HI, I'm 74 years ,a Viet Nam Vet and this song still rings true .
@evergriven74023 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service Sir
@shanalin42833 жыл бұрын
Thank You!!!🇺🇸💞✨
@cmac9563 жыл бұрын
@@evergriven7402 thank you, as well
@cmac9563 жыл бұрын
@@evergriven7402 thank you , well
@cmac9563 жыл бұрын
@@shanalin4283 thank you , as well
@Earl-pu2yh2 ай бұрын
Alvin Lee NEVER got the recognition he deserved. This song is one of my favorites of all time and I'm an 83 yr old great-grandmother.
@maxspeed57Ай бұрын
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
@davidfinnegan9162Ай бұрын
Amen love
@jeffphakenewz8556Ай бұрын
Agreed. GREAT, great live performer. Highlight of Woodstock, too.
@sharoncrawford304210 күн бұрын
Im 67. I was a freshmen in high school in 1971. So long ago.
@cosmicmama4632 ай бұрын
I'm 67 years old and that song was telling us today's happenings! Phenomenal! Excellent singing. Excellent lyrics and that music behind it is just phenomenal!
@Tracimoon2222Ай бұрын
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 😕🙏🏼💜🕎
@finddeniroАй бұрын
I am Born In 1957 as well.. 1968 thru 1971..Quite defining Years..
@davidfinnegan9162Ай бұрын
Soooo true sister keep rocking please 1957
@josephwalsh9285Ай бұрын
Me too ..1956 ....🎉
@Tracimoon2222Ай бұрын
@@josephwalsh9285 😊🫂🙏🏼💫✨️🎶🩵💙🍀🌻🌈
@usajustice101 Жыл бұрын
In this divided World, this masterpiece holds true more than ever. RIP underrated and underappreciated Alvin Lee.
@susancornell1742 Жыл бұрын
amen to that
@Physics072 Жыл бұрын
I rated him very high, I might have over rated him.
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
I agree
@charlesking5328 Жыл бұрын
@@Physics072 100% right Bob ! Otherwise we wouldn't be checking it out over 50 yrs. later , but what do we know !
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
Great song
@Rich322623 жыл бұрын
This is why at 58 years old I'm stuck in the 60's and 70's. Such amazing musicians.
@gregoryreese76863 жыл бұрын
Stuck there too.
@Automedon23 жыл бұрын
I'm 63. Just thinking about the 70s make me want to frigging cry. Where did that sense of hope and freedom go?
@Rich322623 жыл бұрын
@@Automedon2 Couldn't agree more. Depressing.
@paulinechapman93193 жыл бұрын
Try being 81..and still rockin..nothing changes if you believe in what rocks you...🇨🇦🇨🇦
@paulinechapman93193 жыл бұрын
@@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..🇨🇦🇨🇦
@gwennlong5915 Жыл бұрын
One of the best. They just don’t write music like this anymore . And if you Listen to the lyrics, you’ll realize how nothing has changed. This song is over 60 years old.
@artp4774 Жыл бұрын
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.
@keriwilliams8980 Жыл бұрын
Oh, the world has changed, and keeps on changing every day, but not for the better. Thank God I was young long ago....
@kerrimiller3397 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree peace my friend
@pauldinardo912 Жыл бұрын
Ha ha. Not a fukin thing changed. Experiments . Ha who gives a fuk
@sharoncrawford3042 Жыл бұрын
@@artp4774 Your right. Im 66. I was in 10th grade too.
@giulianogramaglia93847 ай бұрын
I am 77 Years old and I still love the Alvin Lee music.
@helamananders93775 ай бұрын
I have all their albums, in pure vinyl....weird huh...when I am gone who will know what to do with them?
@billmoyer32545 ай бұрын
I am 184 years old and I still love Beethoven.
@giulianogramaglia93845 ай бұрын
very comprehensive answer. Congratulation
@user-vb3ve6tj4j4 ай бұрын
This song never gets old... especially played back-to-back with Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs
@trumpthis22 ай бұрын
We lived through all the70’s shenanigans. Good to see some appreciates the real rock n roll
@GeorgKalinski Жыл бұрын
Alvin was a great singer and a great guitarist ! I'm 65 years old and still a Ten Years After fan !!!
@ronaldhowe1699 Жыл бұрын
I'm 71 and a Prue Rocker was riadie Blue Cheer
@petersmith2116 Жыл бұрын
I was listening to them when I was 15 I’m 69 and still loving them
@mikeo186 Жыл бұрын
still jamming to TYA also since 1971, when i was 15, 67 now
@ronaldhowe1699 Жыл бұрын
@mikeo186 Never stop the music keep on jamming brother
@user-rh3vc8lu1y Жыл бұрын
George i agree and i am 67.
@timdaly58312 жыл бұрын
What a great song! I'm 64 and I will always love the greatest era for rock.....'64 to '75
@mattheimer25882 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree with you 100% and I’m 28 but I love the music from this era it’s the best rock music.
@jaymortensen6422 жыл бұрын
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.
@timdaly58312 жыл бұрын
@@jaymortensen642 I'm not saying there was no good rock after '75, I prefer '64 to '75.
@johngonzalez57222 жыл бұрын
WOW, U THINK LIKE ME-- I ALWAYS SAID THE BEST YEARS FOR ROCK WERE 1965 TO1974
@joelwelch69232 жыл бұрын
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.!.
@lizdevich7192 Жыл бұрын
I am 71 years young and I remember this song plain as day. Loved it when it first came out and it means much more to me now!❤
@elizabradley4797 Жыл бұрын
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 ~
@lizdevich7192 Жыл бұрын
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!
@terryhill410011 ай бұрын
we all say it,but those were some special times,life was good
@ebayerr6 ай бұрын
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
@jjk2one5 ай бұрын
@@lizdevich7192 Stealing resources your allies and enemies are not who you have been told
@rickymeisenheimer-rq8hf Жыл бұрын
Musicians that can write, sing, and actually play an instrument. I'm glad I grew up listening to real music.
@robertoboglione-zr2cr Жыл бұрын
Pezzo molto attuale GRANDE ALVIN LEE
@sundial7586 Жыл бұрын
Mega ditto
@kenbowser562211 ай бұрын
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.
@lucypotato87938 ай бұрын
Amen, I am so thankful too! Thanx!
@jerardnorgren34116 ай бұрын
👍
@thomashutchinson7165 Жыл бұрын
I am surprised and grateful this song hasn't been targeted for hate with way people are nowadays. 66 years old and still rockin'.
@lonebeargreyhawkcherokee4063 Жыл бұрын
If folks hate it, no worries, they are delusional... Nam Vet
@eugenefirebird8938 Жыл бұрын
Song will always stand no matter what the woke kooks think.
@Gpacharlie Жыл бұрын
65 and truth is that I probably am as smart as I was at 15. More careful, but not a lot smarter.
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
@@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 📢 😝
@kayeaston9646 Жыл бұрын
Mo-Bro says I love Rock-N-Roll put another dime in the Juke box BABY!!?
@davekeim77845 жыл бұрын
just turned 80 and still rock on so remember kids you are never to old to rock n roll so keep it alive
@jimgreen92155 жыл бұрын
This old guy hears ya.
@wadecartwright42775 жыл бұрын
That's awesome Dave 58 Rock on
@painkillerjones62325 жыл бұрын
Cool. Your around my dad's age, so Chuck Berry and Elvis and a 55 Chevy really were no stranger to you!
@davekeim77845 жыл бұрын
thanks
@davekeim77845 жыл бұрын
I may be a little hard of hearing but that's what happens when you turn it up full blast.
@jvs3334 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lee never got his credit due.. A masterpiece !!!!!
@artnouveau43324 жыл бұрын
Im glad too have grown up then also. Im 66 and certain music i still play loud.
@nideydelacruz13604 жыл бұрын
I agree 🏆❤
@randyterrell73154 жыл бұрын
@@artnouveau4332 what are you up to
@masterpig64814 жыл бұрын
A MUSICAL ICON....
@marantz77834 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lee-- the most over-looked writer and singer in the biz--- he was frooking incredible
@MiketheCableGuy13 ай бұрын
60 here, and I LOVE this song. It NEVER gets old! It is sooo appropriate for today.....
@JohnShields-xx1ykАй бұрын
1977 I drove from Boston to Fitchburg, Mass to see these guys, great live band, got pulled over on the way home tripping my brains out, cop has me open the trunk while my friends are drinking with a huge cooler in the back seat, laughing and howling while I'm trying to not get arrested, cop gave me a huge break. 1971 cuda.
@thomassimpson82764 жыл бұрын
That guitar solo is a work of art.
@paulrbruce3 жыл бұрын
You right. The guitar work is terrific!
@tsfurlan3 жыл бұрын
Why is there no video of him playing the solo?
@alanmoore91903 жыл бұрын
Just pure talent
@brushcountry63613 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lee
@timkeagy40943 жыл бұрын
Vietnam was still raging when this came out. I was a teenager. This song stood the test of time to this day. Amazing. Alvin Lee, the most underrated guitarist. This song is as relevant now as it was then.
@tameraswaim81333 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking. Same shit, different time.
@billgonzales89783 жыл бұрын
yes this was the soumnd of the times War,Drugs,,protest all of the above and Im still here at 72?
@shelebaker54773 жыл бұрын
Help father luv Shele
@badger70153 жыл бұрын
@@billgonzales8978 ditto and i'm 75. can't let this go!!!
@billgonzales89783 жыл бұрын
my brother was riding in helicopters in Vietnam manning machine guns listening to these great songs, yes he made it back peace.
@kimhoitomt8527 Жыл бұрын
This is about as perfect of a rock song as it gets: the guitars and drums are great; the lyrics; the musical composition; his voice…
@user-vb3ve6tj4j4 ай бұрын
Especially played back-to-back with Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs
@tommyrawlings30464 ай бұрын
Alvin is one of the most underrated rockers ever! Incredible guitarist & excellent vocalist!
@TheBatugan775 жыл бұрын
This song is more relevant today than ever. 50 years after!
@carolynlyfordsullivan13775 жыл бұрын
I agree completely .
@m.a.c.83665 жыл бұрын
@@carolynlyfordsullivan1377 very much so
@smotnick5 жыл бұрын
@@carolynlyfordsullivan1377 yeah, but today some of the lyrics would be . . . anathema. That's why he's passing hardly made a peep in the media.
@carolynlyfordsullivan13775 жыл бұрын
@@smotnick So true .There is some real talent out there. Not
@ralphviscusi38345 жыл бұрын
Absolutely so true just look around, things come back full circle and we are seeing it today. Just Sayin!
@rubengiraldez36123 ай бұрын
One of the most real songs ever; thank you 🥺
@JeffC. Жыл бұрын
60 years young and still refuse to change. ✌😎❤ I miss the world and people from the 60s thru the mid 80's. These are such sad times we live in.💔
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
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
@johnshuler8688 Жыл бұрын
Amen brother! Find a happy place for you and yours and ride it out!
@johnhaslup706310 ай бұрын
You hit that nail on the head very sad times
@nocturne211110 ай бұрын
I was born in 1989 but I grew up with this music and I miss them too. And of course 80's
@andrewmoore758610 ай бұрын
62 here and you’re SPOT-ON Righteous, Brother..!!!🇺🇸
@brianhagen82443 жыл бұрын
"I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do." I wonder how many of us feel that way these days ...
@judeburdge65753 жыл бұрын
I feel the same …life is so precious
@nickmecca20243 жыл бұрын
Spread the Gospel- Jesus awaits your response
@johndemeritt34603 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@ge26233 жыл бұрын
Ask the Capital rioters.
@pinkydogbear3 жыл бұрын
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
@ronbkerickson9429 Жыл бұрын
Wow after all these years.. still puts a chill through my soul
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
i agree
@ginagray8040 Жыл бұрын
💯
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
I agree
@jaimebatista675 Жыл бұрын
wow!!! This song was FAR ahead of it's time. More appropriate now than even back when it was written..Some group should redo this excellent piece and put it up in the top tier where it belongs..
@rockodibiase6805 Жыл бұрын
We know what's happening know it was going to happen we realized we were woke back then
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
No one else could do it justice like Ten Years After did; not everything needs a remake.
@CharlesYuditsky7 ай бұрын
Especially the dykes and fairies part
@ronaldhowe1699 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most important songs in the history of rock. My hope is that the people will wake up and stop being robots and change the ways of governments. Quit believing that they have your backs they only care about power and money . They want to keep people down. People Wake up
@charlesfabrizio2084 Жыл бұрын
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.
@drhust19553 жыл бұрын
I remember this song. I always got excited when it was played on the radio. RIP and thanks Alvin Lee for the music. And thank you to ALL of the Vietnam Vets for your service.
@steveabdelkoui56632 жыл бұрын
For killing women and children.
@dawnmclees2 жыл бұрын
It was kill or be killed!!!
@robertbrown12012 жыл бұрын
Steve, you are ignorant!
@johncheek22072 жыл бұрын
It's a crank it up to 11 song
@michaelgoodman13142 жыл бұрын
Semper fidelis
@markhull13663 жыл бұрын
Anyone else pick up on just how "prophetic" this song is when compared to what is going on in today's world? My Lord, this was released in' 71 when I was still in HS and it could've been written about right now.
@annamarimeredith28033 жыл бұрын
They did change the 🌎
@szhelm52283 жыл бұрын
I was thinking exactly that, Mark.
@chrisandlindasmith96653 жыл бұрын
Just a reminder of how the world is always in need of repair!
@carinabergdahl29083 жыл бұрын
It is Epic❣️👌
@carinabergdahl29083 жыл бұрын
Yup just like Morning Dew Nazareth performed....
@nylesfrench3568 Жыл бұрын
My Uncle was a Marine in Vietnam and loved this song Immensely. He's not here anymore but this, Jimi, and others of the time remind me of him and then.
@rubydawn1 Жыл бұрын
your uncle had good taste.
@user-qy7cn4ks6f Жыл бұрын
From 1971 came this masterpiece, The drums are so crisp and Alvin Lee is on top of his game, A wonderful song that would be his only chart hit!
@kerrimiller3397 Жыл бұрын
This song resonates with me big time
@tattoo625 ай бұрын
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 !!
@LoriannSmithsanpell3 жыл бұрын
That guitar is so haunting... I love it. Nothing today comes even close to this.
@TheApeman012 жыл бұрын
I dig playing this on 12 string. Really cool chord progression.
@bobair22 жыл бұрын
Nothing today comes even close to this. There is still great music being made today,seek it out.
@philipruggiero55742 жыл бұрын
JUST GREAT SONG ALVIN LEE
@lazaruslong63822 жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray Vaugh,but Alvin Lee will always have a solid lock on the "Number 2 greatest guitarist of all time."
@scdevon2 жыл бұрын
Some of the best guitar work I've ever heard.
@pcpete9113 жыл бұрын
How in the bloody hell did music go from this, to the unbelievable crap we have today?
@5O4evr3 жыл бұрын
It's been monopolized.
@joecitizen12403 жыл бұрын
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.
@Jh-fw1cu3 жыл бұрын
There is great music out there you just gotta keep looking believe me it’s there ,not everything new is rubbish.
@johns72723 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jaybecker98423 жыл бұрын
Because everybody is told to be "Radio Friendly"
@OmarFalero Жыл бұрын
Amazing song, written by an amazing musician, and performed by an awesome band!
@LoveArt86 Жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written!
@randyassad20614 жыл бұрын
ALVIN LEE,and 10 years after was ahead of time....I was lucky enough to see them at WOODSTOCK...!!!
@kristineburbey47104 жыл бұрын
Lucky you. Love them
@deantait83264 жыл бұрын
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
@kristineburbey47104 жыл бұрын
Please keep this song alive
@sandrapontius35004 жыл бұрын
I saw them, but can't remember it, unfortunately.
@timpenfield54 жыл бұрын
10-25 yrs ahead
@jimbrace46715 жыл бұрын
Should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - for this song alone!
@markhull13664 жыл бұрын
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.
@arautus4 жыл бұрын
Ten Years After not in the HOF is a joke. Considering some of the groups who have made it, is a bigger joke.
@promiskept4 жыл бұрын
@@arautus the R&R HOF is SO pc, that Foreigner can't get in either, eh?
@promiskept4 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@arautus4 жыл бұрын
@@promiskept why do they induct hip hop groups?
@shelley9263 Жыл бұрын
Great song! Alvin Lee is so handsome here! ❤️🕊
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
He’s definitely a very masculine; sexy man.
@badbillyb Жыл бұрын
Thanks a million for your service my brother. Gave the Air Force 6 years myself. Alvin Lee Rocks, this an all timer song. Start every morning with this tune, elp from the beginning, or Jeff Beck goin down, one of the 3 gets it rollin.
@Elle-zt2pe Жыл бұрын
Hi there. I'm in my 20's & listening to this incredible song for the first time. (Don't roll your eyes.) Music is timeless, and oh, so timely. We aren't so different, you & I. Vietnam, civil unrest, protests, senseless killing, corrupt government, etc. Today, we're still facing the same toxic chaos. "I'd love to change the world," wouldn't you? ✌
@thomasmetzger9234 Жыл бұрын
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT BRO !!!! FROM A PROUD ARMY COMBAT VETERAN 1ST BATTALION 16TH. INFANTRY RANGERS 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION
@davidcrone4194 Жыл бұрын
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
@Meekseek Жыл бұрын
@@thomasmetzger9234 you fought for bankers and agenda 21 be not proud.
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
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.
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
@@davidcrone4194 yes, forgot about that great tune👍
@OdeeOz4 жыл бұрын
Who's still listening in 2019? I remember when it was new. I'm 66 now, and well remember when Aerosmith was the opening act for them, at Constitution Hall, in D.C. Man what a concert, and time to be alive! 👍👏x💯
@georgesvoboda71824 жыл бұрын
And we were new~
@tinytrucker42124 жыл бұрын
Dam strait i do im63
@ramosel4 жыл бұрын
And... it's still relevant... perhaps more so!
@bigk47554 жыл бұрын
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.
@georgesvoboda71824 жыл бұрын
@@tinytrucker4212 yep 65yrs old and don't know how we survived 'those wild daze'...
@mariomicallef7142 Жыл бұрын
Just heard this song for the first time on an Italian radio station. This is a fabulous song from a great era.
@econtrolable4 ай бұрын
If our leaders of the world would listen and play music the world would be a safer place.
@mickjagger84394 ай бұрын
All they care about are their egos. Remember a good president/world leader?....... And a hush fell over the crowd
@jamesbonnell8843 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest socially conscious classic rock songs ever written and recorded and it’s very beautiful and Alvin Lee’s guitar playing is spectacular!!!!!! Great vocalist also!! This applies to today as much as it did in the late 1960’s!!
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@danielfournier735 Жыл бұрын
Amen !;! Salute !;!!
@stevenpine1939 Жыл бұрын
being young allows you to be very idealistic
@PeggyCollings Жыл бұрын
@@danielfournier735 saw them too
@damrgee8279 Жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely
@01sapphireGTS3 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lee was a monster guitar player.
@stringdoc3 жыл бұрын
He deserves a lot more credit than he gets!
@nadialemmycardona34333 жыл бұрын
El número 1 de la guitarra del rock y nadie lo puede discutir.
@tom.hoffmann65853 жыл бұрын
I love the music more than the lyrics ! 😀
@angelodidonna20473 жыл бұрын
Amazing amazing
@douglasholding29062 жыл бұрын
fastest in his time
@hectorgonzalez91705 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written by a legendary guitarist. Who was very underrated.
@carolynshaffer36645 жыл бұрын
Alvin kicks ass on guitar
@brucesoto8065 жыл бұрын
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.
@mr.d.41755 жыл бұрын
Him and Rory Gallagher. The best, ever.
@mr.d.41755 жыл бұрын
@@karenredd7365 Check out one of my playlists.
@johnbarton18784 жыл бұрын
In my top 10 guitarist , not to mention this album is perfect from beginning to end.
@Stephen_M. Жыл бұрын
I was just a kid when this came out. Just got my first paper route that summer. NOTHING sounded like this!!! Still stands today!
@peterm7548 Жыл бұрын
A close colleague of mine, who was an outstanding social reformer and the same age as Alvin Lee, cited this song in his last published academic article before his death. It summarises the frustration and hope that he carried throughout his professional life. He was one of those who tried to offer answers when others didn't. One of the best people I ever encountered.
@johnneedy31643 жыл бұрын
Ten Years After ,I wish I could change the world ,only heard this Song for the first time in 1971 ,WHEN I RETURNED HOME FROM VIETNAM, love to all 🤗👋👋🖖
@nefnm3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service Sir!
@billbeason23763 жыл бұрын
Welcome Home, Bro!
@johnneedy31643 жыл бұрын
@@billbeason2376 Hello 👋
@billbeason23763 жыл бұрын
@@johnneedy3164 Hey John! I got home in early 1970, my man.
@johnneedy31643 жыл бұрын
@@billbeason2376 I got back in August 71
@ponchoman493 жыл бұрын
Unreal how this song was from 50 years ago and still so relevant today!
@pinkydogbear2 жыл бұрын
So true except for 2 words that would offend some people in 2021
@dougtheviking65032 жыл бұрын
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 .
@stacyward43092 жыл бұрын
Just goes to show you that nothing really ever changes
@avialexander2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@pookiepookie86692 жыл бұрын
@@stacyward4309 - Exactly! The more things change, the more they stay the same.
@2510katjo9 ай бұрын
We were listening to songs about wars in the 60's and 70's. This was 1971 and now in 2023 wars still rage on. Not much has changed in all those years, i hope for my kids to someday live in a world w/out war but i don't think it's possible anymore. I always loved this band, Alvin Lee was one of the best guitar players/vocals ever.
@asha.of.antares7 ай бұрын
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.
@patriciamcgonegal89757 ай бұрын
Sings about the Vietnam war no hate song at all💜✌️
@pamelamotz53615 ай бұрын
I am 72 years old and this song meant so much back in the day. It still rings true now decades later.
@larryhillman57873 жыл бұрын
I was 21 when this came out and it is still relevant 50 years later. I can't stand what passes for music today. None of the pop garbage of this era will stand the test of time like this. 10 Years After was a much underrated band back then.
@darylsmioth19043 жыл бұрын
Your right. Music or pop today will fade away and won't be played 40 plus yrs later.
@williamrichards92872 жыл бұрын
I couldn't have said it any better then that.🙏
@trifectapoker38102 жыл бұрын
21 too
@spudjohnsonn81222 жыл бұрын
Many great bands went unnoticed, and a lot of competition.
@mitchellsoper2025 Жыл бұрын
Love to you brother!
@paulhawkins3470 Жыл бұрын
I have to listen to this masterpiece every once in a while just to remind myself how good it was. The seductive opening, the powerful lead solo, the moving lyrics are truly ageless.
@richarddemp2413 Жыл бұрын
What sucks is it's 2022 and no-one is replacing these R&R icons, Sad!
@janhoughtaling2948 Жыл бұрын
Damn right
@jeffphakenewz8556Ай бұрын
The very first time I had ever heard of 4-channel separation and experienced - "Space In Time". At THAT time, it WAS an experience.
@judithgrabencamp424611 ай бұрын
What a song, first heard it as a little girl in the 60's , it still rings true today .
@RobertADingle Жыл бұрын
Saw them at Woodstock! Just added this epic song to my playlist. Back then, the message was in the music and we were all in!! What happened to our dream? Reality bites and we grew up!
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
Lucky and I’m jealous, born too late ✌️
@RobertADingle Жыл бұрын
Check out the song by Alvin which I also downloaded, The Bluest Blues, it’s a keeper!
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
@@RobertADingle yea, love that one, with George Harrison on slide!
@rubydawn1 Жыл бұрын
My first concert was Ten Years After the year after Woodstock In Montreal Canada.
@CharlesYuditsky7 ай бұрын
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.
@MrWadsox2 жыл бұрын
"Senators stop the war". Amen. One of the best guitar solos ever recorded. R.I.P. Alvin Lee.
@jerrydouglas84582 жыл бұрын
Them and us. Stop the war.
@lorettarunfola51102 жыл бұрын
Amen ! To that..
@scottmckenney57352 жыл бұрын
@@lorettarunfola5110 chills
@michaelvicario2584 Жыл бұрын
Kidme
@tarynciccarelloo57 Жыл бұрын
To bad for our boys
@jarredgrondein2081 Жыл бұрын
This song is incredible
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
I agree
@chinookvalley Жыл бұрын
I saw these guys back in the early 70's. They changed my life, my mind, my being. I am an activist trying to save the world, since 1970... I live the rural life in Colorado. We are victims of DAVOS. We are victims of the 21st Century and all who brought us here. SPEAK OUT!
@runeghost42645 ай бұрын
Did you have a family and kids?
@thelakeman52072 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lee was one of the best rock guitarists of all time.
@jamesgriffin27232 жыл бұрын
The guitar monster from ten years after...
@thelakeman52072 жыл бұрын
@@jamesgriffin2723 Saw Ten Years After in New Haven 9 months after Woodstock in 1970. Alvin Lee was in his prime!
@jamesgriffin27232 жыл бұрын
@@thelakeman5207 aw Awesome that's so cool. I caught a chance to see them in early 80s. Small venue show but it was rocking
@torisfour15662 жыл бұрын
And blues if you please
@raulantoniodiaz2944 Жыл бұрын
Not Best tan Jimmy Hendrix guy.
@michaelmaggi76373 жыл бұрын
Timeless classic. This song could be released today and fit right in. And what a guitar lead. Wow.
@pinkydogbear2 жыл бұрын
I agree but worry about two words d..... and f...... In my time we used those words now ????
@pinkydogbear2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@rickheras58712 жыл бұрын
My era....music we will never hear again
@cornelb3438 Жыл бұрын
From Romania with Love ! like CCR they was a great support for young boys fighthing for liberty ....RESPECT !!! for your services
@DaDaRacingChannel6 ай бұрын
Yess, and this Guitarrist is something else! My goodness!
@rosie37474 жыл бұрын
I’m 14 and this song just give me absolute chills, It’s like he’s talking to me personally. I absolutely love this song tho!
@Express-4204 жыл бұрын
great song please check out Ten years After - A Space in Time Album Review on my channel
@hah52474 жыл бұрын
@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.
@esotericsolitaire4 жыл бұрын
God bless you. You know real music.
@cherylalt1014 жыл бұрын
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! 🍀🍀😷🍀🍀
@rosie37474 жыл бұрын
Vicki Waters i know that?
@mxbadboy263 Жыл бұрын
Created in a time before social media and cell phones. May this music never be forgotten.
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
I passed on please share.
@robertbrolin62069 ай бұрын
Much respect for your service Alvin. RIP!
@larrycourtney5638 Жыл бұрын
I got to see Alvin Lee twice in the 70's once just before leaving Oklahoma to report to Schofield Army base in Hawaii , and once in Hawaii just before leaving Schofield to go back home to Oklahoma. He was one of the greatest lead guitar players that I ever got to see in concert. He could play great rock and roll or great blues. Hated to hear that he had passed, one of the all time great lead guitarist.
@marilyndavis1773 жыл бұрын
Fabulous song. We were so lucky to have this kind of music back then! Compared to what’s out there today - non comparison! ☮️
@Carlosrastar1233 жыл бұрын
You got the right sister!
@jeffrobdine3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Marilyn, is today's noise considered music?
@philiplane1083 жыл бұрын
Why do so many people love making comparisons?
@Carlosrastar1233 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@philiplane1083 жыл бұрын
@@Carlosrastar123 Well' if you say so, Chuck!
@sebastianderry80752 жыл бұрын
The blending of the acoustic guitar figure with the electric guitar fills, along with the vocals...it just sends chills every time I listen.
@jaysantos5362 жыл бұрын
Brilliant post sir.....
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
me too
@mikegike7273 Жыл бұрын
So True. However....UNLESS YOU DON'T HAVE A PULSE. How can you NOT get at least one chill. Excellent song
@David-yw4uv Жыл бұрын
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
@David-yw4uv Жыл бұрын
...." Sweets -?!! And Mona ....Totally KOSMIK !!!
@user-sf5pd2he9b7 ай бұрын
Mam 68 lat od dziś zaś utwór podoba się od.... I ta bajeczna gitara Alvin'a BAJECZNA .
@NicolasCaraballo-mx2xo6 ай бұрын
Portugueses
@jeffreydickison47103 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lee was one of the best.
@ejtnone29873 жыл бұрын
He has one of the best bass players of all time also check out vie of good morning little school girl
@christianhecquet53293 жыл бұрын
I really do agree
@amyseales93233 жыл бұрын
He was so underrated but just amazing
@thomdionne56963 жыл бұрын
@@ejtnone2987 9
@80momknotts172 жыл бұрын
I had to look for him after Woodstock--and what a performance that was.
@johnfroio21615 жыл бұрын
Does this song give you chills or what? So good, been loving it for 40 years!!
@CreggLund5 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this on KYNO radio station while riding the bus to grammer school in Clovis, CA.
@randyspencer59375 жыл бұрын
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
@marthajf735 жыл бұрын
Yes, the guitar is great
@CanadianDrifter7774 жыл бұрын
Yes it does, indeed. :)
@johnkurtz77054 жыл бұрын
Still fabulous and relevant
@Carls300zx Жыл бұрын
Sitting here drinking rum and coke. Brings back all the good memories. And erases all the bad ones.
@rustynails3815 Жыл бұрын
I'm 70 we were a much better people our values were different we wanted peace in this world lm still hoping for it
@rickdaystar477 Жыл бұрын
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.
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
I think most people still want peace in this world.
@Starla-zy9le3 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz Magas dont' want peace.
@cliftongal513 жыл бұрын
Cheers to those of us who think Alvin Lee's guitar work on this song is the best of the bet.
@billgonzales89783 жыл бұрын
by far one of the best od all time
@souloftheage2 жыл бұрын
Their Woodstock set was a masterpiece.
@tom.hoffmann65852 жыл бұрын
Darn good 😀
@paulrollings52912 жыл бұрын
Bluest Blues w/ George Harrison is also great. The song is on UTUBE.
@annwillett7800 Жыл бұрын
Best years in music 🎶 history!! I am 66 & man these songs hit a chord in one’s soul!!❤❤
@pinkydogbear Жыл бұрын
Me too at 72
@gregorygolden1296Ай бұрын
66 also Brother and I agree. Check out Terry Kathy's solo on 25 or 6 to 4.... More proof.
@gregorygolden1296Ай бұрын
That would be Terry KATH... These phones...
@pokey5736 Жыл бұрын
Wow, just had a flashback! What a great song and guitar work. Those were the days.✌♥️
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
“Emotion In Motion” so much to take in; the words~meanings; superb musicianship. Great songs are TRULY ageless and timeless. ~peace; brothers and sisters🌎~ 🫶❤️🫶
@pcpete9113 жыл бұрын
Neighbors called the police. Said I was playing "10 y a" too loud. Police arrested the neighbors.
@teressa29703 жыл бұрын
COOL, let them enjoy....
@illonahector45913 жыл бұрын
😆😆😆
@yolandamcclure83153 жыл бұрын
LMAO ! OH LORD
@alltimegoldengreats3 жыл бұрын
So cool they made the right decision lol
@jamesdonohue97473 жыл бұрын
Smart 👮♀️ cops
@brucesoto8065 жыл бұрын
I,m sixty six years old and this was still the greatest time to be a live.the flower power nation 😎
@billdent46585 жыл бұрын
Truth...
@Nuerth5 жыл бұрын
I really thought Woodstock was going to be the beginning of something greater to come
@brucesoto8065 жыл бұрын
@@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🎸🎶🎤😎
@Nuerth5 жыл бұрын
@@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
@brucesoto8065 жыл бұрын
@@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
@marcelob4132 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite rock songs ever! Arrangement, lyrics and guitar wise.
@malibubarbie5349 Жыл бұрын
Still stays in my car on my jump drive...Got rid of 8 tracks, cassettes and cds in cars, but you can never get rid of great music...
@mrams0911 Жыл бұрын
I love the soaring guitar riffs in this song, RIP Alvin Lee...
@ericnajovits93522 жыл бұрын
Possibly the greatest rock guitarist of all time and easily one of the most underrated
@patrickcannizzaro6602 жыл бұрын
I agree. He is the first.
@philwatling51092 жыл бұрын
Definitely underrated
@rickheras58712 жыл бұрын
GOAT.....of improvising...as u play
@jockellis2 жыл бұрын
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.
@patrickcannizzaro6602 жыл бұрын
@@jockellis I am 66 years. I starterd to listen TYA at my 15-17 old years.
@fb510m5 ай бұрын
Im 68 and have still this album on vinyl. Was 1974 one of my Sopor using high school friends turned me on to ten years after. Many great songs on this album. Love their music!
@stevemcentee28803 күн бұрын
This was and still is one of the greatest songs EVER written.
@oliviacadena20362 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of the best songs ever written or sung!!!!! Just wonderful!! 🤩👍👍👍👍🤩
@johnkelly79512 жыл бұрын
But I don't know what to do?
@michaelhatem60852 жыл бұрын
It always brings tears to my eyes. It's personal.
@rickheras58712 жыл бұрын
And yet in interviews with Lee.....he plainly states he did not like the arrangement...hmmmm
@stujew572 жыл бұрын
It is my favorite song. Both the lyrics and guitar are superb. Interestingly, it was never a hit in America. Go figure...
@rickheras58712 жыл бұрын
Interestingly....Olivia....LEE...did Not like the song.....documented..
@funkedelic49933 жыл бұрын
One of the best guitar songs of all time. I feel the guitar reaching out, pleading, crying, screaming, yearning for something more, something better. It’s just so fukken beautiful.
@danielgionet93812 жыл бұрын
Yes it is
@tom.hoffmann65852 жыл бұрын
Amen Funke😊
@BuckshotPA12 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@pkoven2 жыл бұрын
well said
@scooter4ification2 жыл бұрын
Great comment.
@eustaquiolages Жыл бұрын
Simply fantastic!!!!
@kwhitney6238 Жыл бұрын
Seem like nothing has changed this song has such a strong emphasis on how things really are
@diegooland12613 жыл бұрын
I still say this song has the best solo ever! I'm big Page and Jimi fan, but this just soars above it all.
@bbb89972 жыл бұрын
alvin rips them all
@louisarchese16682 жыл бұрын
luv the solo a lil jazz riff included
@bbb89972 жыл бұрын
a little jazz & almost a "house of the rising sun" feel too
@nickyl90402 жыл бұрын
You may want to give a listen to Leslie West's solo in Theme For An Imaginary Western
@seanmorgan14602 жыл бұрын
A timeless Classic! Top notch guitar playing here!
@JILOA8 ай бұрын
My all time favorite song. I first heard it on radio Luxembourg when it first came out. I was in the Army stationed in Nuremberg Germany and couldn't believe my ears. It was the best song I'd ever heard and still is.
@mikevincent51952 ай бұрын
I am 80 and remember when this hit the air waves. I still listen to the great music of the 60 &70's
@Picasso_3055 жыл бұрын
I am 66 and I loved the time from mid 1960s to about 1974.
@edgarfigueroa13665 жыл бұрын
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
@robertbard96275 жыл бұрын
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 !! 👍👍🎸🔊🎶🎶🎵🎶🎙🎵🎶🎵🎵😎
@carolynlyfordsullivan13775 жыл бұрын
@@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 .
@mustangmikep515 жыл бұрын
no ...72..then it ended...
@robertbard96275 жыл бұрын
@@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 !! 🔊🎶🎶🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
@waynepady2462 Жыл бұрын
this fine man had insight love his music 63 now still a fan
@strommy8 Жыл бұрын
one of the best guitar solos...ever!
@HeVn7LaO9 ай бұрын
First time i heard this…fell in love immediately…i may not have been born in this era but I sometimes when I listen to them I feel I was lol
@robertguzman40755 жыл бұрын
Im 65 now and most of the guys and girls I partied with are gone and we partied to this song a lot ,Miss you guys and some day I hope we can all party together again like we did back then ,LOVE YOU GUYS.
@carolynlyfordsullivan13775 жыл бұрын
I am sorry . Loss is extremely difficult . I know that first hand .
@tami1125604 жыл бұрын
With you,love you even though I don't know you!
@marjoryrainey57614 жыл бұрын
I feel you!
@coretmanus46884 жыл бұрын
We are with you Brother.
@arautus4 жыл бұрын
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 !
@kerithmccoy30602 жыл бұрын
Ok let's put it in perspective; this music and all the classic rock and every genre of the '60s & 70s were recorded with basic equipment , compared with today's studios. These were still the experimental days of audio technology and combined with the artistic flow of the era, listen to what they created!! Pure magic! The music of the boomer generation was, is and will always be the best!!
@da_blade5040 Жыл бұрын
AMEN!! 👍❤️😁
@loiszaremba9582 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@dimethaltryptamine1 Жыл бұрын
amen! The boomer kids had the right drugs for creative genius unlike the hard drugs of today
@waldorfmartialarts8320 Жыл бұрын
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.
@orsonmadsen5072 Жыл бұрын
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!