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Come down off your throne and leave your body alone, somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting so long, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Come down on your own and leave your body alone, somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
You are the reason I've been waiting so long, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Come down on your own and leave your body alone, somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
| gn3rp | Posted: May 25, 2013 - 11:14 Right there with you guys. This version is amazing.... |
| tkelley | Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 09:04 I am roasting with you.....just thinking the same thing. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 09:02 I will be roasted over a fire for saying this but....I prefer this over the original. |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 12:15 from 8 up to 9  |
| tkosh (Minnesota) | Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 19:46 Wow! I thought I was really enjoying this until I read the comments below. Lighten up! Even after (or maybe because) I listened to this song a couple of hundred times when I was in high school, I really enjoyed every second of this version. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 10:56 trissi wrote: Blech! Can you say Higher Love + Tears In Heaven:(~ It's so sad when good musicians stop doing heroin.  |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 10:54 I like Don Ross's cover of this...and well...just about any other cover of this...not surprised it gets a mark here. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 13:23 yodasan_magoo wrote: I use popcorn or peanut shells, always find my way home. There must not be very many squirrels in your area. |
| Eveland (Middle of the Pacific) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 13:19 I agree shellbella wrote: I really like this version.  |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 15:30 kinda sorta the "elevator" version....but....still mighty nice |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 15:29 I really like this version. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 23:53 jay299uk wrote: This version does seem a bit thin. I prefer this live version on youtube: Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007, with Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-SFgkVlno check out this one from the same gig: "Had to Cry Today" http://youtu.be/6F3czhKWc9U These vids set me off on an exploration of the backing guitarist - Derek Trucks - wow! Keep up the good work. good comment! Nice video! |
| jay299uk (Devizes, UK) | Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 12:03 This version does seem a bit thin. I prefer this live version on youtube: Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007, with Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-SFgkVlno check out this one from the same gig: "Had to Cry Today" http://youtu.be/6F3czhKWc9U These vids set me off on an exploration of the backing guitarist - Derek Trucks - wow! Keep up the good work. |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 02:19 I respect these two artists, love this song, but, give me BLIND FAITH, please! This pales by comparison. |
| ozzie1313 | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 12:50 The song is a paean for the lifestyle of the 60's; the song is a 10 while this version is a 9. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 19:31 Poacher wrote: My iphone does the job for me. . . and I can listen to the song while I am doing it. Hurrah! I usually find the GSpot is the best way to find your way home. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 07:00 yodasan_magoo wrote: I use popcorn or peanut shells, always find my way home. My iphone does the job for me. . . and I can listen to the song while I am doing it. Hurrah! |
| craig47kc | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:14 a great version of one of my most favorite songs. Thanks, RP! C |
| drsteevo (Location Location) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:12 trissi wrote: Blech! Can you say Higher Love + Tears In Heaven:(~ It's so sad when good musicians stop doing heroin. Yes, especially when they stop doing it because they over-dosed on it. |
| drsteevo (Location Location) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:10 Too much Steve Winwood the last couple weeks. His voice is annoying with frequent doses. He also sounds worse live. |
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:08 Blech! Can you say Higher Love + Tears In Heaven:(~ It's so sad when good musicians stop doing heroin. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 17:40 allabout wrote: Totally agree, come on Bill, gis the original - Blind Faith trissi wrote: Such a great song because of its darkness. This version is way too light and breezy. Not diggin' it. Yeah, and also, it's flow(the original) is a large part of it's appeal, which is kind of disrupted or lost here. Still a great tune though. |
| allabout (Perth Western Australia) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 17:37 Totally agree, come on Bill, gis the original - Blind Faith trissi wrote: Such a great song because of its darkness. This version is way too light and breezy. Not diggin' it. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 20:57 Bonnie Raitt, Lowell George, John Hammond Jr. & Freebo - Can't Find My Way Home, Live |
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 17:34 Such a great song because of its darkness. This version is way too light and breezy. Not diggin' it. |
| yodasan_magoo (Close to the far side) | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 08:51 I use popcorn or peanut shells, always find my way home. |
| shayde (Berlin, MA) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 13:01 This. Is exactly. What I needed. Right now. Thank you RP. |
| BKardon (Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 08:22 nook wrote: i find that there is an immediacy and intimacy in live recordings that tend to be missing in almost all studio tracks. unless the studio tracks were laid down in one take, with all the musicians in the same room at the same time, the lack of interplay and emotional feedback tend to leave the studio tracks a little flat. granted, they may be (probably are) more technically perfect, with layers of sound added in post-production, but that often leads to a relatively emotionless rendition. LedZep was infamous for doing that, often with a single note pulled from a different recording session to fill out a flub because Page was obsessive.. fine, but live....they were without peer. i imagine the audience at MSG for this concert walked away with a greater emotional attachment to this song than anyone listening to the studio version ever did/will. my two cents, anyway Getting a recording with all the musicians playing perfectly in one take, but also getting all the mic levels correct, is, I'm sorry to say, a near impossibility. It's hard enough getting a perfect take for just one instrument! I get what you're saying about live tracks having more life than studio tracks, but there's a compelling reason songs are recorded the way they are. |
| meauclaire (AZ....the land of misfits) | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 08:05 Doesn't get much better than this. |
| Alexandra (Hopefully, departing the Gem City VERY soon) | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 08:02 Outstanding!!! |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: May 28, 2011 - 08:05 Originally on the Blind Faith LP released in one of the best years for music - 1969 |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: May 28, 2011 - 08:03 RedGuitar wrote: The artwork is done by Donny Phillips of the Tehachapi hardcore bands, The Warriors and Machines. Donny is one of the lead graphic designers at Warner Bros. Records Following in the footsteps of Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean) of R. Twerk and Kittyhawk Graphics design studio fame, eh? The original is such a gut-jarring touchstone of my youth, any revisit seems without balls. It's a very accomplished bit for a eunuch, however. |
| blkstd (Champaign, IL) | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 07:28 I have to get this for the album cover alone-not to mention the music. |
| Tamster (31) | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 04:38 Fab song, not the best version ( in my humble opinion ) but it is always nice to hear a different take on a song ! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 04:36 This is a really good version even with Clapton bringing it down a bit (he can't help it, he tries God bless em). |
| n4ku (Lexington) | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 17:31 vit wrote: Don't these two fellows have handlers for this sort of thing by now?  |
| curtisallan (sebastian florida) | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 17:30 Simply The Best!!!! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 20:59 kurtster wrote: No, just forgetful. :-) |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: Jan 22, 2011 - 11:12 Really, really good stuff!  |
| Bachka (Lithuania, Panevezhys) | Posted: Jan 03, 2011 - 23:37 One awesome tune. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 17:16 Steve Winwood - Interview (2008) Winwood, 63 y old, is a multi-instrumentalist who plays the electric organ, synthesizers, bass, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin and other stringed instruments. His trademark style is singing in a tenor voice and playing the Hammond organ.
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| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 05:34 so good |
| lsfeder (At the wheel of a Benzo) | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 16:47 nook wrote: i find that there is an immediacy and intimacy in live recordings that tend to be missing in almost all studio tracks. unless the studio tracks were laid down in one take, with all the musicians in the same room at the same time, the lack of interplay and emotional feedback tend to leave the studio tracks a little flat. granted, they may be (probably are) more technically perfect, with layers of sound added in post-production, but that often leads to a relatively emotionless rendition. LedZep was infamous for doing that, often with a single note pulled from a different recording session to fill out a flub because Page was obsessive.. fine, but live....they were without peer. i imagine the audience at MSG for this concert walked away with a greater emotional attachment to this song than anyone listening to the studio version ever did/will. my two cents, anyway SUBSCRIBED! I couldn't have said it better myself. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 16:45 Swoooooooon!!! |
| kurtster (Area code 216) | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 04:15 westslope wrote: Like this version but agree with the second opinion. Why not upload the original studio version for consideration? Are you new here ? Been in rotation since Dec. 2001 and played recently as well. |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 08:46 I saw Winwood do this version several years ago when he opened for Tom Petty. I really liked the alternate arrangement and the groove it took. Had the provledge of seeing the Clapton-WInwood tour when it rolled through last year & was not disappointed. I gotta get the vid - - |
| Romulus | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 08:44 amazing. |
| nook (gone) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 09:59 westslope wrote: Like this version but agree with the second opinion. Why not upload the original studio version for consideration? i find that there is an immediacy and intimacy in live recordings that tend to be missing in almost all studio tracks. unless the studio tracks were laid down in one take, with all the musicians in the same room at the same time, the lack of interplay and emotional feedback tend to leave the studio tracks a little flat. granted, they may be (probably are) more technically perfect, with layers of sound added in post-production, but that often leads to a relatively emotionless rendition. LedZep was infamous for doing that, often with a single note pulled from a different recording session to fill out a flub because Page was obsessive.. fine, but live....they were without peer. i imagine the audience at MSG for this concert walked away with a greater emotional attachment to this song than anyone listening to the studio version ever did/will. my two cents, anyway |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 09:49 cattail321 wrote: ya can just watch out fer the Traffic...beep beep.. there is also a babe version,,,just Cant find it at the moment...but Y the wtw der U got a CD out we should LISTEN TO?????? But I'm wasted and I can't find the Preview button... |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 00:35  Clapton and Winwood by ~greystre3t ©2008-2010 ~greystre3t I went to Madison Square Garden to watch Clapton and Winwood on 2/28 and this show was amazing. I had really good seat and caught some good photos, so I thought i would share it with everyone. Enjoy! |