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Robin Trower — Bridge Of Sighs
Album: Bridge Of Sighs
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Released: 1974
Length: 4:57
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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The sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides,
To wash me clean

The sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides
To wash me clean
Why so unforgiving, and why so cold
Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs

Cold wind blows
The Gods look down in anger,
On this poor child

Cold wind blows
And Gods look down in anger,
On this poor child

Why so unforgiving and why so cold
Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs
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Been listening to this song since it came out in '74 and man.. it will never get old.
Posted 4 days ago by ppoggione    [ Reply ]
bean bag chairs, black lights and glow in the dark posters on the ceiling, the sound of gurgling.
Posted 5 days ago by rmoore007    [ Reply ]
That's heavy, man.
Posted 4 weeks ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
 lynnefredricksen wrote:

Robin Trower is an excellent guitar player, but James Dewer steals the show on this song with his vocals!  




Totally agree!   https://www.yahoo.com/entertai...
Posted 1 month ago by waterwench21    [ Reply ]
Whenever we talk about the top 10 or top 20 greatest rock guitarists, Trower has to be on that list.
Posted 1 month ago by radiocity    [ Reply ]
Bridge of sighs -and nobody else in the house! The old Pioneer is still in good shape
Posted 3 months ago by Uweunterwegs    [ Reply ]
 onemorebyte wrote:
I don't always listen to Bridge of Sighs, but when I do - so does the entire county!

LOL.    GREAT TUNE!! 
Posted 4 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Robin Trower is an excellent guitar player, but James Dewer steals the show on this song with his vocals!  
Posted 5 months ago by lynnefredricksen    [ Reply ]
Had to turn it up.
Posted 8 months ago by jimboballard    [ Reply ]
I don't always listen to Bridge of Sighs, but when I do - so does the entire county!
Posted 11 months ago by onemorebyte    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

I last saw him at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta in 2016.  When he walked on stage, I thought he might fall over from heart failure.  He didn't; my brother and I adjusted out attitudes and Mr Trower brought the goods!


I was at that show. Agree with your assessment.
Posted 1 year ago by JimKraemer    [ Reply ]
We used to test our stereo systems in the mid 70s with this album. Crank it up!!!
Posted 1 year ago by WilsonGarr    [ Reply ]
 Ihatethissong wrote:

What a sound.
So heavy.
Such desolation.
Never heard anything like this before or since.
A truly unique bluesy rock.



Yep. Heavy desolation right enough. The howling wind makes the atmosphere. 9 from the desolated Nottingham jury.
Posted 1 year ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 moreisnotmore wrote:

Sounds like something from Rush, Caress of Steel, 1975.



Well maybe. It would have been great if Robin sat in with Rush and jammed though.
Posted 2 years ago by dgeagon    [ Reply ]
Love this album
Posted 2 years ago by dgeagon    [ Reply ]
 msbolton wrote:
<snip, snip>  BTW I first saw Robin Trower when he was with Procol Harum. That was a long time ago.

I last saw him at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta in 2016.  When he walked on stage, I thought he might fall over from heart failure.  He didn't; my brother and I adjusted out attitudes and Mr Trower brought the goods!
Posted 2 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
The outro ... "Cold wind blows."
Posted 2 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I can't even.  My teenage years...  10 fucking 10.... I'll see myself out y'all.
Posted 2 years ago by waterwench21    [ Reply ]
Sounds like David Clayton-Thomas, one-time singer for BS+T.
Posted 2 years ago by Chrispy    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:

just an fyi to people thinking vinyl sounds better - it doesn’t… digital is the best as long as your bitrate is high and your source has been mastered well.




I  Agree!  It also depends on the quality of your DAC!  Some Sigma Delta DACs can be harsh. It is depends on the quality of the filters used in conjunction with the DAC chip.  The most recent iterations of DAC chips have improved immensely! ...and combined with high quality filters ......    PS: Schiit & Topping  DACs with ESS chips can sound harsh when overdriven!  If Your DAC  hass an ESS Dac chip & it sounds harsh, turn down the volume on your computer a little bit, & it will sound sweet! 
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Shades of my misspent youth.... great memories... a solid 10 for sure.
Posted 2 years ago by waterwench21    [ Reply ]
Now I know what Dream Theater's "Peruvian Skies" was inspired by :D
Posted 3 years ago by corydon    [ Reply ]
just an fyi to people thinking vinyl sounds better - it doesn’t… digital is the best as long as your bitrate is high and your source has been mastered well.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Huge echoes (excuse the pun), of where Pink Floyd were at in this era - which goes to show just how versatile the Blues are - because really, this is slow blues.

The same scales - just slowed up massively.

It makes those blues licks epic - because that's all they really are, blues licks!
Posted 3 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
 chrisnotlob wrote:


Me too - not played often but it's cranked up when it's on! 



I've got the album on vinyl too but I'm going to download it now because I listen to music (mainly RP) when I'm working and it's so much easier to play downloads from a Mac, even if the sound quality isn't as good.

BTW I first saw Robin Trower when he was with Procol Harum. That was a long time ago.
Posted 3 years ago by msbolton    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:




I had a friend whos room looked just like that...
Posted 3 years ago by mpugh    [ Reply ]
 jef wrote:

I've got this one on vinyl and love it....



Me too - not played often but it's cranked up when it's on! 
Posted 3 years ago by chrisnotlob    [ Reply ]
I've got this one on vinyl and love it....
Posted 3 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
Ha, yesterday RP played one of those Super Team songs that gives me the dry heaves, and I thought, “Jeez, there is such better music from around that time, like Robin Trower. I wish Bill would play something from Bridge of Sighs. “ Ta DA, here we are today with RT, thanks for reading my mind Bill!
Posted 3 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Guitar sounds like a slowed down Peruvian Skies (Dream Theater). Great song!


Edit: Well actually the other way around. DT might have been inspired by this riff :o)
Posted 3 years ago by corydon    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:

Sounds so much like David Clayton-Thomas



vocalist sounds like David Clayton--Thomas AND plays a mean bass. 
Thats a good thing!
Posted 3 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
this artist still too much unknowed in France.... but he is one of the best guitar player i know. he plays good, amazing feeling and sound ... a gold finger
Posted 3 years ago by asap.band    [ Reply ]
After trading Purcells and a white T-shirt for sandals and bell-bottoms the first band I saw back then was Ten Years After but it could've been Robin Trower too, no problem!
Posted 3 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Great Cover by Opeth: 

Album: Watershed
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Country: Sweden

Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal/rock band from Stockholm, formed in 1989.

Other great tunes on Bride of Sighs that should be played here: In this Place, The Fool and Me,  and Little Bit of Sympathy.
Posted 3 years ago by paulmeier    [ Reply ]
 Ok_Sobriquet wrote:

Get this album and Caravan to Midnight at least.

Long Misty Days....
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Sounds so much like David Clayton-Thomas
Posted 3 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

Bridge of Sighs? More like House of Pies



Mmmmmmmmm....Pies.
Posted 3 years ago by pktinkler2984    [ Reply ]
 xray38 wrote:

RP again proves to be a great learning institution. 
Today's lesson: Blues 101; Robin Trower.


Get this album and Caravan to Midnight at least.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:

if this is not a 10 for you, you weren't there. ☺



Now burdened with the sadness of having left...
Posted 3 years ago by john_m_hopkins    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:


Actually, it's not an ear, it was a sort of sculpted Mobius strip concept.  The designer - Paul Olsen (aka "Funky Paul") - did some other covers for Trower.  Nothing to do with Pink Floyd.

Fascinating  (raises one eyebrow.)

I thought a 3D Mobius was a Klein bottle - never thought of seeing it in a plane.
Posted 3 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
Sad to see that Robin has cancelled his 2022 tour due tothe ongoing issues with Covid being active. Was looking forward to seeing him after the initial delay last  year.
Posted 3 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
Perfect
Posted 3 years ago by bullshipped    [ Reply ]
RP again proves to be a great learning institution. 
Today's lesson: Blues 101; Robin Trower.
Posted 3 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
OMG... School by Supertramp followed by this... Bill and Rebecca are rocking tonight!
Posted 3 years ago by Btravelen    [ Reply ]
 tazmondpembroke wrote:

Not bad fot a guy who as a member of Procol Harem left the band feeling they were not continuing in a 'heavy' direction. His playing seems to 'out Jimmy' Hendrix and he dedicated a song, "Song for a Dreamer" off "Broken Barricades" to the man.
He took guitar lessons from Robert Fripp, who had just left King Crimson.
The cover picture depicts another take on that by Pink Floyd on "Meddle" - it's an ear !



Actually, it's not an ear, it was a sort of sculpted Mobius strip concept.  The designer - Paul Olsen (aka "Funky Paul") - did some other covers for Trower.  Nothing to do with Pink Floyd.
Posted 3 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Very Sabbath-y. Almost Black.
Iommi should be proud
Posted 3 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 grhorn wrote:

Could this be a song about the bridge that led from the jail to the gallows?   that's what i've heard anyway



IIRC it's about the bridge that, as prisoners walked from interrogation to imprisonment. They could see through the window their last view of freedom, and would sigh. I got a chance to walk over it a while back. Kinda cool.
Posted 3 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
it reminds me a lot of "young lust" by Pink Floyd 
Posted 4 years ago by glamster83    [ Reply ]
 wolverine wrote:

I wonder if Joe Bonnamassa has ever covered this?




Could be, Steve Lukather has it in his last LP.
Posted 4 years ago by cropduster1    [ Reply ]
Why is this the only track you ever play from this superb LP? 
Posted 4 years ago by todbothom    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:


Black Sabbath's Paranoid and Soundgarden's Down on the Upside come a little close at times. And both albums are worth owning, IMO. :)



Can you imagine Chris Cornell covering this track.... sadly we will never know.
Posted 4 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
 Ihatethissong wrote:

What a sound.
So heavy.
Such desolation.
Never heard anything like this before or since.
A truly unique bluesy rock.



Black Sabbath's Paranoid and Soundgarden's Down on the Upside come a little close at times. And both albums are worth owning, IMO. :)
Posted 4 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:

if this is not a 10 for you, you weren't there. ☺



Of course and the grass was also very good!
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
I love this station but why do you only play this tune off of an album filled with great music? Albums do have more than one track.
Posted 4 years ago by todbothom    [ Reply ]
Bridge of Sighs? More like House of Pies
Posted 4 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Someone give me back my headset!! I am transported back in time. We hope to see him in New Hampshire in September - rescheduled from a Portland ME gig last September. Fingers crossed 
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
RP sure likes this song, they play it every day. I cannot switch it off fast enough 
Posted 4 years ago by davebarth    [ Reply ]
Crate set. Led Zeppelin, porcupine tree, and Robin Trower. Killer!
Posted 4 years ago by soneill4920941    [ Reply ]
 grhorn wrote:
Could this be a song about the bridge that led from the jail to the gallows?   that's what i've heard anyway
 
I think that this was the bridge in Venice (Italy) where the people convicted crossed from the court to jail. This was their last view of the beautiful city (sigh)
Posted 4 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
Could this be a song about the bridge that led from the jail to the gallows?   that's what i've heard anyway
Posted 4 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
 oldviolin wrote:""Guest star" in an episode of the Big Bang Theory...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
 

Posted 4 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
One of the higher Average Ratings I've seen in a while ....    
Posted 5 years ago by kged11    [ Reply ]
An instant classic the day it came out. The entire album is brilliant.
Posted 5 years ago by keelo    [ Reply ]
I wonder if Joe Bonnamassa has ever covered this?
Posted 5 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
Great track from Mr. Trower.
Posted 5 years ago by nickodgers    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:

Agree. It was the beanbag chair. With the lava lamp in the corner, black light on, the fluorescent posters on the wall.

That experience of sitting, "doing nothing" and just being in the music. Do kids these days ever get that?

 
 
Nope, they don't. Trust me, they can't sit still even two minutes. Poor babes gonna lose it when power grids get attacked.
Posted 5 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
Outstanding  "9" track that got a lot of airplay
on FM rock stations in the 70s..
Posted 5 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
Amazing album with high production values given when it was laid down. Good to hear it here... brings back memories.
Posted 5 years ago by fastseamedic    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
When listening to this 'back in the day', I would stare at that album cover.  I quickly became convinced that the artwork was a representation of sound waves emanating from Mr. Trower's guitar.
 
Musta been some pretty clean acid!!
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 Angry_Old_Man wrote:
Trower Rules!
 

Well, him and Dio!! Consider....thunder...drums......lightning strikes...RT & RJD shredding the strings!!
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 moreisnotmore wrote:
Sounds like something from Rush, Caress of Steel, 1975.
 
Can't bash Rush, at all!! Loved them! Still do!! But, they don't even come CLOSE to Robin Trower!!
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 jmkate wrote:
Another first..thanks, RP :)
 
If this is your 1st RT, you are missing one helluva lot of Killa tunes by him!! He's got many, many awesome tunes, with no less conviction than Bridge of Sighs....
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
very high  whoa! to note ratio
Posted 5 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Not bad fot a guy who as a member of Procol Harem left the band feeling they were not continuing in a 'heavy' direction. His playing seems to 'out Jimmy' Hendrix and he dedicated a song, "Song for a Dreamer" off "Broken Barricades" to the man.
He took guitar lessons from Robert Fripp, who had just left King Crimson.
The cover picture depicts another take on that by Pink Floyd on "Meddle" - it's an ear !
Posted 5 years ago by tazmondpembroke    [ Reply ]
Too many tourists probably. Must have had to use his elbows to get across.
Posted 5 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
When listening to this 'back in the day', I would stare at that album cover.  I quickly became convinced that the artwork was a representation of sound waves emanating from Mr. Trower's guitar.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:

 

Oh. HELL yea!
Posted 5 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
What a sound.
So heavy.
Such desolation.
Never heard anything like this before or since.
A truly unique bluesy rock.
Posted 5 years ago by Ihatethissong    [ Reply ]
YEEESSS, now ur talkin my gen.
Posted 5 years ago by hillb997    [ Reply ]
When I'm heard cold wind blows, I get stouned!
Posted 5 years ago by Anatol    [ Reply ]
great song from a great album.
Posted 6 years ago by bevandmarkb763    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
This is my favorite Soundgarden song! {#Nyah}
 
this is what i was thinking... chris cornell put out a lot of different material, so it wouldn't surprise me if i missed some.
Posted 6 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
Trower Rules!
Posted 6 years ago by Angry_Old_Man    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 rblommers wrote:
Man that's gotta be one of the best licks in ROCK...miss that voice too, sad passing  James Dewar (12 October 1942 – 16 May 2002)
 

They didn't call him "Trower the Tower" for nuthin.
Posted 6 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
 moreisnotmore wrote:
Sounds like something from Rush, Caress of Steel, 1975.
 Except  this came first

Posted 6 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
DT definitely inspired by this tune. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr0ebtzSeWM
Posted 6 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Sounds like something from Rush, Caress of Steel, 1975.
Posted 6 years ago by moreisnotmore    [ Reply ]
 cptbuz wrote:
anyone know the spoken words under the last part of the song?
 The sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides,
To wash me clean

The sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides
To wash me clean
Why so unforgiving, and why so cold
Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs

Cold wind blows
The Gods look down in anger,
On this poor child

Cold wind blows
And Gods look down in anger,
On this poor child

Why so unforgiving and why so cold
Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs

Posted 6 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
oh god! Why a band such as Dream Theater steal the riff from Robin? Why John Petrucci, why? You don't need that.
Posted 6 years ago by Sabanadzovic    [ Reply ]
I have a dream that one day I shall master the ukulele and busk classic songs on the street. . . I wonder if with a modicum of electric wizardry I could do it with this track?

Probably not. . . 

Dream on. . . 
Posted 6 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Mark me a newbie, but I thought this was Jimi Hendrix.  He died in 1970.  I think he set the standard for this beautiful homage by Robin Trower.
Posted 6 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:

 
Love this classic psychedelic space!! Takes me back 
Posted 6 years ago by jadedhermit    [ Reply ]
Elements from Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick.  Very nice.
Posted 6 years ago by hsharp    [ Reply ]
anyone know the spoken words under the last part of the song?
Posted 6 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]
Still makes me stop in my tracks after all these years!  Yes to more Robin Trower.
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Hadn't heard this tune in about 30 years, but as soon as the guitar kicked in I thought 'Is this Robin Trower?' Shows how distinctive his guitar style is.
Posted 6 years ago by PeterMC3    [ Reply ]
A spooky song after you walk across the Bridge of Sighs in Venice...
Posted 6 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
1976
Hot moonless Texas night
lying in the back yard 
tripping...peaking
Trower screaming
from the quadraphonic 
the moon don't shine....
Falling stars...streaking, swirling colors 
Wash me clean...wash me clean
Cool green grass...rustling leaves 
Cold wind blows...why so unforgiving... 
in the hot still night
sun don't shine....on this poor child....
on this poor child....sun don't shine....
the moon don't move
the sun don't shine...shine...shine...
on this poor child
so unforgiving
and so cold
on this poor child
been a long time crossing...
been a long time crossing...
why so unforgiving
so cold...wash me clean...
bridge of sighs....
bridge of sighs....
bridge of sighs....
Posted 7 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
 Kaisersosay wrote:

Isn't that the back of Spencer's Gifts store,  circa 1974?

 
Sounds about right.......

Me thinks Bill is kind of partial to this tune. Frequent rotation and I don't recall ever hearing any other Trower here.
Its OK, did it back in the day. But honestly all those swirly phasey guitars are over effected and its not all that IMO. ITs a 5 or 6 for me.
Posted 7 years ago by Clyde_Bedow    [ Reply ]
Trower is a brilliant guitarist, but bass player and vocalist, Jimmy Dewar, was Trower's secret weapon, the most soulfully blues voice. Both were briefly, at one time, in a band with Frankie Miller (Jude) No recordings Alas.
Posted 7 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
All the way to 11...
Posted 7 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
Whoa, Dream Theater borrowed from this one for their 'Under Peruvian Skies' tune.
Posted 7 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]

The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last sight of Venice that convicts had before their imprisonment. 
The bridge's name comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice 
as they crossed and saw the city through the bridge portals before being taken down to their cells. 

“Many an innocent man walked the Bridge of Sighs and descended into the dungeon, 
which none entered hoping to see the sun again.”
- Mark Twain.
I sighed too when I saw the gondola prices, almost $100 for 40 mins. But the vaporetta are only $10. Sorted.
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
We used to 4WD up into the hills of old Kentuck when I was a teen and drink beer and pass around the bone.  Total darkness , the dense woods and stars and moon and many times just pouring rain.  This takes me there everytime, to a time when had so many less worries.

{#Meditate}
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:


 
Hey, that's Huey MacDuffy's room at Cloyne Court! Wow! I never thought I'd see it again!
Posted 7 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
spun this a lot in the day . . . 
Posted 7 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
https://movieguy247.com/iMovies/images/Movies/comedy/up-in-smoke-review.jpg
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Holy guitar God! And a voice!
Posted 7 years ago by ginaChi    [ Reply ]
An outstanding song from an outstanding album!   {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
White boy sings the blues.
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
The guitar still puts a shiver up my spine.  So lucky to get my ears on this during my formative musical years...
Posted 7 years ago by kbrochford    [ Reply ]
This is my favorite Soundgarden song! {#Nyah}
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty !
Posted 7 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:


 
Isn't that the back of Spencer's Gifts store,  circa 1974?
Posted 7 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:


 
I know exactly how that room smells!
Posted 8 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
among the finest Rock songs ever recorded   imho
Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy}
Posted 8 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]


The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last sight of Venice that convicts had before their imprisonment.
The bridge's name comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice
as they crossed and saw the city through the bridge portals before being taken down to their cells. 

“Many an innocent man walked the Bridge of Sighs and descended into the dungeon, 
which none entered hoping to see the sun again.”
- Mark Twain
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Posted 8 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]