Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get it Right (Stereo)

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TheDemonPazuzu
December 07, 2008

To enable STEREO click here: http://www.youtube.com/watc... Time is driftin', this rock has got to roll So I hit the road and made my getaway Restless feeling,I really gotta hold I started searchi...

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Time is driftin', this rock has got to roll
So I hit the road and made my getaway
Restless feeling,I really gotta hold
I started searching for a better way

Chorus:

And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light,no I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
But I couldn't get it right,no I couldn't get it right

LA fever,made me feel alright
But I must admit it got the best of me
Gettin' down, so deep I nearly drowned
I can't get back to where I used to be

(Chorus)

And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light,no I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
But I couldn't get it right,no I couldn't get it right

New York City, took me with the tide
I nearly died from hospitality
Left me stranded and took away my pride
Just another know it all fatality

(Chorus 2X to fade)

And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light,no I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
But I couldn't get it right,no I couldn't get it right

And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light,no I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
But I couldn't get it right,no I couldn't get it right
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The Climax Chicago Blues Band based in Stafford, England was formed in late 1968. The original members were guitarists Derek Holt and Peter Haycock, keyboardist Arthur Wood, bassist Richard Jones, drummer George Newsome and vocalist/saxophonist Colin Cooper.

In 1970, the band shortened its name to the Climax Blues Band. The band has released eighteen albums and has had Top 40 hits in 1976 in the UK with "Couldn't Get It Right"; and in 1981 in the United States with "I Love You". The two songs were also big American hits; "Couldn't Get It Right" reached #3 on the Hot 100 in 1977, and "I Love You" reached #12 in 1981.

This was the first big hit for The Climax Blues Band, who had been recording since 1968 and released 8 previous albums. Derek Holt, who was the bass player and a vocalist in the band, spoke with us about this song:
"The song is about being on the road in America. 'Looking for a sign in the middle of the night' being about the old Holiday Inn signs, really, because the moment you saw the Holiday Inn sign, that meant you got a bed for the night. When we first started in America, we used to fly everywhere; sometimes we'd have 3 flights a day to get to any one place. The way the itinerary was sorted out, it was never very easy to get to anywhere, so consequently we used to arrive in the town, get into a car, just about make the sound check for the gig, do the gig, get back in the car, then look for a bed. Towards the latter sort of probably five years of the band's life, we started using tour buses, so you could sort of leave after the gig, get on the bus, get a bed, drive 1,000 miles or whatever, be at the next gig being quite refreshed. So that was a really nice way of traveling."

This song is a great example of the dual vocal technique The Climax Blues Band was known for. Holt explains: "Colin Cooper used to sing the lead - the low vocal, and I used to sing an octave higher. And then, because 4 of us sang in the band, we used to harmonize. The fact that we had the dual singing the same line but with an octave split made the sound very unique, and it's still very unique today. Whenever people use it I think it's great. That was one of our trademarks, we just used to sing together in unison."

Holt: "We did an album for RCA called Gold Plated, and the album was produced by an old legendary producer called Mike Vernon. We delivered the album to RCA. RCA heard the album, said, 'You know what, guys, there really isn't a hit single on it. So, could you go try and write a hit?' We went to our London studio, which belonged to George Martin, without Mike Vernon, the producer, and we had a couple of days in the studio and we came up with the song Couldn't Get It Right from absolutely nowhere. Just a question of sitting in the studio, sitting around, thinking of a great rhythm and putting the old sort of dual vocals on it, the octave low and high vocals, couple of hooks. And we turned up, and it became a hit. So nothing more than a lucky moment in time. It really annoyed the producer, who thought we were holding out on him with an extra song that we never told him about." (Thanks to Derek for speaking with us about this song)

Fun Lovin' Criminals covered this on their 1999 album Mimosa. Stockholm Syndrome recorded it on their 2004 album Holy Happy Hour.

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This music is so good it makes new music Jealous and envious. Classic stuff that holds up well even today.

Yahaa69 (4 days ago) Show Hide

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That's one cool kat there!

altischef (5 days ago) Show Hide

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Does anyone know the name of that kool ass hat Colin was sport'en? I really want to get one like that. Not only to torture the kids but to wear for myself. Fads always have a way coming back. Lol.

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Smoooooooooth........

jasbigj (1 week ago) Show Hide

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I got a fever, and the only prescription that will cure it, is, MORE COWBELL!!!

CoolMommaP (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Gotta agree with CannellelnOK! Ahh, the good ol days!

roccotanto (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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REAL MUSIC will never die! this stuff is CLASSIC. loved this band.....my band is working this song up NOW.......

altischef (5 days ago) Show Hide

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Where you guys at? Like to hear your tunes.

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I needed more cowbell!

pokeslo (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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apparently it's inspired by a roadtrip through america.

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