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Yeah, mama Cass she had a wonderful voice, beautiful She was my favorite So tragic, tragic way go. I don’t know why Hollywood thinks it’s necessary to tell how celebrities have died. It’s kind of how they Elvis so dirty after he died. It seems so unnecessary for anyone to have that information except for immediate family, but I don’t think the public needs to know this shit. That’s not part they haven’t even learned.😢😢😢😢
Michelle Phillips is the only one still living, she is the thin blonde, also she is the mother of Chynna Phillips who was go on to great fame in the group Wilson Phillips, with Beach Boys member Brian Wilson's daughters. Michelle has had a big acting career following the group, including starring on night time soap Knots Landing for many years. Cass Elliott was amazing talent who passed much too early in life and yes, watching her and John Denver sing Leaving on a Jet Plane is well worth the time. Denny Doherty sang lead in this one. The sort of creative driving influence in the group was John Phillips the taller guy who was married to Michelle, but John has a bit of a cloudy history with regards to some of the things he did, but Chynna is his daughter with Michelle and his daughters Mackenzie who was a star on the One Day at a Time sitcom and Bijou Phillips are also very well known celebrities. The group broke up after only a few years, the Phillips got divorced, and sweet Mama Cass died of a heart attack at age 32.
Yup, you've got the whole history of the group. Such sad, tragic story behind the scenes. The early death of the amazingly talented Mama Cass (the heavy-set woman), John Phillips' drug addiction problems along with that of his actress/daughter MacKenzie. Chynna - the daughter Phillips had with Michelle (the other woman in the group) seemed to have escaped the worst of John's behavior/abuse mostly unscathed and went on to have a successful music career as part of a trio with "The Beach Boys" Brian Wilson's two daughters. They billed themselves as Wilson Phillips. Big hit with "Hold On".
Chynna is also married to a Baldwin brother - i think Billy. She now has a RUclips channel and walks around the streets by her house. The dog and cat just follow her. Really cute - I've never seen a cat do it. Watch the girls sing good vibrations. You'll really hear their talent on that one!
:D Television in the 60's was rapidly morphing from mono/black and white to stereo/technicolor and a *lot* of the recordings on television sound stages back then were lip synched because of it.
Indeed. I'm glad you said it. Even as a child I got pissed at all the lip syncing on TV, but understand why the need when the technology was primitive at the time. But a live performance is the deciding factor of whether a band will earn my respect or not.
Michelle Phillips, who was a native Californian, went to New York in November with her husband John Phillips. On seeing New York in November, she said "All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray." Taking this as inspiration, John then wrote the song.
The young blonde was married to the tall guy with the blue shirt. Mama Cass, the other lady was in love with the shorter guy but Michelle slept with him and it hurt Cass terribly. (Free love, gotta love the 60s). Cass Elliott died at 32 of a heart attack, not choking on a ham sandwich which was the rumor for years. The tall guy is also the father of Mackenzie Phillips but that is an entire freaky story into itself. He is also the father of Chyna Phillips of the group Wilson Philips a girl group from the 80s. Chyna was in the group with the daughter of Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.
They had such s beautiful sound. Cass Elliot was The Voice. There are songs that feature her. Amazing. Their music brings me back to my childhood. I'm 63 Much love from Maine and keep doin what ya do ❤
***HOLD ON*** Their kids had a band, too! "Hold On" was a popular 80s song by Wilson Phillips an American pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas.
Chyna has a RUclips channel with Billy Baldwin called California Preachin if anybody is interested. She has the other girls, Wendy and Carnie, on once in awhile.
Their song "Creeque Alley" tells about how they got started as a group. A bunch of artist friends kept forming bands, switching members, forming new bands, but eventually all became well known bands (the Byrds, Lovin Spoonful, Barry McGuire, and the Mamas and Papas.) Its comical how the bands kept switching members until they all "got it right."😄 So you might like their "Creeque Alley."
California Dreamin' was written in 1963 by then husband and wife, and future members of the Mamas & the Papas, John and Michelle Phillips. Interesting thing is, this song was originally recorded by Barry McQuire, with backing vocals by the Mamas & The Papas. His version is present on his second album "This Precious Time." Now if you've heard Barry McQuire's massive mid-60s hit "Eve of Destruction" (which is very good, btw), you'll probably understand why his lead vocals on California Dreamin' were re-recorded for single release by Denny Doherty of the Mamas & the Papas. People say that if you listen closely, you can still hear a snippet of McGuire's original vocal at the beginning of the track. 😀
Song is about the longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold New York winter day. The song was written in 1963 by John and Michelle Phillips, the husband and wife songwriting team of the Mamas and the Papas, while they were living in New York City during a particularly cold winter. Michelle was missing sunny California, and John began writing the song after being inspired by her homesickness. **went in the the church got down on his knees and pretended to pay** to get warm. The preacher liked it cold / because people came into the church
One of the most beautiful, gorgeous and harmonic songs ever written and performed. If you don't like this song then you're not truly alive. If it fails to cheer you up then you need to seek therapy immediately. It just doesn't get any better. Both simple and complex, the harmony and interplay between them is unreal. The perfect synthesis between folk and rock. You should react to some of their other hits, like Monday, Monday, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Creeque Alley, Go Where You Wanna Go and Twelve Thirty. All just as gorgeous.
John Phillips [tall guy] wrote it when he and then wife Michelle [blonde gal and perhaps the most beautiful woman EVER] were in NYC in winter and thinking about how much they missed California. This is maybe one of the most recognized songs from the 60's.
The story I heard was that the group was stuck in NYC in late fall with hardy any money. They wandered around New York and when they needed to get warm, they went in the church. I think Michelle as into the architecture but John, who went to a Catholic school, wanted nothing to do with it. They wrote the song at night and called their agent in California. He loved it and sent them plane tickets back to LA.
@@The-Malibu-Wolf It was a rather cruel (I believe NYC) cop, who told a reporter at the scene that she choked on a ham sandwich. The press took him seriously.
This is one of those feel good songs. Its a simple song, easy to remember and one of those tunes that stays with you. This group was a big deal for the times, but unfortunately didn't last very long.. Cass Elliot went on to have a solo career that was cut short when she had a heart attack and died. Michelle Phillips ( the blonde) did some acting after the group split.
The Mamas and the Papas got their name from an interview with the Hells Angels, who said, "we call our women mamas". In the interview, Cass Elliot, a member of the band, shouted, "well, we got mamas in our group as we got papas". John Phillips used the name for their first single, "California Dreamin'".
John Philips (guitar) & Michelle are the parents of Chyna Phillips who was one of the singers in a 90s group called Wilson Phillips the other 2 girls in the group are the daughters of Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys.
@@smspirate Let look at other drug soaked, Money saturated, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, Whitney Houston, Tom Petty. Elvis. Let those without sin.
Oakland is hundreds of miles from L.A., but yeah, the West coast is different. ;) And contrary to popular myth, Mama Cass did not die from choking on a ham sandwich - she had a heart attack, but there was a sandwich on the bed-side table and you know how it goes from there.
This song was especially personal for all the soldiers in Vietnam thinking of home. Some songs were perfect for their time, and some are perfect for all time.
You should react to Creeque Alley. It's the story of how they got together and their journey. Not many react to that one, it's always California Dreaming.
The expression "Mamas and Papas" was very much 1960's slang. Michelle, (slim blonde) and John (taller guy) Phillips were married. There were rumors that Denny Doherty, the lead singer for this song, had a crush on Michelle, and Mama Cass (NOT Casey!) Elliot had a crush on Denny. Mama Cass went on to have her own career. She had an amazing voice. She was gone too soon.
I love Cass Elliot's voice. There is a little known album by Cass Elliot and Dave Mason. I read once that Dave Mason felt that his music with Cass Elliot was some of the best music he ever made. I originally found the vinyl abum in a $1.99 bin.
It makes me sad when I think of all the amazing talent and magical voices we don’t get to hear because the artists don’t fit an image. I miss music being about a voice not a face or body. I miss the story telling, the journey it takes you on.. the majority of today’s music consists of a couple of sentences on repeat, no substance, just a beat and auto tune… thank god for Ren and Chinchilla
This song was at the root of one of my most vivid "nightmares" from my freshman year of college many moons ago. I grew up in L.A. and unexpectedly found myself in Nashville, TN (long story; it was my father's alma mater). I was homesick from DAY ONE, the summer humidity had me thinking I needed a SCUBA tank, and then the end of the first semester was unusually cold for the area. One day, after stomping around my dorm room to get the feeling back in my frozen feet, I turned on the TV. The little icon in the corner said it was 2 degrees. 2 DEGREES! I then turned on the radio - and THIS song came on. I just sat on my little twin bed and cried lol.
The guitar guy wrote the song riding on a tour bus with the band through winter weather. He woke up Michelle to play the song for her. They were pretty broke then. This song made them big!
Michelle Phillips, the skinny woman, and John Phillips, the tall guy playing the guitar were married. Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty were not. The band was formed in New York and Michelle was the only one actually from California. John was from South Carolina, Cass was from Maryland and Denny was Canadian. John was the father of Mackenzie Phillips who played on the 70s sitcom One Day At A Time, and he and Michelle were the parents of Chynna Phillips who sang in the 90s trio Wilson Phillips. John, Cass and Denny have all passed away, with Michelle being the only survivor. They have a number of bangers, but you should also check out some of Cass' solo atuff. She was an awesome singer, and the duet with John Denver, Leaving On A Jet Plane, is fire
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If I remember correctly, the Mamas & the Papas originally gave this song to singer Barry McGuire (who had the massive hit, "Eve of Destruction"). I think he recorded it but it went nowhere. Then the Mamas & the Papas basically covered their own song and their version became a huge hit and remains a classic today. Someone correct me if I'm mistaken about how that went down.
I believe the song was written by John Phillips ,the guitarist who was married to Michelle Phillips , the blonde. I read that this song was voted a few years back as one of the best songs of the last 50 years. Interestingly it was not their biggest hit which was ' Monday Monday".
the guitar intro and all of the rest of the guitar was written and performed by boy genius songwriter PF Sloan....all the rest of the music was performed by the Wrecking Crew with Hal Blaine on drums....it was originally done by Barry McGuire (of Eve of Destruction fame and written by PF Sloan) and had a harmonica solo in the middle....Bud Shank came in and played the alto flute solo in one take which they over dubbed the harmonica part....he was able to do it in one take because PF Sloan sat next to him playing the entire guitar part so Bud could just copy what he heard from Sloan's guitar....
Chynna Phillips is the daughter of John & Michelle Phillips & singer in Wilson Phillips Band. Carnie Wilson & Wendy Wilson are the daughters of Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys
They consisted of John and Michelle Phillips a couple and Denny Doherty and Cassandra Elliot Cohen or Mama Cass not a couple but she was in love with Denny. M cheated on J with D and J would write about it and make them sing them! All are now deceased except Michelle. She and John have a daughter Chyna who along with best friends Carnie and Wendy Wilson daughters of Brian Wilson formed the 90’s group Wilson Phillips.The idea for the name came to Mama Cass when they were watching an interview with one of the members of the Hell’s Angels, the interviewer said that some people called their women B’s and he replied that we call them our Mamas
My FAVE group od the 60's - Loved them & still do - Mama Cass left us way too soon!! Their song Creque Alley actually documents the evolution of folk/rock/easy MOR music into what became "The California Sound" it tracks all the great guys that Cass actually sang with BEFORE Mama's & Papa's - John Phillips wrote that song!!
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You may be interested to know that part of the lyrics is a Mandela Effect. I and many others remember "I stopped into a church and BEGAN to pray, not pretend to pray. The lyrics I remember make much more sense.
It's not Mandela effect, it's misheard lyrics from a time when we didn't have lyric videos (and even some of those have incorrect lyrics). Same as "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" from Purple Haze, just less funny.
Same, I always thought it was began....but I just realized that pretend to pray actually makes more sense....he's pretending to pray so he can stay in the church, out of the cold. The preacher knows he's pretending as well, but he doesn't mind because he knows he's going to stay there for awhile to stay out of the cold.
You’re both right. Listen to latest Becket Cook / California Preachin episode. It just came out yesterday and Chynna gives a long 3-5 min breakdown of the song.
Just cant beat the music of this time. Love the Mamas and the Papas. You should listen to Monday Monday. Mama Cass had such a wonderful voice. It was horrible how she was treated. She left us way too soon.
They wrote this. I first heard it when I was a young, melancholy, sad teenager visiting family in the south and missing my home in California. Song means a lot to me! 🤔🙄😰💙💙🤷😎🍹👵🐺🌵💋
They a really have an interesting story. So sad drugs so messed them up. Mamma Cass Elliot has a daughter, Owen Elliot Kugel that just dropped a book about her mom called My Mama Cass. John and Michelle Phillips have a daughter, Chynna Phillips, who is a singer/actress/RUclipsr. John also had daughter Mackenzie Phillips, who you might recognize if you ever saw "One Day at a Time". Mama Cass had a beautiful voice. You might want to listen to " Dream a Little Dream of Me". The John Denver song they did was "Leaving' On a Jet Plane", which was also covered by Peter, Paul and Mary, another group everyone should know.
LA has great winters but summer lasts about 7 months long and the 3 months of actual summer is triple digits all the way through! The best part of California is where I'm from, the Central California Coast. Here we get spring for 6 months and autumn for the other 6. Lol
You are right about Oakland. It used to be a nice area with San Francisco across the bay. It is now a garbage dump. I used to live there. Will never go back. I live in Iowa now. The Mamas and The Papas are iconic. Love their music. Love your reaction!
“Mama Cass” Cass Elliot had a few song of her own one was called Dream a little dream of me and she did a song with John Denver called Leaving on a jet plane
Black Pegasus, they the, original singers of this song. The was written by John Phillips ( the tall guy) and then wife Michelle ( the blonde) in 1963. Fifty years ago the musical world lost Cass Elliot (the red head). This from TV show called "The Hollywood Palace "
My parents, specially my dad absolutely loved this group, and I have the best memories growing up of my parents blasting the song in the house and all of us would sing it & be instantly in a great mood. They have an amazing catalogue that you should dive in to some time.
they were from LA area, but they were in NY for some sort of music appearance and they hated the weather lol, not much simpler than that. Mama Cass was an amazing singer
Cass Elliott got the idea for the group's name when she found out that the Hell's Angels called their women "the mamas". But, yes, two of these people were married - - Michelle and John.
The skinny one was married to the guy standing closest to her. They had two daughters, chynna Phillips and McKenzie Phillips, who played Valerie bertinellies older sister on One Day at a Time. Valerie later married Eddie Van Halen. Also, the rumour was that McKenzie was malested for years by her father
❤Michelle Phillips was an actress on one of the tv shows, Dallas, or Dynasty etc, not sure. Also, her daughter was a member of the band Wilson Phillips. I believe another member of WP is the daughter of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
"Creeque Alley" is the song that tells their story. Watch one with lyrics. They are a result of the Folk music times, hanging out in coffee shops. Beatniks
I would recommend 1230, I call your name almost anything off the Greatest Hits album interesting blend of folk and soft rock spectacular harmonies can’t go wrong listening to them
The latest joint podcast with Chyna Phillips and Becket Cook, she tells the story of her mom and dad writing the song at 2am in a cold winter NYC apartment
Michelle Phillips is still alive, she was married to John Phillips the tall guy, they had a daughter Chynna who is married to actor Billy Baldwin, Chynna was in the girl group Wilson Phillips with two of Brian Wilson of the Beachboys daughters, Wendy and Carnie, I follow Chynna on her Vlog channel, she's a pretty cool chic, she regularly visits her mum on her Vlog, very cool people...Michelles really down to earth
John Phillips, the guitar player on here, wrote this song. He married the skinny blond woman. The lead singer on this song, Denny Doherty, later played the character of the Harbormaster on the kids tv show Theodore Tugboat. John Phillips also wrote almost all of this groups hit songs. He also wrote KOKOMO, the last song to hit #1 for the Beach Boys in the 80s
I live in the Adirondack mountains upstate NY and we start burning wood in September and stop around June 1st every year lol I am already doing this coming winters wood
McKenzie Phillips was the daughter of John (guitar player) and Michelle Phillips (the skinny blond singer) who starred in the eighties sitcom One Day At a Time.
Cass Elliot was a true voice ... she was sensational.
Yeah, mama Cass she had a wonderful voice, beautiful
She was my favorite
So tragic, tragic way go. I don’t know why Hollywood thinks it’s necessary to tell how celebrities have died. It’s kind of how they Elvis so dirty after he died. It seems so unnecessary for anyone to have that information except for immediate family, but I don’t think the public needs to know this shit. That’s not part they haven’t even learned.😢😢😢😢
Michelle Phillips is the only one still living, she is the thin blonde, also she is the mother of Chynna Phillips who was go on to great fame in the group Wilson Phillips, with Beach Boys member Brian Wilson's daughters. Michelle has had a big acting career following the group, including starring on night time soap Knots Landing for many years. Cass Elliott was amazing talent who passed much too early in life and yes, watching her and John Denver sing Leaving on a Jet Plane is well worth the time. Denny Doherty sang lead in this one. The sort of creative driving influence in the group was John Phillips the taller guy who was married to Michelle, but John has a bit of a cloudy history with regards to some of the things he did, but Chynna is his daughter with Michelle and his daughters Mackenzie who was a star on the One Day at a Time sitcom and Bijou Phillips are also very well known celebrities. The group broke up after only a few years, the Phillips got divorced, and sweet Mama Cass died of a heart attack at age 32.
Yup, you've got the whole history of the group. Such sad, tragic story behind the scenes. The early death of the amazingly talented Mama Cass (the heavy-set woman), John Phillips' drug addiction problems along with that of his actress/daughter MacKenzie. Chynna - the daughter Phillips had with Michelle (the other woman in the group) seemed to have escaped the worst of John's behavior/abuse mostly unscathed and went on to have a successful music career as part of a trio with "The Beach Boys" Brian Wilson's two daughters. They billed themselves as Wilson Phillips. Big hit with "Hold On".
Chynna is also married to a Baldwin brother - i think Billy. She now has a RUclips channel and walks around the streets by her house. The dog and cat just follow her. Really cute - I've never seen a cat do it.
Watch the girls sing good vibrations. You'll really hear their talent on that one!
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This is live! Incredible
You did a nice job of summoning things up.
Yes, they are the original singers of this song. The blond, Michelle, is the one living member.
I can’t believe someone has to ask
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C’mon, relax.
Is he supposed to know every f’ing thing?🤷♂️
@@elizabethfranco1284 This came out like 15 years or so before this guy was even born, you expect people to be born with that knowledge???
Michelle Phillips pulled out a banana and ate it on the Ed Sullivan show to protest the obvious lip sync they were forced to perform.
:D Television in the 60's was rapidly morphing from mono/black and white to stereo/technicolor and a *lot* of the recordings on television sound stages back then were lip synched because of it.
Indeed. I'm glad you said it. Even as a child I got pissed at all the lip syncing on TV, but understand why the need when the technology was primitive at the time. But a live performance is the deciding factor of whether a band will earn my respect or not.
wow!
Michelle Phillips, who was a native Californian, went to New York in November with her husband John Phillips. On seeing New York in November, she said "All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray." Taking this as inspiration, John then wrote the song.
Michelle and John actually lived in New York at the time. John did the composition, but they co-wrote the song especially the lyrics.
if you really would like to hear Mama cass's amazing voice she did a song called: "dream a Little dream".... and it's just beautiful
Absolutely. still makes me cry to hear Cass's voice singing so it beautifully.
She also did a song with John Denver.
Yes! Her voice was SO smooth in “Dream a Little Dream For Me”. Love that song!
The young blonde was married to the tall guy with the blue shirt. Mama Cass, the other lady was in love with the shorter guy but Michelle slept with him and it hurt Cass terribly. (Free love, gotta love the 60s). Cass Elliott died at 32 of a heart attack, not choking on a ham sandwich which was the rumor for years. The tall guy is also the father of Mackenzie Phillips but that is an entire freaky story into itself. He is also the father of Chyna Phillips of the group Wilson Philips a girl group from the 80s. Chyna was in the group with the daughter of Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Wow. I just commented this. I was reading your comment and thought it was mine. We even both mentioned free love n
Poor Mackenzie. Her father was sick.
Oh, you should react to the John Denver & Cass Elliott duet “Leaving on a Jet Plane”. So good!
Yes.. perfection.. plus they just look like they like each other and are having a good time when singing together.
He definitely needs to react to that!
This!
They had such s beautiful sound. Cass Elliot was The Voice. There are songs that feature her. Amazing.
Their music brings me back to my childhood. I'm 63
Much love from Maine and keep doin what ya do ❤
Cass Elliot has a gorgeous voice! Please listen to her and John Denver singing,Leaving on a Jet Plane! Best harmonies ever!
Cass Elliot was also the woman in the audience at the Janis Joplin" Ball and Chain" live at the Monterey Pop concert video.
Cass Elliot was blow away by Janice Joplin, you could see it in her face.
Yes, and you can see her mouthing the words "Oh wow" as she looked on in amazement.
***HOLD ON*** Their kids had a band, too!
"Hold On" was a popular 80s song by Wilson Phillips an American pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas.
That's right forgot that...
So many people have told reactors about Wilson Phillips and I have yet to see someone react to them. It's crazy no one has yet, that I know of.
Chyna has a RUclips channel with Billy Baldwin called California Preachin if anybody is interested. She has the other girls, Wendy and Carnie, on once in awhile.
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt I've seen that! I like it but forget to go back to it.
I love reactions to the great and fabulous 50's 60's 70's song. Cant get enough of them!
Their song "Creeque Alley" tells about how they got started as a group. A bunch of artist friends kept forming bands, switching members, forming new bands, but eventually all became well known bands (the Byrds, Lovin Spoonful, Barry McGuire, and the Mamas and Papas.) Its comical how the bands kept switching members until they all "got it right."😄 So you might like their "Creeque Alley."
One of my favourites of theirs.
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They look do wholesome - for people who were high out of their minds! 😆
Yeah, they certainly weren't wholesome.
California Dreamin' was written in 1963 by then husband and wife, and future members of the Mamas & the Papas, John and Michelle Phillips. Interesting thing is, this song was originally recorded by Barry McQuire, with backing vocals by the Mamas & The Papas. His version is present on his second album "This Precious Time." Now if you've heard Barry McQuire's massive mid-60s hit "Eve of Destruction" (which is very good, btw), you'll probably understand why his lead vocals on California Dreamin' were re-recorded for single release by Denny Doherty of the Mamas & the Papas. People say that if you listen closely, you can still hear a snippet of McGuire's original vocal at the beginning of the track. 😀
Love, Barry McGuire!
Song is about the longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold New York winter day. The song was written in 1963 by John and Michelle Phillips, the husband and wife songwriting team of the Mamas and the Papas, while they were living in New York City during a particularly cold winter. Michelle was missing sunny California, and John began writing the song after being inspired by her homesickness. **went in the the church got down on his knees and pretended to pay** to get warm. The preacher liked it cold / because people came into the church
You don't need complicated lyrics when you can sing like they could. They could have sung the contents of a phone directory and taken it to no.1.
Great reaction again..
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One of the most beautiful, gorgeous and harmonic songs ever written and performed. If you don't like this song then you're not truly alive. If it fails to cheer you up then you need to seek therapy immediately. It just doesn't get any better. Both simple and complex, the harmony and interplay between them is unreal. The perfect synthesis between folk and rock. You should react to some of their other hits, like Monday, Monday, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Creeque Alley, Go Where You Wanna Go and Twelve Thirty. All just as gorgeous.
Mama Cass is the woman whose face you saw in the audience when Janis sang "Ball and Chain" and the one who mouthed "wow" when she finished.
John Phillips [tall guy] wrote it when he and then wife Michelle [blonde gal and perhaps the most beautiful woman EVER] were in NYC in winter and thinking about how much they missed California. This is maybe one of the most recognized songs from the 60's.
The story I heard was that the group was stuck in NYC in late fall with hardy any money. They wandered around New York and when they needed to get warm, they went in the church. I think Michelle as into the architecture but John, who went to a Catholic school, wanted nothing to do with it. They wrote the song at night and called their agent in California. He loved it and sent them plane tickets back to LA.
Latest podcast with Chynna and Becket Cook, she tells a pretty long version of how it was written. Good 3-5 minute story.
Mama Cass was treated disgustingly by the music industry because of her weight. It’s awful what they did to her.
She has a fantastic voice!
And even after she passed of a heart attack, the very nasty rumor that some fools still believe of what happened. She was really beautiful to me.
@@The-Malibu-Wolf It was a rather cruel (I believe NYC) cop, who told a reporter at the scene that she choked on a ham sandwich. The press took him seriously.
And they did it to her daughter too
She choked on a ham sandwich =(...
Mama Cass's footwork is mesmerizing!
This is one of those feel good songs. Its a simple song, easy to remember and one of those tunes that stays with you. This group was a big deal for the times, but unfortunately didn't last very long.. Cass Elliot went on to have a solo career that was cut short when she had a heart attack and died. Michelle Phillips ( the blonde) did some acting after the group split.
The Mamas and the Papas got their name from an interview with the Hells Angels, who said, "we call our women mamas". In the interview, Cass Elliot, a member of the band, shouted, "well, we got mamas in our group as we got papas". John Phillips used the name for their first single, "California Dreamin'".
John Philips (guitar) & Michelle are the parents of Chyna Phillips who was one of the singers in a 90s group called Wilson Phillips the other 2 girls in the group are the daughters of Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys.
also Phillips was the dad of Mackenzie Phillips - drug soaked, money saturated daughter star in American Graffiti and One Day At A Time.
@@smspirate Let look at other drug soaked, Money saturated, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, Whitney Houston, Tom Petty. Elvis. Let those without sin.
Oakland is hundreds of miles from L.A., but yeah, the West coast is different. ;) And contrary to popular myth, Mama Cass did not die from choking on a ham sandwich - she had a heart attack, but there was a sandwich on the bed-side table and you know how it goes from there.
California is so much more than LA and Oakland.
Born in 61 and this stuff was my upbringing in music, I love hearing it so much now.
This song was especially personal for all the soldiers in Vietnam thinking of home.
Some songs were perfect for their time, and some are perfect for all time.
You should react to Creeque Alley. It's the story of how they got together and their journey. Not many react to that one, it's always California Dreaming.
I forgot about that one. It's fun
I love seeing that nice relaxed smile on your face as you're watching
Song was written in a small Cafe when they found Cass to sing with them.
Mama Cass was absolutely incredible. You should hear her sing dream a little dream. So beautiful.
Creeque Alley, by the Mamas and Papas talks about the music scene in Cali in the mid to late 60's in a very cheeky way!
The expression "Mamas and Papas" was very much 1960's slang. Michelle, (slim blonde) and John (taller guy) Phillips were married. There were rumors that Denny Doherty, the lead singer for this song, had a crush on Michelle, and Mama Cass (NOT Casey!) Elliot had a crush on Denny. Mama Cass went on to have her own career. She had an amazing voice. She was gone too soon.
Mama Cass did a duet with John Denver for the song Leavin on a Jet Plane- great live video
I love Cass Elliot's voice. There is a little known album by Cass Elliot and Dave Mason. I read once that Dave Mason felt that his music with Cass Elliot was some of the best music he ever made. I originally found the vinyl abum in a $1.99 bin.
John Phillips was the song writer for the group and was a perfectionist when it came to creating their amazing vocal harmonies.
Cass had a beautiful voice, and you melt listening to "Dream a little dream of me"
It makes me sad when I think of all the amazing talent and magical voices we don’t get to hear because the artists don’t fit an image. I miss music being about a voice not a face or body. I miss the story telling, the journey it takes you on.. the majority of today’s music consists of a couple of sentences on repeat, no substance, just a beat and auto tune… thank god for Ren and Chinchilla
When I hear this I really miss my youth.I'm sitting here at 73 years old and I miss those times.
My favourite cover is by José Feliciano, blind sing and so talented.
yes, they are the original performers of this song.
Performed Sept. 17, 1966 on ABC TV show "The Hollywood Palace".
They also produced the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival
This song was at the root of one of my most vivid "nightmares" from my freshman year of college many moons ago. I grew up in L.A. and unexpectedly found myself in Nashville, TN (long story; it was my father's alma mater). I was homesick from DAY ONE, the summer humidity had me thinking I needed a SCUBA tank, and then the end of the first semester was unusually cold for the area. One day, after stomping around my dorm room to get the feeling back in my frozen feet, I turned on the TV. The little icon in the corner said it was 2 degrees. 2 DEGREES! I then turned on the radio - and THIS song came on. I just sat on my little twin bed and cried lol.
I'm 65, and this is one of my top 5 favorite songs of all times.
The guitar guy wrote the song riding on a tour bus with the band through winter weather. He woke up Michelle to play the song for her. They were pretty broke then. This song made them big!
Michelle Phillips, the skinny woman, and John Phillips, the tall guy playing the guitar were married. Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty were not. The band was formed in New York and Michelle was the only one actually from California. John was from South Carolina, Cass was from Maryland and Denny was Canadian. John was the father of Mackenzie Phillips who played on the 70s sitcom One Day At A Time, and he and Michelle were the parents of Chynna Phillips who sang in the 90s trio Wilson Phillips. John, Cass and Denny have all passed away, with Michelle being the only survivor. They have a number of bangers, but you should also check out some of Cass' solo atuff. She was an awesome singer, and the duet with John Denver, Leaving On A Jet Plane, is fire
I was about 8 when this came out, so I know it well. They were frequently on The Ed Sullivan Show. He loved them.
I just love love love the Harmonies. Peace out ✌️ ☮️
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It was written by 2 members of the band, but first recorded by Barry McGuire. The best known version is by the Mamas and Papas.
Mama Cass had an absolutely amazing voice and it’s just mesmerizing in this song.
If I remember correctly, the Mamas & the Papas originally gave this song to singer Barry McGuire (who had the massive hit, "Eve of Destruction"). I think he recorded it but it went nowhere. Then the Mamas & the Papas basically covered their own song and their version became a huge hit and remains a classic today. Someone correct me if I'm mistaken about how that went down.
I believe the song was written by John Phillips ,the guitarist who was married to Michelle Phillips , the blonde.
I read that this song was voted a few years back as one of the best songs of the last 50 years.
Interestingly it was not their biggest hit which was ' Monday Monday".
the guitar intro and all of the rest of the guitar was written and performed by boy genius songwriter PF Sloan....all the rest of the music was performed by the Wrecking Crew with Hal Blaine on drums....it was originally done by Barry McGuire (of Eve of Destruction fame and written by PF Sloan) and had a harmonica solo in the middle....Bud Shank came in and played the alto flute solo in one take which they over dubbed the harmonica part....he was able to do it in one take because PF Sloan sat next to him playing the entire guitar part so Bud could just copy what he heard from Sloan's guitar....
Chynna Phillips is the daughter of John & Michelle Phillips & singer in Wilson Phillips Band. Carnie Wilson & Wendy Wilson are the daughters of Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys
Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and Tommy Shaw (Styx) have a side band called Shaw Blades and they do a great cover of this
McKenzie Philips, from the sitcom, One Day at a Time, was the daughter of one of the couples in the band
March? It's May now. lol love the song, they were a phenom! I remember, yeah I'm that age. lol good listen. Thanks for reacting to it.
Never get tired of this song
They consisted of John and Michelle Phillips a couple and Denny Doherty and Cassandra Elliot Cohen or Mama Cass not a couple but she was in love with Denny. M cheated on J with D and J would write about it and make them sing them! All are now deceased except Michelle. She and John have a daughter Chyna who along with best friends Carnie and Wendy Wilson daughters of Brian Wilson formed the 90’s group Wilson Phillips.The idea for the name came to Mama Cass when they were watching an interview with one of the members of the Hell’s Angels, the interviewer said that some people called their women B’s and he replied that we call them our Mamas
Released in 1965, and still love to listen to it in 2024. They were a great group.
If a sing reminds of my early youth it's this ,and others but this one is one of the best!
My FAVE group od the 60's - Loved them & still do - Mama Cass left us way too soon!! Their song Creque Alley actually documents the evolution of folk/rock/easy MOR music into what became "The California Sound" it tracks all the great guys that Cass actually sang with BEFORE Mama's & Papa's - John Phillips wrote that song!!
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You may be interested to know that part of the lyrics is a Mandela Effect. I and many others remember "I stopped into a church and BEGAN to pray, not pretend to pray. The lyrics I remember make much more sense.
It's not Mandela effect, it's misheard lyrics from a time when we didn't have lyric videos (and even some of those have incorrect lyrics). Same as "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" from Purple Haze, just less funny.
Same, I always thought it was began....but I just realized that pretend to pray actually makes more sense....he's pretending to pray so he can stay in the church, out of the cold. The preacher knows he's pretending as well, but he doesn't mind because he knows he's going to stay there for awhile to stay out of the cold.
You’re both right. Listen to latest Becket Cook / California Preachin episode. It just came out yesterday and Chynna gives a long 3-5 min breakdown of the song.
I heard this song a billion times growing up.. it was "began to pray" in the original timeline I came from as well.
This song (California Dreamin') was a central feature of the movie 'Chungking Express' (1994, Japan), directed by Wong Kar-wai.
straight from the sound track of my youth! I got to see them perform live in the Hollywood Bowl
Just cant beat the music of this time. Love the Mamas and the Papas. You should listen to Monday Monday. Mama Cass had such a wonderful voice. It was horrible how she was treated. She left us way too soon.
Mackenzie Phillips was Johns daughter and from what she said he wasn’t a very good dad,
It's terrible!
That's putting it mildly.
From what I saw he was a total 🍆.
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Now if he was on rumble then ya I would definitely get into detail 😉
10 year affair between the two
""California Dreamin'" is a song written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips in 1963."
They wrote this. I first heard it when I was a young, melancholy, sad teenager visiting family in the south and missing my home in California. Song means a lot to me! 🤔🙄😰💙💙🤷😎🍹👵🐺🌵💋
Denny was from Halifax, NS, Cass from VA, Michelle from L.A., John from S.C.
They a really have an interesting story. So sad drugs so messed them up. Mamma Cass Elliot has a daughter, Owen Elliot Kugel that just dropped a book about her mom called My Mama Cass. John and Michelle Phillips have a daughter, Chynna Phillips, who is a singer/actress/RUclipsr. John also had daughter Mackenzie Phillips, who you might recognize if you ever saw "One Day at a Time". Mama Cass had a beautiful voice. You might want to listen to " Dream a Little Dream of Me". The John Denver song they did was "Leaving' On a Jet Plane", which was also covered by Peter, Paul and Mary, another group everyone should know.
LA has great winters but summer lasts about 7 months long and the 3 months of actual summer is triple digits all the way through! The best part of California is where I'm from, the Central California Coast. Here we get spring for 6 months and autumn for the other 6. Lol
You are right about Oakland. It used to be a nice area with San Francisco across the bay. It is now a garbage dump. I used to live there. Will never go back. I live in Iowa now. The Mamas and The Papas are iconic. Love their music. Love your reaction!
“Mama Cass” Cass Elliot had a few song of her own one was called Dream a little dream of me and she did a song with John Denver called Leaving on a jet plane
I love their music & singing!!
Totally unique and beautiful harmony.
Black Pegasus, they the, original singers of this song. The was written by John Phillips ( the tall guy) and then wife Michelle ( the blonde) in 1963. Fifty years ago the musical world lost Cass Elliot (the red head). This from TV show called "The Hollywood Palace "
My parents, specially my dad absolutely loved this group, and I have the best memories growing up of my parents blasting the song in the house and all of us would sing it & be instantly in a great mood. They have an amazing catalogue that you should dive in to some time.
they were from LA area, but they were in NY for some sort of music appearance and they hated the weather lol, not much simpler than that. Mama Cass was an amazing singer
Cass Elliott got the idea for the group's name when she found out that the Hell's Angels called their women "the mamas". But, yes, two of these people were married - - Michelle and John.
The skinny one was married to the guy standing closest to her. They had two daughters, chynna Phillips and McKenzie Phillips, who played Valerie bertinellies older sister on One Day at a Time. Valerie later married Eddie Van Halen. Also, the rumour was that McKenzie was malested for years by her father
❤Michelle Phillips was an actress on one of the tv shows, Dallas, or Dynasty etc, not sure. Also, her daughter was a member of the band Wilson Phillips. I believe another member of WP is the daughter of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
Congratulations to both you and your wife with the birth of your new baby ❤ wishing them both the heath and happiness ❤️
Cassie Elliott is Mama Cass❤ She has such an awesome strong vocal!
The thinner blonde haired woman is Michelle Phillips, her daughter is Chyna from the group Wilson Phillips
"Creeque Alley" is the song that tells their story. Watch one with lyrics. They are a result of the Folk music times, hanging out in coffee shops. Beatniks
I feel ya bro, I'm 63, and it rains on my B-day about 80% of the time.
I would recommend 1230, I call your name almost anything off the Greatest Hits album interesting blend of folk and soft rock spectacular harmonies can’t go wrong listening to them
Some of the greatest harmonizing you w ever hear
The latest joint podcast with Chyna Phillips and Becket Cook, she tells the story of her mom and dad writing the song at 2am in a cold winter NYC apartment
I loved the Mamas and Papas music when I was growing up and still do. Their harmonies were beautiful!
Michelle Phillips is still alive, she was married to John Phillips the tall guy, they had a daughter Chynna who is married to actor Billy Baldwin, Chynna was in the girl group Wilson Phillips with two of Brian Wilson of the Beachboys daughters, Wendy and Carnie, I follow Chynna on her Vlog channel, she's a pretty cool chic, she regularly visits her mum on her Vlog, very cool people...Michelles really down to earth
John Phillips, the guitar player on here, wrote this song. He married the skinny blond woman. The lead singer on this song, Denny Doherty, later played the character of the Harbormaster on the kids tv show Theodore Tugboat. John Phillips also wrote almost all of this groups hit songs. He also wrote KOKOMO, the last song to hit #1 for the Beach Boys in the 80s
I live in the Adirondack mountains upstate NY and we start burning wood in September and stop around June 1st every year lol I am already doing this coming winters wood
McKenzie Phillips was the daughter of John (guitar player) and Michelle Phillips (the skinny blond singer) who starred in the eighties sitcom One Day At a Time.