Funny thing about San Francisco.... most people think that it is warm and sunny in the summer. But having lived most of my life in the SF Bay area, and having worked in SF for about 20 years, I can tell you with certainty that summer is more often cold and damp. A famous quote about it, from Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco." The hot inland air collides with the cold Pacific air, creating a very wet fog/mist right in the city, coupled with plenty of wind. Brrr! I can't tell you how many times I saw summer tourists on the street or at a cable-car stop, wearing shorts, sandals and a big, thick sweatshirt bearing a San Francisco-related graphic, shivering and covered in goosebumps. I often thought that I could make a million dollars if I opened a sweatshirt concession on the streets of San Francisco in the summertime. Hahaha!
I grew up in the East Bay. When going to SF, we always took a coat. I don't remember it being humid, but it could be quite cool, even in the summer. I miss the old city, though, with its hills and character. Now it's all tall buildings that hide the hills, and the streets are not the same. Your personality comes across as gentle, Harri, if so you would have fit right in.
I’m envious of you, Harri. How amazing it must be to hear these songs for the first time - and be aware of that moment. For me, this song has always been with me. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know it. You’re a lucky man. I suppose we both are.
A live version. Only ever heard the studio release. It comes from 1967 - the summer of Love, when thousands of peacenics flocked to San Francisco to start a new culture based on peace freedom harmony. It didn't last long. But it was a beautiful idea. This was his only hit. Another song you ought to cover that catches the zeitgeist of a particular time is Mathew Southern Comfort and their version of Joni Mitchells Woodstock. The slide guitar is fantastic and takes me straight back to my youth. Great song.
Oh I remember this song so well. I loved it. It was like a dream of what I'd like to have been doing. I was married already with three children, in a difficult marriage, and this song summed up a kind of life I could only dream of. Being British anyway San Francisco was such a romantic sounding place, a million miles away from my life.
This song was written and produced by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Pappas and was the hippie anthem for 1967. John and Scott were friends going back to the 1950s as they were first in a do-wop group together and then with the addition of a third person they formed the folk trio the Journeymen who had a hit in 1961 with the song "Five Hundred Miles." When the Journeymen broke up John went on to eventually form the Mamas and the Pappas and Scott tried his hand at a solo career. This song led to an album called "The Voice of Scott McKenzie" that was popular and good copies go for a pretty fair price on the used record circuit. Scott had a few minor hits after "San Francisco" but was unable to recapture the magic and after a few years he stopped recording. On his album "The Voice of Scott McKenzie" he has two versions of a song he wrote called "What's the Difference" and the second version was covered by Johnny Rivers on his 1968 album "Realization." The studio version is much better than the clip you saw and I urge you to listen to it and then reach your final conclusion. RIP Scott McKenzie.
The most impressive part of this performance was that McKenzie kept in tune when half his background was off key! Strike one up for having no monitors, I guess!
Thats great , im from 60s , yes it was , I saw Jimi & mamas & poppas , Melanie lots of my folks back then , im blessed to have been there , the best , stay safe 2
MONTEREY POP!! Two years before Woodstock, '67. Brian Jones of the Stones, who flew over to introduce Jimi Hendrix(also seen), in a fur trimmed jacket, Janis Joplin talking with Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady, and I think Mama Cass Elliott, maybe in the same seat from which she took in Janis' 'Ball and Chain' with such evident delight and awe. This song was indeed written by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, one of the prime movers and shakers behind the festival. A message to America and the world about the nascent "youth/love/peace/anti-war, etc., etc." movement and the music at the center of the counter-cultural phenomenon, and what might be viewed as its inaugural celebration. ✌👍😘🎶🎸💞🌈🌉
Another good group I haven't heard any reactions to is The Association. Now you're getting into the 60s and the love, hippies and everything else. Your shirt would fit right in, LOL! This is when we started tye dye, ha. Peace, Love, Dope!
Hi Harri! Thank you SOo much for reacting to some of the BEST music of my late childhood and early teens! LOVE it! Hope you and your family are well! LOVE your channel! Greetings from Australia.
I saw him perform this live in my home town in the 90's when he was part of the Mamas and Papas tribute tour band. This is his signature tune and I don't know of any other big hits by him...
My first reaction is this song likely encouraged all the freaky flower children to migrate to CA. Every freaky person I knew back then was headed that way.
Scott was a good friend of The Mamas and Papas....they kinda hit together When they're showing the audience at 2"20 on your video, there's Hendrix and both of the Mamas
Scott and John Phillips were in a folk group in the early ‘60s. John left to form the Mamas & the Papas. Scott also recorded “California Dreamin’” on his solo album. Of course, it was a big hit for the M&Ps instead.
When I was around 7 years old my family went to SF to visit my G Grandma who lived there. We went down to the Haight-Ashbury district where all the hippies lived. I remember my dad bought some hippie newspapers. So as a child I got to see the real hippie scene and I can still see it in my mind.
I saw Zeppelin in concert 3 times. Robert Plant used to sometimes sing a bit of this song right in the middle of a Zep song. Must've been a favorite his. The instrumentation in the studio version is beautiful. You don't get that in this video although the footage is fun to see. You should give it a listen.☮💙☮
Hi there Harri. If you look closely in the audience Jimi Hendrix is watching the stage at 2:17 and you are absolutely right about where this is. Woodstock! My cousin was there from Canada and has lots of pictures of all the singers and other people around in the audience.
Scott McKenzie was born Philip Wallach Blondheim III, do you think that would have been more Rack and Roll? I was 10 in the Summer of love. I remember a lot of songs from then, but the top three that made an impression on me at the time would probably have been: 1. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie 2. Let's Go to San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men 3. Excerpt From a Teenage Opera - Keith West I still like all three today.
Pluto was transitting in Sidereal Leo in most of the 60s (right up to about 1968). In Vedic Astrology this Leo represents the lion in the cave. Most people do not venture far because they were afraid of being eaten by the lion. So they stay at their homeplace and acompose songs of places which they did not go. Venus represent glowers and although Venus and Sun are enemies, it is also said that the Sun uplifts Venus by always standing behind Venus and giving moral support. In return, Venus adorns the Lion with a garland of flowers. That is why you are right. It is Venus singing praise to the soul of his lover (the lion). It is gentle because the voice is from Venus which is feminine in nature.
Didn't know that .. Wonder why the Mamas and Pappas didn't do it themselves, it's such a great song ? .. Having said that, I'm glad Scott did it .. It suits his voice perfectly, and the arrangement on the record was also fantastic .. Pity Harri didn't listen to the studio version.
Matt, I have been trying to get Harri to showcase this song for months, being an old Scottish hippie I absolutely love it. Sir you are an afficiado of good music, take care buddy.
John Phillips of The Mamas & Papas named his first daughter Mackenzie after his good friend Scott McKenzie her name is Mackenzie Phillips she was an actress
I keep commenting this sentiment on reactor's channels as well. The studio version is usually the version we all listened to 100's of times on the radio and on the albums we paid for and collected and what we remember and love it for. Live versions are great to see the band's talents and how they could captivate an audience, but that's a different thing.
I don't know why a lot of reactors insist on watching the live versions, that's not how we were introduced to these songs. At least listen to the studio version first, if you must hear the live version. Live versions, minus some rare occasions, rarely live up to the studio versions.
I'm sorry to say, but the message about San Francisco in this song is sadly outdated by a long shot! Like another poster here indicated, I would not recommend it as a place to go now!
Thanks so much! I'll love for ever this so highly emblematic and iconic song. Never will get bored of listeneing to it. Good live rendition, but prefer by far the original record version with it brilliant orchestration. About the same subject, I recommend the song "Let's go to San Francisco" by the Flower Pot Men, a treat. Magnificent harmonies guaranteed.
Songs dedicated to London : The Clash - London Calling, The Clash - The Guns of Brixton, Paul McCartney & Wings - London Town, Gene - London Can You Wait?, The Smiths - London, Blur - For Tomorrow...etc. Come on, Harri, I know all those songs and I've never been to London.
OMG! I hated this song but still went to San Francisco in 1977 & hoped it'd still be progressive. But my generation was a bunch of yuppies. Yeck! Cold & cloudy all the time too. But my 1st bf & I would take the BART to Berkley & it was like going back to the 60's with people playing music all over the place, used record stores, etc. It was also warm & sunny. This song was about the Hippies that all went to SF during "The Summer of Love," 1967. Then more came b/c of this song. Sadly, many of them became victims of drug abuse.
Yeah, I liked Berkeley too - when I first went there in 76’ there were still these interesting scenes on Sproul Plaza, as preachers and spiritual teachers would draw crowds in large circles around them and interact in lively discussions about Ultimate Truth, something like it was in Ancient Greece. Later on when I stopped by in the 80’s those had morphed into circles with just musicians in the center playing for contributions. The cafes were fun to hang around too. Loved the open minded/smart vibe there !
Flower power,peace. marches , we thought the teenagers of the day would actually could make a difference, how foolish we were. Politics and money rules every single country world wide. And it’s getting even more corrupt as the years go on. The ordinary people have less of a say now than they had at any time in modern history. I’m glad I’m an old man nearing the end of my life , I fear for the up coming generations
This version is dragging. Listen to the studio version instead. San Francisco is different now, 2021. The Dot-Com and many usurpers have changed the friendliness of the city. Additionally, too many homelessness, crazies, druggies, predatory criminals, have changed the atmosphere, very expensive too. Many regular families have moved away. It is still a pretty location for a short visit, but the city itself is rather dirty and overcrowded. I use to live their for many years, but moved away in the 1990's. FYI It is a very foggy, windy, cold weather, most of the time.
I still live here. Part of the problem with gentrification and unwanted changes is the cowardly way some people would rather move out to a bland, cookie-cutter suburb than tough it out and make our city better. Peace.
Sadly, San Francisco is NOT what it used to be. Most people there in the middle income brackets will never be able to afford a home. Took a vacation there a few years ago......... wished I hadn't. By now, I'm sure the homelessness, trash, drug usage, street traffic, and crime are worse that when I was there. No thanks........
Harri, have got to say this is a terrible live version as the band are completely off key in some points of the song. I recommend the studio version as it was one of my recommendations. But Scott's voice is still as good.
I know that live performances are interesting, but IMO the studio version makes a much better impression -- at least in this case.
I Agree.
I agree too. With few exceptions, studio versions are always better for first reactions.
TOTALLY AGREE...FIRST TIME Ive HEARD THIS live soundtrack ... thought my hearing was playing tricks
Yes this version lacked the beauty of the studio version, the backing instrumentals seemed off.
I agree that the studio version is better, but I don't think this live performance is that bad. My opinion.
Nice to see a festival performance showing what the song was about culturally. But, the audio on the studio is definitely far superior.
Funny thing about San Francisco.... most people think that it is warm and sunny in the summer. But having lived most of my life in the SF Bay area, and having worked in SF for about 20 years, I can tell you with certainty that summer is more often cold and damp. A famous quote about it, from Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco." The hot inland air collides with the cold Pacific air, creating a very wet fog/mist right in the city, coupled with plenty of wind. Brrr! I can't tell you how many times I saw summer tourists on the street or at a cable-car stop, wearing shorts, sandals and a big, thick sweatshirt bearing a San Francisco-related graphic, shivering and covered in goosebumps. I often thought that I could make a million dollars if I opened a sweatshirt concession on the streets of San Francisco in the summertime. Hahaha!
I remember when my grandmother from Saskatchewan came to visit and we took her into San Francisco in August and she said she never felt so cold
Of the places I have visited in the US, the Bay Area Climate was most similar to home (London, England).
I was one of those freezing tourists.
I grew up in the East Bay. When going to SF, we always took a coat. I don't remember it being humid, but it could be quite cool, even in the summer. I miss the old city, though, with its hills and character. Now it's all tall buildings that hide the hills, and the streets are not the same. Your personality comes across as gentle, Harri, if so you would have fit right in.
Great song and reaction! “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield. Another great 60s vibe!
I’m envious of you, Harri. How amazing it must be to hear these songs for the first time - and be aware of that moment. For me, this song has always been with me. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know it. You’re a lucky man. I suppose we both are.
Male Hippies put flowers in their hair too. It was "flower power" back then.
This was the quintessential hippy song. The studio version was great and was a huge hit here in the states. 🌺✌️
Love this song! and Love your eclectic choice in songs!
Yay! Thanks for this one from San Francisco. Peace.
Omg , I love this song , its great & so haunting , thank you Harri
A live version. Only ever heard the studio release. It comes from 1967 - the summer of Love, when thousands of peacenics flocked to San Francisco to start a new culture based on peace freedom harmony. It didn't last long. But it was a beautiful idea. This was his only hit.
Another song you ought to cover that catches the zeitgeist of a particular time is Mathew Southern Comfort and their version of Joni Mitchells Woodstock. The slide guitar is fantastic and takes me straight back to my youth. Great song.
Oh I remember this song so well. I loved it. It was like a dream of what I'd like to have been doing. I was married already with three children, in a difficult marriage, and this song summed up a kind of life I could only dream of. Being British anyway San Francisco was such a romantic sounding place, a million miles away from my life.
This song was written and produced by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Pappas and was the hippie anthem for 1967. John and Scott were friends going back to the 1950s as they were first in a do-wop group together and then with the addition of a third person they formed the folk trio the Journeymen who had a hit in 1961 with the song "Five Hundred Miles." When the Journeymen broke up John went on to eventually form the Mamas and the Pappas and Scott tried his hand at a solo career. This song led to an album called "The Voice of Scott McKenzie" that was popular and good copies go for a pretty fair price on the used record circuit. Scott had a few minor hits after "San Francisco" but was unable to recapture the magic and after a few years he stopped recording. On his album "The Voice of Scott McKenzie" he has two versions of a song he wrote called "What's the Difference" and the second version was covered by Johnny Rivers on his 1968 album "Realization." The studio version is much better than the clip you saw and I urge you to listen to it and then reach your final conclusion. RIP Scott McKenzie.
The most impressive part of this performance was that McKenzie kept in tune when half his background was off key! Strike one up for having no monitors, I guess!
Thats great , im from 60s , yes it was , I saw Jimi & mamas & poppas , Melanie lots of my folks back then , im blessed to have been there , the best , stay safe 2
I lived in SF for over 30 years. I miss it. Now retired in Las Vegas 😎 you should listen to Warm San Francisco Night by Eric Burton and The Animals.
MONTEREY POP!! Two years before Woodstock, '67. Brian Jones of the Stones, who flew over to introduce Jimi Hendrix(also seen), in a fur trimmed jacket, Janis Joplin talking with Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady, and I think Mama Cass Elliott, maybe in the same seat from which she took in Janis' 'Ball and Chain' with such evident delight and awe.
This song was indeed written by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, one of the prime movers and shakers behind the festival. A message to America and the world about the nascent "youth/love/peace/anti-war, etc., etc." movement and the music at the center of the counter-cultural phenomenon, and what might be viewed as its inaugural celebration. ✌👍😘🎶🎸💞🌈🌉
Absolutely love your shirt.
I saw him do this song live - he was a "guest" at The Mamas and the Papas concert I saw.
Carry On!!
The Summer of Love.
Another good group I haven't heard any reactions to is The Association.
Now you're getting into the 60s and the love, hippies and everything else. Your shirt would fit right in, LOL! This is when we started tye dye, ha. Peace, Love, Dope!
John Phillips from the mamas and papas wrote this.This defined the era of hippies
Written by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas about 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, where this performance took place.
The summer of Love Song!
Happy days ❤🌼☘️🙏
Hi Harri! Thank you SOo much for reacting to some of the BEST music of my late childhood and early teens! LOVE it! Hope you and your family are well! LOVE your channel! Greetings from Australia.
I saw him perform this live in my home town in the 90's when he was part of the Mamas and Papas tribute tour band. This is his signature tune and I don't know of any other big hits by him...
My first reaction is this song likely encouraged all the freaky flower children to migrate to CA. Every freaky person I knew back then was headed that way.
Lots of them
Scott was a good friend of The Mamas and Papas....they kinda hit together When they're showing the audience at 2"20 on your video, there's Hendrix and both of the Mamas
Scott and John Phillips were in a folk group in the early ‘60s. John left to form the Mamas & the Papas. Scott also recorded “California Dreamin’” on his solo album. Of course, it was a big hit for the M&Ps instead.
This was at Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. The M&Ps organized it. The first rock festival. Hendrix, Joplin, and the Animals were among the acts there.
The Flowerpot Men had a hit about the same Hippie phenomenon called Let's go to San Francisco. Give it a listen
When I was around 7 years old my family went to SF to visit my G Grandma who lived there. We went down to the Haight-Ashbury district where all the hippies lived. I remember my dad bought some hippie newspapers. So as a child I got to see the real hippie scene and I can still see it in my mind.
I saw Zeppelin in concert 3 times. Robert Plant used to sometimes sing a bit of this song right in the middle of a Zep song. Must've been a favorite his.
The instrumentation in the studio version is beautiful. You don't get that in this video although the footage is fun to see. You should give it a listen.☮💙☮
Hi there Harri. If you look closely in the audience Jimi Hendrix is watching the stage at 2:17 and you are absolutely right about where this is. Woodstock! My cousin was there from Canada and has lots of pictures of all the singers and other people around in the audience.
Studio version first, please!
Love your channel. You always has something meaningful to say about the songs!
Another good song to listen and react too about San Francisco during it Hippie times is by the Animals called “San Francisco Nights”.
You have to be in San Francisco in 1967 in your heart.
Not Woodstock, Monterey Pop Festival. If you noticed you would have seen Hendrix, Mama Cass, Michelle Phillips and John Phillips.
The Animals have a similar song called "San Franciscan Nights".
Scott McKenzie was born Philip Wallach Blondheim III, do you think that would have been more Rack and Roll?
I was 10 in the Summer of love. I remember a lot of songs from then, but the top three that made an impression on me at the time would probably have been:
1. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
2. Let's Go to San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men
3. Excerpt From a Teenage Opera - Keith West
I still like all three today.
Oh, I do love this song.
I am with you Harri , i watched the Streets of San Franciso also with Karl Malden and Michael Douglas but it was not in reruns hehe.
Pluto was transitting in Sidereal Leo in most of the 60s (right up to about 1968). In Vedic Astrology this Leo represents the lion in the cave. Most people do not venture far because they were afraid of being eaten by the lion. So they stay at their homeplace and acompose songs of places which they did not go. Venus represent glowers and although Venus and Sun are enemies, it is also said that the Sun uplifts Venus by always standing behind Venus and giving moral support. In return, Venus adorns the Lion with a garland of flowers.
That is why you are right. It is Venus singing praise to the soul of his lover (the lion). It is gentle because the voice is from Venus which is feminine in nature.
It's about hippies or flower children as they called themselves. The preached drugs sex and rock n roll
I expect you know 'Waterloo Sunset' by the Kinks.
Written by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas.
Didn't know that .. Wonder why the Mamas and Pappas didn't do it themselves, it's such a great song ? .. Having said that, I'm glad Scott did it .. It suits his voice perfectly, and the arrangement on the record was also fantastic .. Pity Harri didn't listen to the studio version.
London calling
"San Franciscan Nights" by Eric Burdon & the Animals is from the same time and vibe, with a different musical sound. I'd really recommend it!
Matt, I have been trying to get Harri to showcase this song for months, being an old Scottish hippie I absolutely love it. Sir you are an afficiado of good music, take care buddy.
This song was written by John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas.
This song was big when I was in high school. Made me want to leave home and go there. Glad I didnt . This southern girl was already free.
San Francisco is one of the best walking cities in the US.
Check out Chevy Van by Sammy Johns. Same time frame.
I see you are wearing a T-shirt to match the song. Planning, coincidence or a mix of both?
Harry this song is from 1967. The summer of love in the US, this was performed at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Harri,
You really need to do the studio version. It will resonate with you as much as any song you ever heard and experience. My two cents !
@2:14 and 2:15 Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones and then Jimi Hendrix.
Hi, another good 60's song, Get Together, by The Young Bloods
Mark Twain once said "the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
Supposedly.
Wow, he switched to a higher key at the end. He had to stretch his vocalization a little bit!
Pretty sure this was from the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
Love this song! Thanks for the song, Harri! I will say I like the studio version better than his singing it live.
Michael Douglas and Karl Malden starred in The Streets of San Francisco.
John Phillips of The Mamas & Papas named his first daughter Mackenzie after his good friend Scott McKenzie her name is Mackenzie Phillips she was an actress
🙂👍
Haight-Ashbury and the hippie movement was a thing in the '60s. Needless to say, the studio cut of this one is better.
As others are saying, I think you would do yourself a fv=avor by hearing the studio version of almost any song first. Then go LIVE if you want to.
I keep commenting this sentiment on reactor's channels as well. The studio version is usually the version we all listened to 100's of times on the radio and on the albums we paid for and collected and what we remember and love it for. Live versions are great to see the band's talents and how they could captivate an audience, but that's a different thing.
I don't know why a lot of reactors insist on watching the live versions, that's not how we were introduced to these songs. At least listen to the studio version first, if you must hear the live version. Live versions, minus some rare occasions, rarely live up to the studio versions.
The studio version is far superior, unless you want to check out the people in the crowd.
Dirty Harry played by Clint Eastwood was based in San Francisco. CCR was from the same city also.
You should check out “San Francisco Nights” by Eric Burdon and The Animals ☮️♥️😎
I'm sorry to say, but the message about San Francisco in this song is sadly outdated by a long shot! Like another poster here indicated, I would not recommend it as a place to go now!
You're staying away? Aww. We'll miss you.
Lol
This song was for peace and love….the Charlie Manson happened……
Thanks so much! I'll love for ever this so highly emblematic and iconic song. Never will get bored of listeneing to it. Good live rendition, but prefer by far the original record version with it brilliant orchestration. About the same subject, I recommend the song "Let's go to San Francisco" by the Flower Pot Men, a treat. Magnificent harmonies guaranteed.
Songs dedicated to London : The Clash - London Calling, The Clash - The Guns of Brixton, Paul McCartney & Wings - London Town, Gene - London Can You Wait?, The Smiths - London, Blur - For Tomorrow...etc. Come on, Harri, I know all those songs and I've never been to London.
I'm in London still.
Great song and review but should have reviewed the studio version
Did you notice Jim I Hendrix and Janis Joplin in the crowd?
OMG! I hated this song but still went to San Francisco in 1977 & hoped it'd still be progressive. But my generation was a bunch of yuppies. Yeck! Cold & cloudy all the time too. But my 1st bf & I would take the BART to Berkley & it was like going back to the 60's with people playing music all over the place, used record stores, etc. It was also warm & sunny. This song was about the Hippies that all went to SF during "The Summer of Love," 1967. Then more came b/c of this song. Sadly, many of them became victims of drug abuse.
Yeah, I liked Berkeley too - when I first went there in 76’ there were still these interesting scenes on Sproul Plaza, as preachers and spiritual teachers would draw crowds in large circles around them and interact in lively discussions about Ultimate Truth, something like it was in Ancient Greece. Later on when I stopped by in the 80’s those had morphed into circles with just musicians in the center playing for contributions. The cafes were fun to hang around too. Loved the open minded/smart vibe there !
The studio version, please. Much better than this live version.
actually he may have been singing to a special guy...
Gee, in the first minute I saw Cass Elliot, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Bet that didn't suck.
I spent some time San Francisco in the 80's. I used to really like it. Sadly that SF is no more. I wouldn't recommend it now.
Flower power,peace. marches , we thought the teenagers of the day would actually could make a difference, how foolish we were. Politics and money rules every single country world wide. And it’s getting even more corrupt as the years go on. The ordinary people have less of a say now than they had at any time in modern history. I’m glad I’m an old man nearing the end of my life , I fear for the up coming generations
This version is dragging. Listen to the studio version instead. San Francisco is different now, 2021. The Dot-Com and many usurpers have changed the friendliness of the city. Additionally, too many homelessness, crazies, druggies, predatory criminals, have changed the atmosphere, very expensive too. Many regular families have moved away. It is still a pretty location for a short visit, but the city itself is rather dirty and overcrowded. I use to live their for many years, but moved away in the 1990's. FYI It is a very foggy, windy, cold weather, most of the time.
I still live here. Part of the problem with gentrification and unwanted changes is the cowardly way some people would rather move out to a bland, cookie-cutter suburb than tough it out and make our city better. Peace.
You’re wearing a flower T shirt.
Studio version so much better.
Sadly, San Francisco is NOT what it used to be. Most people there in the middle income brackets will never be able to afford a home. Took a vacation there a few years ago......... wished I hadn't. By now, I'm sure the homelessness, trash, drug usage, street traffic, and crime are worse that when I was there. No thanks........
Studio version is waaay better. This one is a bit drab and out of tune guitar doesn’t help.
Studio version is 10 times better.
Giddy-Up Scott, you're going to slow.
man...that sure was a poor recording! the original studio version is best.
This is a bit cringe worthy..please do the studio version!
Harri, have got to say this is a terrible live version as the band are completely off key in some points of the song. I recommend the studio version as it was one of my recommendations. But Scott's voice is still as good.
Too bad SF , the city, is full of hate now….no hippies now.
The guitars are so out of tune....you should have played the studio version!😮
Studio version is much,much better. Live performances are always interesting. But, this one doesn't do justice to the song.
Studio better
Horrible version. One guitar is out of tune.
The drumming in this version is awful.