Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit (Live) Reaction!

[@gluuuuue]

Yeah, given the poster on your back wall, this seems both incredibly appropriate (and, perhaps, long overdue).. :)

[@dlrya42]

I like her reactions, she never put the two together!! Sorry. Should've watched the whole thing first.

[@bluedragon4]

Agreed! I thought the same thing!

[@Ozzy_2014]

I am certain that poster is WHY they recommended the video.

[@PhoenixRisen63]

I have a poster with the same quote, somewhere. :)

[@steviej6819]

I was about to leave very similar comment! Well caught if before song started my friend!

[@classicrocklady6288]

You are the most thoughtful reactor on KZbin. Most people don't come close to getting the meaning of much of my generation's complex music. You might not always hit the mark, but let's face it, we were somewhat "different " back then. Thanks for your insights! It's great fun watching you discover our years through the variety of music that we were privileged to grow up and grew old with.

[@HTJB60]

Well said, from a 70 something, oldie...

[@AGDinCA]

The unbelievable Gracie Slick! Gawd... what a pure, powerful voice.

[@VinE83656]

"One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all". Drugs and Alice in Wonderland, you got it.

[@nozecone]

@DickEr Down But Humpty-Dumpty said words mean whatever he wants them to mean ... !

[@karlkuttup]

@@nozecone no humpty dumpty was a cannon it was a big cannon it fell off a wall down a cliff cant remember the date but its in history books a lot of stories about it

[@karlkuttup]

@DickEr Down alot of mk ultra stuff with the scene leary ,huxley keasey and cia hoffman

[@barefootanimist]

Unless "Alice in Wonderland" was about the absurdities of mathematics...

[@bamacopeland4372]

​@karl williams 1648.

[@justanotherdayinthelife9841]

This song is legendary. It was the soundtrack to an era.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yeah overplayed and just okay much better Airplane songs but reaction channels play the wimpiercones

[@sheilameyers152]

You got it!

[@martinthompson2823]

love it ,the first record I ever purchased , please spare me the cynicism, it struck a cord with me not having heard of the band before in 60s England.

[@CapAnson12345]

"This is being high, high off life maybe" Nope, It's point blank literally about being high on drugs,.

[@pete21pete21]

Slick herself always maintained that White Rabbit was aimed at hypocritical parents and their habit of reading drug-laced stories to children at their most impressionable age. “In all those children’s stories, you take some kind of chemical and have a great adventure,” she told writer Mark Paytress. “Alice In Wonderland is blatant. Eat me! She gets literally high, too big for the room. Drink me! The caterpillar is sitting on a psychedelic mushroom smoking opium!” She also argued that the song was about the importance of education: ‘Feed your head,’ the rousing climax to White Rabbit, was intended as a call to liberate brains as much as the senses.

[@dwb041]

It's the story of Alice-in-Wonderland

[@lemontart1883]

David Berry yeah and the guy that wrote it was totally influenced by opium and Absinthe, but it’s probably best if the little childrens don’t know that a lot of the adults that wrote their most beloved fantasy stories were on some kind of head trip.

[@donlebo6824]

@@pete21pete21 "intended as a call to liberate brains as much as the senses" while turning them to mush.

[@noneofurbizness5838]

LMAO. You have the poster! Priceless!

[@noneofurbizness5838]

So hilarious not knowing the song first. Love the naivety

[@ericdesmeules8117]

It is literally a depiction of this song. 🎶💕

[@TheAcworthdude]

Look up their "Woodstock" set. She sounds even better

[@yvonnesanders2490]

That's the set i was hoping to see here

[@recordmaster6687]

Yes Grace sounded amazing there, probably because she was soooooooooo stoned? LOL

[@nunyafinbiz]

this seems a step slower than normal... the woodstock performance is amazing.. this one is great too I dont think you can go wrong with grace slick anytime... her art is amazing too!

[@nanner3200]

Rumor has it that at Woodstock they weren't suppose to go on for a few more hours and Grace had just dropped some acid. They were called on stage early and she was totally tripping. Your vibe is spot on!

[@toddmoss749]

This was literally being high, not high on life.lmao

[@rubbersole79]

We took shortcuts........so sue us.......LLOL.

[@bjstover9523]

@@rubbersole79 true yet funny lol!

[@heathermyer9044]

🍄🤣

[@brentlee1043]

Yeah the Summer of Love in San Francisco and the Psychedelic Rock Era. Grace was Slick back then. She is 80 now.

[@lesliesylvan]

Yep . . . And Blue Cheer filling the other end of the Classic Rock spectrum!

[@brentlee1043]

@@lesliesylvan Yeah Summertime Blues.

[@brentlee1043]

@Barbara Witchey well I have no hair left what hair I have is white but she most definitely has aged better than I have :) lol 74 here

[@alexboon9035]

"The wicked man" is The Mad Hatter. (Back in 19th century England, when hats were all but mandatory for men, the chemical process for making them led to insanity. Hence the phrase, "He's mad as a hatter" came into being.)

[@janetwebb2701]

Arsenic was used in the felting process.

[@bernadettesandoval3990]

@@janetwebb2701 and mercury

[@Serai3]

And his friend is the March Hare, who is mad because March is the hares' mating time, and they go kind of nuts dancing around 'cause they're so horny.

[@SuperReznative]

Yes, I once knew that,, years ago,Thanks for the reminder. History is being erased and "replaced"

[@ruthtalley242]

@@janetwebb2701 Mercury.

[@louies7mafia]

One of my favorite songs ever! And I love your poster! I need that poster! Lol! Thanks for the awesome reactions!

[@Dr3amtime]

Classic psychedelic anthem. Her performance of the song at Woodstock was one of the high points of that event.

[@edwardpate6128]

Grace had such a powerful voice! She was also just super attractive!

[@modularmuse]

Grace had such a cool, gothic vibe. The Bolero rhythm, exotic scale use and her vocal delivery created an iconic song that stands in time for decades.

[@joycevirgillo2240]

This was hot when I was a young stoner, first time I smoked it was on the radio last time I smoked was watching this lol Thanks

[@Alsatiagent]

A great comedian once said "I used to do drugs...I still do but I used to as well."

[@brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap]

@@Alsatiagent mitch hedberg

[@Alsatiagent]

@@brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap Thanks. I knew. It's one of my favourite lines.

[@brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap]

@@Alsatiagent i figured you knew but just said it for those that didnt know

[@aletheaspeaks2389]

The truth is your Alice tapestry probably wouldn't have ever been made if it weren't for this song.

[@MikeCohenSF]

Grace herself now paints Alice In Wonderland inspired art.

[@ryanrhodes5819]

Damn Straight about that poster. An Acid rock band fronted by a Beast! Who’s a lady as well. Uncommon at the time.

[@CarMadLV1]

If you notice carefully - Grace Slick never blinks - not even once while singing this song.

[@manw3bttcks]

Of course the camera pans back for part of it, she might have blinked during that

[@brigittehuard4902]

Lol

[@SaltyPirate71]

You should look up the live version of Dear Mr Fantasy by Traffic from 1972. It's 7 minutes, but I think Steve Winwood blinks 3 times in that 7 minutes and he's got his eyebrows arched like his eyelids weight 5 lbs.

[@edprzydatek8398]

Huh!

[@L1b3rty76]

Jefferson Airplane later became Jefferson Starship and the lead singer for a while was Marty Balin. Grace Slick was still in the group but sand background vocals for a while. Two monster hits under Marty Balin were "Miracles" and "Count On Me." Marty Balin was later replaced with Mickey Thomas who also had a fantastic voice. The has hits such as "Jane" and "Sara." You can continue reacting to this group as the music well is pretty deep with hits!

[@BlackMasakari]

Love your reaction. That band, that song, that singer....too awesome.

[@dylanakent]

Listens to White Rabbit in front of psychedelic Alice! 😅

[@RedSkyHorizon]

for the first time!

[@CaioEvertonTB]

I just stambled upon your channel and it was a immediate subscribe when I saw the very diverse and mixed types of music you react to especially older stuff! This is so cool!

[@dixiechatty958]

When Grace was asked whether the lyrics were about Alice in Wonderland or drugs, she said it was about both.

[@spacepotato2277]

I've always loved this song, and nearly fell off my chair when you stopped the video to point out the poster on your wall, with the hookah-smoking caterpillar right next to your face. Very fitting to have such a crazy moment with this song :)

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

That song is a trip 🤪

[@thecoogs]

One of the most underrated singers and band from the era. Her voice so powerful

[@Serai3]

Oh, this was THE acid anthem. JS were part of the San Francisco LSD hippie movement in music. There was a big association between the Alice stories and the drug culture, as you know, and it was solidified in this song.

[@sherrywade7439]

Oh, definitely yes, I have...lol..one of my favorite songs of all time! And your reaction was priceless!

[@stevenfritchie7529]

Grace Slick is the "goddess of psychedelic rock". Other songs I love are: "Rejoyce", "Silver Spoon", "Easter?", "Sunrise", "Across the Board", and "Crazy Miranda". Grace as a lyricist and vocalist is a major trip. Please do more.

[@WhetWorks]

wooden ships is a great song too

[@BuzWeaver]

Excellent choice from an excellent time in music. Grace Slick is one of my top 5 favorite female vocalist. Happy to see you reacting to this. Happy Early Morning Friday!

[@MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd]

Check out 'Today", 'Comin' Back to Me" and Somebody to Love. Same album.

[@comcody458]

I totally agree with your song choices.. I also like "Come Up The Years" on the "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off" album. I was a senior in high school when this came out, and very much lived the counter-culture lifestyle.

[@esther2208]

I love "Today"

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yeah those are better and not overplayed like this

[@briganfree3656]

I love her voice. Possibly my favourite female vocalist. One of my favourite intros and loved this song since a child which was a long time ago.

[@americanmutt9089]

She explains every characters in Alice in Wonderland. Have you read the book.

[@Thetenmaumau]

Dont think she had.

[@OhMyGoshIndia]

Watched movies lmaoo not book no

[@lawrenceshields8779]

A little history for you. The Jefferson Airplane was from San Fransisco. During the sixties it was the epicenter of the LSD movement started by Timothy Leary. ("Tune in, turn on, drop out"). Grace Slick wanted to explain to people that it wasn't the counter-culture hippies who was promoting recreational drug use. By quoting the lines from the book, "Alice Through the Looking Glass" she was showing that drug use was in the children's books that were read to them by there own parents. Personally, I think that she was reaching, but, she did have a point.

[@tulifuli]

@@OhMyGoshIndia There were no movies in 1865 when it was written. More to feed your head in a book.

[@leslieshafer6343]

@@OhMyGoshIndia READ the books! Movies made from novels give you THEIR interpretation of a story. If you read the book you form your own opinion. Not that some of the onscreen interpretations haven't been pretty good, but even so my recommendation still stands.

[@clarehess5661]

I've been watching a few White Rabbit reaction videos, but most don't make the Alice in Wonderland connection. But, when your eyes got wide, I was REALLY Hoping you'd make the connection... Then I noticed the poster behind you, and after that, I was cheering you on! This is a great song, but you sharing your reaction made it even better. Thank you! This song is a little before my time, but I've always loved 60s music. This is truly the trippiest. I've never done drugs to this (I don't at all anyway), but with the way this song builds up and with that powerful voice pushing these images at you, who needs drugs to trip out?

[@skentmar105]

This song is pure psychodelic rock. Every "picture" the lyrics paint has a double meaning, one directly from the book "Alice in Wonderland" AND to drug use.

[@djr3008]

Yeap you hit it on the nose India. You are real good at reading what the songs mean. Another great video. I just want you to keep doing a great job like you are doing. I personally don't need anything except the good feelings I get from watching your vids.

[@joanvanore322]

Was WAY too young to get high to it when it came out, and didn't choose to after-- but still, I LOVE this song!!!

[@lindanicholson950]

I was in high school when this song came out. I was not in on the drug scene then or later. I just liked the song and the way it sounded. What's not to like about Alice in Wonderland?

[@funnyaura]

@@lindanicholson950 But Lewis Carroll was not using drugs. Google Alice in Wonderland sysndrome

[@JKM395]

Such a great track. I'm very glad you found this one. And to answer you're later question, oh yeah. And that is a great poster.

[@meliplay]

I knew you were gonna love this with that poster in the background

[@SirOtter1]

God, that takes me back! I never missed the Smothers Brothers. Thanks!

[@fenriss9]

It’s about LSD. It’s even got a Timothy Leary quote at the end. Feed your head.

[@patclary3054]

I stumbled across your channel a couple days ago, and have "got my life" from your reactions! You are so good at what you do....grab a nail, and keep hammering them out! I'm going thru the gigs writing this. OK, OK enough. I would subscribe over and over.

[@zeronp17]

Love your hair!❤

[@kelliefish7695]

Yay! You finally got around to this one. Great song

[@geraldbergeson4499]

The song is about a 15-year-old drug-addicted teenager named Alice the book "Go Ask Alice" wrote from her personal diary is a great read.

[@acidsupernova]

The book came out almost a decade after the song. The title was deliberately referencing the song. Also, it's a complete work of fiction.

[@nickl.eakins3250]

@@acidsupernova , mostly correct. The book came out no later than 1969. I was in middle school at the time and the book was very popular. I never read it but parents bought the book for their kids to read to keep them off drugs. Though fiction, it was loosely based on the shortened life of a young woman. Anyway, the term "double entendre" was big then. Parents were mad at radio stations for playing songs with hidden meanings.

[@acidsupernova]

@@nickl.eakins3250 I was wrong saying it was almost a decade but everything I see says the book came out in 1971.

[@nickl.eakins3250]

@@acidsupernova , my 10th grade year in high school started September of 1970. Friends of mine were reading it back when I was in junior high. The Ottumwa school system had junior high as grades 7 - 9 at that time. It was either 68 or 69 when it came out. The internet sites say 71 but something is screwed and it ain't my memory. Maybe my memory fails me but I swear I heard kibds talking about it. That must have been it. The AM stations in Iowa didn't play it so perhaps I'm thinking of kids talking about it who actually heard the song. I never heard the song until the FM stations came in strong in the 1970s.

[@mamaperdition9708]

You got the message love the poster on the wall very appropriate for the song great reaction thanks

[@michelleortega1514]

Jefferson airplane were great,they turned into jefferson starship

[@ferfoxakeladdy]

And did one of the worst songs ever.

[@annameadowshelvie5714]

That you have the poster just brings it all amazingly full circle over 53 years of time...there's something so cool about that. I'm almost 60 and honestly, this song still gives me eerie shivers. Good reaction video, I really enjoyed it.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

High of “life”?! 😂 no. U “hit” it with LSD vibe. Just leave off the vibe! 😂

[@myowndrum286]

Myself, my younger sister, and our three adult daughters(1 mine, 2 hers), sang this at sisters 50th B-day. We can sing harmony pretty damn fine, at least it sounds fine when we've all had a drink or two! Outside, the deck was our stage! We had a great time that night. Everyone was up singing and swaying to karaoke!

[@larryhutchens7593]

The Woodstock version s better, better sound. There is also a version where the vocals are isolated, her vocal talent was great.

[@stevehalling816]

I agree that version is incredible

[@c.inesr.7292]

Love your impressions and comments. Awesome.

[@charliemiller1123]

"Somebody to love" and "Volunteers" are some other Jefferson Airplane songs you must react to.

[@GeminiGuy22]

You are the only reactor on KZbin that got this “specific” song straight up at the start !!! You’re talented girl !!!

[@jaystrilland7537]

Please react to their song "Miracles" Its one of the greatest songs of all time. In my opinion anyway.

[@lisac4215]

I love that song ❤️

[@barbarawebb7185]

jay strilland that is Jefferson Starship.

[@jaystrilland7537]

@@barbarawebb7185 Its the same band they just changed their name.

[@barbarawebb7185]

jay strilland I think there was some changes. Lead vocalist Mickey Thomas wasn’t in Airplane but he was in Starship.

[@donwallen9786]

Miracles was after Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship and new guy Marty Balin sings the lead....and it is a great song!!!!

[@mishaunique]

Omgosh! This was my favorite reaction of yours yet! I loved that you could see the moment that you realized it was Alice in Wonderland. Your tapestry is absolutely perfect for this song. I love your channel so much. Watching another person discover a song that you're familiar with is just so cool. Music truly brings people together ❤️ Thanks for letting us see your music journey!

[@stephanieu.]

Reaction to Somebody To Love by Jefferson Airplane.

[@Kairon111161]

I love your face when you listen to this incredible stuff - you’re so expressive.

[@joannryan5929]

You need to react to their song, Miracles. One of the very best songs of the 70s, but the group went by the name Jefferson Starship at that time.

[@michaelbrandt5416]

Sometime early in the 80s i was just discovering 60s bands I never heard of before that hadn´t had radio play when i was growing up, so I was in this local record shop owned by some hippie type dude and i was looking thru oldies albums, among them "the worst of the jefferson airplane". Another customer commented that the airplane was the coolest band ever. Asked if i heard the single "white rabbit". When I replied "no, never heard it before", the guy reacted like i was from another planet. Since that time I heard just about every single ever made in the 60s and got myself a reasonable large collection of LPs ( around 6-700 in all) as well as close to 2000 CDs. KZbin is a great source of oldies material.

[@noneofurbizness5838]

I have a raver t-shirt from the early 90's based on Alice and the caterpillar. Glows in the dark ;)

[@Abfabcomic11]

I was waiting for that moment when you realized what the song was about!!! She rocks! Love your reactions!!!

[@tgranny3547]

Go ask Alice behind you! And maybe a few times!

[@alabhaois]

Her voice is mesmerizing

[@kelliefish7695]

I have never done drugs of any kind, but I love this song.

[@kevinmorrell4155]

Awesome reaction!! First thing I noticed was the poster on your wall 🔥.

[@timlamb9428]

Years later she changed her stance on using drugs and said they are harmful and stupid.

[@pievanlie]

Singer-songwriter Grace Slick was one of the lead singers for the band Jefferson Airplane. She wrote the song "White Rabbit" and sang the popular tune "Somebody to Love."

[@SteveInTheOC]

👍 try the live at woodstock version. Incredible

[@jamesfuji1493]

i looked forward to your reaction on this one...Grace Slick has an amazing voice...haunting...

[@captainglam1113]

If you want to listen to something with a similar vibe I recommend This Wheel's On Fire by Julie Driscoll & The Brian Auger Trinity

[@derwoodbowen5954]

This was huge when I was a teen ager. Psychedelic to the max. Some other Airplane stuff to check out, their version of Wooden Ships, Volunteers, Crown of Creation (they did this live on Ed Sullivan) and their biggest hit Somebody to Love. Probably more than a few people were buzzing while listening to this song back in the day.

[@brittsfromthebong968]

P!nk covered this too for the Alice franchise

[@danielbruns7055]

No words...too much happy to say anything. Thanks for the reaction.

[@yesh3]

Have you watched Tom Petty's 'Don't Come Around Here No More' video? along the same theme

[@allisonyoung4007]

😂LUV that video!! Miss Tom❤

[@Zeupater]

Hey India. “Don’t Come Around Here No More” is a great suggestion to bookend White Rabbit

[@pat9158]

Total acid rock song from the '60's! Love Grace Slick, this video doesn't do her talent justice, she's got one hell of a voice. Looking forward to your giveaway! I'd like to see you do a marathon day... Livestream would be even better - that would be fun!

[@sytojufoclk]

1967 a good year, try listening to Buffalo Springfield, "for what its worth". UK request

[@williammacgregor7542]

Acid rock baby! Oh the things I've seen!!

[@eugenewillsey2135]

This would be smack in the middle of the Vietnam War Era. Protesting the war, promoting Drug and Chemical use. hippie movement and Free love . I was 7 yrs old. then.

[@sheilameyers152]

I was young too....didnt understand it at the time....understand it now!

[@yogib37]

@@sheilameyers152 Right, me too I was about 5 or so when this came out.. I did not even know or understand what was going on in vietnam either, but i know one father of my friends was sent over there.

[@cactaszach2000]

Look up the isolated vocals and go down the rabbit hole looking and listening to the best live version grace did you can find you will be blown away by that amazing woman's unmatched vocal power it's insane will give you goosebumps and make you cry.... Real power

[@jayparten2424]

Dropping Acid then was mainstream for the counterculture crowd then. Smoking a joint often calmed you down if your Trip was getting away from you. Tune in Drop Out. Timothy Leary said...

[@gypsy8709]

New SUBSCRIBER ✅🔔 This song is a crazy good and Grace Slick has a powerful and unique voice. Loved the reaction.❤

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Liked the Afro! Miss it!

[@MrVato53]

Grace Slick wrote this song and this was the 2nd version having recorded it with her previous band Great Society. When she left there and joined Jefferson Airplane, she brought that song to record. The band gave the song a bolero feel. The song was a Top Ten hit.

[@DonnaConrady]

The 60's were all about sex, drugs and rock&roll . . . we were not shy ;) 'Alice in Wonderland' was written in the mid-1800's; really, hallucinegenic drugs have alway been with us. "Remember what the door-mouse said; feed your head, feed your head"

[@funnyaura]

Hallucinogenic drugs had nothing to do with the book! Google Alice in Wonderland syndrome which is likely what Lewis Carroll suffered from along with his debilitating migraines. My neurologist diagnosed me with it and a gift of Through the Looking Glass because I thought I was insane.

[@epe4742]

Yes you peg the song right. I was a teenager when it came out, and we fed our heads. I might have killed a few brain cells, but it was a beautiful time that I grew up in...❤️☮️😀

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Yes. Alice in Wonderland is the “Alice” in the song. Definitely, a drug high.

[@funnyaura]

Wrong - Lewis Carroll suffered debilitating migraines. Some people have a rare condition that is now called Alice in Wonderland syndrome - google it. No drugs involved. btw - lsd didn't exist in the 1800s

[@TryingToBeKind]

One of my all time favorites!!! Yup, I think you interpreted it perfectly. I've never done any drugs at all, but I LOVE the song anyway! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 ❤️✌🏻✌🏻❤️

[@OurLarry]

She had some sort of mushroom, this is about drugs

[@usmcrn4418]

Love your hair in this reaction.. looks great!

[@cherylalt101]

When I was in high school in the early 70s, this was and still is one of my all-time favorite songs ever. Grace Slick's voice was so unique and powerful. I was just starting to take acid at 14 (the first drug I ever took) and White Rabbit and Lather really seemed meaningful at the time. I was at the end of my weekly confirmation classes and I wrote all the lyrics to both songs in my church workbook instead of whatever the minister had told us to do lol. Boy was my soul in question when that was found!

[@trixrkidz-tr7bq]

The poster is BAD ASS!!! Btw..Love your energy and vibe.. Keep on groovin'

[@tjl4041]

I noticed the Alice poster right after reading the title. Great timing. I highly recommend listening to the songs "Miracles" and "Count on Me" when the group was renamed Jefferson Starship.

[@genemarusa2088]

Great music been listening to slick music for 60yrs

[@quettabird2707]

Her voice is brilliant

[@hunzren]

I saw the video with this song title, and remembered your poster and clicked immediately. What a perfect pairing

[@genemaurillo4162]

Grace, a unique voice and the Airplane helped carry us through the change of the 60s.

[@xyloplax]

That voice. Always gets me. Few songs revolve nearly purely around the lyrical melody and delivery like this.

[@LaptopLarry330]

This band has gone through a number of phases and name changes. Jefferson Airplane had another hit song with "Somebody To Love". In the 1970s, the group changed its name to "Jefferson Starship", and had some modest hits, such as "Miracles, and "Jane". In the 1980s, the band had a lot more hit records (in the mid-1980s, the band changed their name to "Starship"), such as "Stranger", "Find Your Way Back", "We Built This City", "Nothing Can Stop Us Now", and "Sara".

[@VIKDR1]

When I saw that you were reacting to this, I immediately thought of the poster on your wall. That alone meant I had to watch this one.