Traffic - Dear Mr Fantasy - Live - 1972
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- Traffic Dear Mr Fantasy - Live At The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1972
"Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a rock song by Traffic from their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy. Jim Capaldi contributed the lyrics, while Steve Winwood and Chris Wood composed the music.
In a song review for AllMusic, Lindsay Planer writes:
A slightly trippy dark and foreboding tone permeates both the lyrics and arrangement contrasting the rock-solid pop delivery. Tying it all together are Winwood’s emotive and residually mournful lyrics. With a distinct blue-eyed soul intonation - perfected during a seminal stint in the Spencer Davis Group - he effortlessly increases the drama with a combination of slightly behind the beat timing and empathic vocals.
Dave Matthews mentioned this song specifically as part of his speech inducting Traffic into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and this is the song performed by the surviving members of Traffic as part of that same induction.
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Is anyone else listening to this in 2024?
Me, here in Brasil.
Me on the Eastcoast of the US
On the Midwest 🇺🇲💎📣📣📣🎶
Me here in Michigan
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63😊
I'm 70 now. If you didn't grow up during this era, I can't explain it to you. Such beautiful memories. Such an enlightening period in my life. I was 100% immersed in the culture as a teenager. I remember when this song came out.
Oh my dearness... I just now love watching these bands and remembering my favourite at the moment is watching "the move" with Roy Wood ...
The first time I heard this song was when I belonged to a record club. I got an album by Mike Bloomfield & Al Cooper. It was fabulous.
I am 60 and I remember it is on my all time play list.
I'm 27 y old and defently didn't live the 70' era but I'm sure I was a 60' 70' kid in another past life, as I can't explain to myself how can I understand that feeling and have such a connection to this kind of music. I swear I never do drugs 😂
I get a contact high seeing his dilated eyes and the mysteries of the universe unfolding in his mind as he sings
I’m 81 and blessed to have lived through the greatest of times!
78 here ( 9/25/45 ). I wouldn't trade my memories of this era for all the $$$ in the world. C'mon time machine...my days are getting shorter!
I'm 20 years behind you sir, but I love drifting back to those times. They were the best. I have much respect for my elders cause I learned so much from y'all.
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@@williambellmore6566Yes, Dave Mason is still alive.
Ja słucham w Polsce Pozdrawiam❤😊
No auto-tune! No overdubbing! No nonsense! No faking! Just incredible music, in this case done LIVE by phenomenal musicians! I am blessed to have lived through the Golden Era of rock n' roll...!!!
I'm here. I'm 79/yo and still listening to rock and roll. Long live rock and roll 😮😢😅😂😊😎😎😎
Bless you Bro.
Just want to say hi to all of us old tough coots that are still around because you have to be tough to make it this far in life.
Old age is not for sissies 😂
Hi right back at you! It's a trip getting old but when I hear stuff like this, my heart and soul are still filled with joy.....despite all the other stuff life throws at you. Keep rocking and rolling...!
That's very kind. Bless you my friend
Greetings my friend!
You had the easiest ride of any generation in history. You’re very very far from tough old dude. Spoiled for everything, including pop music. Go Stevie!
If you don’t like this classic you don’t like music!!
So true
One of
MY top ten musicians of all times …. Im 64 and have appriciated this man’s talent for over 50 years … thanks Steve .!!!!🦅🥁🦅🥁🦅🥁🦅
Couple years ahead of you at 68, m'brotha! But what you said is 100% correct!
Man I feel u guys turned 60 few mths ago . Had all traffic albums in youth .where did the time go ?
62, and I'm right there with ya!
Steve winwood Peter Gabriel Ginger Baker and who else was traffic I forget I'm missing one more damn low spark of high heeled boys baby Gabriel
Those were the days.... Really happy with no worries. Now the whole world stinks.
I'm 71 now, I lived threw those days, best tunes,cars,and girls wearing mini skirts😊
And bullet bras or no bras lol
71 here 😊😊😊😊 those were great times !!!! My 1965 impala SS 4 speed, 409 !!!😊😊😊😊😊
I’m a bit younger. Guys had long hair-sideburns and slim bodies with a “hint” of muscle definition, yummy! ❤
I wore mini dresses/skirts too, with knee length black shiny boots. Aka Nancy Sinatras song…these boots are made for walking🎵
@@KittyGrizGriz EZ KITTY !!!!!👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 happy valentines day!!!!🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
@@artmchugh5644 I had a ‘64 Impala automatic, white with blue interior, power windows, 2 door. Not an SS though, I swear that car was a guy magnet, practically every time I filled up with gas a guy was asking me if she was for sale. Loved that car! My friends boyfriend had a black SS with headers, we were constantly getting pulled over by cops in the late ‘70’s as teenagers…just because…ugh…haha.
The voice alone of Steve Winwood is priceless.
Maybe the soundman should gave him just a little boost, anyway a real master in singing, on guitar and keyboard
Wiwood's voice is unbelievable one of a kind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw them at The Tower in Philly, 1975… I was told I had a really good time 😂
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Yup, if you can remember it you weren't there. lol
I'm sure you had company lol
You had a Fantastic time.
Looks like steve might not remember it as well...
Mr. Winwood...I feel forever blessed that your music entered into my life and touched my soul. Thank you.
Life was good back then things went south- BUMMER 😼
Bush, Obama, Biden!😢😢
My wife and I always say the 70's were the best. It true because that is when we met, then married for 43 years until the love of my life passed away in 2021.😢
She’s still there beside you while you enjoy these tunes
@@parlalune5532 thank you.
Sorry for your loss . I know you miss her ! Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
A youngster today, hearing this, will ask, "What's this? I want more."
We say to them, "We were there." They will say, 'Wish we WERE there."
Compared to today these times and music seem like a beautiful dream.wish I never would have awoken
I don't know man !!! That Taylor Swift is pretty good?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@artmchugh5644Who is Taylor Swift? 😎
@@dianatautz6100 exactly!!!! She is no Carly Simon 😁😁😁🎸🎸🎸🎤🎤🎼🎼🎼🍺🍺🍺
@@artmchugh5644 Not at all! 😅
@@dianatautz6100Don’t be putting down Taylor Swift. Please. She gives back to the communities and was just voted Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2023. She has a whole wing at the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Took my 18yr old granddaughter who reads music, plays acoustic/just gave her my Yamaha keyboard, she’s teaching herself. Lots of people from tots to older folks were enjoying it; classrooms/workshops to encourage children in the music-arts. Pretty Cool. 😉
@artmchugh5644
The first time I heard this song I thought, “Here’s one of them special songs that you’d wish would just play on & on & on. Nearly sixty years later & it evokes the same feeling. Every single time!
I was in the fifth row for this show! Caught Jim Capaldi’s tambourine when he heaved it into the audience! Still have it!
That is so cool ! You should shake it at least once a week ! Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
I sure miss when singers sang and musicians played
Steve Winwood is timeless.....simply put he will always be with us even when he is gone.....amazing video.....
I'm still listening to this 2024
Me too. Incredible!
Haunting song from one of the true musical geniuses of our time!
From Spencer Davis (at age 16!), to Blind Faith, Traffic and solo, so many great songs!!
I’m 63 and this song was a staple on KMET and KLOS in Los Angeles throughout the early to mid 70’s. The Stones, Zeppelin, The WHO, Deep Purple, J Giels Band, ZZTop, and on and on. So many really talented rock bands back then.
Grew up in The Bronx, and knew J. Geils' lead, Pete Wolf, under his born name.
Love this song. Look at Steve W’s eyeballs in the closeup shots. So much weed. So very, very much weed. The amount of weed that legends, nightmares, and the sweetest dreams are made of. What I’m sayin’ is… dude is high as he-ail!
Not just weed my friend a very significant amount of, let’s just say funny mushrooms and a very small piece of paper!
There is history behind us old hippies! I wouldn't trade it for anything!!!
You might be high , but you'll never be " Steve Winwood in Traffic " high .
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I wondered if he was high as well as everyone else on stage. His facial expression has panicked and relaxed at the same time. Regardless....they killed this song!! I've been listening to it for two days straight....and watching the live performances!
He be wacked
I came somewhat close new to edibles THC standard 100mg test. Package says take one so naturally I took 3 was tripping hardcore balls 3 days afterwards.
Dilated pupils would point to LSD
What incredible music. And Steve Winwood just 24. Incredible guitar playing!
It's kinda like if you didn't live it, you probably don't get it. But I'm hoping as music comes around again, these classics will be appreciated again. I'll bet most of you out there never thought you'd ever be 64 or older! Hahahaha!
Gen X grew up on this. I can only speak for my self. Mom and Dad smoking a joint listing to to traffic, zep, stones etc... on vinyl
Wow. Steve Winwood. No one would think that guitar was not his first instrument. What tone! What command of the instrument. Breath taking!
Agreed. I remember seeing him on an old VHS recording - not sure of what - but he was holding his own with none other than Eric Clapton.
My thoughts exactly 🤯
To me Steve Winwood is a melodic singer story teller .Who just happens to be able to play.
These where not the only instruments. He also can play drums, Sax, Flute and some others. He is a real genius with instruments
Look at Can't find my way home..with Clapton, live it Crossroads! Need not say anything
YES, ME AND i AM 71 YEARS YOUNG, STARTED LISTINING TO TRAFFIC BACK IN 1970, MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND STILL PLAY MR WINWOODS MUSIC TODAY, MARCH 3 2024, HUGE FAN OF TRAFFIC AND STEVIES SOLO CAREER.
I'm 71 and this music still turns me on
Steves got some serious chops on guitar. Was lucky enough to see Traffic in ‘94 or 5. Mesmerizing play!
Ahhh man. This was a time in music and rock that was just so raw and soulful.
Brings back memories of a time long gone but I lived it!
Wow. Just wow! Such consumate professionals. I'm going to sound old now - but there really aren't bands like this around anymore, except for those who've continued t survive from this era. As for Steve Winwood's GUITAR playing ..!!
Everyone dug music in the day, not no more, it seems.
Great music is still being made today. Just have to search harder. Good place to start BBC 6 Music.
@@pressureworks they won't. the reality is that so many old people make this same comment because they stop searching for new music like they did when they were growing up. they find their bands, listen to them to death and then revel in how great they were and how nothing will ever come close even though they do nothing to discover new music. i say all this because i am one of those old people and ive learned to keep my mouth shut. i ve also found a few newer-ish bands that work for me. just have to make an effort but it's way easier to stay in your rut and pine about the glory days.
Saw Traffic with Joe Cocker at the George Amphitheater in Washington State over 30 years ago.
I grew up with this kind of music in the 60's and 70's.
What a great era for bands and music.
Now I am 64 and still a fan.
I hear ya, though I think ya probably meant over 50 years (wow, really that long ago?, where does the time go?) since Croce died in September of 73. Another talent taken to soon.
@@Bob63198 LOL! I had to make a correction.I meant Joe Cocker instead of Jim Croce.
Sorry! You are right.Thank you and yes,time has flown by.
Must of been an excellent show❤
One of my favorite bands.spent many day playing albums like these in the black room light covered in physcodellic posters. Good music good times ❤️
I forgot about how good a guitarist Steve Wood is. He went off the charts on this.
Steve Winwood. Geez....
I was 20 years old in 1972. Not long before this, I saw Traffic performing a live concert at The Bandshell in The Central Park Mall. The music was great, and one of the things I always remembered was that it was the first time I had ever seen a green guitar! He just got better and better through the years. Right on, Little Stevie! Work that tambourine, Big Jim!
Steve is so young!!! I wish we all could go back to 1972.
Awesome Era in Music
I don’t want to be 2 years old again but I’ll take 1992. 😂
Me too!
I’m 74 and was there for all of it and I don’t want to go back to anything it doesn’t get any better than right now.
Yes 72 was a Great Time....FREEDOM was Everywhere
Steve Winwood-boy genius at that time. Love, love, love Traffic for over 50 years and will continue.
Well, he was 14 when he started with Spencer Davis! He was a vet of 3 super groups by this point. At the age of 24.
Wonderful!!!! And yeah I'm 68 and wouldn't trade mine for anything ✌️❤️
I'm 73 lived it brothers & sisters
i'm a child of the 50's. growing up i got to hear the best of our greatness in the 50's though to 2000. the music now pales and has forgotten the greatness of the bands we used to listen to. i'm surprised to see small heroes emerge for rock . even Kelly Clarkson. Who i appreciate beyond words. i loved her show where she sat with the ladies from Heart and jammed out. she still holds a torch which i hope never goes out. my heart goes out to all our heroes. to get together and forget the past to grow and save our music.
i have always loved Motown too. the new crap sucks.
Now that's a live performance
so many artist suck in person, they are awesome~
@@sandals42159 yeah a lot bands play backing tracks bunch of phonies
@@JohnSmith-ds1fm The best bands I ever heard live were Heart, Chicago, and Santana.
@sandals42159 Zeppelin, the police, and the cars were a few of the many bands I've seen that were awesome live
@@JohnSmith-ds1fm I saw The Police at Foxboro! They are great, too!
67 and loving it!
68 here and still loving it too! I saw them around 1973.
Winwood what a talent! The golden age of music late 60's to mid 70's. He was so melodic and a virtuoso on guitar as well as keyboards. Traffic were an amazing band under the guiding hand of the great Jimmy Miller 👏
How could Steve Winwood, being a master of guitar, not be recognized as the greatest of his generation?
Because there were man greats from his generation
I remember saying "get Steve in there" when Jerry died. People looked at me like I was crazy. :-)
also a great composer!
He was at that time.
72 and still listening . We Lived thru the greatest music in the 60s and 70s.
I saw them at the Santa Monica auditorium in 1972 . I was 17 with my boyfriend then. Now my husband who was a bigger fan than I was. But that night I was hooked. They were awesome. Didn’t realize the swampers were playing that night, roger Hawkins on drums, David hood on bass and Barry on keyboards. Long live the swampers
Great story about your experience and it’s awesome that you got married and are still together I hope ! Thanks for sharing your story , that is so cool . I was first turned on to traffic by a midwestern guy going through flight school at Fort Rucker, here where I live in Southeast Alabama, and I was instantly taken back by the smooth sound of traffic and Steve Winwood’s smooth sound. Have smoked a lot of good weed back then listening to traffic even until this day it never gets old nor does the weed . Hope this finds you and your family well and safe. Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
My Dad is of this generation of rock and roll, seen them all, but he said when Traffic came to town there was no need for weed, trips, whatever. Cuz watching Capaldi imitating a lava lamp with his stage persona was enough to put him in the zone- and then Winwood jams like on this. What a group of musicians before us ladies and gentlemen....😮😮😮
Rock and Roll that will never grow old. Traffic at its best!
I'm 67 and we had the greatest music that will ever be i hope they all know how much they have given ✌️ and love to the survivors and those who have passed on😎✌️🌄 you left us a lot of cool music and memories!!
Those eyes 👀👀👀👀👀 I thought mine where obvious when under the influence but damn! God bless
Wow Steve Winwood playing lead guitar I thought he was keyboard player , what a great song .
Steve’s eyes are saucers but he doesn’t miss a note!
Certain substances prevalent during that time could cause your pupils to dilate ;-)
Lol I noticed that, but you can't say the same for the bass player 😀
Stoned out 😆
Qué colocón!!! 😂😂😂 pero la IA nunca podrá igualarlo!!!
Hahaha I thought I was the only one that noticed he didn't blink for almost 5 minutes straight...ahhh, back in the day when good speed was great....
The era of music. Point!
It's spiritual when the music flows and the light shines.
Now i'm 72 years and
I remember so much these musik. It's. my.ife....
I saw Black Sabbath and Traffic together In Seattle in 1976 .One of the last Sabbath shows. Traffic has always been great .As was all of the bands from the 60,s and 70,s it was real vocals and music unlike the last 40 years they were real musicians miss those days.
Beautiful. Brings back memories. Hot nights inside and outside of your house. Don Kirshner. Low dim street lights. Barefoot. Pinball. Seeing people with hair to their ankles. Sid and Marty croft. Good music. 7/11. Great TV until 12 midnight and Walter conkrite.
I will never get tired of this. It’s perfection!
I agree...one of my favourite live performances Wish I was there and I caught that tambourine!. Steve Winwood is not of this Earth .
Still the best i have heard in a long time thanks yal the best pesce
I would love to go back to this time period and live the rest of my days out , I would also try forget all this ugliness in which we live through in this time period
What a FABULOUS Time to Live Through! I WAS THERE!! Saw them live many times! I’m 76 now and still rockin on!
Still here. Never give up. We have grand kids to show the way.
Stevie, you're not blinking!
I've always loved this song. It seems almost ridiculous to say that it's underrated, but for some reason it seems to fly under the radar just a bit. Maybe because "Traffic" never really ascended to that "top tier" of 60's English artists, not really sure. All I know is that Steven Winwood, for a guy that isn't really known as a "guitar slinger", is an amazing guitarist and a genius musician.
And that was a great performance of that song, so glad to have been able to watch and hear it.
this has always benn one of my favorites. Its been 'playlist' before there were playlists
Just being alive listening to magical sounds was the best during those times in American history.🤠
Oh, the memories. A young GI in Frankfurt, Germany. Jahrhunderthalle. My eyeballs are leaking right now. Thank you
It doesn't get any better than this.
I did not know that Steve played guitar for this band. How did one guy have this much talent?
Listening on bus here 2024
52. As a child i was always glued to the radio waiting for my these songs
Absolutely I’m 81
Saw Stevie Winwood several years ago. 🥰 He didn’t disappoint!
Love this song,,,♥️,,,So Darn Groovy, His voice guitar playing is outta this world,,,GREAT!! I love his pretty-cool shirt too, he’s a handsome man.
Amazing Performance ❤
Uno de los mejores temas de la historia!!!
Gracias, por ser parte de él y de compartirlo!!!
He was 17 when he recorded this song.
The music, clothing, hair. I was 21. The absolute best time! Where is that talent today!
How wonderful of them to give us their artistry. Every one of them. It's a wonder of living.
I grew up during these times and I will be eternally grateful for all the good music, memories and energy we shared. I still get chills when I hear this particular song, I mean who didn't?
Briefly met Winwood at an after concert party right around this time. The man is so tiny, and filled with such immense talent. Was happy to pass him the joint. 8^)
He's looks really lit.
1972 we were tripping our brains out, my last year in high school, what a night, love you Stevie
I was with ya...here in fla. Doin the same...wow what times!
Me too!
What an eerily beautiful song by a great collaboration of musicians. Wow. I bet it was all the cameramen could do to keep from rocking with the beat. :)
I saw Stevie in Chicago a few years back,he is still a genius.his daughter is the same
HATS OFF
I was 16, living in Santa Monica and snuck into this show. (If a band played the Civic between 1972 and 1984, I probably saw it.)This impressionable teenager was absolutely mesmerized by the Traffic jams. Fully hypnotized without swallowing, smoking or snorting anything. I'm pretty sure Steve couldn't say the same thing... eyes like saucers. After seeing this show, I spent my paper route money on every Traffic LP I could find... and continued doing so. What a tight, improv psych rock band. And IMHO, everyone can f*** the Hall of Fame. These guys are in Valhalla. Edit: PRODUCED BY TAYLOR HACKFORD??? ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME. No wonder it was so good for 1972. Seven years later, he's doing the brilliant but exceptionally underrated "The Idolmaker," (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if only to watch Ray Sharkey), then on to "Officer/Gentleman", THEN Against All Odds. I had no idea he cut his teeth with films like this. Explains why this comes off as so magnificiently. I feel honored just to say "Thank you, Mr Capaldi!"
I was 12 at that time and the exact opposite of you. I was living in Detroit Michigan and my eyes looked like his. Thank God I went into the army at 18 and they fixed me, no more drugs.
Chils
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Your "adventures " far exceeded mine. But brother, NOTHING could top Traffic of hat era. Taylor Hackford directing at the Civic. Thumps up!
Cy, it's now 2022 and eight years since your amazing comment but it remains just the kind of thing YT is about: up close and personal experiences that you're only going to find on this little corner of the internet sphere and though it's been 8 years many thanks for sharing them Traffic soul brother!
@@Nazzz65 Kindest, most generous comment I ever received on TH-cam. Mr Horan, I'll remember your words forever. My profuse thank you!
I’m 62! Love this!
NO music like this anymore.😊😊
Saw them in ‘72 in Atlanta. Mesmerizing.
I was born in 1970 an was conceived on the 4th of July i dont know what it is but i all ways feel like ive been to these groovy shows before no matter if its at the Filmore west or Woodstock ect.i know i love everything that was the beat an hippie generation an my fantasy is to have lived thru this era how can i be reminiscent of something i never recieved?? Its a trip ✌️
I'm still watching it. And I make a point of listening to it at least once a year.
An EPIC performance by the Masters... :)
Thank you!
YES Berkin YESSSS!!!!!
@@JimCapaldiOfficial😊
One of the greatest - such a mature sound - supremely accomplished band
This was my all time favorite rock and roll band of the century! I can listen to all the music from Traffic over and over again!