Thank you for your service Sir

Thank You!!!🇺🇸💞✨

@@evergriven7402 thank you, as well

@@evergriven7402 thank you , well

@@shanalin4283 thank you , as well

You are correct maam. I got to see him in Germany in the later 70's as Ten Years Later. But it was Alvin at his best! Edit: this is a good trivia q/a He reformed but due to contractual reasons he had to call it Ten Years Later. I found out about the concert coming up and contacted both of my brothers that were also in the US army at the time in Germany and had a mini reunion at the concert. True story, good times

Amen love

Agreed. GREAT, great live performer. Highlight of Woodstock, too.

Im 67. I was a freshmen in high school in 1971. So long ago.

Truth! Whether by prediction or prophecy 🙌 There has always been the ability to see into the future. What we must must make sure of is that it never becomes a matter of hindsight 😕🙏🏼💜🕎

I am Born In 1957 as well.. 1968 thru 1971..Quite defining Years..

Soooo true sister keep rocking please 1957

Me too ..1956 ....🎉

@@josephwalsh9285 😊🫂🙏🏼💫✨️🎶🩵💙🍀🌻🌈

amen to that

I rated him very high, I might have over rated him.

I agree

@@Physics072 100% right Bob ! Otherwise we wouldn't be checking it out over 50 yrs. later , but what do we know !

Great song

Stuck there too.

I'm 63. Just thinking about the 70s make me want to frigging cry. Where did that sense of hope and freedom go?

@@Automedon2 Couldn't agree more. Depressing.

Try being 81..and still rockin..nothing changes if you believe in what rocks you...🇨🇦🇨🇦

@@Automedon2 oh please ...don’t be draggin us down..during this time... we need optimism more than ever..voting is a good way to get that optimism groove..🇨🇦🇨🇦

I was in 10th grade when it came out in 1971, I'm 67 now. I think you meant it's more than 50 years old, not 60, lol.

Oh, the world has changed, and keeps on changing every day, but not for the better. Thank God I was young long ago....

Absolutely agree peace my friend

Ha ha. Not a fukin thing changed. Experiments . Ha who gives a fuk

@@artp4774 Your right. Im 66. I was in 10th grade too.

I have all their albums, in pure vinyl....weird huh...when I am gone who will know what to do with them?

I am 184 years old and I still love Beethoven.

very comprehensive answer. Congratulation

This song never gets old... especially played back-to-back with Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs

We lived through all the70’s shenanigans. Good to see some appreciates the real rock n roll

I'm 71 and a Prue Rocker was riadie Blue Cheer

I was listening to them when I was 15 I’m 69 and still loving them

still jamming to TYA also since 1971, when i was 15, 67 now

@mikeo186 Never stop the music keep on jamming brother

George i agree and i am 67.

Yes I agree with you 100% and I’m 28 but I love the music from this era it’s the best rock music.

I'm 61 and there was allot of great music after 75 too I think the downfall was when synthesizers were used to change music from being used in music look at ZZ Top they were a great example of that how they started changing their sound with electronics look at Eliminator compared to Tejas they can't reproduce the same sound live and nowadays they put singers in key with it too its fake sounding.

@@jaymortensen642 I'm not saying there was no good rock after '75, I prefer '64 to '75.

WOW, U THINK LIKE ME-- I ALWAYS SAID THE BEST YEARS FOR ROCK WERE 1965 TO1974

I am 63yr old Alvin Lee and Ten Years After was my favorite band. Coming from New Hampshire that is saying something. Did you notice AL was not included in the RS top 100 guitarist. That is sin. Poor journolism.!.

Me Too ☮️🙏💐🤗🇺🇸🗽✌️ Alvin Lee was a young guy when he did this ~ but now we are older & still don't how to stop the machine ~ Just Stop ~ My brother went returned but Agent Orange finally took him down ~ He raised a family first ~ Greatest Brother on Earth~ I honor all those whom went returned and those we've lost ~ but America is so great & she must stop fighting the World ✌️🙏🗽☮️🫂🇺🇸 Please Come to The Table To Talk ~ Please ~

I had several friends that died in Viet Nam. Just young kids actually. Eighteen and twenty years old. Barely out of their diapers! Their sacrifice brought me to this Bible verse about No greater person is in God's eyes than one who lays down his life for someone else! War is so unnecessary! What does it accomplish? Everyone is affected! I feel for the children of war!

we all say it,but those were some special times,life was good

Can you imagine it's 1971 and you're ridin around with your friends jammin to Blind Faith,Cream,Joe Cocker,The Mamas & The Papas,Alvin Lee & Ten Years After,Rare Earth,3 Dog Night,Sugarloaf,Jimi Hendrix,Jefferson Airplane,Fleetwood Mac (Hypnotized),Free,Humble Pie,Grand Funk Railroad,Eric Burdon & War,Traffic,Chicago,Steppenwolf,The Allman Brothers Band,Iron Butterfly,The Rolling Stones....etc

@@lizdevich7192 Stealing resources your allies and enemies are not who you have been told

Pezzo molto attuale GRANDE ALVIN LEE

Mega ditto

Today's guitars are used to cover up a lack of vocals. Next to no singers today could of done this. Remember, back then they didn't have the recording studios of today and a lot of the time it was live.

Amen, I am so thankful too! Thanx!

👍

If folks hate it, no worries, they are delusional... Nam Vet

Song will always stand no matter what the woke kooks think.

65 and truth is that I probably am as smart as I was at 15. More careful, but not a lot smarter.

@@eugenefirebird8938 Woke: paying attention to what’s going on around you; being informed and vigilant, derived from Africa 1923. Darn, I get tired of teaching this easy concept now pay attention. There’s some Kool~Aide in Jonestown, Guyana. Stop watching faux disinformation fake news…you’re being brainwashed 📢 😝

Mo-Bro says I love Rock-N-Roll put another dime in the Juke box BABY!!?

This old guy hears ya.

That's awesome Dave 58 Rock on

Cool. Your around my dad's age, so Chuck Berry and Elvis and a 55 Chevy really were no stranger to you!

thanks

I may be a little hard of hearing but that's what happens when you turn it up full blast.

Im glad too have grown up then also. Im 66 and certain music i still play loud.

I agree 🏆❤

@@artnouveau4332 what are you up to

A MUSICAL ICON....

Alvin Lee-- the most over-looked writer and singer in the biz--- he was frooking incredible

You right. The guitar work is terrific!

Why is there no video of him playing the solo?

Just pure talent

Alvin Lee

That's what I was thinking. Same shit, different time.

yes this was the soumnd of the times War,Drugs,,protest all of the above and Im still here at 72?

Help father luv Shele

@@billgonzales8978 ditto and i'm 75. can't let this go!!!

my brother was riding in helicopters in Vietnam manning machine guns listening to these great songs, yes he made it back peace.

Especially played back-to-back with Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs

I agree completely .

@@carolynlyfordsullivan1377 very much so

@@carolynlyfordsullivan1377 yeah, but today some of the lyrics would be . . . anathema. That's why he's passing hardly made a peep in the media.

@@smotnick So true .There is some real talent out there. Not

Absolutely so true just look around, things come back full circle and we are seeing it today. Just Sayin!

Us in the 1960;s hanging out and then sleeping around, Thanks God we are here in 2023. Plus disco and all the inbetween stuff

Amen brother! Find a happy place for you and yours and ride it out!

You hit that nail on the head very sad times

I was born in 1989 but I grew up with this music and I miss them too. And of course 80's

62 here and you’re SPOT-ON Righteous, Brother..!!!🇺🇸

I feel the same …life is so precious

Spread the Gospel- Jesus awaits your response

@@nickmecca2024, how thin do you have to spread it? Can you get more if you run out? And what kind of bread is it best on?

Ask the Capital rioters.

I am sure quite a few. Everything is so complicated now! Just changing a password is a pain. Too many problems and just getting worse .Weather climate change animal extinction too many to mention

i agree

💯

I agree

We know what's happening know it was going to happen we realized we were woke back then

No one else could do it justice like Ten Years After did; not everything needs a remake.

Especially the dykes and fairies part

Over 50 years and it’s the same. Simple words but yet not simple by any means. I was 7 years old no clue what the song meant but for some reason always loved it. Now it makes all the sense.

For killing women and children.

It was kill or be killed!!!

Steve, you are ignorant!

It's a crank it up to 11 song

Semper fidelis

They did change the 🌎

I was thinking exactly that, Mark.

Just a reminder of how the world is always in need of repair!

It is Epic❣️👌

Yup just like Morning Dew Nazareth performed....

your uncle had good taste.

This song resonates with me big time

Thats crazy that he didnt become more pop then he was !! There was a bunch of great songs on a space in time i think it was called. I loved the hole album !! Great music back then !!

I dig playing this on 12 string. Really cool chord progression.

Nothing today comes even close to this. There is still great music being made today,seek it out.

JUST GREAT SONG ALVIN LEE

Stevie Ray Vaugh,but Alvin Lee will always have a solid lock on the "Number 2 greatest guitarist of all time."

Some of the best guitar work I've ever heard.

It's been monopolized.

Damn good question, it's a shame really, because the music in the late 60's through the early 80's was significant, truly great artists, bands with band names were the thing. But there is hope, it is KZfaq that is bringing rock back to stage. Rock was dead, but great bands like Guns 'N' Roses tried to keep it alive, and now the youth of today are beginning to see what great music and musicians are all about.

There is great music out there you just gotta keep looking believe me it’s there ,not everything new is rubbish.

@@Jh-fw1cu probably. But the the way things are - it will never surface. And after a little while, the artists responsible will disappear cos they cant sustain themselves. The music industry is all over

Because everybody is told to be "Radio Friendly"

Lucky you. Love them

Were you aware you were at the end of the Hong Kong flu pandemic? Killed approx one million worldwide. I was in L.A. and went to Devonshire Downs in Northridge, 3 day MUSIC festival. June 69

Please keep this song alive

I saw them, but can't remember it, unfortunately.

10-25 yrs ahead

Absolutely! Unfortuantly it never will because there are too many "non-PC" lyrics/words. I heard this on the radio recently and they edited out the supposedly "offensive" words. Screwed it up so bad I had to turn it off and play my copy instead.

Ten Years After not in the HOF is a joke. Considering some of the groups who have made it, is a bigger joke.

@@arautus the R&R HOF is SO pc, that Foreigner can't get in either, eh?

@@markhull1366 Probably the creeks and Canaries line. "Tax the rich, feed the poor,...till there are no rich, no more" is trending as a party campaign slogan for 2020!

@@promiskept why do they induct hip hop groups?

He’s definitely a very masculine; sexy man.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT BRO !!!! FROM A PROUD ARMY COMBAT VETERAN 1ST BATTALION 16TH. INFANTRY RANGERS 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION

Amen the world has gone crazy. I'm sixtessex and I've seen a lot of things and this song is on point. Listen to the song in the year twenty five twenty five also great song

@@thomasmetzger9234 you fought for bankers and agenda 21 be not proud.

Great response!! You’re lucky to have the great music anytime/anywhere. Yes, I’d love to change the world too. We can be the change we want to see; spread peace, hope and love to everyone.

@@davidcrone4194 yes, forgot about that great tune👍

And we were new~

Dam strait i do im63

And... it's still relevant... perhaps more so!

I am 62 and I always crank this when it comes on, usually play it a bunch of times too. The guitar work was absolutely incredible, and the lyrics are perhaps more timely now than back then. RIP Alvin Lee.

@@tinytrucker4212 yep 65yrs old and don't know how we survived 'those wild daze'...

All they care about are their egos. Remember a good president/world leader?....... And a hush fell over the crowd

Totally agree

Amen !;! Salute !;!!

being young allows you to be very idealistic

@@danielfournier735 saw them too

Yes absolutely

He deserves a lot more credit than he gets!

El número 1 de la guitarra del rock y nadie lo puede discutir.

I love the music more than the lyrics ! 😀

Amazing amazing

fastest in his time

Alvin kicks ass on guitar

Very underrated so many great musicians are gone now, and look at what we have making music now, so much is about money .When if ever will musicians realize how much different they can make, I know there are some but not enough!! Let,s hope things can change for the better again.

Him and Rory Gallagher. The best, ever.

@@karenredd7365 Check out one of my playlists.

In my top 10 guitarist , not to mention this album is perfect from beginning to end.

Thank you for your service Sir!

Welcome Home, Bro!

@@billbeason2376 Hello 👋

@@johnneedy3164 Hey John! I got home in early 1970, my man.

@@billbeason2376 I got back in August 71

So true except for 2 words that would offend some people in 2021

Flash forward 50 years . Our veterans are 20 years old again coming home from a 20 year war they won Even though the results are the same . Poor people & violence everywhere a nation divided. . The only difference is 90% of todays music is shite . Loves to all veteran's. And to each other .

Just goes to show you that nothing really ever changes

@@pinkydogbear I'm trans and lesbian and I understand the original context. This song is powerful, magical, moving, and beautiful, I only hope my fellow millennials and genz understand the historical context. We have a much better idea of "what to do" now though, now that all the imperialists are dead

@@stacyward4309 - Exactly! The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The ancients could have sung these same words about their times and their reflections upon change or the current state of affairs and how the situation can seem to be too big to solve...and so they would have passed the challenges on to others or the next generation to solve.

Sings about the Vietnam war no hate song at all💜✌️

Your right. Music or pop today will fade away and won't be played 40 plus yrs later.

I couldn't have said it any better then that.🙏

21 too

Many great bands went unnoticed, and a lot of competition.

Love to you brother!

What sucks is it's 2022 and no-one is replacing these R&R icons, Sad!

Damn right

The very first time I had ever heard of 4-channel separation and experienced - "Space In Time". At THAT time, it WAS an experience.

Lucky and I’m jealous, born too late ✌️

Check out the song by Alvin which I also downloaded, The Bluest Blues, it’s a keeper!

@@RobertADingle yea, love that one, with George Harrison on slide!

My first concert was Ten Years After the year after Woodstock In Montreal Canada.

The dream is still there. Many of us are quite strong and fighting for our own wealth and freedom. It is our strength and honesty that the global elites hate.

Them and us. Stop the war.

Amen ! To that..

@@lorettarunfola5110 chills

Kidme

To bad for our boys

I agree

Did you have a family and kids?

The guitar monster from ten years after...

@@jamesgriffin2723 Saw Ten Years After in New Haven 9 months after Woodstock in 1970. Alvin Lee was in his prime!

@@thelakeman5207 aw Awesome that's so cool. I caught a chance to see them in early 80s. Small venue show but it was rocking

And blues if you please

Not Best tan Jimmy Hendrix guy.

I agree but worry about two words d..... and f...... In my time we used those words now ????

I totally agree

My era....music we will never hear again

great song please check out Ten years After - A Space in Time Album Review on my channel

@RxSE. You are 14 don't ever get old,then you have many years to listen to Alven Lee.if you like his music,listen to Leo Sayer.

God bless you. You know real music.

R x S E I was 14 or 15 when this song first came out and it still gives me chills. America seemed like it was going to be torn apart then and this song said a lot. It's just as meaningful now as it was then. I love absolutely love it too! 🍀🍀😷🍀🍀

Vicki Waters i know that?

I passed on please share.

You got the right sister!

Absolutely Marilyn, is today's noise considered music?

Why do so many people love making comparisons?

@@philiplane108 well there really is nothing around now to compare it too. Us older folks are right though in acknowledging that back in the day our music was infinitely superior to what's coming out now. Ok?

@@Carlosrastar123 Well' if you say so, Chuck!

Brilliant post sir.....

me too

So True. However....UNLESS YOU DON'T HAVE A PULSE. How can you NOT get at least one chill. Excellent song

I know exactly what you mean ! Good Power of suggestion ! I wanna hear it right now ! ......How about John Cipponella : Happy Trails ; And Also on Shady Grove ....in my top two or three best songs EVER ! But His and ; Oh , Can't think of his name right , Their combined efforts on the Who do you Love (Suites

...." Sweets -?!! And Mona ....Totally KOSMIK !!!

Portugueses

He has one of the best bass players of all time also check out vie of good morning little school girl

I really do agree

He was so underrated but just amazing

@@ejtnone2987 9

I had to look for him after Woodstock--and what a performance that was.

I remember hearing this on KYNO radio station while riding the bus to grammer school in Clovis, CA.

I’m sitting I’m looking out of the window of the hospital after having a Hart attack last night and still I love this song

Yes, the guitar is great

Yes it does, indeed. :)

Still fabulous and relevant

Rusty my friend I'm same age as you and I heard this song for the first time in Vietnam as we got incoming mortars. What did we do? Turn the damn volume up. Sorry to say I'm going to leave this world some day and never see peace but constant destruction.

I think most people still want peace in this world.

@@KittyGrizGriz Magas dont' want peace.

by far one of the best od all time

Their Woodstock set was a masterpiece.

Darn good 😀

Bluest Blues w/ George Harrison is also great. The song is on UTUBE.

Me too at 72

66 also Brother and I agree. Check out Terry Kathy's solo on 25 or 6 to 4.... More proof.

That would be Terry KATH... These phones...

COOL, let them enjoy....

😆😆😆

LMAO ! OH LORD

So cool they made the right decision lol

Smart 👮‍♀️ cops

Truth...

I really thought Woodstock was going to be the beginning of something greater to come

@@Nuerth I,m with you on that ,had high hopes for the country !!! Even made a few life time friend,s . Hope to have passed this mind set on to my son and to his son and so on. This will always be a part of me.The music also had great statement.s still have all the album,s🎸🎶🎤😎

@@brucesoto806 I love how the entire concept of Woodstock as merely a music festival became a celebration of the vision of a Woodstock Nation where people of all ethnic backgrounds,races & orientations could live in peace ~ Unfortunately it also reminds of Bobby Kennedy's run for the presidency & in his message of a new horizon ~ It was the first time I believed we would have a leader who truly believed in freedom to be who you were really meant something

@@Nuerth I still have believe in my soul that something good will come, I will never give up the idea trying to be the best person you can be is the way to go

I agree. He is the first.

Definitely underrated

GOAT.....of improvising...as u play

Patrick, Phil, Rick, how old are you guys? This guy was a cult guitarist. I’m 74 and I remember very well how great his music was.

@@jockellis I am 66 years. I starterd to listen TYA at my 15-17 old years.

But I don't know what to do?

It always brings tears to my eyes. It's personal.

And yet in interviews with Lee.....he plainly states he did not like the arrangement...hmmmm

It is my favorite song. Both the lyrics and guitar are superb. Interestingly, it was never a hit in America. Go figure...

Interestingly....Olivia....LEE...did Not like the song.....documented..

Yes it is

Amen Funke😊

Amen!

well said

Great comment.

alvin rips them all

luv the solo a lil jazz riff included

a little jazz & almost a "house of the rising sun" feel too

You may want to give a listen to Leslie West's solo in Theme For An Imaginary Western

Yeah I hear you Steven but I love the fifties a lot to I grew up big time without older cousins you have a good one enjoy life

Agreed, 100%. From 1964, when The Beatles and the British Invasion hit our shores, to 1974, there was AMAZING music coming from all genres of music, and constantly. This is when bands were putting out at least one album per year, and they were usually great, classics !! Even AM radio was great !! I remember driving around with my parents in the late '60's/early '70's, and the radio was always on an AM station, and I was singing along because the music was SOOOO great...now, radio just sucks overall. Big conglomerate/commercial enterprises with strict/terrible formats. Money again ruins something that was once great, and FREE !!! Listen to those cd's, pop in your Spotify playlists, and that's the only way to do it these days !! Albums at home, always !! 👍👍🎸🔊🎶🎶🎵🎶🎙🎵🎶🎵🎵😎

@@billkrumbach9839 Much of todays music is barely music . You are right no soul . People don't write the music they sing . It is more of a performance . With no mistakes and perfect outfits . Guitar strings never break ect . It is a performence with perfection thirsty for money .

no ...72..then it ended...

@@mustangmikep51 Well, thanks Mike. I have thought about the ending year a lot. I loved Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock 'n Roll, Quadrophenia, Positive Vibrations, and more that I am currently forgetting (it's late !!) They were '73--'74 releases (oh, and Diamond Dogs by Bowie !!) So, for me, it thinned out after '72 for sure, but I will give the '73---'74 years some musical props. But I hear you on that, no doubt...thanks and rock on !! 🔊🎶🎶🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

I am sorry . Loss is extremely difficult . I know that first hand .

With you,love you even though I don't know you!

I feel you!

We are with you Brother.

A month before I joined the Navy I was lucky to see these guys in late 1972. They jammed all the way through. Great concert !

AMEN!! 👍❤️😁

Absolutely

amen! The boomer kids had the right drugs for creative genius unlike the hard drugs of today

I was thinking the same thing! I’m 67. There can’t be a greatest song of our generation because they were ALL the greatest songs of all times.

I learned this song the day it hit the radio back in the 60's &was playing it throughout the battles I competed against ! Today! 50 years + later, I preform with shreaders that have no idea how true the words rang!! Thanks!