FIRST TIME HEARING Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit REACTION

[@andyskurna1407]

OMG! Your innocence is so refreshing! Timothy asks, "Were they high when they made this song?" YES! This song is all about the drug-driven psychedelic era of the late 1960s! Jefferson Airplane came back as Jefferson Starship.

[@karenhemmerdinger7546]

LOL!!

[@misunshine2565]

It's awesome 😆

[@jimd7260]

Wrong. Jefferson Airplane split into Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship.

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

@@jimd7260 all praise HFT!!!!

[@elizabethlorrisritter1400]

@@jimd7260 yep. Beat me to it. And yeah, HFT!!

[@redwoods7370]

This song is based on characters in Alice in Wonderland. The White Rabbit was always late for something and always running. The caterpillar was smoking a hookah. Alice drank something that made her very small, then another bottle that made her very tall. Alice in Wonderland is pretty wild and psychedelic and lends itself well to psychedelic music.

[@kmj217]

Although there's no hard evidence that Lewis Carroll took drugs, laudanum, which is an opiate, was easy to acquire in Victorian London.

[@Serai3]

There's always a piece of Alice artwork in every dispensary. :D

[@PatrickRsGhost]

She ate and drank things that made her grow large and small. A lot of modern literature students and professors have likened it to the effects of certain hallucinogenic drugs and how they can make you feel like you're taller or smaller than you really are. The lyric, "go ask Alice", would later become the title of a well-known book, done as a "diary" that was "written" by a teenage girl that became addicted to drugs, alcohol, and sex. Since its publication in the early 70s, at the height of the drug war, it has become required reading in American middle and high schools.

[@debjorgo]

Yeah, the "a hookah smoking caterpillar" had a lot of people smoking caterpillars in the '60s, trying to get high. "I don't know what a hookah is, but they smoke caterpillars!" I think a lot of people know now that a hookah is like a pipe (or a bong) that is used to smoke herbs. The caterpillar is smoking the hookah, not the other way around.

[@wakeupfeelinggreateveryday1723]

excellent take on this hit. ty

[@HammockQueen]

Alice in Wonderland is the basis of this trippy song.

[@rroselynn1123]

You guys are hilarious trying to figure the meaning of this song. Love you though

[@Me-zm7cr]

The author of Alice in Wonderland was tripping

[@mariac2343]

​@@Me-zm7cr He deliberately played with ideas and perspectives. It was his thing.

[@darlenesmith761]

This was the times ,when most ( ROCK MUSIC ) was about acid, mushrooms, LSD, paodiod ,cattipliers , and of course. GOOD OLE WEED !!! THE 60'S,70'S 80'S . WAS REALLY HELL BENT ON TRIPING VERY VERY HARD !! 🤡☠️💋💞😜!! AND 90% OF THE BAND MEMBERS ,WERE TRIPPING TOO ,TWINS,AND THAT ALOUD THEM TOO FEEL REALLY GOOD !! AND THE LYRICS AND INSTRUMENTS JUST POURED OUT OF THEM .... I AM 59 NOW ,AND I ROCK & ROLL EVERYDAY !! AND I AM SOOO PLEASED TOO OF TURNED ON UTUBE. MY GRACIOUS I'D FORGOTTEN ALOT OF THE GREAT MUSIC THAT I LITTERY GREW UP ON !! SO THANK YOU TWINS ,AND YOU GUYS ARE SO,CUTE SWEET ,KIND AND HUMBLE ,NEVER CHANGE YOUR HEARTS FELLAS ! I AM DARLENE SMITH ,FROM ANNISTON ,ALABAMA

[@darlenegreen4035]

@@darlenesmith761 from one Darlene in Wisconsin....BACK AT YA...them was GOOD MUSIC TIMES!!!👍

[@leighnalley395]

You darling babies are just too cute! It was definitely a different time back then. Most of we old hippies did psychedelic drugs. The references are to Alice in Wonderland and yes there are mushrooms that will send you out of your mind. I absolutely adore you both. You're just precious!

[@GradyBroyles]

she's tried them. but she was a drunk. Her whole public image as the psychedelic queen was funny to her. Since she really didn't like drugs other than alcohol (and cocaine so she could drink more without passing out on stage) At least that's the story she told me and that she's told at literally 1000's of AA meetings in the last 35 years.

[@AFAskygoddess]

@@GradyBroyles, I hear her interview where she said that it was just too much work to shoot up her0in. She said drinking was so much easier and accessible.

[@GradyBroyles]

@@AFAskygoddess That's her being snarky. She uses that same line in AA meetings too as the "lighthearted" explanation for why she was an drunk and not a junkie. Her ex-husband Paul Kantner (China's dad) was a junkie for decades. shooting up isn't the only way to use heroin. If she liked heroin, she could have used it every day by snorting or smoking it. Her husband had a very big habit and a supply that literally never ran out.

[@Logical_Chronical]

Um people take shrooms and LSD even now man. Where have you been? These guys must just not have experience with psychedelics, but they are most certainly still a VERY common thing.

[@sharonanthony6338]

Ehhh psychedelics were overrated. My sister loved them not me. The ludes were my thing.

[@AbuAfakski]

"feed your head" which is what you guys are doing every time you explore these old songs you guys are great, love ya

[@gertrudelaronge6864]

Yes.

[@GradyBroyles]

it's "keep your head" not "feed your head" you know, because the red queen and the whole "off with their heads" thing.

[@hannesmayer3716]

It's "Feed your haed", and they're talking about LSD...

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

Feed your head is meant to mean, do drugs, they expand the mind.

[@hatsuhioki9361]

@@vidiveniviciDCLXVI na actually she said ''Read books''

[@moanman1776]

In her heyday, Grace Slick could SANG, BLOW & WAIL! BTW: This song really is about a drug trip. For real.

[@greendragonpublishing]

She once said she doesn't have a voice for lullabies :)

[@gingerwolnik]

Grace is still alive, thank goodness she survived the rock star drug overdose era.

[@traciemcdaniel3660]

About Alice's drug trip

[@TheNinjatini]

BANGING!

[@moanman1776]

@@greendragonpublishing Methinks there was once a WILD party in Grace Slick's voice-box.

[@SD-it9ne]

"Was they high when they made this song?" Most likely since this is about drugs. Y'all got me over here rolling :-D

[@beth7215]

Rolling.....what?! Lol

[@sandrasanders706]

Was they high? Pretty much all the time...

[@gaylachiriaco8667]

Are you familiar with the story "Alice In Wonderland?" Clearly the author was talking about getting high.👍🏼🥺

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

You was maybe rolling before the video started! ;)

[@cynthiaanderson3252]

Mothers little helpers.

[@deeporter7369]

In my High School days I had a Phys. Ed teacher who used this song to help teach us a class on the different drugs. She had pictures of each drug with the dangers, symptoms and this music kept us interested and asking questions. This was many years ago, in the 70's....She was an excellent teacher who knew how to engage her pupils.

[@lengel46]

"Was they high when they made this song" I love these kids! Yes, we were all high when this song was made. It was the only way to survive the Vietnam War. Peace, love!

[@MsQueenbee1955]

Did you fight in the war? My two brother-in-laws did and neither of them did drugs because they were actually trying to survive the war. They told me you couldn't be high because you always needed to be watching your back if you wanted to survive.

[@lengel46]

@@MsQueenbee1955 no, i was not a soldier, and I believe your brothers-in-law. Vietnam was very dangerous, & staying straight was likely safer

[@timlamb6196]

Or being a copout or rich kid.

[@dannygreen5477]

Idiots tho heh, thank you sooo much for what your generation inspired, my mom passed down this music to me and i am so greatly thankful for it.

[@lindaneff6569]

Many of them came back addicted to heroin. It's how they coped. I knew one vet who said you would be wounded & they gave you drugs to keep you going

[@sarahpalmer8100]

“I don’t like mushrooms” too funny.

[@adelevaught4739]

I love these two! They are just awesome kids! N lol that cracked me up too!

[@AMMahon]

"Was they high when they made this song???"......um yes Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"

[@ColorJoyLynnH]

I thought it was Keep your Head...

[@jennyfab312]

@@ColorJoyLynnH feed. They are feeding their heads to expand (I think the rabbit in the story MAY have said "keep" but the song is "feed")

[@systemsoversymptomsvisionw9806]

The doormouse didn't say "Feed your head". She's telling you to remember what the doormouse said, then changing topics. The doormouse didn't say anything that I could find... Then she moves on to her next topic - feed your head, the last prescription of the song.

[@sarahdee374]

They were likely high for the entire decade! Funny that younger folks think they invented getting high (no we old people did that) and enjoying sex (that's been the case forever), appreciating great music and dancing our asses off!

[@gamingtoday9513]

@@ColorJoyLynnH I always thought it was "feed your hare" -- as in feed the white rabbit. Oops. ;)

[@taresacampbell5316]

"Was they high when they made this song?" I was rolling😂😂😂

[@gamermom424]

You know they were, it was the ‘60s 🤣

[@taresacampbell5316]

Absolutely

[@robtgoldstein]

So was I.

[@TheLaulyn]

So after I watched this, I showed it to my husband. This just might be his favorite of you two that I have shown him. He said you both look so confused...letting us know how innocent you are (which isn't a bad thing).

[@spongebobandplanktonshould2920]

That's very sweet, Lynda. 🤗 I really adore these boys, as do my nieces and nephews.

[@paperclips4113]

@ Linda & husband... Not innocent, just thankfully unexposed. - I never found anything to like about this song, but you both seemed to. Either you are being nice or . ... well. Ya' musta been bein' nice. Lol

[@dazzlingdeb8427]

It’s a good thing IMO.

[@Nan-59]

It's an absolute awesome thing! Stay just the was you are, guys!!

[@gotham23us]

“Were they high when they made this song?” Yes.

[@leidellgettis7926]

MANNNNNNNN!!!!!! That was funny!!!!!

[@AFAskygoddess]

They were high every day for 25 years.

[@leidellgettis7926]

@@AFAskygoddess AH HA HAHA!!!!!!!

[@platoquemado]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Desaundrea]

They were acid dropped to the gills when she wrote this and they were even higher singing it. The result= perfection!

[@wakygee]

You kids have so much to learn about this song that I don't even know where to start. I love that you're so open to all kinds of music and have a genuine appreciation for it.

[@amyfisher6380]

The band never hid the fact that THIS IS A DRUG SONG. They expected their fans to be stoned while listening to it.

[@juliemcdaniel499]

Really ok then.

[@kr4164]

@@juliemcdaniel499 "They expected their fans to be stoned"............ and they were.

[@juliemcdaniel499]

@Eileen A. depends if ppl know who they are, l don't

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

And we were trippin listening to this song.

[@gloriaa.garcia3985]

@Eileen A. So, so true. This was the time of the flower children, hippies, psychedelic drugs/music, Woodstock Aug. 1969. Many young people back then were experimenting with drugs.

[@annieholbis2430]

This is 60s psychedelic music. They are referring to Alice in Wonderland

[@r.mcbride2837]

Heh... and a LOT of drugs. :-)

[@nitrosgal2299]

They were referring to Alice in Wonderland, but more to the novel, "Go Ask Alice" :D

[@meghanmonroe]

@@nitrosgal2299 Doubtful considering this song came out in 1967 and "Go Ask Alice" was published in 1971.

[@nitrosgal2299]

@@meghanmonroe I love this response! Thank you for setting it straight. So, the book was written about the song...🤟🏼?

[@meghanmonroe]

@@nitrosgal2299 Most likely the reason people connect the two is because of the mention of the title in the lyrics and the fact that the song was featured on the 1973 film adaptation of the novel. I don't know that the book or film were influenced by the song in any way however.

[@michaelwiley5941]

There is NOTHING more joyful than watching you guys checking out a new song. "Was they high when they made this song?" You guys have such an amazing ability to put yourselves into the middle of songs that were made decades before you were even around - great insight, great humour, great curiosity. And yeah - this is one of the best drug songs of all time. And a cooool rock classic.

[@MellyMed]

Your discussion of mushrooms is the best thing I’ve seen in a LONG time. Love you for your sincerity and kind innocence. ❤️

[@johnnynorrisjr.39]

"Was they high when they made this song?" Yes, yes they were, and probably for several years before and after. :D

[@mattmarks2526]

The song is about "Alice in Wonderland". The bit about mushrooms refers to "magic mushrooms" that have a chemical similar to LSD. They make you hallucinate,

[@1972mrgray]

Psilocybin mushrooms.

[@mattmarks2526]

@@1972mrgray Yes, that is the correct botanical name for them, but we always called them "magic".

[@lovelyweeburd]

@@1972mrgray and fly agaric! 🍄

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

Magic mushrooms are way better than LSD. Nature always does it better than we do.

[@mattmarks2526]

@@FirstNameLastName-wt5to Agreed (hypothetically of course, lol)

[@kattatonic1]

Trivia... in 1973 a movie was made of the 1971 book Go Ask Alice, a diary about a young drug addict. White Rabbit was the theme song. Thanks guys! One of my all-time favourite songs. Man, could she sing. Sometimes people call this song Go Ask Alice.

[@amanwithnohands]

Go ask Alice was a fraud

[@feebeedoc78]

I remember reading Go Ask Alice when I was in primary school in the 80’s. One of those “cautionary tales” that children were supposed to understand. I much preferred Alice in Wonderland.

[@jacqueline4514]

I remember having to read "Go Ask Alice" in Junior High School.

[@beeyou44]

Go Ask Alice. The first book I remember reading. Heavy.

[@donthomasdunigan7004]

@@amanwithnohands Yes, it was. Based on an allegedly "found" diary that was written by the people who claimed they found it. Peace.

[@sandrastarling4711]

This is one of the most iconic songs from the era. I highly recommend listening to every band who attended Woodstock to understand the era.

[@lesleyspanierman]

That was a wonderful era! So many talented artists & bands. Brings back great memories. ❤

[@ofk2339]

“They say you get real high from mushrooms” “I never heard of that” 😂 Adorable.

[@surlechapeau]

Twins: "Were they high when the made this song?". You get it!!! 🤣🤣

[@stewrobb2329]

That’s what I always thought.

[@martyslazenger935]

Except they were joking.

[@jeanniemarkech351]

You two are absolutely adorable. Your reactions to this song in particular is priceless!

[@ravensreflections1660]

Was they high when they wrote this song ? !!! Jefferson Airplane was definitely on a flight . They made it to Starship level. Grace Slick was a rock icon back in the 60ties.

[@andrewnewman1707]

Then, they somehow built a city only out of Rock & Roll!

[@jacqueline4514]

@@andrewnewman1707 Right!

[@shanjeniahburton7912]

Grace Slick has one of my very favorite voices. So powerful and ethereal at the same time. Perfect for this song! When I was young, I had a white VW Rabbit. This was the car's theme song!

[@djm4457]

You guys are great. I'm an over 60 white guy and I love your channel. Keep it coming.....!

[@juanita_rocksteady2761]

Fun fact guys: In the 80's they became Jefferson Starship and then just Starship.

[@katiemoyer8679]

Blows against the empire/1970, Jefferson Starship. 80’s is when they got full blown commercially oriented, imo. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@juliemcdaniel499]

Really knew the name Jefferson sounded familiar but didn't know the rest of their musical history. What's the name of JS big hit ?

[@thomasdempsey721]

@@juliemcdaniel499 "Somebody to Love', as Jefferson Airplane. "We Built This City On Rock and Roll" or maybe "Sara" for Jefferson Starship (Starship).

[@Brandi1974]

@@juliemcdaniel499 Also Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

[@paperclips4113]

Jefferson Starship, I recall. ... Not that crazy tune, though. I've heard it before. Trust. It does not get better the more you listen to it. Abandon Ship! 💥😳😂🤣🤭

[@azscratchers8596]

LOL! You just stumbled on the 1960's get high, drug culture anthem song! Trippy lyrics, but don't go where those lyrics are coming from. 😂

[@biancamoya-winegar8601]

Tim's giggle always gets me. "She said smokin caterpillars, hol up" giggle..rewind.

[@roxannekean6025]

...a hooka smokin's caterpillars

[@biancamoya-winegar8601]

@@roxannekean6025 i was quoting what tim said...

[@jilllucke7560]

I just love how all the old heads are trying to explain this to these kids. OK young men.But since I’m of a certain age they seem like kids to me. But I also love how much they explore different genres of music and they have turned me onto some really good music I was not aware of. So thanks guys!

[@ELIZABETHANNEBuonagura]

I was 6 when this came out - her voice gives me goosebumps, it is that good !

[@angiefalber2983]

The Shrooms she's referring to can't be bought in the grocery store! 😂😂😂 This song references the story and characters from Alice In Wonderland. (The stuff she needs to eat to get through the doors that make her tall and small. The hookah smoking caterpillar, the rabbits, the Red Queen.) And it's definitely about tripping while on drugs

[@paperclips4113]

One cannot buy her mushrooms anymore, anywhere, at all! They are all laced with things made in toilet bowls, etc.

[@simonesmit6708]

Originally people got shrooms from fields where cows grazed. Some of the pickers were good people but too many of them would cut fences because they were too lazy to go through a gate. Which is why a lot of farmers just set dogs on pickers if they don't ask to go into a field. They would often leave trash that could harm animals behind as well.

[@fritzy1819]

Grace Slick said it was also about the irony of drug references in a kid's book as well as the irony of parents of the 60s telling them not to use drugs when everyone was taking prescription drugs.

[@bonniegembey8933]

The books written by Lewis Carroll (who wrote both Through The Looking Glass and Alice in Wonderland) who was an opium addict. There’s a ton of stuff in these popular kids books (you guys might have seen Alice in Wonderland or bits of it as a Disney Cartoon made in 1951 or one of Tim Burton’s live movies based on the books that starred Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter from 2010 and 2016). There are parts in the book (and the movies) where Alice, finding herself in a magical land after she steps through her looking-glass (old British word for mirror) has to find her way home from her trip. Some of the things she does in order to do this include taking pills and potions that say “eat me” or “drink me” on the plates or bottles they come in. Alice sometimes becomes giant, or very tiny, or sees things that are possibly hallucinations. Basically, Lewis Carroll wrote an experience about doing hallucinogenic drugs (think MDMA, Ecstasy, Molly but it was different stuff way back in the day; Opium is the active ingredient in heroine, or “junk” - hence the word “junkies” originally referred to heroine users; in Carroll’s time, people in Great Britain and all over the world smoked opium in long pipes. This was something that they had learned about when they invaded and colonized China and to some extent India; Opium was a really heavy drug and people couldn’t function after they took it, same as with heroine. They were really out of it. It wasn’t very socially acceptable to do it, so users, usually men, would go to opium dens, which were often run by Asian immigrants with access to opium traders, and they would pay for a bed or a spot on some pillows to crash. Then women who were hired to give the drug would bring around the pipes, and the customers would smoke it. Opium caused serious hallucinations and gave users very vivid, creative dreams. For this reason, a lot of writers and artists at the time were opium users; it was super addictive though, and much like heroin, would eventually do serious damage to your body and kill you; people who could afford it and could go to opium dens often spent all their money on that and forgot to eat, go home, or do their jobs; drugs, as you see, are not a new thing). So then along came another period of heavy drug use in popular culture, was in the 1960s, in lots of countries like England and America where culture had become super-conservative by the 1950s. This was a reaction to two World Wars and The Great Depression in between them. It was a hard time for people. The powers that be got really wound up and everybody (well, everybody white and in power) decided that there should be strict laws against drugs, strict rules about how you live life and have sex and what you are or are not allowed to wear or say or do, or communist Russia and China were gonna take over everything. They weren’t. But the white folks in charge were in a snit and social rules became very restrictive. So did laws. There was loads of other stuff at play, including racism, and misogyny (discrimination against women), and homophobia (anti-gay hate). So for the first time since the “roaring twenties”, a lot of people were like, f**k this ish, I’m going to do what I want. It was a young people’s movement and included all sorts of reactions to the bad stuff happening at the time. The Civil Rights Movement, the feminist movement, sentiments against the wars started by the United States in Asia, like the Vietnam War, the secret war in Cambodia (now Kampuchea) and the Cold War between the U.S.S.R. (Russia and all the other countries it had colonized and their allies) and the U.S. and Britain (and all the countries THEY had colonized, and their allies), where everybody was threatening to nuke everyone else. So there was this big cultural Revolution, where young people, specific racial groups like Black, Asian, Native Americans (and Indigenous people all over the world), women, gay people, were all doing their own thing and coming together sometimes in various ways to throw off all of these rules and laws and ways of life they believed were wrong. They were for peace, harmony, love, no discrimination, unity, no nuclear weapons, no wars, no repression or oppression, for living your life how you wanted to, having lots of sex, partying and doing lots of drugs! Jefferson Airplane was one of the bands making music at and really influenced by this time. So yeah, the band was high as balls when they wrote me recorded this song and many others and so were a huge number of musicians and artists at the time. This song is so interesting because it’s by a bunch of high musicians singing a song written about a little girl having experiences similar to someone on drugs written by an author who got high and wrote that book about that little girl. It’s like when you look in a mirror and you see reflections going on and on, seemingly forever. So it’s the ultra Through-The-Looking-Glass experience! It’s pretty Meta, if you get me. The band were stoned AF but they were also really smart. So hopefully that (over-simplified) history helps you understand that this is a deep song, besides just sounding amazing. I love it, and I don’t even do drugs! 😂

[@ms.farmgirl]

@@paperclips4113 - - Can you be any more wrong. You are yammering about Coprophilous fungi [toad stools] Not a single drop of that nonsense you spew is true. The Psilocybin mushrooms [hallucinogenic} are found in every single country of the world. It grows out in meadows, forests, and open area. They are everywhere. NO ONE LACES THEM with anything. They grow that way. Nothing to do with feces at all... you fool. Next time research before you type schitte. Psilocybin mushrooms are sold by dealers across the globe like all hall, in some states sold in CBD stores.

[@ChrisBennettGameDesign]

I’m dying over the break in the middle of the song to talk about Mike Tyson taking mushrooms. 🤣🤣🤣 🍄

[@karenhemmerdinger7546]

Me too!

[@patriciaobrien6600]

Surprised me that the Twins hadn't heard of magic mushrooms. Love these guys and their innocence ❤

[@beth7215]

The side discussion about if it was mushroom mushrooms or...? Lol God love it.

[@eileen9584]

And the comment... 'well, I don't like mushrooms anyway' love you two!

[@johnmcdonald9692]

@@eileen9584 Best comment ever!

[@rv3853]

Ohhhh man, this song is out of this world. Have y'all listened to the Mamas and the Papas "California Dreamin?" It's got the same ethereal, powerful vibe.

[@spongebobandplanktonshould2920]

Tim did. ✊ He reacted to it last year. Fred should hear it.

[@rv3853]

@@spongebobandplanktonshould2920 Okay, I thought I had seen that one, but couldn't remember.

[@kr4164]

No. Mamas and Papas were considered "light weights" compared to Jefferson Airplane. Jefferson Airplane/Grace Slick were in the same league as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Doors, Joe Cocker.

[@rv3853]

@@kr4164 If you're basing that solely on the fact that not many people even come close to Grace Slick, then yes, you're correct. But in terms of total top ten hits, then no, Jefferson Airplane is not a "heavyweight" compared to the Mamas and the Papas.

[@kr4164]

@@rv3853 Not many people even come close to Grace Slick. The Monkeys had top ten hits RV and THEY were light weights. That is what I mean by "light weights".

[@pleefmsd]

Oh my god, you guys are too cute! "were they high when they made this song?" everything in the 70s - especially music- was done while high. Love your channel guys :)

[@Faceman900]

Y'all are really entertaining. Thanks for giving the oldies a shot.

[@dennisloren1568]

Check out Jefferson Airplane's song "Sombody to Love." One of the best lead guitar solos ever by lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. The was also a single like "White Rabbit" in the Summer of 1967.

[@katwalker687]

Yes Indeed..Don't you want somebody to Love is my favorite song. Grace Slicks voice is hypnotizing. Check it out Twins.

[@dennisloren1568]

@@katwalker687 I am fortunate to be old enough to have seen Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship many times over the years, I have done concert posters for the band, as well as CD album packages for both Marty Balin and Darby Slick (Grace Slick's brother-in-law). Darby is the writer of the song "Somebody To Love." Darby, his brother Jerry (Grace's former husband) and Grace had a band called The Great Society with David Minor and Peter Van Gelder, before Grace joined Jefferson Airplane, after original singer Signe Anderson left the band after the first album (Jefferson Airplane "Takes Off."

[@lisascorp]

Check out Miracles by Jefferson Starship. Sexy, romantic. Awesome saxophone. Oh yeah, the longer version for sure.

[@GranFelicia]

I guess it's not surprising that young 20's men wouldn't know much about Alice In Wonderland or get the references. But I truly LOVED your reactions to this song and the lyrics! Never thought I'd get a fresh love for Jefferson AIRPLANE!!

[@CarynStar]

Impossible to describe to anyone who wasn't there how amazing it was to be in San Francisco in those years. Saw them perform this live, free. 💜🎶💜

[@jacqueline4514]

That's amazing!

[@dianetersigni7359]

Wow.

[@leslieengel6949]

Beautiful. Some times, like then -& now too btw- you can feel how huge the waves of energy are climbing.

[@thechloechronicles9688]

Grace is a Palo Alto girl

[@andreafisherwriter]

Yes, they were SO high. Love her voice too. Thanks so much for sharing this and going back to the 60s- such a great era in music. Their performances at Woodstock are iconic....hope you will check those out too.

[@miaschu8175]

This reminds me of my students not getting a text because they don't know the references. I like how they were so open minded and they were working out that the song's about drugs (and psychedilia), even without knowing anything about Alice in Wonderland.

[@lindawulfkoenig4907]

Yeah, not the same mushrooms we put in our omelets. Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" is basically a drug trip that masqueraded as a children's story when published in 1865. I read it as a child and had no idea what it really meant that Alice had fallen down the "rabbit hole" into this strange fantasy world where "one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small."

[@dazzlingdeb8427]

Funny how I often say that someone has fallen down the rabbit hole when someone’s addiction to booze or drugs has imploded their life.

[@Cat11629]

Wow! I didn't know that

[@GradyBroyles]

Lewis Carroll likely did not have access to psylocibin.

[@realperson6201]

@@GradyBroyles there were plenty of things going round in those days. Magic mushrooms for sure.... where do you think fairies came from? There are records from victorian times ...you can find them if you look.

[@GradyBroyles]

@@realperson6201 Amanitas (Fly Agaric) are a bit different.

[@58rsm]

White Rabbit was famously the first pop song focused on the experience of hallucinogens that scored major air time on mainstream radio.

[@loracameron1580]

You would have to have watched Alice In Wonderland, and understand life, and drugs to get this lol The caterpillar was sitting on the mushroom smoking a hookah.

[@nobody8328]

The 1951 version, not any of the newer ones.

[@S.Pociecha]

Please read the original books! They're galaxies more rewarding than any film version. They're forever. And yeah, this song is a trip in more ways than one. Grace sure could sing

[@loracameron1580]

@@S.Pociecha oh my yes🙌🏽 This book sent me on an out of this world trip‼️ Awho Are U ⁉️😉

[@lynnkahn7145]

Or read the book .

[@loracameron1580]

@@lynnkahn7145 or not but still understand the other things I mentioned and you’ll still get it🙄

[@akc1739]

The whole time I was watching I was wishing y’all knew the backstory, the history, the context so this would have made more sense to you! Enjoyable none-the-less.

[@linus6443]

Love this one! You guys are so open to new music. I love how diverse the last 3 weeks have been. Keep it up!

[@tracyhaverstick5672]

Dudes! My lord, magic mushrooms are an acid trip! This song is a combination of Alice In Wonderland and being stoned!

[@tracyhaverstick5672]

@Remington597man They are both hallucinogens. Shrooms (also known as multiple other names) are a schedule I substance. I know the difference and the complete history and pharmacology of them both. Maybe you should know who you're talking to before you start yapping.

[@erinashby8162]

I just started watching these last night and thought "I hope they do White Rabbit sometime" lol.

[@GrandmaMeesh]

Ah the psychedelic 70’s! Grace Slick is one of my favorite singers. Yeah, they were probably a little tipsy back then. 🐇

[@bonniedrouillard3963]

Lots of boozing too!

[@soleillevant8900]

Ma chanson préférée aussi

[@isobeljohnshoward]

*60s

[@BlackRiverBay]

It's so amusing to listening to you two trying to decipher the lyrics. I was a preteen when this song was released. It was the so-called "psychedelic era" of the late 1960s, and a lot of people were experimenting with illegal drugs. Everything in this song is a metaphor for drug use. It helps if you've read the classic Alice in Wonderland books. Then you can understand references to a hookah-smoking caterpillar, the Red Queen, etc.

[@erykaton170]

I've always loved the intensity of this song. Check out somebody to love by this group as well.

[@susankeefer5981]

You guys need to listen to the entire album, Surrealistic Pillow. It is a classic. This reminds me of my childhood and dropping acid for the first time. The mushrooms she’s singing about is psilocybin. 🍄

[@anneritchey28]

Next Jefferson Airplane song to listen to: "Somebody to Love." Far out and groovy, man. And for something completely different: Perry Como singing "Catch a Falling Star." He was one of the best of the post-WWII crooners. And get this, Fred -- before he was "discovered," he was a barber!

[@routeoz02]

Yep, both songs are great.

[@_msthings_]

“Were they high when they made this?” Hahahahaha!!!! The better question would be when we’re they not high.

[@AFAskygoddess]

Good times.

[@MoonSpinners]

“Are mushrooms like a plant or a fruit or something?” 😂😂 ok

[@rbw1886]

Hash

[@janetstarr10]

@@rbw1886 No, no, no..not hashish.... .. peyote.....

[@lol99ism]

I absolutely love ❤️ you two! It’s so good to see genuinely good people. Your innocence is refreshing, especially in these times. Keep your wits about you and follow your instincts and the guidance from your family! You both will go far and do great. I never try to miss a video!

[@DMEseter]

Their innocence is so refreshing

[@puupilo96746]

Gentleman, Grace Slick was a legend back in the day. She performed at Woodstock. She was known as "The Acid Queen of San Francisco". I was fortunate enough to have seen her sing this song live. It was haunting. One of my favorite songs ever. Thanks for playing it.

[@robindavison3940]

The Woodstock clip is the best.

[@carmenleal1271]

Do you remember which t.v. show it was where she's singing this song wearing widow's weeds? All I remember is that it was so cool, and I must see it again!

[@darlenegreen4035]

Omg....I LOVE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE...ESPECIALLY THIS EPIC SONG!!CRANK IT UP!!!! ❤

[@matrixofleadership]

React to “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship. That is what they called themselves after Jefferson Airplane

[@Jackie-lg4tt]

“Jane” with Mickey Thomas

[@quinny6920]

At times your innocence knocks me out! I love it Keep doing what you do guys!, much love

[@1177kc]

Find Somebody to Love by them. Somewhere I heard just the vocal track of her - amazing on its own!

[@martyslazenger935]

This song sounds so stoned and psychedelic, but in reality it's just Ravel's "Bolero" smashed up against "Alice in Wonderland."

[@dazzlingdeb8427]

True.

[@scoobysnacks]

Hmmm.Interesting. Never considered that before but you're right.

[@heidirobinson6432]

Those were the days, my friend, I can’t believe I’m still living!

[@martyal]

Yeah. But we survived and thrived.

[@dianeross4522]

Not everybody

[@traciemcdaniel3660]

Same here. By the grace of God!!

[@julieavila1987]

So wholesome that they don’t know about ✨ magic 🍄 ✨ 😂

[@johnm1644]

I was at the outside concert in 1969 in long beach cal. I was 14 years old. She sang this, what a voice,

[@rosanetteluther9828]

One of delights of this song is how it builds. You listen to it walking on the edge of her voice like a razor blade slashing.

[@ladyschatze9159]

Jefferson Airplane "Somebody to Love"

[@amyfisher6380]

Even better than White Rabbit, IMO.

[@PoisonApple_]

Grace Slick is the lead singer.. Such a unique voice

[@jenbrez70]

They were definitely high when they wrote that song😀

[@loracameron1580]

Definitely😄

[@cyrus2728]

I think she wrote this on her own not 100% but im sure ill be corrected if im wrong.

[@kr4164]

Ya think?

[@cyrus2728]

@@kr4164 i think i remember reading that fact but im not sure.if i google it i will just forget it the next time.if i get called out for being wrong it will stick with me.call it a memory aid lol.

[@kr4164]

@@cyrus2728 Cyrus - I was being sarcastic with the "ya think" comment -- in response to jenbrez' "they were definitely high" observation. When I Googled the song's credits it just said Jefferson Airplane but who knows. Grace has a lot of vids on KZbin - she probably discusses it.

[@dvorahbloom9268]

Love how you two listen with so much respect, and open minds. It's refreshing! I have a feeling you'll enjoy learning more about the 60's and the music that we listened to back then.

[@7rays]

I used to live two blocks over from Grace Slick in Mill Valley in the 90’s. She was an awesome neighbor.

[@fauxtaux]

Listen to “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” by Traffic. You will not regret.

[@yoliemclaughlin9492]

The height of the psychedelic movement! Reference to Alice in Wonderland! I won their album my senior year I'm high school decades ago! Grace Slick, the singer, mentioned once that they were all high when they did this song! I love this group!

[@beverlymerkel6522]

Oh what a classic! Great selection guys! Love this song!

[@Struwwel2]

Love you guys! You're right, mushrooms are a fungus. There are multiple types of mushrooms. Some are edible, some are poisonous. The mushrooms Grace Slick is singing about here are edible but contain psylocybin (SILL- oh - sigh - bin), a substance with mind-altering effects. These might include euphoria, visual and mental hallucinations, changes in perception, a distorted sense of time, and heightened spirituality. For many it's a pleasurable if strange experience. However, some people have a "bad trip" where the distorted reality is terrifying. Recently I saw a Grace Slick interview on KZbin in which she talked about this song. She was surprised it became such a huge hit because it's not even rock 'n roll. The melody is based on a song in Bolero, an opera by Ravel.

[@JTRAIN376]

You guys are legit awesome. I love seeing people hear and react to new music. Cheers from Kentucky!

[@bonniedrouillard3963]

This song was used years later in Reagan era as a song against drugs in a movie about Alice, all on pills. Those 60's ...

[@bighands69]

At least Reagan understood what drugs did to society. We are now looking at a mad society.

[@bonniedrouillard3963]

@@bighands69 drugs like heroine and opium are hardly new and have been used and abused since adam and eve made out in a garden of poppies and apples! Look up the history of the Poppy, yes the flower.

[@bighands69]

@@bonniedrouillard3963 Opium and morphine were not widely used in society and had very little cultural impact.

[@bonniedrouillard3963]

@@bighands69 yeah, like the Republicans denying the insurrection and donald trumps crimes.... really there are many recounts going back to Egyptian and Chinese Dynasties. Currently Australia has the most poppy fields for medical purposes. But the golden triangle is alive and well. The Taliban burnt the Afghan fields. The seeds live on. Enjoy your poppy seed muffin and go for a drug test, you will be positive. Edible seeds to meds. Nothing new. History my friend. Peace and love from Canada.

[@rv3853]

Cream, "Sunshine of Your Love" is another great song with a similar vibe. A little more upbeat, though.

[@joelley52180]

GREAT song and suggestion! Eric Clapton one of the best that's ever picked up the strings and his voice too. And always had stellar bands to back him. Derek & the Dominos too. And all of his solo records and collaborations. YES YES YES to Clapton. But Cream Rose to the top!!! (Bad pun)

[@KTRS]

This is referencing Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. Classic children books where the main character eats different things that make her get smaller or larger but the song is definitely also about drugs

[@leslieengel6949]

For some background on tne author, Lewis Carroll, there are wikis on both Carroll & the world through the Looking Glass as Alice crosses over/through. * Quick question: are links allowed here, as in to the wiki? Here's the 1st paragraph: "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor and Anglican deacon." Loved your reaction to this song! Thank you. Grace Slick's voice still & always blows me away.

[@sjoekiloeki]

This song came out during the war in Vietnam and many soldiers over there listened to this. It was used in many movies about the Vietnam war too. Many soldiers were on drugs during that period, trying to forget the pain and suffering of this bloody and horrible conflict.

[@caringheart00]

The song was produced during the psychedelic period. With that being said, they used a popular children’s book to describe the experience. Brilliant!

[@missgmoma]

This is totally tripping! Love this ❣️

[@NeenMove]

Jefferson airplane or one of the psychedelic rock groups of the ‘60’s when experimentation of heroine, opium, mushroom and cocaine were encouraged like going to a spa. YES THEY WERE HIGH..

[@Abtpfil07]

She said, "A, "Hookah" smoking, caterpillar" And it's a reference to "Alice in Wonderland"✌

[@realperson6201]

They were high when they sang and played it too. Keep exploring, you guys are inspirational!

[@lissalives1]

Love this song! 😝♥️. The usage of flat and sharp notes together in this tune is what makes it so special.

[@EvilEves1]

I love how innocent you two are. 🥰

[@mkwilliams7]

Williams Kings! The stuff that's smoked and tripped on, MAN. Yup, it's possible to get THIS high...Thank you for another great reaction 💖👍🏽

[@Erikfromtha626]

"are they on drugs" 🤣🤣

[@katiemoyer8679]

I know‼️😉😂🤣😂

[@radxavier2269]

the voice that launched a thousand trips

[@tinahamilton9058]

This was also about acid tripping. LSD. The characters were from Alice in Wonderland, only this Alice is tripping on acid, or the magic mushrooms that contain psilocybin, which definitely sent you tripping. Still used today.

[@Know_Your_Enemy42]

You don’t ever have to do acid to feel like you’re on a trip listening to this lol. Just close your eyes and visualize!

[@leslieengel6949]

Excellent point. They are not the only way. Not by any means. Know that your knowledge, awareness, and love are gifts we all share, yet you have something very special. Nurture that, your unique selves here on Earth right now. I appreciate you.

[@annettemartin766]

Magic mushrooms! Powerful chest voice!!!!

[@latachia_2981]

This song is about an acid trip! I couldn't wait to see your reaction to it. Those were the good old days!

[@fontco]

You are precious. Thank you for being you. ❤️

[@jkcliff2956]

Your reactions had me in hysterics. I grew up in SF in the 60s in the hippie era so know what ol' Grace Slick is singing about. You guys were so cutely naive about the meaning of the song. hahaahha ! love you guys.