NEW * Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds {Stereo} 1967

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

i saw the seeds with my older brother in ‘66. i just graduated 6th grade. valley music theater in sfv. the keyboard player was throwing flowers.

[@chuyhighman6927]

I Miss The 60's !!!

[@robert11751]

God me too, i was 16 when that song was out and LA bands were rocking it back then

[@whosoever9198]

No better music than this time in the 1960’s! Hendrix, The Doors, Mamas and the Papas, The Seeds,…

[@BananaJSSI]

Love it. Great music . I was 3 in 1967

[@taylorp535]

This song is a JAM! My grandparents were just graduating high school when this song was popular, my grandpa asked me earlier if this is what I was listening to, I said “YEAH!!” He’s like “I remember driving home from school listening to this. It’s a good song” this era of music is my favorite ❤

[@johnb2422]

Let's start a band

[@kookamunga2458]

Dynamite man . This song is on my new Nuggets album.

[@shannonchannell8185]

I definitely hear ‘Golden Brown’ by The Stranglers rooted in there…

[@KutWrite]

I stumbled into a live gig by these guys at a bar on the Santa Monica shore. Didn't know who they were 'til they played this.song.

[@pedro3dynamite]

If it wasn't for a 60s album that my dad had, I would have probably never even been introduced to this song ❤

[@ACME22]

I found it in 1980 when I was 20. My friend had a record called Nuggets the first psychedelic era. We thought we would be the only ones that ever knew of this music. We were also pretty high.

[@dj-um7el]

I love Garage Rock and Proto-Punk!

[@whatupplaya7951]

Thanks for the memories. I loved this song 🎵 I was 9 yo. I still like it😅

[@matthewparsons-woolf8619]

This is my Uncle. My Mom's brother. Lemme tell ya.... the man was a TRIP. Several wives. Several kids. Possibly at times thought he was the new messiah in his final years. In final years know as Sky Sunlight Saxon.

[@orangeandslinky]

All I want is to live MY life the way I want to do, your pushing to hard on me. Did we honestly open the doors to what we have now? You bet we did. Lots of our songs were about ME ME ME ME.

[@kukuipupule4415]

my neighbor in Lanikai... the coolest cat ,man

[@Valientlink]

I heard he had a little too much acid at one point which is how he ended up with the Yahowha group, is that true? He's listed as one of rock and rolls "acid casualties" by many but if that were so, it was temporary for him. Although he probably was profoundly changed by LSD. Songs like Pictures and Designs and the freakout at the end, nothing and nobody was creating sounds like that and nobody could imitate his vocals. Your Uncle is the Godfather of punk rock. That picture of them in 1966 on Wikipedia where he's got the long hair and square shades is so cool.

[@GTLyons]

wut!!!!!!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I was only 8yrs old but remember this song well, it’s great to finally see the band. What a great stage performance 🎭 & production to entertain us! Visual and Audio Treat! 🥰

[@Returnofthecomet]

What a song it is great

[@kellybogues]

Far beyond classic awesomeness.

[@ACME22]

❤ I still love their performance on "The Mothers in Law". He must've been very relieved when they decided to stop forcing him to pretend he knew how to play a bass.❤

[@Obeijin]

Guess that's why we don't see him with a bass in most videos ...

[@da1215]

This Song only has two chords (Bm and A) and pretty easy, but Singer always plays an A when the Rest of the Band plays Bm😂😂😂

[@lindafernandez1231]

@@Obeijin

[@michaelwalsh98]

1967 one year out of high School, just as the Vietnam Draft was grabbing everyone !

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Welcome to Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine! We provide classic video music clips from the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and occasionally the 1980's. We are dedicated in improving your viewing and listening pleasure by editing, restoring and remastering vintage film clips. Enjoy!

[@OMo-m7d]

You're pushin' too hard, pushin' on me You're pushin' too hard, what you want me to be You're pushin' too hard about the things you say You're pushin' too hard every night and day You're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Well all I want is to just be free Live my life the way I want to be All I want is to just have fun Live my life like it's just begun But you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Well, better listen girl to what I'm tellin' you You better listen girl, or we are through You better stop all your foolin' around Stop your runnin' all over town Because you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Well I know there's a lot of fish in the sea I know some would stay by me So if you don't think I'm going to try You better ask yourself the reason why Because you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard on me (hard)

[@frankseprino8610]

Awsome!

[@davidoran123]

I was 13 when this came out and it seemed like the start of something entirely new.

[@orangeandslinky]

It was. We started the ME ME ME generation.

[@barnabywilde374]

i was 10 when this came out, and i remember it well. Couldn't tell ya what dinner was 3 days ago, but somehow can recall 56-year-old lyrics

[@donalddday7741]

remember when this song came out Loved it

[@joeancona2784]

🎸🎷 Instruments not 🚫 plugged in.Still a groovy song.Feeaky, Funky and Far Out!!!!

[@DavidMagana-t9d]

I saw them on 9th st.west a tv show live,well they lip-sank the song but it was pretty cool for 17 year old kid. Great song.

[@CliffMcAulay]

This is a trip! Never heard this before...Reminds me of the auditions for "Springtime For 'itler' Thanks Mel Brooks..Lol! Great mix as always smurfy. Thank you.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks Cliff!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Wow… Great restoration job, unsung heroes of audio and visual! What a great song by the Seeds…!

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks!

[@davidbell9130]

wow this takes me too far back

[@cubpower928]

EPIC!! LLOVE THE SEEDS

[@johnrobertson8263]

Proper trippy classic

[@macjam9090]

Tremendous. Got a few of their records. Remember this back in the day. Great.

[@deanperez9426]

Mind-blowing 🆒

[@orangeandslinky]

Mind-blowing was a drug term WE coined. If someone blew their mind, it meant they went totally nuts and never came back from an LSD trip. Can you imagine WANTING to go nuts? We also called a person that went completely nuts, a persons who freaked out. We glorified insanity. You actually wanted to be called a freak. You wanted to let your freak flag fly high. We were so stupid.

[@themagicsinthemusic3810]

"Garage Rock" at its best. Love It! Thank You :))

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks.

[@rasjjmitchell7977]

🌈 Jah Bless 🌈 The greatest era of music ever!

[@steveaitch729]

heard a lot on AM radio when it was released

[@phukyergreennewdeal1053]

these guys were soooo under rated.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

*overrated

[@KittyGrizGriz]

The overrated {underrated} comment strikes again….😛

[@thill47]

Love the mullet on the keyboard player🤣

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

1967❤

[@nelsonx5326]

Cool song.

[@MSCJC97]

Love this one, Sammy! Sounds great! Another gem that should have done better in the charts, Thanks!

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks John! Glad you like it.

[@PatriciaJhonson-r5i]

Nice Nice Nice Slacks man!

[@Rb1330]

I will never forget hearing them do this on The Mothers in Law TV show. It was so bizarre to see them on a sitcom.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

I agree.

[@robertorick6383]

@@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach That was Desi Arnaz Sr.'s idea. He wanted a hip band on his TV show, even though his own son, Desi Jr. was in a teen band (Dino, Desi, & Billy.) Perhaps he thought that his son's band was too pop-like and wanted a more hip "with it" band.

[@manuelvalencia1543]

But as the dorky guy said, “We think it’s gassy.”

[@robertorick6383]

@@manuelvalencia1543 The dork is right. It is indeed gassy. The Seeds were so hip in 1967 that even the geeks thought they were cool.

[@patriciafootejohnson2817]

This black Detroit 60's chick loved this song and watched the mothers in law just to see them😊

[@philstall6262]

This was one of the best songs on the Movie Easy Riders

[@scottabelli3406]

Great song--saw them in the day--Lead singer Sky Saxon died the same day Michael Jackson died

[@HemiVic]

And there was no mention of it!

[@rachel112263]

I just found that out. I can't believe it. Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Sky Saxon. He was in good company.

[@niksapate9622]

Thanks ❤

[@michaeltootikian4402]

great song

[@haroldreyes7549]

Great stereo-to-mono!!!!!

[@miguelmorrisonmorrison1388]

Felicidades! Que canción tan más chingonometrica, recuerdos de mi infancia, gracias!!

[@jeffcobb2734]

This is such a weird sounding song if you really think about it. The time register is very quirky. It chugs along with what can almost be described as a reggae beat. The strange wailing backing vocals in the chorus. That very unique guitar solo. I've never seen anyone play guitar that way. He's almost doing it underhanded. Catchy as hell but just a very oddly played and weird sounding song.

[@radiopirata568]

ESPECTACULAR !!!!!!

[@robertorick6383]

Pretty good attempt at a DES reboot of a song that wasn't recorded in true stereo in 1965. The song is definitely not about drugs, It's a threatening warning to a cheating girlfriend to not push her boyfriend around too hard to make him lose his temper. There's a very Rolling Stones-like vibe about the song. Some think the song's lyrics are misogynystic, sort of like "Under My Thumb" or "Play With Fire."

[@suchabadkitty1293]

Yeah, if the Rolling Stones sucked maybe.

[@michaelleipsitz5766]

I heard this song on LA radio at the time. It was a rough and simple underground garage rock song. Not a big time & big money pop product. It was a rebellious and angry teen statement in the LA 1960’s context of teens starting to protest against all authority (police, the army, family, the law, etc.) “pushing too hard” on them. See the 1966 Sunset Strip Riot…

[@robertorick6383]

@@michaelleipsitz5766 I agree, though in this case, it's a song about an angry teenaged male threatening his pushy girlfriend for cheating and running around with other guys. The Young Rascal's "You Better Run " is in the same category. There's nothing in the lyrics about a police riot. That would be The Standells "Riot On Sunset Strip" that would describe that category. The Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" was also based on a police riot on a teenaged music nightclub on Sunset Strip, and Stephen Still's reaction to it.

[@rachel112263]

Sky Saxon was 28 years old in 1965 and was brought up in a Mormon household. I think the song is Sky's way of venting about his overprotective parents who always told him what to do and didn't support the fact that he wanted to be a musician. Then he meets a girl who wanted to rush into marriage, he didn't feel the same way, and she got back at him by cheating on him. Like his parents, she was pushing too hard to change him. She couldn't accept him for who he was either. He simply wanted to be free to have fun and live his life the way he wanted. I don't think it's political at all. I don't think he cared about that at the time. And, most of all, the last person in the world I would compare him to is Mick Jagger. Are you kidding me? Sky Saxon is truly unique, original and misunderstood. He got a bad rap being compared to Mick Jagger. Add it to the list.

[@robertorick6383]

@@rachel112263 No, Sky Saxon, born Richard Marsh was not Mick Jagger or Keith Richards, nor was he ever intended to be. Sky actually made some pre-Seeds discs in the early 60's under the names of Dickie Marsh or Ritchie Marsh. These were typical early 60's teen idol discs, and are now in demand for collectors that are into The Seeds or Sky Saxon. These early discs were only regionally successful, and it took the British Invasion of 1964 to turn young Ritchie/Dickie Marsh around into renaming himself Sky Saxon in 1965. Some listeners (or detractors) not knowing the difference between Mick Jagger or Sky Saxon confused the two, and songs like "Pushin' Too Hard" had an attitude to them (so did "Excuse Excuse" and "Nobody Spoil My Fun') that DJ's loved to lump together with the other garage bands across the US at the time that were inspired by The Beatles and The Stones that made the confusion more misunderstood by squares that disliked Rock & Roll and garage bands in general. I apologize for the connection, but that is how many rock & roll haters saw it (narrow minded as it was) at the time. Other big-lipped singers like Tim Curry, David Johansen, Bob Geldof, and Iggy Pop among others were confused with Mick or Keith. It was just a misunderstood conception among the ignorant. This is why and how an older TV personality like Desi Arnaz managed to get The Seeds on a TV sitcom show like "The Mothers In Laws" for national exposure, since an aging actor like Arnaz did dig them (after all, his son, Desi Arnaz Jr. was in a teen rock band in the mid-60's with Dean Martin's son and Billy Hinsche, whose sister was married to Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys. Desi Sr. may have been 50 years old at the time, but he understood Rock & Roll music.) Ironically, by the time the Seeds did that TV show, they stopped having chart records on Billboard's charts.

[@orangeandslinky]

All I want is to live MY life the way I want to do, your pushing to hard on me. Did we honestly open the doors to what we have now? You bet we did. Lots of our songs were about ME ME ME ME.

[@Pimp-Master]

Gotta learn the guitar solo off this!

[@orangeandslinky]

We all used flatwound string back then. You will notice fast decay of basses and guitars. The fuzztone just come out. When that was not used, you'll notice all the instruments were totally natural thru the amps. The only thing on some amps was spring reverb and tremolo.

[@noradiaz7752]

Great band love song

[@1BillHarding]

Wow, Sammy! You've given us an outstanding stereo track and a perfectly synchronized clip!

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks very much, Bill!

[@robertbroughton1443]

I was wondering where the Bangles got this from. Their version is great.

[@orangeandslinky]

The Bangles parents grew up on 60's music and the girls heard it all there life growing up.

[@AstroMockerSelector]

More like 1966 dude! This was the first hit that first was released in 1965 on single! ... Just look at the guys LONG hair, '66 MAN!!!

[@g5nationtonation]

Wild things rockers

[@billevans7936]

Cool

[@scottabelli3406]

I saw them in 68

[@willyjames8300]

GROOVY

[@drbluzer]

It looks like the bass player is playing a "HOFNER VIOLA BASS" just like PAUL MCCARTNEY of THE BEATLES fame !

[@johnsanchez1929]

I think the lead singer is using a penny many greats use one.

[@ronaldherrera3479]

Pushing' Too Hard, originalmente titulada « You're Pushing Too Hard », escrita por el vocalista Sky Saxon y producida por Saxon con Marcus Tybalt. Fue lanzado como sencillo en 1965, reeditado al año siguiente y alcanzó el puesto 36 en el Hot 100 en febrero de 1967 y el número 44 en Canadá en marzo. La canción se convirtió en la melodía distintiva del grupo y en un modelo para su estilo musical, hasta tal punto que la revista Creem escribió más tarde, sin desaprobación, que "los Seeds, por supuesto, lograron incluir 'Pushin' Too Hard' en cada canción que alguna vez lo hice." Se incluyó en la influyente compilación Nuggets en la década de 1970 y se ganó la reputación de ser un clásico del garage rock protopunk . La canción aparece en la exhibición del Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll que muestra "Las 500 canciones que dieron forma al rock and roll". The Seeds interpretaron "Pushin' Too Hard" durante un episodio de 1968 de la comedia televisiva The Mothers-in-Law . Saxon revisó la canción en su álbum en solitario de 2008, The King of Garage Rock . … You're pushin' too hard, pushin' on me You're pushin' too hard, what you want me to be You're pushin' too hard about the things you say You're pushin' too hard every night and day You're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Well all I want is to just be free Live my life the way I want to be All I want is to just have fun Live my life like it's just begun But you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Well, better listen girl to what I'm tellin' you You better listen girl, or we are through You better stop all your foolin' around Stop your runnin' all over town Because you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Well I know there's a lot of fish in the sea I know some would stay by me So if you don't think I'm going to try You better ask yourself the reason why Because you're pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard on me (too hard) … Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard Pushin' too hard, pushin' too hard on me (hard)

[@jacob6657]

Accurate matching of stereo to video Sammy.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks very much Jacob.

[@thrillarama]

Lewis Hamilton his favorite song...

[@satan1108]

1965/11

[@tomdoe4962]

what the heck is the singer doing with that guitar?

[@Joseph-ax999]

Often called garage rock but they were much better than that.

[@rasjjmitchell7977]

🌈 Jah Bless 🌈 The term "Punk rock" was first used to describe bands like the Seeds and the Standells at least a decade before the Ramones or the Sex Pistols ever existed

[@scottabelli3406]

Sky Saxon died the same day as Michael Jackson

[@robertorick6383]

Sky was born Richard Marsh in 1937, making him about 29 years old when he filmed this. He started his career issuing teen oriented recordings that were local sellers under the names "Dickie Marsh" or "Richie Marsh". In late 1964, he became Sky Saxon when he started taking drugs, particularly LSD.

[@1BillHarding]

You're pushin' too hard. A-pushin' on me. You're pushin' too hard. A-what you want me to be? You're pushin' too hard, about the things you say. You're pushin' too hard, every night and day. You're pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard on me. Too hard. Well, all I want is to just be free, And live my life the way I wanna be. All I want is to just have fun, And live my life like it's just begun. But, you're pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard on me. Too hard. Come here! Better listen, Girl, to what I'm tellin' you. You better listen, Girl, or we are through. You better stop all your foolin' around. Stop your runnin' all over town. 'Cause you're pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard on me. Too hard. But, I know there's lotta fish in the sea. I know some would a-stay by me. So, if you don't think I'm gonna try, You better ask yourself the reason why. 'Cause you're pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard on me. Too hard. Pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard on me. Too hard. Pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard. Pushin' too hard on me. Too hard.

[@iadorenewyork1]

The lyrics are superlative!

[@LOGICNREALITY]

It sounds like an old asian woman

[@suchabadkitty1293]

No wonder these guys were one hit wonders. Yikes...

[@johnesposito7374]

Great song