28/05/2004 00:03
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Psychedelic-1967-sound and 2nd single by Stevie Winwood's Traffic. Here's the lyrics:

I looked in the sky
where an Elephant's eye
was looking at me
from a bubblegum tree
and all that I knew was:
the hole in my shoe, which was letting in water!

I walked through a field
it just wasn't real
with one hundred tin soldiers
who stood at my shoulder
and all that I knew was:
the hole in my shoe
which was letting in water!

(Little girl starts talking):
I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
which flew through a crack in the cloud
to a place where happiness reigned...
all year 'round ... the music played ever so loudly!

I started to fall
and suddenly woke
and the dew on the grass
had soaked through my coat
and all that I knew was:
the hole in my shoe, which was letting in water!

Letting in water ... ooooh-ooohoo-oohoohoo ...

In retrospect I believe it was all about the effects of drugs. Must have been, or? Nevertheless, what did I know as a 14-year old? It topped my charts October 14, 1967.






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25/11/2005 19:54
southpaw
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If drugs always had such charming results musically :-))

Great # 2 on the British charts in the autumn of 1967.

16/11/2006 21:46
remember
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ein weiterer beweis wie vielseitig steve winwood war...

06/04/2007 02:45
Derrick
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Eine der besseren (psychedelischen) Nummern des Jahres 1967. Sie liegt irgendwo im Bereich von 4,5 - ich runde hier mal knapp auf.

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06/04/2007 11:00
Homer Simpson
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Das Kind war die Tochter des Produzenten wenn ich mich richtig erinnere

10/07/2007 00:25
HG
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Guter Psychosong

10/09/2007 14:07
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Dave Mason vs Capaldi/Winwood. Traffic was in turmoil: who could write better? Here, Mason, gives his "how-to". A fantastic effort walking an ever disappearing line between describing one's psychotrippy experiences whilst couching it in simplistic seeming drivel so as to get it past the censors. He succeeded with consummate skill - Mason should have stayed on his albatross but was shot down by the Ancient Mariners of conformity and sell-out. Compare this song with 'Paper Sun' written by Capaldi/Winwood, and they sneered at Mason's song as bubblegum pop!

26/12/2007 13:00
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▓ Aparte en vreemde plaat van "Traffic" uit begin september 1967 !!! Maar na 2 keer luisteren helemaal niet slecht !!! Deed het ook niet echt slecht in de Nederlandse hitlijsten !!! (NL Top 40: 8 wk / # 13) !!!

08/03/2008 11:24
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sehr psychedelisch, aber trotzdem auch sehr eingängiger Song. Schön auch die Idee mit der Mädchenstimme mittendrin.

05/04/2008 10:04
mikebordt
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schöne Nummer.

06/04/2008 18:45
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blöd

uwe-musicman
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die Anfänge der Flower-Power-Welle. Ein spannender Song, kommt immer noch gut an. Stevie Winwood's Traffic in Hochform. Ohrwurmcharakter !!!

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erstklassig

querbeet
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...super 60's beat; je älter ich werde, je mehr schätze ich diese Zeit...

Mümmelgreis
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Ein recht netter Song, vergleichbar mit den frühen Pink Floyd u.ä.
Kaugummibäume und der Flug auf dem Rücken eines Albatross' lassen, genauso wie die wirren Klänge und Chöre, auf die niedrigen LSD-Preise im Jahr 1967 schliessen.

Der_Nagel
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atmosphärisches Psychedelic Rockstück aus 1967 – 4.5 (aufgerundet auf 5*)…

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mittelprächtig

Fer
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Sehr gut. Surreal und space-ig.

Dino-Ticino
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Ein ziemlich innovatives Stück von Steve Winwood und
seinen Jungs, nicht alles ist toll hier, aber den kann man
sich schon mal reinziehen....

4 +

begue
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Eine sehr gute Scheibe aus den 60ern.

Percussionata
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8 weken Top 40 #13 / 140 punten

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Geweldig.

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... der einzig richtig brauchbare Song von Traffic, die Krönung ist dann noch wie von "rhayader" schon bemerkt, der Part mit der Mädchen bzw. Frauenstimme. Wunderbar in Szene gesetzt! ...

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schöner Oldie