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"You kids don't know Grand Funk? The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!" - Homer Simpson
Gregory Maroda - Grand Funk Railroad totally out sold Shea Stadium faster and sold 1,233 more tickets than the almighty Beatles. That’s a natural FACT. GFR was rated the number #1 live music act for 37 months in a row. ‘’Rolling Stone Magazine”
That intro sound was the sound of the air raid sirens which we had to do "duck and cover" drills to once a month as little kids in school. To anybody over 50, that is a sound we can never really get out of our heads.
Can you imagine what its like for kids today? They practice simulations of shooters in the hallways. The government is STILL keeping us paranoid and urging us to "duck and cover".
@@mikesimonian484 They are in the Canadian hall of fame, so there is that anyway. Also Rick Emmett so underrated as a singer/guitarist and he still sounds the dam same today at 67yrs old.
That was a siren from the missile crisis with Russia during the John F Kennedy era. We use to get under our seats in grade school to do these drills. Also the excitement with people yelling at the beginning is a tape from the Hindenburg crash when it burned up. They were the best three piece band ever next to Rush. Thanks for playing and reacting to this time in history. Keep great music alive. Love it.
"Hold on, man...S%%t...I'm over here trying to enjoy this song called Paranoid...I got stuff crawlin' on me...is this part of the song..wha the hell..is that one of my wife hairs?!" 😂😂Loved this reaction to the powerful little 3 man band! Thx!!
@ted ritola I second that, they were popular when I was in Hi School- Great Band!! Part of the members came from the Classics IV, and did their version of Spooky etc.
Well I was there. Early afternoon Atlanta Pop. Guy walks on stage and says got a band here not on the bill. They just drove up and want to play for you guys. Welcome “GRAND FUNK RAILWAY”. I laughed when I eventually saw the album and their name. They were ferocious.
@@bobbyg7102 At 13 yrs old, eh. I bought the "Live" album in '72 and I was 16 yrs old. We're showing our age. But the music from our days was some of the best.
I’m a bass player and I streamed this album 4 years ago and I decided to listen to it all through today and THIS song got me to your channel. The bass line is crazy and I could hear Dilla type song on the bridge of the song . Great song and great album
A Mrak Been begging since he was doing the guess who I have no idea how he missed that song it’s one of my favorite songs of all time and I know he’ll love it
@@LA-fz5qw The List is long for our Brother. His discovery is so awesome to see. I get goose bumps from some of the songs and i see it hits Jamel the same. I just requested another channel to do "These Eyes" yesterday. Guess who has a great library of songs. Jamel gets thousands of requests anymore I know eventually he will get to some of my Favorites, I have learned to be patient and diligent and repeat the requests periodically. Stay safe and keep requesting.
GFR has a ton of good songs: "Time Machine", "Heartbreaker", "Closer to Home", "Feelin' Alright", "Footstompin' Music", "Rock 'n' Roll Soul", "We're an American Band", "The Loco-Motion", "Shinin' On", "The Loco-Motion", "Take Me", "Sally", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Bad Time"
Loco-Motion killed the band. After that sell out song most of us hard rockers left. Really Inside Looking out and Loco-Motion in the same concert. Then shining on and they were toast. They went pop.
Mark Farner's guitar parts on "Paranoid" are either clean (no effects), heavily distorted (most of the song including the solos) or heavily distorted and either using a compressor during mixing or (more likely) a wah-wah pedal (the opening section between all the sound effects and the actual start of the song and the end section after the last solo). My feeling is that the wah-wah sections are also heavily compressed to get that effect. The song itself is about the general feeling of paranoia that some people felt in the late 1960s and early 1970s as it seemed the world was coming apart at the seams and the government, especially in the US was out to get its citizens, especially those who were in any way part of the counter-culture movement. I've always taken the baby crying at the end as a projection of hope that the situation will get better over time. I, too, initially thought this was a cover of the Black Sabbath tune. Surprised and then impressed with this song at the time and it's become one of my favorite GFR songs because of its overall simplicity. The Hall of Fame debate has been around for years and boils down to politics, which is true for any performer who's technically eligible for the Hall but hasn't been inducted yet.
I have long felt the Hall of Fame nonsense is due to abuse of power by the egotistical Jann Wenner. Grand Funk and Iron Butterfly should have both been in long ago. As publisher of Rolling Stone he would sometimes write album reviews when his regular reviewers didn't agree with him--the specific example I am thinking of is Dylan's Slow Train Running, which just wasn't that great.
I remember those years, in Ohio the governor issued live ammunition to national guard troops who weren't trained to deal with that kind of situation. So of course four college kids were killed at Kent State for the crime of protesting against their governments war in Vietnam. That's part of what made people paranoid. I've loved this band from first hearing. Funny thing was that when I bought their albums, they would constantly sprout legs and walk away on their own.
Sabbath & this are two totally different songs. Haven’t heard this in years. I’m now back in my bedroom in high school, headphones on, volume cranked. Thank you. Awesome song!
Holy crap. I listened to Grand Funk as a kid. Only on the songs that was played on radio. I see now I know crap. God. Awsome job. Keep up the good work. Jamel. Buying one of your shirts, when I get pd.
They played Cobo Hall back in 69 with the band D.O.A and iam 68 and still listen to them , Mel and Frost came by my parents home back in the day to do a real estate deal and Mark Farner is the soul of this band .
As some mention below, You have to go to the time frame that Mark and many of us grew up in. The cross over in sounds on a radio was common. You turn the knob a hair left or right and pick up, 3 or 4 stations as the weak out put from a local station was overtaken from say one in NY blasting into ten states. The static, was also well know from the 1950 movies scaring everyone with a nuclear blast. From the Twilight Zone , Last Man Alive, to the flying saucer movies zapping the world. The Cuban Missiles crisis, the Assassinations' of King , JFK, RFK...Vietnam which actually showed footage of massive bombs going off in the war. Set and watched that while eating dinner...many times. We did not trust the gov, still don't. So this song brings back those times we live through. The same Mark would be dealing with. Our elementary school, we would go into the hall and sit on the floor, hands over our heads...and as the joke goes....kiss your ass good by.....Nuke drills....it was real to us.
Limousine Driver is one of their best songs ever recorded. The words are amazing. Amazing. Jamel, this will blow you away. Funky Live on the Play Boy Channel.
This sort of reminds me of "Limousine Driver" - much more than any other two of their songs THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH remind me of each other. Time to start digging through the ones I'm not familiar with.
Acid Rock. Keep in mind back at the time this was written LSD was a widely used substance. Something you did alone or as a group. Incense burning, Black Lights on, Posters glowing, Lava Lamp has you hypnotized, Aquarium Life has you relaxed as we would be gathered together sharing a bong and chilling as the Grooves played on. You would set an album on the turntable drop the stylus and let the album play through side one, flip and do side two. Those were much simpler times. No Text Messages, Twitter or Tic Tok only your own mind and imagination to occupy your thoughts as you Felt the Vibes, and Dig the Groovy Sounds man.
in 1969 we moved into this house and across the street the kids playing on a swing were playing this album as loud as it could go....what a time we had jumping off the porch roof hoping to get hold of the rope before someone jumped on top of you...just to keep it moving was a dufflebag half filled with sand ....i bought the album the next day....$3.99....i have the cd in my car right now....doesn't seem like 50 yrs ago....
I saw GFR open for ZZ Top in Jackson MS in 1982. It might have been my first real concert but to this day it was one of the top three SO FAR. Praying we can all get back to live music soon. 💛💚💜✌️
@Elissa Seeman yeah I'm not a fan of censorship in any form. If you don't like the message, you don't have to listen. But censorship in any way is wrong.
Grand Funk was of the greats when 3 guys could make it rock like there was 9 dudes!! Having seen them live in 1972 was a real treat!! True "THROWBACKNESS" Keep rockin and funkin my worl Jamel. Stay well!
hello Jamel, this album was one of my first records I bought as a teenager in the 70s, one of my alltime fave bands ! this song is more better on the Grand Funk live album ! GFR need no "Hall of Fame", we here and millions of fans around the world know and love them... (last week I've got my T-shirt "Keep great music alive", good quality !) best to you all, peace & happiness from "Jogi" , Germany, Berlin
@@thorolsen3562 hello Thor, thanks for your note, I love this song too, one of my fave songs from the Survival album, the whole album is super ! another fave song is "I'm your captain" but I love all the records, best time of my youth ! I saw GF live in my hometown Berlin in Dec.1971 as a 17 y. teenager, now im 66y. "young", never forget this. I have all original vinyl-records in my collection, from the beginning 70s till the Phoenix- record, for me the first 7 albums are the BEST of GFR. some months ago I bought the Cd Box-set "Trunk of Funk" Vol.1 , lovely box, the Cds are in Mini Lp sleeves, the sound is super, look out for this box if you don'thave it, all the best to you and the Funk-fans here, PEACE , keep on rockin "Jogi"from Germany
I love watching your reactions to such great artists like Mark Farner of Grand Funk. He’s still around and still tours, as far as I know. It is a shame what Don Brewer did to break up the band. The original three are not playing together right now but I hope they reunite while they’re all still around.
It's amazing that this bands from the late 60,s & 70,s are still going after living through the sex, drugs and rock&roll era. A lot of great bands came out of Michigan. It's amazing I'm here talking about it too. Ha!
this is a song that has what you call the 'church organ' sound, which is rock gear = a Hammond B-3 Organ with either twin or 4 Leslie Speaker cabinets throwing the sound around 360 degrees about every second or more, very few churches ever had that set up, it is a very specific bluesy organ sound Steppenwolf from 1968
Did you know that was an air raid siren at the beginning ? During the cold war they used to test them occasionally. For a song by Chicago (Transit Authority) that has some relevance today, see the song "Someday (August 29, 1968)", which is about the police in Chicago arresting anti-war protesters, as they were chanting "The whole world is watching", which begins the song. You might have heard this same chant recently. Another song is Jimi Hendrix's song "House Burning Down" from Electric Laydyland (1968), which questions rioting.
Has been ages since I have heard this one... what a blast from the past. That bass line was killer... Forgot how much I really enjoyed this one... Thank you Jamel! Stay safe & stay strong 💜💜
Really loved watching your reactions to this song!! It has been one of my favorites for years. So Glad you're listening to the music I grew up with---from the 60s, & 70's!! I am a new subscriber to you! Really like watching you! Thanks for the vids!
Jamal , This is BEFORE Black Sabbath. Grand Funk was on their " Red album " tour and had an unknown " Black Sabbath " band open shows for them. Well sabbath just loved the heavy metal sound , the fuzz guitar, The balls to the wall base. and they ran with it . A year later Black Sabbath released their first album " Paranoid " ! Complete with fuzz guitar and even the nuclear siren.
My Brother...thank you for giving GFR, the greatest 3 piece Rock Band of All Time, an honest reaction. The People loved them, the Critics hated them....proof enough they should be in the RnR Hall of Fame.
When i seen this title, I couldn.t wait for you to hear this!! One of my favorite Grand Funk songs. I've probably played this song about 5000 times, it's just tooooo good!! Also, they were masters of sound separation......
I don't know if there was ever a more appropriately named band. They put down some tracks that are pure Grand Funk! The bluesy, soulful voice of lead singer, the harmonies, that bass and lead guitar and then add Don Brewers drums. I don't know what more you could want In a song. Oh, and don't ever assume a Grand Funk song is over, they always have one more surprise to give you.
1960s Man !!! Cold War, Russians, Vietnam, Unrest etc !!! Btw that was a "Wah-wah" pedal with a "Fuzz Box" the Mark Farner was playing his guitar through !! : D
First concert I went to when I got home from Vietnam . These boys rocked louder than any rocket & artillery barrage I lived through !! Great show in Milwaukee....listen to Black Licorice GFR
It was 1966 and we were riding around smoking pot me and a friend of mine and he shoved in this new 8 track tape and it was Grand Funk Railroad and this song in particular was one of our favorites great reaction
Still the scariest guitar sound ever! I don't what all he did to achieve that, but I never heard such an evil screech from an any guitar before or since! Almost like his guitar was DEMON POSSESSED!
Love, Love, Love,❤GFR🌟A Great song to check out is Some kind of wonderful and Loco-Motion which has a dance that goes with it🎉 back in the day every body was dancing to that song 😂sooo fun👍 Love your show and reaction 🎧 Rock on and Rock hard 🤘👍🙏💯
GFR for life. 🎸🎸🎸 Slave - Son Of Slide. The kings of 70's funk. You have to hear this band. P.S. I've watched your reaction to Inside Looking Out. It's one of my favorite reactions of all time.
Loved GFR back in the day. They don't seem to be represented on classic rock radio, except American Band which is not really their classic style. Thanks for sending me back home.
Mark Farner is in the RnR Hall of Fame. I think? Think I heard he was inducted a few years ago. Really love your review videos! Big fan of yours just after a week of watching your stuff :) I got lucky a few years ago and caught GFR playing a free show (at the very last minute! Called my mom and we hopped across the river to a small 4th of July festival where they were playing a free show. One of my personal live music highlights in life.) Mark still got it! Fantastic show! They even played my favorite, Stop Looking Back.
