The Spencer Davis Group - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

[nitropost]

When you think back at all the great talents that were cut short in their prime...Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly, Janis. Otis and so many others, it helps to have some to get older with the rest of us.

[banq0o]

Impossible, came to check vid to see who's singing .. he may not be black .. but he got the blues all over, inside out and all around 8-)

[tunesmith9]

@musiclover9361

All good points; I don't dispute them, in fact I agree with them. However, they have nothing to do with what I said, which was that it was a cheap knock off, meaning Ray could sing this song better. Nowhere did I say Ray wrote it.

P.S. I AM a Winwood fan and have been since the sixties.

P.P.S.

Take your own advice and add "read" Peanutt! :)

[ml1968lf]

What a voice ...

[tunesmith9]

A cheap Ray Charles knock-off. Why listen to Winwood when the REAL is available?

[schmui]

@tunesmith9 ok, tell me, where is this cheap?

[Peanutt127]

@tunesmith9 Ray Charles didn't write this ... think before you post

[musiclover9361]

@tunesmith9 Er, it was written in 1923 (seven years before Ray Charles was even born!) by Jimmy Cox. Bessie Smith had the first big hit with it in 1929. As for Steve Winwood, he has been acknowledged worldwide as a supreme singer, musician and composer for nearly 50 years - and he's only 63! He's been playing live since he was 8 years old.

[Zaza278]

For almost 50 years, Steve has been a giant in the music industry.

[alinn71]

sigh!

[YouTransistor99]

The more I listen to Steve Winwood the more I love what I am hearing. This guy is amazingly talented. And, no, it is not Ray Charles.

[Mannchild11]

Ok, he sounds like Ray Charles in this song.

[GuyWithNoName67]

Didn't the bassist use to have a moustache..? Or am I hallucinating again..?

[rocktenniscat]

This is just so brilliant. It makes me think of another great white singer - same depth of soul: the sadly departed Richard Manuel. Check him out singing "Georgia". Thank God, we still have Stevie!

[GuyWithNoName67]

One of my favorite singers. Odd, my top five favs names start with R or S (Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, Steve Marriott, Steve Winwood).

[DrFeelRotten]

4 guys sleeping together in pajamas then jump up to sing Nobody knows when you're down and out.. Hmmmm.. Well that's not tough to figure out why.. 

[spadge321]

if you can't say something logical fuck off with your poxy inuendoe shit fag

[Nishikigoi7]

mein lieblingslied

[TheJcatlover]

just like I thought "Boney James" must have been black until I saw him at a atate fair in concert & was dancin' in the rain!

[TMEwald]

Anyone notice the "hole" in the bass players bass? Looks like somebody messed up that to-be future classic and made it worth more with this video.

[EverlyLove]

Wow, I had no idea Ray Charles was white!!!!!

Monika, thank you again for making my Sunday morning. I am going to listen to this group all day long.

[thousandsmiles2]

Superb version of Bessie Smith's classic hit!!

[belovia50]

@thousandsmiles2 At first, I thought I was hearing a little Paolo Nutini there. This is a cool video. I like it. Thanks, Monika for sharing this.

[thousandsmiles2]

@belovia50 Glad you enjoyed. (How did I never hear of Paolo Nutini?... Well, better late than never. I'm a fan now!)

[belovia50]

@thousandsmiles2 I'm glad you like him. I really like his songs, "Last Request," and "New Shoes."

[AGibsonJ]

@thousandsmiles2, he has an amazing voice, fantastic video. Surprisingly, the blues don't depress me at Christmas time, especially when it's this good!

[I loved this share]

[thousandsmiles2]

@AGibsonJ You're welcome! They recorded the original "Somebody Help Me" (terrific song), but I first heard it from the Everlys on their album of British Invasion covers.

[supersondessixties]

Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my  program  " great sound of  60' s "  on the  site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in  rock and roll.

Salut, vous aimez les sixties ? Ecoutez et podcatez mon émission "le super son des sixties" sur plum fm. Salut et faites gaffe au rock'n roll.

[MrSeedyron]

in your pocket not one penny..........

winwood your the king

[BESTSTRINGSLINGER]

...to me this is the best version of this song bar none...Stevie is incredible...never mind the out of sync lip sync...when I heard this on the 'Autumn 66' album I couldn't believe my ears...think he listened to much Ray Charles in his high chair...

[willwelsh816]

why does his face look plastic?

[moxie96]

@willwelsh816 he must've had a very bad case of acne durring filming and the makeup people went overboard with the makeup or "Slap" as the pros call it, a lot of performers had it done before TV appearances. It's less noticeable in black and white footage Dave Davies for a while chose to wear it all the time but I'm sure the way they made it back then did not allow skin to breath so the acne one had would get worse.

[merryalto]

I absolutely love Steve Winwood, let me say that up front. I cannot believe that no one else has mentioned that he is not singing the same song in the video as the audio that's playing. The vocals don't come close to matching up, and neither do the keyboard notes and chords. Could it be they played "Georgia on my mind" or some other slow song and the filmmakers just recorded the audio for "Nobody knows you when you're down and out" over it because it would be cheaper than re-filming the scene?

[twoslices]

@merryalto

No its the same but its so far out of sinc

[dewibluey]

@merryalto - no, it's the right song, just off a little bit. Could be a poor lip-sync job, probably from all the makeup he's got on - Ha!

[nbcuni]

Thats Ray sining!

[twoslices]

@nbcuni  Nope,its Steve.

[twoslices]

@nbcuni  Nope its Steve

[zzzak666]

@twoslices

Looks like CGI to me

[yellingelk]

What's so strange about this is, if you just closed your eyes and imagined what the singer might look like, you'd more than likely be picturing a late 30ish or even a mid 50ish black blues guy with a real lived in appearance. Winwood was a freak... but I don't think this song works too well with a guy so obviously young, I don't know, just a thought?

[shanehenning26]

great song

[123crashdummie]

I love Winwood and the Spencer Davis Group, and the song is great but GOOD GOD they have so much make up in this scene. Their skin look like rubber.

[nedthebed07]

Would never have known Steve as a blues singer but I like what I hear, massive voice 5*

[throovest]

Georgie Fame actually told me he was on the point of turning round and leaving a venue he was headlining [College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham] As he walked in Steve was singing Georgia. He said he'd never heard anything like it and wondered how he could follow this act

[bluesbrrd]

I swear he sounds JUST like Ray Charles - I am looking at this white boy singing, and it seems like he's lipsynching Ray Charles! Strange, in a good way!

[Gorbimusik]

Steve is the Idol of my hole life! He´s not to explain! I can`t find any words!.....

[68generation]

He's the most gifted artist in my times I've ever known!! Unfrotunately many people don't seem to know him even my generation which is a shame. Love the great video!

[schmui]

the most amazing song i've ever heard in my whole life.

[indigorenk]

Me too.

[Blue2Piano]

When many in the U.S. first heard "Gimme Some Lovin" they assumed he was black, and were stunned to discover he was a white British teenager. To me he had more authentic blues and soul feeling than Eric Burdon, Mick Jagger or others of that period. They seemed to be acting the part of the black r&b singer, but with Winwood it just poured right out of him. Also a great keyboard player, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as singer. Has the rock era ever produced a more complete artist?

[TheBluesdog02]

@Blue2Piano - I guess not and completely agreed with you.His apperiance was one of the most if not the most glorious moment in the history of R&B music,

especially considering that he was only 17yr. old.

There are so many deep impressions in the comments on other their clips.I couldn't dare to wrote, just because of the respect to great Ray Charles,that Steve's -Georgia On My Mind- is according to me, at least equal to Charles original.

[CatOnAHotPC1]

@Blue2Piano Story goes that 'Keep on Running' was played by black radio stations in the US...things were pretty segregated in 1966...until the stations saw a picture of the group. When they saw all these young white boys the stations pulled the song(s) and as a result so much of the momentum was lost that some of their biggest UK hits never really 'made it' in to the top of the US charts. Isn't that amazing??? And to answer your question, "NO", most definitely not!!!

[twoslices]

@Blue2Piano

No it hasnt.He was the best ever.

[rearly62]

@Blue2Piano Steve Marriott

[guyglowmore1]

rare and precious. where'd you ever find this. used to listen to the album version and now play the song myself but this man's just amazing. amazinger

winwood's not only a gifted genius he's the closest human i've found to a saint

[nir1971]

a big smile...

[Tweekerhead]

Somebody was listenin' to the Ray Charles records ...awhole lot!

[southpas1]

Absolutely stunning how a 16 year old, white boy from Birmingham (England) could possibly have had this much talent and soul.  That's one hell of a God-given gift. Incredible.

[schmui]

1:11 he's not supposed to sing like that, he's white, man! :D

[schenkels56]

great stuff!!!!

[tirayi]

Winwood was the only white boy except Greg Allman that could do it.

Sang boy.

[1ratters]

van morrison?

[tirayi]

yeah i'll give you that. Well spotted.

Oh and you know who else...Bobby Darin. THAT guy had it!

[RedDragonEye13]

Winwood, the only one to rival Marriott for vocal prowess. Legendary.

nice post!!

Lee

Liverpool Mods.

[AsrudGilberto]

Oooooo this is better than Eric Clapton's version.

[anthonythirteen]

@AsrudGilberto alomst as good as Carla Bruni's version

[seydisehir1]

winwood is the emperor of rock

[cherylo1]

Steve Winwood a young boy a great singer an keyboarder.

[Dildgaf]

@cherylo1 He's a pretty dang good guitar player too.

[dr400motard]

@Dildgaf :diggin' pretty deep into past comments 'eh'..?