Grace Slick On Psychedelics | Good Night America (May 1st, 1974)
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- Gracie Slick is special as the lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane now called Starship, she is unquestionably one of the queens of rock music. I guess because at a time they were both in San Francisco, who were both women singing lead in top rock and roll bands. The comparison between her and Janis were very much in vogue before Janis died. Now as not only a great artist in her own right, but also someone who managed to live through the insanity of the rock world in the late 60’s, she’s uniquely qualified to talk about it.
Good Night America: Season 1; #3
Episode; Hard Rockers, Hard Drugs
Air Date: May 1st, 1974
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When I was sixteen, I attended a rock concert in Providence, RI around 1967. Jefferson Airplane concert. The opening band was playing. I was stage left to check out amps. And suddenly a woman about 5'4" emerged from the wings. Blue eyes, dark hair, pretty. She smiled, and we danced together to the music for a song or two. Then, Gracie smiled and kissed me! "Gotta' go!" She could not see me blush in the darkness. The funny thing - I did not recognize her until she took the stage. Sweet memory!
That's a killer story if it's true
@@shable1436 I don't buy it either. Taking the time to "dance together to the music for a song or two" and with a 16 year old right before she took the stage. I bet it was a pipe dream with a pipe full of some killer Ganja.
Very cool
Even her speaking voice is amazing.
Absolutely gorgeous she was
😍 Beautiful Woman!
"Because they can afford it". She honestly nailed it. They weren't troubled souls suffering for their art or trying to expand their consciousness. They just liked getting high and could afford it.
Grace is talking about 5D chess and Geraldo's asking about checkers. She was doing so much of the heavy lifting during this interview with her candid and insightful responses and all he wants to do is go back to asking her "aren't drugs bad though?" lol
In my opinion she was the best female vocalist of our generation, and was lucky enough to have seen her perform live.
Weird Al sings better than her.
@@baneverything5580 haha-- hate women much, hater?
V here: Sorry! Linda Rondstadt is the greatest vocalist of her generation. Both were contralto singers but Linda had the pipes and could sing any genre of music from country and big band to rock and crossed over to Mexican music. She was also honored with the most prestigious music award known as the Polar Award given by the King of Sweden.
@@fg842YES! Linda Ronstadt. Even when Linda covered other artists' songs...her voice, style, and passion made the song seem better than the original.😊
She always admitted her mistakes. Rare nowadays in any industry, especially high profile.
agreed - her owning up to her screw-ups was half her appeal, made her seem approachable.
Big Smoke she sounds honest and open to me, nothing self righteous about being authentic.
@Big Smoke I see nothing self-righteous in what she's saying - if anything she's self-deprecating, talking about how stupid she can be with anything middle-range.
Geraldo "You're not apologetic about...drugs, are you?"
Slick "Uh, I might be...but not yet."
People were more easygoing in the 70s, early 80s. Not after, not before. That's why she could be honest.
She was so well put together and so well aware....prolly why she survived the 60's and 70's. She knew what drugs did....yea she played the game, but she knew when to stop. Hard to top her on the stage...Legend forever. 👍
Don't say/use prolly, you sound like a douche
Her honesty and sense of humor + her obvious talent render Grace a National Treasure
here here
Drugs seems to either kill you, which is normally the case, or preserve you like a pickle!
Grace and Ozzy will live forever!
Most ODs are the result of mixing alcohol with drugs. The combination is lethal.
I don't know about living forever, but some musicians seem to have a longer shelf life.
Don't forget Keith Richards. 🤣
She's brilliant too actually... witty, funny, and so wonderfully honest. Kills me in every interview - have always loved women like her.
So do I. She seems to be very good in interviews. I wonder how she'd be with her own talk show? She can have Debra Harry as her first guest.
Her answers were so straight forward, I love it!!
back when Americans had freedom of speech.
The bottom line is she possibly still alive because she never tried heroin..she made that clear more than once.
alc. is the only one that's toxic to every organ even in small amounts
I'm glad Grace is still around to share an enormous experience from living. God Bless
I'm in love with her and her honesty. The eyes are a bonus.
I like THIS Geraldo so much more than the one we have today. And for Grace, I loved her then, now, and always. Long live the Queen!
I live in Fort Worth, Texas and so back in 1978-1979 I was a waiter and musician so I basically worked at night. Back then Charlie Rose, when he was just starting out, had a talk show on a local television station here, NBC, that got taped around nine in the morning. Anyways if you showed up early at the station back in those days you could be in the audience and participate in the show, it was set up exactly like the Phil Donahue Show. I got to be a regular, did this for almost a year, it was a lot fun! Anyways, one time back in 79 Grace Slick was the guest and it was one of the best shows I ever experienced and even after the show I got to hang around and have a conversation with her for 15 minutes or so. She was awesome, pretty, funny, smart and so down to earth, a great experience and memory! What you see here is who she is, genuine!
In 1974 or 1975, I went to a Starship concert at William and Mary college in Virginia. Grace was singing and a male fan climbed onto the stage, grabbed her and laid a liplock on her before being ABRUPTLY ESCORTED OFFSTAGE by a roadie. Absolutely epic. She did not seem to mind.
I grew up in Southern California as a teenager in Newport Beach in the’60’s. I was able to see quite a number of the bands from that era. Saw Jefferson Airplane twice then, so amazing. Most of the bands then were fun - some good, some not so much. It was so cool to be able to hear White Rabbit 🐇 or Somebody to Love with the band rocking along and her foghorn of a voice.
I’ve met Grace twice. Each time she was gracious, interesting and well informed-she’s thought about or read about just about anything you could ask her.
Glad she quit all the drinking and the drugs -she’s still around because of a healthier lifestyle.
The first time that I smoked marijuana was when my brother; who worked for Bill Graham Productions, introduced me to Darby Slick; Grace's brother, in Golden Gate Park. I had just returned from the Vietnam War and was just 2 months into being a "civilian" again. I knew nothing about how to smoke it, what I would experience, etc. ... but Darby was a "professional coach" and gave me a perfect orientation on "How To Smoke A Joint".
Black Widow!
Grace was always so unique. Beautiful, smart, honest, and such a great voice.
she is 81 now and in good health. She knew moderation before many of us ever did.
Not was, still is. Grace may be older; she's not dead.
Was?
She is so cool, intelligent, interesting, wild, gorgeous. She kinda reminds me of Ozzy.
I see that. Lead Vocalist are lead vocalists, either sex.
That’s a great analogy! They’ve both done and seen everything, and survived. Most of their friends and colleagues didn’t. They’re both so down-to-earth, too.
@@5roundsrapid263 definitely a compliment. Definitely
That`s a man. Geraldo Rivera, and he ain`t cool. You must be from Turkey!
wayyyyyyy cooler than ozzy...
Grace is so, so honest, quick AND smart.
She's so honest and forthcoming, it's really decent to see. No jokes about it, she just tells it like it is, every inch of it, no apologies . Decent! Respect. ✌️
Grace was a badass cool as shit.
She's actually VERY articulate. She described why entertainers tend to do drugs better than anyone I've ever heard. It's a profession almost unique in its demands.
What's the recipe for Cream Spinach, anyone ?
Grace is a national treasure. I admire her strength, tenacity, and her unwillingness to take shit off anyone. She is my spirit animal.
Your relating to her as as your spirit animal is cool and ironic. I, too, have a spiritual experience listening to her vocals on Today. I feel like if I can sit still long enough that I just might to into Samadhi. It definitely works on the heart chakra! She's amazing and real.
universe: Grace, how much cool would you like?
Grace: Yes.
Have always adored this woman. She says it like it is.
I appreciate her honesty , about a tough subject. Some folks struggle with addiction. Always loved their music. Jefferson Airplane/Starship
I just missed all those great times.. born in ‘75 ugh! I’m so in love with her eyes, her singing voice, and her personality!!🤩
I just adore Grace. So 'in there's while being totally 'out there'!
The chemical structure statement was so on point..
Like I said, she surprised me with how well she articulated her thoughts.
Smart, beautiful, talented , unapologetic, witty... Thank you♥️
What a boss! I'd love to meet her
she is so cool dude i love her
The most beautiful,airplane,dope,starship,acid rock singer.Love her,pure beauty and talent grace slick Rocks.
She is gorgeous I wish we met.
She seems straight up, very cool at norm. Geraldo kept interrogating her about all the substances used. She made it clear that she prefers uppers, but realized there is a limit.
Great band live ! I could never find a recording that captured what they could be, except maybe the woodstock album .
She was the best rock lyricist of the 60's. An enormously talented lady.
Yes, exactly, I played this for my daughters when they were growing up to the degree that they sing the chorus to me sometimes when for whatever reason the situation fits (one of my favorite songs, ever): ruclips.net/video/rXSFEEcl9HE/видео.html
even her solo albums unreal hello jefferson starship
Grace is beautiful. I wish I had met her. I am fortunate to know people like her. these are gems in time... inspirers is how I might describe it...
Grace Slick wrote some of the most amazing songs ever written, they are art pieces, you listen to them and there's no nostalgia, or even identifiable era, just timeless art.
Oh BS. White Rabbit is the most cliched piece of 1960's psychadelia crap there is. We built This City? Cmon man! Get real
@@johngalush8790 I'd say that's a rather short sighted appraisal of Ms. Slick's talent.
@@johngalush8790 Grace didn’t write We Built This City - that was written by written by Martin Page and Bernie Taupin (Elton John’s lyricist)
I agree about her making pieces of art, but to me they are very rooted in 1960s psychedelia. In fact, Jefferson Airplane is my quintessential 60s psychedelic band. But that's why I love them so much. They transport me to a very specific time, place, and set of feelings.
@@bradleylovej Most of JA's songs remain timeless, others haven't aged that well. Listening to other songs era '67 - '71 from American Rock bands, they should be proud of most of their output.
Great, straight forward, honest explanation on drug use and unintentional overdoses from Grace Slick.
Grace slick has my late mothers birthday, Those Scorpios can be wild said with love since I'm a Scorpio/Sagittarius cusp ❤ I'd love to hang with her, she's GORGEOUS, down to earth, intelligent, her voice is SO Amazing! She's still awesome and her talents are endless, May she continue to inspire many more generations! Peace and Love.... Remember Alice when she's 10 feet tall 😉🎤🎶
Grace, a true rock icon.
The best
Grace was so fucking SHARP !
This is fantastic!!!!!!! 😀
This may be an odd thing to notice, but it's 1974 and Geraldo talks about "the late 60's' like it was a 1000 years ago....
Goes to show how quick the ideal changed, with events like Altamonte or the continuation of Vietnam War, people already thought things would never be this bright again. Reminds me of the Matrix club flashback scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
@@TheRedJokerrr Why is our future in all of the shows and movies?
The media and those that own it wanted to get rid of the ideas of the 60s DURING the 60s while it was happening, so in every way possible after the 60s, they treated those years as if they never had happened. That's how much of a threat we were to the establishment, that the media lied about us during the 60s, and on every available occasion thereafter. So, it's no wonder that only 5 years later (1974) Geraldo is treating the 60s as if it were merely some kind of fantasy dream. And it's not an odd thing to notice. The media, and government, has proceeded to hide and lie about everything that happened, and the reasons they happened, since the 60s. It's obvious to anyone in their right mind.
@@cjay2 I wonder what the times would be like today if the people of the ideas of the 60s stayed alive. I bet Bush would have never been President and 9/11 would have never happened.
@@cjay2 having a free attitude doesn't mean doing drugs but growing up in the fifties and sixties it may have been necessary to do some drugs to feel that way, its really not about how much drugs you did , as Geraldo wanted to imply.
Just think... she's now 81 years old.
Holy goaly! 😮
DO NOT SPEAK OF SUCH THINGS
I'm amazed at the musical tallent that has passed away. I'm speaking of people like the Cars Ben Orr, Ric Ocasek. Or, the grass roots Rob Grill Amazing!!!
@Dr Bank Gubson Such an ignorant troll. You have no idea what my generation is.
All that time I thought she was hot and so sexy.....and only a few years younger than my now deceased mom....I had no idea...I thought in 1967 she was maybe 19
She’s so deep, so esoteric- paleeeeeze!
Geraldo: Your not apologetic at all with your involvement with drugs are you?
Grace: I might be... but not yet.
Grace, sane is boring! You're every inch a Queen!
24/8/2020 Burst!
Yes amazing wild beautiful intelligent, very smart & honest this interview is a treasure, ❤ we love yah Grace,
Before there was "Good Morning America" there was "Goodnight America" and I used to watch it as often as possible. A great time for rock TV with this, the Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Thanks for posting these Geraldo!
*Slick certainly lives up to her name. She's extremely aware and rational when it comes to anything. When it came to talking about drug casualties, I think she meant to say people who accidently overdosed were, quite simply, reckless*
she knew jim morrison and that is basically her view of his demise...he was reckless and spun the wheel one too many times but the last time was 'not this time'
@@babkeebabkus8177 agreed. she said the same thing about janis joplin - she wasn't suicidal, she just wanted a little better buzz. but society always wants to elevate overdoses to high drama, especially to the rich and famous. I like Grace cause she saw through that when other people were inventing stories about famous people's deaths that were nonsense.
@@haintedhouse2990 aha...a very level headed person for being a rock star...to do drugs in moderation takes lots of self control...some discipline...basically she has a strong character and knows where to draw the line...perhaps an alpha female yet with a soft touch not a total control freak...aggressive alpha females have been yoko ono and courtney love and their beta male partners john lennon and kurt cobain no doubt suffered a lot from them...dunno about the love life of grace but I think she slept around quite a bit as is only natural...in my view humans are naturally polygamous otherwise divorce rate would not be so high and so many people always cheating on each other...of course it's complex and like everything human many factors involved...social media is a disaster for couples wanting to remain faithful...we are most messed up creatures on the planet so it's refreshing when u see someone who appears to have their sh!t together...in the political sphere ron desantis appears to have his sh!t together and his state together otherwise people would not be flocking to florida
You can OD on Heroin. Not so easy otherwise.
hurricanes bigger the better keep ppl out of florida @@babkeebabkus8177
I luv Grace slick no matter what !!
“Drugs are like cheeseburgers - you might not have them three or four meals a day, but you still love them all the same.” - Grace Slick 💊
Remember this, It's not "what you do" It's how you do it!
Wonderful!
Grace looks "iconic" and kind of mythical here, like female Jim Morrison, possibly the most beautiful Grace Slick I've ever seen. She's really breathtaking here.
Sppecials Woodstock 1969 was when she looked her best
@@anunusualironiccircumstanc2246 well, if you say so.
I kept my breath somehow.
agreed - I liked her 70's fro peppered with grey. I saw a new Jefferson Starship in '74 and she looked like this - wild .
A truly great interview.
Born in 78, not a rocker but Jazzy Numbers will forever be tattooed in the back of my subconscious, real shit...
Great interview of a great Rock Star by a great interviewer!
Grace you are fantastic
"Graceess Slick" Holy, shit, I'm 36 SECONDS into this and I need whatever Grace was using in 1966, just to get through it.
Amazing and interesting interview
Yes, Geraldo was once a counterculture journalist hero with friends like John Lennon. How far he's fallen! And Grace congrads; you made it to 83!
He's beyond pathetic now. ANother right-wing sub-human.
She's so awesome!
Gotta give it to her!! She's just that awesome!!!
Very interesting and fun to listen and heard never before. Never knew...
So smart & goofy & a true rock Goddess! 👌👏👌👏👏🙏
She is so beautiful, clever and sincere:)))
Geraldo: "Thank-you for coming". Grace:" I'm really glad I could come", wooo! LOL
Love that!
classic!
I love her voice and even some songs from the 60s but she deserved to be in a better group.
JEFFERSON STARSHIP had 8 gold or platinum albums as jefferson starship 2 platinum starship albums every jefferson airplane gold except the worst of jefferson airplane =platinum................. pretty lame lady
Man I had such a big crush on her I was born in the early 70s and grew up listening to her and mickie starship so was so hot and a awsome singer
Grace Slick one of the best female voices in rock eternally! Beautiful as well!!! Adding on she can make just about anyone look like an idiot with all those smarts! 👩🏫🌸🌸🌸🌹🌹🌹🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Even back then they understood some people have addictive personalities that feel so inclined to binge on things. Not good when there is something around which can do you in.
I'm so attracted to this woman, those eyes......and to know the voice that comes from her just floors me.
Studio tricks can do wonders, but live in concert she`s terrible.
@@baneverything5580there have always been plenty of artists/performers who don’t do well in live shows. There are a lot of different reasons for a poor quality live performance, even shows that are partially choreographed, and carefully stage managed can be ruined due to a number of factors and unforeseen circumstances. Doesn’t necessarily mean Grace Slick, or any other artist who sucks at giving live shows aren’t talented or can’t create exceptional, quality work. Human beings are flawed, and sometimes in ways that aren’t so obvious to anyone else. Grace Slick is still an amazing singer and has a legacy because of it, and as an Audio Engineer, the analog recording technology (which was the industry standard when Jefferson Airplane made their most famous recordings) that was utilized by the recording studios in the hippie-era wouldn’t have magically turned a bad singer into a good one. Auto-tune and ProTools weren’t a thing back then, and making an album was a much more tedious, and labor intensive process. You couldn’t really fake it without someone eventually finding out the truth, eventually ending in your career in disgrace.
I would NEVER use auto tune unless I was doing a comedy show. I`ve stopped performing because of rude audiences jabbering and shoving cell phones in my face and disrupting every performance with ridiculous song requests. I get so angry about it that I`ve turned into Mr Jerk and just cannot tolerate any of it now. It`s pointless to try. I`m sitting in a room now with some amazing equipment I can no longer use for its intended purpose. @@Pretermit_Sound
I must be really old. I remember watching this when it aired. good night America Friday nights
I don't think I've ever seen Geraldo when he wasn't an old man. This is kind of cool. And Grace is the COOLEST.
Great artist. Those are big words.
Grace is a real woman .....she's the ONLY American woman who challenged the entire White House, the FBI, CIA with her witty antics....and got away with It AND she made It thru the 60s 70s 80s 90s and 2000s and She Is still a witty courageous old woman.
Dolt, more like. Thank god most people are not that ignorant and that irresponsible.
@@amandajstar
Thank our godS that most people are NOT BIG FAT FASCIST BIGOTS like you. You must be a Trumpster........crawl back into YOUR DIRTY little hole were you came from.
Grace and millions like her live on and on....like It or not!!!
@@amandajstar She made it through the fire unlike her contemporaries. She'd be the first to admit she was irresponsible - that's what recovery is all about. She's been clean and sober for decades.
@@haintedhouse3052 Good point. But people like my dad, a young man in that era, were always clean and sober from the start -- and they don't have her millions as compensation, either : )
@@amandajstar More power to your Dad. I admire people who made it through that era and didn't feel the need to digest a chemical or drink. For those of us who did, recovery is the answer weather you're a rich rock star or an auto mechanic. Jefferson Airplane's music always helped me cut Grace a break and overlook her excesses.
She's so beautiful
Grace Slick is a really talented, cool, and genuine person. I really admire her. She eluded to her having an addictive personality and I totally can relate. I tried heroin and got hooked, and it was the only purpose of my life was to get high. She was so smart to stay away. She knew how addictive it was.
Grace did go through a bad period with Alcohol when she was Starship for a time. She od'd in Germany and started Goose-Stepping on stage, and the crowd went crazy-angry so much that Paul Kantner sacked her. Very sad and I'm so glad she broke through that Booze Ceiling to come out the other side. She's got guts, brains, talent and beauty. What a woman. Go Grace Go.
read her book fool @@noelsalisbury7448
Why didn't I meet a woman like Grace. Bums me out.
I was turning six years old and in kindergarten, back in 1970. If you asked a kid, growing up in the 1970's, who Jefferson Airplane was, they would have no idea. Jefferson Starship?? Oh, hell yeah! But, with Jefferson Starship, they should have let Grace Slick do more. She was the most talented singer in that group. Had they let her sing a few songs, they would have had a few more hits, and they would be evergreen, today.
they wanted Marty to stick around and GRACE didn't care ... until she came back
Grace Slick to me has always had an acerbic wit and an amused outlook on the world. She doesn't take herself too seriously. I took acid, peyote and mushrooms more than 100 times in the '60s and I never had any problems, that's why Grace thinks all these questions are weird. If you want to watch a really good video on YT I would recommend "We Built This City."
GRACE......HATED THAT SONG! By the time it happened...I think she said she wanted to puke or something. Paul had already departed the band and had sued . Personally I thought it was complete pop trash. It was not ..Ummm .... GENUINE.
they had to pay paul to leave and he sold all rights to airplane/starship Grace owns it all hello GRACE in her book said she wanteed 2 or 3 number ones and to bail she did big deal .....25 years of writing songs the fickle public would not buy @@Dorsolateral1
She has the best eyes of all time.
They are perhaps beautiful, yet a bit scary altogether.
It always amazes me how deep she was inspite of being a stunner .
I had the good fortune to see jefferson airplane on the same allnight gig at the roundhouse london , in 1968 as the doors , pure magic and play on the same bill as country joe and the fish , at the marquee club london , with peter albin / stan getz , from big brother and the holding company 26/3/ 1969 , how lucky can you get ! magic memories of great gigs ! cheers ritchie .
Dave Getz, not Stan. :)
I forgot about this interview cause I was high when I saw it. Now that I'm really high I can recall it perfectly!
🤣
LOVE Grace!
Wow! I was 2 months old when this interview happened!
Here Grace is, as always, razor sharp. She generally is way ahead of and more intelligent than many of the hosts who interviewed her.
When I close my eyes I hear Suzanne Pleshette, and vice versa.
I love Grace
I have always loved Geraldo's work. But man, is obsessed with "dope" questions with Grace.
Go Grace!
Hi Grace my love and respect to you , i am a fan of you from my teens in the 90's, for your voice. The best female voice i ever heard. Hope I met you some day.
Brutally honest, and gorgeous to boot.
I love her
Bloody love grace
Lmao !! Great footage. I didn't know Grace liked plate loads of "creamed spinach" . lol . I was 9 months when this happened. Look at how young "Geraldo" was. I love seeing old footage from this time. Cause I was too young to comprehend all this , when it happened. Besides, we only had a handful of stations, our rabbit ears on the tv, would pick up.