The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard.

[@marladell6091]

I saw the Seeds in 1966 ...They opened for The Supremes at the Hollywood Bowl...It was my first rock concert!!

[@brötzmannsax]

That's a fun fact , the Seeds and the Supremes, interesting.

[@MWSLV]

Very cool!!!

[@karenrogers4036]

I was at that concert too!didnt buffalospringfield,supremesand Johnny? Play too?

[@marladell6091]

@@karenrogers4036 Hi Karen....I don't remember the BS or JR opening for that concert. Just the seeds. I did however see the BS at a small venue just off Sunset Blvd in '67. I am certain that this concert was sometime in the Summer of '66. I am from the SFV and now live in N. Ca. I saw a lot of concerts in my day and am so blessed to be a part of this music revolution. Best to you!! Marla

[@John_Fugazzi]

What a weird combo that was. They were so very different, the supremes all glamor and choreographed moves and the Seeds barely contained punk chaos.

[@bluenosemassmedia2996]

I got to see the seeds live a couple of times as a kid. I’m in my seventies now.

[@LarsDcCase]

The best Rock and Roll music came from this era. We, who grew up with this music are so fortunate. Rock and Roll music will never be the same. 😀

[@dennismurillodennis3079]

You are correct.

[@J3189-b5p]

What about Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber? (Meaning, you are 100 percent correct! As Joni Mitchell said about today's music, "It's a septic tank!")

[@gaylonmurphy1298]

The stuff today is just like Sleepy Joe a Joke

[@coodycaster9812]

It takes a whole different culture to create that again

[@21550spurs]

I'm thankful. I had an older sister that listened to all this music. I love the 60s. The best decade in music IMHO

[@lindyprimo9025]

I've been pushin too hard for 50 years! Now I'm old an tired but never too tired for this song!😂😍

[@elainedixon1954]

Me too big 70

[@johnbellas7187]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[@HemiVic]

It’s amazing! My heart and soul have remained between the ears 1964-67 since then! This is the greatest era in Rock music history! I love this song!

[@FRANKIESIXTOES]

I agree.

[@ae2yosemitesamvp48]

Me too. Graduated from high school in 1966 and got drafted in 1967 and went to VietNam in 1970.

[@trttt139]

@@ae2yosemitesamvp48 what do you think of the vietnam war now?

[@rasjjmitchell7977]

THE GREATEST ERA OF MUSIC! The music of today sucks by comparison

[@pappies.c.9583]

I too want to go back to those days so peaceful good music

[@GG-xu1yn]

Cruising around on my blue Stingray bike, not a care in the world - ahhhh, the Good Ol' Days . . .

[@sherryshore1044]

Miss the great songs of the 60's. I was 11 in '66. Loved the songs so much.

[@jaydee9630]

I’m there with ya. The 50’s and 60’s were the greatest music!!!

[@zyxvwu]

The seeds of punk. ❤

[@Douglas_op]

naaaa is pop rock and roll

[@zyxvwu]

@@Douglas_op you obviously don't know the history.

[@DandyLion662a]

I've always loved that garage/proto-punk/psychadelia-influenced sound of the 60s. You get that from other bands like Syndicate of Sound (Hey Little Girl), Blues Magoos (We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet), Music Machine (Talk Talk) and a few others. Thanks for posting.

[@hugbug4408]

You stole my thunder! How right you are! Was in the 3rd grade when this came out on phillies famous 56 wfil in early fall 65. My grade schools friends bro was sent to SouthVietnam in the Mekong Delta with the big red 1: 1st infantry division USA.

[@HamptonGuitars]

If you aren't familiar with Masculine Intuition by Music Machine, check it out. My favorite.

[@hugbug4408]

Don't 4get Dandylions don't tell no lies ! Lol. I' ll listen to some of The Music Machines fine tunes of the mid- to late 60s ! Some of the tunes you mentioned came out around 1965-66 , and I was 8/9 years old listening to Phillies Famous 56 WFIL ! Rember very well some of my friends brothers , and neighbors sons , being sent to a hell in South East Asia--SouthVietnam ! My uncle was kia there mid- March , 1968 , @ tail end of TET! Also , 10 days before my 11th bday . The 60s was a interestingly crazy time line in our country's history ! The music , from all genres was into the psychedelic scene by 1964 , actually earlier than that . I'd say more back into the late 50s , and early 60s. Be Bops , Beatniks , Merry Pranksters , to the quintessential hippies , of course so did drugs like LSD , Mushrooms , Speed/Methamphetamines , Barbituates , Heroin , and Marijhuana . By the mid- to late 60s , Heroin , Smack , H , Horse , Junk , Scag , Dope became a bad epidemic ; more than the other drugs , believe it or not. Alcohol was the biggest abused drug , and always will be. Alot of these tunes of the mid- to late 60s were danced to , and listend to by people under the influence of something that would eventually deprave them later. Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothing Yet " , and "The Easy Beats 'Got Fri. On My Mind' " were great beer drinking , among other indulgences , songs to dance to ! Alot , of the pop psych / psychedelic songs were good to dance to . My friends sister was one of those early hippies , and had a plethora of some early psych tunes .

[@PAULLONDEN]

Agree totally ...The Nugget compilations are full with them ,"Count Five" ,"Amboy Dukes", Electric Prunes".....and a whole lot lesser known brilliant ones.

[@hugbug4408]

@@PAULLONDEN Don't 4get the SEEDS ; "PUSHIN ' TO HARD"

[@free8611]

I saw the Seeds play this song in 1966.They were playing in a parking lot in Granada Hills,CA two blocks from my parents house.I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

[@johnriselvato5838]

Jim Moriarty I was there in Granada Hills at this parking lot. A local record store was promoting their first album. I remember this epic moment as if it was yesterday. Good to here from someone that was at this event.

[@54dobro]

Wow! I was there too!

[@NoWayOut55]

I wasn't there. But nice to see some Vals checking things out! Tim Bogert used to go to the Lamplighter at mission and Balboa. I heard from folks who were old enough to drink when he was hanging out. Van Nuys here, Balboa and Sherman Way!

[@nancyhogue4345]

you guys must be as old as i am! did not see the concert, but saw Steppenwolf in 64. still love the sounds of the 60s and still dancing!

[@stevemiller7433]

Neat!!

[@georgemiller6347]

I was a sophomore in college in the fall of 1967. Every Friday when the weather was great, one of the guys in the fraternity would put this 45 on repeat and set the speakers in the third floor window towards the greektown walkway. Got everyone psyched for the w/e-damn I miss those days sometimes. its not what u did, but, what u didn't do....thanx for the memory.

[@dearprudence2260]

Those garage bands in every neighborhood man, God I miss them. Being a kid then, it was great.

[@hawkinsa90]

But never played in a garage!

[@balloonfarm5903]

@@hawkinsa90 I was in a basement band.😆😎✌🏽☮️🎸

[@rockettebob]

i think the MOTHERS played bollero bowling alley in east san diego. beefheart delivered bread out of his dad's helms truck. i bought penny candy...it is strange being in reno in 2021.....rockettebob

[@hermanrego8115]

Weren't the 60's the best time for music. Great garage rock!

[@larryfitzgerald2945]

So much great music from the garage bands of the day, REAL FROM THE GUT. Now it’s all corporate, image more important than the music, which is what squally formatted, formulated, & soulless. We had choices, today we are force fed what we hear, like it or not.

[@puppycat58]

Love that song 🎵....a underrated song... Kasey Kasem had an amazing voice..

[@laurastafford8714]

A song before it's time..kicking song that never gets old..

[@rrock2025]

A comment before its time

[@shanearmstrong9618]

Actually they were right in time with the scene

[@laurastafford6217]

@@shanearmstrong9618 you don't know shit..

[@laurastafford6217]

@@rrock2025 you so dam funny

[@buckroo8424]

I was on Shebang in 66! Met Casey Kasem. Last year of high school. Then I got a personal letter from “Uncle Sam”. Love these guys and their sound!!👍

[@markjeffery1697]

Uncle Sam, would that be go fight in Vietnam, I'm from New Zealand, so I wouldn't know

[@greeneyesnh1953]

Thank you for your service 🙏

[@dkat1108]

Ya I got that letter too I had just gotten married 3 day earlier when I came home the letter was on the kitchen table...and yes it says Greetings from uncle same....LMAO

[@dkat1108]

@@markjeffery1697 yes Vietnam !

[@maxsdad538]

I was one of the "lucky" ones, and I say that with all seriousness. Uncle Sam sent me to Korak Royal Thai Air Force Base (Bangkok). where I flew nice, safe (relatively speaking) reconnaissance flights over Vietnam (USAF EC-121's).

[@gradyfilms2458]

Always a great idea to get a tight shot of Sky playing the bass during the entire guitar solo, especially when the whole band tries to cue the camera director by looking over at the lead guitarist right before he goes into it. Brilliant...

[@John_Fugazzi]

Sky didn't play any instruments. Darryl had an extra bass keyboard for his Farfisa organ in live concerts. On recordings it was usually session bass player Harvey Sharpe. You're right that Jan Savage should have been on camera then.

[@confusedpeggy8273]

Got caught climbing in my bedroom window, having snuck out to see them at an after hours club called Bito Lido in hollywood. Tbis takes me back!

[@panagiotisstaboglis7113]

The seeds were perhaps the top garage band of all time!In no other garage band will you see such perfection and vocal harmonies!RIP Sky Saxon.

[@jong0000]

They were indeed, excellent, but should only be considered as possibly second best. AS Ray Wylie Hubbard says, no band was ever cooler than the 13th Floor Elevators..

[@schuberttim]

The Seeds were a great garage band, but there were no vocal harmonies on "Pushin' Too Hard". Perhaps you liked the background vocals, which were pretty cool.

[@andrewjohnstone963]

Says you so it must be true ¿

[@andrewjohnstone963]

​@jong9539 Says you Its juvenile get a grip

[@waynesilverman3048]

Jong u know that !

[@joedanache7970]

Love that song. One of the best 60s classics.

[@bobbywall172]

What a driving song, makes me want get up and dance(move)!!!!!

[@markko17]

I was in Junior High when this came out. One day a teacher was giving us a hard time about something and I said, "You're pushing too hard!" Detention for me.

[@rs-oj7jt]

Haa

[@suenatewa7472]

This can never happen at this age of time. Lesson learned the hard way we did. Not so much now.

[@stevegrieb6596]

Well, crap! We are getting old Jake.

[@martinbachmann6283]

Markko17, I was in 4th or 5th grade I think, when I first heard this. LOVED your "Junior-High" experience! Yup, as far as junior-high (teachers) went for me, I turned into a BONAFIDE smart-ass myself - and hey, I'm pretty much still the same way today in my mid-60s! Funny thing though; I'm a retired career elementary-ed/early-child Teacher? Hmmm....

[@peterlydon5100]

a true heroe of The Revolution!

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

THEY PLAYED AT MY FRESHMAN DANCE IN 1966' AT SERRA HIGH SCHOOL IN GARDENA, CA.❣️

[@JackThompson-v5g]

I was lead vocalist in my rock group in the 60’s when this came out I introduced to my group. We burned this one up. Love it

[@ianhenning2422]

My Pop's is a Vietnam vet and he told me to give this song to listen and his music is very vast and his knowledge is exceptional and first time hearing this song it was anything like I've ever heard before you could tell the guy I meant what he was saying and what lyrics you know what Harmony they were on the same just a classic song...

[@muffs55mercury61]

My older brother was in boot camp when this song came out. He remembered this one especially.

[@mickeymousebiker1]

RIP Sky and Reg! You guys help create the sound of a generation.

[@janiellenathan]

I was with Sky at the summer if love concert at Luther Burbank. In Santa Rosa

[@StevenCarinci]

Proto Yardbirds!

[@franciscocordova7083]

Who is sky and reg?

[@Selvikus]

@@franciscocordova7083 sky = sky saxon(lead vocalist of Seeds; guy you see on bass in this video)

[@billyangus]

Rick Andridge was drummer for The SEEDS, with Sky Saxon on lead vocal, Jan Savage on guitar, and Daryl Hooper on keyboards. Hooper is the last surviving original veteran of The SEEDS. Sky passed away on the same day we lost Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, on June 25, 2009. Rick Andridge died in 2011, and Jan Savage passed away in 2020.

[@badcoach2000]

The cool part about most of the bands from this era is when they played the same song live, it usually not only sounded different from the studio version, but was usually just as good or sometimes better than the studio versions due to the energy of the audiences. They all had raw pure talent!

[@brucewilliams2106]

all the TV shows were lip synced back then.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

no computers or backing tracks to rely on.. most live musicians like to experiment.

[@rifftipton7709]

One of the first guitar solos I learned. Glad I got to see the Seeds opening for Jefferson Airplane here in San Diego.

[@isaelcorona3424]

Woah that sounds amazing

[@stevepaul6955]

This song still sounds great after all these years. RIP Sky.

[@ianhenning2422]

Classic Song,My Pops put me on to this song and it's been a favorite since the first words I heard...

[@mikethebike7372]

R I.P. Jan Savage

[@JoseGutierrez-nh2vw]

I was in junior high school when this song was new I remember hearing groups playing in the garages you can hear the band more the Singer!

[@debbielynn6291]

Great music was the soundtrack of our lives then. I'm 9 in '67. We pretended we were go-go dancers in my backyard kickin' it to this and all the songs ...now classics...on am radio. Best music thru the 80s.

[@sleeplate3584]

I like the way the show does a close up of the bass guitar during the guitar solo...

[@tonyrussi7777]

the camera person had no clue.

[@scottbivins4051]

Pissed me off I hate when camera guys don't know shit about music. Show the fuckin solo idiots.

[@StandingStones1776]

@@tonyrussi7777 yeah they did not wants us to see the Vox Electric Guitar

[@marlowepeterson9557]

Lol!!!

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

Yes great camera work and Not. They were lip-syncing. But you'd think He would have head the song and know were to shoot....

[@Jimbo895-y3s]

This reminds of early garage rock bands late 60's and we had band competitions where something like a exhibtion hall was used and all the bands had their turn on stage. They were really good and especially because many of them played at our high school dances in the high school gym. The dance nights in our gym even though chaperoned with priests and nuns were so fun with these small bands out of nowhere.

[@ritaalways-alone4618]

I'm watching an episode of "The Mothers-in-law" (remember that?) and the Seeds are on it as a group called "The Warts". Lol! I never heard of them. I was 3 when this came out. I'm a young 59 now. 😳 Saw in the credits who they were so I looked them up. This song is mesmerising, as are the band members. Time...goes way too fast. To be able to go back...and not come back! 🙏

[@dianagruver5767]

Same. I’m watching that show and I hear this song come on. I’m thinking “I know that song, who does it?!” Lol. I was only a couple of years old when it came out but I had an older sister so I got into music at a young age. I miss 60s music! Thank God for KZbin.

[@Boquer281]

Esto quiere decir que esta banda apareció en 1962?

[@greg33770]

Haven't heard this great classic in 50 years ! Fantastic tunes from back then, remember it like it was yesterday ! Listening on WKBW-am radio, Buffalo.

[@jorgeestomba9888]

Very unique sound, thats what made the 60 magical. This song exemplified that !!! Will we ever be blessed with this magic again !!!!!

[@carlosacevedo8530]

I remember Kasey Kasem! He used to DJ on KRLA Radio in L.A., CA.during the 1960s. I used to listen to him while I was in elementary and high school. Since I lived in L.A., I enjoyed listening to all of the rock radio stations, such as, KFWB and KHJ. For those of you, who lived in L.A,, you may remember KGFJ and XERB. The latter was DJed by Wolfman Jack, who is now deceased. But I can say, they'll never be another Kasey Kasem. The days of memorable Disc Jockeys are all gone!

[@Hope-fv3kf]

I worked in Beverly Hills for a Doctor on Robertson Blvd early 70s. Wolfman was 1 of our patients.

[@dannyparis3674]

The Seeds from 1966 with your pushing too hard excellent Rock song excellent electric guitar work and percussion this rock song stands out as a Rock classic nice to see Casey Kasem in his Heyday to

[@davekring3936]

First time I heard this song I was a struggling freshman in college. It instantly struck a chord & helped ignite my bottled up rebelliousness & passion to tell off the world!!

[@beatlejim64]

Got as high as #36 on the Billboard charts in Feb.1967...a CLASSIC!!!

[@scottjones7562]

Really, a better tune, I think, than that number implies.

[@A_Pa-Plainjane]

Just 16 and exploring all the dark clubs in obscure corners of the city playing a wild and new sound, still sounds pretty fresh, especially the clean guitar riffs

[@andynilsson7948]

Cruisin' the avenue with this on the radio.....CRANKED UP!

[@dvtco.2545]

I remember this song but never knew who they were. NICE! I was very young but the beat and lyrics really stick out with auditory memory. You gotta' love KZbin!

[@michaelfuria4257]

Nuggets..a psych-garage classic..The Seeds were pioneers of garage-psych...love that vintage Wurlitzer electric piano playing...

[@machoninny2960]

Still sounds nasty in 2021, and I remember when it came out. Still have the single.

[@glennriley9691]

I've commented before that American beat music from the 60s is phenomenal. This music can't be bettered

[@randallalan4221]

@reitsound 60's Garage Band music...an example of one of it's finest!

[@patrickscranton3296]

Timeless piece of music that will last forever in rock history

[@hoss73ford]

I know, isn't it awesome??

[@kellywalker5580]

You'd better believe it.

[@stevencorsoe9575]

Made the nuggets set great and so did the other great bands.The change in our freedoms.

[@hawkinsa90]

Pop history.

[@tillitsdone]

I think it stinks

[@allenmealey995]

Cool! Garage Band From Here In LA!

[@philiptucci2458]

Very Beautiful Masterpiece, great music & great memories of life forever from the greatest musical decade of all time

[@johnknottenbelt2502]

Brilliant Post ! Thx for this ! Now I can alert those of my buddies from the 60s who couldn't find any of their music. This band was way ahead of their time !

[@joboiecruiser]

I had a recording studio behind my house in Hayward CA., I did a number of recordings with Sky Saxon and friends, but sky didn't just walk in, he BURST in the studio the first time we met. I could tell you many interesting stories about those sessions. He was a very kind and loving human being after all the shenanigan's were over.

[@mag1226]

Love the guitar riffs in this great oldie

[@beatlejim64]

Released in November 1965...re-issued in October 1966...got to #36 on the Billboard "Hot 100" chart in Feb.1967. A garage band CLASSIC!!!

[@haroldfridkis3536]

Agreed 👍

[@steviesugarman7416]

A relentless song, the beat keeps driving all the way through, even through the keyboard solo. Daresay this song was the inspiration for many later bands.

[@jesincere8589]

Sky was everything a 60's rock star could have been. All those prior years gigging made him a stellar front man. Outstanding to watch them.

[@bullfrogdaddy]

gives me Doors vibez

[@isabellamilano]

Just a great band. What talent. Music that moves you.

[@guythecat490]

Love all the changes in this one. Especially the chorus and bridge. 😂

[@fredstickley]

The SEEDS only had a hand full of hits, but they had an impact. Non compromising. They had an Alternative vibe. Love Mr. Farmer.

[@andyvlasis1601]

Fred Stickley. I so agree.

[@maxinestannard9463]

Hell yes!

[@emmaduncan2991]

one of the "proto punk" bands of the 60's!

[@NoWayOut55]

You bet Fred! Mr. Farmer and Pushin to Hard were songs that were very well made for the genre. The Count5 and ?and the Mysterians also had the sound and groove nailed. Ya gotta love it

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

"Can't Seem to Make You Mine", cool catchy song.

[@jamesian-allen8725]

i keep coming back to all these great garagerock classic tunes...good stuff plus a singing bass player w/these guys.

[@daneavagliano9866]

Great song. Played this song in my band when I was 12 year's old. You can still rock out to this song.

[@alanchrisman5104]

"Pushing Too Hard" by The Seeds. was showing Brit. Invasion mixing with California's "psychedelic" sound. 1967. sung and written by Sky Saxon.

[@kattalady8114]

alan chrisman it's gold in my heart

[@cesarcesar8545]

Class of 1978 Digs 60s and 70s the most :)

[@scottconnors8419]

shot pool w sky last time I saw him in Portland Oregon,n he passed away not long after,he was talking alot about digs n his dogs?maybe flash backs..I know he was lil unstable few early times I met him.friend mine played in lollipop shoppe n passed away not long ago..rip. Fred...your missed....

[@paulcarlsen9469]

It came out in late 65 or early 66...

[@charlesroberts3650]

@@cesarcesar8545 Dig it the most.

[@MrBeezer05]

Awesome 60s garage,love it,poppa................

[@Jim4979]

I never get tired of listening to this song. Classic RocK!!!!!

[@Wendell309]

One of the great songs I grew up with in the 60’s. Damn good Music in the 60’s. Rock N Roll was here!

[@philipchesley9615]

"You have a lot of soul for white boys.’”--Luther Johnson, Muddy Waters Band: to Daryl Hooper (white boy) & Jan Savage (American Indian) in last recording session... Those 2 guys looked like linebackers for the LA Rams. Jan became LAPD officer after all the stardom hoopla. Jan's pentatonic scales were solid native runs; Daryl's stuff was all over the place to push the seeds to their extremes (pardon/pun) They both relied on their very own original drummer Rick Andridge for solidarity. Most folks don't know that The Seeds headlined most local shows in LA & Hollywood Strip & Hollywood Bowl where a lot of the new bands learned their chops and got famous. Historic. You can hear it. Cheers!

[@gogetafuckinsama6500]

My grandpa Is the drummer

[@Vidiod]

Really? - What's his name?

[@gogetafuckinsama6500]

Rick Andridge

[@urdivine]

Ricky Andridgeiv Really? I just posted a comment saying that the keyboard player, Daryl Hooper, was my childhood, friend.

[@gogetafuckinsama6500]

Cool👍

[@cataddict1]

Ricky Andridgeiv OMG!!! That is just wonderful!!!! LOLOL!! I love it!

[@MeMe-kj5vp]

This songs brings back memories. We had so much fun back then 👍🏻

[@riclurbina7483]

cool song, love it.reminds of my young days in L.A great times.

[@EricScottBloom]

Pure Nostalgia!

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

@@EricScottBloom Us "older folks" love to reminisce about the fun we had "back in the day". Sure glad I was there☺

[@EricScottBloom]

it was magical Ludanne

[@brendapendland9514]

Ludanne Lasyvyus

[@henryniznik406]

Fond memories hearing this song and before that, I Can't Seem To Make You Mine, both back in 1967. I still get pumped up by it some 55 years later. The Seeds were under rated.

[@mosesc2138]

This song kicks ass. Love Sky's crazy voice. He sounds like an insect when he sings "on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

[@bigjoe4110]

Great song, and the legendary Casey Kasem besides!!!!!!!!!

[@toddinthemiddle]

zoinks!

[@XMIR10C]

utah

[@XMIR10C]

kcpx

[@TheRomundus]

Kasem was lamer than lame.

[@XMIR10C]

KASEM WAS A LEGEND. WE COULD HEAR KCPX IN CANADA AT NIGHT 1967 - 1975. tHEY USED TO SEND ME THE TOP 40 (500 EVERY WEEK

[@chriscampbell9191]

Valuable bit of rock history here. So cool to see the band playing here, even if it was lip synced -- and Casey Kasem, too! Wow. Love that guitar tone. Fuzz box boosting a trebley, surf sounding amp. The Seeds always struck me as a super California band, sort of like the Standells. A distinct 'cool' vibe to them and their music. Thanks for posting this cool vid.

[@paulcarlsen9469]

Still, when seven is seven was released, Love scared the shit out of every band in LA, and quite a few across the pond.. 65 and 66 were magical times...before the media "Hippie" hype..

[@crimsonwolf9099]

Love's "7 & 7 Is" is STILL a powerhouse assault. Tremendous song.

[@jong0000]

Indeed...how many Seeds albums are on everyone's top 100 list?

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

By the mid 80s, few remembered this song. But I had a job where the bosses were hammering us to cover for their mistakes, and "Pushin' Too Hard" just popped in my head. I told a colleague, and before long we were all singing it together! It became our anthem until I quit.

[@gnknowsmusic]

Wicked Beautiful Tune - of four young chaps with four musical instruments that give you a Great Vibe, a Great Melody and a Message. Infectious Groove-Heavy Jam

[@GregoryWonderwheel]

This was one of my favorite songs and album when I was in high school.

[@nyterpfan]

The electric piano during the bridge is AWESOMELY trippy---love it!!

[@susancioban-dwyer2569]

I love that electric piano sound. That section reminds me of 'You Really Got Me' by The Kinks, another great early power rocker. 👍

[@larryfairbanks1734]

Wurlitzer? Popular back in the day.

[@heidigibbons9447]

The Seeds played at the Madison County armory or whatever it was called in the 60's in Huntsville, Alabama -one of the first bands I ever saw.

[@itisonlyme1]

Something to tell your grandchildren about!! What a great memory

[@TheDonnalovesmusic]

Madison County Coliseum, Huntsville, AL - was there and they were great!!!

[@phatton1054]

Great song. Gets the blood flowing. Great Guitar

[@MrLuigiFercotti]

First remember hearing this around ‘80 when a roommates friend came over and he had these old albums from 60s. We we’re all listening to punk and new wave, so was a bit of an education in the more raw sounds of the 60s. Good times.

[@robotubetwob]

Put the camera on the bass during the world historical guitar solo. Great.

[@Idelia412]

I remember when this song did well on KHJ radio in L.A. I bought the record and still have it so many years later. Sky Saxton sounds great!

[@donnymcdonald2600]

Yes I do remember listening to 93khj am and all the top 40 hits guess I'm old 65

[@quentinkirk7221]

That Piano Solo was mindblowing.

[@casperkenbergeron1488]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BACK THEN THAT MY BAND LOVED TO PLAY IN THE 60s. In SAN FRANCISCO. CASPER.

[@tasseltoes]

The Seeds: Three great chords, FIVE great albums!!

[@michaelcorrigan4625]

I saw The Seeds when I lived in a two up two down three to go. In those days we got up before we went to bed. But we were happy!

[@Cryo837]

If this song came out today I wonder how it would do in a Rap/Hip-Hop music world that needs to be dynamited into oblivion. These lyrics have the same bite now as they did then. A timeless classic!!!

[@hoss73ford]

Cryo837 Its been 48 years (Dec '66) since it first hit the charts and time hasn't diminished it sound at all but rather enhanced it 'cuz as you say there is stuff out now that needs to go to the scrap heap.

[@steveasat2]

Are you being sarcastic? The lyrics are godawful junior-high rhymes. Not that it matters when the message is merely "stop nagging me to get a job, girl". www.metrolyrics.com/pushin-too-hard-lyrics-seeds.html

[@thorts]

Cryo837 If you think hip hop has no lyrics u obviously have only heard commercial rap, check sage francis, cecil otter, ceschi etc ignorance is bliss

[@steveasat2]

KoivuTheHab Heh, "bite", that's a good one. The lyrics consist of a whiny punk telling off his girlfriend for being naggy. That isn't even a nibble, let alone bite. Google "Ramsey and Stanley and Neville were the names of the mules" if you want to see some bite.

[@steveasat2]

KoivuTheHab Even as a teen anthem, these lyrics don't have any "bite", however you choose to redefine that term. It's petulant, not visceral. Now, that's no objection to you LIKING the song. I happen to LOVE a lot of songs that have lame-ass lyrics. So I know bite-less lyrics when I hear them, and these are among them. The chorus is just a complaint and the stanzas are only the singer wanting and demanding instead of actually DOING anything. It was perfect for inclusion on the Easy Rider soundtrack because it reflects the tone of the whole movie.

[@xbettiepage2194]

I love The Seeds and this song is one of my all time favorite songs ;)

[@gregmonteiro1737]

I was born in 1960. And this song is ingrained into my memory. Work is hard and they still want more. You have to make a living but " ALL I WANT IS TO JUST BE FREE TO LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY I WANT TO BE. ALL I WANT IS TO JUST HAVE FUN TO LIVE MY LIFE LIKE IT'S JUST BEGUN. But your pushin too hard your pushin too hard on me.

[@hoss73ford]

perhaps the lyrics of this song (first heard when I was 11 in late 1966) is why I never chose the married with kids route. I like being free & having fun.

[@ProudKansan08]

Reminds me of the 1960's teen/young adult mentality back then. That song expresses it in a nutshell.

[@ProudKansan08]

Mark, I sometimes people who chose your route did the right thing. Its too late for me, but, sometimes, I wonder what my life would be like if I chose to stay single with NO kids.

[@79tazman]

This song rocks the first time I heard this song was on the Movie Air America back in the late 80's and fell in love with it

[@CharlesLaughtonFan]

Still have this on 45 rpm and play it loud and frequently!

[@petechau2317]

Had a relative who saw these guys in concert at Santa Monica Beach in the 60s. He said they stunk up the joint and the crowd showered them with watermelon. Even so I love this song.

[@1761Charlie]

Sky Saxon . . . great band . . . own sound and style. Loved their albums.

[@Mary-rg4tl]

Go GrandPa Go! Bless his heart! Always loved this song since it first came out and am dancing to it now! This is for all the people that pushed too hard on me! 😎✌

[@frankrizzo739]

I remember The Seeds on the Mother's In-Law TV show performing "Pushin' " with the adorable Deborah Walley shakin' her thang! Funny banter with the In-Laws too.

[@dannyparis2942]

The seeds from 1966 with "pushing too hard".. excellent Rock ballot well put together a true 60s rock classic.. that stands out

[@karenswann253]

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[@karenswann253]

What's born.1968.

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

This was a great song and a great group

[@deansuffka6844]

This was the first band that I was a roadie with @ 18. At 19, I spent '68-The Summer-of-Love as a roadie with Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, The Monkees, People, and other Top-Hit Wonders. Then came Vietnam...

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Which experience damaged your hearing the most ... Nam, Blue Cheer or Iron Butterfly? Also, some members of People were into the early days of Scientology.

[@deansuffka6844]

@@chasbodaniels1744 Didn't do Nam-Did my tour-of-duty@ hard labor in a military stockade as a conscientious objector. The loudness level was "normal" with The Seeds, People, Boyce & Hart/Monkees and Kansas. My tinnitus is the result of tours with Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, and Captain Beyond.

[@deansuffka6844]

@@chasbodaniels1744 Didn't do Nam-did my tour-of-duty @ hard labor in a military stockade as a conscientious objector. The loudness level was "normal" while on tour with The Seeds, People, Boyce&Hart/Monkees, and Kansas. My tours with Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, and Captain Beyond gave me tinnitus. 68summerrofloveroadie

[@billybobbubbawubba9457]

Love the keyboard and guitar solos!

[@giacomopeters9988]

I recall getting a tiny tape recorder for Christmas and then recording songs like this, always hoping the DJ wouldn’t talk over my recording or no one walked in my room and started talking. Ah..life was simple then. Great music!

[@huftjbeers2398]

This was one of my most favorite songs when I was 4 years old. Also the very first single 45" I bought with my allowance at White Front store 1966 Costa Mesa, California.