Eric Burdon, The Animals - Monterey

The people came and listened
Some of them came and played
Others gave flowers away
Yes, they did
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey
Young Gods smiled upon the crowd
Their music being born of love
Children danced night and day
Religion was being born
Down in Monterey
The birds and the airplane did fly
Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry
The Who exploded into fire and light
Hugh Masekela's music was black as night
The Grateful Dead
Blew everybody's mind
Jimi Hendrix, baby
Believe me, set the world on fire, yeah
His Majesty, Prince Jones smiled
As he moved among the crowd
Ten thousand electric guitars
Were groovin' real loud, yeah
You wanna find the truth in life
Don't pass music by
And you know, I would not lie
No, I would not lie, no, I would not lie
Down in Monterey
Alright
Three days of understanding
Of moving with one another
Even the cops grooved with us
Do you believe me, yeah
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey, yeah
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey, yeah
I think that maybe I'm dreamin'
Monterey
Monterey, yeah
Down in Monterey
Did you hear what I said
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey
I said, Monterey, Monterey, Monterey
Yeah, yeah
The people came and listened
Some of them came and played
Others gave flowers away
Yes, they did
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey
Young Gods smiled upon the crowd
Their music being born of love
Children danced night and day
Religion was being born
Down in Monterey
The birds and the airplane did fly
Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry
The Who exploded into fire and light
Hugh Masekela's music was black as night
The Grateful Dead
Blew everybody's mind
Jimi Hendrix, baby
Believe me, set the world on fire, yeah
His Majesty, Prince Jones smiled
As he moved among the crowd
Ten thousand electric guitars
Were groovin' real loud, yeah
You wanna find the truth in life
Don't pass music by
And you know, I would not lie
No, I would not lie, no, I would not lie
Down in Monterey
Alright
Three days of understanding
Of moving with one another
Even the cops grooved with us
Do you believe me, yeah
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey, yeah
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey, yeah
I think that maybe I'm dreamin'
Monterey
Monterey, yeah
Down in Monterey
Did you hear what I said
Down in Monterey
Down in Monterey
I said, Monterey, Monterey, Monterey
Yeah, yeah
Eric Burdon & The Animals - Monterey

A song describing the Monterey Pop Festival which set the standard for all the music festivals that followed like Woodstock. No copyright infringement intended. For educational purposes only.

ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS - "Monterey"

On the Vancouver CBC TV series "LET'S GO" in 1968, Eric Burdon and the New Animals performed "Monterey." Unfortunately the cameras were black & white, while in the studio the rear screen projectio...

MONTEREY - Eric Burdon & The Animals (With Lyrics)

Crank up the volume..... LYRICS: The people came and listened Some of them came and played Others gave flowers away Yes, they did Down in Monterey Down in Monterey Young gods smiled upon the...

Eric Burdon & The Animals - Monterey - 1968 45rpm

Eric's ode to the Californian 3-day fest held June 16-18 1967. He and The Animals played on the first evening, followed on the bill by Simon & Garfunkel!

Eric Burdon - The Animals - Monterey 1967

Eric Burdon - The Animals - Monterey 1967 Love yesterday, today - if only for a moment.

Eric Burdon, The Animals