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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  • @toddglover1121
    @toddglover1121 Год назад +917

    Is anyone else listening to this in 2024?

  • @stephenmitchell9024
    @stephenmitchell9024 Год назад +727

    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.

    • @lynnalborough9672
      @lynnalborough9672 Год назад +20

      Oh my dearness... I just now love watching these bands and remembering my favourite at the moment is watching "the move" with Roy Wood ...

    • @willo8794
      @willo8794 Год назад +20

      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.

    • @samrotolo7303
      @samrotolo7303 Год назад +17

      I am 60 and I remember it is on my all time play list.

    • @alicemaganuco9990
      @alicemaganuco9990 Год назад +54

      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 😂

    • @thelukeewan7602
      @thelukeewan7602 Год назад +42

      I get a contact high seeing his dilated eyes and the mysteries of the universe unfolding in his mind as he sings

  • @robertohlrich369
    @robertohlrich369 Год назад +341

    I’m 81 and blessed to have lived through the greatest of times!

    • @jaycorby
      @jaycorby Год назад +14

      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!

    • @bobstewart4989
      @bobstewart4989 Год назад +9

      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.

    • @williambellmore6566
      @williambellmore6566 Год назад +1

      is dave mason still alive

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@williambellmore6566Yes, Dave Mason is still alive.

    • @StanisławBratkowski
      @StanisławBratkowski 11 месяцев назад +1

      Ja słucham w Polsce Pozdrawiam❤😊

  • @charlietwo13
    @charlietwo13 Год назад +200

    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.

    • @bradode77
      @bradode77 11 месяцев назад +1

      Old age is not for sissies 😂

    • @michelehryc1124
      @michelehryc1124 9 месяцев назад +10

      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...!

    • @pauledward7023
      @pauledward7023 8 месяцев назад +3

      That's very kind. Bless you my friend

    • @hardtruth63americanpatriot66
      @hardtruth63americanpatriot66 8 месяцев назад +4

      Greetings my friend!

    • @marcushadley6606
      @marcushadley6606 7 месяцев назад +2

      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!

  • @charleneinman3625
    @charleneinman3625 Год назад +220

    I can remember when I heard this song for the first time ..I was five years old .My Mom drove a 63Falcon and we would hit the backroads with windows down .This song came ongoing down Bear Run Road in Pennsylvania.I was in back seat with my head back against the seat with my chin up and eyes closed .I was taking it all in .Thank You God for letting me be alive in that era!

    • @1thirdstone1
      @1thirdstone1 11 месяцев назад +4

      Awesome memories ❤️

    • @bradode77
      @bradode77 11 месяцев назад +8

      What a great descriptive image. We didn't have digital anything, music was the thing ! Bet u didn't have a seat belt on either.

    • @HarleyJones-bf7mk
      @HarleyJones-bf7mk 11 месяцев назад +4

      You're really beautiful

    • @mikewoods8565
      @mikewoods8565 11 месяцев назад +2

      Wow I really can't believe this.
      My mom got her driving license and the car she had was a 63 Vulcan. My mom and my two brothers were in the car when we first heard on the radio that Elvis has passed away.
      I still love that car

    • @freshiefreshcannabisco.6758
      @freshiefreshcannabisco.6758 9 месяцев назад +4

      I was 3yrs old in 72'
      My Mom died that yr ... My brother was 17 yrs older and He would play this song for Me as well as many other greats... I'm so thankful for him and for growing up with Talented Musicians and just a way better time , than now....

  • @scotabot7826
    @scotabot7826 Год назад +241

    Steve is so young!!! I wish we all could go back to 1972.

    • @johndoe6027
      @johndoe6027 Год назад +5

      Awesome Era in Music

    • @Hilaire_Balrog
      @Hilaire_Balrog Год назад +5

      I don’t want to be 2 years old again but I’ll take 1992. 😂

    • @barbaraholly6979
      @barbaraholly6979 Год назад +1

      Me too!

    • @jimmycain8669
      @jimmycain8669 Год назад +5

      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.

    • @stormcharley
      @stormcharley Год назад +2

      Yes 72 was a Great Time....FREEDOM was Everywhere

  • @davidmorin6667
    @davidmorin6667 Год назад +115

    I'm 71 now, I lived threw those days, best tunes,cars,and girls wearing mini skirts😊

    • @charlietwo13
      @charlietwo13 Год назад +2

      And bullet bras or no bras lol

    • @artmchugh5644
      @artmchugh5644 Год назад +2

      71 here 😊😊😊😊 those were great times !!!! My 1965 impala SS 4 speed, 409 !!!😊😊😊😊😊

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +3

      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🎵

    • @artmchugh5644
      @artmchugh5644 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@KittyGrizGriz EZ KITTY !!!!!👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 happy valentines day!!!!🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@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.

  • @brian_nirvana
    @brian_nirvana 11 месяцев назад +79

    "This content is culturally significant. Posting it on RUclips will ensure that future generations will have access to it and appreciate it. Thank you for sharing it."

    • @davidmoody2862
      @davidmoody2862 11 месяцев назад

      Bland

    • @Debbie-f2z
      @Debbie-f2z 11 месяцев назад +2

      That raw and truly incredible musical artistry will never be replaced

    • @gerrykitchen6111
      @gerrykitchen6111 11 месяцев назад

      It is in English

    • @gerrykitchen6111
      @gerrykitchen6111 11 месяцев назад

      I don't think future generations will even know , we ate too old for them, Gk

    • @garyabbott7875
      @garyabbott7875 10 месяцев назад

      Great band great song

  • @michaellaabs1538
    @michaellaabs1538 Год назад +110

    If you don’t like this classic you don’t like music!!

  • @Johnpappas-o1y
    @Johnpappas-o1y Год назад +181

    One of
    MY top ten musicians of all times …. Im 64 and have appriciated this man’s talent for over 50 years … thanks Steve .!!!!🦅🥁🦅🥁🦅🥁🦅

    • @brianwells4507
      @brianwells4507 Год назад +7

      Couple years ahead of you at 68, m'brotha! But what you said is 100% correct!

    • @64danc
      @64danc Год назад +7

      Man I feel u guys turned 60 few mths ago . Had all traffic albums in youth .where did the time go ?

    • @bobschmidt3610
      @bobschmidt3610 Год назад +2

      62, and I'm right there with ya!

    • @Monkeynumber99
      @Monkeynumber99 11 месяцев назад +2

      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

    • @charlesking5328
      @charlesking5328 2 месяца назад

      That's why it's called Classic Rock. One of the best live performances ever.

  • @philiprobinson5647
    @philiprobinson5647 Год назад +97

    Steve Winwood dishes out a great guitar solo here! Truly a Renaissance talent

    • @JimCapaldiOfficial
      @JimCapaldiOfficial  Год назад +2

      Couldn't agree more!

    • @grangrampa832
      @grangrampa832 11 месяцев назад +2

      He’s perfection

    • @robm9999
      @robm9999 7 месяцев назад +1

      Winwood was a master of so many instruments at such a young age. True prodigy!

  • @kylenorthover1721
    @kylenorthover1721 Год назад +90

    Thanks to TRAFFIC, for the memories!!

  • @FERNANDOGONZALEZ-pb6re
    @FERNANDOGONZALEZ-pb6re Год назад +49

    The voice alone of Steve Winwood is priceless.

    • @nuArk-eq9mq
      @nuArk-eq9mq 8 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe the soundman should gave him just a little boost, anyway a real master in singing, on guitar and keyboard

    • @neilp3201
      @neilp3201 7 месяцев назад +1

      Wiwood's voice is unbelievable one of a kind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @whatevershebrings
      @whatevershebrings 15 дней назад

      He's up there with Jack Bruce, Steve Marriott, Paul Rogers, and Gary Brooker as one of the greatest, if overlooked, voices in Rock.

  • @sherryarmentano8039
    @sherryarmentano8039 3 дня назад +1

    I was 6 years old when this came out. My Father had the best album collection. He let me stay home from school one day so I could take in the music 🎶. My Mother never knew 😂 .. He passed away in 2015. Dam I miss him....

  • @DanStratocaster1
    @DanStratocaster1 7 дней назад +5

    For you younger brothers, this is Steve Winwood singing. He is enormously talented. He’s 100% legend. Multi-talented.

  • @tyler2998
    @tyler2998 Год назад +56

    Compared to today these times and music seem like a beautiful dream.wish I never would have awoken

    • @artmchugh5644
      @artmchugh5644 Год назад

      I don't know man !!! That Taylor Swift is pretty good?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dianatautz6100
      @dianatautz6100 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@artmchugh5644Who is Taylor Swift? 😎

    • @artmchugh5644
      @artmchugh5644 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@dianatautz6100 exactly!!!! She is no Carly Simon 😁😁😁🎸🎸🎸🎤🎤🎼🎼🎼🍺🍺🍺

    • @dianatautz6100
      @dianatautz6100 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@artmchugh5644 Not at all! 😅

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@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

  • @davisonh1
    @davisonh1 Год назад +51

    Ive been listening to thsi song since 1972...Im 57...52 years and it still sounds awesome

    • @jasonboyd4057
      @jasonboyd4057 11 месяцев назад +1

      your mother gave birth to you in 1972. I wish I could remember music that was played the first year I was born. LOL!!!! Im 50.. Im just giving you shit!!!! WE are so lucky to have been able to be apart of all the different genre of music somewhat within our era. God bless Brother!!

    • @davisonh1
      @davisonh1 2 месяца назад

      @@jasonboyd4057 I was born in 1966,lol...of course I was 6 then but my siblings were far older than I..one of my first smells I remember as a kid was the fine smell of black hashish,lol

  • @louisef.9137
    @louisef.9137 Год назад +44

    Turned 70 two weeks ago, my brother who turned me onto all this excellent music back in 60's, 70's...turns 75 tomorrow. If he hadn't been hip to Cream, Profile Harum, Traffic...hell, I don't know what I woulda listened to! But...I love these bands, love Winwood's voice...thanks, big bro, love ya ❤❤!

  • @mattbrennan647
    @mattbrennan647 Год назад +77

    Saw them at The Tower in Philly, 1975… I was told I had a really good time 😂

  • @LeGridStudios
    @LeGridStudios Год назад +56

    Life was good back then things went south- BUMMER 😼

  • @henrydiaz720
    @henrydiaz720 3 года назад +190

    Wow. Steve Winwood. No one would think that guitar was not his first instrument. What tone! What command of the instrument. Breath taking!

    • @Steve-ih7dg
      @Steve-ih7dg Год назад +8

      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.

    • @catarinaserer6414
      @catarinaserer6414 Год назад +3

      My thoughts exactly 🤯

    • @williamsprinklesr5036
      @williamsprinklesr5036 Год назад +3

      To me Steve Winwood is a melodic singer story teller .Who just happens to be able to play.

    • @georggreifenhagen7136
      @georggreifenhagen7136 Год назад +5

      These where not the only instruments. He also can play drums, Sax, Flute and some others. He is a real genius with instruments

    • @bobazivkovic7072
      @bobazivkovic7072 Год назад +7

      Look at Can't find my way home..with Clapton, live it Crossroads! Need not say anything

  • @prissilou
    @prissilou Год назад +25

    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!

  • @robertopolanco6851
    @robertopolanco6851 11 месяцев назад +25

    I'm still listening to this 2024

  • @Dad-Gad
    @Dad-Gad 2 года назад +59

    You might be high , but you'll never be " Steve Winwood in Traffic " high .

    • @richardmorton4762
      @richardmorton4762 2 года назад +1

      🤣🤣

    • @jman4real871
      @jman4real871 Год назад +8

      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!

    • @tinmule4381
      @tinmule4381 Год назад +2

      He be wacked

    • @geoffreysnyder5144
      @geoffreysnyder5144 Год назад +2

      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.

    • @PRSCu24
      @PRSCu24 9 месяцев назад +8

      Dilated pupils would point to LSD

  • @happychildhood591
    @happychildhood591 6 месяцев назад +46

    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...!!!

  • @petermcfarland1682
    @petermcfarland1682 8 месяцев назад +53

    I'm here. I'm 79/yo and still listening to rock and roll. Long live rock and roll 😮😢😅😂😊😎😎😎

  • @pauldecastro8921
    @pauldecastro8921 11 месяцев назад +17

    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.

    • @brucetifer
      @brucetifer 4 месяца назад

      71 and still listening God, the late 60s and early 70s were great rock on

  • @ogenmatic
    @ogenmatic Год назад +36

    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!

  • @jeandotson5727
    @jeandotson5727 10 месяцев назад +20

    I tripped when I saw this video this week. I can remember my dilated pupils, I can remember the traces and tracts and the rush. I can remember the colors, the upside down chalkboard, people walking and talking in slow motion. Good damned times 70 - 75, and now at 68 I get to enjoy them again. Love you Mr. Winwood, and glad you made it past 27!

  • @elizabethwitte6417
    @elizabethwitte6417 Год назад +24

    I was 14 when this came out, still remember it well. You can explain this time or the music to anyone who didn’t live it. My kids even said I grew up during the coolest time in history.

  • @josephgrosso8731
    @josephgrosso8731 Год назад +25

    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!!

    • @maryschneider8780
      @maryschneider8780 Месяц назад

      Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem is another of those haunting songs for me as well.

  • @hardtruth63americanpatriot66
    @hardtruth63americanpatriot66 8 месяцев назад +32

    62 years old. I lived the greatest of lives. This song takes me back to when we used to jump bikes off home made ramps and survived.

    • @treskarina
      @treskarina 7 месяцев назад +5

      And ride skateboards off those homemade bike ramps. Yikes!

  • @toadelevator
    @toadelevator Год назад +28

    Winwood's guitar skills are hugely underappreciated. Great video! Thanks for the trip back.

  • @thomaskelly6010
    @thomaskelly6010 11 месяцев назад +25

    We never realized how Blessed we were to have grown up with music like this. Amazing, Beautiful and brings back so many joyful memories. The 70's were a special time.

  • @Rectyme
    @Rectyme 2 года назад +74

    This song man they don't make music like this anymore totally ahead of its time.

  • @daviddurango9562
    @daviddurango9562 Год назад +17

    67 and loving it!

    • @1SapphireBlue
      @1SapphireBlue 11 месяцев назад

      68 here and still loving it too! I saw them around 1973.

  • @jeandotson5727
    @jeandotson5727 9 дней назад +3

    It's Jan 2025, I would die today if I could go back in time and be at this concert! I fell in love with Stevie, why did those days have to end? Why?

    • @allenthomas2739
      @allenthomas2739 4 дня назад

      Motivation of industrial innovation is the reason of the great years. being to most a vague or vivid memory .Hanging on to this day in those years is the children of Nature that go for the Magic carpet ride to the heavens . because of your innocents and appreciation you hear God's voice speaking to you through the vibrations. that's the love comforting you in the memories of those years . Remember great music moves you through time and spiritual awareness is timeless money can't buy that and we go to the heavens , with nothing tangible just the appreciation for God's goodness orchestrated through his children and their rhythm 🙏 amen

  • @thomaslee8062
    @thomaslee8062 Год назад +15

    I'm 73 lived it brothers & sisters

  • @alfajuj
    @alfajuj Год назад +59

    How could Steve Winwood, being a master of guitar, not be recognized as the greatest of his generation?

    • @Nicole-Antonia-JD
      @Nicole-Antonia-JD Год назад +1

      Because there were man greats from his generation

    • @mikescheibinger5191
      @mikescheibinger5191 Год назад +5

      I remember saying "get Steve in there" when Jerry died. People looked at me like I was crazy. :-)

    • @jazzforce1
      @jazzforce1 Год назад +4

      also a great composer!

    • @patriciamays8244
      @patriciamays8244 Год назад +1

      He was at that time.

  • @Steve-ih7dg
    @Steve-ih7dg Год назад +115

    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 ..!!

    • @Noitisnt-ns7mo
      @Noitisnt-ns7mo Год назад +2

      Everyone dug music in the day, not no more, it seems.

    • @pressureworks
      @pressureworks Год назад +3

      Great music is still being made today. Just have to search harder. Good place to start BBC 6 Music.

    • @TDC5
      @TDC5 Год назад

      @@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.

  • @Fred-ql3gq
    @Fred-ql3gq Год назад +96

    What incredible music. And Steve Winwood just 24. Incredible guitar playing!

  • @barsixful
    @barsixful 2 дня назад

    Picture this……60 year old guy, car window down, traffic / cream/Bowie or Floyd pumping loud through stereo speakers on his way to or from work. THATS ME….every day!! Since I was a teen!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @jonjamj3056
    @jonjamj3056 Год назад +26

    Brings back memories of a time long gone but I lived it!

  • @MikeMcAuliffe-g2f
    @MikeMcAuliffe-g2f Год назад +20

    I forgot about how good a guitarist Steve Wood is. He went off the charts on this.

  • @curtnagy966
    @curtnagy966 Год назад +20

    Takes me back to a great time, great music. If you were not there you could not understand. I wish you could

  • @belga3513
    @belga3513 11 месяцев назад +14

    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.

    • @Bob63198
      @Bob63198 11 месяцев назад +2

      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.

    • @belga3513
      @belga3513 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@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.

    • @starrfish3282
      @starrfish3282 11 месяцев назад

      Must of been an excellent show❤

  • @carnellzabolocky5528
    @carnellzabolocky5528 Год назад +19

    He's a brilliant guitarist. They were the best of the best...

  • @dacypher22
    @dacypher22 Год назад +32

    I can't get enough of the tambourine man absolutely getting it

    • @kenmcbride6515
      @kenmcbride6515 Год назад +2

      He's the writer

    • @dacypher22
      @dacypher22 Год назад +1

      @@kenmcbride6515 That probably explains why he is clearly feeling it so much

    • @jackarcher7495
      @jackarcher7495 9 месяцев назад +2

      His name was Jim Capaldi. Sadly gone from this earth.

  • @dena6254
    @dena6254 11 месяцев назад +8

    I’m 64 & live in Oregon. Such a magical time. 🎶 💓

  • @dannymcdaniel1652
    @dannymcdaniel1652 10 месяцев назад +10

    I'm 71 and this music still turns me on

  • @tuxiclassicpage
    @tuxiclassicpage 2 года назад +97

    Hard to believe this was from 50 years ago! Where did all that time go?!! Great that we can see these performances whenever we want but nothing feels like the real live concert experience.

    • @nightstalker6291
      @nightstalker6291 Год назад +2

      I am 68 , I was wondering the same thing !!!!!!

    • @Mrsplanetmaster9
      @Mrsplanetmaster9 Год назад +1

      and I'm 69 ...wonderin too...Enjoy🌹👏🏼

    • @Noitisnt-ns7mo
      @Noitisnt-ns7mo Год назад +1

      So accessible, like an old wife. Don't take her too, for granted.

    • @bahiras
      @bahiras Год назад +1

      I was in college at UW Seattle in 1972. What a time to be alive, the music!

    • @Johnpappas-o1y
      @Johnpappas-o1y Год назад +1

      Released in 1967… 56 years ago

  • @katsujinkin60
    @katsujinkin60 Год назад +21

    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!

  • @JohnSmith-ds1fm
    @JohnSmith-ds1fm Год назад +31

    Now that's a live performance

    • @sandals42159
      @sandals42159 Год назад

      so many artist suck in person, they are awesome~

    • @JohnSmith-ds1fm
      @JohnSmith-ds1fm Год назад +1

      @@sandals42159 yeah a lot bands play backing tracks bunch of phonies

    • @sandals42159
      @sandals42159 Год назад

      @@JohnSmith-ds1fm The best bands I ever heard live were Heart, Chicago, and Santana.

    • @JohnSmith-ds1fm
      @JohnSmith-ds1fm Год назад +1

      @sandals42159 Zeppelin, the police, and the cars were a few of the many bands I've seen that were awesome live

    • @sandals42159
      @sandals42159 Год назад

      @@JohnSmith-ds1fm I saw The Police at Foxboro! They are great, too!

  • @JLDB1987
    @JLDB1987 10 месяцев назад +8

    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.

    • @MitchellDormont
      @MitchellDormont 7 месяцев назад +1

      Grew up in The Bronx, and knew J. Geils' lead, Pete Wolf, under his born name.

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 Месяц назад

      And you didn't mention black Sabbath. The best of them all

  • @ianwatkins6202
    @ianwatkins6202 3 месяца назад +13

    The 1970's without doubt the greatest period of time for music!!!🧡🧡

  • @steverohler1120
    @steverohler1120 5 месяцев назад +12

    We were Blessed, This younger generation doesn't know how much.😝😝😝

  • @neilneptune5022
    @neilneptune5022 2 года назад +60

    Rock and Roll that will never grow old. Traffic at its best!

  • @edwarddibruno7122
    @edwarddibruno7122 Месяц назад +3

    I’m 70 also. V Couldn’t Have Said It Better ! Grew up in Philadelphia, literally in the shadow of the Spectrum. Saw every single musical act , and every one of them came through Philly. I’m thinking of writing a book. I have a book full of memories of so much music that I had the fortune to be present for

  • @mackydog99
    @mackydog99 11 месяцев назад +7

    At 70 it doesn't get much better. Thank you.

  • @UFOS4
    @UFOS4 Год назад +35

    Steve Winwood-boy genius at that time. Love, love, love Traffic for over 50 years and will continue.

    • @charliebay9441
      @charliebay9441 Год назад +1

      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.

  • @JuanAvo27
    @JuanAvo27 11 месяцев назад +10

    I was in the fifth row for this show! Caught Jim Capaldi’s tambourine when he heaved it into the audience! Still have it!

    • @donnieallums4847
      @donnieallums4847 4 месяца назад +1

      That is so cool ! You should shake it at least once a week ! Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️

  • @elisabethgrau7065
    @elisabethgrau7065 Год назад +13

    Now i'm 72 years and
    I remember so much these musik. It's. my.ife....

  • @nov20five
    @nov20five 2 года назад +120

    I will never get tired of this. It’s perfection!

    • @DjangoWineHeart
      @DjangoWineHeart 2 года назад +5

      I agree...one of my favourite live performances Wish I was there and I caught that tambourine!. Steve Winwood is not of this Earth .

  • @4kjm
    @4kjm Год назад +14

    Yes I’m listening in 2024. Welcome To The Canteen is a Best album ever:)

  • @yokartik6637
    @yokartik6637 5 месяцев назад +10

    Those were the days.... Really happy with no worries. Now the whole world stinks.

  • @mariacortez2769
    @mariacortez2769 Год назад +8

    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

    • @donnieallums4847
      @donnieallums4847 4 месяца назад

      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 ☮️❤️

  • @adrianbeaumont6745
    @adrianbeaumont6745 Год назад +11

    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 👏

  • @jimparker7778
    @jimparker7778 Год назад +31

    bands like Traffic, the Stones and Blind Faith were producing stuff that lasts. I was blessed to see Winwood quite a few times. Always funny and a happy guy onstage.

    • @carmenzajac9387
      @carmenzajac9387 Год назад +2

      Straight Up 🎉I saw Traffic not once but Twice,and perhaps more than that as he used to play the Boston Music Hall in Boston, my Beantown baby back in the Day, 1972 and I was 16 years old!! The tickets were never more than $6 or $7 bucks and we used to seriously bitch when they would charge $12 a pop because the main artist that was playing there were World Famous and had been performing on the reg.! Anyway, I will fill you in with the rest of my exploits next time around 😅

    • @carmenzajac9387
      @carmenzajac9387 Год назад

      Or Not 😮

    • @docsmallblock6584
      @docsmallblock6584 Год назад +1

      The Last concert I went to was Emerson, Lake and Palmer warming up for Deep Purple. It was a steady barrage of memories all night long! I so miss the 70's and 80's , I'd give everything I own to go back!!!!!

    • @neverettebrakensiek8771
      @neverettebrakensiek8771 Год назад

      My fav band of that time, also my first concert at the old Kiel Opera House in St Louis. Just awesome.

    • @jimparker7778
      @jimparker7778 Год назад

      What a wonderful venue. Saw so many great shows at the Opera House. The Dead, the Who, Clapton.@@neverettebrakensiek8771

  • @hondo11000
    @hondo11000 Год назад +10

    I'm 58 this is an awesome tune

  • @msmith837
    @msmith837 Год назад +8

    Was born in 72 ❤

  • @birdy1numnum
    @birdy1numnum 4 месяца назад +7

    *I am old and i know people half my age and younger that really appreciate and love music like Traffic. Old timers here saying the opposite is really ridiculous and shows how small your world is.*

  • @RogerCray-p5i
    @RogerCray-p5i Месяц назад +2

    I was 16 in 72. Heard this song and didn't know who it was at the time. But I made damn sure I found out. Been loving it ever since. This version is epic. Long live classic rock. This is a bonafide treasure.

  • @northsacmac4793
    @northsacmac4793 Год назад +10

    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....😮😮😮

  • @Atie6183
    @Atie6183 6 дней назад +1

    So nice to hear him again after so much time. Love your voice Steven Winwood and the guitarsolo too.

  • @Mark-xh4sx
    @Mark-xh4sx 6 месяцев назад +8

    The entire band was at the top of their game but is anyone else digging that bass player 😊

    • @donnieallums4847
      @donnieallums4847 4 месяца назад

      Yes sir I’m listening to he bringing the beat with his smooth steady rhythm, he’s damn good ! Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️

  • @kimdean5190
    @kimdean5190 Месяц назад +1

    I’m 58 and this music is good in any era.

  • @waynegonzales2951
    @waynegonzales2951 24 дня назад +1

    Music today doesn't come close to this masterpiece

  • @ledout7733
    @ledout7733 Год назад +17

    Wow Steve Winwood playing lead guitar I thought he was keyboard player , what a great song .

  • @Cap683
    @Cap683 Год назад +12

    Traffic albums are great through a good set of headphones. What sounds like hippie noodling reveals itself to be intricate and complex. It is sort of jazzy but doesn't really fall into any catagory.

  • @ikeboy8617
    @ikeboy8617 Месяц назад +1

    as an old freak, 70 I had the pleasure of seeing them, 60s-70s our generation had the Greatest music.

  • @bondgabebond4907
    @bondgabebond4907 5 месяцев назад +4

    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."

  • @sandrabryan7823
    @sandrabryan7823 Год назад +10

    What a bad ass tune

  • @ronreno5702
    @ronreno5702 Год назад +62

    Steve’s eyes are saucers but he doesn’t miss a note!

    • @PRSCu24
      @PRSCu24 Год назад +12

      Certain substances prevalent during that time could cause your pupils to dilate ;-)

    • @jeffhenson1123
      @jeffhenson1123 Год назад +4

      Lol I noticed that, but you can't say the same for the bass player 😀

    • @davidreed6264
      @davidreed6264 Год назад +6

      Stoned out 😆

    • @cir530
      @cir530 Год назад +1

      Qué colocón!!! 😂😂😂 pero la IA nunca podrá igualarlo!!!

    • @northsacmac4793
      @northsacmac4793 Год назад +4

      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....

  • @johngossett6605
    @johngossett6605 6 дней назад +1

    I’ve always been a Steve Winwood fan. I went to see him quite a while back when he was touring with Clapton in Chicago and during the first set, Stevie did not have a guitar set up next to him and was playing the keyboards so I knew I wouldn’t get to hear Mr. fantasy the first set after break when he came out he had his light blue guitar set up next to his keyboard, and I thought I would get to hear Mr. fantasy. About the time that I thought he was getting ready to play that song. They had a mystery guest show up that was friends to both of them. His name was Buddy Guy. And I think that that put a Kabash on Mr. fantasy. Anyway, the concert was the bomb off the hook amazing.

  • @DuaneJackson-iw8ys
    @DuaneJackson-iw8ys Год назад +10

    It's spiritual when the music flows and the light shines.

  • @musicalcontessa4275
    @musicalcontessa4275 2 дня назад

    TRAFFIC FOREVER ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxox 💃🎵🎶🎶

  • @henningwittmann3168
    @henningwittmann3168 7 месяцев назад +5

    I am 62 now , i have the Patience to enjoy all the Feelings they come Up when i listen to that music. The passt, the presence and the Future ist all one
    Love ist Center and we are the Center and the universe. Nice start in the week ON a monday morning. Love to all of you. Greetings From the Odenwald.
    Germany❤

  • @jamiegaelcom
    @jamiegaelcom 4 месяца назад +5

    Those eyes! He's SO loaded.

    • @thebandit666
      @thebandit666 3 месяца назад

      Those far away eyes, that hair, those clothes, that guitar, that sound. I was only a little kid when this came out but man they don't make it like this anymore! Still love, Steve winwood so much!

    • @VictoriaJohnson-j7k
      @VictoriaJohnson-j7k 2 месяца назад

      He, he, he!😂😂😂

  • @Nicholas-cn5vk
    @Nicholas-cn5vk 5 месяцев назад +6

    If I could go back and relive any part of my life, this would be the period I would be most eager to revisit. ✌️ ☮️

  • @alfonsodesas5770
    @alfonsodesas5770 2 месяца назад +1

    Definitely listening to this masterpiece in 2024, at 71! Probably the most underrated guitar solo of all time, especially for a keyboard player. The song is timeless, a classic in capital letters. Go Stevie!

  • @cybolton302
    @cybolton302 3 года назад +55

    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!"

    • @jcsftwre
      @jcsftwre 3 года назад +6

      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.

    • @gradyedwards259
      @gradyedwards259 2 года назад

      Chils

    • @cybolton302
      @cybolton302 2 года назад +1

      @@jcsftwre y
      Your "adventures " far exceeded mine. But brother, NOTHING could top Traffic of hat era. Taylor Hackford directing at the Civic. Thumps up!

    • @Nazzz65
      @Nazzz65 2 года назад +5

      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!

    • @cybolton302
      @cybolton302 2 года назад +2

      @@Nazzz65 Kindest, most generous comment I ever received on RUclips. Mr Horan, I'll remember your words forever. My profuse thank you!

  • @jimrebr
    @jimrebr Месяц назад +1

    I saw Traffic so many times, back in the day, I love Stevie’s incredible voice. So great to hear this music and see young Winwood. I am 69 now, hard to believe, but time marches on..❤

  • @Boatswain1985
    @Boatswain1985 6 месяцев назад +5

    What a great song,, Steve Winwood eyes are only a little glassy,, what a awesome time for music

  • @sarahnelson-xg4gn
    @sarahnelson-xg4gn Месяц назад +1

    ❤ I'm 70. Bringing back good memories

    • @r.w.b.7683
      @r.w.b.7683 Месяц назад

      74 and got the Haight April '67

  • @darlenebero5388
    @darlenebero5388 5 месяцев назад +6

    Mr. Winwood...I feel forever blessed that your music entered into my life and touched my soul. Thank you.

  • @gregscrivner8003
    @gregscrivner8003 10 месяцев назад +5

    Was a sophomore when this came out…thank you Lord for letting me be a teenager in without a doubt the best times ever!

  • @FreedomRdr
    @FreedomRdr 6 месяцев назад +4

    Eyes like saucers, gave the right attitude

  • @mattbrennan647
    @mattbrennan647 Год назад +9

    Damn, I miss those old days. ✌🏻

  • @Kate-bx9zo
    @Kate-bx9zo 2 года назад +9

    I was there.steve Winwood hit on me waving at me to come back stage in his All pink suit.i was so high on lsd I just wanted to keep dancing I under the moonlight.and that's what I did. Love you stevie*

  • @cherokeegirl5908
    @cherokeegirl5908 7 месяцев назад +5

    I sure miss when singers sang and musicians played