I will soon be 77 and first heard this album while a senior at Illinois State university in 1968, Harry. I reacted the same way as you when I first heard this song. in 68. superb arrangement, so well tied together and so will done...the brass section was such a blessing to my ears being a horn player. I learned to read music. play coronet, trumpet and baritone at age 11. This song present's a superb arrangement and musical artistry skills while covering the musical forms of jazz, pop, rock and rhythm and blues, Vocals by David Clayton Thomas are superb and add a fine fabric of texture that holds it all together. This never grows old...as ordered sound enters the soul and elevates the consciousness of man. "God Bless the child that's got his own" ....db
I love Harri’s reaction to & review of this amazing arrangement and performance. In 1973 in my freshman Music Appreciation class, my professor played this cut and I was blown away. I love EVERYTHING about it to this very moment. As Harri said, “Diamonds in my ears.”
I have never tired of hearing this track. It came out when I was 12. My father was a big band fanatic, a Kenton follower and this album was as much a hit with him as it was for me. In 1968-69 that's going some. This band, this version of this band, was a miracle.
This song so accurately portrays what you just penned...they are perhaps the most adept group in popular music to make so many style and tempo changes. And then there's that voice. Someone said DCT was only 27 when he sang this song. If so it sounds like the voice of a seasoned basin blues singer well into their 40s and 50s. Geeesssh. Did we really appreciate David's voice as much as we should have??? I wonder, because it is beyond great.
I never understood why Blood, Sweat & Tears never got to be as big a band as Chicago (or as they were known on their debut album Chicago Transit Authority). Both were bands that featured great horn sections, but BS&T was so much more soulful. Their self-named debut album did not have a bad song on it, and they played everything from rock to jazz to gospel, to western on it. And while they had quit a few hit songs, like Spinning Wheel, their popularity never took off in the States like Chicago's. This was a great reaction video for a fantastic version of the Billie Holliday song.
Their main problem was keeping the same personnel. They had this same lineup for their next album, BS&T 3, and then only one change for BS&T 4. After that album, they lost the lead singer and the two guys who doubled up on horns and keyboards (they were also the guys who arranged most of the songs). And the changes just kept coming after that.
BST was technically better than Chicago. More skilled players and arrangers, Also, BST had real jazz improv brass and Reed solos not scripted guitar solos.
@@georgemccormick4786 I agree that BS&T had a better horn section, but Chicago's rhythm section was their strength. And in the music world of the 70s, one band was essentially a jazz band that dabbled in blues and rock while the other was a true rock band with horns. The power of Terry Kath's guitar made Chicago more appealing to rock fans while BS&T was on the edge of rock with their strength in jazz arrangements. Just how I saw it back then.
Blood, Sweat & Tears is a jazz-rock music group founded in New York City 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 have had a lot of great songs such as "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Spinning Wheel" "And When I Die", "Hi-De-Ho" "Lucretia MacEvil", "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa Listen To Me" etc.
Here is a performance of this song that will blow you away. Haley Reinhart was a walk on at Grammy winning horn player, Irvin Mayfield’s New Orleans jazz club. He did not know what to expect. They had a brief discussion of how to perform this song and you get this! Watch as the trombonist eventually decides three’s a crowd and sits down. ruclips.net/video/dvouGjJAEL4/видео.htmlsi=W7QOG_TpQS4b0k32
Billie Holiday & Mr. Herzog Jr. wrote this song in 1939. Has had many artists perform it. B B King is one that you're unable to forget. One of my favorites from the incredible Ms. Holiday.
What is amazing to me is that the singer, David Clayton-Thomas, was only about 27 years old when this was recorded. To have such a seasoned, warm, and soulful voice at that age is nothing short of incredible.
The musicianship is next level across the board with BS&T, they sound like studio musicians that played together for a decade, timing and precision is flawless. David Clayton Thomas vocals are on point, the way the band combined Jazz, Latin and Rock influences together seamlessly is something to behold. The recording and production quality is also first rate and sounds fantastic even on a current state of the art stereo system. What more could I say?
The whole LP was incredible! Their debut album with David Clayton Thomas doing lead vocals, it also included the group's first big hit, You've Made Me So Very Happy, which, coincidentally, was a song from Motown/Tamla. Spinning Wheel (written by David Clayton Thomas) is another great one, as is And When I Die, which was written by Laura Nyro who, BTW, is another incredible voice you should hear. Laura Nyro wrote many great songs that have been covered by many BIG names, and she has a voice I know you would love. Eli's Coming, Stoned Soul Picnic, & Sweet Blindness are a few more of her great songs.
Blood sweat and tears first album was Child is father to the man. , Al Kooper as lead singer and musician. I can't quit her was one song,along with I love you more than you'll ever know. Give it a listen. Way before David Clayton Thomas. Melissa Ward here.
@@davidward3122 I agree. Great album! My original comment said "Their debut album with David Clayton Thomas doing lead vocals. . . ." And the first big hit for the group was with DCT. My dad was a jazz musician, & hated that I liked R-n-R, even though he instilled in me a deep & still prominent love of his kind of music, but BS&T was something we could enjoy together. He even knew a few of the guys in the band.
@@d.j.starling3559 I enjoy all bsand t's music. But I have to admit I prefer Al Kooper s voice. . And yes it was a great album. Melissa Ward here. I still have that old lp.
This is the first version of this song I ever heard. A couple years later I was introduced to Billie Holiday and her version of this song. I've heard many others since then, but this one by Blood, Sweat and Tears is my favorite, hands down. David Clayton Thomas is an amazing vocalist. And the album this comes from is fabulous. Definitely not your run-of-the-mill rock album that year.
Salsa. Blues. Jazz. Funk. Rock. Pop. All in the same damn song! The more i listen to BS&T now in my older years, the more in awe i am of their talent. Awe. I adore Chicago but there is just something about this group. And my sweet Lord, David Clayton Thomas.. that voice, that voice!
Blood Sweat And Tears is one of the great bands from the 60s and 70s that is probably not well known to a lot of people unless you were there in the 60s but they were huge along with Chicago they used a lot of horn's in their band
They are takin' us to church again with the combo of southern blues, jazz, soul, rock, and gospel. ALL IN ONE DAMN SONG. GEEESSH. WHAT A SOUND. Ya'll do realize the incredible contribution the American South has given to music. Jazz, blues, country, dixieland, and on and on. What a creative font of music from one small region.And yes, one could argue also the roots of rock n roll.
David Clayton Thomas is my favorite singer. I had all his records. I attended his only concert in Moscow at the Orange club. Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago Favorite bands of my youth. I still listen to them with great pleasure.
My first introduction to this song was this particular version when I was a kid and my brother bought the album. I was mesmerized by it and thought at the time that B,S & T wrote it. lol. As I got older I started taking more interest in reading the liner notes and finding out who wrote the songs that I liked. Then it's like hmmm.. I wonder who Billie Holiday is? Music is great like that.
Such a phenomenal band !!!!! I would play this entire album over and over …. This group takes u to many places, and all in the same song … just Phenomenal !!!! The time, the horns, drums, vocals, changing key …. How does anybody write music that way !!!!
I still have my vinyl album of this .....almost wore it out. Haven't heard this in years..Thanks for this!!! Saw them at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach in the 60's. Also saw Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Mike Bloomfield and Electric Flag. What a fantastic place that was. How lucky were we who got to hang out there and witness so much amazing music. I need to dig out my old albums and buy a turntable.....LOVE THIS!!
Bobby Colomby is one of my favorite drummers of all time. I saw them live in the early 70's at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Lew Soloff on trumpet is excellent; he played in Maynard Fergusen's big band...the Maynard influence is obvious. I still have all of my old 33 LP's from back then.
i refuse to watch another one of your videos......until i share with you that i have a smile on my face watching your reactions and i pray you will continue to be blessed.... thank you for the good music.
First off, I was part of a show on TV in Toronto in the mid 60s. My first girlfreinds older sister was a Go Go dancer on a music dance show out of Toronto and she wanted us to come on the show as dancers so we did and it was David Clayton Thomas on the show. I even got some airtime as a dancer which watching the show as it appeared was a thrill. He was terrific doing Spinning Wheel and others but not this one. Awesome band and great singer. The other thing is today is my 74th birthday.
I had a wonderful evening on March 9th 1970 listening to this great band in Sacramento, CA at the Memorial Auditorium. BS&T were perfection in concert and David Clayton Thomas delivered incredible vocals that night. What a great band! I was a sophomore in High School, with front row seats a date on my arm, yup this is one fine memory.
Harri Please play And When I Die!! It’s another Blood Sweat and Tears Gem!!!! This group is so talented it’s hard to compare them to anyone…..maybe Chicago for the breadth of instruments and sheer talent. They have it all!!!!
a GREAT soulful cover. They have that very illusive way of playing just behind the beat that is not easy....almost swingin'. BW&T and Chicago had a vibe, a lane down which no others have dared drive. Forgot how jazzy this was. What an insane combination of groovy musicians.
Thank you, thank you to whomever suggested you do this tune. Despite knowing who Blood, Sweat, and Tears is I had never heard this cover. Blown away to say the least.
Oh definitely, Harri. You've acknowledged so many beautiful genres and orchestration. And quite deservedly so. This is a wonderful Blood Sweat and Tears version of "God Bless The Child".
I haven't listened to this recording in a long time. I loved them back when I was in high school, and this came out. I know a lot more about music, and this sounds even better, a lot better, because I hear much more. I saw them twice with this lineup. Fantastic shows, utterly great. Lew Soloff and Bobby Colomby, among the others. So great. So very great!!
I saw them in concert in 1970. I still remember the diverse sounds filling the arena. Greatness, too bad they never stayed together after their Iron Current performances. You have to listen to "When I Die" written by Laura Nyro. When the song gets to the lyrics "here comes the devil", they bring out horse replica hoofs to sound like he is racing away on horseback. Listen for "Hee Hay". True genius and every musician was world class. Thanks for bringing the lastly memories back to me.
I was in band in HS, 72-75. We had a Jazz Band that played this. I think it was a staple in the SF Bay Area. Lots of bands played it! I played this 5x, I love it so much!!
The Arrangement and production of this album was the guy working the keyboards Al Kooper who is amazing he left the froup shortly after this record. HE went on to produce many records. You should check out Super Session with Kooper, Mike Blomfierld and Stephen Stills
He actually left before this album, though he did set the template for it - they kept his choices of "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "More and More", "Smiling Phases", and "Blues, Part 2". And if you get a chance, I highly recommend Kooper's autobiography "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards".
Hi Harry, Happy summertime! I was 6 in 68, my Mom's job at B.O.A. had a country club resort on a lake for employees. The annual summer festival there included music. Blood Sweat and Tears played for us on the balcony of the lodge beside the lake 🐸😃🎶👍 I was standing at thier feel as they played this and Spinning Wheel!! (which I already knew the words to from the radio). God Bless , friend!🎉
DAVID CLAYTON THOMAS, heck ALL OF BS&T... unique, stellar vocals, arrangements, dynamics, instrumentals, the whole performance! They got me hooked on Jazz and Jazz Fusion before I even started school. As they say nowadays in the U.S.A., David Clayton Thomas sure knew how to put some STANK on it! SLAAAAY!! I know this song so well; I was just waiting for HarriBest to react to the different sections I knew were coming.
I studied Blood Sweat and Tears for years incorporating Bobby Columbie's drumming style into my own.i could do a lot of what Bobby did but never could master all of what Bobby did. No one could do what Bobby did!
I literally grew up on this album - it came out in '69 when I was two. Over the years, I played it so much I wore out the vinyl. So I got my mother a replacement copy when I was 16. This was the first CD I ever purchased, even before I had a CD player!! I recorded it to cassette on a reference deck at the St. John's College Music Library.
Outstanding rendition. I would expect nothing less from this ensemble. Having enjoyed them live in a relatively intimate venue I can report that they required no smoke and mirrors. With classically trained musicians and a born to sing vocalist they soared throughout. Certainly one of my favorite concerts ever of very many attended.
I heard them in person back in late 60s or early 70s at UFlorida. The brass was rarely heard in bands in those days. Bill Withers was the lead in for the band. What a great night.
The song could be about being jealous of your betters. OR it could be about "getting it all together and being successful yourself." The upbeat dance at the end with Carmen Miranda and flower girls spinning in a crazy swirl seems to indicate being a winner gives you the right to dance! And Be happy!
I will soon be 77 and first heard this album while a senior at Illinois State university in 1968, Harry. I reacted the same way as you when I first heard this song. in 68. superb arrangement, so well tied together and so will done...the brass section was such a blessing to my ears being a horn player. I learned to read music. play coronet, trumpet and baritone at age 11. This song present's a superb arrangement and musical artistry skills while covering the musical forms of jazz, pop, rock and rhythm and blues, Vocals by David Clayton Thomas are superb and add a fine fabric of texture that holds it all together. This never grows old...as ordered sound enters the soul and elevates the consciousness of man. "God Bless the child that's got his own" ....db
I love Harri’s reaction to & review of this amazing arrangement and performance. In 1973 in my freshman Music Appreciation class, my professor played this cut and I was blown away. I love EVERYTHING about it to this very moment. As Harri said, “Diamonds in my ears.”
I have never tired of hearing this track. It came out when I was 12. My father was a big band fanatic, a Kenton follower and this album was as much a hit with him as it was for me. In 1968-69 that's going some. This band, this version of this band, was a miracle.
Blood, Sweat and Tears were known for changing tempos like this. And they did it better than anyone. Love BS & T.
This song so accurately portrays what you just penned...they are perhaps the most adept group in popular music to make so many style and tempo changes. And then there's that voice. Someone said DCT was only 27 when he sang this song. If so it sounds like the voice of a seasoned basin blues singer well into their 40s and 50s. Geeesssh. Did we really appreciate David's voice as much as we should have??? I wonder, because it is beyond great.
Their brass section is second to none and comes through every time
I never understood why Blood, Sweat & Tears never got to be as big a band as Chicago (or as they were known on their debut album Chicago Transit Authority). Both were bands that featured great horn sections, but BS&T was so much more soulful. Their self-named debut album did not have a bad song on it, and they played everything from rock to jazz to gospel, to western on it. And while they had quit a few hit songs, like Spinning Wheel, their popularity never took off in the States like Chicago's. This was a great reaction video for a fantastic version of the Billie Holliday song.
Their main problem was keeping the same personnel. They had this same lineup for their next album, BS&T 3, and then only one change for BS&T 4. After that album, they lost the lead singer and the two guys who doubled up on horns and keyboards (they were also the guys who arranged most of the songs). And the changes just kept coming after that.
BST was technically better than Chicago. More skilled players and arrangers, Also, BST had real jazz improv brass and Reed solos not scripted guitar solos.
@@georgemccormick4786 I agree that BS&T had a better horn section, but Chicago's rhythm section was their strength. And in the music world of the 70s, one band was essentially a jazz band that dabbled in blues and rock while the other was a true rock band with horns. The power of Terry Kath's guitar made Chicago more appealing to rock fans while BS&T was on the edge of rock with their strength in jazz arrangements. Just how I saw it back then.
Blood Sweat & Tears has a permanent groove in the record of our life! Mine at least.
Originals
Blood, Sweat & Tears is a jazz-rock music group founded in New York City 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 have had a lot of great songs such as "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Spinning Wheel" "And When I Die", "Hi-De-Ho" "Lucretia MacEvil", "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa Listen To Me" etc.
I Love You More than You'll Ever Know.
What about the founder, SOUL, & creative leader: AL KOOPER?!!!
BS&T's recording of God Bless The Child is one of the all time great performances.
Here is a performance of this song that will blow you away.
Haley Reinhart was a walk on at Grammy winning horn player, Irvin Mayfield’s New Orleans jazz club. He did not know what to expect. They had a brief discussion of how to perform this song and you get this! Watch as the trombonist eventually decides three’s a crowd and sits down.
ruclips.net/video/dvouGjJAEL4/видео.htmlsi=W7QOG_TpQS4b0k32
Billie Holiday & Mr. Herzog Jr. wrote this song in 1939. Has had many artists perform it. B B King is one that you're unable to forget. One of my favorites from the incredible Ms. Holiday.
What is amazing to me is that the singer, David Clayton-Thomas, was only about 27 years old when this was recorded. To have such a seasoned, warm, and soulful voice at that age is nothing short of incredible.
Yes, it is amazing. Sounds like he has been singin' the basin street blues for 30 years. Wow.
Billie would love this version. Nobody sings it like David Clayton Thomas.
Blood Sweat and Tears are in a league of their own
This album won the Grammy for Album Of The year in 1968.
Blood Sweat and Tears didn't receive the accolades it should have over the years. They were an "incredible" band. The lead singer is phenomenal ❤
The musicianship is next level across the board with BS&T, they sound like studio musicians that played together for a decade, timing and precision is flawless. David Clayton Thomas vocals are on point, the way the band combined Jazz, Latin and Rock influences together seamlessly is something to behold. The recording and production quality is also first rate and sounds fantastic even on a current state of the art stereo system. What more could I say?
I had forgotten how beautiful this piece of music is ❤
The guy on the lead vocals…Mr. David Clayton Thomas. Just brilliant!!!
The whole LP was incredible! Their debut album with David Clayton Thomas doing lead vocals, it also included the group's first big hit, You've Made Me So Very Happy, which, coincidentally, was a song from Motown/Tamla. Spinning Wheel (written by David Clayton Thomas) is another great one, as is And When I Die, which was written by Laura Nyro who, BTW, is another incredible voice you should hear. Laura Nyro wrote many great songs that have been covered by many BIG names, and she has a voice I know you would love. Eli's Coming, Stoned Soul Picnic, & Sweet Blindness are a few more of her great songs.
The Fifth Dimension sure loved them some Laura Nyro.
Blood sweat and tears first album was Child is father to the man.
, Al Kooper as lead singer and musician. I can't quit her was one song,along with I love you more than you'll ever know. Give it a listen. Way before David Clayton Thomas. Melissa Ward here.
@@davidward3122 I agree. Great album! My original comment said "Their debut album with David Clayton Thomas doing lead vocals. . . ." And the first big hit for the group was with DCT. My dad was a jazz musician, & hated that I liked R-n-R, even though he instilled in me a deep & still prominent love of his kind of music, but BS&T was something we could enjoy together. He even knew a few of the guys in the band.
@@d.j.starling3559 I enjoy all bsand t's music. But I have to admit I prefer Al Kooper s voice. . And yes it was a great album. Melissa Ward here. I still have that old lp.
I wore this album out listening to it when I was in high school. They had it all and David Clayton Thomas never got the respect he deserved.
this band knows how to lay back, Basie would be proud!
We sure had great music back then, and it’s delightful watching you enjoy “my” music!
I witnessed this in a free concert in Boston and sounded exactly like this. One of the greatest privileges in my life!☮️❤️
Without a doubt some of the best changes in any song!!
This is the first version of this song I ever heard. A couple years later I was introduced to Billie Holiday and her version of this song. I've heard many others since then, but this one by Blood, Sweat and Tears is my favorite, hands down. David Clayton Thomas is an amazing vocalist. And the album this comes from is fabulous. Definitely not your run-of-the-mill rock album that year.
David Clayton Thomas, amazing voice!!
Salsa. Blues. Jazz. Funk. Rock. Pop. All in the same damn song! The more i listen to BS&T now in my older years, the more in awe i am of their talent. Awe. I adore Chicago but there is just something about this group. And my sweet Lord, David Clayton Thomas.. that voice, that voice!
The lead trumpet player was Lew Soloff who studied at Juilliard Conservatory of Music. They knew what they were doing! This was an EXCELLENT album!
Blood Sweat And Tears is one of the great bands from the 60s and 70s that is probably not well known to a lot of people unless you were there in the 60s but they were huge along with Chicago they used a lot of horn's in their band
I get what you’re saying, but: I was born in 1973 and love me some Blood, Sweat & Tears 😊
Like many here, I think they’re hugely underrated.
⚘Thank you, Harri
David has just the right amount of scratch in that great voice of his.
They are takin' us to church again with the combo of southern blues, jazz, soul, rock, and gospel. ALL IN ONE DAMN SONG. GEEESSH. WHAT A SOUND. Ya'll do realize the incredible contribution the American South has given to music. Jazz, blues, country, dixieland, and on and on. What a creative font of music from one small region.And yes, one could argue also the roots of rock n roll.
Harri, don't forget a little bit of an Gospel vibe to boot in the instrumentation of this aural gem!
Jim Fielder a really underrated bass player.
David Clayton Thomas is my favorite singer. I had all his records. I attended his only concert in Moscow at the Orange club. Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago Favorite bands of my youth. I still listen to them with great pleasure.
One of the most unique voices in all of rock.
My first introduction to this song was this particular version when I was a kid and my brother bought the album. I was mesmerized by it and thought at the time that B,S & T wrote it. lol. As I got older I started taking more interest in reading the liner notes and finding out who wrote the songs that I liked. Then it's like hmmm.. I wonder who Billie Holiday is? Music is great like that.
"That should be illegal, I swear!" made me laugh out loud. Your reactions are entertaining, and priceless!
PERFECTION! This recording will just WEAR...YOU...OUT!! I used to love singing along with my college classmate playing it on the piano.
I keep coming back to your reaction to this fantastic group, I think this is one of the best reactions I have seen ! 😻💎💎
Go down the rabbit hole with this band- "And When I Die" and "Spinning Wheels"
Such a phenomenal band !!!!! I would play this entire album over and over ….
This group takes u to many places, and all in the same song … just
Phenomenal !!!! The time, the horns,
drums, vocals, changing key …. How does anybody write music that way !!!!
Lucretia Mac Evil is an absolute must listen
It's been a long time since I last heard this song. I forgot how much I like this recording and how much I like these artists.
God bless Billie Holliday for her strength, courage, and incredible talent! What a woman!
I still have my vinyl album of this .....almost wore it out. Haven't heard this in years..Thanks for this!!! Saw them at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach in the 60's. Also saw Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Mike Bloomfield and Electric Flag. What a fantastic place that was. How lucky were we who got to hang out there and witness so much amazing music. I need to dig out my old albums and buy a turntable.....LOVE THIS!!
Great choice. You're so lucky that you have a lot more Blood, Sweat and Tears.to discover.
Are we related?
I had the SAME reaction to this song only first hearing it two months ago! Simply bliss to the ears.
Gives you whiplash in the best possible way, especially that harmonica at the end
Oh yeah! And there was some cowbell in there too. Love this song!
Your superb analysis and reaction covered it all. You didn't miss a thing.
Vibe is undeniable 50 plus years later.
More , please .
Nobody's mentioning that great harmonica comming in at the end. Makes a nice change of tone to finish off the last verse. 🔥
When this band was popular, there was a beauty salon named Blood Sweat and Shears! Cute!
Thank you for your reaction… so lovely to be reminded of what a fabulous band BST were.
This is beyond pure gold!!!! Name one better!
I lost my brother yesterday. Tons of great memories listening to this album. Tears
Bobby Colomby is one of my favorite drummers of all time. I saw them live in the early 70's at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Lew Soloff on trumpet is excellent; he played in Maynard Fergusen's big band...the Maynard influence is obvious. I still have all of my old 33 LP's from back then.
His drumming is amazing on everything I’ve heard.
Written by Billie Holiday - GREAT song
David Clayton Thomas on vocals, nice Toronto boy.
Thank you for reminding me why BST was my favorite band of my youth. My first concert was Blood Sweat and Tears in 1972.
Incredible musicians.
i refuse to watch another one of your videos......until i share with you that i have a smile on my face watching your reactions and i pray you will continue to be blessed.... thank you for the good music.
"diamonds in ears" - a great phrase that i'm going to use!
First off, I was part of a show on TV in Toronto in the mid 60s. My first girlfreinds older sister was a Go Go dancer on a music dance show out of Toronto and she wanted us to come on the show as dancers so we did and it was David Clayton Thomas on the show. I even got some airtime as a dancer which watching the show as it appeared was a thrill. He was terrific doing Spinning Wheel and others but not this one. Awesome band and great singer. The other thing is today is my 74th birthday.
Happy Birthday, and here's to many more happy returns! Be well and be happy.
Happy Birthday to YOU!
I’m late, but Happy belated Birthday!!!
God Love you my friend. You sound the “child” in your spirit never left you! What a great role model! Merry Christmas!!!
Happy Belated Birthday...
My first time hearing this version (don't know how or why...). "Diamonds in my ears", you took the words outta my mouth.
Somewhere Billie Holiday is standing up and shouting sing it my brothers!
I had a wonderful evening on March 9th 1970 listening to this great band in Sacramento, CA at the Memorial Auditorium. BS&T were perfection in concert and David Clayton Thomas delivered incredible vocals that night. What a great band! I was a sophomore in High School, with front row seats a date on my arm, yup this is one fine memory.
Harri Please play And When I Die!! It’s another Blood Sweat and Tears Gem!!!! This group is so talented it’s hard to compare them to anyone…..maybe Chicago for the breadth of instruments and sheer talent. They have it all!!!!
Yes! My favorite of all their songs.
What a fantastic reaction! You truly conveyed what the music was doing to you!
A fresh album from 53 years ago . So glad you experienced some of my teen memories.
The highlight of a great album!
This version has become the standard to which all others are compared to.it is perfect!
Love your reaction to this. IMO best jazz/rock song of all time.
a GREAT soulful cover.
They have that very illusive way of playing just behind the beat that is not easy....almost swingin'. BW&T and Chicago had a vibe, a lane down which no others have dared drive. Forgot how jazzy this was. What an insane combination of groovy musicians.
Finally! Someone reacts to this GREAT song. Harri you really are the Best.
Thank you, thank you to whomever suggested you do this tune. Despite knowing who Blood, Sweat, and Tears is I had never heard this cover. Blown away to say the least.
The Billie Holiday original of this song is amazing, too. Just one of my all time favorite songs
Oh definitely, Harri.
You've acknowledged so many beautiful genres and orchestration.
And quite deservedly so. This is a wonderful Blood Sweat and Tears version of "God Bless The Child".
I love that you love this song nearly as much as I have loved it since 1969
Blood sweat and tears was an awesome band. They were overshadowed by Chicago and never got the notoriety that they deserved.
I haven't listened to this recording in a long time. I loved them back when I was in high school, and this came out. I know a lot more about music, and this sounds even better, a lot better, because I hear much more. I saw them twice with this lineup. Fantastic shows, utterly great. Lew Soloff and Bobby Colomby, among the others. So great. So very great!!
so true, every soul should have their home
Wonderful to see the joy it gives you ! From an album i teasured as a 16 yr. old when it was a new release.
Best song of the '60's.
A delight for the music lovers ears. Such a tight band.
This song was written by the jazz great Billie Holiday and also performed by her. Its her signature song.
Awe HarriBest that Song makes Me Cry!😭 Dude, Thank You! Loved it!✌To You👍👍👍
I saw them in concert in 1970. I still remember the diverse sounds filling the arena. Greatness, too bad they never stayed together after their Iron Current performances. You have to listen to "When I Die" written by Laura Nyro. When the song gets to the lyrics "here comes the devil", they bring out horse replica hoofs to sound like he is racing away on horseback. Listen for "Hee Hay". True genius and every musician was world class. Thanks for bringing the lastly memories back to me.
Amazing composition and they have MORE!
I was in band in HS, 72-75. We had a Jazz Band that played this. I think it was a staple in the SF Bay Area. Lots of bands played it!
I played this 5x, I love it so much!!
The Arrangement and production of this album was the guy working the keyboards Al Kooper who is amazing he left the froup shortly after this record. HE went on to produce many records.
You should check out Super Session with Kooper, Mike Blomfierld and Stephen Stills
He actually left before this album, though he did set the template for it - they kept his choices of "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "More and More", "Smiling Phases", and "Blues, Part 2". And if you get a chance, I highly recommend Kooper's autobiography "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards".
Fabulous song - musically and vocally brilliant!
And hold on to your seat --- it's about 52 years old. You're the best Harri.
I grad from college in1973.....imagine.....they were accessed on AM radio the music of the '70s was the best
One of your VERY BEST REACTIONS!!! BRAVO Harri!!!
Hi Harry, Happy summertime! I was 6 in 68, my Mom's job at B.O.A. had a country club resort on a lake for employees. The annual summer festival there included music. Blood Sweat and Tears played for us on the balcony of the lodge beside the lake 🐸😃🎶👍 I was standing at thier feel as they played this and Spinning Wheel!! (which I already knew the words to from the radio). God Bless , friend!🎉
DAVID CLAYTON THOMAS, heck ALL OF BS&T... unique, stellar vocals, arrangements, dynamics, instrumentals, the whole performance! They got me hooked on Jazz and Jazz Fusion before I even started school. As they say nowadays in the U.S.A., David Clayton Thomas sure knew how to put some STANK on it! SLAAAAY!! I know this song so well; I was just waiting for HarriBest to react to the different sections I knew were coming.
All human beings should have their own copy of this album in whatever format they prefer.
And Harmonica in the end.
I studied Blood Sweat and Tears for years incorporating Bobby Columbie's drumming style into my own.i could do a lot of what Bobby did but never could master all of what Bobby did. No one could do what Bobby did!
I literally grew up on this album - it came out in '69 when I was two.
Over the years, I played it so much I wore out the vinyl. So I got my mother a replacement copy when I was 16.
This was the first CD I ever purchased, even before I had a CD player!! I recorded it to cassette on a reference deck at the St. John's College Music Library.
Outstanding rendition. I would expect nothing less from this ensemble. Having enjoyed them live in a relatively intimate venue I can report that they required no smoke and mirrors. With classically trained musicians and a born to sing vocalist they soared throughout. Certainly one of my favorite concerts ever of very many attended.
I heard them in person back in late 60s or early 70s at UFlorida. The brass was rarely heard in bands in those days. Bill Withers was the lead in for the band. What a great night.
The song could be about being jealous of your betters. OR it could be about "getting it all together and being successful yourself." The upbeat dance at the end with Carmen Miranda and flower girls spinning in a crazy swirl seems to indicate being a winner gives you the right to dance! And Be happy!
They were the first concert I went to. Check out "Spinning Wheel" and "And When I Die".
I saw them in the early 70s. Just as good live as the studio stuff. Love, love, love, LOVE their horn section !!!