First time hearing BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS - GOD BLESS THE CHILD REACTION
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Reaction to God bless the child by Blood Sweat and Tears.One of the most incredible songs you could or will ever hear.This is genius.Billie Holiday would be proud of this.
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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 ❤
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.
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 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 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
This album won the Grammy for Album Of The year in 1968.
PERFECTION! This recording will just WEAR...YOU...OUT!! I used to love singing along with my college classmate playing it on the piano.
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?!!!
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.
Written by Billie Holiday - GREAT song
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.
Billie would love this version. Nobody sings it like David Clayton Thomas.
Blood Sweat and Tears are in a league of their own
A delight for the music lovers ears. Such a tight band.
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.
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?
Blues. Jazz. Dixieland. All wrapped up in one incredible song.
The best cover arrangement in history ..
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...
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.
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!
I witnessed this in a free concert in Boston and sounded exactly like this. One of the greatest privileges in my life!☮️❤️
I’ve heard this recording 100 times and it still hits me the way it’s hitting you. It will live on for ever. The blazing Afro/Cuban breakout at the bridge guarantees it.
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!
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 got this album "by accident" at about 10 years old when I got one of those dozen-album memberships to Columbia Record Club. This song blew my young mind - and became the theme song of my life. Now retired, I've heard many versions of this wonderful classic, but my first love is this recording by Blood Sweat and Tears.
I'm 74 and just starting to appreciate the catalog/artistry of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Too sophisticated and high-brow for my guitar-god sensibilities as a young rock n' roll diehard punk, leave it to youtube to bring it on home for me. I absolutely savor each note of this stuff now. How's this for a lame excuse: better late than never, I guess!
"diamonds in ears" - a great phrase that i'm going to use!
1st time here 8/28/2023 my favorite song when i was 17 teen brings back memories
Lucretia Mac Evil is an absolute must listen
Nobody's mentioning that great harmonica comming in at the end. Makes a nice change of tone to finish off the last verse. 🔥
David Clayton is just about my favorite singer of all times . He is the most underated pop/rock/soul singer of tye 20th century IMO.
He unfortunately has lost mu ch of his voice, but still performs today in Canada.
This guy needs to listen to the full album.
Jim Fielder a really underrated bass player.
"That should be illegal, I swear!" made me laugh out loud. Your reactions are entertaining, and priceless!
While I appreciate the hits that Blood Sweat and Tears made with David Clayton Thomas, my real appreciation goes to the first album Child is Father To The Man, which featured the founder, Al Kooper. His vision was what kicked this band off.
And even though they kept most of Kooper's choices for the second album - though "God Bless the Child" wasn't one of them - Kooper has said that as proud as he was of what they accomplished after his departure, he would NOT have done the album that way.
yes I love Al Kopper even though David Clayton Thomas has the bigger barrel chested voice
Go down the rabbit hole with this band- "And When I Die" and "Spinning Wheels"
Great choice. You're so lucky that you have a lot more Blood, Sweat and Tears.to discover.
Are we related?
Your superb analysis and reaction covered it all. You didn't miss a thing.
The guy on the lead vocals…Mr. David Clayton Thomas. Just brilliant!!!
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 Billie Holiday original of this song is amazing, too. Just one of my all time favorite songs
God bless Billie Holliday for her strength, courage, and incredible talent! What a woman!
Thank you sir for respecting this song which I submit is the peak of Blood, Sweat and Tears. They were at the top of their game with lead vocal, keyboard, organ, drummer and brass section led by the incredible trumpeter Lew Soloff (who actually inspired me to take trumpet in college).
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!!
We sure had great music back then, and it’s delightful watching you enjoy “my” music!
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.
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".
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.
David has just the right amount of scratch in that great voice of his.
This version has become the standard to which all others are compared to.it is perfect!
I was looking around the other day for covers of god bless the child, and ran across this. I forgot that bs&t covered it, it was like opening up a 50+year old gift! I’m with you this is so good it ought to be illegal! I don’t know how old you are, but I got to grow up with this music, anybody jealous, probably not then you’d be as old as me.😩
David Clayton Thomas, amazing voice!!
Awe HarriBest that Song makes Me Cry!😭 Dude, Thank You! Loved it!✌To You👍👍👍
Love your reaction to this. IMO best jazz/rock song of all time.
When this band was popular, there was a beauty salon named Blood Sweat and Shears! Cute!
BS&T drummer Bobby Columby is one of the most underrated drummers from the 60s & 70s. Lew Soloff on trumpet and Fred Lipsius on alto sax have great solos on this track. Excellent selection for a reaction
This is beyond pure gold!!!! Name one better!
Great review! Blood, Sweat & Tears are very, very good, jazzy group!
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!!
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.
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!
this band knows how to lay back, Basie would be proud!
This song was written by the jazz great Billie Holiday and also performed by her. Its her signature song.
Without a doubt some of the best changes in any song!!
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.
My first time hearing this version (don't know how or why...). "Diamonds in my ears", you took the words outta my mouth.
That Hammond B-3 and those horn blasts really hit all the right spots.
This is a cover of the great Billie Holiday from decades earlier. So good!
I lost my brother yesterday. Tons of great memories listening to this album. Tears
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 !!!
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.
I had the SAME reaction to this song only first hearing it two months ago! Simply bliss to the ears.
Incredibly beautiful ❤️ Thank you for this!!! Wow 💥
Just listened to this whole album this morning. It is a masterpiece, especially this song. I bought this album when it first came out and loved it. I was 14 years old and now at 69 surprised at my musical sophistication. Your reaction is the same as mine every time I listen.
I've been a fan of BS&T since they first formed. Their first 4 albums are all fabulous. Al Kooper was the original founder of the band and their first album was radical, it came out around the time of Sgt Peppers and was so far removed from the music of the day. A lot of the musicians were classically trained. It's a stunning album..Child Is Father To Man. The 2nd self titled album, which God Bless the Child is on was a change for the band. Al Kooper left and the Canadian singer David Clayton Thomas joined. What a voice he has. Powerful yet expressive and capable of real emotion. I've got 4 versions of the album.. an original vinyl pressing, a Columbia direct to disc half speed vinyl, the MOFI One Step and the SACD 4 channel mix. The MOFI is unbelievable to hear, as long as you have good equipment. The SACD surround sound mix is stunning too. The whole album is a masterpiece. I got to see the original line-up a couple of times. Still one of my favourite bands. And they still tour, although there have been something like 100 musicians throughout the bands life. So glad you discovered this tremendous version. Make sure you listen to all of the first 4 albums.
There are certain songs which all you can do is laugh and shake your head in wonder. This is one of those songs Harri.
I had forgotten how beautiful this piece of music is ❤
What a fantastic reaction! You truly conveyed what the music was doing to you!
I had the 33 1/3 Album of this and can attest to the quality of this recording(audiophile)...there is a shine n shimmer that clearly comes across...tonally right on...it sounds live on the right system...it's not overly polished and sounds plum real...Ty brother for this take
I totally agree. I have the half speed cut dbx encoded lp that was produced by Direct Disk Labs which truly is a treat to hear.
@@lese3173 You have to be old like me in order to be familiar with 'DBX"Ha,ha...like Quadraphonic/surround sound!Ha,ha...watch out...yer age is showing...
@@davidbentley145 LOL, yes, I'm rather ancient. I have a small collection of dbx encoded discs and they're all impressive but B, S, & T is one of my favorites. I even have that one transferred to reel-to-reel tape. How's that for showing my age! 😁
@@lese3173 I build tube electronics and some of my tubes are older than I am...Love music...nice sharing with lovely old souls like you brother
They did a half-speed master of this on CD?
Good to know, I'm familiar with the quality of a half-speed master recording..
Such an amazing album this was.
( still is....)
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.
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.
This is another band that I had nearly forgotten about and you have brought it back. Thanks Harri and Mr Greybeard! This is wonderful 🎄🌺✌️
And hold on to your seat --- it's about 52 years old. You're the best Harri.
A fresh album from 53 years ago . So glad you experienced some of my teen memories.
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.
I was so fortunate to go to a concert in Idaho at the Silver Mountain Outdoor Amplitheater with BS&T and see if this group play, they did like four encores. Keep in mind BS&T are mainly a night club band, being on a mountain in Idaho at night it gets pretty darn cold later in the night and they stayed and played and played finally it was so cold it became extremely hard to play the high notes for the brass they had to stop. It was like 1-2 o'clock absolutely an unforgettable performance.
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.
When this record was released I think I was 8 years old, and my cousin played it all the time, and it was on the radio all the time, then my Father gave me the album on and 8 - track tape, and I played it every chance I could and studied the structure of every song on the album. great Jazz / Rock, etc... The album and B S & T 4 are my favorite albums by them, start to finish they are great musical works.
AND WHEN I DIE ... best song ever !!!
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.
All I can say is "Thank You!"
Harri my friend, I am so very happy that this made you happy. I knew this track would get ya because of your love of Billie Holiday. This is the absolute best cover of the wonderful Billie Holiday! Happy Holidays everyone!
Happy holidays back at ya, sir! Thanks for getting this on the “to be played” list. I had forgotten just how great this version is, the horns still blow me away (old oboe player here, wanna be French horn player though). The drummer, organist, arrangement, production - the whole package. Thanks again!
@@lesliepartridge9895 Always a pleasure! Glad I could bring this back into your life. I not only love Harri's reactions, but knowing it makes others happy! Next month I'm taking Harri back to the 50's and early 60's. Be sure to look out for my requests, gonna love 'em! Sincerely Greybeard
I've been requesting this song on multiple reaction channels, I'm so thrilled to finally see it done, and Hari's reaction was a delight.
👀😉 Funny - I requested the same tune on another channel. Harri’s great 👍 Nice request, MM. Great reaction. ✨🤪
“And the drummer! The drummer should be tested.” 🤣😜😂
I've always hoped someone would react to this group. Thank you!
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.
Wellcome to the world of BS&T Harri, You have a lot of great musical moments comin'.
Lord, I forgot about the Cuban moment! This band was a huge favorite of mine back in the day.
⚘Thank you, Harri
This album came out the year I graduated from high school, and this was my favorite song on it…and my introduction to jazz music, always my favorite.
Thanks so much, Harri!