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Jefferson Airplane — Somebody to Love (live)
Album: Bless Its Pointed Little Head
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7.5

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Total ratings: 2616









Released: 1969
Length: 3:57
Plays (last 30 days): 2
When the truth is found to be lies
And all the joy within you dies
Don't you want somebody to love, don't you
Need somebody to love, wouldn't you
Love somebody to love, you better
Find somebody to love

When the garden flowers baby are dead, yes and
Your mind, your mind is so full of red
Don't you want somebody to love, don't you
Need somebody to love, wouldn't you
Love somebody to love, you better
Find somebody to love

Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his
Yeah, but in your head, baby, I'm afraid you don't know where it is
Don't you want somebody to love, don't you
Need somebody to love, wouldn't you
Love somebody to love, you better
Find somebody to love

Tears are running down and down and down your breast
And your friends, baby they treat you like a guest
Don't you want somebody to love, don't you
Need somebody to love, wouldn't you
Love somebody to love, you better
Find somebody to love
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 TimeWaster wrote:

That bass is cookin’. 



R.I.P Phil you'll be missed, a true original
 chinaski wrote:

It goes up to 11!. Jack lays it out. Thanks yet again for the millionth time RP! 



I always loved his playing, but on this album he turned it up a notch!
It goes up to 11!. Jack lays it out. Thanks yet again for the millionth time RP! 
 berrydoo wrote:

I never knew the lyrics were "Tears are running down your breast".  I always thought it was "Tears are running down your dress." Somehow being naked and crying takes it to a whole new level.


Depending on the coverage of the dress and the volume of tears, it could be both.
From Get Yer YaYas to Bless its Pointed Little Head - maybe the two greatest live records.. ever!
Loved hearing this!  I saw them somewhere in San Francisco when I was 16....great memories
Can't get past the sloppy, drunk vocals. 
 gillespp wrote:

WHAT? I've heard "Tears are running down your dress for 50 (!!) years.

So do your friends treat you like a guess?
 ReddFlagg wrote:


Jack Casady

Say his name
 trailhead wrote:

That's what I came here to say, but I figured someone must have already done so.

And wouldn't you know I was just reading the Wikipedia page on the Fender J bass (not sure what he plays, but it's what I play) 

The bass guitar is a Guild Starfire
What's worse...a pointed head or a square head? 
Groovy Grace at her best.
Not as good as the studio version, but still rips, rough edges and all.
I have come to LOVE this song on SO many levels and planes in life. ...  my partner has asked me to BLAST BLAST this song at his funeral. 😏
I'm back there ... awesome.   They're my time machine. 😎 ☮️  ❤️

Kind of a hot mess, but oddly enjoyable. 
 kevrey wrote:

I grew up liking the Airplane. I've come to find it barely more than noise in recent years, both the singing and instrumentals.



As we age, our hearing fails. Maybe time for a check-up?
Jeez, I never noticed what a bass line this had before. Mind blowing. Was it Jack Casady on this recording?
 pcicatar wrote:
Holy cow, that bassist is doing work!  {#Bananajam}


Jack Casady
I generally dislike live albums, especially this era, when it meant running at coke speed and doing a sloppy job, much like this album overall.  But the pace on this one isn't bad, and Jack is killing it.  Plus the cover- a must have!
Ah what fun! Thanks Bill! 
 TimeWaster wrote:
That bass is cookin’. 
 

Jack Casady is a guitar player who happens to play a bass guitar
                         --Jorma Kaukonen
I was always hearing - "Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like ears"...

I thought it was some kind of hallucinogenic thing.
 MrStatenIsle wrote:
Ooof, it's rough. Sounds like the vocalists couldn't hear one another.
 

Given the state of the art of live sound at the time , that could be very well true. Not the band's fault.
I do prefer the original, but thisis well done too.
That bass is cookin’. 
Complaining this is noise and isn't music is like complaining Jack Daniels isn't clear like water
 MrStatenIsle wrote:
Ooof, it's rough. Sounds like the vocalists couldn't hear one another.
 

Rough live music can often be better than sterile studio renditions.
Bill is in my head again and knows what I'd like to hear. Thanks Bill!
Ooof, it's rough. Sounds like the vocalists couldn't hear one another.
+2 to 7 today....and I think the band sounds on fire live even if the recording of this performance ain't great.
LLRP!#
Tired of the lyrics but wow, Jack Cassidy is ripping all over and that's what I hear. Grace Slick, who's that?
Say something Jack! Oh, wait, he's all over this song!
I’m rating this 2, and one of the points was just for the singer being Grace Slick. Can’t like this having loved the original so much for almost 60 years.
 berrydoo wrote:
I never knew the lyrics were "Tears are running down your breast".  I always thought it was "Tears are running down your dress." Somehow being naked and crying takes it to a whole new level.
 
WHAT? I've heard "Tears are running down your dress for 50 (!!) years.
Those who know, know.

Those who don't, do your research. Elongated skulls found in many places across the world and they are NOT produced by binding babies heads. 
 govna wrote:

Agree. What a train wreck. 
 
Hello?  Quality of the recording maybe? It was 1969.  Live albums just didn't sound that good given the technology.
I grew up liking the Airplane. I've come to find it barely more than noise in recent years, both the singing and instrumentals.
I only saw the Starship redux, but the did it justice through the seventies. 
Acid kickin in i feel
WOULDN'T YOU LOVE SOMEBODY TO LOVE?
YOU'D BETTER FIND SOMEBODY TO LOVE!
So I'm browsing the web reading up on some Signe era Airplane and lo and behold what should appear....well, it's Grace but it's Airplane just the same. 
 LinThizzy wrote:
ON A ROLL!   Nice set list going on here with much underplayed selections.  No lencohen to be tortured with!

 

That's a pretty specific and odd form of torture to be worried about.


 pcicatar wrote:
Holy cow, that bassist is doing work!  {#Bananajam}

 
Casady owns this album. God like tone that I've never heard anyone else get.
ON A ROLL!   Nice set list going on here with much underplayed selections.  No lencohen to be tortured with!
Long live the live!
Love the live version.    Can feel the energy from Grace...oh to have been able to see them live.  
Doesn't work ~
I never knew the lyrics were "Tears are running down your breast".  I always thought it was "Tears are running down your dress." Somehow being naked and crying takes it to a whole new level.
 skibbenr wrote:
Rated 9, mostly for Jack's bass playing but also for the overall rock'n'rolling fun of it!

 
Agree Skibbenr. Jack is really bringing it. Just up my rating.
Rated 9, mostly for Jack's bass playing but also for the overall rock'n'rolling fun of it!
 Meolla_Reio wrote:
For me, live version spoils it... And I love this song so much.

 
Agree. What a train wreck. 
Was in Mill Valley at the bar they first played at. 
merobreno wrote:
Again only two days later. Bill, are you trying to piss me off?

   

dwhayslett wrote:

Yes.  Radio Paradise really IS all about you.

 
Oh let's not stop at RP! The Interwebs is merobreno's royal dominion!

minion audience. One shakes hand of man on stage

"merobreno! Papageno! Bossboss bwanaman!"
For me, live version spoils it... And I love this song so much.
GODDESS GRACE  (awesome J A )
True Story
yes this is saturday nite music
Yeah! Casady was often every bit as frantic yet precise as The Ox, Jorma rocked, and Grace could really bring it! Sizzling live music!
 TerryS wrote:

OK I get it. BC has 130 pot stores which opened in the last few months................now I'm beginning to see outcomes.

 
Oof.

Perhaps I should have rephrased at the time?

Was Jef avion pitching this song to love-frustrated adults like you TerryS?  

I'm referring to the lyrics; quite fond of the song otherwise.

And while we are on the subject, multiple brief love encounters were not one of the more successful experiments of the counter culture period.

To put it more bluntly, I have met lots of people who fucked their brains out over the years and struck me as very, very lonely.  

Like I said, I am referencing the lyrics.  Otherwise this is a great song from a great band.
Holy cow, that bassist is doing work!  {#Bananajam}
notice the big trend in fashion is hippie
 merobreno wrote:
Again only two days later. Bill, are you trying to piss me off?

 
Yes.  Radio Paradise really IS all about you.
Funny, but I didn't 'get' this album when I was much younger, and I was a huge JA fan.  Sounds so good now!  Unfortunately, I never got to see the Airplane live....
Again only two days later. Bill, are you trying to piss me off?
 Grace via Auto-Tune...scary. Everything via Auto-Tune scary.

JsDad wrote:

Certainly no auto tuning on those vocals.
 

 merobreno wrote:
Jefferson Airplane never really turned my props (Ha, see what I did there ?) but live, BAD. IMHO.

 
Certainly no auto tuning on those vocals.
Jefferson Airplane never really turned my props (Ha, see what I did there ?) but live, BAD. IMHO.
 westslope wrote:
What Jef avion pitching a song to love frustrated ados?  

 
OK I get it. BC has 130 pot stores which opened in the last few months................now I'm beginning to see outcomes.
What Jef avion pitching a song to love frustrated ados?  
 trailhead wrote:

That's what I came here to say, but I figured someone must have already done so.

And wouldn't you know I was just reading the Wikipedia page on the Fender J bass (not sure what he plays, but it's what I play) 

 
He used to play Guild hollow-bodies a lot (as noted previously), but he's probably played them all over the years. I think Epiphone now makes a Jack Casady Signature bass.
 capandjudy wrote:
I played this album endlessly back in the 60s much to my mother's dismay but this is one of the lesser cuts of a great live album. 

 
These live tracks were recorded over 46 years ago!  If your mom is still with us, I'm dedicating "The Other Side of This Life" to her!

Track listing

Side one 

1."Clergy" (recorded November 28–30 at Fillmore East)Jefferson Airplane1:37
2."3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (recorded October 24–26 at Fillmore West)Marty Balin4:39
3."Somebody to Love" (recorded October 24–26 at Fillmore West)Darby Slick4:15
4."Fat Angel" (recorded November 28–30 at Fillmore East)Donovan Leitch7:36
5."Rock Me Baby" (recorded October 24–26 at Fillmore West)traditional, arranged by Jefferson Airplane7:45

Side two 

1."The Other Side of This Life" (recorded October 24–26 at Fillmore West)Fred Neil6:48
2."It's No Secret" (recorded October 24–26 at Fillmore West)Balin3:31
3."Plastic Fantastic Lover" (recorded October 24–26 at Fillmore West)Balin3:53
4."Turn Out the Lights" (recorded November 28–30 at Fillmore East)Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick, Spencer Dryden1:24
5."Bear Melt" (recorded November 28–30 at Fillmore East)Kantner, Casady, Kaukonen, G. Slick, Dryden11:22
 trailhead wrote:

That's what I came here to say, but I figured someone must have already done so.

And wouldn't you know I was just reading the Wikipedia page on the Fender J bass (not sure what he plays, but it's what I play) 

 
On this he was playing a Guild Starfire Bass.
Wow!!  Hot Tuna bass growl.  
 trailhead wrote:

That's what I came here to say, but I figured someone must have already done so.

And wouldn't you know I was just reading the Wikipedia page on the Fender J bass (not sure what he plays, but it's what I play) 

 
Great memories here.  Jorma cranking out the rock and Jack moving back and forth, laying down rock solid bass.  Miss these guys.
 shutter wrote:
Jack Cassady!!

 
That's what I came here to say, but I figured someone must have already done so.

And wouldn't you know I was just reading the Wikipedia page on the Fender J bass (not sure what he plays, but it's what I play) 
I played this album endlessly back in the 60s much to my mother's dismay but this is one of the lesser cuts of a great live album. 
That was a terrific live version of a signature song.  Jorma was cranking down.
When I was first exposed to Miles Davis in the late sixties although I was in awe of his reputation and fascinated I heard only disjointed giberish.It was only through some live improvisation of JA  that I started to hear . After going back many years later I,arguably, finally"got electric Miles". Some never do and probably hear that same JA as shit.Maybe they're right.
 I love what you wrote about live performance. It is magic when a live version of a song is radically different from it's studio counterpart and fantastic nonetheless. 
paulmack wrote:

I don't agree with either one of you - just for the record. There are many, me included, who felt that the true brilliance of this band was when they were live - and that the magic was somewhat lost in the studio. Depends on what you want out of your art but if you want the same thing over and over again every single time - then go with the recorded version. If you want something magical and new (again, my opinion, of course) then take your chances with the live show. Of course, it doesn't always work, but there are those times when lightning strikes. All of the most transcendent experiences I've had musically were at live concerts that brought me to my emotional knees.

And, too, think of it from the artist's perspective - if they can take a song and change it up to keep it fresh for them - instead of playing the same version hundreds of times, then both audience and performer benefit. Frankly, as much as I love the studio version of 'STL', I'd listen to this one over it first. I love the charge, the way Cassidy's bass ramrods the song, piles over a lyric, like a halfback flying over the top of the opposing lines at the goal line. And, to me, Grace was wildly creative, moreso in the moment of a live show in many cases.

And I have loved this entire album since the day I bought it in 1970 - after also buying all previous JA studio albums and loving them. Since then I have obtained numerous live JA shows from that era which I also treasure. I could go on but I won't. Sorry, brevity is not one of my strengths.

And, as always, I present these views as opinion, not fact, as it should be.

PS: Ultimately, I, too, felt that the Airplane lost their way. But it was a great ride for quite awhile. They had something. It was good to be alive in the '60's.

 


 paulmack wrote:

I don't agree with either one of you - just for the record. There are many, me included, who felt that the true brilliance of this band was when they were live - and that the magic was somewhat lost in the studio. Depends on what you want out of your art but if you want the same thing over and over again every single time - then go with the recorded version. If you want something magical and new (again, my opinion, of course) then take your chances with the live show. Of course, it doesn't always work, but there are those times when lightning strikes. All of the most transcendent experiences I've had musically were at live concerts that brought me to my emotional knees.
 
I'll second that, mainly because a live gig is a 'full-body' 'surround sound' immersive experience. The sound, the lights, the people, the drugs (legal and not), the place, the occasion - when it comes together (as it did for me at a recent Peatbog Faeries gig in Beverley) it is literally transcendental, taking you out of your body into another realm of experience. Not that this comes across on recordings of live gigs, mind, because you only hear them from your own speakers or phones, not from stacked amps - you don't get the 'surround sound' you do live. However, some live gigs are so great that their recordings are really special. On the flipside, some are absolutely damn awful, but like you say sometimes lightning strikes.

I wish I'd seen Grace Slick in her youth, though I'm not quite old enough for that to have been the case. Even in recordings she comes across as a sexy, sensual and powerful woman, and of course with one hell of a voice and presence.
then what happened?
Guess you had to be there.
Harsh segue from Radioheads There There. What was Bill thinking? Hmmm? {#Think}
No.......PSD...thank you!

"Somebody to Love" is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick and originally recorded by 1960s folk rock band The Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. First performed by The Great Society, which included Grace Slick on vocals.


  
 

 Toke wrote:


Yes I somewhat agree with  you there, I was in another room and had to come to the computer to check it  out, her voice was so much better during this period. But she has left a permanent memory with me. 

 
I don't agree with either one of you - just for the record. There are many, me included, who felt that the true brilliance of this band was when they were live - and that the magic was somewhat lost in the studio. Depends on what you want out of your art but if you want the same thing over and over again every single time - then go with the recorded version. If you want something magical and new (again, my opinion, of course) then take your chances with the live show. Of course, it doesn't always work, but there are those times when lightning strikes. All of the most transcendent experiences I've had musically were at live concerts that brought me to my emotional knees.

And, too, think of it from the artist's perspective - if they can take a song and change it up to keep it fresh for them - instead of playing the same version hundreds of times, then both audience and performer benefit. Frankly, as much as I love the studio version of 'STL', I'd listen to this one over it first. I love the charge, the way Cassidy's bass ramrods the song, piles over a lyric, like a halfback flying over the top of the opposing lines at the goal line. And, to me, Grace was wildly creative, moreso in the moment of a live show in many cases.

And I have loved this entire album since the day I bought it in 1970 - after also buying all previous JA studio albums and loving them. Since then I have obtained numerous live JA shows from that era which I also treasure. I could go on but I won't. Sorry, brevity is not one of my strengths.

And, as always, I present these views as opinion, not fact, as it should be.

PS: Ultimately, I, too, felt that the Airplane lost their way. But it was a great ride for quite awhile. They had something. It was good to be alive in the '60's.


 AndyJ wrote:
Grace is/was much better in the studio. Live music loses something in translation. She's still young here....But the whiskey and pills are starting to take hold... Sad... She had it all...once upon a long time ago...
 

Yes I somewhat agree with  you there, I was in another room and had to come to the computer to check it  out, her voice was so much better during this period. But she has left a permanent memory with me. 

Psychedelic rock- America's classical music!
Live.... Fast, Raw and loud , like live music should be ...to all the haters..hit MUTE
 RickyBobby wrote:
Ok. It sounds like these guys are totally messed up. Everyone but that bass player. He's on fire!
 

Mr Casady is indeed kicking ass and taking names.
this is most unfortunate sounding!
After the intense headphone experience of There There I didn't at first realize what this was.  Cool version.
 WayUpNorth wrote:
Kittie
How DO they get those kitties to sing like that??
 
The same way the mouse organ works...


Grace is/was much better in the studio. Live music loses something in translation. She's still young here....But the whiskey and pills are starting to take hold... Sad... She had it all...once upon a long time ago...
this version is lame
Perrrrrrrrrfect!!! hehe
 WayUpNorth wrote:
Kittie
How DO they get those kitties to sing like that??
 


They built that city....
 RickyBobby wrote:
Ok. It sounds like these guys are totally messed up. Everyone but that bass player. He's on fire!
 
Definitely. The bass is the only point of clarity cutting through the sludge. He's rocking it. The rest is kind of a mess.
Sorry I have always thought JA has sucked!
 good thing she didn't get in...I would have hated seeing her go to prison.....which easily could have happened......best female voice ever......
Just 'cos it BARES REPEATING! :)
 
calypsus_1 wrote:

somebody to love by ~the-white-elephant
Sean G.   ©2008-2010 ~the-white-elephant

Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane performaing at a free concert in Golden Gate Park.

"One of Grace's oddest and most famous incidents occurred shortly before her pregnancy. In April 1970, the former Finch College student was invited to a reception hosted by President Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, at the White House. The organizers of the affair apparently had little idea who Grace was, or of her opinion of Nixon. (Her song, Mexico, a scathing critique of Nixon's anti-drug policy, had only just been released as a single.) Upon arrival, however, Grace was barred from entering when she brought a "bodyguard" — '60s radical Abbie Hoffman! Grace later said that, had they been allowed in, they had planned to spike Nixon's tea with LSD."

 
... and this is a fine live performance!  I had never heard this one before.
 


I was thinking "what's wrong — I usually like this song." Then I saw it's a live (and very sloppy) version. That 'splains it!
More, love it!
make it stop!...please
 Canlistener wrote:

Make it what it is my friend - a great big 1...  
 
Canlistener, please tell me one of your favorite bands, ok? Then I can go trash them (just as baselessly as you did JA) and then you can see how much I've just added to your life. Yes, that's right - a big, fat, fucking nothing. Thanks, as always, for completely valueless input.


 whtahtefcuk wrote:
4 to 3... it could go lower for me... just trying to be respectful for some reason?
 
Make it what it is my friend - a great big 1...  
Ok. It sounds like these guys are totally messed up. Everyone but that bass player. He's on fire!
Jack Cassady!!
Another 1969 Classic. There really was something in the water that year.
Dgradeworkunit wrote:
That's some smoking playing!
That's some smoking, playing. Quite well.

Request Jim Carrey to this post))
Just 'cos it BARES REPEATING! :)
 
calypsus_1 wrote:

somebody to love by ~the-white-elephant
Sean G.   ©2008-2010 ~the-white-elephant

Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane performaing at a free concert in Golden Gate Park.

"One of Grace's oddest and most famous incidents occurred shortly before her pregnancy. In April 1970, the former Finch College student was invited to a reception hosted by President Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, at the White House. The organizers of the affair apparently had little idea who Grace was, or of her opinion of Nixon. (Her song, Mexico, a scathing critique of Nixon's anti-drug policy, had only just been released as a single.) Upon arrival, however, Grace was barred from entering when she brought a "bodyguard" — '60s radical Abbie Hoffman! Grace later said that, had they been allowed in, they had planned to spike Nixon's tea with LSD."



 
... and this is a fine live performance!  I had never heard this one before.


 WayUpNorth wrote:
Kittie
How DO they get those kitties to sing like that??
 
Awesome!

4 to 3... it could go lower for me... just trying to be respectful for some reason?
Kittie
How DO they get those kitties to sing like that??
Calypsus_1, you are the king for posting this nippley gorgeous pic... {#Notworthy}  She was/is amazing...

Carl wrote:
OMG! Do I detect nipplage here?! {#Tongue}

 
calypsus_1 wrote: 

 

OMG! Do I detect nipplage here?! {#Tongue}

 
calypsus_1 wrote: 

/ Geecheeboy wrote:
Damn Hippies.
 
Damn skippy! {#Lol}  Hippie and proud of it!

Peace. 


Man , this is one of the hottest pictures in my memory. NOt because it's intrinsically hot, but it's the thought I had when I first saw it as a teenager in what, '76? that expression, those boobies! It made me horny and I barely knew what horny was. :)

 
calypsus_1 wrote:

somebody to love by ~the-white-elephant
Sean G.   ©2008-2010 ~the-white-elephant

Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane performaing at a free concert in Golden Gate Park.

"One of Grace's oddest and most famous incidents occurred shortly before her pregnancy. In April 1970, the former Finch College student was invited to a reception hosted by President Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, at the White House. The organizers of the affair apparently had little idea who Grace was, or of her opinion of Nixon. (Her song, Mexico, a scathing critique of Nixon's anti-drug policy, had only just been released as a single.) Upon arrival, however, Grace was barred from entering when she brought a "bodyguard" — '60s radical Abbie Hoffman! Grace later said that, had they been allowed in, they had planned to spike Nixon's tea with LSD."