Love - Hey Joe

[@MrSpankee02]

I love this band. So underrated,yet an integral piece of the psychedelic sound.

[@teethgrinder83]

They were amazing weren't they-im 40 and although many of my friends were/are into the same kind of music (especially when discovering new (to us) music in school i was the only one who got into Love. Just awesome stuff

[@crorivpro]

The bass line in this version is incredible !

[@trinidadapodaca7027]

thats what im saying but these fools dont understand

[@jg6698]

@@trinidadapodaca7027 yeah, but you're an insider man. You KNOW 🥳🤣

[@reddwing4368]

Yeah God sent

[@heaven7360]

I saw this band at The Whiskey a Go Go in the 60s. Fun times!

[@01sapphireGTS]

Cool version. This is my first exposure to the Love. The bass player is earning his $$ for sure.

[@PK-gi2qh]

To me this is the best version ever! It has such a raw LA psych pace and sound. You can tell where punk rock got it's roots coming less than ten years after this song was recorded.

[@videomaniac108]

The bass in this song kicks ass.

[@patrickgeorge1441]

Oh Man! Where were these guys when I grew up in Richmond Cal 1953-1971? We barely heard their 7 and 7 Is, and there were very very few 45's to buy, I could not get one. This version of Hey Joe is unique using some different lyrics, like, "Hey Joe where you going with that MONEY in your hand". These guys should go to Warclaw Poland in the summertime for the annual "Hey Joe" congregation with 8,000 plus and growing folks playing the background while various singers sing the lyrics. It goes into the Guinnes Book of Records every year. Man, LOVE, they were so good!

[@davidsandler6235]

These guys played clubs in West Hollywood along with The Leaves and The Seeds. It feels like a thousand years ago.

[@raulduke6105]

Classic band woefully underrated

[@richardbrown761]

In 1965 we danced around a fire all night long on the Rim out side of Taos to Love's version of "hey Joe"-had a great time

[@leftywright6458]

"Hey Joe" was written by Billy Roberts, an obscure folk singer. Jim Pons was in The Leaves (later the Turtles)who recorded the first version of the song. This is my favorite version with the "lead bass." Awsome stuff. Mc Lean first heard it while roadying for The Byrds who also recorded it.

[@1blastman]

"lead bass" - how true, I've listened to many versions of this, including Buckwheat Zydeco's [RIP] and this version of the song has been my standard of excellence for almost 40 years.

[@leftywright6458]

Good taste!!! Love me some Love!

[@renjay3743]

Hey Joe was written by a number of people. But fundamentally it was Niela Miller who started the thing. She was Billy Roberts girlfriend at one time she wrote a song called "Baby please don't go to town". Check it out. Also Len Partridge who played with Billy Roberts during the mid 50's in Edinburgh's folk scene had some input too but fundamentally it evolved from Niela's song.

[@koreypaul6698]

Love was playing this live before the Leaves recorded it with the wrong lyrics given them by Love's guitarist, Johnny Echols..

[@trinidadapodaca7027]

turtles suck love play the best hey joe ever

[@alanmerrill7673]

This Love version was sung by Bryan Maclean, not Arthur Lee. Bryan was a quiet guy who never stepped up to take his bow. This is him singing.

[@finylvinyl66]

Sounds to me like Maclean and Lee are trading off the vocals.

[@raddmann99]

They aren't. Its all Maclean

[@feliciaecheverria]

Yes, absolutely all Bryan. I am proud to call Bryan, Maria, and Mama Lizzie my family. They took me in when I lost mine. Bryan was a very sweet, gentle, and gifted person. I miss him very much.

[@feliciaecheverria]

@Mark Simons Bryan and Maria was/are two of the most gifted artists. Bryan created some of the most beautiful worship music, true and pure. One day while Lizzy was living in Orange County, he played a song he titled, Hold Out For Radiant Day, it was a song filled with worship, praise, and hope for the listeners. I don't know if he recorded it. He truly loved the Lord. He is with him now.

[@butterflymoon6368]

@@feliciaecheverria was he in laurel canyon at the time? Did you meet the rest of the band?

[@craigbutterfield592]

My favorite version right here. Love Love

[@JoelGalvan-w6y]

I wore out 2 copy of this album. Amazing, birthing album, by love.

[@sonjar1853]

While in the car, and station surfing, I caught a drop of this song..but I had to hear more, I just knew hearing a few notes of it, this was special. Wow! So deceptively simple ( which is usually quite complex) it generates a “garage band”sound heat. And even though the tempo is fast, it still has a haunting quality to it, as does Hendrix’s slow tempoed version. Very hard to sit still when you hear it! I just wanna get up and dance! I just love this song!

[@SimonYoung-OFFICIAL]

Fantastic record that inspired the Stranglers excellent first single 'go buddy, go buddy, go, buddy, go, buddy go, buddy, go go go.'

[@dynjarren8355]

Love with Arthur Lee was very popular on the Sunset Strip in LA in the Sixties. In fact they played the Whiskey aGo Go and the Doors Jim Morrison said that their goal at the time they were coming up was to be as popular as Love was! Love was the hottest band then. The Doors surpassed them and became the Whisky’s house band eventually.

[@a1974h]

The bass in the whole album is fucking great. It drives the songs like fuck.

[@jg6698]

You have an extremely limited vocabulary. You should have applied yourself more instead of hanging with the dopers.

[@doomsdaymachine619]

Glorious. Before Hendrix was The Leaves . This however is my favorite because the bass player is going off and it is so subtle to the common ear. And no,Hendrix was late 60's. And if you listen to Loves She comes in colours,you will see how bands like Smashmouth took from mid 60's California bands

[@davidsandler6235]

Loved these guys. Leaves did this tune first, or about the same time as Love. I think they played spots on Sunset Blvd.

[@Speedracer78]

That bass guitar line! Yes!

[@tariksba]

perfect job from the bass player .

[@kevandalzell7906]

The BEST version! Proto-punk as fuck!!!!!

[@jrhunter007]

Give me Hendrix's

[@Suchapill]

+Kevan Dalzell LOVE Hendrx. Love has the best Hey Joe, though. It's got that 60s Stomp that won't stop! 😎

[@zonalibrer3357]

@@Suchapill Agreed!. The Hendrix version is more similar to *the TIM ROSE version* , with a slow funky tempo.

[@robulusx2]

Bryan Maclean singing known for the softer tunes really rocks it hard here!!

[@kennyberry5171]

First time I heard this, it was in a stack of 45s my brother's band was considering learning. But it was by the Leaves, and to me, a much better version of the song....which is usually the case.

[@hayden37]

Thanks for doing this!! Amazing…wow

[@bellajessie6156]

Truly the best version ever!

[@Cirkumvent]

Love this version (pun intended)! OMFG that bass is just awesome! Haven't heard this in years...

[@15chipshops]

My favourite version!, although i also love version's by "The Shadows of Night", "The Golden Cups" and "Wilson Pickett".

[@garethjenkins6273]

Shadows of Knight version my favourite. I do love the Golden Cups version as well. A punk/psychedelic stormer by the Japanese Group Sounds band.

[@scottdavis3571]

I love the groovy base underlining the song.

[@user-vz1rc1rb5o]

Hated it at first, 4 listnen's later, I hear that bass , and I realized..... WOW!!!!! .....now, I dig it!!!!!! Love it!!!

[@jeffmanley6222]

I saw this group in 1965 (first acid trip) at BEATLEEATLES Hollywood

[@happydayz7857]

What was beatleeatles?

[@BarryCoidan]

Best version

[@xavierpattonson5545]

Yes...one of best...if only they'd called it "The Love."

[@712dal]

Intro sounds like I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better by the Byrds

[@dangracia7805]

guitar lick on the Leaves version is almost identical to that lick and, to me, sounds better than the opening lick these guys play. It's a subtle difference. On the Byrds song they are playing on an open A and the part you hear change in the chord is the 3rd. It starts out as a C# then drops to the open B back to the C# then up to D , back to C#, B, C#. The strum pattern is almost the same and neither Love nor the Leaves go up to the D note like the Byrds do. But yeah, it sounds a LOT like Feel a Whole Lot Better by the Byrds, which predates these recordings. Sorry to say, I'd never heard the Love version of this song. Back when they came out I lived in California and the Leaves version was a big hit, later followed by the Hendrix version. Our "top 40" station never played the Love version of it.

[@antonfjordson]

@@dangracia7805 literally a month apart, love were the byrds roadies and didn't have the luxury of studio musicians to play their songs for them. all these bands were racing to take club street culture all the way.

[@trfesok]

The Byrds also recorded a chaotic version, at the insistence of David Crosby, who did the lead vocal. He regretted it later. But I do like it anyway, because Roger McGuinn's guitar and the drum are all over the place!

[@fhb3]

As much as I prefer Hendrix's version, this one is AMAZING! What a great track! This song... WOW!

[@feliciaecheverria]

Bryan MacClean introduced Hey Joe to Jimi Hendrix and suggested he record it.

[@goat9629]

@Cero Z deep purple one is the best

[@kevinmiller1068]

Hey Joe. Classic, and done perfectly for what it actually is saying. It's rough and harsh just like the story. Hendrix did it well, but this is exactly how it should be sung and played!!

[@sonjar1853]

It’ delicious!

[@spittindatruthaboutrecords9421]

great version!!! its great to see a different vision of this famous song ,, Hendrix version was great and so was Love's, whether its neila miller, billy roberts or whoever wrote the song , it is No question a rock classic,, and i enjoy every artists take on it.....

[@bateriadepetaluma]

This might not have made the charts in some parts of the country but it was a radio hit in the SF Bay Area, 'cause we're smarter here. Many covers of this song recorded, but this is the best one.

[@joegongora2200]

This is a great cover version eventhough it's a fast moving song. I'm familiar with Jimi Hendrix's version & they're both cool songs. I also understand that this group has a unique sound & many cool songs.

[@tacey505]

ohellzyeah early LOVE ay their best

[@gheghiskong]

A great version first ive heard of it.thumbs up

[@thevomiteers2357]

The Byrds did a fine version of this Classic as well...

[@amexjam55]

I like this a lot. thanks for posting.

[@nycarl]

The music's just like "MY FLASH ON YOU" on the same album.

[@Farrah300]

I have to say that my favorite versions are the original version by The Leaves, and of course the Jimi Hendrix Experience did a kick-butt version. I respect this version though.

[@danieldugan6072]

Of course Jimi owns this but the great unsung guitar player Roy Buchanan is spot on performing his live version of "Hey Joe".

[@CreamFreshCream]

Roy Buchanan's version is better and he sung it too!

[@jameshafner1442]

RIP Roy.

[@ladylakemusic5958]

Just beyond ☮💛💜✨

[@garethjenkins6273]

I love this version. But for me, the ultimate version of Hey Joe is by the Shadows of Knight.

[@michaelsheridan2748]

I'll take Jimi's version over this anytime, but this does have certain punk flair!

[@glennmorris3370]

Close to the Leaves version

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

The best version of this song was by the Music Machine!🤟

[@Drumcam]

Apparently, "The Leaves" recorded it first... and "Love" seems to have done their own cover of "The Leaves'" version.

[@alanmerrill7673]

+Drumcam The first version Hendrix heard was the Leaves' version.

[@marcusteblano6376]

Hendrix' version sounds like the Billy Roberts arrangement found on KZbin with an early 60's photo. Some have said that Roberts recorded that after Hendrix and copied him, not vice versa, which makes sense since Hendrix is not likely to have copied anybody. Bryan MacLean of Love heard it when the Byrds were performing it and Love started performing it. The Leaves, using the Love/Byrds arrangement recorded it before Love or the Byrds. That's what I pieced together.

[@raddmann336]

Love was doing Hey Joe during concerts way before the Seeds did it. The Byrds did it live before them too.

[@jsamc8420]

David Crosby @ Monterey

[@prudenceappleby5111]

Fucking brilliant version👍

[@sonjar1853]

The intro sounds similar to me to The Searchers, Needles and Pins.

[@Justen1980]

This sounds a lot like the "Leaves" version, which came out before the Jimi Hendrix version.. I'm curious if this is the typical British Rocker version before Hendrix came to perform it.

[@VirreFriberg]

All bands prior to the Hendrix version in December 1966 used the Leaves arrangement of the song. Love, the Standells and the Byrds all recorded it with this arrangement. Funnily, once Hendrix version came out every version of the song used his arrangement rather than the Leaves version.

[@headboy]

You gotta put aside Jimi's great version if you can and enjoy this... it's great too :-)

[@mikefelix6338]

That’s hard to do - but after hearing this for the first time I recognize the main riff as something Jimi threw into a lot of his live solos. He was the King of guitar riff allusions.

[@suzannehankins380]

Hey Joe was written by Jim Pons, bass player for The. Leaves. He was one of the best bass players around.

[@gtrjay55]

Billy Roberts wrote the tunr. This song has quite a history before Love recorded it.🙏🎵😷🎶☕❗👀

[@brittoverbaugh4035]

BRYAN MACLEAN SINGS HERE!!!! Not Arthur Lee....

[@ardentartisticstonemasonry4756]

✌🙂♥️🇺🇲🎗

[@reddwing4368]

I gotta writhe in the snake pit To properly feel it now Can t beat this feeling Though It's starts so fast and ends so slow Just letting ya know I ain t gonna be around no more That sickly sweet venoms caught my soul A flickering flame is burning inside my head and it Ain t really hurting me at all Driving the middle down Dressed to kill A pocket pistols beat friend I m a going were a man can still be free That's what Mexico Means to me now Up Copper Canyon to the grand Sierra Madre Is where I m a supposed to die That dreams so old But I can finally accept it now And somehow I am finally free of all that ever really burdened me I can breathe all the fire out for the very first time I m not here and not yet gone Still it feels all wrong.to breathe I mean to still be alive today When I can feel my demise over and over again Guess it's just the way I gotta go Well it's almost dark now Black enough to kill All I gotta do now is walk right threw that door I shudder and take my first step into hell Just like the dream always for told I shall

[@tonyblack3957]

i listen to this , and i wanna take the fucking local council out, hope m.i5 ain't taking note of this shit

[@Mattmattmovies]

Guys, please listen to She's got medals by David Bowie, it sounds the same!

[@milanlettrich3010]

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[@marlaflores3190]

OK , The bass player is better than the Leaves guy - picking notes pitsacado, but Leaves guy is running his bass thru the old fuzz box or just in 'the red ' volume level. Plus those 5 high notes in the intro ! And those guys screaming almost off key?! I Luv the Love but credit the Leaves ! Marla

[@Shoegazings]

Honestly, the best version was from Dukes of Hamburg (with former Mummies dude)

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

Love is one of my favorite bands, but Jimi Hendrix's version still blows this out of the water

[@paulfisher3596]

This is ok, but I much prefer the slow original by Billy Roberts and the fast version by the Leaves.

[@oldermuscleguy]

Totally agree on the Leaves version of Hey Joe

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

Because Hendrix had that drug essence to his music the Hippies went ape shit over him and yes I did too. But I like this version of Hey Joe by Love better. I think now post 9/11 Hendrix isn't as popular as he was before. Also I'm a US Marine Veteran. I always had a like for Hendrix because I had heard he broke his leg on a jump while on active and used his disability money to tour after his discharge and become famous but here is a quote from wiki "Hendrix later spoke of his dislike of the army and falsely stated that he had received a medical discharge after breaking his ankle during his 26th parachute jump." Here is another quote from wiki, "On June 29, 1962, Captain Gilbert Batchman granted Hendrix an honorable discharge on the basis of unsuitability. " You have to admit though Hendrix was able to make many new sounds on the his Stratocaster and his SG and was one hell of a guitar player. But I still like Love's version of Hey Joe better than Hendrix's version because love's version seemed less depressive.

[@headlessspaceman5681]

+AmericanIsraeliJew The world needs more a few more people courageous enough to refuse military service, in favor of enlightenment via art, music, consciousness expansion. Like Hendrix said, wars will end when the power of love overwhelms the love of power. Hendrix's anti-war sentiments were among his most passionate, eg. the song Machine Gun, his apocalyptic rendition of the national anthem, etc. Thank goodness he did not make a good soldier. That is something anyone should brag about. "Sorry, I'm just bad at killing complete strangers on command."

[@chrishenniker5944]

He was discharged from army by mutual agreement?

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

Chris Henniker Read his wiki and decide for yourself.

[@kurtstine2509]

oorah Marine! Thank you for your time served in the USMC. Army here. I like LOVE's version best as well. Upbeat and imo better depicts the mood of someone questioning JOE. In Jimi's version (which i do like) it's too laid back, and doesn't give me that sense of urgency? Peace Out.

[@xblood1978]

Thats pure disrespectful you loser ....Jimis dead and cant exactly fight his corner CAN HE EH?

[@MrBurninCross]

a hENDRIX 'TRIUBUTE'???

[@Mraudio714]

LOVE ARE/WERE THE BEST CORRECT..............BUT I DONT THINK ARTHUR LEE SANG HEY JOE--IT JUST DOES NOT SOUND LIKE HIM---???

[@alanmerrill7673]

+Mraudio714 Their guitarist Bryan Maclean sang the Love version.

[@gnashvillecat6654]

I dont get these guys at all. It sounds like everybody in the band hated each other and were playing different styles of music at the same time and nobody gave a damn cause they were stoned on something.

[@Delcimar_Bezerra]

Acho essa melhor kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnS9f3mGlt9kn9k

[@dacappo4804]

stop the crap listen to the original by niela miller miller 1952

[@sonjar1853]

It is great!