Drummer reacts "Alone Again Or" by Love

[@adrianwhelan]

Forever Changes is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.

[@L33Reacts]

I’ve only heard the first and last song but they are both amazing. Can’t wait to hear the rest!

[@Pajko-g2y]

This album is a masterpiece. I've been listening to it for over 20 years and I never get tired of it.

[@L33Reacts]

I can’t wait to hear the rest. I’ve heard the first and last song on the album and they are both fantastic.

[@kenhoyer8601]

try 50

[@jstock2317]

this album is actually ridiculously good

[@L33Reacts]

Two tracks in so far now and I agree. It’s so randomly excellent lol

[@ddthor]

I agree. Incredible lost gem of an album.

[@sandrapeters6064]

I am 75. In my twenties I found a Love compilation LP in a remainder bin. I had only ever heard one song by them, My Little Red Book. I searched several record stores before finding Forever Changes. Being a Love fan was lonely. The only other group I felt this way about was the Kinks. I was lost in a sea of Beatles and Rolling Stones fans in the 1960's. When Arthur Lee died, the local TV anchor admitted he did not know who he was or ever heard of Forever Changes. I am so happy that on KZbin young people can be exposed to the group and that I can share my love of them with others. Also, Check out Signed DC from a different LP by them.

[@markransome7052]

always love "A House is not a motel" from this album!

[@jabbawonger6572]

'You Set The Scene' my favourite track from this album.

[@bobair2]

Same! It is epic!

[@ddthor]

There is a live version outdoors at some summer festival that is sublime!

[@blitztim6416]

He already did it.

[@L33Reacts]

I did that one a couple months ago. My first ever listen to them!

[@ddthor]

@@L33Reacts thanks!. I'll look for it.

[@vincentjacovino9097]

This was a great album back then and still is. Love was another band living in the Laurel Canyon CA. area in the 60's. Great music came out of the place.

[@alrivers2297]

Good song. The Red Telephone ☎️ is another

[@davidwalsh7128]

This fantastic band had many faces, a must listen to of theirs is the world's first punk song; Seven & Seven Is.....

[@CharlyDS]

Indeed, Da Capo is a really good album too!

[@davidthrower1553]

Forever Changes is always in my top 10 albums of all time…and one of the few albums where EVERY track is my favourite…there isn’t one bad track on it. I was lucky enough to see them live in the 1970s when I was a student at Leeds University…for an entry fee of £1.50 (thats around $2!!1)…a night I shall not forget. Also check out the Arthur Smith tour of the UK performing this amazing album live and their set at Glastonbury…pure gold. Review every track on this album….please!!!!

[@julieb.5860]

the Damned did a truly beautiful cover in the 80's ... recommended.

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

This is one of those albums that creeps up on you. Aside from this song, I never liked it that much. But then I just got the urge to listen to it - and now I've listened to it regularly, like once a year; a few times already. It's really grown on me.

[@kelvinkloud]

Bulls eye…. Agree. It has an icey diamond element to it. Lee had a Dylan like sharpness lyrically and theme wise. He also had a dark vibe like morrison. The album is a keen insight to the underbelly of the culture.

[@kimberelyanngunter6341]

My little red book 1966 is worth a listen. I loved being reunited with this little forgotten gem❤

[@julianbarber4708]

Absolutely fabulous song! Love the whole album!

[@Lwize]

Perfection.

[@edgarsnake2857]

'Love' was a band that existed on the fringes of stardom. "Alone Again Or" is a wonderful song. Loved your reaction.

[@davidwalsh7128]

Thank you, this is a special song. One of my favorite alltime songs....

[@kelvinkloud]

You have a good ear for tone and lyrics. It’s haunting. Beautiful but tragic. Sound and lyrics echo it. Timeless song… your a doors fans. This band was same label. In fact Lee gave label headsup on doors to sign them. Lee was like morrison, he could see thru the false Platitudes of the summer of love.

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

You need to do this album the whole way through !!!! So many different styles. A masterpiece. It was a must have back 67/68. You weren’t a proper hippy without a copy.

[@johnnyparis10]

I never heard of this band until a few years ago. I don’t know how I missed them. This song is my wake up on my alarm.

[@jogischulz2576]

LOVE, what a name and great band ! Arthur Lee was a friend of Jimi Hendrix and they had a session in 1970 ! thanks for your video L33🎸☮

[@L33Reacts]

Glad you enjoyed my friend.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

One of the best albums of the sixties. Check it out

[@corawheeler9355]

This is a new song for me ... that was really good

[@lauraallen55]

Love this song!

[@eximusic]

One of the best bands out of LA's psychedelic scene.

[@CharlyDS]

An album which is folk, psychedelic, hard rock, orchestral, with great harmonies .. I've been fascinated for years and still am. Somehow it makes me think of Gene Clark's No Other, a masterpiece that a few years ago gave me back the passion for music. Wish you review it someday.

[@shemanic1]

One of my all time top tunes. Love it more than I can say. The sentiment the lyrics, tune, brass, guitar, all lend their part. The whole is awesome (& ominous). WOW! Indeed I bet you wanna listen to it again A.S.A.P. Please try "The Red Telephone" next, studio or Live at Glastonbury. A Memorable performance.

[@L33Reacts]

I immediately wanted to listen to it on endless repeat when the video was over. Sadly I had other songs to do but man, this one stopped me in my tracks

[@thruppence-ys9zp]

Probably decades since I heard this song. Another dang rabbit hole

[@AlexAlex-ny3mz]

My alltime favourite album (along with "Easter Everywhere" by The 13th Floor Elevators").

[@15chipshops]

Yep, Both albums are fantastic!

[@brewstergallery]

Mr Lee has got to do some 13th Floor Elevators, those first two LP's are sublime. Roky will always be a hero of mine and I'll always love Stacy Sutherlands dark twisty twanging.

[@David-mo5jw]

It’s frighteningly good

[@robertschwalb3110]

Original Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of all time had this at #40. Think about that for a second! And yet so few people know of or have heard this album. IMO must be listened to in its entirety to fully appreciate. A friend played me this album about 45 years ago and I was instantly hooked. A must listen to before you die album.

[@gillwaugh7212]

I’ve always felt the ominous undercurrent of this song too. Don’t know why though. It’s brilliant and very unusual.

[@bobair2]

By the time I first heard this song it was already 14 years old and here 43 years later it still has my ear as does the whole of "Forever Changes",a truly fine album if ever there were one. Good reaction to one of the rock era's best.

[@LaurieWehr]

I play this song every single day ❤️❤️❤️

[@Russ-gy7tx]

Lee, You must do Love's "7 and 7 is" from the 1966 Da Capo Album, considered proto-punk, they are on my playlist. these guys lived in a castle in Laurel Canyon.

[@yankeeboyno7]

It has been requested

[@Russ-gy7tx]

@@yankeeboyno7 Awesome!

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

The first version I heard of this song, was by the British Punk band, The Damned. It's different -yet got me into the original. I have a two CD anthology of LOVE, with is this album,

[@StefanPina]

Another highlight from "for ever changes", one of the best records ever made. Every song on it is a hit. Arthur Lee played the complete record at this concert: Love with Arthur Lee Live at Glastonbury 2003 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5WTpHqJh8SIkMk

[@thereunionparty]

Great recommendation. If I remember rightly this was an almost perfect, note for note reproduction of one of the greatest albums ever.

[@chrissyparx9472]

very good song ,i have heard of them but first time hearing them .now i gotta look into them .

[@CapAnson12345]

This is one of those "I really need to get back to practicing guitar" songs.

[@kestrelhill]

Admit it, we all thought this was the Moody Blues when we first heard it!

[@johncollier9280]

This is absolutely a classic song. The cover version by UFO is equally as compellin'...

[@dynodon9182]

'7 & 7 is' first punk song.

[@TZ61]

I was a late comer to this album, having not heard it until I was in my 30s. I had long read about the mystery and legend of it, but once I finally sat down and listened, it was one of those game changers. As with so many albums I love, it is often the intangibles that is a part of it, and so is the case with Forever Changes. Great upload. Oh, and the deluxe edition of this contains some interesting and funny dialog in different takes of songs.

[@allisonreed7682]

I’ve also loved the mariachi/flamenco elements of this song!

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Never heard this lovely b4

[@097534]

Bought this in 72 loved it to death.

[@alvillanueva2525]

"7 And 7 Is" should be next.

[@johndoe-gt6gp]

I agree wholeheartedly. Or My Little Red Book.

[@jefffinn1105]

Good call!

[@L33Reacts]

I’ll keep that one in mind thank you 😊

[@yankeeboyno7]

@@L33Reacts I'll take care of that

[@johnniekight1879]

Check out "7 & 7 Is". One of the most ass-kickin' singles ever. From their previous LP. "Forever Changes" is considered by me & all my musical friends the greatest album ever.

[@user-ph9wt3ue7c]

Members of the Wrecking Crew played on 2 songs on Forever Changes.

[@julianbarber4708]

Manson family murderer, Bobby Beausoleil, was briefly with this band.

[@namesameasu]

I agree: we need a new counterculture. The hippie era wasn't ideal but it's better when people worked together than apart. Love was an amazing band. I hope you dig deeper into their repertoire. Most of their pre-1971 albums were very good to excellent, especially side one of their 2nd album Da Capo and all of Forever Changes.

[@kelvinkloud]

You have it now. Rogan, maga etc is counter culture now to woks and permawars.

[@samuelmregister]

Remarkably progressive stuff from 1967.

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

Laurel Canyon rocks !!!!!

[@L33Reacts]

It really does. I’m so glad yall introduced this scene to me.

[@derekkannemeyer2375]

Arthur Lee is terrific (I love this album), but this was a Bryan Maclean song, and how Arthur Lee kind of co-opted it was apparently what led to the band's disintegration. Talk about divisions. This is how Wikipedia quotes Johnny Echols: "Arthur wasn't even at the studio when we recorded 'Alone Again.' When he heard everyone saying what a great song it was, and how great Bryan's voice sounded. Arthur became jealous and decided to feature his voice on a record he had absolutely nothing to do with. To make matters worse Arthur changed the title of Bryan's song. That was basically the beginning of the end for the group." Great resulting track, though.

[@jefffinn1105]

The rare album that has never left my rotation since the 60s. Lee's disillusionment w the 60s counterculture was that of a wary, black rocker who didn't see the hippie ethos as sincere or deep. FC album takes 2-3 listens to "get" - dark lyrics about war, racism, betrayal but set to light Muzak-like orchestra & folky guitars. No other album like it. Lee thought he was gonna die & this would be his last album. The Doors originally modeled themselves after LOVE & Lee suggested them to Elektra, ironically their fame took the spotlight/budget away from LOVE.

[@artomatt]

I first encountered a cover of this song by the Damned, and loved it enough to buy the their CD. Then I heard this original once on the radio, liked it even more and wondered why it doesn't get played all the time on classic rock radio. Brian McLean's half sister, Maria McKee is also an amazing musical talent, first with the 1980s band, Lone Justice, then in solo work.

[@unstrung65]

Their are a few 'live' versions of this song by the Tucson band 'Calexico' , that are killer ! , Bryan MacLean wrote this song , once a roadie for The Byrds !

[@blitztim6416]

Yeah. Finally. Do track two.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

Love was a great band. Want a drummer workout? Play along with “7 and 7 Is”. Seriously. As weird as it may seem, I have hope for your generation. A lot of people in my generation got rid of their vinyl records (I didn’t), believing “them” when they told us vinyl’s dead; CDs are the future; they never wear out and they sound better. They lied! Your generation, who had no real history with vinyl, demanded it be brought back, and damned if they didn’t listen! Damned impressive. Don’t think you don’t have a voice and can’t unite, because you obviously can and have. Remember that! Who else is going to do it?

[@stevenlineberger3333]

Classic album produced by Bruce Botnik who engineered the Doors albumx

[@DannyD714]

20 years later the damned did a pretty decent cover.

[@brianvernon249]

Rush covers their song: Seven And Seven Is. They are a large * in the 60’s music scene.

[@johncollier9280]

Check out Boo Radleys-Spaniard. A similar feel with brass 'n acoustic guitar...Mesmerizin'...

[@thescrewfly]

After the original band split, Arthurly (yes, he was called that sometimes) formed a much more standard rock-sounding Love quartet/quintet before making a fine solo album "Vindicator" which sounds very Hendrix-y (even down to Arthur's vocals) but has some pretty good songs and/or riffs. As somebody commented already, Arthur and Jimi were friends and there is material available of Love Mk II with Hendrix guesting. Terrible sound quality but an interesting look at what might have been if Jimi had lived longer. Miles Davis also alleged expressed interest in working with Hendrix and that would surely have been quite something!

[@StoneShards]

Now you have to hear the original version of this by UFO! Don't cha think?!

[@sammybeck7794]

Actually UFO covered this song. This is the original

[@StoneShards]

@@sammybeck7794 Thanks for the correction! But I still think Lee should listen to the UFO version. 😘

[@sammybeck7794]

@@StoneShards I agree, in this song here where all the horns come in Michael Schenker plays his guitar in place of the horns and the acoustic guitar part is practically note for note.

[@richgaluppo4417]

The Wrecking Crew did most of the instrumentals on this lp. There's a good Docu on Wrecking Crew. Arthur could be a jerk according to one of the recent Zappa groupie girl books.

[@BigC.]

Try the UFO version.

[@genegarrett3372]

Funny, I remember this cover but not the music; Must have seen it at somone's house/