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ITS TIME TO SELL MY BLOOD........

upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
edited May 2007 in Strut Central
SWEAT & TEARS RECORDS

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  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    David Clayton-Thomas is, to this day, probably the worst singer I ever heard fronting a multi-million selling rock group. And in this picture, he looks as bad as he sounds.
  • upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
    David Clayton-Thomas is, to this day, probably the worst singer I ever heard fronting a multi-million selling rock group. And in this picture, he looks as bad as he sounds.

    youre right theres something about the voc that i dont really dig much...

    no clue whos who in the pic though ??
  • upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
    (exept for larry willis)

  • upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
    just wondering....these guys sold a whole lot of records?

    what other hits did they have appart from spinning wheel?
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    just wondering....these guys sold a whole lot of records?

    what other hits did they have appart from spinning wheel?

    I don't know the hits, but they were the front end of the whole jazz-rock/fusion thing and sold millions of records. They were huge. Gold charting hits and shit.

    Personally I never was into them, although people inevitably compare what I listen to a lot to them, which kind of bugs me. I like my fusion more on the jazz end of things and sans corny vocals.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    It was extremely amusing to me this morning reading that 'Motown Podcast' thread and seeing the littlest of little dudes in a frenzy trying to track down what (based on the tracklist) may be the one clunker on there: a BS&T ripoff
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    David Clayton-Thomas is, to this day, probably the worst singer I ever heard fronting a multi-million selling rock group. And in this picture, he looks as bad as he sounds.

    youre right theres something about the voc that i dont really dig much...

    no clue whos who in the pic though ??

    The guy in the tan leather strides, who looks like a younger hippie version of Ned Beatty, is David Clayton-Thomas.

    They had a pretty big hit with "You Made Me So Very Happy" as well. There were a few more, but it's really that one and the o.g. version of "Spinning Wheel" that most folks know them for. There's a few tunes dotted across their albums which I like, but Clayton-Thomas' foghorn voice means I can only really fuck with their first album on a "sit down and actually listen to it" level.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    Not only are Blood Sweat and Tears totally gross, but I cannot for the life of me understand why dudes collect covers of "Spinning Wheel". BEYOND TACKY.
  • upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
    Not only are Blood Sweat and Tears totally gross, but I cannot for the life of me understand why dudes collect covers of "Spinning Wheel". BEYOND TACKY.

    im not really a spinning wheel fan either but theres beats on some of those cover versions


    not spinning wheel related but i'll be holding on to this one

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