JEFFERSON STARSHIP - Miracles | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request) | Valentine's MOOD!

[@jimfrederick3907]

Arguably the most sensuous song by anyone.

[@GratefulZen]

Eat your heart out, Barry White!

[@lipby]

This song was low key filthy

[@RichardDickson-to7zg]

Marty & Grace complimented each other so well.

[@billjones8503]

A beautiful radio hit of the 80's!

[@hackermusic3355]

And 1975.

[@joemachine4714]

"Runaway" is a gem 💎 ✨️ I also recommend the vocalist Marty Balin's solo hit "Hearts" 💔

[@stephencaruso760]

Runaway was a close 2nd for Valentines request

[@theplanetruth]

This is the sauciest $€#¥st song ever. Can you find the sauciest line? 6:16-Nick talks right over it 😂😂😂 Sooooooo adult for my pre teen ears but I loved the music and the tone. Top tier groove. 7:55 -the tension builds to a climax….😮

[@Skylarking00]

Oral sex never sounded so chill.

[@melissadambro8873]

I remember hearing that line as an adult and realizing what they were saying.. (blushing)!

[@RogerAbbot-mq9ol]

They were oblivious to that line. As stated, they had the whole song to talk over the lyrics and just happened to be the place.

[@robertgayer5539]

4:40 into this song I heard in 7th grade.... Loved them ever since. RIP Marty.....

[@amyroberts9761]

I noticed how he talked right over it too!!! Funny!!

[@MB-pw9mf]

MARTY BALIN WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGERS EVER!! This song is fantastic sooooo beautiful actually one of my favorite songs ever, I'm listening to music over 60 yrs.He actually wrote this song. Paul Kanter and the great Grace Slick were background singers.

[@stevedoumas7701]

A “mature sensual love between two adults” love song is the best description for this amazing song.

[@Justin_Montana]

To me, it's a song about loss and heartbreak; the love is in the past.

[@davelafferty5728]

I really like Marty Balin's voice. If you get the time check out Caroline from the first Jefferson Starship album Dragon Fly. There's also a great rocker on the Dragon Fly album titled Ride the Tiger.

[@betseyr.9081]

Someone has to react ot “Caroline” and I hope it will be N&L and soon, such a great song!!!

[@kendudley3553]

@@betseyr.9081 Caroline would be super great. Song to the Sun - Ozymandias would also be great.

[@RickeyWilkersonVoices]

Great song and reaction guys and you should also give "Count On Me " by them a listen!

[@dixiechatty958]

Around 1970 or so the Airplane split into two groups. Their guitarist, Jorma Kaukenon and bassist, Jack Casady formed Hot Tuna and Grace Slick and Paul Kantner formed what wound up as Jefferson Starship. Marty Balin rejoined them around 1973 along with guitarist Craig Chacico and bassist Pete Sears and David Freiberg. People came and went in the 70's. In the 80's, Paul Kantner left and took the name Jefferson with him. The rest kept going as Starship. That's the brief version.

[@hotrod7868]

For a more rocking Jefferson Starship, do ‘Jane’ by singer Mickey Thompson, who also does Elvin Bishop ‘fooled around and fell in love,’ same singer

[@shiftingperception]

Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship have a lot of gems, but to me this is a masterpiece. I feel like every time I hear it, I hear something new, amd I've listened to this for years. Ok, you don't know the 5th Dimension??😮 You NEED to!

[@kendudley3553]

Nick & Lex - Congrats to Steve for inviting you to hear Jefferson Airplane/Starship. One of my favorite bands. Steely Dan, Yes, Moody Blues, Tears For Fears Jefferson Airplane/Starship Songs by Jefferson Whatever: Wooden Ships, You're My Best Friend, The Farm, Winds of Change and most of all - anything from the Spitfire album, which not only has great songs (Cruisin, Hot Water, Dance With the Dragon, Song to the Sun , St. Charles, With Your Love) but it also has the best (IMHO) album cover of all time. The Dragon Lady sitting upon her pet! Thanks for being you, Ken PS - Towards the end of the reaction, you compared the song to Earth, Wind and Fire. I would like to help dis-spell that thought. Jefferson Starship were rockers who could also sing ballads. Cruisin, Out of Control, Hey Fredrick, Keep on Dreamin - are all songs that have edge. Craig Chaquico was a rockin guitar player. Ken II

[@franksullivan1873]

Great Album!

[@stephencaruso760]

Thanks to my brother Nick and my sister Alexia for reacting to this classic gem!" I heard this song in 12th grade in 1975 almost near graduation...I love all 4 bands Airplane Hot Tuna Jeff Starship and Starship..all different and all good...Happy Valentines Day to all you baby makers! ❤

[@scottanderson8420]

Great request.

[@ricardohernandez2234]

Classic! This is what I call a transportation song, as it picks you up and takes you to somewhere else. And all you had to do to hear it in its time was to turn on the radio. And you felt lucky if you they played the long album version! I would also love their song, Runaway, a few years down the line. Love you guys and your reactions!

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

Jefferson Starship actually had numerous hits that received radio airplay back in the day that weren’t as cheesy as “We Built This City” 🤮 I highly recommend these 6 songs that I know you 2 would absolutely love ❤ 1) Ride The Tiger (1974) 2) With Your Love (1976) 3) Count On Me (1978) 4) Runaway (1978) 5) Jane (1979) 6) Find Your Way Back (1981) …..many more but these in my opinion their best from “Jefferson Starship” 🎸❤️🔥

[@dusty4835]

Marty Balin had such a smooth vocal quality. Try listening to his "Today" and "Coming Back To Me'' from his time with Jefferson airplane on "Surrealistic Pillow''.

[@tomedmonson501]

I remember hearing that the members of Starship were really conflicted about the radio edit, that cut down the song by almost half, but a shorter, tamer version was the only way to get it played on many radio stations. It eventually went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[@michaelgray5100]

That album Red Octopus is one of the most successful If not the most successful album Jefferson Starship put out. Great song and a great album. So glad you are reacting to this.

[@TheDivayenta]

RIP Marty Balin ! Check them out when they were Jefferson Airplane- Marty’s song “ Today”. Pure gorgeousness. ❤

[@douglasg.9271]

Such a beautiful song. I love it.

[@destination22ful]

Great reaction. A simple song made into great vibe due to the extraordinary arrangement and production during recording. An example of having a good producer. I have always loved this song. Take notice to the racy lyrics at the 3:00 minute mark.

[@tonyjanney1654]

I always loved the way the voices and instruments drift in and out of the song yet the melody keeps flowing beautifully along like a stream.

[@GratefulZen]

Oh, baby!❤

[@4tuneagent]

"Miracles" and the album, Red Octopus, were massive Hits in 1975. The single reached #3 for 3 weeks, and the Album hit #1 for 4 weeks. Other great tunes to check out from the 70's are "Count On Me", "With Your Love", and "Runaway ". All excellent vocals between Marty Balin and Grace Slick.

[@betseyr.9081]

Add “Caroline” to this list!

[@mikelipke9404]

hitting homeruns every video

[@scottanderson8420]

👍👍 reaction to classic starship song. Heard it on the radio a lot but played it the most on 8 track on dates in my high school years. It doesn’t exactly feel like yesterday but I remember it well. Oh to be young.

[@KawaTony1964]

Holy cow. I'm 59 years old, born in 1964, heard this song many many times (it played alot on the radio), and I'm just today discovering it was by Jefferson Starship.

[@alansmith7626]

keep learning, Grasshopper....😊

[@MoMoMyPup10]

It's funny but, it happens a lot with music back then. There was so much great music that 'who sang what' could easily slip through without knowing.

[@KawaTony1964]

@@MoMoMyPup10 Yeah, and that song wasn't very high on my list, either. I probably changed the channel many times when it started to play. I never hated it, but back then I was in my late teens and 20s I would much rather hear the Who, or ZZ Top, or Led Zeppelin, or... the list goes on. Also, today's youth may not realize how much more expensive music was back then. You either had to buy an album for around $8 which adjusted for inflation is about $30 today, or you had to know somebody who bought the album and would let you borrow it, or you had to know someone who would take 40 minutes of their life to make a copy on cassette for you.

[@roystonmason9125]

wisdom @@alansmith7626

[@tsully4368]

I greatly preferred the Jefferson Starship of the '70's. Try 'St Charles'. A forgotten gem.

[@rockersedvitae8413]

Hey Nick and Alexia. Thanks for the heartfelt reaction. It’s wonderful to see how generations of music lovers come together to share their favorites with you. For Valentine's Day, I highly recommend something different for you, a song and group that you probably never heard of. Check out Without Love by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.

[@lloydanderson1486]

Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship you have to hear it all. San Francisco Greatness. Marty Balin and Grace Slick 2 iconic Singers

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

I was 7 when this dropped . I listened to it so much on the radio

[@byronmitchell3784]

In my mind this the most romantic song ever written

[@anthonyfoster6737]

Wow, what a song, almost perfection, definitely in my top 50 of all time and that in itself speaks volumes believe me...

[@rhwinner]

This whole album is great.

[@tmznt]

I love the violinist in their songs. RIP Papa John Creach. He played with The Grateful Dead and The Marshal Tucker Band, among others.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

And the later Jefferson Airplane.

[@edf13]

And Hot Tuna

[@elainemarsh3477]

Super sexy song. Marty Balin's voice is FINE. (A little surprised this got by the censors back in the day...Nick talked over a line that was pretty spicy.)

[@edwincancelii2917]

I love this 70’s pop & soft rock song, especially this album version. And I remember it, too.

[@mojomegaman]

I remember hearing this song playing at Barnes and Noble in Union Square, NYC. I was at the magazine rack reading Mojo Philter and looked over to see I was shoulder to shoulder with Bjork who was reading the same magazine. That was 1999. I still think of Bjork when I hear this song.

[@lourenzi8820]

The great Greg Chaquico on guitar.

[@bmac1205]

This was on the radio a lot back in '75

[@brianherrington7226]

Very big song that summer.

[@garylewis9113]

This album took some getting used to when I first heard it in 1975 (sophomore year of college), because Jefferson Airplane to me had been the most militant SF band, manning the musical barricades of the revolution as it were with "Volunteers" and "We Can Be Together" so Red Octopus was a letdown to me at first as the Airplane selling out. Once I got over that I could appreciate it for what it is...

[@bobholtzmann]

Fleetwood Mac's "You Make Loving Fun" has a similar line "I never did believe in miracles" which is very catchy - they had a big hit with it a year or two after "Miracles" was a hit.

[@rmac8008]

There 4 70s albums Dragonfly Red octopus Earth Spitfire are all great This for me was the best of all the lineups ❤️Marty and Grace’s vocals 🎶

[@ChataCovers]

for valentines i';d of chosen the song "With Your Love" by Jefferson Starship

[@richarddobson815]

Hi Nick and Alexia, firstly finish watching High Fidelity!! A great movie, adapted for the US market from a novel by British author Nick Hornby. So the book is very British, but well worth reading. I love both book and movie, and watching it reminds me of the time when I had my own CD store in Cape Town. I have to admit there were times when my team and I had to resist being snobby and patronising (like Jack Black's character) to the customers because we thought we knew more about the music than they did! It's not good for business being rude to your customers! Red Octopus was one of the first albums I bought in SA. My favourite track was always the album opener Alexia, 'Fast Buck Freddie'. It has Grace Slick on lead vocals and features Papa John Creach on violin. Unfortunately for me there were no memorable moments listening to 'Miracles' as most girls ran a mile when I plucked up the courage to talk to them! Oh dear! Things did improve eventually thank goodness. But it's a lovely album, much more organic than Airplane before or Starship later. I think I need to declare that the Starship album after 'We Built This City' called No Protection is a guilty pleasure of mine, very late 80's production but killer tunes with vocals shared by Grace and Mickey Thomas. Great choice Stephen.

[@stephenhuber1219]

Leonid & Friends will blow your mind

[@14gilbertst]

This was an interesting album in '75......I was so into the Airplane....and I liked the song, Ride the Tiger, from their previous album, Dragonfly, (as J. Starship) so I had high hopes. Definitely worth a full listen, despite the lack of Hot Tuna members. I do love Grace's backing vocals on this song!

[@davehess1019]

wow, this song takes me way back, oh my god, Jefferson Starship has another great song called, " No way out" Mickey Thomas's vocals are so incredible, it's a few years after this song and a different lead singer but, wow, No way out is such a great song, please check it out when you get a chance, Thank you

[@stephencaruso760]

Jane, Count on Me, With Your Love and Runaway were their other big Top 40 hits as well as Find your way back and No Way Out which were minor hits

[@4tuneagent]

I like "Stranger" also. From 1982, I believe, with Mickey and Grace on vocals. Jammin' tune!.

[@edwincancelii2917]

I’m also requesting another Valentine song, Love Story by Johnny Mathis, the marvelous light baritone.

[@LilDebi-l6k]

My favorite!!

[@Shabenn]

I remember this when it came out when I was a kid. It has always given me an eerie feeling. Just an eerie vibe for me. Classic though.

[@Shabenn]

@@kbrewski1 Whatever

[@antonioorlando4484]

Hi Nick and Lex, now that you are on Jefferson Pls. listen to Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun. She's Grace Slick ( of course) one of my favourite female voices ever. All songs are good. In Flowers of the night there is one of my favourite guitar riffs. Saludos.

[@ignatzmuskrat3000]

This recording is akin to a musical primer of the Kama Sutra!

[@edf13]

Marty was a good friend of mine (later in his life), he was a very fine and gifted man who influenced music across generations!

[@scott3744]

This is one of those songs where they had to know it was great when they were recording it. They *had* to know 👍😎

[@leonardsfriend5821]

Hot Tuna is another branch of the Jefferson Airplane alumni tree, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassady and Papa John Creach (probably his violin on this track)

[@chrisjamieson3452]

Hesitation Blues could be reacted to. Excellent rendition.

[@MisterWondrous]

The season of love! Way to go, Stephen! It was probably just as well that the Mister was talking during the naughty bits, which were, of course, completely absent from most radio transmissions. When ranging over my mind for love songs, I find that it is hard to beat "Nights in White Satin". Their song "The Actor" is pretty darn close. Maybe better. Jefferson Airplane's "Coming Back to Me" is an excellent love song, and was featured in the movie, "Flashback".

[@anthonyblakely399]

I Love this song. When it came on the radio....I couldn't believe it was them. The lead singer was a male, so I was a little surprised about it, but the song was like smooth jazz and I loved it.

[@scottanderson8420]

Glad your life is settling down. I hope everyone in your family is well and thriving.

[@davehess1019]

this band has made a ton of changes throughout the years and they never lost a step

[@stephencaruso760]

The album's title was inspired by a nickname given to Kantner's 1950 Buick Roadmaster, which he painted red and adorned with an octopus emblem.

[@clannad99germany70]

Was my favorite song of all time of Jefferson Starship. the whole album Red Octopus was great !! The Vinyl ist standing here in my rooms, purchased in 1975, I guess.

[@chrisjamieson3452]

The Airplane/Starships highest charting single.

[@clannad99germany70]

@@chrisjamieson3452 I know, I was listening then each week the Billboard Top 100 and I think the highest position was no 7 maybe, just long ago.

[@chrisjamieson3452]

@@clannad99germany70 OK, why not. Miracles hit #3 on Billboard, while Somebody to Love & White Rabbit hit #'s 5 & 8. Jane topped off at #14. I'm not including Starship (no way) They hit #1 with We Built This City. Which a Rolling Stone poll had at #1 Worst song of the 80's.

[@clannad99germany70]

@@chrisjamieson3452 No 3, I was not sure, even better, a higher position.

[@allengator1914]

Nothing wrong with describing this song as groovy. When this song was first released, Groovy was still a very often used term.

[@MrSmartAlec]

1975 I started my senior year of college and lived in a trailer park. The trailer next door to us played this song everyday and it was cranked up. Not sure what they were doing over there but they loved this song and I was sick of it. LOL 🤣😍😈

[@christopherhuot2826]

Marty Balins voice was and is pure GOLD!!!😊

[@alansmith7626]

maybe I am just old but this tune always reminded me of intimate talk, call it pillow talk if ya want, has a light and floaty feeling, to me at least ! LOL Great react!

[@BringItMAGA]

The Marty Balin lead singer era is my favorite!

[@DavidTrippi-fp9yg]

The haunting vocals of Marty balien

[@keninboulder76]

The "Spitfire" album is excellent too! I first heard this when I was 16. One of the first albums I bought

[@storknewsofnashville]

One of the hallmarks of both Jefferson Airplane and Jeffereson Starship was the vocal harmonies and interplay between Marty Balin. Grace Slick, and Paul Kantner. I suggest another song St. Charles from the Spitfire album which adds the shredding guitar of Craig Chaquico. Wish you guys would explore Airplane beyond White Rabbit and Somebody to Love

[@stephencaruso760]

Love St Charles

[@tombeyerlein3813]

The Airplane was *much* more experimental and trippy than the Jefferson Starship/Starship. You should definitely dig more deeply than Somebody To Love and White Rabbit. Anything off of the Surrealistic Pillow (1967) album or Volunteers (1969) would be great, but the albums After Bathing At Baxter's ('67) and Crown of Creation from '68 are also great achievements, though maybe less accessible.

[@that70slifetimetravel]

The entire Red Octopus album is fantastic! Marty Balin is stellar on this one! 😀 Don't miss "Count on Me", btw!

[@jaimegarcia6114]

Great vocals by Marty Balin RIP.

[@edwincancelii2917]

I’m requesting Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Ritchie, another Valentine song.

[@ositofreitas]

You two looked at each other about a minute into the song like "Lets go to the bedroom"

[@ignatzmuskrat3000]

You wouldn't believe how big this song was. Grace isn't so much a backup singer as a duo with Marty! Sexy to the max. Pretty, please!

[@bmac1205]

Mar-Mar sighting at 3:46!!!!🐶

[@tombeyerlein3813]

For me, the Jefferson Starship was by far at its best when it featured Grace Slick, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner from the Airplane. The late stuff under the "Starship" name was mostly atrocious, imo.

[@richeaton5752]

Try "Sketches Of China"

[@PeterTaylor-n5i]

Have you heard of Ian Dury and the blockheads song hit me with your rhythm stick got to number one in UK and USA. Also why no music from the jam. Like all your reaction s

[@katesjanice]

And Hot Tuna came from Jefferson Airplane.

[@joelliebler5690]

Great song with a bit of erotic forwardness to shock conservatives out of their skin!My favorite from this era is St. Charles so I hope someone can pay you enough to react to that great tune!

[@jeffreygortz6146]

I wonder how many " guys" could make to the " finish" line while making love while listening to this song ?????? Feel bad for the women when the " guy" couldnt last 6 minutes !!!!!! 😢😢😢😢❤

[@MarkTaylor-wl9dp]

try their track "Love Too Good" as it is soooo good! LOL Mark GV - Reference Point

[@procopiusaugustus6231]

This was probably their best song. Marty Balin at his best. You should really look more into Airplane. Their best known songs are far from their best. “Lather” for instance or “Martha”.

[@sarahzentexas]

Sexiest song ever imho. Just pure love + sexual expression thereof.

[@jimfrederick3907]

It seems like your appreciation of the musical greatness caused you not to concentrate on the words. They are magic.

[@franckthibault2521]

I love your neckless Alexia!

[@NicknLex]

Thank you!! Brought to you by Michele Michele 🥰❤️

[@joemachine4714]

The chorus is everything, like wallpaper of my mind as I heard it much growing up. The verses are "meh" to me tho 😊

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

I feel that Jefferson Airship devolved into a very formulaic group in Jefferson Starship. They lost their soul.

[@RogerAbbot-mq9ol]

The 60s were completely over by then. Time to move on.

[@jamesvomsaal]

Better use protection because this is a Baby Maker tune

[@Heathcoatman]

New guitar in the background?

[@NicknLex]

Yes! 😍

[@mmattson8947]

Two of my favorite JS songs are “Miracles” and “Runaway”, but only the radio cuts (like on their greatest hits album). Those versions are 3.5 minutes long. When I hear the original album versions (about twice as long), to me it feels excessively bloated with less energy. (But that is only my opinion.)

[@stephencaruso760]

Runaway was actually my choice at first for Valentines but at last minute I changed my mind..

[@buddystewart2020]

I'm just saying it looks like the dog is moving in time with the music so, something must be right with this track. And my seven beers has nothing to do with it.

[@unmalo2768]

3 minutes of talking at the beginning is torture! JUST GET ON WITH IT!

[@NicknLex]

Please do yourself and us favor and unsubscribe right now! Most people like what we have to say. If you consider it torture than go take a hike. Why watch a reaction? Listen to the damn song on Spotify then. A quejarse a otro lado papa!

[@peachbottom2010]

I love pretty latinos. not him.