Bobby Bland "That's the Way Love Is"

[femmesusan1]

God, this song is still so good after all these years! Great never changes......

[bluekrypton1]

during the 60's as a kid I just fell in love with this song. I dont know a kid with no love experience and this song just made sense to me. Now after so many years and experience I know can match the song. But when I hear the song my experiences do not match the experiences of the memories of when I first heard the brass section of this song.

[soulguy10306]

Happy Birthday Bobby Bland!! 82 years young today!  1/27/12

[imorenee02]

good old days. my auntys music



[cepierce100]

my mom would play when i was shortie love this is TRUE BLUES GREAT!!!!!!

[cepierce100]

@cepierce100 my mom did it too GREAT TIMES!!

[Manu9078]

Ain't Nothin' You Can Do Part II

[clumsyninjascorner]

I assume that one dislike was a mistake. This song is heavy.  It's always hit me hard. No one sings the blues like Bobby Blue Bland.

[MississippiSoulchic]

@clumsyninjascorner I agree! How can anyone dislike this!! I love this song. It's so calm and peaceful!

[samarvem]

i'm so glad that i was born in 1952,i didn't miss any of this music,james brown,sam cooke,marvin gaye,bobby bland everybody....Thank u Lord.

[GrandsonofSoul]

I grew up on this song, but I've always heard the live version from Beale Street. This is my first time hearing the actual recording, and I absolutely love it! He's hitting those high notes with some real raw passion.

[TheMssharon65]

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS.

[davidk4616]

I can't think of any living blues singer who can match Bobby Bland's voice. He

is The Man.

[astroblak82]

Bobby Bland can make me cry even when I don't have anything in particular to be sad about. THAT, is the def. of a blues singer!

[TheMssharon65]

Sometimes you can't appreciate the Blues until you are Blue.

[harmonicmenace]

Sunday evenings in Shreveport, man....

the sun's setting; crusin around Cross Lake and thru the city; "Cat Daddy" on KDKS with the BLUES YOU CAN USE radio show, and this song......Man I miss home so much that I'm about to cry........

[rebagibson]

I love you Bobby

[dee065]

my mom love this song. R.I.P.

[TheMssharon65]

you don't blues until you are BLUE.

[TheMssharon65]

i can listen to this song all night, popping fingers.

[MsSierra43]

They don't make music like this anymore. I remember my grandmother and my father playing this music. I love it!

[andrewshere]

Wow, I read these stories in the comments and I think all these people have been given a gift, and it all comes back to Bobby Blue Bland.

If I could live my life and pass something on and know it would never die, but be cherished for generations to come, well, that would be something, wouldn't it? Doesn't have to be music, maybe values like honesty, integrity, to be a small but positive force in the world... well if I could do that then I would surely never really die.

[blessedsmitty]

dont let this music die play it for your kids and your family teach them where REAL soul music came from.you caint never know were your going if you dont know where you been.

[mkl62]

A #1 song for Bobby Bland on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It was the 106th #1 R&B song of the Rock Era.

[tswhisper2]

this make me think of my mom and dad may he rest in peace

I grew up on this musci my dad use too paly this when ever he and mymon would get into it I woud sit in the car with him and just listen too it

[MississippiSoulchic]

@tswhisper2

I was little and would ride with my dad listening to this type of music too! When I go home to visit he and I still go for a ride and it brings back so many memories

[tswhisper2]

this make me think of my mom and dad may he rest in peace

[ezcul]

My dad owned a gas station on 82nd and Halsted in Chicago back in the 60's and I remember one of his mechanics used to play and sing this song all the time. This really takes me back and I even remember the smells in the air. Just can't describe em. Wow!!!

[Delong9520]

I am 62 years old today and can remember this song that my mother use to play.

[b4jad]

My Aunt Almeda would play Bobby Blue Bland while she was cooking and entertaining her friends. I was just happy to be in the mix . This song is my favorite but she loved Turn On Your Love Light ! I can still see her dancing..... Thanks for posting. Brings back some very good memories

[llawilliams2009]

That's the way love iz

[tyrone181able]

Ms Brown sugar love that jam from Greenspoint.

[BRICKHARRELL007]

how bout the Golden Slipper in Baton Rouge, La

[MsDoughbelly]

GREW UP IN MISSISSIPPI LISTEN TO THIS AS A TEENAGER LOVE IT

BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. DANCING IN THE CLUBS. JUST PLAIN OLD HAVING

A GOOD TIME.

[anna19822010]

my momm's favorite song :)

[pobouyone]

Well, I'm no one's "parent", but this was a huge hit when I was in high school. I only got to see Bobby "Blue" Bland once, he knocked me out. Damn, who's out there who can even come close, now? I've got to go back and listen to Stormy Monday Blues, again. I'm glad everyone here enjoys Bobby's music. I've never gotten "enough".

[Derntaby1]

This is DAMN GOOD STUFF!!! It reminds me of growing up in L.A. Watching my parents dancing in the den with a stack of 45"s on the HI-FI. I can see them so clearly. RIP Earl & Jackie Jones.

[ColeShow11]

I'm only 11 and this is one of my favorite songs ever

[ljh8383]

It's all good !!!!!!!!!!!

[othaniel163]

That's the way love is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pollockfish1]

Give the music back, music is lacks soul today.

[georgemorris61]

When I was a little boy growing up on the westside of chicago during the 50's, my mother was a barmaid and I would sit at the backdoor of the taverns and listen to Bobby blue bland, Muddy Water, Howlin Wolf, BB king, and others, for free. Those were the days, I can still remember that small bottle of coke and those potato chips and that music.

[punxnotdeadyet]

@georgemorris61 Wow! Thanks so much for telling us your story.

[baddbuoy1]

@georgemorris61 Listening to Bobby Bland this song reminds me of the first time I saw him in 1967 at the Royal Peacock in Atlanta Ga. He blew me away and he still does----Thad

[tomasevans92]

@georgemorris61 oh yeh? mr 1961? yeh?

[sharimorgan]

This song makes me smile. Great memories of my Dad chilling with my mom enjoying some Bobby Blue Bland spending some husband and wife time together. This song totally soothes my soul. RIP Dad thanks for posting this one. =)

[phatstevie2]

@sharimorgan you hit the spot. i grew up listening to this song too and Curtis Mayfield &The Impressions, and jazz Jimmy Smith and it reminds me of my Dad James "Billy" Osborne RIP

[jollysincere]

@sharimorgan Those are heart warming sweet memories,,,thanks for sharing.

[badtrooper13]

what type of genre is this?

[alanciux]

@badtrooper13 Blues...

[crw4242]

otis redding took lessons from Bobby Bland.

[terrtoo]

The perfect song. Nothing makes feel better than Bobby Bland Singing the blues

[jackson23ization]

top 10!

[Wisewoman77]

Haven't heard this in a while. One of my favorites sung by one of my favorites.

[latyrnmrn]

dat's exactly how love is

[cestlavie975]

Lackland AFB 1963

Remember 'UP ON THE ROOF'?

[palerider907]

I was there then.. What flight was you in???

[escrime11]

Wow. One of the best.

[rahquise]

576 BLUEHILL AVE