focus - Focus 2 (moving waves)

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[@virgilrobertsjr7870]

Focus had such a unique musical sound! ☆☆☆☆☆ 💯

[@jarmeijer]

It happened in the early seventies: supergroups. Super musicians getting together and making this kind of super music. Did what they felt to do, without directors from record companies who told them to do what sells the best. Focus was one of that really supergoups .

[@wigginsdesign]

As ateen in the 70's, this song would move me to tears late at night in my room with the lights out. Sweet Focus. Thanks and KZbin for all the great memeories I never expected to ever see

[@BenMolen]

I totally agree. This piece of music is just heavenly!Those guys were ahead of their time.Focus's music of the seventies is still unprecedented. I heard their music for the first time when i was 12 years old (a long time ago).Never get tired of it.

[@1970sman]

Always loved this band, love this track. Jan Akkermans harmonics near the end are just sublime! Shame it's cut short though.....ah well, that's life.

[@pacifico379]

If I was a guitarist, I would be like Akkerman, just great. These videos, here in youtube, are a treasure. Fantastic!

[@turnerhq]

Todays generation??? They wouldn't know what REAL music was if it bit them on the bum! This was seriously original stuff, never to be repeated in this lifetime. These songs are as fresh now as they were in there heyday. Pure Gods of there age. Todays generation...No chance!!!!

[@sbt8426]

One of their best songs! Nice.

[@itfc1978]

excellent description of a classic band

[@mus1cat]

One of my favorite guitarists of all time. He equals and even surpasses Steve Howe. Jan is to guitar what Keith Emerson is to piano. Thys Van Leer here on organ is no slouch either. Accomplished flautist and keyboards...decent voice too. Yodeler extraordinaire :)

[@mitzworld]

thanks for posting this means a lot words cannot describe.....

[@mottledbrain]

With the end missing I'm so glad I still have the vinyl.

[@mi1964amigo]

They sounded beautiful back then - they sound beautiful today.

[@chrisart7]

I have this in its entirety on videocassette. The end is cut off here, because it came from the DVD "Masters from the Vault" which excised the credits of director Jean-Pierre Morel who filmed the 20 minute early 1971 documentary from which this came. I believe this was lensed BEFORE the "Moving Waves" LP was recorded in April, 1971 which makes it even more notable as the band worked out the songs. "Focus II" is stately precise, here as well as in the lushly multi-tracked studio version.

[@1chrisanderson]

Definitely get everything from "Moving Waves" in '72 up to "Hamburger Concerto"....pure gold, all of it.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

My favourite off Moving Waves- the video has great atmosphere, looking like it was filmed in the winter late '71 or early '72 before Bert Ruiter joined. Yet another Focus clip favourited.

[@juliancastillo8082]

tears of joy enchanting !!! hauntingly beautuful !!

[@elviss]

The organ is like the breath of life. Love Focus!

[@chrisart7]

The bandmates were young, breaking new musical ground, and had not crystallised into what they would end up repeating later in life, which inevitably becomes institutional and stale instead of innovative. It happens to people in all manner of arts, be it film directors, painters, etc. Very hard to stay fresh and to continue to move into new territory. Perhaps that's the way things just have to be, to pass the baton onto the next generation, to let them have a go at it.

[@Yarsh52]

This song, Janis, Eruption, and Sylvia are by far my favorite songs. This band is fucking magnificent.

[@jidhed]

They're truly great

[@ebenezerhoary]

One of my favourite Focus tracks- this vid must be pretty rare!

[@spazzman90]

These guys are all amazing. I especially like the drum/guitar matching at around 2:00 to 2:30. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@andzwe]

There's a certain warmth, pure feeling and concentration (you may also call it magic) in the playing of the original Focus that just won't be repeated. This recording proofs that perfectly well. I think it also has to do with the time in which the music was created.

[@NORDOEYE]

My memory is that they were one of the most successful bands of the early seventies.

[@fister69]

first heard this on live at the rainbow when i was a kid they came to my hometown last year just a fantastic night i will never forget

[@HD41117]

And thanks stevedr for posting this. It's wonderful.

[@mi1964amigo]

Superb drumming from PVDL!

[@yampymusic]

I see Jan Akkerman only brought his little practice amp to this rehearsal :)

[@BenMolen]

If i had to mention a few albums that shaped my musical taste for the rest of my life,Moving Waves would be certainly the most important one.

[@pablogutierrez7733]

Extraordinaria banda FOCUS!!!

[@mottledbrain]

That is absolutely beautiful!

[@OkraWimfrey]

This is just great, in spite of it being a different arrangement (early version, perhaps?) and missing the last 30 or so seconds. Love the 'My Funny Valentine' quote! Talk about a live room! You know the sound had to be bouncing all over the place!

[@1970sman]

Good old Blighty didn't produce ALL the best music in the 70's. Rock on.

[@HD41117]

So beautifully played and recorded. They sound wonderful in that room. I was going to ask if this was available on DVD but I've just seen further down the comments someone already mentioned it. Thanks joelpizzaguy!

[@KfirOchaion]

2:34 - Blows my mind...

[@fister69]

what a great sound that hammond makes and he still uses it cant wait for next month going to their worcester concert uk

[@paberaguitar]

I love this!!! Focus forever!!!

[@perromanchado]

Superb!

[@markjohnson1224]

Ok Pierre, you got the gig man...

[@ixque]

Carnival Fugue would be really really amazing

[@drums343]

my favorite focus song, im tryin to learn it on organ, it appears i will have a hard time. Van Leer is a genious.

[@genarofan]

musica bella con todos los ingredientes holandeses grandiosos para los que nos gusta el buen sonido melodioso recordando los anos ochentas cuando todo era mas facil y alcansable .........un hondureno que gusta de grandes accordes ciaooooo pescaooooooo

[@LanMan1812]

I have searched for this for years since I lost my cassette 20 years ago thankyou youtube xx

[@Thombene77]

Sublime...

[@SeattleLA]

Focus is really good. My third favorite prog band, after Yes and Renaissance.

[@MrNeonkind]

they are the kings.

[@mentalsum]

Akkerman has NOT sold out to trad jazz!A look at recent youtubes will prove this.

[@andseibel]

This is an orgasm to my soul. This is music! Shame it doesn't have the last 20 seconds. Fantastic anyway. thanks for the upld, steve.

[@alexhall6375]

Sensational band, streets ahead of their time, what a shame they couldn’t keep it together

[@borgduck]

I AM listening to this in a library.

[@andzwe]

@QuiltedPine Thanks. Yes, very effective camera-work. You got me wondering about who's the bassplayer. I thought it was Cyril Havermans, who succeeded Martijn Dresden and got replaced by Bert Ruiter, later on.

[@QuiltedPine]

@andzwe giving you a thumbs-up is not enough. I think you are perfectly right, that the time in which the music was created is reflected in it. The ambiance goes so well with the progressive rock scene as it was developping at the time. I wish there were more closeups of Martin dresden, but hey, just finding this video is amazing enough. The Camera man (woman?) really knew how to take meaningful shots of the players.

[@skirmish703]

It's OK! I realized the reason a bit later when I was doing own clips, and often the announcer was speaking when the music still had begun or has not ended. I missed to make an update to my comment, sorry for that - and thanks for posting this clip!

[@meowzer999]

Pierre van der Linden wuz AMAZING.

[@ahoghill54]

@QuiltedPine I saw them live two nights ago. Yes, Pierre is awesome and super cool and still looks great! Thijs is a genius but not as pretty as he used to be. I still gave him a big hug and he gave me a kiss on the cheek Magic!

[@MusicTheEarth]

Oh my god....I have no words enough to express my feelings....

[@keefyd5]

i would love to hear this drummer and nick mason together!

[@marmidan]

The tear drops came in my eyes with this song. Thank you for upload with this great quality. Don't you have "Carnival Fugue"?

[@sustayne]

Is there any good reason why, here in America, when we think of Prog, that Focus is not mentioned amongst those bands right at the top? They remain one of the few bands who have always remained true to their own musical spirit and really never had the time or inclination for pop radio. Moving Waves HAS to be the Dark Side of the Moon to the prog album world, no?

[@charmingly]

Yes it does..almost to tears!!

[@elviss]

Get out In and out focus, 1969, 1970 with Martin Dresden And Hans Clouver. More lyrics . Good stuff!

[@EfrainMcshell]

thanks for sharing have a great time every one....

[@ardrack1]

Stupendum !!

[@GuadalupeMartinez-xl3nw]

Grandiosa banda, hermosa melodia

[@drj602]

Just take a look and then tell me the pop music scene today is still bringing us vibrant and creative artists..... But still we are here and after all we of course know that the real musicians live for the music and not the gold albums anyway.

[@dannystrat]

Pierre Van der Linden. He's playing with the keyboardist, Thijs van Leer, in a version of Focus.

[@Arn.Sussekind]

The percussion is also fantastic. You know his name?

[@davidlevinson4079]

that would have been a great tourist attraction!

[@QuiltedPine]

@drums343 I'd have to agree. Even more: they all are geniuses. Did you see Pierre Van der Linden? Drumming like "no big deal, it's all child's play". Hah ha!

[@stoofbuis]

saw them in bilzen in 1974,just before Humble Pie,...man Marriott pissed in his pants, playin as a headliner'!

[@mullah06]

Sad but true; really sad is the fact that the next gen degenerates to hip hop rap and pseudo-metal crap noise... But I guess that's what they mean by ENTROPY!

[@davecrax1]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW

[@katiagranadotavares8689]

AMO ❤️

[@killercrabman]

still ace live.

[@hellyfornication]

proud to be a dutchman

[@Axeman89]

where did you see them?? was it in britain coz i saw them in swindon with just thijs van leer and they were amazing!

[@aniamaj7774]

piękne

[@mottledbrain]

Too bad the end gets cut off here. Thanks for sharing this though.

[@lesyouri]

Well, I am working on it, I am just 16.

[@scoobiesnacksuk]

I believe it was in the house of Thijs van Leer's girlfriend. Amazing place!

[@leesaunders1930]

no I believe it was in a old castle they used to rent a room for practicing and so did many other Dutch musicians of the time.

[@jonsilence]

'Watch and learn, 3 chord pussies'.....thats the quote of the week! Starting at 1:47 they whip it out.

[@Harald136]

where is the ending? The most beautiful movement of harmony to the end.

[@meowzer999]

This iz a walk along a lovely beach at sunset. Or maybe thru a twilight Amsterdam.

[@chrisart7]

What a crime that the last ten seconds of this song are chopped off here and on the Focus "From the Vaults" DVD. The reason: the credits for director Pierre-Xavier Morel and others are interspersed with the end. A shame that Thijs van Leer couldn't have edited the visuals without chopping off the audio. I have this on video (bought it ten years ago from Sounds Demented in Virginia, USA).

[@howardhopkins]

Where can I get sheet music for Focus?

[@meowzer999]

It'z *gezellig*. Ja!!

[@sladerecords]

uhh, oops made a mistake this is Focus 2. never mind!!

[@sladerecords]

Uhh, this is the first "Focus" cut from 'In and Out of Focus' lp, their first album, not "Focus 2" which is on 'Moving Waves' lp, their second album. Get it right.

[@JahJahBruh]

@andzwe Yhea that feeling is just called Dutch.

[@MihkelMark]

look at the angle of the guy's solo drum

[@opera2545]

bsolute music...

[@gtr1359]

@andzwe it is mr havermans

[@AeroxBoaNoiteLenin]

Hello my friends, I would like to ask you guys if someone knows where I can find this clip full, without that abrupt ending

[@willvaat]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHW6hHaJhJZkmMU

[@SashaSathyaxxx]

cause i got the same footage in a documentary and it's cutted at that part. Yeah, i hated too haha

[@Luukvannieuwk.]

didt they play in the madison square gaurden?

[@soniaasweet]

Pena que está faltando o final.

[@sustayne]

When I try to reach younger musicians about the importance of a GOOD melody..it seems that the word "Good" just slips right by. To them..any melody is a good melody. To me most melodies are filler these days... something to hang on a Christmas tree that really should be put out at Easter. Focus knows melody and how to craft...yes, CRAFT it. It is no different from Michelangelo carving David from marble. One wrong blow of the hammer and the art becomes road gravel.

[@eagled96]

sorry elviss. meant to hit good comment instead of poor!! could'nt agree with u more.

[@skirmish703]

Why the interrupt so near to the end?

[@sonykroket]

@UnchosenHippies The fact that you're asking me that implies you are?