Climax Blues Band-Couldnt Get it Right 1976

[siti1ca]

Lead singer looks like that guy in the Muppet show band

[shelly10538]

Pete Haycock, the guitarist, later was in ELO pt2.

[joeseppi88]

You could be beat up for wearing a hat like that today.

[JoviMoon]

OMG!! I freakin LOVE this song.....ARG...i miss the 70's! Today's music NO BUENO! Doesn't even come close to the good stuff!

[DRIFFOWL]

which 7 retards voted this down?...how the hell can you not like this.bought this on single when it was first released,still got it,still sounds awesome

[notfragile33]

I just could not believe it when I found out these guys were from the middle of England! Of all the British bands that ever existed, this is the most "American" sounding one I had ever heard!

[gitarguy06]

thumbs up if brad jones / cinema snob sent you here

[jarppak]

Best bands were The Climax Blues Band and SNAFU when I was 16, best wishes from Arctic Circle

[twlldinpobsais]

The fantastic John Cuffley on drums.....

[twlldinpobsais]

The great John Cuffley on drums........ (whom I met once - great lad!)

[mocus1]

the Super Seventies !!

[wildbillhdmax02]

"COMMENTS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL DUE TO MISUSE"? Ok.....Why?......

[winkofaneye00]

@wildbillhdmax02

This comment board was abused a while back by someone personally attacking Derek Holt,the bass player,who asked me to monitor comments from now on.

[Classicrocker6119]

Loved those hairstyles from 1976

[Robert42ish]

I couldnt have said it better than 22mountainman

[jerseyrockboy]

PLEASE post Together and Free. Can't find it anywhere of YouTube. 

[pipenissen]

LOL that yeah i was born! :-) Guess its true then, I have heard it from the inside of my mothers womb hehe. Really feels like I heard this before I was born.

[coolpilot2001]

look at all that smoke from all the pot they're smoking

[carpengt123]

I loved playing Putt Putt to this song

[HOMERDABULLDOG1]

old school.......

[22mountainman]

Loved this song when it came out. Fine memory from the classic rock era. Honest music that does not have to rely on irritating metal or rap to get its point across. God bless you!

[MsTwisted10]

This song gives me chills, I've loved it since it came out. I was just a kid.

[vladd001]

great music!!!

[bigmagic96]

Glorious!! Still have the vinyl, single and album.

[nelson1eye]

Great band. I bought the Solid Gold album back in the 70s on the strength of this track and was definitely not disappointed. What a cool cap Derek is wearing, wish I'd had one back in the day,

[Observerx10]

This band kicked ass for many years before they had this hit. Check out their album "Lotta Bottle" from the late 60s.

[d7tng]

Wow! I remember back in the 70's. When this song came out, the streets is full of muscle car. Mopar, Mustang, GTO & Camero were all over the street. Those were memory now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[griffin632710]

Songs of our youth are the sweet memory sounds for us today , Thank You for posting .

[steelydrwu]

Proof that music used to exist. Thank You.

[berylman]

On a side note ..what were they trying to get right in the 1st place?

Yargh I know it is a metaphorical question... but still this deserves an answer!

/proceeds to boogie down

[Gunstar1701]

Oh, wow the memories. I've never seen this one done live before. They're not lip synching. I'm impressed.

[mudraker]

so what is with the 7 people who disliked this? are they deaf or something? still a 98.5% approval rating is pretty good and well deserved...what a great piece of music!

[bhite41]

I'm only 45 and I find this song to be awesome.

[Phillyfitmag]

I cant get enough....fall in love all over again when I hear this

[TheGirlCrush]

Although i never actually experienced it(too young), there is nothing better than the 70's. :P

[credence0777]

Tremenda rola 

[Kidsexchange94]

awesome.singers with actual talent!

[44berky44]

I'm always looking for live versions that are as good as or better than the recording. Although live..this is almost a duplicate of the recording, but you get to see the band performing.

[chrisburchardt]

where I almost died of hospitality? (I think that's what they said) Oh, yeah!

[berylman]

I was born at the same time this song hit the charts. No really. Probably was the first thing I ever heard and I still dig it. Pure classic.

[JordanKeoto]

didn't realize how much i liked this band! love their clothes!

[rebelgator57]

Actully got to meet and hang out with these lads for a night in Wurzburg Germany. Met Peter while he was tuning up for the show and chatted. He told me to hang by the stage after the finally and come back and meet the guys after the show. Told me I could bring my buddy. True to his word he got me and my friend Jerry and we Partied back stage and then took the bar hopping in Wurzburg even got in some places that where off limits to GI's because we had them with us. Great Guys . Thanks Guys

[twlldinpobsais]

Fantastic video and the great John Cuffley on drums - awsome!

[evolving66]

Excellent! I had no idea that was the Climax Blues Band too!

[sooneresk]

good ol' 70's rock/funk.

[blabblab1212]

at 0.52 I didn't know Danny Bonaduce played with Climax Blues Band after the Partridge Family!

[kdscome1st]

I LOVE this video-I always loved this song.

[MrBluesrules]

Daaaaamn, This is awesome to find on you tube.

[nosleep62]

Thanks for the post: despite 2 big singles and a slew of best-selling records in the U.S., this group is still largely an unknown quantity in the states! I was hoping to find of clip of them "in action" from back in the day when I was a top-40 teenybopper; this hits the mark!

[CrankDhatAlex]

great song high.

[zansioux]

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VID!!!! Colin actually passes for sexy here!! Watch this thing all the time!!Wish I had been 18-20 then!!! What a blast and great music!!

[peaceiloveyou2]

One of my all-time favorite songs....

[precioushuggs]

awesome song!

[molojolo]

Where's the cow bell? I need more COW BELL!!!!-----HA!

[percevalyumyums]

dude is smoothe

[Wargoat6]

I'd like to hear Jamiroquai cover this.

[01po01po]

I was 10 yrs old, living in oklahoma city, Used to hear this on the radio all the time. Brings back good memories, Summer time, & swimming pools.......

[MrMaxMatthias]

15 years old. Berlin, Germany, where I grew up... :) with freaky parents of a friend in a Bluesbar. I was drunk because the parents decided we have to test Guiness. It was a wonderful evening! Perfect Blues, easy drugs...hmmmm!

[LittleSweety]

This song was in the top 10 in the world charts in 1977

[precioushuggs]

awesome group

[verynicelookingguy]

Great Memories! Great times!! Skinny dipping at the beach, my orange car, my blonde girlfriend, green shag carpet...and of course wood paneled walls...Thanks for the video!

[fuckAdewgong]

ouch

[Loudsey59]

Great one!!! For shits and grins,look up Judas Priest's song "Burnin' Up"...this CBB song is VERY similar in riff and rhyme scheme.See if ya don't think so!

[Scotchegg85]

Marvellous. And from Granada Plus too!

[frankho99]

Performed excellently. That'a Derek Holt in the front?

[therondix]

kick butt song,,i remember shaking my butt to this as a three year old

[sxt2002]

Great song its about heroin addiction though , but its a great song

[pwalker88]

one of the first songs i heard as a youth that "grabbed me by the balls" so to speak - fantastic, thanks for posting

[MrShirlz1]

hugely underated band! My dads favourite

[1SEG1]

Excellent

[zingerz24]

i have always love this group n this song rocks...

[winkydee]

Stoked on making this into the setlist

[winkydee]

Stoked on making this into the setlist

[mopardude6969]

This is just plain AWESOME

[mopardude6969]

This is just plain BADASS

[mopardude6969]

This is just plain BADASS

[maxhead25]

i remember that type of hat the sax guy wears.

Man, those were the days!

All the weed 50 bucks could buy and you smoked all weekend and drank wine.

We didn't care.

We were young then.

[obecean]

my niggaz!!

[obecean]

my niggaz!!

[Psiseeker]

Tight grooves...funktastic. Oh, hellzzz yeah! Solid!

[semrete]

Absolutely Love The Climax Blues Band who come from my home town of STAFFORD, ENGLAND.

They did a Benefit Concert to save the Ancient High House the oldest Building in Stafford and I Give Thanks to them for that and more. with LOVE

Rajesh Semrete Selassie Aggarwal FRSA

[ggforeigner]

It always blows me away when I hear an old song I use to love...but my old head has forgotten...like this!!!

[shadowie1]

totally agree with IceManNH :-)

[shadowie1]

totally agree with IceManNH :-)

[shadowie1]

totally agree with IceManNH :-)

[DaveWollenberg]

Hit #3 pop, #43 AC, in Billboard. How'd it do in the UK? God bless!

[jimaction1]

FAVORITE!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh BABY!

[startreksulu]

Colin Cooper was an enduring figure on the blues scene for 40 years as the leader of the Climax Blues Band. A powerful vocalist and talented multi-instrumentalist, he formed the group in 1968 at the height of the British blues boom which also produced bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After.

Despite suffering from cancer, Cooper continued to play with the band until weeks before his death.

[startreksulu]

Colin Cooper was an enduring figure on the blues scene for 40 years as the leader of the Climax Blues Band. A powerful vocalist and talented multi-instrumentalist, he formed the group in 1968 at the height of the British blues boom which also produced bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After.

Despite suffering from cancer, Cooper continued to play with the band until weeks before his death.

[startreksulu]

Colin Cooper was an enduring figure on the blues scene for 40 years as the leader of the Climax Blues Band. A powerful vocalist and talented multi-instrumentalist, he formed the group in 1968 at the height of the British blues boom which also produced bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After.

Despite suffering from cancer, Cooper continued to play with the band until weeks before his death.

[startreksulu]

Colin Cooper was an enduring figure on the blues scene for 40 years as the leader of the Climax Blues Band. A powerful vocalist and talented multi-instrumentalist, he formed the group in 1968 at the height of the British blues boom which also produced bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After.

Despite suffering from cancer, Cooper continued to play with the band until weeks before his death.

[startreksulu]

Colin Cooper was an enduring figure on the blues scene for 40 years as the leader of the Climax Blues Band. A powerful vocalist and talented multi-instrumentalist, he formed the group in 1968 at the height of the British blues boom which also produced bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After.

Despite suffering from cancer, Cooper continued to play with the band until weeks before his death.

[startreksulu]

Colin Cooper was an enduring figure on the blues scene for 40 years as the leader of the Climax Blues Band. A powerful vocalist and talented multi-instrumentalist, he formed the group in 1968 at the height of the British blues boom which also produced bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After.

Despite suffering from cancer, Cooper continued to play with the band until weeks before his death.

[Hungtwanna]

omg fabulous...........my favorite song of allllll time

[hhw19]

i love this song, don't know how anyone can't like the Climax Blues Band.

[hhw19]

i love this song, don't know how anyone can't like the Climax Blues Band.

[hhw19]

how could you not like them!

[hhw19]

how could you not like them!

[hhw19]

how could you not like them

[hhw19]

how could you not climax blues band.

[hhw19]

how could you not climax blues band.

[heileman28]

RIP Colin Cooper

[Summer9876]

awesome song ty

[THECLARENCES]

Amazing!

xoxo

The Clarences

[DYSTANY54]

Love the song

[nudist0885]

Wow.

Their singing the chorus in UNISON across 3 octaves.

Interesting arrangement.

[Damnyoassstank]

heel yees!

[xxxImtheshitxx]

Ah I would love to be a teenager in the 70's instead of the 2000's.

[MaccaWacca8]

wont believe this: the drummer (john cuffley) is my drum teacher today! :)

[billeybop]

Was a very talented group. Thanks!

[Thomas1971AU]

it doesn't sound right.

[MehefinHeulog]

hot hot hot

hot

[ramatgan12]

great song

[ramatgan12]

great song

[angiehay]

I heard this on the radio the other day. I had completely forgotten what an awesome song this was. Now I know what these guys looked like. THANK YOU!!!!

[loriloristuff]

Our team used to precision march to this in the Navy (U.S.).

[MidwestN8TV]

I had no ideal these guys were British, and I heard that the lead singer died in 2008 :(

Great song!

[TheDocFran]

beautiful! I love this kind of 70s music

[Luvinthe70s]

What a band, what a time and what great memories. When I finally get the time machine done right, I'm setting it back for the mid 70's. So if anyone wants to come on board it's totally free and good times abound. ~Peace out and God Bless~

[tandyfan2]

Saw this band live a couple of times in the early late 80's/90's - truely excellent!

[rog944]

Great song, and this live version is even better than the studio version!  It almost seems like they're lip-synching, but I really think they just put on an amazingly tight performance!

[2008littlejohn]

Every guy who I know who plays in bands who have seen these guys, (I believe they still tour) say they are frighteningly good.

[thejudgeconvertible]

Sweeeeeeeet

[squidaudio]

Time was driftin, this rock had got to roll, so I hit the road and made my getaway, restless feelin' had really got a hold, I started searchin' for a better way...great stuff!

[squidaudio]

You know, after 9-11, I started listening to things more, paying more attention to lyrics, etc, and found I had been singing the wrong lyrics to tunes such as this one, and it really is a well written song if you just stop, look, & listen!!!!! The first line is great..

[Lol1def]

this is great song

[mancteddybear1690]

They don't make them like this anymore, that's for sure.

[MikeInVentura]

I've listened to this song more than any other song on here! What does that say about my self esteem haha.... nah- it's a catchy song with a gnarly bass line and down-to earth everyday emotions. I'm responsible for at least 100,000 listens alone over the last 6 months. What do I win?

[shell19491]

now i can put some faces to this song, Knew who sang it but didnt know who they were..... anyway Brillant song thanx a load.

shell19491

[labalt]

great song!

[climaxbluesbandfan]

I'm glad to hear you fantastic guys are on facebook now!

[tippybuddysmokey]

Saw them in 1977...Halloween night (today 32 yrs ago)...in Phila. Pa..(Spectrum)...They were the "warm up" band for Boston! Fond memories...

[DeCavalcante]

@tippybuddysmokey I think they're better than Boston lol but awesome.

[01thechief]

@tippybuddysmokey I was at that same concert! I was looking for a vid to this song, to show the guys in my classic rock cover band. I started reading the comments, and remembered I went to same show. My 18th birthday was next day!

[MrManfly]

@tippybuddysmokey what a great concert that would have been. i wish i was there!!

[nalm2025]

Wow, such a perfect live version!

[ktruck]

This was and is a great song I remember well , I was in 2nd grade!!! Ken

[rog944]

me 2

[itcyfeet]

such a goof! awesome tune...thanks

[MikeInVentura]

This song rocks and is brutally honest. Play this at my funeral...haha!

[Barek69]

Great Song!,..........

[IceManNH]

Man is that a great song or what. What a great memory from a much better time in our history.

[precioushuggs]

@IceManNH u got that right!!!!!!

[GiantDude55]

sweet song

[victorlamay]

Superb

[Zircon46]

INCREDIBLE song!!! Totally underated. REAL talent. A GREAT song!!!!!

[UBTUNE]

Couldnt get it right. What u mean? Monster FUNKY hit back then, out favourite!

[geon67]

anyway, what a great song this is

[precioushuggs]

good song

[JuilliardReject]

Saw then with Styx at some theatre up in Baltimore years ago. Maybe 200 people in the audience. They didn't care. Good show.

[citizenterryk]

jeez louize, i was at the same show!!.....i think that was at the Baltimore Civic Center(but of course, i could be wrong); great show and it was cool that the crowd was so small(more free toke for me)....btw, ya gotta cool handle!!.....hahahahaha!!....h­ave a great holiday!!

[2manymuthauckas]

phish did a killer cover of this jam

[THB79]

Wish someone would post a version of Savry Gravy.

[hevylevy1]

What a cool tune...

[gonzotrucker76]

If you don't like this I will fight you.

[climaxbluesbandfan]

The story of the Climax Blues Band continues....

Climax is gigging at the Magic Blues Festival in Vallemaggia, Switzerland, tomorrow 22th July!!!!

[exoman62]

Saw the band a few times afe w times in Stoke and surrounding area, chatting to Colin on one occasion. Nice guy, great talent, so sad to hear of his death. This song remains one of my all time favourites

[claygar310]

Love this song, but... why is the bass player strumming when if you listen to the bass line, he (or she) should be fingering or plucking?

I'm not an expert on music or musical instruments, but I think I can detect if something is played live or not.

If I'm wrong, can someone please explain.

I'm not looking for a fight or anything, so don't start saying that I'm an ass because... I'm just curious, that's all.

[skot66]

He is actually playing They all are....he is "galloping the notes" That's why it looks like he is strumming.

[claygar310]

skot66,

Thanks for the info. Now, on to Napster to see if this song is there.

[skot66]

Anytime..have a great one.

[TheBitterWeed]

Good answer. I thought they were miming at first but you're right. Nice one.

Great song. A lost gem.

[paleobass]

If I remember right, Derek Holt is the bass player at this stage of CBB, and he played a fender with a pick, and his hand motion is a little exaggerated. There are other vids of him with the band playing in the same style. I saw CBB open for Lynard Skynard of all things, Binghampton NY in 77?, and that's how he played. They blew the house away, I felt sorry for those guys following their show! RIP Colin Cooper

[claygar310]

Thanks!

That's an awsome way to play bass. Wish I would have had a chance to see these guys play live. Great tune for the times. Still holds up today.

[webabhi]

I think bands like CBB and Slade are underrated.Infact I asked my friends who sang Feel the Noize? and answers came Quiet Riot nobody said Slade.

[archeeizm]

slade! remember the MTV. vid run run away or something?? hilarious!!!

[spike555mr]

Reminds me of Zoot" from the "muppets..

[ntbrd67]

hahaha

[peter8099]

The person in the glasses that was singing sounds like he he has been smoking

[pjmcnemar]

A chick on bass, named Derek? No way. That's a man, named Derek, I'm sure.

[robertbombino999]

2 things what kind of guitar is that? and is that a chick playing the bass???

[wiking44]

Don't know about the guitar...but it's a male playing bass.

[Jefgg]

I know someone who thought this song was performed by Sly and The Family Stone. It does sound like Sly.

[mgrella63]

Great song! I thought it was 1978 not 76

[davel8n]

is that a dude or a dame on the bass?

[mad00002]

I'd say a dude - look at the shape of his face.

[ganyi]

classic

[die2no]

wow he's white.

[kouneli3]

the bass guitar kicks ass!!amazing!!!

[guitarandson]

The Colin Cooper Memorial Concert

Many Thanks to all involved who helped make this a fantastic event with special thanks to The Climax Blues Band, John 'Rhino' Edwards and Jeff Rich from Status Quo, The Legendary Steve Gibbons , Roy Wood from ELO and Wizzard fame and local artist Neil Pennington .

[guitarandson]

LIVE TONIGHT AT THE GATEHOUSE The Colin Cooper Memorial Concert withThe Climax Blues Band, John 'Rhino' Edwards and Jeff Rich from Status Quo, The Legendary Steve Gibbons , Roy Wood from ELO and Wizzard fame and local artist Neil Pennington The Concert is now SOLD OUT! please contact the box office for the waiting list for returned tickets call the Gatehouse theatre box office on Stafford 01785 253595

[yobagnoc]

I am sick of listening to people going on and on about this gig dont anyone realise that this is NOT the climax blues band bring back holt and haycock