Somebody to Love (5:57)
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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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Mauuuu wrote:
Yeah love this song!!
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anobleone wrote:
this track keeps stopping. not a good thing. I do like the studio cut better.
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lecterradio wrote:
grace slick at her best , love it
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lawndogs wrote:
one
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AndreHilgert wrote:
psicodelia pura, free your head.
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chicadelportico wrote:
se escucha horrible,pero es jodido tema....la voz de Grace Slick es una de las mejores
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rebelchild27 wrote:
<3 the vocals!!!
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Knien wrote:
great song but the recording is really crappy...
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ditta007 wrote:
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pee-why wrote:
don't U think that this live version is a little bit... euh... crappy ?
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danieljesse wrote:
Aquí nació el amor. Me encanta.
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Frank2023 wrote:
Ich bin nackt!!!
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ersantalat wrote:
great song
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anap65 wrote:
amo essa música...pena q a gravação está uma droga...
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nettie209 wrote:
alot of fading in and out kinda sucked, you gotta find a REAL recoding of the song!!!!! What a shame...
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XXXnicoletteXXX wrote:
oh my this is disgraceful.
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squiggins wrote:
Did you hear about that version of Somebody To Love that was recorded on a cheap tape recorder that had accidentally been swallowed by someone standing a mile away from the concert? No, but let's upload it on Last FM!
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Watcher wrote:
lol what a sad sad recording of a great song... why do they even bother with this?
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Evelaineee wrote:
!!!
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morti-viventi wrote:
They really don't make vocalists like Grace Slick anymore. Except maybe Leila Moss
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