The Band — The Weight (With The Staples)
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I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place where I can lay my head
Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed?
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said.
[Chorus]
Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny, and you put the load right on me
I picked up my bags, I went looking for a place to hide
When I saw old Carmen and the Devil, walking side by side
I said, "Hey, Carmen, c'mon, let's go downtown"
She said, "I gotta go, but my friend can stick around"
[Chorus]
Go down, Miss Moses, ain't nothin' you can say
It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgment day
Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Annalee
He said, "Do me a favor, son, won't you stay and keep Annalee company"
[Chorus]
Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog
Said, "I will fix you right, if you'll take Jack, my dog"
I said, "Wait a minute Chester, you know, I'm a peaceful man"
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can"
[Chorus]
Catch the cannonball, now to take me down the line
My bag is sinking low, and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one
Who sent me here, with her regards for everyone
[Chorus]
I just need some place where I can lay my head
Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed?
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said.
[Chorus]
Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny, and you put the load right on me
I picked up my bags, I went looking for a place to hide
When I saw old Carmen and the Devil, walking side by side
I said, "Hey, Carmen, c'mon, let's go downtown"
She said, "I gotta go, but my friend can stick around"
[Chorus]
Go down, Miss Moses, ain't nothin' you can say
It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgment day
Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Annalee
He said, "Do me a favor, son, won't you stay and keep Annalee company"
[Chorus]
Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog
Said, "I will fix you right, if you'll take Jack, my dog"
I said, "Wait a minute Chester, you know, I'm a peaceful man"
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can"
[Chorus]
Catch the cannonball, now to take me down the line
My bag is sinking low, and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one
Who sent me here, with her regards for everyone
[Chorus]
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Will be playing this with the boys this evening!
kingart wrote:
It was Levon’s band. He brought in the others while working with Ronnie Hawkins. True, Robertson wrote most of the songs and then stepped more to the front later.
After watching the Last Waltz movie with the Band, Hawkins joked, “what that movie needs is a lot more shots of Robbie!”
https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19...
Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80 https://tinyurl.com/44bkfv9w
We'll be facing a lot of these obits over the next short coming months and years
It was Levon’s band. He brought in the others while working with Ronnie Hawkins. True, Robertson wrote most of the songs and then stepped more to the front later.
After watching the Last Waltz movie with the Band, Hawkins joked, “what that movie needs is a lot more shots of Robbie!”
https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19...
liveaudio608 wrote:
Buh-bye.
If I hear this once marvelous song one more time in my lifetime, I'll be pulling the trigger with my big toe.
Buh-bye.
If I hear this once marvelous song one more time in my lifetime, I'll be pulling the trigger with my big toe.
wonderful - harmonies - very warm and sweet
Beautiful.
The Last Waltz. One of the best rock-n-roll movies of all time. Taylor Swift, eat your heart out! Heh!
Thanks for the gifts Mr. Robertson...safe travels out there...see ya on the flipside...
RIP Robbie Robertson. Thanks for all the great music.
kingart wrote:
R.I.P. Robbie.
Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80 https://tinyurl.com/44bkfv9w
We'll be facing a lot of these obits over the next short coming months and years
R.I.P. Robbie.Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80 https://tinyurl.com/44bkfv9w
We'll be facing a lot of these obits over the next short coming months and years
My wife claims that I have no soul because music never seems to affect me like it affects her. The beauty of this version always makes me cry.
javelipix wrote:
Not sure who said it but Rick Danko was born with "a tear in his throat"
I've become quite a big Mavis Staples fan over the past few years. She's still putting out some great music. I haven't heard this song in quite a while, but it amazes me how much her voice has stayed the same over the years. Her voice was as rich and mature and distinctive back in the seventies as it sounds today.
I don't understand this song, never have. if someone can enlighten me...
best cover of their best song
Pjesnik wrote:
Are you really?
great music legendary ....more of the Band RP
Are you really?
great music legendary ....more of the Band RP
Saw The Band on their Stage Fright tour in Tuskaloosa Alabama 1970. The place went crazy when they played 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down'. That was more than half a century ago...damn, I'm getting old.
AphidA wrote:
I think we got that the first time you said it.
Jeez, this version is irritating. ...Oh, and it sucks ballz too.
I think we got that the first time you said it.
GODLIKE!!!
everettwa wrote:
Can it really be a cover when the song writer plays it and invites others to play too.
Another great cover is on "Playing for Change" on the YouTube channel
Can it really be a cover when the song writer plays it and invites others to play too.
Take a load off,Annie.
Ann,Ann,Ann put the load right on me. No Fanny involved.
Surely one of the greatest concert films ever. I remember seeing it in the theatre in the 1970s.
kazoo wrote:
I think it's "off" Fanny. Consider the British/Irish meaning of the word "fanny".
Take a loan out Fanny, take a loan for free.
Take a loan out Fanny and put the loan right on me.
I think it's "off" Fanny. Consider the British/Irish meaning of the word "fanny".
Sorry, but not a patch on the original
Loved the last waltz, what a great doc
Take a loan out Fanny, take a loan for free.
Take a loan out Fanny and put the loan right on me.
Take a loan out Fanny and put the loan right on me.
There will always be bad/good/better/great renditions of classic popular music....heck, that's what Classical Music is all about.
So here's my suggestion for "The Weight"...
A younger generation still has musicians who enjoy doing their versions of great music and Josh Turner is a highly talented musician with a horde of young musicians as his friends and they do a blissful rendition of "The Weight". It's just so sweet.
https://www.google.com/search?...
Turner has plenty of You Tube videos out there and I am confident you'll enjoy most of them. He does so much with just his voice and a guitar.
As Milton said, "In Heaven there will be Radio Paradise!"....actually, I don't think he said that, but a lot of folks are saying he said it!
So here's my suggestion for "The Weight"...
A younger generation still has musicians who enjoy doing their versions of great music and Josh Turner is a highly talented musician with a horde of young musicians as his friends and they do a blissful rendition of "The Weight". It's just so sweet.
https://www.google.com/search?...
Turner has plenty of You Tube videos out there and I am confident you'll enjoy most of them. He does so much with just his voice and a guitar.
As Milton said, "In Heaven there will be Radio Paradise!"....actually, I don't think he said that, but a lot of folks are saying he said it!
I really have to wonder what the Brits think of this phrase...
"Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny, and you put the load right on me"
"Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny, and you put the load right on me"
raga wrote:
Are you really?
Boring? 
Are you really?
a stellar documentary moment. i'll never forget seeing it the first time. just discovered mavis feels the same way...
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/mavis-staples-remembers-singing-the-weightThe Band held its last concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976. Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson performed at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and others. The production, staged and filmed by Martin Scorsese (and released, in 1978, as “The Last Waltz”) was, as Helm wrote in his memoir, deemed “too lily-white and missing something crucial.” And so, not long after the show, the Staples Singers, a popular gospel group and old friends of the Band, performed “The Weight” on an M.G.M. soundstage in front of an audience of two hundred and fifty people.
As the song finishes up, the camera settles on the Staples family—Roebuck (“Pops”), out of focus in the background, and his daughters, Cleotha, Yvonne, and Mavis. Mavis, closest to the camera, throws her head back, leans toward the mic, and says, almost inaudibly, “Beautiful.”
Here is Mavis Staples’s memory of that session:
It was so beautiful to me. I was surprised that was caught on tape, you know, because I thought I was whispering. It wasn’t rehearsed to go like that. It was just a feeling that brought that on. The excitement of being with our friends—Levon and Danko and those guys were such good friends of ours—to be singing with them, and knowing that this is going to be on the big screen, the silver screen, it was just a moment in time for me. You could probably, had you been there, you would have heard my heart pounding.
////
I’ve had a lot of great moments in my life and my career. But that is something where I could put my chest out and hold my head up and I can just be super proud.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/mavis-staples-remembers-singing-the-weightThe Band held its last concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976. Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson performed at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and others. The production, staged and filmed by Martin Scorsese (and released, in 1978, as “The Last Waltz”) was, as Helm wrote in his memoir, deemed “too lily-white and missing something crucial.” And so, not long after the show, the Staples Singers, a popular gospel group and old friends of the Band, performed “The Weight” on an M.G.M. soundstage in front of an audience of two hundred and fifty people.
As the song finishes up, the camera settles on the Staples family—Roebuck (“Pops”), out of focus in the background, and his daughters, Cleotha, Yvonne, and Mavis. Mavis, closest to the camera, throws her head back, leans toward the mic, and says, almost inaudibly, “Beautiful.”
Here is Mavis Staples’s memory of that session:
It was so beautiful to me. I was surprised that was caught on tape, you know, because I thought I was whispering. It wasn’t rehearsed to go like that. It was just a feeling that brought that on. The excitement of being with our friends—Levon and Danko and those guys were such good friends of ours—to be singing with them, and knowing that this is going to be on the big screen, the silver screen, it was just a moment in time for me. You could probably, had you been there, you would have heard my heart pounding.
////
I’ve had a lot of great moments in my life and my career. But that is something where I could put my chest out and hold my head up and I can just be super proud.
I don’t want to be gloatin’, you know, but anytime I watch it, it’s refreshing. It’s like the first time. You never get tired of it, you know. And I remember everything about it.
The Band is On Later...
Sorry, I hear "The Band" and mind regresses back to Animaniacs back in college...
Sorry, I hear "The Band" and mind regresses back to Animaniacs back in college...
We should all watch this movie about one a year.
Just to see Dylan , Joni , Emmylou, and the Belfast cowboy kicking up his legs in a dance..
Just to see Dylan , Joni , Emmylou, and the Belfast cowboy kicking up his legs in a dance..
What a great version. Not that it lifted any weights off shoulders. Not today. Maybe tomorrow.
Steely_D wrote:
Sorry about that. Got screwed up in our update-to-FLAC process. Fixed now.
Waitaminnit Chester.
The Waltz version was originally this file, which is why it was a 10. But this isn't that. I miss the superlative version. BillG, can you fix that?
The Waltz version was originally this file, which is why it was a 10. But this isn't that. I miss the superlative version. BillG, can you fix that?
Sorry about that. Got screwed up in our update-to-FLAC process. Fixed now.
Yes, the Time article went on and on about how they were 'the best band of all time', which I thought was more than a bit odd, and a gross exaggeration for an end of the 1960's great music era. It sure beat the next ten year's dearth of talent in the disco era.
jbuhl wrote:
jbuhl wrote:
If I am not mistaken, first rock/folk band to grace the cover of Time Magazine. Jan 1970.
Pauses RP, reads the New Yorker article, checks out the Last Waltz, Staples family version.
Ok, I'm back and I don't mind having two 10 versions one little bit.
Ok, I'm back and I don't mind having two 10 versions one little bit.
Steely_D wrote:
Guessing this why the Mavis Staple comment before the song.
Waitaminnit Chester.
The Waltz version was originally this file, which is why it was a 10. But this isn't that. I miss the superlative version. BillG, can you fix that?
The Waltz version was originally this file, which is why it was a 10. But this isn't that. I miss the superlative version. BillG, can you fix that?
Guessing this why the Mavis Staple comment before the song.
A biker's song if there ever was. Even the cheesy (now) no-staying power residue of Easy Rider can't diminish this one.
This is the Big PInk version, not Last Waltz.
In your best Beavis and Butthead voices - "Hehehehe. Hehehehehe, He said fanny. Hehehehehehe"
For me 6
great soundtrack : ) wish I was back in time riding on an open stretch of highway, endless blue above me
Not sure who said it but Rick Danko was born with "a tear in his throat"
Grammarcop wrote:
Thank you Grammarcop!!! (beautiful : )
On The New Yorker's website: Mavis Staples recalls filming the song with The Band.
Link is here.
Beautiful...
Link is here.
Beautiful...
Thank you Grammarcop!!! (beautiful : )
I received Robbie Robertson's great book, Testimony, from my sister for Xmas. She was just here talking with me about it, and about the Last Waltz - she walks out the door and this song comes on! How cool is that!
number7 wrote:
Nice article.
Just happened to be reading this when this came on. Curious.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811
Nice article.
Just happened to be reading this when this came on. Curious.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811
james_of_tucson wrote:
I'm satisfied that it's an autobiographical vignette, about a certain kind of alienation that only the writer would understand, who is confiding in a woman, who almost certainly doesn't understand what the writer is expressing.
Ah! Of course.
I'm satisfied that it's an autobiographical vignette, about a certain kind of alienation that only the writer would understand, who is confiding in a woman, who almost certainly doesn't understand what the writer is expressing.
Ah! Of course.
If I am not mistaken, first rock/folk band to grace the cover of Time Magazine. Jan 1970.
fabulous Band, awesome song (whole album is great road traveling music, man I'd have these cassettes going over and over when on long trips in my old CJ-5, that tiny interior space, womb-like and bathed in enriching sound, oh man thank you for bringing me back : )
Had the 3 LP set, the 2 CD set, then the 4 CD set, and the DVD and now the Blu-Ray.
I think that this was a pretty good album, too.
I think that this was a pretty good album, too.
The Staple singers are singing very, very quietly
(Still gets a "9". Either way!)
(Still gets a "9". Either way!)
Bat wrote:
You are right - I didn't hear any Staples in there.
Most of the comments regard Mavis Staples so this link must have used to be to the Last Waltz version.
Yeah, this is definitely the album version. It's still pretty great but that version with the Staples actually is just a notch above, I think.
You are right - I didn't hear any Staples in there.
Most of the comments regard Mavis Staples so this link must have used to be to the Last Waltz version.
Yeah, this is definitely the album version. It's still pretty great but that version with the Staples actually is just a notch above, I think.
Bleyfusz wrote:
You are right - I didn't hear any Staples in there.
Most of the comments regard Mavis Staples so this link must have used to be to the Last Waltz version.
Excuse me - what I've just heard was the Pink, not the Waltz version. Bill? You read me?!
You are right - I didn't hear any Staples in there.
Most of the comments regard Mavis Staples so this link must have used to be to the Last Waltz version.
On The New Yorker's website: Mavis Staples recalls filming the song with The Band.
Link is here.
Beautiful...
Link is here.
Beautiful...
meinthecorner wrote:
I've seen Mavis Staples twice in the last three years. Both times she has performed this song, beautifully and with such conviction. You can tell that it is a song that she and her band love to perform.
Oh Mavis! You brought this up a notch. I'm so grateful. You've made an old fave even better for me.
I've seen Mavis Staples twice in the last three years. Both times she has performed this song, beautifully and with such conviction. You can tell that it is a song that she and her band love to perform.
Excuse me - what I've just heard was the Pink, not the Waltz version. Bill? You read me?!
Oh Mavis! You brought this up a notch. I'm so grateful. You've made an old fave even better for me.
window wrote:
Not my favourite version but it's a great song and I'll take any version.
Absolutely the best version of this timeless song. IMO (obviously).
Not my favourite version but it's a great song and I'll take any version.
Great song.
Absolutely the best version of this timeless song. IMO (obviously).
Hudson's Organ sends chills up and down my back.
You may not hear it in this audio but in the DVD version Mavis mouths "beautiful" as it ends.
You may not hear it in this audio but in the DVD version Mavis mouths "beautiful" as it ends.
shellbella wrote:
Saw the same show the week before here in SLC. Mavis and her band do this song a proud version in concert.
I just saw Mavis and Bonnie Raitt in Boise ID over Labor Day. Two classy women they are!!! 
Saw the same show the week before here in SLC. Mavis and her band do this song a proud version in concert.
ohhh yaaa!!!! warms the soul
-mechanic2
-mechanic2OK, so The Last Waltz raises controversy among fans of The Band (especially fans of Levon such as myself), but the music from the recording for this movie totally rock!
I just saw Mavis and Bonnie Raitt in Boise ID over Labor Day. Two classy women they are!!!
hippiechick wrote:
I'm satisfied that it's an autobiographical vignette, about a certain kind of alienation that only the writer would understand, who is confiding in a woman, who almost certainly doesn't understand what the writer is expressing.
I have listened to this song at least 1000 times and still don't get what it's about.
I'm satisfied that it's an autobiographical vignette, about a certain kind of alienation that only the writer would understand, who is confiding in a woman, who almost certainly doesn't understand what the writer is expressing.
helgigermany wrote:
Never saw the movie, but have 2 versions of records!
Nice!
Never saw the movie, but have 2 versions of records!
johnjconn wrote:
Yes, I certainly recognize that.
Here's a lesson in time perspective.
When this movie came out I remember thinking how "old" the artist all felt. Dylan looked old, Band looked old, Staples looked old, etc.
Now their voices sound so young , fresh and strong.
Funny how 30 years changes one's "old and young" perspective
When this movie came out I remember thinking how "old" the artist all felt. Dylan looked old, Band looked old, Staples looked old, etc.
Now their voices sound so young , fresh and strong.
Funny how 30 years changes one's "old and young" perspective
Yes, I certainly recognize that.
hippiechick wrote:
In a certain way, you do: it's about a guy coming to some place where he just doesn't get it.
I have listened to this song at least 1000 times and still don't get what it's about.
In a certain way, you do: it's about a guy coming to some place where he just doesn't get it.
I have listened to this song at least 1000 times and still don't get what it's about.
Giselle62 wrote:
And today I feel like crying a little bit when I hear Levon's and Danko's voices.
I felt a little like crying when I heard Pop Staples' voice.
And today I feel like crying a little bit when I hear Levon's and Danko's voices.
I felt a little like crying when I heard Pop Staples' voice.
The live version (video) is incredible - much better than this (although this is very good).
Funny thing about the Last Waltz. An electrical engineer who used to work for me was also a sax player, and he was called at the last minute to fill in for the player who couldn't make it. Not a bad gig 
I think he played flute on some songs too. Charlie Keagle is his name.
I think he played flute on some songs too. Charlie Keagle is his name.with the Staples - and she is still rocking — great !
ozzie1313 wrote:
Agree!
The song is "Godlike" but this version "Outstanding."
Agree!
The song is "Godlike" but this version "Outstanding."
Love it!
Xeric wrote:
Yes.
And I've yet to see The Last Waltz (I assume that's what you mean), but man, what an utterly essential album.
Hmmm. Wait. There are subtle differences here. From the "remastered" version?
This is from the Last Waltz, but not the actual concert...for the film, they did a couple of "live" studio tracks.
Yes.
And I've yet to see The Last Waltz (I assume that's what you mean), but man, what an utterly essential album.
Hmmm. Wait. There are subtle differences here. From the "remastered" version?
This is from the Last Waltz, but not the actual concert...for the film, they did a couple of "live" studio tracks.
Pops steals it on this one
Jimmy86 wrote:
Exact same set just played now Aug. 14, 1:02 am PT...
It WAS a good set, though... and I had missed it first time around...
It is indeed a good set. Experiencing it now.
Exact same set just played now Aug. 14, 1:02 am PT...
It WAS a good set, though... and I had missed it first time around...
It is indeed a good set. Experiencing it now.
Hard to argue with the coolness of this one
Can't hear this song now without thinking of the Saturday Night Live sketches. Anyone else?
Listening to this with the knowledge that some of the singers (from the Band at least) are no longer with us, is a sad/happy experience.
fredriley wrote:
Heh. I never heard it that way, but now it's impossible not to.
Sit yersel' down, take a load off fanny ;)
Heh. I never heard it that way, but now it's impossible not to.
Emmylou Harris and Low Anthem sang this in Albany on Sunday. Great rendition!!
One of my all-time favorites. I never tire of hearing this version. Makes me want to get comfortable and watch the Last Waltz from beginning to end.
calypsus_1 wrote:
Exact same set just played now Aug. 14, 1:02 am PT...
It WAS a good set, though... and I had missed it first time around...
The Band - The Weight (With The Staples)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
John Prine and Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montg
and radio has moments ....
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
John Prine and Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montg
and radio has moments ....
Exact same set just played now Aug. 14, 1:02 am PT...
It WAS a good set, though... and I had missed it first time around...
Boring?
Sit yersel' down, take a load off fanny ;)
big_gare wrote:
Are you haters for real? The Band with The Staple Singers? This is sublime to those who appreciate greatness. If you can't recognize a brilliant pairing of great artists like this, then get out your Michael Bolton Cassettes & be happy... :-)
I guess that there are an infinite variety of music enthusiasts out there. I enjoy pretty much everything up and down the Band's DNA chain, but have always found the Staples to be syrupy and self-important beyond redemption. Seeing them live a couple of times (admittedly, post-Pops) confirmed this for me. Worked for the Band, obviously. Not so much for me, and I'm thinking that I appreciate greatness on a regular basis.Your results may vary. Member FDIC. The Band - The Weight (With The Staples)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
John Prine and Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montg
and radio has moments ....
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
John Prine and Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montg
and radio has moments ....
Angel from Montgomery. Late for the Sky. Sky Blue Sky. The Weight. Ok Bill, I'll give you money now...
wbeaver wrote:
Yes.
And I've yet to see The Last Waltz (I assume that's what you mean), but man, what an utterly essential album.
Hmmm. Wait. There are subtle differences here. From the "remastered" version?
Some may find it hard to like this song because it was way overplayed by certain radio stations during a certain era. I think the Band has better tunes, as well. Don't know if this version is directly from The Last Waltz, but I can say that stumbling upon The Last Waltz made me appreciate The Band more than simply listening to their music.
Yes.
And I've yet to see The Last Waltz (I assume that's what you mean), but man, what an utterly essential album.
Hmmm. Wait. There are subtle differences here. From the "remastered" version?
This is my favorite tune from The Band, though not a big fan of them overall, I do like this song even if it was overplayed.
AphidA wrote:
Where I live we suffer from aphid infestations from time-to-time. There is a great tea mixture you can buy at any head shop, brew it and then spray on your plants. No more disgusting aphids sucking the life force out our precious plants.
This is the worst. You'd think that ladling a bunch of silly gospel crap on top would make this already horrible song better but it just makes it crappier.
Where I live we suffer from aphid infestations from time-to-time. There is a great tea mixture you can buy at any head shop, brew it and then spray on your plants. No more disgusting aphids sucking the life force out our precious plants.
oh yaa take me back
Some may find it hard to like this song because it was way overplayed by certain radio stations during a certain era. I think the Band has better tunes, as well. Don't know if this version is directly from The Last Waltz, but I can say that stumbling upon The Last Waltz made me appreciate The Band more than simply listening to their music.
AphidA wrote:
wow
This is the worst. You'd think that ladling a bunch of silly gospel crap on top would make this already horrible song better but it just makes it crappier.
wow
DDB61 wrote:
It is. For some reason, the Staple Singers were not able to turn up at the Filmore that day, so they played the gig apart from the concert just to get it into the movie.
Recorded on a Thanksgiving weekend at the Fillmore West, wasn't it? Although this sounds like a studio cut.
It is. For some reason, the Staple Singers were not able to turn up at the Filmore that day, so they played the gig apart from the concert just to get it into the movie.
This is the worst. You'd think that ladling a bunch of silly gospel crap on top would make this already horrible song better but it just makes it crappier.
The deserves an 11
The song is absolute greatness to begin with.
But this version with the Staples gives me shivers of delight every time I hear it.
I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't love it.
It's one of the best things I have ever heard!
The song is absolute greatness to begin with.
But this version with the Staples gives me shivers of delight every time I hear it.
I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't love it.
It's one of the best things I have ever heard!
This is my favorite version of this song...love it
Recorded on a Thanksgiving weekend at the Fillmore West, wasn't it? Although this sounds like a studio cut.
After many years, this song seems more significant to me now that I know who The Staples are...
Are you haters for real? The Band with The Staple Singers? This is sublime to those who appreciate greatness. If you can't recognize a brilliant pairing of great artists like this, then get out your Michael Bolton Cassettes & be happy... :-)
Here ya go. Real stuff.
Papernapkin wrote:
You've got a 'hate on' for a lot of songs, 28% of your ratings are "1"! However, you do support more airplay for new artists and I applaud you for that stand.
Wow! I've never liked this song, and nothing's changed.
You've got a 'hate on' for a lot of songs, 28% of your ratings are "1"! However, you do support more airplay for new artists and I applaud you for that stand.
Danimal174 wrote:
That is the beauty, of RP, you get to express your opinion, it may not be a special opinion, but you are a special person, as is everyone....thanks for your thoughts
I know this is probably going to draw the wrath of everyone on here, but I've never really cared for this song or understood the appeal of it. I don't think it's bad, per se, but it doesn't blow me away, either. To me, there are so many better songs from that time period that I've never understood why everyone loves this one.
Hey, just my opinion...
Hey, just my opinion...
That is the beauty, of RP, you get to express your opinion, it may not be a special opinion, but you are a special person, as is everyone....thanks for your thoughts
Papernapkin wrote:
Wow! I've never liked this song, and nothing's changed.
Whatever I did like about this song has been obliterated in this version ... Beautiful....
manzanitafire wrote:
What in the hell is this song really about? I've wondered my entire life.
It's about takin' the load off of Annie....and puttin' the load on me.
I think it's a present day version of the birth of Christ(Annie is Mary)
One of these is correct.
Danimal174 wrote:
What makes you so special? You don't like it - you don't like it. It's no big deal.
I know this is probably going to draw the wrath of everyone on here, but I've never really cared for this song or understood the appeal of it. I don't think it's bad, per se, but it doesn't blow me away, either. To me, there are so many better songs from that time period that I've never understood why everyone loves this one.
Hey, just my opinion...
Hey, just my opinion...
What makes you so special? You don't like it - you don't like it. It's no big deal.
Imagine being a fly on the wall of Big Pink in West Saugerites in the early 70s. The Bob and The Band jammin'—it does not get better than that.
Wow! I've never liked this song, and nothing's changed.
manzanitafire wrote:
Ask Robbie: It was a moment in the time of his younger days.
What in the hell is this song really about? I've wondered my entire life.
Ask Robbie: It was a moment in the time of his younger days.