@@Jax52reg Simon and Garfunkel. Or The Everly Brothers. Or Extreme. There have been some groups that were great at harmonizing. I don't think you can say any one of them was the best.
Don’t you dare apologize for going back to the roots of rock n roll, and playing some of the most heartfelt and touching songs ever written. I’m 75 and grew up on Chuck Berry, the Big Bopper, and then The Beach Boys, The Rascals, and The Animals and the Mama’s and the Papa’s, Thank You for shoving this music down the throats of these millennials who seem to think that only their music counts as real music. .
I like this guy, he isn't stupid. I am 71 and use my headphones when listening so the neighbors don't report me. Not really, my new young neighbor asked me if I thought his "music was too loud?" I said, "Nope, I can't hear it unless you crank it up a bit more and it doesn't bother me in the least."
I know every generation probably thinks this, but today's music all sounds the same to me. Yes, the 60s had a "sound" but it was so varied compared to what I hear today.
My dad would be about 10 years older than you but I'm 45. Let me tell you, I am SO grateful that I grew up with his music I could hear Fred Astair and Bing Crosby with Marty Robbins and Pink Floyd. He showed me so much. Our faorite moviw is The Blues Brothers. Good music, is good music.
One of the greatest songs ever! That melancholy feeling comes from it being in a minor key. Yes, that was a flute in the instrument solo and fits the song so well. If this song doesn't make you feel anything, check for a pulse! Thanks. Peace from SF
This is a pure example of true four part harmony with no auto tune, no click track, no production tricks, just talent. Something missing from modern music.
I am 68 and love 60s/70s music but I also love a lot of todays music, I can assure you four part harmonies are definitely still out there, 5SOS, McFly, and I know One Direction split nearly ten years ago but I suggest you check out their last album (Zayn had left) Made In The AM, amazing harmonising on If I Could Fly, Harry Styles is solo now but he writes all his music for harmonising with his band.
@mcfairclough I knew the "minor chords" were a 'major' part of the feel, but I didn't put the major chords into the equation . You gave a Great explanation .
Maybe also from the fact that there's an invisible bass guitar that's louder than the acoustic guitar you CAN see. It does feel a bit sinister just from that
Love this song. I would recommend White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. It’s a vibey, trippy song released 2 years after California Dreaming. The lead singer is a woman named Grace Slick
My favorite part is when he says .."I got down on my ....KNEES"... he does that TINY pause and digs DEEP. Such a classic, amazing song. I'm so thrilled that you loved it so much. It's young people like you, who will help keep this sort of stuff alive.
"Mama" Cass Eliot was IMHO, the heart & soul of the group. No matter the song her voice always came through. "Words of Love" still stands up after all these years. She too was gone too young (32 years old). Rest in peace.
Cass Elliott WHAT a voice!!! I absolutely LOVE that woman's voice, personality, and precious soul. I literally cried when I heard she had passed away. 💔 🌟
You are surprising me with the tunes you’re reacting to! Good surprised! Your recognition of superb music, no matter the genre or time, keeps me on my toes! Thank you Molly Boy, for your love of music. ❤️🔥🇨🇦
Don't be too spooked...you are listening to one of the greatest songs of all time, millions of people before you have also fallen in the trance....count yourself lucky to have come across it!
Cass Elliot had one of the purest, most beautiful voices of all times. She was a member of the Mamas and the Papas, but she was also a terrific solo artist. RIP.
I’m 72 and this was the music of my childhood. It was the time of enlightenment when everything was new and alive. We felt like we were experiencing life for the first time! We were alive thru the music!
For another haunting and beautiful song from the 60's check out "Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues - in Paris. Restored video!". Keep up the good work.
The tall guy is John Phillips , he wrote this, his wife Michelle Phillips when they were in New York she said “All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray”. And John turned it into this classic!!
I'm 67 years old; I've heard this song all my life. It still gives and always has given me chills. This song was soooo huge in the day, and lots and lots of people moved to California in the '60s because of this song. I'm from NY and now I live in LA so it particularly speaks to me.
I’m 27. I think this is one of the very best pop songs ever made. It definitely makes my top 10 list. The layering of the vocals, the flute solo, the harmonies, the panning from ear to ear… ah it’s so good
The daughter of John and Michelle Phillips, the two married members of this band, was in a successful 90s band with the two daughters of one of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The 90s band was Wilson Phillips.
1962 Fullerton CA here.... I had a truly golden early childhood. This is what was playing on the console in the living room. While we danced in the kitchen.
It's nice to see someone young like yourself discovering music from so many different genres and eras. Without all the techno stuff, people showed their true talents.
@@PSBFAN1991 there’s not that much difference in their hair color. I was heavy set until I had chemo and radiation a couple of years ago. My daughter is heavy set. It’s a description, not an insult, unless one believes that a person’s body type can in itself be an insult.
You do indeed have an old soul. I love how you are experiencing the music I grew up with. I'm 66 and had the pleasure of turning on the radio as a kid and hearing songs like this. Keep digging deep in the 60's and you won't be disappointed. The Byrd's, The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and on and on. Dive in!
Please never stop listening to music that came before you. There is so much beauty and harmony across all the decades and different genres of music to miss listening to a single song. I would be here all day recommending songs for you to listen to you.
Your reaction is no surprise. This song is universally popular and loved. I really appreciate your appreciation of this classic. The 60s is a very deep dive unto itself full of wonderful treasures.
Mama Cass had a huge full voice and had a solo career. This band was very successful and well loved. Big library to explore. My fave by them is Twelve Thirty.
Mama's & The Papa's are the one of the best harmonizing groups ever. Mama Cass Elliot has such a beautiful voice. She is the heavy set one. She was taken too soon. RIP Mama. You are so very missed! I love watching your reaction. It does this old heart (69 years old) to watch the look on your face. You really do appreciate this music. Don't ever stop! Love your reaction!
Just by showing up and performing with her spectacular voice, Cass was an encouragement for a lot of big girls at the time that they mattered and could achieve success in life, while the rest of the world was not sending such a message.
Quote: "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas is a timeless song that captures the essence of longing, escape, and disillusionment. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a person stuck in a cold, gray winter, yearning for the warmth and optimism associated with California. The recurring themes in the song are a stark contrast between the harsh reality of their current situation and the idealized dream of a better life."
I wonder if the people from the " Roaring 20's" era felt the same. That it was a time of feeling free, independent, etc. The 1920's had an expression the teen's used... it was " 23 skidoo ". I don't know what it meant, yet the kids of that era said it when they felt something was neat-o or "fancy" . They had an attitude of being free, happy, coon-skin coats. The gals were called "flappers" and danced fancy. 1920's kids would have the parents or grandparents of kids in the 1960's. Maybe a reason why the teens in 1960's felt so "wild" and free.
this song is the reason I learnt to play flute way back in the 70s , this and Nights in white satin by the Moody Blues. And I had a 40 year career as a flautist. Ahhhhhh did we have music......
Absolutely…The Music is so very good but the people and things they went through, or created (pointing to John Phillips 🖕). I feel so much for Mama Cass, so much incredible talent, a force of a voice and a life of loneliness and longing for love.
@@marym.9037A podcast made by the granddaughters of the Black Dahlia Killer (they’re pretty convinced) brings it around. Michelle Philips was good friends with a girl who was in McKenzie’s situation. Michelle’s friend was the mother of one of the podcasters.
Mama Cass's ( the red head) reaction to Janis Joplin at the Monterey Pop Festival is pretty damn cool! For Cass Elliott to have HER mind blown by a singer is something. They were a great band, I am so happy you did this one and LIKED it!
I loved the Mamas & the Papas. You are really walking thru the music and memories of my youth. Starting in the maybe late ‘50’s, into the 60’s, slamming into the 70’s and rocking thru the 80’s!!! What a glorious time to be alive and young!!! Most of today’s music lacks rhythm, soul, and genuine talent. Interestingly, I fully appreciate the music of my youth more now than I did back then. Huge talent was everywhere and we took it for granted. Now, I hear them again and am blown away by them all over! It’s such a joy to see reaction videos (love you) and today’s youth rediscovering this legendary music that should never be forgotten!!❤
I remember when The Mamas and The Papas sang this on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. The Ed Sullivan Show was a variety show that showcased all the current acts from America and the UK. I loved that show! There is nothing like on TV today.
All songs by the Mamas and the Pappas are awesome. Keep listening to them. You are so cute. Your reaction is so honest and sweet. Keep listening to all older music, 60s and up. You'll discover many many gems.
The vibe of this sing captures the gloomy feeling of being in a cold grey place in the winter and longing for the warm sunshine. The female voices represent the sunshine to me. This song is a Pop masterpiece.
I'm 64, and spent my life as a professional touring rock musician, and I still get the same feeling every time I hear this, as I did the first time, (which was when it was released). Superb piece of music. Great choice brother! Cheers! 🎸
I'm sitting here in New York, with my jacket on and a blanket over my legs. Outside my window all the leaves are brown and mostly fallen, and the sky is overcast, an unbroken gray. Many people here become restless or even depressed at this time of year. Its a relief when December comes, bringing snow and icy blue skies.
It IS a melancholy song. Imagine having to endure a wicked, cold winter somewhere in America's Northeast, and your soul is crying for release to the warm, sunny vibe of Southern California. But he's trapped, to some degree, because of the relationship he's in. Hence the line, "if I didn't tell her, I could leave today."
Minor chords give a sense of impermanence. The writer is longing for Cali, but he's also considering leaving his girl. "If I didn't tell her/I could leave today"
This song and album was HUGE in 1965. This is pure California folk rock and the Mamas and Papas were one of the biggest examples of that West Coast sound. Everyone on my dorm floor had it. Their harmonies were gorgeous. Songs like these added to the “California mystique” which was big at the time…a paradise of beautiful weather, beaches, casual and fun people. Made allot of kids, like myself, decide to go to California for college. It was a “scene” and Mana Cass, the heavyset woman, was well/known locally for her kindness and her nurturing of other musicians. She serendipitously brought Crosby, Stills and Nash together at her house, who formed their super group. Living in the famous Laurel Canyon community of artists and musicians , she was a magnet for drawing people together. Died much too young. That vibe and time are now LONG gone…..ended by the mid-70’s. But it was pretty magical for a brief spot in time.
😊✌️ Molly ☮️ I call myself the 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃🕺, this group is one of those great Group's that made me want to be a Hippie! Peace 😊✌️ Gary ☮️ Great Reaction 👍 this song is why I moved to San Diego, California in 1976 I'm still here! 🌞 /☀️live in Michigan for one winter 🥶, and you will understand this song🎵 🌞
My favorite song of all time. That great flute solo was performed by jazz sax and flute player Bud Shank. That solo was the icing on the cake of this outstanding song.
Declan, thank you for this channel. I’m in my 60s, but grew up in a classical music home. You are introducing me to songs and groups that I’d missed in real time. Hugs!
I think that the chill comes from the purity of the voices….the way the women seem to answer the men with their vocals and also the uplifting message of wanting to go home to California. There is no distortion, just talent, almost like a church choir in its simplicity. Great reaction MollyBoy😉
It's so interesting when he says things that indicate he's not familiar with the various moods music can transmit. Whenever I hear songs, I guess like most people older than him, there is no question about how it transmits a warm or happy or comedic or sad impression on a person's mood. But the way he responds it's almost like he's never experienced these various feelings from music and it's confusing him. Could it be that rap and hip-hop have so disassociated young people from music that they are this astonished by its most fundamental purpose?
@@leighloutreedore8926 my dear…….I was 18 in 1965. I had Joan Baez’ songbook and taught myself guitar. I had friends who sang in coffee houses. Been listening to PPM since I was 12. Had Judy Collins, and Dylans’s first albums I of FOLK music in 1962. If this is folk to you, then pray tell…..what was Baez and Dylan’s early work? Because they sure as hell aren’t the same. This is closer to the Byrds than it is to Baez. Just for giggles, how would you then define The Byrds? The Association? CSN? It really isn’t something to get your knickers in a twist about, is it? I mean, is it THAT important to you? Were you one of those people who had a stroke when Dylan went electric and was no longer “pure” folk? Still traumatized over it? Never assume you know something about another person online, and don’t take such umbrage that someone has a different opinion than yours. Sheesh. Hell…Alexa just told me that they were pop rock! 🙄. Which I disagree with.
I'm glad this song moved you. That song, along with "Monday Monday" were things that helped define the era, mid/late 60s. If you were alive back then, this song would really bring back memories.
Denny Doherty, the lead singer, with that incredible voice, was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Just before his death in 2007 he did a guest role on the Canadian comedy show ‘Trailer Park Boys’. This group has incredible songs. ‘I Saw Her Again’ has an iconic mistake in it that sounded so cool. They left it in. They could do that in those days because they were recording with musicians in the studio in real time. It just felt so organic and authentic to leave that mistake in and so cool how those professional musicians just picked up the song again. Love it.❤
His name was Bud Shank. He was a jazz saxophonist. But jazz saxophone players often have to double (play more than one instrument on a gig or even a piece). I'm a baritone saxophone player, and I had to do this with 3 pieces last night. One was for Bari and flute, another was bari and clarinet, and yet another was bari and bass clarinet.
Mamas and Papas, Peter, Paul and Mary as well as the Seekers had a little magic in their songs. They often evoked emotional responses (I get goosebumps) listening to them. The Association was another great band for that. Am very happy to see you enjoying all these new sounds.
That song gave me the chills when I was 4 years old and still does. I think this was the first song that gave me a strange unsettling feeling while also being mesmerized by the beauty of it. Absolute classic.
nice reaction! I was 15 in 1965 & I'm a Cali native so, yeah. I always think they sound like more than 4 people & that absolutely is because of Cass & Michelle. who is watching this while SoCal is burning?
Mama Cass, “Dream a Little Dream of Me” just wonderful.
Yes, this is my favorite Mama Cass song!
Oh , yes please
@@catherinehodson That's a good one too
I love Msma Cass
YES PLEASE REACT TO THAT!!!
Yes. The vibe is forlorn and melancholy. Heartbreak and homesickness, loneliness and longing.
Your intuition is spot on.
Yes, it is melancholy, seriously nostalgic.
Well said. This song brought me to tears many times.
They are one the best harmonizing group that was ever formed.
Because Denny and Mama Cass were the best. Karen Carpenter and Mama Cass both were fantastic.
Crosby, Stills & Nash would like a word
@@eagerow1so would Eagles.
Peter, Paul and Mary….
@@Jax52reg Simon and Garfunkel. Or The Everly Brothers. Or Extreme.
There have been some groups that were great at harmonizing. I don't think you can say any one of them was the best.
I'm 62 and this is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's nice to see young people enjoying older songs.
Don’t you dare apologize for going back to the roots of rock n roll, and playing some of the most heartfelt and touching songs ever written. I’m 75 and grew up on Chuck Berry, the Big Bopper, and then The Beach Boys, The Rascals, and The Animals and the Mama’s and the Papa’s, Thank You for shoving this music down the throats of these millennials who seem to think that only their music counts as real music.
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I like this guy, he isn't stupid. I am 71 and use my headphones when listening so the neighbors don't report me. Not really, my new young neighbor asked me if I thought his "music was too loud?" I said, "Nope, I can't hear it unless you crank it up a bit more and it doesn't bother me in the least."
I know every generation probably thinks this, but today's music all sounds the same to me. Yes, the 60s had a "sound" but it was so varied compared to what I hear today.
@@Gira21Gramos It was an amzing time of music evolution.
My dad would be about 10 years older than you but I'm 45. Let me tell you, I am SO grateful that I grew up with his music I could hear Fred Astair and Bing Crosby with Marty Robbins and Pink Floyd. He showed me so much. Our faorite moviw is The Blues Brothers. Good music, is good music.
@@chuckhouse5179 oooh , I wonder if Mollyboy has heard R.E.S.P.E.C.T. yet.
You honestly amaze me with how open minded you are about music, especially at your age. Keep it up, we’re loving it!
Thank you! Will do!
One of the greatest songs ever! That melancholy feeling comes from it being in a minor key. Yes, that was a flute in the instrument solo and fits the song so well. If this song doesn't make you feel anything, check for a pulse! Thanks.
Peace from SF
Damn right it still gives me chills
Melancholy is a good term to describe this classic song. I would add a dash of wistful in there as well.
I was just about to write the same thing on both counts!!
Like 70% of songs or more are in a minor key. That's not what doing it.
This is a pure example of true four part harmony with no auto tune, no click track, no production tricks, just talent. Something missing from modern music.
I am 68 and love 60s/70s music but I also love a lot of todays music, I can assure you four part harmonies are definitely still out there, 5SOS, McFly, and I know One Direction split nearly ten years ago but I suggest you check out their last album (Zayn had left) Made In The AM, amazing harmonising on If I Could Fly, Harry Styles is solo now but he writes all his music for harmonising with his band.
@@W0rdsandMus1c Auto tuned or at least Pitch corrected. Often to an artistically unbearable degree.
@@anXiaryMusicThe Mommas and Poppas ? Autotuned or any kind of technical support? Absolutely not, especially back then.
The melancholy is from the use of minor chords used as an offset to the major chords. Timeless.
Dissonance
Without reading this, that's what I said.
@mcfairclough I knew the "minor chords" were a 'major' part of the feel, but I didn't put the major chords into the equation . You gave a Great explanation .
And brilliant.
Maybe also from the fact that there's an invisible bass guitar that's louder than the acoustic guitar you CAN see. It does feel a bit sinister just from that
I was truly blessed to be a teenager in the 1960s. The music was absolutely fantastic.
I like Monday, Monday!
I love I Call Your Name. It really showcases Mama Cass
The whole album and it was amazing!!!!
ooh I 2nd this!
Creeque Alley is my favorite
That is a very good suggestion. It is sooo beautiful.
Love this song. I would recommend White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. It’s a vibey, trippy song released 2 years after California Dreaming. The lead singer is a woman named Grace Slick
I love JA but would pick something else. D.C.B.A or Lather are accessible and the later features Grace. Also “Wooden Ships” is fabulous.
White Rabbit is a great song!
@@liamstewart4167 I saw them live, I think in Berkeley, before they released Surrealistic Pillow
The ultimate psychedelic song - White Rabbit. Sit back and light up a "J". Peace out.
I love the live version.
The Mamas & Papas are one of the pioneers of Folk Rock music.
My favorite part is when he says .."I got down on my ....KNEES"... he does that TINY pause and digs DEEP. Such a classic, amazing song. I'm so thrilled that you loved it so much. It's young people like you, who will help keep this sort of stuff alive.
"Mama" Cass Eliot was IMHO, the heart & soul of the group. No matter the song her voice always came through. "Words of Love" still stands up after all these years. She too was gone too young (32 years old). Rest in peace.
Cass had a beautiful voice all on her own.
You should hear Mama Cass dream a little dream. Her voice is incredibly beautiful
Cass Elliott WHAT a voice!!! I absolutely LOVE that woman's voice, personality, and precious soul. I literally cried when I heard she had passed away. 💔 🌟
Damn, you are listening to some Great music!
You are surprising me with the tunes you’re reacting to!
Good surprised! Your recognition of superb music, no
matter the genre or time, keeps me on my toes! Thank
you Molly Boy, for your love of music. ❤️🔥🇨🇦
Don't be too spooked...you are listening to one of the greatest songs of all time, millions of people before you have also fallen in the trance....count yourself lucky to have come across it!
Yes, it was a popular song... yet it's also sounds depressing. Brings mood down listening to it.
Cass Elliot had one of the purest, most beautiful voices of all times. She was a member of the Mamas and the Papas, but she was also a terrific solo artist. RIP.
I’m 72 and this was the music of my childhood. It was the time of enlightenment when everything was new and alive. We felt like we were experiencing life for the first time! We were alive thru the music!
Mama Cass had a great voice.😊
I'm 60 and this is the music of my toddlerhood🙂. It stuck with me though. How could it not? Everything back then was so legendary.
Oh my heart!
My childhood music 🎵🎶.. thank you
71 here & I agree
Michelle Phillips, the blonde, is the only member still alive; she’s 80.
And she's still gorgeous!
Michelle was great on Knot's Landing, too!
maybe he could do hold on, by wilson phillips.
And she was the one who wrote this song
Chynna Phillips from the group Wilson Phillips is Michelle's daughter.
When life was simple but meaningful. 60s and 70s was the best decades of my life. Great reaction
I agree. I’d give anything to live it again.
You are spot on the best time of our lives
I don't know if anyone else said this, but the haunting quality of the song has to do with it being in the key of c-sharp minor.
I’m 79 and that song was a part of my high school days. Such a memorable group!! Thank you for loving it, too. ❤
When you hear a flute come in like that, you know it is hippy music. Another fab reaction!!
Those late 60 and early 70s used flutes a lot.
😊✌️Peace ☮️ Your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃🕺, l love ❤ the flute 🪈 it's Groovy!
That's not entirely true.
@@Rottimail No. It certainly isn't true. But for that era, for this style, it kind of is in context.
Ian Anderson might disagree
For another haunting and beautiful song from the 60's check out "Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues - in Paris. Restored video!". Keep up the good work.
Good choice!
I am waiting for Molly Boys reaction to Nights in white satin also😊
It will blow his mind!
This right here 👆
Yes! Yes! Yes!
The tall guy is John Phillips , he wrote this, his wife Michelle Phillips when they were in New York she said “All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray”. And John turned it into this classic!!
This still gives me chills after fifty plus years.
Me too, I'm 67.
I'm 67 years old; I've heard this song all my life. It still gives and always has given me chills. This song was soooo huge in the day, and lots and lots of people moved to California in the '60s because of this song. I'm from NY and now I live in LA so it particularly speaks to me.
I’m 27. I think this is one of the very best pop songs ever made. It definitely makes my top 10 list. The layering of the vocals, the flute solo, the harmonies, the panning from ear to ear… ah it’s so good
It has a lot in common, at least structurally, as one of my other very favorite songs, "Help!"
Yes, it was one of their popular songs, yet to me it always sounded to be depressing, heavy heart... Not a very upbeat song
The daughter of John and Michelle Phillips, the two married members of this band, was in a successful 90s band with the two daughters of one of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The 90s band was Wilson Phillips.
John's daughter Mackenzie Phillips is an actress
And was molested by her father, John, for years.
@@bretttodd6470 yes, I loved their vocals.
@@corvus1374 ...who went on to say she had an affair with her dad for a decade😮
@@martinbones681 John Phillips was a horrible excuse for a human being.
To a kid in the 60's, California was a magic Utopia where all your dreams came true.
Yeah, we were pretty naive, but we were all California Dreamin'.
Grew up there and it was wonderful. ❤
Yea it’s a shit hole now y’all need some help.
1962 Fullerton CA here.... I had a truly golden early childhood. This is what was playing on the console in the living room. While we danced in the kitchen.
Hermosa, Huntington, and Redondo Beach girl here…absolutely loved growing up there in the 60,70, 80s. Still live here and mostly loving it 🥰
It's nice to see someone young like yourself discovering music from so many different genres and eras. Without all the techno stuff, people showed their true talents.
Love seeing these kids discover music and talent for the first time.
MollyBoy, the heavy set female singer, Mama Cass, is that same woman in the audience on your Janis Joplin live video
Oh yes, I didn’t recognise her
I was just going to say that. I love the expression on her face in that shit from Monterey Pop. Two powerhouse singers who died too soon.
You could have said the girl with the brown hair.
@@PSBFAN1991 there’s not that much difference in their hair color. I was heavy set until I had chemo and radiation a couple of years ago. My daughter is heavy set. It’s a description, not an insult, unless one believes that a person’s body type can in itself be an insult.
@@sherreecasusol1448I just find it unnecessary.
You do indeed have an old soul. I love how you are experiencing the music I grew up with. I'm 66 and had the pleasure of turning on the radio as a kid and hearing songs like this. Keep digging deep in the 60's and you won't be disappointed. The Byrd's, The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and on and on. Dive in!
No! It's the Byrds, not the Byrd's! For gods sake! ;-)
@@hoodyniszwangsjacke3190 Yep I screwed that up.
This is "call and respond" 4 part harmony done perfectly!
Please never stop listening to music that came before you. There is so much beauty and harmony across all the decades and different genres of music to miss listening to a single song. I would be here all day recommending songs for you to listen to you.
As a Southern California boy born in L.A. in 1974, this song will always remind me of my childhood at the beach....I love it!
Your reaction is no surprise. This song is universally popular and loved. I really appreciate your appreciation of this classic. The 60s is a very deep dive unto itself full of wonderful treasures.
Goose bumps ever time!
Mama Cass had a huge full voice and had a solo career. This band was very successful and well loved. Big library to explore. My fave by them is Twelve Thirty.
Twelve Thirty is excellent!
Monday, Monday is a good one to try next from them.
I love the younger folks when they discover and enjoy the music I grew up with in High School and College.
Mama's & The Papa's are the one of the best harmonizing groups ever. Mama Cass Elliot has such a beautiful voice. She is the heavy set one. She was taken too soon. RIP Mama. You are so very missed! I love watching your reaction. It does this old heart (69 years old) to watch the look on your face. You really do appreciate this music. Don't ever stop! Love your reaction!
Just by showing up and performing with her spectacular voice, Cass was an encouragement for a lot of big girls at the time that they mattered and could achieve success in life, while the rest of the world was not sending such a message.
Flute…and no machines making their voices sound good, these are truly talented singers❤️
Quote:
"California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas is a timeless song that captures the essence of longing, escape, and disillusionment. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a person stuck in a cold, gray winter, yearning for the warmth and optimism associated with California. The recurring themes in the song are a stark contrast between the harsh reality of their current situation and the idealized dream of a better life."
Mama Casa was phenomenal. ❤
Mama Cass Elliott 👍🏻
Now you know just a little bit about what we had back then. It was a magic time for music.
I wonder if the people from the " Roaring 20's" era felt the same. That it was a time of feeling free, independent, etc. The 1920's had an expression the teen's used... it was " 23 skidoo ". I don't know what it meant, yet the kids of that era said it when they felt something was neat-o or "fancy" . They had an attitude of being free, happy, coon-skin coats. The gals were called "flappers" and danced fancy. 1920's kids would have the parents or grandparents of kids in the 1960's. Maybe a reason why the teens in 1960's felt so "wild" and free.
The chills - it's called beautiful music.
Yes...got the "chills"... song felt "haunting" . Not a very upbeat song, yet was expressive of what feeling.
Chills? you Want chills??? You must listen to "Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry.... Good reaction mate.
Yes 👍
Sinead O'Connor, R.I.P., did a great cover of that song.
Monday,Monday! Dancing in The Streets! Mama Cass rocks with her voice!! Please, please listen to more of them!!
this song is the reason I learnt to play flute way back in the 70s , this and Nights in white satin by the Moody Blues. And I had a 40 year career as a flautist. Ahhhhhh did we have music......
Did you like Jethro Tull also?
The flute is such a magical musical instrument ♡
@@johndef5075I do, for sure
I was born in 64, and the 60's is my favorite rock era. I also get haunting chills from a lot of the music from that time. It touches the Soul.
I'm 71 and that was a time the world went from black and white to full color..great time
Oh we’re going way back… the 6O’s, the birds, moody blues, beach boys and the doors. Lots to love from this eraZ
*era
@@Elisabet7519 *the byrds
The tragic personal lives and history of these band members are forever burned in my mind. It completely changed their music for me. Anyone else??
I have a hard time listening to them after MacKenzie's revelations. It's hard not to think about it.
@marym.9037 thank you, I thought maybe I was the only one.
Absolutely…The Music is so very good but the people and things they went through, or created (pointing to John Phillips 🖕). I feel so much for Mama Cass, so much incredible talent, a force of a voice and a life of loneliness and longing for love.
YES
@@marym.9037A podcast made by the granddaughters of the Black Dahlia Killer (they’re pretty convinced) brings it around. Michelle Philips was good friends with a girl who was in McKenzie’s situation. Michelle’s friend was the mother of one of the podcasters.
Mama Cass's ( the red head) reaction to Janis Joplin at the Monterey Pop Festival is pretty damn cool! For Cass Elliott to have HER mind blown by a singer is something.
They were a great band, I am so happy you did this one and LIKED it!
I was thinking about that - her reaction to Janis. One queen respecting another.
If you want harmonies, Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young are a MUST ❤
The Kings of harmony, from 1958 all the way to 2004, when the first member passed too young was the Bee Gees!
@ And boys 2 men harmonize too. Suggesting one doesn't exclude all others 🙄
The Mills Brothers wipe the floor with 'em.
Try song called Glow worm.
Greetings from Finland 🎉
I loved the Mamas & the Papas. You are really walking thru the music and memories of my youth. Starting in the maybe late ‘50’s, into the 60’s, slamming into the 70’s and rocking thru the 80’s!!! What a glorious time to be alive and young!!! Most of today’s music lacks rhythm, soul, and genuine talent. Interestingly, I fully appreciate the music of my youth more now than I did back then. Huge talent was everywhere and we took it for granted. Now, I hear them again and am blown away by them all over! It’s such a joy to see reaction videos (love you) and today’s youth rediscovering this legendary music that should never be forgotten!!❤
Mama Cass was brilliant! ♥️
Your surprised look at this one is awesome. It was a dark sound, beloved by all of us old folks! They harmonized beautifully! Flute!
Melancholy, yes! I get that feeling when I hear this. This 67 yr old chick loved the 60’s! Great reaction! 🎶🎸😎
This 67 year old guy too.
@@michaeltipton5500 We’re you both around 12 years old?
@@bonya4585 I was born in 1957 so around that.
Same!!
Don't be sad that it's over. Just be glad it happened!
I remember when The Mamas and The Papas sang this on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. The Ed Sullivan Show was a variety show that showcased all the current acts from America and the UK. I loved that show! There is nothing like on TV today.
All songs by the Mamas and the Pappas are awesome. Keep listening to them. You are so cute. Your reaction is so honest and sweet. Keep listening to all older music, 60s and up. You'll discover many many gems.
One of my all time favorite songs!!!
Love it!!
The harmonies and music!!!
Same here! It's a great one. Helps I'm from California too and remember seeing them live with my parents.
Can't beat The Mamas and The Papas for harmonising!
I’m not always that fussed about older music, but I love this song- it’s that haunting sound and the harmonies that make it just a full-bodied song
I'm 76 and this era was real self reflecting. Also was really fun but sad at the same time. Our Friends and Lovers were fighting in Vietnam.❤
The vibe of this sing captures the gloomy feeling of being in a cold grey place in the winter and longing for the warm sunshine. The female voices represent the sunshine to me. This song is a Pop masterpiece.
I'm 64, and spent my life as a professional touring rock musician, and I still get the same feeling every time I hear this, as I did the first time, (which was when it was released). Superb piece of music. Great choice brother! Cheers! 🎸
That fabulous solo voice is Denny Doherty!
He is the "Harbour Master" on the Theodore Tugboat show.
I’m thinking he invented Justin Beibers haircut!!!
A Halifax, Nova Scotia native.
I'm sitting here in New York, with my jacket on and a blanket over my legs. Outside my window all the leaves are brown and mostly fallen, and the sky is overcast, an unbroken gray. Many people here become restless or even depressed at this time of year. Its a relief when December comes, bringing snow and icy blue skies.
It IS a melancholy song. Imagine having to endure a wicked, cold winter somewhere in America's Northeast, and your soul is crying for release to the warm, sunny vibe of Southern California. But he's trapped, to some degree, because of the relationship he's in. Hence the line, "if I didn't tell her, I could leave today."
Minor chords give a sense of impermanence.
The writer is longing for Cali, but he's also considering leaving his girl. "If I didn't tell her/I could leave today"
I'm longing for Cali 😢. Had to leave because it's so crowded couldn't afford housing.
This song and album was HUGE in 1965. This is pure California folk rock and the Mamas and Papas were one of the biggest examples of that West Coast sound. Everyone on my dorm floor had it. Their harmonies were gorgeous. Songs like these added to the “California mystique” which was big at the time…a paradise of beautiful weather, beaches, casual and fun people. Made allot of kids, like myself, decide to go to California for college. It was a “scene” and Mana Cass, the heavyset woman, was well/known locally for her kindness and her nurturing of other musicians. She serendipitously brought Crosby, Stills and Nash together at her house, who formed their super group. Living in the famous Laurel Canyon community of artists and musicians , she was a magnet for drawing people together.
Died much too young.
That vibe and time are now LONG gone…..ended by the mid-70’s.
But it was pretty magical for a brief spot in time.
😊✌️ Molly ☮️ I call myself the 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 💃🕺, this group is one of those great Group's that made me want to be a Hippie! Peace 😊✌️ Gary ☮️ Great Reaction 👍 this song is why I moved to San Diego, California in 1976 I'm still here! 🌞 /☀️live in Michigan for one winter 🥶, and you will understand this song🎵 🌞
I feel you I live in Canada 😅
Right back at ya. Me too
Peace and love 72 and stayed true to the feeling. On your wavelength.😊🤗👍✌️🇬🇧
My favorite song of all time. That great flute solo was performed by jazz sax and flute player Bud Shank. That solo was the icing on the cake of this outstanding song.
Absolutely
Their "cover" of Dedicated To The One I Love is terrific! 😊
Darn right the chills. I still get them, and I've heard the song a hundred times over the past sixty years.
Only a hundred? 😮
@@rebo2610 😄yes, much more now that I think about it.
@@rebo2610 Maybe a little over a hundred😏
Great harmonies. Harmony is so often the missing ingredient in today’s music! Thanks for the great reaction.
Declan, thank you for this channel. I’m in my 60s, but grew up in a classical music home. You are introducing me to songs and groups that I’d missed in real time. Hugs!
Declan is "Molly Boys" real name??? 😯
I didn't know that. 🙂
I think that the chill comes from the purity of the voices….the way the women seem to answer the men with their vocals and also the uplifting message of wanting to go home to California. There is no distortion, just talent, almost like a church choir in its simplicity. Great reaction MollyBoy😉
Mama Cass is one of the all time great female vocalists. You have so much more to discover. 😊
It's so interesting when he says things that indicate he's not familiar with the various moods music can transmit. Whenever I hear songs, I guess like most people older than him, there is no question about how it transmits a warm or happy or comedic or sad impression on a person's mood. But the way he responds it's almost like he's never experienced these various feelings from music and it's confusing him. Could it be that rap and hip-hop have so disassociated young people from music that they are this astonished by its most fundamental purpose?
Considered Folk genre…..hippies all day long❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Folk rock I believe
No just FOLK!!! You weren't growing up then obviously.
@@leighloutreedore8926 my dear…….I was 18 in 1965. I had Joan Baez’ songbook and taught myself guitar. I had friends who sang in coffee houses. Been listening to PPM since I was 12. Had Judy Collins, and Dylans’s first albums I of FOLK music in 1962. If this is folk to you, then pray tell…..what was Baez and Dylan’s early work? Because they sure as hell aren’t the same. This is closer to the Byrds than it is to Baez.
Just for giggles, how would you then define The Byrds? The Association? CSN?
It really isn’t something to get your knickers in a twist about, is it? I mean, is it THAT important to you? Were you one of those people who had a stroke when Dylan went electric and was no longer “pure” folk? Still traumatized over it?
Never assume you know something about another person online, and don’t take such umbrage that someone has a different opinion than yours. Sheesh. Hell…Alexa just told me that they were pop rock! 🙄. Which I disagree with.
Los Angeles in the 60s is still being talked about......what an era for music....❤❤❤❤❤❤
Songs like this made an entire generation head for L.A. And now, the freeways are constantly clogged up. 😝
Mama Cass was a gift to us all....keep on enjoying these classics
I'm glad this song moved you. That song, along with "Monday Monday" were things that helped define the era, mid/late 60s. If you were alive back then, this song would really bring back memories.
Beautiful song. It's refreshing to watch your reactions to the music from my youth.
Denny Doherty, the lead singer, with that incredible voice, was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Just before his death in 2007 he did a guest role on the Canadian comedy show ‘Trailer Park Boys’.
This group has incredible songs. ‘I Saw Her Again’ has an iconic mistake in it that sounded so cool. They left it in.
They could do that in those days because they were recording with musicians in the studio in real time.
It just felt so organic and authentic to leave that mistake in and so cool how those professional musicians just picked up the song again. Love it.❤
I LOVE the flute part in this one. Anyone who says you can't play jazz with a flute, I always point to this solo.
That flute player was doing a session in another studio, and someone just grabbed him and had him sit in. Classic.
His name was Bud Shank. He was a jazz saxophonist. But jazz saxophone players often have to double (play more than one instrument on a gig or even a piece). I'm a baritone saxophone player, and I had to do this with 3 pieces last night. One was for Bari and flute, another was bari and clarinet, and yet another was bari and bass clarinet.
@@Eniral441 This flute solo was one of the reasons i fell in love with playing flute.
It's just a classic. Nothing else to say 🤷🏼♂️
P. S. Michelle Phillips was gorgeous, with a superb voice.
Jefferson Airplane with Grace Slick..."White Rabbit", Do you want somebody to love"...another phenomenal group of this era...
It's a joy for me that a young boy like you appreciate this song. ❤ 🇮🇹
Mamas and Papas, Peter, Paul and Mary as well as the Seekers had a little magic in their songs. They often evoked emotional responses (I get goosebumps) listening to them. The Association was another great band for that.
Am very happy to see you enjoying all these new sounds.
Just came here to say this. My dad was a huge Seekers fan. Judith Durham had a voice of an angel. Folk music was chill music in the 60s
No technical bull, just perfect voices. Check out their live performance at Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
That song gave me the chills when I was 4 years old and still does. I think this was the first song that gave me a strange unsettling feeling while also being mesmerized by the beauty of it. Absolute classic.
Me too!
One of my favorites!! It does have a tinge of melancholy. You MUST listen to more!
nice reaction! I was 15 in 1965 & I'm a Cali native so, yeah. I always think they sound like more than 4 people & that absolutely is because of Cass & Michelle. who is watching this while SoCal is burning?