joelbb wrote: 
Go Joel !!

This number surely must go down as one of the most outstanding tracks of pop ever made if I can call it pop, more like 'The Blues' and I fully agree with joelbb's comment as Vans musical ability has never stood still embracing Jazz to Blues to Rock.n Roll .. And it still sounds in vogue and as fresh as the day it was cut. When 'George Melley' died he left a gaping hole in the music entertainment world that I believe VM is filling.

I recently put my old iPod on alphabetical and listened to more than 20 versions of this song. This one stands out. But then.... it's a great song.

No matter who does this song, it's rockin good!

Well, the song is just about perfect to start with.  I love this.  But I Always think of Alvin Lee when I hear it.
 

Ten Years After. Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. 

I want some Blue Cheer!

 fredriley wrote: 
You and the rest of the Van the Man dissers below are lost in some kind of musical wasteland.  VM is THE voice of a generation, the Boomer's answer not only to Sinatra, but Mel Torme' as well.  He was terrific with Them, terrific by himself on Astral Weeks and Moondance, terrific with the Street Choir on a greatest hits quality album where EVERY cut was an R&R/R&B masterpiece.  He has since played with everyone from the Chieftans to jazz quintets.  If you want to get an idea of the enormous respect his peers have for him, watch what is possibly the best R&R movie ever made, the Band's farewell mega-concert "The Last Waltz" as turned into a documentary by no less than Martin Scorcese.  You bozos have exactly zero taste and even less knowledge of pop music.  Philistines of the most common, garden variety.  Unfortunately, he is a whiner about his life.

 overlandrover wrote: 
Them must've been great to see back then.

Energy and pop! Didn't think it was "just" Van Morrison. 

This is definitely "Them" and not Van Morrison by himself.

The Rolling Stones never recorded this, although it would have been a good addition to their reportoire.

 fredriley wrote: 

I'm with Kaybee.  Sounds more like Eric Burdon than Mick Jagger.  But to me it most sounds like ..........Van Morrison of Them.

 kurtster wrote: 
Isn't it the version by Them, Van's early group?  They had some wicked sounding tunes - "Baby, Please Don't Go" and "Mystic Eyes" among others.  Great stuff.

 fredriley wrote: 
I'm with you on this one Fred, I was sure it was an old Rolling Stones song.

 fredriley wrote: 
I think he sounds more like Eric Burdon.  This is by far, my favorite version of this song.

I remember this squealing out my tinny, little, hand-held AM radio.  Sounded great then; sounds great now!

This is how it's done.

BLUE CHEER!

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Roots music.  Turned my head around at age 12.  The Beatles and Stones were cool, but this was deeper and darker and much more compelling.  Nearly 46 years later, it still moves me the same way. 

This is the only Van Morrison song I've rated above 3, maybe because it doesn't sound a bit like him. Although it's a classic number, I always thought it was Mick "rubber lips" Jagger on vocals as the sound's so bluesy. 7 from the Nottingham jury.

Pretty good stuff.

My favorite pure rock n roll song of all time.

Always dug this song.  It was overshadowed by Gloria on the radio at the time but it was deserving of a lot more play.

Outstanding, by far the best version of this tune that I've heard.

Love the stuff from Van's work with Them.

Good stuff. This song was originally recorded in 1935 by Big Joe Williams. Van Morrison and Them recorded it as a single in '64

First of all, how can there NOT be any comments about this song?   lol... 

Brilliant!!!!