Blood, Sweat & Tears - God Bless the Child (REACTION) First Time Hearing It
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Played the hell out this album so long ago. not even hardly remembered band but well known in THE day.
Great song! Blood, Sweat & Tears is a jazz-rock music group founded in 1967. They are noted for their combination of brass & rock band instrumentation. Especially love their stuff when David Clayton-Thomas joined as their lead singer. They had a lot of great songs such as "Spinning Wheel", "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "And When I Die", "Hi-De-Ho" "Lucretia MacEvil", "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa Listen To Me" etc.
Such a great song! As always thanks for sharing some info and recommendations.
you'll enjoy their hit of many the tune and when i die !
One of the best versions of this song ever!!!!!!
I'm so glad I'm older we had some of the best music ever made .Thanks
Great music! Thanks for watching.
Blood, sweat and tears has some very strong music and was never rated as a top group. The lead singer at this time was David Clayton Thomas and he also played the Harmonica. Great Band.
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Really enjoyed this. Thanks for watching.
In fact BS&T had 3 consecutive top 5 hits and were the biggest band in the world at that time.
'Spinning Wheel' (there's a live version on RUclips) and their cover of Laura Nyro's 'And When I Die' are also amazing.
Thanks for the recommendations!
I also want Laura Nyro's music.
Check out their “You Made Me So Very Happy.” And play it for your wife.😉
Thanks for the recommendation!
I, too, played the hell out of this album. I didn't get to see Blood, Sweat & Tears in concert until 1987, when the horn section was replaced by a synthesizer. David Clayton Thomas sounded every bit as good in '87 as he did nearly 20 years prior. And, overall, the concert then was great! I knew nothing of Billie Holiday back in the 60s, so this was the first version I knew. A few years later, I saw Diana Ross in "Lady Sings the Blues" which was the story of Billie Holiday. I bought some of Billie's records and learned her version of this song. Both are soulful and very meaningful. Thanks for bringing this into the light of the 21st century.
You were correct! This song was released in 1968. Such an underrated band to have had so many hits during the 60s/70s. "Spinning Wheel" was probably their biggest hit, "And When I Die" and "You Make Me So Very Happy" are a few others you should check out! Great choice for a great reaction, Saeed! Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane. ✌💙✌
Thanks for letting me know and for sharing some recommendations.
This use of the horns is unique to Blood Sweat & Tears. Many other bands used horns, but the horns here is very unique to rock. Hats off to whoever produced this!
@@rubroken Ever heard of CHICAGO.
@@markmurphy558 Probably my favorite band. My comment was partly to help Saeed's algorithm(whatever that means) but Chicago's horns are front and center but BS&T horn are front and center but more jazz inspired(?)Maybe I just should have said, hat's off to the producer
Blood Sweat and Tears was one of my Dad's favorite bands. At his funeral I got a lot of grief from playing ""And when I Die" and ""Spinning Wheel" but that was what I was moved to do. I know it was the right move. He told me so. This brings back such wonderful memories of hanging with Dad. Bad Company was another of his favorites (the Band and the song). Mom overrode my choice of playing that in the end. Still would have been fitting as it was the song he woke me up with every weekend. This was when talent was actually needed to be good. Their music is transcendent all around.
There are three bands that come to mind that had excellent brass - Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, and Chase. All were very popular in the -60's/70's.
Ahhh. Blood, Sweat, and Tears!! What a blast from the past!! They had a lot of Jazz in their music. 3scotsink made a fantastic suggestion. Yes, you must play " You Made Me So Very Happy" for your beautiful wife...and dance with her while it plays😊😊. Thank you, Saeed for checking them out.❤
Great song! One more reaction coming later today. Thanks for watching. Much love to you and your family ❤️🫂
Check out Billie Holiday, "The Man I Love", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Love For Sale", "My Man", "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do", "I'll Be Seeing You" and "All of Me". There is a biopic called "Lady Sings the Blues" starring Diana Ross you may want to watch.
Thanks for the recommendations. Definitely want to get into her music as well.
@@RogerMiller-kw7os I'm surprised you left off STRANGE FRUIT, perhaps the most important song she wrote.
The band's singer, David Clayton Thomas, was a Canadian singer-songwriter. He realy only had success after he moved to New York and joined Blood, Sweat and Tears. He was an amazing performer. "Spinning Wheel" was always my prrsonal favorite.
Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz rock music group founded in New York City in 1967, noted for a combination of brass with rock instrumentation. BS&T has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a wide range of musical styles.
The lead singer is Canadian David Clayton Thomas.
Totally a classic. Came out when I was a teenager I am 71.Love Blood ,Sweat and Tears
I saw them live in Detroit in the seventies. They were great!!!!
I saw them in the 70s as well, in Fredericton, New Brunswick of all unlikely places. And yes, they were great! 🙂
Jazz, blues, and soul. How can you go wrong?
Love BS&T! 😊❤
David Clayton-Thomas is 83 and continues to perform. T.O. babes.
This is a great album!
I am a faithful watcher of your reactions, as I like your personality, honesty, glimpses into your own life and your openness to all of the new music that you are discovering.
This is my first time to comment though, as I was very excited to see you would be reacting to this song. It's one of my all-time favorites.
I grew up with the music of Blood, Sweat & Tears (BST) and they have several other singles that were very popular (Spinning Wheel, And When I Die, You've Made Me So Very Happy, Lucretia McEvil). What obviously sets them apart from the majority of other bands of the day, was their heavy focus on brass instrumentation in their songs, so they always had a large lineup, not dissimilar from the group Chicago, who was also very horn-heavy on many of their songs.
Both bands also have very similar characteristics in that they each went through a series of lead singers at one time or another. However there was one lead singer in each of the bands, that is the one that people associate with the band the most, because they are the ones that sang the songs that made the charts.
In this case, the lead singer is David Clayton Thomas. I think you would have to admit after just one listen, that he has a voice that is completely unique. Talk about blue-eyed soul, but with an added growl when he wanted to pull it out.
With Chicago, the lead singer associated with the majority of their hits, was Peter Cetera.
It's not a new story that when a lead singer with a band has hit after hit with the band, they either get offers or desires to go solo. Alternately, sometimes it is dissension within the group that can cause a change of the lead singer, because how could you be part of the band and not eventually feel a sense of jealousy or resentment that only the lead singer is ever mentioned, or gets all of the focus in interviews and such ... which also causes a separation of the lead singer from the band.
Many bands from the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc. are still touring under the same band name, even though the lead singer is not the one that was the lead when the band recorded 90% of their hits. I am very conflicted on this, because it seems to be sort of unfair for them to use the same name ... but at the same time it's also understandable.
So my internal resolution is that I think when buying tickets to see a band these days, it's up to the consumer to check out the current members of the band to see if any are still the originals, and if so how many, and then decide if they want to hear all new members performing the band's original hits, making them essentially a cover band.
On the other hand, if you're lucky enough to see the lead singer of a band who was the lead when they made all of their hits, it really doesn't matter who is backing them up for the most part, because the lead singer is the voice of the band, so the songs are going to sound the same, and seems much more authentic to me.
BST = David Clayton Thomas
Chicago = Peter Cetera
Journey = Steve Perry
Styx = Dennis Deyoung
Doobie Brothers = Michael McDonald
(these are some of the most prominent ones still touring today, but without the most prominent lead singer, although there are many more)
In both of these cases (BST & Chicago), I was a little too young to see the original lineups, but later on I had the privilege of hearing both David Clayton Thomas perform with a great back-up band before he passed away, as well as Peter Cetera from Chicago, who is still performing to my knowledge. What can I say, they are the sound of their respective bands.
Keep up the great reactions, and keep up the great comments, asides and philosophies that you share with us. You are self-effacing, but don't ever worry about thinking you aren't being cool enough, or that something you are saying is goofy, or might hit some on the wrong way, because we spend enough time when we are young, trying to be and act like we think other people want to see. Authenticity is priceless today, and is one of the reasons I enjoy your reactions.
Besides, the world and your audience is so varied (geographically, genre-preference, age group), how could you possibly please everyone ... so please yourself, and know that if someone doesn't like it, it's much more about them, than it is you. I have never heard you say anything controversial, or rude, or judgmental. Wait until you get to be my age. Sometimes it can be much more difficult to be "diplomatic" lol.
Best wishes for continued success with your channel!
☮️ Steve in Dallas
P. S. If you have read this comment and also are still awake haha, I wanted to recommend an artist to you, who has one of the best voices that I've known, and I've been around for a long time. I can't recall if you have done a reaction to K. D. Lang or not (if so, it was probably to her performance of fellow-Canadian Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", the videos of which were later in her career (even though she first recorded it at an earlier age). She started singing rockabilly and western-twang type music because of the area she grew up in (Alberta, Canada), where she released one album of this type of music called "Angel with a Lariat", under the name k.d. Lang and the Reclines.
After that she headed south and tried to gain a foothold in Nashville, but because she was a known lesbian, Nashville would have nothing to do with her. Well, except for one of the most famous country-western producers ever, Mr. Owen Bradley, who had been producer for the immortal Patsy Cline. He came out of retirement just to produce an album in Nashville for k.d., because he recognized her immense talent. The name of the album was Shadowland (1988). Also lending support were three of country-westerns' most legendary singers, Miss Kitty Wells, Miss Loretta Lynn and Miss Brenda Lee, who collaborated on the last song of her album, called Honky Tonk Angels. It's a cover album of some of the early, traditional country-western songs, but performed with her velvety voice and tongue-in-cheek personality.
I know that you appreciate fine voices like fine wine and the blues, which just seemed to go together. On shadowland, she does a stunning version of "Busy Being Blue", that you might consider doing a reaction to, if you would like. Here is a link (it's audio only as there wasn't a professional video done, and the only video I could find of her performing it is from some random talkshow appearance and although the sound quality is pretty good, the video quality really isn't):
ruclips.net/video/yXcSsbS3c7g/видео.htmlsi=OZqdwnp_5KwdQctT
After her brush-off by Nashville, she and her band leader and longtime friend and collaborator, Ben Mink, sat down and in a week-and-a-half wrote her next solo album "Ingenue" (1992), which really launched her into the spotlight, and began the start of her career as an amazing and versatile chanteuse. She won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the first single from the album, called "Constant Craving" (there is a professional and very artistic black-and-white video for the song).
She has an amazing and varied catalog, but my other favorite album of hers is "Drag" (1997), in which all of the songs are covers and have something to do with "smoke" or "cigarettes" or something in that realm. So drag in reference to smoking, and not in reference to dressing up. She does an incredibly-sensual version of the well-known hit originally recorded by The Hollies, "The Air That I Breathe". So that's an album I would put on your "will listen to in my free time", which I imagine is very sparse. What can I say, I really think you would enjoy her, and so many people that weren't around as she ascended, no or have heard very little of her which has always baffled me. Happy listening!
Thanks so much for watching my video's and for taking the time to comment. Appreciate you sharing some info on the band and vocalist. I am learning a lot!
He definitely has a very unique voice.
I have reacted to 2 performances by K.D. Lang. Hallellujah and Crying.
I also recorded a reaction Constant Craving, but its currently blocked on RUclips.
Its 5pm in Belgium btw right now 😃
@@SaeedReacts. ... so great to hear back from you. I was pretty sure you would have reacted to Hallelujah, but now I will go to your channel and watch your reaction to Crying, which is the other song most reactors get a request for, because of the association with the more famous Roy Orbison ... with it being his signature song.
I sure hope you get Constant Craving unblocked. I can't believe all of the extra work you guys have to put into getting your videos up. I watch a lot of reactions and from everything I hear, RUclips or the record companies/producers/songwriters, etc. are so completely random about who or what they block, so that every time you submit a reaction, it sounds to me like throwing a dart at a dartboard, not knowing what result you will get. Sorry they make it so difficult and inconsistent!
FYI, k.d. (Kathryn Dawn Lang) was also nominated for Best Female Vocal Pop Performance at the Emmy's the following year for her 2nd single from the same "Ingenue" album (I'm not sure how that works), for a song called "Miss Chatelaine". Unfortunately, unlike Constant Craving, it did not win this time. However it would be an amazing follow-up reaction to Constant Craving for several reasons. One being that it was also Grammy nominated, but more-so because it shows her in a completely different "light" (appearance). Let's just say you have never seen her as she appears in Miss Chatelaine, and you never will again. She takes on a fun, tongue-in-cheek persona of a 1950s era singer, not unlike you would see on the very popular Lawrence Welk Show (you will have to Google him if you are not familiar ... he was a band leader with a weekly musical showcase of wholesome artists and groups), along with lots and lots of bubbles for some reason, which of course now gives the old reruns quite a camp value lol.
Anyway, k.d. commits to it completely, all made up in period dress of the day and she is absolutely beautiful, with incredible video production values, including lots and lots of bubbles! Also it's an upbeat and entertaining song! The video itself is incomparable, as is the amazing k.d. Here is the link, even if it's just for your own enjoyment and you choose not to react to it: ruclips.net/video/dY-_m6vUTUY/видео.htmlsi=zFjY-kRelnliUNwk
Well, since it is almost 4 PM in Dallas, that makes it almost 11 PM in Belgium, and based on the busy schedule you keep, you are probably already asleep. I myself am a night owl now that I am retired, so I stay up late, and sleep in.
P. S. I had the opportunity to spend a beautiful day in the city of Brugge, on an excursion from a cruise ship. Unfortunately that's all of the exposure I have had to Belgium, but I certainly did enjoy it. I was taking my mother on a 12-night retirement cruise and we both enjoyed the city very much and of course took advantage of a canal boat ride. I am a retired corporate meeting planner, so I had the opportunity to plan meetings, conventions, and sales incentive reward trips to destinations all around the world. That provided me the opportunity to visit 49 countries on 6 of the 7 continents… and I actually got paid for it.
Growing up in a small, rural town of 2,800 people in the center of the state of Kansas, surrounded by grain fields, cattle ranching and oil and gas, I could've never imagined how much of the world I would get to see.
Cheers and good night! 🌙
@@KanTexCali wow, great information! Constant craving & Miss Chatelaine…love love these both but haven’t listened to either in much too long… will be remedying this shortly!🎶
Played the heck out of this album back in the day. Loved this group.
Thank you so much for reminding me of this terrific rendition of Billie Holiday‘s classic song. She bounced me on her knee when I was a baby (according to my parents). They would always cry when they would play her records because they knew her towards the end of her life.
Wow! Thats an amazing story. Thanks for sharing that.
Great reactionA song with a lot of wisdom in it. The music's well structured.
It's not just a bunch of noise like a lot of modern music. This guy's got a little soul on his voice. I think it's timeless.
Such a great song! Thanks for watching!
Blood Sweat and Tears thank you very much I haven't heard that in such a long time nobody seems to play that much anymore but let's watch Tears I really appreciate hearing and I like your show I like what you do
Two great soloists grace this fine song - Lew Soloff (trumpet) d. 2015, and Fred Lipsius (alto sax).
Rest in peace, Lew.
I still have and play this album often...vinyl of course!!!
🌸 I love both Billie Holiday's version and this
Blood, Sweat and Tears was from a speech by Winston Churchill about civilians at home fighting Germany in WWII - "We have nothing to offer but blood, sweat, and tears...."
At age 15, I bought this album when it first came out largely because of this song which is an all time classic.There are two other songs on this album that compete for #2 in my faves - Either "And When I Die" (a fantastic Laura Nyro composition) or "More and More" (which has DCT's vocals at his best). Strongly encourage you to check out both of these.
Every song on this album is a banger. There is even a short composition by Erik Satie. Won best album in 1969.
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know is my favorite of their's, it's off the first album written by the founder of the band who sang and played the hammond b3 organ, Al Kooper who is a legend. They wanted to change the direction of the band so they kicked him out after that first album.
For Saeed's reference--Kooper is the one who played the organ part on "Like a Rolling Stone."
@redbirdjazzz he originally came with his guitar but when he heard Mike Bloomfield playing he put his guitar back on the case and went to see if there was anything else he could play.
I still have that album and get it out and play it now and then.
Amazing song.
I bought this album when it was released in 1968. I loved every song on it, but this one was my particular favorite. When I played it for my parents, they laughed at my description of this ‘great new song’, which they grew up loving when Billie Holiday released it in 1942. Billie wrote the lyrics and Arthur Herzog Jr composed the music in 1939. 😃
BTW, Blood Sweat and Tears had some great brass players, didn’t they?!
Album of the year!
I was so lucky to finish my teens in the 60s and college in the 70s. Best time for music, ever!!!!
The Blood, Sweat and Tears band had two major versions. The first album had Al Kooper as lead and keyboards and was a rock/horns/blues band, this second album was fronted by David Clayton Thomas and was more rock/horns/jazz oriented. Both are incredible, must hear albums. At the same time, Chicago released their first album and it too was a rock and horns band. At that time, laste 60's and early 70's, there was an incredible amount of experimentation with music genres and they all got radio play on the same stations. It was an amazing time to be growing up! Definitely check out Chicago's song, Introduction. It was the first song on their debut album, and it's a jaw dropper as well!
Thanks for sharing some info and the recommendation!
That was some goddamn neat business right there, sir.
A great selection, Dave. This song's lyrics are like Economics and Sociology 101; the basic facts of life. BST has some great songs one of my favorites is the bluesy "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" sung and written by band member, Al Kooper, who also gave the group its name. Al also played and created the organ riff in Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" that you reacted to recently.
I always loved this band.
My comment is directed to this singer; to my ear he either has "perfect" pitch or so so close to perfect or relative pitch.
Otherwise this song is able to catch up with lesser voices in a hurry.
Wasn't as accustomed to hearing this from Blood Sweat & Tears but was happy to hear along with your analysis!
THANK YOU!!
From the State of Minnesota U.S.A.
@@Dave-hb7lx Howdy bro! You must enjoy music too?
You watch today's football game?
I supported the Packers last playoff season; it was great to watch them whup Dallas!! I guess it was for the best for the head coach changeover.
I drove thru parts of Wisconsin one summer. Was really impressed how the countryside looked so well-kept and clean. THANKS!
Such a great song! Thanks so much for watching. Greetings from Belgium
Another classic.....BS&T. Such a fine and soulful version.
Such a great reviewer, Saeed.
Thank you, Tracey!
Hi-Dee-Ho is right there with this one. Listen to the studio version with the chior.
If you want to hear quintessential Billie Holiday, who looms large on the American Soundscape, you must hear her masterpiece STRANGE FRUIT, maybe the most powerful song ever written about racism in American.
God's word (The Bible) doesn't change. Only man's attitudes change. You can count on God to be the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
@@827dusty Why don't you leave your Daddy in the sky out of musical reactions. You only expose your ignorance.
You should check out the original and every other version of this you can find. I did and concluded this is the best version ever recorded.
That is a great idea. Hope to do that at some point.
Love your interpretation of the song and reaction!!! Good stuff....you got a new subscriber!!! This song is a Masterpiece of the classic Billy Holiday's original song. She is the first lady of Jazz!!! Check her song out too. I love the way she sings the song. Also, Check out "Spinning Wheel "by Blood Sweat & Tears which was No.2 on the Billboard chart in 1968.
Great song! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing.
David Clayton Thomas, the best voice. ❤ I think live version is better.
By far my fav from them Steve Miller does a good version to
Dont foeget the Great Depression was still in everybodies head
Better than Chicago.
I like to hear the comments and things from Studio engineer okay somebody knows been in the business for a while and you said I heard something you've been in the business for 15 years well you know what you're talking about
The recorded this in 1968, released in 1969. Makes today's computerized music sound like giant manure...if it smells, it sells....