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Blood Sweat & Tears — God Bless The Child
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jan 11, 2009 - 22:51
 

Nostalgia time. I wonder if I still have my original vinyl of this? It must be around here somewhere ...



caregiver
(near contentment now)
Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 19:21
 
 ronniegirl wrote:
There is no Al Kooper on RP. Oh my. New York City ... I have never forgetten that song, since I was living at Sandy Hook in 1974 and looking at the skyline. Please someone upload it.
 
In reference to the sessions with Dylan, Kooper said he didn't even know how to turn a Hammond B3 on at the time.  He was lucky it was already on.  When he started playing the guys in the booth told him to shut it down, but Dylan (being Dylan) had already heard enough to know it belonged.


calypsus_1
Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 19:15
 

 

yes, i am satisfied for somebody to have the happy idea to bring to the scene of the RP Station, the "Blood Sweat & Tears"; this band belongs to the group of that they are not, nor had never been, ephemeral!

** 8 **



dctrpunda
(the thin line of here)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 14:41
 

This would make good hold music, I mean just this song, repeated, maybe 4, 5 even 9 times depending on how much you would want to really rile the customer

From this {#Whistle} to {#Rolleyes} to {#Eek}  to  {#Stop} to {#Arghhh} to finally this {#Fire}


At that point, have the rep answer only to transfer you back to the same song again. Repeat as needed depending on how big of a monopoly you are.

 "God bless the chiiiiiild...yes you are in hell, you are in hell" (play horns). 



GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 14:38
 
 billbangert wrote:
BS & T???? WTF??  This is horrible.  Tuning away now.
 
Well, this old boy in Georgia is cranking it up.  This is an excellent song from and excellent album.  Back in the day when there was such a thing as a format to an album.

Thanks Bill...



Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 14:33
 
 westslope wrote:
Yes, strong on nostalgia.  So when do we play Joe Cocker and Chicago?  
 
Or that Elvis guy?

billbangert
(Cincinnati)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 14:31
 
BS & T???? WTF??  This is horrible.  Tuning away now.

kcar
Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 23:43
 
Terri Gross did a great interview with Al Kooper years ago. He talked about all sorts of things including how he snuck into the recording sessions for Highway 61. (Kooper had hoped to play guitar on the album but realized he couldn't hold a candle to Mike Bloomfield. Instead he tried to fumble his way through playing the Hammond organ; Dylan used Kooper's playing even though it was obvious to experienced Hammond players that Kooper didn't know what he was doing).

At one point, Terri asked Al how he felt about being replaced as lead singer by David Clayton Thomas on BS&T. Kooper agreed that Thomas was a much better singer but said something like "Here's the thing: I never believed a word he sang." Al took the words right out of my mouth on that topic. 

ronniegirl wrote:
There is no Al Kooper on RP. Oh my. New York City ... I have never forgetten that song, since I was living at Sandy Hook in 1974 and looking at the skyline. Please someone upload it.





Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 23:31
 
Old...and no good {#Yawn}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 23:27
 
Yes, strong on nostalgia.  So when do we play Joe Cocker and Chicago?  


Alifreckles50
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Jul 06, 2008 - 09:41
 
absolute perfection....wonderful!
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 21:13
 
8 for the nostalgia factor I would love to hear Sometimes in Winter...
Bleyfusz
Posted: May 04, 2008 - 11:12
 
oldpew wrote:
May I suggest the Ray Charles version, please.
This one's just perfect for me.
Xeric
(Up on the Roof)
Posted: May 04, 2008 - 11:10
 
Alpine wrote:
LOVE THIS! MAKING MY SKIN CRAWL.
MINE, TOO! But not because I love it. . . .
Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: May 04, 2008 - 11:07
 
LOVE THIS! MAKING MY SKIN CRAWL.
(former member)
(The People's Republic of Casiotone)
Posted: Mar 02, 2008 - 10:29
 
Pyro wrote:
Aw, Bill, thanks for the memory! I adored BS&T. What a time in my life!

I went to see BS&T about 12 years ago...took my FIRST BS&T concert program (1972?) and had them sign it. They loved it!!

Do those horns RAWK or what??? Great Hammond B-3, too.


This always reminds me of early adolescence, biking to the student center at Barksdale AFB, to play foosball or make plaster ashtrays or piggybanks.

Those were different times.
iTuner
Posted: Mar 02, 2008 - 10:24
 
Ughh not what I want to hear on RP.
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 00:07
 
oldpew wrote:
May I suggest the Ray Charles version, please.

Agreed. Or Billie Holiday.
prickelpit96
(Hannover, Germany)
Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 00:07
 
ndg wrote:


Have to agree.
joanie
(Baltimore)
Posted: Dec 30, 2007 - 13:35
 
This version of this song is second only to Billie Holiday's. Thanks RP!
ndg
(Madrid Spain)
Posted: Dec 30, 2007 - 13:34
 

EssexTex
(Gros Islet)
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 04:24
 
With the "Tasty Bros" on trumpet?
Ja300Mes
(North Fork, Long Island)
Posted: Oct 28, 2007 - 18:12
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

God Bless the Child...

God Bless RP!

There isn't a single note on this whole album that isn't magical. I love every second of it!
godspeed
(maui)
Posted: Oct 28, 2007 - 18:11
 
godlike~!
ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Oct 28, 2007 - 18:08
 
There is no Al Kooper on RP. Oh my. New York City ... I have never forgetten that song, since I was living at Sandy Hook in 1974 and looking at the skyline. Please someone upload it.
chyk5
Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 09:28
 
Liked this band, but this version is God awful!!!
Echinoderme
(Switzerland)
Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 09:27
 
Horrible !
Pyro
Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 09:25
 
Aw, Bill, thanks for the memory! I adored BS&T. What a time in my life!

I went to see BS&T about 12 years ago...took my FIRST BS&T concert program (1972?) and had them sign it. They loved it!!

Do those horns RAWK or what??? Great Hammond B-3, too.
Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Aug 26, 2007 - 23:16
 
steeler wrote:


I just checked -- no Laura Nyro on RP.

That seems like it should be corrected.

The first concert I ever went to was Laura in November 1970 at the old Guthrie Theater in Mpls.

Agree! Get some Laura on RP!

BS&T is good to hear too.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Aug 26, 2007 - 23:13
 
Haven't heard this one 4 EV-VA.
bcorcoran
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:25
 
papaman wrote:
thats got his own what?


bell, i think.
E_A_D_G
(DC)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:25
 
AK out - DCT in was the beginning of the end for this otherwise stellar lineup. That said, this ain't bad.
peyotecoyote
(London, Ontario)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:24
 
hippiechick wrote:
Laura Nyro...sigh

I played the hell outta this album as a youngun.


so did I
ThePoose
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:24
 
epod34 wrote:

I remember when I went to see BS&T at Fillmore East and didn't know that Al Kooper was gone and David Clayton Thomas was the singer. Boy, was I upset. Until I settled in and heard this man sing. Damn, this guy sings!


And he's still doin' it from his hometown, Toronto. For you Yankees, he's singing in Lowell, Mass., next month.
steeler
(Foundering)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:24
 
hippiechick wrote:
Laura Nyro...sigh

I played the hell outta this album as a youngun.


I just checked -- no Laura Nyro on RP.

That seems like it should be corrected.
sunnysoul03
(Just outside of the lineup, waiting for the next big set. Or LBC, CA.)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:24
 
We should so get Lisa's version up here....the movie is coming out tomorrow afterall.
papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:23
 
thats got his own what?

bcorcoran
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:23
 
da da da ta da!


daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:22
 
wow... it's been a while for this one.

got to know al kooper fairly well working at berklee. pretty cool guy. in three years, i only once saw him without sunglasses.
hippiechick
(let me out!)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:22
 
Laura Nyro...sigh

I played the hell outta this album as a youngun.
Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 12:21
 
Damn this sounds good. Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!
oldpew
(somewhere in West Virginia)
Posted: Nov 03, 2003 - 11:31
 
May I suggest the Ray Charles version, please.
AliGator
(La Rochelle, France)
Posted: Oct 24, 2003 - 05:34
 
First time I've heard this on RP. Excellent.
moon_shadow
(Saltspring Island, BC Canada)
Posted: Aug 24, 2003 - 00:26
 
Rate 10 for Billy and 7 goes to David
LaChinchon
(Dark Forest of the Mind)
Posted: Jul 24, 2003 - 08:51
 
The BS&T version was my introduction to this song, but I have since discovered the myriad covers (and original) of the Billie Holiday classic. I still like the BS&T cover, but it would be fun to hear the original or another cover right along side it.
Spliff
(Mountain Home, AR)
Posted: Jul 24, 2003 - 08:44
 
Never really liked BST back in the day, but it sounds so nice this morning.
Patti_M.
(Mission Viejo (519 miles SE of RP), CA)
Posted: Jul 24, 2003 - 08:42
 
Just never did really like BS&T...even tho they are from my teen-aged/early twenties years. Oh well (shrugs).

pbm
8^)
richard_m
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Jun 13, 2003 - 12:49
 
A great favorite. Good to hear Clayton Thomas again -- or as I used to call him, "The Man in the Iron Neck."
R3aliti
(Eagan, MN)
Posted: May 13, 2003 - 22:52
 
God, Bill you just warped me back 30 years with this.

THANK YOU
palindrome
(Mishawaka, IN)
Posted: Apr 23, 2003 - 13:30
 
will forever remind me of simpsons sing the blues...