HOLE IN MY SHOE (1967) by Traffic (incredible stereo mix)
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- I bought this single when it came out (Smiling Phases was the 'B' side). This song was written and sung by Dave Mason, rather than Steve Winwood who did most of the singing for the band. Interestingly, Dave said it was the first song he wrote and that it was like a nursery rhyme. He said he had not tried LSD at the time he wrote the song (many thought it was influenced by that drug). Francine Heimann was the six year old girl who did the spoken part in the middle of the song. She was the stepdaughter of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell.
Winwood had success as a musician prior to joining Traffic, becoming the frontman of the Spencer Davis Group at age 15 in 1963. Winwood met drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Wood when they jammed together at The Elbow Room, a club in Aston, Birmingham. After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed Traffic. Soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of Aston Tirrold, Berkshire to write and rehearse new music.
Traffic signed to Island Records label and their debut single "Paper Sun" became a UK hit in mid-1967. Their second single, Mason's psych-pop classic "Hole in My Shoe", was an even bigger hit, and it became one of their best-known tracks, but it set the stage for increasing friction between Winwood and Mason, the group's principal songwriters.
The rest of their career involved various personnel comings and goings (Winwood joined Blind Faith for a year) and Dave Mason even rejoined again for a short period. They had varying success, although scoring with John Barleycorn Must Die and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Nov. 1971), which was a Top 10 American album athough did not chart in the UK. Sadly Chris Wood died in 1983 and Jim Capaldi in 2005. The above was adapted from Wikipedia.
I have put together a slide show video for this song, hopefully matching up images to the music. Comments are invited.
I've also uploaded a live version of this song, which can be found here: • HOLE IN MY SHOE by Tra... - 음악
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I've just uploaded a live version of Traffic's Hole In My Shoe on my channel. Check it out. I've put a link at the bottom of the description under this video.
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I was born in 61 I woke up this morning with the song Green tambourine playing in my head
Everything about this song is still as great as it ever has been.
Nobody can convince me this wasn’t a time to live in ……. every record had a story ❤
I love this and other songs from the second half of the 60's, far better than the crap of today. Thanks for posting.
I remember this when I was 8 years old on holiday in morecambe. Great memories Great tunes, . How times have changed, and the tunes are crap .
At 74 I'm a worn-out hippy. I managed to live through and love the sixties. A fantastic time in my life. I still get the rush when I listen to sixties and seventies music now. I have no time for rap music or the boring music of today.
In today's virus troubles we need something to give us a lift. I am sure there is still plenty of talent in the singers of today, they just seem to have lost their way musically.
I feel the same way. I'm 63 and detest hip-hop and modern music. Music of the past lifted people up and made a deep and lasting positive impression on their lives. I feel sorry for the younger generation of today. Never having had that life enhancing experience.
No, it’s just that things from your past always seem better as you tend to remember the nice bits - I’m 67 but I find musicians now are every bit as good as they ever were or ever will be: just open your ears to it all while taking pleasure from having a personal back catalogue that extends over your lifetime.
@@davidrichards6835 I do not doubt musicians of today are every bit as good. I would love to hear some challenging music. Other than the dire modern tripe that is endlessly churned out.
@@davidrichards6835 you are right Dave...too bad you are casting pearls of wisdom before swine.
In that case I will forgive for being a hippy
When I was in Aden in 1967, a street patrol of Royal Marines was in a dangerous area and we had Bullet up the spout ready for instant action. One of the lads tripped and put a round through his foot. At that time, Forces Favourites was a request show on BBC Radio played World Wide, on a Sunday. While he was in Hospital, it came on the Radio, " This a request for Marine +++++ in, R.A.F. Hospital Kormaskar in Aden. The song was "And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe was letting in water".😂😂😂
Absolutely brilliant.
I was there in December 66, sure was dangerous@
Was it the right or left foot????
@@michaelking9772 I can't remember mate but the way we carried our Rifles, the muzzle would have been pointing towards the left foot, so that would be a good guess.
🤣🤣🤣...classic!!
So lucky to have experienced the 60s music. There is nothing today that comes anywhere near being this good !! So many talented bands !!
There is always great music. Claiming generational exceptionalism is either plain nostalgia or narcissism.
I used to see Traffic play in pubs in London including the night Save Mason left the band the first time and they payed as a trio..
of course nothing compares ...it was the 60s ...todays music s no longer about us,,,its a new generation...love it or hate it .....you either embrace todays new music or you dont...its no longer our time ...its their time...
We had so much choice of music to choose from ,,,Wow it was a fantastic time to live through ,,,,never to be repeated xxlol
I want to go back
Yeah I’ve gone through this all philosophically and I disagree. It’s not just nostalgia. The whole world was on a crest of a wave that broke. There is still good music yes. But the overall dynamic of how good the mainstream was and how it effected culture is not the same. The amount of venues and the scenes it created. It was an incredible thing. There will never be another 60s counter culture, 70s madness and 80s MTV generation or 90s Seattle.
It was a hell of a run in the 2nd half of the 20th century. That goes for all aspects of western culture. It’s just not as magical now. I’m just happy I got to experience most of it. Yes you can find good music now-but I can differentiate between nostalgia and the fact it’s just not as good. It’s not.
Just cant beat the classics
All us oldies lived through the greatest of times that was the 60s.
One could understand all the words.
Andy i agree with you ,,, we had so much choice of fantastic music it was so diverse ,,,This classic rules my head and memories of the great 60s era lol xx
I want to go back
You missed the 90s mate 😂
The bands of the 60s were pioneers.
We grew up with that wonderful stuff, it shows us a way out of our lovely but booring hometown. Meanwhile I am 69 and I am glad beeing born in the early 50th!!
I found this rekord , in the forest when l was 10 years, l Heard it over and over, l love it🤣🥳👍
Traffic was one of the greatest bands ever
I was 16 when this came out now about to turn 70 and i still get flashbacks when i hear this awesome :) Best era ever
I was 13 when this was released. I loved it then and now❤
Hello 😇how's your day going so far?
I agree with all my heart, we are most fortunate to have been there just at the right time .we are the lucky few
So was I use to listen to radio Luxemburg under my sheets at night as well
I own the original.
You can't beat the 60s and 70s. Glad I was in my prime then.
Timeless music from the '60's in my opinion.😊
did pink floyd copy traffic?
The start of everything really,than moving into great sounds in the 70s.
Maybe early stuff.
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This fine classic will never die , it was a smokers delight , ,,xx The 60s era was so special , im so happy i was their lol x
I really liked the music of Traffic. It was a joy to be a teenager in the 60s.
Que tiempos aquellos alla a fines de los 60s escuchandolos
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be anymore. Good stuff this.
Still listen to this in 2020, 53 years later ❤️
Damn
Cheesus
Me, and it makes me happy.
I used to drive to work through the woods with this playing. 1967. Wicked record
This song takes me right back to my childhood in Paisley, in 1967 when my grandpa passed away in October of that year, I was only 8 years old , it’s such a haunting melody for me, the other song from that period was Massachusetts from the the Bee Gees. Sad but also good memories.
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Никогда раньше
не слышал её.
Кто тменил хорошую
музыку в наше время,
теперь и кому это надо ??
Почему вся хорошая
музыка осталась в те времена ??
Поставил многим хлрошие
лайки, интересно ребята
моего поколения пишут.
Привет всем
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This was the music we grew up with - the psychedelic era of the second half of the sixties - simple timeless
I couldn't have put it better
i was in my teens when this record was out gotta tell ya im sorry if you missed the best two decades of the century 60s and 70s wow this music could out last time.
@@neild1617 if you think that was the last good music you have seriously been missing out for half a lifetime.
Woodstock/hippie era
I'm a young 65 as of 3/30/22, so alot of seeing the 60s, and Vietnam on the news
Dave Mason was such a big talent, both as a musician and as a songwriter.
He still is!
I remember this from "67 when i was a kid of 12,,now many years later still enjoy it
De sixties de beste jaren en de beste muziek ♥️
When i die i will do so knowing that I lived through the greatest music ever to cross the airwaves
So very true John. we were so fortunate weren't we?
You absolutely nailed it with that comment brother.
i agree totally
I remember waiting for XRT at 11 or 12 at night (been a long trip) for the night time DJ to come on and play what was in my head. I'd give a kidney (not of much use) to be back in those times, my times.
A great thought except the bit about dying , It put me off a bit
fell in love with Stevie Winwood on the strength of this song. I was 15. still love him.😊
Hello Maggie.. how are things going with you?
Oh, you naughthy Maggie....😂😂😂
THE SHOE MUST GO ON
1967 Psychedelia, what a magical time that was for music to a young 18 year old impressionable music lover, such a special time and vivid memories take me right back there, just great music, if I had a time machine would be happy to go back again, would have to be one of my favourite years.
60 music certainly made life worth living
Winwood's soulful harmonies and the bluesy organ help set this apart from ah lot of psychadelic music
well allways remind me of school days i would have been 14 lol mind blowing stuff back then
Eins meiner Lieblingsstücke!!Weiß noch genau wie das Stück das erste mal aus der Musikbox dröhnte!!Kann ich mir immer wieder anhören!!!
To right Phil. The hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when I hear 60s music. Unfortunately at 66 that's all that stands up now!
Man, this music will "never" b repeated! Thanks guys 🤗
Uno dei primi pezzi ascoltati degli immenso Traffic
Every time I hear this song It always reminds me of NEIL THE HIPPY FROM THE YOUNG ONE'S...🍺😊😊😊👍☮️☯️❤️..... peace man...!!!
You age is only a number i am 67years old hippy and rock yes peace and love to all and happy days still rocking MAN o YEAH i HA HA HA HA HA HA
Here July 2018 😘but loved the 60s everything about that era,,,take me back,,way back😘
Hello Paula.. how are things going with you?
Fantastic era ❤
11 years old.. where have all the years gone.. from simple enjoyment to corona madness.. where next..
Loved the small faces singing all or nothing 💯💯❤️
Hi Dora
Nothing takes me back to that hippy, psychadelic period as this one!!!!
HIPPIE not hippy. Hippy is a weight problem.
Jackie Hussey Poulouktsi It’s spelt ‘psychedelic’.
@@Kate1Chopin Spelt is an ancient wheat or you're British.
Glad you made it through jackie, peace 🤘
Incense and peppermints - that's another one
My wife just mentioned that she had a hole in her shoe and I remarked that, that was a song and I haven't heard it for decades. What great times we had back then.
This brings back so many memories of my teenage years.76 now
The 60s and 70s were fab times for pop music 👌
Alexander Heath great times Alexander
Alexander Heath great musical years Alexander we were the lucky ones to have been there 😉youngsters today can only wonder how good it was !!!!
I loved being a teenager in the 60s, 1967 i was 17 happy days x
Being young is always a wonderful thing but to have been young during the 1960's, was really special!
I was 7 and didn't know shit
...still don't
Margaret I was born in 1949, we just had the best of everything and the greatest music In the 60s. Peace and love.
@@martinchamberlain542 yes brother you said it right, fantastic times, make love not war!
@Gabriel Chin that's 2 of us and it still moves my heart
WOW. FAR OUT MAN! WHAT A FANTASTIC SOUND FROM THE SUMMER OF LOVE 1967,BELL BOTTOMS ,KAFTANS ,BEADS,PSYCHEDELIC PAINTED 1950S CARS ,SITARS ,PEACE AND LOVE ,MAGICAL YEAR
Fantastic
That little girls voice really does it in this timeless classic.
The girl was Chris Blackwell's stepdaughter, Francine Heimann
Yes we were "buzzed" to this music...and we loved it
2 years have past by since my last comment and still this song as never aged from my teenage years.I am now 68 years and it will never fade from my memory.Long live Traffic the group.
I loved this song from Traffic. The sounds were incredible. It;s now 2015 and I still love it. it's still Incredible...
i NEVER GET TIRED OF HEARING THIS SONG...Loved the 60's soooo much.
So viele schöne Erinnerungen an das Lied im Jahr 1967
I' ve heard this song at the Top of the pops for several times in 1967, bought the record and played it all day long.
Chris Wood on flute and saxophone,brilliant.
This is such an original track timeless
Traffic in het beste popjaar 1967!nog maar meer als een halve eeuw terug!
Steve winwood what a talent this and paper sun brilliant
There will never ever be an era or fantastic music like this. Take me back.
I was 12 years old when this song came out.It’s a song that as always stuck in my mind.
It’s a reminder of my youth and perhaps it will always will be.
I was less than 5. The version by Neil from The Young Ones. Wow how original!
Class 60s music !!! There will never be decade like it again for great music 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Still got the original single brilliant band from the best era of music
Great psychedelic song .. love it..
I saw them live in London in the late 60's & they were BRILLIANT
A very underrated group in my opinion.
Yea ..... the music was all you needed.
BOY DO I FEEL OLD.......BUT PLEASED I WAS THERE WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PUT OUT........SUCH BEAUTIFUL WORDS.....the young have no idea how to be cool today....peace man.....
absolutely brilliant stuff.....loved it then love it now...
Ron me too until eternity i say lol x
Hello from Berlin, Germany. This brings back the interesting memories when i was tripping 😍😺🖐️
Claudia Katz-Palme Hello fron Sydney aust..indeed interesting memories microdots clearlight sunshine plain white blotters ....those were the days or daze
@@arnibenett3858 hey Arni from Aussiland, so fine that you did answer. Do you remember those times when you were asked Are you expericenced?
@@claudiakatz-palme9708 Hello Claudia.. how are things going with you?
Oh you naughty girl
@Lester Johnston naughty girls have fun, brave girls mostly not really 😍
October 1967 when I first heard this song, serving in the RAF at Hereford as an apprentice, stayed on camp at half term and heard this brilliant.
Summer '67 on the school playing field listening to pirate radio!
One of the greatest British bands!
I always loved this song. It's so perfect for the era.
❤Traffic Band ❤
Love it amazing times with my late husbandc
Hello 😇how's your day going so far?
this song brings back good memoirs from my youth good to here it again thank you
Luv This Song. Brilliant. What a Genius Steve Winwood.
He sure is. But this was written and sung by Dave Mason.
wilson mcphert he now the drummer with pink floyd?
Barry Spencer Ha ha..No! He has played with a whole host of other bands and musicians as well as his own group, the Dave Mason Band.
***** Dave, not Nick (altho I think Wayne was the true Mason genius :)
Barry Spencer it was written and sung by dave mason
This brings beautiful memories of me & my brother we used to say the words together! Miss you Tony so very much💔
Hello Paula.. how are things going with you?
Flower Power is Beautiful, this song is Beautiful...
What a 60's psychedelic band what took LSD; who would have thought!! Great song from childhood days.
i was 21 when this came still love im now 71
we are still listening
I was 16 brilliant
The BEST thing about the 1960s was THE MUSIC !!!!!!
No. There was so much more xx
We climbed on the back of a giant albatross and flew through a crack in the clouds where happiness reigned. Unbelievable bonkers and brilliant.
Such a great song, it stills sends chills down my, it is so special and beautiful.
Spectacular band and awesome song !
😊 thanks Big L for plugging this and all those other great songs of the mid-60's
I'm 74 now and if memory serves this was the first track on BBC radio 1.
Just love this song hahahaaa so sweet and tragic and fantastic.... ;)
Hello Carina.. how are things going with you?
I love the sound of this song, especially the “letting in water“ echoey part. It reminds me of the Moody Blues song, “Nice to Be Here”, and Donovan’s “The Magpie”. All three are gentle and childlike. There was a reason we were called flower children. That’s the part of hippie culture I appreciated the most: the gentleness and innocence.
Hello 😇how's your day going so far?
@@honestmark6681 Good, thx, u?
Had an Indian influence, like aspects of George Harrison,
Sarg Peppers ,
Cool music 🎶🎶
GREAT SONG GREAT 60s SOUND GREAT GROUP..
Hello Wendy.. how are things going with you?
I was 15 then. Still love them in 2018. Thanks for sharing.❤️and peace
one of my favourites in my collection.love love it. I was 9 when it came out.
Just LOVE it, its time`s like these, that I wish I could go back in time and see the like`s of TRAFFIC live, on stage which sadly I never did,,,
Hello Hilary.. how are things going with you?
I just wanted to back in time
I grew up in the sixties fantastic era the music and everything wish I had a time machine to go back anne Darlington ❤❤❤
Me too, Newcastle.
Hole in my Show. Brilliant piece of music.