I love the harmonies in the original, but the Spanish language and guitar, and the way he sings it with such yearning, totally changes the context and transforms this song into the story of a man who's missing his people, his culture, his old neighborhood, his home. You feel the love for the city and the homesickness and a sense of displacement in a way that the original, as beautiful as it is, just can't convey.
Cierto amigo, no se puede expresar mejor, Feliciano pasa por su filtro este tema y lo transforma en algo bello oscuro y misterioso, latente y pulsando la nostalgia, bravo por el maestro👏👏👏🎉🎉😊
Embarrassed to not have known this version before I watched once up on a time in Hollywood.. not stopped listening to it since. Fell in love there and then.
Same here.. I did know the version of ' you keep me hangin' on ' by vanilla fudge.. The whole soundtrack is pretty great.. Thank you Jose, for the brilliant interpretation of this song.. And Quinton also..
NANCY, I HAVE KNOWN THIS VERSION FOR MANY YEARS...............THE ORIGINAL WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT THIS JUST TAKES IT ELSEWHERE! TARANTINO IS A LEGEND AND SELECTING THIS TO PUT ON THE SOUNDTRACK OF ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE, WAS A STROKE OF GENIUS! HE HAS VERY GOOD TASTE.............AND SO DO WE! X
I was 16 in 1969. I met my future wife that year. We were in high school then,. We have been together 51 years now. It was the peak of the American dream. $.25 per gallon gas. $1.05 minimum wage. I love how he showed the 1960's in this film. wonderful film!!
I had this 45 when I was a kid, the flip side was Light my fire. Both in my opinion were better than the originals. They both had a feel that transcended studio music to a more soulful rendition that touched the soul and attained what the songwriter was intending to convey.
@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Yep James!! Jose is brilliant 😮!!! Hope you’ve checked out his OTHER wonderful songs???? 🎉 utterly talented + sometimes underrated IMO!!! Hi 🙋♀️🙋♀️ from Uk 🇬🇧 ❤
@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Hi there 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️ from a grey chilly 🥶 Uk 🇬🇧 🤦♀️ Wish I was in California, lol 😂 🌞🌞🌞🌞 ‘California 😴 dreaming’! Ps Jose F still alive, but you probably know that………..😂😂😂😂🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🌞🌞 🇺🇸
@@bananacake9289 we here in California are just warming up after a long wet winter...some mountains have 20 Meters of snow on them! It's going to be a Deluge when it comes down from the mountains! I work up in Seattle Washington sometimes so Im very aware of cold damp and grey... it's kinda depressing... but Soooo beautiful when the 🌞 comes out! I've worked all over the USA ( As a Terrazzo flooring worker...hard work but beautiful) I'm just starting up my own Mosaic Artwork Business at 59 better late than never! LOL... There is a huge call for artists now in America, I really enjoy doing artwork in Terrazzo Mosaic..wish you could see my beautiful Butterfly I'll soon be starting...A Giant Black Swallowtail butterfly I will be using lots of black of course and lavender, black and lavender go delicious together! Ill be using Turquoise glass aggregate and abalone shell In the lavender...and on the outter tips of the wings I'll be putting large fabricated pieces of Abalone shell in kinda of tear drop forms...I can't wait to get it started...I'm waiting on materials. It would definitely brighten up your day! The layout pattern will have over 90 individual panels handcrafted! They have machines now that make the layout but I prefer doing it by ✋ ✋.... 🙋✌️💞🌞. I'm enjoying the cool spring weather come June it will be Hot till September ugh! My Dog and I go swimming alot when it gets too hot, or we jump in the car and head for the Ocean where it's always beautiful and cool! 👣👣👣👣🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐳🐳💦💦💦🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I am from the Midwest, a Hip-Hop musician who digging in the crates when I came across this version of the classic Mama and Papa's track and was blown away. This man owns this song, his voice takes you to places that make you long for home whether you are from California or anywhere else. Man, this was dope !!!
Oh mate you just said everything i was feeling..great minds think alike and blimey theres so many of us listdning n loving this absolute 'songsmith' master of his craft..He truly makes any song his very own just as tho his very soul has taken over..its just..well bloody incredible.happy days and bye from rainy but lovely england.xxx👍🇬🇧✌️🙂💖🌟💖🌟💖
I remember the first time I ever saw / heard of Jose Feliciano: The Mike Douglas Show! I was probably12-13 yo, sick, staying home from school, and watching TV. He blew that impressionable "kid" away!!!! This version of one of my favorite songs of all time, blows this 67 yo man away. Much respect for his great guitar playing, and soulful voice. Now there are TWO versions of this song, which are amongst my favorites of all time..............
Mike Douglas (square though he was) was a great host. He used to have great musical guests, like John Lennon, Chuck Berry, John Sebastian, and gave them enough time to show their wares, sometimes as a guest on consecutive days. A bygone era.
@@MrMusicguyma Watch Chuck Berry & John Lennon doing "Johnny B. Goode" ( you probably already have) during John & Yoko Guest Host Week. Killer version, until Yoko starts doing her "turkey calls" during the song and if memory serves me right, Chuck Berry had her mike shut off!! I'm originally an Ohio boy. If I'm not mistaken, Mike Douglas' originated out of Cleveland, and Phil Donohue, originally broadcast out of Dayton. Pun intended; I was supporting my "home boys".
I just saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. In the scene that comes out this amazing song, I have begun to cry for the magic of the moment. And here I am, listening it again and again. Master Feliciano thanks for this great cover. And you Tarantino for making it happen.
Estoy ahora mismo como tú, melancholic Mode. Esa escena es impresionante, qué capacidad tiene Tarantino de hacerte transmitir tanto en un simple paseo en coche por Los Ángeles...
I weep when I experience love-beauty. Jose Feliciano’s music is full of love-beauty. I am grateful for his heart, voice, passion, and guitar artistry. Love, peace and blessings to Jose.
had no idea this version existed , before watching " once up on a time in hollywood "...............love the mamas and pappas but , jose felicano , did the best version of it BY FAR ...........love it🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰...............
I love this song, I loved it when the mamas and the Papas did it… But this cover by Jose Feliciano is the best. I think it has more feelings for the lyrics and the music is exceptional.❤
¡Genial! Insuperable el gran José Feliciano con esta versión del Sueño de California. Cómo te echamos de menos en España, cuando en los años 60, 70 y 80 esta fue tu casa. Abrazos, maestro.
Very few can take a great song and make it their own. This version is amazing. I would not say it is better than the original but it takes the song to a different level. A different dimension.
This song has a lot of meaning to it to me, my brother left from jersey to live in La and he always daydreamed of living in Californiavtil it came true in very late 70s and built his whole family and liveed there until he died at 66 in 2019 , and I cry cause he made that dream come true and thats all he ever wanted to build a family in California and live out his life there with no regrets and I cry every time I hear it now , cause hes not here anymore and he was my best friend in life and I miss him so, what a good brother hes been to me!!
My dad had the album and I pulled it out to listen to Light My Fire in 1995 and I ended up playing this song first out of curiosity to hear Jose’s version and I haven’t ever been able to get it out of my mind since that time. It’s got so much emotion in it compared to the Mamma’s and Poppa’s. It really can bring tears to your soul!
Being a Californian living in Los Angeles this song hits hard The culture here is something else and living here makes it a love hate relationship which makes you love her even more “If I was in LA”❤
I was like 15 years old when Feliciano "blew" this California dreamin' cut...im now 68 yr's old and it still grooves my soul..."WAY-- DOWN DEEP"...groove on 4-ever MR. Feliciano...this is from a stone "SOUL SISTA"...straight outta' California !!!!
It's around April of 97 and I am cruising North on Route 41 back home in Chicago, Lake Shore Drive to be exact and I am riding with a lady who was special in everyway. We were both in our late 20's, finished college, she was a school teacher, had some cool dreads and was down to Earth. When this came on the cd I had burned (what a time) we got silent and enjoyed the ride and the journey of the song. Time marched on, we lost contact, I forgot her name but remember one aspect of her, I wish I knew where she was but this song at least is a great memory of her and the time.
On this same album is a cover version of " The Doors" , " Light My Fire" which which was a massive international hit for Feliciano in 1968 and brought attention to the album here, winning multiple Grammy awards.
Very underrated progressive pop psych tune of mid 1968. Jose kicks ass with "Light My Fire" and "California Dreamin." 1968 a yr. that will always stick to my mind with so many events with gutsy issues!
My favorite song of the sixties. When they played it in that Hollywood movie I was so glad this was finally gonna get the attention it so deserves. Stone classic.
Tip my hat to Quentin Tarantino for his impeccable eye for detail , all the way down to the music. Loved this movie that I watched it 3 nights in a row and always cranked up the volume at the scene this song is playing
Es verdad es excepcional con la voz de este hombre esta versión es única en su tipo, incomparable no le tiene nada que pedir a las otras versiones para mi esta versión es la mejor de todas toditas todisimas 👍✌️♥️👊👌😍👌
@@danutawodzinska5127 okey, me encantó su comentario es bueno aunque no le puso traducción quisiera saber de qué país es usted y qué idioma es este que puso en su comentario, y también su comentario me lo traduce por que no entendí lo que escribió por favor 🙏 , por su atención gracias. Me fascina está canción con José Feliciano "California Dreamin" 😍. Saludos a la distancia desde GUTIÉRREZ, ZAMORA, VERACRUZ, MÉXICO CITY 🇲🇽, Soy mexicana 🇲🇽 Buen día 🌈 para usted y toda su familia.
JUST ONE NEW YORK RECORDING MANAGER HAD FAITH IN JOSE OR WE WOULD NEVER HAVE HEARD HIM,, I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT ITS CALLED ,,JOSE FELICIANO 10 TO 23
Now watching Once upon a time in Hollywood, I just heard this song and I instantly recognized this man’s voice… just incredible and that guitarr, come onnn….!
This song, in Feliciano's version, captures alone the essence of the film. Feliciano played this song by tearing the beat away, exposing the anguish it really expresses. The protagonist of the song would like to escape from his world for a better place, but while he sings he (or she) himself knows that this will never happen: his dreams will remain unfulfilled. And just like the protagonist of the song, the dreams of all the characters in the film, in reality, will also be shattered. The title "once upon a time ..." says it all: this is represented as a beautiful story of friendship and redemption, but it is a fairy tale, the desire for something better that will never happen. A dream. Sharon Tate, her baby, her dreams and her friends won't get through the night. Their killers will end up killed or locked up for the rest of their life in prison. Rick, or whoever he represents, will never meet Polanski and his career will end in oblivion, and Cliff will follow him. Maybe only friendship can survive this. Maybe.
You worded it perfectly. And the ending of the film captures this as well, when Rick meets Sharon and her friends, and you remember that in reality, they all died. Which is why, despite the fact the film has a happy ending, it's very sombre in tone, because like you said, it represents what everyone wanted to actually happen, a fantasy. A fantasy that can never be.
Jose just love him he owns that song.But I remember all of that. The movie really touch me I lived in L.A. and grew up in the 60's as kid we moved in 1970 the memories. Good 🎥 movie.
I saw Jose live at Gisler School, in Huntington Beach, CA, back about '71/'72, when I was in 6th grade. Had no idea who he was when he stepped onstage w/ someone's help to find his chair. Once he started playing, every eye and ear was tuned into him and his guitar. I remember thinking I'd like to play the guitar and sing like this guy, however, the guitar wasn't having any of my fantasies and I soon found my instrument in the trumpet. I've since learned the keyboards/piano, flute and harmonica, but the guitar still gives me grief. lol
Excelente !!!!! Jose Feliciano Ud la tiene clara con su estilo propio que voz tan increíble le pego donde era FELICIDADES y sigue asi CONGRATULACIONES men.
It’s sad people hate on this guy’s performances in his later life. He had a beautiful voice when he was younger. It wasn’t as good when he got old but that’s just a natural part of aging. There aren’t many artists whose voices don’t get worse in their elder years. He deserves more respect.
Jose crushed this song, incredible!
In che senso??????????????????? Io penso che l abbia valorizata !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@giorgiobianchi720 vuoi dire che e un capolavoro...
Such a beautiful Song 🤎
The blues influence in this stylistic blend is freakin' incredible.
Oui 😢😊
He captured a nostalgic feeling of an unforgettable era!
INDEED...
Well put sir
The older you get the more you like it!!Thank you Jose !
Jose knew the right way to slow down a tune and capture one's ears and attention. He could light your fire.
This song makes me cry.. it's almost too much.
Oui moi aussi 😢❤
I love the harmonies in the original, but the Spanish language and guitar, and the way he sings it with such yearning, totally changes the context and transforms this song into the story of a man who's missing his people, his culture, his old neighborhood, his home. You feel the love for the city and the homesickness and a sense of displacement in a way that the original, as beautiful as it is, just can't convey.
Yes.yes.and yes.x
Cierto amigo, no se puede expresar mejor, Feliciano pasa por su filtro este tema y lo transforma en algo bello oscuro y misterioso, latente y pulsando la nostalgia, bravo por el maestro👏👏👏🎉🎉😊
💯
Embarrassed to not have known this version before I watched once up on a time in Hollywood.. not stopped listening to it since. Fell in love there and then.
I even like it more than the mamas and the papa's
same here, i got goosebumps when i heard this version in the movie..damn it i love this version so much more
me too
Same here.. I did know the version of ' you keep me hangin' on ' by vanilla fudge.. The whole soundtrack is pretty great.. Thank you Jose, for the brilliant interpretation of this song.. And Quinton also..
NANCY, I HAVE KNOWN THIS VERSION FOR MANY YEARS...............THE ORIGINAL WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT THIS JUST TAKES IT ELSEWHERE! TARANTINO IS A LEGEND AND SELECTING THIS TO PUT ON THE SOUNDTRACK OF ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE, WAS A STROKE OF GENIUS! HE HAS VERY GOOD TASTE.............AND SO DO WE! X
I was 16 in 1969. I met my future wife that year. We were in high school then,. We have been together 51 years now. It was the peak of the American dream. $.25 per gallon gas. $1.05 minimum wage. I love how he showed the 1960's in this film. wonderful film!!
You were lucky to have lived the Golden Era, sir. ❤
THIS IS JOSE FELICIANO'S SONG , IT'S THE BEST . VOCAL MASTERPIECE !!!!!
Definitely a blessing to be around to enjoy his music!! Wow he's 78 years old now!!!
and still touring in 2024
When a godly gifted musician covers your song, it becomes the true version of the song.
I had this 45 when I was a kid, the flip side was Light my fire. Both in my opinion were better than the originals. They both had a feel that transcended studio music to a more soulful rendition that touched the soul and attained what the songwriter was intending to convey.
Agree
If Feliciano did it as a cover, then it's probably the best version.
Very much so 💐
Hell yeah! 🍻
Agreed. My Dad has this album growing up in WV in the 1970s and I'm only now at 51 rediscovering it. Magical.
I adore the Mamas and Papas version of course (those vocal harmonies), but this version just hits me right in the feels. Not ashamed to say it.
This is my first time...
I'm half Mexican and grew up listening to Feliciano...I never ran across this till just now!
Awesome! He digs deep here!
@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503
Yep James!! Jose is brilliant 😮!!!
Hope you’ve checked out his OTHER wonderful
songs???? 🎉 utterly talented + sometimes
underrated IMO!!! Hi 🙋♀️🙋♀️ from Uk 🇬🇧 ❤
@@bananacake9289 🙋 from California USA ✌️❤️🇺🇸
@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503
Hi there 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️ from a grey chilly 🥶 Uk 🇬🇧 🤦♀️
Wish I was in California, lol 😂 🌞🌞🌞🌞
‘California 😴 dreaming’! Ps Jose F still alive, but you
probably know that………..😂😂😂😂🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🌞🌞 🇺🇸
@@bananacake9289 we here in California are just warming up after a long wet winter...some mountains have 20 Meters of snow on them! It's going to be a Deluge when it comes down from the mountains! I work up in Seattle Washington sometimes so Im very aware of cold damp and grey... it's kinda depressing... but Soooo beautiful when the 🌞 comes out! I've worked all over the USA ( As a Terrazzo flooring worker...hard work but beautiful) I'm just starting up my own Mosaic Artwork Business at 59 better late than never! LOL... There is a huge call for artists now in America, I really enjoy doing artwork in Terrazzo Mosaic..wish you could see my beautiful Butterfly I'll soon be starting...A Giant Black Swallowtail butterfly I will be using lots of black of course and lavender, black and lavender go delicious together! Ill be using Turquoise glass aggregate and abalone shell In the lavender...and on the outter tips of the wings I'll be putting large fabricated pieces of Abalone shell in kinda of tear drop forms...I can't wait to get it started...I'm waiting on materials. It would definitely brighten up your day! The layout pattern will have over 90 individual panels handcrafted! They have machines now that make the layout but I prefer doing it by ✋ ✋.... 🙋✌️💞🌞. I'm enjoying the cool spring weather come June it will be Hot till September ugh! My Dog and I go swimming alot when it gets too hot, or we jump in the car and head for the Ocean where it's always beautiful and cool! 👣👣👣👣🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐳🐳💦💦💦🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I am from the Midwest, a Hip-Hop musician who digging in the crates when I came across this version of the classic Mama and Papa's track and was blown away. This man owns this song, his voice takes you to places that make you long for home whether you are from California or anywhere else. Man, this was dope !!!
Absolutely 💯
Oh mate you just said everything i was feeling..great minds think alike and blimey theres so many of us listdning n loving this absolute 'songsmith' master of his craft..He truly makes any song his very own just as tho his very soul has taken over..its just..well bloody incredible.happy days and bye from rainy but lovely england.xxx👍🇬🇧✌️🙂💖🌟💖🌟💖
Much love
I personally feel this is the BEST version of the song 🙏🏽
Agreed.
Totally concur with you 😌😊 ...!!!
could'not agree more
and you’re right
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
I was 7 years old in 1967 and My Mother played this Album all the time.The song would conjure beautiful images of California
My mother played it all the time back then- I was 10 yrs old!
Memories of lost times. Memories of just lying on the floor in the front room listening to this album and dreaming.
i feel that❤
Nobody can sing it like Jose!! It doesn't matter how you say it....
The most beautiful version of this song and thank you so much Once Upon a Time in Hollywood!
Wow 🤩 my mind is blown. WHAT a version of this timeless classic 🤯❤️
When another artist ups the game...beautiful!
Feliciano sings from the depths of his soul. Marvelous remake.
I remember the first time I ever saw / heard of Jose Feliciano: The Mike Douglas Show!
I was probably12-13 yo, sick, staying home from school, and watching TV. He blew that
impressionable "kid" away!!!! This version of one of my favorite songs of all time, blows this 67 yo man away. Much respect for his great guitar playing, and soulful voice.
Now there are TWO versions of this song, which are amongst my favorites of all time..............
Mike Douglas (square though he was) was a great host. He used to have great musical guests, like John Lennon, Chuck Berry, John Sebastian, and gave them enough time to show their wares, sometimes as a guest on consecutive days. A bygone era.
@@MrMusicguyma Watch Chuck Berry & John Lennon doing "Johnny B. Goode" ( you probably already have) during John & Yoko Guest Host Week. Killer version, until Yoko starts doing her "turkey calls" during the song and if memory serves me right, Chuck Berry had her mike shut off!!
I'm originally an Ohio boy. If I'm not mistaken, Mike Douglas' originated out of Cleveland, and Phil Donohue, originally broadcast out of Dayton. Pun intended; I was supporting my "home boys".
Hia,well this 67 yo lady from england is also blown away by this once in a lifetime, master of his craft,truly wonderful singer.bye.✌️🇬🇧🍺👍🤩
I just saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. In the scene that comes out this amazing song, I have begun to cry for the magic of the moment. And here I am, listening it again and again. Master Feliciano thanks for this great cover. And you Tarantino for making it happen.
It's that same feeling that you sometimes get when you're coming home as the sun is setting and the air is cold.
Same here. That scene was pretty short but still one of the most awesome scenes i have ever seen in movies.
Estoy ahora mismo como tú, melancholic Mode. Esa escena es impresionante, qué capacidad tiene Tarantino de hacerte transmitir tanto en un simple paseo en coche por Los Ángeles...
@@jesustg3642 es un maestro.
Jose born in my Puerto Rico but you right that what he is an American master
One of my favorite albums of all time, I wore out the vinyl on this record.
This is the best version of this song, that I've heard. He sounds great
Cameron Brink you are the best 👌 👍 😍 🥰 Version of California Dreaming❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😢😊❤❤❤
Cameron Brink you are the best 👌 👍 😍 🥰 Version of California Dreaming❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😢😊❤❤❤Cameron Brink ❤️ 💖 ♥️ 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ ❤️ 💖
I've always been a huge fan of the Mamas and the Papas, but Jose nails it with this rendition of "California Dreamin'"!
Absolutely...
Totally agree
Did you ever try the Beach Boys doing this song..........
@@mariocaffari5015 No, but I can imagine the Beach Boys singing it.
@@waynemacfarland1546 its the superior version fr
I weep when I experience love-beauty. Jose Feliciano’s music is full of love-beauty. I am grateful for his heart, voice, passion, and guitar artistry. Love, peace and blessings to Jose.
Yes
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Eautiful description. Love-Beauty
had no idea this version existed , before watching " once up on a time in hollywood "...............love the mamas and pappas but , jose felicano , did the best version of it BY FAR ...........love it🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰...............
I love this song, I loved it when the mamas and the Papas did it… But this cover by Jose Feliciano is the best. I think it has more feelings for the lyrics and the music is exceptional.❤
¡Genial! Insuperable el gran José Feliciano con esta versión del Sueño de California. Cómo te echamos de menos en España, cuando en los años 60, 70 y 80 esta fue tu casa. Abrazos, maestro.
Feel ashamed to say I never heard this version before Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.But I'm now glad I have.Beautiful rendition by a masterful singer.
Perfect movie and the perfect song by Feliciano.
Very few can take a great song and make it their own. This version is amazing. I would not say it is better than the original but it takes the song to a different level. A different dimension.
This one of most heart felt and breaking true talent covers I’ve EVER felt 😪❤🎶
This song has a lot of meaning to it to me, my brother left from jersey to live in La and he always daydreamed of living in Californiavtil it came true in very late 70s and built his whole family and liveed there until he died at 66 in 2019 , and I cry cause he made that dream come true and thats all he ever wanted to build a family in California and live out his life there with no regrets and I cry every time I hear it now , cause hes not here anymore and he was my best friend in life and I miss him so, what a good brother hes been to me!!
This has to be the best version of California Dreaming I have ever heard!!
Can't argue with that...
Honestly I never even liked the original version, but this hits different
Easily 🌹
Bobby womack is still best for me, but this is a close second
You got that right! My dad liked Jose and I heard this when he played it first.
Gracias Jose Te Adoramos Te queremos desde Lima Peru Mucha Salud Papa para ti y los tuyos Bendiciones...
Superb version of this classic song...Jose really put soul into this song...I'm sure the members of the mamas and the papas would agree....wow.
The most atmospheric part of the entire movie. I literally started crying tears of joy.
Both good.....go. .body surfing
What movie
@@randoss6213 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
I cry every time I see this part of the movie...song is so beautiful
@@nikki.t2478 The whole scene and mood is beautiful.
Gotta be one of the best covers of all time.
My dad had the album and I pulled it out to listen to Light My Fire in 1995 and I ended up playing this song first out of curiosity to hear Jose’s version and I haven’t ever been able to get it out of my mind since that time. It’s got so much emotion in it compared to the Mamma’s and Poppa’s. It really can bring tears to your soul!
Ese tema me encanta pero no escuché hasta hoy esta versión , es bella mi corazón se queda ❤
From São Paulo, Brazil. Que voz! Que interpretação! Não conhecia essa versão do Hino California Dreamin'. Maravilhosa.....
Lindo mesmo
Being a Californian living in Los Angeles this song hits hard
The culture here is something else and living here makes it a love hate relationship which makes you love her even more
“If I was in LA”❤
I was like 15 years old when Feliciano "blew" this California dreamin' cut...im now 68 yr's old and it still grooves my soul..."WAY-- DOWN DEEP"...groove on 4-ever MR. Feliciano...this is from a stone "SOUL SISTA"...straight outta' California !!!!
A true artist takes this song and makes it his own. Wonderful version. So glad to see him do this live!
It's around April of 97 and I am cruising North on Route 41 back home in Chicago, Lake Shore Drive to be exact and I am riding with a lady who was special in everyway. We were both in our late 20's, finished college, she was a school teacher, had some cool dreads and was down to Earth. When this came on the cd I had burned (what a time) we got silent and enjoyed the ride and the journey of the song. Time marched on, we lost contact, I forgot her name but remember one aspect of her, I wish I knew where she was but this song at least is a great memory of her and the time.
Grande Feliciano! , que emoción encontrar a este tremendo artista en la banda sonora de una película de Tarantino.
Nobody sings " light my fire" like Jose feliciano!!!❤
The first version of this song I ever heard, at 16. The only version for me. Love this song and Feliciano so much!
same dude
Beautiful cover. A part of me will always remain in California! Remembering the way it use to be. Couldn't live there now. Have years of memories.
On this same album is a cover version of " The Doors" , " Light My Fire" which which was a massive international hit for Feliciano in 1968 and brought attention to the album here, winning multiple Grammy awards.
Good
Ok...great
He should have been at Woodstock 😊
For.real
He did it better then Jim in my opinion 🤷🏻♀️
Very underrated progressive pop psych tune of mid 1968. Jose kicks ass with "Light My Fire" and "California Dreamin." 1968 a yr. that will always stick to my mind with so many events with gutsy issues!
My favorite song of the sixties. When they played it in that Hollywood movie I was so glad this was finally gonna get the attention it so deserves. Stone classic.
Had completely forgotten about this cover version. So moving. Thanks QT.
Para mi la mejor versión de esta canción, con un sentimiento que e inigualable. Inconmensurable el arte de Feliciano.
Belíssima interpretação de José Feliciano, com magistral arranjo musical de cordas.
Just truly beautiful. Goosebumps beautiful.
Omg I love this version so much!! Perfect!!!!
This version is the best I've ever heard; hands down Awesome job José.
Lo mejor de José Feliciano. Me encantó esta versión, la oigo una y otra vez.
Tip my hat to Quentin Tarantino for his impeccable eye for detail , all the way down to the music. Loved this movie that I watched it 3 nights in a row and always cranked up the volume at the scene this song is playing
Oh this scene is soooooo moving ! :) I cry every time I listen to this song now, because I remember this scene...
i can totally relate to what you are saying !
@StephenDedalus74 it becomes even sadder because of the sharon taters story
Me too !!! And I’ve been playing guitar since the 70s and never realized he did this song ! Then again, in the 70s I was only six years old
Grande jose feliciano . El virtuoso de la música
Feliciano spazzed at the end so beautifully; the beat boxing, the Spanish chanting! Just solid gold.
Es verdad es excepcional con la voz de este hombre esta versión es única en su tipo, incomparable no le tiene nada que pedir a las otras versiones para mi esta versión es la mejor de todas toditas todisimas 👍✌️♥️👊👌😍👌
Pamiętam Jego występ na festiwalu w Spocie. Cudo! 🇵🇱🥰
@@danutawodzinska5127 okey, me encantó su comentario es bueno aunque no le puso traducción quisiera saber de qué país es usted y qué idioma es este que puso en su comentario, y también su comentario me lo traduce por que no entendí lo que escribió por favor 🙏 , por su atención gracias.
Me fascina está canción con José Feliciano "California Dreamin" 😍.
Saludos a la distancia desde GUTIÉRREZ, ZAMORA, VERACRUZ, MÉXICO CITY 🇲🇽,
Soy mexicana 🇲🇽
Buen día 🌈 para usted y toda su familia.
JUST ONE NEW YORK RECORDING MANAGER HAD FAITH IN JOSE OR WE WOULD NEVER HAVE HEARD HIM,, I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT ITS CALLED ,,JOSE FELICIANO 10 TO 23
Joses' voice transcends the physical !!!
Mira.... this song and Light my fire are my two all time favorites by Jose..bueno bueno.
I first heard this version on Once upon a time in Hollywood was on the TV!! I cry !!Hes sings so beautiful Jose!! He actually makes me cry!!
Now watching Once upon a time in Hollywood, I just heard this song and I instantly recognized this man’s voice… just incredible and that guitarr, come onnn….!
Che aggiungere a un artista cimeli.posso solo dire che ogni volta che lo sento mi arriva al.cuore.grazie di esistere.
a soulful voice, a great selection of chords, and strings
More than gifted talent, Jose pays from the heart !!
Feliciano got to the soul of this song . That's all that matters to me.
Agree wholeheartedly
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This version is better than the original, and the flamenco flare that he puts on this song nails that whole Southern California experience
This song, in Feliciano's version, captures alone the essence of the film.
Feliciano played this song by tearing the beat away, exposing the anguish it really expresses.
The protagonist of the song would like to escape from his world for a better place, but while he sings he (or she) himself knows that this will never happen: his dreams will remain unfulfilled.
And just like the protagonist of the song, the dreams of all the characters in the film, in reality, will also be shattered.
The title "once upon a time ..." says it all: this is represented as a beautiful story of friendship and redemption, but it is a fairy tale, the desire for something better that will never happen. A dream.
Sharon Tate, her baby, her dreams and her friends won't get through the night.
Their killers will end up killed or locked up for the rest of their life in prison.
Rick, or whoever he represents, will never meet Polanski and his career will end in oblivion, and Cliff will follow him. Maybe only friendship can survive this. Maybe.
Tienes mucha razón, capta toda la esencia del la película...!!
Thats deep 😷👍
You worded it perfectly. And the ending of the film captures this as well, when Rick meets Sharon and her friends, and you remember that in reality, they all died. Which is why, despite the fact the film has a happy ending, it's very sombre in tone, because like you said, it represents what everyone wanted to actually happen, a fantasy. A fantasy that can never be.
Which of their killers were killed?
Jose just love him he owns that song.But I remember all of that. The movie really touch me I lived in L.A. and grew up in the 60's as kid we moved in 1970 the memories. Good 🎥 movie.
Jose.you have been part of my life for the last 50 years. Thank You
The whole album is just beautifully played and sung.
José brought me here ALWAYS LOVED HIM ALWAYS WILL.💝♾
Indeed. Jose brought me here as well.
💃🏿🥰
67 years old and I remember the first time I heard him perform on Ed Sullivan... Legendary Talent!!!
I saw Jose live at Gisler School, in Huntington Beach, CA, back about '71/'72, when I was in 6th grade. Had no idea who he was when he stepped onstage w/ someone's help to find his chair. Once he started playing, every eye and ear was tuned into him and his guitar. I remember thinking I'd like to play the guitar and sing like this guy, however, the guitar wasn't having any of my fantasies and I soon found my instrument in the trumpet. I've since learned the keyboards/piano, flute and harmonica, but the guitar still gives me grief. lol
Oh so beautiful. Such a lovely voice.
Jose Feliciano was a very big artist 🎨 way back .Along with Carole King ..I use to play their albums all the time ... Great Times ⏲ back then ... .
Yeah u go José!!! Sing it, sing it. Thank you Mr Feliciano!!!
Absolutely love this version more than can possibly be put into words 😍😍😍
Agree
One of the most spectacular covers Iv ever heard
This is beautiful. I was looking for the Spanish cover, made my presumption. Here I am.😍Me encanta esta version.🥰
1:20 a voice and song to pierce your heart..in a good way❤
This is better than the original. Simplemente magnifico Feliciano
Noooooooooooooooo
@@divyjain123456 totally yes
I love was fuck Tarantino I though was impossible love him more, but after unearth Feliciano...
Carlos v he's amazing
The original is nice but this has so much more feeling to it
Qué bella versión... cuánto sentimiento junto ! Saludos desde España...eres grande Feliciano.
Jose is timeless and perfect.
Siempre Seras de todo lo mejor Maestro!!!❤
Excelente !!!!! Jose Feliciano Ud la tiene clara con su estilo propio que voz tan increíble le pego donde era FELICIDADES y sigue asi CONGRATULACIONES men.
Amazing version of California Dreaming - Jose's melodic tones are sublime! Cescalovesjazz!
Très bel chanson très belle voix beaucoup d’émotion bravo-bravo
Increíble como una canción te hace querer oírla una y otra vez mientras lloras de alegría y vives un paseo imaginario por California. Gracias José!
Always from the heart Jose Feliciano....💘🎸🎤
It’s sad people hate on this guy’s performances in his later life. He had a beautiful voice when he was younger. It wasn’t as good when he got old but that’s just a natural part of aging. There aren’t many artists whose voices don’t get worse in their elder years. He deserves more respect.
What's the matter with his voice? I saw him perform a few years ago. His voice was as strong as ever. This must be recent.