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  • čas přidán 28. 11. 2009
  • Yes. The Seeds

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  • @marladell6091
    @marladell6091 Před 4 lety +204

    I saw the Seeds in 1966 ...They opened for The Supremes at the Hollywood Bowl...It was my first rock concert!!

    • @brotzmannsax
      @brotzmannsax Před 2 lety +6

      That's a fun fact , the Seeds and the Supremes, interesting.

    • @MWSLV
      @MWSLV Před 2 lety

      Very cool!!!

    • @karenrogers4036
      @karenrogers4036 Před 2 lety +1

      I was at that concert too!didnt buffalospringfield,supremesand Johnny? Play too?

    • @marladell6091
      @marladell6091 Před 2 lety +1

      @@karenrogers4036 Hi Karen....I don't remember the BS or JR opening for that concert. Just the seeds. I did however see the BS at a small venue just off Sunset Blvd in '67. I am certain that this concert was sometime in the Summer of '66. I am from the SFV and now live in N. Ca. I saw a lot of concerts in my day and am so blessed to be a part of this music revolution. Best to you!! Marla

    • @John_Fugazzi
      @John_Fugazzi Před 2 lety +3

      What a weird combo that was. They were so very different, the supremes all glamor and choreographed moves and the Seeds barely contained punk chaos.

  • @lindyprimo9025
    @lindyprimo9025 Před 2 lety +22

    I've been pushin too
    hard for 50 years! Now
    I'm old an tired but never
    too tired for this song!😂😍

  • @LarsDcCase
    @LarsDcCase Před 9 měsíci +45

    The best Rock and Roll music came from this era. We, who grew up with this music are so fortunate. Rock and Roll music will never be the same. 😀

    • @dennismurillodennis3079
      @dennismurillodennis3079 Před 6 měsíci +2

      You are correct.

    • @user-hs7kn3ng2z
      @user-hs7kn3ng2z Před 5 měsíci +3

      What about Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber? (Meaning, you are 100 percent correct! As Joni Mitchell said about today's music, "It's a septic tank!")

    • @gaylonmurphy1298
      @gaylonmurphy1298 Před měsícem

      The stuff today is just like Sleepy Joe a Joke

  • @HemiVic
    @HemiVic Před 2 lety +154

    It’s amazing! My heart and soul have remained between the ears 1964-67 since then! This is the greatest era in Rock music history! I love this song!

    • @FRANKIESIXTOES
      @FRANKIESIXTOES Před rokem +6

      I agree.

    • @ae2yosemitesamvp48
      @ae2yosemitesamvp48 Před rokem +8

      Me too. Graduated from high school in 1966 and got drafted in 1967 and went to VietNam in 1970.

    • @trttt139
      @trttt139 Před rokem +2

      @@ae2yosemitesamvp48 what do you think of the vietnam war now?

    • @rasjjmitchell7977
      @rasjjmitchell7977 Před rokem +6

      THE GREATEST ERA OF MUSIC! The music of today sucks by comparison

    • @pappies.c.9583
      @pappies.c.9583 Před rokem +3

      I too want to go back to those days so peaceful good music

  • @buckroo8424
    @buckroo8424 Před 3 lety +12

    I was on Shebang in 66! Met Casey Kasem. Last year of high school. Then I got a personal letter from “Uncle Sam”. Love these guys and their sound!!👍

  • @panagiotisstaboglis7113
    @panagiotisstaboglis7113 Před 2 lety +84

    The seeds were perhaps the top garage band of all time!In no other garage band will you see such perfection and vocal harmonies!RIP Sky Saxon.

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 Před rokem +9

      They were indeed, excellent, but should only be considered as possibly second best. AS Ray Wylie Hubbard says, no band was ever cooler than the 13th Floor Elevators..

    • @schuberttim
      @schuberttim Před rokem +2

      The Seeds were a great garage band, but there were no vocal harmonies on "Pushin' Too Hard". Perhaps you liked the background vocals, which were pretty cool.

    • @andrewjohnstone963
      @andrewjohnstone963 Před rokem

      Says you so it must be true ¿

    • @andrewjohnstone963
      @andrewjohnstone963 Před rokem

      ​@jong9539 Says you
      Its juvenile get a grip

    • @waynesilverman3048
      @waynesilverman3048 Před rokem

      Jong u know that !

  • @dearprudence2260
    @dearprudence2260 Před 4 lety +105

    Those garage bands in every neighborhood man, God I miss them. Being a kid then, it was great.

    • @hawkinsa90
      @hawkinsa90 Před 3 lety +1

      But never played in a garage!

    • @balloonfarm5903
      @balloonfarm5903 Před 3 lety +1

      @@hawkinsa90 I was in a basement band.😆😎✌🏽☮️🎸

    • @rockettebob
      @rockettebob Před 2 lety +1

      i think the MOTHERS played bollero bowling alley in east san diego. beefheart delivered bread out of his dad's helms truck. i bought penny candy...it is strange being in reno in 2021.....rockettebob

    • @hermanrego8115
      @hermanrego8115 Před 2 lety +2

      Weren't the 60's the best time for music. Great garage rock!

    • @larryfitzgerald2945
      @larryfitzgerald2945 Před 19 dny

      So much great music from the garage bands of the day, REAL FROM THE GUT. Now it’s all corporate, image more important than the music, which is what squally formatted, formulated, & soulless. We had choices, today we are force fed what we hear, like it or not.

  • @markko17
    @markko17 Před 3 lety +104

    I was in Junior High when this came out. One day a teacher was giving us a hard time about something and I said, "You're pushing too hard!" Detention for me.

    • @rs-oj7jt
      @rs-oj7jt Před 3 lety +1

      Haa

    • @suenatewa7472
      @suenatewa7472 Před 3 lety +3

      This can never happen at this age of time. Lesson learned the hard way we did. Not so much now.

    • @stevegrieb6596
      @stevegrieb6596 Před 3 lety +1

      Well, crap! We are getting old Jake.

    • @martinbachmann6283
      @martinbachmann6283 Před 3 lety +1

      Markko17, I was in 4th or 5th grade I think, when I first heard this. LOVED your "Junior-High" experience! Yup, as far as junior-high (teachers) went for me, I turned into a BONAFIDE smart-ass myself - and hey, I'm pretty much still the same way today in my mid-60s! Funny thing though; I'm a retired career elementary-ed/early-child Teacher? Hmmm....

    • @peterlydon5100
      @peterlydon5100 Před 3 lety +1

      a true heroe of The Revolution!

  • @DandyLion662a
    @DandyLion662a Před 7 lety +184

    I've always loved that garage/proto-punk/psychadelia-influenced sound of the 60s. You get that from other bands like Syndicate of Sound (Hey Little Girl), Blues Magoos (We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet), Music Machine (Talk Talk) and a few others. Thanks for posting.

    • @hugbug4408
      @hugbug4408 Před 3 lety +15

      You stole my thunder! How right you are! Was in the 3rd grade when this came out on phillies famous 56 wfil in early fall 65.
      My grade schools friends bro was sent to SouthVietnam in the Mekong Delta with the big red 1: 1st infantry division USA.

    • @HamptonGuitars
      @HamptonGuitars Před 2 lety +4

      If you aren't familiar with Masculine Intuition by Music Machine, check it out. My favorite.

    • @hugbug4408
      @hugbug4408 Před 2 lety +8

      Don't 4get Dandylions don't tell no lies ! Lol. I' ll listen to some of The Music Machines fine tunes of the mid- to late 60s !
      Some of the tunes you mentioned came out around 1965-66 , and I was 8/9 years old listening to Phillies Famous 56 WFIL !
      Rember very well some of my friends brothers , and neighbors sons , being sent to a hell in South East Asia--SouthVietnam ! My uncle was kia there mid- March , 1968 , @ tail end of TET! Also , 10 days before my 11th bday .
      The 60s was a interestingly crazy time line in our country's history !
      The music , from all genres was into the psychedelic scene by 1964 , actually earlier than that . I'd say more back into the late 50s , and early 60s. Be Bops , Beatniks , Merry Pranksters , to the quintessential hippies , of course so did drugs like LSD , Mushrooms , Speed/Methamphetamines , Barbituates , Heroin , and Marijhuana . By the mid- to late 60s , Heroin , Smack , H , Horse , Junk , Scag , Dope became a bad epidemic ; more than the other drugs , believe it or not. Alcohol was the biggest abused drug , and always will be.
      Alot of these tunes of the mid- to late 60s were danced to , and listend to by people under the influence of something that would eventually deprave them later. Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothing Yet " , and "The Easy Beats 'Got Fri. On My Mind' " were great beer drinking , among other indulgences , songs to dance to ! Alot , of the pop psych / psychedelic songs were good to dance to . My friends sister was one of those early hippies , and had a plethora of some early psych tunes .

    • @PAULLONDEN
      @PAULLONDEN Před 2 lety +5

      Agree totally ...The Nugget compilations are full with them ,"Count Five" ,"Amboy Dukes",
      Electric Prunes".....and a whole lot lesser known brilliant ones.

    • @hugbug4408
      @hugbug4408 Před 2 lety +4

      @@PAULLONDEN Don't 4get the SEEDS ; "PUSHIN ' TO HARD"

  • @free8611
    @free8611 Před 10 lety +538

    I saw the Seeds play this song in 1966.They were playing in a parking lot in Granada Hills,CA two blocks from my parents house.I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

    • @johnriselvato5838
      @johnriselvato5838 Před 6 lety +33

      Jim Moriarty I was there in Granada Hills at this parking lot. A local record store was promoting their first album. I remember this epic moment as if it was yesterday. Good to here from someone that was at this event.

    • @54dobro
      @54dobro Před 6 lety +17

      Wow! I was there too!

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 Před 6 lety +9

      I wasn't there. But nice to see some Vals checking things out! Tim Bogert used to go to the Lamplighter at mission and Balboa. I heard from folks who were old enough to drink when he was hanging out.
      Van Nuys here, Balboa and Sherman Way!

    • @nancyhogue4345
      @nancyhogue4345 Před 6 lety +15

      you guys must be as old as i am! did not see the concert, but saw Steppenwolf in 64. still love the sounds of the 60s and still dancing!

    • @stevemiller7433
      @stevemiller7433 Před 6 lety +5

      Neat!!

  • @sherryshore1044
    @sherryshore1044 Před 4 lety +7

    Miss the great songs of the 60's. I was 11 in '66. Loved the songs so much.

  • @ianhenning2422
    @ianhenning2422 Před 9 měsíci +5

    My Pop's is a Vietnam vet and he told me to give this song to listen and his music is very vast and his knowledge is exceptional and first time hearing this song it was anything like I've ever heard before you could tell the guy I meant what he was saying and what lyrics you know what Harmony they were on the same just a classic song...

  • @ritaalways-alone4618
    @ritaalways-alone4618 Před 3 lety +12

    I'm watching an episode of "The Mothers-in-law" (remember that?) and the Seeds are on it as a group called "The Warts". Lol! I never heard of them. I was 3 when this came out. I'm a young 59 now. 😳 Saw in the credits who they were so I looked them up. This song is mesmerising, as are the band members. Time...goes way too fast. To be able to go back...and not come back! 🙏

    • @dianagruver5767
      @dianagruver5767 Před 2 lety

      Same. I’m watching that show and I hear this song come on. I’m thinking “I know that song, who does it?!” Lol. I was only a couple of years old when it came out but I had an older sister so I got into music at a young age. I miss 60s music! Thank God for CZcams.

    • @Alva778
      @Alva778 Před 7 měsíci

      Esto quiere decir que esta banda apareció en 1962?

  • @beatlejim64
    @beatlejim64 Před 7 lety +22

    Got as high as #36 on the Billboard charts in Feb.1967...a CLASSIC!!!

    • @scottjones7562
      @scottjones7562 Před 7 lety +7

      Really, a better tune, I think, than that number implies.

  • @laurastafford8714
    @laurastafford8714 Před 6 lety +50

    A song before it's time..kicking song that never gets old..

  • @georgemiller6347
    @georgemiller6347 Před 7 lety +3

    I was a sophomore in college in the fall of 1967. Every Friday when the weather was great, one of the guys in the fraternity would put this 45 on repeat and set the speakers in the third floor window towards the greektown walkway. Got everyone psyched for the w/e-damn I miss those days sometimes. its not what u did, but, what u didn't do....thanx for the memory.

  • @joedanache7970
    @joedanache7970 Před 6 lety +44

    Love that song. One of the best 60s classics.

    • @bobbywall172
      @bobbywall172 Před 4 lety +3

      What a driving song, makes me want get up and dance(move)!!!!!

  • @puppycat58
    @puppycat58 Před 2 lety +51

    Love that song 🎵....a underrated song... Kasey Kasem had an amazing voice..

  • @stevepaul6955
    @stevepaul6955 Před 5 lety +82

    This song still sounds great after all these years. RIP Sky.

    • @ianhenning2422
      @ianhenning2422 Před 9 měsíci

      Classic Song,My Pops put me on to this song and it's been a favorite since the first words I heard...

    • @mikethebike7372
      @mikethebike7372 Před 5 měsíci

      R I.P. Jan Savage

  • @carlosacevedo8530
    @carlosacevedo8530 Před 4 lety +4

    I remember Kasey Kasem! He used to DJ on KRLA Radio in L.A., CA.during the 1960s. I used to listen to him while I was in elementary and high school. Since I lived in L.A., I enjoyed listening to all of the rock radio stations, such as, KFWB and KHJ. For those of you, who lived in L.A,, you may remember KGFJ and XERB. The latter was DJed by Wolfman Jack, who is now deceased. But I can say, they'll never be another Kasey Kasem. The days of memorable Disc Jockeys are all gone!

    • @Hope-fv3kf
      @Hope-fv3kf Před 6 měsíci

      I worked in Beverly Hills for a Doctor on Robertson Blvd early 70s. Wolfman was 1 of our patients.

  • @badcoach2000
    @badcoach2000 Před 9 lety +51

    The cool part about most of the bands from this era is when they played the same song live, it usually not only sounded different from the studio version, but was usually just as good or sometimes better than the studio versions due to the energy of the audiences. They all had raw pure talent!

    • @brucewilliams2106
      @brucewilliams2106 Před 7 měsíci +1

      all the TV shows were lip synced back then.

    • @jamesewanchook2276
      @jamesewanchook2276 Před 4 měsíci

      no computers or backing tracks to rely on.. most live musicians like to experiment.

  • @mickeymousebiker1
    @mickeymousebiker1 Před 11 lety +85

    RIP Sky and Reg! You guys help create the sound of a generation.

    • @janiellenathan
      @janiellenathan Před 3 lety +7

      I was with Sky at the summer if love concert at Luther Burbank. In Santa Rosa

    • @StevenCarinci
      @StevenCarinci Před rokem +2

      Proto Yardbirds!

    • @franciscocordova7083
      @franciscocordova7083 Před rokem

      Who is sky and reg?

    • @Selvikus
      @Selvikus Před rokem +1

      @@franciscocordova7083 sky = sky saxon(lead vocalist of Seeds; guy you see on bass in this video)

    • @billyangus
      @billyangus Před rokem +3

      Rick Andridge was drummer for The SEEDS, with Sky Saxon on lead vocal,
      Jan Savage on guitar, and Daryl Hooper on keyboards.
      Hooper is the last surviving original veteran of The SEEDS.
      Sky passed away on the same day we lost Michael Jackson
      and Farrah Fawcett, on June 25, 2009.
      Rick Andridge died in 2011, and Jan Savage passed away in 2020.

  • @gradyfilms2458
    @gradyfilms2458 Před 5 lety +40

    Always a great idea to get a tight shot of Sky playing the bass during the entire guitar solo, especially when the whole band tries to cue the camera director by looking over at the lead guitarist right before he goes into it. Brilliant...

    • @John_Fugazzi
      @John_Fugazzi Před 2 lety +3

      Sky didn't play any instruments. Darryl had an extra bass keyboard for his Farfisa organ in live concerts. On recordings it was usually session bass player Harvey Sharpe. You're right that Jan Savage should have been on camera then.

  • @sleeplate3584
    @sleeplate3584 Před rokem +24

    I like the way the show does a close up of the bass guitar during the guitar solo...

    • @tonyrussi7777
      @tonyrussi7777 Před 3 měsíci +4

      the camera person had no clue.

    • @scottbivins4051
      @scottbivins4051 Před 2 měsíci

      Pissed me off I hate when camera guys don't know shit about music. Show the fuckin solo idiots.

    • @StandingStones1776-vb6zn
      @StandingStones1776-vb6zn Před 28 dny

      @@tonyrussi7777 yeah they did not wants us to see the Vox Electric Guitar

  • @rifftipton7709
    @rifftipton7709 Před 8 lety +86

    One of the first guitar solos I learned. Glad I got to see the Seeds opening for Jefferson Airplane here in San Diego.

  • @patrickscranton3296
    @patrickscranton3296 Před 10 lety +271

    Timeless piece of music that will last forever in rock history

  • @bluenosemassmedia2996
    @bluenosemassmedia2996 Před 9 měsíci +5

    I got to see the seeds live a couple of times as a kid. I’m in my seventies now.

  • @dannyparis3674
    @dannyparis3674 Před 5 lety +8

    The Seeds from 1966 with your pushing too hard excellent Rock song excellent electric guitar work and percussion this rock song stands out as a Rock classic nice to see Casey Kasem in his Heyday to

  • @jorgeestomba9888
    @jorgeestomba9888 Před 4 lety +11

    Very unique sound, thats what made the 60 magical. This song exemplified that !!! Will we ever be blessed with this magic again !!!!!

  • @petechau2317
    @petechau2317 Před 7 lety +11

    Had a relative who saw these guys in concert at Santa Monica Beach in the 60s. He said they stunk up the joint and the crowd showered them with watermelon. Even so I love this song.

  • @debbielynn6291
    @debbielynn6291 Před rokem +2

    Great music was the soundtrack of our lives then. I'm 9 in '67. We pretended we were go-go dancers in my backyard kickin' it to this and all the songs ...now classics...on am radio. Best music thru the 80s.

  • @davekring3936
    @davekring3936 Před 2 lety +6

    First time I heard this song I was a struggling freshman in college. It instantly struck a chord & helped ignite my bottled up rebelliousness & passion to tell off the world!!

  • @greg33770
    @greg33770 Před 7 lety +12

    Haven't heard this great classic in 50 years ! Fantastic tunes from back then, remember it like it was yesterday ! Listening on WKBW-am radio, Buffalo.

  • @beatlejim64
    @beatlejim64 Před 3 lety +4

    Released in November 1965...re-issued in October 1966...got to #36 on the Billboard "Hot 100" chart in Feb.1967. A garage band CLASSIC!!!

  • @joboiecruiser
    @joboiecruiser Před 4 lety +11

    I had a recording studio behind my house in Hayward CA., I did a number of recordings with Sky Saxon and friends, but sky didn't just walk in, he BURST in the studio the first time we met. I could tell you many interesting stories about those sessions. He was a very kind and loving human being after all the shenanigan's were over.

  • @deansuffka6844
    @deansuffka6844 Před 4 lety +6

    This was the first band that I was a roadie with @ 18. At 19, I spent '68-The Summer-of-Love as a roadie with Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, The Monkees, People, and other Top-Hit Wonders. Then came Vietnam...

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 Před 3 lety

      Which experience damaged your hearing the most ... Nam, Blue Cheer or Iron Butterfly? Also, some members of People were into the early days of Scientology.

    • @deansuffka6844
      @deansuffka6844 Před 3 lety

      @@chasbodaniels1744 Didn't do Nam-Did my tour-of-duty@ hard labor in a military stockade as a conscientious objector. The loudness level was "normal" with The Seeds, People, Boyce & Hart/Monkees and Kansas. My tinnitus is the result of tours with Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, and Captain Beyond.

    • @deansuffka6844
      @deansuffka6844 Před 3 lety +1

      @@chasbodaniels1744 Didn't do Nam-did my tour-of-duty @ hard labor in a military stockade as a conscientious objector. The loudness level was "normal" while on tour with The Seeds, People, Boyce&Hart/Monkees, and Kansas. My tours with Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, and Captain Beyond gave me tinnitus. 68summerrofloveroadie

  • @gogetafuckinsama6500
    @gogetafuckinsama6500 Před 9 lety +1817

    My grandpa Is the drummer

    • @Vidiod
      @Vidiod Před 9 lety +17

      Really? - What's his name?

    • @gogetafuckinsama6500
      @gogetafuckinsama6500 Před 9 lety +75

      Rick Andridge

    • @urdivine
      @urdivine Před 9 lety +85

      Ricky Andridgeiv Really? I just posted a comment saying that the keyboard player, Daryl Hooper, was my childhood, friend.

    • @gogetafuckinsama6500
      @gogetafuckinsama6500 Před 9 lety +38

      Cool👍

    • @cataddict1
      @cataddict1 Před 9 lety +26

      Ricky Andridgeiv OMG!!! That is just wonderful!!!! LOLOL!! I love it!

  • @A_Pa-Plainjane
    @A_Pa-Plainjane Před 8 lety +19

    Just 16 and exploring all the dark clubs in obscure corners of the city playing a wild and new sound, still sounds pretty fresh, especially the clean guitar riffs

  • @DiscoveringAsia
    @DiscoveringAsia Před 10 měsíci +3

    This reminds of early garage rock bands late 60's and we had band competitions where something like a exhibtion hall was used and all the bands had their turn on stage. They were really good and especially because many of them played at our high school dances in the high school gym. The dance nights in our gym even though chaperoned with priests and nuns were so fun with these small bands out of nowhere.

  • @machoninny2960
    @machoninny2960 Před 2 lety +11

    Still sounds nasty in 2021, and I remember when it came out. Still have the single.

  • @gregmonteiro1737
    @gregmonteiro1737 Před 10 lety +12

    I was born in 1960. And this song is ingrained into my memory. Work is hard
    and they still want more. You have to make a living but " ALL I WANT IS TO
    JUST BE FREE TO LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY I WANT TO BE. ALL I WANT IS TO JUST HAVE FUN TO LIVE MY LIFE LIKE IT'S JUST BEGUN. But your pushin too hard your pushin too hard on me.

    • @hoss73ford
      @hoss73ford Před 9 lety +1

      perhaps the lyrics of this song (first heard when I was 11 in late 1966) is why I never chose the married with kids route. I like being free & having fun.

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 Před 6 lety

      Reminds me of the 1960's teen/young adult mentality back then. That song expresses it in a nutshell.

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 Před 6 lety

      Mark, I sometimes people who chose your route did the right thing. Its too late for me, but, sometimes, I wonder what my life would be like if I chose to stay single with NO kids.

  • @fredstickley
    @fredstickley Před 9 lety +142

    The SEEDS only had a hand full of hits, but they had an impact. Non compromising.
    They had an Alternative vibe. Love Mr. Farmer.

    • @andyvlasis1601
      @andyvlasis1601 Před 6 lety +4

      Fred Stickley. I so agree.

    • @maxinestannard9463
      @maxinestannard9463 Před 6 lety +5

      Hell yes!

    • @emmaduncan2991
      @emmaduncan2991 Před 6 lety +11

      one of the "proto punk" bands of the 60's!

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 Před 6 lety +4

      You bet Fred! Mr. Farmer and Pushin to Hard were songs that were very well made for the genre.
      The Count5 and ?and the Mysterians also had the sound and groove nailed.
      Ya gotta love it

    • @ludannelasyvyus1824
      @ludannelasyvyus1824 Před 5 lety +4

      "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", cool catchy song.

  • @henryniznik406
    @henryniznik406 Před rokem +2

    Fond memories hearing this song and before that, I Can't Seem To Make You Mine, both back in 1967. I still get pumped up by it some 55 years later. The Seeds were under rated.

  • @jamesshort8385
    @jamesshort8385 Před 5 lety +40

    The greatest guitar solo ever. The best rock and roll sounds like it could fly apart any second. This song has that in spades.

    • @cre8lite11
      @cre8lite11 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes isn’t that the greatest guitar solo, it’s still sends me into orbit. I was fortunate to hang out with Darryle when they brought the seeds documentary to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. He still teaches music at his ranch in Northern Cal. And his keyboard solo sent me into another orbit. They gave me a T-shirt that night and I have some pictures somewhere. I saw them twice in Santa Barbara and one time they opened for the doors or the other way around

  • @handsomepackage7004
    @handsomepackage7004 Před 7 lety +26

    This song was played over and over and over on the radio in L.A back in 1965.

    • @TheStatue1
      @TheStatue1 Před 7 lety

      yes, 1965 was quite early for psychedelia.

    • @MikeS-um1nm
      @MikeS-um1nm Před 4 lety

      Once woulda' been enough. ...or maybe one time too many.

  • @patrickmcgrath5411
    @patrickmcgrath5411 Před rokem +4

    THEY PLAYED AT MY FRESHMAN DANCE IN 1966' AT SERRA HIGH SCHOOL IN GARDENA, CA.❣️

  • @msaintpc
    @msaintpc Před 4 lety +21

    In 1971 I let Sky and several of his friends stay at a house I had rented in Laurel Canyon. That same year Arlo Guthrie and I got him a suite for a month at the Continental Hyatt House. He was seeing pretty hard times then with no steady place to stay, hitchhiking up and down the Coast Highway crashing at different friends' houses. He was also an amazing piano player, but he always imo got too high and took too much acid. Met him down home in Laguna Beach in 1969, he stayed in Dodge City a couple days in my cousin Eddie Coleman's cabin. Good dude. RIP my brother.

    • @urpgag2
      @urpgag2 Před 4 lety +1

      wow s'cool

    • @davidstaudohar6268
      @davidstaudohar6268 Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks for sharing your memories with us 🇺🇸 As Always Diamond Dave ♦️ ♦️♦️ staudohar.com/#TRUMP2020 ,

    • @texasgina
      @texasgina Před 4 lety +1

      Very cool. I grew up in Huntington Beach and raised my kids near Laguna. My nephew is the bass player for the band Roxanne. I had so much fun back in the 70’s and 80’s in Hollywood at the clubs. I was born in 65 and my parents were into Rock and Motown. My mom loved to go out dancing at the Cinnamon Cinder in Long Beach.

    • @davidstaudohar6268
      @davidstaudohar6268 Před 4 lety

      @@texasgina than U for sharing Gina , The Hippie battle cry was sex drugs and Rock and roll, unfortunately not many of us survived , and those that are alive Thier brains are fried 🙏🌹🌻🌼💐 Flowers 4 U from the Diamond , staudohar.com

    • @donnsunderland2684
      @donnsunderland2684 Před 4 lety

      I remember him staying in Topanga Canyon - I knew (still know) his then girlfriend Carla.

  • @glennriley9691
    @glennriley9691 Před 4 lety +40

    I've commented before that American beat music from the 60s is phenomenal. This music can't be bettered

    • @randallalan4221
      @randallalan4221 Před 4 lety +5

      @reitsound 60's Garage Band music...an example of one of it's finest!

  • @steviesugarman7416
    @steviesugarman7416 Před 3 lety +8

    A relentless song, the beat keeps driving all the way through, even through the keyboard solo. Daresay this song was the inspiration for many later bands.

    • @jesincere8589
      @jesincere8589 Před 3 lety

      Sky was everything a 60's rock star could have been. All those prior years gigging made him a stellar front man. Outstanding to watch them.

    • @bullfrogdaddy
      @bullfrogdaddy Před rokem

      gives me Doors vibez

  • @urdivine
    @urdivine Před 9 lety +14

    OK, forgive me for "name dropping" here.
    I was childhood friends with Daryl Hooper, the keyboardist. I remember we were playing on a property with new construction of a house and stepped on board with a nail in it. It went pretty deep into his foot. That happened right at the very beginnings of the rock era, mid 50's. I know I was obsessed with this "new" kind of music, but I never talked to him about music. I wish I would have.
    This song, first released in 1965 was a head of it's time.

  • @MrLuigiFercotti
    @MrLuigiFercotti Před 3 lety +3

    First remember hearing this around ‘80 when a roommates friend came over and he had these old albums from 60s. We we’re all listening to punk and new wave, so was a bit of an education in the more raw sounds of the 60s. Good times.

  • @andynilsson7948
    @andynilsson7948 Před 5 lety +3

    Cruisin' the avenue with this on the radio.....CRANKED UP!

  • @Cryo837
    @Cryo837 Před 9 lety +196

    If this song came out today I wonder how it would do in a Rap/Hip-Hop music world that needs to be dynamited into oblivion. These lyrics have the same bite now as they did then. A timeless classic!!!

    • @hoss73ford
      @hoss73ford Před 9 lety +11

      Cryo837 Its been 48 years (Dec '66) since it first hit the charts and time hasn't diminished it sound at all but rather enhanced it 'cuz as you say there is stuff out now that needs to go to the scrap heap.

    • @steveasat2
      @steveasat2 Před 9 lety +6

      Are you being sarcastic? The lyrics are godawful junior-high rhymes. Not that it matters when the message is merely "stop nagging me to get a job, girl". www.metrolyrics.com/pushin-too-hard-lyrics-seeds.html

    • @thorts
      @thorts Před 9 lety +4

      Cryo837 If you think hip hop has no lyrics u obviously have only heard commercial rap, check sage francis, cecil otter, ceschi etc ignorance is bliss

    • @steveasat2
      @steveasat2 Před 9 lety +2

      KoivuTheHab Heh, "bite", that's a good one. The lyrics consist of a whiny punk telling off his girlfriend for being naggy. That isn't even a nibble, let alone bite. Google "Ramsey and Stanley and Neville were the names of the mules" if you want to see some bite.

    • @steveasat2
      @steveasat2 Před 9 lety +3

      KoivuTheHab Even as a teen anthem, these lyrics don't have any "bite", however you choose to redefine that term. It's petulant, not visceral. Now, that's no objection to you LIKING the song. I happen to LOVE a lot of songs that have lame-ass lyrics. So I know bite-less lyrics when I hear them, and these are among them. The chorus is just a complaint and the stanzas are only the singer wanting and demanding instead of actually DOING anything. It was perfect for inclusion on the Easy Rider soundtrack because it reflects the tone of the whole movie.

  • @rogertemple7313
    @rogertemple7313 Před 5 lety +4

    "Sky Saxon's father I heard
    was in the military
    and that they moved around a lot
    and I'm from southern Oklahoma
    and I heard that Sky had
    lived there in a
    nearby town for awhile until his
    father had to move them again,
    not sure how long he
    lived here in Oklahoma
    maybe a year or two,
    but eventually ended up
    in California,
    and became musician,
    years later he lived
    in Texas not far from the
    part of Oklahoma where
    I live and lived there until
    his death,
    the Seeds were one of
    the many bands
    that didn't make it as big
    as some of the
    others but were still a great band
    and put out some more music that
    never got airplay on the radio
    " Pushin' to Hard" was the
    only song they did play,
    thanks."-😎.
    🌐🎤🎸🎹🌐.

  • @supergong2241
    @supergong2241 Před 3 lety +3

    I was 7 years old ...love this song to jam on back in the day🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @Mary-rg4tl
    @Mary-rg4tl Před 5 lety +3

    Go GrandPa Go! Bless his heart! Always loved this song since it first came out and am dancing to it now! This is for all the people that pushed too hard on me! 😎✌

  • @philiptucci2458
    @philiptucci2458 Před 5 lety +5

    Very Beautiful Masterpiece, great music & great memories of life forever from the greatest musical decade of all time

  • @alanchrisman5104
    @alanchrisman5104 Před 9 lety +175

    "Pushing Too Hard" by The Seeds. was showing Brit. Invasion mixing with California's "psychedelic" sound. 1967. sung and written by Sky Saxon.

    • @kattalady8114
      @kattalady8114 Před 6 lety +4

      alan chrisman it's gold in my heart

    • @cesarcesar8545
      @cesarcesar8545 Před 5 lety +5

      Class of 1978 Digs 60s and 70s the most :)

    • @scottconnors8419
      @scottconnors8419 Před 5 lety +8

      shot pool w sky last time I saw him in Portland Oregon,n he passed away not long after,he was talking alot about digs n his dogs?maybe flash backs..I know he was lil unstable few early times I met him.friend mine played in lollipop shoppe n passed away not long ago..rip. Fred...your missed....

    • @paulcarlsen9469
      @paulcarlsen9469 Před 5 lety +6

      It came out in late 65 or early 66...

    • @charlesroberts3650
      @charlesroberts3650 Před 5 lety +2

      @@cesarcesar8545 Dig it the most.

  • @daneavagliano9866
    @daneavagliano9866 Před 5 lety +2

    Great song. Played this song in my band when I was 12 year's old. You can still rock out to this song.

  • @usernametaken5619
    @usernametaken5619 Před 6 lety +3

    Classic punk/garage band song. These boys were way ahead of their time.

  • @casperkenbergeron1488
    @casperkenbergeron1488 Před 5 lety +3

    ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BACK THEN THAT MY BAND LOVED TO PLAY IN THE 60s. In SAN FRANCISCO. CASPER.

  • @shawnazanney9543
    @shawnazanney9543 Před 8 lety +3

    Love the music and beat. One of the great garage bands of the 60's.

  • @grammaseep7719
    @grammaseep7719 Před 7 lety +2

    Ricky Andridgeiv....My husband sat in for them (your grandpa?) at the Rosemont in Chicago. The drummer was sick and my husband's (town) band was playing so they asked him to sit in for the drummer. Small world.

  • @Idelia412
    @Idelia412 Před 4 lety +3

    I remember when this song did well on KHJ radio in L.A. I bought the record and still have it so many years later. Sky Saxton sounds great!

    • @donnymcdonald2600
      @donnymcdonald2600 Před 2 lety

      Yes I do remember listening to 93khj am and all the top 40 hits guess I'm old 65

  • @johnknottenbelt2502
    @johnknottenbelt2502 Před 9 lety +24

    Brilliant Post ! Thx for this ! Now I can alert those of my buddies from the 60s who couldn't find any of their music. This band was way ahead of their time !

  • @Jim4979
    @Jim4979 Před 5 lety +9

    I never get tired of listening to this song. Classic RocK!!!!!

  • @jamesian-allen8725
    @jamesian-allen8725 Před 6 lety +1

    i keep coming back to all these great garagerock classic tunes...good stuff plus a singing bass player w/these guys.

  • @johnhiram1207
    @johnhiram1207 Před 4 lety +2

    I was tripping on acid one night in 1967 and a friend played the Seeds album. Have loved them ever since.

  • @GG-xu1yn
    @GG-xu1yn Před 3 lety +3

    Cruising around on my blue Stingray bike, not a care in the world - ahhhh, the Good Ol' Days . . .

  • @heidigibbons9447
    @heidigibbons9447 Před 7 lety +11

    The Seeds played at the Madison County armory or whatever it was called in the 60's in Huntsville, Alabama -one of the first bands I ever saw.

    • @itisonlyme1
      @itisonlyme1 Před 6 lety +2

      Something to tell your grandchildren about!! What a great memory

    • @TheDonnalovesmusic
      @TheDonnalovesmusic Před 4 lety

      Madison County Coliseum, Huntsville, AL - was there and they were great!!!

  • @paulcarlsen9469
    @paulcarlsen9469 Před 5 lety +15

    Still, when seven is seven was released, Love scared the shit out of every band in LA, and quite a few across the pond.. 65 and 66 were magical times...before the media "Hippie" hype..

    • @crimsonwolf9099
      @crimsonwolf9099 Před 4 lety +2

      Love's "7 & 7 Is" is STILL a powerhouse assault. Tremendous song.

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 Před 4 lety

      Indeed...how many Seeds albums are on everyone's top 100 list?

  • @MrBeezer05
    @MrBeezer05 Před 7 lety +5

    Awesome 60s garage,love it,poppa................

  • @nyterpfan
    @nyterpfan Před 8 lety +27

    The electric piano during the bridge is AWESOMELY trippy---love it!!

    • @susancioban-dwyer2569
      @susancioban-dwyer2569 Před 4 lety +2

      I love that electric piano sound. That section reminds me of 'You Really Got Me' by The Kinks, another great early power rocker. 👍

    • @larryfairbanks1734
      @larryfairbanks1734 Před 2 lety

      Wurlitzer? Popular back in the day.

  • @thomassmith8721
    @thomassmith8721 Před 5 lety +5

    If this song had no lyrics and was just an instrumental it would still be classic
    One of the greatest psychedelic garage rock riffs ever

  • @michaelcorrigan4625
    @michaelcorrigan4625 Před 2 lety +2

    I saw The Seeds when I lived in a two up two down three to go. In those days we got up before we went to bed. But we were happy!

  • @laronis
    @laronis Před 3 lety +5

    They played The Seeds’ song “Up in Her Room” at the "Desert Trip" 2016 concert over the loudspeakers during intermission (Stones, McCartney, The Who, Roger Waters, Neil Young, and some other guy). It was very cool! Funny to hear them play this on the loudspeakers between Led Zeppelin and Cream songs. So finally after 50 years, The Seeds have finally been accepted into the main stream of cool music (none of my friends appreciated my playing music from The Seeds back in the 70's, lol).

  • @mag1226
    @mag1226 Před 5 lety +5

    Love the guitar riffs in this great oldie

  • @MeMe-kj5vp
    @MeMe-kj5vp Před 2 lety +3

    This songs brings back memories. We had so much fun back then 👍🏻

  • @JoseGutierrez-nh2vw
    @JoseGutierrez-nh2vw Před rokem +1

    I was in junior high school when this song was new I remember hearing groups playing in the garages you can hear the band more the Singer!

  • @tasseltoes
    @tasseltoes Před 4 lety +4

    The Seeds: Three great chords, FIVE great albums!!

  • @quentinkirk7221
    @quentinkirk7221 Před 9 lety +14

    That Piano Solo was mindblowing.

  • @bigjoe4110
    @bigjoe4110 Před 8 lety +104

    Great song, and the legendary Casey Kasem besides!!!!!!!!!

    • @toddinthemiddle
      @toddinthemiddle Před 7 lety +3

      zoinks!

    • @XMIR10C
      @XMIR10C Před 6 lety

      utah

    • @XMIR10C
      @XMIR10C Před 6 lety

      kcpx

    • @TheRomundus
      @TheRomundus Před 6 lety +4

      Kasem was lamer than lame.

    • @XMIR10C
      @XMIR10C Před 6 lety +5

      KASEM WAS A LEGEND. WE COULD HEAR KCPX IN CANADA AT NIGHT 1967 - 1975. tHEY USED TO SEND ME THE TOP 40 (500 EVERY WEEK

  • @marinegreensub
    @marinegreensub Před 4 lety

    I was born in 1961, and while all my friends were home watching Romper Room and Hobo Kelly, I was hanging out at the beach (Cherry St. in Carlsbad Ca.) body surfing and stringing beads with my brother and his hippie friends. Someone always had a transistor radio on the sand and this song was played all the time on KCBQ... THE station back then!!. Even though I was only 7 or 8 years old....I DID THE SIXTIES!!!

  • @huftjbeers2398
    @huftjbeers2398 Před rokem +1

    This was one of my most favorite songs when I was 4 years old. Also the very first single 45" I bought with my allowance at White Front store 1966 Costa Mesa, California.

  • @MrPotatoesLatkie
    @MrPotatoesLatkie Před 5 lety +67

    The guitar sound that these bands often had was really powerful. It wasn't like the distorted metal that came later, but there was something about it. It didn't seem to be tough sounding to the later metal crowd, but it actually was! A powerful guitar sound! It wasn't the focus, but it was an important part of the mix. It didn't drown out the singer or the song. It helped propel the entire experience.

    • @robertgarcia4117
      @robertgarcia4117 Před 3 lety +6

      Steven Garcia
      Out of site man.
      Right on.

    • @debhaax
      @debhaax Před 3 lety +6

      Your description hit the nail on the head! Oh how I miss the 60s and long for that music again. ☹️ For me this will never get old.

    • @asharp6464
      @asharp6464 Před 2 lety +1

      well put, spot on

    • @rasjjmitchell7977
      @rasjjmitchell7977 Před 2 lety +4

      @@debhaax it was the greatest era of music. The so-called music of nowadays just SUCKS compared to this.
      I feel sorry for the kids today, with the crummy so-called music they have to listen to.
      They don't know what they missed

    • @debhaax
      @debhaax Před 2 lety +2

      @@rasjjmitchell7977
      Could not agree more!

  • @chriscampbell9191
    @chriscampbell9191 Před 3 lety +7

    Valuable bit of rock history here. So cool to see the band playing here, even if it was lip synced -- and Casey Kasem, too! Wow. Love that guitar tone. Fuzz box boosting a trebley, surf sounding amp. The Seeds always struck me as a super California band, sort of like the Standells. A distinct 'cool' vibe to them and their music. Thanks for posting this cool vid.

  • @johnmitchelljr
    @johnmitchelljr Před 5 lety +2

    What's wrong with me? I'm 72 years old and I got goosebumps listening to one of the best songs on earth. Thanks for sharing.

  • @olddogcitypound5859
    @olddogcitypound5859 Před 6 lety +26

    I remember playing this song as loud as I could to piss off my dad. R.I.P. DAD and now I'm 65 and my son played shit to piss me off,but my generations
    music still kicks ass.😆

    • @60sbaby456
      @60sbaby456 Před 3 lety +1

      At least it had a beat, today is dull

  • @isabellamilano
    @isabellamilano Před 7 lety +17

    Just a great band. What talent. Music that moves you.

  • @waykoolrecords
    @waykoolrecords Před 8 lety +12

    Great song. As soon as I heard it on the radio I begged my parents to take me shopping so I could buy the 45. As a teenager at the time it`s all I could afford with my allowance money. I didn`t have enough money to buy lps at the time.

  • @MrPorsche85
    @MrPorsche85 Před 4 lety

    Saw The Seeds about 1967 at a teen club called the Cellar in NW burbs of Chicago. Got a great reception.

  • @GregoryWonderwheel
    @GregoryWonderwheel Před 4 lety +3

    This was one of my favorite songs and album when I was in high school.

  • @mosesc2138
    @mosesc2138 Před 4 lety +15

    This song kicks ass. Love Sky's crazy voice. He sounds like an insect when he sings "on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

  • @1761Charlie
    @1761Charlie Před 2 lety +3

    Sky Saxon . . . great band . . . own sound and style. Loved their albums.

  • @johnetter7699
    @johnetter7699 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Early psychedelic rock. A clear cut classic hit alongside with The Electric Prunes hit "Too Much to Dream. "

  • @ccrider00
    @ccrider00 Před měsícem

    Seeds had many GREAT songs on various albums besides this ons, a great band for sure❗💯🎯🥳🤠👍

  • @phatton1054
    @phatton1054 Před 8 lety +6

    Great song. Gets the blood flowing. Great Guitar

  • @riclurbina7483
    @riclurbina7483 Před 7 lety +24

    cool song, love it.reminds of my young days in L.A great times.

  • @jefffelderman2409
    @jefffelderman2409 Před rokem +1

    Brings back great memories of the best era for music. A psychedelic garage band if ever there was one.

  • @davidallen346
    @davidallen346 Před 5 lety +4

    Love these retro American psychedelic garage rock bands , this was when we had a edge over those British Invasion bands back then.