As expected, this is brilliant. I have had the great fortune of living on the Big Island of Hawaii for 13 years with my husband and our 23 year-old daughter. (23? No way! Way. It goes by really fast. : ) The first 5 years we were here, I was a bartender on the "main drag" in the most "touristy" part of the island. I always played music to "control the vibe" when I was behind the bar. My go-to Pandora station began with Michael Franti and Spearhead, but it could go in a million different directions because I spent a couple of years "developing" it with thumbs up or down. Sometimes, it stayed pretty small and tight, like, say, Jack Johnson, Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Bob and Ziggy Marley, stuff like that. But other days, it would branch out far and wide from, say, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Louie Prima, Nina Simone, Aretha, Billie Holiday, The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Bill Withers, and others on the "old school" hand to, say, Milky Chance, Tupac, 50 Cent, Biggie, John Mayer, Coldplay, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green Day, Daft Punk, and other "new" groups on the other. If I detected any weird vibes in the room, I immediately went to Michael Franti and a bottle of bubbles that I always carried in my pocket. In my experience, it is impossible to continue being an A**hole if Michael Franti is playing, and the bartender just blew bubbles in your face. Hah! Worked like a charm every time. : ) Anyway, thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing so much joy to myself and countless others over the years. I appreciate you and what you do more than I could ever adequately express in words, despite being a retired teacher of English Literature and Academic Writing. Oh, and congratulations on your beautiful family. Children grow up so quickly. Our daughter Lily lives in Wailuku, Maui now with her boyfriend, but that is OK. I tell her that on clear days, we can see her and Brian from our place in Kealakekua of "little grass shack" fame. Take care. Mahalo and Aloha. : )
This song had me in tears the first time I heard it at Reggae Rise Up Maryland. All I can say is thank you.. this song helped me get in touch with something I thought I lost. ❤ One Love everyone 🙏🏼
Phenomenal jam in Winnetka Illinois last weekend. Wow! Michael has it going on!! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸❤️ Full engagement with the audience, emotions stirred. Very talented and inspiring. Thank you M.
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG, reminds me of the LOVE OF JESUS, HE’s GOT BIG LOVE FOR US, HE MAKES IT SHINE DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON US, BIG LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤
I got to hear this one twice on opening day, once during Yoga before the show at Red Rocks, and then again during the show. Love vibes!💜💙💚💛🧡❤💖, and I get to attend the show in Saratoga in August with some very special friends. #bigbiglove
Just placed my pre-order. Can't wait! Saw you at Chateau Ste Michelle a few weeks ago. So uplifting and amazing. Thank you for being you and bringing so much joy to the rest of us!
Love You Michael! So excited to be dancing with you again next Sunday at Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival! >>big Big BIG LOVE to you & ALL Around You!!!
Such a good song. Just seen Micjhael Franti in Boston over the summer. Got treated to alot of new songs including this. Reflected so much of whats going on in my life . Felt as if we grew together. Was exactly the uplifting experience I needed at the time. Big Love!
Uh uh uh We come a long way Haven't we? Baby yeah, you and me Yeah we're still dreamin' We built a family Little house Filled it up with memories And we're still believin' The yesterdays we fell down some And the best of days are yet to come The little things they all add up If it overflows you raise your cup We got big big big big love Bigger than the sun comin' down on us When it goes down now we can light it up Cause we got big big big big love And oh my my my my Every little thing's gonna be alright Throw your hands high in the air one love Cause we got big big big big big big big big love Everybody knows what's in their bank account But only God knows how many times you go around this world Girl we gonna make it count We don't need a million dollars cause we got a million pounds of love love love We can make it rain comin' down from above We got love love love We can make it rain comin' down from above Cause we got big big big big love Bigger than the sun comin' down on us When it goes down now we can light it up Cause we got big big big big love And oh my my my my Every little thing's gonna be alright Throw your hands high in the air one love Cause we got big big big big love We got one love, one love We got big big big big love We got one love, one love We got big big big big big big big big love The yesterdays we fell down some But the best of days are yet to come The little things they all add up If it overflows you raise your cup Cause we got big big big big love Bigger than the sun comin' down on us When it goes down now we can light it up Cause we got big big big big love And oh my my my my Every little thing's gonna be alright Throw your hands high in the air one love Cause we got big big big big love We got one love, one love We got big big big big love We got one love, one love We got big big big big love We got one love, one love We got big big big big love We got one love, one love We got big big big big big big big big love
There is a beautiful and heartwarming vibe in this sunny song but please Michael, don't you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the times you used to make powerful songs about crucial issues ? Mankind is on its way to extinction, nature is dying, racism and hate separate people... Time for a change, time to use your baryton voice to express loudly all our fears... Please get out of this happy sunny vibe and make us human again. Stay human bro ! (A guy you hugged in France a decade ago)
Heard this song for the first time at Baltimore rize up. U r a powerful guy/performer. Felt every second of ur set. It brought me to tears an overfilled my cup. THANKYOU.
You also got a big big big house now...nice song but really Micheal we needed the activist not the guru...people still dying ya know brotha...people still dying.. .oh wait the record company needed the guru right 🥺 Remember this? Oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' suicide Singin' oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' genocide Slam bam I come unseen But like gasoline you can tell I'm in the tank Like money in the bank I smell appealing, but I'm toxic, can send ya reeling Without an inklin', keep ya thinkin' 'cause you gave cash to the feds, left your school district for dead Fucked you up in the head, but still they sayin' nothin's wrong Sellin' firewater but outlawing the bong Still believing the system is workin' While half of my people are still outta workin' Anonymous notes left in the pockets and coats Of judges and juries from 'Frisco to Jersey Threats and protests politicians mob debts Trumped up charges and phoney arrests Stage a lethal injection, the night before the election 'cause he got donations from the prison guard's union Oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' suicide Singin' oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' genocide Listen in to my stethoscope on a rope International lullabies, human cries Thumps and silence, the language of violence Algorithmic, cataclysmic, seismic, biorhythmic You can make a life longer, but you can't save it You can make a clone an then you try to enslave it? Stealin' DNA samples from the onborn And then you comin' after us 'cause we sampled a James Brown horn? Scientists who's God is progress A four-headed sheep is their latest project The CIA runnin' like that Jones from Indiana But they still won't talk about that (Jim) Jones (People's Temple mass suicide) in Guyana This ain't no cartoon No one slips on bananas Do you really think that that car killed Diana Hell I shot Ronald Reagan, I shot JFK, I slept with Marilyn (Monroe) she sung me happy birthday Singin' Oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' suicide Singin' oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' genocide Well politicians got lipstick on the collar The whole media started to holler But I don't give a fuck who they screwin' in private I want to know who they screwin' in public Robbin', cheatin', stealin' White collar criminal McDonald eatin', you deserve a beatin' Send you home a weepin', with a fat bill for your Caribbean weekend For just about anything they can bust us False advertising sayin' "halls of Justice'' You tellin' the youth don't be so violent Then you drop bombs on every single continent Mandatory minimum sentencin' 'cause he got caught with a pocket fulla medicine Do that again another ten up in the pen I feel so mad I want to bomb an institution Singin' Oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' suicide Singin' oh-my, oh-my God! Out here mama they got us livin' genocide
@Rachel Spencer sorry but don't agree...rebel music along with a revolution is what we need leading up to 2025... ovid did enough anesthetizing...they need another wake up call...and fast..
@Rachel Spencer oh I know....just trying to warn you...and everyone....stuff he used to write and sing about is still happening...and there's no amount if love that's going to fix it...
The Red Rocks debut of this song was awesome!
I tell everyone I know about Michael Franti! I feel like Johnny Appleseed spreading little seeds of love!
Adorable comment 🥇
Amen.... me too!!❤ it's sharing more goodness and happiness with everyone!!!❤❤
Stay human 😉
I'm with you on this!
That between the sheets big papa sample no one???
✨️🫶✨️ ... shared on my channel's community tab
"We got one love,one love, we got big big big big love❤" keep spreading the message everyONE❤
Much Love Family❤️❤️💛💛💚💚 Big Big Big Love❤️❤️💛💛💚💚
Heard this on the radio and omg... I had to save it
Can't wait too see Michael Franti July 23 in St Augustine!! 😊
Looking forward it and Holland miss you, please come back for a tour here. 🎊🎶🤩
Saw it performed in CO, awesome
Big up spearhead and mike every time
Can’t wait!❤️
Big Love always ❤🎉✌️🌱🌎💗
Will be waiting!! Lots of love and peace from Nampa Idaho. 💕👏🏾👏🏾✌🏾💖🐾🎼💯
*MY NEW FAVOURITE ARTIST!!!* ✨💗✨💗✨💗✨💗✨💗✨💗✨
I absolutely love you guys ❤we need this … ❤our world will change ❤ thank you for all your inspiration and beautiful meaning !!!🎉😢❤❤❤❤
Thanks for coming to WI! Always the summer highlight!❤
Love it! I want a heart shirt!
Can’t wait! 😊
Big big love ❤
This song is so beautiful. Thank you! 🫶🏽
This music is so amazing!! Inspiring & empowering!! Thank you
Headed this song on my anniversary cruise. Thanks Royal for introducing me to it!❤❤❤❤❤
Much love, huge love, giant love, tallest love, massive love, fat love, mammoth love
Keep spreading the love Michael and friends and family. Love right back at ya! Hope to catch you live soon 💜
I saw you guys live in SF earth day years ago. Excellent vibes.
Big LOVE brother!!❤
Love this! Honored to be part of the Red Rocks crowd the night this video was taken!!!
me too!
An anthem to sing and dance to! I got big BIG love for this song and this band and you my people!
❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Hallelujah 🎉❤
As expected, this is brilliant. I have had the great fortune of living on the Big Island of Hawaii for 13 years with my husband and our 23 year-old daughter. (23? No way! Way. It goes by really fast. : ) The first 5 years we were here, I was a bartender on the "main drag" in the most "touristy" part of the island. I always played music to "control the vibe" when I was behind the bar. My go-to Pandora station began with Michael Franti and Spearhead, but it could go in a million different directions because I spent a couple of years "developing" it with thumbs up or down. Sometimes, it stayed pretty small and tight, like, say, Jack Johnson, Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Bob and Ziggy Marley, stuff like that. But other days, it would branch out far and wide from, say, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Louie Prima, Nina Simone, Aretha, Billie Holiday, The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Bill Withers, and others on the "old school" hand to, say, Milky Chance, Tupac, 50 Cent, Biggie, John Mayer, Coldplay, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green Day, Daft Punk, and other "new" groups on the other. If I detected any weird vibes in the room, I immediately went to Michael Franti and a bottle of bubbles that I always carried in my pocket. In my experience, it is impossible to continue being an A**hole if Michael Franti is playing, and the bartender just blew bubbles in your face. Hah! Worked like a charm every time. : ) Anyway, thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing so much joy to myself and countless others over the years. I appreciate you and what you do more than I could ever adequately express in words, despite being a retired teacher of English Literature and Academic Writing. Oh, and congratulations on your beautiful family. Children grow up so quickly. Our daughter Lily lives in Wailuku, Maui now with her boyfriend, but that is OK. I tell her that on clear days, we can see her and Brian from our place in Kealakekua of "little grass shack" fame. Take care. Mahalo and Aloha. : )
Love it, already knew I would! One of my 'forever musicians'.
❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️
Another awesome song and video!
I so needed this today, thank you. I see you'll be in Bend, OR soon. Say hello to the Om Gaia Tree Fam from The Artha Negara's! ❤🧡💛💚
I heard it on KSUT today!
Michael You ARE Big Big BIG LOVE!!!❤❤❤
Such an incredible song!! On repeat since the 2nd!! 🎶❤💛💚🎶
Love this guy. Always brings me out of my slump and makes me feel better about myself
This song had me in tears the first time I heard it at Reggae Rise Up Maryland. All I can say is thank you.. this song helped me get in touch with something I thought I lost. ❤ One Love everyone 🙏🏼
I felt the same. I'm going through a dark path right now. This is like a hug and a reminder of how fortunate i am. Blessings!
whenever i feel sad or anxious i listen to this it gives me sense of peace and hope for the future
Wow. This is the definition of LOVE.
Awesomeness!!
big fan!!! peace for the world! tell your your kids adorable michael
Awesome on so many levels!
Love you all! ❤🎉
Keep It Lit!
Got what sounds to me like a really cool take on that Isley Brothers / Biggie sample - I love it!
Everyone hears it. Nobody admits it.
SO POSITIVE!! Thank YOU for all your BEAUTIFUL Positive uplifting MUSIC!! You are SO AMAZING!!
Commence nonstop repeat. ❤🌞🎉
lets gooooooooooooooooooooooo
Great song and it hits hard as usual. God bless. 🙏
This was awesome, intensely good vibes!!! 💜🙏🏻🌸☮️🌍🌎🌏
You never disappoint !!!
Phenomenal jam in Winnetka Illinois last weekend. Wow! Michael has it going on!! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸❤️ Full engagement with the audience, emotions stirred. Very talented and inspiring. Thank you M.
corniest show I ever saw. wouldn't stop yelling "how yall feelin'??"
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG, reminds me of the LOVE OF JESUS, HE’s GOT BIG LOVE FOR US, HE MAKES IT SHINE DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON US, BIG LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤
I got to hear this one twice on opening day, once during Yoga before the show at Red Rocks, and then again during the show. Love vibes!💜💙💚💛🧡❤💖, and I get to attend the show in Saratoga in August with some very special friends. #bigbiglove
Is it possible to believe in love, when hostility is all I've seen, in the low income housing
I’ve got all his music and hope to get this album also. He is a great musician and has never disappointed.
Just placed my pre-order. Can't wait! Saw you at Chateau Ste Michelle a few weeks ago. So uplifting and amazing. Thank you for being you and bringing so much joy to the rest of us!
Loves This!!! Big Big Big Big Love!!!! 😊🧡☀🍀🌊🌍🐬🙏✨🎶
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Michael, your music is SOOO HEALING! It stops my sad tears. 💕🥰❤️🙏🙏🍀🪶☀️ 😊 THANK YOU 😁
Love You Michael! So excited to be dancing with you again next Sunday at Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival! >>big Big BIG LOVE to you & ALL Around You!!!
Such a good song. Just seen Micjhael Franti in Boston over the summer. Got treated to alot of new songs including this. Reflected so much of whats going on in my life . Felt as if we grew together. Was exactly the uplifting experience I needed at the time. Big Love!
Just saw him paly at Reggae rise up Baltimore! Amazing show! So much fun and great energy should have been the closing act!
What an awesome feel good song. 5star!👏👏👏
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽❤💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
❤❤❤❤❤💫
Uh uh uh
We come a long way
Haven't we?
Baby yeah, you and me
Yeah we're still dreamin'
We built a family
Little house
Filled it up with memories
And we're still believin'
The yesterdays we fell down some
And the best of days are yet to come
The little things they all add up
If it overflows you raise your cup
We got big big big big love
Bigger than the sun comin' down on us
When it goes down now we can light it up
Cause we got big big big big love
And oh my my my my
Every little thing's gonna be alright
Throw your hands high in the air one love
Cause we got big big big big big big big big love
Everybody knows what's in their bank account
But only God knows how many times you go around this world
Girl we gonna make it count
We don't need a million dollars cause we got a million pounds of love love love
We can make it rain comin' down from above
We got love love love
We can make it rain comin' down from above
Cause we got big big big big love
Bigger than the sun comin' down on us
When it goes down now we can light it up
Cause we got big big big big love
And oh my my my my
Every little thing's gonna be alright
Throw your hands high in the air one love
Cause we got big big big big love
We got one love, one love
We got big big big big love
We got one love, one love
We got big big big big big big big big love
The yesterdays we fell down some
But the best of days are yet to come
The little things they all add up
If it overflows you raise your cup
Cause we got big big big big love
Bigger than the sun comin' down on us
When it goes down now we can light it up
Cause we got big big big big love
And oh my my my my
Every little thing's gonna be alright
Throw your hands high in the air one love
Cause we got big big big big love
We got one love, one love
We got big big big big love
We got one love, one love
We got big big big big love
We got one love, one love
We got big big big big love
We got one love, one love
We got big big big big big big big big love
There is a beautiful and heartwarming vibe in this sunny song but please Michael, don't you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the times you used to make powerful songs about crucial issues ? Mankind is on its way to extinction, nature is dying, racism and hate separate people... Time for a change, time to use your baryton voice to express loudly all our fears... Please get out of this happy sunny vibe and make us human again. Stay human bro ! (A guy you hugged in France a decade ago)
Don't worry he still doing that, just in a different way! Bringing people together is vital.
Was such an amazing concert just saw him in St Augustine!! 🎉
Heard this song for the first time at Baltimore rize up. U r a powerful guy/performer. Felt every second of ur set. It brought me to tears an overfilled my cup. THANKYOU.
👏👏👏😍❤️
❤❤❤🙏
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Last night saw them do this live. So awesome. Love you all so much.
Awesome
Your music, vibe & live shows are amazing 👏🏾
1st time hearing this song. LOVE IT 💖 ! Just filled me with HAPPINESS 😁
I’m a new fan! What a message. Saw him last night in park city utah. Amazing and so is his entire team!
🎉yes sir big ❤
I am happy to see him love at Sandpoint festival ❤❤❤
🫶🫶🫶 love it 🥰
✌️😍
👍❤
Throw.love.like.confetti. ❤❤❤❤
I'll see you all tomorrow
I LOVE THIS ❤️❤️❤️
Goose bumpeee's 😘❤
I went to his concert tn lol
I got a picture with him
Aww..too cute:)
Big yncited sample
- like
Everything else
When "Love is the champion" will be released?
#BIGLOVE 💕💕💕💘💘💘
I saw Spearhead in around '90 at Reed College in Portland while tripping on acid for the first time.
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Hey when you going to make love is the champion song been waiting for awhile for it heard it in a movie that was filmed in my city
Where can I get the white jacket??
Xoxo
You also got a big big big house now...nice song but really Micheal we needed the activist not the guru...people still dying ya know brotha...people still dying.. .oh wait the record company needed the guru right 🥺
Remember this?
Oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' suicide
Singin' oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' genocide
Slam bam I come unseen
But like gasoline you can tell I'm in the tank
Like money in the bank
I smell appealing, but I'm toxic, can send ya reeling
Without an inklin', keep ya thinkin'
'cause you gave cash to the feds, left your school district for dead
Fucked you up in the head, but still they sayin' nothin's wrong
Sellin' firewater but outlawing the bong
Still believing the system is workin'
While half of my people are still outta workin'
Anonymous notes left in the pockets and coats
Of judges and juries from 'Frisco to Jersey
Threats and protests politicians mob debts
Trumped up charges and phoney arrests
Stage a lethal injection, the night before the election
'cause he got donations from the prison guard's union
Oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' suicide
Singin' oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' genocide
Listen in to my stethoscope on a rope
International lullabies, human cries
Thumps and silence, the language of violence
Algorithmic, cataclysmic, seismic, biorhythmic
You can make a life longer, but you can't save it
You can make a clone an then you try to enslave it?
Stealin' DNA samples from the onborn
And then you comin' after us
'cause we sampled a James Brown horn?
Scientists who's God is progress
A four-headed sheep is their latest project
The CIA runnin' like that Jones from Indiana
But they still won't talk about that (Jim) Jones
(People's Temple mass suicide) in Guyana
This ain't no cartoon
No one slips on bananas
Do you really think that that car killed Diana
Hell I shot Ronald Reagan, I shot JFK,
I slept with Marilyn (Monroe) she sung me happy birthday
Singin'
Oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' suicide
Singin' oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' genocide
Well politicians got lipstick on the collar
The whole media started to holler
But I don't give a fuck who they screwin' in private
I want to know who they screwin' in public
Robbin', cheatin', stealin'
White collar criminal
McDonald eatin', you deserve a beatin'
Send you home a weepin', with a fat bill for your
Caribbean weekend
For just about anything they can bust us
False advertising sayin' "halls of Justice''
You tellin' the youth don't be so violent
Then you drop bombs on every single continent
Mandatory minimum sentencin'
'cause he got caught with a pocket fulla medicine
Do that again another ten up in the pen
I feel so mad I want to bomb an institution
Singin'
Oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' suicide
Singin' oh-my, oh-my God!
Out here mama they got us livin' genocide
He's aware. That's the whole point of this song. Big big love is the only thing that can fix big big problems like these. Let the man COOK.
@Rachel Spencer sorry but don't agree...rebel music along with a revolution is what we need leading up to 2025... ovid did enough anesthetizing...they need another wake up call...and fast..
@@jeustor you don't have to understand me ✌️
@Rachel Spencer oh I know....just trying to warn you...and everyone....stuff he used to write and sing about is still happening...and there's no amount if love that's going to fix it...