Focus - Hocus Pocus | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@mikeshoe74]

this was good, you have great family, all great people.

[@MikeStojanovic]

Priceless.

[@reallymysterious4520]

How can you subject your family to this ? LOL

[@uberduberdave]

In '73 I was 16 years old. I was born March 8th, 1957 at the Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake courtesy of the United States Navy...

[@happymethehappyone8300]

I Would LOVE To See You Show Them SANTANA "SMOOTH",, I Will Bet They Don't Sit Still..Lol.

[@cometogether999]

I never grow tired of seeing people react to this for the first time. That band was tight as hell on this.

[@ScottGreenMusic]

The guitar is hilariously out of key in some places, but it totally works because the rhythm section had everything locked down despite the frenetic pace. Oh, and because the song is ridiculous to begin with, haha.

[@bradsmack1]

@@ScottGreenMusic And, with every other player doing their wacky thing, it was SO key for the drums, particularly, and bass keep solid time. At that speed, it would've been easy to speed up or slow down, either or BOTH! Would be fun to set a metronome to the beginning speed, and see how steady the drummer was throughout!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@ScottGreenMusic Jan Akkerman

[@albertlay8927]

Yeah, same here! I've been watching several reactions to Hocus Pocus, and it is all like "mm, okay, nice riff". But then Thijs van Leer starts yodeling, and from then on their minds are blown, wondering what he'll pull out next.

[@ext93]

@@ScottGreenMusic but those out of key moments are the best parts

[@robbysguitars8223]

The story behind this live appearance was that they were told they had to cut part of the song to fit between commercials. They refused to cut anything out so, instead, they played it really fast.

[@zeppelinfan9360]

Where did you hear that? I was wondering why the tempo was so fast.

[@Hollylivengood]

The tempo in the longer version is pretty fast. Are you sure they sped up?

[@zeppelinfan9360]

@@Hollylivengood Yes Sir, it's faster than the studio version.

[@Isleofskye]

7 minute song into just 4 minutes or less :)

[@neilgrundy]

@@Hollylivengood Check it out, it's much slower: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4eTd5KOnrdnbrM

[@berenicevanleer3658]

Love this reaction! ❣️❣️❣️ My dad Thijs is a unique one FOCUS is now touring England. My dad is 74 Still going strong 💪🏼💯

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

Happy to hear !

[@gerardvbrakel8774]

big fan from holland bernice 'love you and your dad !!

[@johntailing5283]

Berenice, “unique “ is an understatement, your dad is sooooooo cool, a crazy blip in a pompous, almost arrogant musical period, when real talent actually abounded, but sadly it seems, for its own gratification! - Not Focus however, ‘take us as you find us’ - and I found them to be absolutely brilliant. - You must have had so much fun with your dad. Love and best wishes to you and your family (especially dad)!

[@erikmclennan3934]

So cool, thanks for the update!

[@davidplummer2619]

They must have decided they liked it better fast because this is pretty much how it was on Live at the Rainbow -- but with no time constraints, they pulled a few more tricks out of the bag.

[@felixmalcherek2919]

Hell yeah, Ms. Knight told them: "btw, we only got 4 minutes, you'll want to cut a part of your song" And they went "Hell nah, we'll play this 8 minutes song in 4 minutes, we ain't cutting shit!"

[@ajruther67]

Right?!

[@SpikeMatthews]

Cocaine just may have been involved. Possibly...

[@loriwishman1866]

Truth! Listen to the original, it wasn't at this tempo.

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

@@loriwishman1866 Pretty close though.

[@ErwinBlonk]

Possibly the only example of speed prog. It should be a genre.

[@kvoltti]

Your brother "we're ready for this" They were in fact not ready... lol

[@stantheman9072]

To be fair, nobody can be ready for this! It’s a definitive jaw-dropping performance.

[@black4pienus]

I was thinking that. "You're not ready." lol

[@felixmalcherek2919]

*Morgan Freeman voice* "They were, in fact, not ready"

[@trsidn]

LMAO. But to be fair, who could be?

[@Tsugimoto1]

Hah! The guy to the right was pretty into it though. Like he's running on 'dream logic'. You know when you're having a weird dream, and crazy stuff is happening in front of you, but your brain's just kinda like "yeah, this is normal shit."

[@emersonlangstaff1527]

Back in the 70's when radio would actually play 9 minute instrumentals. The 70's rock bands all had true musical talent.

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

Except the New York Dolls... But that was part of their charm!

[@bobthebear1246]

@@JasonSmith-jr7jh "PERSONALITY CRISIS!!!!" 😅😂🤣😁

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

@@bobthebear1246 Personality Crisis is what I thought of when I first encountered Buster Poindexter! You need to check out their Midnight Special performance from 1973 on KZbin, if you haven't already. "... on live television!..."

[@bradsmack1]

@@JasonSmith-jr7jh "Midnight Special" was truly avant at the time! Network TV (NBC) in the US, showing middle America Bowie's "1980 Floor Show" (the Ziggy swan song), the Dolls, Todd Rundgren as a peacock, Roxy Music, Sparks! Had they only pushed the envelope just a bit more, and showed us The Fugs, and maybe the GTOs, more minds coulda been blown! But, I shouldn't be greedy!

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

@@bradsmack1 And the audience, when they arrived, were invited into the big spacious studio and sat on the floor! No Chairs!!

[@lestranged]

this is what todays music needs more of. Yodeling. and cowbell.

[@pattycake9183]

It always needs more cowbell. And to turn the amp up to 11.

[@bobthebear1246]

@@pattycake9183 I absolutely love that you just referenced SNL and Spinal Tap at the same time. 😁

[@davidgeorge1294]

And flute and whistling, I gotta have more flute and whistling 😗.

[@tharnden79]

Definitely needs more cowbell!!

[@halweiss8671]

@@davidgeorge1294 plus nonsense syllables.

[@bucketheadistheman]

In 1973, Jan Akkerman was voted best guitarist alive. In this TV slot, they were given 4 minutes to play. They refused to censor their 7-minute song, so they played it double-time. A world-class performance.

[@jeanmariezeyen111]

and that was BEFORE van halen ! they must have a helluva guitar school in the netherlands !! akkerman even plays gipsy swing on acoustic guitar kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqu1p2yhlK-ij9U

[@mickeymayfield4192]

the best nonverbal vocals ever

[@chucku00]

You should check out Adriano Celentano's "Prisencolinensinainciusol" : kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa5oZawrNeGecU Some people have said this is what it feels when you have a stroke : you can hear the words but they don't make any sense.

[@davidgeorge1294]

Thijs van leer, yodeling, whistling, flutist, organist and down right the lunatic of rock.

[@highpath4776]

still doing it too

[@davidgeorge1294]

@@highpath4776 yes he is.

[@Elpuma1374]

David, and you should also include scatting.

[@davidgeorge1294]

And scatting!

[@jimirayo]

Jamal you're so funny! You're on a mission to show this to everybody.

[@celecat7383]

I fully support this mission.

[@sallybannister6224]

Me too ✋

[@HarryMudd]

That song's just wild. I've listened to it so many times I've lost count. And I have never grown tired of it

[@TFFgeek]

Always nice to see people give props to Focus, hailing from my country Holland. Interesting note: the guitar player, Jan Akkerman, who has contributed to many genres and styles, performed with Ice-T on a live track called 'Common sense'. The subject matter is more heavy but worth checking out.

[@bradsmack1]

Good call! Akkerman went on to record over a couple dozen solo albums, and Thijs van Leer (both nearing their mid-'70s, now!), with whom Akkerman formed Focus, had solo albums, as well, including some with CBS Records in the mid-'70s!

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

Jan is so talented.

[@MLennholm]

You mean more heavy than "Yodeladi-yodeladi-yodeladi-yodeladi-yodeladi-yodeladi-dum-dum-ba"?... 😂 Joking aside, Akkerman is definitely one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Sadly often overlooked when people talk about great guitar players, maybe because he's not English or American, and that's a shame.

[@81Ephasian]

There is no country called Holland, only the provinces 😉. The country is still called the Netherlands

[@Lark1610]

@@81Ephasian Since you're so formal about this, you should write The Kingdom of Netherlands and Holland is a correct, yet informal way to describe Netherlands. And when you mean European part of the country, there is literally only Holland. Outside of that 3 Caribbean provinces: Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten. Since when people say Holland they usually mean the European part and not the Caribbean provinces, one could argue Holland is more proper way to call it.

[@albacore101]

Greetings from Oregon. welcome to my world as a kid. Great times. Wishing you and your family all the best. Keep Rockin'!

[@haroldhill5060]

The most amazing thing about this is the guitar player... the degree of difficulty of what he is playing is mind bending. The drums were cool, but the lightning was the guitar playing.

[@sixbladeknife44]

No kidding, some of the fastest shred of that era…not even Page or Blackmore could shred like that with that kind of precise speed.

[@jeannewynne9725]

Gotta give Jan Akkerman his props.

[@williamsporing1500]

Very underrated guitarist

[@terrapinflyer273]

I gotta agree. Absolutely shredding the fretboard. But at points they were both equal in impressiveness imo.

[@Two4Brew]

This was my ear worm tonight and I found their appearance on Dutch TV. Jamal, I am very taken with you and the folks with which you share.

[@KeesKouwenberg]

I love the world finally discovered Hocus Pocus by Focus. It's a song from my early childhood and I've always loved it. It was very progressive then, but it still is now. In the Netherlands (where I live) this song is hardly played anymore. But (also through the magic of algorithms..) I see more and more recent reaction vids of Hocus Pocus. And I love the reactions :)

[@L0wki]

this Song is sooo entertaining. This is the 50´st reaction to Hocus Pocus and nearly all enjoying this masterpiece

[@LeftyConspirator]

Jan Akkerman. Possibly one of the greatest guitar players of all time.

[@remitablechair]

Definitely top 10

[@bluesfortheredsun]

he is

[@scherado01]

I couldn't believe how relentless he was!!

[@williamsporing1500]

Very underrated!

[@chopperdeath]

He is an actual underrated player.

[@cherylreichardt]

Omg!! I had to see this one again! The brothers are in for a crazy ride!! That yodeling!!! I know they had to speed it up but man is that funny!! The way your heads were all going! And when he whistles through his teeth! Loved your reactions!!

[@johanfehr9743]

My Dad used to blow my mind with tunes on "Daddy Sunday". he would pull up in a giant baby blue carpeted vehicle. if it was winter the smell of his weed would make my little brother pass out.[windows rolled up, we live in Winnipeg ! ] I however was not a napper. lol. I heard so many crazy tunes I still listen to today. This one was way back there. I love your show because your first time reactions help me enjoy them too !! Thank you . bear Hugs

[@bradsmack1]

Great comment, Johan! Love "Daddy Sunday"! A beautiful thought and idea for dads everywhere, with or without full-time custody! If we can tolerate "Taco Tuesday," we should do "Daddy Sunday"!

[@mizmusiclorikeetakakaral8142]

Hello fellow 'Pegger!!! 😄

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

Totally cool story. Baby Blue Carpet. I love it.

[@carolgiangreco6548]

I just love how Jamel keeps looking over at his brothers watching their reactions, knowing how amazing the music is and wanting to share it! Just love it.

[@verwulf]

Your brother says, "I'm ready." I'm thinking."Nope. No you're not." Lol.

[@ajruther67]

Lol yep

[@TheFlashpoint69]

I love you guys, all of you crack me up. I was 13 in 1973. Love Gladys she has some pipes.

[@lisann229]

I was 13 as well. I dont know if you remember k-tel records. They were compilation albums with a few of the popular songs of the time. I bought an album that had this song on it, but I bought for the other songs it had. So I heard it in this album for the first time.

[@TheFlashpoint69]

@@lisann229 yes I remember K-Tel, never purchased from them

[@davidgeorge1294]

Jan Akkerman is an amazing guitarist.

[@donaldpetersen3513]

Prototype speed metal before there "was" such a thing.

[@MLennholm]

A jazz guitarist who shredded almost a decade before Van Halen made it fashionable. In my top three greatest guitar players of all time together with Frank Zappa and Ritchie Blackmore.

[@hendrikheemels8615]

Voted as best guitarist in the world in 1974 by readers of the UK magazine Melody Maker

[@Jermeister12]

Me & Jan have the same birthday.12-24😀😀I love this band . JA's solo lp is quirky good lp😀😀

[@privatename5788]

"I'm ready." Ain't nobody on Earth ready for this song.

[@jackkeck786]

That's true even if you have heard it before.

[@rhondabaker1064]

Don’t you just love it? I call this “feel good” music. It makes us all smile. You just can’t help it

[@redplanet9162]

I'm the one who sent you this last year. You had my kids and me cracking up because you put your headphones down, walked away, then basically threatened to come over and start yodeling at us! Keep up all the great work. You brightened our quarantine

[@lindawalker161]

Totally forgot about this song, but I definitely remembered it as soon as it started. So fun! Yodeling AND some incredible whistling, plus the band was great! Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@michaelbabbitt3837]

So funny and amazing is that performance! And their reactions!

[@msaz2720]

I'm laughing so hard at you fella's! Your faces were priceless, especially when the guy started with his one tooth whistling!! This song goes hard, I've always loved it! Great reaction as always Jamel! 🤣

[@AngelusNielson]

What I love the most about this song is how many reaction videos I've seen of it and how little there was beyond absolute amazement at the performance.

[@jimschutter46]

The 1970's had the greatest musicians in the modern era of music!! Hands down

[@bltnomayo]

Love your (rather stunned) reactions! Fantastic live music which we were treated to in the 70"s !! We were so lucky to have great musicians around. So good that we have it captured on film so that future generations can see this kind of music and talent (and crazy personalities!!) It's great to see you guys enjoying this! LOVE your tee shirt tag Jamal. Just be a good human. Couldnt be said better. Thank you for sharing your joy of music with us Babs from the UK

[@annebokma4637]

Guy on the right thought he was ready hehe, guy on the left had his eyes bulging almost as far as things did. Great to see, best reaction video so far. Keep showing and surprising people with this epic classic

[@ronfrosig5918]

I LOVE THE SHOW WHEN YOUR BROTHERS ARE THERE!! FUNNY!!

[@yambo59]

And that guitar player too, he was rippin it-!!! Im 62 and still have "the" Focus "moving waves" album in my collection

[@69sidewinder]

I will never forget the first time I heard this. Me and a close friend were pumping gas where we worked at the Northfield Exxon with the garage bay doors open and the radio cranking out of the garage. This was about 1986. As this song began playing, we just lost it. Laughing hilarious while at the same time in awe at the great song.

[@samkenyon4522]

Focus are easily one of the best live bands I’ve seen. I was lucky enough to have drinks with Thijs and the band after a gig 15 years ago in Chester - genuinely lovely people

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

I was dying watching your brothers' reactions, Jamel, especially when he started whistling! 😂😂😂 Glad you told them why the song was sped up.

[@black4pienus]

No matter what genre music you listen to, everybody that hears this has some kind of respect for them. And they deserve it!

[@robertm7071]

A really lovely, open-minded and joyful reaction from your two friends. My best wishes to them from me in England. Glad they enjoyed it - we all did when it first came out.

[@TOM-C.]

Wow, I haven't heard this in 30 years, probably more. Thanks for bringing it back, and to whoever suggested it. 😁👍✌

[@lennartdelarambelje1154]

Amazing how much talent, virtuosity and technique went into this performance, especially while rocking sooo damn hard and adding so much humor/comedy into this song at the very same time! The reactions to this with the huge smiles and looks of pure amazement are priceless!❤️❤️🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@edmason9359]

The question is, how do you fit an eight-minute song in a five-minute time frame? Focus: you just play it 30% faster.

[@janereading1508]

That was sooo fun to see your faces Q & L. OMG....Q...your eyes got so big when he started yodeling... made me crack up!

[@rcdesmond]

I was 19 when this came out and I had the same reaction you guys did, Still do! 🐏

[@southerngospelvideo]

I'm grew up in the 70's and never heard of this group or ever hearing this song on the on the radio. It was fun sharing the 1st time reaction with you guys. I had to call my wife in to see this (she never heard of them either). Loved the video and music, love your channel.

[@carojayess1723]

Jamel! You should show them the Edgar Winter Group doing Frankenstein! That would be another treat for all of us! 🔥❤️🔥

[@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9]

In addition to yodeling, the singer, Thijs (titch) Van Leer does what's called "eefing", 3:10 described as Appalachian style beatboxing.

[@Kentstatehippie]

I first heard this song in the early 90s. That yodeling would make the Swiss proud. Lol : )

[@greg2976]

I love the additions to your reactions Jamal!!!! You 3 kill it!!!!

[@blktauna]

Real live musicians... live. Superb madness. I love how they decided to just speed thrash through it.

[@hettykremers33]

My son heard this many times when he was still in my womb . He turned out to be a smiling and openminded human being. I saw them again performing some 5 years ago in the Hague and Thijs van Leer was still whistling and fluting away behind his hammond. Peace and harmony to you!

[@simonwaters2332]

welcome to the 70's, when music could be fun, exciting and bursting with new ideas. Loved 'Sylwia' by Focus that I was chuffed when I met and fell in love with a girl by that name.

[@sibes4]

I heard that the band was told that their song was too long and they needed to shorten it for the show. Instead they sped up the song to finish in the allowed time.

[@henkvriezekolk7350]

You tricked your friends! 😄 I loved watching this!....show them the jinjer video to...greets from the Netherlands 👍

[@djm4457]

This video is awesome! It's so great to see you guys enjoy it! I remember watching it when it first aired!

[@jetfromholland4533]

That’s the kind of crazy you get when you have to cramp an 8 minute song in 4 minutes! Back then, these guys were at the top of their game.

[@EmptyGlass99]

Best reaction I've seen for ages - your two brothers initially not knowing wtf is going on and then gradually getting right in to it.

[@WilliamBensch]

Focus ...I am 74 years old and got the LP,s of all theire work,...Jan Akkerman still going strong..He was the lead guitarist...btw im Dutch and greetings to you all*

[@markostendorf1122]

So fun!!!!! Thanks for bringing us in for the party

[@frandanco6289]

Jamel - I heard this in 1968 when it first came out.. Nothing like it - ever - The recorded studio version = really, really, great !!! It is also much longer. They had to shorten this song to fit for TV.. I may still have the original LP Album of this somewhere.. Thank you for this !!!

[@dlpowers3898]

the yodelling on this is insane and just the whole crazy mixture of talent is jaw-dropping. thx for sharing Jamel & brothers ;)

[@paulhansberry8168]

this is a sped up frenetic version to fit into the time constraints imposed on them for the show. The song is actually slower(still fast paced) and longer. and more melodic too.

[@BeastrealDT]

The song is called, "Hocus Pocus", for a reason, because it is pure magic. And the band is called, Focus, because they are totally into their craft. ✌

[@meggarippleeffect8098]

pissing myself laughing watching you guys!. made my day. thank you

[@senhowler]

It's funny because the audience probably was familiar with the song and knew they were playing it at greatly increased speed. Probably part of the reason for the massive applause.

[@toddstevens13]

Only Full Standing Ovation ever on The Midnight Special. The audience was so high usually they just sat there. The show did not start until 12:30am early Saturday Morning and ran until 2amish, so the audience had lots of time to "get happy" . I remember Frampton blowing it away, and got maybe 50 people clapping they were so high, he was not even angry, just smiled and knew why. Back then everything shut down for all HS and University students, every Frat Party etc., off went the music, and everyone watched The Midnight Special.

[@josevilla8648]

The smiles on your faces put the biggest smile on mine, thank you

[@jenniferandrews1917]

Hehe he, loved this! Please consider showing them either INSIDE LOOKING OUT or TOBACCO ROAD.

[@tigerback62]

I second your motion for Tobacco Road!

[@michaelparks5669]

yep this was a Dutch treat!

[@Dilley_G45]

This band has more musical talent than the entire charts in the last ten years accumulated

[@MLennholm]

Definitely! Back in the 90s I was vehemently anti-eurodance but man, I could never have imagined how bad things would become. _Barbie Girl_ almost feels like Mozart now compared to today's popular music.

[@Unsung_Earth]

You mean the last 30 year's

[@erikmclennan3934]

That was super fun to watch, I can tell that all 3 of you were really enjoying the song, especially the guy on the right side of the screen 🤣😁😎

[@RICHIEV333]

What you don't get from the recored version is 'live' everytime they go around it gets faster... Great band, great music, great performance, great reaction!!!!

[@Piercestudioart]

Very happy to see your appreciation of someone going all in. Loved the reaction guys! Thanks so much!

[@canadianstudmuffin]

The best live performance on KZbin ever.

[@martythemartian99]

57 now and been listening to Hocus Pocus since I was only 8 years old. Loved it then and love it now. :) Thank you gentlemen for sharing this masterpiece.

[@comasmusica7548]

Focus is brilliant - from a time when making music was about making music instead of making money. It is a shame that the charts nowadays are full of the same boring s**t, the obligatory rap, autotuned vocals and the same chord progressions. Imagine talented artists like Focus back on the radio nowadays - every song a breath of fresh air! Wouldn't that be absolutely great. Love the video... your reactions are priceless!

[@mausitn]

Dog get out to some low key open mics and follow some smaller bands that roll through town. Many are more talented than chart toppers. The charts are just for the appeasement of the general population. Still tons of good music being made just for the sake of music!

[@jaapbruijn1300]

All of the bandmembers of Focus had studied music in conservatorium in Holland. That is a musicuniversity. They were very well trained and studied musicians.

[@michaelwhite6740]

Not many bands received a standing ovation on the Midnight Special

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

When you lean back,knowing what will come.....and wait with a smile to see the reactions of the other two ..... Priceless !

[@michaelg3395]

DUTCH pride way ahead in time! still loving this

[@IvermectinFTW]

Seeing you guys laugh in astonishment was nearly as rewarding as seeing this amazing group performing again!

[@douglasainsworth2448]

Those of us who lived the 1970s can only say "you're welcome"

[@Isleofskye]

I saw them play this Live in South East London @ Croydon in 1973. Great gig...

[@davep8221]

You guys made my day! And Focus is still playing this live.

[@BachScholar]

I love it so much when black dudes rock out to white dude music!

[@williemarkhays6214]

Hey J that was one of the funniest things i've seen in a while! ha Hey man your younger bro's are adding a lot to your channel! I was crying i was laughing so hard at your bro on the lefts face when the Yodeling started. Great reaction!!!

[@catkeys6911]

I'm glad they clarified the too-fast tempo. The band wasn't given enough time to play it at its "normal" tempo (which, for one thing, allowed the drummer to play more complex rhythms, and show some really mind-blowing bass drum foot speed) At this hyper-tempo they were forced to play it at, he couldn't double up the tempo - understandably -). The yodeling is still pretty much the same zaney thing that's on the released version, though. But I give these guys a ton of credit for being very open-minded about this. 👍👍

[@jenniferstringham1277]

Wow that was insane! Thanks for turning me onto this one! 😁

[@jmd42jmd46]

The original speed song sounds better but this one is fun to watch.

[@lillis_aka_AuntTexas_2005]

Ya'll are a trip you can tell ya'll are brothers ya'll move the same. Ya'll bring a smile to our face.

[@oscarg.5561]

Please give Labi Siffre’s “I Got The” a listen y’all ! You’re gonna love it, I promise ;)

[@expfcwintergreenv2.02]

Hi, my name is….

[@JamesAllmond]

back in 1973, saw tis live and went WTF is this, and still do every time...and still love it...

[@themadhatter3622]

First pause, Question: "Got something to say?" Answer: "What the..."

[@r.d.sandman6474]

Jamal, many thanks for bringing your bro's on for this song. The more the merrier!! Kick butt tune.

[@rotorhead58d]

Probably the most "fun" song ever written.

[@brötzmannsax]

One of the greatest and most memorable performances in TV history, the crowd reaction at the end says it all.

[@dawntatro3833]

Man, your brothers are great! I love the eyes popping on you bro with the hat and the one in blue just looked really confused. This what reactions are all about!!!

[@gregwilliams7354]

Nobody who doesn't "know" can possibly be "ready for this". I love this song so much. This is the BEST performance, I think like double speed of the album version. Loved their reaction!!!