The Mamas & The Papas "Twelve Thirty" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[@calebcrites6567]

2023, and still listening. Raise your glass!!! Who's with me. Hell yeah!

[@matthewdow2202]

I'm here.im60.mama Cass ain't large by today's standards.michelle Phillips is beautiful. Jon is asshole

[@Anapaula-rq8iv]

🎉

[@kenziesundone]

It's January 2024, and this is still sublime and pure magic.

[@melissatyree566]

Agree, fabulous. Rest in musical peace Cass Elliott, Denny Doherty, and John Phillips 🙏.

[@margaretrielly7323]

Yes.

[@pauladamson8577]

This kind of music is just sublime to me

[@bonnielucas3244]

I was a musician and teacher long time lots of eras and training this is a wonderful sound ​@@pauladamson8577

[@debbiesims138]

March

[@ethericrose2307]

You can understand why Mama Cass loved Denny. He was a total dish. 😊

[@NeekoLsh]

right

[@Tracey..H]

He was cute

[@carolross1517]

💯👍❤️

[@ikesaunders4237]

I'm 70 yrs old in 2024 & I am so glad I lived in the 60's to hear such beautiful music that still sounds great today I just hope this music will never die

[@user-pk6zb7ir6f]

Cass had one hell of voice

[@Jim-pt8kk]

Her duet with John denver singing Leaving on a Jet plane is wonderful

[@raymonddaniel8247]

Yes indeed!

[@holtridge7337]

RIP

[@lefkytheshin]

And appetite.

[@rski1036]

@@holtridge7337 Michelle is very much alive.

[@ronsmith5573]

In my opinion, their best. Harmonies, arrangement, everything.

[@brucebird133]

agree!! Nothing modern anywhere near this... perfection.

[@gerryg8228]

Cass Elliot’s voice still gives me chills. One of my favourite female singers.

[@_Andrey_]

I completely agree with you, Russia is with you. Полностью с Вами согласен, Россия с Вами.

[@filippocanaliderossi8721]

ok, I'll take the other one

[@gerryg8228]

@@filippocanaliderossi8721 Michelle was more for show, her voice was alright but Cass’s voice is what carried them.

[@TheSoupdragon1968]

Mine too....

[@jennifersman7990]

Cass was the original Adele

[@user-oz4zd4vi3r]

It’s now 2024 and OMG this song is still beautiful. Such harmony, Cass Elliott, gone way too soon😭😢

[@Lin-bt4pk]

Way, way too soon gone. Sweet angel voice.❤😢❤

[@nazznomad]

There's an undertone of sadness in their faces. A knowingness that the band was falling apart.

[@brucebird133]

Probably cause they are all stoned off their heads lol

[@bobvogel2412]

Arguably their best song. The harmonies are simply outstanding. John Phillips was an exceptional musician. He wrote this classic. My opinion only.

[@jelau4851]

Also my favorite

[@gailwood4214]

Their harmony was incredible. All 4 had good voices.

[@channel-kv4nb]

you should research his past

[@bullsnutsoz]

Well I agree so you are correct

[@jeffburnham6611]

Can't agree it's their best. There are much more well-known songs the group is often associated with, Monday Monday being just one of them.

[@sandrajohnson2489]

It's April 26, 2024. I still love this song.

[@Lin-bt4pk]

Me too, just found it again, beautiful. ❤ Anf beautiful memories. ❤

[@alanhodges8839]

I’m 82 and it’s March 2024 still listening every day and for ever to the greatest most beautiful harmonising group

[@malcolmharing3744]

It's January 2023. I'm 68. For what it's worth, this is one of the most gorgeous songs from the 60's that will never be equaled by today's music. And Michelle Phillips is one of the most beautiful ladies in music, of all times.

[@stephaniegreen453]

Cass was beautiful also. What a voice. ❤

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Kinda looks like a cute hippie love child. Perfect for the era. Imo.

[@peteloaf0]

Yes. Thank You.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Michelle Phillips and Patti Boyd, and Im a 90s kid!

[@BobbyGeneric145]

​@@stephaniegreen453Cass is attractive because of the whole package, not just looks... Immense brain, angel voice, longing for a man to love her.

[@lazarocaffone4513]

It’s 2023 and the song still gives me the chills

[@johnkake5609]

Tye dye & embroided shirts: Love,peace & vegetables: Wear a flower in your hair: Bare feet power: Long youthful hair: Forever young in mind,body & soul: Free spirited and care free: House bus: Give peace a chance: Lets all live on this planet in harmony and goodwill to all: Yep mamma & papas brings it all back to my remember,Wow what a wild ride it was for a teenage boy of that Time never to be repeated.

[@RiderNJack]

Will never be another Cass..

[@brucebird133]

Sadly there'll never be another Mamas & The Papas with such awesome harmonies.. :(

[@rski1036]

This is about MICHELLE.

[@RiderNJack]

I wasn't referring to the song. The Mamas & papas were one in a million and there will never be another them or Cass.​@@rski1036

[@mysticmaverick1]

This song is as fresh and vibrant as was it when they recorded it in 1968.

[@dream-67]

1967 you mean

[@vanjimbo]

1967!

[@cursino1]

1966

[@sonnylowe2749]

I love this song 🎵 ❤

[@patrickryan1515]

Absolutely. Theirs and the 5th Dimension songs (along with Spanky and Our Gang) are FOREVER.

[@TobiasSwede]

I would rather see and listen to this on a monochrome 17 " inch old mono TV then seeing and hearing most new "music"....

[@Art-is-craft]

Pop today is not music.

[@margaretconnery7422]

MAMA CASS HAS A VOICE THAT NO ONE WILL EVER FORGET.

[@user-hf6cd7bc7t]

PERIODT

[@margaretconnery7422]

@th where you brought up or trailed up i guess the latter would be the case

[@margaretconnery7422]

@th Your very pass remarkable about what people look like that's rude in my estimation.

[@margaretconnery7422]

@th what can't you understand when i said your very rude.. Not a lot to understand

[@margaretconnery7422]

@th It's only texting not an English examination

[@robinmoore446]

Michelle and Cass’s voices together give me chills. This song evokes so much emotion in me. The playfulness between Cass and Denny is so sweet. It’s pure musical magic.

[@richieboy6825]

I tell ya, there is something going on in these songs that makes me think there was something else going on in that era that is almost supernatural. I don’t know what is - but it’s like there was some kind of spell cast or something. Maybe it was acid, or the position of the stars, or something else ….

[@steveeab2364]

@@richieboy6825 definitely acid...

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

@@richieboy6825 I think it was just a different time, society was different then, ppl. had more expectations than we seem to these days, everything seems so negative nowadays. Denny and Cass bless them, were in love long before they knew it I think and when Denny finally realizes it he has already said no too often to go back on it, did Cass's size have s/thing to do with it we'll never know , but I believe Denny never wanted to hurt her. I often wonder how things might have turned out if they had gotten together, could it have saved Cass? who knows but that is a heavy thing to put onto Denny also, so it should be taken with a grain of salt. . . Why does salt supposedly make everything more palatable? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wrestlerx8494]

@@johnzuijdveld9585 even if he had said no a bunch of times, it seems like the way he is acting in this video is still giving her the impression that there is something there. That said, I know that I would be highly confused if a guy rejected me many times, yet still seemed to have feelings for me. My understanding is at some point Denny admitted to Cass that he did like her but that he couldn't get past her being overweight, so that might explain his conflicting behavior.

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

@@wrestlerx8494 They were 'friends' from the start, they first met in another band before they joined Mamas' and the Papas' They liked each other and in the only way they could they did care/love each other, but it didn't go anywhere. Or did it? There were rumors that she was pregnant with Deny's baby. I saw a video where Denny regrets not taking his relationship with Cass more seriously, maybe he thought that that might have changed the outcome for Cass. It's all very sad, maybe they will someday make a movie based on this.

[@RoyFive]

Love it when Denny and Cass smile at each other.

[@stephanieames66]

I read that Cass was madly in love with Denny. Unrequited love, so sad.

[@martinbench3657]

Cass and Denny would have made a great 70's duo

[@pativi6643]

@@stephanieames66 She was in love with him indeed. He slept with Michelle though, which was in time married to John. Cass then said to Michelle something along the lines 'You could have any man you want and you took mine'. The whole group's relationships was one big drama, one of the reasons they lasted so short.

[@cocoaorange1]

Decades later, Denny broke down talking about Cass. I think he had deep regrets on how he treated her.

[@RoyFive]

I would hope so. Because there will never be another Cass Elliot.

[@lydiawilliams3117]

It breaks my heart to remember how much pure joy this band gave to so many people and yet their own lives were so broken. Loved them then and I still do today!

[@cole6122]

One of the most beautiful choruses in all of music

[@larryc3860]

AMEN !

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Yep

[@holtridge7337]

Definitely

[@brucebird133]

agree

[@eddiemart4613]

I'm 22 and this is one of the my favoutites bands

[@storyteller1749]

I'm so happy to know that there are some younger folks around that have good ears for great music.

[@nbush9169]

I’m almost three times your age (65) and they were one of my favorites too and still are!

[@MrWackypackages]

same!

[@annaliese9453]

same and i'm 15! music is timeless!

[@jiordanfisher6076]

i'm 18 & they are my favorite band as well!

[@atis9061]

ABBA & the MAMAS/PAPAS have the best harmonies in pop music

[@Gene_o]

Little River Band too!

[@kenyongray2615]

The Association weren't bad either. Musical groups like The Mamas & The Papas will be heard forever.

[@univibe23]

Like so much of the 60s...completely brilliant---you wanted bands like this to go on forever but they were all gone like a comet streaking across the sky!

[@vernpascal1531]

Right and it was just before my time. I'm sure that compared to Dylan,Stones,Doors,Hendrix ,The Mama's And Papa's were taken for granted and considered lightweight in many quarters,but that's how shallow critics and people are. because they were great and would rather listen to them most of the time than Hendrix, except for his half dozen classics...

[@rodywithers3536]

So true - their heyday of hits was a little under two years. But what a catalogue of hits and at least 2 original albums ( not counting the many greatest hits compilations that came after they broke up).

[@richieboy6825]

Except the turtles..

[@jeffdude6088]

Love the Turtles. And Flo and Eddie put out some great stuff later.

[@steveeab2364]

Mostly due to self destruction unfortunately

[@lefkytheshin]

Love Michelle's high-end in that harmonizing.

[@dennissobell9093]

They're harmonies were amazing

[@jamesheggs6825]

No auto tune!!!!!!

[@lemurianchick]

THEY ARE hamonies?!

[@deanblake5072]

Man, what happened, we lived thru the greatest era of music in history... know why its still popular many decades later..cause it was GREAT

[@vagabondvibes2578]

*Their

[@jonnybirchyboy1560]

*theyre

[@shonii119]

Momma Michelles beautiful soprano never is mentioned but she was a wonderful singer and really held her own in a band that had two pretty overwhelming personalities.

[@petlover9696]

Who were the two “pretty overwhelming personalities”?

[@williamkinney427]

Beginning of song, that piano is by Larry Knechtel.....wonderful. Joe Osborn is the bass player. These Wrecking Crew studio musicians were truly the instruments of the 60's and early 70's. Amazing....

[@malcolmharing3744]

Agreed. The Wrecking Crew were amazing and gave the world some of the most beautiful music and are sadly unrecognized for their gifts .

[@pedroper859]

merito a quienes en verdad lo tienen

[@SteveChapman1204]

You hit it, the bass..piano drive through this song drives the beat and matches the vocals.

[@stevedolman3157]

I always wondered who did the piano on this, as it is wonderful. Thank you for that. One of my favourite songs, by them or by anyone else. The layered harmonies and those four voices together are just magnificent! John Phillips was an underrated genius

[@dwightsimonealexander2080]

Watching the show about wrecking crew now. Amazing history!

[@theludotheory]

The little interactions between Denny and Cass are so lovely. If you watch, he keeps looking at her hoping she'll look back and when she does he's so chuffed.

[@groovymovie84]

If I remember correctly, I think Cass had a crush on Denny...Denny slept with Michelle...and John (as you can tell in his face in this video) was depressed. I think Denny looked at Cass in a platonic sense, and the band was on thin ice at this point...they were trying to look like the "happy group." Far from it.

[@Arthur5260]

I'm glad you pointed this out. Very true.

[@Mer1912]

@@groovymovie84 True. But it’s sad because Denny knew Cass loved him; she wanted to marry him.

[@speedbird9313]

Think you got your facts a bit mixed up there..😉

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

@@groovymovie84 Yep, and the 'crush' was there before they broke from their previous band. Deny was brought into the now 'New Journeymen' while Cass languished I think? But he did NOT forget Cass and her talent and eventually persuaded John and Michelle to meet her, John didn't like Cass but basically was outvoted.. . . Then BAMN! 🎆 ✨ 🎆 ✨ The magic happened! they had a complete harmonic sound that rivaled the Vienna Boys Choir 🤣, but the sound was bold, new, modern, it was about freedom, happiness, love for all, the joy of living. . . Funny they sang like hippies but apart from Cass they danced like 'Mods' . . . quite reserved. I don't know why Denny and Cass never hooked up, I know later Denny has said he regretted not allowing h/self to get involved with Cass . . .she craved it and it may have saved her BUT that is NOT a burden one can put on Denny, the chemistry was there but the appetite for risk was not. To Denny's' credit one has to note that MANY men would've used Cass for sex, and she knew this., so she loved him more. 😭 . . . now? does size matter? . . . Maybe . . sigh!

[@freddiedrake6250]

If you’re watching this in 2021 you’re a legend

[@lorrainenappa6142]

I AM

[@moodyfan4ever]

Me hooked on cass elliot lately

[@temeculajoe]

Am aging but oh the memories

[@williammanganaro9070]

I was only 6 years old then but remember the music playing at my home as clear as a sunny day. I love them !! I also thought Mama Cass was a beautiful woman.

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

Well thank you! I was about 12or13 when I first heard them on the radio, it was love at first earful ! and then I saw Michelle, :) oh how the hormones raged!

[@doug7000]

Absolutely my favorite song among many favorites by the wonderful Mamas and Papas. Barely beats out "Look Through My Window," which barely beats out "No Salt On Her Tail." I was in my young 20s when the group enchanted me, but they still are in my top 3now that I'm 80.

[@nopenope2601]

This is actually their best song

[@davidc5820]

Agreed!

[@3angels661]

No way! Thumbs down!

[@jennifersman7990]

Top 5 for me

[@keithhakanson6520]

"Got a feeling" is also great.

[@chrishewitt9721]

Yes!

[@alfonsorolli1645]

The age of beautiful lyrics and harmony. I’m soooo glad I was born in the early 1950’s and experienced RnR in the late 50’s, 60’s and 1970’s.

[@septimustyrannis321]

I’m truly jealous

[@Cam-vz2zk]

And beautiful people, without metal in their faces and covered in ink

[@poetcomic1]

This was an ANTHEM fo those drawn to a dream of Southern California. SO long ago and SO gone gone gone.

[@luissantiago8446]

Remember CA during the early 60s. It was beautiful. Like a dream it was

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@luissantiago8446 and the dream came crashing down in Benedict Canyon in August 1969

[@arthurkian6331]

So true ... So so long ago. California was a dream state and now it's unrecognizable. And everyone is just running away without even trying to make a difference

[@arthurkian6331]

Destroyed by globalization and cultural communism. How ironic.

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@arthurkian6331 cultural communism? Please elaborate Arthur

[@cuervojoe13]

Pure genius that Quentin Tarantino used this song during the Manson Family scent at the climax of "Once upon a time in Hollywood."

[@garou20zx]

Before that, it was pure genius that whomever used this song in Bad Times at the El Royale during one of the scenes with Chris Hemsworth's Manson-like character.

[@ajaygopi8673]

@@garou20zx But Tarantino used this song more perfectly.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Yet it's not on the soundtrack album.

[@AngelofMusic04]

@@nolagospeltracts8264 Half of the soundtrack for "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" wasn't included on the album.

[@originalseed6744]

Ya really genius is he.... Sharon was Michelle's friend.hope he made his money.

[@rogermurray8553]

Cass and Denny were incomparable talents and this beautiful song now evokes sadness after all these years..

[@donaldfewell8908]

I find every Mamas and The Papas songs reminds me of bittersweet memories.

[@moodyfan4ever]

One day Cass asked Denny to merry her, wow., he didn t do it aaaaaaaaagh

[@wangson]

Weird, eh? Only Michelle is left now. Sad.

[@wangson]

@@billyboycinci You're right. I'm killing that comment.

[@rogermurray8553]

@wangson, and ironically she had next to nothing to do with creating all that is brilliant about this song

[@carpelogg]

MAMA CASS VOICE. WOW.

[@margaretritchie1047]

I saw them in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1968 (along with Jimi Hendrix)

[@donnapursley7588]

You are a lucky and envied woman!

[@Butterflypoo]

Those harmonies, so flawless, incomparable. If Cass had lived I bet she’d still be going strong ❤

[@darrylbradshaw3527]

I remember the Ed Sullivan Show! That was back in the days when Sunday night was SUNDAY NIGHT!

[@vernonchikchadwick8187]

Let's admit it, in 2020 this song is an elegy for the beauty and gentleness of America that once was and is no more. But it can be found again!!!

[@whoopsie890]

But it's just an act. All these people are drug and sex fiends.

[@withgoddess7164]

Yeah what a reminder.. Phillips was having sex with his daughter for 10 years for God's sake. Do not be fooled by appearances.

[@jamesferris4573]

@@whoopsie890 I lived through those years and things were different to some degree. People have always been people, no matter how far you go back in time. Some that were sexual perverts were no different in the 50's, 60's, 70's, or any time. I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's. There was the same types of people as now that hasn't changed. The sexual revolution and "free love" was more a male thing to get all the sex whenever and from whoever they wanted. I am not saying some girls didn't take part, but most of the girls I knew were no different than now and just wanted one reliable guy. I don't think there was anymore actual drug use in the 60's than in the 40' s, 50's, or 70's and later. There was more public use of pot, and in 1967 with the start of the hippies in Haight- Ashbury in San Francisco the open use of LSD to get more connected to God. Until then people had drug problems, or habits but it wasn't out in the open. I believe the generation of the 60's was more vocal and wanted change and therefore drew attention to things that already existed. I do agree that many experimented with drugs and sex during this time, but overall I would go back in a second. It is true there are more people now who are divided because of political affiliations and many are angry and own assault style rifles with large capacity magazines and drums. People on both sides have been trained to see other Americans that don't see eye to eye with them as the enemy and give them no mercy. I remember preachers in the late 50's and early 60's pounding their fists on their pulpits and saying rock and roll music is from the devil and would destroy this country. I believe music is universal and can speak to the heart and soul. If this country is destroyed it will be from inside and this country. And her own citizens will destroy her. Please stay safe everyone.

[@music_by_carlos]

u mean when the usa was in shambles because of the war in vietnam and even more split than it is today? lol

[@brianambrosemcmahon8531]

Music was a beautiful thing in those times . Once upon a time ....

[@bpd9660]

My fav from this iconic band

[@markdrouin8094]

What beautiful harmony mama cass was the voice of the sixties.

[@Hamshqi]

She sure was one of them

[@MrRickyMoody]

Along with Diana Ross.

[@temeculajoe]

And Janis Joplin

[@riannadohertyy7246]

@@temeculajoe in the SIXTIES

[@rogermurray8553]

Can't say that. It's a shared honor. All those Phil Spector ladies early on. Then Grace Slick for sure. And Sandy Denny and Dusty Springfield in England and so as not to slight the French, the incomparable Edith Piaf.

[@EarlHutton2030]

No disrespect to "California Dreamin'," but for me this is the best song ever cut by the Mamas & the Papas.

[@josemateu8929]

Agreed, it’s a wonderful song and Cass singing is superb

[@rski1036]

If you concentrate on listening to the highest tone voice Michelle will stand out. She's always been too underrated.

[@soso8824]

Rest in peace and rest in power, Mama Cass.

[@doctorbohr1585]

Their best song. It's an underrated masterpiece.

[@brianrocks2087]

The sixties were the peak of the history of popular music great rhythms, beautiful melodies and beautiful harmonies in rock and roll

[@robertbroatch6919]

No doubt! The seventies were great also==

[@nothingbutfleurs]

what a beautiful and haunting song. great harmonies too

[@dr.treddell]

I agree completely. It feels like it SHOULD be a happy song somehow, but it has such a melancholy undercurrent! Amazing song.

[@thewordofl7425]

Even thought I wasn’t born during the 60s, I was born in 2007. I feel a connection like if I lived through the 60s. Something about this band specifically brings me so kind of comfort. I enjoy their music everyday. I listen to them 24/7. This song is one of my favs. And just the beauty of the members and their amazing ass harmonies. They are so fitting together. Within that being said. The 60s hold a special place in my heart and To The mamas and papas. R.I.P Cass, Denny, John. ❤️ god bless Michelle who is still living.

[@joshhodg]

It's so awesome to see young people appreciate the classics. Peace and Love. ❤

[@user-pq7eg4cw5u]

bruh i cant say anything cuz im also 14 but xd

[@UmPlsEwNo]

16 and I absolutely am in love with this type of music. I absolutely love this music it’s just the best. I feel that same connection to the 60s and as well as the 50s, 70s and 80s.

[@malcolmharing3744]

*Though.

[@cocoaorange1]

I wss born in the late 60's and like the oldies as well. Good grief, now the music of my youth is retro to today's kids. Glad they love it like I did eons ago.

[@bpd9660]

Best harmonies .. cass so powerful...

[@chrishewitt9721]

Cass and Michelle's voices together have that rare quality that creates a sum bigger than their individual parts. You can really hear it on the second syllable of "canyon" in the chorus....ca..an...yuuuun. Brilliant. And Denny had such a great voice. Only Michelle left now....

[@patrickgallagherchannel1734]

Indeed. The Everly Brothers created that similar magic with their harmonizing.

[@czaaful]

Denny the canadian with his hockeyplayer look

[@mrshoeguy2477]

Yes. Thank you! Sometimes it seems like people are afraid to praise the blonde bimbo's part in this but the fact is she deserved to be on that stage with the rest of them because she really was that good and I think it was Michelle's voice that gave this group that distinctive blend.

[@thisisreallife5086]

@chrishewitt9721 I agree! I've always thought the same thing - the last syllable of Can-yon is sublime. Their voices mix so well. Unfortunately, I think most people hear Michelle's soprano voicings and think Mama Cass is the high soprano. Mama Cass had an amazing voice, but I think Michelle wasn't given the credit she was due for her beautiful and difficult high harmonies.

[@01real1]

0:05 - 0:10 - Ed Sullivan: '...they blend rock'n'roll, ballad and folk singing.' Quite precise description of their music! :-)

[@----I...have...no...clue....]

People that lived through the sixties as teenage will understand the this song.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

My favorite of all their singles. "I can no longer keep my blinds drawn, and I can't keep myself from talking." Amen.

[@RADLADRICK]

Good lord, such incredible compositions. “They don’t write em’ like that anymore.” It was a short lived band with huge hits and immediate success. These songs still touch my soul today. Remember listening to them on a tiny transistor radio in the late 60’s -70’s. Turbulent and controversial as they may have been, thank God for Mr.Phillip’s vision and song writing and those glorious voices. Rest In Peace 🕯 Cass, John , Denny.

[@reuireuiop0]

Let's not forget John also helped plan and organize Monterey Pop Festival, the slightly forgotten precursor to Woodstock in 1967, which kicked off the breakthroughs of Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Canned Heat, the Who and Jimi.

[@voiceguy3635]

Their finest song(unknown to many).

[@alexanderpetzold4205]

This melody, this chorus, these voices - great 😍 One of the best songs by The Mamas & The Papas, probably THE best. I get goosebumps every time I hear this song 🥰

[@drrmdjr]

I remember hearing this song and it wasn't till after I read 'Helter Skelter' that I felt the song was a fore-shadowing of bad things to come to a particular canyon in LA. The murders occurred around 12:30am, the killers were young girls and "sounds" bounced in all directions...neighbors recalled that they heard screams and gunshots but couldn't tell from which way they were coming from...fragmented. Just eerie. The song becomes very deep.

[@dr.treddell]

What an intense memory! Tarantino picked up on all these vibes in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," where he uses this song to particularly chilling effect!

[@tedpeterson1156]

Charlie and his bus entourage were supposedly a fixture at Cass's pad. Folger lived just across the street.

[@drrmdjr]

@@dr.treddell you need to see the made-for-TV movie from 1976 called ‘Helter Skelter.’ The most realistic recreation being only 6 years after the crimes. Steve Railsback was incredibly convincing as Manson.

[@ryanellis2502]

Sharon Tate was killed with this song playing on her vinyl

[@cocoaorange1]

Wow eerie.

[@samatoid]

I went to NYU (in NYC) as a freshman in 1975 and my dorm room looked out on the same clock that was still stuck at 12:30! Always made me think of the song. I had no idea what Southern California canyons were like though.

[@samatoid]

@@hbbreakers433 note the past tense in my last sentence.

[@Harry7656]

@@hbbreakers433 you’re not referring to his last sentence as indicated in his comment. He ‘had’ no idea..., meaning at that moment in time he didn’t know what the canyons were like, as most of us didn’t.

[@johnnycomelately5914]

@@hbbreakers433 Just to add a few... Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Brown, The Eagles...

[@lemurianchick]

@@hbbreakers433 Read "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon" for more info on strange coincidences/suggestion of CIA orchestration of the Summer of Love and beyond. This almost seems like an advertisement if it came out in 1967.

[@richardhunter132]

Wow, where was the church? This sounds like an awesome rock'n'roll landmark.

[@shelleywantiez7964]

Clearly a sleeper and a diamond in the ruff. One of their best songs in my opinion. A hidden gem.

[@meow-knee]

Wish to see people watching this in 2024,you will be legend

[@tonycone7896]

I am.😊😊😊😊😊

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

I was a teenager when they were popular. I consider myself lucky.

[@jiordanfisher6076]

you're very lucky!! I'm 19 and they're my favorite group

[@arturodelfabbro2634]

Yes , you was very , very lucky . Today ? Fake music , nothing Is real.

[@esque1954]

We sure were

[@esque1954]

@@jiordanfisher6076 John Phillips was an absolute genius!!

[@mudhens4ever]

Me too. I’m getting old now, but I’m so glad I was born when I was!

[@lauriesmith4575]

The fact that these *four voices* sound like *a single voice* just gives me chills every time I listen to them, and I grew up on their songs. They're one of my mum's absolute favourite bands- she grew up on their music, it seemed only right that I did too.

[@carlolen5544]

Love this song over all M&P songs. It screams the (wonderful) '60's to me!

[@miked7707]

This never gets old. Harmony and soaring melody

[@sandrakenney567]

Rest in peace to cass danny and john.what a great writer john was and danny that voice and my favourite cass that voice absolutely fabulous rest in peace cass my favourite of all hope your happy up there in your colour bubble. Godbless you.amen.♥️🌈💖💫🙏👍🧚‍♀️

[@mortybartholomew3072]

Loved these guys. Mama Cass just brought so much to their performance when she sang! Terribly sad we lost such a great talent too early. 😔

[@steveguzman6141]

Only 32 when she passed the poor thing 💔

[@esquibelle]

I love those shots of her in the audience watching Jamis Joplin live

[@azurie05]

Those little interactions between Cass and Denny are so cute.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

When watching these beautiful people singing this beautiful song,it is sad to know that Cass,Denny and John are now no longer with us! RIP to all of them

[@anthonycrook8460]

I could listen to Cass Elliot all my life

[@johnlargan6045]

This was originally broadcast on September 24th, 1967, and was their third and final appearance on Ed's show. This episode was rerun in 1968.

[@fatimadossantoslima7488]

Boa

[@SteveChapman1204]

I don't think that is correct. They appeared here and then took the cruise after they had recorded 4 songs for the 4th album. They returned to Sullivan the next year and that was their final appearance.

[@patrickgragg5602]

And I got to watch it live in my living room on my dad's brand new color TV

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

I was 15 at this time. Great music 👍🏻👏🏻💫🎤🥰‼️

[@nbandpinportugal]

@@fatimadossantoslima7488 Impecavel

[@gregsheridan4978]

I bought it on 45 rpm when it was released …. My Dad was like … what? You gotta have this song … I said yes!

[@rozchristopherson648]

I was born in 1961 and remember them well. I used to wake up for school listening to their songs on the radio. My mom loved Mama Cass. RIP Mama Cass. 🧡🙏

[@donaldfewell8908]

I was also born in '61. I remember hearing "California Dreamimg " everywhere I went.

[@rozchristopherson648]

@@donaldfewell8908 I remember a couple more tunes that seemed to be "everywhere" during that time---"Leaving On A Jet Plane, sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary, "The Happening," by the Supremes, and "It's Not Unusual," by Tom Jones, and "With A Little Help From My Friends," by the Beatles.

[@sueh273]

I also remember Cass singing Dream A Little Dream Of Me on Smothers Brothers show with Tommy pretending to be a baby while Cass sang the lullaby.

[@rozchristopherson648]

@@sueh273 Wow. I’m going to check KZbin to see if there is a video of Cass on the Smothers Brothers. I’ve seen Grace Slick’s iconic performance with the Jefferson Airplane on that show.on KZbin. I hope Cass’ performance is too.

[@chuckdargy5031]

Hands down, Cass had THE voice in that outfit. She was a great voice I never really appreciated until recently when I stumbled on her duet with the other golden throat John Denver singing Leaving on a Jet Plane. Worth looking up. Oh well, we still have Keith Richards.

[@richardjohnson1195]

Ironic, Keith is still alive, and almost everyone else from that decade are gone. Many far too young

[@reuireuiop0]

Keith Richards, singing ?

[@malcolmharing3744]

Every young man in the canyon fantasized about Michelle Phillips. I still do.

[@bkaley8974]

Their music still brings tears to my eyes. Brings me back to more innocent simpler times.

[@luissantiago8446]

" California Dreamin' " still sounds fresh and has withstood those attributes that would date it. It continues to resonate when one hears it, no matter how many times. And like so many of the songs by the Mammas & Pappas, it's redolent with poignancy and bittersweetness.

[@qa4057]

@@luissantiago8446 Well said / well articulated.

[@hannahwillmott641]

RIP Denny Dophride and RIP John Phillips and RIP Mama Cass aka Cass Naomie Elliot 👼🕊

[@davidcullen382]

Born Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, MD❤❤

[@barrytooley6724]

It’s Doherty

[@davidcullen382]

@@barrytooley6724 From Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he returned for most of his life after the Mamas and Papas..

[@jiordanfisher6076]

One of my favorite memories will always be driving through Laurel Canyon while visiting California for the first time while this song played. Such a magical song and group, this song will always make me cry 🌼

[@williamhourigan1555]

28 years old and they’re one of my favorite bands ever

[@buckfaststradler4629]

The bassline is amazing !!!

[@Au60schild]

It's 2024 now and I'm nostalgic for the clarity of the sixties. Why are you watching and listening?

[@dtlfc3032]

There was lots of problems back in the sixties too.

[@Au60schild]

@@dtlfc3032 Work on your reading comprehension. I never said it was anywhere near good. It wasn't. Born in the late '50s, I grew up in the '60s and Vietnam and the whole counterculture were raging. They shut down our involvement in Vietnam just 18 months before I'd be eligible for the "lottery" draft. What I did say, quite clearly, was that good and evil were clearly delineated. I had hoped that everyone reading my truncated post, simple as it was, was that then and now were polar opposites. Today you have politicians selling themselves and nobody can seem to care. It's all about the differing clarities, then and now, between right and wrong. Quod erat demonstandum.

[@dtlfc3032]

It is nostalgia to think that good and evil were more cleary delineated, when you were young than they are now.@@Au60schild

[@dtlfc3032]

Yeah. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.@@Au60schild

[@davidshep45]

OMG the harmonies. They were spectacular. I adore Cass. They were each wonderful but together magical.

[@jimanderson5883]

Probably the group with the greatest harmonies ever.

[@e28stevo]

Cried to this last Sunday morning 😢

[@craigoren4475]

I haven't heard this song in decades . . . I had forgotten how wonderful it is and how beautifully the group sings it.

[@KeithERice]

As a longtime fan of the Ms&Ps, I've always been impressed by Joe Osborn's bass playing. Here it's just tremendous. Using a pick, he gets a kind of frenetic fluttering in the verse, playing double time to the beat. Then on the chorus, he digs in deep and powerful. Like most of the Wrecking Crew, he was invisible to the more casual fans...but the stars knew the musicians who made them sound great. (Which is taking nothing away from the Ms&Ps magnificent vocal prowess or John Phillips & Lou Adler's inventive arrangements.)

[@susanfabrican2244]

Thank you for that excellent review of the bass player. I bet you like the movies Laurel Canyon and Echo in the Canyon. 🎶🎵

[@AlexisJeldrez]

Osborn is a wonderful bass player; Larry Knechtel in keyboards is great too

[@RaxOldies]

Totally agree...I realize they were 'singing' to a backing track, but even the vocals here sounded 'not quite live' if you know what i mean...not lip-synching...I don't think Sullivan allowed that, but I didn't hear Cass' voice that clearly, and John was off mic, and it seemed to stop suddenly just as Cass was about to do that background refrain .......could be wrong.......

[@tinapatton7346]

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[@1DaTJo]

@Keith good to see someone here knows about the Wrecking Crew. Things are never what they seem.

[@tnelson4593]

This band had a great sound. The harmony is just amazing.

[@radaction5743]

I love this song so much. This was when America was America.

[@ianharwell7500]

Brilliant vocal arrangements, brilliant production (Lou Adler), brilliant songwriting (John Phillips). They existed for around only 4 years - what a magnificent blend of voices. Full marks to the M & P's and to Michelle who's still around. Thanks to you all for your contribution to folk, pop and rock & roll. You enriched our lives. I was nearly 5 when this was broadcast... little did I know what I would discover decades later. It's only pop music but if it's done well.....

[@kiltedwolf2]

Actually, as a commercial band, they lasted just around 2 years together. Imagine the music that we MIGHT have had if they had remained together longer.

[@niccoarcadia4179]

I always loved this song. Laurel Canyon was a unique place in the 60s.

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

One of their best and most underrated songs. Never gets airtime on oldies radio stations that I know of.

[@davidcullen382]

Just great harmonies. A former coworker and I were talking about musical groups and we got around to discussing "harmonies." He said, very definitively, "The Beach Boys" and the "Mamas and the Papas" when it came to harmonies. John Phillips, despite his faults, was a great lyricist and this group really knew how to belt out some good numbers, like this song here!!!

[@NeekoLsh]

yesir indeed! they inspire me so much in my music, even though i dont necessarily share the same genre, their collective genius just makes me push harder each and every day

[@bonnielucas3244]

Cass ruined her health trying to get weight off. So very sad. My mom was heavy most of her life. I never stopped feeling bad for her struggles. She was and is still my darling mom. Plus her mother. Two wonderful people i miss so much

[@jettrink7510]

I always try to hear Michelle's voice... and I can... what an experience to listen to the Mamas and Papas.

[@owenlewis8006]

People who knew her said that within a minute or so of talking to her you forgot she was fat, such was her charismatic personality and intelligence . I love watching her being interviewed, she was so witty.

[@princessbackgammon3359]

I’ve been listening to the Mamas And Papas since I was a little kid in the 90s. Back in 2014 my father was very sick and suicidal. At the time I would listen to this song to feel better. With time my fathers health improved. Thank God he’s much better. Now it’s 2023 and I still love this song. And this song brings me back so many memories. I’m also glad to say that I can enjoy this song with my family including with my father.

[@bilosdiogee410]

I find the lyrics to this song kind of silly but the voices and melody make that a moot point. Fantastic

[@fisherd.b.6191]

Never realized how beautiful Michelle's vocals were until I heard this song!