"Why Can't We Stop Playing This Song?"

"Why can't we live together?"
"Because you sing crap songs in a crap voice, buster"

Did Bill give this song a 6 year sabatical?? The comments went from Sep 16, 2004 straight to Mar 12, 2010.

Gotta agree with crockydile, still no good. 4.

great version, I always thought the 1972 original was ahead of it's time.
In the early 70's even Top 40 radio was pretty open.
If you listern to RP - you have a good idea of what FM free form rock radio was like in 1972.

"I know it's a rhetorical question, but the reason we can't live together is that people have different opinions about how other people should behave."

Still not a good reason.

I like a lot of Steve's other stuff more but this is pretty good. I've never heard the original. First time I ever heard this song was by Sade.

WonderLizard wrote:
Among my acquaintances is the talented Jennifer Creadick, a luthier of long standing in the East Coast music scene. I was admiring a '58 Gibson Les Paul in her shop one afternoon and asked her if all the '58s were as good as the fan boys claimed.

"Well, it's like this. If it was a good instrument it was taken care of and like all things made of wood and glue, it got sweeter with age. If it was a dog with bad intonation, wonky pickups, loose markers, it was probably destroyed years ago. Bad guitars get given to teenagers who never buy a case for it, or they get sold to pawn shops who sell them overseas, never to be seen again. Some instruments have a higher incidence of good work so there are more of them around after a few decades. And '58 Les Pauls are like that."

And as for B3s, the restoration expert Bob Doran of Memphis says that one of the reason so many old Hammonds are still around is that they were made to be repaired. Their primary market was churches and other organizations that couldn't afford a new organ if the old one broke. So Hammonds were solidly-made to take the abuse of assistant choir directors and child learners, and getting parts was a breeze.

Plus they do have a sweet sound.

I know it's a rhetorical question, but the reason we can't live together is that people have different opinions about how other people should behave.

jmsmy wrote:

I was listening to the Timmy Thomas original last night at 3 am—hard to beat, and a good antidote to the couple fighting next door (loudly).

lmic wrote:
Similar to, if not the same as, the "cults"—odd word that—that follow the Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision Bass, the Gibson Les Paul Standard, Rickenbacker 12-string, Gretsch Country Gentleman, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX-7 and so many more. For a musician, they, including the Hammond B3, are pinnacles of a sort, the heights to which instrument creation can soar. If you don't play, you're not gonna know. Danny Federici on the Hammond B3 was in a way Sunday goin' to meetin'.

Just sayin'...

ziakut wrote:
I couldn't disagree more. This has us dancin' cha-cha-cha across the floor (and we're still at work!) More, please!

B O R I N G ....reliably Steve Winwood. Mix down those damn congas...and woodblock. Geeez.

A great song - check out the original by Timmy Thomas (1972 made it to #3 ) and play it very very loud.

I'm a sucker for the funky organ.

What is it with the cult of the Hammond B3? Just askin'...

Winwood—shades of "Gimme Some Lovin'"—has the perfect voice for this song. Goes without saying that he's got the keyboard chops.

Not an improvement.

For a percussion nut like me, this song is a slice of heaven. :)

Not a huge fan of latter day Steve Winwood and this particular song has reinforced that opinion. I have to agree that the single note played over and over again is moderately annoying. He is such a better keyboard player - why not use his skills?