The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (REACTION)

[@suesmith7968]

This song is a perfect reflection of 1967.

[@willo8794]

My husband came home from Nam in 68. I remember

[@t.j.payeur5331]

It sure is. Just like Vanishing Point is totally 1971...

[@t.j.payeur5331]

@@willo8794 my brother was in Nam when this came out..

[@terrylambert9787]

​​​@@willo8794yeah this music brings back memories for me, I was very into the music scene when I was young! my dad was over there in nam too! He started out in Korea in the early fifties, then he came back stateside and then once again He found himself back over there stomping around in the jungles of Vietnam before the 60s rolled in! He completed four tours of Duty over there in all! He went on to complete his last two tours of Duty in Vietnam back-to-back 1965 and 1966 and then he came home for a hot minute for T.D.Y. at Fort Huachuca Arizona and then he jumped back over there for his last Tour of Duty through the till end of 1967 on into 1968, anyhow the music was cool back then, the birds the doors The Beatles, I was very much aware of the music scene and of course I have always love the Chamber brothers and the Rolling Stones, I used to play a lot of the anti-vietnam protest error of music far into the ladder 70's and sometimes my dad would come into the house and he would hear some of those old Tunes of Music that I had on 8 track from that era but anyhow he said some of those Tunes brought back memories and he recognized and remembered a few of them, he even said some of these Tunes were kind of Haunting! but it was these Tunes that I remember and cherish still today, it is great music! this was music of those times!

[@t.j.payeur5331]

It sure is...

[@georgeditzel3504]

When Christopher Walken said “ I need more cowbell”, this is what he meant!

[@elijahFree2000]

I'll be honest. I could have used more cowbell.

[@onetruthmediacompany]

#AirplayBeats This psychedelic soul classic was written by two of the four Chambers brothers, Joe and Willie. Joe wrote most of the lyric after sitting in on a class at UCLA with Timothy Leary and taking LSD. Willie put the music together & contributed the line, "My soul has been psychedelicized."

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Nice

[@terrylambert9787]

(@lesblanyak 5947)Yes so was Timothy leary's inadvertent discovery of la surgic acid, the funny part about LSD is Timothy discovered it accidentally while taking a moment for lunch as he ate some rye bread while dipping it in some dressing, I believe it was blue cheese, I'm not sure, anyhow he was working on an extra credit project at Berkeley in the chemistry Department while he was taking a bunch of cultures and halfway through he broke for lunch and afterwards as a result of not washing his hands,he inadvertently contaminated some of the culture samples in the Petri dishes involving the extra credit project he was working on, anyhow some of the cultures were contaminated and there were various molds growing inside a few of the Petri dishes, there were all different colors of this mold and it was wild looking! six or eight of the Petri dishes out of a maybe a hundred 120 of the cultures within the Petri dishes were contaminated, he tried to backpedal back to that afternoon when he broke for lunch, to try and figure out how and where he contaminated the cultures to figure out how he botched the experiment and in doing so he got some of the contaminated contents of the mold on to his hands and inadvertently experienced his first hallucinogenic high from the raw and unsynthesized la surgic acid that the mold produced! The rest of the story is history! Obviously he did a pretty good job reverse engineering his mistake and it gave birth to Timothy's LSD! AKA "La surgic" Saga! (the mold that grows off of Rye germ while in a controlled environment in the presence of citrus acid and of course after being synthesized and cleaned up etc. etc. You wind up with a pure form of the said byproduct!)

[@obnoxiousoboe]

And thus psychedelic soul was born.

[@roberta.6399]

The singer has such a powerful voice. The group pushed the boundary of psychodellic rock in the 60's. Extraordinary song. 👍👍

[@John_Chu]

The tick-tock sound was made by the alternate striking of two cowbells, warped by reverb and echo. Also, the fuzz guitar is mixed with a clean guitar to produce that psychedelicized tone. Columbia Records rejected their first recording of this in 1966 (a shorter, different version). When their debut album did well , they went whole hog with this recording in 1967 for the second album. And had a huge hit.

[@rapson672]

Going to look for it now ....

[@bartstarr100]

Not only did Columbia approve, it was one of of the Columbia House (remember them?) compilations of Rock and Roll from 1965 to 2000. Free for joining the CD club.

[@metaphoria3]

This must’ve been before the Octavia pedal feel like this would be a good place for it

[@AliasMark69]

Now your soul has been "Psychedelisized".... I know you feel much better now having heard this little tune.

[@itsmadfar]

Born and raised in Venezuela, I. along with much of the world's adolescents, took a deep dive into the 60s/70s rock revolution. I used to hear "Time" on the radio, never paid real close attention to all the lyrics,. But I was captured by the drive and energy. A psychedicized call to attention. It was riveting. Still is....

[@Peter7966]

Great band. Underrated. Some of the best R+B vocals. The Chambers Brothers were able crossover into the rock world with "Time..." This was a freaky psychedelic trip of a song. Dig deeper into their stuff. They were the real deal.

[@suzy6463]

The lead singer is Lester Chambers. Back when I was a young chick rock singer in San F,rancisco, I recorded at CBS Records with Fred Catero, the CBS Chief Engineer. Fred was the producer/engineer of this track. Fred recorded pretty much everything CBS released between 1960-the late 1980s. Fred worked with all of the 1960s SF psychedelic bands incl. Santana, Janis Joplin, the Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, and every other hit record ever recorded on Columbia/CBS.There's a whole other story about the instrumental in the middle of the song, which I can tell you if you wanna know, but this track is, to my mind, the greatest feat of studio engineering ever recorded. I got Fred a coffee mug for his 80th birthday that said "More cowbell!, because he was completely unaware of the whole running Saturday Night Live "more Cowbell! gag.

[@georgestevens1502]

The whole album is great. One of my all time favorites. Opens with a great rendition of People Get Ready and builds and builds with great original songs and a couple of covers. The vocals as well as the melodies are outstanding. Great guitar fills. A real treat.

[@zerep11]

*YES!* Thank you for getting around to this absolute classic by The Chambers Brothers. *CRANK IT!*

[@bertramfien1095]

Glad you found this; a oft forgotten LA rock band. Some of the greatest music for me growing up in that time.

[@terrylambert9787]

The best part of the song is its ability to throw you into the mood that it gets you in as it's playing! yes, the cowbell in the background, as the background singers chime in the hypnotic rhythm "time" yes it's all magic! straight back to the 60s!

[@rodneyhearne3405]

I bought this album in 1968 as an 8th grader and loved the vocals, driving beat and psychedelic feel of this song. The music of this era is unsurpassed, so varied and free. Wow, how luck i feel to have experienced these great bands and happy that they are immortalized in these recordings. I always loved that little homage to "Little Drummer Boy". Thanks for this "trip" down memory lane.

[@emilymartinez6961]

My brother is 5 yrs.older than me and would play this song all the time way back in the 60's, such good memories ✌️😝

[@deaniegarcia5694]

What a throwback! Loved this song as soon as I heard it! A perfect reflection of 1967. As as teenager, I was all in! Love watching you guys

[@realbser1956]

I was eleven when this song was on the radio. Always tried to listen to the longer version on college radio stations or on album oriented rock (AOR) FM stations. Agree with other comments that this song was a perfect reflection of the mid to late 60’s and the massive societal changes that were happening in the US. Loved your reaction, as usual.

[@jasonremy1627]

Psychedelic soul at it's best. This song is it's own thing, and it's so perfect. Especially the album cut you guys did here. The wild bridge section adds so much to it.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

You never heard this part of the song because even back then, radio stations wanted to confine music to the 3 minute play. AM stations never played full cuts. They got in the way of the non-stop advertisements. FM stations had been the playing field of classical and some jazz. But in the late 60's FM stations began to pop up, many of them broadcasting from college campuses, operated by genuinely hip people. You'd hear full length songs you'd never heard before. Or songs you'd only heard edited versions of before. The 60's changed things radically. For real.

[@AliasMark69]

AWESOME.... I'm one of the people telling you to do this incredible masterpiece of Psychedelic Rock. I was 13 when I got the album, smoked a bong with friends and this song changed my life. Thanks.

[@bwheeler1970VB]

Listened to this going to my draft physical in 1971.Thanks for playing.

[@Ziggy-pp4tw]

Well another banging video/song. I also like your Pops recommendation. I remember hearing this song from Vietnam war movies. Good song.

[@kkampy4052]

Man o man, the music of the 60-70's was the best.

[@AliasMark69]

You guys are the seventh reactors to do this song after I hit you with it several times. You all did a great reaction to this One Of A Kind piece of music.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

He's not talking about being homeless. It's just about time passing and dealing with life; such a great old song. Came out in '67. Love the psychedelic part. They played the long version on the album and the short version on the radio. Sadly, the Chambers Brothers lived a rocky road.

[@richardromney9205]

i recall seeing them at the paramount theater in seattle wa. what a show. home on leave. to see them play time. running up and down isles shakeing hands dressed in leather jackets. studs of course. never forget.

[@teresakoslosky3053]

I remember listening to this on AM radio, I was lucky to have been young when all this wonderful music came screaming out! It truly was revolutionary!❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@827dusty]

Such a classic 60s hit song. This wasn't "Bubblegum" music for the teenyboppers, it was a full-on LSD fueled psychedelic experience. This was the Hippie/ Drug culture, and the music reflected the times. Race riots across America, the Vietnam war and it's protests, The Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, etc. They were dubbed "The Turbulent 60s." The one great thing about the times, was the music, and the artists. Not only was the music great, but there was also so much of it, you couldn't keep up with it. Rock, Motown, R&B, even country western music was in it's Heyday in the mid to late 60s. I don't know why, but that era is really unmatched for musical greatness. Maybe the 70s comes close, but that's it.

[@rogercaruso9337]

Boy does this bring back memories another great finger dudes keep it going

[@richardcurley5798]

Great choice, thanks! You should take a listen to their version of Otis Redding’s “ ! Can’t Turn You Loose. A real rocker.

[@sasquatch885]

Yer dad has great taste in music. I appreciate you cats listening to his suggestions.👍🏻

[@martinmelucci4383]

I got to speak with the original engineer of this song, Fred Catero, a few times. He passed on not long ago. Great man and engineer.

[@sanpaku6869]

A good follow up could be- Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida " [17:09] from 1968 Or Funkadelic -"Maggot Brain" [10:20] from 1971

[@Giselle62]

gotta listen whole album Maggot Brain

[@dbradx]

Man, you guys just keep coming up with awesome song choices! I grew up listening to this song, it's an awesome and unique piece of the 60s music scene, terrific to see someone react to it. Great reaction and insight as always - peace and love from Canada.

[@mrmiscast]

Love it... I know this is on one of my playlists, but haven't heard it in maybe a year.... Thanks guys...

[@cweefy]

I can actually remember my oldest brother coming home from the army and having me ( probably 9 or 10 ) listen to this. Freaked me right out. 🤪

[@AirplayBeats]

😂

[@cweefy]

@@AirplayBeats I'd really love for you guys to check out Elton John's Indian sunset. It's really amazing

[@AirplayBeats]

@@cweefy awesome. We don’t get too many Elton requests. We will check that out for you. Thanks for watching!!

[@willieboy3011]

Cowbells and cool. That guitar sound makes me wonder if they were influenced by the iconic Byrds, who began in 1964 and had "Eight Miles High" by 1966. Not to detract from this groovy song by the Chambers Brothers. Good song and review.

[@KL-nm6nl]

Thank you for reacting to the Chamber Brothers they were sooooo good saw them at The Fillmore San Francisco late sixties did some Purple Oz laid back and went on a musical journey!!!! Thanks again Peace Love I'm out.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Very cool song. Every "time" I hear it I start to trip. Anyone else?

[@jimmoore8951]

No idea what you’re talking about. Remember, if you can remember the 60s you weren’t really there 🙂

[@ptrlxc]

Flashbacks.

[@AliasMark69]

I immediately sparked up my pipe for this reaction.... Thanks.

[@Goobie77]

Been awhile! I got chills. Love it!

[@hog7203]

Even though that song is the one most folks listen to, that's a really great album all the way through. Their cover of People Get Ready is amazing and the tune Romeo and Juliet has some killer vocals in it.

[@angelav9377]

Wow brings me right back to my childhood… love the tunes of yesteryear…

[@de688]

You two bring the heat. Love the Nipsey hoodie. That is stone cold

[@fletcherchristian2254]

Heard this song a thousand times and I'm embarrassed to say I never knew it was the Chambers Brothers. Great reaction to a great song. Will check out their other songs.

[@marilyndurham738]

OMG I❤ this song, never found it on KZbin b4.😅used to take long high rides around the hills surrounding the town I lived near in the sixties.🤘☮️

[@franksorrentino9698]

I was a “youte” when this came out. I thought it was the coolest song out there at the time. I’ll bet your pop knows this one. Thanks for playing. Have a great day!

[@TheDivayenta]

I loined da troot!

[@827dusty]

You should do some more of The Doors. "Roadhouse Blues." They have a lot of great songs, "Soul Kitchen" is another one. Thanks guys

[@rickcrane9883]

I still have my 45 of this classic. I was 15. Check out “Can’t Turn You Loose” by these guys.

[@dantallman5345]

The Chambers Brothers were awesome. Glad you guys covered this iconic song. As far as I know, they did not retain publishing rights and pretty much got hosed financially, as did many other musicians. A few years back (~2012) there was an effort to kick start Lester Chambers music. In the video he appeared to be living in pretty humble circumstances.

[@albertjflores8950]

I'm from San Antonio , Texas & still Jammin to the Chambers Brothers

[@retromom5421]

Amazing song! So glad you took this one on!

[@vicprovost2561]

Man, I can remember this being part of several trips back in the day, that era was so electric, never knowing what the next party might bring in new music or psychedelics and you might have an experience you will never forget. Great amazing track, especially in this extended version. Musicians just took more sonic chances in those days, it was a kaleidoscope of sounds to feast on on a regular basis. You guys also need some Beatles, try Tomorrow Never Knows for an out of body experience and classic psychedelia. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

[@chitownlee]

Thanks for playing this, haven't heard the album version in a long time. When this came out in 1967 AM radio only played a 2:30 version, you could only hear the long one on FM underground radio.

[@ralpholson7616]

Back in the day of AM radio they chopped this down to fit their 3 minute format.

[@AliasMark69]

What happens when the two Greatest Acoustic Guitar Players sit down together.... Like nothing you have ever seen or heard. Every note is real and amazing. Paco de Lucía & Al Di Meola - Mediterranean Sundance

[@williamweiss6128]

Oh yeah, baby. Cool stuff. Spill The wine, too. Papa Was A Rollin Stone, the 12 minute version.

[@oldguyespo640]

I got to see them in 1968 at Bridgeport University in their gym. They did this tune for a solid 30 min. and brought the house down. Great tune, nice review....

[@steveullrich7737]

Your pops knows great music!

[@1953jazzman]

This wonderful long version was a staple on underground FM radio stations at the time! Much better than the much shorter AM radio edit!

[@elegantirony78]

One of the psychedelic hippy anthems. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield & Something In The Air - Thunderclap & Newman are two other really good ones

[@Brandi6666]

I could put this on a loop and listen all day 🤘❤️ so glad you didnt play the radio version

[@jonp4846]

Amen!

[@fishhookism]

A perfect song.

[@cameronstestingart794]

Was 10 when this came out but kept hearing it as I got older and appreciated it so much more. All we had for live music was the radio and thankfully songs didn’t die off quickly.

[@musicairplanes4884]

Acid Rock!! In 1968 the Ed Sullivan show did a taping at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to be there for that taping which included the Chambers Brothers.

[@mgman6000]

Another great song with an amazing bridge is Sky Pilot by the Animals

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

This cut makes me feel like I’m on acid…

[@peterstilla8733]

The greatest psychedelic rock song ever. Unreal .

[@sirbobloblaws]

Great song, great reaction. I am subscribed.

[@janicez2630]

Being that I was 5 when this was recorded, I heard this song on the radio growing up so many times. Always loved it - but I have never heard this extended version. Wow!! So much more to that song than most of us ever knew. Another great reaction by you two. Thank you!

[@metaphoria3]

Wow pops got some great taste! love how they literally messed with the time throughout the song the theme was radical \m/

[@douglasennis7291]

The end of this song used to scare the shit out of me!!! Love it!!!❤🔥😎

[@geminiguy2013]

I had just returned home from a 2 year stint in Germany and that's when I got psychedelicized that year this came out. The rest as they say, is history.

[@michaeldubya]

Best after consuming a certain fungi gathered in cow pastures 👀. I’m a Texan and taken quite a few journeys by combining that certain fungi and tunes from the mid 60’s to early 70’s. Comfy chair and headphones definitely required.

[@metaphoria3]

Never heard the long bridge part before glad I caught it w you guys

[@se6550]

Used to hear this on the jukebox at the local bowling ally bar growing up. Great tune.

[@jerrydelacruz5119]

He's not homeless, it's the realization that the world isn't your home.

[@tammyrichard2142]

Great harmonica!

[@joykeebler1916]

The Song HIGHER/Sly and the Family Stone

[@emilymartinez6961]

I LOVE, LOVE! Sly and the Family Stone ✌️🥰

[@324cmac]

I grew up in the time of The Chambers Brothers' popularity and to me it's about the Vietnam War, an LSD trip, society, the alienation of youth. It's made for the FM radio stations with no commercials so you could cruise in your car listening to this. It's for listening with your headphones on in your bedroom.

[@trishmiller143]

I heard Little Drummer Boy was used as an anti-war song back then. The horror movie sounds also reflect the Vietnam war.

[@DrTramp-uu1hh]

Props to yer Da. He and I seem to have grown up with the same music. This was serious tripping music and is incredible to watch live. The pale skinned brother/white dude was the drummer and sometimes seemed to be able to switch beats at inhuman speeds. Bravo! You caught the Little Drummer Boy riff! A lot of folks miss that. LOL

[@tubefreeeasy]

Another epic, long and psychedelic song to check out is Innagadadavida by Iron Butterfly. On XM Radio, Deep Cuts the station would play this every Saturday night at 8pm. Great drumming.

[@yonaavraham9594]

One of the baddest songs ever.Truely it speaks to those of us who grew up and were influenced by the 1960's. I'm 70 and I remember this like It was yesterday.

[@AliasMark69]

"This Song Is Everywhere".... And I am helping many times per day with every reactor I see. Good Day

[@anthonyblakely399]

This group is one of the first black psychedelic Rock/Soul group in music history!!!! Very very great band that is really underrated and not mentioned much!!!!! The song was released in 1967 and was a Big hit for group!!! It played on the airwaves and radio a lot!!!! I heard it a lot!!!! Thought these guys were a white Rock band......but saw them on TV and was shocked!!!! Anyway react to "A New Day" by The Chambers Brothers. DETROIT (AP) _ Four brothers convicted of leading the city's premiere crack cocaine ring by recruiting young people from a small Arkansas town as workers were sentenced today to lengthy prison terms and fines.....

[@AirplayBeats]

Shocked me too when my dad told me they were black.

[@anthonyblakely399]

Lol. My friends & I were shocked a lot back then....we had vocals & groups sounding black and other groups black sound white playing folk music...it was wild. Lol hahaha

[@Xcris_crosX]

@@AirplayBeats Have your Dad watch the live version. He’s certainly heard the song but may not have seen them perform

[@stephenbloom8107]

Finally!! Waiting for some of the reactors to check this one out. Thank you!

[@michaelknapp8715]

Lester Chambers still perform this song with a band called Moonalice with the New Chambers. His son Dylan performs with him they slay this song.

[@AliasMark69]

BTW.... you should watch a live version. The Cowbell is hit at the top and bottom making different tones. The drummer is a phucking freak.

[@Greg-io1ip]

I was about 5 years old. It seems like this was on commercials and in movies the whole TIME! ever since. This came out when AM Radio was still where most music was heard. Motown and Rock opened up FM radio but I remember all 70's there was still a lot of music stations on AM Radio. I don't know but I wonder if this song was somehow tied to AM Radio stations legally because it wasn't very prevalent on FM Radio. But so many new bands busting out maybe it was lost in the shuffle. Definitely funky and cool groove.

[@DorothyFarias]

OMG Forgot about this song!! So good!!

[@joykeebler1916]

The Chamber Brothers and the psychedelic ecclesiastes of those in that time

[@dougca7086]

React to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida live (AKA)(in the Garden of Eden) by Iron Butterfly also Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum

[@johnbordach4195]

So much music at that time was influenced by the darkness of the Vietnam War. So much social commentary here.

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

Another group of that era to check out: Chicago's experimental Soul band, Rotary Connection, which featured the young Minnie Riperton. Of the psychedelic tracks, check out "I Took A Ride (Caravan)", "V.I.P.", "We're Going Wrong", "Lady Jane" and "Magical World". "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun" is their best known recording.

[@pcraig1383]

The summer this tune was a big hit there was a summer tv show that was like a battle of the bands and in the end it came down to Sly and the Family Stone versus The Chambers Brothers, Sly edged them out and the rest is history. 2:17 In those days if you were "homeless" it was a choice. If you had a job you could provide for yourself and fam no prob. These days @ 2/3 of workers live paycheck to paycheck and its a disgrace. Great work fellas!

[@jordan390a]

Acid Rock funkified....!!!

[@AlwaysBusiness-y5u]

I was younger its about time

[@dionisioiacobelli6689]

Time flys even when your not having fun . Someone had that saying hanging on the wall .

[@bwheeler1970VB]

4 brothers from Mississippi. The drummer was from Ireland.