This is one of the best songs in the history of humanity...  love it...

 

   ..discretion? ..this band is Not what you think they are. How's that for discreet? But really here's the way I like to put it  -..the rock and roll soul of their music came from a producer and a million dollar studio..  or.. the 60's and 70's were a time that called for guts and honesty, not the Bangladeshi version of Love Me Do, and we've paid for the drug induced hyponosis they created ever since..(?) or Best of all -.. me thinks the money was a rollin' so hard for some, and the egos and the chicks were a rollin so hard for others.. and the poppers and the speed were a rollin' so hard for all the rest, that it's not hard to see why that train kept a rollin', so hard, all-night-long. ... into the next decade even.

 the backing vocal of Mary Clayton on the Stones Gimme Shelter  has more guts alone and is tougher and more honest than anything done by the Beatles. If rock isn't tough and honest what is it? I'll tell you, it's Pop, then it fades in relevance and becomes adult contemporary. ..not Rock and Roll and definitely not the timeless voice of a generation. Or wait ..maybe so.. Yes, That's It !! The Beatles! A timeless voice of their generation..  yup it fits.

I'm okay with that characterization, although L.S. had some borderline-barrelhouse piano licks, and four lead guitars.

But hey, this is from a guy who still loves to hear 'Freebird'. I know, I know.

This was originally on a late 70's Stills/Young Band record that had a couple of good tunes on it besides this one and was mostly an effort keep busy while Crosby/Nash were out touring and recording.

This is a sweet, celestial version.  I've always liked it. 
(Personally, my favorite version is by Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Bros.)

1 The Who were selected to 'headline" the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix in 2009
2 The 2009 Melbourne Grand Prix attracted the lowest attendance in history 
3 http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=61877
4 Could the two events be related? 
5 Being a city-based street circuit, the locals complained about the dreadful raucous whining late into the night, only to be told that the race had finished several hours earlier and the assault upon their ear drums was the death throes of these washed-up has-beens as they laid claim to the title of England's loudest band
6 Formula One-louder? 

sex corrupts and absolute sex corrupts absolutely.

Jesus-jumped-up-Christ, can't you just enjoy a perfect song?

String Cheese Incident does a great cover of this song.

Kalkin! Glad I found you here, I talked with mom and she agreed to let you watch a half hour of Lawrence Welk before the lynching tonight.

I think "sucks" is a bit too harsh; he doesn't suck, but I'd vote for quite ordinary, at least for the solos in this tune. And the comparisons to one of the most boring guitar solos ever recorded, Freebird, are spot on.

Sounds like he was sick of the song and just wanted to do it differently. Unfortunately, draining it of all energy was not the greatest approach.

/ sez me

dirty, smelly, drunk

My wife and I went to "The Golden Bear" (now torn down) in Huntington Beach, California in the early 80's and saw Chris Hillman with Al Perkins.
There were about 40 people inside that little club.
We sat 8 feet away from them.
We got to go in the back and meet them both after they played.

It was the best "concert" I've ever been to.

OK, so is every song on this album really about 'layla'? it's only the third one I've heard but the theme is getting a bit overbearing don't you think Eric???

Well, because he's completely unique and original, kind of like Tiny Tim only good.

Never did particularly care for this album, although I do like later DB material.

The guy can't sing.

No, we really mean that you really don't have a clue. Period. Let's not confine this to music.

That raucous top note goes through my brain like cheesewire. Mind you, I always hated the Who even back in the 70s when they were the height of cool.

One of the most over rated ever...

Hmm. I guess you could argue that honor went to Cream, since their members all came from major (at least British anyway) acts. Now, in terms of what came out of the Springfield, hard to argue the impact of a seminal group on the ensuing decades. And, yes, I include Richie Furay in there. Well, at least he's happy...

Mine too! What a great album.
This was so awesome for '72!

I believe that was Argent. Now, who did "Green Eyed Lady?"

I've said it before, and I may very well say it again. This is one of a very small number of albums I can put on and listen to from start to finish. This is one of the weakest songs on the album (in my humble opinion, of course) and it still rates a "Most Excellent." If Bill ever takes a notion to play an occasional album in its entirety, I'd wholeheartedly endorse this as a choice.

Drug addled schmaltz. . .
 

big time Sucko Barfo           the only music worse than simon and gardunkel was produced by the beetles. horrible sound... i'll bet this is played in hell on repeat.  or at the dentist office in hell

shitty songwriting at it's best.

6:36 pm - Elton John - Amoreena
6:32 pm - Richard Shindell - Abuelita
6:29 pm - The Innocence Mission - Sorry and Glad Together
What a terrible set....

Yes, this remains a beautiful song. But no matter how much I used to enjoy his songs, I still now find him hard to listen to, even if he has supposedly explained away his support for the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I'd like to hear all you Yussaf Islam defenders be as quick to rush to the defense of, say, a Ted Nugent if he were to say "John Lennon deserved to die for what he said about Jesus" (not that he actually would, but that's the closest example I can come up with). There's a big difference between espousing stupid political views, and actually advocating someone's death. A BIG difference. And no matter what he now says, I can't believe someone that intelligent could have been so naive.

Good players —- Carter Beauford is one of the best.

Live, the audience is 75 per cent women, whatever that means.

The problem with this band is a shortage of good songs.

That said, this one isn't bad at all.

6.

What mediocre crap. The drummer is so far off the beat, is he falling asleep?

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Some of the most memorable moments of spending the late 60's early 70's in Seattle was the music.
Three (3)Youngblood concerts, one J.C. Young concert.
One huge smelly "cloud" of smoke —as it should be!
That_SOB

Is this the song that all the cast members started singing along to?

Also, isn't it interesting how Tom Cruise became a jerk in real life, just like the one he played in that movie?

I know he's just a beginner and not in the Buddy Cage or Rusty Young league, but I really enjoy Jerry's pedal steel.

every time I hear this, I think it's Steve Winwood. Am I totally out of line?

ever notice that those who proclaim genious the loudest are some of the stupidest folks you'll ever come across?

tell that to the families of the hundreds of thousands of people saddam massacred.. oh wait, he killed them to, never mind.

Love doesn't stop lunatics with attack helicopters, mustard gas and genocide on the mind, but F-15s, M1A2 tanks and US Marines do.

One death is a tragedy, one million deaths is a statistic. People with attitudes like yours sit by and passively allow tragedies to become statistics; you did it with Hitler, you tried to do it with Saddam, and you'll probably do it with the next (probably arab or persian) lunatic that needs his ass handed to him on a platter.

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I doubt the ability of any poster to read Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics" (in which the veil of complexity of the subject is lifted without the aid of even one chart) and come to the same opinions as Mr. McMurtry.

His skill as a songwriter is obvious ("Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin, Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in" - can one but admire the poetry). But his ignorance of economics is woeful - even, when propounded by one so skilled, damaging.

I'm a big Neil fan and of coarse like this song. But...I am curious if anyone has comments about the current Greendale tour. Greendale was fine but I was really disappointed with the overall playlist. If you are going to charge premium prices for tickets ($78 bucks a piece), would it kill ya to play a few more favs and less endless "weld" jams. Moderation is not a bad thing. I have enjoyed his career and embrace his experimentations. But how about a little "give us what we came to see"!

Did he ever jam with Billy Preston? What a boogilicious sound they would have made.