Race riots, the war in Vietnam, the assassination of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, the election of Richard Nixon. Thank God 1967 and 1968 will never come back.
I agree,the youngsters of today will never experience that conveyor belt of non stop fantastic music of the sixties,and yes green tambourine by the lemon pipers is such a magical psychedelic masterpiece
@@icycandiee6343 thank you. It's been tough. He was only 72. We would jam out in his old dodge Omni to this song, it was on a mix tape with other good oldies! ♥️
My condolences. I am sorry for your loss. It was a time of amazement for us youngsters . We were 12 or so. In the 70s we would work on our cars and enjoyed our youth.
I remember sitting with my mom, my sis, and my bro in the 60s and 70s having breakfast listening to this song on AM radio in the summertime. My God I get the goosebumps when I hear this. I miss them all so much. I look forward to being with them in heaven listening to this again😪.
In '68, I was an Army medic. Nearly all the medics then were hippies, and we had the longest hair & mustaches in the Army & no one knew our ranks because we wore white uniforms with no insignias that weren't easy to sterilize. No one pulled rank or gave us any shit because everybody's a potential patient! Heh-heh! I had my wife take one of those 'whites' pants & sew them into my jeans to make bell-bottoms for me. Off duty, we'd smoke hash, drop acid and do strange things in the German countryside, or even in town! Even the German hippies couldn't tell we weren't German, but we made friends and conversed in English, listening to music like 'Green Tamborine' and other American stoner music. That rock-and-roll era produced the most awesome music for hippies! This song takes me back to those amazing days... ...must be a flashback!
lol. My brother inlaw was stationed in Germany in '68. He married my sister and she lived with him out there. They were always super straight. My brother in law used to talk about how he hated that "purple music" the hippy soldiers would play. I could never figure out if what he meant was "Deep Purple" or "Purple Haze". Which was is? Did you play a lot of Deep Purple music or was it Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze. I'm thinking it had to be Jimi that freaked him out so much. btw they are still in a 50's time warp and still together.
Thebe Bashaleebee It could be either because both were contemporaneous to the late '60's. Fun fact: I attended Hendrix's last concert on Fehmarn Island just days before he died. We drove from near Frankfurt to the Baltic Sea (in Germany) to see Jimi do his last gig. Jimi Hendrix was a guitar god to us! Another fun fact: Purple Haze originally was a grade of acid that was spiked with a trace of Belladonna, a strong poison that allegedly produces a purple cast to the vision of one who partakes. The practice of making Purple Haze was dropped because it was too dangerous, too sensitive to dosage. Most likely though, the name comes from purple-colored tablets of LSD that circulated in the Bay Area back then. We medics were acutely aware of pharmacological side-effects because some of us were pharmacists before being drafted, and most of us attended to drug-related medical emergencies... I have many stories that would shock most people.
I was born in 1942 and I believe the 60s and 70s were the greatest era of music ever. Listen to the canned music in stores. It is almost invariably 70's music. I was in a store listening to a familiar song from the 70s and realized that was 50 years ago and I was 80.
How did we go from 1968 to 2022 so damn fast!? Seems like yesterday listening to this on our AM Radio!😘 To all those AMAZING days we thought would last forever!💕
@@illustrate100 Omg I remember doing the same thing!😅 I also remember loving "Lost in Space" then you know what came after that, "Star Trek" I remember the night it first Aired in 1966! We all sat around the Black and White TV and were so excited! My how times have changed and sadly, not for the better!😢
@@andymatthews7617 Yeah, I get that too a point, but where's there's life, there's Hope! Although my children are on their own, I want to be here as long as possible for them!! We did have it good back then, sadly hindsight is always a teacher, good or bad! God Bless you and yours!🕆
cagey ive always loved the 60s era i was a lovely young woman who enjoyed life to the full ,, its clothes , hair styles perfume shoes make up good figure all contributed to make things special , its music was so diverse x WOW LOL X
People say the same og the 70, 80, 90 and 00 and they are alle right.... and all those people have one thing in common, they became ignorant and stopped listening and grew old..... there is plenty og great music, you just have to look for it...
@@Dark__Matter I'm not missing out on anything. I don't ignore anything, I just recognize the 60s as the hotbed of great music it is. I got my modern music picks, but there's more good stuff in eras already passed by us
Reminds me of my days in Vietnam. Used to listen to Armed Forces radio. I had an old radio that we used to pass down to whoever took our places. In our bunkers, Chris Noel used to start the program with that song among many.
+ottomarcos Still have mine too, a little worn but plays strong. From what I read, the group hated it and didn't want to record it but were somewhat forced too. Hit #1 in February, 1968.
@PEOPLE FLYS AND SHIT yes we did. Some were right out Liberal and the others were right out Conservative, very few in the Middle. That's what makes America great, you have the right to protest LEFT or RIGHT.
I was a freshmen in high school when "Green Tambourine" was all over my local radio station. Deep Purple's "Hush" and Nazz's "Open My Eyes" were also played around the same time.
That Gibson Les Paul Guitar that he plays here is supposed to be the same one in the Ram Jam video, but he modified it pretty heavily. Removed the original maple top, modified the headstock, changed the tailpiece, etc.
Back when this song came out, I was a 14 year old paperboy in Orange County CA. I had my transistor AM radio hanging from my handlebars playing music from KHJ or KRLA radio stations. This song transports me right back to those great times in my childhood.
When I was 14 in 68 growing up in Toronto ,I to would listen to (Green Tambourine ) on a 9vt Transistor radio also . And (Born to be wild ) by a Canadian band The Sparrows ,who change there names to (Steppenwolf) while in Hollywood . How times fly ,but not the good sounds of the 60's from LA to T0. Don't change
@@jknows6980 Stones are one of the few that kept going the whole time... even though kind of took breaks.... they never totally broke up. Stones still touring from time to time.... Mick still gets out on the stage and dances. But I don't know how much longer they will be active.
I was 12 years old when this came out. It was so simple that it stuck in yer brain, i was too young and dumb to try to make sense of the lyrics. Of course the times were simpler also. I didn't have a care in the world other than being in 7th grade. Still watching cartoons but the females of our skool was taking up more of my thoughts. I'd noticed them for quite a while but now they were developing these curious bumps on them that required more investigation. So i became sherlock holmes and began a full time inquiry into what they were, looked like, and most of all just what did they feel like. I'm 63 now and my quest continues. As they say, "the difference between men and boys is the size and price of the toys". Damn if they ain't expensive, but that's the price of knowledge. If you've seen one ya gotta see them all.
yes that's for sure of an era of top songs written by all the famous writers & groups. But being in our teens we didn't fully appreciate it all either because we where spoilt for choice_such a great era.
Yeah, except for the Viet Nam War, the Cold War, assassinations, black people getting beaten and killed for having the audacity to demand equal rights, the Latino fight for fair working conditions, gays in the closet unless they get targeted... how is then any different than now?
What awesome and fun memories this brings back. Oh my gosh, we did have a good time in the 60s and 70s. I wasn't into the whole hippie thing but we had parties and danced always. Those days were very good for lots of us who were young, happy and didn't know of many things going on in our world. We had no money, but we certainly were sheltered kids. ❤️🤗💃
@@andymatthews7617 it's no different. Get rid of most modern technology and avoid the news and you can live blissfully ignorant like some people did 50 odd years ago 🤷♂️
Me too! I was not fortunate to have been born early enough for this exceptional time in music history but I LOVE IT and appreciate it as if would've been around. It's timeless!
I was born in 1965. I had 2 older brothers who were close to graduating in the early 70's while I was still in Elementary school. I remember my Mom talking about moving to Canada. Later did I realize is that she didn't want her sons in the Vietnam war. The war had ended by the time they graduated.
As a pre-teen the world of music was an escape from horrid dad, violent teachers and the Northern Irish troubles, thank goodness is was such a creative and interesting time. I loved the American psychedelic stuff though my favourite bands were The Small Faces, The Move and The Who. I used to eat LLC Gums as a nine/ten year old and pretend they were LSD Gums.
Me too growing up in the u.s. our horrid dad was ex-military nut case who would yell and scream and threaten day and night, when we saw him we'd always make our way to the other side of the house. Music was pure joy even when you caught only part of the song on the radio.
Gosh i haven't heard this in such a long time, it gave me goose bumps, a trip back down memory lane as a 17 year old, now i am lucky i made 71 and counting. Best wishes Sisaket Thailand,
I'm tired of people complaining about 60's and 70s fashions. It was cool...bright clothes..sideburns..mini skirts..yellow walls..avocado stoves and refrigerators...shag rugs...pink and green porcelain..The COLOR.. and everything wasn't so damn expensive.
People that criticize the sixties and seventies hadn't even born yet, take a look at what we're looking at today tattoos Bad Ink and stupid clothes and shity looking hair LOL it's Evolution you idiots, those of us who were born in the 50s think you look like assholes today! Now try to imagine future Generations looking at you, covered with really bad ink AKA tattoos and you're stupid looking blue and orange or whatever fucking colour you want to call it hair! To us you look like assholes and of the future looking back at you are going to say, what the fuck is wrong with these people they can't even pick a gender and they look like assholes LOL
Ignorance is always Bliss, especially when you have Cable Television to pay for, and also, Fox, Yahoo News, Facebook News, local coverage news, NPR - National Public Radio, CBC - Canadian (taxpayer funded) (politically biased and correct) (anti-racist) (Pro-diversity - or non-Whites only) Broadcasting Corporation to contend with.,
Imagine how different things could be if this music was played everywhere today and today's was gone. You'll never hear this during a drive by shooting.
Bill Bartlett on guitar created the iconic intro to "Black Betty" with Ram Jam. Kasenatz-Katz produced. It's the ringtone on my phone for good reason. Pat Martin/WSPT; Tom Evans/KISD. 1977 Blast from the past history.
That guitar player is Bill Bartlett. He and two other members, Steve Walmsley and Bob Nave formed Starstruck (Ram Jam) and recorded "Black Betty" which Bill did lead vocal and guitar on.
My 7th grade civics teacher always played this before class started. 😊 And I was once humming and my grandmother wondered how on earth I knew that song.
Even at age 14 back in 1967 I always thought that this song could have been longer. It was as if they could have added one more verse. Great Oldie nevertheless!
I was born in 1960 and I had the luck that we went every weekend to my family. My older cousins bought always the newest hits of that week, so I learned all the music of the sixties and seventies and I'm still thankful that I had the possibility to learn it this way.
This song has an eclectic R & B sound (I consider myself a connoisseur of sorts regarding the R & B music). That fusion with the rock and roll and hippie tenor makes for an interesting flavor. I've always dug this song. A classic for sure.
I actually won a copy of this 45 record when I entered a contest on khj radio, Los Angeles area, back in the late 1960's....loved the song and still do....
Memories, sweet lovely memories... When music made you feel good about yourself and life.... NOT WANTNA GO OUT HURT SOMEONE!!!!! please return this music to the world!!
I loved this hippy dippy song when I was a wee lad and still do. Years ago I got connected with Ivan, the lead singer, and he sent a nice note and a signed photo of the band. Cool guy!
Indeed, ..in our former years of often- whimsical youth...we didnt realize how certain past moments would be..nostalgic treasures of a lifetime, one day😌👍
It’s heartbreaking that 1967-1968 will never come again.
BEST DAYS EVER.
Yeah...don't know 'bout u but I went straight to the 80's from the 60's...go figure!
Race riots, the war in Vietnam, the assassination of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, the election of Richard Nixon. Thank God 1967 and 1968 will never come back.
I agree,the youngsters of today will never experience that conveyor belt of non stop fantastic music of the sixties,and yes green tambourine by the lemon pipers is such a magical psychedelic masterpiece
@@peterbullock2660 👍
I was born in ‘63….and I am convinced the 60s was the best period of modern rock/pop music….
My dad's favorite song... He passed away July 29th and it makes me feel closer to him
Sorry for your loss.
@@icycandiee6343 thank you. It's been tough. He was only 72. We would jam out in his old dodge Omni to this song, it was on a mix tape with other good oldies! ♥️
My condolences. I am sorry for your loss. It was a time of amazement for us
youngsters . We were 12 or so. In the 70s we would work on our cars and enjoyed our youth.
It was fun growing up in the 1960s. Cool toys,cartoons and music...
I remember sitting with my mom, my sis, and my bro in the 60s and 70s having breakfast listening to this song on AM radio in the summertime. My God I get the goosebumps when I hear this. I miss them all so much. I look forward to being with them in heaven listening to this again😪.
✌❤🙏💐
My prediction: when you're in Heaven reliving the 60s, you won't be listening to this but "Sunshine Of Your Love."
@@brianpickrell2477 😉
We will all meet up one day.
I remember Nam
Well over 50 years and this is still the best tambourine song ever!
In '68, I was an Army medic. Nearly all the medics then were hippies, and we had the longest hair & mustaches in the Army & no one knew our ranks because we wore white uniforms with no insignias that weren't easy to sterilize. No one pulled rank or gave us any shit because everybody's a potential patient! Heh-heh! I had my wife take one of those 'whites' pants & sew them into my jeans to make bell-bottoms for me. Off duty, we'd smoke hash, drop acid and do strange things in the German countryside, or even in town! Even the German hippies couldn't tell we weren't German, but we made friends and conversed in English, listening to music like 'Green Tamborine' and other American stoner music. That rock-and-roll era produced the most awesome music for hippies! This song takes me back to those amazing days... ...must be a flashback!
Thanks for sharing.... cool story from an awesome time! :)
How was the acid back then?
Stephen Cellucci It was '... like *WOW*, man... far out!'
lol. My brother inlaw was stationed in Germany in '68. He married my sister and she lived with him out there. They were always super straight. My brother in law used to talk about how he hated that "purple music" the hippy soldiers would play. I could never figure out if what he meant was "Deep Purple" or "Purple Haze".
Which was is? Did you play a lot of Deep Purple music or was it Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze. I'm thinking it had to be Jimi that freaked him out so much. btw they are still in a 50's time warp and still together.
Thebe Bashaleebee It could be either because both were contemporaneous to the late '60's. Fun fact: I attended Hendrix's last concert on Fehmarn Island just days before he died. We drove from near Frankfurt to the Baltic Sea (in Germany) to see Jimi do his last gig. Jimi Hendrix was a guitar god to us!
Another fun fact: Purple Haze originally was a grade of acid that was spiked with a trace of Belladonna, a strong poison that allegedly produces a purple cast to the vision of one who partakes. The practice of making Purple Haze was dropped because it was too dangerous, too sensitive to dosage. Most likely though, the name comes from purple-colored tablets of LSD that circulated in the Bay Area back then. We medics were acutely aware of pharmacological side-effects because some of us were pharmacists before being drafted, and most of us attended to drug-related medical emergencies... I have many stories that would shock most people.
Will never get those years back it was the best time of my life just growing up listening to these songs ❤
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You and the rest of us old folks, lol.
Anybody know where I can buy a time machine??
@@andymatthews7617 Send it over my way. I want a redo:)
@@andymatthews7617the scientists are working on it! It would be great to time travel, but not to stay, there.😊❤️
the lead guitarist is Bill Bartlett who also played lead guitar for Ram Jam, known for their hit 'black Betty in 1977!
Still listening in 2024? You’re a legend 😇😇
❤ yep, Jan 2024 still listening
Yeeeep!
3/13/'24,, @ 5p,, "HAPPY HOUR"!! ..& will FOREVER
listen to this GREAT music!!!
We grew up with some amazing music back in the day's. I listen 👂 to it to this day as well...Rock n Roll 🎼😎🎼
I was 6 years old. I'm now 61. The song stays with me...
I remember hearing this on the radio in the 70's .it seems life was simpler then and alot less stress then . I wish we could go back to those days ...
I'd go back in a heartbeat.
Me too and the things I would change ....if I knew then what I know now ...
i am sitting here with my daughter of special needs and she really digs this song.
Nicholas your lovely daughter as a good understanding when she hears great talent ......lol to you all x
If music be the food of love; then play on. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
My nephew is special needs and loves music.
good for .... well done dad
When I see videos like this my mind immediately goes back to the1960's when my folks were young and I didn't have a care in the world
I was born in 1942 and I believe the 60s and 70s were the greatest era of music ever. Listen to the canned music in stores. It is almost invariably 70's music. I was in a store listening to a familiar song from the 70s and realized that was 50 years ago and I was 80.
Yes! It happens so fast too!
How did we go from 1968 to 2022 so damn fast!? Seems like yesterday listening to this on our AM Radio!😘
To all those AMAZING days we thought would last forever!💕
AM radio was all I had. I would put my ear up close , it sounded good. I was supposed to be sleeping, but I had to hear the great music of the 60’s.
@@illustrate100 Omg I remember doing the same thing!😅 I also remember loving "Lost in Space" then you know what came after that, "Star Trek" I remember the night it first Aired in 1966! We all sat around the Black and White TV and were so excited! My how times have changed and sadly, not for the better!😢
WISH IT WAS YESTERDAY, GREAT DAYS, TODAY MAKES YOU WONDER IF YOU WANT TO BE ALIVE.
@@andymatthews7617 Yeah, I get that too a point, but where's there's life, there's Hope! Although my children are on their own, I want to be here as long as possible for them!!
We did have it good back then, sadly hindsight is always a teacher, good or bad!
God Bless you and yours!🕆
@@Steve-yo4ld thanks steve, just seems the world has run out of joy, hope you and yours stay free and stay safe.
Was born in 61 and remember this as such a happy song when I was very young. This year I turn 60. Still think it's a happy song!
Me too
Was born in 1960 and this was my first record, I think I wore it out playing it so much
I was born in 59 wish I could go back and stay there
@@andymatthews7617 I agree. Where is that time machine when we need it?
@@mrc2165 I would pay millions to go back and stay there
So many great sixties songs. So lucky to have grown up then!
cagey ive always loved the 60s era i was a lovely young woman who enjoyed life to the full ,, its clothes , hair styles perfume shoes make up good figure all contributed to make things special , its music was so diverse x WOW LOL X
People say the same og the 70, 80, 90 and 00 and they are alle right.... and all those people have one thing in common, they became ignorant and stopped listening and grew old..... there is plenty og great music, you just have to look for it...
@@Dark__Matter Nah.I wasn't alive in the 60s. I chose the 60s anyway. So, again, nope.
@@sunkintree your life, your decision.....😉
But you miss out on so much great music... 🙂
@@Dark__Matter I'm not missing out on anything. I don't ignore anything, I just recognize the 60s as the hotbed of great music it is. I got my modern music picks, but there's more good stuff in eras already passed by us
One of my all time favorite psychedelic songs ✌️
Discover from Recess The Movie for me
Reminds me of my days in Vietnam. Used to listen to Armed Forces radio. I had an old radio that we used to pass down to whoever took our places. In our bunkers, Chris Noel used to start the program with that song among many.
Bought this single when I was 13, back in '68, and still have it. That was not a bad year for music, overall...
+ottomarcos It was a great year!
+ottomarcos
I think it was the best year of best pop music ever made
+ottomarcos was a great music year, but I think 1965 was the best
+ottomarcos must have been all the lucy mate
+ottomarcos Still have mine too, a little worn but plays strong. From what I read, the group hated it and didn't want to record it but were somewhat forced too. Hit #1 in February, 1968.
A great time to be 13 yrs old and finally a teenager. Send me back to the late 60s and 70s
@jeffrey cotton yes it's tough being 65 yrs old. I loved this song like crazy back in 1968, the yr I turned 13 yrs old.
Wait for me.✌🌻
@PEOPLE FLYS AND SHIT yes we did. Some were right out Liberal and the others were right out Conservative, very few in the Middle. That's what makes America great, you have the right to protest LEFT or RIGHT.
@PEOPLE FLYS AND SHIT yes I remember Crystal Blue Persuasion, great song.
I also turned 13 that year was a lil tuff for me but I'm still here to speak on it! How I wish those days were back!
I was 12 when this song came out and loved it. I'm almost 65 now and I still love it.
Driving to work in my 55 Chevy , no heat, radio cranky. 6 months later was drafted. I still have this song on my iPhone :)
Glad you made it home Brother Skip. Thanks for whatever you did to help me get home alive.
Remember when I was on a carnival ride as a teen....they were playing this song which I loved...and still do.
Some of the most brilliant songs came out of that era. So lucky to have lived through such a productive and imaginative time.
I watch this while I'm stuck....in my quarantine....
lol! That was good.
Weird Al parody coming up!
Nice! Lmao! I see what you did there. 😉
And I .....stuck in my pipe
I was a freshmen in high school when "Green Tambourine" was all over my local radio station. Deep Purple's "Hush" and Nazz's "Open My Eyes" were also played around the same time.
Nazzareth? as a millenial, i appreciate the men and women who artfully created the wonderful songs of the 60/70s
@@thebondsman Nope. The Nazz. A Todd Rundgren joint. Nothing to do with Nazareth.
I'm 72 , and I still love this song from 1968!!!! thanks for the post!!!
Elf Owl Thanks for watching! 😊
Baby of '58. This was cool ahead of its time. Still a kid at heart.
Another song I haven't heard in decades! Thank you 60's&70's&Rarities for posting this video!
First time to hear this song after more than 50 years. Thank you for posting.
Raul Raul - Thanks for watching!
First time for me, Raul. Remembered it, I did indeed, after 50 years. .
One of my favorite songs from my childhood
Love it
me 7 yrs old then.
@@micwilliams7743 6
Such a fine tune. Did not want 1968 to go away. It rode into the sunset.
One of my favorite songs from the 60's.
One of those unforgettable one-hit-wonders from the sad/happy times of adolescence...
Listening to the radio during that time hearing all the cool songs of the time ., Was great times ,
This is the 60s. I love it and I still listen and I'm 61 yrs old.
I was 13 in 1969 living in Riverside Ca.. I thank God I was born into that space in time and
was able to hear the greatest music ever .
Bringing it back right now
i hear ya bro!
Great music back then and still is today!!
I was 14.
Music that will forever live throughout the ages a time honored classic!
The 60's just cannot be beaten. Happy days
Yes...back then it was indeed Happy Days....in 2021 it's Happy Daze
The guitar player is the dude that sang Black Bettie with Ram Jam. That's what sent many of us here.
Holy fuck; I just had to watch this video a 2nd time in order to confirm this. Far-out, man. ✌🏻
Bill Bartlett
That Gibson Les Paul Guitar that he plays here is supposed to be the same one in the Ram Jam video, but he modified it pretty heavily. Removed the original maple top, modified the headstock, changed the tailpiece, etc.
@@101Volts you come troglys guitar show or do you just know this
Back when this song came out, I was a 14 year old paperboy in Orange County CA. I had my transistor AM radio hanging from my handlebars playing music from KHJ or KRLA radio stations. This song transports me right back to those great times in my childhood.
When I was 14 in 68 growing up in Toronto ,I to would listen to (Green Tambourine ) on a 9vt Transistor radio also . And (Born to be wild ) by a Canadian band The Sparrows ,who change there names to (Steppenwolf) while in Hollywood . How times fly ,but not the good sounds of the 60's from LA to T0. Don't change
We had the most wonderful music in the 60s
Mid 60s to early 70s was such a rich and textured music scene.
There's not many groups from the 60s left. Are the Stones gone? I know the Hollies still crank out concerts in Europe.
@@jknows6980 Stones are one of the few that kept going the whole time... even though kind of took breaks.... they never totally broke up. Stones still touring from time to time.... Mick still gets out on the stage and dances. But I don't know how much longer they will be active.
@@jknows6980 I had no idea The Hollies were still active in Europe! That is amazing! An incredible band that had a huge contribution to rock.
Yeah cause everybody was drugged out of their minds LMAO.
Far out,fab groovy days long lost but never forgotten a golden period of music...much missed if only I could go back there and stay.....
Me too. My health is failing, I'm 63. This was some good music and takes me back to my younger days.
If you remember this song, then you are lucky because you grew up in a great era of life and music.
I was 12 years old when this came out. It was so simple that it stuck in yer brain, i was too young and dumb to try to make sense of the lyrics.
Of course the times were simpler also. I didn't have a care in the world other than being in 7th grade. Still watching cartoons but the females of our skool was taking up more of my thoughts.
I'd noticed them for quite a while but now they were developing these curious bumps on them that required more investigation. So i became sherlock holmes and began a full time inquiry into what they were, looked like, and most of all just what did they feel like. I'm 63 now and my quest continues.
As they say, "the difference between men and boys is the size and price of the toys". Damn if they ain't expensive, but that's the price of knowledge. If you've seen one ya gotta see them all.
@jeffrey cotton "Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool; than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt."
yes that's for sure of an era of top songs written by all the famous writers & groups. But being in our teens we didn't fully appreciate it all either because we where spoilt for choice_such a great era.
Hmmm. MLK, RFK, Vietnam, race riots. Great life? Really?
Amen my friend! Born in 1961 with older siblings! Couldn't always understand the lyrics but now at (almost) 60 really appreciate music of that era!
Listening to this...I am 13 listening to my radio...thanks for bringing a smile to my face.😊
t c Glad you like some of the "oldies"! Thanks for watching. 🙂
60 70s 80s the best kiddo. Tell all your friends today’s music 🎶 does not compare to the past. You hold the torch ☝️😎. And many will follow
The Psychedelic Era. I lived through it and loved every minute of it. Youths of today will never experience anything like the Sixties
Congratulations on having your brain melted by acid
Me too. Love the 60s and still listening
1960's and 1970's was such a wonderful time to be a kid growing up.
This is my kind of music. This is real music. I have always loved that song.
Awesome song, my sisters use to play this song over and over again on their turn table
The lead guitarist is Bill Bartlett, known for Ram Jam's "Black Betty."
I did not know that!
They say you learn something new every day! 👍
@@EarthREALTOR He also is a Brit from Harrow in the UK.
I miss the reality of those days....
We were better humans then.
Yeah, except for the Viet Nam War, the Cold War, assassinations, black people getting beaten and killed for having the audacity to demand equal rights, the Latino fight for fair working conditions, gays in the closet unless they get targeted... how is then any different than now?
For sure..
The world was in a better place, God help us all now.
@@blandrooker6541 the music scene and general vibes.
What awesome and fun memories this brings back. Oh my gosh, we did have a good time in the 60s and 70s. I wasn't into the whole hippie thing but we had parties and danced always. Those days were very good for lots of us who were young, happy and didn't know of many things going on in our world. We had no money, but we certainly were sheltered kids. ❤️🤗💃
Unlike todays CRAZY MADNESS, WISH I COULD GO BACK TO THE 60/70S AND STAY THERE FOREVER.
@@andymatthews7617 it's no different. Get rid of most modern technology and avoid the news and you can live blissfully ignorant like some people did 50 odd years ago 🤷♂️
Music stretched its wings
exquisite melodic strings
hypnotic as the singer sings
If you're alive today and cherish 60s vibes
you're not alone
so do I
Take that comment home, Sweetie, and love the era's...makes mind daring sense...journey on from Canada 🇨🇦
The 60's was the first decade music began to stand apart. We could not have the 70's without the 60's. Dirk Disco respects.
The sixties was the best music ever, I still listen to it on gold in the car and in the bath .....
I like sixties too. My favorite music is from those years. I listen to it everywhere and in the bathroom too.
Way to go !!
Me too! I was not fortunate to have been born early enough for this exceptional time in music history but I LOVE IT and appreciate it as if would've been around. It's timeless!
Garth Logan and
Blue Daddies...
One of my favorites from late 1967. I was 14. Love this song. So well done. It's a one hit wonder as well.
I love it too! This video is trippy 🌈🔥😎💚
I was born in 1966, and wish I was born early enough to enjoy the 60's
I am born 1953, hold your head up, it was and is a great time 🎉
you know you still can......
my mother was born in 1960
I was born in 1965. I had 2 older brothers who were close to graduating in the early 70's while I was still in Elementary school. I remember my Mom talking about moving to Canada. Later did I realize is that she didn't want her sons in the Vietnam war. The war had ended by the time they graduated.
As a pre-teen the world of music was an escape from horrid dad, violent teachers and the Northern Irish troubles, thank goodness is was such a creative and interesting time. I loved the American psychedelic stuff though my favourite bands were The Small Faces, The Move and The Who. I used to eat LLC Gums as a nine/ten year old and pretend they were LSD Gums.
true and I live here
Me too growing up in the u.s. our horrid dad was ex-military nut case who would yell and scream and threaten day and night, when we saw him we'd always make our way to the other side of the house. Music was pure joy even when you caught only part of the song on the radio.
Love the Move - Looking On was our favorite at the time and still is.
"WHO'S NEXT" My favorite album by the "WHO" or any other band and of course I have this album on Vinyl and CD>>>!!!!
@@mohairellis6402 Yes, when I was 13 I spent a weekend listening to nothing but Led Zep IV and Who's Next and I am still listening 49 years later.
Riding around with my older brother in his camero listening to this song! How fun were those days? Scottie beam me back. 😇
My brother drove a camero also but in the 70’s.
What a fun time it must have been to be able to afford a camero and happy sisters.
Still have this 45 which I bought 52 years ago! I still love this song! We had such great music back then! So glad I grew up in the 60s!!
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So true Debi.
me too!
As a child of the 60's while I miss the times I'll always remember the music 🎵 and love the memories 💖
The music takes you back to those days. I can hear a song and I can remember where I was and what I was doing. I was a child of the 60's as well.
And we thought this music would never end.
Great song. Brings back lots of wonderful memories.
I remember this well from the late fall of 67. Great studio effects and great percussion!
It's a pity we can't go back it's heartbreaking 💔
We can;t do that. I would have to be 14 again!
I'd go in a heartbeat, and stay there forever.
Am I old? Yeah? And I still love those tunes from the days that were still fun.
How privileged were we to be around in the 60s and 70s
Amen brother.
Gosh i haven't heard this in such a long time, it gave me goose bumps, a trip back down memory lane as a 17 year old, now i am lucky i made 71 and counting. Best wishes Sisaket Thailand,
I was also 17 😉
I'm tired of people complaining about 60's and 70s fashions. It was cool...bright clothes..sideburns..mini skirts..yellow walls..avocado stoves and refrigerators...shag rugs...pink and green porcelain..The COLOR.. and everything wasn't so damn expensive.
I've got some bell bottoms and platforms I'll sell ya...and some green shag carpeting. Far out! 😁
Love this era fantastic stuff brings me back to my happy youthdays.😢
I agree! The world is losing color. Many homes are now shades of grey and white, just look at new neighborhoods. No color!
People that criticize the sixties and seventies hadn't even born yet, take a look at what we're looking at today tattoos Bad Ink and stupid clothes and shity looking hair LOL it's Evolution you idiots, those of us who were born in the 50s think you look like assholes today! Now try to imagine future Generations looking at you, covered with really bad ink AKA tattoos and you're stupid looking blue and orange or whatever fucking colour you want to call it hair! To us you look like assholes and of the future looking back at you are going to say, what the fuck is wrong with these people they can't even pick a gender and they look like assholes LOL
Not forgetting LAVA LAMPS
This song totally described 60's music. Great to dance to, in a cosmic sort of way.
As soon as we get through what's going on now it will go back i cant wait
Drifting back to when ignorance was bliss and songs like this made ya glad to have been born
Ignorance is always Bliss, especially when you have Cable Television to pay for, and also, Fox, Yahoo News, Facebook News, local coverage news, NPR - National Public Radio, CBC - Canadian (taxpayer funded) (politically biased and correct) (anti-racist) (Pro-diversity - or non-Whites only) Broadcasting Corporation to contend with.,
I was 12 in '68. Great songs stand the test of time.
I am so thankful that I grew up when songs like this were on the air.
i am with you!!!
I listen to these old songs all of the time . So many memories .
couldnt stay down whenever this song played
This is a beautiful and classic song.
The memories of this song on the radio as a child started my enjoyment of Rock n Roll.
I was born in 67, and this is the first time I've heard this.
Where have I been?
The front guitarist Bill Bartlett played on Ram Jam's 'Black Betty'.
Thought that was him
Looks like a Ramone in that low-fi ...and the percussionist has a face? wearing a mask?
That could the Black Betty Les Paul, pre modifications.
Imagine how different things could be if this music was played everywhere today and today's was gone. You'll never hear this during a drive by shooting.
1967/68 were the best years for pop music in my opinion
CLASSIC from 1968! Brings back SO many memories.
The Lemon Pipers were from Oxford Ohio. I believe they were all students at Miami University. One of the best One-Hit Wonder bands of all time!
Yes they were but at least some lived across the border in Indiana. Down the road from some of my friends. I was 16 and was that cool.
Bill Bartlett went on to be in Ram Jam, who had a hit with "Black Betty"
Don't forget Rice is nice, worthy of a listen ...God Bless
Psychedelic music at its finest
That was a trippy ass tune very popular back in the day. 13 and jamming😅
Sure brings back sweet memories I love this song, it has a very special meaning for me.
Havent heard this for over forty years, had actually forgot all about Lemon Pipers thanks for uploading.
Thank you so much for helping shape a generation with amazing music
Bill Bartlett on guitar created the iconic intro to "Black Betty" with Ram Jam. Kasenatz-Katz produced. It's the ringtone on my phone for good reason. Pat Martin/WSPT; Tom Evans/KISD. 1977 Blast from the past history.
That guitar player is Bill Bartlett. He and two other members, Steve Walmsley and Bob Nave formed Starstruck (Ram Jam) and recorded "Black Betty" which Bill did lead vocal and guitar on.
Ah......the best music! Love it today! as much as when I was 17! Thanks for sharing your Talent! Extrodary!
My 7th grade civics teacher always played this before class started. 😊 And I was once humming and my grandmother wondered how on earth I knew that song.
Even at age 14 back in 1967 I always thought that this song could have been longer. It was as if they could have added one more verse. Great Oldie nevertheless!
I was born in 1967 but had an older sister who had all these 45 records.
I was born in 1960 and I had the luck that we went every weekend to my family.
My older cousins bought always the newest hits of that week, so I learned all the music of the sixties and seventies and I'm still thankful that I had the possibility to learn it this way.
Yes indeed the 60s were amazing but also sad years.
Wish we had music like this again.
Thank goodness for the internet.
Beautiful number brings back beautiful nemories
@@thomasthom6583 Reminds me of Cintsa East in the eastern cape 1968
@@lynngeer5714 Thomas is stalking women all over this thread. He's been reported.
@@60s70sVintageRock Thanks.
I’m enjoying this right now and I know it’s in the past and it makes me feel like way back when I was a teenager and I could imagine what I wanted ❤
This song has an eclectic R & B sound (I consider myself a connoisseur of sorts regarding the R & B music). That fusion with the rock and roll and hippie tenor makes for an interesting flavor. I've always dug this song. A classic for sure.
It’s amazing how many songs from the 60s I recognise…my parents raised me well 😉
I actually won a copy of this 45 record when I entered a contest on khj radio, Los Angeles area, back in the late 1960's....loved the song and still do....
Wouldn't you love to be a teenager again in the 60s/70s. I'd go back and NEVER return.
Loved these songs reminds me of my youth,listening on a small transistor radio AM channels was my schooling !
My schooling as well
Memories, sweet lovely memories...
When music made you feel good about yourself and life....
NOT WANTNA GO OUT HURT SOMEONE!!!!!
please return this music to the world!!
How fun!
I loved this hippy dippy song when I was a wee lad and still do. Years ago I got connected with Ivan, the lead singer, and he sent a nice note and a signed photo of the band. Cool guy!
I was so fortunate to grow up during this time period, great music!
so was i..!
Indeed, ..in our former years of often- whimsical youth...we didnt realize how certain past moments would be..nostalgic treasures of a lifetime, one day😌👍