thank you for 20k

This album makes me feel validated as a black girl obsessed with the 60s, baroque pop and all that stuff, i don't know why... i really like it💚

One of the greatest albums of all time . Truly a magnificent work of art

Forever Changes is my favorite album of the 60's. A masterpiece.

"Forever Changes" is a great record. Listening to it on acid is AMAZING.Seeing Arthur Lee play the whole record live at small venue in Melbourne Australia was the best non stadium gig I have ever seen. He was better live than on the record. He was quite a performer.

I'm here. Finally. After all this time. Another album I have no idea about.

Love is a special band and "Forever Changes" is a truly beautiful special album. This album really deserves much bigger recognition. It's tragic Love practically broke up after this.

This Lp was (and remains) a musical landmark. I bought it when it debuted. I never left it behind. Thanks, Abigail Devoe.

Having bought the first 2 Love albums in 66/67 didn't know what to expect as they were very different from each other. Couldn't believe it when I heard it and I've loved it ever since. Interesting review, thanks I

This album really is something special.

'well the snot has caked against my pants' has got to be the greatest opening line to any song ever

I saw Love perform at the Fillmore East in February 1970. The Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead were on the same bill that night. The show let out at 6 o'clock in the morning. An unforgettable night of music!

Thank you for selecting this masterpiece and for your insightful review Abby. The thing that you keep coming back to is that it has no center, even within a particular song, and to me therein lies its charm! Unlike nearly all popular songs there are few big choruses to grab on to. It's something you just can't grasp, yet can't turn away from. In other words: great art. The Beatles' Revolution 9 has no center but the music does not summon you. Forever Changes does. At first it was so rich, I couldn't digest it all. The ear has a hard time assimilating it cause it's not like anything else it has encountered. Baroque pop, psychedelic, folk rock, disillusionment with 1960's idealism. Nah. These terms are just critic speak. Forever Changes transcends all of this. I could only handle the first few songs, and listened to them for months. Gradually I added the other songs and a year after first hearing it - I'm obsessed with it. So for those having a difficulty getting a handle on it I suggest taking it in bits and pieces. Over time the album will reveal its secrets and amaze you more and more as you realize you still haven't discovered all there is to discover. Take for example one of least noted songs, Maybe the People Would Be the Times. Talk about no center - the whole song is out of balance, phrases stop short and end with the next word on the next verse. He even breaks the rhyme: it should be "right or wrong" and he says "wrong or right." In some verses phrases start early in other verses they start late. And God bless David Angel. In the middle of the song there is an absurd horn phrase that's repeated like 8 times. It's meant to be wild and funny. At one point Arthur scats over the horn section, in effect standing outside the music as an observer, like he invites the listener to be. It even ends abruptly. The whole thing is an exciting , chaotic cacophony. No doubt Arthur was trying to express the club scene the band reveled in. And he nails it. A work of genius.

Sublime album, right up there with 'Odyssey and Oracle', IMHO.

I read that the broken vase was Arthur’s way of saying flower power is dead. And they didn’t tour due to drug addictions in the band and worried about not having access to various substances. It’s pronounced da cap-oh not cape-oh

“I only wash my hair every 3 days… but i wash the rest of me” hahahaha very funny. Girl you hilarious. Great review.

The Greatest album of all time IMHO,it’s in colour and everything else is in black white,very entertaining review :-)

That was a beautiful and very perceptive review! Idk why exactly but a lot of your comments made me start to cry. I don't think I've ever responded that way to a music review.

Abby… I’m glad you finally got around to Love’s “Forever Changes”. Being a Los Angeles native and at one time, a musician… I’ve always loved Love. My first memory of them & this record was when I just turned 5. It was early September 1968. I just started Kindergarten and was in this after school program called “Teepee Club”. The driver of this bus was a bit of a hippie and he was listening to the radio and “Alone Again Or” came on.. and he told me that he loved this band because he saw them play around L.A. and that they once had a drummer named Snoopy (on their first record their drummer was Alban “Snoopy” Pfister. He played the harpsichord & organ on their 2nd album “Da Capo”). He mentioned Snoopy because I was wearing a snoopy t-shirt. Over the years I’ve come to appreciate their music more. Johnny Echols is still playing around Los Angeles with the guys from the band Baby Lemonade in a version of Love sometimes refered to as Love Revisited. They toured in the UK as well earlier in 2023. Love to me will always be those first 3 albums (Love, Da Capo & Forever Changes). Thanks again for such a fun video. I have a request as well. Another really cool Los Angeles band that might be up your alley are from the 1980s. They were called The Rain Parade. Check out their first album “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip”. They were part of the Paisley Underground scene here in L.A. that gave the world bands like The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, The Three o’Clock, etc. It was this cool pseudo retro scene in the middle of post punk Los Angeles. ✌🏽❤️🎸🌬️🍃🍄💿

Good job. I've never heard the story of this album told correctly before. I've always heard that the band were ALL STRUNG OUT ON HEROIN and that's why they couldn't play and the Wrecking Crew had to be brought in, and that SHOCKED the band into cleaning up their act. Because every story about a band in the 60's has to involve everybody being ALL STRUNG OUT ON HEROIN. Groan. Thanks for setting the record straight.

I consider myself a "music guy" and never have even heard of this album. It's crazy it's so requested. Happy to be educated on it, love your vids!

I borrowed the Forever Changes album from a friend, I was 15 it was early 1971. The song Between Clark and Hilldale grabbed me and never let loose. This is perhaps the best album ever recorded.

Love is one of my favorite bands, their first 4 albums are all great in their own way and all very different. They are one of those bands that the more you listen to them, the more you will like them. That is especially true with forever changes. You were talking about johnny Echols guitar solos, I would suggest that you listen to their single from 1968 "your mind and we belong together". It's probably my favorite solo of his, it's amazing. He's one of the most underrated guitarists in rock. Enjoy the journey.

Favourite album of all time. Arthur. Bless him. It's a complete album to be played from start to finish. Yes, we had John Peel in the UK who led us into so many American bands. We saw Arthur and the Four Sail band in London. A great review here Abigail. Alone Again Or leads us in, but the climax You Set The Scene is forever spine-tingling.

The pacing and dynamics (loud and soft) of this album is extraordinary, whether intended or not.

That's a lotta love for an album that barely made the charts. Thanks for including my comment/request.

Much as I love your classic album reviews,keep finding myself fixating on your bookshelf haha. Ever consider doing a book review of some of those bios?

Don't feel bad, Abby. I don't think I've heard the whole album straight through - and I think I should've.

We're all normal and we want our freedom!

Great psychedelic episode Abby! 🎉 We all ‘Love’ you and that will ‘Forever Never Change’ ! 😃

Another fun, amazing, incredibly researched presentation! I discovered Love's Forever Changes by seeing the movie Bottle Rocket in the 1990s as it featured "Alone Again Or" and "Seven & Seven Is" from DaCapo!

Another reason for Love staying a local/regional band was that the availability of heroin was a problem when they strayed too far from hearth and home. Btw, I bought this album in '67 or early '68. I've tried to dig up any info I could over the years, but I learned a whole lot from Abigail on this record. Good work, Abigail. I'll be checking you out some more. This is still one of my all timers. It's brilliant, troubling, funny in spots, revolutionary, and lush and beautiful. Masterpiece is too small a word for Forever Changes. Finally, all lovers of this music should check out Calexico's cover of Alone Again Or.

19:22 Stone Roses ❤

So pleased you covered this and summed it up perfectly.

Thanks To Arthur Lee & Love ❤️ . Arthur , You Set The Scene.

"It's both inside the crystal ball and the crystal ball itself." Sums up the album in one poetic concept.

Thanks for a Lovely start to my day. I will play this immense album before opening my front door. Johnny still tours and he and his band have appeared in Brighton several times and I always try to go. Listening and seeing these songs performed, for me, is as close to a spiritual feeling possible. Here's to the next 20k. Future review material? Stephen Stills self titled or indeed David Crosby If Only I Could Remember My Name.

Honored that my comment made the video, but more thrilled that the review is finally here!

ABBY IS A SWIFTIE YAY

One of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands 🫶

Greatest album of the 60's

THANK YOU ABBY! Forever Changes (coincidentally along with Odyssey & Oracle) is one of my most cherished albums ever, a masterpiece of musical beauty and lyrical terror.

At least 40 years ahead of its time, Forever Changes. So precious that Arthur Lee got to go out on the road and tour this album, one more time, with an orchestra, towards the end of his life. I’m familiar with the narrative, your overview is spot on. 👍🎬 33:04

GREAT VIDEO! I saw Arthur when he came out to Australia in 2003 and played this album with his new version of LOVE . Best show ,he was on fire and his band went off.

PS...and like your hair for this presentation! A bit envious.

Thanks Abigail! I love this album 😁

Great review. It's weird that Forever Changes is still somewhat obscure in the US its pretty popular to this day in the UK and Ireland. Talking of albums that don't sound like anything else Van Morrison Astral Weeks and David Crosby, if only I could remember my name, are pretty unique.

I'll type my Arthur Lee story later when my fingers work.

One of my favourite albums. It was much loved in Liverpool for years and still is. It's funny, quirky, iconic, joyous and sad.

Fantastic take on a brilliant album. Have the expanded cd version. Wall to wall top tier tracks. Gratitude

That crazy little Abigail is so cute.

Yes, I was one of many that requested this. I've listened to the albums for decades, and you provided insight that I never thought about. An expanded CD release came out in 2001, and you should check it out. It includes a song, "Wonder People (I Do Wonder)" that was an outtake. It is so catchy and poppy, it could have been a hit single. I read somewhere that it was too happy to fit on the album that was filled with weary undertones. Also, on that CD, there's a version of "You Set The Scene" that features a short rap segment (!!) near the end. Yes, they were ahead of their time. Fun fact: Bryan MacLean's half sister is Maria McKee of Lone Justice (and a solo career). Thanks for another great video.

work of art head shoulders above most.

The first video I saw of yours was the velvet underground vinyl Monday a day or two after it was released. Ever since, I’ve been hooked. Nice to see you’re getting some of the appreciation you deserve

Congrats on 20k, "forever changes" a masterpiece

My 2nd favorite psych record. O&O is my fav! ❤

"Alone Again Or"...remains a musical masterpiece to this very day--and beyond!! A good choice for you to blather on about!

This is a pretty awesome album. It actually feels pretty reflective of my dad's experience of the 1960's. As a first generation Puerto Rican it was the quite the experience. From being in a rumble gang in the South Bronx, to Vietnam to East Village Hippie to a Young Lord by 1969. Forever Changes is literally the expression of most of what my dad went through and experienced. It was a ride and he don't regret it.

People should just let you do your thing, whatever album you choose. You lead, we follow 👍🏻

SAVAGE!!! I love how you called everyone out at the beginning! Your humor is on point as always. 😆👏🏽🙌🏽 But thank you for making an episode of one of my favorite albums of all time! I love hearing the mythos behind classics like this! So hopefully you'll make a Monkees video (or videos) soon. (As I'm always requesting) So I'll be waiting. Btw, "Old Man" is my favorite song on here. Makes me choke up and tear up every damn time. ❤️

Thank you for weighing in on FOREVER CHANGES. When I went away to college, I brought the album with me and it still gives me chills every time I play it. Like the music, the emotions evoked in the lyrics constantly fluctuate, from sadness and anger to innocence and joy, culminating in the cathartic finale, "You Set the Scene." For an in-depth survey of Love's music, I highly recommend William Spevack's book, "Keep on Shining: A Guide Through the Music of Love & Arthur Lee."

Thank you for taking a deep dive into an LP that's been one my favorites for decades. My favorite SoCal psych album.

In a year of some heavy hitters such as Sgt peppers, surrealistic pillow and something else this is the little album that could and has since become a well loved psychedelic classic reaching new audiences every decade and love has an amazing discography that's well worth checking out

I wanted to say how much I've enjoyed the depth of research you put into each album including this one, which I've always... LOVE'ed. dissect

Abby. Yours is my favorite KZfaq channel. It makes me very uncomfortable to compliment people, but what you're doing is incredible.

You have out done yourself this time.

Alan Parsons Project ' Tales of Mystery and Imagination ' from 1976, Harvey Mandel ' Cristo Redentor ' from 1968, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ' East - West ' from 1966 JA ' Bless it's Pointed little Head ' from 1969. My brain's memory chip is on overdrive.....Yikes, so many i can think of. The segue with the " Lizard King ' did not go unnoticed. Dig your style, aloha

I saw Slowdive on September 29.

When I saw the tumult of 'comments' 'bout Love I thought bet I'm not there. My heads normally in the clouds: now it stays there.

Great review, as ever, Lovely Lady. Now that's done, how about some Moody Blues???

Thx for covering one of my favorite LPs.

This is one of my favorite albums. I thought I was alone! Great analysis. I didn't know any of that and I was growing up then!!!

I made Arthur Lee smile broadly after shouting 'We love you Arthur' at the top of my voice dring a break between songs at Glastonbury as he performed this album in full. Isnt it great to retain mystery and ambiguity in a work of art? Like in paintings. There is also fantastic melody and arrangement to keep us anchored. Its a masterpiece.

Bought and got rid of Forever Changes about three times, as I could never quite "get it". Then I listened to "Four Sail" and something clicked. Huge fan of all Love's output including Forever Changes (though think I still prefer the first album and the aforementioned "Four Sail"). You deserve 10 times the subscribers!

We’re on the same page with this album. You managed to beautifully articulate pretty much everything I feel about it. I admire the hell out of it, but I don’t love it, precisely for the reasons you list. Talk about chiaroscuro, I’d say SF and LA psych each represent light and dark psych, respectively. I grew up in LA (fate bitch-slapped me there from San Francisco when I was only two weeks old), and there is no getting away from an undercurrent of dread, if you’re more than skin-deep sensitive. Downtown LA as I remember it was a place for ragged, helplessly lost souls. San Francisco could not be any more different. I lived there for a couple of years in the late 80s, and loved every minute of it. SF has a feeling of renaissance. LA is sinister on so many levels (David Lynch’s masterpiece “Mulholland Dr” masterfully illustrates this). The dread crept into LA psych. I think The Doors and X are the two bands that channeled the LA vibe the best. But on to Love… They started out punk-ish, then went baroque, but their songs held together beautifully then. Favorites are “7 and 7 is,” “Message to Pretty” (absolutely love that one) and “She Comes in Colors.” I find it interesting that the Stones favored LA psych and the Beatles SF psych. In Jim Morrison’s short, early promotional bio, he said that his ambition was to be “as big as Love.” Talk about irony! My favorite Love album is Four Sail. Whole different band.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a favorite 60's album getting a look! Recent subscriber, enjoying the look back from someone finding it for the first time. Good jorb! P.S. we are normal and we dig Burt Wheedon.

One of my favorite albums of all time. One of the main reasons it didn’t sell is Arthur Lee refusal to tour outside of Los Angeles to promote it.

Forever Changes is one of my ten most listened to albums , never gets old , and I did NOT love it on first listen . ( listen to " My Flash On You " from their first album , that was more my taste - the best garage punk song from that album ... early 1966 ) Easiest song to love on Forever Changes - A House is Not a Motel

The track "The Red Telephone" obviously inspired "We Are Normal" on the 1968 Bonzo Dog Album "The Doughnut in Granny`s Greenhouse".

Thank U very much indeed Abigail! You made my day! You told me some facts I didn’t know! This album is one of the purest musical gem of the sixties. As a music critic already wrote… Red telephone is the sound of summer of love innocence descending into a psych paranoia… brilliant

A absolute masterpiece!

Aethur Lee is a Memphis boy. Im from Memphis and indeed live here myself, There was supposed to be a reunion around 2010 i think, but Arthur Lee passed away unfortunately. RIP.

I have almost all of LOVEs albums, it's a chaotic affair,but FOREVER CHANGES is a different beast,they turned from raw garage band to sophisticaded string ladden art rock combo. ARTHUR LEE was an artist befpre his time. I respect this album more then PET SOUNDS or SGT. PEPPER, starting from the cover to the beautiful music. I loved their first two albums,but then i heard the CALEXICO cover of the opening track,even saw them performing it live in old Roman theatre KAŠTEL in Pula/Croatia, the sound check was longer then the gig, but the sound was crystal clear which was not easy for an open air concert with ca.12 member band (strings,brass,pedal steel...). Very influential band,shame they never cash it in. ARTHUR LEEs solo stuff is very good too

Londoner here, first heard it in 1989, didn't dislike it but wasn't exactly enamoured, by the 4th listen a week later I was in love, still the best album I've ever heard. Getting to see Arthur perform it back in the early 2000s was a dream come true.

One of my favorite's. Hope all is well.

Love the French pronunciation of Schubert!

peaked my attention with the mention of "The Stone Roses". One of the best British bands in history, who made one of the greatest LPs ever.

I was looking for something different musically as always and I got a whiff of Love in mid 80s and eventually found Forever Chages. It may be my all time favorite album. I was living in LA in 2003 and saw that Love was playing at the House of Blues . . . and doing the Forever Changes album. I bought tickets for my friend and my friend and his girlfriend. My friend Shane due to this show is now a fan. There is way more I am leaving off in my view of this album but there is nothing like it and I mean nothing!!!!!!

One of my top 2 albums and not sure what the other would be but need a little wiggle room. Alternate story, right or wrong, is that most/all all of the band had developed a very strong habit for heavy drugs(heroin) but Arthur Lee was consistently there...ergo why Arthur sang Alone Again Or and why The Wrecking Crew did most of the album while the rest of the band did this amazing shredding on an an album so drenched in orchestral parts that it sounds like elevator music at first...Great Great album though. Loved how you used the closer to The Peer Gynt Suite closer as the opening to this video :)

Great video and a great album! Would love to see you cover something by the B52’s

Did not know this was supposed to be a double album.

Is there a song or an album named Everyone Loves Abbey? There should be! Rock on Abigail!

I know and love Forever Changes. Your review was insightful and refreshing. Thank you.

O.k. so a few suggestions from the internet in that (Hall of the Mountain King?) intro and I am glad.

A masterpiece.

thanks. for this. actually my favorite gym album blasting through headphones on the rower.

This album is a true tour de force! So good I only listen occasionally.

I knew the basic problems with electra and the Doors, but WOW, Behind the scenes stuff? Ya blew my mind with this one!

Terrific review!!

Love the Love album ❤ Anything 60's,Baroque pop, and anything close to that i adore 🌹 Well btw future abbey is at 33.4k subs 🌺