Box Tops - Sweet Cream Ladies (RARE but incomplete clip)

[Armydicked]

The FINEST SONG EVER WRITTEN ABOUT PROSTITUTION. Sweet Cream Ladies Forward March!!!

[radiowwww]

Awesome  song.

[jeanya]

Got alot of Eddie Money sound to him.

[Lewdromantic]

Thanks so much, Wish I knew whta the gig it is.

[SixtiesPopGold]

@Lewdromantic It's from the Cleveland TV-show "Upbeat" (1969).

[Lewdromantic]

@SixtiesPopGold Thanks again. Such a great spirit of 60-s.

[nomiclas]

this was a bold statement in 67.in the face of the illegal profession and to the discust of the feminist movement this song spoke about male needs.women have used the vagina as a tool.combine the need with the emotionalism of the woman and you have male servitude.prostitution is a alternative to being held captive to a manipulative woman.the reason it is illegal,it kills the manipulation.congrats to the women who don't use their vagina as a weapon.sweet cream ladies,i LOVE you

[MrRonnieG]

This guy is seriously messed up. Seriously.

[StevieB1362]

Great video. Even incomplete it rocks ! ! Thanks for posting.

[blueticecho]

I sweet cream my share of ladies in my day.

[LTPVG]

he looks sick..

[TheMaRHarrison]

THANKS FOR POSTING!!

[rocksinger45]

OMT..How can you second guess the late great Jimi Hendrix when his recording where recorded on 60's era reel to reels. :)

[rasputinslovechild1]

I always loved those sweet cream ladies!!!

[bandband00]

noise maker tom wayman rice 19th st. sedalia mo wow how many years?  cry like a baby.

[summer11ification]

I'm just glad that I was fortunate to have grown up in the 60's and listening to the voice of Alex Chilton. In LA, they seemed to be up there with the Animals and Tommy James. Glad to hear them still today. When I saw the Box Tops at a local fair, in 1998, I was sad to see how his life had been. He gave an interview to our local newspaper, and I was very glad to be able to stand by him. He was a child still, and he had grown up in a fast world. Rest in peace, Alex.

[ladykws]

His lips are delicious-looking.

[chupas2526]

William Alexander "Alex" Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star.[2] Chilton's early commercial sales success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops.

[hamilton59840]

One of my all-time favorite Box Tops hits.

R.I.P. Alex Chilton (lead singer)

[naymelful]

Thanks for posting. LOL

[cozener1]

Love the keyboard taking the piss in this lip synched outing.

[hangover71]

stoned and paranoid

[buffspringfield]

Show your starch.sweet cream ladies......R.I.P. Alex loved your music, many happy times my brother.

[60otaku3]

Thanks again, SixtiesPopGold-san!!

This is the great and precious video.

Otaku3 (*^o^)b

[SixtiesPopGold]

@60otaku3 And thanks to you for accepting my video response. You're always welcome to do the same thing yourself.

[tremsfan]

This is a GREAT song....

[rocksinger45]

No wonder Alex left the band, this is probably the most lame song the Box Tops ever recorded.WTF does it mean, I'm at a loss with this song. BTW Alex looks stoned.

[spankiek]

@rocksinger45 - Yep, Alex looks stoned and confused. The song is an ode to "working girls" and the recipients of their services: men who have no alternative; those in search of kink ("vanilla" is a term defining conservative missionary-style sex); men who otherwise might go criminal ("they might keep a simple fellow out of jail"); society's disdain of prostitutes ... it's all there. The cheezy arrangement and carnival-atmosphere horns were probably a semi-joke to balance out the lyrics.

[rocksinger45]

@spankiek Thanks for the explanation, really I had no clue what was going on here. I remember when the song was released and I was thinking "Cry Like A baby" was very simplistic and now this...these guys must be being pushed by some pretty shottie management for the next hit. Shame because they had the makings of a great band. The letter was one of the best songs of that period, that beginning with the slap of that snare drum is classic, you hear that and you know the song that will follow.

[spankiek]

@rocksinger45 - They were recording for an NYC label, Bell, which was part of the "Brill Building" music conglomerate, focused on cranking out AM radio pop hits. Coupled with Big Stars' even-worse fate, there's not much doubt why the rest of Chilton's career turned out so bizarre. Good info on Box Tops' story and Bell Records history at: wikipedia/Brill_Building & allmusic/box_tops

[rocksinger45]

@spankiek Oh yeah Bell Records, at least it wasn't Roulette Records and the problems that Tommy James with the mob. The 60's were notorious for the bad deals handed out by the record companies with some people like Pete Ham of Badfinger hanging himself. I read of Alex's passing in Rolling Stone and thought what a wast. I mean this guy had a voice and sat on the sidelines for many years and then towards the end he decided to get big Star back together, you wonder why and then you know the bizz.

[spankiek]

@rocksinger45 - OK, you know your stuff! Tommy James was from my area when I was a kid (PA/Ohio/WV tri-state). Hanky Panky was a DJ favorite in Pittsburgh. Like many back then, the industry encouuraged his drug addiction; artists were very loyal when their next fix was at stake. Pretty terrible. You probably know that Bafinger's Tom Evans also hanged himself after years of depression, and the sad story of Big Star's Chris Bell. I agree about Chilton; incredible talent crushed by the machine.

[rocksinger45]

@spankiek Yeah I've been in & out of the music industry since the early 70's and try and read all I can about the days gone by....very fortunate to live here in L.A. and seen much of it first hand. If you think about it and your & up & coming band , nothing has changed. Can you Imagine paying to play the Whiskey..tell that to Jimbo & the Door's they'd laugh. I think the young (catch me here I'm sounding like an old foggie) people are missing out on sound quality and the art of the LP & art work.

[abbielovesoasis]

@rocksinger45 your right we are missing out which is why i refuse to download and waste all my money on hard copies of the records . its worth the money to be able to actualy hold it and see the art work obviously still not the same as old vinyl but better than downloading one or two tracks of an album which is what an annoying amount of people do, how do they expect to discover new songs and bands if they only pick one or two songs of an album

[rasputinslovechild1]

@rocksinger45

as a former disc jockey and record collector I highly agree. Digital has killed rock & roll music. Actually today those old records sound even better thanks to the great turntables and cartridges available today. It's mind boggling how much sound is lost and distorted with the digital format. I am amazed musicians don't demand a better format.

[rocksinger45]

@rasputinslovechild1 Well the good news is that the LP is making a come back of sorts...the bad news is that it will cost you your first child :)...theres a sound stage that you hear on LP's that is totally lost on CD's, plus even with my glass's on I still find it hard to read the liner note. Growing up I use to love to know where an LP was recorded what type of equipment mikes/tape recorded was used...now it doesn't matter because all CD's sound the same..like crap.

[rasputinslovechild1]

@rocksinger45

Not all new LP's are very good. I bought a few of the Hendrix family releases and they were digitized then recorded onto an lp. I paid $30 each for these and they sound like shit. No better than a cd.

[rocksinger45]

@rasputinslovechild1 I agree. My thinking is that there should be labels on LP's much like the labels on early CD 's, like AAD, DDD so the public can see what they are buying and so it's not so much of a crap shoot. I bought the first 2 Hendrix remastered CD's a couple of years ago and was pleasantly surprised at how great they sounded, certainly not as great as the LP I bought back in the late 60's, but good enough to listen to on my high end audiophile system and enjoy...all CD's aren't bad.

[rasputinslovechild1]

@rocksinger45

the rule on digital is this. The better your stereo, the better vinyl sounds and the worse cd's sound. That is why modern digital receivers have such high distortion, it helps to hide the formats flaws. On a class A amp digital recordings sound really bad, every flaw and distortion is amplified and the flow is completely lost. If Jimi were alive today he wouldn't like digital sound.

[rocksinger45]

@rasputinslovechild1 This is where you and I disagree (no problem for me) I listen to music with tube amps and Quad 57 speakers and have found some great CD's over the last few years and found that the state of the art of digital has made so decent advances. One CD and this is only my opinion is Donald Fagan's "Morph the Cat" What a great digital experience. Yeah I'm sure the same LP sounds great but as it wears and the needle heats the groove and causes wear, I'm sue the CD will sound the same.

[rasputinslovechild1]

@rocksinger45 It's nice to get agreement but I state my opinion to open others minds to a different way of thinking as well as to hear others opinions. If we all agree nothing ever gets done! I respect your opinion.

[rocksinger45]

@rasputinslovechild1 I understand what your saying and where your coming from, but keep an open mind. I too was an LP junkie until I signed up for "Analog Anonymous" and sought professional help.

Now I just play LP's on every other weekend and federal holidays. :)

Peace & Love

RS45

[0PERAT0RPLEASE]

@rocksinger45 it's about prostitution, listen closely to the lyrics and you'll understand it.

[robertlaberge]

That's for such rarities I subscribe to this channel.

Discoveries abound.

Thanks,

Robert

[merseymain]

Rip Alex Chilton

[merseymain]

The bassist, Bill, is on my Facebook list. He'll be suprised t see this, if he sees it. Thanks.

[ModernApple]

I love this song so much!