Dick Clark Interviews Jefferson Airplane - American Bandstand 1967

Dick Clark interviews Jefferson Airplane on American Bandstand.
License American Bandstand Clips Here:
dickclarklicens...

[@MalargueZiggy]

Do parents have anything to worry about: "I think so, their children are doing things they didn't do and they don't understand." Legendary answer!

[@noelsalisbury7448]

An interviewer could interview some Rap Artist today, and get exactly the same response (s) and the two episodes would both ring true.

[@DJdeliverance]

Timeless as well cuz next gen kids will be doing things in meta and stuff like what a crazy world seems to be for the worst ATM but the best is yet to come so I keep hearing

[@brucetucker4847]

"I'm doing things that haven't got a name yet."

[@Anticommunism99]

whats so legendary about it ? Thats the begining of woke culture ,these people made the west weak

[@Sparky5]

Grace always looks as if she's questioning your logic.

[@StarfieldRailway]

Grace is always questioning people's logic. That is her nature by birth. She is an extremely intelligent person.

[@briankocheraabcdt4628]

I would love to sit down and chat with her over coffee. We have a lot in common. We both are our own best friend and worst enemy. Isn't it funny how recent fashion makes us look back and wonder what possessed us to wear such garb. But go back enough centuries and we call it romantic and want to revive it. To think centuries from now, people will look back at the 1980s and say how romantic it is...

[@petemclinc]

Or your stupidly...

[@briancornish1296]

That's what Witchcraft always does...

[@beppo2814]

Because logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead.

[@pls99271]

Looked like the band was more prepared to answer Dick's questions then Dick was to ask them.

[@bugradio]

Dick: "Should parents be worried?" Paul: "Yes."

[@sammelander3509]

That's a square answer.

[@bobthebear1246]

Sam Melander It was actually anything BUT "square"...hehehehe...but it was 100% the honest truth. 👍

[@aquamarine99911]

History says "no". COINTELPRO saw to that.

[@chrischampagne4307]

Worry about trump

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

@@chrischampagne4307 hes living in ur head rent free lmao 😂 no reason to comment that

[@bobhunter4610]

RIP Marty Balin. You were and always will be the original Airplane pilot. So sorry you’re gone ☮️💟♒️

[@f.w.2054]

Can't imagine he was too happy being ignored like that.

[@esesenordenegro2064]

Grace Slick : the First Big Lady of Rock. Powerful voice. Beautiful woman.

[@95thFoot]

Give Dick Clark credit, he always tried to treat artists fairly.

[@goyadressunofficial]

+95thFoot The best part of AB was when Dick would sit in the audience and interview the kids. Not a hint of condescension.

[@zefdin101]

Dick Cavett was great like that too. Even though the two ‘Dicks’ are polar opposites of the hippies, they found a way to bridge the disconnect and to connect. Cavett interviews of Janis Joplin, John Lennon, etc... fabulous stuff !

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

His questions were idiotic

[@Thejbirdy]

@@zefdin101 I wouldn't compare the two.....Dick Clark was a Dick.

[@petef7323]

Always seemed very sneering this guy.

[@Lipoetlovejoeself]

Dick Clark was a nice guy. A real gentleman. Doing the best he could and apologizing for not doing better.

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

He's a stiff ...Marty could care less good for him Dick Clark a total fool here .....just a money hungry dog......

[@chrischampagne4307]

@@kennethbiebighauser7984 dont mess with dc..... you need somebody to love

[@richardreinertson1335]

@@kennethbiebighauser7984 You just a fake hippie. Your eyes I say your eyes may look like his...but in your head baby I'm afraid you don't know where it is. Less hostility, more love, dig. Have you ever even done acid, bro?

[@jennifermckenzie2620]

Too bad it was so short. It was a one-of-a-kind oppurtunity for DC to talk with members of one of the most revolutionary bands of the era.

[@gretscher]

When he starts talking about giving a hippie 100K a year for a 9 to 5 job, cut hair put on a suit, he just foresaw the future of hippies when they became yuppies in the early '80s.

[@sammyscotch9945]

Jack good ol jack

[@sammyscotch9945]

Hotfkntuna man made some money

[@rowlffffff]

Never had a haircut since '70. Still made 100K a year!

[@betobarreto4249]

Fair enough.

[@sarabelleimaginary]

So true

[@robertspencer2647]

I met Dick Clack at a Rock and Roll revival show . I was around 12 at the time . I have no memory of the show but I do remember meeting Dick Clark. He signed a picture postcard which I still have . He was a very kind man as I recall.

[@StarfieldRailway]

Marty got skipped. He's just the founder of the band.

[@pilot9781]

HooptieHamburger He was in the back... Limited time.. C'mon, time is money

[@StarfieldRailway]

Stephen Silva Like I said, he's just the founder of the band. He also sang a huge percentage of the lead vocals. If anybody should be skipped, it's Marty.

[@pilot9781]

HooptieHamburger At last we agree.

[@allflyaway5748]

+HooptieHamburger marty would of been up there if he wanted to talk to dick clark, he barley nodded when he waved at him

[@pilot9781]

***** Thought same thing.. and would've skipped him as well if I were... Mr Clark.

[@billybob5312]

Wow I remember this like yesterday. When I heard Grace was on American Band stand, we all had to watch. What a clear picture grace would paint with the song. Grace has such a clear voice that you can understand each word. Grace voice penetrates to your soul. The young tots today don't even sing, they just talk some bullshit that some writers gave them.

[@Earthtime3978]

Dick was from another place and time, he wasn't a bad guy, just a product of his generation. Basically worlds colliding in this video.

[@zefdin101]

And now the ‘young hippies’ are old and worried about their grandchildren and the world continues to spin...

[@davis7099]

Dick Clark was playing straight. He knew difference and counterculture I'm sure.

[@jimtimmins1119]

Dick had his hair tucked under his hat

[@richardreinertson1335]

@P'tit Paysan Bottom line. Maybe he didn't entirely understand, but he was at least not clueless.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

Dick Clark comes over as very respectful, shame about the mere seconds he's got to interview Grace in.

[@cyninbend]

No he was a wonderful person. He was as old as the bands' parents--yet no one else that age was bringing rock n roll to our living rooms. I went to many tapings of American Bandstand--tho not this one--and he was nice, kind, respectful. He never treated us like the dirt many shows' production staff do. He had a sense of humor and was very sincere. He was a gentleman. Rare in Hollywood.

[@kimhill9859]

You're right there's only one Dick Clark I'll be 70 and I used to watch my sisters Watch Dick Clark and do the stroll in the front room this video brought back so many old old memories cuz we did was listen to music and Jefferson Starship is coming to the largest little city in the world and that's Reno Nevada for the rib cook-off September hotels will be filled and I got a four bedroom house and it's empty just me and my dogs and we're going to Jefferson Starship and we're going to pig out awesome corn on the cob dipped in butter frozen bananas dipped in chocolate come to Reno you'll have fun I guarantee you there's always something to do here I don't care what time of the year it is we have four seasons so we even get snow and a lot I'm 15 minutes from the ski resort and we just had Hot August Nights got to come to the rib cook off Reno Nevada the largest city in the world how could you forget that the largest in the whole world that God made with his own two hands just for us and so when we get up there to go to heaven remember you can't text God and say God how come I can't get in I'm putting in the code I put in the right text I keep texting you I keep calling I'm standing here at the gate and no cigarettes are loud huh and he said yep

[@kimhill9859]

Oh and my sister went to Woodstock concert and left me to babysit her 2-year-old baby and the girl that she went with got sick with the chicken pox and she had a miserable time and I said good that's what you get b**** for not taking me we did everything together I was I am her birthday present we are 5 years and 5 days apart till my mom take it back b**** that's our favorite word for each other it's a love word like back when Woodstock they use the word bitching or groovy out of sight and listen to what the guitar says to Dick Clark oh yeah your kids are doing this and doing that he snitched off everybody check it out look at it when he interviews them

[@carolewhitrock3979]

@@kimhill9859 One of these days I’ll turn up at a big venue find Jorma and reminisce about my husband speed skating with him in the SF if the 60’s 🧜🏻‍♀️

[@noelsalisbury7448]

@@carolewhitrock3979 Didn't both Jorma and Jack go off to the Alps in Europe and skate and mountain-climb and other 'alpine' stuff together ?

[@BobsonDuggnutt]

Jorma always looked so mysterious/badass with them glasses. A wonderful guitarist indeed.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

He certainly has the surname for a mysterious, Scandinavian, 'Bergman' kinda Deep Guy. And his playing can reflect that .

[@jfiery]

Kaukoken? What did you mean Bergman?

[@terrihenricks4160]

Dick Clark looked a lot more comfortable back when he was interviewing 1950s pop stars. But give him credit for the longevity he ended up having. He kept figuring out how to reinvent himself.

[@waynej2608]

Just have a look on ab, when Dick introduced The Beatles' promo film of Strawberry Fields Forever. Talk about a deer-in-the-headlights look.

[@criticalhard]

He was an old school man, but tried to understand the 60s generation 100% respect to him.

[@UNDERGROUND2000]

Dick Clark spent half the interview fretting about the lack of time...

[@goyadressunofficial]

+malcolmhighvideo He was being apologetic for not giving the group as much interview time as he might have wished.

[@lianelayman7577]

It's not his fault, it's the show's fault. But they only have so much time.

[@remmymafia3889]

He was uncomfortable with them, as they represented the 'counter culture'. Look at the blasphemous outfit that Slick is wearing.

[@Kelly14UK]

Can sense that

[@louisfmattajr6158]

Grace Slick has been the Big Sister who I've never had, since 1967.

[@channelchenes4541]

0:16 "...My future boyfriend on rhythm guitar..." "And the man behind you...?" "...Is my present boyfriend."

[@thescribbler495]

"and this man?" "my past boyfriend"

[@chrischampagne4307]

The group shared her

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@chrischampagne4307 maybe she shared the group?

[@theartfuldodger935]

The Slicks wrote the Airplane's two greatest hits: brother-in-law Darby (Somebody to Love) and Grace (White Rabbit).

[@jcoo76]

Great to see the Airplane again. God we were so young back then. I do love the strength of their beliefs. Strong beliefs make things happen. They believed parents did have something to worry about. When that belief changes, everything else shifts. Notice how different we are now. Lois

[@kirbygene]

beink-- we're all with you on that answer. It's so easy to judge people from different eras based on how we view things today. Dick Clark was always polite and fair to rock artists-- never demeaning, as so many other "older generation" people were who had TV shows

[@carolewhitrock3979]

Still have a crush on the bass player. Never let on. 💙Gracie is a great interviewee. And triumphant in her sobriety and ART. today in her 80s

[@carolewhitrock3979]

One if the best interviewers ever that Dick Clark. But at the time he I thought was nauseatingly SQUARE. FUNNY WHEN GE SAID. 😎🌚 “That’s a SQUARE answer. Meaning “Spot On!” as the Brits say.

[@davis7099]

I think Dick Clark rolled with them all and had a massive insight into the music and entertainment world. He was both the be-suited representative of Tin Pan alley and an insider.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yeah the voice of over commercial trash served up in the let's make Young People safe and eliminate the real counter culture sounds....

[@noelsalisbury7448]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN But how many TV Channels were there at that time compared to nowadays? The group were on Mainstream TV which enabled them to be seen by a large audience. If such an 'alternative' group were on TV they would be 'relegated' to some minor station, and that wouldn't have helped the Airplane and their causes not one jot.

[@MrWhoevr]

That was an excellent interview. Dick Clark was really nice.

[@Judas88-f3m]

1967 to 2017 times have changed! am 28 years old and this is my favorite song! my mom use to sing it all the time when i was a child.

[@DrAxloJones]

I appreciate Dick Clarks contributions to music but he was not doing his research on this one. To skip Marty is absurd given that he founded the band.

[@cosmictrigger9]

Every musician in the Airplane - all magic & all different - creating a sound so unique how can we ever forget such talent coming together. "Feed your head"...

[@kimhill9859]

And I say White Rabbit is still the best but all their songs are good cuz I just saw them in Reno Nevada Jefferson Starship is still awesome and Kathy's sing really good for Grace let's keep Grace up in prayer😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

They were way more than White Rabbit...pisses me off when Wimpies won't listen to anything else but their top 40 stuff...just like on Reaction Channels they only request Neil Youngs accoustic stuff but not Southern Man or Cowgirl in The Sand...and they request CSNY Daylight Again and their wimpiest shit...or garbage from the best of crapol

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

@Kim Hill no its not anywhere s near their best just the top 40 garbage like the best of garbage albums Time Life sell to morons to celebrate hippy day and commercial garbage

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

@@kimhill9859 Starship too commercial trash

[@kimhill9859]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN did you forget it Sunday😇🙏

[@atbglenn]

I just heard the news Marty Balin passed away a couple of weeks ago. What a bummer. :(

[@ChipsForDips]

Dick Clark is a class act.

[@beink]

Think this is a bit harsh. Dick was a product of a different time, but showed an uncanny ability to evolve with changing times. Although it's easy in hindsight to be critical of him, few could have anticipated the sea change that was 1967, and quite frankly, it might have been somewhat scary to those who came from more traditional show business backgrounds.

[@mellowb1rd]

Jesus. You can't come to a video of a 60's band anymore without the comments pages being spammed by a huge argument between some wannabe intellectual types who aren't nearly as smart as they think their pompous syntax makes them sound. You know, using longer words, doesn't make you more right. Love how one of these guys says, "Always seek the simplest way of saying something", yet his every comment could be edited down to half its size and not lose any of its meaning.

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

Your grammar has improved to nursery school level....congrats lol ....

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

Yes and I love it!!! Lighten up ......

[@zadiefluxx7140]

Bro relax you just don't get it

[@jimwilliams4215]

Far out man!!! What a great group with original lineup ... they had way more than there 15 minutes of fame ... very influential. Most of their music still resonates today✌

[@haintedhouse2990]

always loved Airplane. one of the best classic American bands.

[@kixigvak]

"Their children are doing things they didn't do" says Paul. I'm 65 and my friends and I are still worried the kids are going to find out about what we were doing in the late 60s!

[@metalEric69]

Cray Fishe your comment shows your lack of knowledge.

[@prplfleur]

@Cray Fishe damn how young are you? I'm only 24 and even I recognize that that generation was much more than what you described

[@criticalhard]

60s what an era my god i wasn't even born but I wish I could travel back in time.

[@joevs21001]

Love Grace. What a beautiful soul and beautiful woman. Even to this day. She is such an honest person and she always has told it like it is. Now an artist she retired from music and is enjoying life to the fullest.

[@ShamrockParticle]

She told it the way she saw it, and people chose to agree or disagree with her. Was she telling it like it was when she took her audiences' money, laughed to the bank, and bought a mansion to write up more "liberal, anti-capitalist" songs with? And did you know she tried to spike Nixon's tea with a high amount of LSD (no pun intended)...

[@techissima1]

I agree.She has always been and is still a very honest,interesting and relevant personality.

[@williamter]

Michael Moreno moron

[@williamter]

You're too dumb to know anything about Nixon because you're brain is damaged from all the acid your brother put in you're bottle

[@Nikes62]

She said cause she did not want people to see her grow old. Said it in her autobiography.

[@lucia-madridnishinojurado]

Writing your own material is key!

[@G58]

A rare opportunity to witness a square floundering in black and white, as the Summer of Love was about to get started. And on March 21 that year, a man who had spent more than half of his 32 years in prisons and other institutions (mainly because he had broken federal laws, meaning his sentences were much more severe) told the authorities that prison had become his home, and requested permission to stay... His name was Charles Manson Nothing is what it appears to be. Peace

[@dennisholmes2971]

Clark was as integral to rock and roll as The Beatles.

[@biloxicub1961]

She was and still is beautiful

[@westies1962]

Cool interview! Dick Clark was definitely one of a kind!!

[@scke3717]

By then media attention to San Fran signaled the end of something unique, such that Oct 7 1967 was Death of Hippie funeral

[@journeyon1983]

Those were some awesome questions Dick.. WTF!!

[@ChrisKrolak]

I was just a small kid during the time this video was made and don't really remember if I fully understood what was going on -- just what I saw on T.V. I'm still fascinated by it all now and enjoy seeing videos like this one.

[@DanielIKing]

Kind of a charming document of the time. Clark sounds like he is really trying to figure this out. Paul's response is so thoroughly uncompromising that the whole interview turns into the guys giving a mini-manifesto. Neither Clark, speaking for a vaguely understood "establishment" nor the band, speaking for "their children" really know what the conflict is about, but they feel it intensely and want the clash.

[@pilot9781]

Dan King Seems like you've really studied this closely..

[@95thFoot]

+Dan King I agree, but there are other things here, too. He's trying #1 to keep his job, and #2 give the musicians a chance to explain themselves. NOBODY else gave musicians that opportunity on TV back then. Not even Ed Sullivan.

[@mikestevenson576]

Dan, that's a great summation.

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

A chasm between their realities was quite evident.

[@EastmanD]

"mini-manifesto"? think you're making way too much out of this 1min interview...even with 50+ years of hindsight, you're blowing this out of proportion.

[@Roggiedodgie]

About all I gathered from that short interview is that Dick Clark is awesome

[@musiclady49]

I saw them perform when i was in college at SUNY Potsdam. I remember there was a LOT of smoke and I don't mean from cigarettes! 🤣 They were fabulous of course!

[@Rushmore222]

Grace Slick was a bit older than her bandmates. Most of them were born in the mid to late 1940's. She was born in 1938 or 1939, I forget.

[@woodledog]

Correct, Pyro. She even wrote "Lather" in tribute to Dryden turning 30.

[@atipa_2128]

I did a research and I found out that most of the 1960s groups are born in the 1940s, I rarely found a 1930s born.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

Grace slick was the best

[@Renato5858]

Grace Slick lovely woman.

[@wilmtigers]

It'd be great to get an actual date on this appearance. It seems very early on after Signe Anderson's departure as Grace seems a little shy and nervous at being interviewed. Great clip.

[@sammyscotch9945]

She didnt appear to be drunk here. Shyness was never grace slick

[@chrischampagne4307]

To much orange sunshine

[@bobthebear1246]

Paul Kantner: Told it like it was without batting a fucking eye. Now THAT'S bad-ass. R.I.P.

[@neuron2003]

I love seeing Cassidy with all the cords/wires around his neck, outing that the song was lip-synched. Also Kantner's reply as noted previously-- yup, better worry, they're tripping their brains out! Also like the fact that now none of them are apologetic or revisionist about the 60's. Check out the photo on Grace's autobiography with her pupils the size of saucers from an Owsley special. Kids, those were indeed the days.

[@davidbryden7904]

Dick was promoting the "Summer of Love" on Nat'l TV!! Lol!! That's cool!👍👽💚🌲✌️

[@RB1US]

Except for the "hippie given $100,000" the questions were incisive. Dick Clark was a great entertainer and a class act.

[@Engelbird]

Grace looks so cute in her little snood. Like she just stepped off a playing card.

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

Rip Dick Clark and Marty Balin 🎶🎶. Marty Balin voice that we will never ever forget any forever play🎶🎶Jefferson Starship ❤️❤️🎶🎶

[@FLAPPERFROM]

she is the first one to introduce the hoodie!

[@katarinask139]

It's a nun costume, not a hoodie.

[@CadillacL]

If i remember right. When Bandstand was on VH1 or something. It was mentioned that Grace said how they were neve on. DIck told her they were & she had NO memory of it. SO, my guess is she was that stoned.

[@michaelwhittierpearson]

That's the most personal view I've seen of most of the band, along with the Dick Cavett Show appearance, & the back of the Volunteers album. It's very nice because I _____''d their music so, in my youth. I think I loved it.

[@relimes]

amazing how much lighter grace slicks voice was then, how did it get so damn deep over the years?

[@jaker6795]

Grace forgets Paul Katner's name... They had an affair, and she forgets his name. Wow ._.

[@melissasmith6815]

They weren't together at that point She was with Spencer.

[@nocount711]

She was joking, duh!

[@sammyscotch9945]

Had a kid together. Whats in a name

[@chrischampagne4307]

She fed her head too much

[@jcBurton2094]

And you forgot how to spell his name

[@FRANKIESIXTOES]

Dick Clark was from the fifties. Dick had a problem adjusting to the styles and philosophies of the time. However, Dick kept going into the 70's and beyond. The hippies grew up or disappeared.

[@sneadh1]

+FRANKIESIXTOES The square Dick Clark was still using the Square meaning of "square". He says "that's a square answer", meaning a good answer!

[@VandelayIndustries61]

+FRANKIESIXTOES He was from the 1950s and "square" but was pretty fearless in putting revolutionary bands on his show, as opposed to many "music hosts" of that era.

[@95thFoot]

+Ronald Bittner He gave EVERYBODY a try on his show. He even had the Sex Pistols on, ten years later.

[@edlaprade]

I think he ment square as in honest.

[@mikestevenson576]

I don't think Dick had the slightest problem adjusting. He outlasted pretty much everybody.

[@TimKaseyMythHealer]

Don't know why I landed on this, but wow, what a time to be alive. I was 4 years old, and my parents were a bit over their teens.... so... man, I wish my parents had been watching these shows. My earliest memory would have been of this! :-(

[@Kelly14UK]

Paul's answer was straight up.

[@digger5521]

0:15 Dick " I thought you forgot his name " Grace " I did " LOL

[@sillyworm]

What do you expect..she's tripping...look at her face.

[@richierich396]

My year! Summer of love!

[@jacksprat3009]

When I came back from my tour of duty in Europe, I got off the plane carrying returnees, wearing a 3 piece suit I had bought while stationed in Germany. My hair was over the collar as was popular in Europe at the time. Everybody was welcomed home, except me. I was sent to the back of the line and thoroughly searched, luggage gone through and when I sat at a table to have my fist soft drink on American soil in about 4 years most of the folks at tables around me were staring like they wanted to kill me. I thought, what have I come home to? On the bus back to my town, (Atlanta, GA) I sat next to a girl about my age and asked her why are people giving me these dirty looks? She said that they think I'm a hippy because I had long hair. I asked her, What's a hippy? She said they're people with long hair and take drugs. So, seeing America had changed dramatically while I was gone, I had to check out this "Hippy" business. I found at the core of it all were thinkers, philosophers, artists, writers, musicians who had a general realization that this country was moving away from our original premise as stated in our Constitution and Bill of rights towards becoming an imperialist nation. On top of all that were kids who came from abusive homes, run-aways, seekers, explorers, and many. many others. But the core of it all was probably more "American" than most Americans and were determined to find a way to live peacefully, in harmony with Nature that we all depend on for our lives and others, even our enemies which about any typical religious book will teach - or at least the original prophet, wise man, etc said before it became perverted by those who came after. I found that the people who hated the hippies were really afraid of the changes they were going through because it might spread to their children or themselves. But all these fearful folks saw was the long hair, and yes, not enough bathing at times, a refusal to support what we thought was a perversion of America. "Straight" America couldn't understand what we were about and like most folks who fear change, tried persecution in stead of understanding. And I have to admit, we were often too stoned, too naïve, to communicate in a way the straights could understand. In short, the whole 60's thing was like a spiritual bombshell that landed in several places around the world and spread to cover the world. It's really not about hippy. It's about evolution, understanding, separating the wheat from the chaff so we may all carry on in a better world. I liken the "Hippy Trip" to society as a military squad is to a military battalion. The squad are the ones who are on point, in advance looking to find if the way is clear. They are in the most precarious position, mean to take the hit so the main group can know how to proceed. The squad returns to the company or battalion and reports what they've found up the trail. That's what we were trying to do. But what we were finding was rejected mainly by the politicians and the folks in high places of power who used their considerable influence to put fear into the hearts of the main branch of society. But it still goes on, only now most of us have neatened up, have jobs, and teach our children to be a bit more open minded, to ask questions of authority, use your brains at least as much as our brawn, not be sheep glued to a TV or an iPhone and the hardest lesson for militant America to learn, you can catch more bees with honey than you can with vinegar. Peace...

[@unlearny]

so basically everyone treated you poorly because your hair was a millimeter or two longer, and you asked why and then thought, "Well, If I'm a hippy, hippies can't be all that bad." And the rest was history.

[@PAULLONDEN]

*@Jack Sprat* Which year was that when you stepped off that plane ?, Because between 1966 and say 1969 was a whole watershed, and I'm not even typing about the Manson murders,which polarised opinion even further.

[@mrJimCharles]

Jack Sprat You had hair like that in the military??? I thought that wasn't allowed!!!

[@sPacEc0w60y]

+mrJimCharles As a vet of that era (a little later, but not much), I would explain that you could stretch the rules. At worst you would get a warning before an Art. 15, so guys would stretch away and only cut it if a serious warning was given. There were also tricks used to make it look shorter, like using lots of hair cream to make it look shorter, then washing it out before going out to party off-duty. Parting in the middle was also a popular "symbol" of hippie-ish sympathies as well. Also, draftees, especially as they neared their ETS (discharge) were given a lot of leeway as a rule by COs as well, who recognized they didn't sign up for the military and could be pretty lenient near ETS. If you wanted to be a lifer of course you toed the line to make rank, but most of us just wanted to get the hell out and FTA (F*** The Army)!

[@angelgirl99able]

+PAULLONDEN I was a kid (9 or 10) when the stinking sicko Manson murders took place. It was so disturbing to me (#1 you saw it all over the TV news and # 2 - I was 4-5 grade levels ahead in reading comprehension (which my Mom and family thought was so great) but in retrospect, I think I would rather not have understood sooo much at that rotten time because it disturbed me so much and made me have nightmares! I believe, to some extent, because I was not old enough to disobey and get away with shit with my Mom at 10 years old, that a good part, not all mind you, of people disliking, (hating) "hippies" were very much influenced by the sicko Manson "family" and believing that all hippies did were do drugs and criminal acts and have sex all the time (SEX AND VIOLENCE AND ROCK AND ROLL) NOT TRUE!!! Peace out! I really miss that time because I remember people being alot more caring and loving to each other than they are now! Now all people do is put there earphones into their "smart (ass) phones" and you could be getting killed right next to them and they would not hear it and probably not give a shit if they did!

[@jonmelon9792]

drummer Spencer Dryden was Charlie Chaplin's nephew. kept it quiet because he got pissed at being asked to do the funny walk..

[@KennBurch]

Dick Clark is totally embodying the "Something is happening and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?" mindblock in that interview. He comes off like a person totally incapable of processing reality.

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

He did well meant well. Our rocknroll interpreter was just getting wet at the time...it got mainstream.

[@LisaDawnn]

He acted the same way as Larry King when asking questions to an UFO expert. People (perhaps even Dick Clark) regarded 'hippies' as though they were from another planet because they were so radical. I'm sure my grandmother (if still alive) would approach a heavily tattooed and overly pierced person with uncomfortable trepidation too. That's why it's best to be accepting to all --- and then maybe this planet will embrace love instead of fear.

[@davidbryden7904]

It was a very "volatile" period; the country was as divided as it is today. Only the division was more along a generational line. We had a "motto", Never trust anyone over 30. Lol 😎✌️

[@noelsalisbury7448]

@@davidbryden7904 I guess it was a bit shortsighted, really. As in- the survivors are in the 60-80 age group now. "The Who" with the line 'Hope I die before I get Old' from 'My Generation' always makes me cringe

[@LisaDawnn]

@@kingsofthegridiron Wow. I wrote that almost a decade ago. LOL

[@noelsalisbury7448]

@@LisaDawnn Ahhh, the 'beauty' of technology....it records everything, even out of era-context.

[@solunasunrise]

0:53 ... still better by lightyears then having been sent to vietnam as canonfodder without wanting it !

[@TommyMondayz]

Still trying to figure out why Jack is wrapped up in his instrument cable... :/

[@thomasbedell4770]

Jack: never speaks, was surprised he tried to give an answer and then he could speak for the hippies. Was that his instrument cable or part of his necklace? 😜

[@triptoheaveandho]

i liked it.. Dick was very respectufl of them.. and i lived in that time.. adults were generally NOT at all respectful

[@jedijones]

@Cray Fishe I think Grace was 27 here.

[@PrisonBreakFilms]

I geniunly liked this interviewer for a change, thought he was great, worked very well with the ridiculously short amount of time he was given.

[@ibleebinU]

Very cool in their hipness. Love the Airplane.

[@kentholmes3648]

She’s a legend!!!!

[@danielhanswessner8404]

Grace Slick Hell Yeah !

[@cmnbellavista6911]

Paul Kanter's answer was awesome. I like how all the answers in the interview were so honest and how deeply based. In today's TV, you see reporters asking mediocre questions and getting even worse inane answers from the 'general-public' or 'celebrity-of-today' airhead-interviewees.

[@ntodd4110]

All too brief, but we got to hear Jack and Jorma speak.

[@gsb1616]

America's oldest teenager.

[@brookehanley3659]

Gary Bross That's how we thought of him. Great description. HE was.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

@@brookehanley3659 I propose Casey Casem for the honour of that title😉

[@dinahleeloo]

Dick Clark; bless his heart, didn’t have a clue how to interview. That is unfortunate; how many times did this ever happen again, where we got a chance to hear from every band member this way?

[@doughelms558]

Clark was one of those guys so socially awkward, he'd resigned himself to not caring about it.

[@randallfloyd2982]

This is the only copy I've seen that's not from the VH1 re-broadcast. Where is this sourced from?

[@spudwas]

Interesting archive. Just 14 days before they played at the Monterey Pop Festival.

[@afldsjkfdsalkjfdsalj]

at least back then they would put experimental music on tv. Jefferson Airplane would need autotune all over it plus an mc break with a justin timberlake cameo if it was to be released today.

[@ricksalt6860]

Dick was quite the polite gentleman .

[@markyboy214]

and Spencer Dryden

[@bonscott602]

Musicians first, and damn good ones.

[@factenter6787]

My brother got to see a free impromptu JA gig that year in Montreal, when Expo67 was on. He was 16 but I was only 10. It was packed out at that show. The subway system had opened the year before and i could have ridden it downtown for free to see JA...IF I ONLY KNEW THEY WERE COMING!

[@madzen112]

This is a guy trying to bring worlds together!

[@ianman15]

Grace Slick...always ahead of her time.

[@Bobjb999]

That's something so different about '60s SF from say the '70s NYC CBGB scene.NYC bands weren't very friendly to each other.It wasn't a communal scene of bands.Instead it was competitive.Tina Weymouth noted in the very early days the audience was mostly other musicians but they'd barely give any applause to whoever was onstage! Johnny Ramone refused to give out his phone# to anyone.The drugs were different too, CBGB being awash in heroin.Seattle's "grunge"&heroin scene was more friendly&communal.

[@jimtimmins1119]

Everyone can thank sonny bono for the look.

[@MrVidaeverdade]

He looks pretty relaxed to me, holding his leg up comfortably in his chair. He seems to be enjoying not having to answer questions.

[@duncanidaho2130]

I find Grace Slick to have been unbelievably attractive.

[@carolgale]

The shows need to be back in Nashville.

[@skubus100]

Yeah the older generation and parents should be worried...class man..tell it like it is!!

[@ShamrockParticle]

Don't tell. Do. She told people how bad capitalism was in some of their songs, then bought a mansion with her band mates. It all makes one wonder what the hippies and liberals were truly about, apart from double standards.

[@laurakain1524]

Thermodynamic Well its quite obvious what you're about...empty labels and proselytizing.

[@blaksu]

Thermodynamic Human nature. It's possible for a person to believe and promulgate one philosophy but not be able to live up to it in their actions. Take a socialist/liberal for example - they'll still possess an innate selfishness. Humans by their nature are bundles of contradictions.

[@cjay2]

Thermodynamic Troll. They bought it so that they could live together and practice together. That was being practical. It doesn't indicate that she wasn't against capitalism. It actually indicates intelligent thinking. No tellin' what you would have done in the same situation is there?

[@sammyscotch9945]

@@ShamrockParticle they (we were very young) please forgive us for all our mistakes

[@Max-po5sx]

this was back when people actually cared about bands and what they say.

[@sammyscotch9945]

And bands had something to say

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

where is the performance of this?!?!?!?!?!?!?