Somebody To Love (3:41)
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Somebody to Love is a rock song that was originally written and recorded by 1960s folk-psychedelic band the Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jefferson Airplane’s recording #274 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
When Grace Slick departed to join Jefferson Airplane, she took this song with her, bringing it to the Surrealistic Pillow sessions, along with her own composition “White Rabbit. ” Subsequently, the Airplane’s more ferocious rock and roll version became the band’s first and biggest hit; the single by Jefferson Airplane peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Somebody to Love” also appeared as a track on their influential album released in February of 1967, Surrealistic Pillow. Driven by Slick’s forceful vocal, the song’s hard-rock sound stood out among the group’s more folk-oriented psychedelia that made up most their previous sound and some of the album. The lyrics, unusually, are in the second person, with each two-line verse setting a scene of alienation and despair, and the chorus repeating the title of the song, with slight variations such as: “… / Don’t you need somebody to love? / Wouldn’t you love somebody to love? / …” Like the album on which it appeared, this song was instrumental in announcing the existence of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture to the rest of the United States.
When Grace Slick departed to join Jefferson Airplane, she took this song with her, bringing it to the Surrealistic Pillow sessions, along with her own composition “White Rabbit. ” Subsequently, the Airplane’s more ferocious rock and roll version became the band’s first and biggest hit; the single by Jefferson Airplane peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Somebody to Love” also appeared as a track on their influential album released in February of 1967, Surrealistic Pillow. Driven by Slick’s forceful vocal, the song’s hard-rock sound stood out among the group’s more folk-oriented psychedelia that made up most their previous sound and some of the album. The lyrics, unusually, are in the second person, with each two-line verse setting a scene of alienation and despair, and the chorus repeating the title of the song, with slight variations such as: “… / Don’t you need somebody to love? / Wouldn’t you love somebody to love? / …” Like the album on which it appeared, this song was instrumental in announcing the existence of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture to the rest of the United States.
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Jefferson Airplane - Sombody to love with a clip mades by extracts of fear and loathing in Las Vegas.
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Mrs_Doctor wrote:
This piece was brilliantly used in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .
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voicelesschorus wrote:
this is a great live version, poorly recorded though.
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Wolferr wrote:
una de las más grandes rolas que vio la luz en los años 60!!!!!
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Dominico123 wrote:
"When the truth turns out to be lies, and the joy inside you dies!" Fantastic opening lyric!
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alanr1963 wrote:
I think this version was recorded live on November 28-29 1969 at Fillmore East. I love it.
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MrsJimMorrison wrote:
i could never get sick of this song, love it! (not sure about this track, sounds different)
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oliversimon90 wrote:
<3 i need
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sinnaps wrote:
I saw Grace in N.M and I fell in Love with her.I can't Touch That...
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Mon-c wrote:
YEAH !!!!!!!!!!! me recuerda DR. Cable con Jim Carrey ;)
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perkins_o1 wrote:
what the hell is this demo! not jefferson airplane as i know it!
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Deandl wrote:
wunderbar.. :o)
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Yorktownblues wrote:
who doesn't???
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Gitarre wrote:
<3 Yes, I want somebody to love
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anca2004 wrote:
yep!
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lgvhnI5s wrote:
Thr first time I heard this track in 1967 I was a crazy, mixed-up kid of 15 who didn't know anyrhing - but I SURE knew that the truth was LIES and that all the joy within you DIES! Amazing Grace!
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Sijjvra wrote:
why is it that bass players pre 80's could really jam?
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solartante wrote:
30 jears before: dance; now dance!!!
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PrakashKrishnan wrote:
Grace Slick is brilliant here.
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Francis7858 wrote:
whrere did thid version come from
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Nicolas_Bcn wrote:
wouah!
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