Focus - Sylvia & Hocus Pocus (Reprise) (Nederpopzien TV Show - 1974)

[@Suldog29]

I've been a fan of Focus since 1971 and I still am amazed every time I hear Thijs' vocals. Goosebumps. His range is otherworldly.

[@blueplanet8750]

Incredible talent - Great Band - loved Jan Akkerman, a true technical virtuoso. For me 'Sylvia' an all time Classic. They ust do not make music like this any more. A great era without a doubt.

[@lorenzodegani2669]

Fantastikkkkk Ok 😮😮

[@italor8604]

I agree this was great stuff.

[@davidsurf930]

You couldn't be more right!

[@aschule5684]

Thijs Van Leer was definitely channeling something "out worldly" when he sang ! His eyes roll back into his head and he acts possessed! Simply amazing, the great Jan Akkerman, these guys were in a league all their own 👍☮️

[@Monsterslag]

I love how every player gets to steer Hocus Pocus in a completely different direction during each solo

[@MrLandale]

3:08 Thijs van Leer should have a Nobel Prize for his singing here. Amazing!

[@Edwinvindaloo]

Still performing. Come and see him in the Netherlands

[@MEDYK1961]

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[@farazdasril]

For the lyrics too, such a poetry ❤

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

agree. too bad nobel prizes are for politics warrriors

[@ashratempel5094]

Never gets old.

[@tomtrana3449]

OMG! Drummer Colin Allen was already the oldest in the band at this point and celebrated his 85th birthday in 2023!

[@JohanFransen]

Jan's plectrum technique is unbelievable. A real maestro!

[@TheRunereaper]

Jan Akkerman played the most uninhibited guitar I have ever heard. Focus was a great group. They reminded me of the Dutch football team of those years, hugely talented -probably the greatest that Europe has ever produced but never quite realised their potential. Thanks for posting

[@Raysboss302]

TheRunereaper I was there 😔

[@farazdasril]

Everytime I click another video they played faster and faster, just crazy.

[@BraveNewWhirled]

The increased tempos😅👍 ..they are having a lot of fun and enjoying themselves...( even with Jan's very rare fluff note at the end..😁☺😊👍)

[@farazdasril]

@@BraveNewWhirled I just knew from some comments that they speed up to play the whole song within short time slot on TV, refusing to cut it short.. crazy.

[@BraveNewWhirled]

@@farazdasril Fantastic band, Great musicians, they would have had an even greater success but lacking the ability to speak English may have hindered there wider popularity.

[@paulbuxton1326]

They only had a short time so they speeded the tempo up 🎼

[@paulbuxton1326]

Jans a genius 🎶

[@grantallison-young5652]

Saw Focus in Sydney in the 70s - made me change from bass to guitar - JA sat on the edge of the stage with just a guitar - and played - wow...

[@mickeydiver17]

In Australia Hocus Pocus was the A side & Sylvia was the A side in the UK. I didn't know that till I moved to Australia & nobody knew Sylvia but everybody knew Hocus Pocus. Strange huh?

And still sounds amazing in 2020...

[@tomtrana3449]

... in 2021 ... 2022 ... 2023 too

[@jeanpauljouicarvajal7315]

Thijs van Leer, un músico clásico que se volcó al rock progresivo y psicodélico, con una genialidad impresionante. Saludos desde Chile.

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

perfect comment. thanks buddy

[@gailal]

Super cool Jan suddenly strolls up to the amp and cranks it up where it needs to be and bang !!!

[@painiscupcake5433]

00:40

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

Focus were Masters of their music, different, unique, and had high skill in their ability. When I first heard of them back in the early 70's I thought, Oh my Lord, WTF is that amazing stuff? I must buy it!

[@eddyforest3060]

i like the rock music of the 70 ferry nice and cool 👍

[@maestroaprendiz4527]

me encanta este grupo..., lo he seguido por mucho, mucho tiempo....

[@pollocad]

Saw them at the Rainbow ('72? ) - awesome. Really a massively talented jazz band with two of the best rock singles around then and now as shown here. Bring 'em on!

[@tomtrana3449]

The concert at the Rainbow was in 5th May, 1973

[@davidk6271]

I love the little guitar runs different to the single.

[@rman52]

Up there with cream, jhe, faces, and all the other top tier greatest rock bands ever.

[@MEDYK1961]

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[@MrGb1965]

Awesome drum drum work after 4:28.

[@waldemardomerecki6271]

Wielcy muzycy, wspaniała Super - Grupa...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dasboot5903]

Jak sie dowiedzialem w latach 70-tych ze to Holendrzy .... to uwierzyc nie moglem na poczatku !!

[@ludofuzz3012]

Je me suis payé le dernier coffret de cd . Un vrai regal

[@donaldgregg9250]

One word...Superb...

[@olikane530]

fantastic π

[@carlsam1516]

Awesome band

[@andrewtadeo5644]

Wow class

[@paultrussy]

Thijs is easily more scary than the whole of Slipknot.

[@regularjoe2994]

Awesome band! That organ player must have took some good stuff!

[@angelobonacini]

AmazinG !!!

[@MEDYK1961]

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[@Pan3405]

Was maar al te duidelijk dat Jan er heeeeeelleeehmaaal geen zin in had!!!!!

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

Bedoel je muzikaal of zijn wrijving/rivaliteit met Thijs?

[@Pan3405]

sowieso een veel te hoog tempo waar de ziel uit is geknepen.. slordig gitaarwerk en het kan hem ook weinig schelen..dat voel en zie je..

[@GreNadeNL]

Live was Focus sowieso erg snel hoor. Beetje hun ding :P

[@JossFromAnarchy]

Back when Thijs could hit those high notes.

[@narvul]

Those notes were exceptional though.

[@ChisgueteD]

BRO THAT START ITS JUST "Life will change" maybe Persona 5 take that riff

[@andresantonioramosjana143]

Excelente tema combinación con silviá

[@アルミリア]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

[@アルミリア]

❤️❤️❤️

[@01Sterlitz]

That strumming the base guitar must be a european thing.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Well, Paul McCartney and Chris Squire both did it. Peter Vink of Dutch band Finch was another pick-player.

[@thephantomarse8525]

This is great i bet they are all smashed out of there faces thats why the timing is all over the place Still class though

[@ricko3k]

Great drummer. Ex Stone the Crows?

[@pmamiaro]

jan!

[@derosser]

The Worst....

[@yunarukami14]

@@derosser Nope

[@natasico]

thats fast

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

i remember a faster one, this is good

[@robbyrocks5355]

Super fast version of Sylvia. I rather like the original version

[@Aldo-Music-Channel]

👏👏🎵

[@stoofbuis]

wat model gibson speelt jan (lijkt wel een uitvergroot lespaul model )

[@shiki_fa14]

Refinished/retopped 'les paul recording'

[@josemiguelpallaresdiaz2054]

En general buena (no excepcional) performance. Hocus P la hicieron mucho, mucho mejor en 1973 en un programa de TV que no recuerdo; esta es muy parecida a la live at Rainbow, demasiado rápida para mi gusto. El baterista no es el original (van der Linden), y se nota.

[@thequarrymen58]

cualquiera toca mejor que ese baterista.

[@josemiguelpallaresdiaz2054]

+Alecs Tarner De acuerdo. :-)

[@thequarrymen58]

Lo malo de ver como se fue degradando esa banda que daba para más, Akkerman sigue siendo unos de los mejores virtuosos con la guitarra que siguen vivos, lastima que no sea tan reconocido al igual que Focus.

[@josemiguelpallaresdiaz2054]

+Alecs Tarner 1) El primero d Focus (In&Out...) es flojo. Posteriores MovingW y 3 son tecnica y musicalmente excep y F fue el primer grupo no anglosajon reconocido y admirado x ellos (JA especialmnt). Despues partida bat VanDerLinden hicieron alguno bueno (Hamburger Concerto) pero ya no era lo mismo. La musica elaborada canso. se hizo excesiva y la gente se volco a lo simple, divertido (Punk etc) 3) JA es un guit de formac academica, interprete d laud, uno d los realmente grandes. Que seas tecnicamente excepc no significa q siempre destaques, y trabajos solistas d JA personalmnt me aburrieron musicalmte.

[@josemiguelpallaresdiaz2054]

Si;, lo sabia. JA estudio; y fue becado en el Conservatorio de Amsterdam, inusual en un musico de "rock". Tanto JA, TVL y PVDL eran grandes musicos e instrumentistas, sin limitaciones tecnicas. Focus hizo una musica absolutamente original y creativa, mezcla de R&B, jazz, Bach, Brahms, canto tiroles,... Que yo sepa fue el primer grupo no anglosajon en tener suceso en el mercado rockero anglosajon que es, especialmente el britanico, muy cerrado.

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

succede che un gruppo si rompa le palle di determinate canzoni. ma io le trovo eccezionali anche se velocizzate. anzi, per me ci guadagnano entrambe. silvia piu lenta diventava troppo banale. cosi sono perfette!

[@juergenfischle]

Unfortunately, everything is played much too fast. And then Jan also messes up the ending.

[@jabu003]

he messes because he is always risking and trying different things....most guitarists stay in their confort zone but are boring and predictable . I prefr ere the Akkerman´s the hendixes or the Johny Winter type always triyng to make new unexppected things.....Besides the drummer was really weak Van Der Linden was a monster , Allen a mediocre

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

sometimes happens..

[@pierreperal600]

Focus, ils ont osé et inventé beaucoup, c'est terrible

[@thomasgonzalez2021]

Sylvia on steroids

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

lolol

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

Geen Pierre op de drums?

[@firestar7188]

Colin Allen - drums, In 1974, verliet Pierre van der Linden Focus. Hij ging naar de groep Trace ( met o.a. Rick van der Linden )

[@gerardpatrickaspin6150]

Playing too fast. Brilliant 7os band

[@dasboot5903]

Damn !! Kiedys to byly kapele rockowe ..... ktore graly od serca !!!! A dzisiaj .... to pelna komercja i playback !!!! I am not listening these days piece of shit music !!

[@yvanbesak]

Ouah, 135 bpm !😅

[@elginphelps5291]

I wa

[@川井ヒカル]

This is early Sylvia and Focus Pocus in 1970’s. Those tunes are played differently by Jan Akkerman these days. Young Akkerman sounds so vigorous and so passionate that he makes lots of mistones. But it’s nothing to be blamed. Now he plays the guitar quite sophisticated way.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Another example from bands who find it necessary to speed up their songs.....🙄

[@MEDYK1961]

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[@nazaholicable]

Colin Allen was a bad fit for this band.

[@billmilligan7272]

Agreed. Pierre never got enough credit for the quintisential Focus sound.

[@vandenro]

Agree 100%. They were never as good after van der Linden left. Allen was too much of a rock drummer. Spoiled this rendition.

[@ytsm]

Couldn't agree more! The group really lost its swing when Linden left.

[@yunarukami14]

Colin Allen is an awesome rock drummer. But he's definitely not fit for this band for suah

[@mrmogensen]

seems like akkerman had a bad day

[@derosser]

NOT ONLY THAT DAY..he was usual to have....a lot of mistakes ...always..the worst that I've heard...

[@berenhamilton3321]

By the mid 70's I'm sure they all had enough of Sylvia and Hocus Pocus and really didn't want to play them, especially Jan. Jan's playing in live recordings from 74-75 is full of mistakes and him not caring

[@narvul]

Akkerman definitely not at his best.

[@tomtrana3449]

4:22 - 4:24

[@Kruisje2000]

My God......moesten ze de trein halen of zo? Wat een (jammerlijk) moordend tempo. Beetje afraffelen-idee zo......

[@trueworld3857]

Playing too fast way out of expression

[@johnhillis7683]

they are danish

[@michaeltylerfelsenthal4213]

No, they are Dutch

[@ulrichrohde4071]

british drummer, but all the others as dutch as can be.

[@derosser]

what????????????????????

[@mickeydiver17]

@John Hillis You are a FW!

[@bigneutron5510]

No groove, no feel, no emotion just fast fast fast. Bullshit

[@derosser]

Akkerman the worst Guitarist I'ver heard..a lot of mistakes, ditry sound,...Focus was Van Leer , a true Genius,..everybody else on guitar would be better then Akkerman ...

[@simonfeakes]

surely you can't be serious.

[@derosser]

Ehiii it's not allowed for you speak to me..this is my opinion..ok? Shit!!

[@simonfeakes]

It's not allowed for me to speak to you? I'm afraid to tell you that I am allowed to speak to you in this public online comment section. You are entitled to that opinion. I'm allowed to think you're wrong and challenge you. Finally, are you calling me a shit or simply exclaiming ''Shit!''? I look forward to your response.

[@derosser]

@@simonfeakes it' s and exclaiming of course..be quite..it' s better you begin to have some form of respect toward people's opinion and i think KZbin have to learn that's this is called DEMOCRACY ..ok?

[@ottonormalverbrauch3794]

@@derosser Stumbled upon this reaction and cannot disagree more. Akkerman surely had his moments of uninspired performance but his whole body of work is laced with incredible, unsurpassed and versatile mastery of the instrument.

[@worstknightmayor4439]

50 years later wtf