Avg rating:
Your rating:
Total ratings: 2645
Length: 5:28
Plays (last 30 days): 1
Something to make us all happy
Do anything take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
that's it I know I'm officially getting old now, I used to really love this song now I can't stand the tone of EC guitar squealing
Your OLD!
that's it I know I'm officially getting old now, I used to really love this song now I can't stand the tone of EC guitar squealing
EC? Eric Clapton? Nothing to do with this song.
OMG OMG OMG...thank you PSD button. Saved from a Leanord Cohen and Gorillaz yawnfest and delivered into...Traffic. Ahhhh...all is well.
A lot of RP listeners appear to have very specific tastes. The whole point of RP is to be one of the few stations with an eclectic, curated playlist designed to appeal to those who either have a wide range of musical interests or are open to and can appreciate music outside their wheelhouse. There are plenty of stations out there which cater to specific tastes. Not sure why the RP listeners who routinely trash music they don't like simply tune to another station that only plays their kind of music.
I remember at the beginning of avengers end game this song made the movie
Yes, set the tone to open the movie.
Really is no wrong time for a Traffic song.
Back in the day, Traffic and The Moody Blues were admired by all. No haters then.
Surely Steve Winwood's finest ever performance. Stunning song and delivery.
I dunno - hard to beat Low Spark
But in it's day it would have been quite special.
Also happens to be "Got the Look" by Roxette?
ah, those 4 fabulous chords.....
if you make a song snappy...you get a good one
i think that was written on a wall somewhere
Yes, a trip to a country cottage and a whole shitload of LSD. This band, this song and album are the results.
And to those who appreciated the guitar work, that was Dave Mason. The real Slow Hand.
Mister Fantasy and Low Spark of High Heeled Boys pretty much summs up how things are going today in this 21st Century pre-Apocalyptic time.
Oh, Misterfixit, if you only knew that three years later...
I agree... although i'd say there are more like 1,000 top 10 classic rock songs because i change my mind six times a day as RP reminds me of another one
Or maybe putrefaction!
Great song. Great execution. Loved it when it came out.
The thing is I have six kids, from 13 to 30. I've bent over backwards to expose them to a lot of varied music.
The sad fact is that, when I listen with them to those long meandering lead guitar meditations, "through their ears", so to speak, I can only very feebly remember what the appeal was.
We had the leisure in the late 60s and early 70s to descend into those smoky dreams. Our children don't.
Yeah those late 60's and early 70's... with icons being assassinated, burning inner cities, marching in the streets, 1000s coming home in body bags annually from Vietnam, smog, the threat of imminent MAD nuclear obliteration.
Real simple times.
Your view of those days is indeed smoky.
kurtster wrote:
Open the door, Hal ...
More like Orwell's version here in the U.S.
Huxley's vision was closer. Distract, drug and entertain the masses. Convince them their type is best, discourage intellect....
Cheers! (clink)
had to dash away from ELO if you can believe that crap was being force-fed to us poor wankers, aaaahh, Mr. Fantasy (schluuurrrp, ahh!)
And why not? We let the capitalist rhetoric ensure that all they think they want is money and things. No time to dream, no time to think, just acquire things. More things, Things we think we want. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is our gift to our children.
More like Orwell's version here in the U.S.
Or maybe putrefaction!
Great song. Great execution. Loved it when it came out.
The thing is I have six kids, from 13 to 30. I've bent over backwards to expose them to a lot of varied music.
The sad fact is that, when I listen with them to those long meandering lead guitar meditations, "through their ears", so to speak, I can only very feebly remember what the appeal was.
We had the leisure in the late 60s and early 70s to descend into those smoky dreams. Our children don't.
And why not? We let the capitalist rhetoric ensure that all they think they want is money and things. No time to dream, no time to think, just acquire things. More things, Things we think we want. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is our gift to our children.
Hasan wrote:
Or maybe putrefaction!
Great song. Great execution. Loved it when it came out.
The thing is I have six kids, from 13 to 30. I've bent over backwards to expose them to a lot of varied music.
The sad fact is that, when I listen with them to those long meandering lead guitar meditations, "through their ears", so to speak, I can only very feebly remember what the appeal was.
We had the leisure in the late 60s and early 70s to descend into those smoky dreams. Our children don't.
Open the door, Hal ...
Or maybe putrefaction!
Great song. Great execution. Loved it when it came out.
The thing is I have six kids, from 13 to 30. I've bent over backwards to expose them to a lot of varied music.
The sad fact is that, when I listen with them to those long meandering lead guitar meditations, "through their ears", so to speak, I can only very feebly remember what the appeal was.
We had the leisure in the late 60s and early 70s to descend into those smoky dreams. Our children don't.
Kids smoke way more today.....
AKA: Purfection.
Or maybe putrefaction!
Great song. Great execution. Loved it when it came out.
The thing is I have six kids, from 13 to 30. I've bent over backwards to expose them to a lot of varied music.
The sad fact is that, when I listen with them to those long meandering lead guitar meditations, "through their ears", so to speak, I can only very feebly remember what the appeal was.
We had the leisure in the late 60s and early 70s to descend into those smoky dreams. Our children don't.
wmbmorrison wrote:
AKA: Purfection.
I own the VERY SAME "Babouche" Dave Mason is wearing.
Great "sandals" for only 40 Dirhams!
No hole in my shoe yet - I wear them already three years 24/7.
(though "Mr. Fantasy" is certainly not their best)?
"I loved Jerry, we shared diabetes, steve is great, but Jerry will be in my heart for ever." Wrockdog
"That was super! Thanks for sharing it with us. Goosebumps for sure! "
"i only watched this because jerry was in it. probably wouldnt have checked twice.... Rest In Paradise brother! " blessiththechily
And how! I'm not sure the same could be said about many other periods, like the last three years, for instance.
Merry Christmas all.
TRAFFIC : LIVE 1972 IN SANTA MONICA
"Steve Winwood makes it look so easy.....the guy is such a well rounded musician...I won't say Traffic was underrated, but I think Stevie was for sure. He has a good approach to music....relax...and let it take you away :) " econoroller
"This song never ages... nor do i ever tire from hearing it; it always takes me to a floaty, surreal place in the universe! so very very kewl! " Gratefulbead
EP: Traffic by Peter Denton
https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdenton/
All rights reserved
.
Steve Winwood (currently 62 years old) at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
"He's been a genious ever since I heard him sing "I'm a man" in the Spencer Davis Group, he was only 17!!"
"This is a perfect example why people of this generation learned to play guitar as they did: they had awesome idols. Today, we have guitarists that play ("shred") faster than we even blink, which makes it so lame to even encourage anyone to take up the axe. I had Page, Clapton, Beck, Winwood, Garcia, etc.......and though they were "slow" by today's standard, and most admittedly so, they taught as they played......? "
About "Dear Mr Fantasy":
"Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi (2 August 1944 - 28 January 2005), musician, songwriter, drummer and founding member of Traffic.
Dear Mr Fantasy was a celebration of Jim Capaldi's life and music that took place at the Roundhouse in Camden Town, London on Sunday, 21 January 2007. Guests included Bill Wyman, Jon Lord, Gary Moore, Steve Winwood, Cat Stevens, Paul Weller, Pete Townshend, his brother, Phil and many more. Dear Mr Fantasy featured the music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic. All profits went to The Jubilee Action Street Children Appeal.
Outside his music and his environmental activism, Capaldi also assisted his wife in her work with Jubilee Action to help Brazilian street children. He remained professionally active until his final illness prevented him from working on plans for a 2005 reunion tour of Traffic. He died of stomach cancer on 28 January 2005, aged 60. He is survived by his wife and daughters."
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
The Doors - The Doors (debut)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Headquarters - The Monkees
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (debut)
Winds of Change - Eric Burdon & the Animals
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Big Brother and the Holding Company (debut
Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (debut
Absolutely Free - The Mothers of Invention
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Strange Days - The Doors
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
Pleasures Of The Harbor - Phil Ochs
Their Satanic Majesties Request - The Rolling Stones
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
A Hard Road - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
David Bowie - David Bowie (debut)
Ten Years After - Ten Years After
No. Different guitarist, but same time. Probably similar influences.
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people who won't ask.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nwbTeIN4Y
I'm with HarrO....this single track pretty much defines the late '60s for me. Even more so than anything by the Fabs.
Anyway, if you dig this tune playing, check out Find My Way Home from Traffic. A classic...
Actually, Steve originally did "Can't Find My Way Home" with Blind Faith. I hear he and Eric Clapton are going out on tour together. Saw them in a televised Crossroads not long ago. They are still very, very good.
Thanks for the tip. Love Big Sugar. I'll check it out.
I am reliving your moment.
WonderLizard wrote:
Sonny, if you really had hippie parents, Traffic would be close to the top of the heap. On a hunch, check their record rack for Helen Reddy or Barry Manilow...
I stand corrected.
I blame it all on my French Hippie parents.
I swear to god if I hear any more Ange I'll go postal.
I blame it all on my hippie parents.
Sonny, if you really had hippie parents, Traffic would be close to the top of the heap. On a hunch, check their record rack for Helen Reddy or Barry Manilow...
Anyway, if you dig this tune playing, check out Find My Way Home from Traffic. A classic...
I blame it all on my hippie parents.
I dunno - hard to beat Low Spark
so there's a contest? Of sorts?