The Sonics - The Witch (Live on KEXP)

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  • KEXP.ORG presents The Sonics performing "The Witch" live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves. Recorded November 2, 2016.
    Host: Cheryl Waters
    Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
    Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore
    Director & Editor: Scott Holpainen
    kexp.org
    thesonicsboom.com

Komentáře • 85

  • @mykaelharvey3102
    @mykaelharvey3102 Před 6 lety +81

    its hard to think that this came out in 1965

  • @wiltree6504
    @wiltree6504 Před 3 lety +30

    The drummer has it going on!

  • @solarbabies9682
    @solarbabies9682 Před 2 lety +28

    I love seeing old rockers perform and still destroy. It's like muscle memory. They just get up there and it all comes out whether they like it or not.

  • @godseed2214
    @godseed2214 Před 2 lety +24

    This was the hardest rocking song in the entire country when it came out. This song is why I am a hard rock fan. This song is about a gal from Banbridge Island.

    • @crystalship9900
      @crystalship9900 Před 2 lety +5

      Seriously?? I grew up in the 60's in Seattle and saw these guys perform more than once! I think it was Sherman Hills roller rink in Bellevue. Went there every weekend when I was in high school. Saw Van Morrison and Them there before they hit it big. Gawd, they’re still kicking ass. I love it!

    • @solarbabies9682
      @solarbabies9682 Před 2 lety

      She's going to make you itch. Definitely sounds STD related.

    • @christianhatim6170
      @christianhatim6170 Před rokem

      watching these guys play this song is like watching a fist fight! brilliant

    • @godseed2214
      @godseed2214 Před rokem

      @@christianhatim6170 They where too animal for the era as opposed to more tame rock they was being played in the Northwest.

  • @lotwizzard1748
    @lotwizzard1748 Před 3 lety +8

    godfathers of punkrock

  • @borneojimmy1431
    @borneojimmy1431 Před 7 lety +62

    Wow, they still sound great!

  • @ThaiThom
    @ThaiThom Před rokem +7

    That guy singing and playing the bass is absolutely the real deal.

  • @plague_doctor666
    @plague_doctor666 Před 14 dny +1

    Proper old skool. :)

  • @dunmorul
    @dunmorul Před 9 měsíci +5

    Rawer than in the 60s. Impressive.

  • @Thurgor_Supreme
    @Thurgor_Supreme Před 2 lety +8

    Perfect example of how saxophone "works" in a hard rock/punk/metal setting

    • @user-er5mg6zj4v
      @user-er5mg6zj4v Před 4 měsíci

      i always thought it made sense in that 60s garage sound, since it was already just really wild loud r&b

  • @maxgrymonprez77
    @maxgrymonprez77 Před 7 lety +31

    Still got it! what a band...

  • @multicromo
    @multicromo Před 2 lety +2

    how can I like this 110x times?

  • @HY34HU
    @HY34HU Před 5 lety +11

    They sound just as great now as they did then..from the seattle area.

    • @davidhigginbotham5451
      @davidhigginbotham5451 Před 4 lety +2

      they were from Tacoma.

    • @DrFishGut
      @DrFishGut Před 6 měsíci

      T-Town all the way! Summer dances Friday nights at the UPS Fieldhouse. She's Just a Walkin' the Dog. @@davidhigginbotham5451

  • @Thomas.harding
    @Thomas.harding Před 6 lety +20

    Drummer fuckin shreds

    • @MattthaKat
      @MattthaKat Před 4 lety

      Dusty Watson as played with many different bands and is one of the best drummers alive.

  • @lumix1640
    @lumix1640 Před 4 lety +4

    Can't believe they still exist...with the same energy!

  • @DrGodinho
    @DrGodinho Před 3 lety +99

    these guys were probably like the Cannibal Corpse of 1965

    • @oddeagle1968
      @oddeagle1968 Před 3 lety +4

      That is brilliant! 😂

    • @TrupimOkiemTV
      @TrupimOkiemTV Před 3 lety +3

      best comment I've read in months

    • @momatomic
      @momatomic Před 2 lety +4

      Perfect analogy! I was in jr high when The Witch by the Sonics came out- we went nuts over those wild screams! I played the 45 rpm over and over. Still have it. I know Cannibal Corpse, too. Lol, A Metal Shop favorite. Both bands drove parents crazy. Love it!

    • @fink94
      @fink94 Před 2 lety

      Hahahaha

    • @voulga77
      @voulga77 Před rokem +1

      Hahhahahaha

  • @kami3000
    @kami3000 Před 6 měsíci

    60 years after release this song still slaps hard af!

  • @charlesebel8348
    @charlesebel8348 Před 6 lety +8

    Hell yes they still rock

  • @alejandrocampero6080
    @alejandrocampero6080 Před 5 měsíci

    See you soon in Mexico, guys. 🔥🤛🏾

  • @Milewskige
    @Milewskige Před 3 lety +3

    Still sounds great after all of these years!

  • @vlitglobvae-victis5383
    @vlitglobvae-victis5383 Před 7 lety +7

    BadAss! !!

  • @lubiedobre.9966
    @lubiedobre.9966 Před 3 lety +2

    sweet jesus, they are fabulous! love them then and now :) greetings from Poland

  • @drew9719
    @drew9719 Před 10 měsíci +2

    This would have melted my brains if i was back then, without knowledge of metal or harsh noise

  • @Dexter6662
    @Dexter6662 Před 7 lety +11

    The good discover of my Sunday, thank you very much The Sonics and KEXP for posting those videos.

  • @Wetcamerainc
    @Wetcamerainc Před 3 lety +2

    Sick song for the 60s

  • @laurelbernard6033
    @laurelbernard6033 Před 2 lety +1

    One of my favorites!!

  • @toddkray391
    @toddkray391 Před 2 lety +1

    They are killin’ it!!!

  • @KyOte13
    @KyOte13 Před 2 lety +1

    REAL ROCK AND ROLL!!!

  • @sugarpuddin
    @sugarpuddin Před 7 měsíci

    The beginning of Punk right there

  • @simpsonelli
    @simpsonelli Před 3 lety +2

    this rules! They still kill it

  • @NorthDallasForty.
    @NorthDallasForty. Před 3 lety +1

    Foooooking brilliant

  • @CarrieMilburn
    @CarrieMilburn Před 6 měsíci

    hell yeah, guys still sound awesome!

  • @thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994

    The Godfathers of Hardrock!

  • @bnhintz
    @bnhintz Před rokem +1

    CARALHO! FUCKING AWESOME!

  • @sanchopanzam8
    @sanchopanzam8 Před 3 lety +1

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @YellowstoneCountryFlyFishing

    GOALS

  • @BiitchPoutineBlammm
    @BiitchPoutineBlammm Před 7 lety +2

    Listening to this, my fuck it's awesome! ♡

  • @freyjafirefly9201
    @freyjafirefly9201 Před 4 lety +1

    fucking love this song

  • @janr4143
    @janr4143 Před 11 měsíci

    Love🎶🤘🤘

  • @verifiedbotaccount
    @verifiedbotaccount Před 3 lety

    Such a trip hearing this played at the Olympics.

  • @jeffgolden2308
    @jeffgolden2308 Před 2 lety

    This is unbelievable for a live performance, and it isn't even most of the original band members.

  • @philippemortel-laurent2196

    The Rob Lind's New Sonics still sound great

  • @arthurleino
    @arthurleino Před 2 lety +1

    Opening for I don't remember in Portland around 65 . Might have been Herman's Hermits.

    • @DrFishGut
      @DrFishGut Před 6 měsíci

      Paul Revere and the Raiders!

    • @arthurleino
      @arthurleino Před 6 měsíci

      @DrFishGut my Brother Ron took me to Paul Revere and the Raiders in Portland . Good Concert too.

  • @David_Downs
    @David_Downs Před 4 lety +1

    Though at this time this is not The Sonics, apart from Rob Lind, this line up still knocks it out of the park. Sounds good for a band with one 1 original member.

  • @evananderson9489
    @evananderson9489 Před 4 lety +3

    With Chris Benoit on Guitar

  • @VademecumExInferis
    @VademecumExInferis Před rokem

    Attitude!

  • @rubenalvarezvinas7948
    @rubenalvarezvinas7948 Před 5 měsíci

    ya le gustaria a Mick Jagger estar asi de hermoso...

  • @Rotten900
    @Rotten900 Před 4 lety +4

    first hardcore

  • @diegonarvaez4166
    @diegonarvaez4166 Před 5 lety

    1965

  • @lucastarg
    @lucastarg Před rokem

    this is fucking sick oh my god i feel like vomiting over how cool this sounds for 1965

  • @candrew14
    @candrew14 Před 4 lety +5

    Coulda seen Cobain covering this song if he lived long enough to divorce Courtney Love.

    • @playitstrange129
      @playitstrange129 Před 4 lety

      he hated the Sonics... called them "stupid" in his interview with Nardwuar...

    • @killval849
      @killval849 Před 4 lety +4

      @@playitstrange129 nah he definitely didn't hate them lol he was just trolling. He even claimed that their drum sound is the best he ever heard, so he definitely respected them. Whomever is a fan of Kurt's catalogue of interests know very much he was into the cheap, underground, garage, punk rock stuff, so of course he loved the Sonics.

  • @marcfedak
    @marcfedak Před 3 lety

    Lucky Reykjavik!

  • @SD_Marc
    @SD_Marc Před 2 lety

    Is that Aaron Roeder on drums?

  • @peterheuer5319
    @peterheuer5319 Před 3 lety

    Is that Dwight schrute

  • @takgray
    @takgray Před 3 lety

    L7 brought me here

  • @michaelmckinlay9674
    @michaelmckinlay9674 Před rokem

    Not the real sonics. Guy does a good job on Roslies vocals. I know because I played with Jerry. Biggest voice I ever heard .

  • @frankmeier4599
    @frankmeier4599 Před 7 lety +2

    The ugliest musicians that I have ever seen make very good music!