By 1973, after the breakup of Jefferson Airplane, with Kaukonen and Casady now devoting their full attention to Hot Tuna, several of the musicians who worked on Kantner, Slick, and Freiberg's album "Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun" formed the core of a new lineup that was formally reborn as "Jefferson Starship" in 1974. Kantner, Slick, and Freiberg were charter members. The line-up also included late-Airplane holdovers drummer John Barbata, Marty Balin,and fiddler Papa John Creach (who also played with Hot Tuna), along with Pete Sears (who, like Freiberg, played bass and keyboards) and twenty-year-old guitarist Craig Chaquico.
Eventually, Slick's alcoholism became a problem, which led to two nights of disastrous concerts in Germany in 1978. The first night, fans ransacked the stage when Slick failed to appear. The following night, Slick, in a drunken stupor, shocked the audience by using profanity and sexual references throughout most of her songs. She also reminded the audience that their country had lost during World War II , repeatedly asking "Who won the war?", and implied that all residents of Germany were responsible for the wartime atrocities. After the debacle, she left the band.
The band soon cribbed vocalist Mickey Thomas from the popular Elvin Bishop Group. After the 1979 release of 'Freedom at Point Zero' (which spawned the hit single "Jane"), Slick returned to the band. She joined in time to contribute one song, "Stranger", on the group's next album, Modern Times (1981). Modern Times also included the notorious "Stairway to Cleveland," in which the band defended the numerous changes it had undergone in its musical style, personnel, and even name. One noted personnel change in the group was when Dunbar left and was replaced by Donny Baldwin (also of the Elvin Bishop Group). Slick remained in the band for Jefferson Starship's final two albums, Winds Of Change (1982) and Nuclear Furniture (1984).
Around this time, the band began enthusiastically embracing rock's video age. Grace Slick would appear frequently on MTV and such music-oriented television shows as Solid Gold, giving the band a high visibility in the MTV era. However, the Jefferson Starship albums of this era were only modestly successful, yet the band remained a gold-selling (and thus commercially credible) act, and a popular concert draw.
In 1984, Kantner (the last remaining founding member of Jefferson Airplane) left the group, but not before taking legal action over the Jefferson name against his former bandmates, who wanted to continue as Jefferson Starship. Kantner settled out of court and signed an agreement that neither party would use the names "Jefferson" or "Airplane" unless all members of Jefferson Airplane, Inc. (Bill Thompson, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady) agreed. The band used the titles "Starship Jefferson" and "Jefferson Starship" during the proceedings, but ultimately settled on the shortening 'Starship'.
In 1992, Kantner restarted Jefferson Starship as Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation before returning simply to Jefferson Starship after a couple of years. This incarnation of the band continues to perform and record to this day.
With Your Love
Jefferson Starship Lyrics
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Feel like I'm fallen in love since I met you
I've got to know what you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
What you're doin' babe it feels so good whatever it is
Knew from the start it had to be you
You got my heart, I don't know what I'm gonna do
With your love
Heaven sent the sign, then sent you
I'm goin' out of my mind since I let you
I've got to know what you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin' babe it feels so good whatever it is
Whatever it is and whatever it's called
I know that it's you, I can't help getting involved
With your love
Baby, sweet baby
Take it away
With your love
With your love
With your love
Whatever you did to me, well you sure did it good
My heart's filled with lovin' and I knew that it would
With your love
Don't know what's happened to me since I met you
I feel like I'm fallen in love since I met you
I've got to know what you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin' babe it feels so good whatever it is
Knew from the start it had to be you
You got my heart I don't know what I'm gonna do
With your love
Baby sweet baby
The lyrics to Jefferson Starship's "With Your Love" describe the overwhelming feeling of falling in love with someone and not knowing exactly what it is that draws you to them. The verse "Don't know what's happened to me since I met you / Feel like I'm fallen in love since I met you" expresses the singer's uncertainty about how they came to feel this way, but their certainty that it is love. The chorus emphasizes the feeling of being under the spell of the person they love, wondering what they are doing to them with their love and how it feels so good.
The lyrics also suggest the idea of fate or destiny, with lines such as "Knew from the start it had to be you" and "Heaven sent the sign, then sent you." The singer seems to believe that their love is meant to be, and that it was inevitable that they would fall for this particular person. The bridge, with the repeated exclamation of "Baby, sweet baby / Take it away," adds to the overall feeling of being overwhelmed and swept up in the intensity of the emotions.
Overall, "With Your Love" is a classic love song that captures the feeling of being swept away by strong feelings for someone, even if those feelings are hard to define or understand fully.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't know what's happened to me since I met you
I feel like I've fallen in love since I met you
I've got to know what you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin', doin' to me with your love
With your love
What you're doin' babe it feels so good whatever it is
I need to understand how your love is having such a strong impact on me, it feels so good and I can't get enough
Knew from the start it had to be you
You got my heart, I don't know what I'm gonna do
With your love
I knew it was you from the beginning, and now that you have my heart, I don't know what I would do without your love
Heaven sent the sign, then sent you
I'm goin' out of my mind since I let you
I believe my encounter with you was a sign from above, and since I let you into my life, I can't stop thinking about you
Whatever you did to me, well you sure did it good
My heart's filled with lovin' and I knew that it would
With your love
Whatever you did to me, it was amazing, and I knew that I would fall in love with you because of it
Baby, sweet baby
Take it away
With your love
With your love
With your love
My precious love, please take my heart and my soul along with your love
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: JOEY COVINGTON, MARTY BALIN, VICTOR SMITH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@nitedrive2956
Nine years old, foggy evening in Northern California, looking out the living room window as the street lights came on...and this song is playing in the background. Indeed, what happened to music?
@eighttrack76
Marty Balin sings a ballad like no other. This song and Miracles are a tribute to his greatness.
@greeenroooom
What an absolutely beautiful, dreamy & cosmic song. The musical & lyrical arrangements are truly brilliant, and go way beyond it's time..., now and then. How could you not look forward to your days as an innocent child when this is what they played on the AM dial? Peace & Love.
@debfan74
I noticed that in the 70's, they went from the acid tripping group to the most unique dreamy effect sounding group....I would say they wrote some of some the best love songs of all time
@hardlines4
One of the most BEAUTIFUL love songs ever written!Bring me back to the 70's when music had MEANING!!!!!
@Kaacee71
This is one of the most beautiful and romantic songs ever written and performed.
@999manman
You'll never hear songs like this again.....this is just perfect in every way......
@flashfarms14
Do you find yourself just kinda melting into the song?
@nikkigalindo5865
Gawd this is what beautiful music is!! If I could only go back to the 1970:s
@tuff47
I WISH MUSIC WAS STILL THIS FANTASTIC! The '70s ruled!!! I am glad I was in high school at this time to listen to such great bands as Jefferson Starship!