Try Me and My Baby - TYA kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamJjaql3taUdn0.html&ab_channel=TenYearsAfter-Topic

Yo Jamel, check this song out by Talking Heads... a lot of us have been asking for you to react to some Talking Heads so here’s a popular one to start with kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZtinaSKxpq0nWw.html

Check out "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" by Tears For Fears. Right up your alley.

@Jamel kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLKlrMKGqtiWgYk.html Grand Funk Railroad - So You Won't Have To Die

Lol some old hippie stuff before they lost every single brain cell.... I used to hear this on the radio, think this first time I hear since I was a kid.

will be relevant in 1000 years

You’ve been born in the best era

Me too

66 here. I hear you brother. I still have the vinyl.

Same I’m 65 this month, welp…leave it up to us ? after whining about plastic’s help ruining the world my paper waxed milk carton just went to plastic so please were not going to solve this problem in the world

Yeah Alvin was a BEAST.. Maybe the most criminally forgotten guitarist!;

long live Ten Years After. ✨💙🎸✨

WORD!

Thank you💯

You speak the truth , my faithful Indian companion💯

never underrated just under the radar , hey had a style of playing that cannot be imitated fast clean with feeling

Yeah, he was great!! I saw a Chicago Blues Festival on t.v. and when he came on all the other musicians playing there were standing in the wings watching him.

Same here Brother.@55

Such a true heavy song that will always be relevent

Exactly brother

Well said, man!

Absolutely. A lot of guitarists can play fast. So what. Can they maintain a feel, create and maintain soulfulness at pace? Not many but Alvin was golden.

​@@kingkongz88 Exactly. Shredders come and go. Give me a David Gilmour or a Carlos Santana or others who can make one note sing and penetrate right to your soul. Speed is nice. Great, even. All good players should be able to tap into it when that's the appropriate feeling for the moment. But it should never be the dominant focus of one's style. Speed is just one tool in the toolbox. It can be the right tool for the right job, but it's not the only tool to be used for all jobs. I'll never forget what someone told me when I was young and excitedly talking about some monster, super fast guitar player and some guy replied, "Doris Day could sing a mean C major scale - faster than anyone." He was being ridiculous and facetious, and yeah, that's when I got his point and learned that lesson. Speed shows an aspect of mechanical mastery of an instrument - hand-eye coordination, but has little to do with musical sense and creativity. Music is about communication and connection - both inward and outward (being able to connect and tap into your own feelings, and to connect with others - in the band, jointly creating with you, and the audience - a three-way connection/communication).

Alvin Lee's guitar licks were incredible; he took blues rock up a notch with those rocket-licks, but that's not the part of the song that makes this great. What makes it great was in the 2nd stanza where he'd make that guitar _weep_ in frustration and futility; every time I hear it I feel the same way and it has me on the edge of tears, why it is we can't figure all this out when Christ showed everybody the way by reciting one simple commandment: Love they neighbor as thyself. Moses gave us 10 commandments; Jesus only needed _ONE,_ and we can't even handle _that!_ That's the frustration and sadness I feel when Alvin makes that guitar _lament_ with grief.

it's because social issues haven't changed. I asked my dad few months ago when John Lewis died that is what is going on today the same as the 60's. His answer is basically, "it's worse".

@Jangler333 The relevance is the IRONY of his lyrics. I think the point he's making is no, you can't let someone else do it. He's not advocating that you should let someone else fight your battles.

@@kayakutah he is the messenger in the song,the relevance is he is tapping you on shoulder and saying what do you think,and now what do we do?,pass it on,this song is as fresh as tomorrow,and the same calamity in the world is still ongoing,and the same sinister crap is still manifesting to what?

Saw alvin in 97 a British blues thing at Fillmore SF

@@kayakutah Exactly. Each of us must do it! Or it will never happen.

Went from fuck you big brother to fuck me in a fast car

"Some people wanna fill the wooorrrld with sillyyy commie bullshit" - Paul McCartney

thank bob dylan for that...... he broke the dam

Red barchetta disagrees

Really? Really?? If you actually lived in that Era, there's no way you would say that, let alone believe that.

wild and sad...sadly!

@@paulmillette3643 Sadly, it's because after sixty years, nothings changed.

​@@bestcongressmoneycanbuy9704YES IT'S CHANGED, FOR THE WORSE!

This song is 53 years old, definitely way ahead of its time.

In the immortal words of George Carlin: It a big party for a finite number of people and you and I are not invited.

I would say the most intense by Alvin is "Going home " doing the cover of the Helicopter band, when Alvin was at woodstock 1969.

@@raybassman7536 he should do the Woodstock video of I'm going home if he can

Grand Funk, inside looking out is pretty intense also

THERES SO MUCH FROM THAT ERA.

This is a measure of a timeless song!

He was never underrated, he is considered one of the great guitarists of the end 60’s and the 70’s

Amazing guitar 🎸 player! Always and should never be forgotten !!

i remember them from college days

He was fantastic! One of my favorites!

I was at a show of Ten Years After in a small club (The Golden Bear) in Huntington Beach CA in '69 -- they blew the walls out.

I remember you getting me in to see him in Baltimore's COAST TO COAST night club, I still have his autograph that show! thank you again, you got us into so many concerts!

Ok didn't know he,d passed on to a better place you knew him to be nice guy he,will find his way

I got to see him in concert, Hawaii 70s. I mean 1970s, not my 70s!

Did you ever see him play this song LIVE? I have not found one live performance with A Lee.

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Still?

If this is on your funeral playlist, I'd totally show up. 👍🏼

See you then! 😅 I have THE best playlist for that day!

It's JUST perfect !

Matter of fact, set aside an afternoon and watch the whole Woodstock movie. You've already seen Santana, "Soul Sacrifice."

Joe Day Great idea. I highly recommend it

Ha! I type my comment and scroll down and there's my comment with a different author. Kids - this is important - look for bits in KZfaq on Woodstock. The album was remastered in the last half-century and turned to shite. Sly Stone. Santana. Richie Havens opens the concert with a song he made up on the spot.

Yes, for sure, “Nature’s Way” by Spirit. Great recommendation!

Yeah! That and Soul Sacrifice by Santana were the blowout performances of the weekend.

RevMishka for president, man!

And we're trying to change the world today. Back then it was Vietnam, today it's Afganistan and Iraq. But we don't always know what to do.

A Million innocent Cambodians were murdered by the Communists in the 1970's. I wonder how they felt about those who sabotaged America's efforts to control the spread of Communism in S.E. Asia? Maybe the American G.I.'s were right, ..and the hippies were wrong! 🤔

This will always be a timeless song.

ALVIN!✊🏻

Got to see them in Indy in the 70’s

Amen!!

We know. Seems like you know too young one 🙏🏼

Alvin Lee embodied a kind of rock and roll coolness and masculinity that was (and is) relatively rare. You knew when you saw him in concert that you were in the presence of both a guitar hero and a man.

I honestly didn't expect so many people to love this song when I requested it

I agree in most part but, I have seen hope in a band called The Warning. They are recording a new CD as we speak.

@@fenderengland thank you as I would never have experienced it.

You know it!

Couldn't agree more ✌🏻

Fifty+ years later and it still sends chills down my spine and brings tears to my eyes. Can't say that about many songs. Though from that era there was more than from any other era in my life.

Beautiful description

Yes!!! Shivers every time I listen!

you ain't kidding. I've been drumming since 69, Chris I don't know your age, but my youngest son Kyle said, "What happened to music since the 70's. He was born in 93,

In '71 when it was released they only played a SHORTER version than this on the radio! Used to irk me.

Perfect description 🤘

@MP 81,16,18 CATS It's those sneaky, subversive old school lyrics that change how you think. Well, that and truth, which is why power wants to suppress both.

Ditto

they have a weak argument.... b/c lyrics were so deep in the 60's-70s, that even in mainstream top 40 songs, many of the songs had contemplative lyrics..... few to none have it now, let alone in the underground.... nows its techno loops w/ lyrics about chicks, money, my nails, my car or how I can F u or F u up.

We expected this type of greatness from all music back in the day ☮️ It was the standard & we were rarely disappointed 🔥🎸🎤🔥 I feel so privileged to have grown up when I did & would not trade it for anything ☮️💖

They say that because their music is designed and built for the waist down, where the "old" music engaged your brain as well as your body. Part of becoming conscious was hearing these songs. They made you THINK about things. They still do. I find today that I laugh at a lot of these lyrics and how foolish and naive they are. But, they're still great songs whose meanings change as we change. They are really part of us and our lives. It's a sad commentary on younger listeners who hear "old" instead of what the songs are about. That means they aren't hearing anything.

What you need to do, is make a list of some really old Children’s ha songs that they’ve heard of and ask them if they think they’re worthless. It doesn’t matter anyway. Good music is good music is good music is good music. It doesn’t go bad like food😆. It doesn’t have to have Any lyrics; the lyrics don’t have to be deep; it’s just a collection of sound put together well.

There's a country song called "Skip A Rope" about what kids hear and learn at home and then say on the playground. It's sad and true at the same time.

Saw Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor(ex Rolling Stones) in the early 80’s ,great show, they did play “ I’m goin home” and it was EXCELLENT!!,Great memories. They opened up for Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on their ” Mob Rules “ album tour. Dio was just Amazing live !!

I heard they were one of the high lights of Woodstock!! This song is one of my favorites!

I'm Going Home will bring on stankface maximus.

@@patrickbuckley344 you can watch the movie!

50,000 miles beneath my brain

This, Steppenwolf's "Monster" LP, Grand Funk's "Survival" LP, all played a huge part in shaping my politics and philosophy. We were indeed fortunate.

Yes.

So great to hear these songs again. Boomers been around. We know a thing or two because we’ve heard a thing or two! Best generation for music by far.

@@jeffpeterson-lcsd1668 Yes Indeed!! 💯👍🎸❤️🇺🇸

Love this song along with Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane

i think one of the best guitar solos of all time.....

Im listening to this and BOOM. Hey That's Alvin Lee!. I forgot .Very underrated guitarist.

Дякую

Yes! Or maybe 1967.

This is Rev. Olsen, my children say "dad we wish we grew up when you were a teen in the 70s and you say .Music is relevant , back then we sang more about love, today it's about the hood, and yo gee! you got a 9mm. unit man this dude's done me wrong. I'm gonna cap his A..yeah OK!

That's some bold shit you said at the end

Alvin Lee is one the greatest guitarists ever. Is this better than Stairway? That's an opinion. But I love Ten Years After.

the note he hits at 4:56 and subsequent riff = iconic stuff.

@@asmith7876 I've heard Stairway sooo many times I'm sick of it and I never really liked it...but, as you say, it's opinion (and I have been reminded many times, when I've voiced my opinion:"There's no accounting for taste!" lol)

yeah it's Em G Am C B7

As well as, mysteriously, being left off of both greatest and most under rated guitarist lists.

Til there are no rich no more

There's nothing "good" about having the state forcibly remove money from successful people, and giving it to selected people whom it doesn't belong. The character in the second verse of the song is just as ignorant as the character in the first verse.

Bill M, it’s all about balance. Increasing income inequality will result in revolution and chaos. I don’t want that. Hard work and contributions to the community do need to be rewarded. It’s when having money is rewarded more than being productive that I worry. I’m more of a historian than an economist, so the chorus “ I’d love to change the world, but don’t know what to do” resonates with me. All I know is that people with hope for the future are not suicide bombers.

Ironic isn't it. 49 years ago

@@geezerbill "Let them die then, and reduce the surplus population!" Yeah, that's Ebeneezer Scrooge, just who you sound like. Dickens' social commentary outed libertarian sociopaths back in the 19th century...social media lets you out yourself now.

The same brother , I got chills listening to Alvin Lee & the group, the Guitar playing , the lyrics which are still relevant . Jamal reactions are always spot on . The whole back story on Alvin & the group is incredible. As you know Woodstock changed everything for Alvin & the band , after they played going home ( wow) R.I.P. Alvin www.loudersound.com/amp/features/the-story-of-ten-years-after-from-woodstock-to-the-world

. I knew Alvin , and my mate played drums for him. A very sad loss , too soon 💫

The bluest blues

Wow Paul , That is so cool , He was an incredible talent & was the group . Alvin passed away so young from complications from post surgery, is that correct ? An amazing guitarist & singer & also the band members were amazing. The lyrics are still relevant to this day , that says a lot about the talent from the 60’s & 70’s. Rip ❤️🙏😔

Exactly we keep repeating the same mistakes!

Really? Nothing has changed since this song was out? Come on now.

As Jerry Seinfeld said, “People are the worst”. Maybe that’s the problem

People say nothing ever changes. We keep repeating the same mistakes. Yes we do. But we also keep trying to change...because we Hope to do better! Don’t lose Hope! I’d Love To Change The World! ✌🏻❤️🙏

I was around back then thing have changed are all the problems gone no but they are not as bad now that doesn't mean we don't need more.

54, and I remember the end of Vietnam (dad was a Marine there) and Nixon. The Reagan "trickle down".... now Trump? We voted the right guy in now though.

Carol, I am 41 and could not be more grateful to my father who raised me on the greatest music ever made. Mostly British Invasion bands, but many many other legends. First, show I saw at less than 10 years old was The Who at the Los Angeles Colosseum. It’s on me now to pass the love of these songs to my sons.

Carol, I'm Keith Olsen, an Evangelist, I love your story of caring about the smallest of things in our daily lives, It maters to touch peoples lives, you seem to be a very kind person, I will pray for you Carol Smith!

You are on the right track. Giving is receiving. Every kind act is impactful. This is how we change our world. ❤🤲🙏

Makes you wonder why we got DUMMER not smarter in 50 years!?!?!!! We all dropped the ball!!!!!! giddeeup!!!!!!!

That was a beautiful example of perfectly coherent "babbling." It captured the juxtaposition that was/is reality for many of us. The curtain drawn reveals the truth, which is both empowering and overwhelming, giving hope, empathy, recognition and intolerance of large-scale stupidity, and deep confusion. So many feelings all at once. The 60's and early '70's really was something else - something new to humankind. You captured it well.

Wish there was a LOVE button instead of just a "Like"! xx

Wish I could....our hospital won't let you wear any shirts with a logo other than theirs 😓.

Historian 212,you said that perfectly

Going home, if you like hendrix you'll like Alva Lee of ten years after, do the live one from woodstock

😍

The best! Fastest guitar around, great video and editing!

It's all still true

Tyrone Sharp that’s because man doesn’t change.

Great song!!

I agree. Jamal is healing a lot of people with these reaction videos. I hope he realizes. I wish there was a happy tears emoji that wasn’t laughing. Hubz and I will drop a ❤️ instead. Thank you, sir. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🎵

So beautiful

Be in the world, not of it. BOB MARLEY

@@deborahcooper9085 right on! ;)

Why does coming together always have to come to stepping down to someone else's level to be accepted by them,accept me as I am or I'm out of here.

mike sullivan I tell you this. Alvin Lee was not underrated by anyone who ever sawTYA in concert.

I just typed in the same request. "A'm Goin' Home"

Hello from America

Another Great Song!

"I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today," If you were 65 (I'm 68) you would have. 1968 is still the king for a disrupted year.

eddie willers Im sure, I’m a student of history and although I was only 3 at the time I am well aware of the turmoil of that crazy time. How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH

@@pappyoutdoors9736 "How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH" True that.

@Itsamre Cantuc "A person can't do anything under hypnosis that they wouldn't do otherwise. " No...but we can be brainwashed. That's been known and practiced as long as humans have been on earth. As FireHiker667 pointed out, though, with "social media" it came be accomplished more widely, more quickly than ever before. Our 'Lords of the Realm' are now the oligarchs who run the Tech companies.

Exactly!!

I was thinking that Jamel should listen to TYA at Woodstock, but yo've already made the suggestion, so I'll just second what you've said.

One of his best.

That song is actually by Nick Lowe, a good friend of Elvis’s and a fine songwriter in his own right. I love Elvis Costello - I’ve seen him in concert a half-dozen times at least and read his autobiography - but I’ve always thought it’s ironic that song became a huge hit for him because most of his songs are so caustic.

No matter who wrote it, I still consider it a favorite song, moreso when the world gets crazy.

@@matthewdrake4385 Absolutely. I love it. It's just funny that he is known for this song when it's so far out of his wheelhouse (especially early in his career). But then again, maybe that is part of what makes it so effective and why he recorded it. If Elvis Costello, who sang most of his songs with a sneer, is asking the question, then that says something.

@@richardnanian6075 Yes we know who wroteit. I Was suggesting a reaction to the popular version which is (sung) by Elvis Costello.

The best ever

@@jamesdupuis3018 ..ONEof the BEST, please , peace

@@jogischulz2576 he is the best. Who's better asshole

Lightning quick !!

I love Alvin Lee. That being said, I think Stevie Ray Vaughan is best.

OH..YES.... A GREAT song by Blind Faith...!!!! God Bless You & Yours.. :-)

You are so right. It's as if our society took one step forward and two steps back! Now it's bedlam 2.0!

@@jchapman8248 We've definitely regressed. Kids calling for segregation...It's crazy.

I think it's great their still relevant. The sad part is we don't change those who need flushed.

@@nekrospike thank their educators

@@kenbowser5622 You hit the nail on the head. People most certainly have tried, every generation, to stop the tearing down of people and nature and cause real and permanent changes in people so they could stop normalizing the destruction of everyone, everything. However, there are people better at separating us now, they can make uneducated and the fearful believe, X is out to get them, trendy and ignorant is easier, just work hard at whatever and believe that's all there is, political parties fight over being right, proving the other guy is wrong but don't seem to realize they work for us, a real country full of real people. But then we allow it and behave as if we are all from somewhere else or openly hate each other and the country in which we live as if other countries want us or are pulling for us. These days it's common for people to say no one before they did anything. A good way to remain ignorant, point fingers but actually do nothing. There are people who really work on it, really make progress in their communities and beyond, and They are the ones who deserve the limelight. A lot of us "old heads" say to each other, why are they working so hard at echoing, how did the ignorant get hold of the wheel and why is no one taking from their hands?

Nailed it. Alvin Lee was famous for his very fast playing but not recognized enough for his deeply soulful playing. His playing on this song makes me cry a bit, I must admit. His playing cries, pleads, searches for how to change the world, amplifying the words. Gets me every time, cuz every time I listen closer to his playing and hear more in his playing.

My three favourite Woodstock performances: The Who, Sly & the Family Stone......and Ten Years After, "This's called 'I'm Going Home'...." I tried and tried to play like that. Finally realized, just sit back and listen; it's magic.

Reportedly, Alvin Lee was brought into a theater to watch the rushes from Woodstock - specifically, the section of film where Ten Years After had been recorded. (For those that don't know, "rushes" are early copies of a section of film, often used to decide whether to continue or re-shoot). When he watched himself on the screen, he couldn't remember playing the music. All he could say was "Wow". The song performed at Woodstock, "I'm Going Home" is actually a medley, including parts of (at least) "Blue Suede Shoes", "Mean Woman Blues" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". IMO, it is the hottest 10 minutes of guitar in rock history. It's just too bad that they weren't there to remember what they did.

Alvin Lee guitar, Joe Bonamassa bought Alvi Lee's guitar and has played on some of his live songs. This band was good been listening to 10 years after for a long time. Alvin Lee was an amazing guitarists.

@@kennethlatham3133 Trying to play it on harmonica since 1969 has made me pretty good on a harp. One of these days I'm going to nail it, wheezily, admittedly, but the rest of the old boys in the band will come together to cover. Same with that Norton Buffalo harp solo in "Fanny Mae" on Steve Miller's first album. Mayall's "Room To Move" and Charlie Musselwhite's influence, and trying to play Mike Bloomfield on harmonica ("Albert's Shuffle" really does sound good with a Special 20). Then, take out half your teeth and you have one unique sound on the harp.

That’s another rabbit hole to happily sink into

Here is an AWESOME live version of Can't Find My Way Home kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrB6oaRn36vHd58.html

I’d love to see him react to “Do What You Like”

...good choice, one of my faves, only one record, but an alltime classic album, peace

@@odiwan74 not crazy about that version but it may be the only original live performance left

Alvin lee is underrated as a Rock/Blue guitarist. don't always agree with his lyrics in this day and age. Times have changed but the music is pure magic.

i went to a Ten Years After concert at a small club across the street from the beach in Huntington Beach CA in 1968 -- they were so good they just about exploded the place.

No one would listen, there were those who knew, more Ten Years After please

Amen