The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'

California Dreaming performed by the Mamas and the Papas
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Lyrics:
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher like the cold (preacher like the cold)
He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her)
I could leave today (I could leave today)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
--
(C) 1965 Dunhill Records
#CaliforniaDreamin #CaliforniaDreaming

[@FolkExperience]

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[@GermansRuinedWT]

This is one of those rare times where I caught a comment early

[@apollo4suns494]

​@@GermansRuinedWT indeed

[@dianebrown6686]

Must be smoking to much

[@GGJordanFanatic]

You should check out Angelina Jordan's cover and arrangement of this song and thank me later.

[@fragglepuppies]

True stereo

[@ste9281]

I got the Mamas in my left ear and the Papas in my right ear

[@bobmathers4124]

Accurate

[@dieterdietert7232]

yeah they discovered that stereo thingy these days. teh beatles messed a lot with it, i love it. :D

[@novalumania]

my left ear is broken. i can confirm this statement. havnt enjoyed this song in month edit: new headphones came and i am currently enjoying the song.

[@wrestlerx8494]

@@novalumania it sounds to me like maybe he has headphones on an old AV wire connection and maybe has the mono in the left speaker and stereo in the right speaker? I used to have an Atari game system with 8 bit music and you could unplug the mono wire from the TV and you would only hear the background part of the music. It was pretty cool.

[@tortoys10]

which is the best cover of this song?

[@kippthehorse3979]

Right ear: california dreaming Left ear: ...CALIFORNIA DREAMING

[@michaelmcmanus8381]

It’s weird because I was listening with one ear and it sounded weird

[@obsessiveduck0911]

Ikr

[@murchaalborovky7216]

:)))))))))))))

[@williamkayaian120]

No stereo?

[@HDvid2211]

and that's a great feel :D

[@StepDub]

Amazing how a handful of performers can somehow sound like an entire orchestra.

[@TP-fq8wd]

Well said! 💯

[@floyn1]

I love this song, and always thought it was only the 4 of them singing at once, but during the chorus there's a definite single long 'dreeeamiiing' that's overdubbed in there. Deflated me a bit

[@StepDub]

@@floyn1 yeah, there’s obviously some studio work in there, but those harmonies… pure magic.

[@glynncampbell3930]

This song is the personification of the 1960's! What a great sound... nostalgic tears falling 😢

[@angelaleishman1570]

Same...😢

[@zoki-kj3ox]

And me also...

[@danladoucier1218]

I always liked how you (as in I) can be nostalgic for and feel the life from the 60s even if it was decades before your birth. The 80s, too. The nuance and understand as to why they were super important decades in regards to popular culture is just so obvious.

[@oscartheg6674]

Ditto.

[@giorgi222]

This song makes me feel so weird, sad, nostalgic and happy at the same time, it’s confusing but I love it

[@esmelivin1876]

Omg same

[@oAldanitao]

I swear I feel the same

[@Sao_Cheech_79]

Same! 🙋🏻‍♂️✌️

[@darrencrawford5212]

So does every song that is sung by band arcade fire.

[@bbkbbk6669]

We know exactly what you mean just lissening to the music

[@Get_Splooshed]

My left ear: 🎸 👧👱‍♀️ My right ear: 🥁 🧑🧔

[@ultraSabotaj]

TheReal CloroxBleach true!

[@Noname-gh3sq]

My left eraphone broke? (-

[@minervacedeno863]

😂😂😂😂

[@carlosvazquez3263]

I HAVE PLENTY WASH constantly BLESS YOU ALL STAY healthy AND WELL 🤝🏼😉😎

[@carlosvazquez3263]

@@Noname-gh3sq get ANOTHER

[@huzefaimran]

I haven't even visited America but this song somehow makes me feel nostalgic about a place I'm not even from.

[@marievasquez9538]

Where are you from?

[@huzefaimran]

@@marievasquez9538 pakistan

[@emrebatur7105]

Gerçekten bende de aynı his oluyor :)

[@Ken-vz9ko]

The harmonizing vocals is pure ear candy. I don't get any sweeter

[@andylovesbats4566]

This triggers a weird kind of nostalgia in me... nostalgia for a live i haven't lived.

[@Leviiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Exactly, like I was born in 2006 but its somehow kinda nostalgic for some reason. hmm weird.

[@sarahhemingway2963]

Hits the soul! ❤️🙏❤️

[@KateBates22zabu]

This was my late husband's song. He was shot dead on August 21, 1975. Shit I'm weeping

[@hugeclockowner7949]

@@KateBates22zabu I’m so sorry :( I hope you’re doing well and I’m proud of you ❤️

[@KateBates22zabu]

@@hugeclockowner7949 thx it was hearing the song just took me back 40+ years. The mystery of music, love it. Not listening again today tho 😕:)

[@thomasthompson6378]

This is one of the greatest songs ever written by anyone, at any time.

[@ConduitKingg]

It's a beautiful song. & that's coming from a heavy metal fan.

[@andrewpelletier1156]

Ikr

[@kendrickmelendez8185]

Facts.

[@YourTurnCutie]

Indeed.

[@elizabethwertman8895]

@@ConduitKingg wow

[@user-ry6oh9xn1u]

Growing up in Raymondville, Texas, this tune gave me the feeling I wanted to see California. That was in the 60s, now I've been here in sunny San Diego for 52 years, and loving life.

[@gillehrer2824]

As to me, I'm old man too and I've always wanted to know if "it never rains in Southern California"... now I know "it pours, man, it pours"... (gilberto lehrer --- from brasil)

[@s-ts-4348]

​@@gillehrer2824 Interessante encontrar outro brasileiro por aqui

[@jayroo10]

Lol yeah right. Newsom has completely ruined the place.

[@brittanybutts4529]

I grew up in Connecticut. I'm 48 now. I visited San Diego, my first time on the West coast at all, March 2023. It rained 4 of the 6 days I was there! I've been listening to this song and "It Never Rains in Southern California" all of my life. And rain is all you had for me when I finally get there. X-D

[@brittanybutts4529]

@@user-ry6oh9xn1u I had no idea. My birthday is in March. I hadn't been to the west coast so that's what I wanted to do for my birthday. I still enjoyed myself. I went to the SD Zoo and the Aquarium of the Pacific. I got some nice photos on the beach, too.. I also heard that they really needed that rain because they had just gone through a dry spell. Now it seems like they're getting too much rain!

[@jack80kiwi]

Every time I hear this my mind flashes back to May 1966 . I had left the UK and arrived in New Zealand to live , still here.

[@vd6076]

Gerade zurück nach 3 Wochen Rundtour aus Neuseeland. Greetings from Germany!

[@markanderson5795]

Great song I’m a kiwi and yes it’s a great place to live

[@user-of4ft6cs1w]

Как вы смогли изменить свою жизнь и оказаться на другой стороне планеты

[@henryszytko9142]

For some reason this music makes me Fell nostalgic for a place and a era i dont was born. Strange.

[@atomicsodium]

Music does things, man

[@dariastoykova8877]

I think that’s called hiraeth

[@haniffmohamoodally]

It is so evocative.

[@JC.realzz]

feels like vietnam war

[@strawberryseason]

Reminds me of the 60s, when I was a child. I loved that era. and early 70s.

[@nonokayakjack]

Michelle and Cass sound like 6 people harmonizing, not just 2.. Incredible.

[@jeffreymcclellan1717]

It's the actual album recording. See there is no microphones, drummer, 2nd and 3rd guitar, bass guitar, horn players, tambourine etc...and they did lay down either 6 or 8 vocal tracks for harmonies. That's how all music videos were made back then. If you see electric guitars, look to see if there are cords plugged into it. If there isn't, that's you're indicator that they aren't playing. It shocked me when I was told about this, but it's just how they did it. And also in the 60s, there was a group of studio musicians that you can see in the documentary called the wrecking crew that recorded almost all band that had multiple singers music for them. You can watch them and Mama's and Papa's recording together. On this song too I believe. It's a really good thing to watch . They made hundreds , maybe thousands of if songs for so many music groups.

[@jeffniznick9280]

Cass IS five people so... Lol

[@jeffreymcclellan1717]

@@jeffniznick9280 well sir...lol. it's a shame too. She did have a really pretty face, but she was SO bothered by being so big. I mean, they had songs that flat out called her fat and she had to sing it in front of people.

[@jeffniznick9280]

@@jeffreymcclellan1717 It’s why I put “lol” at the end. It was just a joke, as I’ve always found her voice to be beautiful. Then of course, we saw the opposite in Karen Carpenter, who always thought she was fat so became an anorexic which killed her. Another beautiful voice lost too soon.

[@ICantSplel]

@@jeffniznick9280 Any woman would feel insecure next to Michelle to be fair 😅

[@frogturtle]

michelle and cass sound like an entire room of people singing. such impressive voices

[@CrazyTsisdu]

NCR AND PROUD

[@pimiento3428]

the community wont go quietly bethesda can count on that

[@jiblova152]

NCR will go quietly

[@DanielRowley-ck6rf]

Shady Sands will never forget

[@John-qv5ux]

Keep the bear flag flying! Never forget Shady Sands!

[@mattakudesu]

They have such a haunting, melancholy, but strangely comforting sound. My brain doesn't know what to do with this, but I like it.

[@kolicmarina7]

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[@kolicmarina7]

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[@christianneoriente1577]

Never gets old...

[@674manoel]

Isso se chama "Nostalgia".

[@alovalentini3587]

Again. I thought I was the only one who thought it was haunting

[@WhatIsTheDill]

I played this song for a few friends. None of them liked it. Clearly, I need new friends.

[@ronaldreagan850]

Dill I've seen your videos, they are great. (You have a good taste in music)

[@uptamistik]

yup

[@haggler40]

Guess it depends on the mood their in and current atmosphere, I enjoy it when I'm alone and drinking lol

[@stayawayfromthewoke3412]

Stfu

[@larrissafrancois240]

@@stayawayfromthewoke3412 maybe you should

[@billmacia4092]

The NCR brought me here. And I say : I'm from Shady Sands and we won’t go quietly!

[@slazenger31]

Played at my 87 year old grandma's funeral. One of her favorite songs.

[@lkhigh]

i hope she rests in peace.

[@gregwatson8219]

Bless u

[@gregwatson8219]

Ed Sullivan Show??

[@AmirKetabi]

ion care

[@oskargame]

The Rothschilds payed her to like it

[@whtpwr]

Such a beautiful haunting tune. Outstanding harmonies.

[@danlovepeaceunity]

Ita a really cold song. I get it, its a classic but i never liked it because it made me feel depressed as a child.

[@tokyokratos4873]

yeah fax it’s a fire song tho

[@RackwitzG]

To me vocal harmony is the best music.

[@danlovepeaceunity]

@@RackwitzG its pretty much fact that the more gifted singer you are the less of a song writer you are. The greatest song writers are those who had to make their vocals work , and i doing so are more gifted creatively speaking. Listen to Poco "trying" if you like harmonys a beaitiful song. Find the studio version

[@raymondgriffiths9766]

It's the harmonies that kills it Still as popular today as well 2022 so For me

[@WkUpPeople]

When I heard this song as a child raised on the east coast, I just knew California was this magical place and I had to get there some way, some how.

[@oakblaze433]

Hope you're able to get there some day!

[@eileensianez6766]

Well you were right! We would've called you 'East Coast'! Ha!

[@thechaz83]

Ever since I turned 40 I’ve opened up as a man-grown more nostalgic. I really desire to relive the 80’s, as the great Rod Serling said “Go back to where it all began.” Any one else feel this way?

[@alfianmm]

40? That late?

[@TJCombo-sn7mi]

Yeah same here mate... Fortunately most of my friends feel that way so we try to live up to those times as much as we can. It's over before you know it.,

[@VladP117]

I'm Russian, born 1966, I think this song, like many others, is a human heritage. It will stay long time in a trend. Like House Of Rising Sun , like Garcia Marques, Hemingway, Remarque, Tolstoy, Kurosawa, Queen etc.

[@mizofan]

not forgetting another great Japanese director, Mizoguchi, much admired by Kurosawa. Sansho the Bailiff is even better than Seven Samurai, and is the peak of cinema, pipping the Russian Tarkovsky's Mirror/Zerkalo

[@andersonapll4846]

​@Saad Cheema​, why?

[@chiseled3431]

@Saad Cheema False, the song is about wishing for a warmer world or simply a whole new landscape. California dreaming therefore means to fantasize about being free and free of all difficulties, and it became a common expression in the 1960s during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement.

[@michaelanthony8374]

@@mizofan You have good tast in movies my friend. Sancho the bailiff is excellent.

[@Chris-qh2mn]

@Saad Cheema that has nothing to do with this song

[@liamhack6]

No argument , one of the best songs ever created and will always be

[@arkinfinite]

No

[@david.ricardo]

Nah

[@harpoon_bakery162]

yep, and throw in BB's Good Vibrations

[@callofdutylova18]

David Ricardo Would you prefer The Wiggles best jams

[@david.ricardo]

@@callofdutylova18 yes, by a long shot

[@HomelessOldMan9000]

Patrolling The Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@DanielRowley-ck6rf]

NCR and proud

[@forbiddenmod]

what a cryptic comment

[@auntiealias957]

I was nine years old when this song was released and I remember listening to it on my friend's stereo. What a great decade for music. Nothing has topped it since then.

[@tiggercat8596]

This song reminds me of memories that never happened.

[@sandz1]

Same

[@allanlindsay8369]

Brilliant! Sheer poetry Tiggercat.

[@newrisingdamned7604]

I dare to assume something something about war in Asia?

[@angelicatorres2117]

OR DID THEY?

[@nicoleabel20]

Trippy

[@justinbuice]

Who’s here because this song is stuck in your head?

[@boingboomtschak821]

me:))

[@johnvovk7719]

It is me, bro. Ukraine likes it. Thumb up.

[@smoothieking258]

Guilty your honor

[@MariaSouza-jf6cr]

meeee

[@FharishAhmed]

Yep

[@sebasdebordeaux8347]

One of the 10 best songs ever..!

[@nn3444]

And 'house of the rising sun'

[@marysaenz6007]

GOD BLESS THE NCR!!!!

[@georgemakis8398]

I was 6 years old in 1965 and I recall the radios in Athens playing this divine tune. Glorious years, glorious tunes......

[@davidknight5348]

We're the same age and I remember having the same reaction in Manchester, UK, listening to this song on the radio. Fabulous memory.

[@user-gy5kh3io4v]

@@davidknight5348 Thanks for sharing my views David. I can assure you, that those genuinely nostalgic years, won't be coming back, at least not before a major reshuffling of the cards, (i.e. www3, etc)

[@sonyapeacock8305]

Me too Sonya

[@swoleteam6327]

@@davidknight5348 that’s crazy sir, I love hearing people’s stories from back in the day thanks for sharing yours 👍👍

[@titto2602]

@@user-gy5kh3io4v Κρίμα ρε φίλε

[@Skwaktopus133]

Imagine how they felt when they perfected this song...

[@GhostOfDamned]

Greatest feeling

[@studentofsweetscience6922]

Mama was BOSS

[@lucasmurphy740]

Like absolute magic

[@michellepoutre7913]

They probably looked around at each other when the vocals came together and went, "there it is".

[@fatimasuelivalemoaresregod6193]

Essa musica remete à alegria dos anos 60. Lembro de meus irmãos falecidos quando eram adolescentes

[@Jindungu]

Mama Cass lives on! Beautiful times. Beautiful music

[@GemiMini17]

Sad and amazing to see that they’re lives had come and gone, feels like we were here with them but its was a totally different time in this world. So nostalgic.

[@645araf8]

Yk this song is good when you see it's over 50 years old and still has comments from 3 hours ago

[@miguelvina7188]

Lol yea, i love hearing this song despite im 17

[@645araf8]

@@miguelvina7188 Same am 16 xD

[@drakvaclav826]

Timeless

[@bluezndance]

we were listening to their CD in the van july 20-2020 around midnight,

[@bobbyb7979]

I was just reading that although her ears were pierced, Cass Elliot seldom wore earrings.

[@xM1dnightzz]

when Doherty sings "Well, i got down on my knees" its just beaultiful and lovely.

[@toxic_badasss9656]

Such a great voice 🎵🎶🎵🎶🤘🏻

[@jhutsebaut]

but the next verse is "and I pretend to pray" all my life I'vr heard "and I began to pray"! Weird. Still a great song!@@toxic_badasss9656

[@alcheneler1245]

Always thought it was I began to pray…

[@MikeRotch23]

“Got”

[@filmkid861]

And that "YOU KNOW THE PREACHER LIKES THE COLD"

[@mark_wou1214]

Anyone still Here 2024?

[@arturmazur3909]

Tak

[@armennavoyan4665]

I AM HERE AND… FOREVER 👍👍👍

[@jeffallanday]

Always

[@erniemathews5085]

Still, since '42

[@theresamills5095]

Those were the days when you could hear what they were singing about crystal clear. Xx

[@urrutiacrimson1316]

"You're a hero...and you have to leave."

[@dinand28]

im sorry sir, this is ncr theme

[@aitorgarcia1886]

NCR Rangers theme in Sandy Sands

[@aydinpalm]

0% Drugs 0% Nude Girls 0% Violence 100% Scooby Doo

[@DavidDHahn]

There was an episode with her in it. Scooby Doo routinely had popular icons do voice overs.

[@alanarano9378]

Probably?

[@elmeraoki8729]

😹😹😹😹😹

[@darkanel666]

0% drugs? really xD

[@PatrickRsGhost]

@@DavidDHahn It was a separate series called "The New Scooby Doo Movies". Each episode was an hour long (with commercials/network breaks) that featured popular actors, singers, and even had cross-over episodes with other Hanna-Barbera cartoon series that aired at the same time. The episode with "Mama Cass" Cass Elliott had her running a candy factory being used by some goons for smuggling gold. They'd grind it up using a metal grinder and then mix it in with the chocolate used to make candy bars. They'd ship them off, then whoever received them would melt the chocolate down to extract the gold pieces. Other episodes featured Don Knotts as a Sheriff, Dick Van Dyke as a carnival owner, Sandy Duncan as an actress, Phyllis Diller as I believe a psychic, and crossovers with several other cartoon series of the same era (early to mid 1970s).

[@MarkIsham-mp9bf]

The greatest folk rock singing group in history. There will never be another.

[@ufukmehmetyucelen7913]

My Battery : 1% Me : Plays this song My battery : I'll wait

[@sarasvatigrznarova3828]

Right now 😂

[@werewolfapocalypse]

Same

[@itsokey901]

Evet ya sonsuza kadar dinleyebilirim

[@furkankeskin5319]

@@itsokey901 Türkler olarak yeni yeni keşfediyoruz bu tarz müzikleri 😂

[@itsokey901]

@@furkankeskin5319 ben bir filmden geldim buraya

[@TheSportsFanatic]

Just came across this song a few days ago and its incredible. Im 30 years old, I have an old soul and love the 60s and 70s music

[@harrygoetz2657]

Watch "The Wrecking Crew". It's a documentary about how music was made back then.

[@petermastronardi6641]

The song ends the way it starts, music genius. Top 10 song of All-time.

[@zacharypink7567]

And the Sky is red, California burnin.

[@alexisbellec4218]

On such a summer's day !!

[@juliorasec6085]

Dark humor

[@Carmenly68]

Awful. All States have different problems. California a beautiful and complete State.

[@mehrcat1]

It's the Democrats' fault in a state like California. In Finland they get their brushes out and sweep up all the leaves in the forest. Not many people know that. I was talking to the President of Finland the other day. Do you know that the President of Flingland has a term of 6 years? That's tremendous. Isn't that tremendous. I could have two terms of 6 years, that's nearly twenty, well it's more than ten, you can Adderall up youselves. Anyway the orages of the trees being on fire is Chyna but I'm not racist. My favourite Beatles song, the one I most wanna hear is "Xi loves you", that proves I'm not racist. Isn't that tremendous? Hitler wrote a book and I nearly finished reading one. That proves I'm not a racist. It was his book. AND THOUGH I DIDN'T FINISH IT I DAMN NEARLY COPIED IT. 200,000 DOWN AND MILLIONS TO GO. Make America great again - vote the orange oaf out!!!!

[@annefrankenstein2114]

Try los angeles is burning by bad religion

[@TCB630]

“I’d be safe and warm, if I was in LA” Oh, you’d be warm alright.

[@Orincaby]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAVHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@varun_shankar]

@@Orincaby oh come on man, that was actually funny.

[@Orincaby]

@@varun_shankar bruh school holidays I'm bored af

[@draagon8885]

jesus christ, it's so funny though man

[@lewisbarrett4391]

That's rough buddy

[@janiehomesley7971]

Still gives me goosebumps at 75.

[@bangadennis5515]

One of my favourite songs though I only heard it for the 1st time yesterday. Can't believe in my 28yr existence on this earth I had never found this GEM!!

[@fraudebs8786]

Then count yourself one of the lucky one's. Imagine all those poor souls who haven't even experienced this masterpiece yet..

[@erspassky8891]

i was 19 years old and my next door neighbor in QC who was the most beautiful girl i ever saw was singing with her group “ the mieklos” an all girl quartet with this song “California Dreaming” and it mesmerized me!!I would open all our windows to heAR every word of the song whenever they practiced. She is now my wife, have 2 daughters 3 grandsons and I now live in California with her !!I am now 72 years old! How about that for fulfilling the California Dream!!

[@adamd5121]

Thanks for sharing, cheers.

[@thomasagnew8534]

That's amazing mate!

[@claudioz2483]

I'm very happy for you. Ciao from Italy 🟢⚪️🔴

[@antonsvensson9092]

Is that true bc if it is then that’s insane

[@adheeshavishwajith]

Beautiful story stay strong ❤️

[@onevodkasoda]

my 71 year old grandma often plays this loud.. we gifted her speakers and had her youtube premium installed so she can enjoy music and see videos of her fav songs too.. pretty cool for her she said its like going back to her younger days:) this is her fav.

[@Betul-xj6cq]

she really lived dude. love and respects to her, from me.💖🌸

[@letter1014]

@@Betul-xj6cq *is living

[@laurakello8526]

We were raised on all this great music

[@PatrickRyan150]

Great gift!!!

[@Lonboy730]

I love this comment. i'm a 70 year old man who TOTALLY identifies.

[@TP-fq8wd]

Classic 60s song by a classic group. BRAVO!🌻

[@bellasbunniesaustralia462]

Love this song. When Denny Doherty sings “Well I got down on my knees” sounds soo good chills

[@fraudebs8786]

@Bella. Yep, if that belter of a line doesn't give you goosebumps, nothing will.

[@takecontrolbeauty6402]

Played this at my sons funeral bc it was his favorite song growing up ! Always was my favorite too now it's more meaningful than ever ! Love you miss you Jeff ❤️

[@deepakdwivedi5273]

May he rest in peace ma'am.

[@TechnoWillNeverDie]

I am really sorry for your loss.

[@imwatchingyou616]

rest in peace jeff

[@Cheryl-wx8ty]

Praying God comforts you. I'm so sorry for your loss.⚘💔😔

[@takecontrolbeauty6402]

@@imwatchingyou616 thank u so much ❤️Hard first thanksgiving without him ;)

[@paultwiss199]

This has to be right up there as one of the greatest songs of all time.

[@goo4450]

I was about to say the same thing.

[@miketiger6205]

deffo is at the top together with bohemian rhapsody we are the champions show must going on

[@Meneervdberg]

Yes, and no

[@davidstockman1456]

Your a gay

[@eugenealexander1886]

Yeah great 👍 memories It reminds me of landing in Seattle Washington after 9 months in Vietnam and heading to my next duty station at Fort Ord California I was definitely California Dreaming😍🙂😎

[@TJCombo-sn7mi]

I was about 10 y/o when my eldest brother introduced me to songs like these.. forever grateful....

[@user-ur5em8tx8d]

Чудесна песен!!! Бях малък когато я чух за първи път.

[@hannahs1683]

The singer looks so chill but his voice is so intense

[@ttscopez9752]

ikr

[@tobymj0781]

Probaly looks chill because they are just lip syncing it

[@hannahs1683]

@@tobymj0781 no I mean his clothes and vibe are chill

[@yeatismydad]

ne diyon

[@johnrodriguez930]

sad when they got old the voice change ..the tone never to be heard again

[@garlandstrife]

This song gets more dystopic each year.

[@kro9036]

How so?

[@thexdude]

@@kro9036 California became flooded with lies, fire, and destruction. It's not worth dreaming about anymore.

[@TheRebornNukester200]

2021-8-Gas in California has reached 5$

[@thexdude]

@@TheRebornNukester200 Jesus Christ. Another reason not to dream.

[@garlandstrife]

@@kro9036 google: California homeless crisis, California opiates epidemic, California unaffordable real estate, California high taxes, California land speculation, California exodus, California shrinking middle class

[@Ervideoscope]

For years I thought that they were saying "California dreamin, oh such a way to stay" Amazing song !

[@jamilaandersson4778]

This Is No doubt one of the most amazing greatest song ever written of all time.. In all history.. and still In 2024 It's an unbelievable unique masterpiece Wow.. It's Immortal ❤️

[@zoki-kj3ox]

Agree with you all! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@2SUB-TV_space]

The song was written in 1963 by the lead singers of The Mamas & the Papas, John and Michelle Phillips. Two years later in 1965, the song was first sung by The Mamas & the Papas in concert and became world famous. The vocals and flute are unparalleled there. The song California Dreamin' tells the story of how John and Michelle felt while away from their beloved California. It describes the actual events of the few days before, including a visit to a church on a walk on a winter afternoon. The church that is mentioned in the second verse is St. Patrick's Cathedral. They had indeed been in it the day before.

[@monicaedfast2924]

🥰💞💞💞

[@raelockletree3858]

Denny Doherty was the lead singer. Michelle was the only one from Southern California and she always spoke how she missed it. At the time they wrote the song, they were at a hotel in New york and it was snowing and depressive.

[@pedrojcolon7974]

That was my wonderful years of young. Many wonderful groups that created a ERA that had not reached for others comb of groups

[@Mr.Rubilo]

Thanks 🙏

[@umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731]

Yeah and by all accounts Michelle was getting banged out by the lead vocalist Denny while married to John which eventually led to the group disbanding. Although Cass Elliot would go on to have a successful solo career and die of heart failure a few years after. This was my mom's generation/music 🎶 as I am a solid 80s baby born and prefer 80s music over 60s 70s music which I can't relate to...my mom liked the mommas and the Pappas. I told her I liked Doris Days Dream a little dream better ( my grandmothers generation)than the Mommas and the Pappas though 😂

[@Mayiv928]

That vocals, man.

[@Irresein]

they give me such nice, dram,good vibes

[@ianbell7342]

fantastic band truely one of the best of all time xx

[@vertbeke7977]

One of the best songs ever

[@woifeful]

Absolutely!

[@ianbell7342]

fantastic ❤

[@alejitaHaruno]

They missed Scooby Doo

[@alejitaHaruno]

***** oh, sadly!

[@alejitaHaruno]

***** I agree. I also prefer the old version of Scooby Doo. Nowadays, the stories seem so far-fetched, at least to me.

[@fatJL2000]

+Alejandra Alvarez haha

[@karlwilhelm2225]

xD

[@cesargomez8180]

Lmao

[@richardscanlan3419]

This song comes very close to the best in the 1960s.And that is one hell of an achievement.

[@Salicath1]

I am a huge The Beatles fan and i am actually going to agree with you :)

[@richardscanlan3419]

As they say ' great minds think alike." I like you am also a huge Beatles fan ( but then,who isn't).

[@pinkraindrops1]

Richard Scanlan I'd say it was one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@richardscanlan3419]

Without a doubt.

[@tuckerhanners7397]

Damn straight, man.

[@whiteGirl1966]

Miss, all you great bands. Your songs were magnificent. .❤

[@CJSCJ]

Joy, tears, memories, living and loving the California vibe, boy I am forever grateful to have been a part of all the great times and music of that era, the Mammas and the Pappas forever❤

[@Charlie-pu9bx]

I'm from the UK, never been to the USA. But the themes of missing a place that is so dear to you and feeling homesick is such an universal feeling. Absolute classic.

[@mikewhittal5038]

Well said

[@bighands69]

It is called melancholy and many musical artists and composers captured that feeling.

[@eddiechavez4665]

You are so right on about that. Always remember..... America loves you. Come see us some day. You are missing out ❤️ california

[@dylanhoward7668]

If you ever come to America you're welcome 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@derekdonnell7780]

Nevermind california , new york is the place. Get over here!!!

[@xx_ghostface_1119]

I can’t believe that this is what my grandparents listen to this is is amazing lucky bastards

[@blaksavbath3416]

sucker

[@jonatanlj747]

Well, you're listening to it too, aren't you?

[@filipstudzinski]

@@jonatanlj747 I know right? What is he on about?

[@througheverything]

Well because of the technology we have we can listen to any of these songs whenever we want

[@novastariha8043]

We Sho are !!!!!! I was a kid but it still counts !! Rocking every AM my hipster mom getting ready for work ... “In the coolest of cool “threads”!! !!

[@mystikalxs3996]

I love this jam. Soo groovy. 80s baby here 💃

[@user-uq6sk5ib4w]

Zero nudity, zero cursing, zero drugs promotion, pure music .. pure words

[@ResistTheGreatReset1984]

just r a p ing his own daughter. no big deal.

[@bluepeng8895]

They weren’t promoting drugs. They were just doing them

[@levantinedoomer2317]

​@@ResistTheGreatReset1984what

[@ResistTheGreatReset1984]

@@levantinedoomer2317 que

[@highteirhuman]

@@levantinedoomer2317 I think it was Doherty.

[@geny4336]

They don't sing songs like these any more. Really missing the oldies. Thanks to youtube for keeping these treasures alive.

[@HitPoint19]

The California in this song is dead, there is no warmth to be found. There is no point in reminding people of something that doesn't exist anymore.

[@thomaswalsh4924]

Sadly everything is auto tuned to fuck these days. Before my time, but I love this song.

[@choomp2636]

@@HitPoint19 How does todays California compare to how it was 50 years ago?

[@choomp2636]

I imagine there's too much to point out but what's the most outstanding change(

[@jaypetersen7049]

@Mike Colin Bless you Mike. The music like the M & P's was the sound track of my youth. And as I age, I get so nostalgic for that bygone era. I was very fortunate to have lived during the decades of awakening, and rock and roll was the thumping motor that drove society forward. Cherish the memories, for one day you'll be looking back with tears in your eyes, and a song in your heart that defines who you are.

[@Sardnassik]

The most beautiful flute solo in popular music ever.

[@AllinGold2]

Yes. Also, Nights in White Satin.

[@Sardnassik]

@@AllinGold2 That is a really nice solo and I love that. It sounds like a flute, but you can hear the on the start of the notes that is played by a keyboard.

[@jimweinland911]

Will never get old .. CAN LISTEN TO THIS EVERYDAY……❤❤❤

[@annaboxberger8474]

Mama Cass’s voice is so strong RIP 😔

[@hrishikeshjoshi656]

Agree 👍👍

[@christibaldridge2199]

Cass Elliott had an AMAZING voice.

[@mellowlemonmoon]

Mama Cass was a Queen. The best singer in this group.

[@danielwilliams5990]

Forever in our ❤️.....many memories beautiful once especially that comes when you listen to this song

[@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

rip. Ham sandwich cancer claims another soul. FXCK CANCER!!!!!

[@JF-su9mb]

Seriously, the harmonies in their voices makes this easily one of the most outstanding rock songs, I can’t even…it is perfection.

[@johnwick6815]

Rock???)

[@JF-su9mb]

@@johnwick6815 yes it’s folk rock but still falls under the umbrella of rock….

[@IrDaNoobKing]

@@JF-su9mb they probably think rock is all fast double bass pedals metal thrashing mad

[@teaser6089]

@@IrDaNoobKing Yeah rock started much more like this song but got harder and harder

[@alexbrown8618]

Something tells me the band "the mamas and the papas" isn't rock💀

[@josephmora7720]

This is a reminder of how great California was at one time. A time long gone.

[@benjurqunov]

How will that stop homosexual special rights ? There's plenty of room for more mexicans !

[@dennisestradda9746]

Still 5th largest economy alone, just bad administration

[@josephmora7720]

@@dennisestradda9746 you obviously are oblivious to your own state. You all are in debt. You have a 37.9 billion with a B deficit. Maybe you’re a graduate of the California school system. Math is not their strong point.

[@dennisestradda9746]

@@josephmora7720 hahah where are you from trash? I live comfortably in the hills, you must think we all live in the bay. Keep your 1st world supposed American life style to yourself 😂

[@dennisestradda9746]

@@josephmora7720 hahah are you Texan? I’m sure those EVs make you shiver with the green plan. Keep depending on minerals and oil 😘

[@ya-boyrookus7516]

This song is so ominous and hopeful at the same time. It’s definitely one of my favorites.

[@kiphowland8826]

The intensity in the lines, “Well I got down on my knees,” is amazing and makes me love this song more and more every time I hear it

[@taleighajames3759]

I agree 100% it's ABSOLUTLY amazing

[@kyleharvey8900]

Think he was talking about Mackenzie? 😂😂😂

[@alejandrogonzalez-us5tk]

My favourite part🎵🎵

[@sian6894]

@@kyleharvey8900 😆 its sad

[@mikemclaren8704]

When you get down on your knees you should not PRETEND to 🙏!!!

[@enzito_sdf6978]

there's something oddly unsettling about this song lol, feels nostalgic

[@flvs2470]

Nostalgia about memories I never have

[@brianflemingmusic9884]

Agreed

[@sockpuppet1737]

Not kidding when listing to this and thinking of vitenam I get chills but I'm only 15

[@jenniferthomson]

It leaves one with the feeling of impending doom

[@arablade49]

It's a song that you feel that you've always known Enzito. Even if you didn't actually think about it it or sing it all the time. I'm the same.

[@logangodfrey6735]

The day this video was released was the day my daughter was born. I’ll never forget it. Now we sing to it! This song and “Clover Cage - The Chess Piece” are the two songs keeping me sane through these tough times. I just want to send love to everyone and I want everyone to know things will get better. We are in this together..I love you ❤️

[@sergeypolyakov1665]

🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍Какие же они добрые , милые и приятные. Может , потому и песня получилась вечная. Это юность наших родителей.😁😁

[@johnkearney2513]

Classics never go out of style. This song is definitely a classic.

[@ramurida]

the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

[@lslees_6192]

@@ramurida ye

[@m.e.d.7997]

Say what you will about John Phillips but he created a Masterpiece here.

[@patlaw398]

He was a hardcore junkie who raped his own daughter and let jagger rape her too....don’t let pravda Bitch Slap u into Occupied Palestine

[@matteoorlando9910]

@@ramurida Ok go live in a cave

[@StrigoiVampire]

This song makes me miss an era I haven't lived through. Why?

[@keithzimpelman1483]

Because good music is powerful

[@ahmadkamil9915]

i get same feel

[@osmarjunior9572]

Because It's timeless.

[@browngreen933]

Because the late 1960s & early '70s were the best.

[@GhostOfDamned]

Varies where you live

[@karensimmons1572]

There is so much passion in their singing!!!

[@pauloliver9320]

There isn't a wrong note anywhere. Beyond even this, the power timing and lyrics, even while some singer move down the register and others up, is perfect. Surreal talent that stands up to anything, forever.

[@DragosMostenescu]

This song makes me feel nostalgic for the times I wasn’t even born in

[@gardibeatz]

I borned in 2006 I feel the same

[@nikkimccay5452]

I hear ya! Sixties wasn't my time but I love this!

[@justnahayo8490]

Fr😂😂😂🥲🔥❤️

[@alvexok5523]

Oh, I know, I was born in the 1970s, but there's something about the 1960s, where the harmony of the era gives me a feeling of almost being there. I think our yearning for such feelgood atmospheres make us picture ourselves there because we really wish we were there. I've also grown to love 1920s music, picturing myself there also, because it was another fun feelgood era. We don't picture ourselves in harder times like the depression years 1930s or WW2 early 1940s, wait scratch that, that was the swing era, even hard times had good things about them, when it came to the music and entertainment side of it anyways

[@levxty2828]

Past life experiences

[@JasonAvenger23]

This ain't just nostalgia, it's an unfounded melancholy. Glad I found this song today.

[@FalcOwO]

this song has to power to give nostalgia even tho you never experienced anything in that nostalgic feeling

[@bentrod3405]

Ngl I just added this song to a playlist I have called “The end of the world.” Its not a long one and its an odd assortment but it has this, my way by frank sinatra, hotel california by the eagles, and its the end of the world as we know it by REM. They all have a weird feeling to them like I could listen to it on the last day of earth and be content.

[@user-xu4kr3ys3o]

Как то за душу берет! Вроде и текст не грустный,а почему то пробивает на слезу😢 Музыка творит чудеса!

[@maxutko-vl2dh]

Согласен !!

[@user-jj6tf3gp4q]

Да, Чем-то цепляет.!

[@matthewyounger6834]

The song is about the writers who are in cold snowy New York, wishing they were in California. It's like they're missing home.

[@josephmora7720]

Because this California is long gone.

[@eventhorizon492]

This song is so hauntingly beautiful. It reminds of a place and time I’ve never been. Invoking a foggy memory that I don’t have.

[@jabes3615]

Not born in that era, never been to California, but listening to this song somehow feels so nostalgic. Picturing myself in a car entering California with grey skies and listening to this song.

[@grommet2795]

California has grey skies right now, and has had them for a few weeks. It's here for you :)

[@mariskameszaros6413]

That song made me want to move to Queensland from Melbourne. Couldn't tolerate another winter there!

[@fjones]

Jay....I recall older cousins playing this. Been to California. I forgot to play it driving to Venice beach and Malibu 🙈🙈🤷‍♀️. Maybe next time... as I have cousins living in California. Thankfully ⛱. Stay well n stay safe wherever you are 👍👍😌😌🎶🎶

[@darylkanofski9327]

@@mariskameszaros6413 welcome to QLD

[@Tyrfingr]

No cellphones only social interaction. Those were the days!

[@mariumkhan9521]

Makes me nostalgic for an era I don't even know about.

[@FCB_818]

@@Miguel-th3wx Its true the world is not what it seems

[@wildbill5670]

I lived through it and unfortunately I'm a very sentimental person. Listening to this now makes me so sad that those wonderful days are so far away now. But at the same time oh, how wonderful it was to live through them.

[@RandomPlayIist]

If you're from the US, how do you not know about the 60's? It was before my time too but I'm aware of it. It's such an iconic decade, how does one not know about it?

[@Miguel-th3wx]

@@FCB_818 for some reasons my comment went to a completen different video

[@justicedavenport6388]

Same

[@katrinaglanville3612]

The lyrics, the harmonies, the beat. the flute.1:14..what a fantastic song!!!🥰

[@user-zf4vp3el9q]

Grew up as a 10 year old in a small town playing with my " hot wheels" but knew this song was special. A real 60's song

[@Frankiarmz]

This song is etched in the hearts and minds of everyone who hears it, and it remains recognizable immediately.

[@cyclops9750]

Factsss

[@Sports5561]

Forest Gump brought me here.

[@thunderbirdice]

Yes. I didn’t know the name but heard it before and then in an advert. Finally someone told me what the name is.

[@2headedtasman200]

I hear those first two plucks and I know what Im listening to.

[@ukno918]

as the moment the red buff got stolen

[@sandeewood2948]

I loved hearing this song when I was in Vietnam..I was home sick it made me feel a little bit better…grew up in Los Angeles ..drafted during the Vietnam war…I had the words…California dreaming written on my helmet 🪖….brings back a lot of memories…

[@dragonxz61]

Jeez, what a trip. I'm glad you are safe and warm, young man.

[@VumarnOgluTimar]

How many children have you killed down there

[@RyanGoslingmefr]

@@VumarnOgluTimar alayinazumzumcuyuz abi 👏🏻👏🏻

[@atadam5417]

@@RyanGoslingmefr yorumu gitmis

[@RyanGoslingmefr]

@@atadam5417 laa 😪

[@rebeccawagner4167]

Awesome song 🎵, with outstanding lyrics made by an iconic group who are totally criminally underrated 🎉🎉

[@user-en9jp5cs2y]

This song will never get old holds to many memories of that era ❤