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Dave Mason — World in Changes
Album: Alone Together
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Released: 1970
Length: 4:20
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Things could be lazy
If they weren't so crazy
I wasn't following you
Running in circles won't find me no purpose
It's right here with you and what I do

Changes of season, are nearly as pleasin'
As watchin' the changes in you
Time for a new day, in search of a new way
But are you sure that it will do

World in changes still going through
I've got a lot to learn about you
World in changes still going through
You've got a lot to learn about me too
You've got a lot to learn about me too

I said well, let's see
What you really mean to me
I'll tell the truth 'cause I can't pretend
Find yourself a real friend
Then you nearly reached the end
Of all of this runnin' 'round we do

World in changes still going through
I've got a lot to learn about you
World in changes still going through
You've got a lot to learn about me too
You've got a lot to learn about me too

World in changes, world in changes
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 grhorn wrote:


pre computerized music-musicians playing



there certainly were electric organ/pianos and even analog synths in 1970. in fact this record was probably played on one.  or do you think they mic'ed up a real pipe organ (which is possible, but I would think unlikely, they're tough to fit in a recording studio).  It sounds like a Hammond, which was invented in 1935. or something similar.
Posted 2 weeks ago by walk2k    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:

Why did the 70's require so much organ?



Uhhhh.....cause it's called "the creative process" when it comes to writing a song.


Posted 1 month ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
One of many albums I can listen to over and over. Very unique.
Posted 6 months ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
I • Love • This • Song
Posted 6 months ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 bertbakker wrote:

Starts with the same chord the previous song ended.
(Truth is a Wonderfull thing by London Grammar)
Pure Genius Bill!

Opposite order today 8/24/23

Posted 7 months ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
Saw Dave Mason perform at my college many moons ago. He got high marks for falling off the stage but not missing a beat.

Posted 1 year ago by KCgalinMD    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:



Because there was no synthesizer at the time...  It was piano/electric piano/organ...


pre computerized music-musicians playing
Posted 1 year ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
 bertbakker wrote:

Starts with the same chord the previous song ended.
(Truth is a Wonderfull thing by London Grammar)
Pure Genius Bill!



again today
Posted 1 year ago by careah    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:

Why did the 70's require so much organ?




Because there was no synthesizer at the time...  It was piano/electric piano/organ...
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Why did the 70's require so much organ?
Posted 1 year ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
we should all  get to wear a top hat once in our lives. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
and a top hat dont hurt
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
one of the most under rated albums by one of the most under rated guitar players
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I loved this album for 50 years! Holy cow.
Posted 2 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
"World in Changes" says it all even today. 10.
Posted 2 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
 todbothom wrote:

Back in the '70s my brother bought an LP called Dave Mason is Alive recorded at the Troubador in L.A. I can't find it. Do you have it? It's great.



That you mean https://www.discogs.com/de/Dav...
Posted 2 years ago by uweer    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by chix    [ Reply ]
Back in the '70s my brother bought an LP called Dave Mason is Alive recorded at the Troubador in L.A. I can't find it. Do you have it? It's great.
Posted 3 years ago by todbothom    [ Reply ]
Time signature change from 4/4 to 6/8 in chorus is quite frankly...genius! Makes this unique song even more special! Love it!
Posted 3 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
Kids take note: more than 45 years ago we had no computers, no smartphones, no facebook, no twitter, or instagram but damn did we have fun! We had the best music in history.
 {#Bananajam}
 
And at this Time u guys had sex without comdoms!!! 
Posted 3 years ago by Lockefeller    [ Reply ]
At the same level of the best Traffic songs. Wonderful.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
One of the most underrated guitarists in all of rock.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
I always loved Dave's voice.  Unique.  You always know its him on the first note.
Posted 3 years ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
Profoundly great song from a great songmeister. Forgive me if I ignore lyrics but this is an outstanding performance for its genera and era. Not withstanding, I was there.
Posted 3 years ago by ezzyme    [ Reply ]
Always love Dave Mason
Posted 4 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
A Dave Mason sort of day.  I was introducing my wife to some of my favorite Dave tunes.  Good melodies and better words.

"I got a lot to learn about you"
Posted 4 years ago by marklaw    [ Reply ]
Starts with the same chord the previous song ended.
(Truth is a Wonderfull thing by London Grammar)
Pure Genius Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by bertbakker    [ Reply ]
 capandjudy wrote:

Quite the opposite. To me "Alone Together" was the remedy for the psychedelic mind blowing that was going on at the time.

 
Interesting.  Traffic as a band was heavily into psychedelics in the 60's.  On a similar thought, some of my most favorite music was made by heroin addicts.  Never did any though.  Just about the only thing I never did, but hey, prolly woulda killed me.
Posted 5 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Uh oh...references to: blue barrels, micro dots, window pane, orange sunshine. 

What do these words mean?  
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 SanFranGayMan wrote:

Pizza? Hell, we were doing Blue Barrels of LSD and just sat staring at the mottled tans and blacks of this vinyl spinning relentlessly at 33 and 1/3 RPM. Far out! At the time.... :) And we still got just good this album was, or perhaps, we REALLY got how good it was...And here we am...

 
Quite the opposite. To me "Alone Together" was the remedy for the psychedelic mind blowing that was going on at the time.
Posted 6 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
 SanFranGayMan wrote:

Pizza? Hell, we were doing Blue Barrels of LSD and just sat staring at the mottled tans and blacks of this vinyl spinning relentlessly at 33 and 1/3 RPM. Far out! At the time.... :) And we still got just good this album was, or perhaps, we REALLY got how good it was...And here we am...

 
Blue Barrels? 

Micro dot? Window Pane? 


Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Yes, such a talented guy and this was a favorite album back in the day.
Posted 6 years ago by kt.johnson.jr364    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Well that's quite something. Although I must admit that I never noticed any acoustic guitar in All Along the Watchtower.

 
The beginning of the song starts with an acoustic guitar and then Jimi enters in.  You can hear the acoustic through most of the song, but you hardly notice it, understandably.
Posted 6 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

yep, if we could come up with enough for a pizza and a 12-pak of beer we had it made

 
Pizza? Hell, we were doing Blue Barrels of LSD and just sat staring at the mottled tans and blacks of this vinyl spinning relentlessly at 33 and 1/3 RPM. Far out! At the time.... :) And we still got just good this album was, or perhaps, we REALLY got how good it was...And here we am...
Posted 6 years ago by SanFranGayMan    [ Reply ]
Seems to be strongly inspired by Deep Purple. Compare with "Child in Time"...
Posted 6 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
Love the organ. Looks like it's Leon Russel.
Posted 7 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

yep, if we could come up with enough for a pizza and a 12-pak of beer we had it made

 
Pretty much still sums things up for me! {#Roflol}
Posted 7 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
Kids take note: more than 45 years ago we had no computers, no smartphones, no facebook, no twitter, or instagram but damn did we have fun! We had the best music in history.
 {#Bananajam}

 
yep, if we could come up with enough for a pizza and a 12-pak of beer we had it made
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 boontonite wrote:
 The time change at the chorus is what makes it.

 
yep
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Awesome freakin' tune. Takes me back to my SF Bay Area teenage days where drugs were cool and chicks were loose and concerts were $3.
Posted 7 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:


Yes, you have heard Dave before: he played acoustic guitar on All Along the Watchtower by Jimi.

 
Well that's quite something. Although I must admit that I never noticed any acoustic guitar in All Along the Watchtower.
Posted 7 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Kids take note: more than 45 years ago we had no computers, no smartphones, no facebook, no twitter, or instagram but damn did we have fun! We had the best music in history.
 {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
"Things could be lazy
If they weren't so crazy"

And if you reverse them...

"Things could be crazy
If they weren't so lazy"

And you realize that the rhyme was maybe just—just—a tad more important than the meaning. I love this song.
Posted 7 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
The best song on a very good album. The time change at the chorus is what makes it.
Posted 7 years ago by boontonite    [ Reply ]
Great album start to finish. I can always listen to it. I give it a 10.
Posted 8 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
I only had one Traffic album, Low Spark, not a big fan but I loved this album, didn't sound like Traffic

this album has the same feel as "Minnows" by Marc Benno
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I played this album over and over back in the day...  Nice memories :)
Posted 8 years ago by Suzl    [ Reply ]
Still one of my alltime favourites. I grew up up with this and Traffic, et al.
Posted 8 years ago by exurbia    [ Reply ]
HEY!!!

this is one solid cool tune  
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Dave Mason played here last weekend and still puts on great show.
Posted 8 years ago by kcc    [ Reply ]
Saw him at Winterland Ballroom, S.F. in the same year this was released. Trippin' as usual. Great musician, both as a member of Traffic as well as a solo artist. I believe Jim Capaldi was playing with him that night....probably on the whole album.
Posted 8 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
Never replaced my beloved World in Changes album that I gifted a needy cousin.
I've been hearing a fair amount of Dave lately and appreciate it.
That tidbit about Dave playing on Jimi's All Along the Watchtower blew me away! 
Thanks RP. 
Posted 9 years ago by Djoy    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I have one of Dave's guitar picks in my small but treasured collection of celebrity guitar picks.  Yellow Tortex, just like I use!

 

Yes how right you are this is a ''CLASSIC'' to say the least
Posted 9 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
I have one of Dave's guitar picks in my small but treasured collection of celebrity guitar picks.  Yellow Tortex, just like I use!
Posted 9 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
Now we have an idea where War on Drugs got his whoop... 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Oh does this take me back.  I loved this album, one of the best from that era. Thanks!
Posted 9 years ago by JuliaH    [ Reply ]
Tasty {#Tongue}
Posted 9 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Amazing credentials for this guy....   Thanks to Wikipedia...1968 Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix1968 Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones1969 Lily the Pink - The Scaffold1970 All Things Must Pass - George Harrison1970 On Tour with Eric Clapton - Delaney and Bonnie and Friends1971 Motel Shot - Delaney and Bonnie and Friends1971 Songs for Beginners - Graham Nash1972 Graham Nash David Crosby - David Crosby and Graham Nash1972 Oh How We Danced - Jim Capaldi1974 Wild Tales - Graham Nash1974 Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow1975 Venus and Mars - Paul McCartney1976 You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind - Joe Walsh1978 Thoroughfare Gap - Stephen Stills1979 Gimme Some Neck - Ron Wood1979 Skatetown, U.S.A. (original motion picture soundtrack)1983 Airborne - Don Felder1995 Time - Fleetwood Mac
Posted 9 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
love it! {#Sunny}
Posted 9 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:


Yes, you have heard Dave before: he played acoustic guitar on All Along the Watchtower by Jimi.

 
He also does a nice version of All Along the Watchtower on electric guitar.
Posted 9 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
Great musician, 40 years later, pretty boring song.
Posted 9 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
How I miss that album!  I loaned it to a cousin and never saw it again due to a long sad story.
I need to buy it again.  Thanks for the play! 
Posted 9 years ago by Djoy    [ Reply ]
 winotron wrote:
I'd never heard Dave Mason before.  Has a very Procol Harum feel to it.

 

Yes, you have heard Dave before: he played acoustic guitar on All Along the Watchtower by Jimi.
Posted 10 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
idiot_wind wrote:
This is a very good album.

Just one of hundreds/thousands that came out in the 1960/70s. They were well-crafted and many were below the radar of the super albums. 

   

 

And this LP--at least the first pressing--was stamped into white vinyl swirling with psychedelic multihued colours.
You smoke a doobie and watch that record spin--woo hoo!


Posted 10 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
This album (the album, not the songs) drove my cat nuts.
Posted 10 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
Brilliant song. Far better than the ever popular tune of his 'We Just Disagree'.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
This is a very good album.

Just one of hundreds/thousands that came out in the 1960/70s. They were well-crafted and many were below the radar of the super albums. 

   
Posted 10 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
This whole album is superb! If you like this track, there are plenty more gems on it, "Alone Together."
Posted 10 years ago by kipperlayton    [ Reply ]
Nice song!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
I'd never heard Dave Mason before.  Has a very Procol Harum feel to it.
Posted 10 years ago by winotron    [ Reply ]
 megaboogieman wrote:

Great Traffic sound. I miss 70s.



 
Yes, Traffic-like. Great - that is!
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Ahha, so this is the song sampled in Doomtree's Dots & Dashes.  I like both.
Posted 10 years ago by ziona    [ Reply ]
" Headkeeper " is definitely worth checking-out.
Posted 10 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]

Great Traffic sound. I miss 70s.


Posted 10 years ago by megaboogieman    [ Reply ]
Typical crazy sound of the 70s! Nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear Mr. Mason.  It's been a while.  What a show at Cape Cod Coliseum in 1979.
Posted 11 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Thanks for introducing this album into my life. Don't know how I missed it first time round. I'm making up for lost playing time as am always playing it.
Posted 11 years ago by Lichenia,    [ Reply ]
..that album cover really, uh, rocks..(dig the top hat too)..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
Dave Mason kinda faded away, but this was a terrific album.
Posted 11 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
brings back such good memories!
Posted 11 years ago by ninamo    [ Reply ]
Wow. Greatness
Posted 11 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Cool. Yeah. Thanks RP.
Posted 11 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Preferred Headkeeper later...
Posted 11 years ago by ngunnell    [ Reply ]
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:
Sounds like Stephen Stills to me, which is good, btw.
 
This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Happy birthday, Dave.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Stephen Stills to me, which is good, btw.
Posted 13 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:

 

. . . is that vomit-colored vinyl?

{#Eek}


Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
I just heard my s.o.  say "Hey, that's your song!"


Posted 13 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:


Nice photo! I listened to this version of the record (one of my all-time favorites!) for a while, and bought another to keep wrapped as a collector's item, but found that subsequent releases were pressed on regular black vinyl. I do think the black one sounded better, though.
 

Posted 13 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
Love this song and this album.  Just a terrific solo effort from Dave after Traffic.  And, i bought that original vinyl multi-colored when it came out too.
Posted 14 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:

 
Put a wall plate on that socket.

Nice vinyl.

Posted 14 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
This song was at one time very important to me, and I haven't heard it in ages.  Thanks for playing it. 
Posted 14 years ago by kcgirlindc    [ Reply ]


Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 driver8 wrote:

 
A picture is still worth a 1,000 words.


Posted 14 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 PFM wrote:
Excellent album and memories. Used to put on a great live show.
 
Still does.


Posted 14 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Excellent album and memories. Used to put on a great live show.
Posted 14 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
Picked this CD up recently after hearing a couple tunes on RP.  I think it's a real good album.
Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Dated? Excuse me....One of the BEST albums ever! Can we go to eleven?
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
He just released a new album.

Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Very dated sounding.  Good if you're into nostalgia, but I never liked him in the first place.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
He plays the 12 string intro on Hendrix' version of All Along the Watchtower.
Posted 14 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]

Saw him a bunch of times in the mid-70s with the band that had Mike Finnegan, Jim Krueger & Gerald Johnson - great stuff, underrated artist and Alone Together was probably his best album.
  One of the best shows I saw. Mason, Robin Trower and Golden Earing at the Spectrum 1974


Posted 14 years ago by tom-kenna    [ Reply ]
That {#Bananapiano} is just killin' me ! # 10-
              

Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Saw him a bunch of times in the mid-70s with the band that had Mike Finnegan, Jim Krueger & Gerald Johnson - great stuff, underrated artist and Alone Together was probably his best album.
Posted 14 years ago by Mr_Wilson    [ Reply ]
Oh the memories this song brought up.
Posted 14 years ago by araja    [ Reply ]
I was just listening to Headkeeper yesterday..........
Posted 15 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Just simply outstanding on all levels.
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Doesn't get much finer...............9 minimum.
Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
ahhhhh....memories....I guess everyone remembers their "innocence lost" music....this is the album to which I "lost" my virginity! {#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 jcjoh wrote:
Play more Dave! I've even liked Mason's version of "Watchtower" better than Hendrix'. One of his worst songs was probably the most popular - "We Just Disagree". Commercial radio is good at that.
 
It happens that Mason was hanging around Electric Ladyland when Jimi was recording the two-record set. Some accounts have him playing on some numbers, including Watchtower. Certainly fellow Traffic alum Steve Winwood appears on the album, and it's Jack Cassidy's bass you hear on the thundering opening to Voodoo Chile (Slight Return).

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
DM was the first live concert I went to. It was at St. Bonaventure Univ. back in 1975. Great show. Big fan of his ever since.
Posted 15 years ago by LuvWilloughby    [ Reply ]
Posted 15 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
he still has it...he was just in Morgantown, WV and rocked the theater. Loved this album in the 70's
Posted 15 years ago by Stewed_Mulligan    [ Reply ]
Dave Mason- I agree. Very classy act!
Posted 15 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Great album, not a bad cut on it. Saw Mr Mason several times during the seventies, early eighties. Always great musicianship and great shows. Intend seeing him again this summer. Introducing the kids to the golden age of rock.
Posted 15 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
Someone keeps goosing him.
Posted 16 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
BTW he is still touring small clubs and he puts on a great show! All his greats, some Traffic, very good band, good jams.
Posted 16 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
can't remember the last time I heard this. It got a fair amount of airplay on "FM" back in the day.
Posted 16 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
Dave Mason has a nice body of work, I wonder why he never got his due.
Posted 16 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Sziasztok! Sajnos én csak magyarul tudok, de akkor is el akarom mondani, hogy nagyon jó a rádiótok. Egyszerűen fantasztikus. Sok sikert Boldog karácsonyt és boldog új évet! Very Mery Cristmass and Happy New Year
Posted 16 years ago by hilycou    [ Reply ]