Now imagine your parents, and friends, sitting together in a darkened basement, mind altered, listening to this for the very first time.
@poloreacts278 ай бұрын
Sounds like a dream
@dwhite8498 ай бұрын
Well I was and am one of those old guys in a basement, mind altered This was stunning Such good stuff
@Papabob19578 ай бұрын
I am one of those future parents setting in the basement lol
@p.rick128 ай бұрын
Have vape pen and killer head phones and enjoying the hell out of a song I have heard for 50 years
@jhamptonjr8 ай бұрын
Yeah eventually my child came down to the basement with me 🙂 All my old friends I used to sit around with are like family anyway! Peace and love!
@armadillotoe8 ай бұрын
Being old now is a fair price for being young when all the great music was out.
@rickcrews58168 ай бұрын
I’m 74 and couldn’t agree more.
@mikehawkins47528 ай бұрын
I wouldn't have it any other way. 66 now, and I think I was born at the exact right time to be a music lover.
@williamfite92578 ай бұрын
This is the best comment I have ever heard about music we grew up to.
@annehemmer51537 ай бұрын
Nice thought, no fences, freedom, no daycare from 2 months same room for years, ya then people were creative and not stuck in secure rms in college. Poor little guys take over when we’re older.
@kevinl.johnson45497 ай бұрын
@@annehemmer5153My favorite tee shirt says “I may be old, but at least I saw Rush in concert!”
@kimmorrill70608 ай бұрын
Im 66 yrs old and we grew up with the greatest music made. From rock to motown, we had it all!
@Williamottelucas8 ай бұрын
67th birthday yesterday!
@starlaryer41658 ай бұрын
68 soon and we had the best times and best music
@galumpher81077 ай бұрын
70 recently - grew up immersed in this era, spent decades moved into other musical realms. These past 8-10 years revisiting this era. There's some magic here for sure.
@jensenms7 ай бұрын
Yes! Yes. We. Did.
@Frank-pe9pk7 ай бұрын
67 come April. We definitely had the best music of all time, except maybe Disco.
@jackidickson41208 ай бұрын
I must agree out loud. Our generation did have the best music!
@mikejohnson-dl7vt8 ай бұрын
Boomers 🤣❤🤙🎶
@carlady218 ай бұрын
Yes yes… so true ❤
@Cchan538 ай бұрын
Damn straight!
@chrisjenkins61208 ай бұрын
🎼Yeah we did!☮️💟😑
@starlaryer41658 ай бұрын
Hands Down
@shemanic17 ай бұрын
Welcome to our World, brother. Growing up with 60's & 70's music was a huge privilege.
@hotelmag-a-lardo7 ай бұрын
I still can't believe that I was fortunate enough to have been there.
@KittyDillion7 ай бұрын
I was 70's and 80's, when we still had awesome music.
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
It just made everyone enjoy life and the company of others. :) look back now and realize that was a blessing - which now gives me lots of fond memories of those I’ve lost or lost touch with.
@VickiS-70806 ай бұрын
We had so much great music.....we almost took it for granted. ❤❤❤❤😊😊
@bluesrock18 ай бұрын
Steve Winwood wrote this song, along with Jim Capaldi, to vent his disdain for how record companies treated artists in those days.
@rogerosterberger46278 ай бұрын
Thanks, I love input.
@richdiddens40598 ай бұрын
@@Rock_SnobNice fable. It is one of many tracks in the day dissing the record companies. Barracuda, Working for MCA, Death on Two Legs, Zanz Kant Danz, Have a Cigar, etc.
@illiambarna94708 ай бұрын
I believe Winwood was only 17 or18 when I did this.
@lotswifemusic99658 ай бұрын
And treatment of musicians has only gotten worse...🤬
@lotswifemusic99658 ай бұрын
@@illiambarna9470 He was 23
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
Let me just say that I’ve never felt more connected to any thread of comments than these! I think our generation was truly blessed to enjoy so many excellent and TIMELESS musicians. I WISH WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM SHARING A DUBIE;)
@kurtw1762 ай бұрын
This song willl lower your blood pressure and raise your well being.
@KWwest2 ай бұрын
@@kurtw176 Very timely response - Just returned from Dr office where BP was a bit elevated :...( Will take your wonderful advice & blast my favorite of all times, Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys. Many thanks for the reminder that best meds of all, excellent music. To your good health too :) xoxo
@kurtw1762 ай бұрын
@@KWwest ✌🏼
@Maclady19648 ай бұрын
Us older folks had some AWESOME music to grow up with!
@faith.s_mom8 ай бұрын
You got that right!!! NOBODY had it better, especially when it comes to the diversity of the music~ it was SUCH a creative time for artists of the generation! We were lucky AF to have been there when all THIS was first happening. I am so very glad that Polo is digging this and hopefully, turning the "youngsters" on to so many of our favorites 💚💚💚
@MrVvulf8 ай бұрын
I really want to see him react to Steve Winwood as a teen singing "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" from his time with The Spencer Davis Group. How many kids played with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley before they left high school?
@tenjed42247 ай бұрын
Definitely the case.
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
@@MrVvulfomg!!!!! You’re so right! I now play the cigar box guitar to get back to the blues/jazz roots that aren’t created now!!!!
@maryrosekent82233 ай бұрын
@@MrVvulf Muddy Waters is the BOMB!
@UFOS48 ай бұрын
The best part of being 70 years old now is that this music was in our ears as teenagers. Glorious. Traffic is one of my absolute favorites. Great of you to give this song a listen, despite the title.
@terriemartinez99897 ай бұрын
Agree.
@LesCish7 ай бұрын
OK, boomer. Sure, I listened to this in college. But I'm only 67. 😁😁 Great song, great album. Last week I listened to 'John Barleycorn Must Die', another great from Traffic.
@barbarasmith95907 ай бұрын
You're a boomer too! Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964.@@LesCish
@LesCish7 ай бұрын
@@barbarasmith9590 You betcha! That's why I added the 😁😁 after noting how much younger I am. 😁😁
@alanthomson12274 ай бұрын
their two best albums , oh and on the road a double from same era which includes most of barleycorn and low spark .
@tpatrick447 ай бұрын
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it! It’s a MASTERPIECE! Steve Winwood is a Genius! All the Musicians just shining expressing their combined talents!!! Grateful I was around when this song was first released! Thanks for exposing it to those hearing it for the first time! 👏👏👏
@TomKD0QKK8 ай бұрын
The music we old farts grew up on was so much more sophisticated than what I hear today. Of course, we were listening to Ellington and Basie with our parents, too. We had good ears.
@williamkleeberg7518 ай бұрын
Tom Don’t you love seeing a young cat like polo digging it.
@JPMadden8 ай бұрын
Born in 1970, I grew up listening to both genres, thanks to my father. He liked only some classic rock, but he had hundreds of jazz albums. He especially loved Basie.
@billbabcock18338 ай бұрын
It wasn't Ellington and Basie on the side at my house. It was Brubeck and Davis and Coltrane.
@fritty99278 ай бұрын
My parents were more the Glenn Miller Band, Dean Martin, and a lot of musicals and classical. We were a Catholic family so lots of that music too.
@lyndastjulien59448 ай бұрын
From the time I was a young child, music filled our home. I'm very grateful that I heard an impeccable variety of great musicians. My father loved jazz, so I had the privilege to hear Basie, Ellington, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, and many more. My Dad bought me my first Beatles album. Incredible memories of a time that was so special and now a beautiful soul named Polo is discovering a world that will further enrich his life. IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
@pubsworld98628 ай бұрын
You are progressing well, Grasshopper.
@tgtrout7 ай бұрын
"When you can snatch the LP from my hand, it will be time for you to go."
@maryrayl82607 ай бұрын
LOL, good show
@duncanny58483 ай бұрын
Love this comment! 🤣🤣
@josephscherer45818 ай бұрын
They do not make music like they used to. This is a masterpiece.
@smirkingguru8 ай бұрын
I'm 70 yrs old bought my first album in 1967 and you're listening to this mind blowing tune played by a19yr old kid singing and playing keyboard.... Fire up another bowl !
@davedammit54047 ай бұрын
I think you meant to say to fire up another bowl, not 'bowel'.
@garygomesvedicastrology7 ай бұрын
Winwood wasn't 19 when this was made, but he was still pretty young. I met Genesis when Selling England by the Pound was released. They were about 23 years old!
@Danny-ks1pb7 ай бұрын
@@davedammit5404At 70..maybe he did lol
@wallacem41atgmail7 ай бұрын
I was a 30 y.o. when this album was released in 1971. Today, at 83, I still find this to be an incredible piece! It still blows me away!
@erolbulut25847 ай бұрын
Skip the bowel and go for a bowl.
@donaldleider73828 ай бұрын
This is the only Traffic I never minded being stuck in!
@gary2kr17 ай бұрын
I see what you did there 😂 🤘🏼
@penelopehornswaggle1027 ай бұрын
😂😂me too.
@heynow45127 ай бұрын
Traffic. On the Road Live album. Whoo-ya!
@natelader22557 ай бұрын
One of my top 5 songs ever written
@CarolLewellen10 күн бұрын
Me neither!
@kurtzwar7297 ай бұрын
Steve Winwood. Gorgeous voice and piano. Began his career as a teenage kid with the Spencer Davis band. His "Gimme some Lovin'" still fills the dancefloor. Steve patterned his early singing and piano playing on Ray Charles, his musical hero. Steve picked the best to emulate. Nothing like talent to endure. From the 1960s until today. Thanks Polo.
@rhmayer17 ай бұрын
Steve Winwood was/is also very underrated on guitar. His solo on (Sometimes I Fee So) Uninspired, off the On The Road (Live) album still brings me tears and chills. He taps into emotion in his playing somehow, far more than most others.
@bartjoy51796 ай бұрын
@@rhmayer1He is awesome live. It’s worth traveling to see his shows.
@rhmayer16 ай бұрын
@@bartjoy5179 Yeah. He's the real deal.
@jessicaleblanc-nh1yl8 ай бұрын
Traffic is an amazing group! Talented and genius lyrics...Love their creations.
@dianerodriguez16508 ай бұрын
Yes they had a lot of talent in the group. Too bad you don't hear hardly anything by them in classic radio stations. Steve Winwood totally amazing
@karennaturallyartby8 ай бұрын
Polo - you reaction channel is so much more than us watching you listen to good ole music we grew up on - you’re helping us relive parts of ourselves
@marysease30807 ай бұрын
the best parts
@lynne6336Ай бұрын
Exactly! Reliving parts of ourselves! I've gained a new appreciation for growing up back then when new and innovative music was hitting us almost every month-- in many genres! Amazing time...
@rickher47948 ай бұрын
We were so lucky to be gifted this music in our youth.🤠
@laurakent7503 ай бұрын
71 here. One of my favorite. So much incredible juice back then. What a joy to have been young then.
@ramonalfaro32528 ай бұрын
Can't say enough how badass this track is. Genius.... pure unadulterated Genius!!
@Joyce-f2l7 ай бұрын
Everytime I hear that opening sax I'm completely transported back to an amazing mind-expanding time in my fortunate life ...a most beautiful menagerie of young free spirited humans just 'being' ❤
@JoeHazlet8 ай бұрын
TRAFFIC was a great band. Wish they were able to stay together for a lot longer. But they gave us great music to listen to for a long time.
@jerrysarno28538 ай бұрын
I have listened to this song countless times, but watching you enjoy it makes me really appreciate it on a deeper level.
@seanjespersen21998 ай бұрын
Watching your reaction to 'Dear Mr. Fantasy ' next. Love this
@gregwhitcoe54118 ай бұрын
Check his repertoire... he's already reacted to it! Do a KZbin search for "Polo reacts Traffic"
@umpdaddy18 ай бұрын
The live version from the Crossroads Festival in 2007 is fire!
@clairewyndham19718 ай бұрын
Oh man!! You said it!
@babaoreally82207 ай бұрын
This group had so many great songs,but if you have a great pair of phones or buds,Heaven Is in Your Mind has the best trippy stereo mix of any tune I’ve ever heard.
@lmkeniston2163 ай бұрын
This song was so badass in the day. It’s cool that it still holds up so well. Goosebumps after an absence of 30 years. Words can never describe how fire this song is. Glad you dug it Polo.
@chrisjenkins61208 ай бұрын
🎼Love Steve Winwood’s piano. I guess I just love Traffic. I’m not young now but I was back when this was playing on the new FM radio. The sax player is Chris Wood. Steve Winwood hacks the ivory keys, the Hammond organ and sings. I’m glad you like them. Good jazz’ll give you goosebumps.🎼☮️
@JoeandAngie8 ай бұрын
AND lead guitar
@toddmichelfelder34178 ай бұрын
Love the fact that the lead on this isn’t a guitar, but the piano! Steve Winwood is arguably one of the greatest all around artists of all time!!! Another great reaction Polo!👏👏
@lindawick4554 ай бұрын
The bass. The bass is the lead
@stangovers74418 ай бұрын
Polo, you just opened yourself a whole can of worms! You may the first reactor play Traffic. They were serious musicians. Steve Winwood is one of the gods of 60's and 70's rock music. Before Traffic, he sang Gimme Some Loving and I'm a Man with The Spencer Davis Group as a teenager. These were major hits. Polo, listen to his version of Georgia. It will blow you away. After the Beatles and Stones, Traffic was my favorite group. Steve Winwood plays the finest piano and organ, and sings with soul. Traffic has many great songs that I hope one day you will find the time to listen to! Peace bro!
@billalbritton49728 ай бұрын
Steve is also a great t guitarist
@patrickdoake60228 ай бұрын
Loads of reactors have played this track!
@michaelward98807 ай бұрын
@@billalbritton4972Indeed!
@jonlate45817 ай бұрын
There's TONS of Traffic reactions all over youtube.🤣
@longhairedguyinny7 ай бұрын
Always loved "Heaven is in your Mind" there is a live version up here on youtube that has a Dave Mason Lead at the end of it. Pretty special.
@odalisque1117 ай бұрын
this song is the definition of a headspace. The fact that you kept replaying parts of it is not so different than all the times I've entered and re-entered the headspace they created. When it came out I didn't even know what jazz was, but it proved to be a stepping stone in my musical education. Loved your review brother.
@kristahartmann67128 ай бұрын
Required..." Roll With It"...Stevie Winwood...and the immortal "Can't Find My Way Home"... Best version (there are many) is Live @Crossroads Guitar fest (Clapton fund raiser)...with Stevie Winwood, Eric, Doyle Bramhall, DEREK TRUCKS, etc. Eric & Stevie were in Blind Faith (a supergroup) for a minute. FANTASTIC, very moving video...
@kennethrussell11587 ай бұрын
"Don't You Know What The Night Can Do" "Holding On". Also Higher Love
@epistte8 күн бұрын
The performance of Dear Mr Fantasy from Crossroads is amazing. Ive listened to it 20 times.
@fosterkennel6497 ай бұрын
I grew up in San Francisco in the early 60s. A wonderful time for wonderful music. Thank you young man for bringing back great memories. Blessings
@CuzKatieSaysSo8 ай бұрын
....The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams..... .........Great lyrics..........
@ynwht6557 ай бұрын
And it applies so much more today then ever.
@Slo-ryde7 ай бұрын
@@ynwht655it was the same back then…… as it is today!… greed is in the human blue print!
@RicoCosta3177 ай бұрын
Also "Or take me for a ride and strip me of everything including my pride. The spirit is something that no one destroys." Pure genius.
@rhmayer17 ай бұрын
There is also genius in just the sound and rhythm of the words - how it fits perfectly with the music. "But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest, 'twas the low spark of high-heeled boys...... .... .... high-heeled boys..."
@DENVEROUTDOORMAN4 ай бұрын
Yeah little girl we know how it goes
@johnwheeler15507 ай бұрын
I love songs that make your mind wander and wonder. The sax and piano does it here 👍
@fractaljack2108 ай бұрын
Blind Faith is a must listen after Traffic.
@Scottlp27 ай бұрын
Any half a century old songs covered by 30 years olds is doing something well.
@kristykanen93156 ай бұрын
Or SPIRIT.😊
@tootz19505 ай бұрын
Yes, after he added Clapton.
@michaelverive52083 ай бұрын
Steve's voice and EVERY instrument, incredible.
@woodroofguy8 ай бұрын
I'm turning 65 this year. No other song makes me smile like this one does. It might be just be my favourite song of all time..Great revue! I'm glad you liked, (I knew you would.)
@bonniesykes5757 ай бұрын
Me too
@douglashempel51658 ай бұрын
Back in the day when you could truly enjoy just listening to a long-playing vinyl track.
@teresewoltz86278 ай бұрын
Alot of these old British musicians have their beginnings in the blues, Brits love our blues so that is why you hear it in current music.
@pb68slab187 ай бұрын
They all went to the University of John Mayall!
@gkiferonhs8 ай бұрын
"Glad" is a great piano piece by Traffic.
@miguelyorba41906 ай бұрын
One of my favorite reaction videos I've seen. Your appreciation of good music regardless of genre is quite evident. The song was killer too. What I especially love is how the bass player just keeps driving rhythm throughout.
@jainthorne41368 ай бұрын
Oh this takes me right back. My earliest musical memory was of the Beatles and the Stones and then everything that rolled out after. I am so fortunate that I was alive as all this music was born into the world for the first time. Call me a boomer but I've been so lucky.If you lived through this, you know it was a gift.
@linda092-loves-dogs6 ай бұрын
I liked this and many others more than the Beatles and Stones. It's so fun listening to Polos channel
@jenatsky7 ай бұрын
Yes Polo, it was known as the first generation of rock and roll and it’s still as good today as then. Thank you for critiquing and playing that great song.
@starlaryer41658 ай бұрын
Low Spark & High Heeled Boys - this whole album is great!
@Jude_1968 ай бұрын
FACTS!
@TheRagratus8 ай бұрын
AND "John Barleycorn Must Die".
@CBB6728 ай бұрын
I think I had this album
@TheoZoffrok7 ай бұрын
I never tire of hearing this piece of jazz/rock/prog/psychedelic genius - and I similarly never tire of watching reaction videos to it. There's nothing I can add to what other commenters have said, the whole thing is flawlessly composed, arranged, played, sung, produced and... imagined.
@sherryheim55048 ай бұрын
I love this song. I once went to a Steve Winwood Concert around the time of Higher Love and the show was not starting on time and I had to work in the morning so I was on the verge of leaving. Just then on a completely dark stage, the piano starts with this song and I got chills and goosebumps. In the end I was glad I stayed for the show.
@kennethrussell11587 ай бұрын
We'll Be Back In The High Life Again "
@2AOnlyWay8 ай бұрын
Had the pleasure of seeing Steve Winwood and Steely Dan a few years back!! And that was sound at its finest!!
@Cchan538 ай бұрын
Our music from back in the day 60's and 70's mainly were so creative ...the changes the experimenting with different instruments and sounds ...nothing compares to it today!!! And geez they were all long haired, high hippies....in other words geniuses !!❤🎵☮️
@TheoZoffrok7 ай бұрын
And that final, discordant chord, oh my *GOD* 😮
@huhwhat23088 ай бұрын
There are a handful of songs that transport me back to my junior and senior high school days. This is one of them.
@lisamcintyre98323 ай бұрын
I’m 66. This is one of my favorite albums I had in HS. The sax is awesome! So glad you’re doing this one. ❤️🙏🏼🎶✌🏼
@starburstppl8 ай бұрын
Been quite a minute since I heard this masterpiece! One of those timeless pieces! Great reaction! Peace!
@abbyuscholarships7 ай бұрын
listen to the whole album start to finish, it will rise to the top of your favorites list real quick..the atmosphere that no other band can create...so unique and the production by winwood for 1971 is unmatched
@williamkleeberg7518 ай бұрын
During the 60’s and 70’s Half of the USA’s population was under 25. Lots of energy
@amitabhhajela6818 ай бұрын
Very overlooked fact. In 1966, 40% of the country was under 20 years old. Makes a huge difference in the overall vibe of a society.
@amitabhhajela6818 ай бұрын
India is kinda like that now.. when I visit and I take the Delhi subway for example.. it's overwhelmingly 20-somethings.
@psbarrow8 ай бұрын
@williamkleeberg751 Traffic were an English band.
@mwfmtnman8 ай бұрын
Don't we have similar numbers now? Not seeing any positive or creative energy
@uncannyvalley4447 ай бұрын
@@mwfmtnman Only 35% of the US population is between 0-25 and that percentage is dropping with every generation.
@827dusty8 ай бұрын
The great Steve Winwood. Maybe Britain's finest singer, songwriter, and master musician. He plays over 30 instruments and plays them at a high level. One of the greats.
@toddlistul30358 ай бұрын
Classic Steve Winwood and Traffic TALENT 👌
@kellahella52868 ай бұрын
Nothing better than a Traffic jam.
@TheDivayenta8 ай бұрын
There’s excellent video of this LIVE. ❤ Winwood is so gifted. Check him out at age 17 sounding like Ray Charles on Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.
@TshugaPum7 ай бұрын
Life as a teenager was consumed by music, music history, band history, everything about it. I am so thankful to have lived through that greatest age of music, back when guitars could talk, saxophones streamed from one's soul and even drum riffs beat out our very hearts. It's great to see the younger generation feeling it too!
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
@TshugaPum you and me - we share the same love ❤️
@rosieb9498 ай бұрын
Oh, Polo, I'm so glad you liked this one. It's a classic to us.
@joniarmel73084 ай бұрын
I’m 69. When I was young I knew the time I lived in was very special. We all knew it . There was a youthfulness and wonder , strife and change. I sometimes wondered what it would be like to grow old . How our generation would get on . Over the years I followed incredible music through the decades with my teenagers . I went to their concerts in the eighties and nineties. I was the mom that drove them . Why ? Because music was always my driving force . Then around 2010 , music was not the same . I lived through the magic . I don’t care to get old .
@tammygilliland59102 ай бұрын
Fantastic, I too grew up in this generation and turned my now 40 something boys into fans. We were so fortunate to have experienced this dynamic eta
@L46C38 ай бұрын
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys! 50/55 yrs ago. Back in the late 60's early 70's this would have been described as "one groovy song". English Rock at its best! If you liked the piano and sax, try Ronnie Laws, Fever!
@RicoCosta3177 ай бұрын
This is a master class in songwriting. Just the way the bass driven chord plays incessantly in the midst of the chaos created by the other instruments creates an almost unbearable tension that's only broken by Winwood's vocals but the lyrics are hardly calming and the breakdown on the chorus just add to the tension until the final verse that injects a note of hope and then everything seems to calm down in acceptance of reality. Sheer brilliance on every level.
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
@RicoCosta317 Well said!
@NickWebber-vp4pd8 ай бұрын
Takes me back to my teen years in the ‘70’s, hangin out in my basement shooting pool (8 ball) sharing some of mother natures finest with a few close friends…i can feel these types of memories in my bones. Don’t bogart that joint my friend😉…Lord how i miss those days…
@briantaulbee64527 ай бұрын
@NickWebber-vp4pd I had the same experiences back then. Surely do long for those days.
@snifflepup4 күн бұрын
I could listen to this a hundred times in a row. You can isolate any of the instruments and it's a fantastic listen. Put them all together and you have a masterpiece.
@patrickkeenan81098 ай бұрын
Kudos to whoever made this request , it’s been years since I’ve heard this song
@cesarnarro60137 ай бұрын
Still sounds as great as it did the first time i heard it back in 1971. Late 60's early 70's had a lot of songs that i felt the same way about.
@paulkingartwerks79818 ай бұрын
The 1971 Album Low Spark of High-heeled Boys is great (Traffic's fifth album). Their 4th album, John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) is a great album too. Must have. Only 6 tunes on the album.
@brovold728 ай бұрын
The only song on that one I don't love is the final one, but it serves well enough as a coda.
@tomgrych8 ай бұрын
People often slight "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory", I disagree. Also very good.
@levpoplow73548 ай бұрын
All the comments and finally someone mentions John Barleycorn! As good as this sound and album are IMHO I think the John Barleycorn album is better.
@dwgrly7 ай бұрын
I still have the John Barleycorn Album somewhere in the cabinet near my stereo system. I think I need to give it a spin tomorrow morning while I organize the living room area. It's been too long!
@lunadyana33308 ай бұрын
In my opinion, this is one of the best songs ever written. I’ve felt that way since the first time I heard it. Steve Winwood is vastly under-rated
@williamr38408 ай бұрын
Don't despair, he's not underated here in Great Britain -- especially revered by the Mod movement here, and many great singer/songwriters like Paul Weller! :0)
@JamesFolkers7 ай бұрын
Underrated! By who! The man is a legend the world over!!
@kennethrussell11587 ай бұрын
The Ray Charles of his generation. Ironically Ray was his idol.
@lunadyana33305 ай бұрын
@@JamesFolkers maybe I meant under appreciated and by that I mean he’s not a household name here in the states and doesn’t get the recognition for the GENUIS that he is
@JamesFolkers5 ай бұрын
@@lunadyana3330I’m in the States (Arizona) and all the musicians and people I know think extremely highly of Steve. He was supposed to perform here about 2 years ago but cancelled and many of my friends were very disappointed. He is an extraordinarily talented musician and singer - we are fortunate to have recordings.
@bobmenzies5567 ай бұрын
Hate you? Are you kidding? It’s wonderful to watch another person experience this song for the first time, and be left in the same state of wonderment, trying to unpack what you’ve just heard. The first time I heard it I was 19 years old, and being a musician all my life it blew me away. I’ve continued listening to it half a dozen times a year. I’m now 70. 👍 For the record your reactions are tip top. I don’t know if you’re a musician, but you undoubtedly have the mind and heart of one. Cheers! Strong recommendation: Elton John’s “Madman Across the Water” recorded in 1970 when Elton John was still the original Elton John. It’s a masterpiece
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
And another Elton John song from that era -“Burn Down the Mission”. I can listen to that song 20x’s and still want more, just like this tune:)
@debrarobillard1116Ай бұрын
And follow that up with the Madman done by Bruce Hornsby next. It's killer.
@davidbooth77788 ай бұрын
Chris Wood was a big influence for Tenor Sax players, great jazz stylings.......electrified!~
@toddpowell72317 ай бұрын
this song is so good that every time I hear it its like the first time all over again....hence...this is my second time by here ;)
@lisarainbow97038 ай бұрын
Can't wait, Traffic is my favorite band!
@maggiedub7 ай бұрын
That final discordant note is one of my FAVORITE things.
@KWwest7 ай бұрын
It my favorite to! Love love 😍 it!
@EMMSpeed8 ай бұрын
I’m digging the new special effects you’re adding. They definitely were a nice touch for this track 👍.
@JamesFolkers7 ай бұрын
What are you talking about?
@BB-ui9kg7 ай бұрын
wha….?
@clydepurse36807 ай бұрын
Stevie Winwood! Started with Spencer Davis when he was 17, went on to play with Cream, Blind Faith, and many, many more. Genius.
@dennisgunn4687 ай бұрын
been decades since I've heard this song. I loved when I was growing up with it as a teenager. Hearing it with adult ears it's way more sophisticated than I was capable of understanding as a kid.
@yvesbarriere29228 ай бұрын
Great reaction. I really like the special effects. This track is quite mesmerizing. I'm glad you like it.
@Cchan538 ай бұрын
Yes groovy special effects Polo...you are from our generation !🎵☮️
@Tim_York7 ай бұрын
Polo, you’re taking me on a new sonic trip. Bravo. Closing my eyes and taking it in. 🖖🏼
@gregwhitcoe54118 ай бұрын
The hypnotic instrumentals in this song always give me the vibe of an old 70's show/movie where the cop is cruising through the streets of New York City looking for bad guys... LOL Love Traffic!!! ❤️
@AmyAnderson-fields4 ай бұрын
Each time we watch you reacting as you listen to somrthing for the time, we are transported to our own experience of hearing it for the first time. This is a gift.
@geoffryhergenrader29478 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great reaction! I first saw Traffic live in Dallas in 1972. I was 22 and experienced that concert with heightened awareness aides. At the time I was blown away because I felt like Traffic was even better live than their recordings. I saw them again in Dallas in 1990. I was 40 but saw them without the aides I had before. I still felt like they were even better live and still amazing eighteen years later. Just an incredibly talented group. I am grateful that I was able to experience so much great music live in the 1960's and 1970's. I really enjoy your thoughts and perspective on the music that had such a huge impact on my life. Keep them coming!
@khem127Ай бұрын
This Traffic cut is so amazing . His voice, the jazzy horn and the piano, with the drums holding it altogether.
@janschneider3618 ай бұрын
Traffic was so genre-defying. Traffic is one of my top-5 favorite bands of all time. Loved them.
@RichardBrown-f1t7 ай бұрын
I think you just saved my life this evening dude. Love this.
@joshb238 ай бұрын
Whenever this came on the radio, we knew it meant the DJ had to go to the bathroom 😆SUCH a killer tune, Traffic has some incredible songs, always loved these guys! Great video as always
@totalt66007 ай бұрын
Thrills my soul to know Traffic,and this song especially is getting the credit it deserves. When it hit my living room,it was a visit to another planet. Every word you say speaks true. Ty. ❤️🎶
@itsmadfar8 ай бұрын
I have to say, I've heard "Low Sparks.." countless times. Listening to it through you was a treat - a real fresh take. Thank you!
@ginavanderburg29727 ай бұрын
I subscribed to you just for this song. Thank you. I also love how you let the music speak for itself instead of interrupting every 5 minutes. Thanks again from a boomer that misses those days ❤❤
@chrissiler60758 ай бұрын
Attention to detail, then they tried every sound effect in the studio. Mastery
@texbex99287 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorites! I still search it out after all these years. So complex.
@tjrivers8 ай бұрын
Did you check out “Dear Mister Fantasy” …Traffic, already? It’s a great one.
@gregwhitcoe54118 ай бұрын
Check his repertoire... he's already reacted to it! Do a KZbin search for "Polo reacts Traffic"
@gregwhitcoe54118 ай бұрын
Check his repertoire... he's already reacted to it! Do a KZbin search for "Polo reacts Traffic"
@AbleBodied8 ай бұрын
Love it!
@ronaldstokes484118 күн бұрын
That always haunting voice is Winwood, he's also doin' the keyboard work... genius.
@lagunastevest48 ай бұрын
Ive been waiting for you to "turn on" to this song,,,,, SO awesome!!!!!!
@karend5827 ай бұрын
Another great group in concert
@LonghopeBro-ju6jl8 ай бұрын
I grew up in the UK and remember when The Spencer Davis Group had their first number one hit with "Keep on Running" in 1965, followed by "Somebody Help Me". I was fascinated with their lead singer Steve Winwood who was only 17 at the time. Even more remarkable was the fact that he joined the group when he was just 14. He went on to co-write two of their most well-known songs, "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man". In '67 (the year I moved to the US) he left the band to form Traffic and later joined Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in Blind Faith. After that he faded from the limelight and I lost track of him until one day in the mid-eighties I heard "Back in the High Life Again" on the radio, and realized he was back. Actually, he'd been back for a while, I just hadn't heard any of his newer songs, including "Arc of the Diver" from 1980. Anyway, I was glad to rediscover his music.
@Fred_Lougee7 ай бұрын
I bought the Low Spark album on cassette in 1986, mainly for the title track but also because Winwood was for me at the time one of those artists who had always been just at the edge of my vision. Like, I had really been into Clapton in high school and digging into his back catalog brought me to Blind Faith, things like that. I dimly remembered Arc of a Diver, mostly because I was into heavier music at the time so it barely registered with me. Low Spark rather quickly became my favorite "chilling out" album. Loved all the songs, but Light Up Or Leave Me Alone became my favorite. Well, it's upbeat, go figure.
@LonghopeBro-ju6jl7 ай бұрын
I bought all of Traffic's records as soon as they were released, and still have them. I'm glad to hear that they were still influential in the '80s. And are being rediscovered even today.
@Dan-dg9pi8 ай бұрын
This was always the show-stopper. It still is. Stevie Winwood an amazingly gifted musician.
@timothygavin77416 сағат бұрын
Again, I can't say it enough, when this was new and I lived in the dorms, we were blown away.
@highendservicesbarrieont83478 ай бұрын
Warning my friend Polo...if you listen to this too long...You cant find your way back home😊😊😊
@thomaswilliams22738 ай бұрын
I think that's only if you're wasted 😊.
@halweiss86717 ай бұрын
@@thomaswilliams2273or have been consuming rock and roll stew.
@babzcovington4927 ай бұрын
i see what you did there lol
@tinatammaro16947 ай бұрын
A lot of these bands from later 60s were jazz musicians especially the rhythm players. They knew music of all genres!