Grand Funk Railroad - Into The Sun - 1970
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- As promised, here's Grand Funk Railroad's 'Into The Sun' video with all info available, re-edited and re-synchronized. Taping was done at the 'Pirates World Amusement Park' theatre, in Dania, Florida. (Pirates World was a theme park finally closed after Disney World opened in Orlando)
Barry Mahon the one man crew film maker arranging for 'big name' groups appearances at the Pirates World filmed Grand Funk with his single camera. (The reason why very limited footage film existing from any angle)
The date was January 16 1970, but some of the scenes were filmed the very next day... (GFR played both 16 & 17 at the Pirates World)
Then again, as the footage film was still very limited, he used some psychedelic drawings filling the gap... He also created a psychedelic title track intro for the movie.
Without GFR's and/or Knight's permission, Mahon added this footage to the original 1967 movie 'Mondo Daytona' and renamed it to 'Weekend Rebellion' in 1970. The promo poster for the two low budget movies came as pack (he also did 'Musical Mutiny' w/ Iron Butterfly) lists the song 'Into The Sun' as... 'On Time' and 'Paranoid' as... 'Paranoia' (!)
In the glory reunion years (actually, 1997) the film renamed for one more time(!) and was thrown in the market in VHS format as 'Get Down Grand Funk' for reasons best left unexplained... - Hudba
Mark Farner just has to be the coolest guitar player on the planet. The way he feels the music and the way he lets it all hang out is just a joy to watch. Thanks for posting this GREAT live version!
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Yes. Canada loves him.
Yes! Mark and his $150 guitar Rockin The World with The God Of Thunder on Bass!🤘🏼
Totally agree! And the way the rest of the band screwed him over is criminal in my opinion. Saw him several times as a solo artist and will always love his GFR songs. Thank you Mark!
Grandfunk will never get old. Love them!!!
Don’t be a critic, just sit back and watch a live performance of a band that sold millions of albums, and dominated concert stages throughout the 1970’s.
😎 Hater blockers; on. Ears and mind; wide open. ✌
❤❤ 7:45 I CAN IF I WANT THE ONLY SONG THAT I DON'T LIKE BY GRAND FUNK RAILROAD IS (WHERE A AMERICAN BAND) THE REST OF THEM ROCK 8:23 ❤
I was there
These guys taught the world what the word "jam" meant. Raw , raucous and unafraid to unravel. Thanks for passing thru my brothers.
that´s right
Along after Jimi Hendrix 🎸💫💨
@@blackfalconsungodzz3786 Jimi knew how good Grand Funk Railroad was but Peter Grant did not and he had to find out the hard way!
I grew up near FLint Mochigan and discovered one thing about being in a grand funk concert. You never went to a GFR concert, you were in it. Your seat would vibrate to the back of the auditorium and your hair was straight back for a month after the experience. This kids, was MUSIC
I went to a GFRR concert and you are exactly 💯 correct! Shred it Mark!
Late 60's and early 70's were the best of times for rock music.
Just love that Grand Funk Railroad Live Album 🤩🤩 My father got the LP as present picking it up from the floor one evening at the flat premises 1972
Epic vault video. This band was what every three piece band wanted to be. Two of my very close friends became members of Mark Farner’s band after the breakup. I cannot share the stories but I will say, Mark was truly taken advantage of. Pray for Don and Mel and then maybe, a reunion, but the candle burns shorter with each passing hour. I love Grand Funk Railroad
what they did to mark was terrible......hes a beautiful soul is Mark....god love him
I've seen some of marks interviews about what went on he's a good guy also saw his you tube playing video s j.f.19082
I grew up listening to these guys.These guys played ass kickin rock n roll!!
Grand Funk Railroad was, simply put, one of the greatest Rock bands of all time. They deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame BIG TIME.
Roll Hall of Fame sucks,they decline many bands that have a right to be there,i believe that was exactly your point...sorry😂
I LOVED them as a 14 yr. Old in the 70's and now I know why!
The RRHF doesn't deserve them
Even LZ make them stop playing, Poor Page and Plant.
awesome live performance..no tracks, no artificial harmony, just talent.
Amen!
Knock them all you want. Grand Funk was just no nonsense, no bullshit, straight forwards American rock and roll. They simply got the job done.
So clear on my phone...like, I'm there !! ✌🤗
they rocked i thought . bit like Uriah Heep, Hawkwind Blue Oyster Cult very underrated . im sure Deep Purple was influenced by this band after their Burn album
Who's knocking them?
You couldn't have said it better!!!
They play solid rock and roll nuff said
I played bass guitar to this band's music when I was 10 years old and went on to play my first school concert on guitar and vocals to this band with success.
Great trio..cool arrangements..
Great lead vocal
Impeccable bass lines......
Solid Funky drumming....
Great memories 👌
Thanks to my father I appreciate Grand funk. Love their style. The are meant to be played loud and raw! Love em!
Although im a drummer i tip my hat to Mel.
INCREDIBLE tone and he plugs straight in.
The Dude just ROCKS. Hugely underrated.
I grew up 20 miles from these guys. They were killer from day 1
Wow, what a trip! I was there and saw them the next year at Dinner Key with Blood Rock. The greatest rock band and still listen to them at 66 years old. Rock On
1 guitar, 1 bass and 1 drummer - more is not needed for perfekt rock-music!
Power trio
BLUE CHEER # 1
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The Police
Cream
I love jamming out with GFR after 50+ years of rocking on, I feel like I am 11 years old all over again and still going strong. GFR forever. 💪👍😎
Never be another GFR! Great music...and Mark Farner with all that lovely long hair...be still my heart!
Agree.
He was absolutely LUSH!!!
quite partial to that chest too !!!
was at this concert... was in college at Biscayne in Opa Locka... $5, rides, lots of freaks... rode in a tram across the park ( at least we think we did)... with 3 guys we didn't know... got high, hung around with them... sun set and the 3 guys walked on stage... GFR... they never said a word. very cool.
That must have been quite the trip man!
That's a pretty damned cool story bro. :)
Pirates world in Dania. I was there too!
Wow, what a story! I've heard similar over the years. I had a friend that Mark invited to ride his motorcycle with him up north. He was very cool to my friend who like 12 at the time. Very cool guy.
Cooool!
Thank you for sharing this! I was a teenager in the 70’s and this was my number one song. No one could ever touch my Grand Funk albums!!!!
Moi aussi,j’ai adoré ce groupe🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️
So close if not THE best rock band of all time! I love there music!
WHAT A FUCKING BAND!!!!!......i wanna see any of these new "so-called-bands" of nowadays do what they did in those days!!!!!!
Had the pleasure of meeting them backstage at The Fillmore East in the summer of 1970 (I was not quite 18...) as the winner of a radio call-in contest! They were super cool and I got to stare at THE MESSENGER, as well as my heroes!!!
I alway loved the sound of the Wah, Wah pedal Mark used in this song and the facial expressions shared by him and Mel!!
Love the part when Mark engages the distortion switch on his "Messenger"@ 3:32! Yeah, time to crank up the volume on the custom made "WEST"amps@6:00!! Farner owns the stage at this point and flies into a frenzy....what a great distorted guitar solo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such and awesome band! Nobody could touch them at the time!
Supposedly, Mel ran 2 200-watt West heads, each powering 2 2x15 cabs, eight 15" speakers are gonna push some serious air
They were a big part of my childhood I still love them
44 years ago, i was 14 and this still sound fuckin great!
It's great clips of the band from their early years survive. Truly priceless.
This is one of my favorite Grand Funk tunes. Love the hell out of this one. I've been listening to them since 1971 when I was 10. Most excellent band! 😎👍
Dam true Bro.
You and me both brother
Especially live versions
You were a very hip 10 yr old.
In 1969 the Grand Funk Live was one of the biggest musical phenoms in the black community. Take my word for it. This was mind bending stuff back then. I played my GFR albums so much the vinyl would turn grey. They should be in the rock-n-roll hall of fame. Farner, Schacter and Brewer are monster musicians.
Yes. Being at MSG- NYC when they took the stage in the early 70's had to be experienced to be fully appreciated
Agree
One of the best performances, ever!
Listen to the fill on drums before the vocals come in on the verses. That sound on the Messenger guitar also - GREAT. And Mel, what more can be said? They were amazing. GREAT sound from all three - an American band indeed!!!
I was in the kitchen listening and watching this vid on my living room's widescreen TV and when I heard that drum fill you referenced I walked from the kitchen back into the living room to rewind it and hear it again. Jaw dropping drum fill it is. I don't think Don Brewer used a double bassdrum pedal either like so many drummers would have to normally do to play that fill. 1:55
AMAZING!!! Farner had one of the best heavy rock guitar tones of the early 70s... and the heavy metal freakout towards the end of the song is so ahead of its time, you would think it's Megadeth or Judas Priest.
They were way ahead way ahead!
A real treat-I never thought I would see a version of this song done live.
Grand funk railroad was between the years 1969-1976 the best live act, I never saw them live, only saw the live shows that everyone can see on you tube, like that one that I see right now and let me tell you something, I saw in my life more than 500 shows, most off them of rock and metal acts but nothing even come close to the live shows of grand funk, this is the main reason why the people loved them, they sold two shows at the shea stadium faster than the beatles sold only one show there in the peak of the beatlemania, grand funk did it in 1971, they were a new band that was active at that time only two years, everyone knows that, it's a well known fact in history
Those of us who were there in those days know..Grand Funk Railroad was a live performance phenomenon and the biggest concert band on Earth..when I was a teen punk guitar student, Mark Farner was my idol and hero. My first garage band played whole albums worth of GFRR in our sets.
Wow: that's awesome
Yes! When they took the stage at Madison Sq. Garden NYC in the early 70's had to be experienced to be appreciated ! Amazing!
Had the pleasure of meeting Mark, Incredible!!!
An absolute gentleman. He autographed my poster, then took it in back and had Mel and Donnie sign it ! One of my prized possessions, for sure !
jammy sod ken adams id love to meet him!
Tremendous Stuff Right There.
Wouldn't know this band if it wasn't for my Dad. He taught me how to play the cool part on guitar but he always nailed it way better of course. Rest in Power, Dad.
The most under rated band of the sixties/seventies, such energy!!! 🙂
NO DOUT ABOUT IT, GREATEST LIVE BAND EVER!!
Definitely
Yes
For those music fans out there that never knew how brilliant Grand Funk Railroad was, here is the proof.
DAMN I just love his reaction on his face when he's tearing up that guitar
ah hell I'm back again. folks if you have any clue what TRUE rock-n-roll is. this is it.
1 guitarist, 1 base and a drummer making this sort of sound.
Suppose I was just drugged back then but I'm damn near 60 now and I scream to the accomplishments of these guys.
"F' it you had to have lived it to appreciate it.
One of their songs from this time is going to get played at my passing ceremony, if I actually have one.
These guys knew how to get the job done, the critics were jealous punks, lucky these guys keep on and rocked their true fans to the bitter end!
The most EPIC Railroad songs start with the word "IN": Inside Looking Out, In Need--INTO THE SUN!
From England, still listening to the awesome band and I'm 64
The band the critics all HATED....but we all liked them. I saw them in concert in 1970. They never failed to please.
Why did the critics hate them?
+Kat Hamilton (Zepluv) They never expanded on their opinions. I never heard of any reason, anyway.
+10325838565619687721Suc3 Well my dad loved them and turned me onto them.
I can't get enough of them. Such a great groove.
+Richard Ell in orlando with neil young linda ronstat and others
The critics also hated Led Zeppelin. It's all about "what's hip" at the time.
Their live album recorded in 1970 was best live album in Rock history. 👍😁
Still is...
I got mine then, wore out TWO copies before college
@@barrysmith8920 Met them when they played the old Orlando Sports Stadium in Orlando out by FTU where I was attending university there (now UCF) on West Colonial Drive in 1969 or 1970. They picked us up hitch hiking to their show; great memories. GFR played Phillies several times here in West Palm Beach in the 90's and we stood outside the club talking to Mark for several hours after the show. Always just a super nice, chill dude.
@@kathycandia2203 Great times!
Yeah Farner was my hero then. You have very nice intimate memories.
GRF were an incredible band, my fave then by far.
Until Brewer took over with that sappy bubble gum “We’re An American Band”. But they needed a huge hit as Knight took all their money basically.
Saw them in Tucson 1971!! Freddy King opened.
I was right up front, everyone standing in their seats entire show.
The greatest band ever. Each individual was unique in contribution to their combined sound. Each had a distinctive role to play
It’s unbelievable I get the chills!
Mark Farner was a true pioneer of prog rock. Long live the king!!!
Prog Rock?
C'mon
What?
Grand funk surviver is the Album that I heard long time ago..
He was not but the band was hotter than hot
Amazing. It's my favorite youtube video. A real gem. Love it.
Excellent, Mark, Don & Mel were Grand Funk Railroad!
So glad you shared this one! Oh, the memories! Still love Mark Farner to this very day. Dude's an awesome performer.
I just LOVE the raw sound of this GFRR. Mark Farner was my inspiration to learn lead guitar. Nobody loves performing more than Mark Farner. Too bad after all these years Don and Mark cannot get along. I would love to see the REAL Grand Funk Railroad perform together again. I would pay to see them every time they came to western Michigan. It is a real shame knowing all three are alive and healthy.
Grand Funk has to be one of the most hot. Fired up inspirational bands I've ever seen. I've always yelled right with them and their energy.when I played the drums. I'm. Not schooled on all their names but I believe that Mark. F arner. Is my kind of person .100%..
Omg I loved this will never be another band like them
I don't even know what to say anymore? The Best!
Oh Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! I was there!!!!!! My first concert ever with Bloodrock opening for them. My ears are still ringing to this very day.......
Bloodrock. There was another great unheralded rock band. Saw them in 1971 when I was in grade eight. Grand Funk Railroad were the best for me though.
Me too!
Farner was just a totally free spirit music feeler, pure emotional journey in his stage performance.
That Farner's chaka-chaka technique!
Heavy! First concert I went to at age 14 begging my older brother to include me with his friends was Grand Funk Railroad in 1974. Billy Preston opened and I had the experience of sneaking my first toke from a passing joint. Oh yeah, Closer to Home.
I'm astonished to hear critics didn't like these amazing musicians. Critics....worthless.
They didn't like led Zeppelin either....critics are so dumb...
So TRUE
Old manager T knight soured GF’s relationship with most music critics that could not be corrected even after he left. Even as successful as they were, This is why GF was never voted into the RR HOF.
Critics have had some pretty stupid opinions over the years.
I'm a drummer and I been playing Grand funk since 71 and I'll BE playing Grand funk till I die and beyond
Cannot get any better than Mark, Don and Mel
On there double live album into the sun is a whole side of one of the records ,but hands down my favorite is inside looking out,farner kicks it on that song,live or studio recording,the studio recording ,anyone who was there must have had there mouths to the floor
Grand Funk una de las bandas más pesadas,antes y ahora,rolas chingonas,salón de la fama,y decían que no sabían tocar sus instrumentos,para mi una banda de las mejores,me encanta su musica,......paranoid.......hasta morir.grand Funk railroad.
Sin duda eres mexicano jejeje
Great song by Grand Funk! I had forgotten how good this is. Thumb Up!
Thank you Mark for your amazing talent. I'll never forget & seeing you play live was an honor!
I built the West boxes the boys are playing through in this video. Dave West rest in peace brother.
facebook.com/john.infunk.7/
Those amps have a very unique sound. Loud & clean with a really sweet crunch tone. Bigass 15" speakers. When Mark engaged the octave fuzz switch on his Messenger it was pure chaos. Power Trio unlike any other
If Grand Funk is not ranked as one of the top rock bands of all time than something is wrong.
Love the way Mark makes a semi-hollow body bite as good as a Strat with the fuller sound of a Gretch.
Rock n Roll hall of Fame!!! these guys really deserve to be in there.
Mel and Don need to get over their feelings and get this Band back on the Road! There are too many wannabe rock bands that SUCK!!! GRAND FUNK would Blow their Ass’s Away!!!
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!
Time to Honor A REAL BAND!!!
I definitely agree with you 💯
Don was working for Barkin' Bob last I knew. But Seger =is= retired now, so...
Manuel G Chapa
They couldn't play most of their best songs because of all the legal reasons between them and their manager at the time. Which is the biggest reason they broke up!😟
To late, they are a bit to old by now.
Love how guitar cord coming straight outta Mel's bass head right into his bass , no sound effects needed here crank it up and play ur ass off !!! Love it 😎
I've read that he changed the pickups on his bass, and it gave it that kinda fuzzy sound that sounds so good.
I was at the show at Pirate's World. Apparently there was a riot outside when they ran out of tickets. Those of us inside had no idea until the show was over. Bloodrock opened for them. Unforgettable concert. Saw them about a year earlier and twice more in the coming years. Awesome rock performances.
Mi banda favorita de todos los tiempos. Viva GRAND FUNK!!!
Im a black man and i know real music played from the heart. This is iconic at say the least. Love it.
Speak yo mind brothea
Your black? Really? Do tell how that matters so much you have to tell everyone. I am white. And?...
@@andrewthompson7707 Because I am black some would be led to believe that I would not "hear" or "feel" this kind of music. Oh but how wrong they are. Good music from the heart transcends, one just has to feel it. But to answer your question race, culture and environment can guide a person into the type of music they are able to hear and feel.
@@andrewthompson7707Do you listen and feel Rap?
@@derrickmitchell39dm Not my taste, too repetitive, ;lacks true musicianship
E pluribus funk my favourite album. They were just above the rest giants of rock.
I just got done. Watching a very recent vidio of Mark farner,marks 73 years old now and let me tell you,he hasn't lost a step,if anything,he's playing and singing better than ever, he is incredible, and I've always bin so proud of these guys,mainly farner,but proud because I was born and still do live in flint michigan
Epic Performance By Mark & The Boys!!! Saw them in 1974 ( I was 14)Boston Garden Massachusetts. My first concert! Incredible Show!
I saw GFR around the same time and year in San Francisco at Bill Graham's famous Winterland. Opening band was Bloodrock. I was 20 ft. from the stage and...what a performance! Very loud, too!
sunking2001 haha I saw Black Sabbath open FOR Bloodrock in around 1972 at the San Diego Sport Arena!
tigerclaw1955 Really? Was Black Sabbath a new and unknown band then? Bloodrock was limited to 2 or 3 tunes that were OK, but Black Sabbath took off quickly with their 1st album. I also saw Black Sabbath at Winterland two times, but, they were the headliner band each time. Remember Bloodrock's tune...DOA?
actually my memory is apparently a little disjointed on this subject. Archives show that Sabbath played with Yes and Wild Turkey on that date, Gentle Giant later the same year. I actually can find no reference yet to Blood Rock's concert date in San Diego. I definitely know I saw Sabbath, because I was a little freaked out about their name choice. Regardless, I was an immediate and steadfast fan.
tigerclaw1955 Understood, man...it was a long time ago...43 years ago. I still have the ticket stub for the GFR/Bloodrock show at Winterland...$3.50 + .35 service charge! A far cry from what is charged nowadays!
I went to Winterland for Jefferson Starship and could it have been. .Kansas opening?? sometime around 1975 or 76. I saw both there but was short on cash so I think it was Kansas opening for the Starship. Pretty cool.. JS had day glo stage props and black lights.
I remember (or was it the Owsley?).some kind of giant candy cane lanes also. Papa John was awesome.. Grace too.. she was still pretty hot in those days. I saw Mark Farner in Ventura around 1993 or 94 I think.
This band was my first ever live concert in the old Boston gardens back in 70. I was 16 at the time and was totally blown away. GFR was the band that changed my attitude about rock music and where it could go. Now all these years later I still go and see the bands, that are still with us, in much smaller venues with much better sound quality but unfortunately this band is not the original anymore. There is actually 2 versions, one with Mark and another with Mel and Don. I would love to see these guys get back together and do a tour while they are still with us.
This is my favorite version of 'Into The Sun'. Such energy these guys displayed! With bands such as GFR and Led Zeppelin I still cannot understand why there aren't any more bands like them in these times.
*****
Artists these days, wait, calling them artists is a insult to real artists. More like money making puppets that fit a Hollywood fake plastic look, with dumb'ed down music and lyrics for a lacking attention span audience.
RoyalWulffDry I couldn't have said it any better u hit the right on the head.....how sad what music has become
RoyalWulffDry Exactly....
Víctor Alcántar they are but no one will sign them because not in now it all shit music now and I wish this plus 80s metal could just stayed not the shit they play now I may be 24 but I know what real music is unlike people my age or younger think what is music
Still A LOT of bands like this around. You just have to know where to look cause the record companies don't promote the good stuff! Checkout Samsara Blues Experiment, All Them Witches, Earthless, or Colour Haze! All popular in what is called the psych/stoner scene but with roots in 70's blues based rock. Earthless will melt you face...little to no singing but tons of riffs that go on forever! If you checkout All Them Witches find the live show from the KEXP radii studio and you won't be disappointed! Interested to hear what you think!
Wake up Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These guys should be in, and it's a joke that they've been kept out.
The Hall Of Shame is a joke. Madonna is in (is she rock ? No. How could that happen ??!) , but not Grand Funk. Tells you all you need to know. Took Rush forever to get in.....
Well said should have been in Rock Hall of Fame long time ago.
Neither is MC5 or Ted Nugent or Mitch Ryder. Detroit acts.
I had no clue they were not in the hall of fame. WTF, was their hair to short, or to long ? This God Damned world is crazy.
@@onthe1481 LL COOL J ??!! What a joke ! Wow. See, that's the problem right there. That dude has absolutely NOTHING on Grand Funk and never will. The Hall Of Shame strikes again ! Judas Priest isn't there as well and they're still selling out everywhere after all these years.....
Don & Mel are such a solid backbone for Mark to shine...gawd they're tight!
It's rock perfection! They were born to rock together
Gracias por compartir porque me hace recordar mi juventud.Qué tiempos aquellos...Mi banda favorita.
The greatest loud white noise ever played !!!
lucky enough to see them in 1970 at the Warehouse in New Orleans. Right up front of the stage. no barriers back then. awesome show
Mi grupo de rock favorito desde 1970.Tenía entonces solo 17 años. Y lo sigue sientdo.Gracias por subirlo.
En los 70 yo tenia 10 añitos pero ya m llamaban la aténción y ya en 1976 - al 79 las bailaba en tocadas..casas de amigos k emosión de recordar esos tiempos y tenia mi album de acetato
No one is or will be any better !!!
One of best 70's bands!!!
THIS is the yield of hunger + drive + talent.
This band was earning $300 a week at the time of this recording. While their manager was pocketing about $25K a week.
Their clothes are old or found, they are skinny, and could not even afford haircuts. Yes they look grunge (when that meant starving musician). And they had the drive. Sharing a can of soup or SPAM was all they often had.
If you ever get to meet one of them, look at them directly in their eyes and you will see it. You will see what made this and their other hits.
Now that was a rare find.
Indeedy!
Excelente!!!! De los tiempos de mis hermanos mayores. Aquí en el Perú lo grabaron los Datsuns de Huancayo con la voz de Claudio Huanca.
I wish id gotten to see Grandfunk Railroad perform! but my foster parents felt they were to wild for me! even though I did get to listen to them on stereo! the Rock and roll hall of fame doesn't know squat about these guys! and most of them have never heard them live or on stereo! The best hardest working Rock band in the entire world! what does that tell you about the Rock and roll hall of fame?? it tells you this! the Rock and roll hall of fame is a freakin joke! Their will never be another Grandfunk Railroad! The best pre heavy metal rockin band in the entire world! amen...
I BOUGHT MY FIRST BASS IN 1973 BECAUSE OF GRAND FUNK AND I STILL PLAY IT, BEST BAND EVER
Don't understand the preoccupation with rhof.
You know what's good.
Don't need corporate douches to validate. ✌
Ray B.: Well stated.
yeah man, who cares what some dudes say?
I don't disagree with your point, I've wondered how important it is to Mark and Don to have that 'validated' recognition. If they would take it, I'd support it.
Amen,bro!👍🏻
@@jmont8943 we bought millions of their records and 8 tracks...thats validation
I had seen Grand Funk Railroad in the early days,culminating at Madison Square Garden. I had seen Alvin Lee, Hendrix, Jorma of the Jefferson Airplane..... GREAT Guitarists!!! I knew Mark Farner couldn't compete with them, but boy, his SOUND created such ENERGY, that it was Addicting. Wow, what Concerts they put on. I will :ALWAYS be a Grand Funk Railroad FAN!!!!!
Edward Manginelli That's the thing. Mark was not the best guitarist on the planet. Their songs weren't exactly the greatest. (Neither had to be.) But, what they did, they did with such precision and energy--NOBODY did what they did any better the 'Funk did what they did. They were electrifying live. You have to take it in context of the era, too.
First time I saw them was in Detroit around '69-'70 I guess. There were four or five acts in the lineup. 'Zep was supposed to be the headliner. I had heard 'Time Machine' on the radio, so I thought I had an idea of what to expect. Man, I had NO idea. GFR had the place on fire. Honestly, nobody would have cared if they never stopped. I can still remember the announcement after the sound went dead: "Due to a contractual agreement with Led Zeppelin, the show has to be stopped." (OK, or something to that effect.) Mark threw up his hands and walked off.
Mixed emotions. Yes, we wanted to see Led Zeppelin, but we did not want Grand Funk to stop. Funkus Interruptus. Zeppelin was amazing. So was Grand Funk. Cool video. Sure brings back memories.
You're one lucky sob. I'd give my left breast to see Funk and Zeppelin. I was definitely born in the wrong era. You just don't get better than these band's.
+Kat “Zepluv” Hamilton
Wrong era, Right ear!!!
JohninFunk Thanks to my dear dad...
An slightly older guy I knew when I was 14 or so went to see GFR and said how intense and loud it was. We loved Grand Funk back then.
I was 10/11 years old when I first heard this GFR tune. I was cruising to Six Flags Atlanta with my older brother in his AMC Rambler. He played this on his brand new 8 track deck. It was the first rock album I ever heard. Our parents were staunchly religious, and had repeatedly warned me to avoid rock music, because embracing such a lifestyle would get me entangled in "worldly - traps":sex, drugs and beer.I may have been a late starter, but it only took me a few years before I bagged the trifecta -- all in one night!
Thanks for the rocking' trip down memory lane!
I was at this show at Pirates World. THE best concert I ever saw there, and DEFINATELY THE LOUDEST! It took a week to regain 75% of my hearing and am still looking for the other 25%, and the Tinnitus (ringing in my ears) is relentless. BUT knowing what the consequences are would I go again...HELLYEAH!!!! IN A HEARTBEAT!
oh my Pirates World, I remember that - what great times !!!!!