Grand Funk Railroad - Paranoid | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@Nan-59]

They best not CHOP ANY of your videos!!

[@pookiemartinez3909]

totally different Paranoid from 69.. Live version really rocks. Peace

[@cynthiamartinez4480]

All that GREATNESS !! Love GFR ---So Soulful 🤟🎸 Jamal aka jamal could you do "Godwacker " Steely Dan, Everything must go Album. Thanks in advance 🤟

[@mdhackbert]

T.N.U.C. and Into the Sun from the "Live Album" are total bangers.

[@RichieG]

Love my "Keep Great Music Alive" shirt

[@BayouMaccabee]

In my opinion, Grand Funk is the greatest snub of them all by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It's a real crime that they're not in.

[@RITH5150]

I agree ridiculous they aren’t in there

[@byronsanders7124]

I can not believe ice cube is but these guys aren't.... fuckem.

[@rowdy1467]

It's because it's voted on by a bunch of rock journalists and they hated GFR back then. Hated Sabbath and Zeppelin too. Shows what they know.

[@jeffsukut2148]

No shit!!!. The beastie boys are in. We drink from the same well.

[@jeffsukut2148]

Those boys from Flint changed the world. Get a chance to watch a girl named Yoyaka play the skins to american band. By the way, she's 9

[@gregorymaroda4860]

"You kids don't know Grand Funk? The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!" - Homer Simpson

[@naenae796]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dylandenney3980]

Homer is a wise dude where it counts man

[@charleszittle2053]

"To learn more about Grand Funk consult your local library kids"-Also H.Simpson

[@charleszittle2053]

My all time favorite Simpsons line

[@geraldroraback5432]

Gregory Maroda - Grand Funk Railroad totally out sold Shea Stadium faster and sold 1,233 more tickets than the almighty Beatles. That’s a natural FACT. GFR was rated the number #1 live music act for 37 months in a row. ‘’Rolling Stone Magazine”

[@robinbeers6689]

That intro sound was the sound of the air raid sirens which we had to do "duck and cover" drills to once a month as little kids in school. To anybody over 50, that is a sound we can never really get out of our heads.

[@billkant849]

And the hiss of static from the nuclear air burst.

[@linnymaemullins3319]

😂😂😍

[@billkant849]

Lest we get to carried away with this thought: Steve Goodman, Affordable Art, track 11 Watchin' Joey Glow

[@shotgunblast28]

Yep I remember

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

Can you imagine what its like for kids today? They practice simulations of shooters in the hallways. The government is STILL keeping us paranoid and urging us to "duck and cover".

[@MrRoach-yo3mz]

*FANTASTIC! ! ! .... The Best 3 Piece Power Band Ever...And, Mark Farner Is Still Touring Today!* ..... ps F_CK The Rock Hall Of Fame!

[@mikesimonian484]

Triumph is pretty good also.

[@mikesimonian484]

Best three piece power band is Rory Gallagher.

[@thekinkynun]

I think you meant Rush buddy

[@wolfpack8643]

@@thekinkynun No I am sure he meant TRIUMPH!!!

[@wolfpack8643]

@@mikesimonian484 They are in the Canadian hall of fame, so there is that anyway. Also Rick Emmett so underrated as a singer/guitarist and he still sounds the dam same today at 67yrs old.

[@JJ-rl7wl]

That was a siren from the missile crisis with Russia during the John F Kennedy era. We use to get under our seats in grade school to do these drills. Also the excitement with people yelling at the beginning is a tape from the Hindenburg crash when it burned up. They were the best three piece band ever next to Rush. Thanks for playing and reacting to this time in history. Keep great music alive. Love it.

[@zoniekat]

That was awesome! Im a 67 year old woman on a scooter jamming out on a city bus. I couldn't help myself! People must think Im crazy.

[@bubbabryson1632]

I am 63 years old I grew up on this music thanks for bringing it back

[@Danlson55]

Remember that this is just one more 3 MAN Band in our Rock -N Roll History. Kick Ass !!!

[@bobsbarnworkshop]

Greatest American hard rock band ever!!!! I’ve rocked out to this album since I was 16 in 1969!!!!

[@jefflajuett737]

I’m always in awe by this band especially because of one of the best bass players in f’n rock and roll Holy shit man!

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

He had a gold record to his credit. 96 Tears. ? Mark and The Mysterians.

[@lvargas4christ]

The bass !

[@sandrasmith7501]

"Hold on, man...S%%t...I'm over here trying to enjoy this song called Paranoid...I got stuff crawlin' on me...is this part of the song..wha the hell..is that one of my wife hairs?!" 😂😂Loved this reaction to the powerful little 3 man band! Thx!!

[@patrickbuckley344]

@ted ritola I second that, they were popular when I was in Hi School- Great Band!! Part of the members came from the Classics IV, and did their version of Spooky etc.

[@robl6570]

I'm 70 now, was 20 when I got funked... Ear 🍬

[@BlueGoat682]

I''m 66 myself and my tinnitus has been with me for quite a few years now.... rock n roll with never die!!

[@yeti8it396]

I was 10 and 60 now

[@kerryknight228]

I was 13 when someone loaned me the Mark, Don, and Mel album. Changed my life! ✌️

[@susanstanley-castillo7951]

my late husband had grand funk albums but I never remember hearing this one.. what a treat. it was funky that's for sure

[@ricobonifacio1095]

They recorded this and the whole album in like a week. Thats amazing. No body coukd pull off that today and make an album as good as this.

[@StephenWestrip]

'Inside Looking Out' - what a song!!

[@vickieray]

He did that one many months ago! It’s a great reaction too 🔥🎸🎤🔥

[@gardnerdan17]

That is actually a cover of an Animals song, but the Grand Funk version is the best!!

[@gilberttafoya7804]

I've always liked this band. One of their best albums. I still have the album and now the CD, Grand Funk Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival too.

[@waynecox3958]

Well I was there. Early afternoon Atlanta Pop. Guy walks on stage and says got a band here not on the bill. They just drove up and want to play for you guys. Welcome “GRAND FUNK RAILWAY”. I laughed when I eventually saw the album and their name. They were ferocious.

[@gilberttafoya7804]

@@waynecox3958 Damn!!! You are one lucky guy!!! Those guys were incredible when it was the 3 of them.

[@bobbyg7102]

Their 1st live album. Very first album I ever bought at the tender age of 13.

[@gilberttafoya7804]

@@bobbyg7102 At 13 yrs old, eh. I bought the "Live" album in '72 and I was 16 yrs old. We're showing our age. But the music from our days was some of the best.

[@darrenbanton8929]

I’m a bass player and I streamed this album 4 years ago and I decided to listen to it all through today and THIS song got me to your channel. The bass line is crazy and I could hear Dilla type song on the bridge of the song . Great song and great album

[@lvargas4christ]

I play bass and I agree also play guitar so I love all of it

[@musicairplanes4884]

Saw them at the Forum in Inglewood in the 70's. They were the lead up band for Ten Years After. Grand Funk totally stole the show.

[@LA-fz5qw]

If we’re going back to some of the other bands you’ve done can you please do the guess who no sugar tonight/mother nature🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@amrak5028]

I'm in for that!

[@LA-fz5qw]

A Mrak Been begging since he was doing the guess who I have no idea how he missed that song it’s one of my favorite songs of all time and I know he’ll love it

[@amrak5028]

@@LA-fz5qw The List is long for our Brother. His discovery is so awesome to see. I get goose bumps from some of the songs and i see it hits Jamel the same. I just requested another channel to do "These Eyes" yesterday. Guess who has a great library of songs. Jamel gets thousands of requests anymore I know eventually he will get to some of my Favorites, I have learned to be patient and diligent and repeat the requests periodically. Stay safe and keep requesting.

[@robertsaul234]

Yes, Guess Who. He's got to do the studio version of American Woman too. That Midnight Special live version was tepid.

[@josemejia7084]

How about ...."Share the Land" . really beatiful song for times like this !!! Hi by the way 👋✌

[@TheSweetgirl79]

Holy crap. I listened to Grand Funk as a kid. Only on the songs that was played on radio. I see now I know crap. God. Awsome job. Keep up the good work. Jamel. Buying one of your shirts, when I get pd.

[@rmstacy5295]

compared to their album stuff, the commercial stuff was crap

[@MearasRex]

Am I the only one who has a huge crush here??? ❤️❤️ Loved you before 2020 but man, you've helped me through this chaos.

[@Knightveil]

Mark Farner's guitar parts on "Paranoid" are either clean (no effects), heavily distorted (most of the song including the solos) or heavily distorted and either using a compressor during mixing or (more likely) a wah-wah pedal (the opening section between all the sound effects and the actual start of the song and the end section after the last solo). My feeling is that the wah-wah sections are also heavily compressed to get that effect. The song itself is about the general feeling of paranoia that some people felt in the late 1960s and early 1970s as it seemed the world was coming apart at the seams and the government, especially in the US was out to get its citizens, especially those who were in any way part of the counter-culture movement. I've always taken the baby crying at the end as a projection of hope that the situation will get better over time. I, too, initially thought this was a cover of the Black Sabbath tune. Surprised and then impressed with this song at the time and it's become one of my favorite GFR songs because of its overall simplicity. The Hall of Fame debate has been around for years and boils down to politics, which is true for any performer who's technically eligible for the Hall but hasn't been inducted yet.

[@michaelwalston2438]

I have long felt the Hall of Fame nonsense is due to abuse of power by the egotistical Jann Wenner. Grand Funk and Iron Butterfly should have both been in long ago. As publisher of Rolling Stone he would sometimes write album reviews when his regular reviewers didn't agree with him--the specific example I am thinking of is Dylan's Slow Train Running, which just wasn't that great.

[@linnymaemullins3319]

😍

[@davebeach2343]

I remember those years, in Ohio the governor issued live ammunition to national guard troops who weren't trained to deal with that kind of situation. So of course four college kids were killed at Kent State for the crime of protesting against their governments war in Vietnam. That's part of what made people paranoid. I've loved this band from first hearing. Funny thing was that when I bought their albums, they would constantly sprout legs and walk away on their own.

[@richardblack5710]

GFR has a ton of good songs: "Time Machine", "Heartbreaker", "Closer to Home", "Feelin' Alright", "Footstompin' Music", "Rock 'n' Roll Soul", "We're an American Band", "The Loco-Motion", "Shinin' On", "The Loco-Motion", "Take Me", "Sally", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Bad Time"

[@ryanmorrissey2612]

He has reacted to a lot of those. Go check them out. You’ll see why he loves them so much!

[@bluehawk777]

You forgot "Creepin" 🙂

[@willdwyer6782]

Some kind of wonderful is one of my go-to karaoke tunes.

[@davidyerkey7425]

His reaction to "Inside Looking Out" is one of his BEST reactions...

[@Webrider357]

Loco-Motion killed the band. After that sell out song most of us hard rockers left. Really Inside Looking out and Loco-Motion in the same concert. Then shining on and they were toast. They went pop.

[@gevlar]

Sabbath & this are two totally different songs. Haven’t heard this in years. I’m now back in my bedroom in high school, headphones on, volume cranked. Thank you. Awesome song!

[@marielaveau5321]

I saw GFR open for ZZ Top in Jackson MS in 1982. It might have been my first real concert but to this day it was one of the top three SO FAR. Praying we can all get back to live music soon. 💛💚💜✌️

[@Pyro10B]

WDVE in Pittsburgh used to have a radio show called "For Headphones Only". Tunes like this is why.

[@RichieG]

Others oddly not in the R&R Hall of Fame: Jethro Tull, Supertramp, King Crimson, Joe Cocker, and many others.

[@kateringo3111]

Odd, to say the least. Amen, brother.

[@lisamarieva3514]

Because the R&R Hall of Fame is a big nothing burger. They are insignificant.

[@geraldroraback5432]

Limousine Driver is one of their best songs ever recorded. The words are amazing. Amazing. Jamel, this will blow you away. Funky Live on the Play Boy Channel.

[@naenae796]

OMG ! I forgot all about this song , yes, IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY !!!

[@DenisPetrov1980]

I will be performing it tomorrow night at one of the clubs in Moscow Russia with a GFR cover band celebrating Mark's birthday.

[@teamshem3853]

play it!!!!!!

[@krissgennrich8988]

This sort of reminds me of "Limousine Driver" - much more than any other two of their songs THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH remind me of each other. Time to start digging through the ones I'm not familiar with.

[@lvargas4christ]

That’s the song there

[@rubentullenaar2934]

Also check out “People let’s Stop the War” by GFR.

[@gardnerdan17]

Definitely!!!

[@Loko-wl7fo]

YES!!! I LOVE the E-Pluribus Funk album!!! Also please react to “Save the Land” and “No Lies” too.

[@glassontherocks]

Mark found Jesus... The recording industry doesn't like that sort of thing. GOD bless him.

[@craigschottenstein9908]

Grand Funk was of the greats when 3 guys could make it rock like there was 9 dudes!! Having seen them live in 1972 was a real treat!! True "THROWBACKNESS" Keep rockin and funkin my worl Jamel. Stay well!

[@danfrick397]

They played Cobo Hall back in 69 with the band D.O.A and iam 68 and still listen to them , Mel and Frost came by my parents home back in the day to do a real estate deal and Mark Farner is the soul of this band .

[@StephenZ827]

As some mention below, You have to go to the time frame that Mark and many of us grew up in. The cross over in sounds on a radio was common. You turn the knob a hair left or right and pick up, 3 or 4 stations as the weak out put from a local station was overtaken from say one in NY blasting into ten states. The static, was also well know from the 1950 movies scaring everyone with a nuclear blast. From the Twilight Zone , Last Man Alive, to the flying saucer movies zapping the world. The Cuban Missiles crisis, the Assassinations' of King , JFK, RFK...Vietnam which actually showed footage of massive bombs going off in the war. Set and watched that while eating dinner...many times. We did not trust the gov, still don't. So this song brings back those times we live through. The same Mark would be dealing with. Our elementary school, we would go into the hall and sit on the floor, hands over our heads...and as the joke goes....kiss your ass good by.....Nuke drills....it was real to us.

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

Jamel loved your reaction. And you’re right best with 🎧. Thanks for the fun.😀👍❤️✌️🌼

[@jamesfranklyn5312]

in 1969 we moved into this house and across the street the kids playing on a swing were playing this album as loud as it could go....what a time we had jumping off the porch roof hoping to get hold of the rope before someone jumped on top of you...just to keep it moving was a dufflebag half filled with sand ....i bought the album the next day....$3.99....i have the cd in my car right now....doesn't seem like 50 yrs ago....

[@jogischulz2576]

hello Jamel, this album was one of my first records I bought as a teenager in the 70s, one of my alltime fave bands ! this song is more better on the Grand Funk live album ! GFR need no "Hall of Fame", we here and millions of fans around the world know and love them... (last week I've got my T-shirt "Keep great music alive", good quality !) best to you all, peace & happiness from "Jogi" , Germany, Berlin

[@BayouMaccabee]

Still one of my favorites in my own personal vinyl collection. Cheers!

[@thorolsen3562]

. listen to I Can Feel Him In The Morning you will love it

[@jogischulz2576]

@@thorolsen3562 hello Thor, thanks for your note, I love this song too, one of my fave songs from the Survival album, the whole album is super ! another fave song is "I'm your captain" but I love all the records, best time of my youth ! I saw GF live in my hometown Berlin in Dec.1971 as a 17 y. teenager, now im 66y. "young", never forget this. I have all original vinyl-records in my collection, from the beginning 70s till the Phoenix- record, for me the first 7 albums are the BEST of GFR. some months ago I bought the Cd Box-set "Trunk of Funk" Vol.1 , lovely box, the Cds are in Mini Lp sleeves, the sound is super, look out for this box if you don'thave it, all the best to you and the Funk-fans here, PEACE , keep on rockin "Jogi"from Germany

[@RonaldMerchant]

DAM! I'm 60 and thought I knew all GFR's songs! THANK YOU!

[@thomasrocker7408]

This " Paranoid "came out 3 weeks before the other paranoid.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

That's a lot o' Paranoid. 😄

[@thomasrocker7408]

@@JohnLeePettimoreIII well seeing how Ozzie is now. I believe that he got "Paranoid " first.

[@davidzornes6863]

I read that Grand Funk's was released 6 months before Sabbath's.

[@asmith7876]

How could such talent be overcome by such evil? Evil manager, evil partners...poor Mark Farner. Genius, robbed at every corner. Heartbreaking.

[@lvargas4christ]

Yes sad

[@dianaspy6733]

Oh man used to listen to these guys with headphones when I was like 10! This song was like a journey! Ty!

[@BigPete44]

*SNL “MORE COWBELL” SKIT* You’ll Love It Jamel! 😂🙌💯

[@kbusby4824]

That entire show with Christopher Walken hosting was fire.

[@aleinstein3223]

Definitely

[@kenwelch198]

He said he's seen it.

[@kenwelch198]

@Elissa Seeman yeah I'm not a fan of censorship in any form. If you don't like the message, you don't have to listen. But censorship in any way is wrong.

[@lag7937]

One of my favorite SNL skits!

[@jonmolnar5440]

Try "Sin's a good man's brother" from GFR. If I may, I'd suggest playing it ALAP (as loud as possible.)

[@mdhackbert]

"Nothing is the Same" is a great ALAP song from Closer to Home as well.

[@jonmolnar5440]

@@mdhackbert Couldn't agree more!

[@vickieray]

I just requested this one too!! Love it 🔥🎸🎤🔥

[@zamfirtoth6441]

Another vote for sins a good mans brother.....and a vote for winter is in my soul

[@bobconklin7159]

The first GFR song I ever heard back in 71. I was hooked for life.

[@amrak5028]

Acid Rock. Keep in mind back at the time this was written LSD was a widely used substance. Something you did alone or as a group. Incense burning, Black Lights on, Posters glowing, Lava Lamp has you hypnotized, Aquarium Life has you relaxed as we would be gathered together sharing a bong and chilling as the Grooves played on. You would set an album on the turntable drop the stylus and let the album play through side one, flip and do side two. Those were much simpler times. No Text Messages, Twitter or Tic Tok only your own mind and imagination to occupy your thoughts as you Felt the Vibes, and Dig the Groovy Sounds man.

[@darylsmith5178]

Those where the days forsure

[@thewahakid1944]

Exactly!

[@linnymaemullins3319]

😂😂😂yep😍😍😍

[@60sbaby456]

The bands back then, just grand!

[@daveversion2.2]

Well said…..and VERY accurate I might say!

[@-R.Gray-]

Did you know that was an air raid siren at the beginning ? During the cold war they used to test them occasionally. For a song by Chicago (Transit Authority) that has some relevance today, see the song "Someday (August 29, 1968)", which is about the police in Chicago arresting anti-war protesters, as they were chanting "The whole world is watching", which begins the song. You might have heard this same chant recently. Another song is Jimi Hendrix's song "House Burning Down" from Electric Laydyland (1968), which questions rioting.

[@patim5953]

It's amazing that this bands from the late 60,s & 70,s are still going after living through the sex, drugs and rock&roll era. A lot of great bands came out of Michigan. It's amazing I'm here talking about it too. Ha!

[@karaminalee]

“Is this part of the song?” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guidosarducci]

LOL!

[@jamelakajamal]

Kara Turner 🤣

[@christyhancock7387]

LMAOOOO!!! Kara, I lmao too!!! Jamel crying laughing!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was great!!

[@karaminalee]

Christy Hancock Jamel is so funny!! The things he says...😂😂😂😂

[@brandib8465]

LMBO

[@thdreefie]

I love watching your reactions to such great artists like Mark Farner of Grand Funk. He’s still around and still tours, as far as I know. It is a shame what Don Brewer did to break up the band. The original three are not playing together right now but I hope they reunite while they’re all still around.

[@kathys6402]

Has been ages since I have heard this one... what a blast from the past. That bass line was killer... Forgot how much I really enjoyed this one... Thank you Jamel! Stay safe & stay strong 💜💜

[@nabajojak8734]

If you'all not born back in the days when music made sense, you listen to something else. Grand Funk lives on forever and ever ..☮️ .

[@captaincope4303]

Sin's a Good Man's Brother , Closer to Home, Etc...

[@flylotusfly520]

Check out "People Let's Stop The War" from Grand MF'ing Funk!

[@donalddixon6541]

When i seen this title, I couldn.t wait for you to hear this!! One of my favorite Grand Funk songs. I've probably played this song about 5000 times, it's just tooooo good!! Also, they were masters of sound separation......

[@47tooter]

Jamal , This is BEFORE Black Sabbath. Grand Funk was on their " Red album " tour and had an unknown " Black Sabbath " band open shows for them. Well sabbath just loved the heavy metal sound , the fuzz guitar, The balls to the wall base. and they ran with it . A year later Black Sabbath released their first album " Paranoid " ! Complete with fuzz guitar and even the nuclear siren.

[@TWM53]

Really loved watching your reactions to this song!! It has been one of my favorites for years. So Glad you're listening to the music I grew up with---from the 60s, & 70's!! I am a new subscriber to you! Really like watching you! Thanks for the vids!

[@checle4499]

They do a cover of Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones - that absolutely rips it. Look for the live version.

[@dicklindell948]

Better than the Stones version!

[@lvargas4christ]

@@dicklindell948yes

[@McWray3]

this is a song that has what you call the 'church organ' sound, which is rock gear = a Hammond B-3 Organ with either twin or 4 Leslie Speaker cabinets throwing the sound around 360 degrees about every second or more, very few churches ever had that set up, it is a very specific bluesy organ sound Steppenwolf from 1968

[@thekiess]

My Brother...thank you for giving GFR, the greatest 3 piece Rock Band of All Time, an honest reaction. The People loved them, the Critics hated them....proof enough they should be in the RnR Hall of Fame.

[@leonardkrasner5811]

Had the privilege to see them in 1971!!!!!

[@lunamoth4957]

The best of both worlds......Rock and Funk

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

1960s Man !!! Cold War, Russians, Vietnam, Unrest etc !!! Btw that was a "Wah-wah" pedal with a "Fuzz Box" the Mark Farner was playing his guitar through !! : D

[@keefmack]

A great song from Grand Funk that has a groove and was their concert opener is “Footstompin’ Music”. You’ll love it. Gets you moving

[@sassymessmess9110]

"MEAN MISTREATER" "BAD TIME" "Some Kind Of Wonderful" I've forgotten the other GFR songs you've already done.

[@rightbraincreative]

Bad Time

[@cmmusto9506]

Black Licorice, the Railroad, Iam your captian,

[@janicemartin7560]

YES

[@geminiguy2013]

For me, Bad Time is the gem that doesn't get enough play time.

Heart Breaker

[@ryoko65]

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone's not out to get you.... 😉

[@jeffking291]

🤫😬

[@patrickingalls5954]

Why have you heard something? 🤔😊✌

[@jeffking291]

Patrick Ingalls Sssssssh. I always feel like, somebody’s watching me. (🎼🎵🎶) 😬

[@fun2gether26]

GREAT REACTION !!! I grew up with GFR because my older brother was a fan. "Paranoid" is one of my favorites. Thanks for keeping great music alive !!!

[@twwtjohns]

I don't know if there was ever a more appropriately named band. They put down some tracks that are pure Grand Funk! The bluesy, soulful voice of lead singer, the harmonies, that bass and lead guitar and then add Don Brewers drums. I don't know what more you could want In a song. Oh, and don't ever assume a Grand Funk song is over, they always have one more surprise to give you.

[@sungodrah]

ooh boy back to the FUNK! I suggest "It's The End" - GFR..serious bass playing and feel to it.sung by drummer Don Brewer.cool song !

[@jogischulz2576]

...hello, Mark has sung, 2nd voice is Don singing..., best to you...

[@b42baritone]

This Grand Funk "Red Album" is one of my all time favorite album. I always loved the baby crying at the end.

[@YogZab]

You'd love Cream- Powerful band! Any Cream song is a fantastic song. Disraeli Gears is one of the great albums.

[@aretelivingarts]

I remember the first time listening to this when I was in 5th grade. It sent chills down my spine.

[@yomancigarexperince]

Don Mark and Mel they were the ultimate in American rock they should be in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame.

[@closeencounter1954]

The FIRST track from this album, Got This Thing on the Move, is a must listen!!!

[@micko11154]

Great selection man! The double live album is a killer!!

[@josephkeune4190]

I absolutely love what you do Jamal! Music is good for the soul!

[@richardblack5710]

Paranoid by Grand Funk Railroad released 1969. Paranoid by Black Sabbath release 1970.

[@notajp]

I was 13 years old in 69........and yes, I was a GFR fan...

[@terryperry8636]

Your expressions in the beginning cracked me up! Great paranoid expressions! 🤣🤣

[@terrapinflyer273]

Mark Farner is in the RnR Hall of Fame. I think? Think I heard he was inducted a few years ago. Really love your review videos! Big fan of yours just after a week of watching your stuff :) I got lucky a few years ago and caught GFR playing a free show (at the very last minute! Called my mom and we hopped across the river to a small 4th of July festival where they were playing a free show. One of my personal live music highlights in life.) Mark still got it! Fantastic show! They even played my favorite, Stop Looking Back.

[@shirleykelly9971]

It was 1966 and we were riding around smoking pot me and a friend of mine and he shoved in this new 8 track tape and it was Grand Funk Railroad and this song in particular was one of our favorites great reaction

[@davidbowles4457]

Continue the journey man there's still a long road ahead of you

[@yeti8it396]

Farner on that guitar sound always gave me chills up my spine ha ha

[@impalaman9707]

Still the scariest guitar sound ever! I don't what all he did to achieve that, but I never heard such an evil screech from an any guitar before or since! Almost like his guitar was DEMON POSSESSED!

[@roberta.6399]

I ain't heard this since I was a teenager. Lov it .Keepin it alive Mr.J

[@janzimny1977]

Wow! Jamel! Your really going back in history! Good pick and Enjoy 😊 more History!

[@twwtjohns]

You nailed the meaning of the song Mark Farner intended. The person you should not be paranoid of is yourself.

[@elisebarthalow6075]

Today is Mark Farners birthdat. Happy Birthday Mark!! This was a great great band back in the day.Red album is my favorite.

[@kennethsword551]

GFR was considered more of a Blues band back in our day. Edger and Johnny Winters, Led Zeppelin, others were turning blues into what we call classic rock today. Jam on, bro.

[@wayneguess7946]

All these years FUNKIN, and I've never heard this! How can that be?

[@kerryknight228]

Yes! I think it’s their best one, glad you did the studio version, it’s so good! 🔥🔥🔥☄️ This is the song that made my parents buy me headphones!✌️

[@NYNCMIKE]

Damn, have not heard that in a while, brings back some party memories, drop a couple purple micro dots ( aka acid) and get paranoid.

[@roberta7727]

Love, Love, Love,❤GFR🌟A Great song to check out is Some kind of wonderful and Loco-Motion which has a dance that goes with it🎉 back in the day every body was dancing to that song 😂sooo fun👍 Love your show and reaction 🎧 Rock on and Rock hard 🤘👍🙏💯

[@alancooper8179]

Thanks for playing this song, I've never had heard it.

[@markburnham7512]

Loved GFR back in the day. They don't seem to be represented on classic rock radio, except American Band which is not really their classic style. Thanks for sending me back home.

[@BayouMaccabee]

JAMEL, you should check out Grand Funk Railroad - "People Let's Stop the War"

[@Mike57323]

Come on, Jamel, pick this one, please.

[@BayouMaccabee]

@@Mike57323 Yeah, that bass line is just so damn funky! Just plain nasty.

[@maced2x]

Please check the artist Robin Trower, Bridge of Sighs. Also, if you haven't reacted to Humble Pie, I Know You are so Good For Me

[@dustinlee8271]

Haha "is this part of the song?!" I laughed

[@jerromyslocum5479]

These guys were NO joke. FLINT TOWN FUNK ROCK! #puremichigan

[@willdwyer6782]

Grand Funk Railroad my homeboys from Flint, Michigan.

[@Saturday288]

GFR for life. 🎸🎸🎸 Slave - Son Of Slide. The kings of 70's funk. You have to hear this band. P.S. I've watched your reaction to Inside Looking Out. It's one of my favorite reactions of all time.

[@gardnerdan17]

Headphones are the best way to listen to early Grand Funk!!

[@michaelreyes5036]

J. Girls Band produced great 70's house party music. Give it to me/ Musta got lost/ I do.

[@notajp]

Whammer Jammer....

[@williamthebastard1]

When you listen to Grand Funk even your peach fuzz tries to stand on end, that's probably what you're feeling.