Posted on 02/05/2025 8:41:05 AM PST by hardspunned
Look what's happening out in the streets Got a revolution (got to revolution) Hey, I'm dancing down the streets Got a revolution (got to revolution) Oh, 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 destination to hold Pick up the cry Hey, now it's time for you and me Got a revolution (got to revolution) Hey, 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? Well, we are volunteers of America (volunteers of America) Volunteers of America (volunteers of America) I've got a revolution Got a revolution
Look what's happening out in the streets Got a revolution (got to revolution) Hey, I'm dancing down the streets Got a revolution (got to revolution) Oh, ain't it amazing all the people I meet? Got a revolution, oh-oh We are volunteers of America Yeah, we are volunteers of America We are volunteers of America (volunteers of America) Volunteers of America (volunteers of America) Writer/s: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Wixen Music Publishing Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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Just great
Saw them in Central Park 1976. Sunny summer day
She was a powerhouse voice.
was drummer in a band doing 60’s and 70’s rock...in the 70’s! one of my faves to play along with wipeout!, white room and inagaddadavida. damn...just realized how old I am now. peace.
Grace Slick?
She’s retired and sells artwork.
CC
Been a fan of Jefferson Airplane since the mid 60s when I would hear their AM hits on KFRC at first—later when KSAN came into being it was a whole different ball of wax...
How ironic that most of the “revolutionaries” they were singing about are now supporters of democRATic/communistic tyranny and deep state corruption.
My screen name, by the way, goes back to the first Jefferson Starship album “Blows Against the Empire”.
I knew her when her name was Grace Wing. Went to school with her brother.
I was too until Hot Tuna left. Been a Hot Tuna fan for 50 years. Don’t go there! Yes, that’s the genesis of the name.
And today you and me are the dancing down the street revolutionaries! Far f’n Out!
Saw them in 76 at the old Capital Centre. Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer opening acts. I was 13 and my sister and her boyfriend had a spare ticket in the third row.
85 years old.
Not bad for the amount of booze and drugs she consumed.
For the record, Paul Kantner was on the lunatic fringe of sixties political left. His vision of a revolution would make Karl Marx look like Rush Limbaugh.
Volunteers was by far their best album.
Grace Slick. Yes
Their music is TIMELESS.
Best love song ever written or performed. The lyrics are sensational.
Mart Balin, may God rest your soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8izf-oXY4
If only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
I might have to move heaven and earth to prove it to you, baby
So we’re making love, you feel the power, I feel the power
And there’s really nothing we can’t do if we wanted to, baby
We could exist on the stars, it’d be so easy
All we got to do, get a little faith in you
I’ve been so many places and I’ve seen some things, yeah
I know love is the answer
Keeps holding this world together
Ain’t nothing better, ain’t nothing better
And all the answers to our prayers
Hell, it’s the same everywhere, baby
Nothing ever breaks up the heart
Only tears give you away now
Then you’re right where I found you
With my arms around you, oh baby
Baby, baby, love is a magic word, ooh-yeah
Few ever find in a lifetime, few ever find in a lifetime
But from that very first look in your eyes
You knew I’d knew you and I had but one heart
Only our bodies were apart
That was so easy, baby, that was so easy
I had a taste of the real world
When I went down on you, girl
Oh, so if only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
I can hear windmills and rainbows
Whenever you talkin’ to me
I feel like swirling and dancing
Whenever you’re walkin’ with me
You ripple like the river when I touch you
When I pluck your body like a string
When I start dancing inside you
Baby, you make the world sing
You make me wanna sing, yeah
Oh baby, baby, baby, oh baby
Oh yeah, all right
Baby, we’re sure doin’ it tonight
Every time you come by, let me try
Pretty please, with sugar on it, that’s how I like it
I can’t even believe it with you
Like having every dream I ever wanted come true
I picked up your vibes, you know it opened my eyes
I’m still dreaming, I’m still dreaming, yeah
You’re right where I found you
With my arms around you!
So if only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
So would I
So would I
Yeah, if only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby, we’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby, so would I
So would I
So would I
So would I
Another Marty Balin gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkwZRFoOFrY
The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
The winter looked the same, as if it never had gone
And through an open window where no curtain hung
I saw you
I saw you
Comin’ back to me
One begins to read between the pages of a look
The shape of sleepy music, and suddenly you’re hooked
Through the rain upon the trees, the kisses on the run
I saw you
I saw you
Comin’ back to me
You came to stay and live my way
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
You always say you won’t go away
But I know what it always has been
It always has been
A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
Most of the time I just let it go by
Now I wish it hadn’t begun
I saw you, yes, I saw you
Comin’ back to me
Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
I realized I’ve been there before
The shadow in the mist could have been anyone
I saw you
I saw you
Comin’ back to me
Small things like reasons are put in a jar
Whatever happened to wishes wished upon a star?
Was it just something that I made up for fun?
I saw you, I saw you comin’ back to me
Saw them in March, 1986, Monroe, LA. Great, great stuff. Grace was mesmerizing with White Rabbit.
Saw them in March, 1986, Monroe, LA. Great, great stuff. Grace was mesmerizing with White Rabbit.
How did they go from “White Rabbit” to “We Built This City”?
They saw it as a tribute to SF and the days of hippies.
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