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If you see something that looks like a star
and it's shooting up out of the ground
and your head is spinning from a loud guitar.
And you just can't escape from the sound
don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys.
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
The percentage you're paying is too high priced
while you're living beyond all your means.
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
from the profit he's made on your dreams.
But today you just swear that the man was shot dead
by a gun that didn't make any noise.
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
was the low spark of high-heeled boys.
If you had just a minute to breathe
and they granted you one final wish
would you ask for something, like another chance.
Or something similar as this
don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
as sure as your sorrows are joys.
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
The percentage you're paying is too high priced
while you're living beyond all your means
and the man in the suit has just bought a new car
from the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just swear that the man was shot dead
by a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
was the low spark of high-heeled boys....high-heeled boys.
If I gave you everything that I own
and asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me, as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride
and strip me of everything, including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
and it's shooting up out of the ground
and your head is spinning from a loud guitar.
And you just can't escape from the sound
don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys.
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
The percentage you're paying is too high priced
while you're living beyond all your means.
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
from the profit he's made on your dreams.
But today you just swear that the man was shot dead
by a gun that didn't make any noise.
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
was the low spark of high-heeled boys.
If you had just a minute to breathe
and they granted you one final wish
would you ask for something, like another chance.
Or something similar as this
don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
as sure as your sorrows are joys.
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
The percentage you're paying is too high priced
while you're living beyond all your means
and the man in the suit has just bought a new car
from the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just swear that the man was shot dead
by a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
was the low spark of high-heeled boys....high-heeled boys.
If I gave you everything that I own
and asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me, as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride
and strip me of everything, including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jun 08, 2013 - 12:34 Cynaera wrote: Okay - and after battling a weird virus (and I didn't have to take my tower to the whiz-kid), I discovered that my MediaPlayer isn't working right, so I uploaded WinAmp, and after all that (and a bunch of other stuff that demanded my attention on this stupid bullshit Day of Rest), I was grilling a London broil on the gas barbecue, and between visits, I came back to my computer to hear what I was missing, and I caught the beginning of this song. I have officially checked out. The London broil is done. The garden is watered. Bro is doing whatever he wanted to do, with my permission. The fort is secured. And I just love this song. It has everything I need for a day like I've just had. Thank you, Rebecca and Bill. You're aces. Miss you so much, Cynaera... love this song... |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 16:57 listen closely- one can distinctly hear a pre- echo of the vocals or so it seems. |
| auram (Cheltenham, UK) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 16:55 Just sublime! |
| kelley_eskridge (Seattle) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 16:52 You are playing Low Spark and I am so happy at this moment! LOVE this song. |
| j1sey | Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 12:59 mellow |
| freddyb (Perth, Western Australia) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 01:21 Steve Winwood is one of the greats. He wrote amazing songs at the age of 16 in The Spencer Davis Group. Then came Blind Faith, before Traffic. And he continues to produce wonderful music, to this day. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 10:22 According to Wikipedia.... Musically, it is noteworthy for its sparse arrangement and slow deliberate pace alternating with a double-time densely layered pop chorus. The verses are in D minor while the choruses modulate to D major. The song is noted for the repeated piano riff in D Minor. Funny, I always just thought it was a great track! |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 17:30 Perfect ... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 17:30 My only complaint about this song is the keyboard tone Winwood deploys. I don't know what I'd replace it with. Something...that's for sure. |
| Antigone (A house, in a Virginian Valley) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 17:23 Misterfixit wrote: Wikipedia has a fine explanation. Very interesting ... |
| creekgirl | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:17 Sublime. Exquisite jazz timing, layers of trance-inducing, sensual rhythm. I have to believe that as long as there is recognition of quality, there will be generations turned on by this. Too bad about the epidemic of ADHD in this comment section. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:10 coy wrote: this takes me straight back to the early 70's
powerful still don't know what the fug it means Wikipedia has a fine explanation. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:09 Ah yes, "the man in the suit". |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:08 this takes me straight back to the early 70's powerful still don't know what the fug it means |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:08 johnjconn wrote: Agree, put this one to pasture, yawn Pearls cast before swine. |
| joelbb | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 00:46 Proclivities wrote: Bob Dylan had several long tunes as early as Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and even before then, but the first "long" single I can think of came from that album. "Like A Rolling Stone", is over six minutes long and apparently, Columbia was reluctant to release it as a single because of its length. "Desolation Row", from the same album, is over eleven minutes long. As Kurtster mentioned, the album version of The Doors' "Light My Fire" was over seven minutes long, but there were two other, cut-down versions of that tune. There was a "long-radio" version which was about four minutes, and the single (AM radio) version which was less than three minutes long. One of your proclivities must be poorly researched inaccuracy. Dylan's immediately previous album, "Bringing It All Back Home" (March 1965) featured "Gates of Eden" at 5:44, "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" at 6:34 and "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')" at a righteous 7:34. You've just been geezered, Dude. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 00:26 heliosweb wrote: Yes, short attention spans, the imperative of instant gratification, inability to sit and just Be, to let something develop and grow on you... it's endemic these days. Thank god there's still some of us with more patient and attentive minds left... bump |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 16:35 not long enough !! takes me back to 196whatever and big strange changes all around they were a lighthouse and a beacon for me anyways |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 16:31 ziakut wrote: This yawning is contagious! Oh boy when I heard this start my brain went..."Ohhh no!". Agree, put this one to pasture, yawn |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 29, 2012 - 06:33 Sasha2001 wrote: Can somebody more knowledgable then myself tell me who the first band(s) were to push the envelope with an 8-10 min tune. Was it these guys? Zep? Another words, who was responsible for making the extended jam/drug-induced musical jurney acceptable in rock music? Bob Dylan had several long tunes as early as Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and even before then, but the first "long" single I can think of came from that album. "Like A Rolling Stone", is over six minutes long and apparently, Columbia was reluctant to release it as a single because of its length. "Desolation Row", from the same album, is over eleven minutes long. As Kurtster mentioned, the album version of The Doors' "Light My Fire" was over seven minutes long, but there were two other, cut-down versions of that tune. There was a "long-radio" version which was about four minutes, and the single (AM radio) version which was less than three minutes long. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 19:53 Liked Traffic from their very first album, Mr Fantasy. Bought it and Disraeli Gears at the same time. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 19:42 Ghiaap wrote: Yawn! This yawning is contagious! Oh boy when I heard this start my brain went..."Ohhh no!". |
| Ghiaap (Haarlo, The Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 05:33 Yawn! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 19:45 kurtster wrote: Prolly the most credit would go to the Doors for opening the doors to commercial airplay... As for this piece, it is so riveting. From the opening bass riff, it completely nails me! I've always liked Traffic, but I find the older i get, the more I appreciate them. Their music has aged very well. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 19:43 I'll just go along with the consensus and give this a 9 (instead of a 10 which it could be!) |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 09:33 Sasha2001 wrote: Can somebody more knowledgable then myself tell me who the first band(s) were to push the envelope with an 8-10 min tune. Was it these guys? Zep? Another words, who was responsible for making the extended jam/drug-induced musical jurney acceptable in rock music? Prolly the most credit would go to the Doors for opening the doors to commercial airplay. But up San Francisco way, there was a lot of extended jamming going on. The Great Society who Grace Slick was with before joining JA had 10 minute or longer versions of Somebody to Love. The Dead, Quicksilver Messanger Service, Steve Miller, Chambers Brothers. There was a lot of LSD being enjoyed in California then and it was conducive to long songs and jams. Cream's concerts were legendary for long jams, perfect for the occasion. Then came Hendrix. Then came Iron Butterfly. Poco has a 25 minute song from 1970 ish. Then the Allman Brothers arrived in 1970 changing everything again. The year 1967 was a watershed year for music. That is when it all seemed to begin in earnest. Also forgot to mention Pink Floyd who broke out in 1967 as well and was doing long stuff back then, but no one knew they much existed before 1973. |
| finoufk (Bordeaux - france) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 09:16 If that song is supposed to be one of their best, I won't buy any album.  boring. |
| jimmpypowder | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 15:17 scrubbrush wrote: I saw this album (record, LP) for sale today at an antiques store. Buy it! even if you don't have a turntable. |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 15:16 I saw this album (record, LP) for sale today at an antiques store. |
| jimmpypowder | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 15:15 One of the best rock songs ever created! |
| allabout (Perth Western Australia) | Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 01:18 Yes, but Steves in Perth tonight Wow! Stingray wrote: One of the BEST albums - ever!!! FIVE (!!!) Traffic-members are already deceased! Among them gorgeous CHRIST WOOD! Always the best! |
| sdgserv (Palm Springs) | Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 22:05 One of the best |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 22:00 heliosweb wrote: Yes, short attention spans, the imperative of instant gratification, inability to sit and just Be, to let something develop and grow on you... it's endemic these days. Thank god there's still some of us with more patient and attentive minds left... While I enjoy a GOOD long song, this does not do it for me. Maybe because I was 2 at the close of the 70's, or maybe just because this isn't to my taste, but my ability to enjoy this particular long song has nothing to do with my attention span. |
| GregMarinik | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 10:59 I guess any negativity from listeners did not actually live in the seventies |
| rlr511 (Philadelphia) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 10:48 time to retire these guys. It's 2011!! |
| That_SOB (In at least 2 places at once) | Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 11:39 miahfost wrote: I'd rather have root canal than listen to this screeching. Well don't let the traffic hold you up. |
| miahfost (Gothenburg, Sweden) | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 02:17 I'd rather have root canal than listen to this screeching. |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 17:26 dmax wrote: Beethoven Should have seen that coming. |
| olivertwist (Atlanta GA) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 17:26 dmax wrote: Beethoven Love that answer. In the rock era, I guess the Doors beat Traffic and Zep by a few years. Most rock critics seem to prefer Traffic's earlier music, but I prefer their later, longer tunes like this. |
| RobRyan (The lovely hills of Anaheim) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 17:24 gabrielle7nt wrote: Yes, I would ask for another chance. I would ask for something similar as this. |
| (former member) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 17:20 Sasha2001 wrote: Can somebody more knowledgable then myself tell me who the first band(s) were to push the envelope with an 8-10 min tune. Was it these guys? Zep? Another words, who was responsible for making the extended jam/drug-induced musical jurney acceptable in rock music? Beethoven |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 16:48 Can somebody more knowledgable then myself tell me who the first band(s) were to push the envelope with an 8-10 min tune. Was it these guys? Zep? Another words, who was responsible for making the extended jam/drug-induced musical jurney acceptable in rock music? |
| gabrielle7nt (google talk?) | Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 01:26 Yes, I would ask for another chance. |
| heliosweb (New Mexico USA) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 10:31 johnjconn wrote: For you kids out there- This song was written during a time when it was cool to become bored during a song. The longer this drags on , the more sleepy one gets. Yes, short attention spans, the imperative of instant gratification, inability to sit and just Be, to let something develop and grow on you... it's endemic these days. Thank god there's still some of us with more patient and attentive minds left... |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 10:24 I've always liked this track. Totally unique; a genre unto itself. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 10:19 Aww what the Hell 9 ->10! |
| capzfan | Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 19:59 Traffic never recorded a bad track. Every song is a gem. |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 20:41 The last chord rips my brain. |
| freddyb (Perth, Western Australia) | Posted: Jan 27, 2011 - 02:58 Ahhhhhhh!!!! My 70's anthem. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 16:40 gubbin wrote: This one has me looking for the "next track" button. I'd put up with this one back when DJs needed smoke breaks, but these days... Oh my god...! Is that really true! DJ smoke break? Brother of SARAH PALIN writing!!! TOTALLY SICK!!! |