The Mamas & the Papas - "California Dreamin'" | 1998 Induction 

46 yrs

@@Thinking.Of.Some.Handle She died July 29, 1974 in London England while performing solo shows on a two week tour there.

Excellent observation I won't bother with reading more comments thank you.

heart failure.. probably from overweight and prediabetic.. insulin resistance leads to all sorts of health problems.. she died too young!

And it's a terrible shame that those who still remember her still think she died from choking on a sandwhich, which wasn't true at all. I read that the rumor started only because a DJ or Newscaster had mentioned that a partially eaten sandwhich was on a plate on a nightstand beside her bed. But it wasn't the reason she died at all.

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oOiCrKj-Cb8.html Very well done!

Why’s that

@@VimVinyl cos he’s dead

Exactly! Thanks for the edit Edit.

Sadly his singing was terrible in this performance 😢

@@lillybloom1590 Politics is over everything.

I thought I saw Cass’s daughter singing with them, and I thought it great that she stepped in for her mom. Maybe, but I hope I’m not wrong.

@@lillybloom1590 Karl Marx was an entitled, lazy good-for-nothing who sponged off of others. I couldn't cause as much misery as Marx has if I tried.

55 years.

@@stringer-ik1pc This clip was from 1998, 32 years after it 1st came out which is why I said 30 odd years, i know it's now 55 years from now.

@@dogman1967 thank you for your service

you can bet she's singing with the angels though.

she died too young.. broken hearted

Born 1966

and I fucking envy you , Sir. Greetings from Ecuador.

Yep, and there was still a massive hole. Cass had the best voice of the era

And an orchestra

And they still couldn't pull it off

and still not enough

That's an exaggeration. She was certainly talented, but come on people, let's get real.

Alto flute bu Bud Shank

I said the same thing!🔥🔥🔥

In front of her ex husband, from the time when they had an affair 😂

im sorry..

Like they say, beauty is a dime a dozen. Michelle was the weakest link.

Denny's lead voice was Irreplaceable back in the day.

Right

@@Hithere-ek4qt She seems to be holding her own for sure during this performance.

Michelle wrote this song

No, I think those two men are the originals from the band, John & Denny.

@@LoveToRead8 This video is from 1998. John has since passed away.

@@LoveToRead8 theyre both gone John was the last to go i believe Michelle is the only original left

@@bobbief_69 Yes, someone else already told me that.

I wonder why cass died young

Didn't know Ron Jeremy could play the tambourine

Where's Christopher Walken when you need him? "CUT CUT CUT. I need more COWBELL!" 🤣

once seen, cannot be unseen.

@@Confishous and then you start looking for him and can’t wait to see him 😅

I was going to say this exact same thing. She was an unrecoverable loss to the group, the industry and all of us.

The 3 backup singers can not even come close to replacing what Cass Eliots voice did for the Mamas and the Papas

Yeah, she was the voice and soul of the group. Her voice and charisma are irreplaceable. Cass Elliot, an excellent artist who has not been appreciated as she should be.

I wouldn't say they are nothing. They're not the same quality without Cass Elliot but they are still very good.

I believe that Denny was the voice of the group. Cass was good but nobody could replace Denny!

I totally agree, she had so much soul, I really miss her

JB JEWELLER I totally agree :( I think some representation of her would be nice.

AND RIP Denny ....... Michelle is the only one left now.

@john mcgee Musically he is missed - Not for the rest. However it's not been proven that he molested his daughter. Her father was dead long before she made the accusations.

@john mcgee You are right ... Many geniuses and musical artists have deplored behavior ... But I try to separate the monster from the artist who lives inside it...

@@Maridun50 Is indeed... Only the echo of their voices comforts us now...

I am also a big fan of the wind instrument brought into this fine piece of pop culture. Can you recall the session musician at Sunset Sounds who contributed it ? Was a fellow by the name of Al Greene ?

@@sidgysoho1960 no but I will see if I can.

@@sidgysoho1960 this is what I have found from an interview that Michelle did about 7 yrs ago. It wasn’t any regular flute but an alto flute, which is larger than a regular flute and plays in a lower register. A jazz player named Bud Shank was brought to the session to play it. Michelle was homesick for Cali and John started writing it for her earlier in the week. They were in NYC as newlywed’s. She enjoyed visiting churches, and a few days before, she and John visited St. Patrick's Cathedral, which inspired the second verse ("Stopped into a church..."). John hated the verse, as he was turned off to churches by unpleasant memories of parochial school, but he couldn't think of anything better so he left it in. This is one of the few songs that Michelle was allowed any input in writing. Doug Thompson tells this story: Denny Doherty once told me that when they were recording that song, they wanted a solo, but didn't want the usual guitar solo. John Phillips walked out into the hall of the Hollywood recording studio they were at and Bud Shank was in that hallway as well. John grabbed him and brought him into the studio. Shank listened to the hole he was supposed to fill and nailed it on the first take. Check this site out. Lot’s of good facts on music. www.songfacts.com/facts/the-mamas-the-papas/california-dreamin

@@sidgysoho1960 Session tenor sax player, Jim Horn plated the flute solo. I believe that he also played the flute solo in Canned Heat’s GOIN’ UP THE COUNTRY. I met him when I was a kid in my parents Music Store. I’ve been a fan of his for decades. Just saw a post by someone who said the flute solo was by Bud Shank. I’ll do some research.

@@ebnolan3856 Wow, you manage to fill in a lot of the gaps. I recall seeing an interview with Michelle saying she was woken up in the middle of the night by John who was hyper from drugs he was on. They polished it off the next day and brought it to Sunset Sounds when they went out to record it, and the studio & musicians worked their magic. There was another wind player ( flutist ) who I saw credited on the Beach Boys studio footage and I thought it would have been him. Allan Greene comes to mind. I'm certain there was another player. But the documented credit is Bud so I'll take it. We've lost so much of the Wrecking Crew ! I 1st heard the term " California Sound " when my father & I went to purchase our 1st component stereo in 1972.

Wow, so jealous of you to have met this great man. RIP Denny.

Thanks for sharing that. He does seem like a class act.

Coming from Canada myself, it makes me proud to know that Denny was in the band.

Especially when Denny sang “ Do You Wanna Dance?” Hauntingly beautiful

Michelle admitted of herself that she could “barely sing”.

Yes, Denny did nothing on this one. 😚😏

That's right. This sounds weak. Even though I do love Denny's solo part: "Got down on my knees...". But the overall sound suffers without Cass.

Bit harsh on Denny who still sounded great.

The Band was a good mix...... Danny had a great voice back in the day, Cass obviously had the power, Michelle had a sweet voice and John provided more of the theoretical knowledge of music; good mix

Something about it, isn’t there?

I agree, well stated!

Could not agree more.

Peach pit? Cherry Pit? Tar pit? You don't get "a pit in my stomach", you get a feeling IN the pit of your stomach.

@@jduey2396 nobody asked bro

Agree

They should have dug her up just for this performance😅😅😅

I'm not a music expert but I totally agree with you. Cass Elliot as a voice was from another planet. Ciao from Italy.

Agreed. It’s missing her “dreeeeeeeeeeeaminnnnnnn’” near the end. Someone else tried, but it was soft.

nie brzmi dobrze... marudzenie! To ją powołaj do życia. Była gruba i to ją zabiło. Otyłość jest zabójcza.

hello from Kittygystan! im 2 yrs younger than you!

@@fidelcatsro6948 Hello from the future, I'm 70.

@@bluenetmarketing wow 21 yrs ahead of me!

J’ai 59 ans. C’est ma chanson préférée. Bonjour d’Iran.❤

My wife once asked me, "What is your favorite sound?" I told her, "The opening chords to 'California Dreamin'"

…Excellent point! Agreed!

Excelente canción e interpretación, el sonido de la década de los 60'.

To me this song defined the sixties .The first haunting cords give me goose bumps .The California sound

This song is an anthem and will forever be in our hearts.

Я русский из России мне 45 и мне нравилась Америка тех лет и люди были классные а песня просто огонь! 😎✊💪 часто её слушаю в оригинале. Желаю что бы у наших стран всё наладилось и мы ездили в гости друг к другу. Удачи! ✌️

This was 1998. If you saw her now you would revise your comments.

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oOiCrKj-Cb8.html Very well done!

@@thetruthfornow6045 she’s 78 now. She looks normal for her age. There is one picture of her, that does look bad. But the rest and the current videos of her are not bad.

@@underground9260 If she wasn't a total knockout in her youth it would be easier to say she aged gracefully.

Indeed, considering she was 54 years old when they performed this. Michelle maintained her beauty for quite some time.

Michelle's infidelity fractured the group and led to their demise.

@@billferron6473 Her husband was an infidel as well as a major druggie.

Denny has the voice

Bill Ferron the times had changed , John admits he ran out of songs , Cass wanted out , they went from living together on the beach In the Caribbean to separate houses in Los Angeles, . Face it : that time period was over and their time was over ( short as it was ). It was fun while it lasted but all good things must come to an end . And BTW : Michelle later ( when single ) had affairs with Nicholson, Beatty , Hopper etc . If she was a guy( dating that level of females) she would be in the Dude Hall of Fame but she isn’t so there is a certain negative tone about her lifestyle ( gigantic double standard).

@@billferron6473 Do better research, dude. Mama left mainly bacause she and John didn't fit very well working together. Cas and Danny even get to work together later.

Mama Cass was the sound of the song

This video yes, 2020 she looks like she's 100.

@@colbykistner3393 I saw that also. I couldn't believe she looked so old!

She is.

$$$

Indeed!

Hello

Probablemente la mujer más hermosa que mis ojos vieron y verán

Что именно красиво, пирожки наверное красиво ведь она любить отдавать, мимо Джона

She’s 79, born in 1944.

@@ALousyGolfer1 That's correct, the video is from 1998, so she was 54 at the time, like i said.

she looks great but can she sing? the few clips i've seen of them live she's always holding her mic too far from her mouth to be picked up, here i only hear 3 back up singers.

@@ALousyGolfer1no shit

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It's a good song and arrangement, I like it so much, it's a classical one, but it's not he same without Cass.

Tempo is way tooo fast

@@myvitiello It's definitely faster than the recording but I don't think it ruins it. I'm a drummer myself and often get annoyed by songs being played too fast but I think it works here.

@@myvitiello rubbish

Agreed. Probably one of the most perfect songs of all time for the reasons you elaborated...

My man, your comment is worthy of thousands of likes!

Its good to see him beating something else for a change 😂😂😂

Doing what he does best- banging it hard!

Yep, still got it in him, never missed a beat!

No doubt Anton is watching him and making mental notes on how he (Anton) can improve

This is the original line-up minus 1, and everybody is writing about "without Cass" she died so many years ago.......Man be glad, at that time 1998 at least the 3 surviving members got together and to sing at the show. How many bands (when time goes by) have 3/4 of the band alive when they are inducted?

Her name is Michelle Phillips.

I just saw that on the Ed Sullivan show tonight, leading me here.

@Waldo Rojas in 1973 of a severe heart attack from obesity and rampant drug use.

The two boys are dead also, only Michelle left

@@ciaranflynn1397 Yes. Actually this was only a couple years before Papa John died. You can tell he's already struggling with his health at the time of this ceremony.

@@RogerBates7 ya we see that. It's only 1998 so a bit of a before the whole death of Denny and also John.

@@rickelliott4334 That’s a tambourine he’s destroying

Hello how are you?☺

1965 was 55 years ago.

Its called old age and LIFE...DEATH IS PART OF LIFE... how hard is that to believe??? ?

BEST GROUP EVER.

This was over 20 years ago, in 1998 at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. John passed away in 2001, Denny passed away in 2008

all except for john❤

Yes she was

She was the heart and soul ,and VOICE.

I see. John's songs were not important apparently.....They were a band you know? (I find it hard to read some comments)

Is really

Disagree… works still without!

Denny was from Nova Scotia

Y sigo en 2021. En pandemia. Disfrutando lo mejor de The Mamas and the Papas. Bella música!!

Is Denny dead too ?

@@Theanswerisblowinginthewind For nearly 15 years. Died on January 20, 2007.

No Cass. Not the same.

Cass Elliot is badly missed, but it was pretty good!

@@gostrum1 It wasn't just pretty good. It was an excellent performance. Just cause Cass wasn't there, it doesn't mean it can't be great. So being so short-sighted.

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Holá

Saludos desde la parte norte de la costa del pacifico. Estoy disfrutando de esta actuación en Los Ángeles. ¡Disfruta de la buena música allá en Chile!

I has living an a small burg in MI and when 'California Dreamin' came out, we demanded to move to the west coast. We did. Just missed Monterey.

Na verdade, apenas a Michelle Phillips está viva hoje em dia! Triste porem é a verdade

Sim.

Verdade ❤

Not only was it still good, that was an excellent performance.

I'm by no means a flute person, but that solo fits so perfectly into this song. Perfection.

I agree. She is and was also underrated due to Cass' excellence.

I thought the same thing! It just seems impossible that three of the four are gone now!! Sooooo sad & as you put it perfectly “SO DEPRESSING”, too! Huge loss!😢

1 of 4 is gone.

Papa John was a waste of a human being but a good musician. I do not mourn him at all for what he did to his daughters!

@@hansolo2121 nah, Mama CLASS

@ and the gibb brothers now only barry

Hello how are you doing Mr Richard?☺

@@HelenaRusso-ex4em Russo Bot

They're good but the Beach Boys are right there or better with harmony imo.

Now a cesspool

What's happened to California since is nothing short of criminal.

@@rustybooker

Same thing happened to me. I just started to cry. Took me totally by surprise. This is a special moment, This is what they, and we, were given. Cass is gone and neither they nor we could do anything about it. But at this moment in time the three surviving members of the group were together, singing their parts with joy and heart, making the most of what they had and treasuring the moment, sharing it with their fans so that we could have it and treasure it, too. You _can_ ask for more than that, which many people in these comments are doing, but you can't have it. I say enjoy and treasure what we have. Two of those three people are gone now. This won't be happening again,

Michelle's not dead buddy.

@@MarcusStaAnaBurSelF what I meant to say was respect to Michelle too