Back when this song was recorded, Leslie West was a renegade equipment-wise. Instead of Marshall amps, he used Stramp amps loaded with Telefunken tubes. That's how he got that thick, muddy sound. That set up, and the best vibrato in Rock history, is very distinctive.
RIP Leslie West.. Passed yesterday from a heart attack. Another legend is gone. Guys love your channel and love the reactions. I think Felix Papalardi and Corky Lange, bass and drums respectively also need mentioning as they're intricate to the overall sound of the band. Those snare fills are just killer..
@@nodaysback1 im not production engineer but I can tell you that most rock songs that I hear so totally sterile and in a way.... clean? Even metal records nowdays with all that heavy disortion, still sound so... crystal that it really takes any raw sharpness out of guitars
The editing capabilities of modern music recording software made it all too perfect, too sterile in a way. There's a vibe that recording to tape and analog console brings that our ears gravitate to. Thankfully now the progress of analog emulation is quite advanced it will be much better in the future.
Actually his guitar tone came by accident. Leslie West said in an interview that he had been playing through Marshall's and when they picked up their gear to play a gig at the Fillmore he was surprised to find that instead of his Marshall's he had instead been sent a Sunn PA head and 4 4X12 cabs. The head had 4 mic inputs which he plugged the cabs into and when turned up this was the tone that he got. He also only played single P90 pickup Les Paul Jr. guitars because he preferred their tone but the biggest surprise to me was that he actually used very light gauge strings. For the record since there was no such thing as a light gauge strings for guitars so what he did was get rid of the low E string and move all of the other strings down a slot and then he used a banjo A string in place of the standard high E. Tuned to standard pitch if not a little sharp depending on where you read it.
The thing about 'Mississippi Queen' is that it blends a SUPER heavy, hard rock/metal/blues with THICK tone (guitar) and a GREAT blues lick/riff with taut, sparse drumming that hits all the right spots, AND Leslie West's INCREDIBLE R&B flavored vocals with simple, memorable lyrics and chorus to create a perfect, hard rockin' song.
My dad introduced me to Mountain when I was about twelve years old. I was getting deeper into classic rock and already a huge fan of Led Zeppelin. One day he said “hey come check these guys out, you might like them”. He played Mississippi Queen and had the volume cranked! I was floored! The guitar tone, the voice, the drums, piano.... wow! Mountain is one of the best. Hard hitting, loud, and powerful!
Funk #49 by Joe Walsh & The James Gang another great riff and killer drums with cowbell fused styles like Mississippi Queen, released about the same time, there was a lot of 3 piece bands in early 70's doing innovative stuff, one guitar, bass and drums they had to fill the sound. Grand Funk Railroad is another example.
@@pandorafox3944 I just heard a Joe Walsh song I never heard before yesterday and I recognized it as Joe Walsh just by the guitar and voice :) I forget what song it was, not the typical few barnstorm/Joe Walsh that classic rock radio plays...
I really enjoyed this. I love how you guys switch from genre to genre. You guys seem so professional and work so well as a team. I never comment on you guys, but I have to say, for me you guys are "TOPS" and you deserve a bigger platform. KUTGW!!!
Talk about great minds think alike, I was just listening to this song earlier this evening. I could not believe it when I got on RUclips and there you where! This girl was doing her happy dance to Mississippi Queen for the second time today☺
Mississippi Queen is the definition of Classic Rock! Nice way to wrap up the block. Respect to you guys for giving love to these wonderful artists. Looking forward to whats next!
One of my favorites I actually worked for Leslie west , doing stage crew in the early 1975 in his heyday that was really cool, He was a master with that guitar in his hand, Truly an innovator in an icon in music
One of my absolute favorite G n' R tunes! Actually, that whole album is my favorite G n' R tune...as I played them back to back, without interruption! Lol.
The_ Silver_Siren and thats the album that got me into playing the guitar at school as a kid. Im 32 and listening to Slash’s snakepit while Im typing this message ;)
His classic tone on this album was by accident actually. I call it a "happy" accident since it turned out for the best! www.guitarplayer.com/players/leslie-west-decodes-his-mississippi-queen-tone
Corky Laing smokes the drum part on this tune! Note how he plays the hi-hats in "four" by playing eighth notes, but the bass drum and snare are playing patterns of three notes (cutting eights or sixteenths down to groups of three). Incredible that he came up with that, because this is one of the all-time great rock drumming performances!! Talk about underrated!!!
Al Moreno I saw him twice before he died . Some of the greatest and most cherished moments of my life . If I had a time machine I'd go back to parking lot of Music Mountain in NY and record the sound check he HIT us with !!!! It was unbelievable !!!!!! Randy why ???????????????????
It shows unbelievable determination. Steve Grimmet (Grim Reaper) also performed with one leg... I've been diabetic (type 1, on insulin) for 39 years. The fact that anyone can go out there one-legged and still kick ass amazes me.
Time and again, George & Ryan exemplify the deeper appreciation for art, period. You both use the whole spectrum and deliver a pure reaction to pure art. Thank you both, stay safe and looking forward to 2020. Waldo OUT
Thanks for this review. Your sound quality is superb. When Leslie West met Felix Pappalardi and they began working together, it changed his musical life. Felix Pappalardi, who played bass guitar in Mountain was a classically trained musician/composer/producer/multi instrumentalist and a free thinker. He produced and contributed musically to the first 2 Cream albums prior to working with Leslie West, who at the time was in a Long Island based band called The Vagrants. I know all the history, which is extensive, because I'm a huge fan of Mountain. I'm also aware of the profound influence that Felix Pappalardi had. They were the first rock band I was a real fan of and the first that I saw in concert. 1971 and I was 17. Ten dollar admission price for the ticket I'd bought in advance. Seated in the 6th row from the stage, I was blown away. After the concert I was partially deaf for a few hours, ears ringing. 2 other Mountain songs worth checking out, among many, are "Never In My Life" and "Theme for an Imaginary Western".
@@fnjesusfreak ooooooh that makes more sense now. Yes, product of it's time for sure. It was probably a tribute. Donald Fagen's cover of Isaac Hayes's "Out of the Ghetto" is a cringey bop...
“Never Been Any Reason” by Head East would be a good one for you guys to react to! Thank you for doing Mississippi Queen, guys. That’s a great old song!
Corky Laing wrote this song before the formation of the band Mountain. There is an interesting story behind how he came up with it, involving a power outage during a live performance with his band "Energy". I know tons of trivia about Mountain and the individual members. What's most important to remember is that they formed during the seminal days of what became known as "hard rock" and were a major influence in not only that genre, but in a multitude of hard edged genres that spawned from it. Leslie West's guitar playing has been a major inspiration and influence to countless guitarists. Felix Pappalardi is a legend, for numerous reasons, and to be accurate he had the role of musical arranger/conductor in Mountain. If you explore Mountain more deeply you'll soon discover that he was also an innovative, melodic bassist and unique vocalist. This among many other accomplishments
More from Mountain: Southbound Train, Dreams of Milk and Honey, Theme from an Imaginary Western. Another bluesy singer/guitarist led band was Ten Years After, also played at Woodstock.
SOOOO pleased to see you guys review Mississippi Queen!!!! I primarily listen to metal but I also love some classic and bluesy rock, IMO, Mississippi Queen is the greatest straight up rock n roll song ever written. If you guys dig this, the hard grooves and gritty, bluesy vovals, you MUST check out Black Stone Cherry!!!! Id love to see a reaction to Me and Mary Jane.
Have loved this from Day 1. 💜 I also have requsted this on various channels for a while now...thanks guys! So glad you loved it as much as me, now and back then.
Loved your classic Rock Marathon, great songs and input from your guys ! I actually didn't knew this one song. I hate being one of those persons, but I would love seeing your reaction to the other Tool songs from the new album in the future (Descending, Invincible, 7empest). Best of luck, waiting for whatever you guys are bringing up in the next videos
Possibly the greatest hard rock song ever recorded!!!! I choose this over Led Zeppelin's Black Dog or Whole Lotta Love hands down! No others even come close!!!!! Number 1 for all of time...Period!!!!
I first heard this song years ago (2008), it was included in the PS3's videogame Rock Band. And every time I hear the song, it brings back memories of my friends and I getting hammered while playing Rock Band. Oh the good old days, when I was young and careless.
Please react to King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King. You've reacted to Tool and Dream Theater, so you should react to some of the original prog rock.
I forgot about this channel for a while. It's cool to see you doing old rock again. I love old rock and old (90's and prior) rap. Can't deal with the new "music".
Mountain was a great band other great songs Never in my life , don’t look around, Nantucket Sleigh Ride, Theme from an imaginary western & For Yasgur’s Farm
Nantucket Sleigh Ride is a jam! I don't recall how I was exposed to it, but it made me remember the name Mountain. Then I realized they also wrote Mississippi Queen.
@@andrewkeith3912 Yea, I listened to Never In My Life a couple of times earlier. I don't remember Nantucket quite like I remember it after hearing it again today, maybe it was a live version? I remember it being longer, heavier than what I heard off of The Best of Mountain.
AH! Ok, it was a live version I remember that's way more of a jam than the album version, from the album Live: The Road Goes Ever On. ruclips.net/video/Oa7pDgF8rrY/видео.html play.google.com/music/m/Tfpbialgqwovlxovw6c6b5i3kjy?t=Nantucket_Sleighride_Live_Version_-_Mountain
Lots of folks have heard (and a few have reacted to) Zakk Wylde's cover of this tune, but it's a crying shame that so few people remember (or have even heard of) Mountain. Thanks for bringing it back into the spotlight!
Would love to see them breakdown the vocals. Fun game, Try and sample all the strains of Mary Jane referenced in the song. Kind of like a reefer bucket list. Quite the challenge in these modern times but I assure, it can be done. Of course the other substances mentioned throughout, remain a recommended avoid. They will still get you 30 days in the hole, currently known as rehab. I also have no first hand knowledge of rolling dance floors or greasy whores but I'm sure others might have input?
Corky Lange's drum tuning is epic. The Ludwig Sono-matic snare was the Go-To power snare of those days. I saw them do this in Seattle when I was 14. Leslie was playing this on a Les Paul goldtop with P-90's, neck pickup (yeah, I was that close) instead of the usual Les Paul Jr with a single P-90. Either way, it was awsome.
This song is mean. The energy they captured in the studio just jumps off the two inch real to real tape. Another song that i always thought had a similar vibe or vocal style was the original version of American Women by The Guess Who, but not quite as mean.
Mississippi Queen, getting people speeding tickets since 1970.
You said that right! 😄
did they do Highway star?
Ironsix6six no that was Deep Purple
Pissing off people at red lights as well. Ask me how I know.
@@BepBepStev Do tell....
Mountain's Mississippi Queen has one of the filthiest guitar sounds in history. Just plain nasty, mean and wonderful.
Back when this song was recorded, Leslie West was a renegade equipment-wise. Instead of Marshall amps, he used Stramp amps loaded with Telefunken tubes. That's how he got that thick, muddy sound. That set up, and the best vibrato in Rock history, is very distinctive.
@@Gtr1956 INCREDIBLE TONE and THICKNESS FOR 1970-just fantastic and overpowering.
If you haven’t, listen to Never in my Life and Dreams of Milk and Honey. Further examples of Leslie West’s monstrous sound.
Gibson Les paul Junior magic.
it puts a stank face on ya quick thats for sure...the best compliment someone can give lol
Leslie West is a true shredder. Totally underrated. Leslie was one of Jimi Hendrix favorite guitarist.
Absolutely.
Leslie West was and is not underrated....got damn.
Rest in Power Leslie West
Hendrix was in the next studio when this was being recorded. He went next door and told Leslie West that he wished he'd written that riff.
Leslie and Jimi jammed. Leslie on guitar - Jimi on bass .
RIP Leslie West.. Passed yesterday from a heart attack. Another legend is gone. Guys love your channel and love the reactions. I think Felix Papalardi and Corky Lange, bass and drums respectively also need mentioning as they're intricate to the overall sound of the band. Those snare fills are just killer..
No man I hadn't heard that. Rest in peace Leslie west.
Why does a record from 50 yrs ago have better production than 99 percent of all rock nowadays
@@nodaysback1 im not production engineer but I can tell you that most rock songs that I hear so totally sterile and in a way.... clean? Even metal records nowdays with all that heavy disortion, still sound so... crystal that it really takes any raw sharpness out of guitars
@@nodaysback1 You are full of it. boy
Because we used up all the true talent. There's none left, only poseurs.
Because it has soul.
The editing capabilities of modern music recording software made it all too perfect, too sterile in a way. There's a vibe that recording to tape and analog console brings that our ears gravitate to. Thankfully now the progress of analog emulation is quite advanced it will be much better in the future.
"Mississippi Queen" sounds like a metal cover of an old blues song.
Seriously! It’s crazy how heavy this song was for it’s time 🤘
Leslie West is a tremendous guitarist. Doesn't get the recognition he deserves as far as I'm concerned.
Hell yeah!
Nantucket Sleigh Ride
@@MrWolfgang129 That would be Pearl (formerly Porl) Thompson who's also very underrated.
Agreed. Killer song, killer guitarist.
Hell yeah.
outlaws - green grass and high tides, absolute classic you will not be disappointed, ppl in the comments listen to it too!
Outlaws and Molly Hatchet. Two of the most underrated southern rock bands and from Florida to boot. Chomp Chomp !!
God yes. Greatest southern rock song of all time. NOT Free Bird, even though that's great too.
D K9 amazing song, first heard it from rockband game on ps2
Will do
@@barthutchison4207 Molly Hatchet for sure!!! Fall of the Peacemakers!
This tune is so wicked !! Still holds up 50 yrs later.. badass !! 🤘
The amount of distortion in West's guitar rips a hole in your head. It blows me away this was 1970 - this is so powerful!!
Actually his guitar tone came by accident. Leslie West said in an interview that he had been playing through Marshall's and when they picked up their gear to play a gig at the Fillmore he was surprised to find that instead of his Marshall's he had instead been sent a Sunn PA head and 4 4X12 cabs. The head had 4 mic inputs which he plugged the cabs into and when turned up this was the tone that he got. He also only played single P90 pickup Les Paul Jr. guitars because he preferred their tone but the biggest surprise to me was that he actually used very light gauge strings. For the record since there was no such thing as a light gauge strings for guitars so what he did was get rid of the low E string and move all of the other strings down a slot and then he used a banjo A string in place of the standard high E. Tuned to standard pitch if not a little sharp depending on where you read it.
This song just has a swagger that can’t be beat.
The thing about 'Mississippi Queen' is that it blends a SUPER heavy, hard rock/metal/blues with THICK tone (guitar) and a GREAT blues lick/riff with taut, sparse drumming that hits all the right spots, AND Leslie West's INCREDIBLE R&B flavored vocals with simple, memorable lyrics and chorus to create a perfect, hard rockin' song.
This IS, indeed, one of the greatest Rock songs ever. A true timeless classic.
Y’all are legit the best reaction channel on RUclips, there’s nothing I don’t like about your videos, keep ‘em coming
That cow bell intro. You knew by the second beat what song was about to play.
One of the most perfect songs ever recorded. Even the less than perfect parts work perfectly.
Agreed! To me, there isnt a better straight up rock n roll song.
My dad introduced me to Mountain when I was about twelve years old. I was getting deeper into classic rock and already a huge fan of Led Zeppelin. One day he said “hey come check these guys out, you might like them”. He played Mississippi Queen and had the volume cranked! I was floored! The guitar tone, the voice, the drums, piano.... wow! Mountain is one of the best. Hard hitting, loud, and powerful!
Funk #49 by Joe Walsh & The James Gang another great riff and killer drums with cowbell fused styles like Mississippi Queen, released about the same time, there was a lot of 3 piece bands in early 70's doing innovative stuff, one guitar, bass and drums they had to fill the sound. Grand Funk Railroad is another example.
Few can compare to James Gang or Joe Walsh 🤘
@@pandorafox3944 I just heard a Joe Walsh song I never heard before yesterday and I recognized it as Joe Walsh just by the guitar and voice :) I forget what song it was, not the typical few barnstorm/Joe Walsh that classic rock radio plays...
Margaret Gardner check out James Gang live at Carnegie Hall. One of the great live albums ever. ✌🏻
100%
Funk 49 is great groove but Walk Away is my favorite James Gang song.
I really enjoyed this. I love how you guys switch from genre to genre. You guys seem so professional and work so well as a team.
I never comment on you guys, but I have to say, for me you guys are "TOPS" and you deserve a bigger platform. KUTGW!!!
The guy on the left really into it. I love how he can't stop smiling!
I always thought this song was heavy as hell, and it always sounded way ahead of its time. Glad you guys are showing it some love. Great choice.
Talk about great minds think alike, I was just listening to this song earlier this evening. I could not believe it when I got on RUclips and there you where! This girl was doing her happy dance to Mississippi Queen for the second time today☺
Mississippi Queen is the definition of Classic Rock! Nice way to wrap up the block. Respect to you guys for giving love to these wonderful artists. Looking forward to whats next!
Molly Hatchett- "Flirtin With Disaster" classic southern rock banger.
Yes and Dreams I'll Never See
Also Molly Hatchet did a great version of this song back in the 80s with Ted Nugent
Molly Hatchet slaps!
Yes. Said the same before i saw your comment.
The singer sounds like the hillbilly from the Waterboy🤣
One of my favorites I actually worked for Leslie west , doing stage crew in the early 1975 in his heyday that was really cool, He was a master with that guitar in his hand, Truly an innovator in an icon in music
When we gonna get that stevie ray vaughn reaction
There you go!
They've reacted to a live performance of his before on their Patreon. Can't do it on RUclips, it will get blocked.
Oh yeah I would love for them to do Stevie Ray live Stevie Rays a beast
Rude Mood! Rude Mood!
Steamy Ray Vaughn
And classic rock simliar to this song is "Train Train" by Blackfoot. Classic!
Blackfoot might be one of the most slept on classic rock groups ever.
Random Broncos Fan oooooh, Blackfoot, YES!! What a great band & Ricky Medlocke is a fantastic frontman!!
Love the harmonica opening.
Yes Train Train is amazing!
Definitely a must reaction song. Amazing!
Led Zeppelin - “Black Dog,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Achilles Last Stand,” “Immigrant Song”
FretboardNomad They already did Achilles Last Stand
It'll never be on RUclips because Zeppelin will block it. You have to go to Patreon for Zeppelin.
What about "The Ocean"?
Mr Brownstone, Guns N Roses! I wanna see those stank faces when the groove kicks!
One of my absolute favorite G n' R tunes! Actually, that whole album is my favorite G n' R tune...as I played them back to back, without interruption! Lol.
Best song and funnest to play on that whole album. Genius Riff...
Yes! More G N R please! IT'S SO EASY, NIGHTTRAIN, ROCKET QUEEN, ANYTHING GOES! 🔥🔥Come on guys!!
The_ Silver_Siren and thats the album that got me into playing the guitar at school as a kid. Im 32 and listening to Slash’s snakepit while Im typing this message ;)
Indeed. Really wish they would do this one.
The tone Leslie had was so thick that you could almost eat it. He was a true pioneer and wizard behind massive guitar tones.
His classic tone on this album was by accident actually. I call it a "happy" accident since it turned out for the best! www.guitarplayer.com/players/leslie-west-decodes-his-mississippi-queen-tone
Four musicians with enough explosive power to launch the space shuttle.
Pow wah!
Gotta recommend some James Gang for you guys. If you dig this, you're bound to dig Funk 49. Joe Walsh is a beast.
The NotSoGuitarGuy
Woman is a jam!!
Yes! Anything James Gang or Joe Walsh
Funk 49 is an all time banger. So is Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh.
The NotSoGuitarGuy
The confessor!
Walk away was always my fav of Joe Walsh
I can’t listen to this song without thinking of the hot sauce scene in Regular Show
Yeah haha that's how I found out about this song
Haha, I forgot about that until I saw your comment. Best scene in the whole series.
Beginner’s luck LUCK LUCK LUCK
YUP
When Benson Rigby and mordo are tripping balls lmao.
Corky Laing smokes the drum part on this tune! Note how he plays the hi-hats in "four" by playing eighth notes, but the bass drum and snare are playing patterns of three notes (cutting eights or sixteenths down to groups of three). Incredible that he came up with that, because this is one of the all-time great rock drumming performances!! Talk about underrated!!!
The drummer’s signature move was/is to throw drumsticks out to the audience during performances...he kept a whole quiver full to get through a show!
You guys remain awesome. I so appreciate the love and respect you have for music, especially my first loves rock, blues and metal. Thank you.
The zombies time of the season would probably blow you guys away too much love your channel is great
Randy Rhoades dug Leslie, that’s all you need to know!
Al Moreno I saw him twice before he died . Some of the greatest and most cherished moments of my life . If I had a time machine I'd go back to parking lot of Music Mountain in NY and record the sound check he HIT us with !!!! It was unbelievable !!!!!! Randy why ???????????????????
Is another thing, Randy Rhoads came years later, and of course Leslie West was a huge influence in all the music that was called later Heavy Metal
Leslie West lost a leg due to diabetes complications...and still played live.
A big inspiration
It shows unbelievable determination. Steve Grimmet (Grim Reaper) also performed with one leg...
I've been diabetic (type 1, on insulin) for 39 years. The fact that anyone can go out there one-legged and still kick ass amazes me.
@@ryanweatherman-holt4805 If they kick ass with one leg they're going over
Time and again, George & Ryan exemplify the deeper appreciation for art, period. You both use the whole spectrum and deliver a pure reaction to pure art. Thank you both, stay safe and looking forward to 2020. Waldo OUT
I love coming back to this review every year.
Thanks for this review. Your sound quality is superb. When Leslie West met Felix Pappalardi and they began working together, it changed his musical life. Felix Pappalardi, who played bass guitar in Mountain was a classically trained musician/composer/producer/multi instrumentalist and a free thinker. He produced and contributed musically to the first 2 Cream albums prior to working with Leslie West, who at the time was in a Long Island based band called The Vagrants. I know all the history, which is extensive, because I'm a huge fan of Mountain. I'm also aware of the profound influence that Felix Pappalardi had. They were the first rock band I was a real fan of and the first that I saw in concert. 1971 and I was 17. Ten dollar admission price for the ticket I'd bought in advance. Seated in the 6th row from the stage, I was blown away. After the concert I was partially deaf for a few hours, ears ringing. 2 other Mountain songs worth checking out, among many, are "Never In My Life" and "Theme for an Imaginary Western".
You need to react to Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog."
Pretty much anything from that album.
Whiskey Drinkin Woman
Ha! I just requested that above before i saw this comment!! 😊
Yup
Chris Johannsen react to miss misery
If you dig this, you gotta check out Black Betty by Ram Jam, or more Cream songs, particularly Crossroads
Sunshine of your love... :)
Black Betty doesn't seem to hold up these days (kind of racist sounding to me) but it would be interesting to hear their reaction
Margaret Gardner I agree. It’s a badass song but now a little cringeworthy.
@@Margar02 Though it does come via Leadbelly, so...might just be a product of its time.
@@fnjesusfreak ooooooh that makes more sense now. Yes, product of it's time for sure. It was probably a tribute.
Donald Fagen's cover of Isaac Hayes's "Out of the Ghetto" is a cringey bop...
What an absolute genuine reaction from you guys!!! I love watching you love this song!!! ❤️
If you love this, add Blackfoot- Train, Train to the playlist
Yes!
Absolutely
“Never Been Any Reason” by Head East would be a good one for you guys to react to! Thank you for doing Mississippi Queen, guys. That’s a great old song!
Yes indeed!
Hell yes. A great bluesy almost progressive rock song. I love this decade. So much creativity and showmanship!
"One of the best rock songs ever", agreed.
Leslie West was one of Randy Rhoads' favorite guitar players. West definitely was a huge part of the development of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.
If you're into Classic Rock please do a reaction on "Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole"
I don't need no doctor from Humble Pie- Rockin' The Fillmore.
@@iancunningham5576 One of the greatest live performances ever! Rockin' The Fillmore is historical.
“This is how a white man plays guitar!” - Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Longest Yard (2005)
Doulton.S.91 first thing I thought of too
@@likemikehd3560 well, he was playing a racist character so I guess that was the point lol
Corky Laing wrote this song before the formation of the band Mountain. There is an interesting story behind how he came up with it, involving a power outage during a live performance with his band "Energy". I know tons of trivia about Mountain and the individual members. What's most important to remember is that they formed during the seminal days of what became known as "hard rock" and were a major influence in not only that genre, but in a multitude of hard edged genres that spawned from it. Leslie West's guitar playing has been a major inspiration and influence to countless guitarists. Felix Pappalardi is a legend, for numerous reasons, and to be accurate he had the role of musical arranger/conductor in Mountain. If you explore Mountain more deeply you'll soon discover that he was also an innovative, melodic bassist and unique vocalist. This among many other accomplishments
He also has the distinction of being shot and killed by his wife in 1983- by the gun he gave her to protect herself.
RAM JAM's BLACK BETTY, THE HOLLIES' LONG COOL WOMAN, NAZARETH's RAZMANAZ, WILD CHERRY's PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC!
Both are classics!
I love Long Cool Woman, such a great song!!
@@badpop987, apologies, I edited the list after you commented.
@@chrisbrugma9851 - Long Cool....thank you! A freaking classic. Another song you could classify as perfect, just like this one.
Ram Jam really laid down a mean, in your face, rocking grove on "Black Betty".
The guitar tone is perfect, so dirty.
Theyd love some stoner metal, Mississippi Queen is basically stoner metal
More from Mountain: Southbound Train, Dreams of Milk and Honey, Theme from an Imaginary Western. Another bluesy singer/guitarist led band was Ten Years After, also played at Woodstock.
I remember an interview where Ozzy was asked what his favourite band was. He said Mountain.
Probably why he covered this song on his 2005 album Prince of Darkness.
This is a top-tier stripper song. Nuff said.
Love it guys, thx for all your vids!
SOOOO pleased to see you guys review Mississippi Queen!!!! I primarily listen to metal but I also love some classic and bluesy rock, IMO, Mississippi Queen is the greatest straight up rock n roll song ever written. If you guys dig this, the hard grooves and gritty, bluesy vovals, you MUST check out Black Stone Cherry!!!! Id love to see a reaction to Me and Mary Jane.
This should be in the top ten of ALL time best hard rock songs!!
Loved the classic rock videos. It's not completely classic rock but you should really listen to Hocus Pocus by Focus. It's wild
This song left quite the impression on me as a kid. My father had this record, played it, and I have been hooked on music ever since.
HEY GUYS WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU REVIEW BILLY THORPE ... CHILDREN OF THE SUN !!!
Teri Youngblood , oh man, now we’re talking!
Was listening to that earlier this morning! Great song!
Yes! I forgot about this one. Definitely!
Hell YES! 🤘🤘🤘
Have loved this from Day 1. 💜 I also have requsted this on various channels for a while now...thanks guys! So glad you loved it as much as me, now and back then.
I always liked this song. Reminds me of “Rock&Roll Hoochie-Koo” or Deep Purple. Hard rock. This one IS bluesy.
Foreshadowed with power, tempo, and peerless guitar, plus memorable vocals, Led Zeppelin's song "Rock and Roll."
try Humble Pie "30 Days in the Hole" i think ya guys might like it
💯
Thirty days in the hole - YES
Yep!
Haven't heard it in years, But i'm going to right now. Thanks
I was getting ready to post that song but you beat me to it 3 days ago, lol. Great song,
You should check out "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East. It's one of those songs that check all the boxes.
Loved your classic Rock Marathon, great songs and input from your guys ! I actually didn't knew this one song.
I hate being one of those persons, but I would love seeing your reaction to the other Tool songs from the new album in the future (Descending, Invincible, 7empest).
Best of luck, waiting for whatever you guys are bringing up in the next videos
Tool, now there's an original request. Totally overlooked band.
@@devildart I am aware of that. But I personally would like seeing that.
Possibly the greatest hard rock song ever recorded!!!! I choose this over Led Zeppelin's Black Dog or Whole Lotta Love hands down! No others even come close!!!!! Number 1 for all of time...Period!!!!
Love you guys! Another great video! This one is from my "growing up wheelhouse". Heard it when it first came out, and now it is "classic" rock.
I first heard this song years ago (2008), it was included in the PS3's videogame Rock Band. And every time I hear the song, it brings back memories of my friends and I getting hammered while playing Rock Band. Oh the good old days, when I was young and careless.
Needs more cowbell!
I got a fever.
@@teej0813 i know for sure, there ain't no cure
Dang it, I was bout to say that! Lol
T. Higley and the only prescription, is more cow bell!
Listen to Mountain's, "Never In My Life."
Totally agree! Another completely filthy blues track!
Yes!!!!
So good
Don't Around. Nantucket Sleigh Ride. Roll Over Beethoven. Leslie West is the man.
Yes!!
This channel is the best. Love you guys. Rock on!!
Allman Brothers, Whipping Post, 9/23/1970 at the Fillmore East
The sleeper you've overlooked for far too long, Allman Brothers, One Way Out.
Please react to King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King. You've reacted to Tool and Dream Theater, so you should react to some of the original prog rock.
That would be interesting.... I don't get modern prog (even lots of the old stuff!). I've seen Focus twice... a yodel reaction would be good!
@@davidpggarrett Love focus!
one of my son's favorites!!
Mountain did a nice version of "Roll Over Beethoven" too.
OMG I've never heard it but I can bet it's bangin'!
Love that version! The guitar intro is killer!!
It's nice to see youtubers that genuinely love what they do thank you all 4 that
I forgot about this channel for a while. It's cool to see you doing old rock again. I love old rock and old (90's and prior) rap. Can't deal with the new "music".
Mountain was a great band other great songs Never in my life , don’t look around, Nantucket Sleigh Ride, Theme from an imaginary western & For Yasgur’s Farm
Nantucket Sleigh Ride is a jam! I don't recall how I was exposed to it, but it made me remember the name Mountain. Then I realized they also wrote Mississippi Queen.
Never in my life is the jam
@@andrewkeith3912 Yea, I listened to Never In My Life a couple of times earlier. I don't remember Nantucket quite like I remember it after hearing it again today, maybe it was a live version? I remember it being longer, heavier than what I heard off of The Best of Mountain.
My favorite is Nantucket Sleigh Ride, even more so than their big hit Mississippi Queen (though I like it also).
AH! Ok, it was a live version I remember that's way more of a jam than the album version, from the album Live: The Road Goes Ever On.
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GUITAR HERO BABY !!!!!!!
THIS SONG GETS YOU HYPE !!!
I think it's a cover used in World Tour
I love the guitar tone on this track, always have. *Fuzzzzzzz* Thing of beauty, right there.
It’s still on my playlist many decades since it came out - always gets me moving!
Lots of folks have heard (and a few have reacted to) Zakk Wylde's cover of this tune, but it's a crying shame that so few people remember (or have even heard of) Mountain. Thanks for bringing it back into the spotlight!
"Never in my life". Their hottest and best rock song
Another wonderful Mountain song!
That riff is a monster! I love the cowbell.
Great song. Now-
The Sentinel by Judas Priest.
similar vibe to “30 days in the hole”. Down n dirty
Another great!
Humble Pie! Another great band that never got the recognition they deserved.
@@notajp absolutely. Humble pie, mountain, mahogany rush, ufo, all great overlooked bands. Check out the albums by West, Bruce and Lang. Great stuff.
Would love to see them breakdown the vocals. Fun game, Try and sample all the strains of Mary Jane referenced in the song. Kind of like a reefer bucket list. Quite the challenge in these modern times but I assure, it can be done. Of course the other substances mentioned throughout, remain a recommended avoid. They will still get you 30 days in the hole, currently known as rehab. I also have no first hand knowledge of rolling dance floors or greasy whores but I'm sure others might have input?
I enjoy you guys. Love to see younger people still gettin' in to "Mountain".
BLUE OYSTER CULT AND PAT BENATAR ARE FROM LONG ISLAND TOO!
Dee Snider and the one and only, Billy Joel. It's good to have pride in our Long Island.
AK Kossowa You beat me to it . Also Vanilla Fudge and local favorites The Good Rats .
And the good rats
nyc here, represent
@@jamesrainey8072 And Lou Reed born in Brooklyn but raised in Long Island
Samantha Fish - Bulletproof. She is a nominee for best blues guitarist of 2019
If we're going to do a southern rock marathon..."Dreams I'll Never See-Molly Hatchet" incredible song
Corky Lange's drum tuning is epic. The Ludwig Sono-matic snare was the Go-To power snare of those days. I saw them do this in Seattle when I was 14. Leslie was playing this on a Les Paul goldtop with P-90's, neck pickup (yeah, I was that close) instead of the usual Les Paul Jr with a single P-90. Either way, it was awsome.
Props for deep review! Your pedigree of classic rock knowledge is quite impressive.
38 Special
"Stone Cold Believer"
"Wild Eyed Southern Boys"
Just sayin...
Prog metal marathon! I know you wanna do it ;)
They played at my college with Johnny Winter and killed it!
So cool! Congratulations! This song is eternal. CLASSIC!
Liking this as much as you do, I recommend Nazareth- Hair of the Dog or Beggars Day. Similar vocal style to Leslie
This song is mean. The energy they captured in the studio just jumps off the two inch real to real tape. Another song that i always thought had a similar vibe or vocal style was the original version of American Women by The Guess Who, but not quite as mean.