THE CREATIVITY ON THIS ONE IS WILD! First Time Hearing Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit Reaction!

🎵 About Jefferson Airplane:
Jefferson Airplane was a pivotal band in the psychedelic rock movement of the 1960s, known for their experimental sound and thought-provoking lyrics. "White Rabbit" is one of their most iconic tracks, famous for its references to Alice in Wonderland and its use as a metaphor for the mind-expanding journey of psychedelic experiences. The song's powerful build and Grace Slick's intense vocals make it a standout track that captured the spirit of the era.
Join us as we listen to "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane for the first time! This track is celebrated for its unique structure, mesmerizing lyrics, and the way it encapsulates the psychedelic rock vibe. Watch our reaction to see how we're blown away by the song’s narrative depth and the haunting power of its music.
🎶 What to Expect in This Video:
First Impressions: Our initial reactions to the song’s mesmerizing start and the compelling voice of Grace Slick.
Lyric Analysis: A deep dive into the imaginative lyrics and their symbolism, exploring the song’s allusions to Alice in Wonderland.
Musical Elements: Discussing the song’s arrangement, including its use of crescendo that aligns with the lyrical journey into the unknown.
Overall Impact: Reflecting on how "White Rabbit" has influenced the music scene and its lasting legacy in the world of rock.
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[@justmoose6534]

"Somebody to Love" is a must from Jefferson Airplane.

[@umpdaddy1]

Absolutely!!!

[@itiswhatitis1345]

@@umpdaddy1 Yes, Absolutely!

[@kelvinmeneely3116]

Really needs to be the Woodstock footage... what idiot suggested this video?

[@coreydonohoe8121]

Great song. Volunteers is a good one too.

[@thcdad3632]

Jim Carrey's version from 'Cable Guy' is almost as good....

[@sonnypeek6418]

The Live Performance at Woodstock was legendary

[@gkiferonhs]

This is a true psychedelic anthem. A lot of people coopted the term psychedelic back in the day; this is the real deal.

[@BorealisNights]

Like Dark Side Of The Moon.... you just dont get it, if you're straight. lol.

[@natantataii8195]

@@BorealisNights I am straight, I get it.. I am in middle management in a bank hahaha

[@sissydreams7494]

Grace Slick = "The voice that launched a thousand trips!!!"

[@classic-kool]

More like millions .........

[@kennethohnemus3192]

One million and 1 LOL

[@Bekka_Noyb]

ooh like this!

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

"Grace Slick's voice could haunt a house."

[@mucksmith3569]

Every time I hear White Rabbit I wish it was twice as long. Perfection over too quickly.

[@MikeM275]

This song was written by Grace when she was with her previous band, The Great Society. With her husband and his brother among others. The Great Society version is much longer. Grace also wrote Somebody to love when she was with The Great Society. Both became hits for Airplane.

[@davidholdren1358]

I totally agree!

[@MsLouisVee]

I think that’s the draw of the song it’s not too long. It leaves you wanting more. It’s like great sex over too quickly.

[@markhodge7]

When music was great, and acid was cheap. Those were the good old days!

[@WillyMaykitDiecast]

Feed Your Head🍄🤘

[@kellyzak2375]

It was still cheap in the 90's

[@RobertColyer-co1nu]

The first time I did acid I went to see Alice Cooper, "Welcome to my nightmare" tour that was the middle 70s

[@justjack0715]

Ah...blotter acid & shrooms 😎

[@brianreed9271]

Moody blues. Legend of a mind.

[@Oldschoolnana]

One of my all time favorites. Grace Slick has such a great voice.✌️🌻🌻

[@williamnoser5636]

One of the best with Stevie Nicks and Ann and Nancy Wilson

[@yelnek4548]

@@williamnoser5636 Agree

[@markanderson9059]

Grace Slick wrote this song before she joined the band and she was still with them when they became Jefferson Starship. Santa

[@drieuxkoeppel4157]

And through its iteration as STARSHIP.

[@mattjohn4731]

Ohhhh let's leave Starship in its cocaine haze lol 😝​@@drieuxkoeppel4157

[@TristanandIsolt]

Didn't she leave the band and return when they became Starship?

[@TristanandIsolt]

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee I knew she left. Was Mickey in the band before she came back or was he strictly Starship?

[@larryairgood4320]

Jefferson Airplane was at Woodstock. There is a video of them and Grace singing "Somebody To Love" and also "Volunteers", both of which were charted hits for them.

[@JamesDrumm-c2z]

They were one of the headliners.

[@KS-oj7yq]

Yes the lyrics are in reference to Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll wrote the books in the late 1800's. It is said he suffered greatly from migraines and would sometimes hallucinate, thus giving way to the extreme scenes he wrote. It wasn't until Grace Slick wrote this song (strangely inspired by Disney) that tied it to the drug culture of the 60's. The book Go Ask Alice about a young girl with a drug addiction is named from White Rabbit song (the book came out early 1970's.

[@richdiddens4059]

And the music is based on Ravel's Bolero.

[@DJ-bj8ku]

“In a wonderland they lie / Dreaming as the days go by / Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream-Lingering in the golden gleam-Life, what it but a dream?

[@markhodge7]

It's been known for a very long time in the medical community, that psylocibin mushrooms (refined LSD ) can stop a migraine in its tracks. Many experiments done in the 50s. Lewis did shrooms as it was a known home remedy. Just too extreme for the mainstream.

[@Serai3]

Fun fact: That book was written by a Mormon housewife who'd never been anywhere near drugs or the hippie scene. Basically a screed meant to scare kids away from the 60's scene.

[@larrybremer4930]

Lyrically the whole Alice in Wonderland story is to hide in plain sight that the song is really about tripping balls from the censors since Alice in Wonderland was already pretty trippy subject matter.

[@mikekoscho]

Grace Slick has a powerful voice!

[@CasaDosBahias]

The structure of this song was modeled after Ravel's classical composition Bolero.

[@rmacdougallaliasdogviticus]

Later they did the same with Jefferson Starship's 'Jane' until the guitar player turned it into a rock song.

[@natantataii8195]

thanks, first time I heard that.... and for sure, you're right

[@JayCross]

Their hit "Somebody to Love" is similar in its power to "White Rabbit". They had a large number of hits. If you'd like something more like a political anthem, try "We Can Be Together".

[@janistan]

-and their revolutionary hit "Volunteers"... banned all the way 'til today!

[@mattjohn4731]

Yes! We Can Be Together! ✌️🌞☮️

[@duanetelesha]

One of the original psychedelic sounds from the sixties, Great Reaction.

[@h.w.hilton6819]

From the psychedelic release, "Surrealistic Pillow".

[@aldobelli8300]

Grace Slick, definitely TOP TIER rock vocalist!!!!

[@ewrekzz7360]

they went from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship to Starship.

[@thesuperdak7224]

...and from White Rabbit to We Built This City.

[@9876babyboy]

​@@thesuperdak7224 I was not crazy about that shift

[@donjackson5522]

@@thesuperdak7224 Did you have to remind us?

[@MrThumbs63]

and got progressively worse.

[@gigi-ij1hk]

@@thesuperdak7224 We Built This City is genius compared to Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

[@jackpearson1110]

This is about as good as it gets for this band. It's been around for decades for a reason.

[@Tolemac7]

You've just experienced Grace Slick, also known as Grandma Rock! Her and Pearl (Janis Joplin) were the two most powerful women singers of that age of Rock! I was 8 and had just started playing guitar when this came out and it STILL blows me away every time I hear it!! It is absolutely one of the greatest rock songs ever created.

[@lantose]

Ditto! There is such a fixation of her voice on this song that I can never get enough. If it’s on XM, I usually replay it once or twice as the crescendo is a goosebump moment starting with “when the men on the chessboard”!

[@susieterry9099]

Aaahhh literally down the rabbit hole! Fun little 60's acid trip.

[@larryosman3184]

Do a deep dive, they own the most beautiful love song too. "Today", enjoy Marty Balin's tour de force. Far out man, Wow!

[@Eowyn187]

Grace also has a line of Art. But I forget what her medium is. She's just super cool. And she has such presence! Y'all should watch her perform this live.

[@billbitterman9487]

I saw Jefferson Airplane around 1973. Unfortunately, Grace was off-key the whole show. I was quite disappointed.

[@davidmckenzie420]

Grace is a legend. What a voice.

[@wildmouse5888]

There was no drug the Airplane wouldn't try. "We're doing things that don't have a name yet"!

[@stevedahlberg8680]

It's actually a triple entender, because in spirit with the actual work, Alice in Wonderland, it's a whimsical way to talk about the serious issue of truly waking up and seeing what's actually around you and within you.

[@GotWag]

When you see an old person, just remember... they were grooving to this back in the day ;)

[@stevenclarke5606]

1967

[@wotanmituns33]

@@stevenclarke5606 summer of love

[@leannlaplante3643]

Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane!!!

[@Nuerth]

All things considered at the height of the psychedelic movement Gracie Slick was Queen, but years later she tried to say the song had nothing to do with drugs ~ never mind all the mind altering pills Mama keeps giving Alice

[@alt7244]

Of course it's about a drug induced trip. There is no denying it.

[@bobdelp2023]

GRACE SLICK 👍😊

[@36karpatoruski]

SHE wrote the song. The great Grace Slick!

[@cheampeake1680]

Lots of great music over the years so check out Jefferson Airplane that morphed into Jefferson Starship that morphed into Starship.

[@PUNKMYVIDEO]

Let's make LSD great again. Kid tested, mother approved! 😉👍🍄

[@Eowyn187]

I'm in. ☺️ #colors #LSD25 #1978bluestar #shrooms

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

AAhhh, no thanks we have enough problems.

[@Wilem35]

Mushrooms are just fine and less likely to be adulterated. 25I-NBOMe

[@donfette5301]

@@earlymorningtwilight9119Ptob one: no hope without dope.

[@PUNKMYVIDEO]

@@Wilem35 LSD is way more fun than shrooms, however I haven't seen real LSD since 1977. What a shame!

[@dewman0269]

This is the consummate 60s psychedelic song... I remember when it came out... Jefferson airplane actually did this song at Woodstock in 1969... I remember when lead singer Grace Slick did an interview... She said that she never even remembers being at Woodstock and she was there for 3 days... She said the only time that she saw verification of that was that she saw film of herself singing and being at Woodstock... Greece was well known for enjoying the drugs of the day as did many other musicians during that time... Her vocals are undeniable though... She is such a great singer... She has such a powerful voice... You can hear her in the reconstituted Jefferson airplane group of the 1980s named Jefferson starship where they sing "We built this city " and her vocals are powerful... They had a few good songs and it would be worth checking them out if you wanted to do that... Another great reaction , guys...Keep Being Awesome !!!...

[@DanHenderson-s8d]

Grace Slick had an incredible voice, one of my favorites

[@IMEveryTrueAmericanRU]

Wow you guys REALLY opened up a true RABBIT HOLE here. Jefferson Airplane has SO MUCH awesome music to explore. This band had 3 iterations of it's self. Have fun on this Flight.

[@benjaminrupe5930]

Yep, this song is inspired by "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll and probably a whole lot of shrooms. Surrealistic Pillow, IMO is one of the most significant albums; certainly of the sixties, if not popular music in general. Love Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship. Well worth the time to explore, or jumping down the rabbit hole, so to speak.😊

[@jeffmaltby6185]

For a great metal version of this ,check out Sanctuary from the 80s. saw them do this live , opening act for Megadeth . Pure awesomeness !!!

[@Michael-xb4ws]

I'll second that!

[@RobRochon]

I've heard this song a million times. First time ever seeing this updated video. Thanks guys!

[@BodhranPlayer66]

I love how they became "Jefferson Starship". A great way to modernize themselves, I thought anyway.

[@jimwilcox2964]

And another lineup version of the band later was Starship

[@markdevault1437]

They changed the name twice due to lawsuits over the use of the name after certain members left the group.

[@bluebird3281]

@@markdevault1437 When hippies litigate

[@Erfedwe]

When the band split, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed a band called Hot Tuna.

[@billbitterman9487]

I own a couple albums that were offshoots of Jefferson Airplane. One is Blows Against The Empire from Paul Kantner in 1970 and the other was a Grace Slick album called Sunfighter from 1971. They were both basically Jefferson Airplane albums with some guest players. Both had some psychedelic elements in the music and lyrics. I quite enjoyed them both back in the day

[@danwilliams5867]

Grace Slick is awesome and her voice

[@Tommysimonsen]

This song always remined me of Johnny Deep throwing an orange in the face of Benicio Del Toro. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (6/10) Movie CLIP - White Rabbit (1998) HD kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4OlqKKLl9urrpI&t

[@EricSmaug]

SHE WAS TELLING US TO FEED OUR HEADS WITH KNOWLEDGE

[@boomeister2]

@user-yl9wz7uc3u Ha! Sarcasm? Cuz I think you're wrong about that

[@cavecookie1]

If that's true, then there are a LOT of us old hippies who badly misinterpreted the lyrics!

[@EricSmaug]

@@cavecookie1 IM A OLDIE TOO BUT NEVER LIKED HIPPIES LOL

[@willasacco9898]

I don’t that there is a real distinction between the two interpretations. Growing and feeding your mind can be accomplished in many ways, including through mind-altering substances.

[@rdhudon7469]

@@boomeister2 I saw an interview with her and she said feed your head is telling people to read more books and quit being burn outs . Facts.

[@TREMERE1]

Somebody to Love is an absolute MUST!

[@quentinmichel7581]

Gracie was my first music celebrity crush as an early teen. Her voice grabbed me .... and still does.

[@kevinlundgren1169]

And Grace Slick does have quite a voice ! Just wait until you check out Somebody To Love !

[@leilanijarrett7002]

They eventually went by Jefferson Starship. They were great. Love you guys❤

[@jameswoodside5933]

Grace Slick - The San Francisco Foghorn. Best female voice in rock music EVER.

[@brucefelger4015]

Of the best named album ever Surrealistic Pillow

[@davidbooth7778]

Her vocals were just amazing.

[@richardmartin9565]

Loved Grace Slick. My hearthrob back then

[@2Cambourne]

Written and sung by the great Grace Slick. Getting high and coming down from a high during the 60's psychedelic phase. If you really look into the novel "Alice in Wonderland"...It is full of incidents with all the characters taking something to get high. The phrase "Going down the Rabbit Hole" this is where the phrase came from. Awesome review and reaction guys.

[@dannygriffith6185]

One of THE best groups to come out of San Francisco in the mid-late 60's... Three great singer/songwriters.. and 3 consummate musicians!

[@badbob6689]

Back in the day they said the song was not about drugs. Ha Haha.

[@hudsonhollow]

You have to experience Pink covering this live!! With Silverson Pickups' bassist and her legs backing her up. 😍

[@jeanniedebartolo5965]

I agree. I think Pinks cover is even a little bit better than original ❤

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

Awww YAY yet another of one of my most favorite songs tho i do wish it were longer BUT i just SO adore the lyrics! RockON!!!

[@ERC641]

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦🎉🎉🎉

[@500BONNEVILLE]

the voice that launched a thousand trips

[@gregg6992]

My favorites are "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day" and their version of "Wooden Ships" with Crosby and Stills.

[@DannyD714]

goosebumps on your first listen,goosebumps on my 500th listen. the mark of a true classic song.

[@richardkawucha1232]

The lead singer, Grace Slick, has a fascinating voice.

[@memorast]

❤❤❤❤ great reaction great song by Alison Wonderland❤❤❤❤

[@guitarman8462]

Hendrix live at the filmore " Machine Gun " - Derek And The Domino's Live At The Filmore.

[@janster3000]

Any song from their Surrealistic Pillow album is great.

[@uffdabike9503]

Interesting in it's form, no chorus, no bridge, just a steady progression with a military style drum beat.

[@jackedwards7420]

Sorry the vibe is totally different from the live version, Yes, it is psychedelic but you get a different take from the live version!!

[@jamesHadden-l6l]

Blook Rock DOA early 70's, Tom Clay What The World Needs Now Friend and Lover Reach Out of The Darkness and Barry McGuire Eve of Destruction

[@pebblehilllane]

There's a good live version of White Rabbit (well, partially live. The music was canned but Grace did sing live) on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

[@dougca7086]

Grace Slick wrote and sang the song when she was with another group and brought it with her to Jefferson Airplane

[@mattjohn4731]

Yeah she was with the Great Society

[@traceydsm]

Their song, "Somebody to Love" was an even bigger chart hit than "White Rabbit." You should check that one out.

[@arthurslaughter4122]

I saw Jefferson Airplane live at out College homecoming in 1970. I think it was one of the highlights of my life. Coming back to me is another great tune.

[@jwardbass4452]

I really appreciate how articulate and educated you two are with little to no information on this song. You guys interpreted it perfectly.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Chek out the album Surrealistic Pillow and the song Plastic Fantastic Lover and what ever else is on that one ..... We Can Be Together" "Volunteers" ,,all good Jefferson Airplane originals

[@brianmurphy4702]

I couldn't find Janis Joplin in your reviews. Might I suggest "Ball and Chain" by joplin the one from the Folk Festival which is a video of a live performance .

[@trina6256]

Grace Slick…. Her voice is haunting ….Alice (in wonderland) when she’s ten feet tall….🎶 Great choice in reaction!!! A lot of drugs going on back then…🐇

[@kayakuprising5914]

The video's pretty, but i love the live version still. Grace Slick is just awesome.

[@karenmandeville7116]

Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass was the inspiration.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

I like this song but my all time favorite of the group regardless of which " Jefferson " they were is - Somebody To Love.

[@karlsmith2570]

3:50 "Now, She Said 'Alice', Is That A Reference To 'Alice In Wonderland'?" It certainly is, Phil. In addition to being a euphemism for drugs

[@dawnlenore3422]

If you liked this one, please react to another song that came out of the 60's called "One Tin Soldier" (performed by Coven). Not Jefferson Airplane,but it has a lot of the same feel (in my opinion). After that, please react to the film "Billy Jack" 💕

[@scottrbloom]

Grace Slick had a fabulous voice, but blended with the amazing vocals of Marty Balin on most of their songs was when they really shined. To get two such unique and wonderful vocalists in the same band was magic. Listen to some of Marty Balin's gorgeous voice from their album Surrealistic Pillow, such as Today, and Comin' Back To Me. Years later he did a song for Jefferson Starship called Miracles that's just stunning still with Grace Slick backing him up..

[@richardbuchko4910]

You are over-analyzing a little bit because there's nothing "double entendre" or metaphoric about it - it is straight-up drub song.

[@peircedan]

The number of cultural references to this song in movies and TV is long. I don't recall it from back in the day but had to listen to it after hearing it in the credits of some mind bending movie now forgotten. Years ago, I was looking up song facts and discovered a little book that I found intriguing: "What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry". Borrowed the book from the library and it was worth a read. When I think of this group I usually think of "Somebody to Love" which I do remember from air play back in the day.

[@leonardsemrick2785]

This was interesting. I just realized that you kids (I'm at least twice your age) have no concept of what that culture was like. "Yeah, most of your street mescaline is really acid." is an actual quote. It was just stuff a pill in your piehole and hope for the best. Some of us survived.

[@thomaswhite7783]

Grace Slick had a phenomenal voice

[@bobdelp2023]

( PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ) HI SAM, HEY PHIL, WHAT'S UP GUYS! 😊SO THIS AND THE OTHER HUGE HIT FROM THESE GUYS ( SOMEBODY TO LOVE ) COMES OFF OF THEIR GR8 ALBUM ( SURREALISTIC PILLOW ) 👍THE BAND WOULD SOON CHANGE THIER NAME TO JEFFERSON STARSHIP AND THEY HAD LOTSAAAA GREAT SONGS IN THE 70'S, THEIR BIGGEST BEING ( MIRACLES ) 💯 THE LONGGGGGG VERSION YOU GUYS LOL ANYWAY, HAVE A GREAT DAY!

[@corvus1374]

Every song on the Surrealistic Pillow album is a treat.

[@nightcap6555]

Well, I guess we can safely say some childhood tales/stories may be telling a tad more than we thought. A lot more even.

[@pinball1970]

Reminds me of being 19 and discovering psychedelic music in the 80s. Great times.

[@josephmilitello647]

The whole Surrealistic Pillow album is worth a listen.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

Another Great Alice in wonderland song and video is Tom Petty Dont come around Here no more.

[@100PaulRees]

Read Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and it will make more sense.

[@ajohnwiersema]

Doesn’t it make you wonder what Lewis Carroll was on?

[@kennethohnemus3192]

Lots of great songs from them. They added Mickey Thomas and had more hits in the 80s

[@karispur1609]

Live video of the band is better, same music but no cartoon business. Check it out.

[@Royal_BLT]

🇨🇦 The best version is the live Woodstock version ! 🇨🇦

[@donjackson5522]

As Jefferson Airplane progressed to Starship, they also birthed another band. Original members Paul Kantner, Marty Balin and Jack Casady created the KBC Band. Had a big hit with their song America.

[@thomasberry4678]

Jefferson Airplane stated the final line "Feed your head" means read to feed your head.

[@jameswolfden]

They might have said that but that doesn't mean they really meant it. LSD and other hallucinogenics were considered mind expanding and hence a way to feed your head. But, officially, for the censors, sure, it means to read.

[@Dbo83-g5v]

She came up with the song during an afternoon on LSD.

[@roytafoya6540]

Grace Slik is the lead singer. She wrote the song before she joined the group.

[@sjfvet519us]

You should listen to Grace Slick and The Great Society's version of this. It is around 6:30 long with a 4-minute instrumental intro.

[@supasoulproductions]

Yep, brought it with her from her previous band 'The Great Society'.

[@warrenturner397]

Why do you not do live versions when they are available?