The Untold Truth Of Jefferson Starship

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  • Jefferson Airplane was one of the most important bands of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, but they continued on in various iterations long after the ‘60s ended. First, they transformed into Jefferson Starship, inspired by longtime member Paul Kantner’s sci-fi side project. Later, they shortened their name to simply Starship and their ‘80s music was a far cry from the edgy rock of the ‘60s. From the time singer Grace Slick got fired from the band to the story of the song that many consider one of the worst of all time, let’s take a look at the untold truth of the band sometimes known as Jefferson Starship.
    #Truth #JeffersonStarship #Music
    Bringing in Grace | 0:00
    What's in a name? | 1:12
    The lawsuit | 2:14
    Disaster at Altamont | 3:24
    Little baby god | 4:44
    Airplane to Starship | 5:58
    Marty Balin | 6:55
    Firing Grace | 8:05
    Losing a Jefferson | 9:18
    We hate this city | 10:20
    Airplane reunion | 11:20
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  • @GrungeHQ
    @GrungeHQ  Před 4 lety +58

    Airplane or Starship?

    • @darkkiss7247
      @darkkiss7247 Před 4 lety +25

      Airplane

    • @pawnhearts8785
      @pawnhearts8785 Před 4 lety +17

      Jane is a great song though

    • @ktee1403
      @ktee1403 Před 4 lety +4

      Airplane, but I did love the Mick n Slick AOR years.

    • @Filmation77
      @Filmation77 Před 4 lety +16

      I grew up with Starship...but it's like asking , Van Halen or Van Hagar(both were great,but both were bands of Their Time)

    • @D.Z.A.-kp8lf
      @D.Z.A.-kp8lf Před 4 lety +5

      I like both

  • @bethroesch2156
    @bethroesch2156 Před 4 lety +84

    Grace Slick is one of a kind ❤️ and was a pioneer. An amazing voice and performer. RIP Marty Balin 💔

    • @sukhastings4200
      @sukhastings4200 Před rokem

      Paul Kanfer and Syne Toly died on the same day in 2016. Grace got the gig mostly because her first band was the opening act for Jefferson airplane

    • @TheDudeKicker
      @TheDudeKicker Před rokem

      Slick was a skank

  • @marieantoinettescake9513
    @marieantoinettescake9513 Před 4 lety +76

    As a kid in 80's, I LOVED "We Built This City".... Still ❤️ it to this day. I don't care what anyone says about it. It's a great song.

    • @jespacey
      @jespacey Před 4 lety

      😅😄😃🤣😂

    • @md-rf8fy
      @md-rf8fy Před 2 lety +6

      Yep! We Built This City is a great song! I could listen to it all day and never get tired of it!!!! The 80s music remains the best of all decades!9

    • @brianpatrickofficial
      @brianpatrickofficial Před 2 lety

      Me too! It’s one of those 80s songs that really got me into the 80s.

    • @sukhastings4200
      @sukhastings4200 Před rokem

      It gotto #1. Btw, at that time, Grace Slick became the oldest singer with a #1 hit

    • @controlclerk
      @controlclerk Před rokem +1

      My kids love it now. They sing it every time it comes on.

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Před rokem +12

    I still love Grace Slick. I remember growing up to "We built This City." I like that song more NOW than when it came out. She is a legend to me!

    • @michaelbrinks8089
      @michaelbrinks8089 Před 9 měsíci

      Ironic how Grace Slick went from anti establishment hippie to pro establishment-BLM rules, take your jabs don't question MSM/big brother, Orange Man Bad, Biden rules. Biden starting wars & using Ukrainians as cannon fodder good, $5 gas good, $2.50, 2019 Orange Man gas prices Bad.

  • @jamesgeiger4795
    @jamesgeiger4795 Před 3 lety +50

    Actually Marty Balin was an incredible singer.

  • @armyguy872008
    @armyguy872008 Před 4 lety +55

    Jim Carrey in “Cable Guy” did the best Grace Slick impression

    • @DisonantDyscord
      @DisonantDyscord Před 4 lety +5

      Of course he did! Whatever your opinion of him, the man is a pretty talented actor (albeit eccentric or loopy).

    • @armyguy872008
      @armyguy872008 Před 4 lety

      DisonantDyscord definitely loopy....but I guess many comedic geniuses are.

    • @rocket4189
      @rocket4189 Před 4 lety +3

      Jim Carrey sucks balls.

    • @MegaSammy70
      @MegaSammy70 Před 3 lety

      Jim Carrey's character in that movie was downright creepy.

  • @MissBliss818
    @MissBliss818 Před 4 lety +34

    there's something about Jefferson that's just so bold, mysterious and 'ahead of its time', even though this was the 60s.

  • @stripervince1
    @stripervince1 Před 2 lety +13

    My fav band of all time. All three morphs of this band were incredible. Airplane in the 60s, Jefferson starship in the 70s and starship in the 80s

  • @haintedhouse3052
    @haintedhouse3052 Před 3 lety +11

    I got Craig Chaquico's autograph and he was the nicest down to earth musician I ever met. He even signed my girlfriends copy of Dreams which is a Grace Slick album that he didn't even play on. a great guy.

  • @riverraisin1
    @riverraisin1 Před 4 lety +14

    White Rabbit is one of the greatest vocal performances in history. It's absolutely haunting to here Slick's voice isolated from the rest of the music. Which, BTW, is available for your listening pleasure here on CZcams.

    • @lawrencesimmons5093
      @lawrencesimmons5093 Před 4 lety +3

      Listen to 'Hey Fredrick' from Volunteers - she totally knocks it out of the park. That is how to use a voice. And what a voice. Gaga, Rihanna, Beyonce? Lmao.

    • @sukhastings4200
      @sukhastings4200 Před rokem +2

      Grace once said she wrot White Rabbit in 30 minutes.

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 Před 4 lety +16

    When I was growing up in Palo Alto in the 60s and 70s, the Jefferson Airplane were always playing around...I heard great things about them, but wasn't allowed to see them since they were considered "too wild". I remember my parents cool friends raving about them and going to Woodstock and the Monterey Festival. I wish I'd seen them live!!

  • @DeanHaasJr
    @DeanHaasJr Před 4 lety +12

    J.A. was a great Friso band. I remember, because I was there, that in '67 they had already became rock royalty, which some embraced, and some hated. There were hundreds of musicians there, all looking for a break of some kind, but most too hip for commercial music. J.A. was the standout - Slick was something else, and when I was backstage once, I melted. It might have been induced by something....there is only one real Starship album. "Blows...." - the rest, commercial pop. Slick hated "I Built This City". She later said it was a total sellout, and that began the end of her run with them. Kantner may have fired her, but she wanted out, anyway. I met Paul in the early days - he was pretty cool, but his drive for success kind of ruined an incredible band. Hot Tuna was the best thing to come out of it all after J.A.

  • @artemusmusic
    @artemusmusic Před 4 lety +49

    Wow, not even a mention of Micky Thomas? Dude is one of the greatest singers of all time. Jane is a stone cold banger.

    • @jaysoto7439
      @jaysoto7439 Před 4 lety +3

      Artemus totally agree!! As a musician/singer, myself, Mickey has been an immense inspiration to me. One of Rock’s great vocalists. What a shame to exclude him! Starship’s 80’s tunes might be “over produced”, but tell that to radio; there’s a reason why those tunes get massive airplay even today.

    • @bsquared4604
      @bsquared4604 Před 3 lety

      that is strange not to mention him.

    • @jamesgeiger4795
      @jamesgeiger4795 Před 3 lety +1

      Marty Balin was a great singer also. Sometimes I couldn't tell if it as him or Grace on a recording.

  • @LisaDawnn
    @LisaDawnn Před 4 lety +15

    Surprised there was no mention how Paul Kanter and Signe Anderson died on the very same day (1/28/2016) at the very same age (74)
    Jorma is still rocking on CZcams!

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova Před 4 lety +2

      LisaDawnn Jorma rules.

    • @48nature
      @48nature Před 4 lety

      Yeah, Jorma is cool, but he (and Jack Casady) had absolutely NOTHING to do with Jefferson Starship; the link made between them in this video is propaganda.

    • @beverlyledbetter8906
      @beverlyledbetter8906 Před 3 lety

      I love his name. Always have!

  • @charleskatholijr.1055
    @charleskatholijr.1055 Před 4 lety +15

    What about Marty Balin? He sang some of the biggest hits such as Miracles!

  • @pawnhearts8785
    @pawnhearts8785 Před 4 lety +85

    Whether you like Jefferson Starship or not you have to admit
    Jane is a great song

    • @stevenfritchie7529
      @stevenfritchie7529 Před 4 lety +6

      I will admit no such thing. Any song by Grace Slick is 100x better than Jane.

    • @pawnhearts8785
      @pawnhearts8785 Před 4 lety +9

      @Steven Fritchie
      Nothing beets Slick but Jane is a hard rock classic. At lesst for me

    • @phlushphish793
      @phlushphish793 Před 4 lety +2

      @@pawnhearts8785 It's a line from the song.

    • @phlushphish793
      @phlushphish793 Před 4 lety +5

      I bought that album 'cuz of 'Find your way back.' It rocks all the way through!

    • @pawnhearts8785
      @pawnhearts8785 Před 4 lety

      @meangreen69Nova Thanks

  • @PIANOBYMAURICE
    @PIANOBYMAURICE Před 4 lety +10

    I love "Freedom at Point Zero" from the early 80's. The Awakening is my favorite.

  • @skydogstudio
    @skydogstudio Před 4 lety +18

    My Brother was a second engineer at the music grinder recording studio in the 1980s. He was present when We Built This City was recorded. According to my Brother, the single was recorded first and once the record company heard it, they sprung for the money to record the rest of the record. I was lucky enough to get my mono copy of Surrealistic Pillow autographed by Grace Slick via my Brother taking it in to the studio... It's one of my prized posessions

  • @ThePrissy11
    @ThePrissy11 Před 4 lety +4

    I met Grace Slick on a few occasions. She was sarcastic and a bit snarky but sober. I loved it.😊

  • @KK-ex5zu
    @KK-ex5zu Před 4 lety +10

    Jefferson Starship had great songs and albums in the 80's! It was when Kantner left with the Jefferson name and they went to Starship was when the band went down the tubes IMO.

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 Před 2 lety +1

      i thought Jefferson Starship in the 70's was better than the 80's version.

  • @dcd915
    @dcd915 Před 4 lety +50

    This arrogant guy has done a rough story at best.. he obviously never listened to the first 6 albums over the Jefferson Starship... nor acknowledges the gifts of Paul Kantner Craig Chaquico and Pete Sears...

  • @ktee1403
    @ktee1403 Před 4 lety +30

    What an incredible life Grace Slick has lived.

    • @JohnSmith-kz8yo
      @JohnSmith-kz8yo Před 4 lety +3

      And can you believe that she's never acted in a movie? She was asked to play the Acid Queen in Tommy but turned it down...

    • @dampergoldenrod4156
      @dampergoldenrod4156 Před 4 lety +1

      She didn't manage her career right when someone likes cher is still touring and Grace isn't there something wrong.. Cher is 4th rate compared to Grace Slick. Cher is first rate compared to McDonnas corporate music

    • @danielan3936
      @danielan3936 Před 4 lety +6

      Davin Gladwell well grace did say any rock n roll singer over 50 look stupid and should retire which is what she did

    • @KrashyKharma
      @KrashyKharma Před 4 lety +1

      My favorite tidbit about her life is that time she was bff's with Nixon's daughter and came super close to dosing his coffee

    • @ktee1403
      @ktee1403 Před 4 lety

      @@JohnSmith-kz8yo she also turned down a role in the 1970 film Little Fauss And Big Halsey.

  • @geoffreymerrifield5666
    @geoffreymerrifield5666 Před 3 lety +8

    They weren't over produced. Their 80's stuff was excellent and holds up very ell.

  • @sukhastings4200
    @sukhastings4200 Před rokem +3

    Grace Slick said at the time she quit Starship( late80s) that being in a rock band after 50 was stupid. She was 10yrs older than any of her bandmates then.

  • @artprince9163
    @artprince9163 Před 4 lety +7

    jefferson airplane was one of the first few bands I saw. Think it was 1967 when I saw them. Jorma played through 6 Twin Reverbs. And Jack C just walked back and forth across the stage playing awesome bass lines. They were a great live band. Yes I am old. But I saw a lot of great music back in the day.

    • @markmcdonald5419
      @markmcdonald5419 Před rokem

      Saw them in NY city at the Academy and StonyBrook, once in Paris, and once in Commack, and in New Paltz University twice, saw Tuna 23 times, Starship 20 times at Radio City, Jack and Jorma are my heroes...

  • @ruready2rock856
    @ruready2rock856 Před 4 lety +50

    Why didn't you mention Mickey Thomas? One of the best rock singers there ever was. He's one of the best things that ever happened to that band and he's still going strong keeping it alive.

    • @blaumausfrau
      @blaumausfrau Před 3 lety +1

      Mickey Thomas was probably the worst singer that ever lived I don’t know who wrote this but you’ve got diarrhea in your ears that guy was horrible

    • @georgebarry8640
      @georgebarry8640 Před 3 lety +8

      Mickey is a great singer. Elvin knew it and millions of units sold support the notion. If Pete can't dig it...well thats ok..but alot of people like Mickey's voice.

    • @bsquared4604
      @bsquared4604 Před 3 lety +1

      @@blaumausfrau bullshit.

    • @destinyandjacegramm7888
      @destinyandjacegramm7888 Před 3 lety +1

      wrong.

    • @lisadavie5819
      @lisadavie5819 Před 3 lety +4

      I love Mickey Thomas's voice. x

  • @noname-lq2kg
    @noname-lq2kg Před 4 lety +21

    Forget about the untold truth! Rather, here's the truth! Grace Slick in her prime is probably the best female rock singer... period!

    • @levigarrett8674
      @levigarrett8674 Před 4 lety +1

      Sure as hell the all time coolest female rock singer who was just as cool as any rock singer with exception of Frank Zappa,nobody beat Zappa for cool.

    • @lionheartroar3104
      @lionheartroar3104 Před 4 lety +3

      uh,.no.

    • @ubertocreote3198
      @ubertocreote3198 Před 4 lety +1

      Janis. Period.

    • @levigarrett8674
      @levigarrett8674 Před 4 lety

      @@ubertocreote3198 Curious if your old enough to have seen Jefferson Airplane or Big Brother and the Holding Company / Full Tilt Boogie Band with Janis Joplin ? I was born in 1945 and lucky enough to see nearly every major act of the mid 60s through the 1980s so im wondering if your judging live vocals or engineered vocals,live Grace Slick wins hands down.

    • @TheRockinDonkey
      @TheRockinDonkey Před 4 lety +2

      You spelled Ann Wilson wrong.

  • @jsmith1746
    @jsmith1746 Před 4 lety +28

    At 1:34 you are wrong, they actually did record a song about airplanes for their 1989 reunion album.

    • @badindian63
      @badindian63 Před 4 lety +5

      They also did "Have you seen the saucers?"

    • @paulnolan4971
      @paulnolan4971 Před 4 lety +1

      @@badindian63 yeah i remember tellin them that they're UNDER THE TEACUPS !!! :P we were so high, hmm like an Airplane WOW mind blown lol

    • @SSHitMan
      @SSHitMan Před 4 lety +5

      Fat Angel was on Surrealistic Pillow, and has the lyrics
      "Fly Translove Airways gets you there on time
      Fly Jefferson Airplane gets you there on time"
      Not really about airplanes thought...

    • @paulnolan4971
      @paulnolan4971 Před 4 lety

      @@SSHitMan Donovan covered it

    • @simonbone
      @simonbone Před 4 lety +1

      @@paulnolan4971 It was the other way round. Donovan wrote it (about the then up-and-coming Jefferson Airplane). JA loved it, and covered it themselves.

  • @MarkSmith-js2pu
    @MarkSmith-js2pu Před 4 lety +4

    I was in high school, 1968 to 1972, there was a girl then that looked just liked Gracie. I chased her for a long time and never caught her. When I hear White Rabbit and Winds of Change, I think of those days. Gracie had pipes.

  • @skippy1138
    @skippy1138 Před 3 lety +8

    Your statement "They've never recorded any songs about aviation" is incorrect- they recorded the song "Planes" in 1989- (yes I know way after the band name was decided but still....)

  • @themusiccitymartian2338
    @themusiccitymartian2338 Před 4 lety +4

    All 3 but mostly early 80's Jefferson Starship, Freedom at Point Zero, Modern Times, Winds of Change and Nuclear Furniture are my favorite albums.

  • @cwinters907
    @cwinters907 Před 4 lety +60

    How can you talk about Airplane/Starship for over 12 minutes and never mention one of the greatest rock singers in American history?? Mickey Thomas is one of the best.

    • @cwinters907
      @cwinters907 Před 4 lety +5

      ...or (in my opinion) one of the best albums ever....."Winds of Change"

    • @Mozart1220
      @Mozart1220 Před 4 lety +1

      @@cwinters907 You need to get out more.

    • @N3therWolf
      @N3therWolf Před 4 lety +6

      @@Mozart1220 funny coming from a person who apparently doesnt understand people have different tastes

    • @dave101t
      @dave101t Před 4 lety +1

      nothings gonna stop them now.....

    • @czos9239
      @czos9239 Před 4 lety +1

      @@cwinters907 Was digging through stuff and found that cd recently. Was starting to oxidize but the songs all ripped. Had forgotten how cool that title song was. First heard it on MTV when they actually... well, you know...

  • @runninrebel1520
    @runninrebel1520 Před 4 lety +7

    Winds of Change, Be My Lady, Miracles, Jane, and We built This City are my favorites.

  • @makewarnomore
    @makewarnomore Před 4 lety +18

    That wasn't Paul, that was Jack at 4:56

  • @robertdyerofficial
    @robertdyerofficial Před 4 lety +10

    I received more commercials than facts about this great band. How many ads can play in one video?

    • @48nature
      @48nature Před 4 lety

      And note that it's not one band, as this video indicates. Jefferson Airplane ENDED in 1972. It was over for two years before Jefferson Starship was even formed. Different band. Different musicians, songwriters, eras, hits, etc... This is propaganda.

    • @robertdyerofficial
      @robertdyerofficial Před 4 lety

      @Dewey Rayburn Interesting - I didn't know an ad blocker could stop ads within videos.

  • @victoriajoyce7363
    @victoriajoyce7363 Před 3 lety

    Gee missed they gig when the Jefferson Airplane opened for The Rolling Stones at the Cow Palace in 1966. It was Mick's Birthday and they just released Aftermath. Brian Jones sat cross-legged on the stage when they played Paint It Black. The McCoys also opener did Hang on Sloopy. And another SF Band Sopwith Camel was the third opener with the radio hit Hello Hello. That was before Signe Andersson got pregnant and was replaced with the Grace Slick from The Great Society. I still have my little orange Jefferson Airplane Loves you button somewhere that they gave away.

  • @ronreno5702
    @ronreno5702 Před 3 lety +1

    Find your way back, winds of change, Miricles.....great tunes

  • @jeffjohnston7642
    @jeffjohnston7642 Před 4 lety +6

    Grace was the only singer seriously considered to replace Signe. Nothing in this video is "untold". The entire history of Jefferson Airplane is told in Jeff Tamarkin's book Got a Revolution The Turbulent flight of Jefferson Airplane.

    • @MsBonijoni
      @MsBonijoni Před 4 lety

      . ..Signe got pregnant and wanted to exit. ..

  • @Bigheadcase
    @Bigheadcase Před 4 lety

    Can you please tell me what the background music is at the beginning of the video.....

  • @simplechronology2605
    @simplechronology2605 Před 4 lety +3

    Kantner didn't want to call his new 1974 band Jefferson Starship. RCA records forced him to because his solo albums weren't selling, and they wanted the commercial power of the name.

  • @oklahomasupercell
    @oklahomasupercell Před 3 lety +3

    Actually there was an aviation song by Jefferson Airplane called “Planes” in 1989 from the album “Jefferson Airplane”.

  • @philwright2480
    @philwright2480 Před 4 lety +13

    Never had a song about planes.." I like planes..Jet Airplanes"..

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova Před 4 lety +2

      Phil Wright I was just going to mention this. It was the best song on the ‘89 reunion album.

    • @thermionic1234567
      @thermionic1234567 Před 4 lety

      Phil Wright so does Steve Miller...

  • @peuramauriainen604
    @peuramauriainen604 Před 4 lety +2

    Jorma Kaukonen!!.. greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

  • @lionheartroar3104
    @lionheartroar3104 Před 4 lety +48

    I wish this channel would just spell out history without the snarky comments. How about just straight facts without your critical judgement of the band in any incarnation?

    • @Kidapollos5910
      @Kidapollos5910 Před 4 lety +5

      Right! If the guy just wants to trash the band, give us fair warning and put that in the title!

    • @lettyguerra371
      @lettyguerra371 Před 4 lety +5

      Finally! Someone else that thinks the commentators are snarkey! 👍

    • @48nature
      @48nature Před 4 lety +7

      "Straight facts" would be useful. This video is filled from top to bottom with distortions and fabrications. And it skips over the entire history of Jefferson Starship! 1974 - 1984! None of the rockin' hits, the gold and platinum albums, Craig Chaquico (lead guitarist for the duration and all the way through Starship), Pete Sears (bass player/keyboard player)...It's propaganda for the Airplane which had nothing at all to do with Jefferson Starship. They should change the title of the video to just that.

    • @hannabaal150
      @hannabaal150 Před 4 lety

      @@48nature You tell 'em Dara, you would know if anyone does. Say Hi to Craig for me!

    • @haintedhouse3052
      @haintedhouse3052 Před 4 lety +2

      agreed. I saw Jefferson Airplane on their 89 reunion tour - they sounded awesome, the audience loved them - this guy makes it sound like it was a failure - not true.

  • @timquinn66
    @timquinn66 Před 3 lety +4

    Correction , the name was after a blues singer" Blind Lemon Jefferson" who is not fictional

  • @beekay5914
    @beekay5914 Před 4 lety +7

    Blows Against the Empire was one of the best albums of the psychedelic era. Far better than anything else Airplane or Starship did.

    • @daleeasternbrat816
      @daleeasternbrat816 Před 4 lety +2

      Blows Against the Empire , in my opinion, is one of the three best Acid Rock (psychedelic) albums ever cut. Moody Blues, In Search Of The Lost Chord and Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon. Are the other two. Psychedelic is just the PC way of saying Acid Rock. Both Airplane and Jefferson Starship did some really good tunes. Check out Song to the Sun and Ride The Tiger. Two JS songs.

    • @zeusapollo8688
      @zeusapollo8688 Před 4 lety +1

      Hide witch hide the good folk come to burn thee

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 Před 2 lety

      i loved Blows Against the Empire but Jefferson Airplane's first 6 albums are close to flawless.

    • @almishti
      @almishti Před rokem

      @@zeusapollo8688 B/c we're not the way you used to be, when you were very young.

  • @NaYawkr
    @NaYawkr Před 4 lety +9

    Grace Slick, best voice in Rock & Roll.

    • @BazookaToe
      @BazookaToe Před 4 lety +1

      Ann Wilson begs to differ.

    • @hydeparkdirector2756
      @hydeparkdirector2756 Před 4 lety +1

      @@BazookaToe , Well, she can keep on begging then. Lady Overkill.

    • @briankocheraabcdt4628
      @briankocheraabcdt4628 Před 3 lety

      The thing is the more I listen to music and expand well beyond traditional English speaking countries, words like greatest and best of all time become meaningless.
      In its highest vibe, music is a cosmic celebration - not a competition. After losing my voice for several decades, now that it is coming back in my 70s, I have a different perspective. Most musicians who aren't messed up and numbed by the Music Biz know what I'm talking about. Just repeat "It's a celebration - not a competition."

    • @PatrickLongworth
      @PatrickLongworth Před 2 lety +1

      Honestly, why compare or even make arrogant declarations of who is the best? Ann has a powerful voice however Grace has a powerful voice and she can be subtle and dramatic. Grace has more stage presence, actually Jefferson Starship as a whole has presence and power and subtlety.

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 Před rokem

      @@PatrickLongworth agreed. i've seen Airplane & Starship through the years and Grace was always cool to watch. she had a powerful stage presence that was quite the opposite of her competition at the time Janis Joplin. Joplin jumped around etc. Grace was very still, almost menacing lol.

  • @SSHitMan
    @SSHitMan Před 4 lety +5

    If you can find it (and it's out there for free download) get the Jefferson Airplane bootleg "A Weekend At Winterland". It's 2 live shows recorded on October 25 and 26 1969 at Winterland in San Francisco, Airplane at their finest. In the "Mau Mau (Amerikon) Jam" Grace starts singing about making love to a flying fish man lol.

  • @jonobester5817
    @jonobester5817 Před 3 lety +3

    Not one word, or riff, from their album "Modern Times." Or about Craig Chaquico's incredible solo at the end of Save Your Love, one of the greatest solos, and tunes, and albums of all time.

  • @willh1970
    @willh1970 Před 4 lety +1

    I wonder if now is a good time to note that I met Marti Balin backstage at Lollapoluza in 1991 in Boston. Too many stories to tell her but will go into a book at some stage.

  • @leeanderson2998
    @leeanderson2998 Před rokem +1

    Good luck Grace Slick and Family happy New Year!

  • @frankpalancio8471
    @frankpalancio8471 Před 4 lety +5

    Mickey Thomas and Grace slick were awesome..I even thought Marty Balin was excellent.

  • @kevinmoore9456
    @kevinmoore9456 Před 3 lety +1

    Watching this I can't help but think about the Concert in Golden Gate Park that my band played with Jorma Kaukonen, I guess is was '77 or '78. My band was Odysseus and I was the lead vocalist. Long time ago.

  • @bloomfrieda7234
    @bloomfrieda7234 Před rokem

    Awesome thanks I don't care about all the drama starships and Jefferson airplane had very talented musians and they all my favorite I never going to stop likekin their music 🎵🎶 🎸❤️🤟 great video thank you for sharing it 🤟❤️🎸

  • @bluetarantulaproductions6179
    @bluetarantulaproductions6179 Před 9 měsíci +1

    "Somebody to love" has to be one of my favorite song's by Jefferson Airplane/Starship

  • @orangeandblackattack
    @orangeandblackattack Před 4 lety +3

    Obviously, the narrator didn't see them in 1989 on reunion tour. They were awesome. No wrong notes...Grace being Grace..saw them at Poplar Creek.

    • @petechau9616
      @petechau9616 Před 2 měsíci

      I knew someone who attended a concert on this tour and he said the same thing; FWIW

  • @jimbobxcityguy5338
    @jimbobxcityguy5338 Před 4 lety

    I had a short and funny experience wih Grace when guarding the stage at West Palm Beach Rock Festival. She was first out between bands and asked me if there was a place to go pee pee. I told her out back porty pot's but the are pretty bad now. She just smiled and said "I'll just hold it in. It'll help me jump around this show.". ha. Loved the Airplane so that night was a great time. Also was on stage for the Stones. They weren't good at all to me. Short short show and out of tune due to cold temps at 5am.

  • @davidreinhardt2626
    @davidreinhardt2626 Před 2 lety

    Signe Anderson, perhaps?
    Whom I believe on the same day in S.F., along with Paul Kantner, had a heart attack & both died. There are some old freaks still around, barely, but Good job, keep it going...🌹

  • @richardm4857
    @richardm4857 Před 4 lety +4

    The best thing to ever come out of Jefferson Airplane is Hot Tuna. And, ever since this lockdown insanity began Jorma Koukonen, founding member and lead guitarist of Airplane and Hot Tuna is the only person I know of playing free shows right here on YouTUbe every Saturday night from his Fur Peace Ranch. Seek and you shall find!

    • @randyrick8019
      @randyrick8019 Před 4 lety +1

      see you there

    • @LisaDawnn
      @LisaDawnn Před 4 lety +3

      Jorma has always been my idol. I watch Fur Peace Ranch too. Love when Jack joins in (well, in the good ole days when people gathered together)

    • @LiveMusicOntario
      @LiveMusicOntario Před 4 lety

      I have a set from Hot Tuna live on stage (somewhere), I like to play at home when I'm relaxing and undisturbed. The only parts i cut out so I don't have to deal with them are when Grace Slick appears. It's jarring. It sounds like some drunk crashing the party. Prank or not, it's a buzz kill and cringy.

  • @123poparock
    @123poparock Před 4 lety +7

    I remember hearing “we built this city” in grade school with the local station getting plugged in the song. NOW it makes sense.

  • @vancepomerening4794
    @vancepomerening4794 Před 4 lety +12

    Sherrie Snow also sang in the first incarnation of Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks.

    • @irvingr.fatback886
      @irvingr.fatback886 Před 4 lety +1

      And Dan Hicks played with the Rubber Balls in the early sixties.

  • @kc9056
    @kc9056 Před 4 lety +1

    Convoluted would be an understatement !!

  • @1122shelli
    @1122shelli Před 4 lety +4

    Blows against the empire was brilliant.

  • @tiffanyroseangeles7517

    Loved hearing CSN harmonize,with,Grace,is truly beautiful to listen to( no I never was lucky enough to see them)
    Me,born in 1961) just saw a video here on YT)

  • @stevestites9762
    @stevestites9762 Před 4 lety +1

    They are absolute 60’s icons. Grew up with them, will always listen to them. Grace Slick is the Queen of Rock. (Well......Tina Turner maybe, tough choice.)

  • @publiusvelocitor4668
    @publiusvelocitor4668 Před 4 lety +3

    "They might be named after some obscure fictional blues singer, or drug paraphernalia; we just don't know."
    Yeah, I think we all know.

  • @prairiewolfo9274
    @prairiewolfo9274 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant documentary, and some interesting footage. Airplane Freaks Forever! ⌬

  • @si_w8201
    @si_w8201 Před 4 lety +21

    We Built The City is an awesome track and I won't be persuaded otherwise...

    • @robertsousa9550
      @robertsousa9550 Před 4 lety

      I agree. I had an extended remix version of it. Wish I knew what I did with it.

    • @richarddelgado2723
      @richarddelgado2723 Před 4 lety

      I’ve always had the pre-disposition towards critics if they think its so fucken easy why don’t they try to and do something better

    • @christopheryasus3666
      @christopheryasus3666 Před 3 lety

      @Cerbian facts. When I hear it nowadays its more easy not to knock cause at least it came from them...a respected bunch. 80s cheesed out all music. Business

    • @haintedhouse3052
      @haintedhouse3052 Před 3 lety

      good for you - stick to your guns!

    • @marvymarier8988
      @marvymarier8988 Před 3 lety

      I thought it sucked

  • @ruready2rock856
    @ruready2rock856 Před 4 lety +26

    They had some great songs in the 80's, like Jane, and no way out, and laying it on the line. Some of their best stuff ever!

  • @ktee1403
    @ktee1403 Před 4 lety +2

    I got to meet Toly Anderson at a record store in Portland OR a couple years before she passed. Very humble lady.

    • @dalestreeter341
      @dalestreeter341 Před 4 lety +1

      The inference in the narrative that Signe was forced out of the band or dropped is untrue. She had a newborn and couldn't take the baby on the road so she left. Bill Graham was managing the Airplane and arranged for her to leave. She had a big sendoff by the band. You can find it on CZcams.

    • @ktee1403
      @ktee1403 Před 4 lety

      @@dalestreeter341 she talked about all that. I didn't know there were two stories.

  • @drumminsonlive9199
    @drumminsonlive9199 Před 4 lety +1

    I never got the name change but a lot of bands changed their names back then anyway Slick had a good long run with the band and I liked a lot of their music...

  • @heathermackie7390
    @heathermackie7390 Před 4 lety +2

    Starship is one of my favorite bands. My favorite songs were Sarah & We built this city

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for this

  • @justsayin1643
    @justsayin1643 Před 4 lety +1

    All time fave song is “Today”

  • @drlq7577
    @drlq7577 Před 4 lety

    Funny I just pulled out starship’s“Sarah” on acoustic guitar a medley instrumental version version as CZcams recommended this clip right away, very weird.

  • @TheSideProject
    @TheSideProject Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful, love them
    If you're reading this i recommend this:
    Jefferson Airplane at Pooneil Corners 1968

  • @Mozart1220
    @Mozart1220 Před 4 lety +3

    If it's "untold" how does anyone know about it?

  • @lucialaurasperandio1725
    @lucialaurasperandio1725 Před 3 lety +11

    Mickey is the best singer of all, and Craig is the best guitarrist. ❤

  • @THE-HammerMan
    @THE-HammerMan Před 4 lety +3

    I have never have seen how "We Built This City" got so much sh*t. It's a nice little pop rocker, no "A Day In The Life" mind you, but it is a pretty decent song. It certainly does NOT deserve all the negative crap about it.
    Their fans expected(rightfully) so much more from Starship, but it is what it is(was).

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan Před 4 lety

      @Cerbian There you go! Memories of the times.
      I'll take "We...This City" over all the Hip-Hop & Rap-Crap put together.
      It really ain't all that bad, but it sure was a huge fall from the "30 Seconds Over Winterland" days.
      🎵And so it goes, And so it goes, And so it goes, And where it's going nobody knows... 🎵

  • @rzxkp7none275
    @rzxkp7none275 Před 3 lety

    Watching this while people are making noise outside. Of course, same time...after 9 p.m.

  • @tuberobotto
    @tuberobotto Před 4 lety

    I don't get it. Pardon me but I'm slow, and I'm a total stranger to this great band's history.
    How did the story end?

  • @beachside1
    @beachside1 Před 4 lety +3

    I personally think of Count on Me when I hear the band name. Miracles was great but for me,the song Count on Me is what does it

    • @christown2827
      @christown2827 Před 4 lety

      Love the hippie vibe on that one. I saw
      band member Pete Sears coming out of a tent at Knebworth in the UK in 1978. If the tent belonged to the band and it was large enough then the band were camping amongst the fans.

    • @davidsalucco56
      @davidsalucco56 Před 3 lety

      Not even a mention of runaway

  • @neilpiper9889
    @neilpiper9889 Před 4 lety +1

    The Airplane apparently named the Album 'Bless its pointed little head' after Grace Slick's baby which had that pointe head when it was firstborn, which is common after a hard delivery or forceps?

    • @robertwood4681
      @robertwood4681 Před 3 lety

      Except that album came out two years before Grace's baby.

    • @neilpiper9889
      @neilpiper9889 Před 3 lety

      @@robertwood4681 haha, perhaps they had seen another new born with a pointed head!

  • @Meme-zc4cw
    @Meme-zc4cw Před 4 lety +1

    What is "untold" about this? This is the same information available on Behind the Music.

  • @judithneeley5229
    @judithneeley5229 Před 4 lety +1

    No mention of Joey Covington,k a drummer who played with them for a while (since died in a car accident in Palm Springs), plus Bill Graham (Fillmore West and East) managed them for a number of years. I didn't notice if he mentioned the KBC band, a splinter group of Paul, Jack and Jorma.

    • @robertwood4681
      @robertwood4681 Před 3 lety

      No Jorma in KBC, Paul, Marty and Jack, name comes from the initials of their Surnames.

  • @toddswartz3510
    @toddswartz3510 Před 3 lety +1

    According to an interview with Marty , the name "Jefferson airplane" came from the name of someone's dog whom Jorma knew.

  • @ironmannjb
    @ironmannjb Před 4 lety

    You forgot the first outdoor concert, Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival June 10, 11, 1967. Jefferson Starship played on Sunday 11 June.

  • @Mars-
    @Mars- Před 4 lety +21

    Mickey Thomas should be mentioned as well.
    Lead vocals for some of the bands biggest songs.
    For example,
    "Jane "

  • @teamjesus7087
    @teamjesus7087 Před 4 lety +7

    WTF...? Not one word of Mickey Thomas. One of the greatest singers/voices from the eighties.

  • @jameshudson169
    @jameshudson169 Před 4 lety

    miracles! i totally forgot about that song!! guess i never knew WHO sang that.

  • @holly70hk
    @holly70hk Před 4 lety +1

    White Rabbit * awesome tune !

  • @KPearce57
    @KPearce57 Před 4 lety

    I know around 1978 Starship was the headliner band for Rock on The Rhein near St. Geor Germany she got so wasted that they canceled Starship, there was a riot and the the stage and lighting was destroyed .

  • @SziontificMystic
    @SziontificMystic Před 4 lety

    I own a few of their vinyl but haven't dove into their vibe yet...

  • @johnzook8386
    @johnzook8386 Před 4 lety +19

    I almost wrecked my car while violently stabbing my finger at the radio trying to change the channel when We Built this City came on. That song deserves the title of worst pop song ever recorded.

    • @phlushphish793
      @phlushphish793 Před 4 lety +10

      I know everyone hates it. But I've always liked it ... & still do.

    • @TheRockinDonkey
      @TheRockinDonkey Před 4 lety +4

      How can you say that when New Kids On The Block exist?

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Před 4 lety +1

      John Zook
      Oh my God that's EXACTLY what I tell people happens to me everytime a Grunge song comes on the radio, matter of fact I just told someone basically that same thing today, "Nothing will make me almost wreck a car faster then me diving for the dial on my car radio..."

    • @hannabaal150
      @hannabaal150 Před 4 lety

      A number 1 hit for them, written by Bernie Taupin. I like it.

    • @barfly946
      @barfly946 Před 4 lety +2

      Nothings Gonna Stop Us is FAR worse !

  • @leeanderson2998
    @leeanderson2998 Před rokem +1

    These people are phenomenal!

  • @51Humanspirit
    @51Humanspirit Před 4 lety

    I lived in the North Bay Area since 63.
    I heard of a roach clip called by the bands name till after 1970.

  • @marvinisit
    @marvinisit Před 2 lety

    Why did Craig Chaquico's name not get mentioned..... From 1974 to 1991 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship

  • @pedenmk
    @pedenmk Před 2 lety

    Jefferson airplane rocked. I don't care what anyone says. Grace was a windchiled and she could scream out the lyrics. Great video thanks grunge you guys ROCK

  • @berndgruner8510
    @berndgruner8510 Před 9 měsíci

    ❤❤..Danke nochmal ❤❤

  • @SPAZZYok
    @SPAZZYok Před rokem +2

    Bernie Taupin was a genius. Elton is nothing without him.