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| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 19:00 "Why Can't We Stop Playing This Song?" |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 02:53 "Why can't we live together?" "Because you sing crap songs in a crap voice, buster" |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Sep 19, 2010 - 10:06 Did Bill give this song a 6 year sabatical?? The comments went from Sep 16, 2004 straight to Mar 12, 2010. Gotta agree with crockydile, still no good. 4. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 11:22 great version, I always thought the 1972 original was ahead of it's time. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 14:43 "I know it's a rhetorical question, but the reason we can't live together is that people have different opinions about how other people should behave." Still not a good reason. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 14:40 I like a lot of Steve's other stuff more but this is pretty good. I've never heard the original. First time I ever heard this song was by Sade. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 14:33 WonderLizard wrote: Similar to, if not the same as, the "cults"—odd word that—that follow the Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision Bass, the Gibson Les Paul Standard, Rickenbacker 12-string, Gretsch Country Gentleman, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX-7 and so many more. For a musician, they, including the Hammond B3, are pinnacles of a sort, the heights to which instrument creation can soar. If you don't play, you're not gonna know. Danny Federici on the Hammond B3 was in a way Sunday goin' to meetin'. Just sayin'... Among my acquaintances is the talented Jennifer Creadick, a luthier of long standing in the East Coast music scene. I was admiring a '58 Gibson Les Paul in her shop one afternoon and asked her if all the '58s were as good as the fan boys claimed. "Well, it's like this. If it was a good instrument it was taken care of and like all things made of wood and glue, it got sweeter with age. If it was a dog with bad intonation, wonky pickups, loose markers, it was probably destroyed years ago. Bad guitars get given to teenagers who never buy a case for it, or they get sold to pawn shops who sell them overseas, never to be seen again. Some instruments have a higher incidence of good work so there are more of them around after a few decades. And '58 Les Pauls are like that." And as for B3s, the restoration expert Bob Doran of Memphis says that one of the reason so many old Hammonds are still around is that they were made to be repaired. Their primary market was churches and other organizations that couldn't afford a new organ if the old one broke. So Hammonds were solidly-made to take the abuse of assistant choir directors and child learners, and getting parts was a breeze. Plus they do have a sweet sound. |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 14:31 I know it's a rhetorical question, but the reason we can't live together is that people have different opinions about how other people should behave. |
| kcar | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 14:27 jmsmy wrote: A great song - check out the original by Timmy Thomas (1972 made it to #3 ) and play it very very loud. I was listening to the Timmy Thomas original last night at 3 am—hard to beat, and a good antidote to the couple fighting next door (loudly). |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 20:04 lmic wrote: What is it with the cult of the Hammond B3? Just askin'... Similar to, if not the same as, the "cults"—odd word that—that follow the Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision Bass, the Gibson Les Paul Standard, Rickenbacker 12-string, Gretsch Country Gentleman, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX-7 and so many more. For a musician, they, including the Hammond B3, are pinnacles of a sort, the heights to which instrument creation can soar. If you don't play, you're not gonna know. Danny Federici on the Hammond B3 was in a way Sunday goin' to meetin'. Just sayin'... |
| justin_thyme (Windward O`ahu, Hawai`i) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 19:58 ziakut wrote: B O R I N G ....reliably Steve Winwood. Mix down those damn congas...and woodblock. Geeez. I couldn't disagree more. This has us dancin' cha-cha-cha across the floor (and we're still at work!) More, please! |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 19:57 B O R I N G ....reliably Steve Winwood. Mix down those damn congas...and woodblock. Geeez. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 10:34 A great song - check out the original by Timmy Thomas (1972 made it to #3 ) and play it very very loud. |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 10:32  I'm a sucker for the funky organ. |
| afbrand | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 10:31  |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 10:31 What is it with the cult of the Hammond B3? Just askin'... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 10:29 Winwood—shades of "Gimme Some Lovin'"—has the perfect voice for this song. Goes without saying that he's got the keyboard chops. |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 10:28 Not an improvement.  |
| ScoSmith (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Sep 16, 2004 - 22:50 For a percussion nut like me, this song is a slice of heaven. :) |
| BrokenArrow (Vermont, US) | Posted: Aug 18, 2004 - 10:25 Not a huge fan of latter day Steve Winwood and this particular song has reinforced that opinion. I have to agree that the single note played over and over again is moderately annoying. He is such a better keyboard player - why not use his skills? |
| davie70 (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 10:12 Strange, this is the only song I don't like on About Time. Now Sylvia is more what I like to hear from Mr. Winwood. Heard it on Austin City Limits last fall and it blew me away, along with Pearly Queen and Mr. Fantasy from the old Traffic days. Great band he's put together. |
| ElroyJetson | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 10:09 I like Timmy Thomas' version a little better. He had some serious Lazer organs going too! 8) |
| Red_Dragon (somewhere in the great midwest) | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 09:58 because SOME people actually like licorice! 
(tongue is firmly inserted in cheek, for those of you with no sense of humour) |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 09:58 PattonFever wrote: this song would be fine without the annoying high pitched lazer noise. it just doesn't fit.
Pretty sure the Beastie Boys sampled this on a song... but I can't think of which one. Sounds of Science? |
| Rebliah (Altrove- Italy) | Posted: Apr 24, 2004 - 08:08 NotApplicable wrote: Because you're married, and I'm not gay, that's why. ;)
buaahhahahahahha (LOL) |
| zeus | Posted: Mar 17, 2004 - 13:44 Music arrangement was ok... but the lyricist was sure going through an uncreative phase I guess... Overall rating: Crap  |
| NotApplicable (ø³) | Posted: Feb 18, 2004 - 15:43 Because you're married, and I'm not gay, that's why. ;) |
| oakenguy (Cambridge, MA) | Posted: Feb 12, 2004 - 07:23 Any use of a Hammond B3 organ gets an extra point added to my rating. :) |
| Leslie (No. Calif) | Posted: Feb 04, 2004 - 23:09 Not as good as the original but pretty damn good.  |
| Monkeysdad (Chatsworth, CA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2004 - 14:46 dmax wrote: I just heard this on RP last night, and here it is again. And I don't like it to begin with.
What you said. |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Feb 02, 2004 - 14:40 I just heard this on RP last night, and here it is again. And I don't like it to begin with. |
| miamizsun (Miami Beach (3285.3 Miles SE of RP), FL) | Posted: Feb 01, 2004 - 20:38 Well, I up'd the TT version and it was accepted by the powers that be, so you know I macked out on the the SW redux too. Relax & Enjoy. |
| soulspin (Melbourne, FL) | Posted: Jan 25, 2004 - 12:14 Sorry, I don't wanna live with you Steve :-& I don't know what it is, he just bugs me. |
| soulhealer (Campbell River, BC, Canada) | Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 04:49 That's my man. He's so tasteful on his new album . It's really and truly about time. |
| PattonFever (tripoli) | Posted: Jan 04, 2004 - 23:27 bHoby wrote: Nice groove. I can dig it. Based on recent comments some folks just need to leave paradise.
please don't get me wrong. it's not a bad song, i just HATE the annoying lazer noise. heh. if there was a version out there without it, i'd give it an 8 easily. |
| GregX59 (Omaha, NE) | Posted: Dec 28, 2003 - 18:43 I haven't heard a lot Winwood that I've cared much for ... Until now. I dig it! |
| bHoby (River City, Wisconsin) | Posted: Dec 23, 2003 - 09:14 Nice groove. I can dig it. Based on recent comments some folks just need to leave paradise. |
| DD joe1 | Posted: Dec 18, 2003 - 11:54 I just loved the organ bit at the end......I'll give it a '6' for that... |
| dadofsammy (Hopedale, MA) | Posted: Dec 15, 2003 - 13:50 You learn something every day by listening to RP....I always thought this originated with Sade. Having been initiated with her version though, I can't say Stevie improves on it. |
| dolfan | Posted: Dec 15, 2003 - 10:27 Why can't we live together? Because then I'd have to hear later day Steve Winwood all the time. Then someone or something would have to die. |
| dolfan | Posted: Dec 08, 2003 - 04:50 MAKE THE NOISES STOP!!!!!!!!!!! :puke: |
| redeyespy (W.P.B., FL) | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 18:57 Platypus wrote: I'm seriously diggin the new Steve Windwood that I've heard on RP so far. glad to hear him get back to some quality stuff after that 80s schlock.
Best stuff since his Traffic days, I think. Well, his '81 album "Arc of the Diver" was OK, but yes, these new tunes restore some faith in Winwood's abilities and inspiration. |
| JrzyTmata (Jersey Fresh Produce Aisle) | Posted: Nov 22, 2003 - 12:49 AliGator wrote: Wait...which came first, Winwood or Sade? Or did someone sing this before Sade? Help? Timmy Thomas came first in 1974. a one-hit wonder!
All Music's listing |
| n4ku | Posted: Nov 22, 2003 - 12:41 This song, like many played on Radio Paradise evokes very strong feeling in listener. Both love and hate. Me? I love this. Nice groove. Nice to hear Winwood again. |
| AliGator (West Coast of France) | Posted: Nov 22, 2003 - 11:44 Wait...which came first, Winwood or Sade? Or did someone sing this before Sade? Help? |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Nov 22, 2003 - 11:38 I'm seriously diggin the new Steve Windwood that I've heard on RP so far. glad to hear him get back to some quality stuff after that 80s schlock. |
| RichardPrins (Canada) | Posted: Nov 22, 2003 - 11:37 I always liked this song and this incarnation is pretty good... |
| ludwig7 (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 18:33 I prefer Sade's version, which isn't saying a whole lot. :? |
| joseppi | Posted: Nov 17, 2003 - 13:30 Kind of lame for winwood |
| bothanesque | Posted: Nov 17, 2003 - 13:27 Thought this was some Emergency Broadcast signal. I suppose that there's only one key on that keyboard, or he only knows how to hit that one note over and over and over... |