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  • @jamelakajamal
    @jamelakajamal  4 роки тому +48

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    • @filipe1833
      @filipe1833 4 роки тому

      React Genesis

    • @lisamccartney2731
      @lisamccartney2731 4 роки тому

      React to this please! ua-cam.com/video/aQs1Ynq0rlk/v-deo.html

    • @johngranda3556
      @johngranda3556 4 роки тому

      Jamal please react to this: ua-cam.com/video/rAM1MKi7bNU/v-deo.html
      Pleeeeez! 🙏

    • @DavidTully
      @DavidTully 4 роки тому

      Hey Jamel, if you want to see Steve do a live version of this, this one is the best i think - ua-cam.com/video/n_CxztMjcgM/v-deo.html

    • @Mixolydio
      @Mixolydio 4 роки тому +1

      Grateful Dead version
      ua-cam.com/video/QwaKQvwMIe8/v-deo.html
      Thank you as always Jamel 🎸❤️

  • @jackwright9985
    @jackwright9985 2 роки тому +5

    I love Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy. Thank you for reacting to this timeless classic.

  • @jackkelly2620
    @jackkelly2620 4 роки тому +386

    The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys has to be next on the hit list.

    • @sandradamato8008
      @sandradamato8008 4 роки тому +15

      Low spark let’s show these kids how it’s done!

    • @kimberlygabaldon3260
      @kimberlygabaldon3260 4 роки тому +5

      Yep. Great minds think alike. I suggested that one yesterday. 👊😁

    • @gloriacervantes3300
      @gloriacervantes3300 4 роки тому +12

      Oh, please let it be so. The Low Spark of High-heel Boys. Great song and easily best song title ever!

    • @jackstraw4129
      @jackstraw4129 4 роки тому +5

      I recommended that yesterday! Live. This man is literally going through my music(band) collection. Peace.

    • @jackstraw4129
      @jackstraw4129 4 роки тому +1

      @@kimberlygabaldon3260 Ha! Me too.

  • @melissaward6311
    @melissaward6311 4 роки тому +201

    Spent many nights listening to Traffic and this song is perfect. "Low spark of high heeled boys" might be worth your time.

  • @thor8580
    @thor8580 4 роки тому +179

    I figured you out Jamel you bring everyone together and heal there souls through music for nothing but the pure love of it. You my brother are a light that everyone needs right now. God bless you brother.🙏🏼😇

    • @jamelakajamal
      @jamelakajamal  4 роки тому +21

      Appreciate You✌🏾🧔🏾✌🏾

    • @dogsareprecious4842
      @dogsareprecious4842 4 роки тому +14

      That is SOO, so very true!!! Jamal is just a joy and a blessing, isn't he? Imagine going through this horrible pandemic without him....that would be so sad! I'm sure all of you agree with me that it'd be SO NICE to be friends with him IRL :-) God bless you and your family, dear Jamal! LOVE YOUR REACTIONS!!!

    • @Dooklawz
      @Dooklawz 4 роки тому +10

      Amen. Well said and deep truth

    • @bonniewilson7034
      @bonniewilson7034 4 роки тому +7

      So true!! Absolutely love watching him react to music of our time! You're a breath of fresh air Jamel

    • @cera_alba
      @cera_alba 3 роки тому +3

      Gods and Goddesses, Angels and Ancestors, Guides and Guardians, May we all be blessed, And So It Is!

  • @dr.phibes7359
    @dr.phibes7359 4 роки тому +87

    Jamel.... Stevie Winwood... Acoustic Version of "Can't find my way home".. on his own at his house with a log fire!!

  • @TheChocolateDolphin
    @TheChocolateDolphin 4 роки тому +296

    Legend says, Steve Winwood would've started a solo career sooner, but he was stuck in Traffic.

  • @Budman_Buds
    @Budman_Buds 4 роки тому +96

    "A solitary wolf 'softly howling' at the moon". The best description I have ever heard of Winwood's vocals. Only Steve could "softly" howl!!

  • @klasseact6663
    @klasseact6663 4 роки тому +36

    Steve Winwood....GREAT guitarist, GREAT song writer, GREAT singer, great at whatever he touches....the true meaning of G R E A T 🙏👍😎

  • @mmk7340
    @mmk7340 4 роки тому +62

    Steve Winwood, one of the best guitarists no one knows about. Great solo in this song. Let's face it, the guy is a legend.

    • @rogerscollier7424
      @rogerscollier7424 4 роки тому +7

      Agree with you 100%

    • @johntegan51
      @johntegan51 4 роки тому +4

      SW is one of my Top 5 guitarist
      ...and pianist, organist, mandolinist...what else?

    • @paulinwoburn9680
      @paulinwoburn9680 4 роки тому +3

      I watched one of Clapton's Crossroads concerts and Winwood did a few songs then did a song together, I can't remember which one, and Stevie played guitar. I didn't remember he played guitar and he was amazing.

    • @mmk7340
      @mmk7340 4 роки тому +3

      @@paulinwoburn9680 he did the whole Crossroads tour with Clapton. Not sure what year that was. Maybe '07 or '08.

    • @videomaniac108
      @videomaniac108 3 місяці тому

      He also plays bass.​@@johntegan51

  • @CormacMacCormac
    @CormacMacCormac 4 роки тому +65

    Traffic was considered the first true supergroup, made up of members from other famous bands. The other prominent member of Traffic was Dave Mason, who also wrote and sang some of Traffics more well known songs, like Feelin Alright. (The original version, later covered by Joe Cocker)

    • @tobykenobe
      @tobykenobe 4 роки тому +7

      He needs to listen to We just Disagree if he ever gets to Dave Mason.

    • @dogsareprecious4842
      @dogsareprecious4842 4 роки тому +1

      I enjoy learning all this info about music---thanks! :-)

    • @FloridaRocks
      @FloridaRocks 4 роки тому +2

      "You are every woman in the world to me" Dave Mason ❤❤❤

    • @brada1136
      @brada1136 4 роки тому +1

      A little nitpick but I respectfully disagree about first super group. None of the other members beside Winwood were very famous before Traffic.

    • @jackgee7355
      @jackgee7355 4 роки тому +8

      That would actually be Cream

  • @markszyszkiewicz
    @markszyszkiewicz 4 роки тому +52

    This song sends the chills...

  • @natecorning
    @natecorning 4 роки тому +135

    Presence of the Lord - Blind Faith. Keep the Winwood train rollin!

    • @midkingsteve
      @midkingsteve 4 роки тому +4

      Yes this!!

    • @dapper189
      @dapper189 4 роки тому +4

      Can't agree enough..amazing song

    • @lathedauphinot6820
      @lathedauphinot6820 4 роки тому

      I agree. Winwood begins with an angelic, powerful vocal, and then here comes Eric Clapton like God’s Thunder in one of his awe-inspiring solos ever.

  • @Flatwoodsdad
    @Flatwoodsdad 4 роки тому +28

    Thanks for the reaction. Traffic was an amazing group. "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" is their masterpiece. But all their songs are great.

  • @twocosmic2982
    @twocosmic2982 3 роки тому +2

    When hearing these old classics how many of ya'll remember back when ya first heard em and just crack a smile.. there's no way I'm the only one

    • @RuthKing-wm9nw
      @RuthKing-wm9nw 6 місяців тому

      I'm on the same journey..and it feels just as great now as in the 70s

  • @cindydepriest3720
    @cindydepriest3720 4 роки тому +64

    Another bandmate from Traffic is Dave Mason. You should check him out. Two songs that come to mind are We just Disagree and Only you know and I Know.

    • @barbaramiller2279
      @barbaramiller2279 4 роки тому +3

      I think my all time favorite by Dave Mason is Look At You Look at Me. Off of Alone Together. ua-cam.com/video/MSfAYnI3MBc/v-deo.html

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 4 роки тому +4

      Plus he wrote and sang the original "Feelin' Alright," made world-famous by Joe Cocker but originally done by Traffic.

    • @joseenriqueagutaya131
      @joseenriqueagutaya131 3 роки тому +1

      Don't forget "Look at you,look at me" another great song from his solo album.

    • @markcraven8386
      @markcraven8386 3 роки тому +1

      All Along The Watchtower

  • @paveltolz6601
    @paveltolz6601 4 роки тому +80

    Peter Frampton's "Do you feel like we do" comes to mind as I listen to this song.
    Jamel, I've forgotten more songs from my youth than I remember and you've taken me on a journey with back in time to meet old friends together. Thanks for the sojourn. Looking forward to more.
    PS. Apple's iTunes thanks you too cause I've downloaded a #@$%^& ton of songs since you've started doing reactions.

    • @steveullrich7737
      @steveullrich7737 4 роки тому +1

      Same here Pavel, forgotten but now remembered and downloaded if I didn't already have.

    • @sailor213100
      @sailor213100 4 роки тому +2

      Yea, there are a ton of songs I forgot and now enjoy more now than before, especially Talking Heads.

    • @troyalcorn1184
      @troyalcorn1184 4 роки тому +2

      I wholeheartedly agree with you Pavel.
      I have forgotten more than I can look forward to. It sounds sad I said it, but it is not. I can't replace what I learned, what I experienced and what I loved. Remembering is the best because old memories are much better than fantasies.

    • @pamela2843
      @pamela2843 3 роки тому +1

      Fantastic comment, so germane for me. I messed-up, fessed-up, then grew up on all of this music. You’re so right: I forgot more about the true gold I mined than the useless gold I’ve earned. Jamel/Jamal is AWESOME. Love it here.

    • @source5729
      @source5729 2 роки тому

      OMG Same! 😆

  • @chipdamutt108
    @chipdamutt108 4 роки тому +49

    The percentage you're paying is too high prices while you're living beyond all your means, and the man in the suit has just bought a new car from the profits he made on your dreams.
    The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

  • @maryscaggsdane1978
    @maryscaggsdane1978 4 роки тому +31

    This was GOLD in concert!! 🎶❤😎

    • @maryscaggsdane1978
      @maryscaggsdane1978 4 роки тому +3

      Winwood is a master of the roller coaster in his music. Slow and chill, then rock and roll adrenaline!

  • @TwistedSither
    @TwistedSither 4 роки тому +19

    I could sit and listen to that all night long.

  • @larryc3860
    @larryc3860 Рік тому +2

    written during the "Psychedelic" period if rock music ( late 1960's ) and still rocks so hard.....!

  • @helen8755
    @helen8755 4 роки тому +35

    Rock and Roll Stew is a great song as well as John Barleycorn Must Die and Freedom Rider from this classic group!

    • @katk8582
      @katk8582 4 роки тому +2

      Rock and Roll Stew!

  • @richardpare3538
    @richardpare3538 Рік тому +2

    One of the incredible bands that us old farts were lucky enough to grow up with. Still magnificent 50+ years later.

  • @Blade247
    @Blade247 4 роки тому +25

    Awesome ! The other song called.... The low spark of low heeled boys..... Is awesome !!!!!

  • @stephenpalazzolo5418
    @stephenpalazzolo5418 4 роки тому +28

    Even the Dead covered this and once was joined by Winwood live for it!

    • @KOLLIS1969
      @KOLLIS1969 4 роки тому +7

      And they did it SO well.
      Brent left us WAY too soon.
      ua-cam.com/video/QwaKQvwMIe8/v-deo.html

    • @randomperson-dy6kj
      @randomperson-dy6kj 4 роки тому +2

      Traffic opened for the Dead in 1993 or 94. In DC, both bands came out together at the end of the show and played Baba O’Reilly. IIRC, that was also the same night the Dead busted out Casey Jones for the first time after something like 25 years. Those train horns were so LOUD! All the RFK shows run together in my memory. Always a great time there.

    • @KOLLIS1969
      @KOLLIS1969 4 роки тому +1

      @@randomperson-dy6kj Caught the three Vegas shows on that tour.
      Vegas was always a must for me and my circle of friends in Phoenix.
      Some GREAT times with AMAZING people.

    • @randomperson-dy6kj
      @randomperson-dy6kj 4 роки тому +1

      Kollis Branch Hey now! I was there for the Vegas shows that year, too! Had a great time. It was my first time visiting Vegas and it was wild! We stayed for a week, on a school bus in a campground. 😁One of my best friends from high school went to ASU, so we also went to the Compton Terrence show in ‘92 (?) when they opened with Here Comes Sunshine. I miss going to shows so much.

    • @KOLLIS1969
      @KOLLIS1969 4 роки тому +1

      @@randomperson-dy6kj Yep...we trod much the same ground.
      Always stayed at the camps at Lake Mead...great times there....Vegas always had the guests...Steve Miller, Santana, Traffic, Sting (my favorite opener), Dave Matthews.
      Compton Terrace was one of my favorite venues though...being on tribal land and the tribal police were super laid back.
      That 12/6/1992 bust out of Here Comes Sunshine was the first one since 2/23/1974 and a total surprise for us all.
      I found a video recently of it and it brings me right back to that joyful moment...Man did we all go ape shit when they dusted that one of after so many years.
      Of course I had an idea of how special that moment was when it happened; but as with countless others they mean so much more as time passes.
      I still hit Dead and Company a few times each year. Though it is a great time, there is just some type of magic that happened between us brothers and sisters on the roads and in the shows that was special. and I will carry in my heart well into the beyond.
      "You know our love will NOT fade away..."
      ua-cam.com/video/X8zlGN46oaM/v-deo.html

  • @julieharden2433
    @julieharden2433 4 роки тому +5

    July 29, 1994 at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, I got to see Traffic open up for the Grateful Dead. I still remember how I felt while hearing them play this song. Magical. Also of note, while it was in the 90s and sunny all day, it poured rain with high winds during most of Traffic's set. I remember being so cold and wet. I lost my flip flops.
    By the time The Dead came out, it was just this light, constant rain, but by the second set, it had stopped raining, and I remember wanting them to play "Here Comes The Sun" so badly, but they didn't. Lol
    Sometimes I forget how great my life was/is. :0)

  • @BoojumFed
    @BoojumFed 4 роки тому +18

    I've heard SO many covers of Mr. Fantasy but this is the first time I've heard the original.

  • @TheStephenPJensen
    @TheStephenPJensen 4 роки тому +57

    "If you see something that looks like a star
    And it's shooting up out of the ground
    And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
    And you just can't escape from the sound
    Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
    We were children once, playing with toys"
    Then go Low, look for Sparks. On Boys that wear High Heels

  • @MsPrincesspaulina
    @MsPrincesspaulina 4 роки тому +124

    Jamel: Please turn on the lava lamp. Thank you.

    • @jamelakajamal
      @jamelakajamal  4 роки тому +29

      It’s Too Hot In That Room

    • @louiseuk4001
      @louiseuk4001 4 роки тому +8

      Adore your guitars 💖

    • @redarmysoja
      @redarmysoja 4 роки тому +15

      @@jamelakajamal It'll be a lot cooler if you do The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic. And remember while listening to it, you are not hearing what you think you are hearing ua-cam.com/video/vDGorIWYz-A/v-deo.html

    • @MsPrincesspaulina
      @MsPrincesspaulina 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamelakajamal Ok, I understand. I won't bug you about it anymore. Still, I bet it's very pretty with colors and cool to look at.

    • @MsPrincesspaulina
      @MsPrincesspaulina 4 роки тому +1

      @@redarmysoja He has to do that song with all the other Traffic tunes he's doing. I'm surprised he hasn't done it yet. I left him a link to it too a few days ago on another Traffic video he did.

  • @binkle76
    @binkle76 4 роки тому +162

    It played over the Marvel title card at the Beginning of Avengers: Endgame

    • @binkle76
      @binkle76 4 роки тому +12

      @Vincent Schmitt I took its inclusion a step further. The song is basically speaking from the perspective of everyone who had been on the MCU train all these years who were left crushed after the end of Infinity War, and lest you forget how much of a gut punch it was, the film opens with Hawkeye's loss. That song is basically saying, "OK Marvel... we're all in a gloom. Better do something to make us happy. Sorry that you had your losses along the way, but its us, the loyal viewer, who needs to be uplifted right now."
      It was the perfect choice.

    • @DavidJacobsvo
      @DavidJacobsvo 4 роки тому +11

      It’s the single greatest opening song for a movie in history. Two notes and I thought oh god yes.

    • @dennisvincent94
      @dennisvincent94 4 роки тому +7

      @@DavidJacobsvo EXACTLY!!! I could not believe my ears. I’ve never been that happy about a song in a movie before and probably won’t be again.

    • @Wungolioth
      @Wungolioth 4 роки тому +8

      I think it was also meant as a tribute to Stan Lee, who passed between Infinity War and Endgame, and who better embodies Mr. Fantasy but Stan Lee.

    • @GOGIANTS1091
      @GOGIANTS1091 4 роки тому +2

      Cant unsee that title card after Hawkeye sees his family get wiped away. Always on my mind when I listen to this song

  • @richardcottone6620
    @richardcottone6620 2 роки тому +1

    they bring a lot of elements of blues, rock and jazz . When people of all origins get together and try to understand one another, beautiful things happen

  • @jimbrentar
    @jimbrentar 4 роки тому +63

    Request "John Barleycorn" by Traffic. It's a song that's probably been around a thousand years

    • @michaelworch7737
      @michaelworch7737 4 роки тому +2

      That whole album is amazing

    • @nickimontie
      @nickimontie 4 роки тому +2

      @@michaelworch7737 Agree! Glad/Freedom Rider needs to be on the list, too!

    • @tommac4160
      @tommac4160 4 роки тому

      Literally

  • @anthonyblakely399
    @anthonyblakely399 4 роки тому +1

    Traffic are among the gods of Rock n' Roll. Fantastic!!!!

  • @davidnorth9390
    @davidnorth9390 4 роки тому +25

    Traffic: "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" !

  • @BuzWeaver
    @BuzWeaver 4 роки тому +4

    Steve Winwood is just phenomenal. He has that blues swagger and just an amazing resonance. So many of his songs are just mesmerizing. Thanks for the reaction.

  • @TheSkydogsguitar
    @TheSkydogsguitar 4 роки тому +59

    The lyrics were written after Winwood noticed a doodle that drummer Jim Capaldi drew that was called "Mr. Fantasy." They worked up the music that night and when Capaldi woke up the next morning, they finished the lyrics.

    • @sassymessmess9110
      @sassymessmess9110 4 роки тому +5

      I love when I get information about songs I love. 👍🏽

    • @antarcticorb9197
      @antarcticorb9197 4 роки тому +2

      Interesting..thx!

    • @angelazuzu
      @angelazuzu 4 роки тому +2

      Capaldi was coming off an acid trip.

    • @matthewbudzinski8320
      @matthewbudzinski8320 4 роки тому +3

      Capaldi recalled the exact moment that spawned "Dear Mr. Fantasy."
      One early morning at the Cottage he was coming down off LSD, sketching in front of a log fire. Bubbling out of his acid-fired subconsciousness and through his pencil came a the image of a man hanging on puppet strings and wearing a spiked hat with the words, "Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune, something to make us all happy" scrawled under him.
      Winwood found Capaldi's sketch and set a bass line to it. That evening they drove into the city and recorded the song at Olympic Studios. They burned incense in the recording room and turned the lights low to capture the mood the song had been borne from.
      During recording, producer Jimmy Miller was so excited by what he heard that he jumped into the room playing maracas, eagerly driving the band on. It's the only instrumental credit he has on the album.

    • @sassymessmess9110
      @sassymessmess9110 4 роки тому

      @@matthewbudzinski8320
      Awsome story!

  • @Russ_Keith
    @Russ_Keith 4 роки тому +7

    So glad you're sticking with brother Stevie in all his incarnations. I'm so here for it.
    To what you were saying, Jessie J. once said "Anything that you go through in life, sometimes the best part of it is it can give you a song that makes you understand that feeling, good or bad, that you can have forever. That can also help someone else that doesn't know how to put that into words". She's not just a great singer, she's deep.

  • @brianmiller6055
    @brianmiller6055 4 роки тому +117

    Winwood not only sang this, he is also responsible for that epic guitar solo

    • @melaniej.roberts206
      @melaniej.roberts206 4 роки тому +6

      Cool! I didn't know that. Love this music

    • @davidhattman7649
      @davidhattman7649 4 роки тому +11

      and Dave Mason on bass

    • @sassymessmess9110
      @sassymessmess9110 4 роки тому +2

      @@davidhattman7649
      Is that Dave on the album cover?

    • @TK-fk4po
      @TK-fk4po 4 роки тому +4

      Yes, the man’s a music genius with mad skills.

    • @davidhattman7649
      @davidhattman7649 4 роки тому +6

      @@sassymessmess9110 No. The cover pictured here is from the US release. The UK release has a different cover and Dave Mason is on that one. The UK version has a different lineup of songs. Here is the link to the UK release www.discogs.com/Traffic-Mr-Fantasy/release/8061391

  • @jameskirschling7887
    @jameskirschling7887 4 роки тому +15

    Great music being kept alive. Empty Pages is a song that has great vocals by Steve Winwood. Low Spark, Rock and Roll Stew and John Barleycorn Must Die are great tunes to listen to amongst many others.

    • @larrywhite2574
      @larrywhite2574 2 роки тому +1

      Winwood and Traffic are great. Empty Pages is a great song my favorite.

  • @IllumeEltanin
    @IllumeEltanin 4 роки тому +22

    For me, it's the ending riff. I've never heard anyone do this, but I always wanted a DJ to segue immediately in to The Kinks You Really Got Me right after this song.

  • @thomassmith7608
    @thomassmith7608 4 роки тому +1

    This is one of my favorite songs--ever! Thanks for sharing it. It shows the musical genius of Steve Winwood. He plays guitar and sings like an angel. He and the late Chris Wood wrote this song. (Wood played harmonica, woodwinds, and saxophone with Traffic).. At one of Eric Clapton's benefit concert's, Clapton comments about how this song shows what a brilliant and under-rated guitar player Steve Winwood happens to be. This song includes a fabulous guitar solo, and Chris Wood's harmonica playing is brilliant. The song has not grown old, even after all these years: It's a timeless masterpiece, one of those songs that has the smell of eternity about it. Rest in Peace, Chris Wood.

    • @mpphuket
      @mpphuket Рік тому

      Jim Capaldi also co-wrote the song. Chris played Hammond organ. Dave Mason played harmonica and bass.

  • @garykelly7422
    @garykelly7422 4 роки тому +5

    Steve Winwood started so young, but had such a great mature voice. Awesome thanks Jamel ☮️

  • @nish5523
    @nish5523 4 роки тому +24

    Thank you jamel. Been requesting this for ages. Have a good weekend mate!

  • @dawncelia1
    @dawncelia1 4 роки тому +16

    Does anyone remember ,Hole In My Shoe........Traffic 1967.......I am nearly a dinosaur 😂😂😂😂🎶🎵🎶🎵

  • @denisearmbruster7478
    @denisearmbruster7478 4 роки тому +2

    You'll love this - Traffic's Low Spark of the High Heel Boys!!!! Steve Winwood on vocals! Blend of jazz, rock and blues!

  • @colincampbell5967
    @colincampbell5967 4 роки тому +5

    Thank you, my memory of this brilliant song had been misfiled in the dusty regions of my brain until being reactioned, to wiped the dust away

  • @MrBobsathlon2
    @MrBobsathlon2 3 роки тому +1

    A great song for late night. Great for driving all night. You don't want the song to end.

    • @dougmphilly
      @dougmphilly Рік тому

      Best line about listening to this song

  • @bodhisattva3774
    @bodhisattva3774 4 роки тому +14

    One of my favorite bands. Please consider doing Low Spark of High Healed Boys, it's epic. Thanks

  • @luisalonsoecheverria
    @luisalonsoecheverria 4 роки тому +9

    This and "Medicated Goo" both have some of Steve's finest guitar playing!!

  • @ironmanbuckeye8366
    @ironmanbuckeye8366 11 місяців тому +3

    is almost hypnotic it hits so hard

  • @richarddziadulewicz6337
    @richarddziadulewicz6337 2 роки тому +1

    One of my fave 60s tunes

  • @Bluesman57
    @Bluesman57 4 роки тому +15

    The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys next Please!

  • @peternordloh8088
    @peternordloh8088 2 роки тому

    Saw Traffic play this in Chicago 68/69. He walks out on the catwalk and just WAILS on the guitar. Pure Magic.

  • @raymonddancy2588
    @raymonddancy2588 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for your reactions you're opening up all kind of different music doors for me and I thank you

  • @kennethward4985
    @kennethward4985 2 роки тому +1

    You have got to check out the live version of 'Fantasy' with Steve Winwood with long hair and playing his big green guitar !!!! It is a Do NOT Miss.

  • @coralqueen3059
    @coralqueen3059 4 роки тому +26

    JAMEL PLEASE REACT to “LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS” by TRAFFIC. Great Song👍🏻🤘🏻👌🏼✌🏼

  • @robertcatesby8420
    @robertcatesby8420 4 роки тому

    The guys were living in an old house in rural England. The drummer/ lyricist Jim Capaldi (the bearded guy) came home, was tired and staring at the fireplace and the words came to him. He jotted them down and went to bed. Steve and Chris Wood came home, found the lyrics and started playing (Steve on guitar, Chris on bass, he plays the bass and organ on the track) and when Jim woke up there was the song. Steve is a great guitar player as well as singer and keyboard player. In early 1968, Traffic was the 1st concert I ever saw. It was at the Fillmore East in NYC, and the music those 3 guys made was absolute magic! One of my favorite memories.

  • @louiseuk4001
    @louiseuk4001 4 роки тому +8

    UK and US albums were released in significantly different stereo and mono mixes. These differences led to four distinct variations of the album. Dave Mason, guitarist was a good friend of Jimi Hendrix💕

  • @joesiano21
    @joesiano21 3 роки тому

    I went to see Traffic in 1973 and the show was incredible. They played for almost 4 hours. The music just came coming at you. Steve Winwood is amazing.

  • @xnetsand
    @xnetsand 4 роки тому +37

    Opening of Avengers Endgame

  • @RadGma
    @RadGma 4 роки тому +8

    Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood played this live at Madison Square Garden

  • @joemaurone7923
    @joemaurone7923 4 роки тому +50

    RE: Is music enough for the artist to heal in a moment of pain, loss: You know, there's a Greek myth about just that sort of question, the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus was a musician whose music was so great, it could cause the rocks and trees to emotion. When his love, Eurydice, died and went to the underworld, he was so grief-stricken, he went to bring her back from the dead. His music lulled Cerberbus, the 3 headed dog, to sleep, and moved even Hades himself. They were allowed to leave, on condition that he didn't look back before reaching the surface. Well, they were almost there, but Orpheus started to fear that Eurydice wasn't behind him, so...he looked back, only to see her disappear.
    Orpheus was now so distraught, so heartbroken, so angry at himself, that he would not play any soothing, happy music ever again, only music of sadness. One day, in the woods, a group of maidens worshipping Dionysus came upon him, and asked him to "play a song, and make it happy". But Orpheus could not, in his grief-stricken state. The maidens, in a drunken rage, were angered, and proceeded to tear Orpheus apart, limb-by-limb.
    Orpheus dies, but the Muses decided to save his head and keep it among the living people to sing forever, enchanting everyone with his melodies and tones.

    • @darkmagus64
      @darkmagus64 4 роки тому +3

      thank you. I never made that connection.

    • @susanbenson4201
      @susanbenson4201 4 роки тому +2

      YES!

    • @brendaserafino5034
      @brendaserafino5034 3 роки тому +1

      And the opera “Hadestown” by Anais Mitchell was born and performed on Broadway. Gorgeous music, definitely worth a listen!

  • @aironsteele
    @aironsteele 4 роки тому +37

    It was played at the beginning of "Avengers:Endgame".

    • @jamelakajamal
      @jamelakajamal  4 роки тому +7

      Thank You🙏🏾

    • @RobertLoves
      @RobertLoves 4 роки тому +4

      @@jamelakajamal I'm wanting to say Jimi Hendrix was the inspiration for this song. Jimi was on occasion called Mr. Fantasy.

    • @napoleonwilson6499
      @napoleonwilson6499 4 роки тому +1

      How unoriginal of the avengers

    • @ChrisLawton66
      @ChrisLawton66 4 роки тому +4

      @@napoleonwilson6499 odd thing to say

    • @SmokyTheChinchilla
      @SmokyTheChinchilla 4 роки тому

      It was used in an ESPN commercial too.

  • @jameskoch9260
    @jameskoch9260 4 роки тому +11

    The band was staying in a country house, in the living room they had a mannequin named...Mr. Fantasy.

  • @astonsfan
    @astonsfan 4 роки тому

    Dude you nailed the life of a performer.You write a song with feeling and then you got to go on stage night after night and act like it's the first time you ever played it.Being a rock star is no easy job. You rock!!!!

  • @bryanblack526
    @bryanblack526 4 роки тому +9

    Shootout at the Fantasy Factory, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and anything from When the Eagle Flies. Someone else you may want to check out from this band, Dave Mason.

  • @ZacCostilla
    @ZacCostilla 4 роки тому

    I can’t help but think of all the great actors and comedians who used their comedy genius to help battle depression. Robin Williams obviously comes to mind, but many, many others have fought depression as well.

  • @TK-fk4po
    @TK-fk4po 4 роки тому +3

    This is one of those great songs covered by everyone. It’s a go to at open mic nights. Same chords as Hey Jude.

  • @furtherdefinitions1
    @furtherdefinitions1 4 роки тому

    This has always been one of my favorite tunes. The first time I heard it on the radio in late 1967 I was hooked on it without knowing who it was. In 1968 Traffic gave a free concert in Central Park in NYC and I was there with what turned out to be 25,000 people crowding the area around the bandshell. It was a great performance. Have been a fan ever since.

  • @rogerscollier7424
    @rogerscollier7424 4 роки тому +5

    There’s a live version from 1972 with Steve on lead guitar, Superb

  • @fixxxt
    @fixxxt 4 роки тому +1

    maybe someone already mentioned this, but steve plays guitar in this song, and his solos are brilliant. he is not often considered among other guitarists from this era, but the quality of his playing here demands it!

  • @PipeMan1792
    @PipeMan1792 4 роки тому +4

    I've been trying to get Jamel forever to review the 'Traffic songs, 'The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys', and 'Rock & Roll Stew.
    The Great Band, 'Blind Faith', with Steve Winwood songs, 'Do What You Like', 'Had To Cry Today', and 'Presence Of The Lord'.
    Why people keep requesting these really good songs of Steve Winwood, but keep beating around the bush, of Steve Winwood songs, that I just mentioned, with Steve Winwoods's best. Jamel is loving Steve Winwood, and just keeps missing Steve at his best.

  • @ericstuder5792
    @ericstuder5792 3 роки тому

    Steve is one of the greatest to ever walk this earth and still is ! loved him since the 60's !!!

  • @rockymountainrussian2540
    @rockymountainrussian2540 4 роки тому +4

    Dang brother, what a great group of Sunday songs. Nice choices from start to finish. This of course has Mr Winwood singing and just a great slow funky groove.

  • @cmihale
    @cmihale 3 роки тому

    This is by far the best music-review channel I've come across. Thank you for putting all of this great music up here for us to experience all over again.

  • @OGSontar
    @OGSontar 4 роки тому +5

    AAAAAANNNNNDDDD BOOM! I'm back in my youth. Thanks, Jamel. I needed that, been pretty depressed today.

    • @jamelakajamal
      @jamelakajamal  4 роки тому +2

      Glad I Could Help🙏🏾 Stay Strong🙏🏾

  • @daykeyquay1007
    @daykeyquay1007 4 роки тому

    I 💜 this song all these years! Thanks for reacting! ✌️😃

  • @Fireonthemountaintop
    @Fireonthemountaintop 4 роки тому +5

    Crosby, Stills and Nash did an awesome cover of this in a different key.

    • @danpeak
      @danpeak 4 роки тому +1

      Did not know that.. Will definitely search that out for a listen.

  • @andrewmunoz2109
    @andrewmunoz2109 4 роки тому

    I totally dig how you react to older music. Stuff I grew up with & jammed to in early stages of life. Whether I was in a different "state of mind" & even sober, this is the best! Thank you for keeping great music alive & appreciated!!

  • @weenfain2321
    @weenfain2321 4 роки тому +7

    Glad you heard me when I mentioned all these Winwood tracks from all his bands, but for the love of god my
    Friend react to ROBIN TROWER! Been asking for MONTHS upon months.

  • @Nhoj31neirbo47
    @Nhoj31neirbo47 4 роки тому

    Rock and Roll at its finest! I lived and breathed this music growing up. I was a roadie for a few hometown bands. Played a bit of blues harp. Those were the days!

  • @BTemple
    @BTemple 4 роки тому +7

    A Canadian band called Big Sugar does an amazing cover of this tune! You'd love it.

  • @spincrunch
    @spincrunch 4 роки тому

    Love it brother. Thanks for inviting the whole human race to your party! BLESSINGS to you!

  • @probstanator
    @probstanator 4 роки тому +7

    This song was in Avengers: Endgame. That might be why you recognize it?

  • @barbaramiller2279
    @barbaramiller2279 4 роки тому

    I so enjoy watching your expressions! Takes me back in time to when I first heard this a very very long time ago. And then once again experiencing it with head phones on. Whole new experience!

  • @musicairplanes4884
    @musicairplanes4884 4 роки тому +29

    I will ask one more time. Please do John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic. The live version from the early 70's.

  • @midkingsteve
    @midkingsteve 4 роки тому +1

    Presence of the Lord - Blind Faith !!

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 4 роки тому +34

    Jamel, Steve Winwood's "The Finer Things" is next for you!

    • @vickieray
      @vickieray 4 роки тому +2

      Yes please!!

    • @coralqueen3059
      @coralqueen3059 4 роки тому +2

      Yes 👍🏻 and also “While You See A Chance!!” ✌🏼

    • @dave0915
      @dave0915 4 роки тому +4

      "Roll With It", also

    • @vickieray
      @vickieray 4 роки тому +1

      @@dave0915 another great one ♥️

    • @sheriwilliams7449
      @sheriwilliams7449 4 роки тому +1

      @@dave0915 absolutely!! One of my favorite songs from the 80s

  • @theartisticactuary
    @theartisticactuary 4 роки тому

    The closing number when I saw Winwood and Clapton at the Albert a few years back. Lots of tears in the audience.

  • @2bteachable2
    @2bteachable2 4 роки тому +4

    I will echo the suggestion of Traffic - "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys," and please consider Steve Winwood's "Arc of a Diver." "Arc of a Diver" has one of those infectious grooves that you find yourself singing days later.

  • @lorinwold6473
    @lorinwold6473 3 роки тому

    When this was released he wasn't yet 20. He was a great keyboard and guitar player as well as knowing how to play proficiently drums, mandolin, bass and saxophone. What a talent and on top of his instrumental gifts he is without doubt one of the great vocalists of all time.

  • @klasseact6663
    @klasseact6663 4 роки тому +3

    Jamal, FWIW, this is in my top 20 songs ever made! It's just "one of those songs"🔥🔥🔥

  • @harrietmiller3982
    @harrietmiller3982 4 роки тому

    Traffic was a favorite band of mine as well as Blind Faith (Can't find my way home) Steve Winwood being the magic in both. Thank you for reacting to this‼️✌️❤️

  • @wampasaurus8964
    @wampasaurus8964 4 роки тому +4

    "Annnd you've won. Congratulations. Fair game." - Playboy, Billionaire, Philanthropist, Hero Tony Stark

  • @kellyjohns6612
    @kellyjohns6612 2 роки тому +1

    Anybody ever see the video of this live 1972 Santa Monica??? It broke my heart; 👁 Steve's eyes! 👀

  • @vickieray
    @vickieray 4 роки тому +12

    For anyone that’s watched “Supernatural” you’ve heard this song on there too ♥️🎸🔥🎤♥️

    • @vickieray
      @vickieray 4 роки тому

      @Ken Ward I have watched the entire series twice now & couldn’t believe the things I missed the first time!

    • @alexandraaaron9705
      @alexandraaaron9705 4 роки тому +2

      @Ken Ward WOOOHHOOOO!! Now You KNOW Things... 😉

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 4 роки тому +1

      Love that show....Dean Bros to the rescue 💗

    • @vickieray
      @vickieray 4 роки тому +1

      @@bethshadid2087 Sam & Dean ♥️🔥♥️ My favorite show ♥️

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 4 роки тому +1

      @@vickieray omg how could I have made that mistake 🤦. Old age and too much going on 😓. Probably because I like Dean character the best ☺️. The Winchester Bros kick butt 😁

  • @dazzlingpumppouches
    @dazzlingpumppouches 3 роки тому

    Make it snappy! Love this song, I could listen to this all day!!

  • @hannahmoore9345
    @hannahmoore9345 4 роки тому +7

    This song is awesome! The album it's on (also titled "Mr. Fantasy") is quirky and amazing. Hope you check it out someday, or at least a few songs from it. Take care Jamel - love your channel!

    • @obbor4
      @obbor4 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, it's unusual for American ears, I think, but its my favorite Traffic album. I wish he would also do 'Heaven is in your Mind' and 'No Face, No Name, No Number.'

  • @chuckrowland8362
    @chuckrowland8362 3 роки тому

    What a great reaction..this could be my favorite so far. Shout out to the folks that perform under duress..bless you.

  • @waynecox3958
    @waynecox3958 4 роки тому +19

    Time has come today.........