Yodelling, flute and organ - that guy is a genius!
@samisami-qb5tl
7 ай бұрын
Organ icon in flute ncion of yoga doodle. Drunk to much😢
@andreyofdoom
2 жыл бұрын
Every time I get to this song in a new location it’s a totally different version! Amazing
@lgapost
11 жыл бұрын
It's Jan Akkerman. One of the best guitar players ever. Santana's great master! legendary man, never in the spotlights.
@anarchyinba
3 жыл бұрын
Bought my Les Paul because of him!
@12groney
8 жыл бұрын
This song has to be a world record for something, just haven't figured out what category. Wow!
@joaogomes9405
7 жыл бұрын
Yodelling
@Mike-739
4 жыл бұрын
Most instruments played at once with a single hand?
@Ynffy
4 жыл бұрын
All of them?
@pallasonair6443
4 жыл бұрын
PROG (Progressive Rock).
@ApothecaryTerry
3 жыл бұрын
Most drugs taken during the composition of a song.
@KatiePresley1
13 жыл бұрын
How come this is the first time I listen to Focus.. WHERE THE FUCK HAVE I BEEN? Wandering on the internet 24 hs and NEVER listened to them. Luckily I'm young (16) and can listen to them for the rest of my life. Simply amazing. Made me smile like A BIEG SMILE. Thanks for putting this video.
@Gr_F_M_iR_
Жыл бұрын
you are now 27
@samisami-qb5tl
7 ай бұрын
In communist hungary was popular in 70s among deep drug adficts. They showbit me
@gramarthur
7 ай бұрын
28 now
@samisami-qb5tl
7 ай бұрын
@@gramarthur didnt enter club 27. Its important
@ryanschicker1539
4 ай бұрын
You are young and nobody showed you good music. Thats why.
@phelixavon-chevrette4323
7 жыл бұрын
this drummer has always been absolutelt incredible to me, he literally mastered that 70's tatata groove. its just insane, he just keeps going and going like it was nothing
@yogsothoth4005
3 жыл бұрын
Dunno what a tatata groove is but what Pierre is doing is just amazing. Classic jazz drumming to a rock beat.
@yunarukami14
3 жыл бұрын
Yo, bro. What’s a 70s tatata groove? Care to show a 70s song that demonstrates?
@ronnieka3309
2 жыл бұрын
All members of Focus where/are extremely talented in their way. Would they have been from Uk or USA they would have been eternally popstars. Glad we can still enjoy them after so many years
@renedekkers-gm8nj
3 ай бұрын
Focus: another MASTERPIECE !!! ❤
@laaxe
10 жыл бұрын
I've been a musician my entire life, love the Beatles, Stones, Miles Davis, Return To Forever, but these guys are probably the best thing Europe ever sent us!!! Talk about balls out "fuck everything" rock, doing it marvelously, and with such detail!!! Just this one hit should land them in the R&R Hall of Fame!!!
@bobnee4794
4 жыл бұрын
*the best thing THE NETHERLANDS ever send you. We take full responsibility
@CindyRoy57
Жыл бұрын
@@bobnee4794 It almost makes up for the centuries of dour, unsmiling staidness and stolid-ness that the Dutch shared with the rest of the world. Okay - throwing in your cocoa, tulips and Rembrandt along with Focus, I guess the world owes you some thanks.
@ralfralf9095
Жыл бұрын
Europe did not send it to you! Europe just did it BUT you consider yourself the center of the world 😂 ... Influenced by the Beatles and the Stones - wooohoooo
@franciscaortiz9148
10 ай бұрын
Verdaderos genios de la música , magistrales , maravillosos .
@samisami-qb5tl
7 ай бұрын
Hear King crimson before you die
@cherylalikhani5957
3 ай бұрын
I have listened to dozens of videos of this song and have yet to hear them play it the same way twice. That is definitely what keeps me from getting bored with watching them play this song repetitively. It also makes me want to yodel (to Muleskinner Blues).
@Zangetsuis1
13 жыл бұрын
love the guitarist laughing in the background when he first yodels :P
@yudge2k6
3 жыл бұрын
Laughing while finishing his joint then put in the ashtray and continue the song...
@fuzzballzz36
11 жыл бұрын
I love Focus! Thijs van Leer was quite the showman.
@chopperdeath
4 жыл бұрын
Master of the Yazz flute!
@DocSicnarf
12 жыл бұрын
I've watched interviews of Focus talking about how this song is just a joke to everyone who was there when they jammed and made it. It was all for fun and you can see that by the way they are laughing at each other. Music should always be just for fun, even if you are making mufti-millions of dollars. The moment you stop having fun it shows.
@themudball
14 жыл бұрын
my old math teacher would turn this on and dance to it wile we did our test. hehe hahaha! he was the best teacher ever. lolol
@KatiePresley1
13 жыл бұрын
I love how from the jazzy beggining they change to a much rocker style. Cool
@frusciantegeartone
6 ай бұрын
Back when people could REALLY play music. I wish people would watch this. We would have even more of this kind of stuff.
@Afrotechmods
12 жыл бұрын
I only just got introduced to this tune. First time I heard it I thought it was nuts... but damn... it's amazing... how many tunes can you say have the balls to be as experimental and creative as this?
@sonykroket
9 жыл бұрын
Melodic and rythmical perfection created by the musical gods of this earth. Focus will live forever.
@sm0g-810
5 жыл бұрын
Opening flute and organ solo is the best thing I've seen all day. This video appeared after I saw another live video of them playing hocus pocus. Wow!
@benmilford8965
7 жыл бұрын
I'm learning how to yodel and play the organ and flute just to be able to play this song
@gatewayski1
6 жыл бұрын
Don't yodel...please
@painiscupcake5433
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry about the guitar :P
@el_aleman
5 жыл бұрын
GO FOR IT ! It’s called joy of expression and talent ! it must be passed to future generations right !
@jasonfraker7073
4 жыл бұрын
@@el_aleman well stated and direly true.
@TheFartbreakKid
3 жыл бұрын
3 years later. How's the yodelling going?
@altarman
13 жыл бұрын
and jan looks and play the guitar like a charm....one of the best players ever
@forthebold
13 жыл бұрын
Proper musicians playing tight! You don't get many of them these days and they look like they're enjoying playing.
@alyssam6256
10 жыл бұрын
Amazing vocal ability!! I love how you can just tell these guys are havin a good time.
@elianef.g.4116
Жыл бұрын
MARAVILHA, AOS 65 ANOS CONTINUO AMANDO
@MarcosPimenta-f5h
11 ай бұрын
Brabo🔥🇧🇷
@andrewburke7024
4 жыл бұрын
What I would give to be alive during the golden age of rock.. to see bands like this
@ninometalyears
12 жыл бұрын
Incredible virtuous band! I knew from 1985 when I was a child and now I discover that Van Leer played with Miguel Rios at the Rock´n´Rios tour 1982,the best live concert ever seen in España!.Great,I love it.
@sonicboomxracer
4 жыл бұрын
No no, "Rock and Rios" is the best "Rock en español" album ever..
@Suldog29
13 жыл бұрын
Magnificent group. Saw them for the first time on "In Concert" on ABC in 1973(?) and immediately went out and bought their album, "Moving Waves" the next day.
@kevinshillenn5118
4 жыл бұрын
The guitar player laughing is ass off the whole song!
@janealogy50
12 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this song, I was a junior at college and went to see my cousin in San Diego. We smoked a joint and turned up the loud speakers incredibly loud. From the first notes, I blasted off and imagined I was traveling in space...when the ride was over, we looked at each other and cracked up. What a song! What a journey. And, although I haven't smoked the evil weed in 30-plus years, the song still holds up. Way to go, Focus!
@IOxyrinchus
6 жыл бұрын
3:20 - when the guitarist realises how incredible the vocals truly are
@russellseaman8439
4 жыл бұрын
This was a great group. You can't come up with something like this if you have no talent. Very simplistic yet so powerful. I feel that growing up in the 60's and 70's is such a treasure for me. I feel very fortunate to have been able to watch rock & roll grow from a tiny seed back in the 50's to a beautiful rose in the 70's. Unfortunately just like the rose it withers and dies. Maybe someday a seed will again be planted and another beautiful flower will come of it. If it is going to happen, it better be soon or else I'm gonna miss it!!!
@testnumberone1
12 жыл бұрын
When I first heard this song I couldn't stand it, but it has really grown on me.
@peterzwart1968
9 жыл бұрын
If there is anybody who would claim to be or to have seen the best Dutch band ever, let them watch this Video. They would all have to agree this was the best Dutch band ever.
@mckessa17
5 жыл бұрын
Canada loves the Dutch.
@nickveekens
5 жыл бұрын
@Timothy Dexter Euh...no he's Dutch.
@MrTrotty57
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Golden Earring.
@arwen450
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrTrotty57 yes !!! I bought this single when I was a teen but I bought many , many singles of the Golden Earring. Loved all their songs .. they are great group . And being Belgian I also loved the Pebbles ( but loved Golden Earring more )
@johnsproat9273
3 жыл бұрын
Again, so sorry Focus, listening, over the years, brilliant, never recognised, how good you were or still are. Love youxxx ,
@benharyo
7 жыл бұрын
boruch haShem.... Focus, de grootste rockband uit Nederland!
@tyronemcbride5313
9 жыл бұрын
a great video for one of the greatest rock song of all times Holland really been touched
@kanardy
8 жыл бұрын
That...was amazing.. I've never heard anything like it before! It truly inspires me and makes me comfortable with being unique with my music! I hope I can sound half as good as this one day
@stevegroot5347
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm biased being Dutch myself, but to me me, this song is in a class all it's own. I listen to the extended version while cruising down the road. I have to use "cruise" or I'll end up going 100 mph. I challenge anyone to duplicate those vocals or guitar riffs.
@stuadam4442
8 жыл бұрын
First heard this song on BBC6Music. Got three different versions of it on vinyl now. Brilliant live performance.
@ZAOUWV
8 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Underrated Focus
@marcosarteaga5821
4 жыл бұрын
Maestros! Masters!
@rovers10001
8 жыл бұрын
Surely the greatest jazz flutist there's ever been, better even than Ron Burgundy!
@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton
8 жыл бұрын
Sounds great, but Hubert Lass is THE CAT for Jazz flute. Check out McCoy Tyner's "Fly With the Wind" (original). Hubert kills it...
@Alex.1739
7 жыл бұрын
jason backes A little ham and eggs comin atcha!
@rovers10001
6 жыл бұрын
Alex you are one of the few to get my original joke!
@danzigvssartre
6 жыл бұрын
That's baby making music, that is.
6 жыл бұрын
Will Ferrel is even better than Ron Burgundy!!
@tonyfato7635
4 жыл бұрын
Woww.. I know Thijs van leer as a classical flute musician on 1988.
@luinkazofeifa
13 жыл бұрын
Simply, one of the best things I've ever heard!
@tomsnyder6955
5 ай бұрын
Love listening to this classic song 🎵 ❤
@guitarholio
6 жыл бұрын
That was the weirdest, fantastic version of this song that I have ever heard!!!
@timric
13 жыл бұрын
Just heard this on the radio while driving home from school, and I fell in love with it immediately. The moment I got home, I looked up the name of it, and now I'm here.
@edwardmiller2249
7 жыл бұрын
These guys were Experts Seemingly At Every facet of music.
@MaYoRofSMACK
9 жыл бұрын
Ahh, back in the days when music was filled with talented musicians...
@Superduperminime
13 жыл бұрын
My friend who's moving house found a stack of vinyls - this little gem was on an album! Absolutely love it!
@MrLynksys1000
3 жыл бұрын
Was that album Moving Waves/Focus II by Focus? That album has the fantastic, twenty-three minute long b-side, "Eruption" which is one of the greatest pieces of prog rock ever put to wax.
@arthurkornblum9771
3 жыл бұрын
I stare in amazement, like I was looking at the Grand Canyon. Iconic and Legendary, Focus proves themselves to be musicians way before their time.
@racastilho
11 жыл бұрын
Great song! Jethro Tull has always been one of my favorite bands of all times.
@garyjust.johnson1436
Жыл бұрын
What magical memories this song brings to me!
@stevelauda5435
9 ай бұрын
Ferociously scontingly great!, total scrumpness on the level of gohalley!, best tune!
@gregoryolsen4509
12 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic! I saw them in about 1974 in Sydney. Ridiculous playing!!!
@squishedpimp
13 жыл бұрын
I love that the guitarist cracks up at the yodelling,
@dfrank5182
6 жыл бұрын
A lesson in how to be awesome.
@Xcorgi
8 жыл бұрын
LOL! The lead guitarist stopped to take a hit off a fucking joint! Fucking hilarious! Also, that was the weed smokin-est f70's style flute solo at the beginning I've ever heard!!!
@freedumb2003
13 жыл бұрын
I have never heard/seen this before. I have goosebumps -- (sadly, the late) Chris Wood, Ian Anderson and Focus -- Flute Nirvana!
@jamjar1984
5 жыл бұрын
Watching this with my 6 and 4 year old. They love it.
@sauquoit13456
12 жыл бұрын
On this date in 1973 {Mar. 3rd} "Hocus Pocus" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it would peaked at #9 & spent 19 weeks in the Top 100... Ranked 69th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1973 chart... Reached #18 on the Canadian Singles chart and #20 in the U.K. Was featured in the 1994 movie "Stone Age"...
@aihsjabsuans6569
3 жыл бұрын
Back then (about 50 yrs ago) there were many excellent Dutch bands go worldwide.
@Ragglfraggle
13 жыл бұрын
That flute solo leaves a good taste in my mouth.
@TheVininl
12 жыл бұрын
saw focus yesterday on the legends festival really awesome to see
@MyMasterController
12 жыл бұрын
3:40 look at how accurate every move on the drum is , kinda interesting to watch the movement itself from the shoulder.
@valeriyblinov1573
Ай бұрын
Super GREAT!! Love!! ART!! Thank You!!
@finbarrphelan8751
4 жыл бұрын
They don't make them like that anymore...a real classic!
@KellyGiftShop
12 жыл бұрын
The guy is GENUIS! Crazy talented GENUIS!!
@jonathanguitar27
13 жыл бұрын
FLUTE SOLO at the begining MASTERFUL wow great song some jammin Scandanavians....
@TheBarroomHero321
7 жыл бұрын
Akkerman's playing here is fucking unreal
@progniuprogg9733
6 жыл бұрын
The Best at this time...
@VAB0L0
12 жыл бұрын
I AM AN AGELESS, IMMORTAL BEING WHO TRANSCENDS TIME, AND I'VE COME TO THIS VIDEO TO SAY THAT THIS IS A PRETTY SWEET JAM. PEACE OUT.
@tedbell8291
8 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys live ,,Nothing better than that they are ass kickin,,,/////
@sparkyp3765
11 жыл бұрын
I love it when Jan starts playing the pre-hocuspocus accords at 2.34
@kelllyfostier984
3 ай бұрын
This guy on flute is amazing he reminds me a lot of Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull on flute the way he sounds and the way he plays almost identical
@ColaIvanoff
6 жыл бұрын
Блин, сколько лет прошло! Бьютифул!
@michaelbarrow1222
4 жыл бұрын
By the far the best version
@WayneShaw_wayjak
13 жыл бұрын
Heard this on ABC Australia last night. Took about 3hrs to remember the name. I have listened to this 4 times already. Amazing.
@motobikerable
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks Focus for your music, one of the greatest bands ever!!!
@MrBigbeard1
13 жыл бұрын
focus, UK, and jethro tull should tour for life
@NinjaSushi2
12 жыл бұрын
Good show ol' boy! Haha! Ey the 70's were the life mate... that and the 60's too!
@slappy0077
7 жыл бұрын
Focus rocks
@SpyroTDragon
2 жыл бұрын
I'm telling you these guys are such hard core musicians.
@hocuspocusfocusable
11 жыл бұрын
I still remember when this was released...My Friends and i were like OMG, WTF is this...these guys are nuts. Still love it. As you can see, it helped inspire my KZitem handle...
@tomdeady2181
12 жыл бұрын
I love this, It brings back my high school days. Wish I hadn't lost the 45 of this song o well, I got Utube to help bring back those memories, Thanks
@yougooddog
12 жыл бұрын
Do not dismiss the musicianship in this song. This thing is really a keeper.
@ajskilton
12 жыл бұрын
Too Many Generals from Eastbourne, UK have just done this in a local pub to finish the evening off. A brilliant compliment to their own stuff, got the whole pub rocking!!
@derekrevell
13 жыл бұрын
I first saw this band live at The Oval Cricket Ground in 1974, they really stole the whole show, ELP and many other bands were also appearing, pure artistry, and energy.
@cherylsmall6294
8 жыл бұрын
GREAT !!!
@artiemx
5 жыл бұрын
the guy in the tank top is a hell of a musician
@edgarba4263
Ай бұрын
That was creating music, you can tell that they were very good musicians even listening to it in 2024!
@MadCat19741
12 жыл бұрын
Great Version..i like drums in the background...thijs is amazing and Jan plays godlike
@franciscollaryora2032
7 жыл бұрын
The best performance of the band , EVER!!!
@MnRProdMariolaur
4 жыл бұрын
They all looked like they were having the time of their lives making such great music!!!
@KanuuDeTako
13 жыл бұрын
what a super cool ultimate performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@monnhauser
13 жыл бұрын
@judoshawa I am Dutch. I was in Mexico once and I became friends with an older guy running a bookstore in Celaya. He invited me for a pick nick with his family. On the way back he said he had a Dutch surprise for me: he played this song on an old cassette tape and we sang along with it on the way back. Good times!
@hambuns
7 жыл бұрын
how to describe this......................5:25 of total genius...............
@graysinclair6572
6 жыл бұрын
hambuns that about sums it up.
@danielmccafferty7975
5 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@Linda-qn4bm
2 ай бұрын
amazing album
@remyparaskovia5499
9 жыл бұрын
this was live...... what a hell ? ! Awesome !
@reme7903
4 жыл бұрын
i can barely play this in bass and that's it... one of the hardest songs to perform.
@franklinvergara7613
5 ай бұрын
Grandes recuerdos con esta mi musica chile valparaiso
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