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Climax Blues Band — Couldn't Get It Right
Album: Couldn't Get It Right
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Released: 1977
Length: 3:11
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Time was driftin', this rock had got to roll
So I hit the road and made my getaway
Restless feeling really got a hold
I started searching for a better way

And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No, I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
Couldn't get it right
I couldn't get it right

L.A. fever made me feel right
But I must admit it got the best of me
Getting down, so deep I coulda drowned
I can't get back the way I used to be

But I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No, I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
Couldn't get it right
Couldn't get it right

New York City took me with the tide
But I nearly died from hospitality
Left me stranded, took away my pride
Just another no-account fatality

I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No, I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
Couldn't get it right
Couldn't get it right

I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No, I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way to take me through the night
Couldn't get it right
Couldn't get it right
Comments (135)add comment
 Enness wrote:

Please don't turn RP into an oldies station! 



I believe you earned yourself a record for down votes for that silly comment. 
Posted 6 months ago by KudaRey    [ Reply ]
I just got stationed to RAF Mildenhall, UK. September '76. I was 19 years old. Met a cool guy shortly after arriving who had an old MGB GT. He asked me if I wanted to go check out this cool band called Climax Blues Band, playing at some place I think was called the Cambridge Coin Exchange. He had some blonde Lebanese.  Hell, Yeah!  We drove the hour or so to get there. When we walked in, it looked like a large gymnasium.  It was freezing cold outside, at least for this South Florida boy. The only thing I remember about the concert was when Peter Hancock played what seemed like a 20-30 minute solo, with only either the bass or drums. It was amazing. RIP Peter Hancock. Thanks for a creating a lifetime memory all these years later. 
Posted 6 months ago by KudaRey    [ Reply ]
OMG this needs to be in Thor Love and Thunder!! Fits the story perfectly.
Posted 1 year ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Easy, guys.. I put my pants on just like the rest of you — one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make Climax Blues Band records, baby.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 txoxspain wrote:

just need a Bee Gees song to finish the set



'Holding on for Life' by Broken Bells played just before this sounded aLOT like the Bee Gees
Posted 2 years ago by Btravelen    [ Reply ]
This song needs more cowbell.
Posted 2 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
Advice to the remastering producer: crank the cowbell 
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Enness wrote:

Please don't turn RP into an oldies station! 



Define "oldies."
Posted 2 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
Please don't turn RP into an oldies station! 
Posted 2 years ago by Enness    [ Reply ]
Preceded AWB?
Posted 2 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Now that's what I call a groove...!
Posted 3 years ago by JayGee    [ Reply ]
I love this. It really takes me back, too, as they’re from the home town of my formative years. One hit wonders, though.
Posted 3 years ago by Ian_and_Annie    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Sly& the Family Stine
Posted 3 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 Hippostar wrote:


Oooooh, disco!
 
Great Movie! How much fun is it to watch Jeniffer Beals say "Fuck" right in your face?
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]


Oooooh, disco!
Posted 3 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
Great goove
Posted 3 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
This suits me just fine.
And it's all about me.
Posted 3 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Funky! Brought me back to the '70s. 
Posted 3 years ago by jimlandwehr2582    [ Reply ]
Maximum Cowbell!!!
Posted 3 years ago by brookap    [ Reply ]
Climax Blues Band - spent some studio time with them - photographed them on stage too! Sadly missed
Posted 4 years ago by champagnelu249    [ Reply ]
Needs more Bruce Dickinson.
Posted 4 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Love the bassline in this track :)
Posted 4 years ago by skásjà    [ Reply ]
Forgotten about this track and thought it was 10cc for a minute.
Posted 4 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard that one in a long time. Loving it!

9!
Posted 4 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Wearing thick woolly socks polishing/grooving on the barracks floor during Basic Training summer '77. 
Posted 4 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
I always think it was the Fun loving criminals. Shame on me ...
Posted 4 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
Fun fact - just realised this song was ripped off by none other than good old infidelity champions Ashley Madison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQp9mkuCYBM
Posted 4 years ago by Woop7887    [ Reply ]
Oh the old days. CBB!
Posted 4 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
 Priapus wrote:
I couldn't believe my eyes ... I always thought this was Sly & Family
 

Back then I thought they were American, but I never thought they sounded like Sly & The Family Stone.  Turns out they're from the Midlands of England.
Posted 4 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 ntoll wrote:
needs more cowbell... ;-)
 

Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 txoxspain wrote:
just need a Bee Gees song to finish the set
 Oh hell fucking no

Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 Priapus wrote:
I couldn't believe my eyes ... I always thought this was Sly & Family
 

Wait, what? I think the singer and beat alone should have tipped you off...But I'll grant you that if someone had put a gun to my head and ordered me to name the band, I wouldn't have had a clue. And I've heard this song hundreds of times.

1977, huh? I would have guessed this came out a bit earlier but it still grooves.









Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
just need a Bee Gees song to finish the set
Posted 4 years ago by txoxspain    [ Reply ]
I do believe this has more cowbell.
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Broken Bells, Climax Blues Band:  both nicely utilize the falsetto.  Next band has to be BeeGees.

Skydog wrote:
c'mon Bill play some Average White Band next, seriously with Savoy Brown in the mix
and I just thought of Tower Of Power and maybe some Pacific Gas & Electric
 

Posted 5 years ago by jrozzelle    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty! would love to hear some cbb say off of tightly knit or rich man
Posted 5 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Climax Blues Band… now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time…!
Posted 5 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
N*I*C*E!!!!!!!!
Posted 5 years ago by saellig668552    [ Reply ]
c'mon Bill play some Average White Band next, seriously with Savoy Brown in the mix
and I just thought of Tower Of Power and maybe some Pacific Gas & Electric
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
waaaaaaaaaaaaay back then ... still hits the same sweet spot, though.

 
OooooooH Yeah!
Posted 8 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I keep telling anyone who won't listen, the 70s were the height of human civilization no doubt, music included.

 
I don't remember{#Drunk}
Posted 8 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 Msturge wrote:
Wow what a nice surprise!  LOVE it!!!  Showing my age I guess but I am dancing right now with my 3 year old.

 
Right there wit ya!
Ah, the days of wine an roses. Girls and cars and dancing, dancing, dancing!
Posted 9 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 ntoll wrote:
needs more cowbell... ;-)

 
Oh hell yeah!
Posted 9 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Something off FMLive someday please. This was not one of their best despite its popularity 
Posted 9 years ago by egroman    [ Reply ]
 drucev wrote:
not terrible.  

but I did double-take and go to the computer to switch to RP from my 'Campy Hits of the 70s' playlist before the Juice Newton came on.
 
I'm pretty sure Juice Newton didn't have any hits until the early 1980s - not sure why I remember that.  Anyhow, I always liked this tune, "campy" or not.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:


 
Yes!
 
 
Takes me back to riding the bus in 4th grade (our driver had a radio and played the "cool" station) 

 
Lucky one !
Posted 9 years ago by oldmanmicha    [ Reply ]
 ntoll wrote:
needs more cowbell... ;-)

 
my thought exactly!
Posted 9 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
 Msturge wrote:
Wow what a nice surprise!  LOVE it!!!  Showing my age I guess but I am dancing right now with my 3 year old.

 

 
Yes!
 
 
Takes me back to riding the bus in 4th grade (our driver had a radio and played the "cool" station) 
Posted 9 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Wow what a nice surprise!  LOVE it!!!  Showing my age I guess but I am dancing right now with my 3 year old.
Posted 9 years ago by Msturge    [ Reply ]
I couldn't believe my eyes ... I always thought this was Sly & Family
Posted 9 years ago by Priapus    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I keep telling anyone who won't listen, the 70s were the height of human civilization no doubt, music included.

 
No, because Radiohead was in the 90s.  Fact.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
bad bee gees disco vibe, bad, bad
no nostalgia for this type of music from this corner  
but then the song title may say it all 
Posted 10 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
needs more cowbell... ;-)
Posted 10 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
 bluejay08003 wrote:
I tried dialing the bitrate down to 32k but it didn't match the AM radio aesthetic I remember for this song.    clipped ....
 
chuckle, chuckle, chuckle
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I keep telling anyone who won't listen, the 70s were the height of human civilization no doubt, music included.

 
If you're comparing the 70s to the Thirty Years War, then yes your statement's absolutely right. When you move on to just about any other era, you're on shaky ground. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
From the Top of the Pops c. 1976: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRVSSwJYqh0 
Posted 10 years ago by treehugger    [ Reply ]
I tried dialing the bitrate down to 32k but it didn't match the AM radio aesthetic I remember for this song. 

6 = Pretty Good by itself
7-->7.5 after the BB King/Tracy Chapman "The Thrill is Gone"

I agree about the cowbell comments, too.  "More cowbell" indeed...
Posted 10 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
I have always thought this sounded like Zappa, maybe in one of his more commercial interludes.
Posted 10 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
The 70's are sooo underappreciated.

 
I keep telling anyone who won't listen, the 70s were the height of human civilization no doubt, music included.
Posted 10 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
waaaaaaaaaaaaay back then ... still hits the same sweet spot, though.
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
The 70's are sooo underappreciated.
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this! Way back when, I brought this cool piece of vinyl to a party and never saw it again. Good party, though!
Posted 11 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
Wow....
I'm 8 again... riding in the back of my dad's '76 Gran Prix.... 70's green, of course.
Posted 11 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Brought the laptop out into the garage to finish working on my bikes.
Neighbor/rental handyman heard this and said "Wow, ain't heard this in years. What station did you say this was?"
The following Arcade Fire tune got "Now I don't know who that is...but it's not bad"
Posted 11 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
....this, on the other hand, is uhm... a very nice commercial effort. 
Posted 11 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
They did so much better stuff than this.......
Posted 12 years ago by kurt_from_kanada    [ Reply ]
Hadn't heard this in a very long time. Had to crank the volume and groove. Thanks!!
Posted 12 years ago by dunvegan    [ Reply ]
YEP! LOVE THIS!!! Way to change things up here!! Bill....I think you 'definitely got it right'!!! {#Mrgreen}{#Bananajam}This is when it was fashionable to have 'MORE COWBELL'.

Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
up next on the lost 45s... "shannon is gone"
Posted 12 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
MUCHO CENCERRO!!!  {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Oh how I love Radio Paradise..
 
Posted 12 years ago by Kite_Flyer    [ Reply ]
 drucev wrote:
not terrible.  

but I did double-take and go to the computer to switch to RP from my 'Campy Hits of the 70s' playlist before the Juice Newton came on.

 


Posted 12 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
not terrible.  

but I did double-take and go to the computer to switch to RP from my 'Campy Hits of the 70s' playlist before the Juice Newton came on.

Posted 12 years ago by drucev    [ Reply ]
Any bar band with any self respect had this little nugget in their repertoire.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Have not heard this in years. Needs more Cowbell Fantastic! 

Posted 12 years ago by krysthal    [ Reply ]
Most excellent!
Posted 12 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
 Foot wrote:
Awful...

The worst kind of Gibb Brothers (never cared for them) ripoff.
 

This sounds absolutely nothing like The BeeGees.  It was also released before Saturday Night Fever.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:


Man, come on!! What's up with all the "let's check each others ratings and prove our points that way"... Music is purely a matter of taste, so what if he thinks DB's Heroes is a 1, that doesn't have anything to do with this song....

Just stick to your own ratings, discuss all you want about people's comments on a song, but don't use their ratings as a tool....

 

Thank you sir! I have made that point to him, but he is just mad cause I don't like Pearl Jam.{#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
OMG...I'm trapped in a time warp...after reconnecting with an old friend from the 70's and now this!  This song played non-stop in Texas during the 70's...yikes.
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Awful...

The worst kind of Gibb Brothers (never cared for them) ripoff.
Posted 12 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:


Well you've certainly proven the first part of your sentence by some of your bizarre ratings.

So this is what qualifies as "fantastic."

How about another tune from the same era - lets say David Bowie's Heroes - Oh yeah - you give that a 1 {#Shhh}
 

Man, come on!! What's up with all the "let's check each others ratings and prove our points that way"... Music is purely a matter of taste, so what if he thinks DB's Heroes is a 1, that doesn't have anything to do with this song....

Just stick to your own ratings, discuss all you want about people's comments on a song, but don't use their ratings as a tool....

Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 BigIslandBlues wrote:

Yaa..it must be the cowbell... We are getting a good dose of cowbell this morning. Great mix today Bill.
 
Bruce Dickinson approves. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
I don't care what anyone says; this is a fantastic song!!{#Notworthy}
 

Well you've certainly proven the first part of your sentence by some of your bizarre ratings.

So this is what qualifies as "fantastic."

How about another tune from the same era - lets say David Bowie's Heroes - Oh yeah - you give that a 1 {#Shhh}
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
funny - I seem to recall hating this song then but now appreciate it for what it is....just a fun toe tapper and a memory
 
Same here.

But IIRC, it did get too much air play back in the day 
Posted 13 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
I uploaded this tune a long time ago and got turned down. I'm happy that Rebecca had a change of heart. Great tune.
Posted 13 years ago by Tizmself    [ Reply ]
Who turned off my RP and put retro commercial radio back on......{#Tongue-out}
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
oh ya!!!!!!!!!!!   {#Dancingbanana_2}
 
Yaa..it must be the cowbell... We are getting a good dose of cowbell this morning. Great mix today Bill.

Posted 13 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
Made me start tapping my foot while writing papers for Grad School...unexpected response to an unexpected song on Radio Paradise!  Thanks Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by ColoBacon    [ Reply ]
This is a great song ... and boy, does it bring back memories, mostly of riding in cars around N Calif.
Posted 13 years ago by vesta0424    [ Reply ]
gak
Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
funny - I seem to recall hating this song then but now appreciate it for what it is....just a fun toe tapper and a memory
Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
A rainy day in Vancouver. This perks me up!
Posted 13 years ago by bcdawgfather    [ Reply ]
Ouch!  I never pine for this type of music...
Posted 13 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Sweet!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This is a huge miss for RP.  Even after all these years that disco sound still sucks.
Posted 13 years ago by Nala    [ Reply ]
oh ya!!!!!!!!!!!   {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 Bat wrote:

Sounds like the Bee Gees doing the backing vocals.


 
{#High-five}

Posted 13 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Close to shear perfection, just for mood alone! (You'd have to have been there!)
Posted 13 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Got this on one of those K-Tel compilation albums back in the early 70's. I was about 8 years old. {#Propeller} It is imprinted on my psyche!!

Posted 13 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
C O W B E L L ! !
 
MORE COWBELL!!!1!1
Posted 13 years ago by miahfost    [ Reply ]
C O W B E L L ! !

Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Love this whole LP ! #9.
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 Tim_in_N_FL wrote:

Agreed...remember riding around in the family truckster back in the '70s with my folks when this was on the Delco AM/FM 8-track stereo in the Oldsmobile Delta 88.  {#Mrgreen}
 
Me too, but we had the Ford version of the Family Truckster. Great flashback song!

Posted 14 years ago by dewhead    [ Reply ]
this sounded pretty good so i rated it the same.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 Leslie wrote:
I hated this song when it came out. I still hate it.
 
Funny stuff coming from someone whose forum tagline is "FIGHT THE H8"

Posted 14 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
surprised laughter
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Same here. I've grooved to this song since the first time I heard it in 1977. A couple of my hard rock friends gave grief back then (17 and perfect don't you know). It didn't matter.


Posted 14 years ago by MortimerS    [ Reply ]
I don't care what anyone says; this is a fantastic song!!{#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Wow. Total childhood flashback.
Posted 14 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
More cheese, Gromit? Stinky enough when it was released, positively reekin' now, and the cowbells only make it worse.
 

That's in the top 5 of best comments ever on RP!
Posted 14 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 Ja300Mes wrote:

Good to hear this!


 
Agreed...remember riding around in the family truckster back in the '70s with my folks when this was on the Delco AM/FM 8-track stereo in the Oldsmobile Delta 88.  {#Mrgreen}
Posted 14 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]

Good to hear this!


Posted 14 years ago by Ja300Mes    [ Reply ]
LOVE this song...
Posted 14 years ago by muzik    [ Reply ]
 Tagish_girl wrote:
Gotta love these old songs in the mix, if only to shock the neurons into a new place.  A change is as good as a rest, they say....
 
I love the old song/newer song variety, too...and the great childhood memories {#Dancingbanana}

Posted 14 years ago by Kolohe_Girl    [ Reply ]
Gotta love these old songs in the mix, if only to shock the neurons into a new place.  A change is as good as a rest, they say....
Posted 14 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
hey, it ain't exactly high art, but it's fun to hear once in a while. i'm thinking that i might have been 13 the last time i heard this.
 
I liked the earlier stuff better, but I don't mind hearing this once in a while.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
More cheese, Gromit? Stinky enough when it was released, positively reekin' now, and the cowbells only make it worse.
 
Pfffft!. . . spot on!
Posted 14 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Makes me wanna do (something to) my gf. Don't know if it would be appropriate.....guess not. Love this song! Did back then, do now. Can't help it....sorry! :)


Posted 14 years ago by cdysthe    [ Reply ]
hey, it ain't exactly high art, but it's fun to hear once in a while. i'm thinking that i might have been 13 the last time i heard this.
Posted 14 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]