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Young hearts can go their way
Can't put it off another day
I don't care what others say
They say we don't listen anyway
Time has come today
(Hey)
Oh
The rules have changed today (Hey)
I have no place to stay (Hey)
I'm thinking about the subway (Hey)
My love has flown away (Hey)
My tears have come and gone (Hey)
Oh my Lord, I have to roam (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)
Now the time has come (Time)
There's no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I've been loved and put aside (Time)
I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)
Now the time has come (Time)
There are things to realize (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
This song has one of my all time favorite lyrics:
"My soul has been psychedelicized"
For that reason alone, I've changed my rating from 7 to 8.
Hell, I gave it a 10....no argument.
I'm pretty sure I commented on "Time" here several years ago. My anecdotes about this song abound:
1. We had some huge metal cone speakers set up for psychological warfare operations at Phu Bai, Viet Nam. They were monsters, about 1,200 lbs apiece, 8 feet on a side (they were square, you see), driven by a set of amplifiers which used huge metal triode amplifier tubes. All in all about 50,000 watts RMS at 80 ohms (yes, RMS watts). One day, after this came out, a cassette player was hitched to the input mixer. The gain was cranked up, and the 100 Kilowatt dedicated generator running 3-phase 440 volts cranked up. The sound was audible out to about 50 miles, and considering the Inverse Square Law of Audio, it was ear-drum destruction at close ranges. Didn't last too long, the water cooling pump failed and somewhere around $10,000 worth of amplifier equipment became a crispy critter. Well, a few years back, the VA finally issued me new hearing aids, so it wasn't all that bad.
1.5 This track was used by the same PsyOps folks in Panama blasting at the Noriega HQ. We wore hearing protectors then.
2. The Chambers Brothers never received a single penny in royalties from this song — they were fucked out of it by their "managers" by means of inflated "advances".
That's a fantastic story. Thanks for your service.
I'm pretty sure I commented on "Time" here several years ago. My anecdotes about this song abound:
1. We had some huge metal cone speakers set up for psychological warfare operations at Phu Bai, Viet Nam. They were monsters, about 1,200 lbs apiece, 8 feet on a side (they were square, you see), driven by a set of amplifiers which used huge metal triode amplifier tubes. All in all about 50,000 watts RMS at 80 ohms (yes, RMS watts). One day, after this came out, a cassette player was hitched to the input mixer. The gain was cranked up, and the 100 Kilowatt dedicated generator running 3-phase 440 volts cranked up. The sound was audible out to about 50 miles, and considering the Inverse Square Law of Audio, it was ear-drum destruction at close ranges. Didn't last too long, the water cooling pump failed and somewhere around $10,000 worth of amplifier equipment became a crispy critter. Well, a few years back, the VA finally issued me new hearing aids, so it wasn't all that bad.
1.5 This track was used by the same PsyOps folks in Panama blasting at the Noriega HQ. We wore hearing protectors then.
2. The Chambers Brothers never received a single penny in royalties from this song — they were fucked out of it by their "managers" by means of inflated "advances".
What an awesome story. Thank you for your service my fellow veteran. Your story would explain why Coppola used it in the epic Apocalypse Now movie. Top 5 movies on my of all time list.
My musical edu ma cation continues.
Followed by Alice's Restaurant and Inna Gadda Da Vida!
And, if you're still awake, Thick As A Brick, Autobahn and Tubular Bells!!
Annoying aF. I logged in just to post how much I hate this song. Yeah... I'm one-a those h8ers of this song. whatevs.
K. bye!
It's about Time. Sort of an anti-war song, sort of a coming of age song...
And is awesome.
Annoying aF. I logged in just to post how much I hate this song. Yeah... I'm one-a those h8ers of this song. whatevs.
K. bye!
gack! This song just annoys the hell out of me.
If I could PSD I would.
Every.
Single.
“Time!”
Gee who peed in your wheaties today:)
If I could PSD I would.
Every.
Single.
“Time!”
1968 Lang Co, RVN
I Co. 3/26 USMC
Thanks !
Long version
Thanks for your service.
I Co. 3/26 USMC
Thanks !
Long version
At 11 mins a DJ could hit the head, get a soda and still smoke a joint before the next record change.
Apparently not doing the long version any more. Info says 4:something.
This is a classic r & b rock funk musical artifact. Infused by '67 - '68 race relations, Vietnam, Harlem and Haight Ashbury and you name it. Don't heed the h8ers here. Play it again.
Nice alliteration kingart. I have no need to heed the haters here or elsewhere.
Every once in a while I revisit the long version. Sadly, it still screams "NO" to me. Loudly.
I wish I found it as good now as I did then, but...
However, the short version seems very appropriate for the present moment, so it'll probably pop up fairly often (by RP standards...) for a while.
now the time has come to show RP Graditude
Every once in a while I revisit the long version. Sadly, it still screams "NO" to me. Loudly.
I wish I found it as good now as I did then, but...
However, the short version seems very appropriate for the present moment, so it'll probably pop up fairly often (by RP standards...) for a while.
I really like the long version.
Every once in a while I revisit the long version. Sadly, it still screams "NO" to me. Loudly.
I wish I found it as good now as I did then, but...
However, the short version seems very appropriate for the present moment, so it'll probably pop up fairly often (by RP standards...) for a while.
But, but ... Bill ...
Posted 6 years ago by kcar:
dragon1952 wrote:Seriously RP.....the short Top 40 version? I'm shocked. That is too pathetic for words.
kingart wrote:
NOT.
Surprised it was aired at all? Surely you jest.
This a bona fide 24 karat '60s classic. However...
Bill,
PLEASE play the long version. This surgically neutered Top 40
blasphemy needs to go. Play the long cut less often, just replace this
one with that.
Djoy wrote:Alright! Time has come today…to pull out the album & hear it whole. Thanks!
tovarisch wrote:-
I am always left wanting to hear the extended version of this though I
realize that the haters and they with the 3 minute 45 second attention
spans will moan and disagree
- I always hear this song in context of its time, its revolutionary nature and now more than ever in the context of how these guys got worked over by the industry.
- That "Yeah..uh" at the end is epic
All of that takes me to *8* for this one
Emwolb wrote:longer version, tho dated, is SO much better
Emwolb wrote:The edited version?!?!? Why bother!!!
DaveInVA wrote: I prefer the long version...
kingart wrote:A bona fide classic — when we hear the original, longer version. I have it in my CD pile. Should I submit it?
oldfart48 wrote:yo,
bill.... you continually refuse the long version of this great jam, but
continue ti inflict sugar mountain and cowpie in the sand. both
screeched by squeel at his most bubblegum best. what up wid dat?
pk53 wrote:
Don't know if there's an 18 minute version (maybe on some bootleg tape or
underground radio station in the 60s)...but the 11 minute version is
certainly desirable over this sanitized version...
d-don wrote:Give us the full version, Bill. We need to be psycho-deli-cized!!
1wolfy wrote:
I need the Long version ... there are things to realize
"William, you whippersnapper slacker: I want the long version!"
Frankly, Grandmama is appalled at this radio-butchered version.
It was the 60s. It's psychedelia. Play the 11:06 version so you can revel
in its sprawling, overwhelming munificence...and have a catnap if needs
must.
Interesting, "crushed by the tumbling tide".
Just came in the house and heard the end of it faintly playing in the kitchen. Hope it goes into rotation again. Hope it was the long album version.
Every once in a while I revisit the long version. Sadly, it still screams "NO" to me. Loudly.
I wish I found it as good now as I did then, but...
However, the short version seems very appropriate for the present moment, so it'll probably pop up fairly often (by RP standards...) for a while.
"My soul has been psychedelicized"
For that reason alone, I've changed my rating from 7 to 8.
What he said. A classic then, still is.
OK
Has this situation gotten any better? I know he was also assaulted on stage some years back,
Chambers Brothers Singer Assaulted after Dedicating Song to Trayvon Martin
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/chambers-brothers-singer-assaulted-dedicating-song-trayvon-martin-231802486.html
"Plays in last 30 days: 1"
One is "multiple"? Sheesh..
This track was used by the same PsyOps folks in Panama blasting at the Noriega HQ.
Noriega just checked out for good over the weekend.
His TIME HAS COME TODAY!!
1. We had some huge metal cone speakers set up for psychological warfare operations at Phu Bai, Viet Nam. They were monsters, about 1,200 lbs apiece, 8 feet on a side (they were square, you see), driven by a set of amplifiers which used huge metal triode amplifier tubes. All in all about 50,000 watts RMS at 80 ohms (yes, RMS watts). One day, after this came out, a cassette player was hitched to the input mixer. The gain was cranked up, and the 100 Kilowatt dedicated generator running 3-phase 440 volts cranked up. The sound was audible out to about 50 miles, and considering the Inverse Square Law of Audio, it was ear-drum destruction at close ranges. Didn't last too long, the water cooling pump failed and somewhere around $10,000 worth of amplifier equipment became a crispy critter. Well, a few years back, the VA finally issued me new hearing aids, so it wasn't all that bad.
1.5 This track was used by the same PsyOps folks in Panama blasting at the Noriega HQ. We wore hearing protectors then.
2. The Chambers Brothers never received a single penny in royalties from this song — they were fucked out of it by their "managers" by means of inflated "advances".
Maybe once a year . . . just for fun? ; )
Hey Bill—at least you lined up the long version and thought about it. We all honor you for that. If there were a good studio version longer than this bumped-turntable one but shorter than the full (laughably bad*) monty, I'd buy and upload it as a welcome compromise.
* sez you not Jimi
But then I listened carefully, and too much of the 'psychedelicized' section is just plain bad. I mean laughably bad. Just my opinion, of course, but it's a pretty strongly held one.
Maybe once a year . . . just for fun? ; )
I added the long version to the library. I was ready to play it in place of this version.
But then I listened carefully, and too much of the 'psychedelicized' section is just plain bad. I mean laughably bad. Just my opinion, of course, but it's a pretty strongly held one.
Thanks to you I now know about PSD, wish I knew sooner.
My PSD no work
OK Bill.....come on bro....there is a long version out there. This is worse than the AM version of Light My Fire :^ / I mean, I'll donate $50 right now if you promise to only play the long version from now on.
Break out your wallet!
if Bill did play the entire song back on 9/13/16, he didn't today...continues to leave out the entire "psychedelicized" (yeah, I know, i probably butchered the spelling) segment...oh well - time to break out the vinyl
OK Bill.....come on bro....there is a long version out there. This is worse than the AM version of Light My Fire :^ / I mean, I'll donate $50 right now if you promise to only play the long version from now on.
Break out your wallet!
OK Bill.....come on bro....there is a long version out there. This is worse than the AM version of Light My Fire :^ / I mean, I'll donate $50 right now if you promise to only play the long version from now on.
So far, Bill has resisted all entreaties to play the whole song. Maybe this time!
Nope. Its time has not come.
So far, Bill has resisted all entreaties to play the whole song. Maybe this time!
wait, it gets... longer?
I'mmmmmmmmmmmmmm not your stepping stone!
...if they "sing" time or hey one more time...
President Barack Obama
White House Turkey Pardon Ceremony 2015
I believe it's a movement, the Alice's Restaurant Psychodelicized Movement.We are all wearing cowbells and singing, "Time has Come Today"!
Thanks to you I now know about PSD, wish I knew sooner.
Indeed
"....Time....Time....Time......Time"
"Time, time, time, see what's become of me...."
EDIT: No sooner did I write this than Bill followed it up with "Shuffle Your Feet":.
"....Time....Time....Time......Time"
"Ti-i-i-ime won't save our souls...."
A blast from the past. Cool tune
kingart wrote:
NOT.
Surprised it was aired at all? Surely you jest.
This a bona fide 24 karat '60s classic. However...
Bill, PLEASE play the long version. This surgically neutered Top 40 blasphemy needs to go. Play the long cut less often, just replace this one with that.
Djoy wrote:
tovarisch wrote:
- I always hear this song in context of its time, its revolutionary nature and now more than ever in the context of how these guys got worked over by the industry.
- That "Yeah..uh" at the end is epic
All of that takes me to *8* for this one
Emwolb wrote:
Emwolb wrote:
DaveInVA wrote:
I prefer the long version...
kingart wrote:
oldfart48 wrote:
pk53 wrote:
Don't know if there's an 18 minute version (maybe on some bootleg tape or underground radio station in the 60s)...but the 11 minute version is certainly desirable over this sanitized version...
d-don wrote:
1wolfy wrote:
I need the Long version ... there are things to realize
"William, you whippersnapper slacker: I want the long version!"
Frankly, Grandmama is appalled at this radio-butchered version.
It was the 60s. It's psychedelia. Play the 11:06 version so you can revel in its sprawling, overwhelming munificence...and have a catnap if needs must.
Time has definitely come today...
Yeah, this song definitely flies way above the comprehension of most modern day listeners I'm sure. Sorry you couldn't have been there to appreciate the most kick-ass period in rock history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wanoXM90yHE
Amen.
It shouldn't be. I'd prefer it if the phrase (not the actual bell) were eliminated from the vocabulary for the next thirty or forty years.
PSD time.
Love it now (the song) though .
NOT.
Surprised it was aired at all? Surely you jest.
This a bona fide 24 karat '60s classic. However...
Bill, PLEASE play the long version. This surgically neutered Top 40 blasphemy needs to go. Play the long cut less often, just replace this one with that.
- I always hear this song in context of its time, its revolutionary nature and now more than ever in the context of how these guys got worked over by the industry.
- That "Yeah..uh" at the end is epic
All of that takes me to *8* for this one
That Bill is such a kid.
He is being led astray. Next thing we'll hear Justin Timberlake here, dammit.
Seriously, after grooving to the 11-minute version your ears will wince at the cuts someone made to get this classic down to 7 minutes or less. To the whiners who don't want to hear this at all:
PSD, that's what it's there for
PSD, and don't be such a bore.
This is why I contribute $ to RP. Maybe one day the long version will get played here.