Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit and Somebody To Love, American Bandstand, 1967

[@waginglove]

I remember seeing this aired originally. Thought Grace was so cool just standing there belting out the song, especially the first, White Rabbit. Stone cold. Later in an interview she said she was frozen scared and it took both songs before she started to loosen up. Perceptions. Still, her standing there motionlessly singing with defiant eyes defines cool for me.

[@johnjarou2357]

I think it was lip synchnd

[@jimbutler1189]

It sounds just like the album because it is

[@RazielXSR]

@@johnjarou2357 It was certainly the album audio. I think that was fairly standard back then.

[@johnjarou2357]

@@RazielXSR of course, i know that. i'm an old guy too.

[@kwoodward6189]

Wow wild to picture seeing this as it first aired....would of absolutely blown people’s mind back in the late 60s

[@robofatcat]

Dick Clark was so good at what he did. He never talked down Any artist no matter how different from the "norm" they where at the time.

[@Rumpole1000]

So true. He's a pro.

[@TLicht-gy2bc]

Ist das so? In Europa ist er Unbekannt..

[@PremiumUserUltra]

@@TLicht-gy2bc most pop comes from Sweden so, no surprise there

[@elevatedtolorance]

Did he ask her name?

[@Rumpole1000]

@@elevatedtolorance He already knew it. He said, "Hi Grace, can you introduce me to the band".

[@corybarnett3941]

Dick Clark was pure class. He never spoke ill of any performer

[@AWISECROW]

Yeah, I've noticed. The guy was a professional!

[@samslick9000]

He could embarrass his guests though, and himself Watch his ABBA interview

[@bischnou]

Many of today’s TV hosts could take some lessons from him.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

But why would he???

[@LS-ki9ft]

Dick Clark is truly missed. New Year's Eve has never been quite the same since his passing.

[@andybianco152]

The Jefferson Airplane was one of the most creative psychedelic bands of this era and captivated the attitude and mood of the 1960's generation. This was and still is fabulous sounding music.

[@lantingliu7886]

Bingo!!!

[@dee_dee_place]

They ARE the most creative psychedelic band of the boomer era. Gracie Slick is one of a kind. She takes you on a trip with her vocals & those searing blue eyes of hers that no one else can.

[@jasonpeters9716]

Jefferson Starship..1980s.. 😆 🤣 😂 😹 "We built this City!" Lol

[@clydesuckfinger7097]

Grace Slick was not only a great singer, she was absolutely beautiful.

[@tomperkins5657]

Wasn't she first a model?

[@andreaprodan5616]

And she's Super Intelligent!

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

Morrison hit dat.

[@alexb7641]

In a Manson family kind of way

[@ALF782]

@Alex B haha available to everyone in other words.

[@stephenorth2913]

Can you believe our generation is dying out. Ha Ha I thought we would live forever. I know I am old but still feel like I am in my 20's . Love to watch these videos of the fun days.

[@lazaf3848]

Thanks for sharing

[@vitobucatini51]

Thank you for promoting moral and sexual degeneracy!

[@octopusmime]

don’t worry. the waves of love children you helped create are here and love you. we are helping you cross over and we honor you. 🙏🏾🌿⚡🍓🌞🍄🌙

[@roycrave2420]

'cause we're spiritual beings, what's inside of us never ages.

[@vitobucatini51]

Who deleted my comment

[@LessAiredvanU]

She absolutely kills it, especially in the first song. The band is brilliant, and her voice is at its core.

[@JackFou]

Looks and sounds to me like they're performing to a backing track, no?

[@YouzTube99]

@@JackFou Definitely. Pretty much the rule back then because most television shows simply because they did have the tech to support live performances. This one could and the Airplane definitely delivered: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqPTl2yAaqucbLc

[@ghostdog7575]

OH yeah, they even managed to play and sing unplugged and without microphones!!! 😂

[@big69Evil]

Clearly not live lol... the base player has all the cords wrapped around him.

[@christopherjames9843]

Its a lip sync. Jeezus. She doesn't even have a mic.

[@geraldsobel3470]

Saw them perform at Fillmore West winter of 68. Her voice sent shivers up and down your spine. Wow!!

[@Sel-Shackfield]

Tell us straight up, was the pot better then, or now? We're talking organic right?

[@InfamousMedia]

What about the acid? All the older heads say the lsd today is way different from the 60’s

[@Scarecrow-skate-racing-videos]

Still does!!

[@tonybatista1928]

She has an amazing voice doesn't she

[@johnkurtz7705]

Goosebumps...always

[@blindsquirrel7802]

Jack Cassidy was such an inspiration to my bass playing. Precursive, melodic and dynamic, playing to what the songs needed without being obtrusive. Thank you, sir.

[@mthai66]

Can confirm.

[@haintedhouse2990]

Grace was a force to be reckoned with - the voice, her good looks, those eyes

[@arindamchatterjee0110]

And that killing smile 😊

[@mavjimbo]

She had it all

[@charlesroberts3650]

Those Eyes...Elizabeth Taylor had nothing on her.

[@LS-ki9ft]

She had that witchy thing down way before Stevie Nicks came along.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@LS-ki9ft yes minus the twirling. Grace stood still like a good looking menace.

[@keithbassett4988]

How she could hold those notes and stay on key for that long, in and of itself, is amazing! But to make it look so effortless....is ....true talent.

[@geoben1810]

I was 11 years old in '67. These are just two of the iconic sounds of the 60s that defined the decade and was playing in the background of my wonder years. Paul wasn't wrong about parents having to worry about their kids, despite my mother's warnings about smoking those "funny cigarettes" a couple of years later I got high on "grass" for the first time ! Courtesy of my older cousin. Rest in peace Gary. ✌☺

[@jussitikkuri6991]

I was 7 tears old in 1967. We really are lucky to have been born at that time musically speaking. Grace was so stoic here. I love both of those songs. Amazing to still see & hear Jefferson Airplane. Black Sabbath formed in 1968. This video reminds me of Black Sabbath & Ozzy.

[@sandydority2532]

George, I was also 11 when I saw this masterpiece. I was born March 14,1958.I already loved psychedelic rock at this early age. 😁☮️🎸💜

[@shellraiser1113]

White Rabbit is definitely one of the best songs EVER!

[@Gommblotz]

There are some good versions on KZbin -- and they are actually live, not faked.

[@getzppnya]

great lyrics

[@theHardyMonster1984]

This was my jam on deployment.

[@lynettekomidar]

This is a good clip mainly because of the American Bandstand intro.

[@OldWrench45]

I was in Vietnam at the time. I was in love with Grace. Still am.

[@Sel-Shackfield]

While you may have been conscripted, I thank you for your service.

[@MustangGT4.6L-2A]

Thank you for your Service to our Country 🇺🇲

[@OldWrench45]

@@MustangGT4.6L-2A Thanks

[@ronalddunne3413]

Yep, me too!

[@arturodelagarza3213]

WELCOME HOME CPR DAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ART DELA GARZA USAF RET 20TH SPEC OPS

[@MegaElvisd]

I love how Jack has the power cord wrapped around the neck of the bass to emphasize how the music is canned.

[@allywilkeforsenate]

I often wondered how they sound just like the record in TV without a mic but sound way different live lols.

[@Jonalisa754]

Oh!!!

[@andrelinoge4340]

"Canned"? What do you mean by that? I'm kinda slow sometimes. Lol

[@a.fitzpatrick4395]

Not "canned"...... original.

[@knoeppe]

yet he turns the volume down in the end of white rabbit

[@joanschlotman9805]

Grace Slick had a great voice. I wanted to grow up to be like her. Unfortunately, I can't carry a tune if I had a basket.

[@autohmae]

well, you could have performed this on TV, because they didn't sing or play the instruments, it's just mimed.

[@dougg1075]

She didn’t age well.

[@Dosai99]

Ya she did.. She looks alright for someone pushing 80..

[@teaeff8898]

It’s a talent. One I don’t have either

[@teaeff8898]

autohmae that’s now, not then. It was real, if the fukd up it was on tape. Might be they spliced the tape after the fact.... or they did a retake at the time.

[@guydreamr]

Grace looks like a high priestess of some trippy cult - wild!

[@izzhipp4971]

guydreamr she was making fun of CHRISTIANS...hence the nun habit. Do you KNOW what this song is really ABOUT??? All things Hollywood/media ARE out of HATE for ms Americans, christians, capitalist. You've been HAD and STILL don't know it. Look up the true meaning of the song white rabbit. Then keep in mind they HATE we the people . then investigate ALL bands ECT and you will see it all come TOGETHER. Ask yourself WHY women would WANT sharia law for instance. THEY HATE .... That's WHY.

[@C.CurrySims]

izz hip I always thought White Rabbit was about cocaine.

[@reikaratnam]

Coke Cane Co cai ne love drug sub * F O L L O W S T H E W H I T E W A B B I T D E E P E R I N T O T H E A B Y S S *

[@abelramirez7320]

The aesthetic fits the song perfectly.

[@IRON5]

C. Curry You can make that argument...

[@duncanmckeown1292]

The Airplane in its prime...I adored Grace Slick...Had her picture on my wall as a teenager...but she wasn't just a pretty face. In my opinion she was, at least for a while, the most impressive female vocalist in rock. Surrealistic Pillow has got to be right up there with Sergeant Pepper as the greatest...and most influential...album of 1967.

[@gumersindoreguera4757]

Te olvidas del.mas loco El unico Sid Barret...imaginate una pareja así....que locura

[@lantingliu7886]

Grace was and still is a force of nature!

[@markmindel8922]

I always loved Grace Slick....and Marty Balin....their voices meshed nicely. Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukanen, Spencer Dryden, Jack Cassidy (the latter threw would form Hot Tuna)...what a group!

[@robertspencer2647]

I had her picture on my wall , too !

[@bradleylovej]

@@markmindel8922 I also really, really like Jorma's playing

[@ProfessorTime]

This is what makes KZbin great.

[@stevebez2767]

watt graphics av pipe filtered final coots zer peel lo !

[@steeloned]

Steve Bez Go ask Steve Bez,............when he's ten feet tall.

[@sidlopes4429]

Professor Time ,well said

[@drugaddictionary1314]

Even the live footage at Woodstock or Montreal is just the best

[@blackbob3358]

aye, this is part of the 5/p/cent . t'other 95 is shite !!.

[@zoso73]

Dick Clark was a master. He is so smooth with just a minute or so interviewing as many band members as possible and apologizing to those left out. Bravo.

[@pjangels609]

Ummm, he's actually quite good. Have you ever seen his interviews in any decade?!

[@MadMaxTheRoadWarrior]

BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@David24634]

and in this minute and a half, he bridged the 50's to the 60's...no judgements, just curiosity, interest, and never condescending. he help enable it to become mainstream American music of the 60's and beyond...

[@MrBraffZachlin]

i agre and disagree. to me it made the fact he skipped them stick out more and actuaslly felt awkward. it was bad for t.v and therefor i wouldn't use the word master because to me it was a mistake on air. that said it shows he was a helluva genuine guy so i give him kudos because i could see he felt bad for skipping them and that is something considering the controversy at the time and the fact he had to tow the middle ground

[@zoso73]

This was live television. No post-production editing or going over the allotted time, because they have to get to their sponsor's air time (i.e., commercials). Look at 7:58, he looks at his producer sensitive to how much clock he has left. I think Ryan Seacrest would be able to pull this off to just as smoothly, but not many others could.

[@dave1986R]

I drive for Lyft and I play classic rock in my car and one older lady was in my car and we were talking and she was totally blown away that I knew of Jefferson Airplane. My dad played me their music a few times when I was a kid because he grew up in the ‘60’s.

[@Courthadork]

That walking bass line in “Somebody to Love” is so badass I can’t stop listening to it 🙃🙃

[@lantingliu7886]

Phenomenal work on the bass by Casady.

[@MusicalSavior23]

Fuckin A! I play guitar and started on bass, and when you hear the driving bass lines they stick out so much!

[@MusicalSavior23]

Notice the bassist had cables thrown over his instrument though.

[@JAP42]

And this was at a time when bass didn't function as an instrument, just part of the rhythm section.

[@rnw7065]

Jack an absolute pile driver here!

[@maryjanemiles3525]

To all the 60's flower children, I offer you PEACE and LOVE with this FAR OUT & GROOVY song!!

[@adamfriend1040]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe???

[@aksantom]

You fuckers fucked everything up

[@mytandasouder4485]

@@aksantom thats what our grandchildren will say to us i suppose

[@christinepeck3098]

Grace is badass, Jack cracks me up with all those cords, I love when Grace forgets Paul's name 😹. And Dick Clark is, as always a true music fan and gentleman

[@adamfriend1040]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe???

[@markmindel8922]

and he was the father of her child!

[@meganjoyce7259]

Grace Slick had one hella of a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@laminage]

Megan Joyce I heard that she was Stoned full time from 1965-1970. Grace Slick also gave as good as he got with Canadian Journalist Jan Wong when Jan asked he about her past Addictions and Grace refused explaining that there was an Anonymous in Alcoholics Anonymous because you were given a code of silence.

[@azynkron]

Megan Joyce Her voice is kind of mediocre. Technically she's a disaster. The vibrato is forced and doesn't come naturally to her. It does fit with the music though.

[@jimmythekiller8148]

+azynkron and people are still listening to her 30 some fucking odd years later. couldn't be that bad.

[@haroldbubil5246]

+azynkron The world is full of technically gifted singers who never made an impact. Grace is a giant. You could never confuse her voice with someone else's. That is "where it's at."

[@thediamonddog95]

+azynkron Simon Cowell, is that you?

[@graemebarrett8419]

Such a powerful voice. Great band, great songs.

[@mavjimbo]

She could really bring it

[@jeffreyphillips4182]

This is the second song on my very large Playlist of songs. Born in 48 I was around for the birth of rock, have listened ever since.

[@johnredhd]

Grace Slick..one of the best female voices in rock...PERIOD!

[@jeffreyclark3023]

I agree

[@danielstewart7163]

Easy on the eyes also.

[@briandoody8779]

John W you got that right brother

[@janetslemp701]

Gracie is it there is novocalist who will ever beat her.

[@mavjimbo]

@@janetslemp701 she didn't try to sound like anybody else

[@jessfrankel5212]

Two incredible songs by Jefferson Airplane. Still timeless.

[@TheR1200clc]

God does this take me back to a place, that perhaps I do not want to go to, but must, just drawn back. Thanks Gracie!

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

I loved how Dick made that little "smoking a joint" gesture when he said "Surrealistic Pillow." Slick move, Dick. :)

[@rainbowbridge4766]

Gregory Eatroff grace slick

[@borizovskimilan]

Gregory Eatroff He could do that oN TV, it was the 60'ies man.

[@ipsurvivor]

I was going through the comments to see if anyone else noticed the "Air Doobie"... Nice catch...

[@dannyparis3674]

Thank you KZbin for letting us see that blast from the past Jefferson Starship from 1967 play two of their greatest hits on American Bandstand it's psychedelic it freaks me out and blows my mind

[@djkaraokeowen6722]

I had the pleasure of seeing Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane live at Melodyland in '68. Grace Slick ruled.

[@DH-nr5om]

Powerful voice, love the vibrato

[@mthai66]

Technically it's veering into Goat Trill

[@billville111]

". . . are you all comfortably seated? . . . have you ever been to San Francisco? . . . have you ever dropped acid? . . . "

[@johnperrigo6474]

LOL

[@craigsmith157]

billville111 Hahaha!!

[@Random-rt5ec]

Today San Francisco is a liberal shit hole with bums and feces all over the streets

[@cynthiaopsahl3422]

Liar.

[@lamper2]

ha great comment!

[@destineydevereux4722]

I don't especially like being in my 70's but I have so many cool memories from that time it makes up for it,, I wouldn't want to be a teenager now!😎💋

[@RewskOnTV]

This is my moms era wow so cool, I’m fortunate to still enjoy her with us my mom my best friend 😊

[@raviramroop5820]

2024 and still listening. Groovy baby..✌️🍄🍄🍄

[@albertopadilla4040]

Dick Clarke was a total gentleman during the quick outro interview.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Yes INDEED and that's why he lasted so long especially on American Bandstand God Bless His Soul

[@tammyleederwhitaker649]

@@tnawcwvictoria RIP Dick Clark.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹1111. Passed the baton to Ryan.

[@DexterHaven]

Yeah, he had to improv with live TV and was smooth at it. It's so easy to fuck up if the host is nervous.

[@michaeldewerd4709]

Those days when music shows were hosted by adults! ;-)

[@randybackgammon890]

@@michaeldewerd4709 These days most people get there music from utube, MTV and various streams. In Britain cirtainly there was more emerging rock on TV in the 60s than now.Its a myth that it was never aired.But we should,at least, be greatfull to utube for showing us something that,by and large, we don't have anymore

[@higgins382]

Lava lamps. I remember them oh so well. Everyone I knew in the 70's had at least one. White Rabbit has been on most of my playlists almost 50 years now. Best played LOUD.

[@dee_dee_place]

Lava lamps, black lights, & flashing strobe lights. I remember them well.

[@rockthesix1679]

Amazing how they pulled off that performance without one guitar plugged in and no microphone. And then made it sound exactly like the record...AMAZING!!!👏👏👏

[@cindylewwho]

@rockthesix1679 That’s how is was back in the day. It just wasn’t done that way. It was a different era, the Hippie era. Lot’s of social change happening. But let me tell you something, they were f’n INCREDIBLE in concert. Grace is one of “the” premier female voices in Rock history. How you heard her voice in the clip is exactly what you got in concert. They started in 1965 and went on until @72/73. They parted, but in 74 regrouped as Jefferson Starship and continued on, having multiple hits, through the mid 80’s. She is 84 now 😮😳😵‍💫!!

[@NemanjaIvkovic-xg7gd]

Vi amerikanci ste tih godina imali pristup LSD legalno i napravili novi talas rocka što je za pohvalu..... A droge su sranje realno mutna slika realnosti

[@udrinkit]

Wow.

[@chadcload1349]

Troll lol lol they miked their work for sure 100%

[@Carak_Oshama44th]

Yah a lot of these are back tracks of the instrumentals at min and sometimes either a back track play and live vocals or lip synched. You can tell all guitars are working lol.

[@TyDie85]

God!!! I'm only 34 as of this comment but I keep coming back to this. Not only was the music just above everything else, but Grade Slick just has such a unique and amazing voice! And so gorgeous in mind and body!!! I am amazed! I wish I had been there to witness this at the time.

[@GnonplussedGnome]

I still, after fifty years, get goose bumps when I hear her sing "Somebody to Love"!

[@mccellen]

Me too!

[@sarah.4767]

I AM your girlfriend. lol

[@BillyWidener]

I was going to same the same thing! Every time!!!

[@renebrown7394]

@mike hutchison That sounds amazing

[@brianmays4366]

That VOICE! Just blows me away, she is absolutely incredible!

[@pushanbose7176]

Thank you Matrix ❤️ for introducing this legend to us

[@jameskelvin6720]

The bar where they first appeared in '65, or the movie?

[@drewgates7953]

If you like this you should look up their Woodstock performance

[@skeletonjam]

Sad day for you..

[@daredevilofdallas]

Ive heard this song for a long time, particularly when stranger things first premiered

[@chrisbuck1695]

When you look at something only 10 years earlier in 1957 and then this its mind boggling the change in the music

[@thegeniusfool]

Just compare 1962 to 1967. Amazing change! From utter garbage to amazing. Well, outside of Jazz, of course, which was amazing from 1953 to mid 1960's...

[@diane4537]

They were experimenting with drugs. That is what happened.

[@izzhipp4971]

Chris Buck THIS was done on PURPOSE by people who HATE ! Hate ms Americans and Christianity . Everything you see and hear is corrupt and it has had a PURPOSE. Ill elaborate if you are interested. Just KNOW that they had a PLAN and they ALL HATE EVERYONE that lives a good moral life.

[@izzhipp4971]

Anne C no That's not WHY. DRUGS were ONLY for thier hedonism.

[@kropking]

izz hip Drugs absolutely contributed to the creation of this sound. I should know. I write music myself, and every time I smoke some herb, the pathways to the creative centers of my brain open wide and the emotions, rhythms, and tones that drive the music become so much more vibrant and festive.

[@TamagoTamago77]

the bassline, the jangle of the guitar, that voice, that look! damn what an amazing performance

[@timhallas4275]

The power of that voice carried this band through those first years.

[@Adam-lj7et]

Grace Slick was not only a gifted performer, she was just absolutely beautiful.

[@jimwest5454]

What a voice Grace had . When I was young in the 60S we called her The Acid Queen, or The Chrome Nun .

[@williambresnahan8496]

White Rabbit.. The song that changed me from being an 11 year old bubble gum music listening kid back in 1967 into the world of hard rock.. It was a glorious time to be alive.

[@Hootiebird61]

Dick Clark was absolutely masterful. He was just as comfortable talking with these leaders of the Acid Rock movement as he was talking with Wayne Newton or Frank Sinatra. He was a genuine hipster way before the term was coined. What a class act. RIP. I bet he's organizing Heaven Bandstand and talking with and introducing all those who have passed.

[@andrelinoge4340]

If there is a Heaven, the music there would be absolutely amazing! That's all I want! Just die and be in a never ending live show! Unfortunately I'm an Atheist, so if there is a Heaven, I'm screwed. Lol

[@Soulrollsdeep]

Hipster 😂 get a grip fella

[@cindylewwho]

⁠@@andrelinoge4340There is a Heaven, at least to me. My mother had an NDE as a 10 year old. I’m not kidding when I tell you she told me and my siblings this story weekly throughout our childhoods and way beyond because she wanted us to know there was something greater than us all out there. She was sick and bed ridden for 3 years with Rheumatic Fever. It was back in 1933. They didn’t have access to antibiotics or doctors for that matter. Plus, it was the Great Depression, and boy they were dirt poor, along with the rest of the country. She was given the last rights of the Church 3 times. On the third time, she said she went to Heaven and walked with Jesus down the Valley of the Shadow of Death. She described every single thing they did and saw. It never wavered. He then told her it just wasn’t quite her time yet, and He was sending her back to her mommy and daddy. The next morning she woke up fever free for the first time in 3 YEARS. I know you’re shaking your head, rolling your eyes 👀, laughing, all the while thinking “this lady is off her rocker” 😂. It’s the way an Atheist would react and is fine with me. We all have our own beliefs. We are all here to learn human life lessons that we take with us when leave this physical world. Maybe being an Atheist is one of your life lessons. We all have free will to do, say, feel or think whatever we want. But at the end of the day, when it’s our time to leave the physical world the Big Guy in the Sky will be there to welcome you home with love because God is pure love, light, peace, understanding and forgiveness. You’ll be just fine when it’s your time. Hopefully, we won’t see him anytime in the near future. 🙏🛐😳😵‍💫🥶😱💀✌️☮️😉

[@TheRDMagee]

The music was great, but a big shout out to Dick Clark who did a nice job.

[@kennethgreathouse7765]

The Power in her voice. I love it...

[@glencarta1146]

Great musicians...Never realized how bad ass the bass is on these two cuts.. or anything Jack Cassady plays...1967 was one of the best years for recorded music !!!!

[@pamelabenschop2525]

Glen Carta say it again

[@pamelabenschop2525]

HEY GLEN, YOU KNOW YOUR MUSIC. THE BASS WAS THE ACE OF ANY HOOD BAND.

[@petechau2317]

Surrealistic Pillow, Sgt. Peppers Lonely hearts Club band, and the Doors by the Doors were the top albums of that magical summer.

[@mundicox8951]

Don't forget Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience :)

[@Valelic67]

pete chau and piper at the gates of down de Pink Floyd... 1967-68...

[@mundicox8951]

1967 was an unreal year for music. I can't even imagine how it felt to be alive when all those legendary albums were dropping!

[@ShamrockParticle]

pete chau No different than listening to it now

[@claudettepreisinger]

Yes. It was called the Summer of Love. And I'm lucky enough to still have the original LPs all in good condition...

[@mekennawilson518]

She's got a crazy powerful voice!

[@altfactor]

This was one of the last "Bandstand" episodes taped and broadcast in black-and-white. The show "went color" in September of 1967; it was the last show (apart from some black-and-white reruns and occasional old movies) on network TV to be broadcast in black-and-white.

[@brucebreshears1694]

I was wondering about why this wasn't in "living color." The TV networks started full color broadcasting schedules in the fall 1966 season. The video said June 3, 1967 and that would have been at the end of the 1st full season of color broadcasting. I guess the transition costs for all the different studios took time to get everyone updated to color equipment and production???

[@aakksshhaayy]

at least in the USA

[@phfighter9465]

The visuals are amazing! Felt very much like Old Grey Whistle Test. Trippy and minimalist at the same time

[@seansyphers244]

Agreed! 👍 And those lava lamp cutscenes really add to the effect imo!

[@HellcatMad]

Havent seen an old Dick Clark. I watched him every Saturday. RIP

[@awakeningnavigator3895]

I remember the first time I ever heard her.It wasn't back then but much later,on the radio in the 90s.I was a kid and I asked my dad who that was haha.I couldn't forget it.I thought it was the most appealing and yet intimidating voice.It's like a spell! 😳

[@pollackmorgan3149]

Hello how are you doing ?

[@tonybatista1928]

Classic music.From a different Era. Time capsule. Far exceeds what is called music today

[@makismakiavelis5718]

I think i've listened to White Rabbit in 2006 for the first time. I remember how unusual, trippy, strange but also how amazing the music and lyrics sounded to me. I couldn't believe it was recorded in the '60s. I can't imagine how it sounded to people back then. And "Somebody to love"... what at tune! It has such a strange power and Grace's vocals are so energetic. It's one of those songs that I'm sure people will listen to even after another half-a-century and beyond.

[@kenneth9874]

I saw this when it was broadcast, I was almost 11,it was awesome

[@rachellewalters8111]

I love Grace Slicks Vibrato....its incredible.....I have no idea how she hits those notes with such power and perfection!

[@Xaphiero]

Sing it Gracie! One of the greatest vocalists of our time.

[@moreiraorestes7431]

anything u rabbiT!!!?...inyourmymind!!!gorgeous singer & great band!!!i miss!!!thx for upload!!!

[@peterfarina2688]

Always loved Grace Slick's voice.

[@sueeast6564]

Had a cat called Grace Slick and a dog Noosha Fox

[@peacefulpossum2438]

One of the best female rock vocalists of all time. It's too bad that her addictions ruined her career

[@carlosleyva1979]

Esra Blu I thought it was that she quit because she was going to have a child.

[@razorx8270]

Not cool, dunbar. What if she has kids?

[@brookehanley3659]

Powerful voice on Grace Slick. Beautiful.

[@rahrob12]

I wasn't even born when these songs dropped.. but as a music producer... Got damn, got damn wish I was!!!!

[@augustusbetucius2931]

Songs don't "drop". Hipster speak.

[@sunshinethor420]

Imagine how many times collectively people have listened to this song while tripping acid.

[@ianfriedman672]

orange barrel , one of Owsley's best batch..

[@glenshipley8094]

Purple Haze, Orange Sunshine, Window Pane

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

MORE LIKE A HIGH PRINCESS OF THE OTO.

[@garyhallford7422]

I am one...

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

Purple Haze was nice

[@radioactive9861]

I was born in '70, and I still say...'White Rabbit' is CLASSIC!

[@mdryanstern]

Grace Slick’s vibrato gave her one of the greatest voices of the 20th Century.

[@Coyote329]

Grace was an individual both in talent and personality. Very few can measure up to her. They may have great talent but Grace had an extra "whatever" that put her over the top.

[@79tazman]

If you are going to San Francisco be sure to wear some Flowers in your Hair

[@Mr88B]

dya think the girl he talks to at the beginning has seen this now?

[@slaine377]

79tazman mamas pappas different band taz

[@tomeverett2212]

79tazman, don't bother. The town that "knew how" now just wonders what. The land of superficial "statements" and look at me! I live here and I am leaving and nkt looking back.

[@arquitectostar5714]

*MY DEAR SISTER SUSAN MARGARET WOELFL, D. 21 1976 AS A HOMICIDE VICTIM, WORE SOME WHITE CLOVER FLOWERS WHEN SHE VISITED ME WHILE I WAS STATIONED AT TREASURE ISLAND...WISH I COULD FIND THAT PHOTO AGAIN! YOUR ELDEST BROTHER.*

[@aliceoweby4669]

79tazman what if we missed our turn. (+_+)

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

Love the challenge in her gaze

[@GermanShepherd1983]

The Voice that Launched a Thousand Trips. No one will ever be better than Grace.

[@akg96]

Depends what you call better. She had a loud, clear beautiful voice but l like the Airplane before her!!!!

[@jetboy_]

MILLIONS, COUNTLESS.

[@choochietrixie9352]

Eduardo Venegas Janis and Summertime...still weep

[@777sicilia]

And Jorma’s sound..

[@PaoloL16]

It never fails to completely just make my brain melt when Grace’s voice dips when she says “Your mind, your mind...”. Fucking sensational.

[@1JUSTGOTLUCKY1]

Great song, great group and...what a fantastic voice !!

[@jimbo9559]

the summer of love. 1967. That was a pretty good year. (Barely remember it). Such powerful songs by Jefferson Airplane. Dick Clark was such an icon in those days. Glad that clips like this still remain intact to share.

[@jguyfletch2187]

1968 - .

[@randydavis941]

We lost another great artist and founder of the Airplane... R.I.P. Paul

[@randydavis941]

+Johny Smartway too bad it wasn't you Johny....LOL

[@easymoss8814]

+Johny Smartway fuck you boo hoo.

[@easymoss8814]

+Johny Smartway and deprive you, Johnny, of your last meal? Nope. Oh, fuck you boo hoo, again.

[@comradethoth9629]

+Johny Smartway Why are you acting like that man?

[@petechau2317]

I read that it was Marty Balin who formed the band. He hired Paul Kantner just on sight no audition or anything.

[@danap851]

I was born June 30th 1967 🙂, from this airing ❤️, I was born during Vietnam😭. Thank You Vietnam Veterans ❤️❤️ for your service and and hard F days in the hole. 😒

[@danap851]

I truly mean with my heart & soul ❤️

[@danap851]

❤️ Thank you

[@justinmatthewssr.7676]

Two songs I love. Huge fan. And I'm a 90s boy!.........Nice!

[@acgogoacgogo8854]

I once found an old paperback book called "Go Ask Alice." Grace Slick described how she met a hippy girl called Alice who was being passed around from one guy to another for the price of a hit of heroin and it angered and saddened her. She was trying to warn young girls that "the scene" was rough on them and they should be careful.

[@bingsinatra5283]

Acgogo Acgogo There's a movie based on that book.

[@TheKSTEVE]

Acgogo Acgogo see

[@diegooland1261]

Ya if you listen to some Grateful Dead lyrics they aren't singing about some idea utopia but rather some hard core stuff.

[@stevethecatcouch6532]

If that was Grace's aim, she missed the mark. There are a few different ways to interpret White Rabbit, a warning against heroin abuse is not one of them.

[@ph0end]

A warning about the dangers to a young girl involved with 'the scene' and a warning explicitly against drugs are different things. Who missed the mark?

[@Redandranger]

Grace was with a band called The Great Society before JA and recorded both White Rabbit and Somebody to Love with them.

[@craigsmith157]

Every time I see Dick Clark I get choked up. I miss him a lot.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Yes, we all miss him, it's been 5 years since he's been gone from this earth along with Soul Train Conductor Don Cornelius, Family Feud King Richard Dawson, TV Legend Andy Griffith, TV & Movie Legend Ernest Borgnine, George Jefferson Himself Sherman Hemsley, Legendary Comedienne Phyllis Diller, Dallas Star Larry Hagman, 60 Minute Man Mike Wallace and Jack Klugman of The Odd Couple & Quincy M.E. as well as 80's Pop Queen Whitney Houston God Bless'em All and May They All R.I.P.

[@uncleruckus5121]

yeah i really got pissed off at that idiot michael moore for sideswiping the poor guy RIP Mr Clark

[@craigsmith157]

@ahumanstain Yes, I did. Through an uncle.

[@jammnstreet9865]

How can you not like a Lava Lamp

[@bluecatky]

Dick Clark was a real class act. I'm sure there was some performers on the show whose style of music was not his personal preference. But he gave every band respect and took an interest in their songs and music style.

[@paulgrubbs1121]

I was 12 during the Summer of Love. Grace Slick was so alluring. At 80 Grace still is. Watching them " put on" Dick Clark and American Bandstand is still trippy. They didn't even bother to try to lip sync. The teeny boppers were clueless to what was coming across their universe in psychedelic colors. Happy 80th Grace Slick!

[@chappingcleeks76]

The bassist with that hoodie and the hood up is WAY ahead of his time. That's awesome.

[@RandyR]

Feeling groovy. Still marvelous songs. Regretfully, San Francisco is going down hill. Finally saw Haight Ashbury in April 88

[@origamigek]

I was trying to summarize how captivating the girl is in one word, I can't

[@r.herreraart7856]

Amazing...i remember these songs 50 years ago when I was a tot growing up in Northern California & was so honored to see the Original Jefferson Airplane reunion back in 1989 near San Francisco. Thxs & peace! ✌

[@RowdyLowdy]

These songs are 2 of the most iconic songs of the 60’s. Amazing!! Dick Clark was an absolute GOD back then too and for many years after. Great times, I wasn’t born until ‘71 but loved this band while growing up and in the ‘80s.

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

Both White Rabbit and Somebody to Love were classics! Thought provoking unlike what passes for music today.

[@michealstapleton1507]

Chromecast

[@jackjude]

Wellunlike then they don't put interesting music on TV or popular radio today. So if you rely on the musical equivalent of McDonalds to feed your head, well...

[@markgigiel2722]

I feed my head by watching stuff like this on KZbin until they fuck it up.

[@angelodecasas5568]

theres plenty of good music today, maybe you should stop listening to pop music and shit on the popular radio stations haha

[@waterhead1029]

@@jackjude The corporations have tried and tried. All they can produce, from what I see, is sad autotuned pablam. Sometimes things only happen once. Does anyone envision a repeat? You can't manufacture heart and soul.

[@johnd.1849]

Oh...for those who dislike her “less than perfect voice...please note that since the late ‘90’s, “artists” (I use that term loosely) have used Auto Tune to give perfect pitch to their voices (quickly google it if your unfamiliar with the term). The problem? Besides being fake, the imperfections in people are what makes us memorable...think about the Mona Lisa...the “quirky” (sorry, for want of a better word) smile draws us in...the “beauty mark” on the otherwise perfect face of classic beauty Edie Sedgwick or Cindy Crawford, etc. Grace, you ROCK, in so many ways...don’t ever change!

[@mayaescott6250]

Firstntimm hearing this at 70 june 1919 sent by 45,yr.old son.real.cool and dif. From the.usual.popb stuff

[@timbrady6473]

You know that they were lip syncing to the recording here, right?

[@bencheshire]

What an amazing performance - with no microphone! A marvel of hippie science

[@philmann3476]

Jorma's solo at the end of Somebody to Love is one of the best in rock history. It sounded great nearly 50 years ago, and still does today. There's something haunting about it, and stays with you.

[@ralphyjoey3247]

u feel that shit too man

[@Buttermilk32]

Jorma's still making great music and easily among the best pickers around the planet.

[@lantingliu7886]

Very well stated!👍

[@mthai66]

SISU PERKELE!

[@blue51]

I love these songs, they are some of my all time favorites. But this also made me relies just how damn good Dick Clark was.

[@woowoowoo6063]

Timeless and still cool...did my first bong at college to "White Rabbit" with lava lamp going (lava was turquoise blue)...ahhh, the memories...weren't Grace Slick and Paul Cantor married, or living together or something? When they became "Jefferson Starship", didn't they both continue on with the band? I want to say yes...? Marty Balin on piano? Wow - he was their primary vocals when they were "Starship". Great memories, great vid! Gee, now I wanna go dust off my bong and.......well,you get the picture. Peace.

[@markrenn1151]

GREAT BAND. I'll love them until the day I die. Grace Slick. Such a powerful voice coming from that little girls mouth. TRUE LOVE.