The Guess Who - American Woman (REACTION) with my wife

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[@hackermusic3355]

If there was anybody offended by this song I certainly didn't know any of them. We actually were offended by very little back then compared to now when everybody is looking for a reason to be offended. The song was #1 in America for 3 weeks.

[@tinapatterson5022]

Well Said!! 🙂✌

[@proudmoon3]

So true!

[@gandalf679]

I couldn't agree with you more, was there...have ALL the t-shirts, and if you were offended, it was on you, because no one else was, but remember, twas the decade of love....Rock ON!!!

[@alisonfernandes9770]

As a Canadian, I always felt that it was more about rejection of the American political and cultural mindset. 😎

[@guidosarducci]

That is exactly what it is, and I totally agree. And yet, for some reason, I find myself living in the USA...solely because I was born here.

[@dougca7086]

I think the Canadians have forgotten they are Americans also and a great number of them have dual citizenship!

[@johnperrigo6474]

The line "I don't need your war machines" says it all. And today the US has more war machines than ever imagined.

[@tomh1754]

you have it right Alison. I don't have to like my goverment to appreciate the life living in the US allows me though

[@jaynethomas7380]

This song absolutely is political. Burton Cummings is trying to soft sell it now after 50 years. They're talking about war, ghettos, racial strife, poverty. Burton lives in LA now so..... Canada was busy welcoming refugees from the draft in those years.

[@A-moment-in-time554]

We older people always say we had the best music in the 70's. And it's true. When you think of so many great bands from that time and this is one of those bands

[@jordan390a]

Laughing, These Eyes, Share the Land, Hang On to Your Life, Raindance, Bus Rider, Albert Flasher and a literal ton of other great Guess Who tunes, starting with Shakin' All Over....

[@pasekmi]

They should be in the R&R Hall of Fame

[@craigmarkowski7156]

I graduated high school in 1979 the year you were born ! I was a child of the 60s and a teenager of the 70s ! Best music ever !

[@dianedeclue1153]

American Woman is a metaphor

[@dougieyou]

hey Guys... I'm one of your CANADIAN subs and I gotta tell you that The Guess Who are royalty here, even after all this time they still play on radio cause they are that good. They have a deep rabbit hole of hits and the lead singer Burton Cummings also has a lot of great hits as well.

[@stonermeister]

Burton Cummings is one of the most soulful singers. Hard, soft, he always delivers the message with so much passion. These Eyes and Stand Tall are must listens!

[@mikemiller3069]

I graduated in 1978 and most of my friends had "The Best of The Guess Who" album. This song was a huge hit in America and I never heard of anyone who was offended by it. We love out Canadian neighbors and their musicians.

[@cherielima6100]

Indeed! I have always loved The Guess Who. Several of the guys went on to nice solo careers. Really good stuff all round!🎉

[@dougieyou]

Some Guess Who hits" "These Eyes", No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature", "Undun","Clap for the Wolfman","laughing" to name a few.

[@Kairon111161]

1970 -- for decades, most Americans didn't even know that this wasn't an American band. This was the height of Vietnam and the protests in the streets and on the campuses. For those who did know, it was like a gut-wrenching punch from your best friend and neighbor in the whole world. But whichever of those two groups you were in, you HAD to love the song. This was a HUGE hit in the United States. Got MASSIVE airplay on American radio for the next -- well, the next 5 decades, if you go to the classic rock stations right up to this very day. And nobody EVER spoke about the fact that it was a Canadian band whose original inspiration was an improvisational moment in a club up in Canada. And they were really talking about the female groupies they met in their recent American tour. And America itself was in some ways hating itself -- it was a time of tremendous critique -- of the war, of money before every other value, so it met our ears as something almost internal to us -- it feels like an American easily could have written this -- but of course, it was these Canadians, which makes more sense. Really powerful classic rock, way up there with the very best.

[@ToddSauve]

Randy Bachman says it was over a hard time they got from some idiotically hard right wing border guards in North Dakota that gave them an impossibly hard time crossing into the US for a tour because they were a rock band and had long hair. They even tried to force the band to sign documents saying they would be willing to fight for the US military. This was, of course, the time of the Vietnam war, so they just "NO!" turned around and came back home. It was a protest song against those sorts of people who loved the Vietnam war and were making everyone's life miserable. That is all. Burton Cummings has spun several different tales about the song but that is what Randy Bachman says.

[@jordan390a]

Glad you got the full album version...!!!

[@guidosarducci]

👍👍

[@M_ondo]

This 🔥🔥🔥🔥 song was out in early 1970, was in high school. Burton Cummings is one of the greatest singers ever. These Eyes is fantastic also. Many very good songs. There 2 live versions that don't get blocked well as of it. Burton is still performing as a solo artist. To me 1968, 69, and 70 were the greatest yrs for music.

[@cherielima6100]

I saw Burton in concert in 2000. He put on an excellent show!

[@jaynethomas7380]

I saw them many times back then. They're concerts were always amazing and fun.

[@custardflan]

The guitar player is Randy Bachman, later cofounder of Bachman Turner Overdrive.

[@patswanson2870]

They are from my home province of Manitoba, Canada. Burton Cummings is the lead singer and had several solo hits. The lead guitarist is Randy Bachman who went on to start the band Bachman Turner Overdrive which also had many hits. Both of them are still touring.

[@winstonsmith8441]

It is a protest song against all things American, particularly the Vietnam War. The "woman" is a metaphor for America.

[@ToddSauve]

No it is not. It was a criticism against the hard right wing element in the US who kept trying to escalate the war in Vietnam. You can agree or disagree with the song's intent but that is what the Guess Who themselves say.

[@WatchingUntiltheEnd]

​@ToddSauve, so the other poster's comment is true. Also, the Democrat party, Lyndon Baines Johnson (D) was knee deep support for the war. The same as they were to allow Bush Jr with his war. Select a few to oppose in order to keep face and, in turn, push for more unwarranted wars.

[@ValerieBoyco]

Still relevant today 😢​@@ToddSauve

[@bbollig9288]

Your metaphorical woman is the statue of liberty.

[@robertsonsid]

Burton said it's about American woman and not politics.

[@suziQue]

Very Woodstock.. I remember this very well, came out when I was in High School

[@lawrenceanthony7117]

Deeper Meaning... Its a political statement about The US in general. American Woman is a Metafor

[@kimbarry4674]

Maybe to you but Burton himself said....it was only intended as a compliment to Canadian women so don't turn it into something it isn't!

[@kimbarry4674]

And learn how to spell🤣

[@carolespinoza8469]

Guys, in 60,s. 70,s. This song played all the clubs constantly. The black light,s flashing went so well with this song.🔥🔥. Love it. 💕. Great pick, 😘😘

[@anthonyblakely399]

Also the song is a metaphor to the American society at the time Civil rights movement....racial tension...Vietnam War.....all that stuff going on at that time!!!!

[@mitzifrancis9843]

I think you'd love No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature and Undun. There's a great live performance of Undun from the TV show The Midnight Special where lead singer Burton Cummings not only blows your mind with his vocals but also plays flute.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

This is at the heart of Canadian Rock’n Roll ! We call it “wheat field soul”! I got to work with Jack Richardson, the producer of the Guess Who, Alice Cooper and many more classics. He taught me a lot about recording! Peace - from “super-natural British Columbia, Canada!

[@thomasmcdonough6642]

So these guys in Portland Oregon on the river outside..best live band you ever heard

[@dalemcmillan7231]

Loved The Guess Who! Had many many hit singles from 1969 to 1975. American Woman was a huge #1 Song both in the USA and here in Canada 🇨🇦 Saw them live many times here in Canada 🇨🇦 between 1970 and 1975 ❤

[@paulbernard677]

The song was popular in US. I was young, but I don’t think there was any negative reaction, it’s a song. Some of the other songs listed in the comments, e.g. These Eyes, was also very popular.

[@GaryCain-qf5vi]

Guess Who? 😮 It's me Gary😂 I love The Guess Who❤ "No Sugar Tonight/ New Mother Nature" and "No Time" all great songs. Peace✌️ and Love❤️ 😍Gary

[@stevemaggard5866]

American woman was a metaphor

[@robertsonsid]

Not according to Burton - the writer.

[@jocylynnhouy3994]

Was a teen when this came out. I don't think anyone was insulted as the music was so HOT!

[@AnonymousServant513]

The bass is holding up the song spectacularly. Epic. Saw them play small venue...my ears were ringing for days. The bass...enough said.

[@billg763]

The bass and the drums (Kale and Peterson) were always the glue that held them together, so tight. This allowed Bachman and Cummings all sorts of leeway in the music.

[@ToddSauve]

This is the story Randy Bachman, the Guess Who's lead guitarist, tells about this song. The band was at the border going across to do a tour they had scheduled in the US around 1969-70. (They were going from either Saskatchewan or Manitoba into North Dakota. They played a tremendous number of gigs in Saskatchewan back in those days, and Burton Cummings now lives in Moose Jaw.) But the border guards/customs agents hated that they were a rock band and had long hair. So they made the experience an administrative nightmare for them. At length they even tried to have the band members sign a paper declaring they would volunteer for military duty if they crossed into the US. The Vietnam war was raging at that exact time. This infuriated the entire band so they said "Absolutely not!" cancelled their tour and returned to Canada. President Richard Nixon later invited them to the White House to sing a few songs, a year or two later, because they were such BIG rock stars. They sang "American Woman" as one of their songs. 🤣😂🙃☺ The song is only meant to highlight how the image of the American Statue of Liberty had been hijacked by the extreme right wing of the US political spectrum during the Vietnam war. I'm a Canadian in my mid-60s and I can say with authority that 99% of people in Canada _do not_ hate Americans! This is not meant to be an anti-American song. It was only ever meant to be a criticism of the far right wing mentality of some people in the US, and elsewhere, who seemed to love war and killing other people for no valid reason. I was only 10 or 12 years old when this song came out and I didn't have a clue what it was talking about! LOL! 🤔👍 Try the Guess Who's live version of "Running Back to Saskatoon" for much greater musical joy from this band. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJrbgoCHe7KCj7M Or this version, which is the original live version from radio, that we all grew up with from 1972. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHeoeomhiK2UgLc Or this killer version of "American Woman" they performed live in Winnipeg in 2004! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGm2q5Jnn6yVnpo

[@Agg1E91]

The vietnam war era is *mostly* before my time (born in late 1966) but I always took the "american woman" to be the statue of liberty and a song against the US "throwing it's weight around" regarding its neighbors. I remember hearing people joke, not that long ago actually, that Canada was America's 51st state. I can imagine some Canadians just being a little low-level frustrated with America and her power, in all its forms. I know, I often feel that way about California.

[@ToddSauve]

@@Agg1E91 Yes, everyone gets annoyed with their neighbours from time to time. I know that here in western Canada there has always been a severe annoyance with Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal and how they _always_ have their thumbs on the scale when it comes to who the federal government governs for. We are far more aggravated with them than we ever are with the US. Not that the US doesn't aggravate us all from time to time, but in the West we dislike Ontario and Quebec's imperialism a great deal more.

[@johncollins1177]

This song is still played on American radio. I was born in 1965 and have heard it regularly since I was 7,8 years old.

[@WilliamGuess-ns6th]

Some say American Woman is In reference to the Statue of Liberty!

[@MegaIronleg]

OH MAN, I WAS 15 WHEN THIS CAME OUT. EVERY RADIO STATION WAS PLAYING THIS MAYBE HALF DOZEN TIMES A DAY. BURTON CUMMINGS IS STILL SINGING TODAY. UNBELIEVABLE THE LEGACY THIS MAN HAS… ANOTHER BIG RABBIT HOLE TO ENJOY 👏 ROCK ON 👊🖖

[@TheMikeman1971]

Great band for real !

[@bd200]

Love the reaction, but also love how the dog gets up and leaves the room when the song is over... Priceless.

[@salmuscles]

Hi guys .. American woman is the Statue of Liberty 🗽 and it’s a Vietnam protest song …

[@robertsonsid]

No it wasn't. It was about American woman compared to Canadian woman. Burton did an interview and said it was not a protest song.

[@JasonGilbert-yl8hf]

Love the group and this song:)

[@loriloucks3738]

From this old can-a-da woman, please check out more of them, you will definitely enjoy. HI ARNOLD! 🐕

[@cherielima6100]

I really do love the way the two of you react to the music! I know you would love White Bird.

[@wpollock1]

I caught Burton Cummings in concert 4 years ago in Detroit - Burton has not lost any of his vocals. "Stand Tall" is a great one by Burton in his solo work.

[@colibri1]

Lenny Kravitz was really into revival of the late sixties and seventies during the nineties and this then-well-known 1970 Guess Who song was a natural for him to cover. Everyone knew this song in the seventies, eighties, and nineties, and it was interpreted to have political meaning. I saw your eyebrows raise at the line, "I don't need your war machine. I don't need your ghetto scenes." That part was deliberately political. In 1970, Canada was accepting thousands of people from the US fleeing the Vietnam War and political persecution and people naturally immediately thought of that when they heard those lines in this song.

[@jeanmc4213]

The Guess Who are an exceptional band. I love everything they every produced. Lead singer Burton Cummings is a phenomenal singer and show man, and he had the attitude to match it. When the band broke up Randy Bachman (keyboards) went on to form the band Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO). Check out their music; you won't be disappointed!

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction! I listened to lots of Guess Who back in the day. There are several other songs in their catalog that you would like.

[@jeffreyhartley8115]

I agree 100% with you about Lenny's version Everytime it comes on the radio I turn it down The original has soulful feeling

[@georgescanlon9738]

I think the true meaning is political. Sorry

[@jeffreyhartley8115]

No need to be sorry IT IS A VERY POLITICAL SONG For me I let my soul dictate me politics not politics dictate my soul PE ACE

[@marksterner7532]

The Guess Who was one of the most popular bands in America (US and Canada) in the late 60's through the 70's. Lead guitarist Randy Bachman dubbed lead singer Burton Cummings "The Voice". What a fitting moniker! His voice has incredible range, beautiful tone and clarity, and all the power he ever needs to call upon. You need to check out "These Eyes", No Time", "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature", "Undun", "Hand Me Down World", "Share The Land".

[@bella-xp7qd]

Love Burton Cummings voice.❤❤❤The Canadian rock band The Guess Who's 1969 song "American Woman" has been the subject of much speculation about its meaning. Some believe it's an anti-war song from the Vietnam era, while others think it's a patriotic message. However, Burton Cummings, the band's frontman and co-writer of the song, has said that it was never meant to be political. Cummings has said that he was inspired to write the song after noticing that American women seemed to age faster than Canadian women, which made them "dangerous" in his eyes. He explained that when he sang "American woman, stay away from me," he actually meant "Canadian woman, I prefer you".

[@jaynethomas7380]

Lol ok then.

[@ToddSauve]

This is the story Randy Bachman, the Guess Who's lead guitarist, tells about this song. The band was at the border going across to do a tour they had scheduled in the US around 1969-70. (They were going from either Saskatchewan or Manitoba into North Dakota. They played a tremendous number of gigs in Saskatchewan back in those days, and Burton Cummings now lives in Moose Jaw.) But the border guards/customs agents hated that they were a rock band and had long hair. So they made the experience an administrative nightmare for them. At length they even tried to have the band members sign a paper declaring they would volunteer for military duty if they crossed into the US. The Vietnam war was raging at that exact time. This infuriated the entire band so they said "Absolutely not!" cancelled their tour and returned to Canada. President Richard Nixon later invited them to the White House to sing a few songs, a year or two later, because they were such BIG rock stars. They sang "American Woman" as one of their songs. The song is only meant to highlight how the image of the American Statue of Liberty had been hijacked by the extreme right wing of the US political spectrum during the Vietnam war. I'm a Canadian in my mid-60s and I can say with authority that 99% of people in Canada do not hate Americans! This is not meant to be an anti-American song. It was only ever meant to be a criticism of the far right wing mentality of some people in the US, and elsewhere, who seemed to love war and killing other people for no valid reason. I was only 10 or 12 years old when this song came out and I didn't have a clue what it was talking about! LOL!

[@billpo]

This band was incredible !!!

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

The band was nearing stardom and that means America and its lure of "Colored lights that hypnotize. Sparkle someone else's eyes." Its about temptation.

[@scottwilson7835]

😂 this is always on classic rock radio stations. Thank you for reaching.

[@claimguy]

It had nothing to do with women. It is a socio-political "protest" around the influences that Canada experiences being so close to America. A lot of the time we just want to be left alone and not lumped in with America and her ideals.

[@kimbarry4674]

That's your interpretation only not the songs intention

[@markmurphy558]

@@kimbarry4674 In your humble opinion.

[@kimbarry4674]

If you ever actually watched an interview with Burton he straight out says you can read into it what you like but it was written as a compliment to Canadian women.....PERIOD

[@claimguy]

@@kimbarry4674 Yeah, I love how American women bring their "ghetto scenes", "war machines", and "coloured lights" around. It just highlights who great Canadian women are in comparison. People say a lot of things after the fact when they are trying to avoid criticism or trying to avoid getting drawn into a discussion about something they said but no longer want to defend or discuss If you think that (#1) trying to backtrack on the political statement at the core of the song, and (#2) that you praise Canadian women by not mentioning them at all while trashing American women, well.......

[@kimbarry4674]

@@claimguy be a know it all I guess if it makes you feel important

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

70's were a great decade in music!

[@billtaylor3382]

Look it was the 70's and loved the Guess Who , Which was a Canadian band and they found out about American women groupies. They were every where!

[@mikeokeeffe6163]

Love you guys. Thank you.

[@judyyurchuk4904]

Saw an interview with randy bachman...they were at a gig, coming off a break and burton was tardy...they started playing the "rift'....burton came back on stage and started singing "american woman"🎶 ...Somebody happened to be taping it...the rest is history!.🇨🇦🎶

[@richeaton5752]

👍 The 70s??? Time keeps on ticking... Going through a box of old ticket stubs not long ago.I was blessed. My first rock concert: May 19, 1973 (50 year anniversary last year lol yeah, I'm old, but still above the dirt...) East Tennessee State University Rory Gallagher ZZ Top $4 It was about two months before Tres Hombres came out. (Dusty Hill's 24th birthday, I came to find out on his passing) It was Festival Seating and I managed to get about 15 feet from mic center. Rory Gallagher was pure fire right out of the gate, and his band was phenomenal. (particularly Lou Martin on his electric piano) Rory was amazing to see play and I think that he had as much fun as anyone. Then, Billy Gibbons and the boys came out. Back when they were the most badass blues rock band that ever was. Straw hats, jeans, no beards (but Frank. lol), and BG in a white tshirt w/ pack of Marlboros rolled up in the sleeve(lol). Needless to say, Rory and Billy made a big impression on a 16 yr old. Blues rock, slide guitar nut ever since. RIP Rory, Rod, Lou, & Dusty. Thank You! Keep Rockin' Billy, Frank, & Gerry Openers... Rory Gallagher- Messin' With The Kid kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4bOmIWEaq2rb5Y ZZ TOP - Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYnWqJSimpp-qdU

[@darylabbott2032]

Love your reactions! So pure with your emotions makes it all that much sweeter. Good job!

[@OldTrucker958]

Wore this album out when it came out. I can still sing every song word for word. Can’t remember what I did yesterday but that’s old age

[@custardflan]

Second half is referencing Vitnam and widespread race riots at the the time in early 70s or late 60s. Not 1965. This band was my first live concert at the Iowa State Fair grounds and my wifes at the KRNT Theater in Des Moines.

[@jackiebinns6205]

Love love love this song 😂 from a American Woman 😮😮

[@SteveT935]

“American girls want everything in the world you can possibly imagine “(Some Girls…The Rolling Stones)

[@dagmar.6954]

I grew up with this great Canadian band. They had so many hits such as "These Eyes", "No Time", "Laughing", "Undun", "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" etc. Burton Cummings has a great voice. One of the best out there. Randy Bachman later left to form Bachman Turner Overdrive & had many hits. And Burton Cummings had a great solo career with lots of great songs. "American Woman" is not about a lady but more about a country (I don't want your war machines or your ghetto scenes).

[@ToddSauve]

That is too extreme of a statement by a long shot! The band themselves said it was a criticism of the extreme right wing element in the US who wanted the war in Vietnam and who didn't see anything wrong with people having to live in ghettos. It was their version of "the American way."

[@ronaldmariano1888]

Great Reaction!! 👍

[@sbalak]

Thanks for reacting to this classic. Brought back a lot of memories.

[@willieboy3011]

They used to be on the radio a lot then. Liked their music, and I ignored their politics. I figured American woman was a metaphor for America's involvement in other countries. The song was released in 1970, and the US was in South Vietnam trying to stop the communist North Vietnamese from conquering them. There were many anti-American and anti-war songs then.

[@ToddSauve]

I know a Vietnam vet and he told me that during his tour there, around 1968-70, most of the people in South Vietnam hated their own government because they were so incredibly corrupt. He also said if he were Vietnamese at that time he would have been a communist just like almost everyone there. The corruption in their government and military was something awful, such that every little village chieftain was on Saigon's payroll while the average poor farmer got nothing but exploited, and you could not trust the South Vietnamese army to fight the North at all. When a real armed engagement happened with the North or Vietcong, the South Vietnamese army evaporated. It was all an exercise in futility for American troops because the people they were "defending" didn't even want them there.

[@willieboy3011]

@@ToddSauve That is one man's opinion, at least according to you. Communism allows no freedom of speech, movement, religion, gun ownership, or any other rights as that we in the free world enjoy. Concentration camps are normal. Even now over 1.5 million are in Communist Chinese concentration camps, and USSR had an estimated 18 million in theirs. For those who claim to love communism, I ask, why do they never act upon this? Perhaps, it is because no one really wants totalitarianism. So ask your "friend" why hasn't he migrated to Vietnam, China, Cuba, or North Korea.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Burton Cummings, the band's frontman and co-writer of the song, has said that it was never meant to be political. Cummings has said that he was inspired to write the song after noticing that American women seemed to age faster than Canadian women, which made them "dangerous" in his eyes. He explained that when he sang "American woman, stay away from me," he actually meant "Canadian woman, I prefer you".

[@ToddSauve]

@@willieboy3011 I agree with you completely. I am not a communist and neither is my friend. My friend from church told me this about 30 or 35 years ago. It was his honest feelings about what he saw and experienced as a member of the US army. He joined the US army because he was an 18 year old kid from the interior of British Columbia, Canada and wanted to vanquish "those communists" in Vietnam. His experiences in South Vietnam were completely disillusioning and he came to realize that it was sinking into the hands of the North no matter what anyone like he or the rest of the US army, navy and air force did. I am not making this up, so it is not opinion at all but rather one man's verdict on what he experienced in South Vietnam. He was stationed in the central highlands there. 🤷 You do know that Vietnam was a colony of France until the Japanese took over during WW2 and the French government there sided with Vichy? President Franklin Roosevelt had no intention of allowing the French to retain their colony but he died just before WW2 ended and the US state department convinced Harry Truman to allow the French to move back in. The French had an incredibly corrupt history there. It was not a wise move on the US's part to allow the French back in, or to take up their place when the Vietnamese threw them out. IMHO, they could have worked out a good working relationship with Vietnamese leadership, who had sided with the US against the Japanese during the war and guided US pilots back to friendly territory when shot down over French Indochina, as it was called at that time. But history is what it is and there is nothing we can do about it now.

[@jaynethomas7380]

​@@bella-xp7qdHe's lying!!!! He's being politically correct 50 years later. Basically kopping out like most of us boomers did, sadly.

[@anthonyblakely399]

One of my all-time favorite Rock band which I never saw in concert.

[@jaynethomas7380]

I saw them many times. Some of the best concerts I ever went to.

[@stpetie7686]

Burton Cummings voice has been on my favorites list since I first heard it back in the late '60s. I don't really see that changing at any point in the future, No offense was taken in the US as far as I know. This song was all over the radio for quite a while.

[@jackempson3044]

He had the best voice.

[@bumperu]

Radio version played in the movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me, starring Mike Myers and Heather Graham.

[@markjo9626]

They have a song called Guns Guns Guns that also holds America's feet to the ground. Great Song!

[@billg763]

Lenny Kravitz did a version of this Guess Who song. The Guess Who themselves have performed many variations of the song. This song came out during perhaps the height of anti Viet Nam war sentiment and I always took it as a statement against a side of America that a lot of people did not like at the time.

[@lisagilbert542]

These eyes. Is great too

[@hongfang2348]

I think they are talking about more than American females, e.g. our war machine. This was the Vietnam era.

[@marcoserranopalacios9845]

‘These eyes’, great song also!

[@benengle2279]

Another classic!!!

[@michaelmitchell4080]

Ha! You're about to slide down 'The Guess Who' rabbit hole! An iconic Canadian rock band, Burton Cummings' dazzly vocal. The catalogue's deep, enjoy the experience. Be well, you two. /M.

[@stephenpresley5772]

Great song and reaction

[@jimsebastian2846]

These eyes is a great song by them also. Another great review!!

[@kimcutts6153]

🇬🇧 Until watching reaction channels I wasn't aware of this group. But I was aware of this song, I'm not sure wether I knew the song by these guys or Lenny Kravitz (I'm 60 yo). Either way, it's a fantastic tune, & lead singers voice is perfect. They have a very different (yet beautiful) hit from way back when called "These Eyes", that I would love for you to hear. I just know Andrei would love it. ❤🎼

[@JoeCruz-hs2yt]

need to react to the song undun burton cummings is the lead singer also plays keyboards and flute on the song undun do the live video so you can see them cummings has such a great voice !

[@BrianR.]

No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature

[@markmurphy558]

This song illustrates the complex relationship between Canada and the US. The countries have a warm feeling for each other overall, but Canada has a bit of an inferiority complex for obvious reasons-30 M vs 330 M people. Over 90 % of Canadians live within 100 miles of the border with the US, in the 2nd biggest country in the world. Canadian actors, musicians, sportsman, have made it big in America, some of the biggest stars in Hollywood are Canadian-Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves, and a ton of others, and Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Steppenwolf, April LaVigne, Celine Dionne, Gordon Lightfoot. T But Americans are loud and boisterous, where Canadians are usually quite reserved. But to say this song is Anti-American is a misnomer. They were complaining about the same bad things that most Americans were bitching about in 1970. Vietnam, racism, rampant crime in the cities, and the jingoistic attitude of American foreign policy. Great song, great band, who have a long discography. My second fave is NO SUGAR TONIGHT/MOTHER NATURE.

[@ToddSauve]

Canada has 40 million people. When I was a 9 year old kid in 1967 we had 20 million, so it has doubled in my lifetime!

[@williamschrom1584]

Burton Cummings "Stand Tall"

[@michaelsimmons8052]

The same guitar riff as "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin.

[@kimbarry4674]

Canadian legends❤🇨🇦 Burton said it was intended to be a compliment to Canadian women😉

[@svtinker]

These Eyes

[@anthonysardone723]

Okay, I’ve heard y’all break down two songs and you are now my favorites in this field. I look forward to hearing your analysis for many months to come. Keep up the awesome work!!

[@MerchantOfAlba]

Awesome! Thank you! 💚

[@jenniferbabros1985]

You guys are on a role😅 thanks

[@vernbaumgardner8374]

I was 11 years old when this hit the radio ❤. I like Lenny Cravits version too, but these guys were first 👍

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

GUYS! FYI… THERE IS ALSO A VIDEO ON YT OF A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF “AMERICAN WOMAN”, WHERE LENNY KRAVITZ AND THE GUESS WHO PERFORMED TOGETHER!!

[@kirbyk7370]

You need to check out Burton Cummings solo work. He's one of the best voices in all of rock and roll.

[@jaxwins]

I really believe you might enjoy the song " Love Hurts" by Nazareth. The lead singers voice is absolutely amazing.

[@3DJango]

Guitar solo one of the best!

[@angelado3]

🔥🔥🔥

[@debbieplato5107]

The Guess Who are from my hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. I used to watch them at Community Club dances when I was 13 which was a looong time ago. LOL This song was about how American girls could be much more forward than Canadian girls also a political statement as this was the time of the Vietnam War. I met a lot of draft dodgers back then. Even Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin has commented on Burton Cumming's voice. Other Guess Who songs These Eyes Sour Suite Albert Flasher Undun So long Bannatyne Humpty's Blues Laughing No Sugar Tonight Cheers 🇨🇦

[@paulabarber5590]

I get it. I'm an American woman and I can be a monster 😊

[@kennethchavez-o8f]

its about the war in viatnom

[@OrangeMonkey2112]

Bauchman, Turner Overdrive came from this band.

[@avlanche7777]

As an American yeah I get it. Burton Cummings was great- Stand Tall.

[@fantasycamp4000]

The Guess Who have so many great songs, and then Burton Cummings had a great solo career as well.

[@chriswheeler151]

Burton Cummings voice is seriously underrated!!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a37clnt-atp9sLs "Laughing" kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2O5p2ypd5eUg8k ( LIVE on the Johnny Cash Show) "Hand me Down World/ Share the Land".