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John Mayall — Room To Move
Album: Turning Point
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6.7

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Released: 1969
Length: 4:54
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May seem peculiar
How I think o'you
If you want me, darlin'
Here's what you must do
You gotta give me
'cause I can't give the best
Unless I got room to move

If you want me darlin'
Take me how you can
I'll be circulating
'cause that's the way I am
You gotta give me
'cause I can't give the best
Unless I got room to move
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Didn't age so well. The lyrics for this and some of the others off this album were pretty laughably self-indulgent. "Artists got to be free mannn..."
Posted 14 years ago by ceviche    [ Reply ]
Cute, but taken way too far.
Posted 14 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
automatic mute
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
I believe some of the negative comments come from those who maybe don't understand the blues. The really early, early blues. Just my opinion. John Mayall shows were amazing.
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT album!
Posted 14 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
"There's no more Room to Move. That's all in the past." John Mayall
Posted 14 years ago by Dgradeworkunit    [ Reply ]
maybe they were high...
Posted 14 years ago by Nuance    [ Reply ]
Well Then, maybe you take a look at this:
https://vimeo.com/5732745

May just change your mind about Mr. McFerrin.
 Odyzzeuz wrote:
Just reminds me of Bobby McFarrin at his most slaphappy.
 


Posted 14 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]
Ugh. Not this one.
Posted 15 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
Not good this morning - this following Pete Townsend's "Let My Love Open The Door" a few songs ago means I'm out of here for a while. Hopefully things will pick up a bit later on... In the meantime I'm switching to Spotify to check out further some artists I've heard here.

Posted 15 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
sounds like a crazy seinfeld fan.

 fredriley wrote:
Love the harp, hate the voices :(
 


Posted 15 years ago by natalita    [ Reply ]
sublimely bad. this guy may be talented but this sucks
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
Sublime.
Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Listen to Sonny Boy Williamson's "One Way Out".....John owes him big time for ripping off that song.
With that being said....John Mayall turned a N.J. suburbanite onto the blues(both British and American).Thanks John!
Posted 15 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 Candela wrote:
This music makes me smile.
Very cool.

 

+1
Posted 15 years ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]
This is a very good album but this was never my favorite song from it.  And, Mayall had a lot of jazz influence in his music.  He introduced a lot of greats like Clapton to American audiences.  Also had Peter Green playing with his group.  His Blues Alone is a good one with one of my favorites of his, Broken Wing.
Posted 15 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
very annoying, definitely not his best

Posted 15 years ago by Jim__Sheila    [ Reply ]
Love the harp, hate the voices :(
Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Seems like John Mayall doesn't connect today like he did when he was really popularizing alot of music that was being heard by most folks. The guitar rif in this tune is a classic. If you are a guitar player learning it and play as loud and fast as you can. You will feel good.
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a Simpsons episode. Worst episode ever...
Posted 15 years ago by Manbird    [ Reply ]
 mfassett wrote:
Kermet the frog sings blues.
 
Ouch!!! But to all you purists who put this down for being kitchy and not 'really blues', well, I don't think that was the goal with this song (or this lineup)

Posted 16 years ago by chrysalis94952    [ Reply ]
reminds me of Suzie Orman....yuk
Posted 16 years ago by KMH    [ Reply ]
pretty cool and I don't like John Mayall usually
Posted 16 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
This music makes me smile.
Very cool.

Posted 16 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
funny how many of the white blues boys just never got it right.
come to think of it they all sounded kinda kitschy cept for Johnny Winter, the Allmans and the Stones.

Don't forget the Floyds on Ummagumma...{#Smile}
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
funny how many of the white blues boys just never got it right.
come to think of it they all sounded kinda kitschy cept for Johnny Winter, the Allmans and the Stones.
 
Oof.  Scratch the 3rd choice please.

Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Yeah. This sucks pretty bad. The scatting baloney is just painful.
Embarrasing, even. Sure ain't Satchmo, ok for white boy blues tho' perhaps a little contrived?
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Just reminds me of Bobby McFarrin at his most slaphappy.
You're cool wit me there Mister.
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
oldviolin wrote:
Here we are again, oh my... 28IF? Too much energy or what?
Just reminds me of Bobby McFarrin at his most slaphappy.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Yeah. This sucks pretty bad. The scatting baloney is just painful.
Here we are again, oh my... 28IF? Too much energy or what?
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
FAR>>>>>>>>>>>from John's best. 5
Posted 16 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
funny how many of the white blues boys just never got it right. come to think of it they all sounded kinda kitschy cept for Johnny Winter and the Stones.
Yeah. This sucks pretty bad. The scatting baloney is just painful.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
funny how many of the white blues boys just never got it right. come to think of it they all sounded kinda kitschy cept for Johnny Winter, the Allmans and the Stones.
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Not real big on the Bobby McFarrin-esque scatting.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Isn't this the song (or a close version of it) that the bimbo's on The Man Show jump on the trampoline to at the end of each episode?? LOL!!!
Posted 16 years ago by jredd2    [ Reply ]
Can this be great party, dance music, AND make the hair stand on your back AND be Godlike? I think so. -> 10
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
We likes.
Posted 16 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
Lame. John did great stuff - this ain't.
Posted 16 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
A sort of early human beatbox! Fantastic, creative fun. The sort of care-free spontaneity, that's lacking too much in today's pop-music.
Posted 16 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
fissmoll wrote:
part in the middle...
I like it! Reminds me of what Phish used to sometimes do live.
Posted 16 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
Great stuff. Play more Mayall! I had forgotten how much this song just ROCKS!!!
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
you need to follow this with Sean Hayes' "Alabama Chicken"
Posted 16 years ago by manzanitafire    [ Reply ]
what a damn bizarre song.
Posted 17 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh, memories of seeing him, front row center at the Academy of Music in NYC. Got good and wasted at the bar across the street. Great show!
Posted 17 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
play it boy!
Posted 17 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
A 6.8 rating?! Come on, gang. "Room To Move" is way better than that!
Posted 17 years ago by 93vx800    [ Reply ]
RockinBlueVoodoo wrote:
This song always cracks me up because they used to play a jazz version of this song during some of those fast motion skits on Benny Hill so every time I hear it that's all I can think about
OK you're beyond all hope :) First saw Mayall when he had one hell of a line-up in London (errrr 60's)and haven't been worse than mildly disappointed by anything he's done since.
Posted 17 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
This song always cracks me up because they used to play a jazz version of this song during some of those fast motion skits on Benny Hill so every time I hear it that's all I can think about
Posted 17 years ago by RockinBlueVoodoo    [ Reply ]
Outstanding...love John Mayall...play some Jazz/Blues Fusion
Posted 17 years ago by welby    [ Reply ]
excellent!
Posted 17 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
neilro51 wrote:
One of my generation's best!
No, really, no. Your generation has come up with a lot of great music.
Posted 17 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
Kermet the frog sings blues.
Posted 17 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
This song gets a 7, up from a 5 b/c of the Chicken Art I see posted for it. That's cool.
Posted 17 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
LOL
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Pleaaase, somebody stop this, it's getting on my nerves!
Posted 17 years ago by zjank    [ Reply ]
...don't really see what the fuss is all about with the guy sounding like he is going to sneeze for a while in the middle...a generous 3...
Posted 17 years ago by Sean-E-Sean    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
sharkartist wrote:
Good song... a classic, undenyably, but probably my least favorite cut from one of my favorite albums of all times.
Ditto.
Posted 17 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
Good song... a classic, undenyably, but probably my least favorite cut from one of my favorite albums of all times.
Posted 17 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
A little too forced.. 4
Posted 17 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
Bripatfan wrote:
what was that annoying bee-bop,scat solo doing in an otherwise already below average song ....most annoying 30 seconds of a song eva'
I voted this song up just to piss you off.....
Posted 17 years ago by Fiji5555    [ Reply ]
Make the bad man stop...
Posted 17 years ago by Trey    [ Reply ]
what was that annoying bee-bop,scat solo doing in an otherwise already below average song ....most annoying 30 seconds of a song eva'
Posted 17 years ago by Bripatfan    [ Reply ]
BGGA wrote:
nope... "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
"A woodchuck could chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood!"
Posted 17 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
CCinSB wrote:
chica chica what?
"There's a bit of chica chica in this one actually...this one's called room to move"
Posted 17 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
still fucking annoying part in the middle...
Posted 17 years ago by fissmoll    [ Reply ]
chica chica what?
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
boober wrote:
When this album came out they played this song on WNEW-FM...blew me away.Bought my first harmonica.Have seen John numerous times.Became a"bluesman"even though this is not blues.John ripped this off of Sonny Boy actually.
I don't think JM ever hid the blues roots of his music. In fact he was one of the main spearheads for bringing knowledge of the real blues and blues musicians to the attention of the young British kids, and so sparking the so-called British Blues revival of the 60's I am so pleased to have been around at that time. In my teens and going to see JM, Alexis Korner, Steam Packet, etc. etc. It taught me to catch the Blues tours that came along on the back of that revival and so see Sonny Boy, Muddy, and a long etc. live in the UK.
Posted 17 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
This one got me out of my chair to boogie baby!
Posted 17 years ago by sterby22    [ Reply ]
what harmonica?....I dont hear a harmonica?
Posted 17 years ago by Kdubba    [ Reply ]
There are parts of this that remind me of Martin Short's Jackie Rogers Junior skit on SCTV. Ouch?
Posted 17 years ago by Banaszak    [ Reply ]
When this album came out they played this song on WNEW-FM...blew me away.Bought my first harmonica.Have seen John numerous times.Became a"bluesman"even though this is not blues.John ripped this off of Sonny Boy actually.
Posted 17 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
BGGA wrote:
nope... "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
HA! It fits perfectly. I have always thought this song was a bit too frenetic.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
It's making me a little dizzy, but it's interesting.
Posted 17 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
soulspin wrote:
Oh My Lord...
I second that emotion!
Posted 17 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
torturedpotato wrote:
my 2 month old son loved it. ordinarily not my cup o tea but currently I love anything the kid loves.
torturdepotato, It gets better with age, like Mayall.
Posted 17 years ago by Moormann    [ Reply ]
One of my generation's best!
Posted 17 years ago by neilro51    [ Reply ]
Oh My Lord...
Posted 18 years ago by soulspin    [ Reply ]
wow.
Posted 18 years ago by catrip    [ Reply ]
More cowbell
Posted 18 years ago by bergjr    [ Reply ]
Going to see John Mayall next week at the Buxton Opera House, can't wait!
Posted 18 years ago by The_Seeker    [ Reply ]
my 2 month old son loved it. ordinarily not my cup o tea but currently I love anything the kid loves.
Posted 18 years ago by torturedpotato    [ Reply ]
OK, everyone do the "Pee Wee Herman Tequila Dance"
Posted 18 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
iMacomania wrote:
cha tickitita chickitita....cha tickitita chickitita...
nope... "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Posted 18 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
Gah! For some reason, my coffee just made me all jittery today, starting a few minutes ago...about 1 minute before this song came on. It is definitely not helping, but just making me extra-jittery and anxious!
Posted 18 years ago by KSTrillian    [ Reply ]
TEQUILA!
Posted 18 years ago by scruzer    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
The tempo is a bit too frenetic. Sounds like they started their jam session with several rounds of espresso.
Posted 18 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
crowhog2000 wrote:
The song is almost over and.....I'm just not hearing any harmonica.....
Yeahh ... 3 minutes of harmonica and i have the same issue (just kidding of course) OScar
Posted 18 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
jgeyer wrote:
If you listen real close, you can pick up some harmonica backing in this track.
The song is almost over and.....I'm just not hearing any harmonica.....
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Excellent! I wish I could have been at that show!
Posted 18 years ago by NewHorizons    [ Reply ]
you can play this harp song in place of EVERY stinkin blues traveler song ever recorded and be doing the world a favor.
Posted 18 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
If you listen real close, you can pick up some harmonica backing in this track.
Posted 18 years ago by jgeyer    [ Reply ]
I have this record... i doesnt come out often... but damn its good.
Posted 18 years ago by mysteryplane    [ Reply ]
And rappers think they invented human beat-boxing!
Posted 18 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Wow, that John Mayer sure is eclectic. ...relax, it's just a joke.
Posted 18 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
OK... is it just me or does this guy sound like Kermit the frog?
Posted 18 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by chrisinwilson    [ Reply ]
Mayall at his best. Always loved his harp, but this is something else.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
It's been at least 25 years since I've heard that ole favorite "Room to Move" Thanks Bill
Posted 18 years ago by KevH    [ Reply ]
Desktime boogie! :D
Posted 18 years ago by goldfish    [ Reply ]
yeah man!
Posted 18 years ago by phillips    [ Reply ]
cha tickitita chickitita....cha tickitita chickitita...
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
Part of a great album, no drums on any song...breakout
Posted 18 years ago by CaptKarl    [ Reply ]
That was really neat.
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
I consider myself an above average whistler. I can whistle this song in it's entirety. Some of my friends tell me they know what hell is like afterwords. Me, it's heavenly!
Posted 19 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
TGIF Great stuff!!
Posted 19 years ago by rixtar99    [ Reply ]
It's time for CHAIRBOPPIN 101!
Posted 19 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
Saw this band - they played without a drummer - in Cardiff when my hair was as long as the girl I was with ... must have been '69 or so. Great band great night. Mayalls band was a springboard for some of the finest blues and rock musicians of our age. The Dumbledore of Brit blues!
Posted 19 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
This just makes me want to hear some Tull. I didn't care for Mayall 30 years ago and I still don't.
Posted 19 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Had front row center seats in the Academy of Music in NYC for John many moons ago. Surprised I still remember that night. They were great and did this song for a very long time. What a night!
Posted 19 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
krayg wrote:
the man is the MASTER! I agre that this is what RP is all about. Tooooooooo sweet
Totally agree! This song made me stop work for a moment to do a little dance :D Oh dear, how embaressing...
Posted 19 years ago by goldfish    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
the man is the MASTER! I agre that this is what RP is all about. Tooooooooo sweet
Posted 19 years ago by krayg    [ Reply ]
I was wondering when RP would get around to playing some John Mayall. His early stuff is outstanding.
Posted 19 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
I think innovative songs like this are what RP is all about. Great choice!
Posted 19 years ago by tictocsailor    [ Reply ]
Like it. I wonder if Bobby Mcferrin absorbed this before doing his "I'm My Own Walkman."
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
been years, sure is great to hear.
Posted 19 years ago by 85on95    [ Reply ]
IMO the best Mayall song besides "California"
Posted 19 years ago by beetFreeQ    [ Reply ]
This song is just what I needed to cheer up a busy yet dull morning at work! Thanks for playing it!
Posted 19 years ago by bluesdragon    [ Reply ]