Their 1969 self titled is an ABSOLUTE classic!! "You've Made Me So Very Happy", " Smiling Phases", Spinning Wheel " and a an incredible version of Laura Nyro's "And When I Die" are the highlights. It won the 1970 Grammy for album of the year.

Blood, Sweat & Tears is a jazz-rock music group founded in New York City in 1967. They are noted for their combination of brass & rock band instrumentation. Especially love their stuff when David Clayton-Thomas joined as their lead singer. You've done quite a few of their songs. Some other songs are "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Lucretia MacEvil", "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa Listen To Me", "High On A Mountain", "Morning Glory" etc.

Spinning Wheel was released in 1969. Ladies Night by Kool and the Gang was released 1979.

Harri, The horns in Ladies night are similar to the horns in this song but not enough to be called a ripoff. Listen to them both again. That said, it is an excellent observation on your part. I Enjoy your reactions. More Home Free please. Thx.

Their all met at Gilliard. A very prestigious school for muscians. And you’ve gotta be damn good just too get in. Btw such an Iconic Jazz Break. I’m 60 so I remember when the hit the air waves. I honestly think they were just ahead of their time. Ty and Cheers Harry from the States

Probably the most sophisticated rock group of its time, with the possible exception of the Moody Blues. Outstanding music and great reaction.

Love Blood Sweat and Rears. Cool and The Gang too!

Musical artists have been borrowing from each other from the beginning of music. I once read somewhere that David Clayon Thomas was John Denver's favorite singer. This song brings back lots of memories of my youth!

Another monster hit for BS&T...glad to hear u remembered this one my friend...Thanks for this

Good to be excited about this song Harri. Spinning Wheel is an iconic song. Well chosen Brandon.👍

Great voice, great music. A cornucopia of instruments.

Lucretia Mcevil should be next. Love Blood Sweat and Tears. You've already reviewed so many iconc songs of theirs. Saw them 10 years ago and they were amazing. David Clayton Thomas sounds just as incredible now as his early hits. And the orchestral horns incredible. Glad you loved them Harri. 👍✌️🇨🇦 Thanks Harri and Brandon, another winner. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

Harri, you’re really awesome! BS&T was such a talented band, it’s hard to think of them as “not relevant “ ...They were earth shattering and ground breaking. Thanks to our higher power, for Blood, Sweat & Tears!

I always thought the song was about the circle of life and that you can not have a high without the lows.

Great reaction, Harri, and thanks Brandon for the suggestion! "Lucretia MacEvil should be next, Harri!

In 1968 Al Kooper led Blood Sweat And Tears (before David Clayton Thomas joined) and their first album ‘Child Is The Father To Man’ and the song ‘I Can’t Quit Her’ was the single release. Please react to this song - the original BS&T prefigured the later group but more psychedelic/bluesy. An excellent album. Please listen and react.

I find this an awesome number, great music and voice. 👍👍🎶🎶💕💕

Oh, it left off the final guy saying "That wasn't too good" and then people laughing. When I was growing up and listening to the classic rock station, this was the only song by Blood, Sweat and Tears that they played on the radio. I remember a DJ saying "It sounded good to me" after that final line.

"Spinning Wheel" was released way before Kool and the Gang's "Ladies Night." Although both horn parts share some elements, they are not really the same. I think this recording is also very "Chicago-like" -- could have easily been one of their songs.

Harry , Eddie 50 year old Caucasian brother from the states , Myrtle Beach South Carolina , thanks for doing this one ! All there stuff is unique and great, the way they are so crisp and how it’s recorded ! Will continue to support every Vlog u post! Take care my brother ! Peace to the world !

Yes! Like Steely Dan's "Do It Again". You go back, jack, do it again. Life's evil devices are hard to overcome.

"Ride a painted pony, let the spinning wheel........" That's carousel (or Merry Go Round) imagery. If you haven't done some of their other songs you should check them out.

Kool and tht Gang and Blood Sweat and Tears were the bigest mentors to so many popular bands.

I have been waiting for you to react to this! Great song! That trumpet player is amazing! I played trumpet and I can't even tell you what that high note was near the end of the song! A trumpet players dream, that is what this band is!

Think about the carnival carrousel. You get on a "painted pony" that goes up and down as you are spinning around. Then think about how it is vaguely that ride can resemble one's life. It's like staying in one's comfort zone, pretending to go somewhere and each time you pass the same place, there are some changes, different people, other things moving in the carnival, but you really don't go anywhere other than the confines of that carrousel you are in. Think about being stuck on that carrousel...until you decide to jump off and explore more of what life has to offer.

My favorite song from my childhood.. Still a badass jam to this day!

David Clayton Thomas is in Canada.Hall of Fame

So glad this reaction made it out of youtube jail!!!

You're on a roll today! BS&T and Black Pumas reactions on the same day! Great stuff!

Loved this band since I was a kid. Their hey day was when David Clayton-Thomas was the lead vocalist and Bobby Colomby (who later went on to be a producer and record exec. for Columbia Records and was responsible for guiding the Jacksons on their DESTINY album), the drummer was with the band. David left the group briefly after 1971 and rejoined them in 1975 and left for good after touring with them in the '90's. Nuclear Blues was the last record David made with them. (You should definitely check that one out). I like the More than Ever album from 1976 that really cooks!

Saw them back in the 80's . fantastic show. best sound ever for an outdoor venue. one the river at Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival. Coca Cola had a barge turned into a stage for the main events. Huge week long music and hydroplane boat racing festival. They had 3 main stages and several huge tents set up with smaller acts playing in them. 100k + attendance back then. Anyhoo great show, great sound. I remember the bass kick drum felt like it was hitting me in the chest. And the brass was killer. And David sounded just as great as ever. Gotta do "Carry On" next.

Oh yes!!!! What goes up must come down!!! 🎶❤️

The song ended too quickly at the very end, when the music stops... somebody says "That wasn't too good" then there's laughter. Classic

This is the Week of Woodstock ✌️🍷 This Band was there. They were different with Al Kooper. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🐴🌄

Kool and the Gang are awesome!!

Great American jazz rock ensemble lead by the magical voice of David Clayton-Thomas (Canadian) who wrote "Spinning Wheel". Great reaction Harri.

Ladies night was a big hit in my area, our local nightclub band, "The Experts" did a very good cover of that song.......

Lucretia MacEvil along with Lucretia's Reprise next, please. I heard these guys when I was a young kid because of my uncle's collection of BST records. Remake of Fire and Rain, Hi-De-Ho, He's a Runner and Sympathy of the Devil cover. Gold.

One of my favorites of all time

The bass player, Jim Fielder, is a badass.

Another BS&T gem you have to react to: "Go Down Gamblin"--where else can you hear a TRUMPET solo!!

I loved listening to this song in my youth. A fun song.

This was Jr high for me. Love this song. And yes Kool & Gang did use it. Life is it, just what you said .

Yaaaayyyy!!! These guys are so much fun!!! Thanks for reacting, Harri! Love those horns and that bassline!!!

This band had a bunch of good singles this one included love you

Of course we know Kool and the Gang! Love them too!

The video is a very good visual interpretation of the lyrics, the "spinning wheel" being the wheel of chance in life.

Hi Harri, love your channel; is there a video that speaks about your musical background and history? I think the song may be referring to a vertically-aligned wheel and it is metaphorically talking about the ups and downs of life. The spokes of a vertical wheel; some will be "up" and some will be "down" with each rotation. Your interpretation using a horizontal wheel is a good analogy as well. Good on you.

This was a radio 10 ten song in Canada when it was released. Not sure about other countries

Beautiful brass! Thanks for your reaction.

Spinning wheels can be a few things ...like gambling..or the way we think...so I think of it like...relax...drop your worries ...by the riverside...and enjoy your life...take a chance...it will all be ok....and the ending seems like...its all a circus...lets enjoy... And yes...great sounds from this band...

I've always loved the "that wasn't too good" at the end of the recording followed by laughter. So good.

Fantastic trumpet solo by the late, great Lou Solof

You know this Engelbert Humperdinck is a British just like you. He is very choosy what songs made famous by other artistes to sing in his show. This song is one of them. Talking about ads using songs of artists in the late 60s to mid-70s. Quite a lot because the songs during this period has a part which is quite catchy.

Your going to Love them seem the in Concert 1970

Takes me back to my youth. Thanks Harri!

This song was written by the lead singer, David Clayton-Thomas, as were a number of this band's most successful songs.

Great request Brandon Great reaction Harri, loved your rhythm section🎶🎵 Even my daughter "Miss Eye Roll" was grooving to this.

I always thought of the song as depicting the tension between the the everyday, real, rotating through the same things and events, rat-race existence versus the 'dropped out', counter-culture, psychedelic, hippy, or jazz/funk performer-on-the-road crowd. Did the person being sung to find their pot of gold after they turned off the main highway? Did they find someone to love who was on the same journey? Could they come back to the mundane world? I love all the dissonant and dizzy intersections of musical styles.

Great pick by a great band Brandon. Saw them live back in the '70's. Love David Clayton Thomas's great vocals and those horns. Another fantastic reaction Prince Harri. 🤴🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🙃

Hari this is Blood Sweat and tears 2.0. even though they did great jazz-rock music , They won the best album of the year over Abbey Road by The Beatles in 1969. I much prefer the original BST which lead singer and songwriter and musician Al Kooper started as a jazz-rock group in New York in 1967. Katz left in 1968 to form his own group with Mike Bloomfield and was replaced by Barrel-chested power house Canadian Singer David Clayton Thomas who used to work in a music store at Yonge and Dundas in Toronto in the early 60's I bought my first guitar from him there. If you want to hear an awesome Blood Sweat and Tears first iteration I know you will love "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" written by Al Kooper one of the most truly romantic songs ever from BST first album Child Is The Father To The Man. Al Kooper is the Hammon organ player on Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone-the best song of all time when he was only 21.

LOVE this song! Great request, @Brandon Watts! Another song along the same vein is “Vehicle” by The Ides of March.

So many did a remake of this song great live band concert

Bobby Colomby on drums needs some love here as well. His fills kept the whole thing tied together. IMHO

"Go Down Gamblin'" by Blood, Sweat & Tears also Lucretia McEvil.

Loved kool,that was one of their comercial pop song.came before kools mid to late 70's hit.😊

Cool! I remember hearing this on the radio when I was five. The calliope bit towards the end caught my attention, as if it was a cue that we would soon take a trip to the park for a ride on the merry go round. I remember that Kool and the Gang song you mentioned too, but I only remember the chorus. "Jungle Boogie" features some great horn lines. Blood, Sweat & Tears were influential back when.

Gotta love BS&T, so Iconic. And that brief jazz interlude was wonderful. No, hadn't noticed Kool "borrowed" that section, have to listen to his song again now.

Great song Great Band

HERES A FEW MORE HARRI 🙂: YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY, AND WHEN I DIE, GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE, SMILING PHASES 🙂 THERE YA GO

My mom wasn't into much "current" music when I was growing up, she was a classical pianist and teacher, but she liked this one, learned to play it and loved jamming on the piano parrt.

TERRIFIC song, I loved the big brass sound of these guys and Chicago, as well as Tower Of Power and Earth Wind & Fire. It adds so much pizazz to the tracks IMO.

Picasso: "Good artists copy; great artists steal."

This song is super special and unique and clever

David Clayton Thomas has a powerful voice as the lead. And Gary Puckett also had a powerful voice back then 2 of my favorites.

BST RELEASED Spinning Wheel in 1968 and Kool and the Gang released Ladies Night in 1979. So, who’s zooming’ who.

This song was from way before Cool and The Gang were even formed. This is from 1969, or early 1970.

Thanks for bringing back so much good music that frankly I’ve forgot to about but loved listening to growing up.

I remember ladies night. This is ladies night ,,, yep. Loved it ❤

This song is definitely on my playlist. Excellent observation concerning the horn section!

Ladies Night, released in 1979!, could not possibly have been the inspiration for this song, released 9 years earlier than the Kool and the Gang song… perhaps the other way round?…

Monumental song, love that voice. Around 1970 Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago were among the bands that greatly used horn sections in their music, maybe that was some early rock and jazz fusion.

I'm pretty sure this song and band pre-dates Cool and the Gang.

I was 8 when this came out - loved it then and love it now !

Thanks!

Real psychedelic man and I am old enough to know this song well. ❤

Yay! I've been hoping you'd hit this one.

How many marching bands from the 70s used this tune? Many, many, many.

I'd like to think that Kool and the Gang were paying homage to BS&T 😁

Great reaction! I remember the first time I ever heard the song. It was around 1972 and we were eating at a pizza joint. My mom gave me a quarter to play 3 songs on the jukebox. My friend suggested this song and as any 9 year old I did. I was blown away.

Loved BS&T 's music. Chicago was a close 2nd.

My favorite song is off their first album. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know. Al Kooper lead vocal and hammond b3. You'll love it Harri.

Nice catch on the Kool and the Gang sample of the horn riff. It's so weird when that happens but if you listen to enough music and your mind catalogues stuff like this, it can be quite a moment. I've had it happen a few times and I"m not talking about the Rap samples , which are endless because let's face it, rappers , especially early on, had zero music talent

Those HORNS remind me of Chicago group!!!

Great and Enjoyed 💫

Interesting that the person who made the video apparently equated the spinning wheel with Wheel of Fortune, if not exclusively then mostly. I don't remember actually seeing a, you know, a spinning wheel.

What Goes Up Must Come Down commercial - probably about the stock market lol

Check out a great cover of this by Leonid and Friends. Also, try BS&T's cover of Sympathy for the Devil. Really unique.

My favorite band as a kid. I don't know how many times I bought the album. So happy when CDs came out. Saved me a bunch of money

Great reaction!