Grace Slick still alive, may outlive us all.
Drugs, The Final Frontier of Jefferson Starship.
Or, as Hunter Thompson, The Coneheads, and Hunter Biden would recommend......Mass Quantities.
I was there .Had just turned 17 . Hitched rides with a buddy from eastern CT to and back . Lied to my parents saying we had a ride to and back .
They had a really good set, they meshed well and sound was great - lots from their Volunteers album (I think their best, anyway).
Every other live Airplane I've heard sounded like they all got "the Green" acid...
Slick’s White Rabbit is a two-and-a-half minute rock masterpiece. Her vocals on it are magnificent.
“Volunteers” was an anti-Vietnam War song when it came out in 1970, but in 2024, it sounds like a MAGA anthem.
[Verse 1]
Look what’s happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Hey, I’m dancing down the street
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Ain’t it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution, got to revolution
One generation got old
One generation got soul
This generation got no dissertation to hold
Pick up the cry
[Verse 2]
Hey now it’s time for you and me
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Come on now, we’re marching to the sea
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Who will take it from you, we will and who are we?
[Chorus]
We are volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
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I got a revolution
Got a revolution
[Verse 1]
Look what’s happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Hey, I’m dancing down the street
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Ain’t it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution
[Chorus]
We are volunteers of America
Yeah, we’re volunteers of America
We’re volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
I was in my third of college at the time, and in the thick of it when that album came out. It’s a rousing, energetic call for revolution, yet , ironically, it marks the point when all that creative energy and spirt of change from ‘66-‘68, dissolved and became co-opted into commercialism, conceit, and a mere fashion statement.