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Chambers Brothers — Time Has Come Today
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TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 19:36
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I like this song when I'm feeling really honked off at the way the government is raping the people. I like it when I'm recovering from a hellacious argument with my older brother.  I like it when I need to psyche myself up for a confrontation that under other circumstances, I'd avoid.

To just sit and listen to, when nothing's wrong?  I need a lot of rum for that.  Still - this will never be less than a seven for me, simply because it's pulled me through some pretty ugly confrontations.  And their passion and dedication - even back then, it was pretty dangerous for a bunch of non-white (I don't know what the politically-correct term is anymore) singers and musicians to protest anything - never fails to make me sit up straighter in my chair, think a little harder, get a little more angry, and finally resolve to DO something.

And I've talked too much. Again. {#Doh}  

 
Never!
And unfortunately, never again. 

Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 12:41
 
 pk53 wrote:
I won't buy this song or album, because I don't think that the Chambers Brothers will see any of the royalties.  Give to https://www.sweetrelief.org/program/lester-chambers-fund/

 
Thanks for posting this. I just donated.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 12:39
 
A bona fide classic -- when we hear the original, longer version. I have it in my CD pile. Should I submit it?

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 12:38
 
{#Arrowd}I really enjoyed just looking at the cowbell post below while listening..be cool if it were followed by 2525, Exodium and Terminus by Dennis Zager and Richard Evans.

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 09:20
 
 greg6494 wrote:
 
Correction:



d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 09:16
 
Always love this. This fits nicely with a book I'm reading by Lama Surya Das, Buddha Standard Time. Excellent book about time's stranglehold on us. Highly recommended.

gillespp
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 09:15
 
 kaybee wrote:
Everyone seems to hate this song, but the average rating is "quite likeable".
 
As is often true here, the silent majority loves the song.

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 17:29
 
yo, bill.... you continually refuse the long version of this great jam, but continue ti inflict sugar mountain and cowpie in the sand. both screeched by squeel at his most bubblegum best. what up wid dat?

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 14:43
 
I'd pay real money to make this shut up.

pk53
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 23:09
 
 d-don wrote:
Oh, Bill...you short-changed us! We need the 18 minute, extended, "Psychodelicized" version! But thanks for the trip, Chambers Brothers style. So many great memories from that one. {#Cowboy} I'd give this one a 20 if possible.

 
Don't know if there's an 18 minute version (maybe on some bootleg tape or underground radio station in the 60s)...but the 11 minute version is certainly desirable over this sanitized version...
  
 

pk53
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 23:02
 
I won't buy this song or album, because I don't think that the Chambers Brothers will see any of the royalties.  Give to https://www.sweetrelief.org/program/lester-chambers-fund/

midigitguy
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 10:02
 
I generally hate the shortened/edited versions of songs, but in this case.... Great Call.  The essence of the song comes through just fine...
 

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 09:20
 
 d-don wrote:
Give us the full version, Bill. We need to be psycho-deli-cized!!
 
Ok, maybe the long version is "...too sprawling." Thanks for dialing up this classic...any Chambers are better than no Chambers.

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 09:14
 
Give us the full version, Bill. We need to be psycho-deli-cized!!

buddy
Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 21:32
 
 drucev wrote:
Just came across this, posted by Lester Chambers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Chambers

Lester Chambers - I am the 99% 
 
Jeez Louise!

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 15:39
 

I need the Long version ...  there are things to realize   

ycb661
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 03:15
 
they had to use a metronome to keep the drummer on tempo

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 16:33
 
My soul has been homogenized!{#Exclaim}

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Mar 31, 2012 - 12:33
 
Great blast from the past. Rockin' it. Yaaaaa-eeeeeh.
{#Cheers}

dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Mar 31, 2012 - 12:32
 
This is why I love RP! Ancient classic!

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 10:35
 
Great song, the Grandfather of all cowbells.

drucev
(Brooklyn, NY)
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 15:40
 
Just came across this, posted by Lester Chambers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Chambers

Lester Chambers - I am the 99% 

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 20:24
 
I was spending a college summer in San Francisco when this was huge (along with Janis & Jimi & Classical Gas & Stepanwolf & that awful cover of that great song - "Light My Fire". Wish I could go back and start again & do it better this time.  I've put some thought on how to improve it all.     {#Good-vibes}

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 16:44
 
Everyone seems to hate this song, but the average rating is "quite likeable". {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}

The lyrics, sadly, are still quite trenchant... "I have no home!  I have no home!"  Not to mention his soul being psychadelacized!  (Thanks for the clarification WonderLizard!)

{#Bananasplit}{#Bananasplit}{#Bananasplit}



Ears_of_Stone
(Crushed under the hooves of the herd)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 09:30
 
Oddly, I was watching a time lapse of the Comet Lovejoy when this song was playing: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/27/time-lapse-the-spectacle-of-comet-lovejoy/


michaelgmitchell
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 09:28
 
Now the time has come ...
To put this one away.
TIME! 

aelfheld
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 09:28
 
 suesblues wrote:
 <...> this song rocks!!! {#Motor}
 
No, no, no - this song should be pelted with rocks!

There's a difference . . .


Gretchen_+_Music
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 09:26
 
Bleah.  I never liked this song, and I have turned the radio station every single time it's ever played.  But...I'm leaving my RP on today, so I'm reluctantly listening to it.  Bleah again.


Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Nov 25, 2011 - 16:18
 
I like this song when I'm feeling really honked off at the way the government is raping the people. I like it when I'm recovering from a hellacious argument with my older brother.  I like it when I need to psyche myself up for a confrontation that under other circumstances, I'd avoid.

To just sit and listen to, when nothing's wrong?  I need a lot of rum for that.  Still - this will never be less than a seven for me, simply because it's pulled me through some pretty ugly confrontations.  And their passion and dedication - even back then, it was pretty dangerous for a bunch of non-white (I don't know what the politically-correct term is anymore) singers and musicians to protest anything - never fails to make me sit up straighter in my chair, think a little harder, get a little more angry, and finally resolve to DO something.

And I've talked too much. Again. {#Doh}  

petesoper
(Apex, NC)
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 13:52
 
This was playing as I walked toward the stage at the 2nd Atlanta Pop Festival in 1970. We had to sleep on the Interstate exit ramp the first night, the crowd was so big. Got set up camping from that point on. Peak was Hendrix' "Star Spangled Banner" with the fireworks Saturday night, but the Chambers Brothers' piece is etched in my soul, as I experienced a couple hundred thousand people all jumping and dancing at one time. I wish we had something to jump and dance about these days.


numbat
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 13:15
 
Kids, stay in school!

Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 13:12
 
Please, skip!!!! Somebody pull the plug...! {#Puke}

suesblues
(Sydney, Australia)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 01:34
 
hey man, don't know why you guys aren't digging the vibe.... this song rocks!!! {#Motor}

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 01:33
 
 kcar wrote:

Bill was just grumping—again, apparently—that the radio-edit version is better than the album-length one. I've never heard an 18-minute version, but I prefer the 11:03 take over anything shorter. 

Kids these days, always in a rush. Have to come off their acid trip in 7 minutes or less. Feh. 

 
 
{#Lol}..Feh..indeed !


superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 09:28
 
That is horrible music. My god. It sucks. Make it stop.

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 09:28
 
 kcar wrote:

Bill was just grumping—again, apparently—that the radio-edit version is better than the album-length one. I've never heard an 18-minute version, but I prefer the 11:03 take over anything shorter. 

Kids these days, always in a rush. Have to come off their acid trip in 7 minutes or less. Feh. 

 
 
That Bill is such a kid.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 11:16
 
 kaybee wrote:
n4ku wrote:

 Everytime I would hear him sing "psychadelicide", I would crack up!  And I still do!

 
It's "psychedelicized." It is pretty funny. Great band.


greg6494
(St. Louis)
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 11:11
 


jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 11:10
 
Yeah....this is where I step outside for a while. Let me know when it's over.

kcar
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 00:42
 
 d-don wrote:
Oh, Bill...you short-changed us! We need the 18 minute, extended, "Psychodelicized" version! But thanks for the trip, Chambers Brothers style. So many great memories from that one. {#Cowboy} I'd give this one a 20 if possible.
 
Bill was just grumping—again, apparently—that the radio-edit version is better than the album-length one. I've never heard an 18-minute version, but I prefer the 11:03 take over anything shorter. 

Kids these days, always in a rush. Have to come off their acid trip in 7 minutes or less. Feh. 

 

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 15:55
 
Bill,I think you said the same thing the last time I heard this tune here....

vicariance
(awesome like a billion hot dogs)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 15:53
 
this wouldn't have sucked so much if it hadn't followed up that sweet smooth afro-celts melody.  Still, is anyone else at all annoyed by the guy shouting TIME! over and over again like a moron? 

greg4067
(backyard coffee)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 17:44
 
Help me out here, did I see them live at the Avalon in 67 with Quick Silver ?

tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 17:35
 
 Rafter101 wrote:
Time.  Yes.

I saw them do this at a county fair some 15 or 20 years ago.  It went a little long, but it still ROCKS!
 
Saw them in Syracuse, fall of '68.  The band played 2 sets 80% comprised of this song. Have to say, it kind of did it for me with this tune.  Still nice to hear 40+ years on!

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 08:48
 
Oh, Bill...you short-changed us! We need the 18 minute, extended, "Psychodelicized" version! But thanks for the trip, Chambers Brothers style. So many great memories from that one. {#Cowboy} I'd give this one a 20 if possible.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 08:45
 
Groovy! Talk about being ahead of their time, that was some good stuff they did when they came up with this one, I tell you what!{#Lol}

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 08:41
 
I still have this in a box somewhere on a....wait for it.....45 RPM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rolo
(Boulder Creek)
Posted: May 09, 2011 - 11:15
 
I still remember hearing this for the first time in '67 .... camping out in the back yard with friends .... listening to the radio at about midnight ... we were 14 at the time ... {#Yes}

sweet_melody
Posted: May 09, 2011 - 11:14
 
Whoa!  I'm just writing a short story set in '69.  This song is both timely and inspiring, except it needs more cow bell!

Dave_Mack
(Saratoga,CA)
Posted: May 09, 2011 - 11:09
 
 vandal wrote:

now there's some freaking cowbell. . . 
 
 
I think they've got a whole cowbell section.