Spinning Wheel
Blood Sweat Tears Lyrics

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What goes up must come down
Spinnin' wheel got to go 'round
Talkin' 'bout your troubles it's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel spin

You got no money and you got no home
Spinnin' wheel all alone
Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you, you never learn

Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel turn

Did you find the directing sign on the
Straight and narrow highway
Would you mind a reflecting sign
Just let it shine within your mind
And show you the colors that are real

Someone is waiting just for you
Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Catch a painted pony on the spinning wheel ride

Someone is waiting just for you
Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true

Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel fly

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Blood Sweat & Tears's ever-popular song Spinning Wheel are a mix of philosophical and practical reflections on life's ups and downs. The first verse, "What goes up must come down, Spinnin' wheel got to go 'round," sets the theme of the song, that life is full of cycles of ups and downs, but we must keep going. The song suggests that talking about our troubles is pointless, as it never really helps in the long run. Instead, the song encourages us to find ways to escape our troubles, to find something that makes us happy, like riding a "painted pony," or doing something that distracts us from our problems.

The second verse is more about the difficulties of having no money or a home. The lyrics suggest that the spinnin' wheel can be lonely, but it keeps on turning. The song implies that the singer has been through trouble before but has not learned from their experiences. Instead, the song suggests that we ride the spinnin' wheel, keep going, and keep evolving.

The last verse suggests that we should look for signs in our lives that point us in the right direction. If we see a reflecting sign, we should let it shine in our minds, and show us the real colors of life. The song implies that each of us has a destiny, and someone is waiting for us "just for us." We should drop our troubles and catch a painted pony to ride on the spinnin' wheel. It is a reminder that there is always something to look forward to in life.

Line by Line Meaning

What goes up must come down
Everything in life that rises high will come crashing down eventually.

Spinnin' wheel got to go 'round
Life is like a spinning wheel, always moving and changing.

Talkin' 'bout your troubles it's a cryin' sin
It's not productive to constantly complain and dwell on your problems.

Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel spin
Enjoy the ride of life and let it take you where it may, without worrying too much about the outcome.

You got no money and you got no home
When you have nothing materialistic, life can be challenging.

Spinnin' wheel all alone
Even when you feel alone, life keeps moving forward.

Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you, you never learn
If you keep talking about your problems without taking any action, you'll never overcome them.

Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel turn
Take control of your life and embrace the uncertainty of the future.

Did you find the directing sign on the
Have you found the path in life that you want to follow?

Straight and narrow highway
The path in life that is straightforward and honest.

Would you mind a reflecting sign
Are you open to a sign in life that makes you pause and reflect?

Just let it shine within your mind
Allow yourself to be open and receptive to new ideas and situations in life.

And show you the colors that are real
Experience life as it truly is, without any illusions or distortions.

Someone is waiting just for you
Someone out there is waiting to share your journey and support you along the way.

Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
Life keeps moving, and it's up to you to keep up with it and stay true to yourself.

Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Leave behind your worries and find peace in nature.

Catch a painted pony on the spinning wheel ride
Embrace the journey of life and find joy in the unexpected.

Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel fly
Take control of your destiny and don't be afraid to take risks.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: David Clayton-Thomas

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@walruslennon9782

2y↑94

What goes up must come down
Spinnin' wheel, got to go round
Talkin' 'bout your troubles, it's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel spin
You got no money, you got no home
Spinnin' wheel, all alone
Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you, you never learn
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel turn
Did you find the directing sign
On the straight and narrow highway
Would you mind a reflecting sign
Just let it shine within your mind
And show you the colors that are real
Someone's waitin' just for you
Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Catch a painted pony on the spinnin' wheel ride
Someone's waitin' just for you
Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel fly
That wasn't so good

All comments from YouTube:

@dorothyjohnson8051

3y↑840

69 year old black woman! Loving it. That brass section is on point. I used to listen to Blood Sweat and Tears back inthe day love them. And still do. So much meaning for right now. These days we are living in be encourage. Love Peace And Soul. Out!!!!!

@rippi37

2y↑38

Hello Dorothy......63 year old here ..loving it too. Peace love health and happiness to you and yours !! xxx

@ddziegler44

2y↑44

77 year old white guy. We are now continuing what we started in the 60’s and we will get there. Dan

@rippi37

2y↑7

@@ddziegler44 Absolutely !!!! xxx

@dorothyjohnson8051

2y↑14

Hi nice to meet you! Have a amazing day. Peace

@mastic5519

2y↑10

Still sounds great.

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@robertdegrandis5180

2y↑574

I was 11 years old when this song came out. I'm 63 now, I survived colon cancer and Covid 19. When I will be gone, this song will still be carrying on and on and on. Great song, God knows how I miss the 60s and the 70s.

@tallenpelegrin7026

2y↑11

I was 10 when I got introduced to B,S&T, and I've never abandoned them since then.

@Youffy23

2y↑10

I know best the 80's and the 90's (born 1976) but clearly = I am with you about the 70's... 99% of my DVD's are 70's movies, and goes the same on music.... A good evening is one evening I can feel the 70's !

@ZeroGravity60

2y↑16

Congrats on beating colon cancer. I've been stage 4 cancer for just over 3-years but am feeling good for the most part. [I might beat it.] What would we do without YouTube, every hit from the past is at our fingertips. Peace brother.

@dsfschamane839

2y↑4

I was born 1970 and God knows how this song made it into my father's eclectic but not very jazzy record collection. Song's been with me for over 40 years.

@robertdegrandis5180

2y↑10

@@ZeroGravity60 May God remove the entire cancer, you certainly got my prayers. I was stubborn, at age 50 i refused to do the colonascopy. At age 60 some friend convinced me to do it, when i woke up from recovery they gave me the news. I honestly did not react, to this day the only thing that brings bad memories is the chemotherapy. You my brother surely know how painful the treatment are. Did you do any radiation? I didn't, great doctors here in NYC. I'm limited in modern technology, my nephew found your comment. God bless you, and stay away from simple carbohydrates, like sugars. 👍

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@lisacassar9486

11w↑44

It's 2024, I grew up in the 1970s, always remember this incredible music playing. It never gets old, like me😊❤🎶

@CaptainQueue

2y↑83

Salute Lew Soloff. You showed the entire trumpet world how to play rock. RIP.

@Pedrito85T

21w↑4

He plays the trumpet solo in the classical salsa theme "El cantante" by Hector Lavoe.

@rosemarybloom9851

6y↑152

Jazz, psychedelic, & funk all wrapped into a delicious sound. Can't get enough. Love the sounds of the 60s and 70s.

@robertthacher2660

1y↑2

This was just before the Chicago Transit Authority. It ushered in the early 70's horn sound!

@yuridelcastillo220

27w

@@robertthacher2660 listening to bands like Chicago and Steely Dan at a very young age. . They were so progressive and way ahead of their time. . 🎵 🎙️ 🎧 🎹 🎸 🎻🎷 🎺🥁 🪘🪇

@bettiraige3474

2y↑157

Never get sick of those horns. Timeless piece.

@robertthacher2660

1y↑4

In those days, a horn band also had a Hammond B3 and a Leslie!

@bettybabberl9608

1y↑5

This is why I love the band Chicago!!! 💜💜💜

@alanstrong55

That tune should not die. It stayed on the hit parade for a long time. 😊😊

@waltfolker6575

1y↑137

Clean and crisp...the horns, sax, flute, and recorder are so real you can hear the very subtle mistakes that make it authentic, unlike the computer-generated sounds we hear now. The drums snap, the cymbals crash, and the tambourine rattles just the way they are supposed to. It doesn't get any clearer than this, true unadulterated sound....I love it!

@geol1936

1y↑1

I'm sorry you are not looking for current well produced albums. They're out there. Just less of them.

@bobspence5322

45w

there are no mistakes in that you kidding. they would take like 1000 times to get it back then.

@bobspence5322

45w↑1

and they lip sinced besides 1969 still isnt all that old.

@stevenhanson6057

23w↑1

Nothing like it. When everything’s a classic, include this fer sure.

@craigrinehart9397

What mistakes

@Sax4Him

4y↑125

One of THE all time best trumpet solos ever recorded.

@Crooky0

1y↑3

It's funny, I hadn't listened to this song in years, got a yang for it suddenly, and still remembered every note of that awesome solo.

@robertthacher2660

1y↑3

Agree!

@kevinsullivan2362

23w

Don’t get out much, eh?

@chrislittlepage5416

2y↑20

Two greatest horn sections Chicago and Blood Sweat and Tears

@mikiodo

2y↑68

I never appreciated this song as a child. Listening now after all these years, it is truly musical art in every way. Fantastic.

@rjjcms1

50w↑2

I heard it now and again on the radio in the 70s without knowing who performed it,as the same time as I heard of Blood Sweat & Tears a bit without knowing which songs were by them.

@DaphneMarina88

10w

favorite of mine since childhood. I think the merry go round.

@user-kf5mt7km1n

Frog gigging.....hot summer 1969 nights! And this group.
Hot humid illinois.....let this song play in my generation's
Memory forever......

@samuelgriffin9364

4y↑36

A perfect mix of jazz and rock and roll combined in one perfect group love me some Blood Sweat and Tears and Chicago

@dennismclaurin1487

41w↑3

I hear you on that.

@DLSmith93

7y↑1.3K

You have to understand that when this came out there was no such thing as fusion. These people were trailblazers. We had never heard anything like this music. They were and forever will be amazing. Thank you for posting.

@kingsleyzissou1120

7y↑15

Yes. Well technically their first, and some would say better album, was also fusion.

@gilbertjimenez8878

6y↑36

DLSmith93 these guys just wanted to make kick ass music, no pretense of being actors or any other bullshit. The music reflects that.

@DaisiMaiOui

6y↑13

DLSmith93 sadly I didn't realize that their train was hijacked by chicago

@mikereiss4216

6y↑16

Maybe not fusion as in the stuff from the seventies but there was jazz rock(which is basically what this is).

@scotttriplett5147

6y↑24

Zappa, Chicago Transit Authority, and a little later, Steely Dan

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@frankpitochelli6786

2y↑145

This group was so tight, most groups/bands in this era were phenomenal..
How I miss those days..!!
No autotune there.

@starchiefgrayflake8224

1y↑4

I miss that era every day

@cynthiareeves4262

Grew Up Listening to This on AM Radio That's all we had in the 60's !❤

@audreystigger7574

4y↑63

A Black Woman from Memphis, TN..Believe it or not, I grew up on this kind of music, so glad to be Reunited, I remembered the lyrics but no title, but u found it..of course it's on Repeat, music is the Universal Language..we can all relate no matter what culture..

@tonyjenkins7378

3y↑6

I made the same comment as a black male. I sing it two sons.

@carlbowles1808

3y↑3

Me too I still like this.

@cessaly100

3y↑2

Yep! I liked it too!

@lauraryan8921

3y↑2

Give my regards to Beale Street

@mikewatkins2659

3y↑2

white dude here who grew up in Memphis. Great music then. Good times. Take care

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@fashizzle78

1y↑33

This is a great mix of Soul, Funk, and Jazz

@IanBerg

Songs like this played regularly on 620 AM radio in Regina, Saskatchewan back in the 1980s. I liked them more than country music.

@JackHaveman52

3y↑4

Spring 1969 and skipping class. Sitting under the trees with a transistor radio and this song seemed to be on all the time. A great memory. I passed grade 11, too.

@kentclark6420

5y↑109

Great trumpet solo by Lew Soloff! He was the master trumpeter. I always enjoyed his solos, being a trumpet guy, myself. RIP.

@RASmith-gt9mm

2y↑7

Being a drummer at the time, I enjoyed Bobby Columby’s work on this as well as Lew’s horn!

@carlobonilla1581

Awesome!

@kentclark6420

1y↑1

@@RASmith-gt9mm Yes, they were all top-notch musicians! Like Steely Dan, that fit in so well together.

@bobbycastaneda9091

Ever hear of Forrest Buchtel (trumpet player)? I love his style of playing as well!

@colinthorn514

@@RASmith-gt9mm That drumming is superb!

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@sammalone7352

4y↑1.6K

Anyone one else digging this in 2020?

@ceeceetracey9839

4y↑24

rest of my life

@tabithadorcas7763

4y↑8

Yowzah! Some 40 years later :)

@zcoder8940

4y↑6

👍

@seanbrady7318

4y↑18

Oh my God. Yes, Yes yes. In 2020 2021, 2022 and forever

@stevewilson1583

4y↑21

master pieces never dies

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@darrellmfume3513

2y↑7

Those Horn Arrangements are Awesome.

@enriquepina9829

11w↑2

Hell Yeah!!!!! Got this Album!!!!!!! Takes me way back to the Awesome 70's Era!!!!!!!!!! All that nice High!!!!!!!! Im 70, now still Rock n Roll!!!!!!! But all Natural High!!!!!! Ha!

@dianeesposito3059

3y↑83

Still loving this music in 2021. My dad was a jazz saxophonist. I grew up with big band music . He would make me sit and listen to a record and tell him how many instruments were playing and what they were. A great mentor friend and father. He appreciated me listening to this music more than any other from this era. A truely great band, together with Chicago

@jennifertrudgeon-bone6234

1y↑1

I was twenty four years old then. 1968 release. I agree! Blood, Sweat and Tears (lead singer, David Clayton-Thomas) and Chicago!

@gorflunk

4y↑185

And we believed artists were going to keep creating music of this caliber and quantity forever.
Damn, what have we lost...

@mw9491

4y↑8

So so sad but true. This is real music!!!

@henryfrigon9382

4y↑12

There’s plenty of stellar music that’s coming out still. Just gotta search it out! If you dig the horn performance here check out Aberdeen

@MrRyan2112

4y↑1

Samantha Fish, Black Stone Cherry, One Bad Son, Dirty Honey, Band Maid, The Pretty Reckless.

@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917

4y↑11

Damn you act like there aren't artists out there who write good music.

You are looking in the wrong places.

@gorflunk

4y↑10

@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 "caliber and quantity" we didn't have to go looking for it, it was everywhere and it defined us and brought us together.

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@annettesmith4682

Ahhhh,,, Dug It Up.......Missed it ....63 here.......Loving this...Glad I went into the rabbit hole

@ToddJohnstonXTSales

3y↑11

Around 1968 I was lucky enough to set in on a closed rehearsal where they played this song , my brother was 7 yrs older than I , I was 7 and it was the coolest thing ever lol I had also seen the Main Ingredient (Everybody Plays the fool) Thanks Brother for letting lil bro tag along Love ya

@spooderdoggy

48w↑12

Anyone loving❤️ this in 2023?🥰🙌🏻

@willybones3890

Used to play it on the jukebox at the Coney place my mom loved when I was a kid. Great memory.

@danielward77

45w↑2

The flute/instrumental part about half to 3/4th of the way threw the song always reminded me of someone going threw a mental breakdown, like something you would hear the exact moment they left reality.

@LordGreystoke

5y↑592

Probably the best use of horns next to Chicago.

@gregrambo606

5y↑9

Byron Gordon
And you know what Byron? The critics hated David Clayton Thomas as a lead vocalist.

@meanmrmusician9469

5y↑23

"Savoy Truffle" used horns to its advantage as well. And look, I love Chicago, but their horn section could never compete with this.

@gregrambo606

5y↑21

Fantastic horns, but not Chicago, Tower of Power "What is Hip?"

@kentclark6420

5y↑2

@@gregrambo606 Whattt?

@gregrambo606

5y↑14

@@kentclark6420
I was just saying that besides Blood Sweat and Tears and Chicago, Tower of Power had the baddest horn section. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

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@KatZolitaMason

7y↑427

The horn section is to die for and I love the arrangement and lyrics- awesome song

@MrBilgey

6y↑4

damn right!

@chesleysimoneaux2767

6y↑7

Yeah, while we’re in a general music drought currently, and have been for decades, thankfully it was quite the opposite during the 60’s & 70’s as we were rich with ‘horn’ bands!

@bustabass9025

6y↑8

BS&T along with Sly and the Family Stone created the first widely accepted horn driven jazz/rock/fusion bands. They were followed by Chicago Transit Authority, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, et al. I always felt that BS&T got washed out by Chicago, and some of the more enduring groups, and never received their full recognition as innovators, in what would become the most influential form of music in the last fifty years! 👑🎸🎵🎺🎷

@atomoaztekaz

Youre a beautiful girl

@johnbaglietto6257

How about YOUR REPLY by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes? Knebworth Park 11th August 1979. All day concert leading to Led Zeppelin. I’d never heard of them before, though I was impressed

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@user-kf5mt7km1n

6w↑1

This is pure 1969.....yes! I recall
These guys from my early yrs.
Living g in illinois. My 1960s
Childhood.

@christopherrussell2611

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTICALLY AMAZING. Full of Rock, Jazz & Blues; just magical. Just a few years above me, age wise, but they had me, hook, line & sinker!
Love that syncopation, too much, way too much, when the horn section moved in centre stage.
Double Hagen Dazz all round.
Jane Russell

@silvertree3181

26w↑9

Still digging this in 2023! 😜

@JoseRodriguez-ni8lg

18w↑3

Im 62 years old, I was about 12 when I heard this song and others from Blood, Sweat and Tears and here I am still listening to them again and again.

@robertgage2785

14w↑2

Im 72 and STILL love this group.........great brass backup

@herts9999

I need this every once in a while. And The Moody Blues. I'm 43.

@walteranderson5090

31w↑9

Guess it was '69. We'd be sitting round at night, smoking weed. Listening to this many nights actually.
Nice....

@strikeitoz7348

1y↑18

My favourite song of the 60s. An absolute fine specimen of musical genius, creativity and rythmic rhymes.

@cameronduff884

2y↑2

This ought be be the road tire changers international anthem....especially the flute part at the end.

@g.hon.4645

7w↑1

😲😆😉!!!!

@francissamuel8141

44w↑1

There is a deeper message in this song and it is more evident these days.

@robertthacher2660

1y↑8

Pre Chicago in 1969, this song is hard to beat! David Clayton Thomas is great!! The solo is top notch!

@brendafinnie6495

13w

66 female still jamming all the old great songs.these new songs can't touch old school.still have 5 CD players

@greytgal1

7y↑588

this song just popped into my mind - getting old but good music never gets old

@marcbolanlives1972

7y↑4

💚💙

@JeffreySykes

7y↑17

This just happened to me as well. Came out of nowhere.

@jimblack120

7y↑7

and when i die - when i am gone . just one child to carry ON ! good luck kids .

@sebashess4768

7y↑2

In time, Iam with U2.......and??!

@twistedtaipan3862

7y↑10

Same here and I'm 25 years old. I'm actually proud of myself for randomly thinking of this song. I really should have been 25 in 1975. I live in Colorado though so I'm as close as I can get.

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@mroot6854

14w

My music teacher in grade school (little old nun) played this in class once… we all giggled like whatever. I’m 42… been listening to this jam & many like it ever since. My old lady nun music teacher- was a BA!

@beeenn649

11w

I remember 1969 when this song came out, I was in school. Just another memory from years gone by.

@rippi37

3y↑32

These guys were so 'out there'...they blew everyone's minds....it was awesome !!!!!!!!! This is awesome !!!!!! Another masterpiece

@alexandraj2005

1y↑2

It blew my mind when I heard it on the radio.

@winkeemanley1820

1y↑6

I recall hearing this great song back in 1969.

@MadMan731

13w↑1

Those horns are legendary. LEGENDARY.

@rickolsonmusic

2y↑2

Had the 45 when it came out. That’s the late great Lou Soloff on trumpet.

@paulsherling5376

1y↑25

Bought this album in 60s. Gave it to my grandson along with many others. He’s collecting records now. Love this group!👍🎼❤️

@thenobullshtchannel8768

3y↑3

Oh yes back in the early 70s!! Time Machine worded I’m no longer in 2021 thank God!!!! 🇺🇸

@kikimusha777

44w

Happy Father's Day daddy. I miss you. I'm so glad you showed me such amazing music ♡ hope you're having fun in heavens band

@darnellhaynes7193

My big brother Mark loved classic rock and introduced this African American to it RIP. little sis apples head.

@JayBtv1984

4y↑171

Definitely a musician's song...today is may 29th of 2020 and with everything happening I needed this song today so much. I just ignored the world for a moment (or 40 but who's counting) and it got me to love music again. Thank you

@craigjackson2428

4y↑1

Well stated!!!!

@SmilingIbis

4y↑2

Well, hang in there. Remember, what goes up must come down.... O Fortuna!

@lawrencefass9778

4y↑2

@@SmilingIbis BUT THIS THING ISN'T GOING DOWN..IT'S NEVER GOING AWAY ACCORDING TO MANY SCIENTISTS

@ranabirgahir462

3y↑1

AGREE

@WildBillCox13

3y↑2

I just posted this to a small group of musical friends who'd grown up in a fresher tradition. I do this a lot, as it's their grandparents' roots and they should feel what it was like. As for me, I lived through the Stoned Age. And, happy to report, I'm writing more today than ever.

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@elizabethsingleton5482

7y↑8

What a different group - wish there were more like Blood, Sweat and Tears today - it's refreshing to hear this again.

@lwamp5230

28w↑1

1970’s to whenever present is.. I go back to this one

@elderguy

3y↑2

Growing up a kid in Toronto in the 60s and seeing guys like this live.......

@jmfchef

2y↑3

I Was a young one when this came out, AM radio. Still riding the painted pony, great tunes.

@elainebmack

2y↑30

There's nothing like rock solid musicianship and ensemble. Such a tight group with a firm sense of style. Fantastic!

@nasticanasta

My father had this when I was growing up in the 60's I still love this stuff, I'm glad, while people were listening to led zep, which I did too but I was also listening to Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus...etc Thanks Pop

@emilyleo1435

2y↑1

Memories all the way back blood sweat and tears rolling in

@bobzwol

6y↑203

OMG! This album will be 50 years old next year! Good lord, I'm old! I had it on LP, cassette, 8-track, reel-to-reel & CD! A perfect rock and jazz fusion. Thanks for posting!

@paulopalomino2256

5y↑2

I envy you man, what good times of good music

@thomasondra2672

yup

@paulwilhoit9677

5y↑2

my freshman year in college

@goodson6848

Yes, its right, but your lived in the best epoch, music, cinema, cars! You know..

@zdrumdude

Bob Zwolinski join the club brother🤪

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@BW92116

4y↑10

This song was a hit single when I was a kid, and even my Mom (born in 1918) liked it. She was a true music lover.

@dennisengram4437

This Is Music! All Of You! Who Are 35 And Younger !

@josephleach9738

34w↑1

2023 still great music 🎶

@davidmarshall7752

1y↑15

Even their hits were progressive. Incredible, one of the greats.

@suubwayrocker

27w↑1

Indeed

@peggyoneilllatham601

3y↑8

Love this music 🎶miss this music 63 yrs young and not counting. Music is the most amazing gift God gave us !!! GOD BLESS YOU 🙌🙏❤

@haroldbrooks4235

Absolutely agree this was MUSIC

@RobertLindabury

2y↑1

All this praise for the horns and no love for the AWESOME bass & drums on this which absolutely drive the whole song. :-)

@Kim-ck5dc

16w

David Clayton-Thomas and 🎷🎺🎷. Nothing better than that!!

@darrellmfume4020

2y↑3

THIS SONG, and, You've Made Me So Very Happy. I don't know who did those arrangements. vocals, horns, and tempo. but Shoutout to the Music Arranger who did do it.

@genebozzi838

4y↑42

I snuck in back stage and saw them play this live. Awesome!!!!

@lisaleonardo9198

38w↑2

I’m digging this great tune Aug 4 2023!!! ❤

@habdenkanalvoll8489

2y↑1

Love them them too, they were one of my favorite bands back in the days

@lepoetress

7y↑201

The musicianship on this is on point!!! That horn section is fire!!! Love how they turn on a dime with it.

@felipedej.cervera6514

6y↑1

It's a pretty good thing to read this from a connoisseur

@dorothyskinner1401

5y↑2

The tightness of this song is superb.The best BST song ever. Right there with Chicago's Beginnings.

@dorothyskinner1401

5y↑1

Don't think Chicago members weren't blown away by this song!

@kevinsbott

Great points... The turning on a dime comment turned me on a dime. :)

@Jaegertiger

It's ALL ABOUT THE HORNS !!!!!! THEY RULE !!!!! AS ALWAYS !!!!!

@paulppchristman5827

2y↑11

A nostalgia-inducing aural confection from glorious third grade, my favorite and most deliriously giddilly enjoyable childhood year. The whole album was terrific. Still is.

@gogoyubari366

Thanks to my Dad for getting me into BST. Love you and miss you.

@maryjopaolinelli4193

2y↑1

Blood Sweat tears...Great Group.........................

@maryjopaolinelli4193

2y↑1

Yes yes that's Great

@mrdragster1970

1y↑39

Absolutely love these guys!!! Decades later, still amazing music!!!

@ralphmonley7336

3y↑32

When I was listening to this and their other songs in the 1960s I did not realize that I was being introduced to fine vocal jazz. I just knew it was another level above the pop music I was generally listening to on the local radio station. Fifty years later I realize what a gift it was.

@klaudiaschulz8730

3y↑2

This is a great music has so much message

@kathyjohson1273

Isn't it amazing to find out all these years later, we were among greatness; and at the time(some of us) didn't realize it until our later years!!! Just goes to show, its never too late to appreciate all these musical gifts!!! Thank you Blood, Sweat and Tears...and YouTube!!!👍👍👍👍

@lynnrussell1111

36w↑2

My significant other and I were fortunate enough to get to see BS&T on the top of Silver Mountain Ida. What a fantasic performance and fabulous night. One of my favorite groups of all time.

@robivy9987

1y↑2

I'm 70 and this brings back great memories.

@TheInkPitOx

5y↑187

The Hall of Fame needs to induct Blood, Sweat, and Tears to add to the Woodstock generation.

@jimhoffmann

4y↑4

Keith Pixton Redbone, too. The RRHF is purely political, though. Talented musical pioneers don’t necessarily get in, sadly.

@computern4me

4y↑1

I agree but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is so stingy so it’ll probably never happen. Didn’t it take Pink Floyd like 60 years of musical mastery to get in? I’m sure the Stones are still waiting on their pending application haha.

@donjonsen5295

4y↑2

The Hall of Fame is a store opened by jewish businessmen who couldnt give shit about music,just money...the saddest part is the endorsing by actual talent...

@dumebiokosa3138

4y↑1

@@donjonsen5295 WHy are they always like that. Hall of fame is for good music and recognition not for political Bs or Profit.

@rodolforosales7757

4y↑1

Absofreakinglutly.! They belong there with a Diamond star. Its beautiful music for all genertions of human kind and alliens also. 🪐🌠

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@christophercrawshaw3822

5y↑21

I was born in '67, and my mother was a huge BST fan. Spent the first 5 years of my life with them playing on a loop in the house. This shit is in my DNA and I couldn't be more grateful.

@novanut1964

i used to wax my brothers 1969 plymouth road runner, while he was off to college, playing this album on his 8 track player, good memories

@btruj2507

3y↑1

The back and forth betwixt piano and trumpet=mind blown

@wyzazz3907

2y↑3

I'm 53 as of 2/25. My mom had this on original 45 venal record when I was a kid, used to listen to it all the time. Still love it. Still listen. B.S.T. Always Rocked!

@walruslennon9782

2y↑94

@tiggertim12

Memory of my my mom and dad on the boat house and this album spinning on the turn table circa 1973-74

@Del-Lebo

55.6 years old...brings back so many memmories, great and ...not so great. A Good pre funk Jazz rock/folk song! Fun FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

@heypistolero

2y↑12

RIP Paulie Walnuts

@billpolakis7524

13w↑1

God rest your soul Tony Sirico

@sabian630

2y↑11

What a great tune. So many chord changes, tempo..it's all over the place, yet completely fits together.

@bretstanley8931

Can you believe that this music used to be on the radio? Now look what we have!

@marc2397

50w

I’m with all you old people…our time is coming to an end. 60’s 70’s

@eniss1182

2y↑14

One of the many beautiful gifts from high school marching band. We used this for a warm up every single morning, I’ll always love this song. I’m lucky I had such rad band directors.