Wow... I can't believe everyone has not ranked this song a ten... ain't you folks still crazy after all these years?
BEFORE reading your comment, I just did rate it a ten. I figure I should, if for no other reason that I want this song played at my funeral. It's the last verse that always hooks me.
Now I sit by my window And I watch the cars I fear Ill do some damage One fine day But I would not be convicted By a jury of my peers Still crazy after all these years Oh, still crazy Still crazy Still crazy after all these years
Soooooooooooo suh-weet. Beautiful, just beautiful.
I go looking for my girl when a song like this comes on. Now, if I just had one here. Lemee' see, where is she...
I grew up in southern California - essentially all LA then and now - and it was quite a time to be alive and a music lover. I'm not sure there's really been anything like it since. So many bands doing what today would be far outside the mainstream - and still selling albums. And, no, I never knew anyone who thought there was any resemblance between the sound of The Doors and Spirit - nor do I hear any.
You lucky dog (being there, in southern California, at that time), thanks for the backup. Yes, it was "quite a time to be alive and a music lover." To me, it was the best of times.
Reading through some of the comments, I saw several references to them sounding like the Doors and... are you kidding me? I love the Doors and I love Spirit. As someone who was there when these albums came out, nobody— repeat, nobody— thought they sounded like the Doors. So please, give this excellent group their due.
The thing they have in common is they all come out of the same era and same area (southern California). So yeah, a similar period sound and engineering and stuff, but that's about it. Think of it like this: what if, forty years from now, people were commenting that Wilco sounded like Coldplay?
I have a distinct memory of this musical piece: Southwest Yonkers, ca. 1987. I was diligently finishing a large mechanical of a dust jacket for a hardbound book - a free-lance job in addition to my two other jobs at the time - so that I could deliver it that morning and make the cut-off date to get paid in that period. Those were the days of T-squares, X-Acto knives, and speccing type with a type gauge and a calculator (perhaps some of you remember those antediluvian, pre-Mac days of graphic design). By about 3:45 AM I was seeing double and decided to walk around a bit and change the music. For some reason, I popped in this Satie CD (mine being one performed by Pascal Roge). It helped me get through the last overlays with what seemed like some sort of supernatural clarity. By the time this piece came on, my then-girlfriend, who had awakened to use the bathroom, walked into my studio to check on me. I was taping down Pantone chips and writing printing notes on the vellum overlay when she asked why I was listening to this "scary" music while working so late at night. She was not only concerned about my having to catch a train to Manhattan in less than three hours, but apparently about my mental state as well. I still listen to that CD every so often, but always think of that morning when I hear this piece. Beautiful music.
Overlays with Satie in the wee hours. I know this type of scenario...
Never did anything for me...I don't get it at all.
I hardly ever criticize songs, but this one...
I was in high school when it came out. I had been a huge fan of Cream, but this song? This album? They're lame. Yes, the piano/slide bit at the end has some merits, but the song sucks. I never understood why everybody loved it so much and even worse, why the radio plays the crap out of it.
So, I was glad to see a few step up and voice similar opinions. You get to thinking, "Am I the only one who hates this song?"
I LOVE these guys-- incredible body of work. If anybody's hard up for some good rock, buy this album (if you can find it) or American Highway Flower, El Subliminoso and/or their fourth album, "dada."
And yeah, I remember when 'HFS in DC used to play great alt rock. Ahhh, duh good olde daze...
A standout from their landmark album, "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus." As another commented previously, there's not a bad cut on the entire album and it blends seamlessly, like "Dark Side of the Moon" does. Several also wrote that they hadn't heard it in ages and/or it reminded them of the good ol' daze, and I'm just thinking, shoot, I never put this one away! I stayed with it and went from vinyl to cassette to CD.
Reading over the comments, I can't believe how many didn't like this song. No, it's not typical, classic Cream, but it's one of my favourites from them. They did purposely delve into the psychedelic now & then, and this is one of those times.
Check out "I Feel Free," "Dance the Night Away" and "Tales of Brave Ulysesses."
Patty is so righteous .Beautifully excellent!
And a huge thanks to RP for introducing me to her. I went out and bought Flaming Red without any reservations after hearing "Change" and "Tony."
Absolutely excellent-- an all-time classic!
As others posted, this one takes me back to the good ol' daze. It really makes me nostalgic...
I'm floating, floating...
I LOVE this song! It's a perfect, crusin' around, summer song and ALWAYS brightens things up.
When I was in junior high, I actually saw Mungo Jerry on Dick Clark's American Bandstand when they premiered this song. Ain't that wild? Everything was faked and lip-synched, so the lead singer used a jug to imitate the sound of the car that occurs about 2/3 of the way through.
Wow... I can't believe everyone has not ranked this song a ten... ain't you folks still crazy after all these years?
BEFORE reading your comment, I just did rate it a ten. I figure I should, if for no other reason that I want this song played at my funeral. It's the last verse that always hooks me.
Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear Ill do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years
I grew up in southern California - essentially all LA then and now - and it was quite a time to be alive and a music lover. I'm not sure there's really been anything like it since. So many bands doing what today would be far outside the mainstream - and still selling albums. And, no, I never knew anyone who thought there was any resemblance between the sound of The Doors and Spirit - nor do I hear any.
You lucky dog (being there, in southern California, at that time), thanks for the backup. Yes, it was "quite a time to be alive and a music lover." To me, it was the best of times.
The thing they have in common is they all come out of the same era and same area (southern California). So yeah, a similar period sound and engineering and stuff, but that's about it. Think of it like this: what if, forty years from now, people were commenting that Wilco sounded like Coldplay?
Beautiful music.
Overlays with Satie in the wee hours. I know this type of scenario...
Too bad you didn't have a Mayline.
Nope, sorry, it's this comment that goes in the crap pile.