Searching for a song ** Help appreciated**

[manuelsdottir]

Hi, there's this JA song that I've had in my head for quite a while, seems from around the time of Surrealistic Pillow, but I'm not sure. I've never heard the lyrics properly, so I can't google them
Grace is only heard in the refrain, which goes in like couplets, two verses at a time, then the organ break, another two verses, more organ, while the other voice sings most of the song, and the chorus is an organ riff. Sort of.
Very upbeat, very psichedelic, and very infectious. Around 2 minutes long, probably.

The thing is, the song's quite well known, at least quite often played )(not like Somebody to love but almost), but I've NEVER heard it on any of their lps!! Maybe a bside or a new song in a compilation? I'm going crazy!

Help! Thanks!!

[PrayForPlagues]

Um, perhaps 'Turn My life Down'? That's the only one I can think of with a stand-out organ part. But Ace of Cups did the back up vocals on that.

[manuelsdottir]

Um, perhaps 'Turn My life Down'? That's the only one I can think of with a stand-out organ part. But Ace of Cups did the back up vocals on that.

Thanks, although, no, it's not that one. The one I'm talking about is a quite upbeat psychedelic thing, very 1968, I'd say.
Maybe it's not a JA song but a collaboration with someone else, but it's definitely Grace and the other guy singing.

I wish I'd find it, it's driving me mad

[redrabid]

Organ? An organ break? This makes me think that your memory is betraying you. Grace played keyboards in a few songs for about a year or so after joining JA (she stopped playing because "it clogged the sound"), but only as a supportive instrument. If it is not on an studio album it cannot be an studio recording (I include Early Flight and JA Loves You and such), as all studio recordings with Grace singing or playing have been released. And I doubt if it is an live recording.
So maybe you haven't checked all JA albums, or there is no prominent organ (at first I thought you might be looking for "Go To Her", it's up tempo and a "Surrealistic Pillow" outtake). Or it is is not JA (The Great Society perhaps ?) or Grace at all. There were lot's of bands aiming for that JA sound (and the free publicity that a female leadsinger could attract). It could be "Venus" by Shocking Blue you are looking for.
Or JA's "High Flying Bird", a song they played a lot (Listen to Monterey-recordings for an excellent version). No organ though.

[manuelsdottir]

What??? Venus? Are you crazy?!

No... it's definitely early JA. It's definitely an organ and I could swear it's Grace. She's unmistakeble.

[PrayForPlagues]

No clue what it could be, as the Airplane rarely used any keyboards in their music (besides the piano of course).
Let's see..
There's an organ sounding keyboard in 'Young Girl Sunday Blues', but Grace doesn't sing on that one.
'Two Heads' is Grace, and very psychedelic but the keyboard instrument is a harpsichord, not an organ. Maybe that one?

[woodensaucers]

upbeat and 2 minutes long I would've guessed Volunteers since you said it's kind of popular (it's on the best of) but it doesn't really cohere with the rest of the description...

[alexx23]

For what it's worth, I think that the song you're searching for is "Would You Like a Snack?", a Slick/Zappa composition that is a bonus track on the "Crown of Creation" cd