautiful and badass. He passed away prematurely but he made my heart happy. RIP Edgar Winter
RIP Edgar. The loss of a pet is traumatic. Pet are proof there is God. There's no way colliding subatomic particles in space can create the love a pet gives to it's human. May God comfort and bless you during your grieving. ✝
I am 61 year of age and was one a former Cuban underground law-breakers that risked falling in jail for listening to American radio broadcasts in Cuba in the 70´s. Frankenstein was played by us with our mouths. Really amazing. All the effects without seeing performers! Greetings a lot from Havana, Cuba
Best memories of my Dad picking me up from school on his Harley to this song and I would play the drums and guitar in the back of him! Trust and reassurance was built during this song and I had no clue other than this was it for me and my Dad! ❤
I listened to the Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein" while driving a 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 to the 99W Drive-in Movie Theater in Newberg, OR, showing a double feature that includes the 1973 movie The No Mercy Man and the 1976 movie Vigilante Force starring Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent. Awesome song from the 1970's! 😊 This one is really funky! 😊
I saw Edgar Winter along with Focus of HOCUS POCUS fame in May 1973 at the Augusta, Ga. high school gymnasium. I was stationed at nearby Ft. Gordon. My army buddy and I could touch the stage even though the place was packed... We were deaf for days and it was a GREAT concert.... And yes... I am an antique at 66 today.
In the 1970's I loaned my friend a copy of the 45 single "Free Ride". He liked it, but he loved the B side even more. It was Frankenstein. However being a single, it was only 3:28 long. We were both pleased to discover the album version was much longer at 4:44. We've since enjoyed all the rest of the songs from that great rock album! In addition I was happily surprised to discover seeing Edgar Winter playing the Saxophone on Tina Turner's 1989 music video, "The Best".
62 here, I remember cutting class from Benicia High School,riding to Berryessa Lake, in Scott Chavez's mustang, listening to this, smoking columbian , listening to this and Free Ride as loud as the Supertuner would go.
He built/made that keyboard-synth-guitar himself apparently, just put a mega guitar strap onto the synth with all on gear wiring excepting the final output, just so he could rock out guitar style while playing augmented synth standing up... guy's a legend
I was all of 13 (1973) when I heard this song for the first time. It was summer and at a friends house he brought the album out because his parents weren't home so we played it on their Magnavox High Fidelity Stereo Cabinet. Sweet Jesus Lord we cranked the hell out of it!!! I know we about blew the speakers out. Now almost 50 years later every time I hear this song, still want to crank the shit out of it... some things just never change!
Good lawd I heard this in my truck the other day and about hit a tree as I was dazed by how awesome it came out of my sound system. Fantastic song!!! More please! 💕💕💕
It was in 1972 when this came on the radio. We were rolling into Los Vegas from NY. Car was a "70 Challenger RT. I was headed for LA. This was the stuff dreams were made from....
THIS was a number ONE song! The SAME week Hocus Pocus by Focus and Wildflower by Skylark were in the top ten. Reeling In The Years by Steely Dan was number 11. I was so lucky to be 11 years old then. It’s no wonder I’m a guitarist.
This song has been in my head for at least 30 years and I never knew the name or band!! I'd hear it from my parents as a kid and just never knew anything about it. Couldn't find it because there's no words. THANK YOU!!
I am black and grew up in Alabama in the late 60s, early 70s. What I liked about that era is that when you turned on the radio you listened to what was on. All people heard many different genres. This was one of my favorites and I'm not even a rock fan. 😂
Sounds like we might be about the same age. I also grew up in the late 50s, the 60s and early 70s. In high school, my best friend was a black dude, so I ended up being probably one of the only white guys that listened to soul music. I liked a lot of the white groups, of course, but through the early 70s I was listening to black artists. Earth, Wind and Fire was my favorite. I had albums by Ohio Players, Isley Brothers, Brothers Johnson, Tavares, Kool and the Gang, and more that I can't even remember now. I played drums and learned several of the songs on the EWF Gratitude album.
Watched him play this at the Mikatam Lounge in Flint MI. He was extremely talented. Awesome to watch in action. Could teach most musicians a thing or two nowadays.
Heard this song for the first time around 1975-76. I was probably 10 years old. Such an impact on me. Between Frankenstein and Kraftwerk's Autobahn, I grew up with the best music.
I remember this....i was chilling at Santa Cruz beach boardwalk late at night in 1978 and the solo was pouring through some dude's ghetto blaster as he passed by
My parents were haveing a argument in the car back in the day ,all of a sudden Frankenstein came on the radio ,this song completely hypnotize me as a teenager
The song was called frankenstein because thye had to make so many cuts to the master tape to incoporate all the changes, as it was conceived oroginally as a brum solo. Every time this song played I drive my car too fast...damn it is a classic.
My brother had the album on 8-track, I had it on cassette and the 45 with free ride on the flip. WCOZ played Frankenstein 10 times a day for like a year and it never got old. It's one of those songs that was so densly layered you really needed good headphones to get it all in your head. 1973 seems like a thousand years ago.
I had forgot about the horns in this song. Kind of a Chicago vibe there. This song goes through many vibes, I hear E L.P, Manferd Mann, Yan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Zappa & B.O.C.
I bought this album, "They Only Come Out At Night", when I was 10 years old. It took me a while tosave up my allowances to have enough money to buy it, but I _HAD_ to have the unedited version of Frankenstein. First album I ever bought and I still have it at 60.
Please watch a live version. I've been listening to this song for almost half a century and I had no idea how many instruments Edgar played during this song.
I saw this tour in Dec. '72 several months before the album's release. The first time I heard it was live, and Ronnie Montrose was with the band. It made me an instant fan.
I was a teenager in the 1970's when this came about on the radio and was blowned by the uniqueness of this soung/music. If you had a powerful hifi stereo system in your home you'll be blowned away. I was borned in 1957 and went to high school in Lodi California and seen them played and know about awesome talent this band played.
I got this song stuck in my head and didn't know the name of it and couldn't remember any lyrics for it (for obvious reasons) and just ended up humming the intro for a coworker and he nailed it. So glad to have finally found this song.
After all these years... I still have all the lyrics memorized!
Jason Caslin I’ll bet you do ! Lol..... had this album on 8 track back in the glorious 70’s
Hey now !! ......did you come up with that all by yourself !!💯👍😂😂😂😂😂
Pretty sure the lyrics are the same as Green Onions and the theme from Beverly Hills Cop but I can't tell
Lmao
Good one Jason
With friends sitting in the back of the van with 4 speakers hearing the instrumentals change going through each individual speaker! What a trip!
I might have been in the same van😂
One of the funkiest, most underrated, rock jams from the early 70’s!
I know, I love the lyrics too.
Kim Mitchell, Go For a Soda is a good 70s jam too.
Although it did get to #1
Wild Frankenstein man! Be thankful for this fact!
BS my dad says they played it so much that everyone yelled to change the channel and find something else lol
Love it tho
This is, without a doubt, the greatest hard rock instrumental of all time. I've been listening to it regularly for 50 years, and it never gets old.
The only #1 hit rock instrumental to hit the #1 spot in Rock history.
All the others were from movies.
Win a free beer on that one mate!
Cheers.
@@ทิพวรรณแซ่ลิ้ม-ธ9ช Hellyeah! I didn't know that. Thanks for the tidbit of interesting information.👍
They don't make them like this anymore
😢
It got old in as much time as it took me to type this sentence.
You mean to tell me that this is from the 1970's???
This was THE HARDEST song to learn on tenor sax in highschool marching band. But once I got it down, I was JAMMING. We won the state band championship with this song, 25 or 6 to 4, and another I don't remember. This song was our last one and we ended it by playing the end note and then stepping back, looking at the judges, playing it a little louder, then snapping our instruments away from our face and walking off the field. One of the members of the drum line knew we nailed it cuz afterwards you could see her in the video celebrating as we walked off the field lol.
Man I miss that. Class of '06! Good times!
I hope your parents still have the tape if they recorded it
My hs choir teacher let me do a duet of Alice Cooper's Millie & Billie with the most popular girl in school at a recital. At the end we abruptly stabbed each other in the back and he kicked an amp so it made that explodey sound they make. Scared the living shit out of the parents.
Well shit...now i gotta go listen to some Chicago....
Any school years were the best.. at nearing 70, I remember most of those days like last week.. miss it all . so support any high schoolers you can, alumni..
You can't remember if it were 25 or if it were 6 to 4, and you can't remember another song as well. What can you remember?
Christ, why have I only just come across Edgar Winter? I've been listening to Rock for 40 years...
Thanks to Johnnie Walker's Sound of the 70s for unleashing this amazing song on my ears!
This time will last forever
I was in 8th grade when I first heard this
I used to listen to the song when I had surround sound. And at the very end it would go around the whole room. I also saw him performing it live in Clearwater, Fl
Rest in peace, Johnnie Walker (31st December 2024).
My very 1st concert, was Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, ELO, James Gang with Joe Walsh, and REO. 1974. What a blast. Bloomington Indiana
Bro, I was there too, 14 years old
@@thomasbennett9155 It was a great time.
REO rocked back then
I got to see Johnny and Edgar Winters, preform this live in 1976. I had just turned 16, and had only been to one other concert. These guys were playing at a music Festival in my hometown of Birmingham Alabama. Along with, Jethro Tull, Allman Brothers Band, KISS, Lynyrd Skynyrd,CCR, were all playing this Festival. I was flabbergasted by all the talent. But Johnny and Edgar Winters, are the ones I remember most. They were Amazing!
Wow! That was an amazing lineup!!!
What was the name of the festival? Was it 2 days? It almost sounds like a mini Woodstock with all those incredible bands. What a memory.🎸✌️😊
Its CRAZY HOW
WHEN YOUNG WE NEVER REALIZE OR KNOW
WHAT AWESOME TIMES WE ARE LIVIING IN.
I HAVE SO MANY YOUNGER PEOPLE TODAY TELL
ME THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE GROWN UP IN 70'S AND
80'S.
Rick Derringer also...........
I'm a Birmingham native myself (unfortunately a 90s baby) it really sux that we no longer get these kind of lineups anymore they even took out amazing crawfish bowl away😢😢 the city just isn't the same
This never gets old!!!
Ground breaking Masterpiece! Most unique piece of music. Monster of a song that has been there all my life. Love it! Cheers all!
Yes, this track always was, and still is, an absolute "monster."
hell yeah man
Yup ! 😁
I heard this in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2!
Simply a mind blower back then. Good days. I miss them.
A monster of a classic song
1 of the greatest instrumentals of all time.
Very adventurous for a classic rock song.
Also Pearl Instrumental by Janis Joplin. Nobody knows about it, but it’s seriously one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard
@@NateLengi It's not unheard of, but To Live Is To Die by Metallica is a great relatively lesser known instrumental. All of Metallica's instrumentals are masterpieces.
@@demosthones4425 so are Black Sabbaths ones
I submit YYZ by Rush as another classic rock instrumental.
Saw Edgar Winter do this song last night with Ringo Starr and his All Star Band. Edgar played synth, sax, and percussion. He is still awesome!
Lucky 😊
It HAD to be slower eh?
Ennit
That sounds awesome!
Nope @@jmpsthrufyre
Saw him warm up for Alice Cooper and Deep Purple. Was really good
I’m 67 now and marveled over this song. We are all old but remember when music were cool
It rocked then, and it still, rocks now.
This song was badass when I was 14 and now at 64 it’s much more than I ever thought or knew ! …..it’s one badass production taking you to the outer limits of the universe! 🔥☄️💥
i,m 38 and I'm here for it.
Mikel Stevens.
Fa un any en tenía 64...Estic amb tú...T'entenc germà.
Es genial tornar a sentir aquest tema.
@@lizardKingCDXX yeah some of us had cool parents :D
Or just, yknow, watched the simpsons.
I am 63 years young. My oldest son said to me in the 90s.. mom you've blown the speakers in every car you've ever owned ... I believe it was from playing this song 💗
Nah, it was the summer heat and that sunlight that did your car speakers in! 😄
Right on !
Wise mum bro
Gooo mom! 😉
This group was definitely ahead of their times. I remember when it hit the radio. They said either you love it or you hate it, there is no in between. I’m 73 years young by the way.
I'm 38 years young and it was a staple growing up for me as well! Who can dislike this song?!?
Eh... it's pretty good. I like it.
And you most definitely know your music!!!!....F'Love this jam forever...!!!
Love it!
same with "Hocus Pocus" by Focus, which came out shortly after
No words can say how classic this song is
I,m 67 years old now and when this song came out back in the early 70s and I was only 16 years old and still today I love this song.
I'm 69 and I had the same reaction
It's a pretty unique riff and i'd imagine not easy or quick to forget if you had even the smallest memory attached to it.
I like the whole thing/
@@teejayaich4306 It's impossible to forget this song
When I was in the 3rd grade in 1974, Our Music teacher played it for us a few times, if we behaved. 😅
@@McGeeificationyes I’m 66 and love this tune, it’s brilliant x
This song is timeless. If I never heard this song before, And if someone told me it was released in 2024. I would believe it. A head of it's time.
This song was supreme...
BACK IN THE DAY!
😂
Unfortunately, nothing has being written in the last 10 years that I feel is worth a damn.
Who's banging this track January 2025🤘😁🤘
Rocking this absolute beast Jan 17th, 2025!!
22 JAN 2025. Still keeping the faith, brother!
This jam is as funky today as it was when it was first released, and you know you’re bad as hell when you have a radio station that plays a totally different genre playing it.
Got to see this guy in concert. He played every instrument in the place and really connected with the crowd and he was just warming up for somebody else. He's quite an entertainer.
I had a kitty cat named Edgar. He was pure white with a black streak in the middle of his forehead. He was beautiful and badass. He passed away prematurely but he made my heart happy. RIP Edgar Winter
I think Edgar is still alive.
It was Jonny who passed away.
BY NOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT YOU GOT THE WINTERS BROS. MIXED UP. R.Í.P. JOHNNY🎸❤😢
I was actually in love with Sam Gerdy
RIP Edgar. The loss of a pet is traumatic. Pet are proof there is God. There's no way colliding subatomic particles in space can create the love a pet gives to it's human. May God comfort and bless you during your grieving. ✝
Triggered LOL@dxm375
Most flambouyant album cover ever,talk about coming out at night
And Edgar is straight, so...
I am 61 year of age and was one a former Cuban underground law-breakers that risked falling in jail for listening to American radio broadcasts in Cuba in the 70´s.
Frankenstein was played by us with our mouths. Really amazing. All the effects without seeing performers!
Greetings a lot from Havana, Cuba
Wilfredo WOW!!
That’s awesome. I’m sure the Winters brothers adore these types of testimonies.
no entiendo, explicalo, por favor
Greetings from Mobile Alabama
@@todyoung6858 Thanks. The same from Havana.
This is an incredible piece of music, a true classic...
Right? This song is incredible.
Did Keith Emerson have any connection to any of this?
If the quarantine ends around Halloween, I'm playing this song like there's no tomorrow.
Bahnahnahneww Bahnahnahneww!!!
@Alcoon Slambag the quarantine?
Best memories of my Dad picking me up from school on his Harley to this song and I would play the drums and guitar in the back of him! Trust and reassurance was built during this song and I had no clue other than this was it for me and my Dad! ❤
Perhaps, the greatest instrumental ever recorded. Edgar Winter played synthesizer, saxophone, and percussion on this song.
I listened to the Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein" while driving a 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 to the 99W Drive-in Movie Theater in Newberg, OR, showing a double feature that includes the 1973 movie The No Mercy Man and the 1976 movie Vigilante Force starring Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent. Awesome song from the 1970's! 😊 This one is really funky! 😊
I was 12 when I first heard this. Now I'm 61 and no less mesmerized, every time I hear it. The all-time heavyweight champion of rock music.
Without a doubt the best song to test speakers and stereo equipment this song will definitely put the nuts to your woofers
Try this in 2.0 speed and it'll really freak you out...@ARCTURUS
For sure -but- Jackie Gleason 's MUSIC FOR LOVERS blew out my tweeters.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Test my new headphones with this song
Yup , my speakers held up, receiver pegged,, the Synthesizer solo could tax the cheap stuff back in the day.
Beautiful. And incredibly well recorded for 1973.
I believe Bill Szymczyk was at the controls. Incredible engineer producer for Joe Walsh & The Eagles.
For any time .
1972
Yes for 1973 I remember it well! This song is Genius!
Those drums still sound punchy as hell 50 years later
It was UNBELIEVABLE!
When musicians were musicians. This is great!
We are still here
What am I dead 💀
🤣
Go listen to super secret band🤫🤫🤫
One of the GREATEST rock classics of ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL time!!!
❤
Edgar Winter Group was absolutely stacked with talent. Ronnie Montrose, Dan Hartman, Chuck Ruff, Rick Derringer. Edgar too of course.
Ohh really?
And to think Dan Hartman had a hit with the pop song "Instant Replay."
Ronnie's Mr. Bones OST deserves more love (especially The First Thing).
I had this 45 ....when it came out , im now 59 , and it still kicks ass.👍
george rhody Class of 75?
Class of 78 here.
22 here, this is one of the most insane songs i ever heard.
Plz guys I am 15
I was 4 foot 5 when this came out, now I'm 5 foot nine. , oh yeah it does still kick ass!
I saw Edgar Winter along with Focus of HOCUS POCUS fame in May 1973 at the Augusta, Ga. high school gymnasium. I was stationed at nearby Ft. Gordon. My army buddy and I could touch the stage even though the place was packed... We were deaf for days and it was a GREAT concert.... And yes... I am an antique at 66 today.
Boy there's a combination -- Edgar Winter and Focus. That must've been a jam for the ages.
They probably didn’t piss test in those days! Did you smoke a fat j?
Donald Doucette I’m 62, buddy, you are not an antique. They don’t make them us anymore...lol
Geezers rock.🤘
So let me get this straight, Donald. You heard "Frankenstein" and "Hocus Pocus" at the same concert--and survived?
In the 1970's I loaned my friend a copy of the 45 single "Free Ride". He liked it, but he loved the B side even more. It was Frankenstein. However being a single, it was only 3:28 long. We were both pleased to discover the album version was much longer at 4:44. We've since enjoyed all the rest of the songs from that great rock album! In addition I was happily surprised to discover seeing Edgar Winter playing the Saxophone on Tina Turner's 1989 music video, "The Best".
62 here, I remember cutting class from Benicia High School,riding to Berryessa Lake, in Scott Chavez's mustang, listening to this, smoking columbian , listening to this and Free Ride as loud as the Supertuner would go.
One of the baddest jams ever by one of the most gifted musicians ever..
Keyboard was wild one of the best type of recording made. 71 here saw him live.
I caught him in the 90s took my son and he still talks about it today..good memories!
He built/made that keyboard-synth-guitar himself apparently, just put a mega guitar strap onto the synth with all on gear wiring excepting the final output, just so he could rock out guitar style while playing augmented synth standing up... guy's a legend
One of the greatest rock instrumentals ever written.
I can't come up with any others that even come close (but I would love suggestions)!
I was all of 13 (1973) when I heard this song for the first time. It was summer and at a friends house he brought the album out because his parents weren't home so we played it on their Magnavox High Fidelity Stereo Cabinet. Sweet Jesus Lord we cranked the hell out of it!!! I know we about blew the speakers out. Now almost 50 years later every time I hear this song, still want to crank the shit out of it... some things just never change!
Good lawd I heard this in my truck the other day and about hit a tree as I was dazed by how awesome it came out of my sound system. Fantastic song!!! More please! 💕💕💕
I haven't heard this on the radio in 40 years. Lost classic.
its in my playlist for my headphones so its not "lost" to me. Im crankin it for my birthday weekend 4-5-24
Such a rare thing that a freaky instrumental this long made it to number 1 on radio. Great music!
My favorite instrumental...hard to believe this was released in 1974
So true! !
@@samuelvance5674this album was actually released in November, 1972.
It was in 1972 when this came on the radio. We were rolling into Los Vegas from NY. Car was a "70 Challenger RT. I was headed for LA. This was the stuff dreams were made from....
It sounds like there was 10 of each instrument. 10 synths, 10 guitars, 10 drum kits, and 10 basses. It sounds awesome
As someone who is obsessed with drums, this song is an eargasm although tbh it's not just the drums, it's the way everything comes together 🎶
An eargasm holy moly out of controly
Eargasm for Synthesizer enthusiastic people too 2:50 part's took to next level
Yes the drums are everything! YES!
Great song. I'm a one man band on youtube. Hope you can enjoy one of my songs.
Which is how it got called Frankenstein, it was a bunch of pieces and parts put together.
THIS was a number ONE song!
The SAME week Hocus Pocus by Focus and Wildflower by Skylark were in the top ten.
Reeling In The Years by Steely Dan was number 11.
I was so lucky to be 11 years old then.
It’s no wonder I’m a guitarist.
Great Era loved Casey Kasom Top 40 countdown recording all the songs on my Panasonic cassette tape recorder ah those were the days
1973 was a very good year for music being the last year of the early 70s.
I still have the Focus vinyl. Alas, no longer this album.
Killer synth, drums and no stupid vocals... This song rocks... ☮️🔥
And Edgar Winter on keyboards, guitar, sax, AND drums. All in one song. The man was _pure_ talent.
Not a Focus fan then? 😆
It's just wonderful! Unforgettable!
This song has been in my head for at least 30 years and I never knew the name or band!! I'd hear it from my parents as a kid and just never knew anything about it. Couldn't find it because there's no words. THANK YOU!!
Best song on the album. I just wish the entire album was composed of music like this.
I am black and grew up in Alabama in the late 60s, early 70s. What I liked about that era is that when you turned on the radio you listened to what was on. All people heard many different genres. This was one of my favorites and I'm not even a rock fan. 😂
Sounds like we might be about the same age. I also grew up in the late 50s, the 60s and early 70s. In high school, my best friend was a black dude, so I ended up being probably one of the only white guys that listened to soul music. I liked a lot of the white groups, of course, but through the early 70s I was listening to black artists. Earth, Wind and Fire was my favorite. I had albums by Ohio Players, Isley Brothers, Brothers Johnson, Tavares, Kool and the Gang, and more that I can't even remember now. I played drums and learned several of the songs on the EWF Gratitude album.
My first time listening to this, and I love it!
Has it been over fifty years already? It still seems fresh and imaginative.
Watched him play this at the Mikatam Lounge in Flint MI. He was extremely talented. Awesome to watch in action. Could teach most musicians a thing or two nowadays.
As a drummer, I approve this song.
Heard this song for the first time around 1975-76. I was probably 10 years old. Such an impact on me. Between Frankenstein and Kraftwerk's Autobahn, I grew up with the best music.
22 years old here,
And yes, yes you did. 🤝
Used to listen to this all the time on LP when I was 12 years old. It just absolutely rocks! 👍
Love the Opening!!! 🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
I’m thinking this might be my favourite track ever. It still gives me goosebumps ❤
This song was ahead of its time.
Nope, that eas the Time. Hopefully, you didn't miss it. I sure didn't. Kids today wouldn't know what to make of it
Timeless.
I remember this....i was chilling at Santa Cruz beach boardwalk late at night in 1978 and the solo was pouring through some dude's ghetto blaster as he passed by
My parents were haveing a argument in the car back in the day ,all of a sudden Frankenstein came on the radio ,this song completely hypnotize me as a teenager
This track is an incredible display of musicianship, but also an enormous credit to the producers and guys on the boards who mixed it so well!
Love ❤️ the video Winter plays keys, saxophone and percussion 🥁 Rick Derringer playing the sweet Gibson Black Beauty
Frankenstein is an absolute Classic with all required components....
I remember my brother had this album and I loved this music the first time I heard it. I still rock to all my tunes!
This is the definition of MUSIC
Well this and Pink Floyd of course
The first song that I ever heard on the radio as a kid in the early 80s that blew my mind. This song sent me on a path of rock and metal. Legendary.
I was able to record it from radio on cassette one day. It was staticy and I played the hell out of it. I was probs 8.
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The song was called frankenstein because thye had to make so many cuts to the master tape to incoporate all the changes, as it was conceived oroginally as a brum solo. Every time this song played I drive my car too fast...damn it is a classic.
Really? Pretty seamless! Nice production work!
Thank you for the information! It's a masterpiece because each segment is a movement much like classical music!! I get loud every time I play it!!
@@JaceHarnage each segment is like a centipede.
I had no idea, that's really interesting!
That's right! I remember a radio dj saying that they looked at how cut up and reattached it was and were like, "whoa, it's like Frankenstein." hahaha
My brother had the album on 8-track, I had it on cassette and the 45 with free ride on the flip. WCOZ played Frankenstein 10 times a day for like a year and it never got old. It's one of those songs that was so densly layered you really needed good headphones to get it all in your head. 1973 seems like a thousand years ago.
Somewhere Lurch is jamming to this!👍💪😎❤
I love that at no point in this song is there even a hint that a vocal can be expected any time soon. Brilliant musicianship, start to finish.
I remember this song being being played on the high school cafeteria jukebox like it was yesterday, but actually the 1970’s.
Being able to correctly identify this song earned me a night of free beer at a bar in Las Vegas back in the mid 90's.
Quadraphonic sound, a waterbed, and now a strobe light. Gentlemen, say hello to the second-base mobile.
Sunstrider Wicked!
holy shit I just realized it was second base, as in with a girl...I thought it was bass mobile as in sound
Yes
A black light, posters, shag carpet and a bong!
We're through the looking glass here people
One of the greatest instrumentals ever.
I had forgot about the horns in this song. Kind of a Chicago vibe there. This song goes through many vibes, I hear E L.P, Manferd Mann, Yan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Zappa & B.O.C.
There's is no song like this one..This is a master piece.... No doubt
I bought this album, "They Only Come Out At Night", when I was 10 years old. It took me a while tosave up my allowances to have enough money to buy it, but I _HAD_ to have the unedited version of Frankenstein. First album I ever bought and I still have it at 60.
Please watch a live version. I've been listening to this song for almost half a century and I had no idea how many instruments Edgar played during this song.
Incredibly ahead of their time! True Masterpiece!
I saw this tour in Dec. '72 several months before the album's release. The first time I heard it was live, and Ronnie Montrose was with the band. It made me an instant fan.
Outstanding!! OOHRAH! Semper Fi
I was a teenager in the 1970's when this came about on the radio and was blowned by the uniqueness of this soung/music. If you had a powerful hifi stereo system in your home you'll be blowned away. I was borned in 1957 and went to high school in Lodi California and seen them played and know about awesome talent this band played.
Bought this album when it first came out wore out my turntable listening to, I still listen today anytime I am tuned into RUclips
This song still kicks ass, even now!!!
I got this song stuck in my head and didn't know the name of it and couldn't remember any lyrics for it (for obvious reasons) and just ended up humming the intro for a coworker and he nailed it. So glad to have finally found this song.
Fantastic, fantastic solo, played with such mastery on the ARP 2600 synthesizer. It stands up to any lead guitar solo that ever has been played.
We used to listen to this at the end of music class in seventh grade. We agreed it's a very cool song!😊
1:30 The saxophone solo is such an eargasm.
Made it to the charts for one week in 73! So well done!
its like someone somehow managed to condense the 70´s on one single song.
Thank you...;-)
You would have had to be alive in the 1970s to say that.
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Not to mention afew different genres. Rock, Funk, and, Jazz. Incredibly innovative arrangement!
That someone is Edgar dude.
First time I heard of this. Thank
You Mr. Foo Fighters Lead man😉🤘🤘🇵🇭
Perfectly rated!!! Classic jam!!!!