Tavares-Bad Times

[skinfanjay]

Famed studio/session/tonight show keyboardist Greg Phillinganes played the Fender Rhodes Electric Piano on this song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cowboy770404]

If you like this and are under 40 years old, check out Digable Planets' "Dial 7-Axiam of Spies" Awsome sample.

[stillblackgar]

This was my song back in the day.....Good group.

[aringr1]

I loved this song!

[saratogaken]

This is my favorite "Tavares" song.

[OldSchoolRules96]

This was one of their most underrated songs but the message still can apply to what's happening in the world today!

[01Nightfly]

nice nice nice.........

[AlwaysaLady365]

This one of my favorite track from them.

[heavlow61]

yeah !!

this is goood stuff.

i have an excellent memory and it seams i,ve forgotten about Tavares or that they have always been one of my favorite groups.props fo eva !!!

[Ambianceteck2025]

Amazing !!!!! ♫ ♪ ♫

[UBZUKI]

FANTASTIC....

[PLEAZIN]

One of my favorite skate song

[joeyinempirestate]

track came out during iran hostage crisis, important piece of music

[TheIndigenous1]

Awesome song, even awesomer group. Yes awesomer is now a word!!! Tavares is sweet!

[MrDneal2010]

Hey! This is Rashawn Thompson... My father put me on this song and I just love it!!! Get it Tavares!!!

[soulsupremeful]

Good to hear this again :D

[edwalong]

I WAS LIVING IN ST LOUIS & GOING TO HANG OUT WITH MY DAD IN PHILLY WHEN THIS CAME OUT; IT BLEW ME AWAY; LUV THIS TRACK!

[tawheedization]

i use to hang out at the crazy horse with the choice four they did d lot of your songs we had big fun i was a little young hanging with my older play cousins you know a lesson taught but im stronger today

[RapAttackish]

jimson - psychoza cieni

[MrTylermclean1]

i acn remember skating to this in DC at Kalorama Skating Rink. nice trio skate song!!!

[Harrisfc]

@MrTylermclean1

[clrjazz]

This group of talented singers, musicians and great music makers, will always be amoung my favorites. Thanks for the post.

[arleava]

sound so good, even in bad times.

[arleava]

sounding so good,even bad in bad times.

[skfox]

Digable planets sampled this.



[agfagaevart]

@skfox

"Dial 7"

[wvburkert]

Amazing, influential, timeless. Heyroz27, thanks for posting.

[geriko1]

My favorite Tavares Track of all time. Bassline is sick!! Brings back great childhood memories. The beginning of the song reminds me of a 70's T.V. show like Charlie's Angels or Starsky and Hutch.

[motownjo1960]

Fantastic post - the best Tavares track ever.....great vocals/production/lyrics - can't fault it. Thank you x

[port2344chester]

Traxs like this are placed on the top shelf in my house AUTO TUNES please u can keep that TRASH everything about this trax hits home more 2day than when it 1st hit the wax im a true music lover & i must say this classic is so UNDERRATED TAKES ME BACK 2 A MORE PEACEFUL LESS STRESSFUL LIFE IN GENERAL Music companys musicians put more in2 their product the 60's thru the 80's paved the rd 4 2days SPOILED artists if 70's artist jammed 2day w15 cats on stage the N.Y.Yankees payroll w.o. the talent!

[SoNotNorm]

@port2344chester Thanks Port I know that You know your stuff...We both Do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[port2344chester]

@SoNotNorm No problem .."NOT TRYING TO START TROUBLE..JUST SPEAKING THE TRUTH" Thank you for replying back! Peace

[nolongshots]

'DEFIANCE' theme song starring Jan Michael Vincent(The Mechanic,Airwolf tv series) , Art Carney(The Honeymooners), Danny Aiello (Do The Right Thing, The Last Don), Lenny Montana ( The Godfather as 'Luca Brassi)...Great movie with an even better theme.

[neepl8]

I feel cheated.. I bought a "Best of Tavares" and this song is only 4 mins long on the CD :(

[Elisabeth1903]

@neepl8 Tooooooooooooo bad!!!!! Maybe it's the single edit? :-)

[Mrnightwing21]

A classic jam, it's a very fitting theme for today with the recession, war, oil spills and natural disasters happening all around us, but Like my man Pac said," Ya got to keep ya head up" my brothers and sisters......

[LEGSUDESIRE]

The best song that they ever did I love this tune to death!

[princescorpio94]

creamy spies!!

[sentdenisegg]

This is Tavares best song to me. But they had so many hits but this one stands out....



[feetman2006]

The OG's forever!

[lorret90]

love this....awsome.!! one of there best..

[uzipolo]

Bad Times" (US Pop #47, US R&B #10)from the albulm Supercharged the eighth album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, produced by David Foster, Benjamin Wright and Bobby Columby, and released in 1980 on the Capitol label. Supercharged is similar in style to the group's previous album Madam Butterfly, and although not as highly-regarded at its predecessor, critical reaction is generally positive says uzipolo king of decatur

[lalin59]

I always thought this was very cool track from these guys.

[jkidd904]

great song! Digable Planets sampled this for their song "Dial 7."

[tyrese3745]

It was from 1980, from their LP "Supercharged". It was released in Feburary 1980.

[omartiz]

Great tune from Tavares.

[ph1lanthrope]

Slick track from a slick album!! One of their best!!

[SOULMUSICFX]

wonderful forever "bad times"  theme

[wandermusic27]

My favorite tune by Tavares! Wow, what they talk is relevant today more than ever! I remembered it back in 1980. There are others who may have remembered it in 1979, but it was definitely 1980 for me! That was a great year! Growing up!

[butchandjean]

another unique song, love it, bad times can you dig it? yes, much love to Butch

[Elisabeth1903]

Tavares' 'Bohemian Rhapsody', lol!

[TheSoulpeeper]

quite the berst tune tavares ever ever did and i had loads of their stuff

[crs3yo]

Feel Good Music Thank You For Putting This Up...

[shaswords]

Yea Baby!

[antone2863]

Nice rhythm...

[jkidd904]

GREAT! im a relatively new school head, so I gotta thank Digable Planets for sampling this song

[fernandez1330]

excellent...too good ...thank you for this unforgettable memory

[MoveMakerTV]

eh yo big ups for getin this joint up here man i been tryin 2 find this joint 4 20 years GOOD LOOK

[Mshoney720]

WOW! I haven't heard this song in literally 29 years but I remember liking it alot when I was a lil girl. The music is off the chain in this song.

[antone2863]

Yes, it has a nice rhythm...

[Noodleydoo]

I haven't heard this song in twenty years. This should have been a MONSTER hit. Beautiful top to bottom

[MANEKE5]

retoor2 you have reason.totalmente de acuerdo contiigo.bella composicion.

[retoor2]

perfect song for the economic situation

[gemini19662007]

I agree with you on that.

[damnsam7]

this is how music should sound.

[jbpanther20]

Sampled in Dial 7 by Digable Planets

[butchandjean]

how bless are these guys, all handsome, goodlooking, talented, and did i say butch is my favorite

[LizM11122]

@butchandjean

think you might have done once or twice!!

[solomonsamiyas54]

I love just about all their songs check it out!!

[jamesmkel315]

TAVARES IS THE ULTIMATE!!! my dad is now the musical director/ bassit for them!!! p.s. badtimes is def theirfunkiest trak!!! for all the slow jam lovers, check out, she's gone, and penny for ur thoughts

[selfexplanitory]

I still do the invisible-grab-ya-broomstick-b­ass to this jam! That brother was SICK on the bass!!!!!

[darlaa91]

yeah i can dig it who that cute one in middle know he probably done aged a little by now probably still cute too..

[68NYC]

~This is Really good music-

Thanks-

[jody808]

pretty good song, can you dig it?