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🎵 TRAFFIC - Dear Mr. Fantasy REACTION

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  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Brad & Lex, you’ll love their “Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys”!! Steve Winwood on vocals!

    • @unusual686
      @unusual686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys, but Live 72 (full song)

    • @robertherring9277
      @robertherring9277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Still have Low Spark on reel lol!

    • @VintageWanderer
      @VintageWanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think Steve was also planning the guitar I recall from a old videoth-cam.com/video/epyHwMCw4hg/w-d-xo.html

    • @bernie4366
      @bernie4366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I don't think Brad could take it. That's a long song lol

    • @oldairyheir
      @oldairyheir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sax intro by Chris Wood is the best!

  • @jamesaaron7211
    @jamesaaron7211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Winwood is a musical polymath, plays virtually every instrument at an incredibly high level, bit like Prince that way. Broke in like Van Morrison as a little teen with a huge voice with the Spencer Davis group, writing the songs, all of it. Incredible talent, and this is indeed a melancholy song. Edit: Winwood’s playing the bigger lead guitar solos in this.

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497
    @jimmeltonbradley1497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Steve Winwood has been making great music for nearly 60 years. I saw this band in 1969 at a free concert in London's Hyde Park when I was a teenager. Winwood is steeped in the blues.

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Traffic was amazing in the 60s and 70s. John Barleycorn Must Die is my favorite album by them. Most British rock bands from the 60s were heavily influenced by American blues, but also English folk music, which gave them their lyricism. John Barleycorn is a nod to that tradition as well as some jazz influences.

    • @mikeconway9849
      @mikeconway9849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Every song on the album isfantastic!

  • @scottmatzeder9162
    @scottmatzeder9162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    If youre gunna dive into Traffic, "low Spark of High Heel Boys" is an absolute must! The Studio version is totally fantastic!

  • @willieboy3011
    @willieboy3011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Traffic was unique. They had elements of English folk, jazz, and rock. So glad that you did this. I have been listening to them since the 60s.

  • @tommathews3964
    @tommathews3964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    It's hard to imagine how different the world was in 67, but this year was the beginning of something totally different for me! Music got a lot more psychedelic, and heavy, like this great song! Some of the releases in 67, besides this great album: Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper" and "Magical Mystery Tour", Hendrix "Are You Experienced" and "Axis, Bold As Love" , Cream's "Disraeli Gears", The Doors "The Doors", Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow", The Grateful Dead's "The Grateful Dead", and on and on. Musically, this year was truly the start of something totally new for me! Keep digging Traffic! Lots of good recommendations below!

    • @fordp69
      @fordp69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And the Summer of Love.

    • @alfredlandesman5165
      @alfredlandesman5165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I live through it, there was so much music an couple of concerts every weekend, Jethro Tull, Stones, Elton, Alice and dozens more every weekend.

    • @stanleycrim
      @stanleycrim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This wuz psychedelia, pure & simple

    • @ASCENDINGTOHIM
      @ASCENDINGTOHIM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      67 was the beginning as 69 was the ending ..at least to me …it seemed the summer of love was the last true summer of my generations carefree living ….after that ? The music,responsibilities and priorities forever once again changed ….less drugs more Families being born …the soon ending of Vietnam 70ies (of course the proceeding years til 73 ? It took to draw down ) it was the ending of a generation who saw the murders of JFK,MLK and Bobbly Kennedy ….

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stanleycrim Most definitely! I know things were never the same for me after viewing the world, and this music, through lysergic lenses!

  • @michaelnewell6385
    @michaelnewell6385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Lex is always smiling and cheerful and bubbly and just has such joy for life. You both do, but Lex just explodes with enthusiasm and it’s just very positive. People like that. It’s very admirable and inspiring.

    • @billt9480
      @billt9480 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      for sure--she is so fun to watch --pure enjoyment--she also has very keen insights

  • @stevoschannel4127
    @stevoschannel4127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Brad, do you ever re-watch these and realize what a beautiful little creature lexi is? Its not just her appearance, but her glow, her smile and movements…. I just love watching lex feel the music, then hearing you two discuss and point out things that are so interesting…she reminds me of back in the day seeing live music and spotting that one beautiful girl that the music was just moving…You guys have the top reaction channel by far…

    • @magna116
      @magna116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Looks like Lex needs to consider a restraining order.

    • @bobbyverne9714
      @bobbyverne9714 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've commented often of how Brad just kinda rocks back and forth while Lex gets right into it! Sometimes it makes me feel sorry for her, especially when she nervously looks over at Brad while he's rocking back and forth with minimal joy.

  • @bobbyg7102
    @bobbyg7102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Steve Winwood is a crazy talent. He put out a solo album called ARC OF A DIVER. He played every instrument on every song along with vocals , mixed it in the editing room like a great salad. Afew great singles came from that album. Check out the title song, Arc of a diver.

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      some brilliant tracks on that - "While You See a Chance", "Spanish Dancer"... and of course the title track.

    • @sassyfras4085
      @sassyfras4085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! This song I first heard in the movie GO ASK ALICE
      I had to keep rewinding to hear the lyrics so I could figure out what song it was so I could find it lol

    • @davidvasquez8658
      @davidvasquez8658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also love "While you see a Chance" Such a songwriter & musician.Effortlessly.Good one Bobby G.

    • @bradsaunders5367
      @bradsaunders5367 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cat Steven's album "Foreigner Suite" was done the same way. Arrangements, instruments, and vocals were all Cat.

  • @debbiehauff40
    @debbiehauff40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Steve Winwood was only 19 when this song was released. Great singer.

  • @stefan_becker
    @stefan_becker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Yes, it is good music! Traffic was an incredible band. Steve Winwood of Traffic also played together with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker from Cream in a Band called "Blind Faith". Their music is also amazing. Unfortunately they made only one album. There's lots of great songs on that album. Maybe you can listen to "Had To Cry Today" or "Do What You Like".

    • @redwine65
      @redwine65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that beware of mr baker documentary was interesting and informative and funny....had steve winwood in it for a bit..

    • @cup_cuppy_cuppers5817
      @cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blind Faith was the original "Super Group", defined by Artists from well-founded/known Groups - forming their own band/collaborating together for an album or several. Bad Co. is another instance of a "Super Group".

    • @stefan_becker
      @stefan_becker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 Yes, and the first album of Bad Company is also incredible 😍👍

    • @wildbushman420
      @wildbushman420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm pretty sure bad company was the first band under the record company that led zeppelin made. Swan song records.

    • @custardflan
      @custardflan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clapton and Winwood touring over the last 20 years or so are fantastic.

  • @johnroberts5637
    @johnroberts5637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You will find Steve Winwood associated with great music throughout the last six decades. Check him out doing a duet with Chaka Khan on "Higher Love" or providing gritty keyboards behind Jimi Hendrix on "Voodoo Child." He started in the Spencer Davis Group back in the 60's when he was just a teenager and he's 74 this year, with a tremendous body of work for you to sample.

  • @rogerkelly7988
    @rogerkelly7988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Brad and Lex y'all would have made great hippies your always talking about what it was like in the 60s and 70s it was a helluva party wouldn't have missed it for world but you two should have your own TV show because of all the TH-camrs doing these reactions y'all have the ability to give your own critique of the music from that era that is so unique they are usually spot on and most of the time hilarious but we've also cried over a few of them but I would give you my full support for your own TV show y'all are a glass half full couple with a great attitude toward life in general keep it up we love you

    • @troys6965
      @troys6965 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You aren't the only one thinking B&L could go beyond TH-cam.

    • @notdoneyet7785
      @notdoneyet7785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@troys6965 yeah but how many people watch anything beyond youtube? well, ok, maybe a lot, but i hardly get off of it anymore.

  • @aarongoldstein7614
    @aarongoldstein7614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a great Traffic jam. So too is "Empty Pages" & "Light Up & Leave Me Alone" with Jim Capaldi on lead vocal.
    Winwood would later front Blind Faith & they did a marvelous cover of Buddy Holly's "Well Alright".

  • @browntabproductions
    @browntabproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A Most Excellent Song, written & performed by Excellent Musicians. There’s a 10+minute version of this Song too.
    Thanks. I listened to this twice.
    The Bluesy part is most likely a result of the Lead Singer Stevie Winwood’s time in The Spencer Davis Group.
    “Music tugs the strings of my Soul that makes me Dance.”

  • @Jessica_Roth
    @Jessica_Roth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is early on in Traffic's career; Dave Mason (usually the lead guitar, but playing the bass here) was in the group. They broke up when Mason went solo, and Steve Winwood formed Blind Faith with Eric Clapton. Clapton dropped out of that, and Winwood reformed Traffic, and eventually went solo on his own.
    Every step of the journey is worth taking, from this (and "Feelin' Alright" and "40,000 Headmen" and other Traffic songs) to "Can't Find My Way Home" and Blind Faith (including a beautiful cover of my favorite song, "Well Alright" by Buddy Holly) to Traffic v.2 with "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" (Lex will LOVE that) to Mason's solo work ("We Just Disagree" is wonderful) to Winwood on his own ("Back in the High Life Again").
    A tree with many branches, all of them excellent.

  • @ed.z.
    @ed.z. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw Traffic in the early 70’s they were amazing. Steve Winwood is such an amazing performer with the voice of an angel.

  • @robertasirgutz8800
    @robertasirgutz8800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just one of Winwoods many incarnations. From 15 years old, he had a soulful voice.
    Traffic was a great band.

  • @FloridaRocks
    @FloridaRocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anything Steve Winwood sings is instantly music to my ears! I saw him in the 80s during the "Higher Love" tour. When stage went dark and a small light appeared trained on his fingers at the grand piano ... the first notes of "Low Spark" begin ... heaven on earth.

    • @WillLlamas
      @WillLlamas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That sounds cool. Nice memory.

  • @lindakessler8768
    @lindakessler8768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Damn!! Probably your best reaction to date!! Music is in our souls. It's what brings us together. You guys help take away our gloomy days.
    Thank you both. 👍❤🤙

  • @vicprovost2561
    @vicprovost2561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes!!!, Traffic was awesome, especially live as I saw them in the early 70s then in 1994 when the reformed. Great vocals from Stevie Winwood and Jim Capaldi plus the magnificent Chris Wood on various instruments. These guys are worth exploring, try Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, an utter classic. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎹🎷🎶

  • @farmerbill6855
    @farmerbill6855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This tune always reminds me of passing the bong around the smoke filled living room of our house on Norwich Avenue on the Ohio State University campus. The late 70s were a fun time.

  • @VersinKettorix
    @VersinKettorix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think you guys did "Can't find my way home" from Blind Faith. Steve Winwood is the same vocalist for both groups.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS has to be on your list.

  • @gj8683
    @gj8683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "40,000 Headmen" is another great Traffic song.

  • @winstonsmith8441
    @winstonsmith8441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The great Steve Winwood. I've always loved this song. So chill.

  • @rileystewart9165
    @rileystewart9165 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grateful dead did such an incredible cover of this in '89, the live performance with the guy in the beard is the one you want. So incredible...

  • @ChrisDavis-ob9je
    @ChrisDavis-ob9je 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The vocalist is Steve Winwood a musical prodigy.

  • @lancemadrid
    @lancemadrid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a joy to see Lexi listen for the very first time to the most fantastic rocking songs of all time, the classics that are our most familiar soundtracks of our lives. This is her first time!

  • @raymondreid4987
    @raymondreid4987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is nothing that Steve Winwood can't do, this incredible musician who does it all and his voice has this real good range and a beautiful R&B soul and he does have a large catalog of some the best music every.

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You guys should react to more Traffic…
    "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys", "Empty Pages", "John Barleycorn", "Feelin' Alright?", "Paper Sun", "Medicated Goo", "Freedom Rider", "Pearly Queen", "You Can All Join In", "Rock & Roll Stew"
    🎸🤘

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! And "Glad/Freedom Rider" and "Forty Thousand Headmen" and "Don't Be Sad" (Dave Mason), and "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" (Capaldi), and "Crying to Be Heard" and .........So many great songs, I just love those guys!

    • @cornellrosiu8818
      @cornellrosiu8818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget "Dream Gerard" exceptional!

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cornellrosiu8818 Absolutely! Excellent choice! Reminds me to listen to that "When The Eagle Flies" album!! Thanks!

    • @crazyfingers19
      @crazyfingers19 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would add Shanghai Noodle Factory too

  • @centuryrox
    @centuryrox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lex, it's such a pleasure watching you get into a song! As they would say back in the 60s, you are "one groovy chick"! Please never change!

  • @bernie4366
    @bernie4366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    'Arc of a Diver' is one of my favorite post-Traffic Stevie Winwood tunes.

  • @coldshot1723
    @coldshot1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Traffic member Jim Capaldi wrote the lyrics. Bandmates Steve Windwood and Chris Wood wrote the music. Lyrically, the song is a simple sketch of a tortured artist who sacrifices his own happiness to make the audience happy. Capaldi recalled the exact moment that spawned "Dear Mr. Fantasy."
    One early morning at the Cottage he was coming down off LSD, sketching in front of a log fire. Bubbling out of his acid-fired subconsciousness and through his pencil came a the image of a man hanging on puppet strings and wearing a spiked hat with the words, "Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune, something to make us all happy" scrawled under him.
    Wood found Capaldi's sketch and set a bass line to it. That evening they drove into the city and recorded the song at Olympic Studios. They burned incense in the recording room and turned the lights low to capture the mood the song had been borne from. The Grateful Dead performed the song regularly in the 1980s.

  • @glennwisniewski9536
    @glennwisniewski9536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey B&L, "Dear Mr. Fantasy" was used at the beginning of the film Avengers: Endgame. And, I also would love to see your reaction to "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys." I'm betting you haven't heard anything quite like it. Traffic's song combo "Glad/Freedom Rider" is also really good.

  • @basildavidson4597
    @basildavidson4597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys have really grown into the music you’ve been reacting to. You have absorbed so much knowledge about music so that your reactions are very different to the ones when you started. Wonderful to share the trip with you.

  • @evanerys
    @evanerys 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Y'all have mentioned the term "Jam band" before, and Traffic qualifies, but more importantly, the single best introduction material to "Jam Band" music is a live cover of this very song, performed by the Grateful Dead, in a medley with "Hey Jude" from the Beatles. It's available on the Grateful Dead YT channel and worth the long-ish run time. Their cover is so good, they had Jerry Garcia play lead guitar on this song in Traffic's big farewell concert in 1994. That version is also available on YT and also worth the time, although Jerry was sharper in 89.

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brad is getting wide and mellow. Lex is just open and being beautiful. Solid, man. This is good.

  • @ALWOOD_USA
    @ALWOOD_USA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My very first rock concert. Early 70s at the old Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta.

  • @patricknorris6814
    @patricknorris6814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    About time! Traffic is in my top 5 bands. Brad really needs to listen to "John Barleycorn must die" so he can see if he can decifer the lyrics before the end.

  • @robertlear2735
    @robertlear2735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I also agree you have to listen to The Low Spark of High Heel Boys. One of the best rock songs ever.

  • @jediprettyboy
    @jediprettyboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was used at the start of Avengers Endgame. I’m old enough to remember the song on the radio as a kid, but I love this song selection for the film’s opening.

  • @mansonmydog
    @mansonmydog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    MUSIC
    IS WHAT
    FEELINGS SOUND LIKE

  • @danjohnson2986
    @danjohnson2986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YES!! Steve Winwood…that voice. Such a catchy guitar riff too. They (Traffic) have a 1972 concert on TH-cam that is seriously amazing. Check out this song from that concert. Another that I recommend is “The low spark of high heel boys”. Again, that 1972 jam. It’s mesmerizing.

    • @Wi1dFlOwer
      @Wi1dFlOwer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is it the one at the California Civic Center in 1972? That one absolutely rocks.

    • @danjohnson2986
      @danjohnson2986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Wi1dFlOwer I’m not sure. I just know it’s 1972

    • @Wi1dFlOwer
      @Wi1dFlOwer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danjohnson2986 here's the one I'm talking about
      th-cam.com/video/pSQ1akE2CcM/w-d-xo.html

  • @pablovandyck
    @pablovandyck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The genius of Steve Winwood. He made every band he was in magical.

  • @richardlovell4713
    @richardlovell4713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some groups and artists were willing to mix genres. Traffic were happy playing their own mixture of folk, blues, jazz, rock, soul and R&B. They, like others, started in rebellious times and refusing to conform to a particular genre was part of that rebellion. The early Live version of ‘Low Spark…’ is a must - it has African influences too.

    • @connieb4372
      @connieb4372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      no.. not the live version.. Sorry, but IMO live versions always suck... but to be fair, I've not heard it... This is just one of my favorite songs the way it is.. but to each his own!!

    • @richardlovell4713
      @richardlovell4713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@connieb4372 What an amazing (and wrong) generalisation ! Much music performed Live - particularly that which includes improvisation - is superior to studio recordings. Certain artists (Hendrix and Joe Cocker immediately come to mind) consistently performed better in concert than in their studio recordings). Some people like the comfort of hearing something familiar from a recording performed note for note in Live performance (as later Pink Floyd switched to doing), but Live variations can be musically more inventive and energetic than over-engineered studio versions.
      I’ve heard both the studio and various Live versions of ‘Low Spark…’ many times and am certain that at least one (and possibly more) of the Live versions are superior to the excellent studio version.

  • @salmuscles
    @salmuscles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the great Dave mason on guitar 🎸

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always wonder what could have been if Stevie and Dave could have managed to get along!

    • @FloridaRocks
      @FloridaRocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "You are every woman in the world to me" ahhh. ❤️‍🔥

  • @13_13k
    @13_13k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I remember correctly, the singer and keyboard player, Steve Winwood was only 16 yrs old when this song was recorded.
    It is also the original Blue Eyed Blues genre

  • @Jamesd1861
    @Jamesd1861 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Steve Winwood is so talented, listen to him and Eric Clapton performing this song at the 2010 Crossroads Concert… Outstanding concert

  • @pebblehilllane
    @pebblehilllane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Released in 1967 and it was used as the opening song for Avengers: End Game. Good music is timeless .... it withstands the test of time. Most anything Steve Winwood was a part of is music worth having. Ultra talented, when he was 14 years old he was the lead singer for a band that had four Top Ten singles and three Top Ten albums in the UK .. and then he joined Traffic. One, maybe more, of his CDs he recorded in his home recording studio and played every instrument and sang all the vocals. He did it all himself at home. Amazing talent and a major part of what made Traffic sound so good.

  • @Gashouse69
    @Gashouse69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My all time favorite from Traffic.

  • @michaeltveten8458
    @michaeltveten8458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Traffic, is a perfect example of having too much talent in one band…It was inevitable that each of them would go their own way, and have great success.

  • @BlackHatCinephile
    @BlackHatCinephile 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've made a Spotify playlist of songs I used to know but forgot about, but reaction channels have reminded me of what I forgot. This one's going in the playlist.

  • @edwardrutledge2765
    @edwardrutledge2765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Traffic was another early Steve Winwood enterprise that were terrific. They weren’t around long, like Blind Faith, but truly classic era Rock.

    • @Tkidddd
      @Tkidddd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a ticket stub. Traffic

    • @edwardrutledge2765
      @edwardrutledge2765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tkidddd …hang onto it. 👍

    • @Tkidddd
      @Tkidddd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardrutledge2765 actually I have about 50 or more from the 70s on up. I have Black Sabbath with Van Halen playing first.

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you imagine the world's best cover band doing this song live? You don't have to imagine it, it has already happened, over 50 times. From 1984 to 1990, Grateful Dead performed Dear Mr. Fantasy 58 times, per DeadBase, sung by the late, great Brent Mydland, Keyboardist extraordinaire. Had the good fortune to see several of these performances, and I even got to see Mr.Steve Winwood and Traffic do it one time when they opened for The Dead. A truly amazing night.

  • @joyouslyprofane
    @joyouslyprofane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i didnt expect a traffic song but im glad to see it! their song john barleycorn must die is also dope as hell, and it's all about the life cycle of barley

  • @jackwright9985
    @jackwright9985 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy. Thank you for reacting to this timeless classic!

  • @mrnobody9104
    @mrnobody9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Steve Winwood was responsible for soooooo much great music and to his credit is still bringing it over 50yrs later.
    you nailed it with this song being inspired by the blues my man!!! all the early British bands grew up listening to American blues
    musicians who in many ways when unnoticed in their own country.

  • @joelspringman523
    @joelspringman523 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have to listen to "The Low Spark of High-Healed Boys" and the "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory"!
    "Devil in a Blue Dress", "Welcome to the Canteen", "Can't Find My Way Home", "John Barleycorn Must Die", "Arc of the Diver", "Higher Life", and SO many others! He played the organ on the George Harrison tribute of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", featuring Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, Prince, and others.

  • @VidiotSavante
    @VidiotSavante 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great reaction and insights Brad & Lex! Traffic had such a great sound and Steve Winwood is a musical genius! Check out “Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys” next from Traffic and then listen to "Higher Love" from Winwood's solo career in the 80s. 🔥

  • @kirknelson156
    @kirknelson156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is a great example of why I follow you guys, most of the time I get to see how you react to music I've been enjoying for over 40 years and once in a while you do a song that I haven't heard in so long that I forgot it or even the band existed. But once I heard it the memories of it came flooding back.

  • @lillady1077
    @lillady1077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is all about ACID!! Watch the live vid of this song. And tell me they weren't all tipping ! LOL

  • @robertutes4850
    @robertutes4850 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was one of those songs when i was a kid - i could get my mom to turn up in the car, and she would turn it up loud like we would, it was sooo cool...

  • @jaimegarcia6114
    @jaimegarcia6114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very true, music will always remind you of where you've been, what you're going through, good or bad at every point in your life. It is a very important component in our lives.

  • @ronwilliams6565
    @ronwilliams6565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lex I knew you would like TRAFFIC...Lol...great reaction ...rock on cutie.

  • @jollyrodgers7272
    @jollyrodgers7272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a Super Group in late '60s - early '70s. Try their THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS, MEDICATED GOO, FEELIN' ALRIGHT, and LIGHT UP OR LEAVE ME ALONE.

  • @Prone2Thrill
    @Prone2Thrill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another cornerstone song of Rock = a true iconic piece! The great Steve Winwood is a Mount Rushmore of music

  • @bruhkamp
    @bruhkamp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    God damn, I don't think I'll ever not be surprised by Windwood's voice; no matter how many times I hear it.

  • @WillLlamas
    @WillLlamas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ARC OF A DIVER. That's a nice tune.

  • @jonathansmith3742
    @jonathansmith3742 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Traffic had lots of really cool tunes. Great band chemistry.

  • @ceeinthesky1068
    @ceeinthesky1068 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m 60 years old and this song just made my top five lol. The guitar is so perfect.😍

  • @vrvaughn
    @vrvaughn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Traffic songs worth exploring Pearly Queen, 40,000 Headman, Feelin Alright, John Barleycorn… oh, just tape their album covers to the wall and throw a dart.. any song it hits will be worth hearing.

  • @TheAcgtrs
    @TheAcgtrs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember seeing the Grateful Dead perform this song, and they blended it with “hey Jude”. Jerry Garcia singing “Dear Mr Fantasy”, while the background vocals were “na na na na hey Jude…”
    It was amazing…

  • @ronaldcrawford9310
    @ronaldcrawford9310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YES! Great pick for late 60's hippie music...I was there...

  • @anthonybalistreri5226
    @anthonybalistreri5226 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always liked the way the song just sort of slides into Winwood's solo, but with outstanding backing music. One of my all time favorites.

  • @keef7224
    @keef7224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s wasn’t just tapping into their artistic creativity that made musicians often burn out too fast. It was also the intense pressure put on them by their record labels and their fans, stage fright, the awful tedium and rootlessness of life on the road, the party lifestyle that surrounds the business, bad diets, bad habits, the loneliness and isolation of fame, disillusionment with the inherent greed and corruption of the business, etc etc etc. Like Robbie Robertson said, it’s a goddamn impossible way of life.

  • @jenniferfoster1692
    @jenniferfoster1692 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Steve Winwood is an true icon, legend, all of the best words for a musician.

  • @stevensapyak7971
    @stevensapyak7971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7.14.22. You need to check out Traffics™️……..Light up or leave me alone©️🎸

  • @kingspeechless1607
    @kingspeechless1607 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recall that early in their ventures into the States they shared a house with the Grateful Dead; that must have been something to behold! As for Lex she is a reincarnation of a hippie (which is not the worst thing in the world)

  • @christopherjones-hu9fe
    @christopherjones-hu9fe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm so glad I discovered this channel. It gives me joy to see you react to such great songs for the first time. This song is a top five for me. Had the chance to hear the Grateful Dead cover it in Oakland Coliseum or whatever it's called. Where the Warriors play.

  • @pcariola1
    @pcariola1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta do low spark of high healed boys. Both that and this are a jam. A bourbon a Smokey bar and this. Perfection

  • @user-bz6mn3tu8k
    @user-bz6mn3tu8k 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve watched a bunch of vids by you two and it’s funny how it’s always Brad intently focused on the lyrics while Lex is just grooving out, and occasionally looking over at Brad to try to figure out if he’s enjoying it.

  • @larryh.5229
    @larryh.5229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my absolute all time favorites 👍🤗

  • @MySherry10
    @MySherry10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had never heard this song or group , I like it , got a great sound and easy listen too and good lyrices , makes you feel good , love songs like that

  • @mikeconway9849
    @mikeconway9849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great reaction! Traffic was a fantastic group with a lot of good music and you should react to more from them. Low Spark of High Heel Boys, Glad, John Barleycorn... If you get tired of Traffic, tune in to Blind Faith and Spencer Davis group - Steve Winwood was prominent in both... After that you can explore songs from his lengthy solo career.
    Steve Winwood is still touring and performing today.

  • @SmilingMedicineEntertainment
    @SmilingMedicineEntertainment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So happy to "like" all these cool people suggesting Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. They know what's up. And when you finish that, and you're in a down mood that needs lifting up, go to Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired off the Traffic album On The Road. That'll do the trick.

  • @mcddtlc
    @mcddtlc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    New day - time for - Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart - live at the beacon theater - I’ll take care of you!!!!

    • @armadillotoe
      @armadillotoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not many modern artists can squeeze emotions out of a song like they do.

  • @Wi1dFlOwer
    @Wi1dFlOwer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a live version of this on TH-cam from 1972 at the Santa Monica California Civic Center....such an amazing show and killer version of this song worth checking out. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @mrb4749
    @mrb4749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great groovy song! Steve Winwood and Dave Mason are in this great group that's what making it so good. To me the late 60s were the best time for music.

  • @MrsAShoe
    @MrsAShoe ปีที่แล้ว

    Steve Winwood is Phenomenal!...One of the best Concerts I have seen!!

  • @davemcbroom695
    @davemcbroom695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Steve Winwood was and still is a tremendous tallent even after 50 years.

  • @mike1956123
    @mike1956123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg when I was your age we used to get so high and listen to traffic Pink Floyd, is awesome very careful you’re gonna turn into a hippie

  • @fewwiggle
    @fewwiggle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the great songs of rock/blues music -- you did the song and the vibe justice!!! :-)

  • @estoy1001
    @estoy1001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was played at my mom's funeral back in 2021 (when everyone was dying) at my niece's request (she associated it with Marvel's Avengers' Endgame), but it worked, and my mom would have loved the song.
    Also, a good one is Black Sabbath's Spiral Architect (also played at mom's funeral- plus it made me happy to have Sabbath played in a church).

  • @1234uz
    @1234uz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Steve Winwood is one of the Most Productive Musicians in History

  • @barrysteadman1012
    @barrysteadman1012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    More ideas for themed reactions.
    Songs about BOYS
    the first is early Bjork.
    The second is early Cure.
    The third is some Cabaret by the Dresden Dolls.
    1. Bjork - Venus as a Boy (Official 4K Music Video) 4:46
    2. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry HQ. 2:38
    3. The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy [OFFICIAL VIDEO] 3:43
    Songs about GIRLS
    the first is by The Knack.
    The second is Ani Difranco.
    The third is blues/Rock duo The Black Keys.
    1. The Knack - "Good Girls Don't " - Official Video. 3:11
    2. ani difranco not a pretty girl lyric video. 3:59
    3. The Black Keys - Next Girl [Official Music Video] 3:19
    Songs about BULLETS
    the first is Smashing Pumpkins.
    The second is Concrete Blonde.
    The third is live U2.
    1. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings (Official Music Video) 4:18
    2. Concrete Blonde - God Is A Bullet. 4:23
    3. U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky (Rattle & Hum) 5:41
    Songs about being BULLET PROOF
    the first is Blues guitarist Samantha Fish
    The second is R&B singer Sade.
    The third is by EuroGoth Princess Kerli.
    1. Samantha Fish - Bulletproof - 12/11/2019 - Paste Studio ATL - Atlanta, GA. 6:07
    2. Sade - "Bullet Proof Soul" Live. 4:00
    3. Bulletproof - Kerli (Lyrics) 5:01

  • @janabraam7963
    @janabraam7963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Traffic released this in1967. Traffic was amazing. Steve Winwood was genius. From The Spencer Davis Group, to Traffic, To Blind Faith, back to Traffic then all the artists he played with. You are right Brad. He said "Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had. We wouldn't have known you all these years."
    What pressure we put on these people to make us feel happy. It's kind of sad. You guys are awesome.

  • @joepimentel306
    @joepimentel306 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Winwood, Clapton & Dave Mason on the harmonica and ending guitar solo

  • @somersetcace1
    @somersetcace1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great reaction . Nice when you're both vibing. So many songs that echo that theme about music having the power to pull you out of a bad day or even worse. I've lost count of the amount of people who have said some album, or musician, song, etc basically got them through a rough time in life. Some have even credited music for saving their life.