ELP Forever!

That’s an awesome Behind the Song! And Tis the Season for Trans Siberian Orchestra music!❤Thanks Janda.

I SAW HENDRIX DO THIS AT CURTIS NIXON HALL TAMPA FLORIDA 1968 IT WAS AMAZING. THE JIMMY HENDRIX EXPERINCE.

Also, found my nest of salt...Lithium? I can imagine with his money he may have been prescribed this Rx. Coincides with a song of his, regardless of him being publically diagnosed. Meds and MH diagnoses have always carried a negative stigma. Why else would he admit this.

This is hard to listen to with the background covering her...

it's a song about a chick Bobby.

The first theory that I heard about this was the Angela Bowie one mentioned here. But then someone told me their theory, which is that Angie was actually Bowie himself, with the "there ain't a woman that comes close to you" line being a clever way of covertly referencing a gay affair. I kind of bought that, but it still seemed kind of off. Then when I heard that Angie was actually heroin, then it all finally clicked. He loves the heroin more than anything, even a woman, but he sees how it's destroying him, and how there's no future in being a junkie. He's tried the life of addiction, and it was a form of death. So he chooses to be alive instead. And that feels good.

I saw " Welcome to My Nightmare" tour 1975. It was at the Garden. A photo taken was used as a poster for Circus mag. A tshirt cost $3.00 and they didnt frisk you for bottles😊 BTW- Schools Out LP became a desk. Muscle of Love was in a cardboard box. Vinyl- yeah!!!!! 10:05

Idiot drones may sni gger but the Artists of the 60's and 70's tapped into something. Some form of immortality until the next wave of the coming age. Contempt for them is less than meaningless. Merry Christmas to all the Hags worldwide May you get the Christmas you deserve.

And yes there was Magic then, and as for Commercialization, Charlie Brown first told us in 65'. As stated so well in The Polar Express, the sound of the Bell faded over the years until only he could hear it, perhaps some still can and I envy them...

Who cares?

The band Los Lobos does a killer version of Cinnamon Girl.

The greatest cover ever

Well done Janda! And very inspiring! Love it when the little ❤️porpoises❤️win in the end! 🙌🏼✨💕🎶

Kathy missed out on all the turmoil of fame ... well done Kathy Chitty.

Amazing

Great info ❤

<--- 55 yr old. Song Still on my 'Playlist' - through Album, cassettes, CD, MP3...yt..🙌

Mommy's alright. Daddy's alright. They just seem a little weird. Hell yeah!

I've been obsessed with playing Neil Young songs lately haha.

A obvious shot at religion no matter how hard Greg and Sinfield tried to walk it back ($$$) I love how christians try to misrepresent the lyrics...

God Bless you Bob & your Song

I saw John Cafferty and the band at the Tampa Theatre after the movie came out. 100+ concerts later that was still the best show I have ever attended. It was like a 1950’s rock show with people dancing in the aisles. 20 years later I got to see them again at Beaver Creek in Colorado, still great!

You should read poetry, that was great. Thanks I enjoyed it. And good job on researching this.

Massive oversight: no mention of David Briggs who cleaned up the sound after that first album and shaped Neil’s sound thereafter. He is responsible for the Neil Young we know and love.

Now I have to hear monkey and the engineer. Ty peace and love 🙏 13:07

I have been listening to FATHER CHRISTMAS for 49 years !! ELP 1970's music critics were absolute assholes.

Couldn’t be more Beatles if they tried……great song, love it!

The outro/ final chorus, almost sing in a round, where one is singing surrender against other singing mommies alright is insanely brilliant, no pop song since has had this competing yet complimentary vocals occurring simultaneously…….what a fantastic way to end the song

Greatest riff in rock history

Lyrical masterpiece

I’m 64 and I’ve collected music since I was a teenager. Uh Huh is in the top 5 albums I’ve ever heard. Love it!

1:11 well, of course is the 9" and Johnny. With the best producer of all time, you know,if you know...

Angela Merkel. The Queen of our ruling "Elite". Must be the phase when the Stones Members got sucked by the Elite too.

Brilliant song

Every since I heard Sammy tell the story of Eddie calling him down to his hotel room at some ridiculous hour in the morning because he had come up with 5150... Eddie started the intro, and right where you think he might, Sammy went to come in with vocals. Eddie, "Not yet," and he kept playing. Sammy waits, then... Eddie, "Not yet," and he keeps playing. Sammy says it happened one or two more times before it was ACTUALLY his time to come in, and when I heard him tell the story, he was laughing about how, as he said, "Eddie likes these LONG intros..." (Just think about that intro to 5150 and I bet you can visualize the whole thing!) Every since I heard that story, I'm so DELIGHTED when one of the Sammy era tunes with a long intro comes on! It makes me smile! This one, more than any of them, probably... because it DOES go on!! Anyway... LOVE this song! LOVE this band!

It’s one of my absolute favorite Pretenders songs. The way the sound cascades with the guitars is amazing. The melody is hypnotic.

That “ jury of my peers “ line is fantastic, they’re all crazy too !

thank you! RIP tom

dear. he died from an accidental excessive intake of sleeping pills caused by not realising the German sleeping pills were four times the strength of a normal sleeping pill. This caused him to vomit & choke. His alcohol intake was not excessive.

it was his highest charting success in the USA. in England, his previous singles chart in England higher

biblical BS

your interpetation..is YOUR interpetation....for me...I don't see it like you do....do you think we are dumb...Poetry does not need you to tell us what to see think or feel...peace out

There are so many classic rock songs to still cover. Let me throw out a few suggestions. Something To Believe In - Poison Take It On The Run - Reo Speedwagon Hot Blooded - Foreigner Faithfully - Journey Desperado - Eagles Don't Cry - Guns N' Roses Pink Houses - John Mellencamp Numb - Linkin Park Give Me All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top 45 - Shinedown Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

It is Peter Sinfield who wrote the words for this song. Not John

Your podcast is so amazing. Why it only appeared in my feed recently I can’t explain. Making up for lost time.

Well researched and delivered. Thank you.

Double check your version of the lyrics.

Lifelong fan of Bob Seger since I was about 8 or 9 when my much older brother allowed me to play his Night Moves album on repeat. Bought that album and all his others after that and was a massive fan. I really commend your writing prowess Janda. It's always spot on, and written with the high end clarity and insightfulness of some of the top writings I've seen in music magazines. You don't just give a summary, but you provide actual insight and clarity when you summarize in a way that surprises even a fan like me, having listened so some of these songs thousands of times. Great work!

I bet thier family reunions are a real blast. The song.... well just listen, and youll know. Thats all you need to know.