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
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.
@@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.
You still have great music today but you have to dig, mainstream music is garbage. Listen to The Coral, Temples or Flaming Lips, Foxygen, Goat, Kula Shaker, some king gizzard or Tame Impala, Moon Duo
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
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.
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.
+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.
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.
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😪.
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.
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.
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
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!🕆
Yes. Bill Bartlett. One of the most underrated hidden characters in the list of the classic guys. Self taught guitar prodigy from the age of 10. By the time he was 14 he was building guitars from wood cut from trees behind his family home. ABSOLUTE LEGEND!
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.
@@tomgrams2333 No, that post online you saw was for a completely different Bill Bartlett! As far as I know, the English guitarist, born in 1946, is still alive! music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Bill%20Bartlett%20%282%29
I always thought the song was an answer to "Mr. Tambourine Man"---"Hey, Mister Tambourine Man--play a song for me?"----and he replied, "Well, listen while I play---My Green Tambourine!"
Baby sitter music I was 9yrs old she played everything green tambourine lovin spoonful hot time summer in the city to cowsills indian lake and I had a crush on her.
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.
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?
Interesting that he's actually trying to follow the chord changes in the video, even though he's not playing live. It was like 80% correct. I'm not doubting he originally played guitar on this in studio, but he's just sorta faking it here for the video.
the lead guitarist is Bill Bartlett who also played lead guitar for Ram Jam, known for their hit 'black Betty in 1977!
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The only flaw in these days was Vietnam. MLK, and Bobby Kennedy would be assassinated. All man made tragedies. But boy would I love to go back instead of ahead. These my friends were the days.
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.
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.
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.
The guitarist who joins in the vocals is far better known for singing lead for the now-famous “Black Betty” by Ram Jam, from the 1970s - far less bubblegum than this song.
@@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.
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.
"Music was so much better in the 60's"...... no..... 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...
@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.
heard this song from a place and a time long ago...This U- tube is amazing so many memories of songs to unearth...I just follow link after link and get drifted away
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.
It didn't matter what you looked like then if you could sing or play an instrument you were in the group not like today, appearance first then we can tweek the voice to make you sound good
Exactly. Now it's just a presentation and how you look, and most of the music is fake and all chopped up. There are a few artists making real music with real voices, but they're not the mainstream.
@David Mays None of what you posted is accurate. 'Green Tambourine' was written by Paul Leka and Shelly Pinz, not the LP's drummer William Albaugh, who died in '99. Also, Albaugh never played for Ram Jam, it was the guitarist Bill Bartlett. The song 'Black Betty' was an old blues song, originally sung by Leadbelly in 1939. (It's here on YT.) Research is the key.... not some bar owner.
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 👍
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.
Anyone listening 2024?
Roachamatics of Mobile, Al.
Yupper
Sure am from Bonnie Scotland ( and the sun is out 😁😁😁😳)
N. Idaho,. still kickin'
Sure.
I’ll trade you 100 Taylor Swifts for a green tambourine.
Recess brought me here.
I can honestly say the same thing :P
+Travis Ireland VINCE
Recess charater
You called him lance
+Travis Ireland No. As in their school recess.
Did everyone just collectively remember this song
1:43 am.....playing on the stereo in my head. Thought I'd listen
algo reminded me but I don't forget this one for long
Yes.. from when I was a lil girl in the 60's..i remember very clearly🎶🎵🎼
Actually one of my friend started weed and watch a documentary about Jack herer and this song was played and I was like " woooow such a long time "
Just, possibly, collectively people would like to disregard your comment !
I was born in ‘63….and I am convinced the 60s was the best period of modern rock/pop music….
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
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.
How in the bloody hell did music go from this, to the unbelievable crap we have today?
You still have great music today but you have to dig, mainstream music is garbage. Listen to The Coral, Temples or Flaming Lips, Foxygen, Goat, Kula Shaker, some king gizzard or Tame Impala, Moon Duo
Black Midi...
They had talent unlike so called stars of today
Exactly. I'd listen to this song more than that Backstreet/NSYNC/Gwen Stefani crap
@@fredericofb No, it's all crap. utter crap.
we boomers had pretty damn good music back then
Yes we did and extremely proud of it
When I got a chance at ,18 I would try to listen , a little more noise in the background in Nam.
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
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.
Visiting the 60's and 70's takes me away from this current crazy@$$ world 🌎✌🍓🌈
Well said Kathryn, the worlds in such a mess, I cant see any light at the end of any tunnels.😱
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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
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
When music was music no violent rap crap
Indeed....I grew up on this music in 1960s...
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!
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.
I don't normally listen to Death Metal but this is pretty good !
+Freyja11331ify
They are probably Satan worshipers too...
+doccyclopz Death metal?? This is hippy music.
+doccyclopz dude what do you mean??? this isn't DEATH MEDAL...lol
+kevin johnson lol
+doccyclopz Good one, LOL!
Same guitar that dude played on Black Betty with Ram Jam.........having been modified. It's a 1954 gold top les paul, Gibson!
Ah a fellow troglydyte
Awesome and thank you very much for the cool music trivia. Not trivial
I loved this song . I always thought it was Green Tangerines.....come on, I was 9
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 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.
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.
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
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.
Check out Ram Jam's Black Betty video, and look at all the modifications "Dude" has made to his Gold Les Paul over the years..
tid911 Truly ?
Yes. Bill Bartlett. One of the most underrated hidden characters in the list of the classic guys. Self taught guitar prodigy from the age of 10. By the time he was 14 he was building guitars from wood cut from trees behind his family home. ABSOLUTE LEGEND!
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 ...
if you put a crown on the lead singers head, he would look like a king on playing cards.
You're Right!
+Shark Record Films and the guitar guy a jack, no?
Your comment is so wrong but so right! haha
what a coincidence!
I like how you restored that beauty of the 1969,and a fun fact;this song was featured on a 1970 Road runner commercial ;)
That's funny!
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!
I was 12 when this song came out and loved it. I'm almost 65 now and I still love it.
Then later Bill Bartlett gives us Black Betty in RamJam
Yes he did
I believe Bill passed away in Aug '22... trying to authenticate that... if so RIP Bill , thanks for the riffs!!
@@tomgrams2333 No, that post online you saw was for a completely different Bill Bartlett! As far as I know, the English guitarist, born in 1946, is still alive! music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Bill%20Bartlett%20%282%29
Did anyone else first hear this song from Recess: School’s Out?
Yes!! I.was in maybe 6thth grade. After 🏫
Yep
I always thought the song was an answer to "Mr. Tambourine Man"---"Hey, Mister Tambourine Man--play a song for me?"----and he replied, "Well, listen while I play---My Green Tambourine!"
A GREAT 60s SONG CANT BEAT THE 60s MUSIC..
+WENDY BLINSTON - The 70's were GREAT too!! (Consider it a continuance of the 60s Music.
+WENDY BLINSTON Agreed!
If I had to pick an arbitrary 10-year span of the greatest music, it would be 1966-1976.
You know what, I think your probably right.
Check out the follow-up too-"Rice is nice."
This guy also plays Ram Jam Black Betty. Feel out of my seat when I put the two together. Where did all the great music go to?
Psychedelic music at its finest
That was a trippy ass tune very popular back in the day. 13 and jamming😅
I was 6 years old. I'm now 61. The song stays with me...
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
Baby sitter music I was 9yrs old she played everything green tambourine lovin spoonful hot time summer in the city to cowsills indian lake and I had a crush on her.
This song made me go out and buy a tambourine --which I painted green .!
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.
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.
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 ❤
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.
Remember when I was on a carnival ride as a teen....they were playing this song which I loved...and still do.
The Lead Guitarist Would Eventually Become The Lead Guitarist/Vocalist For The Band "Ram Jam"
And Betty is eternally grateful.
Interesting that he's actually trying to follow the chord changes in the video, even though he's not playing live. It was like 80% correct. I'm not doubting he originally played guitar on this in studio, but he's just sorta faking it here for the video.
I did not know that.
Thanks for the info!
At 1:51 he invented Eddie Van Halen tapping technique 10 years before Van Halen exploded onto the Worlds stages with their high energy rock and roll
the lead guitarist is Bill Bartlett who also played lead guitar for Ram Jam, known for their hit 'black Betty in 1977!
The only flaw in these days was Vietnam. MLK, and Bobby Kennedy would be assassinated. All man made tragedies. But boy would I love to go back instead of ahead. These my friends were the days.
There were other flaws. I was eighteen in '68 and all was not well. But yeah, there was a sense of hope and change that's largely lacking nowadays.
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.
Still waiting for the follow-up song: my blue kazoo.
It's on the "My Plum Drum" album.
Lol
As they say, 'you really had to be there..'
The guy with the glasses and playing lead is the same guy that was the lead singer and guitar with Ram Jam doing Black Betty, wow!
Both fantastic 😊🌞
Yesss.... The one and only Bill Bartlett!!
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.
Great slice of psychedelia from early 1968.
Bill Bartlett on that Les Paul is the same dude from Ram Jam -"Black Betty"
Cool factoid. Thanks for posting.
1967 ......... Apollo 7. The next year Apollo 8 circled the Moon ! What a Decade the 1960s were.
I think we just had better drugs back then. That's why the music is so much better.
Johnny roll a ball of hash and make sure it's the bomb
Cause the devils got the kinda stuff they smoked in Vietnam
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 🎼😎🎼
Miss the sixties I still listen to the sixties music hippie
The 60s & 70s were the best times of my life Julia ! When the power of love overcomes the love of power , then the world will know peace 🕊️
One of those unforgettable one-hit-wonders from the sad/happy times of adolescence...
Another song I haven't heard in decades! Thank you 60's&70's&Rarities for posting this video!
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!
The guitarist who joins in the vocals is far better known for singing lead for the now-famous “Black Betty” by Ram Jam, from the 1970s - far less bubblegum than this song.
Damn, you just beat me to it!😮
Such a fine tune. Did not want 1968 to go away. It rode into the sunset.
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.
I am still smoking out of my green tambourine
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.
Early psychedelic music at it's best! ;-)
There would be no Ram Jam "black betty" without the lemon pipers
Listening to the radio during that time hearing all the cool songs of the time ., Was great times ,
I was 10 years old, when this hit my AM radio airwaves. I am 66 now. Ah the 60’s.
Right there with you brother, going down the same memory lane!
My Sony transistor radio pressed up to my ear under the covers so...shhhh!...mom and dad won't hear!
"Music was so much better in the 60's"...... no.....
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...
So true
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!
The 60's just cannot be beaten. Happy days
Yes...back then it was indeed Happy Days....in 2021 it's Happy Daze
heard this song from a place and a time long ago...This U- tube is amazing so many memories of songs to unearth...I just follow link after link and get drifted away
Thats the story of my youtube life as well Adrian!
You're not alone, Adrian. I can spend hours just enjoying the songs of my youth and reflecting back on so many memories.
You would think he could have found a green tamborine for this video
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.
If a time machine came to be all of us boomers would be gone in a second.
You got that spot right!
ABSOLUTELY, THE LUNATICS WILL BLOW US ALL UP, WHERE ARE THE ALIENS WHEN YOU NEED THEM.
U know it! I would in a nano second
Classic slice of 60’s psychedelia. This sounds so similar to something the byrds would have done.
Like maybe "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man" perhaps?
Around 0:18 it sounds like Johnny Thunder by the Kinks.. or vice versa
@@SGW4K ye I here that tbf. Both bands were products of their time so makes sense
Awesome song, my sisters use to play this song over and over again on their turn table
coolest bell bottoms ever.
Still love this song
From my childhood
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.
This is such a great song for dropping acid
This song literally wants to be longer.
Shorter is better. It leaves you wanting more
The best summer of my life. I was 12.
Als ich 12 war war es 1977.Die Siebzigerjahre waren die schönste Zeit❤
Me too!!! ❤️❤️
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 🇨🇦
1967/68 were the best years for pop music in my opinion
It didn't matter what you looked like then if you could sing or play an instrument you were in the group not like today, appearance first then we can tweek the voice to make you sound good
Exactly. Now it's just a presentation and how you look, and most of the music is fake and all chopped up. There are a few artists making real music with real voices, but they're not the mainstream.
Agree 💯
Is that a sneaky way to say, "Boy, that singer is ugly!"? Lol.
Nothing more screams the 60s hippie era than this song!
And Crimson and Clover :)
Oooh yes!
The guy playing the Les Paul on the right is non other than Bill Bartlett, who later formed Ram Jam. he sang and played the lead guitar on Black Betty
+FastgunEd
Awesome info. Didn't know that.
@David Mays None of what you posted is accurate. 'Green Tambourine' was written by Paul Leka and Shelly Pinz, not the LP's drummer William Albaugh, who died in '99. Also, Albaugh never played for Ram Jam, it was the guitarist Bill Bartlett. The song 'Black Betty' was an old blues song, originally sung by Leadbelly in 1939. (It's here on YT.) Research is the key.... not some bar owner.
Love Black Betty & Ram Jam. Thanks for the information.
Back when getting stoned meant something
LMAO 🤣