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First Time Hearing | Focus | Hocus Pocus | 3 Generation Reaction
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@ronaldwilliams6927 4 месяца назад

I think thats the only band that ever got a standing ovation on the Midnight Special .

@johnwesolowski7393 2 месяца назад

I remember watching this by myself late at night. I knew the slower version, but this blew me away. Only a few of us at school stayed up to see it. The others needed to wait for summer reruns.

@bobschenkel7921 4 месяца назад

One of the most epic and iconic performance ever on The Midnight Special. I remember watching this when it was first broadcast, and the next Monday at school, it was all anyone wanted to talk about. Focus is from Holland, and they are still active today.

@markstoudenmire4935 3 месяца назад

If I remember correctly, I think that I read somewhere that Focus was the only group to ever receive a standing ovation by a Midnight Special audience.

@Isleofskye 3 месяца назад

Yes,it was,apparently:)

@annebokma4637 Месяц назад

Correct

@bradsullivan2495 4 месяца назад

Everyone was just waiting for your jaws to drop.

@STAkers-ni9jg 4 месяца назад

The looks on Kathy's face during the performance=Priceless. Of all the reactions I've seen to this song, this is now my new favorite. Well done to all :)

@KathyLuluandDonna 4 месяца назад

Thanks

@kevinmclaughlin8975 4 месяца назад

You can’t listen to this song without bouncing and smiling. Glad y’all enjoyed.

@spacemaker8760 20 дней назад

Lulu meant she heard Yodeling before and that's what the singer does. I'ts a special voice technique. It has it's origin in Europe where its been going on for ages.. In Europe, yodeling is still a major feature of folk music (Volksmusik) from Switzerland, Austria, and southern Germany. The band Focus are from the Netherlands in Europe.

@pietkeizer5279 4 месяца назад

Focus with flutist and Organplayer Thijs van Leer is after 50 years still playing. Also the drummer Pierre van der Linden is playing. Bassplayer Bert Ruiter died two years ago. Guitarist Jan Akkerman is also still playing and has a solo career. I saw the band twice last year 😊and still playing Hocus Pocus. Thijs van Leer is such a nice man , I spoke with him after the concert. Greetings from the Netherlands

@zebo-the-fat 3 месяца назад

I saw him about 4 months ago in the UK, excellent show, still doing the same thing, though to be fair at 75 years of age he can't quite hit the same high notes! His new guitarist (sorry I can't remember his name) is brilliant too!

@squidkid2 4 месяца назад

I remember in the early 70's everyone would disappear for an hour around 11pm on Friday nights to smoke out and then watch the Midnight Special at 12. Of course that was before it was medicinal!

@charleswillsonpeale5739 4 месяца назад

Performances done on the Midnight Special were done live. No over dubbing or lip syncing to pre-recorded music.

@PureMetalHolocaust 4 месяца назад

FOCUS (The Netherlands) Line-up 1973 Thijs van Leer: Keyboards, Flute, Vocals Jan Akkerman: Guitar Bert Ruiter: Bass Pierre van der Linden: Drums Cheers from CHILE!!!

@robertmills8640 3 месяца назад

This performance never fails to make me smile😊

@stevefivestring9383 4 месяца назад

This is music from the times where paths were not predetermined. Who today has the balls to create something like this....

@alastairmcintyre4752 4 месяца назад

BTW Thijs plays flute on AYREON"S " Into the Electric Castle " - Arjen is a BIG fan of his !

@ingovonderluhe2174 4 месяца назад

After experiencing this amazing Dutch Band,you have to see another Dutch Band : GOLDEN EARING with RADAR LOVE....find a good Live Version !!!!

@kenpullig1652 4 месяца назад

The reason these guys performed Hocus Pocus on the Midnight Special is because none spoke English, so no songs that required lyrics. A one of a kind experience.

@damonhines8187 4 месяца назад

I watched this on the Midnight Special when it originally aired. Astonishing, brain-melting performance. So dang fun. 😊❤

@mikedown3219 4 месяца назад

The Midnight Special was hosted by Gladys Knight. There are other versions of this video out there that show Gladys introducing the band.

@Bertoliable 8 дней назад

A good band from the Netherlands...my country, very proud of them !!!

@grahamreed8774 3 месяца назад

I was going to say these crazy English people, but in fact this band are Dutch and I saw them in the early 1970s. They are not a joke band as they play some very technically brilliant rock ever heard and could out play most rock bands today.

@russbaxter1806 4 месяца назад

It's quite possible that Lulu has heard the normal (ie slower) version of this as it has been in a number of films, including Trolls World Tour

@manuman27 3 месяца назад

Check out the album MOVING WAVES a fusion of jazz blues classical music . They had several hits ..Silvia, House of the King as well as Hocus Pocus. I am happy to say i seen them live back in the 70s and several times since.A unique brilliant band, still playing today,Not to missed if you can catch a live performance

@agegroot5666 4 месяца назад

This is the ultimate version of the song. It's 51 years later and maybe a bit silly but a standing ovation here too. The tape of that 1973 performance was covered with a thick layer of dust lying on a high shelf waiting to be discovered and brought alive. It lasted many many decades and the tape could easily be erased but luckily wasn't.

@tobytanzer 4 месяца назад

The Midnight Special was the early 70's MTV. Focus still is around. Thijs van Leer the yodler, flautist, organist, still tours as Focus with younger band mates - in his late 70's. I have a photo with him from 2019. He is a super nice guy - always smiling. Their other music is more serious and no less excellent.

@cricketbat09 3 месяца назад

"Sylvia" by Focus is a wonderful instrumental, well worth checking out.

@OmeNeil 4 месяца назад

Ladies, great comments. Focus was a progrock band from the Netherlands, and they made a huge succes with the song Hocus Pocus. Jan Akkerman (on guitar) was one of the best. Singer = Thijs van Leer

@kdpflush 4 месяца назад

There was a song and a tv show called that, but they both refer to a "night train"

@jodieturner6350 4 месяца назад

I remember coming from High School football game. I played in the marching band. Several of us got together and watched this on the Midnight special show. Good times. Thanks! ✌❤🎶🎶❤✌

@KathyLuluandDonna 3 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@eternallife9786 4 месяца назад

It's both it's the name of an old blues song that CCR made really famous and it's also the name of a live music show in the 70s at melee featured rock and roll acts but it would occasionally have a country music theme as well I've seen almost all episodes that are on RU-vid

@alancritchley5901 4 месяца назад

Had I known you gals were going to react to this song, I would have told you fasten your seatbelts! Dutch rock royalty, their talent is equal to the best. As wild as this song is, they have also produced soft, beautiful melodies and everything in between.

@StevenQ74 4 месяца назад

They used this song in a Nike commercial for the 2010 world cup football(or soccer as you call it)

@theglanconer6463 4 месяца назад

Dutch symphonic metal in the 1970s :) We have the best jodlers and we are flatter than a pancake . Beat that Alps !

@wjl2601 4 месяца назад

You just saw one of the best rock guitarists of all time doing his thang: Jan Akkerman. Believe it or not but the young Michael Jackson was a fan at the time. Sat on the first row at one of their gigs.

@paulstewart6203 4 месяца назад

Remember hearing this for the first time in the late 70s on "KSHE 95, the rock of St Louis".

@kdm71291 4 месяца назад

Musical mayhem and insanity.....and we love it!

@hermanvanwissen2660 4 месяца назад

You have already reacted to Ayreon and therefore you might react to Amazing Flight with the singer of Focus plays the flute. He changed a lot.

@darrylcabe2494 4 месяца назад

Here is a completely off the wall request, am I'm positive nobody else has ever requested this song. The song is from Blood Rock and the name is DOA.

@THESALMON8TR 4 месяца назад

Thank you girls i really needed some good vibes today!😄 Love that grandma is vibing the most!🥰

@KathyLuluandDonna 4 месяца назад

You are so welcome

@gregoryhenderson2640 4 месяца назад

It was a show that started in 1972.

@gregoryhenderson2640 4 месяца назад

Yes ladies, it is also a song covered by CCR but it's origins I believe are from the 1920s and covered by Leadbelly In 1934 but there are earlier recordings from the 1920s. It's about prison life. Btw, u ladies are awesome!

@henkfranken927 18 дней назад

Yeah well, the seventies... the Netherlands... Focus... Crazy... I think that's it. 😊😊🙂

@darrylcabe2494 4 месяца назад

Ok, after the whistling, minds completely blow.

@Bruce-kn8lq 4 месяца назад

No Donna you are not wrong, Midnight Special was a show in the 70's, there was also ABC's In Concert, and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. Another song you three will like, also on the Midnight Special, is Come & Get Your Love by Redbone.

@GeertDeLange-k5x 4 месяца назад

He is still performing in the Netherlands.

@robgerhardterellen1488 4 месяца назад

Lulu was not born, Kathy was not born, and even Donna was not born when Focus with excellent musicians started their unique songs .....

@hudsonhollow 4 месяца назад

Just plain good fun!

@ManuelGuajardo-zd7hx 4 месяца назад

Kathy as you know by now for a few weeks my mother Cathy has suggestions as special requests for Lulu's birthday. But Cathy wanted to make a change. We still want one of the special birthday request for teemu mantysaari wintersun demos the fortin evil pumpkin at NAMM 2020 video 1. But change the wintersun time cover by Ellinnea to ensiferum LAI LAI HEI wiillinker 41 version. Ensiferum was jaris of wintersun former band before he left and formed wintersun. I guess you can react to the wintersun time cover by Ellinnea at another time. So send me a reply back so I can let my mother know Kathy. Thank you wintersun Alex ❄️👋❤️

@tykeinbrum 4 месяца назад

I live in the UK, but went to see Focus in Roermond, in the Netherlands, a couple of weeks ago. Keyboardist, flautist, and vocalist Thijs van Leer was the only remaining original member, but the 'new' guys are terrific. Thijs can barely walk across the stage, but his vocal cords are still sound, and that Hammond organ sound is perfect. Current lineup: Thijs van Leer (organ, flute, vox), Menno Gootjes (guitar), Pierre van der Linden (drums), Bobby Jacobs (6 string bass).

@andrewplumb6544 3 месяца назад

I saw them live in the UK in about 1972. Pierre van der Linden was the drummer then.

@tykeinbrum 3 месяца назад

@andrewplumb6544 he wasn't one of the original lineup, but has been with them a loong time!

@alanmackie6180 Месяц назад

They used the slower, studio version in the RoboCop remake.

@davidheiser2225 4 месяца назад

I also can only whistle IN, not out. Never met anyone else like that!

@billc.5861 4 месяца назад

Well, that’s what you get when you got for musicians, deciding to have a little fun on a TV show Speed up a long song to make it shorter and just to be silly Gotta love it.

@EricSmaug 4 месяца назад

LULU YOU GO GIRL LOL!!!

@2007Tarkus 4 месяца назад

I remember this Jan Ackerman was a fantastic guitarist

@bertkassing8541 3 месяца назад

Childhood sentiment for me. I'm from 1959.

@PeterDay81 4 месяца назад

As far as I know this is the only rock song with Yodeling in it.Yodeling is a form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register and the high-pitch head register or falsetto. If you like flute music in a rock song check out Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (Rockpop In Concert 10.7.1982) it is just class from a class band.Cheers and all the best.

@jublaim 3 месяца назад

Kathy Lulu and Donna, where are you in this whole Americas? Asking is Mats in Sweden.

@KathyLuluandDonna 3 месяца назад

Texas

@jublaim 3 месяца назад

@@KathyLuluandDonna Thanks! SouthSweden here. Great that u guys reviewed this song this way, makes it just very here-and-there.

@helenwiley1638 3 месяца назад

Vanilla Fudge. Keep me hanging on.

@janneroz-photographyonabudget 4 месяца назад

Prog rock, without the foundations laid by bands like this, the ones who followed on might have sounded a lot different. The drummer was fantastic, bare in mind too that their segment was cut short so they crammed the whole thing in sped up.

@mr.macbeevee498 4 месяца назад

Listen to the studio version. It's not nearly as manic. As mentioned elsewhere this was played much faster than normal.

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 4 месяца назад

Both Chad and Donna are right at the same time ( imagine that ) . Creedence Clearwater Revival did a song called " the Midnight Special " and there was a TV show , which you just saw a clip from , by the same name . Sometimes hosted by the late Wolfman Jack . Yes , the DJ from the movie American Graffiti .

@alwaysdriveing 3 месяца назад

I have the museum of the weird shirt.

@JoeCruz-hs2yt 3 месяца назад

hey ladies start reacting to steely dan you won't regretted it !

@Southbound63 4 месяца назад

You should listen to Sylvia and House of the King both are excellent.

@robertwilloughby8050 11 дней назад

Yep. Add Carnival Fugue and you have the Focus motherlode!

@SpideyVids 3 месяца назад

You guys should listen to the original record because this live version on Midnight Special is played ridiculously fast as they were seriously constricted by the amount of time they were allotted. That's why the singer is looking so manic. Focus is a Dutch band and this is so much better - m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MV0F_XiR48Q.html&pp=ygURaG9jdXMgcG9jdXMgZm9jdXM%3D

@SpideyVids 3 месяца назад

P.S. They had another hit from the same album and it's called Sylvia.

@MarchMeadow 3 месяца назад

Please listen to: SYLVIA, 1972 BBC "Old Grey Whistle Test" version. Sublime... 🙂

@steelers6titles 4 месяца назад

This is about twice the speed as the studio hit. Maybe they were trying to cram everything in.

@markschattefor6997 4 месяца назад

They had only a limited time to play the song but they didn't want to cut a part off, so they played the complete song just a bit faster.

@garyfletcher844 4 месяца назад

Plat Tomorrow Never Knows by Beatles

@markschattefor6997 4 месяца назад

If it ain't Dutch it can't be much! ;-)

@jkpole 3 месяца назад

OHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

@tzinokokkinos 4 месяца назад

A reaction to Sylvia from focus

@Buddha-of8fk 4 месяца назад

There were some good drugs back then. I do miss those days.

@NinoMit87 4 месяца назад

Just to help some confusion out of the world. They did not only have 4 mins to play and sped up because of that. Here you can see them enjoy the full Hocus Pocus performance which is just under 6 min. They just play the full song but faster then the recorded version. The broadcaster just edited and cut the performance into an 4 min segment to fit their time slot.

@christophermollan1684 4 месяца назад

They were only given half the time to play the song so rather then cut the song half way they played at 2 x speed...Yes this was the 1970's so c*c**n* was part of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@SgtSteel1 3 месяца назад

just curious but I presume the 3 generations (in the title of your channel) are boomer, millennial and Gen z?

@KathyLuluandDonna 3 месяца назад

Yes

@BernhardHeiming-pw8xj 4 месяца назад

🙏👏🫶🤝👍👌🫶👏👏👏

@georgefricker4801 3 месяца назад

What he gone do? Focus. Bofus?

@metelgodful 18 дней назад

This is tiny Tim on steroids

@marka.2484 2 месяца назад

Great reaction from you girls. But you've got fooled, you actually listened to a manipulated version of the original. The second yodeling did not take place. Also the yodeling around 10:20 was duplicated and pitch manipulated, as well as the guitar lick after that got duplicated. Here's the actual performance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g4ouPGGLI6Q.htmlsi=att-_fV0AXPWDkPS

@KathyLuluandDonna 2 месяца назад

Thanks

@markleaman8313 21 день назад

This song has only been around for just over 5 decades, whats your excuse!!

@KathyLuluandDonna 21 день назад

@grabtharshammer 3 месяца назад

Sadly this is the worst version of this song that everyone seems to react to. PLEASE someone react to the original version because this is speeded up rubbish and has no bearing on, or representation of, a great Dutch Band

@michaelatkinson8291 4 месяца назад

The song is actually longer than this but they were only given about 3 & a half minutes to play. So rather than cut the song short by leaving out a verse or two, they decided to play the whole thing speeded up. Barking mad but marvellous to watch🤣

@jethro1963 4 месяца назад

This is a slightly different video than the one that is usually seen. It is missing the Gladys Knight intro and some of the camera angles seem different. I just noticed the weird yodel before the whistle which isn't in the other version.

@kevinmclaughlin8975 4 месяца назад

The actual recording is around 6 minutes on the Midnight Special channel. The intro by Gladys is the actual broadcast and is shorter

@MikeBruno-qt5es 4 месяца назад

@@jethro1963 You're right. I noticed that too.

@kdm71291 4 месяца назад

@@jethro1963 Confirmed.

@geraldherrmann787 3 месяца назад

Well, not entirely true. It comes down from 6:41 (album) to 6:03 (sped up at Midnight Special) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GyxSvZOby54.html

@grandwazoodebris1015 3 месяца назад

Thijs van Leer stole the show, deservedly. But nobody could play guitar back then like Jan Akkerman, he was a shredder before the word was invented. Maybe John Mclaughlin was playing stuff this fast and complicated then, but not sure who else. And he played beautiful, slower, more melodic things too, not just flash. Super fun unique song regardless.

@mennobults6464 3 месяца назад

True, Akkerman was that year named the best giutarplayer in the world.

@anthonyschell9225 4 месяца назад

Saw Focus play live about a month ago. Still 2 original members in Thijs Van Leer (keyboards and yodelling!) and Pierre van der Linden - one of my favourite drummers. Probably the most unique piece of music you are ever going to see!

@sonsofthunder915 4 месяца назад

C'mon, a guy that plays a keyboard, yodels and whistles. How cool is that ? He doesn't need keys, he's a Moog synthesizer on his own

@j.woodbury412 4 месяца назад

He also plays the flute.

@sonsofthunder915 4 месяца назад

@@j.woodbury412 Yes he does. And he really doesn't need that either. He could probably imitate it vocally

@marcovtjev 4 месяца назад

That's what you noticed? Ever watched the guitar player? If you get cited as an influence to Eric Clapton, you must be doing something good 🙂

@j.woodbury412 4 месяца назад

@@marcovtjev Jan Akkerman is very underrated.

@j.woodbury412 4 месяца назад

@@sonsofthunder915 He probably could.

@balticstain7150 4 месяца назад

Focus were a dutch rock group big in the 70s fantastic band had several fantastic lps which I've got ...the lead singer also plays flute very well...

@flowersnyams 4 месяца назад

They still are. Saw them live just 4 weeks ago. Still fantastic

@keithwatkins7908 4 месяца назад

I wondered how long before someone asked you to play this! Fantastic band, great musicians, a classic video. Great reaction, glad you all loved it, thank you.

@geraldherrmann787 3 месяца назад

Prog-rock musician-ship masterclass.

@schout33 4 месяца назад

Thijs van Leer, my musical hero for so many years now and still going strong with his flute.

@Paul-pl6dl 3 месяца назад

The first big Dutch rock band from late 60's into the 70's and beyond that hit the world stage

@Salzbuckel 3 месяца назад

swiss

@TheDirtypair 3 месяца назад

@@Salzbuckel nope, Dutch

@eddhardy1054 3 месяца назад

What about Golden Earring?

@Isleofskye 3 месяца назад

Shocking Blue:Venus and Golden Earring and Focus came along together:)

@Isleofskye 3 месяца назад

@@JustinSyd If it is a sweet food of an animal from the Capital of The Netherlands then it must be Hamster Jam...

@giuseppegiacomoscialdone4969 3 месяца назад

These guys are Music! It's for a billion times I heard it and I can't stop to have fun...

@beds139 3 месяца назад

As well as the amazing vocals there is also superb musicianship on this performance.

@joslauwers7960 4 месяца назад

1973 American Billboard Hot nr. 9, Guitarist Jan Akkerman was worlds best guitarist in the 70's. Thijs van Leer also participated in Ayreon ( I think in 2017)

@leoneikendal 4 месяца назад

1998 into the electric castle and 2019 electric castle live and other tales

@oobenoob 4 месяца назад

Sylvia is also a nice song by focus. Great band and I love you guys!!

@KathyLuluandDonna 4 месяца назад

Thanks

@seanharrigan6365 3 месяца назад

Now, onto Black Betty by Ram Jam....

@johnwilliams575 4 месяца назад

Ladies, what a wonderful reaction from the three of you. Your faces are a mixture of bewilderment and enjoyment throughout!

@KathyLuluandDonna 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@commentatron 4 месяца назад

That guitar work was _insane!_ Would have enjoyed seeing nothing but that for 4 minutes.

@mws8389 3 месяца назад

The year this was recorded, readers of major British music magazine Melody Maker voted Jan Akkerman the best guitarist in the world.

@hrothgar64 Месяц назад

Jan was sweep picking years before the 80's shredders started doing it.

@erikmulder2574 4 месяца назад

Thijs van Leer is not really a singer, he is classically trained and is famous for his flute play. But he does know how to use the vocal cords. That in combination with Jan Akkerman, pronounced to be the best guitarist in the world in the 1970’s and next to those two titans one of the best drum players of the Netherlands and you have Focus. In my view, one of the best bands ever coming from my home country 🤗 Next, look for house of the king, another great tittle from Focus.

@bondbrookebond 4 месяца назад

Went and saw the band over hear in the UK couple of weeks ago, and let me tell you, they ain't lost it.

@alastairmcintyre4752 4 месяца назад

First saw them live at the beginning of '73 and again a few months after this performance in May '74 ! This " one off " version of the song was played at approx double the speed it was normally played due to time constraints from the producers of this show . The band weren't prepared to do a shortened version so decided " what the hell we'll just speed it up " - and this was the result . Thijs van Leer the guy on keys , flute and vocals is still active ( as are the band with a changed lineup ) . Jan Ackerman ( guitar ) was voted the world's best guitarist in 1973 . Off to see them live again in November - 50 years after the last time ! 😱😱🤣