First Time Hearing Mountain- “Mississippi Queen” Reaction | Asia and BJ

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[@827dusty]

Mountain was formed by the great "Leslie West." Leslie passed away a couple of years ago in his mid 70s. One of the great "Classic Rock" era guitarists. This is one of the most famous guitar Riffs ever. So Funky and Heavy. Great stuff.

[@bert0522]

And Felix's shot him. Jim

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

@@bert0522 Yes she did. A crying shame to this day.

[@TonyM1961]

Mountain... one of the greatest yet highly underrated groups in rock

[@jamesburns8827]

I met the drummer for this band at a tiny little Dive Club in Nantasket Beach Massachusetts. Called the C note. Maybe 10 yrs ago. His name is Corky Laing. I showed up early cuz I wanted to meet him. He was shooting pool by himself. I walked over and I said "hey man do you want to play?" And in the most terrified and disheveled manner you could possibly imagine he jumped up, put the pool cue down and said "I don't know man I was just checking my eyes". didn't see him again until he went on stage. It was him and two girls. one playing bass one playing the guitar and he was singing from behind the drum kit and put on one of the better small venue live shows I've ever seen. But I will tell you right now it looked like never left the seventies.

[@allenlocke1935]

Consider when this song was released...1970! It still sounds massive to this day. I call it one of the greatest hard rock songs to ever be recorded. Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" would be right on it's heels:)

[@icmman7]

light years ahead of its time, sabbaths paranoid ALBUM same, ahead of its time both released dam near the same time.

[@amrak5028]

Sorry, I say they were all Right On Time. You had to live it, @@icmman7

[@icmman7]

@@amrak5028 totally agree

[@jessebynum9355]

Mountain was actually a NYC group, as both Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi were New Yorkers, while drummer Corky Lang was Canadian. This song came about when Corky had a party at his place and there was a girl there from Louisiana he had never met. He said he started playing around on his drums, hoping to impress her, and laid down this beat. He said he didn't win the LA girl, but he later played it for Leslie, who wrote the music over it, wrote out some silly lyrics, and voila, a massive hit. As an FYI, bassist Felix Pappalardi produced Cream's 2nd and 3rd studio albums, as well as their goodbye live album.

[@johnisouth6636]

One of the GREATEST ROCK SONGS EVER! Leslie West was a master of rock.

[@darrell9546]

I saw Leslie West open for Foghat back in the mid '70s. He absolutely rocked it. Foghat sucked, the crowd booed them, wanting West to return. Leslie did return a few months later, headlining his own tour by then. He rocked it big time, all over again.

[@raymo6795]

Lost Leslie West December .2020

[@johnisouth6636]

@@raymo6795 RIP.

[@johnisouth6636]

@@darrell9546 Land of Milk and Honey is another shaker.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

Actually the BEST rock song ever!

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction! I was in High School when this was released and loved it then. Saw Mountain live in early 2000s and it still sounded great. Then you play it now and I'm lovin' it all over again.

[@imocchidoro]

Love seeing young people have the same reaction we had back in the day. Great reaction.

[@tjmasson1013]

One of most recognized. , played and best riffs in rock!

[@Ritaholden1]

Thank tou for doing the version by Mountain. This is the music we heard on the radio. Such a jam!!!

[@horacelee880]

Mississippi Queen was a river boat & The Cajun Lady was dancer on the boat. She sprung him!lol GREAT reaction video

[@ratroute8238]

The distinctive tone and vocals of this song are famous 50 years later, no end in sight! If you think you know what MOUTIAN sounds like by listening to MISSASIPPI QUEEN , you have only heard half of the range they offer..... Nantucket Sleighride shows off the other lead singer (Felix Pappalardi) Mountain had to offer! To hear Lesli West and Felix Pappalardi sing together you MUST listen to FOR YASGER"S FARM, sweet and hard by turn through the song, very NICE!

[@greg2976]

GREAT REACTION! You two are the best!!!!

[@AsiaandBJ]

Thank you!! 😁

[@northernlight2598]

I love when a guitar sings! Southern drawl straight from Queens NY. Mountain, from NYC. Canadian drummer - yay! Leslie West, great singer guitarist!

[@pxlmvr7]

It’s a soulful, down in mud, hittin’ on tha 1, funky song! You know when it makes you bob yo head, it’s funky!

[@timlinj]

I helped the roadies load the stage at 17 yrs old. Let me get some beers backstage. Behave yourself and enjoy the show 5 feet away. This STILL shoots electricity into me. I’m 69.

[@burningredsun]

Mountain was from Long Island! they where considered "Heavy Rock" at the time. Asia rocks! Nice reaction!!

[@edcastillo9342]

The legendary Leslie West on guitar and vocals here. RIP....The band is from New York. They performed at Woodstock....

[@dantean]

Composer, singer, guitarist Leslie West (RIP) was a nice Jewish boy from Long Island, New York. Thx for posting!

[@jamesgonzales5285]

I was knee high to a grasshopper when this song hit, and it stuck!!! R.I.P. Leslie West 👊🏼🙏🏻

[@nathanswain3011]

Freekn amazing that these guys nailed the gritty southern Blues Rock, including vocals, yet these guys were from ......Long Island NY! Legendary!

[@grandwazoodebris1015]

Leslie West was a great guitarist. Huge fat tones, super understated tasty lead playing. RIP to a master.

[@davidholcomb70]

The song is about working on the Riverboat "Mississippi Queen".

[@waltw4537]

Got your seat belt on?? Maybe try "Theme To An Imaginary Western" next! I never got the full line about she moved better on wine all these years later! Saw Mountain around this time. Great! Leslie West was living in our general neighborhood at one time. Sometimes you'd see him, all 300-whatever pounds of him, bouncin' down the mountain road on a 4- wheeler. Thanks guys.

[@alexshkoditch4593]

Leslie West, lead guitar and vocals, was from Long Island NY.

[@joelliebler5690]

Leslie West was the lead guitarist who was a Mountain of a man as well as a lead guitar player!He grew up on Long Island not far from where I live. Try there iconic tune Nantucket Sleighride!

[@Show_time3]

With all due respect BJ, Asia all you have to do is move to Mississippi and you would be the Mississippi queen !! …😉😉😉 👍

[@hoosierdaddy5050]

watch the LIVE version of this-catch the guitar and an awesome drummer with a rare use of double base drums

[@sherribrock2726]

Takes me back to my favorite time of life!!

[@marcskeist9869]

Black water is by the Doobie Brothers:). Not a lot of songs are as great as Mississippi Queen. That would be one of them. Different, but you must hear it if you haven’t yet. Leslie West and Mountain. Great reaction!

[@b.j.conway5701]

B.J. loves Leslie's southern drawl; funny thing is West from New York.

[@pegajense]

More memories thank you ❤❤❤

[@andyman58]

A banger right out of the gate, and it doesn't let up till the end.

[@maximcypher3109]

one of my favorite southern rocks songs. LOL

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

That Southern Drawl actually comes from Long Island NY. LOL But of course you must use it in a song such as Mississippi Queen.

[@dadmateryn8092]

its Actually the Doobie Brothers Black Water

[@jamesredman1263]

IMHO this is heavy blues-rock. The lyrics could come straight out of a Muscle Shoals strong blues tune. Leslie West on vocals and guitar here. Sounding Southern even though he was from NYC and Jersey. Nothing pop-rock here. Mountain was a cool group. On some other tunes the vocals are from bassist Felix Pappalardi. But this right here is the song they're known for most. Love it.

[@Pokafalva]

Southern drawl? The singer and lead guitarist, Leslie West, was from Queens, New York!

[@peggiebradley7434]

Makes the end of a long day so much better. ❤

[@farmersteve661]

Could y’all please do the “Sam Kinison” video version from 1990 ? Sam’s birthday was Dec. 8th 2023. He would have just turned 70. RIP Sam 😇🎸🙏

[@Mr.Xfrompartsunknown]

Bring back the 70's and 80's!!

[@joanlajara3939]

Great stuff!! ❤️

[@penshaw2]

The best American Rock/Blues band. This was an area that UK bands dominated but Mountain were one of the few really good ones state side.

[@butchalder5454]

Welcome back!!! You've been missed

[@csrcjn]

🙌🏽🙏🏼YES, finally a reaction to M.Q.🤗

[@ozmaile7938]

Lesley West and the rest of the band are from LI NY and NJ. !!!!

[@caveman4598]

Man those cats are laying down some cool vibes ya dig

[@stanleynykaza9042]

Really need to check out the LIVE performance of Mountain doing this song !!

[@geoffsullivan7902]

Awwwww that rhythm guitar …. raking chords while the lead guitar floats over it…. yummy.😊❤️🎶❤️

[@nsasi66]

And the thing is that the singer /Lead guitar mr Leslie west was a jewish "boy" from brooklyn NY ....May his soul rest in peace.

[@jahl14]

Watched Leslie West when he was in the Vagrants practicing in a garage on Long Island NY

[@scgreek1114]

The Doobie Brothers "Black Water" from 1974 was a smash hit. Definitely worth a listen. Great vocals, guitars, and that lazy Southern rock tempo.

[@toddrotton218]

Bad ass song. Check out Zach wylde's version. Nasty guitar work.

[@Jill-ni8fe]

❤️‍🔥 love this song!

[@Joe-d3t1t]

They just don’t make music like this anymore

[@danthompson2568]

Best riff of all time!

[@misternebojsa]

anybody can play that riff but to make that tone and vibe,man....

[@markvarnadore1979]

Funny; a couple Jewish guys from New York set the tone for southern rock. Leslie West was as big as a mountain!

[@robertfleischer-g8f]

Yeah this is a bad ass song. Like zz top on steroids. Ok. A couple of suggestions from a life long rocker. One is Pat Travers - snorting whiskey (studio version) and well that is enough. Keep up the good work. 😊 oh yeah. And everybody wants some by van halen.

[@gerardcote8391]

Could you react to Versailles, produced Verse eye, the song Revenant Choir. They are a Japanese Visual Kei,Melodic Symphonic Power Metal band, and their concept is that they are Baroque Era Vampires and they dress in French Rococo style clothes. Any live version. I think they'll amaze you.

[@CH-xw4fq]

please react to ...BAD COMPANY ( brokenhearted)...it straight up in your face good rock and roll

[@Ritaholden1]

Yes Southern Rock 😁❤️

[@deesavage5198]

Shout out to Guitar Hero for introducing this song to me

[@Mikeluvdrums]

Shout out, right back at yah !

[@HBFTimmahh]

Next song should be Oh Black Water from the Doobie Brothers.

[@dadmateryn8092]

Leslie West guitar and vocals (looks like Andre the Giant)

[@shannonvanpatten8341]

That's 100 watts of Delta Blues

[@wadeheaton123]

Song predates the term "Southern Rock" by decades. Even though Mountain and the Allman Brothers were touring all over at the time, it was just hard (acid) rock at the time.

[@tjmasson1013]

Also Leslie was. Queens Ny boy!

[@topherberry1569]

Asia, you look very beautiful as always!

[@jhas727]

Banger! From the real OG

[@stevemccooleq]

You may think it sounded like southern rock but this band were actually Jewish guys from New York.

[@Michael-xk3sp]

There is no such thing as "Southern Rock." The originators, and by far the best, the immortal Allman Brothers, said so themselves. That was the invention of the suits. Also, Senior Santana. Carlos call this "World Music." Amen.

[@icmman7]

greetings again my friends.

[@AsiaandBJ]

Hello 👋

[@estuder32anthonywayne98]

Watch the video!

[@3DThrills]

_Black Water_ is by The Doobie Brothers, not Procul Harem. The Mississippi Queen is not a girl, it's a boat.

[@irical100]

Mrs. Hippy Queen

[@richgaluppo4417]

Southern drawl? Les was a Long Island Jew. RIP Leslie West. Good pick you guys, keep it up.

[@kajabrill2404]

❤

[@CoreyBarr-j1s]

Arlo McKinley! Cincy!

[@EarthWalker2023]

🔥

[@stevecarch4217]

Take that pearl.

[@ruserious9577]

Certainly one of the heaviest riffs ever recorded. 50+ years later...STILL one of the heaviest! Like a fine wine, it delights the senses with the delicate, fruity-notes of... oh say a BOC Godzilla, and yet it somehow manages to finish like a provacatively-subtle Sabbath's Iron-Man. Remarkably, it's somehow tastier than either!

[@budcunningham6732]

And you can't forget the cowbell

[@joanlajara3939]

Leslie West was born in NYC grew up in Hackensack, NJ but boy could he sing and play like a southern boy!! lol!

[@dklapec]

He was a big boy too

[@painetdldy]

"Vicksboig"

[@bryansimmons4550]

@@painetdldy That's how they would pronounce it in the Bronx.

[@danielmarshall3102]

Leslie West and Felix Papalardi were a great duo . KILLER classic !!!!

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

😎Hey! Mountain was a TRIO! Shout out to Mountain Drummer Corky Lange. Now I must tell my Mountain Live @ Felt Forum NYC NYE 1973...

[@bflo1000]

@@Friend_Of_The_Muse There were 4 members originally.

[@oldmusclecars9419]

As a native Alabamian and lover of southern rock, I have to say that this song is a little stronger than just southern rock. It is actually the roots of all rock. It is one of the few songs with a hook that you know from the first note like Smoke on the Water, Stairway to Heaven, All Right Now, Highway to Hell, Free Bird and a handful of others that transcend time. You know them immediately.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

And this Californian absolutely agrees, brotha'.

[@stevesauck7001]

As a northerner, Southern Rock is my favorite genre.

[@joelliebler5690]

Even though it does have that southern rock style Leslie West, legendary lead guitarist was from Long Island, NY!

[@loydmcintosh3131]

Alabama native here, too, brother. ROLL TIDE!

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

@@joelliebler5690 Yes indeed. And there were a few "southern" Hard Rock bands as well.

[@BossDM-2]

Funny you say you like the "southern drawl" because Lesley West was a Jewish kid born in Jersey and grew up on Long Island. Regardless, he sure did write and record a totally badass southern blues classic with Mississippi Queen.

[@surlechapeau]

Leslie West on vocals. A great rock voice!

[@francinescott7405]

This song slaps you around, picks you up, & gets you groovin'. Never gets old.

[@claimguy]

As soon as I saw the title I knew there was gonna be some serious stank face. Top 3 riff all time. No question. And with Corky Laing banging on the skins and Felix Pappalardi thundering in on bass in time with Leslie West's, this is one of the heaviest songs ever produced.

[@bflo1000]

Also keyboard player Steve Knight.

[@ezed3902]

BJ, Lesley West, the vocalist and guitarist is from the Bronx NY.

[@barrycohen311]

Nice Jewish boy. Attended Shul twice a week.

[@arrowheadftball]

A hard driving rock anthem. ❤. Leslie West RIP you gave us a song that will last well beyond our time.

[@bert0522]

RIP Felix. Jim

[@johnsilva9139]

That's Leslie West on guitar and vocals. Sounds like southern rock, but he's from New York. The bass player is Felix Papalardi who, before he formed Mountain, produced Cream's first album. I believe he's from New York as well.

[@barrycohen311]

Nice Jewish boy from Longggg Island....

[@Couperin47]

Yep...born Leslie Weinstein....@@barrycohen311

[@andriealinsangao613]

Nah, it was Cream's third album, Wheels of Fire, I believe.

[@laurakali6522]

The singer, Leslie West had a great sense of humor. He had a cameo in the movie The Money Pit from 1986 or so, with Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. He was hilarious.

[@thor8580]

Hey guys! Happy New Year! Thanks for throwing us Boomers a bone. 🫶🏼 Cheers🥂

[@AsiaandBJ]

Happy new year!!

[@johnterry1852]

This Great Southern rocker was actually born Leslie West Weinstein in New York City. He is actually of the Jewish faith.

[@HeavyMetalBluegrass]

Loved this song since I was 12. Of course I never understood the lyrics at the time. I just knew it rocked!

[@BROU-bb2uc]

Now this is a BANGER

[@kalohaggard1729]

Perfect song. Simple , great vocals , one of the catchiest hooks ever . This song grabs you by the collar and slaps you a couple times right from the start .

[@debibailey2968]

A true classic!!!! Thanks for reacting!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@AsiaandBJ]

No problem 😊