Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (REACTION) with my wife

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[@tbryan5313]

Haha! My first concert in 1967...when I was 14.

[@michaelhornstein1504]

Great reaction.Thanks.

[@unclephil7650]

You have to do the original by Eddie Cochran from 1957. This came out in 1968 and then my favorite version is by The Who which came out in 1970. I recommend all of them.

[@doplinger1]

Levon Helm does a great version too!

[@bumperu]

Live at Leeds!!!!!

[@jeffjohnson9911]

It also became a big hit for Country singer Alan Jackson.

[@allauricia1985]

NICE!!!! Blue Cheer yeah

[@hardyharhar9]

The drummer Paul Whaley was a beast.

[@user-ur1jp9uv6j]

the last time I heard this I was young hansome and skinny now I'm 73 and look very different haha, great music to listen to no matter how young or old you are.

[@TheBuzzard1209]

Early Heavy Metal! We use to smoke the ganja and listen to this in my friends basement back in the eighties!

[@user-mk5xc4ye9t]

Rock bands took their names sometimes from products. One such was Blue Cheer, a laundry detergent. It started as Cheer, then they made it blue. A major breakthrough :) There were also different varieties of LSD. Initially there was only one legal manufacturer of LSD, Sandoz pharmaceuticals in Switzerland I believe. The CIA bought up all of the legal LSD and used the Hells Angels to distribute it. I won't go down that rabbit hole but it was apparently relatively easy to make if you had some basic chemistry so many labs popped up. For a time back in the day it was everywhere. It was marketed under various names, orange sunshine, windowpane, purple microdot, blotter acid, Blue Cheer, etc. The band obviously wanted to associate themselves with that product, not the detergent. This was their only "hit". But they played on for decades, Loud and Proud - "legendary". They played at such a high volume that it was said their second album, Inside/Outside, had to be recorded outside because they were experiencing hearing loss. This came out when I was in high school and I played it to death. There was nothing subtle about Blue Cheer

[@marciofernando679]

Kkkkk essa banda é a pioneira no heavy metal em 68 fazendo isso o que depois virou estilo e influenciou de black sabath a tudo anos 80

[@randybaker6042]

Reached #14 on the Billboard charts in 1968. Arguably the primary influence of heavy metal into the mainstream. Not the first, but songs that charted high are the recordings that had the main influence with the listening public. Roundabout by Yes is the primary progressive song, reaching #13 in 1972. People need to understand the only access to music was am hit radio. Summertime Blues was in air rotation with Bobby Goldsboro's Honey, Cry Like A Baby by The Box Tops, Young Girl by The Union Gap, Lady Madonna by The Beatles, Percy Sledge, Sly And The Family Stone, Smokey Robinson and The Rascals. Fans of all that music were hearing Summertime Blues everyday. Same with Roundabout in 1972. It was in rotation with Roberta Flack, America, Michael Jackson, Donny Osmond, Aretha Franklin and Sonny and Cher. There is influence on musicians and there is influence on the public. Recordings that made hit rotation in the U.S. are the ones that had the most influence on what was to come.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Early heavy metal🤘

[@terrycunningham8118]

This was at the beginning of what they called 'heavy' music, rock and blues were starting to go with a far more powerful delivery. Some people argue whether or not this is the start of heavy metal, but it doesn't really matter (unless there's a test later). But it was heavy and it was new and it was when a lot of bands started to dial it to 11.

[@MisterWondrous]

Blue Cheer was famous for three things: This cover, being very loud, and also being the name of a laundry detergent. Wall of Marshall amp, and all that teenage stuff. MC5 was another band along these lines.

[@bumperu]

MC5 from Detroit!!!!

[@user-nr4pi4gn2i]

Blue Cheer was also the name of a particular style of lsd.

[@MisterWondrous]

@@user-nr4pi4gn2i Wow thanks! Makes more sense now.

[@ericanderson8886]

Originals of heavy metal, maybe. Bet Dominica would like the original version.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Best guitar feedback ever! Something different than the mellow flower power stuff. Thanks, no one else has done this song. Early roots of heavy metal.

[@genov9374]

This was our preferred version of this song at Jr High/Sr High dances; and it was played LOUD, they way we preferred it to be played. High Energy.

[@dalemcmillan7231]

I had this album waaay back then. ❤

[@31wst83]

This is Very cool - EARLY stoner music!!

[@geordieparr5655]

Eddie Cochran original needs to be heard

[@guidosarducci]

Allow me to say this: "Blue Cheer" was just one of MANY types of acid (LSD) one could purchase way back when life was fun. Lots of people "freaked out" on acid, but I never had any kinds of issues doing any kind of acid...always had a GREAT time. I believe that the only prerequisite for doing acid was to actually be able to use one's brain. Great tune, BTW

[@paulr.3220]

I was 15 when this came out and I can still hear my father telling me to turn off that garbage. Good thing I didn't have headphones. My hearing would be worse than my wife says it is.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

A classic! < I love this song! There are different version of different artists out there! This one by "Blue Cheer" is quite a heavy one for sure! :) Eddie Cochran's version sound more like summertime than blues and very light, but not heavy! < Give it a try to compare the versions, please ... it's from the 50s! *dance

[@psidvicious]

Ahh, no one was noisy like Blue Cheer! You either like it or you don’t. There’s no acquiring a taste for BC. Not a ‘daily driver’ for me but I do like to drag it up from out of the basement, dust it off and give it a whirl now and then. Maybe it brings back some of those old [ancient] LSD memories 🤪

[@warrenwarmachine]

small minds

[@festidious2644]

Scarborough Fair it ain't. I haven't finished watching yet but did anyone tell them that the guitar and drum breaks actually filled in for words that were in the original song?

[@MikeEnglund-ih1zh]

This song has a least a half dozen great versions of this song by different artists.

[@Rowenband]

I also advice go to the original. This is not a very good version.

[@jimschnebly1370]

My guess is that whoever asked you to react to Blue Cheer was playing a joke on you. I have a group of 75 year old friends who have been making fun of them for almost 60 years

[@davidadams5280]

I know a guy who is 75 who saw them in 69 at a famous venue in Bay Area who said them and Zep where the two best live bands he ever saw. And this guy saw everyone

[@davidadams5280]

He also said he couldn't hear for a month. Loudest band he ever saw

[@MikeEnglund-ih1zh]

You don't need to like everything! This is my least favorite version of this song.

[@jamesferris4573]

The original version from Eddie Cochran in 1957 was an excellent song. This band was a joke.

[@iancitizen6489]

All this talk about Blue Cheer being a joke is very ignorant. Your loss.

[@gcarap]

POSSIBLY the first heavy metal song ever recordied.