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Traffic — Dear Mr. Fantasy
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jocelynsart
Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 18:03
 
lol! Leonard C I have to agree with, but Not Gorillaz lol!



 wmbmorrison wrote:
OMG OMG OMG...thank you PSD button.  Saved from a Leanord Cohen and Gorillaz yawnfest and delivered into...Traffic.  Ahhhh...all is well.

 



katzendogs
(Houston)
Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 18:03
 
I would love to believe this tune was played in outer space at one time. Then again. This is my moment.

wmbmorrison
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 08:43
 
 EssexTex wrote:
Pure perfection......
 
AKA:  Purfection. 

wmbmorrison
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 08:43
 
OMG OMG OMG...thank you PSD button.  Saved from a Leanord Cohen and Gorillaz yawnfest and delivered into...Traffic.  Ahhhh...all is well.

bachbeet
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 21:35
 
My favorite song from this album and one of their all time best.  A terrific debut album by a great group brimming with talent.

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 10:08
 
One of the Top 10 best classic rock songs.

EssexTex
(Above and Beyond)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 04:27
 
Pure perfection......

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 04:26
 
Yea I never get tired of this one either.{#Clap}

Mar-tay
Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 19:03
 
WOW this song never grows old. These guys could play.

coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 18:36
 
I'm proud to be among the ones for whom hearing songs like this (and the masterpiece "Low Spark") changed my life...Yup, my life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll — and I still dig this same old TRAFFIC JAM immensely!


RobRyan
(Canyon Country, CA)
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 18:33
 
Always one of my favorite examples of songs demonstrating that one needn't be a virtuoso musician to create great music.

Stingray
(Where JULIAN is supported!)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 05:31
 
 

 

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.



Stingray
(Where JULIAN is supported!)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 05:28
 
Is there a SINGLE bad or even mediocre song by Traffic
(though "Mr. Fantasy" is certainly not their best)?

mvanderford60
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 14:45
 
Goodbye Owlsly and thanks for the technology bump.
 

1120ralph
(Wishing I were skiing powder.....)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 14:45
 
I could listen to Stevie Winwood all day.....  one note and I'm back to another place, another time.... {#Guitarist}

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 14:43
 
ALWAYS incredible to hear!




sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 04:00
 
I like this song.

calypsus_1
Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 10:32
 

Traffic & Jerry Garcia - Mr Dear Fantasy, Live (1994)

"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




StoneyG
(Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th)
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 21:38
 
 Zeito wrote:
I've heard this song before, but never really listened to it.  Really nice!  It is amazing how much growth there was musically between about 1964 to 1967. 
 

And how!  I'm not sure the same could be said about many other periods, like the last three years, for instance.

gold
Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 13:46
 
Synchronicity. Actually got all my Traffic albums in digital format not a month ago after a few years of not listening to them at all. And here it pops up :)

Merry Christmas all.


calypsus_1
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 20:26
 

Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy, Live (1972)
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



lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 23:25
 
I just wanna pinch Li'l Stevie's cheeks! {#Arrowd}{#Heartkiss}

calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 20:48
 

EP: Traffic by Peter Denton
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdenton/

Copyright All rights reserved
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Steve Winwood - Dear Mr. Fantasy, Live (2007)
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."

 





martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:22
 
Released 1967..... Another banner year of music - Favs from my record collection include:
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
 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:14
 
Great freeking song, not as good as low spark of high heel boys, but very good nonetheless!{#Cheers}

Zeito
(Sieur du Lhut)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:10
 
I've heard this song before, but never really listened to it.  Really nice!  It is amazing how much growth there was musically between about 1964 to 1967. 

Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:09
 
Who played bass on this? Love the bassline near the end.

RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:08
 
 Chumbawamba-1984 wrote:
"Ride my see saw" would make a nice transition after Traffic. Same guitarist ? Excuse my ignorance and be a nice to me.
 

No.  Different guitarist, but same time.  Probably similar influences.

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people who won't ask.

Chumbawamba-1984
Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 11:58
 
"Ride my see saw" would make a nice transition after Traffic. Same guitarist ? Excuse my ignorance and be a nice to me.

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: May 15, 2010 - 20:17
 
Mine go all the way to eleven for this...blow away the neighbors....turning it up!!!!

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 07, 2009 - 17:15
 
Whatever happened to the guitar solo? {#Stupid}

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 04:20
 
Godlike....and then some.

ugly
Posted: Sep 05, 2009 - 16:11
 
That gets me up and moving.
{#Dancingbanana_2}

sunward
(British Columbia)
Posted: Jul 04, 2009 - 10:46
 
Oh that does take me back! Quintessential Traffic. There is a great version of Traffic performing this live  on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nwbTeIN4Y


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Jul 04, 2009 - 10:45
 
9 >> 10

I'm with HarrO....this single track pretty much defines the late '60s for me. Even more so than anything by the Fabs.



kvmrdj
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 09:31
 
Great set Bill, thanks!

djengs
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 21:06
 
 derekd wrote:
Anyone remember "Bring me a higher love" from the 1980s? Same singer (Steve Winwood)

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.

HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 20:57
 
 Null_Hypothesis wrote:
Big Sugar does a good version of this.
 
Thanks for the tip. Love Big Sugar. I'll check it out.


HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 20:56
 
This is one of those "Trapped on a Desert Island" tunes. If you had to pick ten, which would they be?

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 20:54
 
meh

Null_Hypothesis
(Vancouver)
Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 20:54
 
Big Sugar does a good version of this.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 07:04
 
What a band. Great song.

mgkiwi
(French Alps - rivet rivet)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 07:04
 
Where's the home-grown. I wanna run through a field of high corn chucking flowers in the air.{#Cool}

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 07:03
 
one of their better ones

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 07:03
 
Jim Capaldi - RIP my old friend.

akaike
(Mississippi (in the State, on the River))
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 07:03
 
 redtex wrote:
Large coffee and Traffic...not a bad way to get the day started.
 
I am reliving your moment.



palad1
(London UK. A froggie in exile.)
Posted: Jan 20, 2009 - 02:55
 

 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...{#Propeller}
 
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.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 26, 2008 - 16:26
 
 palad1 wrote:
How come I never heard of traffic before?
I blame it all on my hippie parents.

{#Headache}
 
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...{#Propeller}

derekd
Posted: Dec 26, 2008 - 16:25
 
Anyone remember "Bring me a higher love" from the 1980s? Same singer (Steve Winwood)

Anyway, if you dig this tune playing, check out Find My Way Home from Traffic. A classic...

palad1
(London UK. A froggie in exile.)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 02:13
 
How come I never heard of traffic before?
I blame it all on my hippie parents.

{#Headache}