No matter how some want to say the 70's was, there was a sense of peace in the air the gun was not a part of every party, the government had put it's two cent in for american people. There was the commodity food available for those that qualified, and the one's that wanted it. i still say the seventies was a killer. Fopr I am a seventier which kicked it well, i was very young i learned the difference of those day's thn these day's however, there was a colossal difference.
Believe it or not, when this cut first came out, I thought it was Genesis (Phil Collins as lead). Never knew it was Lamont Dozier all along. Been looking for this song for years. If Phil Collins was to do a cover version of this song, I believe he would do an outstanding job.
@mikesmes As good as Phil Collins is, he could never do this song justice. This is really a period song. Nixon was president at the time and the times were hard. Long gas lines. rationing of gasoline. The Arab oil embrago. Rising food prices. Lamont Dozier was telling a story that Phil Collins just couldn't do right by. Mostly because he couldn't relate to what was going on at the time. I know. I lived through it. Heard this song when it was going on.
Defines the early 70's. "Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it," and it seems as if we have a bunch of dunces (or extremely selfish capitalists) encroaching on democratic ideology. In that sense, things haven't changed much in nearly forty years.
This song is not only related to today's situations it is thoughtful of the economic state of the world, especially of the inner city conditions. If people can't see it its only because they aren't real. Thanks Much Lamont Dozier, do a hyped up version it may open up the senses of the youth!
Why not just be grateful someone took enough time to load it on here ? I remember listening to this great song on A.M. radio as a teen in Harlem. Folks can just be responsible & look up pertinent info on their own... Can't we all just get along ?
Thank you for putting this great man's song up for the rest of us to enjoy! Lamont Dozier was title Black Bach because of his enormous talent and he was someone who indeed was deserving of the title....I bought this when it first came out also and even had it on eight track!
jbmontag you are mistaken in serveral of your transcribed lyrics: "aye aye captain" should be "I ain't catchin'" and it is not "when will we overcome" but "when will I overcome". I hope you will correct your mistakes. I bought this album when it first came out in 1974 during the Recession of that time and times were in fact real tough! Lamont Dozier was not a great singer but he was a tremendous composer.
Graduated from high school in 1974, during that recession, I saw first hand what it was like suffer, and this was a song that I could relate to, Richard Nixon was stealing and lying, The Federal Reserve currency was taken off the gold standard,thus the beginning of the demise of the dollar,give thanks to the secret societies that really run the government .
Love this song...during the Nixon years, Tricky Dick was really screwing over the American people, and Lamont was really vocal about Mr. then-President!
Love this song...during the Nixon years, Tricky Dick was really screwing over the American people, and Lamont was really vocal about Mr. then-President!
Hey, people: For anyone who's lived thru those days of Tricky-Dick Nixon, "Moon Beam" McNamara, Henny KissHerGer, and McGeorge "Al" Bundy, Dozier's timely missive is a cautionary musing for these today's depressing times. So, give a big whoop for the tradional Soul militant songs of the 60s and 70s!!! And thank you Mr. Dozier. I know it must have broken your heart to see the Chi-Town, De-Town, and South Central L.A. burn in those turbulent days!!!
This is straight out of the summer of 1974...Good music and good times then...Always wondered why this record seemed to take off like lightening and then all of a sudden it dropped out of sight never to be heard again...Until here on You Tube.
@thabiti56 this song is on Lamont Dozier's first official solo album after splitting from the Holland brothers...the album is called "OUT HERE ON MY OWN", and was produced by McKinley Jackson, formerly of Invictus Records also...You might want to check out Freda Payne's "PAYNE AND PLEASURE" album on ABC also. These 2 LPs had a lot of the same writers, and personnel. Both produced by McKinley. MASTERPIECES!!
whoo boy is this timely! Or, should I say timeless? I woke up thinking about this song in much worse shape today than I was in 1974. Thank goodness my memories are free!
Second to my favorite from Detroit's own lamont Dozier. Can you find the vocal (not instrumental) version of Holland Dozier Holland's " Don't Leave Me"? (Not a digitally re-mastered version) This version should sound like a Motown Produced version although produced through Invicxtus records in Late 1971. By the way, thank you for the post.
ah. this wouldve been my old mans type of song. i dont know whether he knew it or not; probably so. dont remember hearing it from his record collection but then again i heard so much growing up from his stash :) but its reminiscent to me [themewise] of aint that a bitch by johnny guitar watson, which he loved. & yeah, definitely fitting of the times; i miss having him around so much & things like this remind me of him <3.
This song was released when I was a young girl in summer camp. The song made me cry because I was devoid of all understanding of how my grandmother and mother struggled as the lyrics state. We will never know how much our parents really sacrificed to give us the things we took for granted. Today the fish may not bite, but I go after them, diving deep, and I will overcome every obstacle. Hope this inspires someone out there.
This reminds me of my school days back at L.A. High. Love this song. Lamont was also part of the famous Holland-Dozier-Holland song writing trio who wrote seminal songs for the Supremes, The Temptations and other Motown acts. He's a genius!!
I've been looking for this song 4ever, to find out the title was after all '"fish ain't bitin" and yes the message is just as meaningful now as it was then!!!
THANK GOD FOR FACEBOOK!!! I've been searching for the song for eons! Takes me back to a time when I could actually DANCE to my favorite music----and it had a message, too. LOL THANKS,THANKS, THANKS for posting. You've taken 30 years off my life. Merry Christmas!
I only knew the few words of "I'm out here fighting" put them in the search for Youtube and bam FOUND THE SONG!! Surprised to see Lamont Dozier was the singer of this song!! This song with all of the insanity going on in our society is VERY APPROPIATE FOR THESE TRYING TIMES!!! Even moreso than when this came out in the early 70's!
I don't have any superlatives left - I used them all on the other Lamont Dozier Youtube postings! But this is one of the best. (Much credit to McKinley Jackson also, for this absolute gem of an album)
Hey, people: For anyone who's lived thru those days of Tricky-Dick Nixon, "Moon Beam" McNamara, Henny KissHerGer, and McGeorge "Al" Bundy, Dozier's timely missive is a cautionary musing for these today's depressing times. So, give a big whoop for the tradional Soul militant songs of the 60s and 70s!!! And thank you Mr. Dozier. I know it must have broken your heart to see the Chi-Town, De-Town, and South Central L.A. burn in those turbulent days!!!
I remember this song in my High School senior year 1974, things were pretty bad then, The Vietnam war, a real bad recession, and Tricky Dick ( Richard Nixon) Watergate, took his deceptive ass out , OOOOHHH those memeories.
I had been out of work for several months at the time and played it over and over again. Then I found a job which lasted only a few months. When I was let go, I didn't have to tell my wife. I just played this record again and she knew.....
Wow haven't heard this one in a long time, I thought Johnny Taylor made this song, I guess this is why it took me so long to find it, thanks for posting this one!
When is the last time we heard one of today's artist's deal with the issue's of the day through their music? For the most part,much of today's music is bling, Bentley's and bumpin'& grinding.
I loved this record when it came out, loved that he placed the blame square on Nixon's shoulders. The lyrics are so relevant today. Many thanks for posting this! Somehow I remember it as being faster, though... Maybe NYC deejays pumped it up for us, LOL
Perhaps he did. I believe he was just capturing how incredibly bad things were in the years, 1972-1974, that led up to the songs release in 74. The US has fallen into the habit of thinking the 1970s were mainly about disco. See 1975Tooto's comment above about 1974: by almost every economic, social, political and global measure, 1974 was much worse than 2008 in every way, except maybe for bank filures. That was one reason we churned thru 4 Presidents in 9 years.
Timeless is a great way to express this piece of gold. I used to play this 45 over and over when it came out. It is a mainstay on my jukebox. geri in detroit
this song is for the ages it means a lot to every black man or every man who is trying to make ends meet for his family.listen gas is going up. this song wasmade a lllooong time ago.
And now that I pay the bills, I understand why all the black radio stations in Chicago played Rance Allen's 1975 "Ain't No Need For Crying" so consistently for about 2 years. It was a needed tonic for the wretched economics that blew most black folks out of the water in the 1970s.
Most sadly, something similar may be stealthily unfolding 2008-2010.
As the US banks fail, its firms shrink payrolls, its home values collapse, its foreclosures soar, oil ascends, households' savings crater, and its new cars stack up in the showroom....Fish Aint Biting will make a resurgence. It is as relevant in
I LOVE THIS SONG......AND FOR THE COMMENTARY PEOPLE "CAN'T WE JUST ALL GET ALONG?' SHEESH!!!.....JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC
LEGSUDESIRE 1 month ago
this was music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vivalulious 1 month ago
this song applies to the scene in todays society
FingerPrinttjerk 3 months ago
That's how things are right now, fish aint biting. Cost of living has gone insane now than ever before
bubbajackification 3 months ago
Love this tune! Crazy times, but had some great music tp get through it...high school days!
Pmr1957 3 months ago
@DannyBoiRamz project pat kills it on that
osp80 4 months ago
No matter how some want to say the 70's was, there was a sense of peace in the air the gun was not a part of every party, the government had put it's two cent in for american people. There was the commodity food available for those that qualified, and the one's that wanted it. i still say the seventies was a killer. Fopr I am a seventier which kicked it well, i was very young i learned the difference of those day's thn these day's however, there was a colossal difference.
333367777 6 months ago
1974, that's what I'm talking about.
333367777 6 months ago
have you been to lamont's site, he wrote so many hits.
dekalbtxx 7 months ago
We've got a new Tricky Dick, and his name is Anthony Weiner - LOL
solesirching73 8 months ago
Believe it or not, when this cut first came out, I thought it was Genesis (Phil Collins as lead). Never knew it was Lamont Dozier all along. Been looking for this song for years. If Phil Collins was to do a cover version of this song, I believe he would do an outstanding job.
mikesmes 8 months ago 2
@mikesmes As good as Phil Collins is, he could never do this song justice. This is really a period song. Nixon was president at the time and the times were hard. Long gas lines. rationing of gasoline. The Arab oil embrago. Rising food prices. Lamont Dozier was telling a story that Phil Collins just couldn't do right by. Mostly because he couldn't relate to what was going on at the time. I know. I lived through it. Heard this song when it was going on.
IRONMANHONDO87 2 months ago
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mikesmes 8 months ago
This relates to SADNESS that resides in the streets IN Detroit, nearly hopeless.so SAD ! I love this city though.
nursedjones 9 months ago 2
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.THE WORDS IN THIS SONG REFLECTS WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY.
MrTrackfreek 9 months ago 6
Defines the early 70's. "Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it," and it seems as if we have a bunch of dunces (or extremely selfish capitalists) encroaching on democratic ideology. In that sense, things haven't changed much in nearly forty years.
kariebeez 9 months ago
Lamont hit #26 in Billboard, 7-27-74. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 9 months ago
Juicy J, Play Me Some Pimpin 2, Fish Ain't Bitin'
zhmichael 10 months ago
tricky dick, stop your s@#$!!! hahahaha!!
romell85 10 months ago 4
This song is not only related to today's situations it is thoughtful of the economic state of the world, especially of the inner city conditions. If people can't see it its only because they aren't real. Thanks Much Lamont Dozier, do a hyped up version it may open up the senses of the youth!
phlprepre 10 months ago
Why not just be grateful someone took enough time to load it on here ? I remember listening to this great song on A.M. radio as a teen in Harlem. Folks can just be responsible & look up pertinent info on their own... Can't we all just get along ?
missuma2 11 months ago
This song was always too negative and pessimistic for me.
lwmson 1 year ago
well start a newness and rethink what is really the message!
phlprepre 10 months ago
keep the negative for another day, because you are the pessimistic one is YOU!
phlprepre 10 months ago
This true to todays time without a doubt , with the division of the ultra rich and the poor.
nursedjones 1 year ago
A timely song that hit the airwaves in 1974 when I finished high school and had to deal with the Nixonomic recession.
MrDSmooth56 1 year ago
Ive been through phase 4....out the door a few times!
zdrumdude 1 year ago
Thank you for putting this great man's song up for the rest of us to enjoy! Lamont Dozier was title Black Bach because of his enormous talent and he was someone who indeed was deserving of the title....I bought this when it first came out also and even had it on eight track!
JOEYMAXEVANS 1 year ago
Help! Does anyone know if the 'expletive' was bleeped out on all the original copies? Just wondering, every version I've heard always had the bleep.
dabidosan 1 year ago
Taking me back in time....thank you!!!
4gnrations07 1 year ago
Regardless of the source of the mistake, the correction is needed.
rufusterrymcconnell 1 year ago
jbmontag you are mistaken in serveral of your transcribed lyrics: "aye aye captain" should be "I ain't catchin'" and it is not "when will we overcome" but "when will I overcome". I hope you will correct your mistakes. I bought this album when it first came out in 1974 during the Recession of that time and times were in fact real tough! Lamont Dozier was not a great singer but he was a tremendous composer.
rufusterrymcconnell 1 year ago 5
@rufusterrymcconnell Actually, the mistake comes from wherever I copied and pasted the lyrics from.
jbmontag 1 year ago
@jbmontag Regardless to the source of your error.......it needs to be corrected. Otherwise it is very misleading to whoever reads it.
rufusterrymcconnell 1 year ago
@rufusterrymcconnell The lyrics have been deleted, in their entirety, for a week. Feel free to look them up online, should you like to read them.
jbmontag 1 year ago
@jbmontag Still needs to be corrected as otherwise it is misleading to any reader.
rufusterrymcconnell 1 year ago
I've always loved and appreciate the message in this song. The meaning was true then and perfectly frames the struggle many Americans face today.
eluvre 1 year ago 2
AND MEANWHILE IN JA. TRICKY POLITICIANS STILLPLAYING DA S'H'T
injuw 1 year ago
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831sdtony 1 year ago
WOW! jb you have just made me a very happy person. I played the 45 so much that I had to buy a second copy! thanks again!
831sdtony 1 year ago
Can't afford to be lazy. When the cost of living's gone crazy. So true!!!
3fishfry 1 year ago
Graduated from high school in 1974, during that recession, I saw first hand what it was like suffer, and this was a song that I could relate to, Richard Nixon was stealing and lying, The Federal Reserve currency was taken off the gold standard,thus the beginning of the demise of the dollar,give thanks to the secret societies that really run the government .
MrDSmooth56 1 year ago
love this song
patternkid 1 year ago
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Love this song...during the Nixon years, Tricky Dick was really screwing over the American people, and Lamont was really vocal about Mr. then-President!
Thanks for posting!
DejaVusee 1 year ago
Love this song...during the Nixon years, Tricky Dick was really screwing over the American people, and Lamont was really vocal about Mr. then-President!
Thanks for posting!
DejaVusee 1 year ago
cool had no idea he sang
coolsweetgroovy 1 year ago
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Hey, people: For anyone who's lived thru those days of Tricky-Dick Nixon, "Moon Beam" McNamara, Henny KissHerGer, and McGeorge "Al" Bundy, Dozier's timely missive is a cautionary musing for these today's depressing times. So, give a big whoop for the tradional Soul militant songs of the 60s and 70s!!! And thank you Mr. Dozier. I know it must have broken your heart to see the Chi-Town, De-Town, and South Central L.A. burn in those turbulent days!!!
Atomank68 1 year ago
This is straight out of the summer of 1974...Good music and good times then...Always wondered why this record seemed to take off like lightening and then all of a sudden it dropped out of sight never to be heard again...Until here on You Tube.
mrob75 1 year ago
Has anyone been able to find an MP3 download or CD!! I really liked hearing this groove again! Thanks for posting!
lkmorganProductions 1 year ago
@lkmorganProductions
DOWNLOAD YOU TUBE CONVERTER AND CONVERT IT TO MP3 FILE
crownmedaking 1 year ago
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crownmedaking 1 year ago
@lkmorganProductions
I have the Album if you want it
MrTaz081 1 year ago
Does anyone have an MP3 of this song? Let me know cause I would a copy of it since I can't find it on ITunes or Amazon!!
Ediva75 1 year ago
@Ediva75 Get a youtube rip program
justjakenit 1 year ago
@Ediva75
I have this album, i could make you a copy
MrTaz081 1 year ago
@MrTaz081 coolness!!
Ediva75 1 year ago
I love this song. I am new to YouTube and I am enjoying it. Thanks jbmonag.
MrEdiam23 1 year ago
Thanks JB!
thabiti56 1 year ago
was he a guest judge on American Idol a season or two ago?
uVueD2b 1 year ago
Hey jb, which album is this cut on?
thabiti56 1 year ago
@thabiti56 I had the track on an anthology. According to the discography it's off of "Out Here on My Own" 1974.
jbmontag 1 year ago
@thabiti56 this song is on Lamont Dozier's first official solo album after splitting from the Holland brothers...the album is called "OUT HERE ON MY OWN", and was produced by McKinley Jackson, formerly of Invictus Records also...You might want to check out Freda Payne's "PAYNE AND PLEASURE" album on ABC also. These 2 LPs had a lot of the same writers, and personnel. Both produced by McKinley. MASTERPIECES!!
hollidayevery 2 months ago
The More Things Change,The More They Stay The Same! What A Cut!& All Those Memories & Beautiful People From Our Past.....Man This Brother!
JONJUAN105 1 year ago 2
God those were the days Thanks so much for uploading this one
steeleyes101 1 year ago 2
class, had to go to the usa back in the day to get a copy of this...priceless.
sadclubbob 1 year ago
whoo boy is this timely! Or, should I say timeless? I woke up thinking about this song in much worse shape today than I was in 1974. Thank goodness my memories are free!
vinvid2u 1 year ago 2
Listening to early 70s AM radio in LA. The world for all its shortcomings was so much more fun then. These days.........
carrienurse 1 year ago 2
@carrienurse
Yeah. It was XPRS Soul Express!!!!!!! down by the 16,
Msstrange1 1 year ago
Second to my favorite from Detroit's own lamont Dozier. Can you find the vocal (not instrumental) version of Holland Dozier Holland's " Don't Leave Me"? (Not a digitally re-mastered version) This version should sound like a Motown Produced version although produced through Invicxtus records in Late 1971. By the way, thank you for the post.
immioche 1 year ago
Oh Lamont!! You AINT NEVER LIED!!! Today is even worst than ever! It is amazing how the only thing that changes in time is the day! I LUV THIS SONG!!
Contessais4u 1 year ago
great memories!
ninacleveland 1 year ago
ah. this wouldve been my old mans type of song. i dont know whether he knew it or not; probably so. dont remember hearing it from his record collection but then again i heard so much growing up from his stash :) but its reminiscent to me [themewise] of aint that a bitch by johnny guitar watson, which he loved. & yeah, definitely fitting of the times; i miss having him around so much & things like this remind me of him <3.
xPRETTYCOMPLEX 1 year ago
i've been telling people about this song for years.....and they always think i'm crazy.....thanks for putting this here.......this was my jammm......
msandradee 1 year ago 2
I love this song
c60sofresh 1 year ago
This song was released when I was a young girl in summer camp. The song made me cry because I was devoid of all understanding of how my grandmother and mother struggled as the lyrics state. We will never know how much our parents really sacrificed to give us the things we took for granted. Today the fish may not bite, but I go after them, diving deep, and I will overcome every obstacle. Hope this inspires someone out there.
2010barbarabell 1 year ago
Hit #4 soul, #26 pop in Billboard. Kept Lamont from bein' a 1 hit wonder on the pop chart. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
WJLB....WCHB...CKLW...Channel 9 Winsor, Ontario Television. Al Perkins, Martha Jean the Queen...Pure Detroit.
TheMidcoast1 2 years ago
oh, snap! THOSE were the stations that jaaaammed!
mzmuzikluvr 1 year ago
@mzmuzikluvr Motown Forever!
TheMidcoast1 1 year ago 2
Another one of my favorites from back in the day. Ahhhh.
Still holds up, especially in the economy of 2010.
glxy55 2 years ago
Choooon! Great upload. Talented singer and song writer!
11192e1 2 years ago
This reminds me of my school days back at L.A. High. Love this song. Lamont was also part of the famous Holland-Dozier-Holland song writing trio who wrote seminal songs for the Supremes, The Temptations and other Motown acts. He's a genius!!
WinstonLorde 2 years ago
I've been looking for this song 4ever, to find out the title was after all '"fish ain't bitin" and yes the message is just as meaningful now as it was then!!!
mmadtimes1 2 years ago
Excellent!!! This cut had a serious political message with a serious smooth groove. Thank you so much for the post.
tlover1062 2 years ago
the juice man did this joint right.
Adam781 2 years ago
This is a bad man right here* love his music! go head lemont yo bad self, you should be in the soul music hall of fame brother!
treygoff 2 years ago
APPLIES TO RIGHT NOW. SAY IT LOUD
FUNKSEVEN 2 years ago
TELL THE TRUTH YADADADDA
FUNKSEVEN 2 years ago
THANK GOD FOR FACEBOOK!!! I've been searching for the song for eons! Takes me back to a time when I could actually DANCE to my favorite music----and it had a message, too. LOL THANKS,THANKS, THANKS for posting. You've taken 30 years off my life. Merry Christmas!
starwynde09 2 years ago
I can not believe this song is on You tube I've had this song on 45' s for so many years Paise the lord for this song I Love It
froglover1950 2 years ago
Ironically enough TODAY we can actually say to Cheney "Tricky Dick stop your shit" LMAO
Ediva75 2 years ago
Sounds like he talking about today.......world gone mad. Poor Obama stepped right into it. I pray for him. Tricky Dick was the one before him.
ms4play2000 2 years ago
U AIN'T LYING!! I said the same thing ironically when I discovered that Youtube had this song in here!!
Ediva75 2 years ago
juicy j-fish aint bitin
11reid11 2 years ago
Detroit Music =]
animejonesakaao 2 years ago
This the sample juicy j used
psycologee74 2 years ago 2
It's incredible, but Lamont Dozier was on Nixon's enemies list BEFORE this record came out. RMN apparently thought Dozier was a communist.
idedaryl 2 years ago
I only knew the few words of "I'm out here fighting" put them in the search for Youtube and bam FOUND THE SONG!! Surprised to see Lamont Dozier was the singer of this song!! This song with all of the insanity going on in our society is VERY APPROPIATE FOR THESE TRYING TIMES!!! Even moreso than when this came out in the early 70's!
Ediva75 2 years ago 5
Thanks for singing it and for writing so much Motown Lamont! You are the OG!
theoldiebutgoody 2 years ago
juicy j and project pat used this sample for the same title song in their recent mixtape
rayc3483 2 years ago 3
yeah that songs on the play me sum pimpin pt 2 mixtape.......that shits hot!!
DISCOSSONIMEX 2 years ago 3
x2 juicy & pat are da shit
RR073Bman 2 years ago 3
I don't have any superlatives left - I used them all on the other Lamont Dozier Youtube postings! But this is one of the best. (Much credit to McKinley Jackson also, for this absolute gem of an album)
drwhatson 2 years ago
Back in 73 I really identified with this song Great jam
56kanaka 2 years ago 6
powerhouse of a song,blows youre socks off....
thestevo46 2 years ago
i luv this song its so fitting
jmarques61 2 years ago 9
I love him.
isisqueenafrika 2 years ago
ur lyrics are off bro
Moo206 2 years ago
Yes, JB Montag has the wrong lyrics totally. It's not aye aye captain!
It's:
"Nothing's Hatchin' and I Ain't Catching" Maybe English is the video posters second language??
Trying to fight WITH no defense, Short end of the stick is all I'm gonna get.
HaliB75 2 years ago
wut duz he say at 2:52 it sounds like its bleeped
Moo206 2 years ago
He said the s-word when he mentioned Tricky Dick.
ScrewTNA 2 years ago
tight.... theeeenks!!
Moo206 2 years ago
Hey, people: For anyone who's lived thru those days of Tricky-Dick Nixon, "Moon Beam" McNamara, Henny KissHerGer, and McGeorge "Al" Bundy, Dozier's timely missive is a cautionary musing for these today's depressing times. So, give a big whoop for the tradional Soul militant songs of the 60s and 70s!!! And thank you Mr. Dozier. I know it must have broken your heart to see the Chi-Town, De-Town, and South Central L.A. burn in those turbulent days!!!
Atomank68 2 years ago 3
you right...fish ain't bitin' in 2009
lafnatcha 2 years ago 2
fanastic slice of mid tempo soul which went huge at the earlier last hour sessions at Blackpool Mecca for Colin Curtis
Blackpool77 2 years ago
Super 70's stuff. But then what do expect from someone who was one third of the songwriting team responsible for a lot of the early Motown hits.
The reference to Tricky Dick Nixon is a classic.
ozell1992 2 years ago
I had not heard this song since the early 70's when it came out and I bought the 45.. but I never have forgotten it OR the message. Get it?
Susietheq 2 years ago 2
wonderful song
jelboysvw 2 years ago 2
Its amazing how history repeats itself listening to this song is the sign of the times
davsgirl69 2 years ago 8
Amen, davsgirl69, Amen. U took the words right out of my mouth. Amen!
MizzSeastrunk 2 years ago
who used the sample 48-53 sec....i got headache!!!
please answer me or send me a message. please!
Can803 2 years ago
U-God? Hungry I think. 5 Deez bumped the loop on Sugar.
1580KDAY87 2 years ago
this song is a real classic still sounding good.
plukie21 2 years ago 2
Classic MEMORIES 70's this is MOTOWNshout out Lakeland Fl...Ms Redd
Libras59 2 years ago
This brings memories 70's this is classic MOTOWN ....Ms Redd Lakeland FL
Libras59 2 years ago
most underrated artist and musician i love his writing
artistsixteen 2 years ago 3
@artistsixteen You are sooo right. BG should be ashamed for not giving the respect to the team who brought him more NUMBER 1 HITS!
nutothis1 2 years ago
titre Mythique...Trop bon !! vous dansez ?
Phil GPS
titidlabutte 2 years ago
I remember this song in my High School senior year 1974, things were pretty bad then, The Vietnam war, a real bad recession, and Tricky Dick ( Richard Nixon) Watergate, took his deceptive ass out , OOOOHHH those memeories.
Dsmooth56 3 years ago
Notice a trend. . .when the Rethuglicans are in office our country is in bad shape. And it takes a Democrat to fix it.
OBAMA - OBAMA - OBAMA - OBAMA - OBAMA
chakafan2 3 years ago 3
Let's just remain optimistic...NOTHING is fixed yet...far from it. Let's just pray for the best solution...
Can a 'man' really FIX it? The whole WORLD is a mess!!! Just a thought folks.
Torihope 2 years ago 4
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Dsmooth56 3 years ago
Genious!
tropicalpancake56 3 years ago
Wow, I haven't heard this song in years!
blacqueangel80 3 years ago
Man! i almost forgot about this one!! Man Oh Man! you go boy!! takes me back!!
tedkay 3 years ago
Memories are made of this.
tell50 3 years ago 2
no jobs man
bay895 3 years ago
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I almost wore out this record in 1974.
I had been out of work for several months at the time and played it over and over again. Then I found a job which lasted only a few months. When I was let go, I didn't have to tell my wife. I just played this record again and she knew.....
jagpitt17 3 years ago
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jagpitt17 3 years ago
this song reminds me of the love of my life J.M. I will never forget you from T.H.
missfinesassy1 3 years ago
I absolutely love this song because it brings back childhood memories, in the President Nixon days.
beingcb 3 years ago 2
Wow haven't heard this one in a long time, I thought Johnny Taylor made this song, I guess this is why it took me so long to find it, thanks for posting this one!
lovingthis07 3 years ago
This is pure sophistication.
I'm surprised this hasn't been sampled by today's "musicians" (ha ha ha!).
babaloula 3 years ago
When is the last time we heard one of today's artist's deal with the issue's of the day through their music? For the most part,much of today's music is bling, Bentley's and bumpin'& grinding.
afloridagal 3 years ago 2
i was 11 when this song when this song was out and it brings back childhood memories.
beingcb 3 years ago
This song is timeless. We're going through the same crap today.
DeLeeJay12 3 years ago
Tricky Dick! President Nixon!
1975tooto 3 years ago 2
Summer of 74! Wow this song is just a walk in the park compared to todays issues!!
1975tooto 3 years ago
I'm only 20 year old and this is my favorite song
g4lbedaone 3 years ago 2
OMGosh! Summer 1974 all over again!
Listening to the radio in my dad's Ford Station Wagon!
angusthethird 3 years ago
So tricky dick today is GWB? So long dude!!!!
ms4play2000 3 years ago 5
I loved this record when it came out, loved that he placed the blame square on Nixon's shoulders. The lyrics are so relevant today. Many thanks for posting this! Somehow I remember it as being faster, though... Maybe NYC deejays pumped it up for us, LOL
SouthBrxBaby 3 years ago
I was very young when I heard my Mother play this song and hearing it is doing something indescribable to me right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME!
"Romance"
USA
Romancewright 3 years ago
man, dozier must have knew what was gonna happen in the future when he put out this song
browngal1709 3 years ago 2
Perhaps he did. I believe he was just capturing how incredibly bad things were in the years, 1972-1974, that led up to the songs release in 74. The US has fallen into the habit of thinking the 1970s were mainly about disco. See 1975Tooto's comment above about 1974: by almost every economic, social, political and global measure, 1974 was much worse than 2008 in every way, except maybe for bank filures. That was one reason we churned thru 4 Presidents in 9 years.
AvlDao 3 years ago 2
you are so on the mark! the fish was'nt bitin' then, they are'nt bitin' now
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1avril2 3 years ago
great song!!!
rationality1872 3 years ago
Timeless is a great way to express this piece of gold. I used to play this 45 over and over when it came out. It is a mainstay on my jukebox. geri in detroit
Moxxie202 3 years ago
Pimpin pimpin pimpin Vockal A.K. this is my shit can the artist of today come this powerful??????????? nope
marilynluvsmonkybut 3 years ago
great lyrics! still relevant...
mmangum4444 3 years ago 7
Yeah millions of us living those lyrics today.
KhemuLuxons 3 years ago 4
I'm smiling Haven't heard this many years...good song motown classic
Terps52 3 years ago 3
I hated this song because one night our neighbor fell asleep with the 45 record on and it played over and over and over all night.
I would have knocked on her door to wake her up but thought that it would be nice to keep my teeth for another year or three.....lol
ekocentric 3 years ago 2
lmao hahaha
mistamike888 3 years ago
cant believe i found this on here. demo 51 spot on . jps
mpstocks 3 years ago
I just had a dream about that song. Thank you so much for the upload.:)
ScrewTNA 3 years ago
almost makes me cry a lil.
Kuro0ni 3 years ago 3
Yeah, those are some tough lyrics.
I went to Dozier's 'Official' web site and left a message that his publishing house should really be pushing/promoting this song today.
AvlDao 3 years ago 5
this song is for the ages it means a lot to every black man or every man who is trying to make ends meet for his family.listen gas is going up. this song wasmade a lllooong time ago.
MillionaireMartin 3 years ago 2
And now that I pay the bills, I understand why all the black radio stations in Chicago played Rance Allen's 1975 "Ain't No Need For Crying" so consistently for about 2 years. It was a needed tonic for the wretched economics that blew most black folks out of the water in the 1970s.
Most sadly, something similar may be stealthily unfolding 2008-2010.
AvlDao 3 years ago 6
As the US banks fail, its firms shrink payrolls, its home values collapse, its foreclosures soar, oil ascends, households' savings crater, and its new cars stack up in the showroom....Fish Aint Biting will make a resurgence. It is as relevant in