Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain - Shea Stadium 1971

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  • Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain (Live 1971)
    This video was shown at Shea Stadium the entire last year before Shea closed. This July 9th 1971 concert still holds the ticket sales record, breaking the record set by The Beatles.

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @heyeverybody5616
    @heyeverybody5616 5 месяцев назад +435

    March 2024. I’m reaching the end of my life. This gives me comfort and solace. Anyone listen?

    • @shellydesormier4646
      @shellydesormier4646 4 месяца назад +4

      ☮️💜

    • @Wendell309
      @Wendell309 4 месяца назад +29

      I think most of us are in that zone. 😃👍 to me just enjoy this era music, the grandkids , and my dog .

    • @MikeDavis-kb3vo
      @MikeDavis-kb3vo 4 месяца назад +23

      Yea,I'm ready to go,seen and done enough . Im 64 and all in all,lts been a good run.

    • @charlesmott
      @charlesmott 4 месяца назад +21

      I’m 35 years old and have just learned to play this song. I am a rhythm player and lead singer in a new band I’ve just put together. Have been playing out solo the last few years apart from my drummer from time to time and I’ve been playing mostly country. This is a change up for me. I’m ready to feel something new. I love the nostalgia of this video and the vibe.

    • @charlesmott
      @charlesmott 4 месяца назад +19

      @@MikeDavis-kb3vo I can’t imagine being ready to go at 64. But hey we all ride our own ride. My bass player is older than you and he’s amped to be getting back on stage. My best friend is 72 another old head rock and roller. He played for a band called Motley before motley crew was ever heard of. They opened for UFO back in the day. He’s still a wild one. I hope to have the drive he does at his age. Who knows, in this world I may be ready to go way before your age even. God bless you man. Keep listening to the good stuff.

  • @helenfasy5585
    @helenfasy5585 2 месяца назад +124

    I was 19 and was there!!! They blew everybody away!!! 72 now still rocking to Grand Funk Railroad!!!

  • @lorettamclean9449
    @lorettamclean9449 7 месяцев назад +238

    2024 people still listen. This music will never die. It’s forever !!!!!❤️♾️♾️♾️

    • @haroldsmith3609
      @haroldsmith3609 3 месяца назад +2

      This music Will wake up to. Your past , your memories improves!❤️

    • @user-tc3qx3pz7u
      @user-tc3qx3pz7u Месяц назад

      Still,and I'm only 66 years old.

    • @rayparent5396
      @rayparent5396 20 дней назад

      right here, so much great music from the good ol days

    • @jc10907Sealy
      @jc10907Sealy 19 дней назад

      They touring in my city Carmel Indiana in 2024

  • @bengaltiger9891
    @bengaltiger9891 7 месяцев назад +389

    72 yrs old, 2024, listening like it was live again ❤🙏

    • @bertholini2810
      @bertholini2810 7 месяцев назад +7

      We saw them at Memphis (The Colliseum) and goodness did they put on a good show.

    • @deanford1795
      @deanford1795 7 месяцев назад +5

      I'm all ears

    • @deanford1795
      @deanford1795 7 месяцев назад +3

      Cause it is spirit don't die

    • @xXx-tt6lq
      @xXx-tt6lq 7 месяцев назад +3

      ​@deanford1795 that's for sure 💯💥

    • @papaschannel9532
      @papaschannel9532 6 месяцев назад +2

      yep

  • @susanprather1021
    @susanprather1021 Год назад +478

    I try to remind everyone how lucky we were to grow up with all the great music, we were extraordinarily blessed!

    • @bobbauldock3846
      @bobbauldock3846 Год назад +8

      you got that right, you sure got that right

    • @PatriciaUrbas
      @PatriciaUrbas 11 месяцев назад +2

      ❤ 1002

    • @freedomridermorty4459
      @freedomridermorty4459 11 месяцев назад +18

      Wish I could go back 😔 I have no idea what world we're in anymore 😮

    • @bobbauldock3846
      @bobbauldock3846 11 месяцев назад

      I am one of the few souls who are free, who and what or where you are from or going, or been, what god you pray to or don,t pray to, or if you are gay, bi, or what, I don,t care, but me I am hated, and lied on, by the same trash that has you so confused. Thank God this world is dying, the end has already started, I am so happy to see all this hatred, and lies, and murder, and anything else you can think of, you see people like me, we do nothing, so yea we are easy to hate., and point a finger at, so let them continue to march to their doom, and take this wonderful country with them

    • @brigidmccarthy5800
      @brigidmccarthy5800 11 месяцев назад +6

      My first concert was yes when I was 11 my second concert was Led Zeppelin it's 12 and a half I was so lucky I've older brothers and sisters who brought me along🎉😂

  • @garylewis327
    @garylewis327 3 года назад +1770

    I fell in love with this song when I was 17. I'm 67 now and love it just as much as I did FIFTY years ago!!

    • @FedericoZagnoni
      @FedericoZagnoni 3 года назад +34

      Same, I was 16 ! (I'm 66 feb 25th ! )

    • @cappy610
      @cappy610 3 года назад +26

      Me too 66 last June. Still enjoy the entire album

    • @Cebelle823
      @Cebelle823 3 года назад +50

      I read stories on here that some came back home, fr the Vietnam war, listening to this song. What an amazing thought. God bless all our Veterans. ❤️

    • @davidmarell3694
      @davidmarell3694 3 года назад +11

      Exactly🎸

    • @johnnichols8258
      @johnnichols8258 3 года назад +11

      Me too

  • @TheRingKeeper
    @TheRingKeeper 7 месяцев назад +569

    Let’s see who’s still listening to this song in 2024.

    • @lukequigley121
      @lukequigley121 7 месяцев назад +6

      71YO and turn the DENON way up loud,,BASS THUMP thru the old Mark 5's..cheers

    • @ridley990
      @ridley990 7 месяцев назад +4

      ME

    • @thegoodkingtony
      @thegoodkingtony 7 месяцев назад +9

      It was my first concert. Humble Pie opened. Yeah, it was that cool...

    • @douglasa.5039
      @douglasa.5039 7 месяцев назад +10

      Yes i am in 2024. I don't think we will ever have the Great Music and musicians we had in this era.

    • @mattmccluskey4242
      @mattmccluskey4242 7 месяцев назад +5

      As a visiting time-traveler from 2124, I can affirm that we still listen to the wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner, the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher, and of course, the competent drumwork of Don Brewer. In fact, this particular song is regularly played in our most important religious ceremonies and ritualistic human sacrifices.

  • @user-ii8xh6qy7t
    @user-ii8xh6qy7t 5 месяцев назад +169

    Best generations ever im so glad i grew up in the '60s & '70s im 67 years young its now 2024 and im still enjoying it.

    • @Debi-rd8mf
      @Debi-rd8mf 5 месяцев назад +4

      😁I agree w/U 100%! Best 🥰generation ever! "Baby*Boomers"! ♫♪ 😁Rock & Roll will never die & IF it does, R & R will continue to Rock On to ___________? 😁I'm 65 yrs young!! When I was in 6th Grade/Grammar School, you must have been in 8th? I dunno about this "New Millenium"? Never ever did I have to be concerned about ? coming into my school & ending my life.As of late, can't even walk down the streets w/? jumping out of a ?stolen? vehicle & ripping you off, harm you, etc. 😁"Our-Story", (It's not just "HIS" story.), seems to have a way of repeating itself. Yikes! 😁I promise myself NOT to freak out & constanly look B4 I leap. I'm always aware of my surroundings. ☮😁

    • @emmsmom1848
      @emmsmom1848 4 месяца назад +1

      Me too!

    • @CharluvsJESUS
      @CharluvsJESUS 4 месяца назад +1

      Same 67. Still listening

    • @williamkirsten5205
      @williamkirsten5205 3 месяца назад +1

      Yep! 65 and still listening! Never stop, great times and great memories!

    • @dexblue
      @dexblue 3 месяца назад

      @user-ii8xh6qy7t We were probably separated at birth ... (!) Such great music we had ... as you lived your years; in school and the first jobs, driving, traveling, just living ... what a time, what music! (Saw Mark and band at the Seattle Coliseum in '71; he stood atop a phalanx of amps and rocked ...)

  • @62madmax1
    @62madmax1 2 года назад +809

    I miss the 70s music so much it hurts, what a time to be alive, teens today have no idea.

    • @classygary
      @classygary 2 года назад +38

      Worse than having “no idea”… they think what they have is better .🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @ВикторЯранцев
      @ВикторЯранцев 2 года назад +3

      Согласен

    • @samodio586
      @samodio586 2 года назад +27

      Agreed, give me free tickets to a festival with all 70s bands playing, my enlarged heart, diabetes, sleep apnea high blood pressure and if I died on the last strum or the guitar, I would have live and died the ultimate fantasy

    • @craigellsworth3952
      @craigellsworth3952 2 года назад +8

      @Sam Odio Now they were a real power trio.

    • @williamweiss6128
      @williamweiss6128 2 года назад +24

      Real music by actual human beings played completely live with no bs. Hm. Concept.

  • @maryhauser6685
    @maryhauser6685 29 дней назад +35

    Still listening in 2024

  • @michaele8441
    @michaele8441 4 года назад +660

    I had just been back from Vietnam, this was the first show I saw. Out fuckin' standing

  • @kenhagen7718
    @kenhagen7718 8 дней назад +7

    I’m 72 and this song really brings me back to the good old days. Never get tired of hearing it. Loud of course!

  • @Omnitechguy
    @Omnitechguy 4 года назад +3216

    NO ONE WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO BEATING OUR GENERATIONS MUSIC. WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY AND ALWAYS WILL.

  • @dexblue
    @dexblue 7 месяцев назад +205

    Now it’s 2024, anyone still listening?

  • @sheenablackthomas3242
    @sheenablackthomas3242 2 года назад +534

    Im African American and grew up teenager during time and my dad played this music and I still love it. Yes I see all kinds of people in the audience. I remember when it was like that during Woodstock. My dad still have Woodstock concert Album. I learned about all kinds of music and people. That's how I raised my son. Grandfunk Railroad one of my favorite next to Led Zepplin

    • @Nighthawk5210
      @Nighthawk5210 Год назад +20

      Yes, Grand Funk and Zep, great taste!

    • @karenwingerd8929
      @karenwingerd8929 Год назад +15

      Same here, born in 1964, i was only 7 in 1971. 58 y/o now. Still listening to 60's & 70's amazing bands. My son as well listened to all my music. He's 35 & still enjoys these bands! ☮️👍❣️🎶🙂

    • @terywetherlow7970
      @terywetherlow7970 Год назад +29

      Yepper. We all were alright with each other back then. WTH happened......😢

    • @Terk131
      @Terk131 Год назад +21

      @@terywetherlow7970 We need to get back to those times.

    • @imbees2
      @imbees2 Год назад +26

      II'm African American, I have my Grand Funk Railroad Album to this day!.

  • @user-oo3yt3ei4p
    @user-oo3yt3ei4p 26 дней назад +10

    August 2024.The music is still quite relevant.This is a band with only 3 members is Amazing !!!

  • @amandanewton8757
    @amandanewton8757 4 года назад +2166

    Anyone else from 2020 listening and loving this masterpiece ?

  • @joecrew8020
    @joecrew8020 Год назад +70

    Seventy-one and still loving my Grand Funk Railroad. Teaching my grandchildren what REAL music is like.

  • @josephramos8291
    @josephramos8291 4 месяца назад +62

    I was 16 in 1971 and I was at this concert! The Shea Stadium was literally shaking. Best concert I’ve ever attended.

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 3 месяца назад

      15 in 1970

    • @cjphillips1430
      @cjphillips1430 2 месяца назад

      i was 9 liked it then and like it now

    • @garyarnold813
      @garyarnold813 2 месяца назад

      I was 9 in 1971 sadly wasn't in to music that much yet. I missed a shit ton of great bands and music

    • @dexblue
      @dexblue 2 месяца назад

      @josephramos8291 We're the same age ... I saw them at the Coliseum in Seattle. Bloodrock opened. Both were fantastic. Mark on top of a huge stack of speakers at one point during the night. Unforgettable...

  • @lauraperegord5613
    @lauraperegord5613 2 месяца назад +30

    June 2024 Still listening and still trusting in my Lord Jesus

    • @joeyhumphrey4536
      @joeyhumphrey4536 19 дней назад +1

      Agree. Thank God Mark turned to our Lord and Jesus Christ!❤

  • @cleveland2020
    @cleveland2020 6 месяцев назад +51

    2024 check in! I just discovered how great these guys were live

  • @raymondmarot5014
    @raymondmarot5014 10 месяцев назад +81

    I’m 75 and this is still the best music we had in the 60s & 70s not the junk they have now.

    • @jggrimm
      @jggrimm 8 месяцев назад +2

      at 75, I respond in the affirmative. Looking back on a time of great music, discovery, when boys went to the boys bathroom and the girls went to the girls bathroom. When we rocked.

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@jggrimmthis song is 54 years old and I still listening it

    • @leesaspears7183
      @leesaspears7183 7 месяцев назад +2

      Remember what our parents thought about our music?
      Rock ‘n’ roll was the best ❣️
      In my opinion .🥰

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 6 месяцев назад

      Old fools like you said the same thing about this song when it first came out too. People just need to chill tf out and instead of all the negativity and hate just let people enjoy what they want.
      It’s so lame to hate on music

    • @terryricketts22
      @terryricketts22 5 месяцев назад +3

      This was definitely one of the BEST!!

  • @timwebber8630
    @timwebber8630 Год назад +365

    "I'm Your Captain" always takes me back to the amazing time of the '70s! What a great time to becoming of age. Amazing Band, Amazing Song, Amazing Time!
    Still digging this song in 2023.

    • @sharonmontano4924
      @sharonmontano4924 Год назад +8

      And yet they complain about Boomers😂

    • @stephengeorge3507
      @stephengeorge3507 Год назад +5

      GREATEST ERA,WHAT A TIME TO GROW UP IN,THE WAY THE COUNTRY IS NOW,LOOKING BACK WITH FOND MEMORIES, MOST FRIENDS I WAS CLOSE TOO HAVE ALREADY PASSED,SO MANY GREAT CONCERTS AT BIG SHEA,THE GARDEN,THE PEIR,IF I REMEMBER AROUND 45ST,POLADIUM ON 14th, nice looking back,but it's all smooth jazz for me. Lol

    • @robinkline492
      @robinkline492 Год назад +9

      I hear you...me too, still digging it, lucky to be a teen in the 70's

    • @kingtutt61
      @kingtutt61 Год назад +7

      Same here! We were lucky!

    • @herrp8765
      @herrp8765 Год назад +3

      You know it!

  • @Monk-Amani.
    @Monk-Amani. 4 месяца назад +30

    67yrs on 🌏. Born in Detroit. Still appreciating the sounds of our generation. Still 🙏 for 🌏 Peace.

  • @cynthiam2408
    @cynthiam2408 Год назад +745

    Now it’s 2023, anyone still listening?

  • @cliffhewitt2056
    @cliffhewitt2056 2 месяца назад +28

    It's June 2024 and I'm 70 and still listening

  • @henryortiz3969
    @henryortiz3969 Месяц назад +14

    I am 66, I was blessed to live that era, talented musicians, no marketing, no technology helping to get you in tone, real live music. Who does that now?

  • @JohmathanBSwift
    @JohmathanBSwift 4 месяца назад +23

    I'm so proud of this.
    I'm glad I was a part of it in my life.

  • @fijisun4me
    @fijisun4me 4 года назад +630

    Here I am, holed up on account of a pandemic and jobless until who knows when. I am here, with the doors to my now silent home office closed and with lights down low. I am treating myself to a 12-year-old scotch and really enjoying this trip back in time to my younger days!!! Suddenly I realize...Life's not too bad. I'll get through this!!

    • @pst702
      @pst702 4 года назад +29

      That's because you and I are from a tougher generation that was blessed with great music my friend

    • @ivanvelasco1984
      @ivanvelasco1984 4 года назад +7

      GRAND FUNK , LO MEJOR, BELLA ÉPOCA NUESTRA.

    • @scottconnors7901
      @scottconnors7901 4 года назад +13

      I'm with you boss.

    • @robertwilken8745
      @robertwilken8745 4 года назад +22

      I am sorry for you situation but our generation got through a lot of shit. We will get through this. Hang in there brother. Keep the tunes playing and the scotch flowing.

    • @joey0077d
      @joey0077d 4 года назад +7

      Yes..We Will!!

  • @charlesrose5660
    @charlesrose5660 7 месяцев назад +38

    One of the greatest groups of all time an very under rated

  • @jameswilson4978
    @jameswilson4978 3 месяца назад +44

    68 years young and Still rocking Grand Funk

    • @yat3700
      @yat3700 Месяц назад

      💯💓💃

  • @Needles923
    @Needles923 7 месяцев назад +38

    1st concert I ever went to in 1969 at the state fair colosseum in Indy. My ears rang for 3 days. Can't believe these guys aren't in the Rock and role hall of fame.

    • @albertopalma1663
      @albertopalma1663 6 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, same here. Can't believe that either.

    • @scotabot7826
      @scotabot7826 4 месяца назад +2

      The RRH of shame is a joke anymore!! The people bought all the records, and went to the concerts, not the brain dead stuffed suits at the RRH of shame!!

  • @steveshaw280
    @steveshaw280 2 года назад +588

    One of the greatest American rock bands ever

    • @MikeM275
      @MikeM275 2 года назад +20

      And a CRIME they aren't in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame! (Which makes the R&R hall of fame a fraud!)

    • @stone9.098
      @stone9.098 2 года назад +6

      @@MikeM275 I didn't know that. What a shame! Just think, this year the R&RHoF nom'd Dolly Parton, she declined it and they still reinstated the nomination.

    • @MikeM275
      @MikeM275 2 года назад +11

      @@stone9.098 I love Dolly (My nephew owns Hippo Records in Nashville and did her last album a few years ago), but Dolly has no business in the R&R HOF. And she has the dignity to know it. And I mean, they got half a dozen rappers in the Hall, and not Grand Funk? Half a dozen or more country music artists that never played Rock n roll in their lives? Johnny Cash? Chet Atkins? Love them both, do not belong in a rock n roll hall of fame. Yet, Grand Funk, no? smh. We think it's because at the end of their shows the last couple of years they were together Mark (which had become a born again Christian) always ended the shows mentioning God in some way or another. Fastest way to get black balled in acting or rock n roll circles it seems.

    • @stone9.098
      @stone9.098 2 года назад +6

      @@MikeM275 It was awesome to see Steve Miller rip into them a few years back.

    • @catatetherat5138
      @catatetherat5138 2 года назад +5

      @@MikeM275 they dont know what good is are theyed put them in thr "*HALL OF FAME*" 😎 🇺🇸

  • @karenredd8314
    @karenredd8314 8 месяцев назад +24

    2024- still listening! To the days of the greatest music this world will ever know. It makes being older worth it because we were blessed.

  • @mg-ru8yw
    @mg-ru8yw 2 года назад +258

    Saw them at Madison Square Garden same year with new girlfriend. Well here are still together in 2022; still listening to the same great music. It never gets old, even if we are😌

  • @TheNewAmericanMedia
    @TheNewAmericanMedia 7 месяцев назад +63

    Time to get these guys into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame already

    • @kamuelalee
      @kamuelalee 3 месяца назад +3

      ECHO THAT

    • @craighausinger1109
      @craighausinger1109 3 месяца назад +5

      Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland SUCKs,and I'm from Akron, by ommiting GFR they're not about Rock -n-Roll.

    • @morrison1405
      @morrison1405 2 месяца назад

      HOF is corrupt. They're too busy kissing BA.

  • @coreymihailiuk5189
    @coreymihailiuk5189 2 года назад +518

    Unreal live version of a rock masterpiece. Farner's vocals just soared. The energy coming off that stage was just incredible!

    • @georgeburge7136
      @georgeburge7136 2 года назад +9

      Hell yes . They always played with energy and joy.

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 года назад +11

      It was! Real Rock and Roll!

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 года назад +8

      @@georgeburge7136 Love their music. Such raw talent!

    • @greasyflight6609
      @greasyflight6609 2 года назад +7

      @@LoneLee2022 It was let it rip time!

    • @michaelwyckoff7593
      @michaelwyckoff7593 2 года назад +10

      Mark Farner was the man back then.

  • @peterk8909
    @peterk8909 5 лет назад +844

    Critics hated them but every one of their albums went platinum. The fans and I loved 'em!

    • @despicableme8762
      @despicableme8762 4 года назад +60

      Honestly, who gives a fuck what critics think? No one ever stayed away from a movie, book or record because critics didn't like it. Critics are nothing more than pretentious assholes.

    • @bigsky3072
      @bigsky3072 4 года назад +52

      The critics hate loud jam bands that play 10 or 20 minute jams.. power trios. That's why they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. People who are musically educated can see that Grank Funk is massive talent.

    • @demeaningplebny1363
      @demeaningplebny1363 4 года назад +44

      Well, the argument usually made is that the _early_ songs were somewhat simplistic. But, the whole thing is, you had to be there. I was at the show in Detroit when they opened for Zeppelin. Honestly, if Grand Funk hadn't stopped playing no one would have cared. But, the set had to be stopped "due to a contractual agreement with Led Zeppelin." Don't get me wrong , Zep was tremendous. But, those three dudes had the place on fire and nobody was ready to stop rockin'. When the announcement was made you could just hear the crowd sigh due to a serious case of funkus interruptus.

    • @valcarter2207
      @valcarter2207 4 года назад +11

      Great band!

    • @alan30189
      @alan30189 4 года назад +10

      The critics were idiots with a poor taste in music.

  • @CarlosRivera-go7jk
    @CarlosRivera-go7jk 4 года назад +76

    One drummer, one bassist, one guitar= SOUNDS MUCH BETTER THAN ANY 2000's BAND.

    • @vocesdelrioriourbano7236
      @vocesdelrioriourbano7236 3 года назад +4

      Those guys had souls in the 70's...now they are empty shells.

    • @robertpfuhl2679
      @robertpfuhl2679 3 года назад +4

      These groups could actually play and sing, now it’s all auto tuned and computer music

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 3 года назад +1

      The Warning Band does about as good.

  • @lawrencekellerii4857
    @lawrencekellerii4857 Месяц назад +9

    This era of music will never be replicated, so appreciative to have experienced it 🎸🥁🎸

  • @DerGlaetze
    @DerGlaetze 4 года назад +211

    Eddie Van Halen once said that GFR was one of the only live performers who fully met his expectations.

    • @enolam99
      @enolam99 4 года назад +9

      GFR....Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.... 😎

    • @ryerob741
      @ryerob741 4 года назад +6

      Eddie also said when asked about how it felt to be the greatest lead guitarist alive........"I don't know...why don't you ask Alex Lifeson" ......agreed!

    • @gerardoa9179
      @gerardoa9179 4 года назад +2

      @@ryerob741 So what does Rush has to do with Eddie and GFR?

    • @ryerob741
      @ryerob741 4 года назад +2

      @@gerardoa9179 wow...what's the issue here? I love Grand Funk I love Eddie Van halen I love Rush....just using a little humor with the famous Eddie quotes.....are you offended by something I pointed out here?

    • @gerardoa9179
      @gerardoa9179 4 года назад

      @@ryerob741 No, just curious. I Like too Rush, VH and GFR

  • @thanos2727
    @thanos2727 7 месяцев назад +300

    2024 ..whos still listening???

    • @rstritmatter
      @rstritmatter 7 месяцев назад +4

      8.1 million and still going up.

    • @rogerreceveur2999
      @rogerreceveur2999 7 месяцев назад +4

      I’m with ya 2024

    • @ThomasJones-sz3sx
      @ThomasJones-sz3sx 7 месяцев назад +5

      I was 12 in '71.......I remember this tune like it was yesterday!!

    • @pamokpamok655
      @pamokpamok655 7 месяцев назад +1

      Still going going forever until U-235 coming.

    • @annekale1503
      @annekale1503 7 месяцев назад +4

      Me!

  • @OpinionatedCebuana
    @OpinionatedCebuana 5 месяцев назад +13

    March 2024, still watching. I was 12 when this song was aired.

  • @whitneythompson3987
    @whitneythompson3987 13 дней назад +5

    I'm here 60 years, this music will never die...let the music play

  • @bobo44donemilking51
    @bobo44donemilking51 4 года назад +611

    Michigan boys,great band should be in the hall of fame

    • @davebrown9714
      @davebrown9714 4 года назад +9

      I TOTALLY agree with you 👍🏾👍🏾

    • @livemusic8248
      @livemusic8248 4 года назад +6

      I agree 100%

    • @kennyhuskisson2684
      @kennyhuskisson2684 4 года назад +4

      Oh hell yes!👍✌

    • @scottgarrett3315
      @scottgarrett3315 4 года назад +14

      How can GFR not already be in The Hall?

    • @grasscarpets
      @grasscarpets 4 года назад +8

      basil ervin just think the beastie boys are in and some rappers but not them
      The hall is stupid
      I went there and couldn’t believe what I saw

  • @jillestes1326
    @jillestes1326 3 года назад +233

    I miss growing up in the 70's and listening to all the awesome music!

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 года назад +8

      I'd do anything to go back to the 70's..................

    • @susanirek5706
      @susanirek5706 2 года назад +3

      Grew up 2 miles from Alpine Valley in Wisconsin in the 70's & 80's.. took it for granted having live music every weekend..
      Off the charts ;)

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 года назад +4

      @@susanirek5706 Those were the days.

    • @susanirek5706
      @susanirek5706 2 года назад +9

      @@LoneLee2022 ..& we knew who we were then..
      Girls were girls & men were men

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 года назад +1

      @@susanirek5706 Allah Be Praised!

  • @malindanapier2818
    @malindanapier2818 4 года назад +192

    I'm 65 years old...this was my all time group in the 70's STILL LOVING THIS! ✌

    • @thomascook8739
      @thomascook8739 4 года назад +5

      I'm 67 = DITTO !!!!

    • @deborraholiveri6202
      @deborraholiveri6202 3 года назад +6

      I'm 69 and right there with you !
      I was at this concert !

    • @rivercross1
      @rivercross1 3 года назад +4

      61 and screw the naysayers!

    • @TH-sn7mw
      @TH-sn7mw 3 года назад +5

      I can’t remember how many times my mom would tell me to TURN THAT DAMN MUSIC DOWN, I never did.

    • @pameladerouen9044
      @pameladerouen9044 3 года назад +3

      63 here.. This is music!!!

  • @troycarlson7695
    @troycarlson7695 11 месяцев назад +13

    "The wild shirtless vocals of Mark Farner? The bong rattling bass of Mel Shocker? The competent drumming of Don Brewer?"

  • @christiewallace1660
    @christiewallace1660 5 месяцев назад +18

    I was born this year (71) and I'm listening like it's my job. Best music ever. 🎶 ❤

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 4 месяца назад +1

      (70)

    • @olly8
      @olly8 4 месяца назад +1

      72yrs old ..."Right on!!"
      Keep on truckin ✌🏼

  • @KevinAClassA
    @KevinAClassA 4 года назад +505

    Hey MILLENIALS !! Hear that, yeah.. Music, No AUTOTUNE.
    Outstanding.
    Thank you

    • @itsthatsebguy93
      @itsthatsebguy93 4 года назад +13

      Ok boomer

    • @juianjimenez1357
      @juianjimenez1357 4 года назад +6

      Good memories . I was a six years old boy by 1971 , but I listened Grand Funk Railroad and some other great rock bands because of my cousins and neighbours . Send you a hug from Mexico City .

    • @Austin_In_Chains
      @Austin_In_Chains 4 года назад +4

      Ok boomer

    • @KevinAClassA
      @KevinAClassA 4 года назад +8

      @@itsthatsebguy93 And proud to be

    • @richardgreen9393
      @richardgreen9393 4 года назад +15

      iBeer420noscope It must suck not having any identity...boomers rock🤘🏼

  • @Frank-sm9yl
    @Frank-sm9yl Год назад +60

    America was a wonderful place to live in 1971.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +3

      Not for Vietnam Vets, lots of civil unrest etc…great music though!

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 8 месяцев назад +2

      1970

    • @alicewoodard2373
      @alicewoodard2373 7 месяцев назад +1

      Vietnam/ Southeast Asia was not a great time at all.

    • @Frank-sm9yl
      @Frank-sm9yl 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@alicewoodard2373 that's not America

    • @Mark-gg6iy
      @Mark-gg6iy 4 месяца назад

      Not for LGBT people. They could expect to be treated poorly up to and including being killed and/or imprisoned by sanctimonious religious conservatives. I have lived in Thailand and am impressed how their religious conservatives (Buddhists & Muslims) live and let live.
      Also, I think many Black people would disagree with your claim.
      Lastly, for those men who wore long hair or men/women who dressed in the fashions popular at that time, they could also expect stress that might include violence from again, conservatives mostly in the South and Mid-West. Don't sugarcoat the past. Most countries are divided to some degree between backward-looking conservatives and forward-looking progressives/liberals.
      The majority of Americans did not support the Revolutionary War.

  • @rogerscott9332
    @rogerscott9332 7 месяцев назад +33

    Every once in a while, I'll be walking through the halls at work and this song just comes out of me. I'm 65 now and still believe in the power of music to bring those that are willing to listen to talk with each other. To a certain extent it may be all we have left now.

    • @adolforivero4955
      @adolforivero4955 7 месяцев назад +3

      👍👍👍

    • @Debi-rd8mf
      @Debi-rd8mf 5 месяцев назад

      Yep, I'm the same age as you. "65" & I insist, this year, better NOT be Jive!

  •  4 года назад +153

    And suddenly almost 50 years has been passed...in a blink...

  • @sherriboyce2407
    @sherriboyce2407 4 года назад +147

    1 guitar, 1 bass and drums...oh yeah and a whole lotta talent!

    • @lwoods7283
      @lwoods7283 3 года назад +1

      U got it baby,lol!😄🤙

    • @hectordelgado3162
      @hectordelgado3162 3 года назад +1

      Power trio!!

    • @geraldroraback5432
      @geraldroraback5432 3 года назад +4

      GFR rated the #1 live rock group of all time.

    • @Dahstin
      @Dahstin 3 года назад +2

      There are many power trios...Rush, Triumph, Cream.... Cheap trick.

    • @geraldroraback5432
      @geraldroraback5432 3 года назад +5

      @@Dahstin #1 Live Rock Group of all time. “Rolling Stone Magazine”. None of the groups you mentioned would ever sell out Shea Stadium not even Cream.

  • @danasixty4012
    @danasixty4012 4 года назад +329

    I remember my mom banging on the wall to lower the volume because I was playing GFR too loud ,well that was a long time ago and now that I'm in my Twilight years , I find myself alone at my ranch ,but you what ,I still have my friends Mark, Don and Mel here to keep me company ,now I play them ever louder .this is from an old Rocker with a young Heart . Take Care 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

    • @pst702
      @pst702 4 года назад +8

      Stay Forever Young 👍

    • @ginac5277
      @ginac5277 4 года назад +7

      She must have known my mother

    • @joepimental6938
      @joepimental6938 4 года назад +11

      Ha ! Same with my parents. I am in the philippines (66years young) coz of a small pension, and big hopes of young Love(r), but have decided of late to be happy alone. Thank God for youtube.

    • @emankcin8
      @emankcin8 4 года назад +6

      Knock, knock, knock, Dana, turn it down!

    • @ShannonLeeSD
      @ShannonLeeSD 4 года назад +4

      Keep on rocking!

  • @donnaeast4845
    @donnaeast4845 Месяц назад +6

    I'm 73 and how I miss those days and the great music. Grand Funk is one of the greatest groups of all time. I can remember smoking and listening to them. How I miss that. I'm not sure which I miss most. The smoking or Grand Funk.

  • @danielholt7070
    @danielholt7070 7 лет назад +1070

    Anybody notice that both blacks and whites were in the audience, jammin together. Now that's some grand funk.

    • @sheilarobertson5539
      @sheilarobertson5539 5 лет назад +22

      Daniel Holt AMEN !

    • @melodiefrances3898
      @melodiefrances3898 4 года назад +19

      In those days ...

    • @bobbycapron1980
      @bobbycapron1980 4 года назад +23

      just like hip hop concerts now,HUGE mixture of all races,although MUCH more peaceful back then at these concerts

    • @pachy444
      @pachy444 4 года назад +20

      Assume you are American then lol.... In the UK people wouldn't notice

    • @peterweiss6140
      @peterweiss6140 4 года назад +41

      Black or white, we all bleed red. Shine on friends.

  • @bobparvin9773
    @bobparvin9773 2 года назад +343

    This takes me back to the good old days! Just watching this video gave me goosebumps, and I ain't kidding either. It was a time when alotta bands didn't need all that Hi-Tech shit to be a genuine kickass outfit! Thanks for the great tunes, Grand Funk Railroad!

    • @kathycandia2203
      @kathycandia2203 2 года назад +4

      God, I miss those days. Did you ever get to see them live? They were amazing. Turned my daughter and granddaughter on to them. Daughter is GenX; granddaughter is a Millennial;, both love GFR.

    • @autumndaze-1889
      @autumndaze-1889 Год назад +2

      They do kick ass. I saw them live when I was in college in O-town; they played the old Orlando Sports Stadium on East Highway 50/Colonial Drive. It was awesome. Hung out with them after the show. Saw them again years later at Phillies, this cool pub/bar in West Palm Beach. I had so much fun.We stayed and talked to the band for hours. I believe the drummer is from this area, not sure. Grand Funk, amazing band!

    • @kerrimiller3397
      @kerrimiller3397 Год назад +3

      I'm 52 I told my best friend I'm in love with 1971 Mark Farner LOL

    • @charlesking5328
      @charlesking5328 Год назад +2

      @@kerrimiller3397 All the girl's loved Mark , my sisters included.

    • @johnhargis4566
      @johnhargis4566 Год назад

      ❤ 😅

  • @timlu7684
    @timlu7684 3 года назад +176

    There was a petition going around several years ago (i signed several times ) to get Grand Funk into the Rock N Roll HOF. What Happened??!!! Don't you guys know they "We Are An American Band"!! THESE GUYS WERE AWESOME!!

    • @lwoods7283
      @lwoods7283 3 года назад +4

      Send it to meeeeee!

    • @keithwilson9743
      @keithwilson9743 3 года назад +7

      That's ridiculous. Madonna not grand funk.i grew up hearing them on Detroit radio.

    • @ohok3608
      @ohok3608 3 года назад +7

      that place sucks.........................................

    • @Lilhaer
      @Lilhaer 3 года назад +7

      The cost is like 15K to get in. Its not an honor, its a sham.

    • @jimdwyer135
      @jimdwyer135 3 года назад +4

      Yeah.....the critics of old thought very little of GFR and I believe the same mentality exists at the RNRHOF. But nobody ever filled SHEA STADIUM to capacity for an opportunity to listen to a critic.

  • @user-lo9or3zn5f
    @user-lo9or3zn5f 2 месяца назад +6

    Now it's 2024! And we old school rock & rollers are still listening!

  • @stevenpeyton7476
    @stevenpeyton7476 Год назад +160

    One of the best live trio acts of all time. Mark, Don, and Mel.

  • @joejulian1251
    @joejulian1251 3 года назад +137

    After my dad passed away we listened to his playlist while we waited for the funeral home. I'll always appreciate this song

    • @grampsrivera9771
      @grampsrivera9771 2 года назад +5

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @danfrick397
      @danfrick397 2 года назад +3

      That's pretty cool .

    • @brandymarie82
      @brandymarie82 2 года назад +16

      That’s why I’m here. I was reading through my dad’s 1972 senior memory book and he listed them as he favorite band. He passed in January 2022. Missing him tonight!

    • @sylviaburns2995
      @sylviaburns2995 Год назад +3

      Nice... Music can bring back good times with you beloved father. Treasured times.

    • @sylviaburns2995
      @sylviaburns2995 Год назад +3

      @@brandymarie82 I feel you. My Dad passed 16 years ago. It feels like that it is taking long to stop that feeling of missing him.

  • @suzanmiller558
    @suzanmiller558 2 месяца назад +12

    Man we had the best music ever

  • @Johnny_06
    @Johnny_06 Год назад +6

    June 10 , love this kind of music. I was born in 62 Columbus Ohio. I’m just hanging out in my backyard. Remembering my son THE passed away when he was 20.

  • @jeffcasper1727
    @jeffcasper1727 5 месяцев назад +25

    65 and still listening to all the music from the 60s thru the 80s.

    • @noname65555
      @noname65555 5 месяцев назад

      1958 baby here in the house!

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@noname65555 1948 country

  • @ittybittykittymama7582
    @ittybittykittymama7582 Год назад +77

    It's August of 2023 and I'm still jamming on this one! GFR was and still are one great band and part of the soundtrack of my youth. Thanks for this memory!

  • @edwhite3767
    @edwhite3767 2 года назад +90

    GFR SHOULD BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!!! I've been listening to them for 50 years!! What a great band

    • @mrJed-ec7lf
      @mrJed-ec7lf Год назад +2

      goes to show the mentality of the missing. GFR doesn't need the tag - they are so far beyond that crap. let the unknowners find their own way some day. That thread will always remain infinite ... only a matter of how real it is felt - Thank the Universe for the material world July 9, 1971, eh?

    • @melissadavis638
      @melissadavis638 Год назад +2

      I agree

    • @pascharay
      @pascharay Год назад

      I'm glad they ain't
      They are the HOF
      Detroit

    • @MrBandit3016
      @MrBandit3016 Год назад +5

      thye hall hof fame is a joke they have to put crap like rap and madonna and other junk in thats not music

  • @papblues51
    @papblues51 Месяц назад +5

    One of the first songs I ever learned on bass guitar. Etched my memory for ever. I'm 68 now and still jammed to this..

  • @timothystoutland6961
    @timothystoutland6961 6 лет назад +24

    My dad took me to this very concert for my thirteenth birthday. I'll never forget how the bleachers bounced and shook to the beats of the music.

  • @jimsavage8399
    @jimsavage8399 2 года назад +70

    I will add that it is so impressive that only 3 people can make such magnificent music!

  • @ishackmiller
    @ishackmiller 8 месяцев назад +134

    Who else is listening to this masterpiece in 2024

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 8 месяцев назад +1

      Me

    • @user-ew6sj3ff1l
      @user-ew6sj3ff1l 7 месяцев назад

      Lowest effort comment. You a bot?

    • @ishackmiller
      @ishackmiller 7 месяцев назад

      @@user-ew6sj3ff1l nope just appreciating this beautiful work and wondering who else also appreciated this masterpiece

    • @terryricketts22
      @terryricketts22 5 месяцев назад

      Me!!

    • @tomwhite716
      @tomwhite716 5 месяцев назад

      Me2

  • @sylviaflores9936
    @sylviaflores9936 5 месяцев назад +9

    My brother was 74 and he was still listening to this song weeks ago

  • @vitoaugello1677
    @vitoaugello1677 2 года назад +23

    Yes, I'm an old dude. And I was there for that concert. To say the stadium was rocking is an understatement. People were stamping their feet so loudly, I thought the seats were going to collapse.

    • @stuartzarahn923
      @stuartzarahn923 2 года назад

      You're not just whistlin Dixie!! My ears still hurt

  • @c.r.6172
    @c.r.6172 11 месяцев назад +13

    2023 still listening to this musical GEM!

  • @patrickcalabro8718
    @patrickcalabro8718 2 года назад +179

    I was at this concert. Sitting in the midsection. Funk was so loud, that we had to yell into each other’s ears to hear each other. Humble Pie came on first. Wow! Back-up singer Don Brewer’s solo plant’s him down as easily one of the greatest Rock Drummers of all time.

    • @danielbesser4602
      @danielbesser4602 2 года назад +5

      I envy you! Getting to see 2 great bands in concert! Was Frampton still in Humble Pie at that point?

    • @superorangeish
      @superorangeish 2 года назад +2

      @@danielbesser4602 Absolutely

    • @toffanful
      @toffanful 2 года назад +10

      @@superorangeish More importantly, the great Steve Marriott was in Humble Pie.

    • @rodneystanger1651
      @rodneystanger1651 2 года назад

      Brewer is a total shitbag that stole the GFR TM from Mark.

    • @superorangeish
      @superorangeish 2 года назад

      @@toffanful Word!

  • @dhollerbach1
    @dhollerbach1 6 месяцев назад +12

    This couldn't have been better. For the moment, the time, the place and the players. It's a rare convergence of perfection.

  • @alexmalvarez2707
    @alexmalvarez2707 3 года назад +115

    Man to hear Grand Funk, Humble Pie, Led Zeppelin and the Doors in one concert night, I know then that I'll be in Rock & Roll Heaven!

    • @adrianpeterson9668
      @adrianpeterson9668 3 года назад +3

      I fellow Pie man I see

    • @denworley16
      @denworley16 3 года назад +1

      Good concert

    • @theanswerisinthebackofyourhead
      @theanswerisinthebackofyourhead 3 года назад +1

      I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT MANY MANY YRS AGO, MY BROTHER HAD A PARTY AT OUR HOUSE WITH A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS CAME OVER ( AROUND 1974) AND I FOUND IN THE LOWER LIVING ROOM WHERE THE PARTY WAS AT IN THE FLOOR AN 8 TRACK OF HUMBLE PIE ROCKING THE FILMORE AND THE BOOM BOX WHICH HAD AN 8 TRACK TAPE PLAYER IN IT AND I PUT THE TAPE IN AND HEARD A SONG OR TWO AND HEARD I DONT NEED NO DOCTOR AND WAS A CHANGED GIRL, FOR ME IT WAS BLACK LEATHER PANTS, RAZOR THIN TANK TOPS, BIG BELTS WITH BIG BELT BUCKLES AND SO ON, MY PARENTS???? NOT VERY HAPPY IN THE DIRECTION I WAS LEANING BUT IT WAS ONLY A PHASE AND BY THE TIME I WENT TO COLLEGE I WAS INTO OTHER THINGS THAT I WILL NOT GET INTO LOL.

    • @cindyfalstrom7231
      @cindyfalstrom7231 2 года назад +5

      I assume you must know that Humble Pie opened for GF at Shea. People talk about how GF sold so many tickets. I bet the Pie had a lot to do with it also.

    • @Happy57
      @Happy57 2 года назад +1

      @@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead hey girl I saw humble pie in Detroit in the seventies three times high School years not just I Don't need no Doctor don't forget 30 days in the hole. Those were fun times now it's aches and pains in my mid 60s playing all the same music from way back then. Can't beat music from the 70s, too many to name. ✌️

  • @davidj.steiger3178
    @davidj.steiger3178 7 месяцев назад +18

    It’s 2024 and yeah, I’m still listening. Greatest voice in rock history, and what a band…

  • @stevethrendyle8406
    @stevethrendyle8406 4 года назад +53

    This band seriously deserves a second look by all of the critics. One of the truly great American songs, IMHO.

  • @davidreed3357
    @davidreed3357 5 месяцев назад +6

    2024 and this song still brings back great memories

  • @electrablue4220
    @electrablue4220 4 года назад +59

    For any younger people that just happen to be on this video.......
    You See that stadium moving up and down❓
    Now that's the way WE USED TO ROCK OUT TO A CONCERT👍👊🤘✌️

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 4 года назад +7

      I hear ya. Us Baby Boomers knew how to party and we loved our music. Return me back to the 70s.

    • @reneecain5511
      @reneecain5511 4 года назад +1

      Yes we did!!!!

    • @samuelherman4859
      @samuelherman4859 3 года назад

      I'm just 38 😢

    • @TC-dw6wg
      @TC-dw6wg 3 года назад +1

      @@samuelherman4859 🤣🤣🤣. Best comment! Love from a boomer.

  • @leemzgoogle917
    @leemzgoogle917 6 месяцев назад +10

    50 years later and this song is used in commercials to sell cars. This is the music my Dad said would "never last". LOL

  • @j.m.1524
    @j.m.1524 4 года назад +156

    How they are not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is beyond me...

    • @harryballs5080
      @harryballs5080 3 года назад +31

      Fuck the rock and roll hall of fame

    • @thomasphoutopolous862
      @thomasphoutopolous862 3 года назад +7

      Loved grand funk any one playing bass check out this bass player Mel or don what a bass player bad to the bone mark don and Mel raw jamming.

    • @thegreenbird795
      @thegreenbird795 3 года назад +12

      it's all politics man

    • @cbgranger11
      @cbgranger11 3 года назад +8

      They turned political, so kinda a joke now...but they shoulda been inducted long long ago!!

    • @sydbarrett8234
      @sydbarrett8234 3 года назад +11

      Because they have to be PC, putting shit like rappers, country, and God only knows this pop culture crap. Way too many deserving bands/people true rockers left out. 🖕you hall.

  • @dankippert2677
    @dankippert2677 Месяц назад +6

    Every generation says it............but those were the real days of rock and roll and concerts......

  • @JohnnyNation
    @JohnnyNation 3 года назад +130

    This band was key in putting Arena-Rock on the map !!! Listen to the crowd roar !!!

    • @jimdwyer135
      @jimdwyer135 3 года назад +7

      I was there.......the capture on film is minuscule. We were behind the first base dugout and just a little higher than those bleacher you saw rocking from the folks jumping on them in rhythm. It looked like the stadium had lungs and was breathing quickly. Also, when it was all over, the subway cars were JAMMED with concert goers......harmony amongst all and in awe of the performance.

    • @antoniotorres-wm4eo
      @antoniotorres-wm4eo 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/Y3--xGB1ETc/видео.html

  • @tamarabradshaw4799
    @tamarabradshaw4799 3 года назад +253

    I'm listening to Mark as I'm cooking Christmas dinner 2020 for my family. God Bless you Mark, Merry Christmas to you and to every Grand Funk Railroad fan around the world.

  • @beefsupreme462
    @beefsupreme462 4 года назад +598

    Anyone listening in 2020? Anyone hear that new Deep Purple, "man alive" song? it's fantastic, some of their best work and the video is great, it's no " perfect stranger video" but still good, new album in august, they're still going strong!!!

    • @robertloox
      @robertloox 4 года назад +13

      Absolutely! I’m your captain! The funk goes on.

    • @myearsloveit
      @myearsloveit 4 года назад +9

      Hells 2 the YES!

    • @tomwebb1083
      @tomwebb1083 4 года назад +6

      Oh yeah!

    • @satanofficial3902
      @satanofficial3902 4 года назад +4

      6,000,000,000 BP for me.

    • @timmason1033
      @timmason1033 4 года назад +6

      yes indeed.... classic and still great today!

  • @Maclaren415
    @Maclaren415 2 месяца назад +15

    1971...I was 19. This still rocks me in 2024 when I am 72!

  • @dennisdevine3382
    @dennisdevine3382 4 года назад +122

    This song takes me back to Nam, where the bar bands used to crank it out for us GIs.

    • @lynnbaynes2128
      @lynnbaynes2128 4 года назад +5

      Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

    • @denysemcalister6218
      @denysemcalister6218 4 года назад +3

      Grateful for your service

    • @proudhawkeye
      @proudhawkeye 4 года назад +1

      Mr. Devine, thank you very much for your service to this country Sir, you are a very brave and honorable man!!

    • @2chihuahuamama995
      @2chihuahuamama995 3 года назад

      Thank you for your service!

    • @grizzled8353
      @grizzled8353 3 года назад +1

      Viet Nam era Navy vet. Once, in the Phillipines, during one of our frequent deployments, I saw a band that covered Lynyrd Skynrd, doing "Free Bird". It was like listening to Lynrd Skynrd in the studio. BAD ASS. I tip my hat to that band, they did honor to Lynrd Skynrd.

  • @impartialobserver6604
    @impartialobserver6604 4 года назад +185

    Ah the 70’s best 10 yrs of my life! Glad I lived in those times, forever missed and unparalleled forever!

    • @sherrydeloach7036
      @sherrydeloach7036 4 года назад +2

      Agreed! ;)

    • @montecarlo766
      @montecarlo766 4 года назад +6

      wish i could go back today, great time to live! i hate the 21st. century!

    • @BoslagerBBQ
      @BoslagerBBQ 4 года назад +3

      I got 10 in the 70’s and 80’s, awesome decades. Late 60’s was cool as well.

    • @michaelzarro8871
      @michaelzarro8871 4 года назад +1

      Yep!

    • @maryjosutter4523
      @maryjosutter4523 4 года назад +1

      Me TOO!!! Can't be replaced for sure. Nothing but the greatest times and memories ever🥴

  • @michaelulbricht9438
    @michaelulbricht9438 Год назад +38

    These 3 guys from Flint, MI broke the Beatles record for selling out Shea more quickly than they did. Grand Funk never got the critical acclaim that they should have, but "the people" sure liked them!

    • @bigsky3072
      @bigsky3072 Год назад +3

      The Beatles tickets were "mail in tickets, GFR were go to the store and buy tickets there, that's why. But it doesn't matter anyway..

    • @howardbishop4041
      @howardbishop4041 9 месяцев назад

      "The People"..

    • @Mat_Gomez23
      @Mat_Gomez23 6 месяцев назад

      The critics are prejudice, don’t let what those people impact your opinion and thoughts on them

  • @Tommy714
    @Tommy714 10 месяцев назад +59

    I'm 63 this gives me goosebumps every time!!!!!🎸🎸🎸

    • @franz909
      @franz909 9 месяцев назад

      could be something else ...I'd see a doctor

    • @thegeneral1100
      @thegeneral1100 8 месяцев назад +4

      “73”,,,,, gotcha by 10 years.

  • @jerrywebb9614
    @jerrywebb9614 Год назад +108

    I was 17 when this concert took place at Shea stadium in New York..I lived in New York at that time and i believe i read in the Daily News on either the front cover or back cover " Grand Funk sells out Shea Stadium faster then the Beatles had"..Grand Funk mania was insane around this time.Grand Funk was one of the early power bands that had 3 musicians in it.One lead guutar/rythem one drummer and one bass..I listen to their music till this day.I watch this video almost every night because it takes me back to my youth and the culture of that era..From 1964- 1974 we had the greatest music ever.Bands were everywhere unlike today where rock bands have exited the scene.I know people always talk of there era as best but the culture of the 60's and early 70's was mind blowing.The Hippies,Flower power,Viet Nam,bell bottoms and tye dye shirts were just " groovy"..Had many friends and yet we never talked politics,we never talked about hating America..We gave police respect and we talked music or sports..Only 2 genders back then and many teens joined the military me as one of them..Great great band from the greatest era of alltime.

    • @maggiea8488
      @maggiea8488 Год назад +12

      And ,we were one, all races ,creeds,colors, didn't matter, just diggin the music

    • @Voyageur314
      @Voyageur314 Год назад +9

      I saw them many times but the best was in 1969 at Public Hall in Cleveland, they opened for Led Zeppelin. 😎✌❤🎶

    • @maggiea8488
      @maggiea8488 Год назад +2

      @@Voyageur314 wow,that's amazing! I'm jealous..

    • @tuberocker69
      @tuberocker69 Год назад +2

      @JerryWebb
      Hellz yeah 🤘

    • @RS54321
      @RS54321 Год назад +5

      Y'all had way more common sense and character back then. You were fortunate to have grown up during that time. I love classic rock...yes, the music today is unparalleled to then.

  • @ccole1255
    @ccole1255 2 года назад +56

    A REAL American rock & roll band.. they knew how to play their own instruments and create variations with different grooves and syncopations and moods and arrangements on the fly... VERY few bands today could even attempt that

  • @melissareiff2275
    @melissareiff2275 4 месяца назад +7

    I was born in late 70’s. But I wish I grew up in this era. I always thought the 80’s was the best time to grow up but I think the 70’s have em beat.

  • @sylviarhea7270
    @sylviarhea7270 Месяц назад +4

    I'm listening in August of 2024. I love it! ❤

  • @gregbarth9617
    @gregbarth9617 4 года назад +135

    Almost 50 years ago, still revelant. Still the best music

    • @johncarroll7500
      @johncarroll7500 4 года назад +2

      I Absolutely
      @ I AGREE

    • @annawilson1313
      @annawilson1313 4 года назад

      Hi Greg

    • @johncarroll7500
      @johncarroll7500 4 года назад

      @@annawilson1313
      Sup= §μpport

    • @douglong1706
      @douglong1706 3 года назад

      I'm going to the hard rock casino and see them again they're awesome

    • @douglong1706
      @douglong1706 3 года назад

      @@annawilson1313 I had an 8 track tape of them

  • @SteveRaab100
    @SteveRaab100 2 года назад +85

    Such a Great Band....Grand Funk Railroad still lights up Classic Rock Radio Stations all across the USA every day !!!

  • @bobparker8294
    @bobparker8294 3 года назад +75

    “You kids don’t know Grand Funk? The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!”
    --Homer Simpson

    • @bash8257
      @bash8257 3 года назад

      Love the comment

    • @Mff48
      @Mff48 3 года назад +2

      just discovered,late to the party but LOVING it!!

    • @markmaloney3140
      @markmaloney3140 3 года назад

      Thank you.

    • @theadministers3533
      @theadministers3533 3 года назад

      Yes, oui si iT!
      Yeshuah iZ the Son!
      I AM Ommm
      Rock the pineal gland with piezoelectric stimulation, the endocrine system will produce DMT, a free trip! Wa wa tu si

    • @douglong1706
      @douglong1706 3 года назад +1

      Fantastic drummer

  • @cornelius-_
    @cornelius-_ 2 месяца назад +5

    Am 63 , Cornelius in Zambia, these were good days for me.Good memories.