Irma Thomas - Time is on my side | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In New Orleans we visit Irma Thomas, here she tells the story of 'Time is on my side'. The song is written by Jerry Ragovoy and first recorded by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra in 1963. In 1964 Irma Thomas recorded the song, it was her version that The Rolling Stones covered.
A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo from 2019 (Dutch Public Television).
I was Irma's drummer on her 1966 tour. Great memories. 🥁
This is the Soul Queen of New Orleans show respect please.
Lion's Den red beans and rice..I love Erma Thomas!!
Her version with Bonnie Raitt is fantastic. She owns that song with her beautiful voice. Mick Jagger can't compare.
Ooh Hell Naw Naw NAW
Wrong. Different but not worse
Mick Jagger can’t sing if compared to her or any of the 4 Beatles
Jagger was a styist more than a singer. He put on a very energestic show. And a very LOUD one.
Absolutely correct. Jagger is what you get when you order 'Soul/Blues' from Wish. A pale, watered down pastiche of the original music they plagiarised wholesale.
Finally, Irma sang with the Rolling Stones In New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 2, 2024. This song opened a door to the Rolling Stones and New Orleans. Love Irma Thomas.
The first time I heard Irma’s version was at the end of a Sopranos Episode. Her version blows away the Stones version .
It’s great to hear tomorrow Irma Thomas and The Rolling Stones will be sharing the stage at the New Orleans Jazzfest to sing a rendition of the song together, with The Rolling Stones acknowledging her as the originator of their version of the song. That’s respect!
About time! She is so completely deserving of recognition.
YO MAMA YOUR VERSION IS TRULY SO MUCH DAMN BETTER
THAT IS FOR SURE
Maybe you should do daily volgs of cooking or cleaning or try out
With Tyler Perry hell I will come see that your deserve to be back in that spot light
One of the greatest songs of all time, obviously Irma Thomas’ definitive version
It was a B-side for her, obscure. She performed the A-side on Dick Clark months earlier. the 45 was no longer charting when the Stones came out with their version. Without the Stones the song would have sunk without a trace, as many wonderful tunes have done. By the way Irma is among my favorite singers. I've played her songs more than anyone else's except maybe the Stoneses--whom I first saw live in (19)65.
Love Miss Irma! I grew up in New Orleans and she was absolutely the Queen of Soul ❤️ to us!
Have you been to her night club, The Lions den? I went there twice..Miss Erma makes her delicious red beans and rice.
Wikipedia: "Time Is on My Side" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy (using the pseudonym "Norman Meade"). First recorded by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his orchestra in 1963, it was covered (with additional lyrics by Jimmy Norman) by both soul singer Irma Thomas and the Rolling Stones in 1964.
This should of been the story behind the song
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But you're right.
But an interview with Irma is more entertaining.
@@michavandam - Nonsense. "Entertaining" has nothing to do with it, Clown. Ms Thomas was interviewed because it was her vocal that brought the song to the public's initial attention/popularity and to Jagger and Richard's attention to record - comparatively no one heard the song performed by Kai Winding - despite its vocal chorus by Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee Warwick, and Cissy Houston - all relatives of Whitney Houston.
The Irma Thomas vocal words differed decidedly from the Warwick/Houston/Winding vocal words The cover version the Rolling Stones emulated - nearly word for word - was the Irma Thomas improvised word vocal version - NOT Winding's. That is why this video's interview is appropriately with Ms Thomas and not with Ragovoy, Winding, Houston, or the Warwicks. Has nothing to do with Thomas being more "entertaining;" It has everything to do with the fact that The Stones didn't copy Winding, they copied Thomas. Get it? Got it? Good.
@@waldolydecker8118 You get triggered by one word, a word that you interpret your way, and you don't read the line of the conversation with understanding.
But go ahaed, be right, and be rude.
@@michavandam - yadda, yadda, yadda. Cut the lame vacillation, dude. Your statement is clear with nothing to "interpret." This video is about the Stones copying verbatim Ms Thomas in 1964; its not about the side issue of who wrote the song or who first recorded it since neither of those had anything directly to do with the Stones coming across the song. Its that simple. Cut the excuses.
It's a story as old as music in general, let alone rock and roll. The original gets left behind, no matter how great they are. Good to see she's ok with it. A beautiful, classy, and talented lady. Super cool to make this video to set the story straight and give credit where it is due. Peace.
Except hers wasn't 'the original' either. She doesn't even give credit to the source.
I’m a BIG stones fan. I’m a BIG stones fan. I think though, like a lot of stones fans it’s a SHOCK how good the Irma Thomas (previously recorded!) version is. The build at the beginning!!! I prefer it. A lot of people react that way.
I’m your fan. Yes!
I can't get enough of this stuff; been watching for 2 days straight, no sleep!!!!! Appreciate the uploads
Ive been to Nrw Orleans twice for the Jazz and Heritage week..We sought our Ms Erma's shows and went to her night club, where she makes the beans and rice for her fans..Truly a HUMBLE WOMAN!! God bless Miss Erma Thomas
Ms. Irma can't wait to you come back to Paragon. Miss doing your riders. Ur song is the best hands down.
Irma Thomas could’ve been bigger than Aretha, nonetheless I’m thankful to her musical contributions!
What a beautiful classy lady
HELL Yeah
I saw a documentary about The Rolling Stones, when some one asked Mick Jagger, where they get songs that they sing, Mick said," We get them across the river", He meant Mississippi River, since R S were in the USA during the time some one asked him. Many songs are covered. but some people chose not to play the original version, the radio either. Segregation and injustice, where in the way to hear many original versions. Good thing we have UA-cam.
Irma Thomas has a most beautiful voice!
The big picture is that dozens of British Invasion bands got rich and famous on American blues while actual blues artists weren't played on American radio.
@@sg-yq8pm Black artists weren't played in the U.S. because they were black. Teens being interested was actively discouraged. That's just history.
Você falou a pura verdade...
Grandes mestres do blues eram dignos de turnê mundiais...
Se esses artistas não tocavam nas rádios norte americanas, imagina no resto do mundo...
Ainda bem que surgiu a interneth para que a verdade seja restabelecida...
Abraços ...
🎉
Great song!
Great story!
I am obsessed with The Rolling Stones, but this song 🎵 s 1000% Irma.
True greatness.
😢 wish she had her dues, great work making this story known.
I love you 🌻😊
Your Voice is still the sound of a angel.
There is a Jazz Heritage Foundation in NOLA, but a lot of Talent has been Killed Off there... In the days of early Rock n Roll, the Original Singer of Music did not get paid for their hard work. Peace.
This is still happening in modern genres such as House Music (Chicago, Detroit Pioneers) and Hip Hop.. the system never cared about the foundation laid out by Black People
Great song 👏🏻👏🏻
Gotta love Irma!
Beautiful Voice 💝
She is SO cool!!!!
A classic with time on it's side!
#MsErmaThomas Still Looks Amazing Time is Definitely On Your Side 🎤🎶💕🌎🛐⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️💯
Nog steeds aan het afkicken van de Top 2000, dit helpt erbij...
Goed om te horen!
The Queen,love her So much XXX
I wanna give her a hug...
Irma Thomas Anthology CD. Has about 25 songs on it. Check it out.
Tons of excellent songs on it too!
Irma’s got it!
Te gek!
You're still great !
This year the rolling stones sang this song live with her.
This story makes me sad
...HELLO, ROLLING STONES???
fantastic music history, love the original better than the stones version!
Me TO
i am so glad i found this video....all along i thought the rolling stones wrote this song...even until today...the reason why we had the so called British invasion was because the so called "white people" of this country were so racist at the time (and still are just look at trump)they wanted nothing to do with music made by black people, except steal it and use it to promote their own careers...pat boone was a good example...and it didn't help that blacks were really saying nothing...and still today are kissing white ass...they seem to love it and maybe it is in their dna...i am glad i always liked and enjoyed music made by blacks ...mick jagger never sounded like an amazing singer...he was an opportunist and if it wasn't for keith richards probably nothing would've happened with mick...
Those record company will rip off anyone its not about color, cause the color in that industry is GREEN
I've always believed, without Elvis, we may not have had rock'n'roll, because, no one played rock'n'roll before Elvis, because it was, "black" music!
Trump is so great now look where our country has fallen
Trump racist? Biden has said and done so many more racist thngs than Trump. We could compare a list and Biden would rack them up. Biden caused the inflation taht is crippling poor black people. Biden caused the invasion of illegal laborers who are taking jobs form poor black people. Trum funded HBCU's and had the highest employment numbers of blacks in history. But....what?.....Central Park Five? WHat about Biden with "racial jungles" and the crime bill that imprisoned more blacks. You had to bring in politics and ruin this discussion abot Irma Tho,as with your Trump Derangement Syndrome. Yeah, Biden is wonderful.
the most graceful eloquent shade every thrown, jeje. She was so close to saying "Bless his heart, I love that for him" jeje
One of the most important things in popmusic is how much people can relate to it and lots of kids (in 1964) thought they could do what the Stones did, or knew boys like that. The Beatles were probably already a bit too sophisticated, with their great harmonies, let alone what artists like Irma Thomas were capable of. BTW, Jagger more than makes up for what he lacks technically in other respects, when he sings and interprets a song. One of those character singers.
The Soul Queen of NOLA
Holy shit!! Never thought I would hear that...Is the Trombone player(Kai Winding)next.
Wat een prachtnummer van de koningin van de soul. En wat heeft ze een leuk kettinkje om, met een gouden klompje!
Het was niet haar nummer. Dat laat ze gemakshalve even weg hè?
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Lets face it folks the real reason why Irma Thomas did not go to the top of the charts as opposed to Mick Jagger was because she is a double minority; in other words a Black woman. Mick Jagger can sing no doubt but Miss Thomas nailed that song and everybody knows it. As the saying goes: "I don't care how good you think you are someone out there is always better." When I heard her version I almost cried.
Black Queen right there 👸🏽
With all due respect Irma, and I mean all respect and honor I’m sorry but Kai Winding and Dionne Warwick and The Gospelaires did THE ORIGINAL in 1963. Just keeping it real.
Tina Turner says the same thing about Mick Jagger watching her and ikettes dance..and then come to America dancing..trying to emulate her..the best he can...and since he's white..he gets attention...but still couldn't touch Tina on his best day...I see Irma Thomas experience the same thing.
it was the gender reversal that made it such a hit for the Rolling Stones, men don't like to hear that they will be running back to a woman !
@TOP2000 PLEASE, whenever you publish a video do the writers of the songs a pleasure, tell them who wrote them. I hate it when writers get short changed. You have various songs where those who made it into a hit are different.
Hi Paul, these videos are segments of our tv-program. Usually in the program we give an introduction from the studio with this kind of information. But that is all in Dutch, so we decided to leave this out. We did put the who wrote it in the information of this video.
Dear Mick can't really sing. Never could. He is a vocal stylist not a singer.
Listening to her, you'd think she wrote the song. She didn't.
TRUE!
That's certainly true. This video is a segment of our program, in the original introduction we explained this. We will put it in the description!
she never said she wrote it.
@@12121149 She only acts like she did.
Irma's version is much better.
Irma has lots of great songs,,check her catalog! I respect her and feel bad that time was taken from her, but she shouldn't be attacking Mick...sour grapes
The interviewer was disrespectful and made this hard to watch
It's not disrespectful, maybe you don't understand any other culture than your own! Because the interviewer is Dutch, this is how we do things, we are very direct and joke with that a lot. You either like it or hate it. But she seemed to have enjoyed it.
WTF … shoulda sued them. Thanks Bonnie Raitt for helping sistah!!
That's what you call bitterness. She didn't figure out how to be a rock star with it though did she?
Did you sue their asses for stealing your music are you getting something from that theft
If it wasn't for the British Invasion we wouldn't know about a lot of songs America didn't care they had no respect for black artists
She didn't even write it. What delusions of grandeur. Doesn't even mention that of course.
ROLLING STONES DID IT 100 TIMES BETTER-WHY? BECAUSE THEY PUT 100 TIMES MORE SOUL INTO IT!
Perhaps, I'm biased because I'm not a fan of the Rolling Stones, but I think that the Bonnie Raitt and Irma Thomas version is better.
Ask the Rolling Stones; they'd be ashamed of you saying that.
I love The Stones but don't disrespect Ms. Thomas.
@@blachubear I saw her live a few years ago at a festival -SHE WAS BORING!
@@reinpost they mean nothing now to me-they need to either write great songs or give up